Chapter 310 Two Clearings
"What are you thinking?" Lu Qingqing saw right through her thoughts.
"Don't be stupid. In this situation, telling him the truth won't do any good. You'll only get yourself into trouble."
I'm telling you this just so you'll know.
The person who harmed you was not the Crown Prince.
Lu Qingqing didn't know why she cared so much.
In short, she didn't want that person to bear these misunderstandings.
"Alright, stop thinking about that scumbag. Take good care of the child. Now we can only wait for reinforcements."
After Lu Qingqing finished speaking, she returned to the tent at the Lu family's side.
Lu Yun and his father had already set up two tents, one small and one large, intending to separate the men and women.
The others were there helping to secure it to the ground.
Lu Qingqing walked over and whispered, "We also need to make some preparations. I'm afraid something might happen."
After hearing what Liu'er said about Qin Wangchuan, she felt uneasy.
Something was off about him when he came to Ming'an County.
Why did they turn around and come to Ming'an County to recruit soldiers on a large scale? Did they know that Ji Ruyan had stayed here before?
Should the entire Ming'an County pay the price?
Then Magistrate Xu is in danger.
"Little sister, what do we need to prepare?" Lu Yun asked.
"Poison, poisonous smoke, weapons!"
"You can definitely make poison and poisonous smoke, but where are we going to find weapons? Besides, nobody knows how to use them."
"Weapons are available; Mo Lang will bring them. Even last-minute preparations can be effective."
If those soldiers and bandits come looking for us, we can't just sit here and wait to die!
You and Erzhu organize yourselves to practice chopping people down in front of the big tree.
"Chaolu, gather everyone from the workshop over here, let's make the medicinal powder together!"
Chaolu ran off to call for help.
Lu Yun also went to call for help.
"Second sister-in-law, please organize all the pregnant women in the village to move inside so they won't be bothered by the medicine."
My sister-in-law went over too.
Lin Ye: "Okay!"
Despite being heavily pregnant, Feng Xiaowan didn't try to be brave; she just wanted to avoid holding everyone back.
After the whole village finished setting up the tents, they started dividing up the work and everyone got busy.
...
In Ming'an County, urgent knocking could be heard from a secluded alley.
"Sister Wu, Sister Wu, please help me, what's wrong with my child? Sister Wu—"
After quite a while, a woman hurriedly came to open the door.
"Oh dear, Ding, why are you still running outside? Go home quickly, go home and hide!" the woman said anxiously, waving her hand.
Dingxiang's voice trembled with tears:
"No, Sister Wu, I don't know what's wrong with my child. I can't wake him up no matter what I do. What's wrong with him? What's wrong with him? Didn't you work as a wet nurse? Can you take a look?"
Sister Wu felt sorry for her; she was a young widow with young children, and there were some things she was too embarrassed to say:
The first time she saw her child, she could tell that the child had a problem with his eyes; he couldn't follow the movement of objects at all.
Seeing her crying in distress, I couldn't bear it and lifted the swaddling clothes to take a look.
Upon seeing this, his face turned pale.
The child's face turned blue!
Upon checking her breath, good heavens, she... had died!
"He must have choked on the milk, right? He must have choked on the milk and was holding his breath, but I've been patting him for a while and he still hasn't recovered."
Dingxiang was incoherent, wanting to cry but holding back, and kept shaking the child.
Sister-in-law Wu understood; Dingxiang knew the child was gone, but she just didn't want to believe it.
"Sister Ding, this child is not meant to be with you. Go home quickly and bury him against the wall. Don't let him come out again. We'll talk about him again after the chaos of war."
"Sister Wu, really, he was perfectly fine yesterday, really, how could he be dead? How could he be dead?"
No, this is wrong...
Aunt Wu was startled, then remembered the child's eyes.
"Miss Ding, you didn't take any gender-changing pills either, did you?"
Dingxiang was taken aback and instinctively wanted to deny it.
It was clear that Sister Wu knew something, so she remained silent.
"Children born after taking the 'gender-changing pill' don't grow up. Many die within days of birth, and they just suddenly die without any apparent problems... Sigh, it's all fate. You should go back now!"
Sister Wu closed the door.
Dingxiang stood there blankly, as if the blood in her body had stopped flowing, and she could no longer think.
"No, no."
"Your mother is saving money for your education! She can't bear to spend it."
"He won't die, he can definitely be saved."
"Lu Qingqing, yes, Lu Qingqing can be saved. I want to go back to her and kowtow to her..."
Dingxiang, like a wandering soul, carried the child out of the alley.
As soon as she stepped outside, a gust of foul-smelling wind swept over her, and then her hand went empty—the child in her arms was gone.
A beggar's figure disappeared around the street corner.
"Give me back my child, give me back my child—" Dingxiang cried out sharply as she chased after them.
Child, child...
That was her only family.
Child, child...
She didn't know how long she had been searching before she finally saw the beggar.
He squatted against the wall with his back to me.
She rushed over and grabbed him: "Give it back—"
The piercing sound was stuck in my throat.
Dingxiang staggered backward in shock.
The beggar grinned, revealing a mouthful of blood and flesh.
"Everything's gone, the door's locked, and I'm hungry..."
"These days, if you want to survive, you have to eat everything. It's not like we've never eaten anything before..."
"This meat is tender and delicious..."
The beggar grabbed another thin arm...
Dingxiang felt dizzy and disoriented.
Many voices were buzzing in her head.
Although the beggar was disheveled and filthy, she could still recognize those familiar triangular eyes.
"Brother Xiuwen is the most handsome man in the whole village, I must marry him!"
"Brother Xiuwen passed the imperial examination and became a scholar! Father, I want to marry him!"
"Brother Xiuwen, I'm pregnant..."
...
This child began with Ning Xiuwen and will also end with Ning Xiuwen.
It's as if God drew a circle for him, from where he came to where he's going.
It feels like I've been here before, but it also feels like I haven't.
She clutched her head and finally broke down screaming.
The commotion came in waves, startling Ning Xiuwen, who was enjoying his meal.
He had a bone stuck in his throat.
Soon, his face turned blue and purple from holding his breath, his eyes rolled back, and he reached out to Dingxiang for help.
But all they got in return was a barrage of stones.
"Retribution! Retribution! Retribution!"
What kind of scholar is he, what kind of son is he!
Why should a child with such filthy blood be born into this world!
I shouldn't have been born into this world!
She thought that her relationship with Ning Xiuwen had already come to an end.
But it turns out that it only ended tragically now.
She got the money she gave him back in a despicable way.
He took back the child he had given her in the most toxic way.
Both parties are cleared.
It's like Lilac has just woken up from a dream.
The dream ended with nothing.
There was some noise coming from the street.
The earth seemed to tremble.
The crazed woman stopped smashing things; the corpse on the ground was already a bloody mess, unrecognizable.
Her face was covered in blood as she stared blankly at the street.
"There's a woman here, grab her!"
Two men in armor came over and dragged Dingxiang away.
"You filthy men, you all deserve to die, you all deserve to die—"
She was out of her mind and frantically smashed at the two of them.
"You bitch, you're asking for it!"
The man kicked the man, sending him crashing into the wall; his fate was unknown.
"Hurry! The general is calling for a mobilization!"
The two of them spat and ran away.
The door of the house next door quietly opened.
An old woman with a bent back walked out.
"Amitabha! He's not dead yet! Son, quickly help us carry him inside!"
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