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1.44% Death Scripture / Chapter 14: Slave Xiao

Capítulo 14: Slave Xiao

Editor: Transn

It was pretty normal for Bighead Kingpin's daughter to summon the 10 teen servants. They were led by a maid to the Eighth Young Master's yard. After swearing allegiance, every morning the teenagers would pay their respects to the female master.

After a few days, Gu Shenwei realized how difficult it was to get close to the Miss.

Despite trying to imitate Slave Yao, Gu Shenwei did not win the Miss's favor.

As the young Master of the Gu family, he never had this sort of difficulty before. Everyone liked him. It had never crossed his mind how difficult it was to gain someone's favor. Now as a low-ranked slave in charge of taking care of dead bodies, who would like him? Even strangers would try their best to avoid him.

Whenever the teenagers paid their respects to the Miss, they would kneel at the very edge of the yard. They would remain motionless with their heads bowed. They could not stand up until the Miss had completely entered the backyard. Then they would take the same route back to Firewood Yard, where Slave Ji's stony face would await them.

The Miss with the surname Luo was not a young lady of the Shangguan family. As a daughter-in-law, she had to fulfill her duties every morning. She would go bow to her mother-in-law with other daughters-in-law. It was in those moments she would have such horrendous moods. Somewhat similar to her husband Shangguan Nu, she would vent her anger by torturing her own slaves.

Slave Yao warned the teens, scaring them. "I wonder who will be the first to piss off the Miss. Whoever does, don't come ask me for help. We may be brothers, but I need to take care of myself first."

Slave Yao often intimidated them with such lies. This time, something actually did happen, matching his prediction. The poor and hapless teenager was named Slave Xiao.

As the tallest and oldest, Slave Xiao was strong and always liked to smile with a genial round face. He often appeared more childish than even the youngest, Slave Xie. Slave Xiao was also very intimidated by Slave Yao to the point of crying. However, Slave Xiao became exceedingly bold when they bowed to the Miss again.

He raised his head and glanced at the Miss.

The Miss was striding in the yard hurriedly. Angrier than usual, she asked, "Why does Little Ru have to change her name? Does the Shangguan family have all of the characters copyrighted? This is absurd!"

Except for Mama Xue, the Miss's four maids were named Little Chen, Little Xin, Little Ru, and Little Yi. This was according to the Chinese idiom "Chen Xin Ru Yi". The teenagers privately thought that these names sounded awful. The Miss's preference for them was not affected by how they sounded.

Perhaps the Miss cared about neither the actual four maids themselves nor their names. She was reluctant to change her maid's name because she was forced to do it. She could not fight against it, however. This was her mother-in-law, Mistress of the Shangguan family, who made the request.

Slave Yao had explained all of this to them afterward. The teens at the moment could not think clearly as they became frightened by another voice.

"Why did you raise your head?"

The scream resounded throughout the whole yard. The maid, Little Ru, who had yet to change her name, angrily glared at the teenager kneeling at the edge of the yard. Slave Xiao was trampled underfoot by Mama Xue before he could explain himself. His face slammed into the yard's bluestone. He did not dare to move.

The teenagers had been kneeling with their heads on the ground. At that moment, no one dared to even roll their eyes.

The Miss abruptly stopped her continuous complaints and rushed into the hall. Once the screen was set down, she asked,

"This man saw me?"

Slave Xiao, only a silly teenager, became a "man" due to his offensive action.

"No, he shouldn't have."

Although she had cruelly kicked him, Mama Xue tried to help Slave Xiao with an excuse. Slave Yao wanted to say something when Mama Xue glared at him, but he choked back his words.

"I saw nothing." Slave Xiao muttered while on his stomach, which proved that he had raised his head.

"Kill him," the Miss ordered behind the screen.

"Miss... we'd better not," Mama Xue said hesitantly.

The Miss was now in Golden Roc Fort, not the Iron Mountain Gang. She no longer had the supreme power to decide life and death. Although she resented her new status, she could not do anything about it.

"Gouge out his eyes and cut off his tongue."

This was the same punishment the unlucky girl standing next to the Miss had suffered. Each time the teenagers bowed to the Miss, they saw her.

"I didn't see, I didn't see."

Slave Xiao was so terrified, his body trembled like a sifter as he lay flat on the ground.

The Miss's four maids approached him together. It was their duty to gouge out people's eyes and cut off their tongues. The maid, Little Ru, was especially eager as she needed an outlet for her anger. She was as angry as the Miss.

