Chapter 313 Thrown into the Mountains
Yes, outsiders would not open the museum to perform an autopsy, but he found it disgusting!
"If a person with such a serious disease is buried in his own graveyard, it would be disrespectful to his ancestors! Besides, buying a coffin costs money. Even the most inferior thin coffin would cost hundreds of copper coins!
"Nowadays, everything in our family needs money. Where can we get the money to buy a coffin for this rebellious girl? If you pity her, please give her a tael of silver now, and I will go buy a coffin for this rebellious girl."
Qian rolled her eyes: "This is your daughter, not mine. Whether she is buried in a thin coffin or not is none of my business!"
"Since it has nothing to do with you, why bother to interfere? It only makes me look cold-hearted."
"Aren't you?"
"You!" Gu Liansheng glared at him angrily.
Qian ignored him and turned to walk towards the east wing: "Do whatever you want. I won't say another word, but don't expect me to help you."
Gu Liansheng stared at her back with a gloomy face, wishing that it was Qian lying in the yard.
He withdrew his gaze and looked down at Gu Qing, who had stopped talking, for a while. After hesitating for a while, he still didn't want her to die in the yard.
It was already afternoon and it would be dark soon. The girl was wearing a fur coat so she wouldn't freeze to death in a short while.
Gu Liansheng put down the medicine bowl in his hand, rummaged through the house to find a wooden rake, and used it to poke Gu Qing, turning her over and facing up.
Gu Qing closed his eyes, feeling a severe headache and dizziness, and he would open his mouth and retch from time to time.
Gu Liansheng looked disgusted and suppressed his anger as he called out to Gu Qing, "Daughter?"
The eyeballs under the eyelids moved and the eyes opened slightly.
Gu Liansheng breathed a sigh of relief, the person was still conscious.
"My dear, open your mouth and let me pour this medicine into your mouth. This is the tonic that grandma gave you. You are weak right now, so I specially prepared a bowl for you. Come, eat it while it's hot."
Gu Qing trembled all over after hearing these words. Did her father think that she had become stupid after banging her head against the wall?
She knew what medicine this was. Her father and Qian were plotting right in front of her. She was not deaf!
Although she knew it, Gu Qing had lost her spirit at this moment. Her mind was dizzy and in a mess. The words Qian had said before kept lingering in her mind.
After a moment's silence, she simply opened her mouth and let her father pour the medicine into her mouth.
Perhaps what Qian said was right. If you have such a serious disease, it would be a good fate to die early while you still have some semblance of human form.
Gu Liansheng was very satisfied with Gu Qing's understanding. He carefully poured the medicine into Gu Qing's mouth, a little at a time, and continued pouring after Gu Qing swallowed it.
Gu Qing ate half of the bowl of medicine and spilled the other half.
Gu Liansheng was not only clumsy but also clumsy with his hands. The medicine bowl was very close to Gu Qing's mouth, yet he still managed to spill half of the medicine.
Although half of the medicine had been poured out, Gu Liansheng was not worried about the lack of effectiveness of the medicine. He cooked all the remaining three packets of tranquilizing soup in the room in one go.
Three packets of tranquilizing soup are used to boil this bowl of medicine, and the efficacy of the medicine is at least tripled. Half a bowl is enough.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and Gu Qing soon fell asleep on the ground.
Gu Liansheng found a thick hemp rope, tied a noose to it, supported it with a wooden rake, and put the noose on Gu Qing. When it got dark, he pulled people up the mountain.
After tying the rope, Gu Liansheng tried to drag it a few times. It was very heavy and he was afraid he would suffer at night.
He didn't stop while dragging the man, and dragged him all the way to the woodshed in the backyard and locked him in the woodshed.
After finishing all this, Gu Liansheng returned to the east room of the main hall to see whether his mother was awake or asleep.
The medicine Feng had taken before was also a tranquilizing soup, but she didn't finish it. After taking a few mouthfuls of the medicine, Gu Liansheng left.
Mrs. Feng couldn't move and no one was feeding her, so she naturally couldn't take the medicine.
Unable to take medicine, she was rarely energetic today and happened to hear everything about Gu Qing.
She kept moaning and calling out, wanting her son outside to come in, but the noise outside was so loud that no one could hear her calling out.
Feng was so angry and anxious that she couldn't wait for her son to come in. In the end, she fainted from anger.
When Gu Liansheng came in, Feng was still unconscious. Gu Lianshan, who didn't know the truth, thought Feng was asleep and tiptoed out.
After coming out of the main hall, Gu Liansheng did not return to the east wing, but went to the west wing.
