When Liu Qinghuan woke up, there was a faint voice in his ears.
She rolled her eyelids and saw a farmhouse. The pale morning light came in through the door, a little dazzling. She looked at the two figures at the door for a while, and then propped herself up to sit up from the bed. As soon as I exerted strength, my waist hurts badly.
"Hiss..."
As soon as Liu Qinghuan cried out in pain, two figures at the door rushed in eagerly: "Girl, are you awake? You have injuries on your body, so you can't move around."
The speaker was a peasant woman of about forty years old, wearing coarse clothes, her face was a little yellow from sunburn.
Liu Qinghuan blinked and asked, "Where is this place? Why am I here?"
The woman said: "This is Liang County. The girl was injured and passed out by the river. Our old Hu happened to see it when he went to catch fish by the stream, so he brought the girl back."
Liang County? Liu Qinghuan quickly recalled the map near Chang'an City. She remembered that after she fell into the trap, she finally passed out because of the pain of the wound, but before she passed out, she seemed to have fallen into the water. If this is Liang County, then the river she fell into is Biqing River. The Biqing River flows west all the way through seven counties. Liang County is already two counties away from Chang'an. How could she be swept so far by the current
Seeing that she was silent, the woman took the initiative to introduce: "This is my old Hu. He is the one who brought you back."
Liu Qinghuan raised his head, looked at the two people in front of him, and said emotionally: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I can't repay you for saving your life. Please accept my respect."
As Liu Qinghuan spoke, she struggled to get up from the bed, but the woman quickly stopped her: "Miss, don't move rashly, be careful to tear the wound." The woman sat down by the bed and asked her with a smile, "I don't know, Miss Who is the name, where is the person, how could he be injured and fainted by the river?"
Liu Qinghuan's eyes turned red, and she covered her face in tears: "I... woo woo woo."
Seeing her crying so sadly, the woman quickly comforted her: "Don't cry, girl, tell Aunt Hu slowly if you have any grievances."
Liu Qinghuan sniffed, and said: "The little girl's real name is Ji Shutong, and she is originally from Sichuan. My father took our family to do business in Chang'an, and our life is quite affluent. Last month, my cousin came from Sichuan to marry me. It was a happy event, but Unexpectedly, my cousin has a heart of snakes and scorpions. In order to seize my family property and kill my father, he still refuses to let me go. I was chased and killed by him all the way, and I had no choice but to throw myself into the river. I thought I would die, but I didn't expect to meet two A nobleman, saved the little girl's life."
After hearing this, Aunt Hu was very angry: "How can there be such a vicious person in the world, Miss Ji is here to recover from her injuries, and when she recovers, we will accompany you to the Yamen to sue him."
Liu Qinghuan wiped away her tears and said sadly: "Aunt Hu doesn't know something. My cousin has already cleared up the relationship. They colluded with the government and businessmen, and the Yamen will not do anything to him."
Aunt Hu comforted: "Don't worry, justice is at ease, let's take care of your body first."
Liu Qinghuan nodded, and said again: "Aunt Hu, I wonder how long the little girl has been in a coma?"
Aunt Hu said: "It's been a day and a night, but it made us anxious."
one day one Night? Xue Mu might have already taken people to the Ao Temple. As if thinking of something, Liu Qinghuan frowned slightly. Aunt Hu thought she was thinking of her cousin again, and hurriedly said: "Miss Ji, lie down and rest, don't think too much, Aunt Hu will make you some soup."
"Thank you, Aunt Hu." Liu Qinghuan glanced at her gratefully.
"It's all right." Aunt Hu stood up with a smile, and pulled their old Hu out together. Liu Qinghuan looked at their backs and closed her eyes.
In the Hou's mansion, Li Mo pointed to the map on the table and said to Xue Mu: "We have been searching along the Biqing River for a day, but we still found nothing. If Madam was not stranded in the nearby woods, she might have been washed away by the river. He went to a far away place." His slender index finger drew a meandering curve on the map, and continued, "After the Biqing River leaves Chang'an, it flows westward all the way through seven counties. Madam may have been killed somewhere. saved."
Xue Mu looked at the densely packed maps and said in a calm voice, "Look for them one by one."
Li Mo licked the dry corner of his mouth, and said: "I will send more people."
After the discussion, Xue Mu went out again, and Li Mo quickly chased after him: "I said, General, you are not hard-working, you don't eat, drink, or sleep like this, and if you are exhausted, no one will help you find your wife. "
Xue Mudao: "I slept for an hour last night, and I also had breakfast this morning."
Li Mo twitched the corner of his mouth: "I didn't fight like this when I was fighting."
Seeing that Xue Mu didn't respond, Li Mo thought about it, but still couldn't help asking curiously: "You don't regret letting Tang Zibo go? The one who lost it now is not the emperor's wife. Of course he is not in a hurry, but you can't do it so easily. Just submit!" The emperor usually told him to quit drinking when he had nothing to do, and he even pointed to this opportunity to draw Xue Mu into his camp!
Xue Mu said calmly, "What regrets? I can let him go today, and I can catch him tomorrow."