Though Bighead Kingpin's daughter might not be able to act as she acted before, it was still inevitable. No one could restrict her from punishing her own servants.

No one begged for Slave Xiao.

Gu Shenwei did not want to admit it, but he was scared stiff. He even wished for a moment that he was deaf so that he was not able to hear Slave Xiao screaming.

The maids acted quickly and professionally. They even gave Slave Xiao some medicine to staunch the blood afterward.

The teenagers quietly carried Slave Xiao back to Firewood Yard. Even though no one was sincere when they swore to be pack brothers, everyone currently felt like they owed Slave Xiao, who had barely survived.

Slave Ji was astonished by Slave Xiao's bloody face. He jumped back a step and waved his rosewood stick as if driving away invisible evil spirits. "What happened?"

Slave Yao briefly explained the whole story. "Idiot, why did you raise your head?" Slave Ji asked, appearing strained and afraid.

Slave Xiao could still hear even after losing his eyes and tongue. He disengaged himself suddenly from the crowd's hold, cried out, and rushed toward the place that he thought Slave Ji was standing.

It happened so abruptly that no one could stop him. Slave Xiao almost ran past his target. Slave Ji initially froze up, but then he became irritated and swung his rosewood stick at Slave Xiao.

"Heartless idiot, are you mad? How dare you peep at the Eighth Young Mistress! Do you want to be killed?"

It seemed unnatural for Slave Ji to get angry.

From Slave Xiao's facial expression, Gu Shenwei suddenly realized that it was Slave Ji who incited Slave Xiao to secretly peep at the Miss.

What really happened was that while Slave Ji was chatting with the servants from the other yards, he showed his curiosity about the Eighth Young Mistress's appearance multiple times. The bandit's daughter from the Western Region was known for her peerless beauty, but no man had ever seen her face. The men in Golden Roc Fort had never experienced Bighead Kingpin's might and were naturally eager to know whether the rumor was true or not.

The 10 teenagers, on the other hand, had already ingrained in them the notion to never look at the Miss. Not even the most ordinary curiosity could affect them. Only Slave Xiao, who was the most well-behaved and a people-pleaser, had been unexpectedly persuaded by Slave Ji.

Everyone figured out the truth, but no one spoke up. Slave Yao hurriedly led them to grab ahold of Slave Xiao and carry him to their bedroom. Hit by the rosewood stick, Slave Xiao was not able to resist and had already lost consciousness.

Slave Xiao lay on the brick bed, bleeding everywhere. Slave Ji had refused to get a doctor, so the other teenagers could only wipe the blood off of him. It was similar to what they did in their daily routine with dying people.

During the night, Slave Xiao kept groaning and puffing for breath. Occasionally, he cried out in his own language. Gu Shenwei did not know what he yelled, as no one translated it for him.

No one could fall asleep under such circumstances. Slave Yao jumped out of the brick bed and patted Slave Xiao's head, saying something in an imperative tone. The dying teenager eventually became quiet.

That night, Gu Shenwei basically did not sleep.

The next morning, when he opened his eyes groggily, he knew that Slave Xiao had passed away.

The sworn brothers, without any genuine emotional bonds, completely fell apart. Everyone knew that as servants, they were not qualified to protect each other. To survive, they had to find other backers.

Three of them turned to Slave Ji. Certainly, they had all learned a lesson through Slave Xiao and would never peep at the Miss for Slave Ji.

The other two teenagers curried to Slave Yao's favor more than usual. Slave Yao, appreciated by Mama Xue, soon seemed to have a bright future as a killer apprentice.

The pair of brothers, Slave Qi and Slave Xie, remained independent and rarely associated with others. They were always whispering something in their own language.

Gu Shenwei did not care about these connections in their social circle. He was focused on the way to get revenge.

The day after Slave Xiao died, Mama Xue came again and directly burst into Slave Ji's room with a glare.

"You killed our Miss's servant."

Slave Ji was scared of Mama Xue's imposing attitude. He took two steps back and muttered,

"Don't accuse me. You murdered Slave Xiao yourself by gouging out his eyes and cutting off his tongue. This has nothing to do with me!"

Mama Xue was ineloquent, but adept in Iron Finger. With no words, she poked Slave Ji in the chest twice. The experienced teenagers knew that the skinny woman's finger was harder than the overseer's rosewood stick.

