Chapter 2332 I Saw the Murderer

“Aunt Hong said that after her uncle passed away and the Hong family split up, she could no longer take good care of Gouwa, so she entrusted the child to me. After that, I took him back to Dong’an Prefecture, named him Song Le, and taught him to read and write. So don’t worry, he is doing very well now.”

Wei Qin's throat tightened, and tears streamed down her face.

Yes, she believed it.

Judging from the clothes and appearance of the people in front of him, this cousin's family is well-off. They adopted Gouwa, so the child should have no worries about food and clothing.

Okay, that's great.

Meng Yunzheng waited for her to process the information before continuing, "At the beginning of this year, I went to the capital to take the imperial examination. My wife took Gouwa to the capital again and met Aunt Hong. We also saw Wei Tang loitering outside Aunt Hong's house. It was from Wei Tang that we learned of your whereabouts. Gouwa missed you very much, so we drew your portrait according to the Hong family's account and went to Huajiang Prefecture to inquire about you. Unfortunately, that wealthy merchant family had completely fallen on hard times. They couldn't find you, and neither could we. However, we heard that someone saw you go to the dock and board a ship heading south."

“We guessed you were heading north back to Beijing, but probably boarded the wrong ship. But southbound ships stop all the way, so we didn’t know where you got off, making it hard to find you. We never expected to see you in the southwest.”

Wei Qin was already sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn't contain her emotions when she heard that Gouwa missed her so much.

She missed Gouwa very much. She never expected that Gouwa's uncle would go to such lengths to find her and even draw a portrait of her.

Fortunately, she persevered; she survived no matter how bitter or difficult things got.

Otherwise, how sad would Gouwa be if he knew she was dead?

Zhao Xi frowned and gave Meng Yunzheng a look, indicating that they couldn't say any more. With his serious injuries still unhealed, emotional fluctuations would not be good for his recovery.

Shu Yu immediately advised, "You should rest well first. Once you've recovered, if you want to know about Xiao Song Le's life these past few years, we can tell you everything."

Wei Qin took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and raised her red eyes, "Thank you, thank you all."

"Then let's go back to our room first." Although Shu Yu really wanted to ask her how she got injured, it was one thing to get on the wrong ship in the first place, but why was she working as a servant here?

But Wei Qin's condition is really too bad, let's wait until she's rested before we talk about it.

Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng exchanged a glance, and then they were about to leave.

Just as she turned around, Wei Qin suddenly spoke up as if she had thought of something, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Shu Yu turned around.

Wei Qin looked at them, took a deep breath, and said with some excitement, "I have something to tell you about the massacre of the Song family. I... I saw the murderer."

The people in the room were all stunned.

Wei Qin swallowed hard, then looked up at Meng Yunzheng. He was also a descendant of the Song family and should be eager to know who had killed the Song family members.

At this moment, Wei Qin was unaware that Meng Yunzheng had already sent the mastermind Gong Qiu to the guillotine.

"After you adopted Gouwa, did you see the bead on his body?"

Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng's expressions changed slightly. "You mean, he always carries those wooden beads with patterns on them?"

“Yes, that bead was accidentally left behind by the murderer on the day the Song family was wiped out. It used to be in Dazhuang's possession, so I'm very familiar with it. Not long ago, I saw someone wearing a string of identical beads on their wrist.”

(End of this chapter)