Chapter 69 The corpses were chopped into meat paste and fed to the dogs
Qi Muchao had nothing to do today, so he just came along.
There were so many people at the temple fair that the carriage couldn't pass through, so the group got off early.
Qi Qingyao found everything new to her. She ran here and squeezed there, and soon no one was visible.
Fortunately, Song Yu followed her.
Sang Zhiyu was very well-behaved. He held onto the corner of Sang Mingyue's clothes and looked around without moving a step.
Thinking about how Sang Zhiyu had been tense ever since the incident at home, she hadn't relaxed for a single day.
During the time he lived in Prince Qi's Mansion, Sang Mingyue reminded him every day to be well-behaved and obedient and not to cause any trouble for Lu Wanning.
To the extent that even when Sang Zhiyu thought of her father and mother, she could only shed a few tears in the dead of night.
Seeing this, not only Sang Mingyue felt distressed, but even Lu Wanning felt extremely distressed when she heard about it.
So Sang Mingyue hesitated for only a moment, then said something to Lu Wanning, took his hand and went inside for a walk.
Lu Wanning pointed her in the direction of her home and told her to find her there after she finished shopping.
Then he turned around and looked at Qi Muchao, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Qi Muchao frowned and looked at the crowded crowd. He had no interest in such an environment at all.
If she wanted to go in, he could have endured it, but it looked like she had no intention of going in for a stroll, so Qi Muchao frowned and said, "No."
Lu Wanning pointed towards a small village not too far behind, "Do you want to visit my house?"
In her previous life, she avoided Zhen'an as much as possible, and her aunt also deliberately avoided mentioning him in front of her.
It seems that as long as I don’t mention it, I can gradually forget all those things.
But why should she forget? The memories of her parents are so precious, and the time she spent in Zhen'an was one of the happiest times in her life.
She led Qi Muchao towards her home.
Passing by the river where she had caught loaches before, she introduced it to Qi Muchao with a smile.
But Qi Muchao couldn't laugh. He just looked at her quietly, "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. It's so ugly."
All right.
Lu Wanning quieted down.
Her parents opened a small clinic in Zhen'an. Although the clinic is closed now, the aroma of herbs still remains.
Pushing open the door, Lu Wanning was a little surprised at the scene in front of her.
The courtyard, which I thought would be overgrown with weeds, was actually cleaned up spotlessly.
It was a completely different scene from the last time she came back.
It seemed as if someone had come here specially to renovate the place. Even the door leading to the clinic in front, which was damaged by a knife, has now been repaired.
Lu Wanning carefully observed the changes here, and looked back at Qi Muchao in surprise, "Did you hire someone to take care of it?"
Qi Muchao wanted to take the credit very much, but in the end he shook his head with a gloomy face, "It's not me."
"Maybe it's someone your parents helped back then."
It is indeed possible.
In Lu Wanning's impression, the clinic opened by her parents did not make any money at all. It was only for treating the neighbors.
If they encounter someone who cannot pay for the medicine, they will not say anything.
After walking around the clinic, the two arrived at the backyard.
As soon as he walked in, Qi Muchao's eyes fell on the jujube tree in the courtyard next door, which looked to be quite old.
And the wall where he could now see the entire courtyard opposite from where he stood.
Qi Mu walked towards the courtyard wall, but the courtyard next door had been abandoned for a long time, and the grass in the yard was almost as high as a person's waist.
Only the jujube tree still looks green and full of vitality.
Seeing him staring at the yard next door in a daze, Lu Wanning walked over.
"No one has lived next door for a long time. When I was a child, it seemed that a couple lived here, but later for some reason, the couple moved away and never came back, and the house was never sold."
"But the jujube tree in their yard has lived for many years. I have loved climbing it to pick jujubes since I was a child. They are so sweet."
The couple didn't just move away, they became deader than dead.
The bodies were chopped into minced meat and fed to dogs.
But Qi Muchao didn't say it. In his opinion, Lu Wanning always pretended to be very bold, but in fact she was kind and timid at heart. For her, hearing about this kind of thing would probably give her nightmares.
"Besides that couple, has there never been anyone else in this yard before?"
Lu Wanning said mysteriously, "It has happened. I remember when I was a kid, there were often children crying here. My mother said that the couple seemed to be beggars. When they first found out, they reported it to the authorities, but the county government sent someone to investigate and thought it was a misunderstanding, so they released them."
"And then?"
"I don't remember much. From time to time, there are still some children crying here. I leaned on the wall and watched. The obedient children were mostly locked up in the house, and the disobedient ones..."
She pointed toward the jujube tree and said, "Tie it there."
