Chapter 8: The Dry Well
Mu Yunqi wandered alone in the Mu Mansion, and this place was no longer what she remembered. A lot of new houses have been built, and it seems that the Mu family has prospered over the years, and the garden has been renovated a lot, which is more eye-catching than before. What puzzled Mu Yunqi was that the Mu family was now heavily guarded, and it was not as good as she had in her impression that she could walk around and play at will.
Mu Yunqi followed the memories of the stars to find her favorite swing, the swing was at the mouth of a well, and her mother was often worried that she would fall into the well, and would always accompany her to play the swing, so she was impressed.
Mu Yunqi didn't find the swing, but found the well, now this small garden has been deserted, it looks out of place with other gardens, Mu Yunqi thought that she had walked out of the Mu Mansion by herself, the guards here were very lax, and it seemed to be a forgotten place.
She went to the well and looked down, and there was no clear water in the well, but a dry well. Walking along the wellhead, the surrounding weeds were about to cover the wellhead, but they were not covered, and the grass on one side seemed to have been deliberately pressed down.
It seemed that someone had still been to this place, and Mu Yunqi turned around suspiciously, but still couldn't solve her doubts. Just as she was about to leave, she heard what seemed to be a sound at the bottom of the well, and she went to the well, poking her head into the well but finding nothing unusual.
So, she left here and went somewhere else.
At night, Situ Jing did not stay at the Mu family, but took Mu Yunxuan back to the palace. When he arrived at the palace, Mu Yunxuan was sent back to the inner courtyard, but he went to the study himself.
As soon as he entered the study, he saw Mu Yunqi sitting at his desk reading a book, "Your movements are fast." ”
Mu Yun got up and came to the bookshelf to put the book and said, "Why don't you go to accompany your bride." ”
Situ Jing hugged her from behind and said, "What's the matter, you're unhappy?" Mu Yunqi was still struggling, but he was beaten and picked up, Mu Yunqi hurriedly stopped him and said, "It's inconvenient these days." ”
Situ Jing put her down with a smile, Mu Yunqi hurriedly tidied up his clothes and said: "There is a strange place in Mu Mansion, I remember playing swings there when I was a child, but now it is desolate and the well water is dry, I want to find a chance to go into that well to have a look." ”
"I'll go with you." Situ Jing looked at her firmly, Mu Yunqi turned his face and nodded, Situ Jing smiled and hugged Mu Yunqi and wanted to walk towards the bed.
Mu Yunqi took his hand away and said, "I'll go back first, and Your Highness should rest early." ”
Situ Jing looked at her leaving figure and couldn't figure it out, how could someone who was fine in the morning go to Mu Mansion and come back, and he was so cold, Situ Yao's eyes couldn't help but become deep.
Mu Yunqi returned to her room, took off her men's clothes, and suddenly her feminine appearance was revealed, she sat on the bed, thinking about the experience of the day.
As soon as Mu Yunxuan entered the mansion, the second uncle and the second aunt took her hand and asked for warmth, if her parents were alive, would they be like this to themselves on this day. Grandpa Mu Zhiyuan's doting eyes on Mu Yunxuan also deeply pierced her heart, in her memory, grandpa never had a smile on herself, she was originally expected by him, but she never thought that she was a woman and could not realize his ambitions, but Mu Yunxuan, who was also a woman, became a treasure in his eyes.
She passed by the room where her parents used to live and realized that the house had already been occupied by Mu Yunxuan, and it seemed that her grandfather had high hopes for Mu Yunxuan and wanted her to complete what she couldn't do, including marrying Situ Jing.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, she was also a child of the Mu family, and she was also the daughter of the Mu family, but she was treated differently. As the eldest daughter of the Mu family, she doesn't even have the most basic treatment of the Mu family, how can she crave special treatment.
When she was wandering around in Mu Jiayuan, she also heard people talking about how she lived a thin life, and when she could marry King Qin, she actually died, so that Mu Yunxuan, the young lady in the second room, picked up her sister's cheapness, although she did not marry King Qin, Mu Yunxuan's husband would not be bad, but it was naturally inferior to the royal family.
She felt pain in her heart as she thought about it, and the sound of the dry well became clearer in the dead of night. She couldn't sit still, changed into her night clothes, and quietly went out.
She walked out of the Qin Palace, and someone followed her behind her on her back foot. She went to the dry well and looked for something suitable for a rope, and she caught a large rock in the corner.
She followed the rope little by little, and when she reached the bottom of the well, a large gap in the side wall caught her attention, and she bent over and tried to get into the hole. The entrance to the cave is narrow, but it is only a thin wall, and beyond the opening, it is a tunnel that can accommodate one person.
Mu Yunqi walked along the tunnel, and from time to time she would hear a sigh, and she felt that there should be someone inside. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, there was an open space ahead, and Mu Yunqi needed to open his hands to touch the walls on both sides, and there seemed to be light in front of him.
Mu Yunqi moved forward little by little against the wall, the front became brighter and brighter, and the sound coming from inside became clearer and clearer.
"My Ming'er, my Qi'er, give it back to me." An old woman's voice came faintly. This voice sounded so familiar, and it hit Mu Yunqi's heart one by one.
Some memories came flooding back.
"Get up, slow down, don't fall."
"Get up, come to grandma, grandma hug."
"What's your favorite thing to eat? Grandma wants someone to do it for you. ”
"Start, grandma bought you a sugar gourd, come to grandma."
This is the grandmother Mu Liu, the only elder of the Mu family who likes her, and the only person in the Mu family who takes care of their mother and daughter, only her grandmother made a deep impression on her when she was young.
How could grandmother be here, she let go and walked in, only to see a rickety old lady with flowery hair sitting on a bed with only wooden planks, holding a broken rattle in her hand, and muttering: "My Ming'er, my Qi'er, give it back to me." ”
Ming'er is her father Mu Huaming, Qi'er should be talking about her Mu Yunqi, because in this big family, no one uses the word "Qi" except her, not even the same sound, because the word "Qi" is the same as the word "Qi" of Mu Fengqi, the originator of the family, so several generations of families will not use words similar to the sound of "Qi", her name is given by her mother, she doesn't know the rules of the family, and her father dotes on her too much, so she has a name that the family avoids.
She stepped forward, held the old woman's hands, and wept bitterly: "Grandmother, I am Qi'er, I am your Qi'er, Mu Yunqi." ”
The old woman raised her blurred eyes and muttered, "Mu Yunqi? Up? Then he stretched out his two hands and grabbed forward, "Where's my starting point?" Mu Yunqi hurriedly grabbed her hands and cried and said, "Grandmother." I'm here, I'll get you out. ”
Saying that, Mu Yunqi helped Mu Liushi to get up, Mu Liushi barely got up but brought out a commotion sound, Mu Yunqi looked back, her feet were tied to iron chains, Mu Yunqi looked at Mu Liushi in disbelief, Mu Liushi didn't seem to feel anything and continued to walk forward, but he was restricted from moving without taking two steps, and then he looked back at the iron chain, his eyes were dull and he didn't seem to understand what was happening.
Mu Yunqi tried to pull the chain twice, but it didn't have the slightest effect, and she was afraid that she would use her internal strength to make a noise and alarm the Mu family.
Just as she was in a dilemma, there was a rumbling sound in the distance, and as the strange sound ended, Mu Yunqi seemed to understand what kind of sound it was. She walked quickly to the entrance of the cave, and sure enough, the rope she came down from had fallen, and the mouth of the well was also dark, and the moonlight outside could not be seen.
She was still found and trapped in this well. She turned and went back, and now she had nothing to do, it seemed that the only way to escape was to wait for the food deliverer to come.