Nangong Jiu narrowed his eyes.
When he heard the name given by Nangong Yunxue, which was the same as his own, he was overjoyed and waved his little arms vigorously.
[Yes, yes, mother, Jiuer likes this name, Jiuer loves you! ]
Nangong Yunxue heard the baby voice again, but she did not see Nangong Jiu's lips move.
It turned out that what I heard was my daughter's voice. Nangong Yunxue caressed Nangong Jiu's head, face and little hands lovingly.
Suddenly, I remembered my daughter's words.
He asked nervously, "Jiu'er, you said before that if we hide for two days, your grandfather and uncle will come looking for us.
You know who your grandfather and great uncle are, right?"
Nangong Yunxue pricked up her ears, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't hear any response.
Only then did he realize that his daughter had fallen asleep.
Yes!
Along the way, my daughter has been encouraging me.
【Mother, it’s good to be here! 】
[Mother, please hold on a little longer. I will always be with you...]
As a baby, she must have been exhausted.
Nangong Yunxue hugged her daughter, took out a thin blanket and covered them both with it, and fell into a deep sleep.
Nangong Yunxue’s home at the West City Gate.
Just as it is said in the storybook.
As soon as the sun rose, Li Yulin and his wife Xue Jing led their men straight to Nangong Yunxue's home outside the city gate.
But after searching inside and outside the house, I didn't see a single person.
Xue Jing didn't give up.
"Search carefully for me. I don't believe it. Where could a woman about to give birth go?"
There was another round of searching through all the drawers and cabinets.
Li Yulin also personally searched all the places where Nangong Yunxue might have gone, but still found nothing.
He was familiar with the place and rummaged through the place where money and grain were stored in the house.
“Mammy saw someone yesterday, but she disappeared today. She can run.
Husband, you must not let her give birth to the child!
Otherwise, they will come to the Prime Minister's residence to cause trouble for you, or spread rumors everywhere, which will damage the reputation of the Prime Minister's residence and you."
Li Yulin hurriedly comforted her: "Don't worry, Madam!
She has no relatives or friends here, and her clothes, money and food are all gone. She probably went back to Lijia Village.
Lijia Village is three or four hundred miles away from here. She is a pregnant village woman and can't walk fast. We will send someone to chase her when we get back.
We'll catch her and kill her on the spot. We won't let her affect us!"
You know what’s good for you!
Xue Jing's expression looked a little better.
Li Yulin supported Xue Jing servilely: "Madam, this place is dirty and messy, let's go, don't pollute your eyes.
Leave a few people behind to search around here, and we'll go back and arrange for people to chase them."
"All right!"
The group left and returned to the city, leaving behind a few servants to continue searching nearby.
Inside the cave.
At noon, Nangong Jiu woke up extremely hungry, and became even hungrier after defecating.
Not daring to cry, he could only stretch his arms and kick his legs in the hope of attracting Nangong Yunxue's attention.
Nangong Yunxue did wake up, and hurriedly picked up Nangong Jiu, changed his diaper, and undressed him.
"Jiu'er, Mommy is sleeping too soundly. Are you starving?"
Nangong Jiu, who was already dizzy with hunger, always believed that eating was the most important thing in the world, so he didn't care about being shy and sucked hard and swallowed in big mouthfuls.
After eating, he spit out milk bubbles contentedly and squinted his eyes at the blurry Nangong Yunxue.
[Mother must be hungry too. She needs to eat.]
"Well, Jiuer, be good, let mother eat."
Nangong Yunxue took out the pancakes she had baked last night from the bag she brought with her.
Unfortunately, the pancakes were dry and hard. Nangong Yunxue could only endure the thirst and force herself to eat a few bites, thinking of getting some water from the river at the foot of the mountain at night.
While Nangong Jiu was still awake, she brought up the old topic again: "Jiu'er, tell mother, who are your grandfather and uncle?"
[My maternal grandfather is Nangong Honglie, my eldest uncle is Nangong Yunsheng, and the General's Mansion is my mother's home! They should be looking for you in Lijia Village right now, and they will rush back to the capital the day after tomorrow.]
"General's Mansion? How come I don't remember it at all?"
Nangong Yunxue cried with joy.
[Don't cry, Mom. You'll have a family soon. Jiu'er will protect you. Jiu'er is very, very powerful.]
[Really? Jiuer is amazing! ]
Nangong Jiu recalled the contents of the book.
[By the way, mother, where are we? ]
"In a cave outside the city. I had no place to hide and couldn't go far, so I came here."
[Mother, please lie down and rest to conserve your energy. The day after tomorrow afternoon, we will go to the official road in the direction of Lijia Village and wait for Grandpa and the others.]
"Okay, I'll listen to Jiuer. Mother will rely on Jiuer from now on!"
Nangong Yunxue wiped her tears and lay down with her arms around Nangong Jiu.
Nangong Jiu closed his eyes and carefully recalled the contents of the storybook.
General Nangong, who was only a deputy general at the time, had two sons and one daughter. His daughter, Nangong Yunxue, was smart, well-behaved and cute, and was regarded as a treasure by the whole family.
The originally happy and peaceful life was broken by the mysterious disappearance of his daughter.
More than a month later, Nangong Yunxue appeared in a remote mountain village and was adopted by Li's parents.
Li Yulin and Nangong Yunxue grew up together and had a natural bond of affection, so Li's parents approached their neighbors to mediate and facilitated their marriage.
Later, Li Yulin's parents fell ill and died, leaving the young couple to depend on each other.
In order to take the imperial examination, the couple sold their small courtyard and land in their hometown and went all the way to the capital, where they rented a simple house near the city gate.
In order to allow her husband to concentrate on his studies, Nangong Yunxue worked day and night, washing clothes, mending clothes and embroidering for wealthy families, earning a meager salary to supplement the family income.
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