After reading the letter, Xiao Lingling's voice trembled, her eyes wide with anger. "How dare they do this! How can they be so cruel! Rong'er seems to be only a little older than me! Don't they have any heart?"
Having said that, he no longer cared about anything else and turned around and ran back to his room.
"Grandma! You guys go back first. I, I have to go out for something."
Zhao's hands froze. "What's wrong? Why are you so angry all of a sudden? Who bullied you? Tell grandma and I'll beat them up!"
Little Bell's eyes were red with anger. "No one is bullying me, Grandma. I just have something to do. It's quick, okay? If you're worried, I can take a few guards with me, okay?"
Seeing Xiao Lingdang's insistence, Huo Qiuyue said, "Darling, I don't want to know what you're going to do, but you have to tell me how long you'll be gone. If you're not going to be away for long, we can definitely wait for you."
It's a good opportunity for me to take your brothers to visit the academy. I took Xiaowen there last time. My father was still talking about these children and said he wanted to meet them.
No, that’s perfect!”
Little Bell thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't take too long. From here..."
"It takes about two and a half hours to go back and forth from here by fast horse. If everything goes well, we can go back and forth in one day and be back before dark."
Chu Yu answered first.
"Okay! Then, grandma, I promise to be back before tonight, okay?"
Seeing everyone looking at her, Zhao could only nod helplessly, "Okay, but you must pay attention to safety, understand?"
She wasn't particularly worried. After all, she knew her granddaughter's strength. But since she wasn't around, she felt a little unsure.
Xiao Lingling felt relieved and almost immediately ordered four guards to follow her.
Chu Yu also brought along Yang Qi and a little bell-bell who he had rarely seen before. The bell-bell didn't look young and should be about the same age as Lin Feng.
He was the one who led the way this time, and he was the one who got the information.
Fengrao County and Huaxiang County are similar, both are on the edge of the provincial capital, but Shangliu Village is a bit far from the provincial capital and is also surrounded by mountains. It is much more remote than Shuanghe Village.
With someone leading the way, they rode their horses at full speed, took a shortcut, and went straight over the mountain.
It would have taken more than an hour to walk, but we managed to save half the time.
Lu Chen pointed to a small courtyard not far from the foot of the mountain and said, "That's Deng Yi's house."
Little Bell frowned, "That's not right. Didn't they say Deng Yi's family is very poor?"
The small courtyard in front of me is a large house made of blue bricks and tiles. It is not a small place. Including the yard, it must be more than one acre in area. It is obviously different from what Deng Zhuo described before.
And the house looked like it was built in the last two years, so it was quite new. Because they were standing high up, they could see someone sweeping the yard.
Lu Chen nodded, "Yes, this is Deng Yi's home. There's only so much that can be written on the letter paper. In fact, I also found out a lot of information, especially about that little girl named Rong'er."
After visiting and inquiring with many villagers, I learned that Rong'er was not Deng Yi's daughter, but a foster child of a relative. The child was very weak and often sick, but the Deng Yi family rarely consulted a doctor.
Deng Yi only went to ask for help a few times when the child was seriously ill and could not even hold on. Everyone secretly called them a family of vampires.
Although the villagers didn't know the details, they all knew that Deng Yi's fortune began to rise the year he adopted the child. Initially, his food and clothing improved, and later he gradually built a large house.
Logically, they should have treated the child better, but this family was so inhumane that they left all the daily chores of washing pots and dishes and feeding pigs and chickens to the little girl.
As long as you are not sick, you have to work day and night, and the food you eat is leftovers that even dogs don't want to eat.
Occasionally, everyone wanted to help the couple out of pity, but they were always scolded back by Deng Yi's wife, Liu.
Gradually, no one dared to be nice to the child openly.
However, every once in a while, Deng Yi would find an excuse to take Rong'er to the small shabby house at the foot of the mountain on the other side to stay for a few days.
Although no one understood why, they didn't delve into it. But I still feel like there's something fishy going on."
Xiao Lingling followed the direction of his finger and saw the small shabby house he mentioned. It was really shabby, with even half of the thatched roof gone. It was even worse than a dilapidated temple.
She knew why without asking. It was most likely that Deng Zhuo had come and they were going to perform.
Only after seeing how miserable their lives were for the sake of their children would Deng Zhuo desperately try to get the money back.
This family is just like blood-sucking leeches, so hateful!
Xiao Lingdang had no intention of beating around the bush with them, and she led her men down the mountain aggressively. When she was almost at the door, she pointed at two people to follow Lu Chen to find the people from the Deng family who were not at home.
This time, she wasn't going to let anyone go.
Xiao Lingling kicked the gate open, and the people in the yard were obviously startled.
Xiao Lingling looked over and found that it was a little girl, thin and dark, who seemed shorter than her. She knew who it was without having to guess.
The little girl looked at them fearfully, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Little Bell didn't show any anger towards her. She said in a soft voice, "Are you Sister Rong?"
When Deng Rong heard her ask this, she didn't know how to answer for a moment and nodded blankly.
Before Xiao Lingling could go up and say a few words to her, a voice came from the room. It was a woman's voice, and she was yawning, obviously still asleep.
"Who is it? Don't you know you should take a nap in the middle of the day? You're disturbing my sleep!"
The woman opened the door as she spoke, and when she saw several people standing in the yard, they all froze.
Although he didn't know them, he could tell from their clothes that they were either rich or noble.
In an instant, her mind raced countless times and she made countless assumptions.
She knew very well that her family didn't know anyone like this, so it could be either them or Deng Zhuo.
The woman's expression became a little ferocious at the thought of the truth being exposed, but she quickly suppressed it.
No matter who they were, they were not someone they could afford to offend. "Hey, whose daughter and son are these? Why are they here? What do you want from us that has brought you all this way?"
As she spoke, she approached Deng Rong calmly.
Xiao Lingdang noticed her little action at the first moment, rushed forward immediately, pulled Deng Rong and hid her behind her.
She stared at the woman in front of her with a half-smile, "Why did we come to you? You should know it clearly. Why are you asking me?"
Li Ning, go see if there is anyone else in the house, regardless of gender, age or status, pull them all out!
Li Ning immediately stood up and said, "Yes!"
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