Chapter 50: A Showdown
"Is there anyone on the other side?" Gu Qing asked again, but still no one answered.
One of the bold women leaned against the wall and said, "There are people, we have a lot of people here." She had a bruise the size of a fist on the left side of her face, and it was because she did not give in that she was beaten by those wicked people.
Gu Qing continued to ask, "How many people are there?"
The bold woman next door paused slightly, silently counted the women in the room, and whispered to her, "Yes...... There were twenty-eight men, all women. ”
They are the girls who have been trafficked and disappeared!
Just as Gu Qing was thinking about it, there was a loud slap next door, and the woman who was talking to Gu Qing just now was vigorously pushed to the ground, and a woman said viciously: "Why did you tell her? Can you make sure that she is a good person? What if she was sent by the old man to test us? Aren't we miserable enough now?"
The woman who fell to the ground did not dare to cry out loud, buried her head in the ground and sobbed quietly.
That slap was really hard, Gu Qing was scared when he listened to it through the wall, and hurriedly helped the beaten woman to speak: "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person, I was also caught here by them." But do you know who the old man you are talking about is?"
"Hmph, we haven't even met in person, how do you know you're a good person?"
In such an environment, you must not easily trust others. Gu Qing didn't take her words to heart, looked out the window, and after making sure that there was no one, he said to the next door: "I definitely don't mean to hurt you at all." Oh, you can't see it, but I'm actually tied up. Also, I won't tell you anything, I am from the Gu Mansion, and my lord is responsible for this abduction and trafficking case. If you know anything, tell me, and you must not let the mastermind go unpunished. ”
"This ......," the woman hesitated.
Another woman hurriedly asked, "But the caretaker called you Third Miss?"
Gu Qing didn't make a draft when he said that he was in a panic, and said directly: "These bad guys really wanted to catch Miss San at the beginning, but I'm just a little girl, and it's definitely not important compared to Miss." So, somehow, I was given a bag by someone. ”
"So you're a poor man, too. ”
"My name is Gu Qing, what's your name?"
After a slight silence next door, the women's faces were uncertain, since they came to this dark place, they never seemed to ask each other's names, and even their own names became more and more blurred.
"They are all dying people, what names do they have left? I just hope that my parents can live a stable life, and don't worry about me. It's that woman again, and there is helplessness and indifference between the lines.
Speaking of moving, the other women couldn't help but sigh.
I suddenly remembered my previous life, that kind of despair and helplessness...... Gu Qing immediately shook her head in a trance, no, she can't spread a negative spirit to those women. After being reborn, I always felt that I was not afraid of heaven and earth, and I thought that I had already taken life and death out of my body, but now that I was tied up and restricted my freedom, I remembered that there were still many things that I had not done.
One of the things is that she hasn't had a good conversation with Murong yet. Although people already have a heart, she still wants to tell her heart, so she can't hide it. Everything must be seen openly, people live for a lifetime, not for their own comfort.
Ah Huan was right in what she said to her before, she had a thick skin to eat meat!
Ahem, though, let's get down to business.
Gu Qing said solemnly: "Do you really think about your parents? If this is the case, then we, as children, should fulfill our filial piety in front of our parents. How can such a thing be said?"
She knew what was going on in the hearts of those women, who thought that they had been trapped in their small room for so long, and even worse, they had been bullied, physically and mentally, and they were under tremendous psychological pressure. Even if there is a chance to see the light of day again in the future, who will live with a broken body? Moreover, when there is no hope at the moment, it is even more depressed.
Thinking of this, Gu Qing said again: "Don't worry, my master will definitely be able to save everyone out and return everyone's innocence." Let's not lose hope, it's better to live than to die. ”
The woman's eyes lit up, yes, her parents are alive, her body is also strong, and she has a good son living in her heart, how can she ...... To die?
"As long as there is a little hope, we must not give up. ”
Gu Qing's words were like dim candlelight in the corridor, and after the women glanced at each other, the hope of death was ignited.
"My name is Ah Zi. The woman said lightly, also opening her heart.
Ah Zi, the name is so nice.
Suddenly thinking of the little girl who disappeared in the south of the city, she asked, "Do you have a girl named Xiaoyue there?"
After being silent for a long time, Ah Zi said: "It's the girl who was slapped by me just now, and she is buried on the ground with a runny nose." ”
It turned out to be the first woman to talk to her.
The relationship between them doesn't feel good, otherwise how could they be slapped for saying a few more words?
She ...... We were the only clean girls in our group. Ah Zi said slowly, adding a touch of sentimentality between her eyebrows, they were also innocent girls, and they also fantasized about marrying someone in the future.
Fame is a thing, if you don't say it's gone. Even if they are still innocent, they will not be able to get rid of the gossip when they get out of this hellish courtyard in the future.