After Gu Lianshan and his family moved out, Gu Liansheng occupied the west wing and cleaned up a study for himself. He placed a large Luohan couch in it and covered it with bedding. When he got tired of reading, he could lie down and rest at any time.
Ever since Mr. Gu passed away, Gu Liansheng moved to the west wing.
In order to avoid arousing Qian's suspicion, he said that the imperial examination was not far away and he wanted to prepare for it with peace of mind.
He originally thought that Qian would disagree, but as soon as he said this, Qian immediately agreed without any annoyance.
At that time, Gu Liansheng's mind was full of the fact that Old Man Gu had passed away. He didn't think much about it. Instead, he felt relieved and thought that Qian was sensible.
Gu Liansheng returned to the west wing and sat there, waiting patiently for it to get dark.
The time that used to pass by so quickly now passes by so slowly.
Gu Liansheng and the others were feeling restless, so they simply took off their clothes and shoes and crawled into bed to take a nap.
When he woke up, the room was pitch black.
Gu Liansheng was delighted, it was dark!
He put on his clothes and shoes in the dark, and with the help of the faint light from the stove, he felt for the flint and quickly lit the oil lamp.
There was a clepsydra in the room. He held up the oil lamp and checked the time. His eyes widened suddenly. It was already the end of the You hour!
Why didn't Qian call him? !
Gu Liansheng angrily left the house and went to the east wing.
There was an oil lamp on in the east wing. When he arrived at the door, Gu Liansheng knocked hard and shouted for Qian to come out.
Qian was eating in the house at the moment.
Tonight, taking advantage of the fact that Gu Liansheng was asleep, she searched the house and found half a chicken and a piece of pork.
She chopped the chicken into large pieces and added water to make soup. She cut the pork into thick slices and stir-fried it with radish.
Afterwards, she went to the east wing, opened a jar of wine, poured out a full pot, and brought it to the east wing to eat meat and drink.
When Gu Liansheng knocked on the door, she was already about 70% full. Hearing the knock, she curled her lips in dissatisfaction, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then went to open the door with a sullen face.
As the door opened, the rich aroma of meat mixed with the aroma of wine hit his nose, making Gu Liansheng drool.
Gu Liansheng didn't react at first, and subconsciously asked, "Did you cook meat dishes?"
As he spoke, he squeezed into the house.
Qian didn't stop him and let him in sideways.
After the man entered the house and saw the meat and wine on the table, Gu Liansheng finally reacted.
"Did you touch the meat and wine in the east wing?!"
"What? I can't eat?" Qian asked back with a frown when she heard his unfriendly tone.
Gu Liansheng was furious: "The meat and wine were saved for when we visit Mr. Han's home in the first month of the lunar year! How could you eat them?!"
Qian paused. "If you were saving it for visiting relatives, why didn't you tell me clearly beforehand? I saw wine and meat in that room, and since we were both frightened today, I decided to make a good meal to calm our nerves. How could I have known you were giving it away as a gift?"
Hearing Qian's words of putting the blame on others, Gu Liansheng was so angry that he saw stars.
Seeing how angry the man was, Qian didn't dare to argue anymore. Gu Qing was still imprisoned in the backyard. If the man got angry, who would deal with Gu Qing?
"I was wrong in this matter. Now that I have eaten the meat and drunk the wine, why don't you sit down and eat some too? When you go to visit Mr. Han after the New Year, I will use the money to buy wine and meat. You won't go empty-handed."
These words made Gu Liansheng's expression relax. He sat on another bench, picked up a pair of chopsticks and started to eat heartily.
He also took the half pot of wine in the jug, poured it into the wine cup, and drank it one cup after another.
Qian was afraid that he was drunk, so she reminded him that Gu Qing was still in the backyard.
"I just went to check on him. His lips were purple and he was unconscious."
Gu Liansheng was startled and quickly put down his chopsticks to ask, "Is he still breathing? I hope he didn't die in the woodshed!"
"She was angry! I poked her a few times with a stick and she grunted a few times."
That's good!
Gu Liansheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Qian added, "Hurry up and eat! Every house in the village is closed now. It's the perfect time to head up the mountain. If you're any later, it'll be so cold outside you'll freeze to a crisp. If you head up the mountain during the coldest time of year, you'll definitely get sick from the cold!"
Gu Liansheng was very clear about this. He quickly filled his stomach and did not drink any more wine.
After finishing the food on the table, Gu Liansheng burped, put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, stood up and went to the backyard.
Watching the people leave, Qian felt very nervous.
She originally said that she would not care about the matter, but she could not let it go until she saw Gu Liansheng take the person away with her own eyes.
Putting down the half-collected dishes and chopsticks, Qian went out, took out her hat and put it on, then followed Gu Liansheng to the backyard.
