Chapter 320 The Truth
I don’t know what kind of ecstasy drug this Xiao Qi gave my little girl, so she had to be a little follower and follow him.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Yuan Bao held his father's face in his hands and looked left and right, but couldn't see anything.
"Ingots……"
Chi Sheng was a little helpless, but he was thinking about what the old Taoist priest said back then.
Qingfeng Village can be saved only by finding a mother-in-law and a husband for Yuan Bao.
But now that the lady Yuan Bao recognized has long disappeared, and Xiao Qi is just a nine-year-old baby, what can he do?
Chi Sheng couldn't help but have a headache, and only regretted taking this matter seriously.
Otherwise, Yuan Bao wouldn't be Xiao Qi's follower like he is now.
Xiao Qi only has his sister in his heart, how can he accommodate his own daughter?
Mr. Xu limped from behind the stockade and was relieved to see Chi Sheng here.
"The boss!"
Hearing someone calling him, Chi Sheng turned around and met Mr. Xu's eyes. Guessing that he came here for that matter, Chi Sheng no longer held Yuan Bao. He only put her down and took Mr. Xu to the house. .
"Brother Xiao Qi, do we want to continue practicing swordsmanship?" Xiao Yuanbao looked at Xiao Qi, his little face raised as if he didn't know he was tired at all.
Xiao Qi was moved when she saw him like this, but she still shook her head: "Let's go, we'll be here today."
"Oh..." Yuan Bao was a little disappointed. Brother Xiao Qi now has to collect medicine for his second uncle every day, and his second uncle doesn't let him follow him. He can only stay with brother Xiao Qi for half an hour every day.
As soon as he entered the house, Chi Sheng only asked Mr. Xu to sit down.
Mr. Xu was one of the first people to come to Qingfeng Village, and he was also the old man who watched him grow up since he was a child.
"Master, I just want to ask about Niuniu Village." Mr. Xu looked a little dazed and rubbed his hands together nervously.
"Mr. Xu..." Chi Sheng looked a little complicated, but finally sighed.
"We only saw Mrs. Xu and no one else. I believe Xiao Qi has told you."
Chi Sheng knew that Mr. Xu was thinking about his wife and children, but he also asked people in the village when they left.
Mrs. Xu did give birth to a boy, but the child was a "monster" since birth and did not survive.
Mr. Xu couldn't hide the disappointed look on his face, he didn't believe it.
That child must, must still be alive in the world.
Juaner will definitely take care of that child.
Mr. Xu is naturally in his twilight years now. In addition, he injured his leg in his early years, and now his body is getting weaker and weaker. He misses his wife and children all day long.
"So, how is my wife doing?" Mr. Xu thought of something again and looked up in the direction of Chi Sheng, hoping to get more information from him.
"Grandma Xu is not living a very good life." Chi Sheng said tactfully.
When they went to the village to look for someone, they guessed that Granny Xu's situation would not be too good.
But when he really saw the vigilance on Granny Xu's face, he realized that Granny Xu's life must have been very difficult for more than forty years.
He knew that some villages were very repulsive to outsiders, not to mention that Granny Xu originally lived in Niuniu Village with Mr. Xu. As a result, Ms. Xu disappeared for decades and her child was called a monster. This made her How can a woman live a good life?
"It's me, I'm sorry for her." Mr. Xu suddenly started sobbing.
"If so, if I hadn't taken her out of Kyoto, she wouldn't have lived such a miserable life."
Mr. Xu cried like a child, but Chi Sheng didn't ask any questions and just sat quietly aside.
I also heard Mr. Xu say that he was originally from Kyoto, but because his wife's parents did not agree with their marriage, the two eloped and left Kyoto.
Mr. Xu wiped away his tears, feeling only filled with regret.
"Juan'er was originally the daughter of a restaurant seller in Kyoto. I was just a poor boy, but she actually left her parents and fled to Yancheng together for me. I should have had a good life with her, but instead, I left them and my son behind. Two decades!"
This is the first time Mr. Xu has talked about this with others.
People in the village only knew that he had broken his leg and fled to Qingfeng Village in his early years, but they didn't know that he was originally from Kyoto.
Chi Sheng looked at Mr. Xu with some surprise. After hesitating for a while, he finally asked the question in his heart.
"Mr. Xu, let me ask you a question, how did you end up with a broken leg in the first place?"
Since Mr. Xu has been thinking about his wife for decades, why doesn't he want to go back and take a look?
"Juan'er and I had a good life in Niuniu Village. Although the people in the village were a bit xenophobic, we lived very well relying on the wine recipes Juan'er brought. Even some families in the village often came to buy After drinking wine, the people in the village no longer ostracize us when we go back and forth.
Juaner was making wine at home, and I went out to sell wine to earn some money. As a result, one time I went to do business with my fellow villagers, and something happened at night. "
Speaking of this, Mr. Xu's tone paused.
"It rained suddenly that night, so we hid in a ruined temple to rest. During the night, he said he wanted to have some wine, so I gave him a bowl.
As a result, he fell asleep not long after drinking. I just thought he was tired, but at night I heard someone talking outside the temple. When I woke up, I was ready to wake him up and leave together.
As a result, no matter how I screamed, he was lying straight on the ground. When I got closer, I could see clearly that he had died at some point. "
Mr. Xu's eyes dimmed a little, and his hands were no longer tightly clenched.
"I was in a panic when I saw two men in official uniforms coming in from outside the temple. They said that I was seeking wealth and death and wanted to take me away. I was scared, so I ran away."
Chi Sheng had a suspicion in his mind after hearing what he said, and then asked: "What happened next?"
Mr. Xu glanced at Chi Sheng and sighed: "Later, they chased me closely and said they would take me back and execute me. They even took my family members with them. I accidentally injured my leg. , and later he tried his best to escape by taking advantage of darkness.
But although I escaped, I didn't dare to go home, for fear that one day I would implicate Juan'er.
It wasn't until I was picked up by your father at the bottom of the mountain that I followed him to Qingfeng Village. I had been hiding for more than forty years. "
Chi Sheng didn't know what to say for a while, so he just sat quietly.
Mr. Xu wiped away his tears and laughed twice: "It would be nice to say it, but it's a pity that I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to Niuniu Village in this state now. If, if you go to Yancheng next time, I'll just Please go and see her for me, I owe her so much, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to repay her in this life, and I will treat her well in the next life, the next life."
"I know." Chi Sheng nodded, his eyes full of confusion.
What he didn't say was that a few years ago, there were bandits who pretended to be officials and assassinated passers-by and then framed the blame on their companions.
I'm afraid that Mr. Xu's fellow countryman was plotted against him, and those people put the blame on him.
It made him think that he had really killed someone, and he was afraid that his family would be implicated, so he stayed in hiding for forty years.