Slave Ji's face abruptly turned beet red. Crying out, he fell and curled up on the ground. It was the second time he had gotten stabbed by her. The strength this time was quite more powerful than last time.

Mama Xue punished Slave Ji, which concluded the death of Slave Xiao.

In order to avoid being despised by the teenagers, the next day, Slave Ji invited his backer. It was due to this man that he was able to become the overseer of Firewood Yard.

At dusk, when the nine teenagers were getting ready for bed, Slave Ji called for them in his room and ordered them to come in. It seemed that he was emboldened and wanted to show his "power".

Slave Ji became confident because of the person in the room. The man lay on his back in a deck chair, while Slave Ji sat on a small stool, massaging the man's legs.

The man was a killer of Golden Roc Fort. He had a black robe with a golden bird embroidered on the shoulder, a dark red waistband, and a narrow blade.

The teenagers could only recognize his identity from his clothing, but Gu Shenwei actually knew the man.

Gu Shenwei thought that he looked familiar just by seeing his profile. He must have met him somewhere before.

"Bastards, did the Miss not cut off your tongues today?"

Slave Ji looked mean, so no one dared to respond.

"Hey, watch out! That's the Eighth Young Mistress you're dealing with, don't lose your manners," the assassin in black said casually with his eyes closed.

"Third Brother, I'm serious. It was just a slave that died. In our fort, I've always taught the servants in this way. No master has ever complained. The new Mistress asked that skinny bitch to stab me twice, but it was them who gouged out his eyes and cut off his tongue. They were the ones who caused him to die. Third Brother, you are not aware of this, but the bitch's finger is so pointy. There are two bruises on my chest from her."

Slave Ji took the killer's right hand and used it to massage his own chest.

His tone and behavior were completely different from the usual cruel overseer.

"That bitch has a background. It was very kind of her to not stab you to death. What do you want me to do? I'm an underling of the Eighth Young Master. How can I go against the Eighth Young Mistress?"

"Hmph, I think the Mistress must be very ugly, or she doesn't know how to be cordial. Why doesn't she allow others to look at her? She has just gotten married a few days ago, and the Eighth Young Master has traveled far from home. Alas, Third Brother, you yourself had left for several months and just came back a few days ago. Soon you'll leave again. Third Brother, you should speak to the Eighth Young Master about Mama Xue. She has just entered the fort, but she's so arrogant. What will become of her in the future?"

Gu Shenwei suddenly remembered who the man was.

About three months ago, a man called Han Shiqi from the Western Region came to the manor of the Gu family with a letter. Master Gu Lun had accepted him as a manor servant.

Gu Shenwei found himself fearfully looking down at the edge of the cliff again. If Han Shiqi were to sit up and open his eyes, he would immediately recognize the young Master of the Gu family.


Capítulo 15: Acquaintance

Editor: Transn

Who wrote the recommendation letter for Han Shiqi? That person had to be closely associated with the massacre of the Gu family.

However, Gu Shenwei did not have any clue because he was still a naive young Master at that time and did not care about it. If he had not been in the study when Han Shiqi met Gu Lun, he would not have remembered the manor servant.

Han Shiqi must have known the previous "young Master", as one of his main purposes for working in the manor had to be to recognize their faces.

The first head that they had taken was incorrect, and so was the second. No one could be more certain about it than Han Shiqi.

What Gu Shenwei had been worried about had come to pass.

At this critical moment, he could do nothing. He could not rashly leave because it would only arouse the others' attention, neither could he wait like this because Han Shiqi would open his eyes sooner or later.

Gu Shenwei could only pray silently and let the Will of the Divine decide his fate.

His complexion slightly exposed his mood. Slave Yao, adept at observing people, curiously glanced at him and opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it.

Over there, Han Shiqi, who lay on the deck chair, turned over and beckoned Slave Ji to massage his waist while drowsily saying, "Less talk. I'm already very lucky to keep this hand. Every time I see the Eighth Young Master, my heart pounds heavily. How dare I speak more? Let's talk about it later."

Slave Ji was not satisfied, especially in front of the new servants. He then pushed Han Shiqi's waist like a little woman while saying in a seductive tone, "Third Brother, I don't understand. They killed the wrong kid before letting you double-check. It wasn't your fault. You deserve a medal for finding the kid. Why are you scared?"

Gu Shenwei also wanted to know what happened to the second child.

Han Shiqi gave two short laughs and stretched, but did not answer. Turning to face the nine teenagers, he opened his eyes.

