Lianyi stood up and put on her coat swiftly. Then she pricked up her ears and listened for a while before following the smell of blood.
After she crawled out of the crevice of Wankou Mountain, she found a dark shadow lying on the ground not far away. He was face down with almost no movement in his body, and the smell of blood was emanating from him.
He fell in a good place, just upwind of the crevice. A gust of spring breeze blew past, carrying the smell of blood on his body into the hollow belly of Wankou Mountain, allowing Lianyi to discover her first, rather than the wild beast discovering him first.
Lianyi didn't intend to meddle in other people's business. She was not a saint. The life or death of this person had nothing to do with her. However, at this moment, she heard a familiar voice.
"Where did it go? The bloodstains were coming in this direction, how come it's gone again?"
A man's low complaint reached Lianyi's ears.
Lianyi raised her eyebrows. If she remembered correctly, the owner of the voice was her good uncle Song Dashan. But how could he appear here?
Lianyi didn't say anything, but found a place to hide, wanting to see what the other party was going to do.
After a while, the sound of chopping branches was heard, and Song Dashan, wearing a patched thin cotton coat, appeared in Lianyi's sight. The other party also discovered the man in black who was lying on the ground and almost merged with the ground.
Song Dashan's eyes lit up immediately, but he did not rush forward. Instead, he poked the person on the ground with the axe in his hand, and found that the other party did not react at all. Then he mustered up the courage to turn the person over.
The person on the ground looked like he was dead, without any reaction. After he was turned over, the first thing that caught my eye was a face covered in blood. It was obvious that he had fainted.
After making sure that the man could not move, Song Dashan began to search his body. After a while, he found a letter and a small package, about the size of two palms, which were placed close to his body. It looked very heavy. Song Dashan could not wait to open it and his eyes lit up immediately. Inside was a gold bar as thick as a thumb and as long as an index finger.
"I'm rich! I'm rich!"
Song Dashan muttered something and stuffed the thing into his arms.
Lianyi's eyes flashed and she jumped out. When Song Dashan heard the sound and was about to turn around, she directly chopped the other person unconscious with a knife.
Then she quickly put the letter and a small bag of gold in her arms, and felt the pulse of the man in black. The other party was already on the verge of death and was undoubtedly dead.
Lianyi searched the other person's body again and found an animal-shaped jade pendant hidden on the sole of his shoe.
"Why are you so rude?"
Lianyi picked up the jade pendant with a branch, wrapped it in her handkerchief and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket.
Then he helped Song Dashan to pose, and put the other party's hand holding the axe directly on the neck of the man in black, and then used the man in black's hand to strangle Song Dashan's neck, creating the scene where Song Dashan was about to kill the man in black, but the man in black resisted, strangled Song Dashan unconscious, and then died himself.
After doing all this, Lianyi wiped away her footprints, then returned to the belly of the mountain and went down the mountain from the other side. Less than a cup of tea after she left, someone followed the trail and tracked down to where the man in black and Song Dashan were.
At that time, the men in black were already dead, but Song Dashan had not yet woken up. Lianyi was very cruel. In the end, Song Dashan was awakened by being splashed with water. After experiencing the torture of hell, he died at the hands of these men in black.
"Boss, I didn't get anything. This guy is dishonest. At first he said he had never seen the letter and the gold, but later he admitted that he had seen them. However, he also said that he was attacked and fainted, and he didn't know where the gold and the letter were."
"He must have a companion, and he must be from a family nearby. Go and find out where he came from, and then go to his house to look for him."
"yes!"
A moment later, the bodies of the men in black and Song Dashan were buried on the spot. The men in black wiped out all traces, searched Wankou Mountain for another day, and then left. Fortunately, Lianyi left in time, otherwise he might have run into these people.
When Lianyi returned home, the sun was only a corner away from setting. Hui Niang saw her daughter coming back and asked:
"Lianyi, where did you go? Why did you come back so late?"
"I just walked around the area, hoping to find some wild vegetables, and I found a few leaves."
Lianyi raised the prop basket in her hand and said.
"You are such an impatient kid. It's only been a few days since the beginning of spring. Even wild vegetables will take a few days to grow."
Hui Niang smiled, held Hu Zi and welcomed Lianyi into the house.
Lianyi held Hu Zi in one hand and asked with a smile:
"Is Huzi behaving well today?"
"Tiger, be good!"
Hu Zi hugged Lianyi's neck and spoke in a baby voice.
Ever since Lianyi started to warm Huzi's body, Huzi has been very attached to Lianyi. Although he is small, he knows that it is comfortable to stay around Lianyi, so he will subconsciously choose to stay in Lianyi's arms.
"He walked for 25 minutes today. I was afraid he didn't have enough strength, so I didn't dare let him walk any longer. Then he looked eagerly in the direction of the gate. I guess he was waiting for you."
Hui Niang said with a smile, and took the basket from Lianyi's hand.
"That must be because you missed me."
Lian Yi said with great certainty.
At this time, Hu Zi took advantage of Lianyi and Hui Niang talking, and grabbed her veil with his little hand and pulled it off.
"sister"
When he saw the scars on Lianyi's face again, his eyes turned red. He gently touched Lianyi's cheek with his little hand, and the next moment he was about to cry, as if these terrible scars appeared because he had pulled off the scarf.
Hui Niang also noticed it, but her expression was completely different from her younger son's, because she found that the scars had shrunk.
"Be good, Huzi, don't cry. This is not your fault."
Lianyi patted Hu Zi's back, put the veil back on, and comforted him with a smile.
Hu Zi then stopped Jin Dou Dou and just hugged Lian Yi's neck. He was not as interested as before.
"Lianyi, I see the scar on your face is smaller now."
Hui Niang said in a low voice.
"Well, I did apply ointment, but I didn't dare to apply too much. Miss Dong Er hasn't married yet. If she knew that I cheated on her, she would not only not let me go, but would also implicate you. So this scar can't heal too quickly."
Ripple explained.
"Then you took off your veil in front of the matchmaker last time because you wanted to prove that your appearance was ruined. You were afraid that the Dong family would come looking for you."
Hui Niang also reacted and asked in a low voice.
"It's better to be safe than sorry. If I get married within two days of returning home, do you think the Dong family will be suspicious?"
"That's what you said."
Hui Niang was immediately convinced.
"Mom, maybe someone curious will take off my scarf. This kind of thing is hard to prevent, so we still have to be careful. I know you are worried that the scar on my face will affect my marriage. You should continue to worry now just as you did before. Don't let the neighbors know that my injury can heal."
Ripple reminded.
"Mother knows and will definitely not say anything nonsense. Let's wait until Miss Dong leaves Wangshan Town completely before we talk about it."
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