Chapter 3 The mournful scream
My grandfather threw me directly to the slave next to me, "Life and death depend on your luck. If you dare to say that your surname is Yu, you have a relationship with my Yu family. I can take your life even if I can!"
He said with full hatred towards him: "Even if you beg me in the future, I don't want to have anything to do with you!"
Grandfather waved his hand, looking full of contempt and disdain.
I was thrown directly into the worn carriage outside like a chicken by my family slave.
There were nine children in the carriage who were about my age. They were pale and thin and lean, and they were grouped together to keep warm, while the last one of them was out of place.
The sound of the shafts creaked, and the shaking curtains of the carriage swung in a corner, and the streets were very lively.
After walking for about an hour, the carriage stopped and a sharp and impatient voice sounded: "Shenwu Gate is here, hurry up and come down!"
The door of the carriage was rudely opened, and my hands were covered in sweat.
"Why are you doing when you get down?"
I was pulled down rudely, and I stood aside with trembling all over my body. The others even got out of the car in a panic.
Father Jing'an glanced at the owner of the sharp and impatient voice, and the man quickly nodded and bowed like a silence.
Father Jing'an snorted lightly, shook his sleeves, and walked into Shenwu Gate first.
The one who succeeded Jing'an's father-in-law was an old eunuch. He was hunched over and holding a ruler in his hand, looking at us up and down, and knocking the ruler on the head of the girl closest to him: "When you enter this palace, you will no longer be you. If you do well, you will naturally be rewarded!"
"If you can't do it well, the heads fall to the ground and the bones are gone. The so-called blessings are equivalent to fortune and it depends on whether you have them!"
The thick ruler hit the head, and the pain made someone unable to help but rub it with his hands.
The old eunuch turned his hand to the girl who rubbed her head: "In the palace, you have to pay attention to tolerance in everything. If you endure it, you will seize the opportunity and be the best!"
"I can't bear it. I'm trampled under my feet and made a ladder. I can only blame myself for being useless!"
The girl who was beaten was gasping and did not dare to reach out to rub her head.
The old eunuch walked up to me and I couldn't help but shivered.
The old eunuch pointed the thick ruler in his hand at the top of my head, and he said, "Does it hurt?"
I didn't dare to touch or rub it, and I whispered: "It hurts, but there is no pain from the scars on my face!"
The old eunuch looked at my slightly red and swollen face: "I know it hurts, remember it. If you have the will of a good fortune to become a superior person, no one will make you feel hurt again!"
He didn't dare to talk nonsense, with tears in his eyes, and he responded timidly: "Remember!"
“Come on!”
The old eunuch snorted coldly, turned around and left with a ruler.
After trembling in his heart, he followed the old eunuch. He walked into the Shenwu Gate with his steps light like ghost fire in the dark night, silent, but real.
In the palace walls, the colorful tin carved lanterns shine brightly and sway the fire, emitting a hint of sweetness, which is a bit seductive and a bit scary.
"ah!"
A shrill scream came from a distance.
All of us were frightened and looked around, wanting to know where the sound came from.
The old eunuch couldn't hear the shrill scream, and he knocked it down with a ruler: "Why are you all stunned? Go away quickly. It's time to delay. You don't have enough to pay for nine lives!"
I quickly lowered my head and my whole body couldn't stop shaking.
The old eunuch accelerated his pace and kept muttering: "In this palace, don't listen to what you shouldn't listen, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, it's not your own business, so you'll be far away!"
The more I walked forward, the shrill screams seemed to be right in front of me.
Chapter completed!