Messenger of Bliss

Chapter 23

Being in the deep pool, surrounded by the cold current, Jiang Yu would rather just sleep like this, but things backfired, and he still woke up.

The worse the life is, the harder it is, the more it can bear the wear and tear.

"Big brother, drink some water."

It took Jiang Yu a lot of effort to see the person in front of him clearly. He was so exhausted that he was exhausted even focusing on the light.

"Who are you?"

He was instinctively vigilant, trying to maintain his sanity, and he didn't intend to trust anyone in this place.

The boy showed two small canine teeth generously, "My name is Mi Li."

Jiang Yu actually didn't remember this simple name, he just nodded dully, "Where are my siblings?"

"Oh." The boy named Mi Li pointed to a corner not far away, "They took care of you all night, and they couldn't hold on anymore, just fell asleep."

Jiang Yu looked in the direction he showed, and seeing that his younger siblings were safe and sound, he was slightly relieved, and he smiled insincerely, "Thank you."

The boy scratched his head shyly, "You're welcome. Big brother..."

"Rice grains!" A woman tugged at his ears and squeezed him up, "Don't disturb others, go out and watch."

"mother…"

"Go!"

"Oh."

The boy obediently went out, and the unkempt woman brushed her messy hair embarrassingly, stretched out her hand to help Jiang Yu up, hesitated for a while, but shrank back.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu understood the general idea in his heart, and sat up directly holding her arm, "Sister, in this place, the past is all vain, and you are a benefactor if you save the lives of our three brothers and sisters. .”

The woman pursed her lips, hugged her knees and knelt down beside him, "Master, you can see that I was an old and depraved prostitute, but fortunately I met a benefactor and redeemed myself for others Concubine. It’s fine to be treated coldly, my man treats me well, and I have nothing to complain about. In my whole life, I have heard all kinds of abuse and slander. I just want the child in my stomach to be an upright person. Who would want to..." She smiled bitterly, "It's so easy to be good. My husband's family offended the powerful officials in the court. I fell to this place in July of my pregnancy. In order to raise rice grains, I have to pick up my old job..." She looked at Jiang Yu couldn't even find sadness in his empty eyes, "My lord, believe it or not? On this island, as long as he is a man, as long as he can give me a bite of food, he has slept with me..."

"Hmm." Jiang Yu didn't respond to her gaze, "What do you want to say?"

The woman smiled, "The king of the mountain is called Hutou. He was originally a bandit. After he came here, he slashed and killed all the food. His people were found to be beaten severely. If you want to live, you have to listen to him."

"Has no one resisted?"

"Yeah, that's how he came up. Wave after wave, overthrowing this, replacing that, no one wants to save us, just wants to replace him, whoever sits on that hide, it's all The same face. There is no way..." The woman raised her hair and let out a mocking sigh, "Who made this place so boring, man, even if you hold a little bit of power in your hands, don't oppress others, don't take advantage of others, as if It's like losing some huge bargain..."

She swayed her thin body casually, with a calm expression on her face, Jiang Yu knew that sooner or later he would become the same numb person.Or rather, he already is.

Difficulties and hardships cannot polish human nature, they can only make people have to expose the scars of hypocrisy and reveal their real flesh and blood, without exception.

"I see, thank you."

"Don't worry, son, no matter how much I spoil myself, I don't want my son to see my dirty work." The woman smiled tacitly, and he knew what Jiang Yu was guarding against, "I just ask for something."

"beg me?"

"Ah."

"I have nothing, what can I do for you?"

The woman covered her lips with a smile, and gently knelt beside him, "My lord, I... I would like to ask you to teach my son how to read."

Jiang Yu couldn't help being startled, and teased, "Is it useful?"

"It's useless, it's useless, but my dead man often said that there is a golden house in the book, Yan Ruyu..."

"It's all a lie." Jiang Yu interrupted her indifferently, "I have read a lot, and my heart is full of the principles of loyalty, justice, and righteousness. In the end, I was killed by those flattering and treacherous people? I am I would rather father..."

Jiang Yu choked up and didn't say any more.

Would rather father what?He asked himself, that foolish and loyal old man who devoted himself to the country must have no shame in the world, let alone his heart.

Give him another chance, and he'll do the same thing again.

"Young master, are you stupid? As an illiterate woman like me, I understand that it's not the fault of reason, it's the fault of people. It's because they don't understand reason that they make mistakes." The woman looked back at her son, "I, I thought It's fine to die here, since I have Mi Li, I even dream of escaping and leaving here." She took a few steps forward and pleaded: "Mi Li has been on this island since he was born, and I have never seen her before. After living in the outside world, I want him to study, and when he returns to his hometown in the future, he will be an upright person like his father."

"Brightness?" Jiang Yu swallowed a sour mouthful, "Where does the light come from..."

"You, you just haven't suffered." The woman poked his heart and said with a smile: "Here, if you don't pretend to be hopeful, you won't live long."

"Even if it's just wishful thinking?"

"Even if it's just wishful thinking." Mi Li probably looks more like her mother, and women also have two small canine teeth. "My family is shallow and ignorant, but some things will come when I look forward to them, just like my stubborn man, isn't it also what I look forward to? The little sweetness he gave me is enough for me to sleep in." In my heart, I have been thinking about it for a lifetime."