Gu Shenwei had his heart in his mouth and almost turned around to escape, as he would rather jump off the cliff than fall into the enemy's hands.

Han Shiqi closed his eyes again.

"I'll be away for about a month. Get some entertainment for me."

Slave Ji understood tacitly that he had to use various means to win his backer over.

"Slave Qi and Slave Xie, stay. The rest of you, go back to your room." Then he whispered into Han Shiqi's ear, "A pair of brothers..."

The pair of brothers froze up as they knew that he was talking about them.

The elder brother, Slave Qi, had big eyes and bushy eyebrows, but his younger brother, Slave Xie, was delicate with bright eyes and shapely eyebrows. Slave Xie was so timid that he always hid half of his body behind his brother. In Gu Shenwei's view, Slave Xie always kept silent.

Slave Yao looked bad as if he suffered tremendous grievance. He immediately flew into a rage after going back to the bedroom.

"In what way are they better than me? Just a pair of brothers. Poor taste. I'm certain that they don't clean up their butts. Hmph, Slave Ji thought I snitched on him to Mama Xue. He should have thought that everyone knows that he had hit Slave Xiao."

Gu Shenwei roughly guessed what the pair of brothers would suffer.

Although he was only 14, he had indistinctly heard of catamites in the Central Plains. He had not understood the exact meaning of this word, but he knew that it was an extremely sordid evil deed.

He sympathized with the pair of brothers but could do nothing. They had run into trouble while he had escaped it. Han Shiqi would leave tomorrow and come back a month later. Perhaps during that period, the Will of the Divine would help him find his sister. They could escape together and then seek revenge.

Slave Yao was irritated at losing the chance to flatter Han Shiqi. As "lucky" Slave Qi and Slave Xie were not here, he started to vent his anger on others.

"Slave Huan, it may be your turn next time. Look at you, with your self-righteous, noble look. You'll win the favor of Master Han. Oh, I forgot to remind you. Those men like to be rough to such a little lamb like you. When it happens, you may not be able to walk for a few days. Haha, they..."

Gu Shenwei really wanted to punch Slave Yao in the face. However, he kept his temper in check and repeatedly warned himself not to mess things up. Han Shiqi was in the opposite room, therefore, Gu Shenwei had better not arouse his attention.

However, he eventually could not control himself anymore and finally rushed at Slave Yao on impulse.

Slave Yao was prepared for it and kept standing behind the other teenagers. The five teenagers who had not learned Central Plains Chinese well could not fully understand his words, so they did not know why Slave Huan suddenly lost his temper and caught hold of him.

With his bit of family-inherited skills, Gu Shenwei could not fight with killers or bandits, but it was possible for him to defeat several peers. While looking at Slave Yao's proud pointy face, Gu Shenwei suddenly came to his senses, choked back his anger, and stepped aside.

The pair of brothers, Slave Qi and Slave Xie, did not come back until midnight.

The elder brother, Slave Qi, clamped his lips shut and lowered his head so as to not look at anyone while his younger brother, Slave Xie, sobbed behind him.

The two teenagers lay on the brick bed while the others pretended to hear nothing. However, there was one who had not fully vented his anger.

"Hey, your butts must feel pretty good, right? Don't think you're higher than me after gaining a killer's favor. I'm the Miss's henchman now, and in the future, I'll be..."

Before Slave Yao could finish his words, Slave Qi had stridden over and punched him in the face. While the two of them fought with each other, the nearby teenagers tried to stop them but ended up joining the battle.

Eventually, all nine teenagers in the room either willingly joined or were forced into the fight, but no one knew whom he fought with because of the darkness. Though Gu Shenwei knew Kung Fu, he still received a lot of hits.

No one noticed that someone had come in with a lantern due to the fight still being in full swing.

Slave Ji said with a sneer, "Third Brother, they are fighting for you."

.

While resting in Slave Ji's room, Han Shiqi heard the teenagers fighting fiercely. At midnight, such a fight would arouse the night watchmen's attention. Han Shiqi felt irritated but amused, and shouted, "Stop," while rushing to separate the crowd.

Gu Shenwei had completely lost control. The indignation that he had been repressing for several days flowed out. Every punch he gave was with all his strength. Suddenly, he felt someone pinch his right arm. Without hesitation, he took the chance to turn around, his head crossing under the arm and his left fist punching toward the other's face.

Han Shiqi was surprised that a little master hid among the group of children. He did not show his move to block it but grabbed the teenager's right arm with more strength to push outward. The fearless teenager was instantly thrown into a corner.

