Gu Qinghan's voice trembled obviously: "Ning'er, actually... I really don't know whether your mother is dead or alive, let alone where she is now?"
Qi Ning frowned and said, "You don't know?" He was quite suspicious.
Gu Qinghan smiled bitterly and said: "I know you don't believe it, but... but this is the truth. I haven't seen your mother since the day I married into your Qi family. I asked your third uncle, but your third uncle only told me not to If you ask more questions, you also told me not to mention your mother in the house, saying that it was... that it was the order of the madam."
"Why is she not allowed to be mentioned?" Qining asked in confusion: "She is a marquise and the mistress of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion. Is there any reason not to be mentioned?"
Gu Qinghan shook his head slightly, his temples disheveled: "I don't know, but when your third uncle said that, I couldn't ask more questions. I was thinking the same thing as you at the time. I never knew why you weren't allowed to mention your mother. There were still some people in the house at that time. Old servant, I... I worked hard that day, and when I met an old servant, I asked him if he knew where your mother had gone."
"Does he know?"
Gu Qinghan smiled bitterly and said: "If he had told me, I wouldn't have known it today. When the old servant heard my inquiry, he changed his color and lowered his head without daring to say a word. I felt even more strange at the time. But I I knew that things about your mother were not trivial, so... I didn't ask anyone to ask again, until... until something happened later."
"What's the matter?"
Gu Qinghan's beautiful eyes flashed, as if she was reminiscing. After a short while, she finally said: "When I first married into the Qi family, the wife was still taking care of the affairs in the house, and Aunt Qiong followed the command of the wife and took care of it herself. Matters in the house."
When Gu Qinghan spoke, her breath was like orchid, and an orchid-like fragrance came out from her pink lips. While Qining listened, he stared at her plump and sexy lips and said softly: "So that's the case, no wonder they mother and son I feel resentful towards my aunt, presumably because after Sanniang came over, all the power in her hands was taken back by the Madam and handed over to Sanniang."
Ordinary courtyards would scheming with each other over the power of the family, let alone such a huge and wealthy compound as the Jinyihou Mansion.
Aunt Qiong was in charge of the Hou Mansion under the orders of the Dowager Madam. She had more than 200 people in the Hou Mansion under her control. Naturally, she was very majestic, and naturally she gained a lot of money from it.
But after all, she is just an aunt. There is no other mistress in the Hou Mansion, so she can only make trouble. However, after Gu Qinghan passed the door, she became the third master's wife. Liu Suyi disappeared, and the management rights of the Hou Mansion naturally belonged to Gu Qinghan. .
"Of course there is a reason for this." Gu Qinghan always kept one arm across his chest, lest Qining would have other thoughts when he saw her proud breasts, he whispered: "When Aunt Qiong is managing the family, she treats her servants Very harsh. That time, Aunt Qiong ordered an old servant to be whipped ten times in front of everyone because he came to work late. I later heard someone say that after the old servant was whipped, he felt very sad. He complained and told the people around him that if it were your mother, she would never be so cruel."
"Does he know about my mother?"
"I don't know how much he knows, but he is an old man in the house, so he naturally knows your mother." Gu Qinghan said softly: "He also told people that your mother is kind to others. Not only will she not make things difficult for her servants, she will sometimes do it herself. Some pastries for the servants to eat, you are so ingenious...!"
"What he said naturally spread." Qi Ning vaguely felt that after the old servant told Liu Suyi, he was afraid that something bad would happen.
Gu Qinghan shivered, and her delicate body curled up slightly. Although it was late at night, it was still a bit hot in summer, but Gu Qinghan felt like she was in the coldest month of winter. She folded her arms and was silent for a moment before softly saying: "The next day, I happened to go to the Buddhist hall to find something to do with Mrs. Tai. No one has ever dared to approach Mrs. Tai's Buddhist hall. I went there that time because I wanted to discuss with Mrs. Tai to send something to your third uncle. ." At this point, he paused and then continued: "It was getting very late at that time. When I arrived at the Buddhist hall, the courtyard door was not closed, so I went in. The door of the Buddhist hall was closed. I knocked on the door, but... suddenly I heard a voice coming from inside."
Qi Ning just looked into Gu Qinghan's eyes without interrupting, but saw that Gu Qinghan's arms tightened again, as if he looked very cold, and the soft and fragrant body was already trembling slightly.
He knew very well that what happened next was probably the reason why Gu Qinghan was afraid to this day.
"I didn't know what was going on at the time, so... I leaned towards the crack of the door to see what was going on inside." Gu Qinghan bit her lip and blamed herself: "If... if I knew what happened next, I... I would have left earlier That’s good.”
Qi Ning saw Gu Qinghan's delicate body trembling violently, and felt pity in his heart. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and held one of Gu Qinghan's catkins. Gu Qinghan felt the warmth of Qining's hand, but this time she did not resist and allowed Qi Ning to hold it. , it seemed that this hand could slightly relieve her uneasy mood.
"What happened in the house?" Qi Ning asked softly, "Is the old servant also in the house?"
