"Boom boom boom——"

"It's the sixth watch, the sky is dry, be careful of candles!"

On the street at the entrance of the alley, the watchman beat the watch drum, causing a burst of cocks and dogs to bark.

At this time, I saw a small figure turning into the alley from the dark fork. His legs were trembling slightly and his walking posture was a little wrong. He was wrapping his coat and rushing to the theater. His face seemed to be smiling.

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He only walked around the base of the wall in the west corner, then leaned down and drilled into the hole that looked like a dog's hole. But as soon as he was halfway in, two sticks grabbed his shoulders, one on the left and one on the right, and pulled him in forcefully.

"Ouch!"

The force was so frightening that the little leper screamed in pain and fell to the ground like a gourd rolling on the ground.

When he saw the posture in front of him, he couldn't shout anymore. He was trembling and shivering all over, and he knelt on the ground and kept trembling.

But I saw all the apprentices in the theater troupe in the courtyard kneeling on the ground with their shirts off, even Su Qing. Everyone had whip marks on their backs, and their lips were white from the cold.

It turned out that the steward discovered the hole when he went to the toilet in the morning. There was one missing one, and all the apprentices had to be punished.

The old master's face was as cold as frost, and he sat there, looking at the little leper coldly.

Before he could speak, the master had already rubbed the muscles between the little Laizi's legs with the wooden board in his hand. With a slight touch, the little Laizi felt as if he had been scalded by boiling water, and he grimaced in pain.

The master, who had already become a man, only tried this. He didn't know what the little leper had done, so he sneered and said: "You are really good. The effort you put into this bed is more exciting than practicing!"

"Master, please spare me, I won't dare to do it again!"

The little leper, who had been scared to death for a long time, was now desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy.

The master asked: "Tell me, where are you going to be romantic and happy?"

How could the little leper dare to hide it? The old master had accumulated prestige for a long time. He dared to deceive Su Qing, but he did not dare to deceive these people. They all fell out.

"The old Chen family on West Street bought a new wife a few days ago, saying that they wanted to continue the family line, but it turned out that he was too old to conceive, so he asked me to have a baby, so I..."

As soon as he said this, he saw several stewards around him and the master retreat away. The master was so frightened that his feet softened and he almost fell. He just threw away the wooden boards in his hands, as if avoiding snakes and scorpions, and hurriedly retreated all the way.

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"Bang!"

The tea cup in Master Guan's hand was loosened and fell to the ground with a crashing sound.

Su Qing knelt there, looking at their posture, and felt something bad.

really.

The old master's voice trembled, as if he suddenly lost his temper. He was silent for a moment, and then said: "You went to Lao Chen's house? Why can't he get pregnant? He is about to die, and the mother-in-law is sick.

He has tuberculosis, so he wants to buy blood buns to stay alive!"

This place is big or small, but if something happens to a family, it will spread in less than half a day. After Master Guan finished speaking, he waved his hand regardless of the little leper's dumb look.

"You, you have no life in singing. My things were wasted on you. I don't care about this now. You can go. From now on, life or death is up to you!"

The little leper had been frightened for a long time. When he heard this again, he became excited and kowtowed like crazy. "Master, master, you, you, my dear, please save me. The little leper doesn't dare to do anything anymore!"

It's no longer easy to say anything.

He made a gesture to crawl forward.

But the two wooden sticks as thick as arms pushed him back again, supporting his body on the left and right. All his strength was exhausted last night, and now he could struggle a few more times.

Master Guan didn't say anything more to him.

"Get out of here!"

The little man cried bitterly, with a lot of snot and tears. He looked at his brothers and sisters. "Xiao Qing, Xiao Shitou, please help me beg for mercy. Winter is coming soon. I will definitely not survive if I go out!"

In this world, tuberculosis means a terminal illness. Whoever dares to help him, if he helps him, then all the apprentices in these theater troupes will suffer, and maybe no one will dare to book a play.

Xiao Shitou and Xiao Douzi hesitated to speak, while Su Qing lowered her eyes.

Seeing that no one was helping him, Xiao Leizi suddenly hissed: "It's all the money Xiaoqing gave me. It's none of my business. You can't blame me entirely. He said he was going to become a corner, and we can all benefit from it in the future."

If he doesn’t give me money, I won’t go out—”

He looked at Su Qing, a little desperate, and seemed to be hiding an unspeakable hysteria.

"——It's all your fault——"

Su Qing raised her eyes and looked at him, calm and speechless.

"Crack!"

Master Guan's cheeks trembled, and without saying a word, he turned around and gave a backhand. There was a slap mark on Su Qing's fair face. Half of his cheeks became swollen in an instant, and a line of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

This was the first time in his life that the master had left a mark on his face.

"It was my fault!"

Su Qing spoke lightly, not complaining about pain or humiliation. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. The slap came too fast and her tongue was bitten.

Master Guan was angry and angry, and he didn't know whether he was angry at Su Qing's confusion or the little scoundrel's poor life. He rolled up his sleeves, his chest heaving with anger, reached for a wooden board, and walked to Su Qing's side.

"Pa bang bang..."

Then he slapped him on the back.

After a few boards, Su Qing's back was soon covered with bruises as wide as two fingers.

The small stones on the side were also beaten.

"How did you become a senior brother? Ah! You can even embarrass me?"

"Pah, pah, pah—"

Su Qing's face turned blue from the pain. He just looked at the little leper's face stained with snot and tears and slowly closed his eyes.

"Master, don't fight. It's usually the little guy who searches for things under the pillows of the big guys. You can't blame Senior Brother and the others. Besides, Xiaoqing has been practicing all day long. He also said that he can't let you down, so please forgive me."

Kill them!"

"Master, please spare them!"

Xiaodouzi saw that their backs were all black and blue, and their flesh and blood were bruised. He was so anxious that he burst into tears. He hugged the old master's legs with a plop, and the others also followed suit and begged for mercy.

Master Guan was panting heavily, as if he was out of breath, and staggered on his feet. He finally stopped and took some time off.

He looked at the little leper with a gloomy expression on his face. After a long while, he finally said in a deep voice: "After all, it's a master-disciple battle. There's a woodshed in the corner of the courtyard. I'll give you a place. If you can survive it, I guess you'll be lucky.

If you can’t survive it, just accept your fate!”

By the time I finished, it was already getting light.

As the morning sun began to rise in the distance, the little leper was carried to the woodshed, and the bedding was given to him. Once the wooden door was locked, he was isolated from everyone, and no one paid attention to him no matter how much he cried and howled inside.

In the bedroom, Su Qing and Xiao Shitou were lying on the bed, their backs bruised, and Xiao Douzi was applying medicine to them.

No one spoke, but the tears in Xiaodouzi's eyes kept flowing.

"Why are you crying?"

Su Qing said softly.

He lay there, a little lost in thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The little leper will not survive!"

Xiaodouzi sobbed.

After all, they grew up together.

Su Qing was lying on his back, unable to see his face. He whispered: "That was his own choice. He can't blame anyone else!"

After a pause, he said again: "Look at his fate!"

There was a sudden wind outside the door.
Chapter completed!