In fact, Hong Xiaoduo knew that once she closed the door, neither Brother Quan, Feiyan, nor the other children would come in without saying hello.
But she just didn't want to see any news in this room.
With mixed feelings, I unfolded a card; it belonged to someone surnamed Gong.
Upon reading the contents of the letter, Hong Xiaoduo gasped in shock. If this truly was Tianquan's background, then Hei Wuchang must really hate officials to the extreme.
Gong Wei, a second-rank general, was stationed on the southwestern border year-round.
His wife, Dou Suyi, was also a military officer. After marrying Gong Wei, she did not stay in her hometown to serve her parents-in-law, but instead stayed with her husband to guard the border.
Even while pregnant, she never left the military camp.
The family had three sons and two daughters, all born in the military camp. After the children were a month old, they were sent back to their hometown, Fengdong City, to be raised.
Seven years ago, their third son, Gong Yaowu, was born. After his one-month celebration, he was sent back to his hometown, but he disappeared from the house just after turning one year old.
Gong Wei's mother felt extremely guilty and fell seriously ill. She was bedridden for half a year before she could get out of bed. However, because of the depression in her heart, she already had a full head of white hair before she turned forty.
"Tianquan, is this Gong Yaowu you?" Hong Xiaoduo tapped her finger on the paper and then looked at the information about the surname Ye.
Ye Ren'an, a fourth-rank prefect of Jiaozhou, celebrated the first birthday of his fourth son, Ye Liangjun, eight years ago during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was also the birthday of his wife Xia Jinyu. After the celebration, Ye Ren'an and his wife saw off the guests, and the child was taken back to the bedroom by the wet nurse. When Ye Ren'an and his wife returned to the room after seeing off the guests, they found that the wet nurse had her throat slit and the child had disappeared.
After reviewing the information for both surnames, Hong Xiaoduo noticed a very obvious commonality: the missing children were both around one year old.
Thinking back to the previous story about the Black Impermanence, his son had just turned one year old when the accident happened.
After Hong Xiaoduo left the space with her mind, she found the map and located Jiaozhou and Fengdong City. She checked the location, route, and distance before getting up and going to the next room to watch the children practice calligraphy.
The main room was spacious, so the children moved the small tables from the three rooms to this one and sat around it to practice calligraphy.
After Hong Xiaoduo went in, she started reading from Yuheng, who was sitting by the door. She slowly walked around the room and found that Tian Shu was the best written, while A Ping was the worst. The other minor characters were about the same level.
Quan Jinghuai, who was sitting to the side looking at the sword manual, noticed that Hong Xiaoduo lingered with Tianquan and Tianxuan the longest.
The way she looked at the two children was different from before, but he couldn't quite put his finger on how.
At this moment, Tian Shu checked the time, stood up, and said to his younger siblings, "Today's calligraphy practice is over. Take a 15-minute break and then do math."
Upon hearing his words, the children quickly got up, some drinking water when thirsty, and others going to relieve themselves.
"Is everything settled?" Quan Jinghuai asked the person who had come over and sat down.
Hong Xiaoduo nodded: "Don't you even know who I am?"
Seeing her smug look, Quan Jinghuai had to admit that she was indeed very capable.
However, Quan Jinghuai really wanted to know how she managed to get through to Duobaoge, because Duobaoge had a rule for many years that it did not serve female buyers in the business of selling information, and he had never heard of making an exception for anyone.
Her curiosity about this was even stronger than her desire to find out any information.
"Brother Quan, let's go to Jiaozhou," Hong Xiaoduo said.
According to the map, this place is close to Jiaozhou, so we should definitely go here first.
Unfortunately, there were no answers for the characters on the other signs, otherwise she could have planned her route properly and avoided taking unnecessary detours.
However, we can't just wait for the answers from those few signs.
"Going to Jiaozhou? Is there some special reason?" Quan Jinghuai asked, a rare occurrence for him...
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