"My parents negotiated with the couple several times, but they insisted that the children were their own and that some were entrusted to them by relatives and would be sent away soon. The county magistrate turned a deaf ear to their claims, so my parents were helpless."
Lu Wanning grinned as she said this, "But I was very brave when I was little. One time I jumped in and let all the kids run away."
"Not long after, the couple disappeared."
Qi Muchao asked, "Do you still remember the one tied under the jujube tree?"
"There's been more than one tied up there," Lu Wanning shook her head. "I don't remember."
That’s right.
She was still young at that time, and what's more, she was the one who did the favor. Since she didn't expect anything in return, she naturally wouldn't remember it deliberately.
But to him, that chubby girl was a life-saving straw, and it was naturally engraved in his bones and blood that he would never forget.
Lu Wanning turned around and was about to walk into the house when Hu Yan suddenly shouted, "Who!"
Having said that, he quickly rushed out.
Lu Wanning hurriedly followed, and as soon as she went out, she saw Hu Yan pressing a dark and thin young man to the ground behind the round door.
The young man reacted extremely violently and struggled desperately to run away.
"Behave yourself!" Hu Yan twisted the man up and brought him in front of Lu Wanning.
The young man's desperate twisting movements suddenly stopped the moment he saw Lu Wanning.
He looked at Lu Wanning excitedly, and made an "ah ah" sound. If his arm had not been held by Hu Yan, he would have gestured hard.
Lu Wanning suddenly remembered, "Are you Hu Zi?"
The dark and thin boy nodded vigorously.
Seeing that she knew him, Hu Yan did not lower her guard. She looked at the man carefully and made sure that he did not have any hidden weapons before letting him go.
Hu Zi was picked up by Lu Wanning's mother several years ago when she was out treating patients.
At that time, he was so thin that his bones were visible, lying on the side of the road, dying with only one breath left.
After the man was picked up, Hu Zi was unable to speak and had no idea about his own background or where he came from. He was still young and was afraid that he would not survive even if he was allowed to leave.
Lu Wanning's parents simply let him stay and help in the clinic.
This stay lasted for several years.
Later, something happened in the clinic, and Lu Wanning did not see Hu Zi's body here. She still held on to hope that he was still alive. Now that she suddenly saw him, she was naturally a little excited.
"You are actually still alive." Lu Wanning was very surprised.
But Hu Zi had suffered so much outside over the years that even now that he was back here, he did not forget to keep the clinic tidy and clean.
Hu Zi was obviously happier when he saw her, and he was gesticulating with his hands and feet.
"How are you doing?"
"Did you receive the letter I sent you?"
"Have you looked for that man?"
Qi Muchao couldn't understand his sign language, but Lu Wanning had watched Hu Zi sign a long time ago, so she naturally adapted quickly.
She was planning to answer Hu Zi's questions one by one, but her expression suddenly paused, "That person?"
She looked at Hu Zi, "Who is that person?"
Hu Zi seemed to realize that he had done something wrong. He shook his head and stopped gesturing.
He didn't even look at Lu Wanning anymore, his head just drooped down.
"I haven't received your letter, nor have I met Liu Po. Can you tell me what was written in the letter?"
Hu Zi still didn't look up.
"It's about my parents, right? You haven't appeared in the past few years. Are you looking for that person?"
"I'm married," Lu Wanning pulled Qi Muchao towards her and said to Hu Zi, "This is my husband, the prince of Qi. He may be able to find the person you can't find. If you know anything, tell me now. If you delay any longer, my parents will rest in peace in peace."
Crown Prince?
Hu Zi finally raised his head. He looked Qi Muchao up and down, as if wondering how powerful Prince Qi was and whether he could protect Lu Wanning.
But in the end, the resentment of revenge for Lu Wanning's parents prevailed. He gritted his teeth and continued to gesture, "Before the madam and the gentleman got into trouble, they saved a seriously injured man."
"His subordinates brought him here for help. He was seriously injured, and it seemed there were people searching for him outside. To be on the safe side, Madam placed him in the cellar."
"Then the man woke up and left."
When he gestured to this point, the muscles on Hu Zi's cheeks began to spasm, and the movements of his hands seemed to be filled with emotion, as if they could leave afterimages.
"During that time, I vaguely remembered some things from the past, and Madam asked me to look for them according to my memory, hoping that I could find my family. So I went, and after I came back—"
His teeth were chattering and making a crunching sound, as if he wanted to eat alive the person who had harmed Lu Wanning's parents and then chew and swallow him.
"It must have been that man who did it. When Madam wanted to save him, I felt that he looked strange. And his subordinate, too, was so sinister and creepy."
"Not long after he left, something happened to the mistress and the husband. This guy must be afraid that the mistress would recognize him in the future, so he wants to kill her to silence her!"
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