Chapter 416: Dead Ghost, Darling, Good Brother

Wei Ting reached out and touched the baby's little face.

Ji Qingwu's heart tightened, fearing that Wei Ting would wake the child up again.

She took a breath and couldn't help but look up and glare at him with a hint of reproach in her eyes.

When Wei Ting met her gaze, his expression was slightly startled, as if a little surprised.

Seeing Wei Ting suddenly silent at this critical moment, Hu Lie asked anxiously, "What is my eldest brother's biggest crime? Why are you keeping it a secret?"

Wei Ting glanced at Ji Qingwu slowly before he said, "It's collaborating with the enemy."

Ji Qingwu leaned slightly sideways while holding the child, and her face tightened when she was looked at by Wei Ting.

Hu Lie and Hu Chen were immediately filled with disbelief and shouted, "Impossible!"

Wei Ting said: "The letters between your eldest brother and Yuwen Tianqing have been found, and the evidence is solid."

Hu Feng said: "Except me, my brothers and family members are not aware of it."

Wei Ting raised his big hand and placed it on the baby's swaddling clothes.

"This child is your blood relative. If you commit such a serious crime, the child cannot live."

Hu Feng's eyes were bloodshot, and he said in a hoarse voice: "General, please let the innocent child go. The child did nothing wrong!"

Hu Chen started to curse, and Hu Lie banged on the iron door with his fists and head.

The noisy sound seemed to overturn the dungeon.

The child in Ji Qingwu's arms began to hum again, as if he was about to burst into tears the next moment.

"Be quiet, everyone."

A female voice that suppressed her voice but couldn't suppress her emotions rang out, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

Ji Qingwu endured it again and again, but finally couldn't help but speak.

As a mother, she couldn't bear to see anyone waking up a baby she had worked so hard to coax to sleep, and she couldn't bear to see anyone using a child as bait to threaten others.

Moreover, this poor child was not born to Qi Peiyao and had suffered a lot since birth.

But Ji Qingwu couldn't expose it on the spot, which would ruin Wei Ting's plans and be detrimental to Beili.

She could only think of ways to help Wei Ting resolve the matter as quickly as possible and let him return to the Northern Army as soon as possible.

So, Ji Qingwu whispered: "General, this child may not be the eldest boss."

When Wei Ting heard the voice, the expression on his face froze for a moment.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the white pancake-like face in front of him, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.

Wei Ting thought he was hallucinating.

He felt that this voice and tone were familiar.

However, Wei Ting quickly shook his head.

Ji Qingwu should have stayed well in the Ji family in Lin'an, but Ji Bolian locked him up at home and did not allow him to go out.

How could she appear in Black Wind Village? It was just that her voice was similar.

After convincing himself, Wei Ting frowned.

"Why do you say that?"

Ji Qingwu held the child upright in his arms and looked at him vigilantly, trying to prevent him from snatching the child away.

She said gently, "General, you don't know that the father of this child is one of the three brothers. The child's blood is similar to theirs, so we can't tell who the child is yet."

There was obvious confusion on Wei Ting's brow.

What does it mean that the child’s father is these three brothers?

A soldier at the side stepped forward and whispered something in Wei Ting's ear, only to see Wei Ting's expression change again and again.

It's worthy of being a bandit's den, they even do things like sharing wives.

Wei Ting changed his mind and thought that the midwife was kind and smart. She did not expose him and saved the child.

Hu Feng also reacted.

Ji Qingwu was trying to clear the relationship between the child and himself. He looked at Ji Qingwu gratefully, his eyes full of a complicated look.

Ji Qingwu also looked at him and said, "Boss, this child is still young and needs your care. A child without a father will be very pitiful."

Hu Lie and Hu Chen calmed down when they thought of this scene.

Hu Feng's fingers, which were gripping the railing with such force, turned pale. It was not a pity for them to die, but how could they feel at ease if they left the orphan and widow to be bullied?

Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Ji Qingwu added another handful of firewood.

"Madam is very capable. She can live a wonderful life even without you. But you don't want your children to grow up and follow someone else and call him dad."

The three brothers of the Hu family could no longer calm down.

Hu Feng was even more so. He had always wanted a child with Yao'er so that he could have an indelible bond with Qi Peiyao.

Ji Qingwu curved his lips and continued: "You still want to call another man——"

"devil."

"darling."

"Good brother."

The three brothers of the Hu family all looked ugly.

Ji Qingwu guessed correctly the name used during sex.

Wei Ting's expression also became unfathomable. He scratched his chin with his index finger, wondering why this village woman knew such private matters.

But compared to Wei Ting's threats, Ji Qingwu's words were obviously more effective.

Under the nervous gazes of Hu Lie and Hu Chen, Hu Feng took the initiative to say, "General Wei, I will tell you whatever you want to ask."

There was even a hint of anxiety in their tone, as if they were afraid that Qi Peiyao would abandon them in an instant and find someone else as her lover.

Wei Ting was surprised by this sudden change.

But they soon accepted it. The three brothers' obsessive love for that woman overshadowed everything.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Ji Qingwu whispered, "General, I don't want to hear the rest of your words. I will leave with the child first."

Wei Ting looked at her sideways for a while, but couldn't see any trace of his old friend in her.

"Take her outside and watch her."

Ji Qingwu lowered his shoulders helplessly.

*

Ji Qingwu was locked up in a thatched hut closest to the dungeon.

There were soldiers guarding the door. Wei Ting had no idea what he was talking about with the three brothers of the Hu family. An hour had passed and it was still not over.

The baby was placed on the wooden bed and fell asleep again. Fortunately, Chunhua had already fed him enough milk before she came.

Ji Qingwu pouted her lips slightly, as she could not escape the fate of coaxing children wherever she went.

Just then, there was a slight sound of movement from the tiles on the roof.

Only in a quiet room can this slight resonance sound be detected.

Ji Qingwu raised his eyes and looked at the place where there was movement. The tiles and straw were moved away, revealing Sihai's face.

"Miss Ji." Sihai called in a low voice.

Ji Qingwu glanced at the door and saw that the guards hadn't noticed yet.

She got off the bed quietly, walked to the beam, and asked in a low voice: "Si Hai, have you found Lan Ling?"

Sihai shook his head, his tone a little anxious: "No, I searched the whole village, but I didn't see Lanling."

Lanling disappeared, and even the secret guards who were good at searching for traces could not find him.

There are only two possibilities: either Lanling was taken away by a master, or she deliberately hid her whereabouts.

Si Hai said, "Miss Ji, I will go and look for it within a three-mile radius."

Ji Qingwu stood up and said firmly, "Si Hai, there is no need to go anymore. Lan Ling should be fine."

Instead, they are the ones who are in trouble.

Ji Qingwu almost forgot Lan Ling's true identity.