Beggar Yanli did not let me go in time, but stood in front of me and interrogated me, although it was a cross-examination, but his tone was very soft.

"Where is the second lady going?"

I smiled, "Go to Shilihe to meet a friend." ”

There was confusion in his eyes, and that look just didn't want me to pass. After he glanced at him, he frowned, "Just take such a guard?" ”

I bowed, "Hmm." "I know what I'm worried about, he's afraid I'm going to be in danger.

"Brother Beggar is too worried, what else can happen at the feet of the Son of Heaven."

Beggar Yanli hesitated, and when he saw that I was waiting for him to let him go, he waved his hand slowly.

I smiled at him and rode by.

On the way out of the city, You Ran suddenly asked me, "Who is the second lady going to find?" ”

I can understand that he has doubts, after all, it is not okay to let him come with me without telling him.

I understood that he regarded me as his master, and that I did not treat him as an outsider, so I told him, "Go find a grandmother who took care of me many years ago." ”

You Ran didn't ask me again why I was looking for that grandma, I was going to look for it, there must be something.

"So where are we going?" Puzzled, he rode after me.

"Ten Mile River." I smiled at him, waved the reins, and rode away.

After entering the village, You Ran began to inquire about Aunt He's residence, and soon learned the place from a villager. After dismounting at the gate of the wooden fence courtyard, I saw that it was just a thatched house.

You Ran walked in front and called out to the courtyard: "Is anyone there?"

At the sound of the call, an old woman came out, and I recognized it at a glance.

The servant woman who appeared in my dream, although a little vicissitudes, has not changed.

I hope to find her this time and get something out.

My heart was filled with joy.

As she approached, I saw that she didn't know me and was a stranger to me.

I don't know when she left the mansion, but from the look on her face, it was clear that she had been away for so long that she didn't recognize me until I grew up.

In order to dispel her doubts, I pretended to be a passerby, and I smiled and asked, "Auntie, can you ask for a glass of water?"

She looked at You Ran and me very cautiously, maybe seeing that we were not bad people,

He happily opened the courtyard door, gestured to me and Ishino, and invited us into the house.

After entering the house, when Aunt He raised her hand and motioned for me to sit, I took a cursory look at the room, it couldn't be simpler, there was no considerable furniture, and even the wooden table I sat on broke a corner.

Aunt He was also a high-class slave in my high mansion, I really don't know how to live like this?

And what I don't know the most is that I was so good in Gaofu, why did I leave?

After she brought me and You Ran hot water with a bowl, I just looked at the hot water and didn't drink it.

I stared at her face and called her softly: "Aunt He, do you still recognize me?"

She was taken aback by what she said.

She sat down to the side and looked at me earnestly.

Her face changed suddenly, and she stood up violently, very incredulous.

I knew she recognized me, stood up and saluted her.

This gift is to thank her for taking care of me many years ago, and I can feel her warmth to me in my dreams.

But she still didn't say anything, just looked at me.

I emphasized, "I'm Rong'er." ”

Aunt He slowly approached me, and when I saw tears in her eyes, she stretched out her rough hand, clasped my hands, and looked at me carefully again.

Maybe I could feel her excited as I grew up.

I pulled her to sit down again, and said softly: "Aunt He, Rong'er came to see you this time, are you okay?"

Aunt He gestured, did not speak, pointed to her throat, and waved her hand again.

You Ran and I looked at each other, and we both understood that she couldn't speak.

I felt a sudden sense of loss in my heart, as if I had taken a moment's time. Why is this the case?

At this moment, a person walked in from outside the house. Aunt He hurriedly gestured and beckoned him over.

I saw that the man was very old, and he should not be young, and he was dressed in tattered coarse cloth clothes. As soon as he entered the house, he called Aunt He as his mother.

Aunt He gestured at him, You Ran and I couldn't understand it, but I probably understood the meaning, maybe she was introducing me to her son.

His son understood his mother's gesture very well, knelt down in front of me, bowed to me, and called me politely, "Miss Gao." ”

I am very relieved, at least Aunt He still has a son, not alone.

You Ran helped him up for me.

I looked at Mrs. He's son and asked with a puzzled face, "Why can't Mrs. speak?" ”

His son was low and didn't want to speak, and Aunt He was also full of sadness.

I'd love to know what the hell happened to her?

After sitting down, Mrs. He's son told me that his name was Heizi, that his father had died when he was very young, and that his mother had gone to Gaofu to work as a slave when he was only seven years old in order for him to survive.

That year, Gao Fu had just moved from the old mansion in Longcheng, and her mother went to recruit slaves and maids in the mansion.

His hometown is from Yecheng, and he moved in because of the war.

When Aunt He was in Gaofu, he lived alone in this thatched hut, and he studied for two years at that time. Later, I didn't read it, I planted some fruits and vegetables in the mountains, and occasionally my mother would come back and give some money.

When he was seventeen years old, his mother came back from Gaofu and never left, but his mother became mute.

Aunt He never told him the reason for his loss of voice.

The two of them just depend on each other and live in this ten-mile riverside village.

Kuroko will hunt, and each time he hunts some meat to solve the problem of food.

Because he was too poor, Kuroko couldn't marry a daughter-in-law.

Heizi said that after Aunt He went home, she didn't tell him why she lost her voice, and she didn't mention much about things in Gaofu.

But You Ran and I guessed something.

Aunt He must have had something happen in Gaofu, so she couldn't speak, and she was dismissed.

