"Who do you want to ask about?"
The woman's face was calm and she didn't look like an ordinary country woman.
"Auntie, we would like to ask, have any outsiders come to the village during this time? A man, tall, with a very delicate face, a middle-aged man..."
"What do you want to do?"
As soon as Ying Qingci finished speaking, the face of the woman opposite suddenly darkened.
Even the middle-aged uncle who brought them here looked ugly.
Ying Qingci didn't know why their faces suddenly became so ugly, but she had a hunch in her heart that if they were so vigilant, things must not be simple.
"Auntie, you misunderstood, we..."
"No misunderstanding, we don't have the person you mentioned here, please leave immediately."
The woman immediately issued an eviction order.
"Auntie, we don't mean any harm. It's just that I got separated from our uncle when we were fleeing the famine that day. Now, we found some clues in the capital and followed the clues to get here..."
"We really don't mean any harm, we just want to ask if there is any trace of my uncle here."
The woman heard her words and looked at her suspiciously.
There was a look in her eyes, as if she was trying to discern the authenticity of her words.
Before she could speak, a middle-aged man walked in from the door.
After the woman saw the middle-aged man, she quickly walked up and whispered a few words in his ear.
After hearing her words, the middle-aged man looked up at Ying Qingci.
"Are you here to find someone?"
"Well, if the village chief knows any clues, please tell us."
"If there are no clues, just treat us as a nuisance today."
Ying Qingci bowed slightly.
For some reason, when the village chief met Ying Qingci's eyes, he felt that this girl...should know that they knew the news.
"Come with me."
When the woman and the farmer who brought them heard this, they quickly followed.
When they entered the house, the woman poured them tea.
"This girl, I don't know who you are looking for, but right now, we do not have the person you are looking for in our village."
"I wonder where he went?"
The village chief shook his head.
"Before you came, there was indeed a man who came to our village. He was thin, but tall, and very handsome."
"It's just that some time ago, a wealthy family in the county found out that there was such a person in our village and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law."
"But that man refused to obey, and was beaten half to death by that family..."
Hearing this, Ying Qingci narrowed his eyes.
Glancing at Qiuyue, Qiuyue understood. He immediately took out the wooden box he had brought with him.
Ying Qingci took out a portrait from the wooden box and spread it out in front of them.
"Village Chief, may I ask, do you know the person in this portrait?"
The woman was closest to Ying Qingci, so she could clearly see the painting on it at a glance.
Suddenly, his eyes opened slightly.
this……
So similar?
Looking at her reaction, Ying Qingci had a rough guess in her mind.
It seemed that the person who came here was indeed her uncle.
After leaving the village chief's house, Qiuyue was a little confused.
"Miss, why don't we continue to ask more questions?"
The village chief obviously knew the whereabouts of their uncle, but he didn't tell them.
Ying Qingci shook his head.
"The village chief told us this news because we are looking for our relatives. If he tells us more, he may get angry."
During the conversation just now, the village chief and others were wary of the wealthy family, and even kept silent about it.
Therefore, the background of that wealthy family is definitely not simple.
In other words, they are people they cannot afford to offend.
Tingfeng turned to look at Ying Qingci.
Unexpectedly, she could think of so many things.
"I'll check it out."
"sorry to bother you."
After Tingfeng left, Ying Qingci walked around the village again and asked several families, but got the same result.
They did not tell who the wealthy family was.
He even kept quiet about it and simply stayed behind closed doors.
"Miss, if this happens, will the uncle be in danger?"
Worry flashed in Qiuyue's eyes. The family obviously wanted to rob them by force, but the elder didn't agree, so those people killed them.
Ying Qingci shook his head.
It's not certain yet, but she always feels that her uncle's disappearance may have something to do with that family.
But this is just her guess. The truth will not be known until Tingfeng returns.
"Miss, here it is."
Lingxu handed the hot pancake to Ying Qingci.
Looking into the distance.
Perhaps, after she sees the dangers in this capital, she will understand.
This capital may seem prosperous, but it is actually a place that eats people without spitting out their bones...
Fuling County
In the bustling and spacious streets, pedestrians come and go, but what attracts the most attention is the luxurious house in the middle of the street.
In the unknown backyard, a figure was trapped in the woodshed.
Ying Shuangbai felt the pain all over his body and moved his fingers slowly.
He moved his eyes with difficulty.
He may have been accustomed to the darkness for a long time, but the light around him made him feel uncomfortable for a moment.
The slightly opened eyes suddenly closed again.
Before he could open his eyes again, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
"I really don't know what the eldest lady thinks, she has fallen in love with such a person!"
"His skin is indeed good, but it's not worth spending so much money on, right?"
"Please keep your voice down, maybe you want to be heard by the eldest lady!"
The servant on the side heard this and quickly pulled the sleeve of the man next to him.
Then, he spoke softly.
"Our eldest lady, you don't know how many men we have played with before, but in the end, which one can last more than a month?"
"But……"
When the people on the side heard this, their eyes widened in horror.
He had just come to the Su family as a servant and had never heard of such secretive things before.
Now that I hear it, I can’t help but feel panicked.
"But aren't they going to get married?"
"laugh--"
"marriage?"
"Miss, this is the son-in-law you adopted! It's just one son-in-law. When he dies, our eldest lady can have many more..."
When Ying Shuangbai heard this, he gritted his teeth bitterly.
He had to find a way to leave.
However, he was now in constant pain all over his body, and there was no way he could support himself in walking.
the other side
Tingfeng brought the news back, but the actual situation far exceeded Ying Qingci's expectation.
Unexpectedly, the young lady from the Su family is over thirty and has not yet married.
But he took in more than a dozen sons-in-law, but none of them survived more than a month.
The pain in the process is self-evident.
Although there are rumors that it is because of the Su family's Miss Kefu.
But she didn't believe that this matter could really be such a coincidence.