Li Mo was slightly surprised, then nodded in admiration.
Xue Mu searched for another day with his men and horses, but seeing that the sun was about to set again, they still found nothing.
After lying on the bed for a whole day, Liu Qinghuan's health improved a lot, but it was quiet at night, and the wound seemed to be burning with pain.
She slowly got up from the bed, walked to the table and poured herself a glass of water, and just after taking a sip, she choked and coughed. Afraid of disturbing the Hu family couple sleeping next door, Liu Qinghuan covered her mouth with her hand and coughed a few times in a low voice.
After spreading out his hands, there was some blood on the palm of his hand.
Liu Qinghuan's eyes suddenly changed, and she stood at the table for a long time before slowly moving back to the bed.
After recuperating for a day and a night, Liu Qinghuan felt that her body was much better than yesterday. Although the wound still hurts when I move it, at least I can get out of bed and walk.
She walked from the house to the yard, sat under a big tree and began to bask in the sun.
Uncle Hu went to the field, Aunt Hu was busy in the yard alone, and there were two dogs running outside. After basking in the sun for a while, Liu Qinghuan felt a little drowsy, so she planned to get up and go back to the room for a while, but just as she stood up, two vicious yamen servants came to the door.
Aunt Hu hurried over to greet her. The yamen servant sized her up and asked, "Have any suspicious persons appeared recently?"
Aunt Hu shook her head again and again: "No, no, it's just me and my old Hu here, so there is no suspicious person."
The yamen servant looked around the yard and saw Liu Qinghuan standing under the tree.
"Hey, where did this little lady come from? She looks really iconic." The yamen servant walked towards Liu Qinghuan, and Aunt Hu quickly stopped him, "Hey brother, this is my daughter. She went up the mountain a while ago. He was injured while picking mushrooms, so it's not a suspicious person."
"Your daughter?" The yamen servant looked at her in surprise, "You gave birth to such a beautiful daughter?"
"Oh my brother, don't make fun of me. Anyway, I was a flower when I was young. Our old Hu begged me for a long time before I agreed to marry him."
Hearing what she said, the two yamen servants laughed hahaha: "Okay, if you find any suspicious person, remember to come to the county yamen to notify."
"I got it, I got it, two big brothers, go slowly!" Aunt Hu stood on her tiptoes and watched the two go away, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Liu Qinghuan walked up to her and asked inexplicably, "Aunt Hu, what happened? What are these yamen servants here to investigate?"
"Let's go in and talk." Aunt Hu helped her to sit on the bed before she lowered her voice, "Maybe the girl didn't know that on the day you were unconscious, a murderer escaped from Chang'an, and now the government is looking for him everywhere."
"Murderer?" Liu Qinghuan blinked and looked at her sideways.
"That's right, I heard that he has his party ambush outside the outer city to respond." Aunt Hu looked frightened, "The government has been strictly investigating these two days, if anyone asks, you can say it is my daughter Hu Lingshan, lest get into unnecessary trouble."
Liu Qinghuan nodded: "I see, but where is your real daughter?"
"Oh, that girl, she went to Chang'an to find her cousin again, and she probably won't be back until next month." Aunt Hu mentioned her daughter with a look of resentment.
"Oh." Liu Qinghuan responded with a half understanding. Seeing her expression, Aunt Hu reminded her worriedly: "Miss Ji, you have to remember, if anyone asks, just say it's my daughter Hu Lingshan."
Seeing her worried look, Liu Qinghuan nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Hu, I will remember."
Aunt Hu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to go out to work.
In the afternoon, Aunt Hu specially killed a chicken and a duck. Liu Qinghuan looked at the dinner with both chicken and duck, and was taken aback for a moment before asking, "Aunt Hu, how did you eat so well tonight?"
It's no wonder Liu Qinghuan is strange. Although every meal in the Hou's mansion is full of big fish and meat, Aunt Hu's family is just an ordinary farmer, and there is no oily food in the usual food. Today's meal... No matter how you look at it, it will be during the Chinese New Year. so eat.
Aunt Hu put a chicken leg into her bowl, and said with a smile: "Miss Ji has an injury on her body, and she needs to eat well to heal quickly."
Liu Qinghuan looked at her movedly: "Thank you, Aunt Hu, I will definitely repay you when I recover."
Aunt Hu's eyes changed slightly, and then she picked up the bowl on the table and said vaguely, "Let's eat, let's eat."
Liu Qinghuan lowered her head and concentrated on eating.
As soon as the meal was finished, a large group of people poured in outside the door. The three people in the room stood up except Liu Qinghuan, looking at them in panic.
The leader looked at them for a while, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Qinghuan: "Who is this person?"
Aunt Hu hurriedly said, "She, she is my daughter."
The leader seemed to not believe that Aunt Hu could give birth to such a beautiful daughter, and looked at Liu Qinghuan suspiciously: "Are you her daughter? What's your name?"
Liu Qinghuan also panicked and said, "I, my name is Hu Lingshan."
The leader's eyes moved, and he ordered the people behind him: "Take it away!"