Gu Qinghan was startled, then hummed softly and said: "I saw the Madam sitting on the futon, and the old servant was kneeling behind her. The Madam asked what the old servant had said, then... that old servant He didn't dare to hide it, so he told him everything he had said before. The wife asked him if he thought your mother was a good person, so... The old servant said that your mother was kind and treated her servants well, and then... Then suddenly, the wife suddenly There's one more... one more shadow." At this point, her delicate body trembled even more fiercely. Qining moved closer to her and raised his hands to wrap around Gu Qinghan's waist.
Gu Qinghan twisted uncomfortably, but Qining hugged her to him and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Just tell me what you saw, I'm by your side." , no one can hurt you." His palms were placed on Gu Qinghan's lower back. At this time, he could clearly feel that the concave curvature of her waist was really amazing. It was no wonder that when she walked, she looked like a willow branch blown by the wind.
Although the soft arc would quickly rise and bulge further down, Qining did not dare to move and asked softly: "Who is that figure that suddenly appeared?"
Although Gu Qinghan didn't resist when Qin Ning hugged her waist, she still slightly blocked one arm in front of her body to prevent Qin Ning from getting too close. When Qin Ning asked, there was a look of fear in her charming eyes. , breathing slightly, voice trembling: "It's... it's a bull head...!"
"An ox head?" Qi Ning was startled and frowned: "What ox head?"
Gu Qinghan clenched her pink fists tightly, and beads of fragrant sweat rolled down her snowy muscles: "You... do you know that there are bull-headed and horse-faced faces in the underworld? They are... the seducers in the Palace of Hell...!" At this point, her fair face became even more... It was pale, and its soft and fragrant body was trembling violently.
"A bull's head and a horse's face?" Qining said in surprise: "Sanniang, you said... you said a bull's head appeared in the Buddhist hall?"
"Then... that can't be a real bull's head." Gu Qinghan said: "But that man was dressed in linen and his head was a bull's head. I thought about it later, then... he should have been wearing a hood to prevent others from seeing his face clearly. But... But I didn't know that at the time, I just thought that the seducer from the underworld really appeared, so...!" She covered her fragrant lips and her delicate body shivered.
"Sanniang, what happened after you saw him?"
Gu Qinghan tried his best to calm down, and then said softly: "I was so scared that I took a few steps back and didn't dare to stay. I turned around and wanted to leave, but... But after only taking two steps, I was stopped by a figure. That night and tonight There was also moonlight, and when I took a look, I almost... almost screamed."
"Who stopped you?"
"It's Ma Mian." Gu Qinghan said tremblingly: "That man was also dressed in gray linen clothes, and his head was exactly like the statue of Ma Mian in the underworld. Before I could scream, then... Ma Mian rushed up and covered him. My mouth, caught me... caught me into the Buddhist hall."
Qi Ning frowned, but the scene at that time appeared in his mind.
In the quiet Jinyi Hou Mansion, in the strange Buddhist hall, the wife was kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, but there was an ox-headed and horse-faced person standing next to her. Not to mention that Gu Qinghan was a weak woman, even a strong man, in that situation. He was so distraught that he couldn't help but patted Gu Qinghan's waist twice as a gesture of comfort.
"Mrs. Tai knew it was me, but she didn't say a word to me." Gu Qinghan whispered: "The old servant was so frightened when he saw the cow head and horse face that he couldn't speak at all. Mrs. Tai asked Why did the old servant disobey her order and mention... mention your mother in the house, she... She spoke a little unpleasantly at that time...!"
"Hard to hear?" Qining asked in a low voice, "Are you calling my mother a bitch?"
"Ah?" Gu Qinghan was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, it turns out you know this too. She... She said that the old servant shouldn't mention your mother. Your mother is not... not a good thing. She also said that since the old servant is disobedient, Just...you should pay the price...!"
"What did they do to the old servant?" Qining knew something was wrong and asked in a low voice.
Gu Qinghan said in a trembling voice: "Nutou... Niutou took out a pill and asked... the old servant to swallow it. Then... the old servant didn't dare to resist. I thought... thought it was a deadly poison, so... I asked the Mrs. I requested, but the lady ignored me at all. After the old servant swallowed the pill, he did not die. However, after a while, he pinched his throat and was... speechless."
"Isn't that poison that kills people?"
"No." Gu Qinghan said: "It's... it's a mute medicine, it's... it's a mute medicine that makes people speechless."
Qi Ning frowned and said, "Then the old woman just made him unable to speak?"
"I... I thought so at first, but...!" Gu Qinghan suddenly closed his eyes, as if he was greatly frightened, and his voice was somewhat uncontrollable: "No... I won't say it anymore, I don't want to...!"
Qi Ning was startled by her sudden loud voice. She was really worried about being heard. She knew that Gu Qinghan, a usually smart and capable young woman, was so rude at this time. She must have thought of something extremely terrible. At this time Before he could move his hands, he suddenly leaned forward and kissed Gu Qinghan's pink lips to stop her from making any sound.