A red circular print was left where Gu Shenwei's new name was branded. His bones felt like they were broken. It was true that there was a large gap between him and a killer of Golden Roc Fort.

The two people stared at each other.

One was once a spy who had entered the manor of the Gu family and was now a faithful killer serving the Eighth Young Master, Shangguan Nu; the other was once the young Master of the Gu family, but was now a slave, with a humiliating brand on his arm.

At this moment, Gu Shenwei was quite calm for there was no way to escape. He would rather die gloriously in a fight than beg for mercy, disgracing the Gu family of the Central Plains.

The nine teenagers scattered throughout the room. All of them kept silent as they knew that they had caused trouble. Slave Yao turned his head to face the other way as if it had nothing to do with him.

Han Shiqi swung his hands with a surprised smile.

Gu Shenwei knew he had been recognized. With the idea of fighting to the death in his mind, he glared back.

"Slave Ji, you hide a treasure here."

"Don't talk rubbish. Show your moves!"

Gu Shenwei slowly stood up. His body was full of the first level of Yang Strength, like an overflowing brook. Facing the well-known killer of Golden Roc Fort, he was determined to fight to the death, neither shivering nor flinching.

All the teenagers were surprised that Slave Huan, who looked well-behaved, abruptly dared to fight with such reckless abandon. It was also an unexpected surprise for Slave Ji, who trained this servant. If the servant behaved like this in front of the masters, Slave Ji would be blamed for negligence.

"You brat! Do you want to die? How dare you speak to the boss like this! What have I taught you?"

Immediately, he took out the rosewood stick on his waist and was ready to enforce the "family law".

Han Shiqi, unexpectedly, raised his arm to stop Slave Ji with the same smile.

"No, keep his wildness. Don't let anyone touch him. Wait for my return."

Han Shiqi and Slave Ji left with a lantern, leaving the nine teenagers in the darkness. All of them breathed heavily and then successively got into the brick bed. No one won this fight and no one benefited.

Gu Shenwei also crawled into bed. He was exhausted and it felt as if his skeleton collapsed, too weak to hold up his whole body.

"What did Han Shiqi mean? Didn't he recognize me?

"But how is that possible? One of Han Shiqi's main purposes for getting into the Gu's manor was to recognize us. Or maybe that was not Han Shiqi, but just someone who looked like him."

Slave Ji always called him "Third Brother", but never mentioned his real name.

"One more butt is going to bloom..." Slave Yao muttered before falling asleep. He was indignant about why he was not the lucky one.

Gu Shenwei did not know why he was not recognized until he washed his face the next morning. His face was black and blue and swelled up to the point that no one could recognize it.

He had been so absorbed in his worries that he did not feel any pain. The moment he touched the cold water, he felt unbearable aches and pains.

The others were all seriously injured and some of them limped in pain.

When they paid their respects to the Miss as usual, Mama Xue saw the pathetic teenagers and just snorted without saying a word.

After they returned to Firewood Yard, Slave Ji used his rosewood stick to tell the teenagers that he was the master of this yard and only he was qualified to hit others.

However, Slave Yao, who started that fight, escaped the overseer's torture because he received individual training at Mama Xue's place after they paid their respects to the Miss. To be a killer in Golden Roc Fort, it was not enough to only win the master's favor; one should have a little martial arts foundation.

But Slave Yao suffered a lot at Mama Xue's place. While the other teenagers recovered, only he continued to suffer injuries to his face. Before going to sleep, he still imagined what would happen if he became a killer, but at the moment, he was not full of confidence.

Gu Shenwei believed that it would not take more than a few months for Slave Yao to die by Mama Xue's hand.

The 11th day after he entered Golden Roc Fort, Gu Shenwei was still annoyed that he had not heard any news about his sister, and was also upset about how to deal with Han Shiqi's return. Slave Yao, who had not learned Kung Fu very well, came to find him.

Gu Shenwei was surprised to see him, as the two of them did not speak with each other over the past few days. While he was mopping the floor in Slave Ji's room, Slave Yao walked in, returning earlier than usual.

"You know Kung Fu?"

Gu Shenwei did not answer and kept cleaning the floor.

"Teach me."

"Dream on," Gu Shenwei secretly said, still ignoring him.

"Teach me Yin and Yang Strength and I'll give the cloth back to you."

Gu Shenwei suddenly stood up.


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