Chapter 95: Self-exposure
"Lou'er Xu'er, when were you and Li'er locked up?"
Lian Minglou saw his father's anxious look and said, "It was about ten days after Mother disappeared that Mingxu and I accidentally learned of her. We ignored the older and younger brothers' objections and went to rescue her."
"Later we realized we had been tricked, and we planned to escape. My aunt knows everything that happened after that."
Lian Minglou didn't want to talk about the embarrassing moment of escape, so he skipped it and talked about what happened after returning home.
Jiang Yun saw the sadness in his eyes and knew that he had not let go of the child yet. He was working so hard not only for himself, but also to avenge her child who left her right after she was conceived.
With a soft sigh and wiping the corners of her moist eyes, Jiang Yun whispered, "What a coincidence! I happened to be coming back from outside the city that day and saw someone chasing some kids."
"Thinking of the three kids who hadn't been home for seven or eight days, I told the driver to speed up. When I saw three children walking briskly, supporting each other, I quickly got them into the carriage and quickly left, heading towards the city gate."
"But we were caught in a search right after entering the city. I returned home feeling anxious, and only then did I discover Xu'er's leg was injured. Lou'er wouldn't let us call a doctor, saying they were just escaping."
Lian Minglou felt even more upset when he saw his aunt avoiding the main point. He suddenly said in a muffled voice, "If I hadn't been so scared and kept trying to stop you, you wouldn't have fallen because you were too anxious and didn't pay attention..."
"It's all my fault. I harmed my aunt and my unborn brother and sister..."
Lian Minglou was squatting on the ground sadly at this time. The brothers Lian Mingxu and Lian Mingli who were standing with him were biting their lips tightly, their eyes full of sadness.
Lian Mingtao and Lian Feishi, brother and sister, stood aside, holding each other's hands tightly, the sadness in their eyes was self-evident.
Looking at the sad faces of the children and thinking about what Lian Minglou had just said, Lian Jing and his wife, as well as Lian Qin, all set their eyes on Jiang Yun.
There was still a hint of sadness in Jiang Yun's eyes. This was something she could never forget.
She has always loved Lian Feiluo very much over the years, because she felt that little Feiluo was the person her child wanted to protect. Now that the child is gone, let her love the child well and protect her to grow up safely.
Seeing the pain in their eyes, Jiang Yun smiled with tears in her eyes and whispered, "Why are you looking at me? Think about what those people are going to do."
Xu Yuzhu walked up to her, took her hand, patted it gently and said, "You've suffered so much."
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? We are talking about business."
Xu Yuzhu looked at Jiang Yun, who was smiling and talking with tears in her eyes, and her heart ached even more. She wanted to say something else, but when the words came to her lips, she felt that everything seemed so pale and powerless.
He sighed, and then said: "If all this is directed at Brother Jing, I think I may know why those people are doing this."
"I once heard that Chen Yanhua married into the Ouyang family in search of something, but no one knows what this item is. All we know is that it was left behind by my mother-in-law, Jing's biological mother."
"The wet nurse was arrested and tortured, Brother Jing was robbed and killed, I was kidnapped, and the children were taken away and locked up. Every single one of these incidents is connected to the Lian family."
Yunshan thought it made sense and raised a question: "If this is true, and Madam Lian was abducted and then appeared in Qinglan Country, could this be the work of someone from Qinglan Country?"
Lian Qin nodded and replied, "It's very likely. And among those who robbed and killed my brothers, there were also people from Qinglan Country."
Lian Jing nodded and added, "Yes. Two of those people were from the Skeleton Hall, and the Skeleton Hall's lair is in Qinglan Country."
After saying this, Lian Jing looked at the people in the room with some complexity, and then told them a shocking news.
"Over the years, I have been ostensibly searching for my relatives, but in reality, I have been investigating the truth behind my mother's death."
"My mother's surname is Lian and her given name is Jin. Because she was pretty, she was brought home by Ouyang Hong's mother and has lived in the Ouyang family ever since. Everyone knows that my mother has lost her memory, but no one knows that her memory has long been restored."
"I originally wanted to stay in the Ouyang family to repay my gratitude, but I didn't expect that I would lose my life. Life is really unpredictable."
Lian Jing's call stunned everyone. Even his brother Lian Qin stared at him with wide eyes: "Brother, you have found your relatives!"
When talking about "relatives", Lian Jing laughed self-deprecatingly: "What does it mean to be relatives? Is it blood connection, companionship, or love and care?"
"Although the surname Lian isn't common, it's not rare either. It's just that my mother's Lian comes from the Lian family of Lingjiu Country, and my mother was a victim of the family's struggle for interests."
boom!
Pah!
At this moment, eyeballs were rolling and jumping on the ground, and it was impossible to tell which one belonged to whom.
Xu Yuzhu keenly caught the helplessness and sarcasm in Lian Jing's words. After thinking about it carefully, she suddenly understood.
No wonder her husband, although curious about what his mother left behind, never asked to take a look.
I originally thought I was overthinking it, but now it seems that is not the case.
How did her husband survive these years?
Xu Yuzhu felt a little sorry for Lian Jing, thinking about this man who had been without a mother since childhood and whose father didn't love him. He was abandoned again after finding his family...
The more he thought about it, the rage in his heart grew stronger, and the raging anger in his eyes seemed to be about to burst out.
Hearing about the Lian family, the Lian family of Lingjiu Country, Yunshan looked at Lian Jing carefully, and then said thoughtfully: "It seems that the things your mother left behind must be extraordinary, otherwise no one would target you."
"From what I know, those who initially researched the technique of face-changing included major families from the four nations and a number of powerful forces."
Hearing this, Lian Qin's face suddenly turned stern, and he immediately asked, "Mr. Yun, ten years ago, my brother and I met a one-eyed crazy old man. When he saw my brother, he shouted, 'Run! There are bad guys!'"
"Later, we heard a few words from the old man. All these years, we have never figured out what these words meant."
After hearing Lian Qin's words, Yunshan suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what word is it?"
"The ones who heard it clearly are these three: Qing Wuyun, Ling Lianmu, and Shennvluo."
Yunshan and A Tian both murmured softly, trying to find the meaning of these nine words.
Lian Jing looked at his daughter thoughtfully. He remembered that when the old Taoist priest saw his daughter, he said the four words "It is God's will". He had been thinking about what these four words meant...
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