Gu Liansheng found a torch, lit it, and held it to light the way to the backyard.
The snow is much lighter now and the wind is not strong, so going to the mountains now will be less painful.
The woodshed was locked. Gu Liansheng took out the key and handed it to Qian, motioning her to go forward and open it. He was holding a torch in his hand, so it was inconvenient for him to open the lock.
Qian did not refuse. After taking the key, she quickly opened the door.
They extended the torch into the woodshed to illuminate the area, and next to the pile of firewood, the couple saw Gu Qing lying on the firewood.
Gu Liansheng's expression changed immediately: "That damn girl is restless even until her death! Why would she lie on the firewood when she was fine? Do you still want this firewood? This is all the firewood left at home!"
"No! Let's go ask the villagers and see if anyone is willing to sell firewood. We can buy some and we don't want any of the firewood in this woodshed anymore! It's better to be safe than sorry!"
Gu Liansheng was furious: "If I had known this would happen, I should have thrown him into the snow in broad daylight!"
"It's too late to say this now! Hurry up, pull the rope and drag the person out. I'll get you a torch!"
Qian took the torch from Gu Liansheng's hand, stood aside to help him light the way, and urged him to quickly pull the person out.
Gu Liansheng walked forward with a dark face, picked up the rope on the ground, pulled Gu Qing down from the firewood, and pulled her out.
Coming out of the woodshed, Gu Liansheng instinctively dragged his people towards the front yard. Qian hurriedly called out to him, "Going through the front yard is too conspicuous! There's also a door to the backyard. Can we get to the mountain from this way?"
"Yes, but it has to be farther away..."
"It doesn't matter if it's a little far! Go through this back door!" Qian made the decision decisively.
Gu Liansheng had no idea at the moment, so he followed Qian's instructions and took Gu Qing out of the back door to the mountains.
Qian walked him to the back door, and then wanted to return the torch to her, not wanting to go with her.
Gu Liansheng said no, "The road is difficult to walk on. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time. This torch may not be enough. I need to take two more torches as backup.
I'm already using up all my strength just to hold Qing girl, and I don't have the strength to carry three torches anymore. Now you're the only one left with me."
Qian was extremely unwilling!
But she also knew that Gu Liansheng did not lie to her. With Gu Liansheng's physical strength, he would probably have to stop several times to catch his breath while pulling Gu Qing into the mountains.
If he were to bring three torches, the time would probably double.
It was late at night and Qian didn't want to stay at home for a long time. The reason was that Mr. Gu's body was still lying in the west room of the main hall!
After hesitating for a while, Qian agreed to go with them.
She went back to the house and got two new torches and a flint. Qian held the torch and led the way for Gu Liansheng.
There is a small path leading from the backyard to the mountains. I guess no one has been here since the snow. The snow on the road is extremely thick and very difficult to walk on.
The couple took one step deep and one step shallow, moving forward with difficulty, and their waists below were covered with snow.
Gu Qing was even worse off. His entire body was wrapped in snow, and at first glance, he looked like a monster.
The noose on his body was originally tied at his shoulders. With constant movement and friction, the noose gradually moved upwards and finally reached his neck.
The noose was a slipknot, and the neck was thin. When Gu Liansheng pulled the rope, the slipknot automatically tightened until it was tightly around the neck.
If the couple walking in front had stopped and looked carefully, they might have discovered that the noose was around Gu Qing's neck.
Unfortunately, neither of the couple looked in Gu Qing's direction. Even when they stopped to take a breath, the couple never looked in this direction.
Gu Qing, whose neck was strangled, gradually became unable to breathe. She struggled slightly with her hands and feet for a few times, and then she had no strength left.
She opened her mouth and widened her eyes, and soon she was breathing in more than out.
The couple remained unaware and continued on their journey.
They walked for an unknown amount of time, but before the couple was almost exhausted to death, they finally reached the mountains.
Gu Liansheng no longer had the strength to go inside. He randomly found a place, pulled the man over there, threw away the rope in his hand, and walked back with weak steps.
As for Gu Qing, he didn't even look at her.
The same went for Qian. The two of them seemed to be running away. Since they left home, they didn't even glance at Gu Qing and the others along the way.
On the way back, when they were far away, Qian glanced back and suddenly remembered that she had not taken off the rope.
"That girl is still tied up with ropes. If she were to be discovered..."
"Don't worry, few people come to this forest, especially during this period of heavy snow, so no one will come here."
Gu Liansheng also looked back, his face looking a little ferocious in the dim firelight.
He said, "If you throw such a large piece of meat here, it won't be long before those hungry wild animals come out. By then... even if someone really comes here, they won't be able to see anything..."
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