Lord Xie had forgotten about this matter a long time ago, but when he heard her mention it, he remembered it.
"Some children look like their aunts or grandmothers, but not like their parents. This is common," said Lord Xie.
"That's what I thought at the time, but as she grew older, she looked nothing like you or me, let alone anyone in our families." Mrs. Xie was in deep thought, and had always kept some things hidden in her heart, never saying a word to anyone else.
"Do you know why I have this doubt?" Mrs. Xie asked again.
Lord Xie wanted to ask if she was crazy, but when he saw her cold eyes, there was no sign of her being crazy at all.
"One day, I dreamed of the day I gave birth to Ming'er. Do you know what I saw?"
Lord Xie was affected by Madam Xie's emotions, and his voice tightened unconsciously, "What?"
"I saw the couple who had taken shelter in the cave with us that day. Their faces were incredibly similar to Ming'er's. That dream startled me so much that I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep."
"Ever since that day, I've been telling myself that Ming'er is my child, my own child. But every time I stare at her face, I can't find the slightest resemblance between her and you or me."
"At the beginning of last year, I couldn't help but ask the wet nurse who had been there. She told me the child was fine. After that day, I stopped thinking about it, thinking I was just going crazy. However, not long after I asked the wet nurse, she excused herself and left the house to enjoy family life."
"It didn't seem unusual at the time, but now it seems suspicious. If Nanny wanted to enjoy family happiness, she could have left when Ming'er reached the age of marriage. But she left only after I inquired about it. Isn't that strange?"
After hearing what his wife said, Lord Xie was stunned, thinking that all this was her conjecture.
"Madam, are you overthinking it?" Lord Xie still found it hard to believe. This was simply unbelievable.
Mrs. Xie had suspected this before, and the secret had been buried deep in her heart. Now, after hearing these words from the Taoist priest played by Bei Yutang, why did she accept this fact so quickly?
"Shangqing Zhenren has no grudges against us, so why would he say such a thing? If he were a con man, he could just perform a ritual to steal money, but he mentioned this. This would do him no good, yet he still said it. How can this be explained?"
Faced with Mrs. Xie's questioning, Lord Xie was speechless.
"I know you can't accept it for the time being, but we can go and check. As long as we find that family, the truth will be revealed." Mrs. Xie said anxiously.
Lord Xie felt relieved. "Never mind, let's go find it. But how can we find it in this vast sea of people?"
Mrs. Xie was now in a dilemma.
The couple looked at each other, both not knowing where to start looking.
"I think they must be in the village near that mountain." Mrs. Xie said.
Having said that, is the area around the hiding cave ten miles or a hundred miles in radius?
"I'll send someone to look for it, so don't get your hopes up. Oh, and I remember the family's surname was Qian. I even named their daughter Zhiliu. Now we have a target, and the search will be easier."
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