Jiang Yu finally took a serious look at the woman in front of him. She was tired, weak, and even old. He couldn't tell the difference between the warmth of fate and the spontaneous respect.

No matter what it was, Jiang Yu realized that at least he was no longer alone, fighting alone.

As much as he didn't want to admit it, he was encouraged.

"I like smart people, is your son stupid?"

"Not stupid, not stupid. Rice grains!"

"Hey! Mother!"

The woman beckoned to him, "Come here."

The child excitedly ran over and took the woman's arm, "Mother..."

"Good boy." The woman pinched the child's face, "Call me Master."

"Master!"

"kowtow!"

"No need." Jiang Yu smiled. It was rare for him to smile sincerely. After all, in such a desperate situation, there are still people who persistently desire knowledge, which is ridiculous in itself.

But he was also pleased.

The day when everyone gives up thinking in order to survive is the end of the road.

"What's your first name?"

"He..." the woman pouted, "My man's surname is Feng, and his first name is Feng Mili. You can call me Big Sister Feng."

"it is good."

Relatively speechless, Jiang Yu closed his eyes to rest his mind, and was drowsy when a soft moan came from his ear.

He was too familiar with it, so he cheered up quickly, and Mi Li ran over to him one step ahead, touched Jiang Sheng's forehead, and said frightened: "Master, big brother is sick!"

"Ah."

Jiang Min was also woken up by Mi Li's cry. She got up and let her second brother lean on her shoulder. Jiang Sheng suffered from tuberculosis, and he was hanged with medicine only because he was born rich. The siblings looked at each other, not surprised.

"Cough cough...cough cough cough..."

Jiang Yu squeezed his wrist, and simply listened to the pulse, "Why didn't you say it? Why endure it?"

"Brother...cough cough...I can't...delay you...sorry...sorry...brother...leave me alone...sorry..."

The younger brother who had a high fever kept apologizing. He held Jiang Yu's hand and wept bitterly, "I'm useless...I've been useless since I was a child...cough cough...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

"Don't talk about it, don't talk about it." Jiang Yu got close to this younger brother for the first time, he hugged him, patted his back, "I have brother here, don't be afraid."

"Big brother..."

Suddenly, Jiang Yu remembered something, and suddenly looked at Mi Li, "Did I win a steamed bun yesterday?"

"Huh? Yeah."

"where?"

"I'm afraid others will snatch it, so I put it here!" Mi Li took out a dry steamed bun from the empty skirt, "Here."

"Thank you."

Jiang Yu took it, opened the steamed bun, and heard a gurgling stomach growling in his ears. He glanced at the rice grains, and handed half to him, "Take it."

"Master, no need..."

"Take it!"

"Oh." Mi Li held it carefully, "Thank you, Master."

He divided the remaining half into two and gave half to his younger sister, "Eat."

"Brother...I'm not hungry, you can eat."

"You can eat as long as you are told. If you are sick again, it will be even more troublesome."

Jiang Min bit his lip and obediently swallowed the quarter of the steamed buns. Jiang Yu fed his younger brother the last steamed buns. He didn't drink a drop of water himself.

"Brother, where are you going?"

"You follow Mi Li, if I don't come back at night, don't look for me."

"I will go with you!"

"Stay still!"

Seeing that his younger sister was dumbfounded by his yelling, Jiang Yu's heart softened, and he patted Jiang Min's head, "Second brother can't be left alone, Ah Min is good, brother can come back."

With tears in Jiang Min's eyes, she choked up for a while, then nodded, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here, you must come back!"

"Ah."

Jiang Yu was not used to being emotional, so he smiled and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Ugh-"

When the horn is heard, everyone must gather. This is the rule set by Hutou.

Jiang Yu was hanged from a tree and was already unconscious. The tiger's head swung a whip and beat him one after another.He crumbled like a rag.

"This is what happens to a thief!"

Hutou yelled every word.

He was tired, and sat on a chair by the shore, gnawing on the barbecue proudly, "Wait together, wait until the sea tide rises, you see, if you are not honest, you will be like him."

Everyone was silent and forced to enjoy the pleasure imposed by the perpetrator. The long-term torture made them trembling, and the instinct of self-preservation even made them ignore their anger.Where is the sympathy and compassion, everyone is thinking, luckily it's not me.

"elder brother…"

Her mouth was covered, Sister Feng shushed Jiang Min and pressed her head down.

The waves on the shoal moved forward more and more, Jiang Yu was submerged little by little, but he didn't struggle at all.

"Beating to death? It's so boring!"

Nothing to look at, even the high-ranking tyrants find it boring.

Only Jiang Min is still staring at the sea level. She knows her elder brother's water nature best, and his humanity even more.

This man is strong and strong, just like his father.

"what!"

There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd, and then there was a bubbling noise. Hutou, who was about to leave, immediately turned his head and took a closer look. Who is it if it's not Jiang Yu?

"you…"

"I said I am a god, do you believe it?" Jiang Yu looked like a water ghost swimming up from the middle of the river to seek his life, with a hideous smile on his bruised face, "We agreed, I won."

"impossible!"

"Hahahahaha..." Jiang Yu's eyes instantly became dark, his complexion was more terrifying than the sudden dark clouds, "Are you going to renege on your debt?"

There was lightning and thunder, and the tiger's head was startled by the fierce thunder. He staggered a step involuntarily, "You...what do you want..."

"Fulfill your promise!"

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