Ye Haonan, who was standing by, took a closer look and found that they were indeed very similar.
"Bai Man? Who is she?"
"Her surname is Bai, and the Bai family only has one daughter. Could she be my grandmother?"
Chen Ruxue felt devastated. She pointed at the person in the painting, then at herself, and said, "Why is she so beautiful? Compared to her, I feel a little inferior!"
Ye Haonan looked at Chen Ruxue's disbelief and quickly pulled her hand over. "Wife, you are also very beautiful, almost the same."
Chen Ruxue: “…”
This is simply a lie. The woman in the painting is bright and beautiful. If she lived in the future, she would definitely be able to participate in a beauty pageant. If she lived in ancient times, she would be able to become a concubine who brought disaster to the country.
Unlike her, she is just good-looking at best.
Chen Ruxue looked at each painting and found that they were portraits of Bai Man from the age of seven to eighteen.
In addition to the portrait, there is also a booklet next to it, which records some of the things that happened to Bai Man from childhood to adulthood.
From learning to speak to getting married, and then to having children, there is only one sentence on the last page: Maner, your father misses you so much!
In addition to the portraits and albums, there were also two wooden boxes. When they were opened, there were rattles, longevity locks, shuttlecocks, scissors, embroidery needles, some women's clothes, pearl hairpins and jewelry, and a jade pendant with excellent water content, on which was engraved the word "Man".
It seems that these things should have been used by Bai Man before.
"All the things here must have been put here by Mr. Bai. It's obvious that he missed his daughter very much. It's a pity that my grandmother died too early."
Chen Ruxue looked at these things and felt a little touched.
Without hesitation, she put all these things into the space and placed them separately.
"Xiao De, do you have anything else besides these?"
Chen Ruxue had a hunch that the Bai family shouldn't have only these things left. Didn't the Jiang family take away a lot of good things when they left? The Bai family and the Jiang family had similar financial resources, so how could there be nothing left?
"Host, there is indeed nothing!"
"Oh well!"
Since there was nothing, Chen Ruxue no longer worried about it. It would be better for her to leave here quickly and find someone to find out what happened that year!
After leaving the secret room and walking out of the Bai family's old house, Chen Ruxue asked passers-by about the old man.
"Ah, you're asking about Mr. Miao, right? His house is in the house not far away."
Following the direction pointed by a passerby, Chen Ruxue and Ye Haonan found Mr. Miao's house.
As soon as Chen Ruxue and Ye Haonan entered the yard, before they had time to say hello, they heard the voice of Mr. Miao, "Little girl, you are here, come in and sit down!"
Old Master Miao looked at Chen Ruxue who was approaching him and said, "Ask whatever you want to ask. If you don't ask now, you might never have the chance again."
"Grandpa, can you tell me in detail about the Bai family? My father never told me about it when he was alive."
"Bai family, I moved here when I was twenty years old.
Actually, I don’t know much about the Bai family. I just know that little Chen Jun’s original surname was not Chen. He changed it to Chen after Mr. Bai died.
I have some interactions with Old Chen, the housekeeper of the Bai family. He is a capable and honest man, and quite shrewd.
I diligently raised little Chen Jun until he was sixteen, but ended up dying a violent death."
"Wait! Old man, you said that Butler Chen died a violent death. Didn't he die of illness?"
Chen Ruxue asked in shock.
Elder Miao paused for a moment, looked at Chen Ruxue, and continued, "It was indeed an untimely death.
When we all found Old Chen, he was lying on the ground, dead.
Little Chenjun hid in a pile of firewood at the time and saved his life.
All of the Bai family's belongings were looted, and the people who used to serve the Bai family helped bury Old Chen and then left.
Later, not long after, Xiao Chenjun also left here and never returned."
"Did you find out what it was that did?"
"No, those people seemed to have disappeared without a trace, leaving no clues behind. There is no way to investigate." Old Master Miao shook his head.
"Little girl, there aren't many people who know about this anymore. I hope you can find those people one day and ask for an explanation for Old Chen!"
"Don't worry, old man. I will do my best to find those people."
Chen Ruxue made the promise solemnly. For some reason, she had a feeling that the group of people who killed Lin Suqiu's husband were most likely the same group.
However, no matter whether it is true or not, she will definitely find these people and avenge Uncle Lin and Grandpa Chen.
"Old man, have you ever heard of a mountain called Hulu Mountain here?"
"Hulu Mountain? It's right at the southernmost part of Ming County. However, it's not just one mountain, it's a group of mountains.
Besides, the other side of the mountain is the border, which is extremely dangerous, so few people go there."
Old Master Miao reminded anxiously, fearing that the little girl in front of him would rush over there without knowing the seriousness of the matter.
Don't worry, old man. I just heard that the scenery in the mountains over there is beautiful, so I wanted to go and see it. It's not easy for me to come here, and I really don't want to miss it.
After hearing her say this, Mr. Miao finally felt relieved, "That's good, you can take a look, but don't go into the mountains.
After bidding farewell to Grandpa Miao, Chen Ruxue and Ye Haonan drove to Hulu Mountain.
After driving for about two hours, we finally arrived at the foot of Hulu Mountain.
After parking the truck and disguising it, I felt relieved.
The mountains in front of me were indeed connected to each other, covered with dense jungle, and there was no end in sight.
Chen Ruxue took out two compasses and handed one to Ye Haonan, and also handed him a backpack full of supplies to prevent the two from accidentally separating.
After getting ready, the two men began to walk into the mountains.
Perhaps because of their previous mountain climbing experience, this time, Chen Ruxue and the others quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
When the two men could no longer be seen, a group of uninvited guests quietly followed them into the mountains.
"Boss, why don't we just capture these two guys right at the foot of the mountain.
Once they get into the mountains, they’ll be hard to catch.”
"Get lost! You know shit! The boss has ordered us to find those treasures.
As long as the treasure is found, it doesn’t matter whether these two people catch it or not.
If they don't obey, the worst that can happen is that each of them will be given a wooden box."
As soon as Chen Ruxue and Ye Haonan left the house, Old Man Mu sent people to follow them.
In fact, ever since the last incident in Ning City, Old Man Mu has been sending people to secretly keep an eye on Chen Ruxue.
Once she makes any movement, Old Man Mu will know immediately.
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