Chapter 164 Life and Death

Tian Ying'er wiped her tears and returned to the inn, where she ran into Mo Mingyuan.

Mo Mingyuan asked anxiously: "Where did you go?"

Tian Ying'er didn't answer, but asked instead: "Why are you here?"

"Didn't we agree to pick persimmons together? I've been waiting under the persimmon tree for a long time, but you haven't come."

As soon as they entered the yard, they saw the persimmon tree in the backyard and made an appointment to meet under the persimmon tree later to try whether the persimmons were sweet. If they were sweet, they would ask the shopkeeper to buy them all and take them away.

She likes these small fruits the most. They are delicious and will not make her fat, and will not affect her ability to jump high or far.

Tian Ying'er smiled and said, "I forgot about it. I fell asleep as soon as I got into bed."

Mo Mingyuan also laughed: "I think so too, you must be too tired and fell asleep."

"Then why are you still here? If I hadn't come, would you have kept waiting?"

Mo Mingyuan touched his head and said, "I was still a little worried, so I went to check outside your room. No one answered my question, so I thought you might have gone out. Then, I waited for you here."

"You don't ask me what I'm going to do?"

"Why ask that? You must be looking for something to eat. Today's dishes suit our family's taste, but you don't like them."

Tian Ying'er took out a pot of wine from behind her and waved it in front of Mo Mingyuan: "Mr. Yuan, would you be so kind as to share a drink with me?"

It turned out that he went to look for wine.

Mo Mingyuan pulled her along, and the two of them sat under the persimmon tree and drank together.

"But, although the wine is good, you can't eat persimmons with it." Mo Mingyuan was still thinking about the persimmons above his head.

"Let's eat tomorrow and drink tonight." Tian Ying'er said with a smile.

"I want to ask you something!" Mo Mingyuan suddenly became serious.

Tian Ying'er's heart trembled. Could it be that he discovered something? He was the scout and the most alert.

"You ask." She was already prepared to confess everything. If he...

She didn't dare to think about it and her eyes turned red.

"You didn't give me the money, did you?" Mo Mingyuan asked seriously.

Tian Ying'er was about to cry, but she heard this sentence.

She gritted her teeth and smiled with tears in her eyes, "What a joke! Since I've already come to his house, I'm giving them enough face by not bringing any money back. There's no reason for me to pay them."

"Tsk, I knew it. I forgot to give you the money I usually use. If you don't have money, you'll have to use your own skills. You can't go in vain."

Mo Mingyuan slapped his thigh, then took out a silver bag from his pocket and handed it to her, advising: "You'd better not use your skills too much. I'm not complaining! I'm just afraid that you'll get beaten. Besides, you don't have to use your skills in the future. I can take care of you."

Tian Ying'er threw herself into his arms, knocking over the wine, and the whole yard was filled with the aroma of wine.

"Ying'er..." Before he could say the sweet words, his ears moved and he heard someone going out, so he hugged Tian Ying'er in his arms tighter and turned around to hide behind the persimmon tree.

It was an old tree, very thick, just blocking their way.

"Who?" Tian Ying'er snuggled in his arms and asked with her mouth.

"Grandma." Mo Mingyuan also answered with his lips.

He saw Grandma Qin Lancui come out of the room where Chen Yilan and Mo Shuyuan lived and return to her room next door.

The two of them came out from behind the tree, and there was no more wine to drink.

"Madam, it's so late..." Tian Ying'er asked in confusion.

"After taking the medicine, he screamed all night and only stopped before you came back." Mo Mingyuan answered in a low voice.

Tian Ying'er nodded. Fearing that Qin Lancui might be worried, she went over to accompany her. It would not be convenient to let outsiders serve her.

"Go back to sleep! It's too late and we have to set off early tomorrow morning." Mo Mingyuan said with concern.

He sent Tian Ying'er to the door of her room, and when he heard her lock the door, he went back to his room to rest.

When Tian Ying'er heard him leave, she ran to the bed, bit the quilt and cried bitterly, then laughed bitterly after crying.

Cry for your past and laugh at your future.

From then on, Tian Ying'er was no longer held in anyone's hands. Tian Ying'er was just Tian Ying'er, Mo Mingyuan's Tian Ying'er.

She slept very deeply and soundly, without even dreaming, until she was awakened by shouting outside the next day.

She stood up and saw that everyone was gathered in the yard, as if something had happened.

Tian Ying'er first looked for the servants on the second floor, but didn't see Mo Mingyuan. However, Mo Minglei and Zhou Xiuyun were in the opposite corridor, standing in front of Chen Yilan and Mo Shuyuan's door.

The door was slightly open and I couldn't see inside clearly.

Logically, they wouldn't care about the two people, just fearing that something had happened.

Tian Ying'er was too lazy to walk up the stairs, so she jumped down directly and quickly came to Mo Minglei and Zhou Xiuyun.

"Minglei, Third Madam, what happened?"

Zhou Xiuyun's hand was trembling slightly, so Tian Ying'er quickly held it.

"They... committed suicide..." Zhou Xiuyun's voice was also trembling.

She had always been timid and had never seen anything like this, so she was very scared.

"Where is Mr. Yuan?" Tian Ying'er asked because she was worried about him.

"Checking the situation inside!" Mo Minglei replied.

"Let's go. He's fine inside. We don't need to stay here. Let's go to the hall!" Tian Ying'er decided.

The three of them walked into the hall.

Mo Nanzhou was discussing this matter with the shopkeeper in the hall.

"To be honest, my family is a scholar family in Yanzhou. My sister is not doing well. This is a shameful thing. We are also afraid that it will be embarrassing if it gets out. Please do us a favor and take her away quietly, so there is no need to report to the authorities."

"This, if in the future..."

"We won't be returning to Qizhou after we leave, so we won't cause you any trouble."

"That's good, but..."

"Look, we're the only ones living in this courtyard. We're all family here. No one will tell anyone here. Instead, we'll report it to the police. If everyone knows, how will you run your business in the future?"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes." The shopkeeper thought this was a big deal. If he knew that two people had died in this inn, who would dare to stay there?

Mo Nanzhou took out a bag of gold and handed it over.

"If you're worried, please ask a master to perform a ritual. We'll pay for it."

The clerk saw that there was gold inside and laughed: "Okay, okay, I know this place well, we'll do it. So you guys should set off early while it's still early!"

"Okay, we'll go now." Mo Nanzhou hurriedly thanked him.

He hurried to make arrangements, and when he saw Tian Ying'er, he asked, "Miss Tian, ​​have you seen my sister-in-law? I don't know where she went."

Tian Ying'er shook her head.

Mo Nanzhou returned to the room and closed the door. When he opened it, the scene made him almost vomit.

One of them was on the floor and the other was on the bed.

Chen Yilan was lying on the ground with her tongue sticking out, obviously hanged. Mo Nanzhou had never known that a person could have such a long tongue.

Mo Shuyuan died on the bed. She might have wanted to get out of bed, but she ran out of strength halfway up, so her upper body was lying on the edge of the bed with her hands hanging down. The bed and her body were covered in blood and dirt. She must have died of hemorrhage.

"Brother..." Mo Mingyuan wanted to say something, but Mo Nanzhou shook his head at him.