Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The boy was heartless and would bring her some food every two or three days, but it was usually only enough for one day. She often had to be hungry for a long time before she could have her next meal.

Sometimes when things go wrong outside and he gets angry, he brings back even less food. He takes pleasure in torturing her, starving, freezing, or even being beaten. Seeing himself like this makes him feel happy.

That's a lunatic, a complete lunatic.

It’s not like the Fifth Elder never thought about going out to find food. Several times she sneaked out, pretending to be an old beggar, and begged for some food... She refused at first, but she was so hungry that she didn’t care about the food. What a pride. , I don’t care about my identity, I just want something to eat. The first time I felt embarrassed, but the second and third time, I became much more skillful and could even say some flattering words with a smile.

That's how people are.

Ji Wuyan laughed at her, saying that she was someone who had thrown her face and dignity to the ground and stepped on her so many times that she could not pick it up. This was not wrong. Respect is a vain thing. When you don’t have enough to eat and don’t have warm clothes, who would care about the word “respect”? The fifth elder looked at the young man opposite who was shaking his head after drinking a bowl of porridge, and couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. He said to Ji Wuyan, "Whatever you want to ask, just ask. Now that I'm in your hands, I can't do anything good." I'm struggling, but I will tell you everything I know. But, I am really hungry. If you don't give me food, I'm afraid I will starve to death before you finish asking what you want to ask."

In the wind blowing in from the window, there is a faint aroma of porridge, which seems to have a bit of minced meat aroma, and there should be some green vegetables, chopped and sprinkled on the white porridge, which makes people's fingers twitch - this As I thought about it, I felt more and more hungry, my chest pressed against my back. She swallowed hard again and smiled to herself. Look, when people are extremely hungry, they really don't have any backbone for a bowl of white porridge.

You don't have to have any integrity, dignity, or decency, as long as you can have food and survive.

Ji Wuyan lowered his eyes to look at her. The other person looked indifferent, like a scoundrel who had given up completely. There was only a flash of cunning in his eyes, like a fox hiding in the dark and watching. She said, just ask... Before I met the person, I wanted to ask a lot, about the poison in the underground darkroom of the East Palace, about why she cooperated with Lin Yi, and about what she wanted to do. When I actually met the person, But I felt there was no need to ask.

After asking, the other party also answered, but this answer... Ji Wuyan didn't believe it either.

If you don’t believe it, there’s no need to ask.

Ji Wuyan turned around in silence, and Cen Yan gave up his position quickly with quick eyes and hands. He chuckled, "Has our family changed cooks? This porridge is delicious! ... It smells so good!"

"That was made by Grandma Wang. When she came to Yanjing City, Ziqiu went to study with Grandma Wang for a few days. Have you never tasted the porridge made by Ziqiu?"

"I've had some before..." Cen Yan smacked his lips as he thought about it, but shook his head, "Although the taste is somewhat similar, it's still not as good as this bowl." The two chatted and discussed a bowl of fragrant porridge as usual. , the fifth elder who was left aside became anxious instantly, "Ji Wuyan, don't you want to ask me something? Don't you want to ask me why I left back then? Isn't that why you came to me? Ji Wuyan Yan, if this matter of the elder's escape reaches our family, it will be difficult for you and Ji Congyin to explain it, right? Give me a bowl of porridge, and I will go back with you honestly. They won't know! "

Ji Wuyan was stunned for a moment, turned to look at her, raised his eyebrows with interest, and asked the other party slowly, "Why do you think... I went to find you?"

The fifth elder looked matter-of-fact, "Didn't my family find out that I'm still alive and asked you to take me back?" After saying that, he raised his chin slightly, looking a bit bossy.

Ji Wuyan found this man very strange. Sometimes he looked like a scoundrel who had fallen into the quagmire and gave up on himself, but sometimes he clung to the glory he once had and displayed the profile of the fifth elder. He was contradictory and sensitive. She seemed to not want others to know that she still cared about her status that she could never return to, but she also wanted others to treat her the same way they treated an elder.

Ji Wuyan wanted to destroy the last bit of pride that the other party had carefully hidden. She chuckled and shook her head, "Of course not. The Presbyterian Council has been disbanded, and the elders are living in seclusion in the mountains. Even the elders of the family rarely ask about this matter. , and I didn’t notice you leaving. After all, everyone knows... the fifth elder died of illness, and his body was carried out overnight."

The fifth elder's hands behind his back were clenched tightly, and his voice became hoarse, "Just, no one doubts it? How could no one doubt it? How can one suffer from such a disease without leaving home? Even if he really suffers from it, With such a disease, why are others fine? Has anyone really doubted this?!"

"Grandma said that she had no doubts at that time. She was just regretful and grateful for your departure and grateful for the safety of others..." Ji Wuyan leaned back on the chair, looked at her with a calm face, and asked, " The Fifth Elder relied on death escape to escape, do he still expect to be discovered?" It's like a child with a naive mind, longing for the freedom of no one to control, and at the same time looking forward to being controlled, in order to prove that he is cared about. of, needed.

The fifth elder looked at Ji Wuyan's expression in disbelief, unwilling to let go of any detail, as if trying to detect any slightest pretense.

how can that be possible? There are many ways to escape from death, but I have left such a big mystery. How come no one is suspicious, even just curious? Even if others don't care, then...

"What about him? Has he never questioned you? Or...or are you saying that you didn't spread the news about my death in a foreign land to my family at all?!" Yes, that must be the case, it must be that he never received the news at all. !

The fifth elder repeatedly mentioned a "he", and combined with the "mean maid" she had mentioned before, it was not difficult to think that this so-called "him" must be a man, a man that the fifth elder liked, and the only one before that. A man who knows her daughter's identity. Ji Wuyan shook his head and told her extremely calmly and ruthlessly, "Grandma said that the news of your death was sent back to my family along with your coffin, and you entered the ancestral hall as an elder... Although it seems now that the coffin is It must be empty. As for your man, he probably knows the news."

"impossible!"

"If he knew, how could he not find something fishy?!"