But even if Kuroko didn't say anything, I still didn't want to run empty.

I was in a state of great uneasiness, and my heart was pounding to find out.

I said to Aunt He: "He Buniang, can you tell Rong'er why you can't speak?"

Aunt He's face was deep, her expression was complicated, she was very embarrassed, and she was very reluctant to say that memory.

I'm in a hurry, I can't get nothing out of this special visit.

I pleaded again: "Aunt He, you just tell Rong'er what happened in Gaofu back then, and what happened on the night the third aunt died?" And can you tell us about the third aunt? ”

Aunt He looked at me stunned, she probably didn't think that I was here to inquire about the secret of the third aunt and the events of Gaofu back then.

Aunt He may never want to tell others about these things, but when I came like this, I still asked relentlessly, and she finally spoke.

Still gesturing, though, his son is translating.

You Ran and I both listened attentively.

However, You Ran's suspicious expression was not only looking at Aunt He, but also at me.

But he didn't ask anything at this point, just listened quietly.

Kuroko continued to translate the gestures made by Aunt He.

Heizi said that Da Xilan, the third aunt of Gaofu, was favored by her father as soon as she entered Gaofu.

At that time, Aunt He served by my mother's side, and after the third aunt came to Gaofu, my father rarely stepped into my mother's courtyard again.

My father always stayed overnight in the third aunt's Qiyan Pavilion, and my mother was depressed and depressed from then on.

These Mrs. He are all in her eyes.

In the beginning of a period of time, my mother had a bad temper and was always angry with Aunt He.

But then the mother seemed to have figured it out, didn't lose her temper anymore, and took the initiative to show favor to the third aunt, and often went to the third aunt's Qiyan Pavilion to talk about some family life.

However, the third aunt has not been pregnant in Gaofu for two years, and has always stayed in her Qiyan Pavilion and rarely walked.

Kuroko said that the third aunt is very quiet, not a person who likes to compete for favor, and every time she sees other people in the house, she smiles.

The people in the house also love the third aunt very much.

And Da Xilan, like her mother, is often silent and quiet.

At that time, Aunt He was waiting by her mother's side, and sometimes her mother would take her to the third aunt's Qiyan Pavilion to sit.

Mother probably thinks that Da Xilan and her are the same kind of character, so she got closer to her.

Aunt He said that she couldn't tell whether Da Xilan had love for her father or not, anyway, she was tepid to anyone and respected her father.

However, when her mother went to the door, she would talk to her mother.

I lowered my head and listened to this, and Aunt He stopped her gesture and was stunned.

I looked up at her, and the look of suspicion on my face did not fade.

You Ran took the initiative to pick up the kettle on the table and add water to Aunt He.

I continued to wait for Aunt He to tell me what happened in Gaofu that night.

Aunt He knew that she couldn't shirk it, so she continued to gesticulate.

That night, after the thieves entered the Gaofu, the third aunt was stabbed, and the Gaofu was noisy.

At that time, Mrs. He was in her mother's courtyard, and when she heard the noise, she hurried out and saw her mother coming back from nowhere, her hands covered with blood.

Mrs. He asked her mother what happened, but her mother didn't say anything, and asked Mrs. He to bring a basin of water and wash off the blood on her hands.

Mother instructed Aunt He not to go anywhere, but she didn't hear the excitement in the house.

I also want Aunt He to tell the people in the house that my mother has a cold and is sick, and she can't move in bed.

In the second half of the night, my mother showered her head with cold water to make herself sick.

At that time, Aunt He didn't know why her mother was here, but she didn't tell her father, but helped her mother hide what she wanted to hide.

Aunt He said that on the night when the assassins entered the house, I also fell into the lotus pond and was only discovered the next day.

However, fortunately, at that time, a hermit doctor passed by the house and saved me.

It's just that after I woke up, I was a little crazy, I didn't like to talk, and I was melancholy all day long.

My mother asked Aunt He to be by my side to take care of me at all times.

Speaking of which, I was curious about what happened to my mother that night.

Why did my mother have blood on her hands?

My mother must have met something too, was it like me, she also met the thief that night, and cruelly threw me into the lotus pond.

Mrs. He didn't know what happened to her mother that night.

"Is it really not clear?"

I asked Aunt He again and again.

Aunt He didn't talk about it anymore, just shook her head.

But I still don't believe it in my heart, Aunt He doesn't know anything, she must be unwilling to say it.

I asked Aunt He, "Then why did you leave Gaofu later?" And what's going on with your voice? ”

Regarding her question, Aunt He's eyes were misty, and her thoughts were lonely, like sadness, and like fear.

After a long time, she waved again, and Kuroko continued to translate.

She said that she had made a mistake that she could not forgive, so her mother let her go. And her loss of voice is because she has eaten something poisonous, so she can't speak.

Aunt He didn't say anything about her voicelessness, just a few words.

And I can't calm down, I don't believe it.

Leave a bag of silver for Aunt He, and leave me a piece of waist for Heizi, so that he can come to me if he needs anything in the future.

After leaving Mrs. He's house, I have been thinking about what she said about herself at the end, which was very ambiguous.

I said to You Ran: "Aunt He said her own words, do you believe it?"

You Ran shook his head and said, "She seems to be covering up something, that is definitely not the truth."

I think the same, what is there that Aunt He doesn't want to say, she even said that her mother was fake that day, why didn't she want to say it herself?