Gu Qing didn't know what to say to comfort her, smiled awkwardly, changed the topic and asked, "Eh, who is the old man you are talking about?"
"He's, hehe, it's a complete demon! I hate him. ”
As soon as he thought of the oily-faced and extremely old man, Ah Zi felt a wave of nausea for no reason, and he was disgusted in his heart, and he didn't even notice that his nails were embedded in the flesh when he mentioned his name.
"What's his name, isn't his last name ......?"
"Squeak-" interrupted what she was about to ask. The door was pushed open vigorously, the light outside was too dazzling, and Gu Qing's eyes were extremely painful, so she hurriedly turned her face away.
When the people outside the door walked in, they were led by a slightly crickety man, followed by two retinues.
"Huh, are you talking to a new friend?"
Hearing this voice, Gu Qing's heart was completely cold.
She wanted to ask Ah Zi just now, is that old man's surname Du? Now it seems that she doesn't have to wait for an answer.
The person who came was Mr. Du. He was on crutches in one hand, with the other behind him, and a pair of cloudy eyes probed Gu Qing back and forth from top to bottom.
"Old man, look, are you still satisfied?" The man next to him who asked was the man with the broken arm, who had no name, but knew that everyone he knew called him an axe, and he also built a so-called axe gang.
Old Man Du was overjoyed, and he was very satisfied when he saw Gu Qingren. Listening to her reason with Liu Xiong in Liufu that day, she was really a spicy woman, which made him feel inexplicably itchy.
"Someone, untie the third lady, and send her to the garden for me. Old Man Du looked at Gu Qing's immature cheeks, and smiled wickedly at the corner of his mouth. Oh, yes, let him get a rich lady.
Hearing that Gu Qing was going to be taken away, Ah Zi and the women in the next room suddenly raised their hearts to their throats.
After a while, after a burst of rustling sounds, the firewood room was quiet again.
"Sister Zi, you say, will Gu Qing be the same as us?" asked a twelve-year-old girl, her eyes were originally full of clarity, but they were stained with dirt in the Du Mansion. If you do the math, she is the youngest of many women.
Ah Zi lowered his eyes: "I don't know." Maybe, maybe not. ”
Although I didn't know Gu Qing's face, judging from the calmness and unhurried manner with which she spoke, her mentality was much calmer than when many women in the room were first arrested. Thinking that she is a maid of a big family, she will not be frightened after seeing some scenes.
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Old Man Du instructed his subordinates to loosen Gu Qing's ties, and no one was allowed to touch her, so she walked obediently to the garden by herself.
Gu Qing rubbed his wrist, which was already purple, and several bright red rope marks were particularly conspicuous. This action was seen by Old Man Du, and he immediately ordered someone to bring wine and medicine to Gu Qing to reduce swelling and relieve pain.
But Gu Qing was shocked. She, she, she...... Wasn't he kidnapped? Why does it seem that Du Fu's treatment is not bad?
The garden is silent, everywhere you can see, it is white, today the snow has stopped again, and there are faint signs of sunshine on the horizon. Gu Qing followed Old Man Du's steps, followed closely behind him, and looked around at the places he passed.
It's no wonder that she is curious and wants to see Du Mansion to the end. The key is that Master Du didn't obstruct it, unlike other kidnapped people who blindfolded others or something. Gu Qing shrugged, it seemed that he believed in her ability, knowing that even if she had enough of Du Mansion, she would definitely not be able to get out......
They came to a small pavilion in the middle of the garden, surrounded by flower beds, which had withered and bent the branches with a thin layer of snow.
A table of wine was set up in the pavilion, and when he looked up, the dishes instantly attracted Gu Qing, wow, there were phoenix tail skirt wings and braised bear paws on the dining table, slowly moving his gaze, as well as wide-bellied suckling pigeons, colorful fragrant cakes......
When she woke up from a night's sleep and looked at the sky, it was already noon the next day, and she was already hungry. At this moment, when I saw the delicious food on the table, I couldn't help but be greedy.
Old Man Du sat opposite her, handed the cane to the maid beside him, stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and said very politely: "Third Miss, please come to the table." ”
If he hadn't already known that he was the mastermind behind the girl's disappearance, I'm afraid Gu Qing would have foolishly thought that he was a good grandfather.
Respect the old and love the young, but I heard it since I was a child.
Not necessarily, goodbye to the rivers and lakes will help or something.
But that's different now.
Old Man Du did not shy away from the deeds he had done, and deliberately locked her next door to the abducted woman, just to let her know that he was the mastermind they had been investigating.
Going around and around, the people who investigated the case really wasted their efforts. No one knows how much face he can have in the capital? Not to mention that the government has to look at his face and act, even the emperor who is high up in the sky will probably let him score three points.