Xiao Ti strode over, and only after making sure that he was just asleep and that there was no problem with his body, he was relieved.

Then he took him over and held him in his arms and asked Luo Pingsha about it.

"How did you end up here?"

Lopinsha told him how they had come here.

Xiao Ti thought for a while, guessing that someone should want to take advantage of his absence to poison Yu Yuan.

The people of the Deng family intervened in time to save Yu Yuanyuan and others.

From this point of view, the Deng family does not seem to be an enemy.

Deng Yuchuan turned his body slightly, revealing the low couch behind him.

"You can put the princess on the couch to rest."

Xiao Ti stood still.

Although Deng Yuchuan sent someone to save him, Xiao Ti was still suspicious of him.

Deng Yuchuan said helplessly.

"This is the Deng family, if I really want to be unfavorable to you, I just need to shout at once, why do I have to go around in such a big circle?"

Although he has been disarmed and returned to the field, he still has a group of private soldiers under his hands, enough for thousands of people, if he really wants to fight hard, it will be difficult for Xiao Ti to get out of the whole body.

The reason why he didn't use force directly was that he wanted to have a good talk with Xiao Ti.

Xiao Ti naturally knows this truth.

He strode over, laid it down on the couch, and pulled the quilt over her.

The man lit the candle in the inner room and finally withdrew.

Xiao Ti turned his head to look at Deng Yuchuan and asked the doubts in his heart,

"Why did you pretend not to know Li Niang during the day and drive us out of the Deng family, but quietly meet with this king at night?"

Deng Yuchuan sat in the Taishi chair and said slowly.

"There are a lot of people during the day, and it's not convenient to talk."

Xiao Ti asked: "This is the Deng family, as the head of the Deng family, you will even have some scruples?" ”

Deng Yuchuan sighed.

"The Deng family is a big family, and there are many people in the family, even if I am the head of the family, there is no guarantee that everyone is reliable."

Xiao Ti: "Then can you tell this king now, what is the relationship between you and Li Niang?" ”

Deng Yuchuan did not answer the rhetorical question.

"You haven't answered me yet, why are you going to track down the matter of Li Niang?"

Between questions and answers, the two seemed to be back to square one.

Xiao Ti was silent.

Deng Yuchuan said unhurriedly.

"From the moment you entered Luzhou, you were targeted.

You have become the prey of others, but you yourselves are ignorant.

If I hadn't sent someone to the inn to protect you, I'm afraid that the princess of your county would have fallen into the hands of the gangsters.

Isn't that enough to show my kindness to you? ”

Xiao Ti was unmoved, and calmly asked: "Since you have no ill will towards us, why can't you answer this king's question first?" ”

Deng Yuchuan smiled dumbly: "That's it, then let me say it first." ”

He closed his eyes, as if he was missing something, and it took a long time for him to speak.

"Liniang is my sister."

As soon as these words came out, not only Xiao Ti, but even Luo Pingsha and Ling Hai were stunned.

Without waiting for them to ask, Deng Yuchuan continued to talk on his own.

"Li Niang and I were born to the original wife, after our mother died of illness, my father married a stepfamily, and today's Empress Dowager Deng is the stepwife."

In other words, he and Li Niang are the brothers and sisters of the same mother, and the Empress Dowager Deng is just his half-sister.

The relationship between them is already clear.

Xiao Ti asked: "Since Li Niang is the daughter of the Deng family, why did she appear alone in Jinguan City?" ”

"Since I was a child, I followed my uncle to the border.

Since the border is far away from the mountains and rivers of Luzhou, I can only go home once in several years.

On weekdays, I can only communicate with my family through letters.

In the past, every other month, Li Niang would send me a letter from home.

She didn't want me to worry, so she kept reporting good news and bad news in her letters.

I thought she was having a good time at home.

Until thirty-nine years ago, I hadn't received a letter from Li Niang for a long time.

I was very worried, but at that time, the border was tight, and I couldn't get out.

By the time the tide of battle stabilized a little, it was two years later.

I hurried back to Luzhou, but I was told that Li Niang had died of illness and her body had been buried. ”

Speaking of this, Deng Yuchuan slowly opened his eyes, and his gray eyes were full of sadness.

"Ri Niang's health has always been very good, and I don't believe she will die suddenly.

I wanted to open the coffin for an autopsy, but my father didn't agree.

I had a big quarrel with my father about this, and I almost broke up with him.

In the middle of the night, I slipped out of the house in the dark, quietly went to the grave of Li Niang, and dug up the grave of Li Niang. ”

Xiao Ti, Luo Pingsha and Ling Hai could all listen attentively.

Luo Pingsha couldn't help but ask.

"And then?"

Deng Yuchuan: "There is a dry bone lying in the coffin, although there is no skin and flesh, and I can't see the facial features clearly, but I can still be sure that the bones in the coffin are not Li Niang." ”

Xiao Ti: "Do you have any credentials?" ”

Deng Yuchuan: "Li Niang once told me in a letter that she accidentally fell down once.

The little toe of the left foot hits the stone just right.

Although the injury was later healed, the little toe was somewhat deformed.

I can't usually see it when I walk, and few people know about it.

The bones and toes in the coffin were intact and showed no signs of deformation, so I concluded that she was not a pear girl. ”

Xiao Ti accepted his explanation and continued to listen to his narration.

"When I got home, I told my father about it, hoping that he could investigate the matter thoroughly and find the missing Liniang.

But my father locked me up and told me not to spread the word. ”

Ling Hai couldn't understand and couldn't help but say.

"He doesn't care about his own daughter's life or death?"

Deng Yuchuan: "I also asked him so,

He said that he was not only Liniang's father, but also the head of the Deng family, and he had to think about the entire Deng family.

As for Li Niang, I can only blame her for her bad life. ”

The more he spoke, the softer his voice became, and the fingers on the crutches involuntarily retracted, and the green tendons bulged out on the back of his thin hands.

Obviously, his mood at this time was extremely uneasy.

"For so many years, I've been trying to find a way to investigate the whereabouts of Ri Niang.

But everyone in the family was silent.

No matter how much I interrogated, no one told me the truth.

When my father and stepmother died, I inherited the position of head of the family, and those who knew it back then are no longer alive.

Everyone has decided that Ri Niang is dead, but I still have the last glimmer of hope in my heart.

What if the pear girl doesn't die? What if she's still alive?

Maybe she's waiting for me somewhere in the world to save her, and I can't give up looking for her.

Until you suddenly appeared,

You brought not only a portrait of Ri Niang, but also the news of her death. ”

When he said the last sentence, Deng Yuchuan didn't hold it back, his eyes were red, and his voice was full of grief.

God cut off even his last hope.

Ling Hai also has a younger sister, so he can especially empathize with Deng Yuchuan's words.

If something happens to his sister, he will definitely break down with grief.