Ling Rong guarded the corner outside the palace gate for several days without finding Lu Yan, and on the fifth day, she couldn't wait, so she came to the palace gate again.

"Let's go. The doorman said impatiently.

Lu Yan ...... Lu Yan. She stood far away in the doorway and shouted, two guards stepped forward and pushed her to the ground, one of the guards kicked her, "Why don't you get out of here?"

Ling Rong rubbed her sore knee and stood up, she walked to the door step by step, the guards were enraged by her actions, coupled with the county lord's previous reaction, they knew that she was not the person welcomed by the palace, and the two pushed her to the ground again, and punched and kicked her.

At this moment, Liqing in the house heard the noise outside the door, she walked out of the door and saw two guards beating Ling Rong, and the guards saw that Liqing had no intention of stopping, so they beat even more.

Ling Rong could still struggle at first, but then she could only protect her head tightly, letting them kick her body, she looked at Li Qing standing at the door, the corners of her mouth went up, and she had a contemptuous smile on her face.

Ling Rong's body was bruised and swollen, her nose and mouth also began to bleed, she looked at the shaking palace, and felt that her consciousness began to become blurred, but Lu Yan never came out, how much disappointment and despair lingered in her heart, Ling Rong slowly closed her eyes, at that moment, she hated him in her heart.

She decided that he was in the palace, he was so ruthless, she was about to be killed, he refused to show his face, it turned out that the distance between her and him was far enough to live or die.

It's just that she didn't know that Lu Yan was no longer in the palace at that time, Lu Yan had already left the palace for two days, and she happened to be absent when he left, so she didn't wait for him to go out.

Ling Rong gradually lost consciousness, but the beating of the guards continued, and Li Qing was still standing at the door watching, according to this situation, Ling Rong would be killed that day.

But God has eyes, The prince who came back from the palace saw Ling Rong who fell at the door, he drank from a distance to stop the guards, and the guards didn't dare to make a mistake when they saw the prince coming back, and the two obediently retreated to the side.

"Who is she? What's going on?" asked the prince sharply, Liqing has always been domineering, he rarely asks about her, but beating someone to death at the gate of the palace, if it spreads, it will make others misunderstand him The entire palace.

"It's a rotten thing to eat, and you have to go to the palace. Liqing said lightly.

The prince looked at the woman on the ground, she was dressed in tatters, covered in dust, and she really looked like a begging for food.

"Then you can send her away with some silver, why beat someone. ”

"Yes, father. Li Qing replied with a cohesive expression.

"Don't hurt her life. When the prince entered the door, he explained again.

Liqing didn't want to kill her at that time, she threw a few taels of silver in front of her, and then motioned for the guards at the door to drag her away.

The guards dragged Ling Rong to a remote place and threw her down, and Ling Rong lay on the cold ground for a long time, until a passing Lang Zhong saw her and took her back to save her.

Ling Rong was lying on the bed, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and Lang Zhong saw that she was pitiful, so he personally made millet porridge and served it to her.

"Was the girl's injuries beaten by her family?" asked Lang Zhong, who was lying in the back of a private house when he saw her, covered in scars, which he could tell at a glance that had been a doctor for many years were caused by external blows.

Ling Rong didn't answer but kept crying, Lang Zhong saw that she didn't want to speak, so he didn't ask more, women who left the country have always been like this, even if they were beaten by their families, they were silent, Lang Zhong was used to such a scene, he silently prepared some bone-setting ointment for her and put it beside her.

Ling Rong wanted to give Lang Zhong some silver taels as a thank you, but after looking for a long time, she didn't find a tael of silver, and even lost her purse, so she could only stay at Lang Zhong's house to help Lang Zhong do chores, in order to thank Lang Zhong for saving her life, Lang Zhong said many times that she didn't need to do anything, she still insisted on staying.

In this way, Ling Rong stayed at Lang Zhong's house for more than ten days, and when she left, Lang Zhong specially gave her some silver taels as a coil, but Ling Rong couldn't refuse, so he had to accept the silver taels.

She walked outside the door and kowtowed deeply to Lang Zhong, if it weren't for him, she was afraid that she would have died in this capital city that had left the country.

Ling Rong didn't dare to delay, she hired a carriage with the silver taels given by Lang Zhong, she had been away from home for a long time, she didn't know if her mother could take care of herself at home alone, she was a little worried about her mother, so she wanted to go back quickly.

It took Ling Rong ten days to get home, and it had been several months since she left home, and the villagers of Biluo Village were working in the fields with tools as usual, only to stop and point at her when they saw her.

Ling Rong didn't care, people in the countryside are like this, they like to chew their tongues together when they have nothing to do, she is used to this kind of life.

She hurried home before she had time to say hello to those villagers, the closer she got to home, the more impatient she became, she had no intention of thinking about Lu Yan, she just wanted to go back to see her mother.

Ling Rong walked to the door of her house, the door was closed, she pushed open the door and walked in, the room was unusually quiet, she looked around only to find her mother lying on the bed with her eyes closed, an inexplicable fear came to her.

"Mother...... Mother ......" She ran over and hugged her mother's shoulders and called, and after a while her mother slowly opened her eyes.

Rong'er ...... You're back. She struggled to sit up, Ling Rong hurriedly helped her mother: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" She looked at her mother's weak appearance, and tears welled up at once.

"It's okay, Rong'er, I'm fine......" she said and couldn't help coughing, she hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief, but Ling Rong still found the remaining blood stains at the corners of her mouth.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? I'll call Lang Zhong for you, I'll call Lang Zhong for you......" Ling Rong ran out in a panic, and even fell at the door, she ran to Lang Zhong's house as fast as possible to find Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong shook his head helplessly after seeing it, and sighed.

"What's wrong with my mother? What's wrong with my mother?" Ling Rong pulled Lang Zhong and asked non-stop.

"Your mother's internal organs are damaged, her qi and blood are stagnant, and her own constitution is weak...... I'm afraid ......"

"How can this be, how can this be?!Please save my mother, I beg you, I beg you!" Ling Rong knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, and Lang Zhong could only reluctantly prescribe a few pairs of medicine to Ling Rong when he saw this.

"These medicines are to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, so that your mother can rest more after taking it. ”

After Ling Rong took the medicine, she didn't have time to think about it, she decocted the medicine and served it to her mother, but after a few days, her mother's illness did not improve, and even became weaker and weaker, she had to go to Lang Zhong again, but this time Lang Zhong refused to go again.

She had to go elsewhere to find Lang Zhong, but other Lang Zhong only prescribed her some medicine to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and what was even worse was that her family couldn't get a penny.

Ling Rong begged the neighbors, but no one was willing to lend her two taels of silver.

Lu Yan doesn't want her anymore, and she can't afford to lend her money from such a family. ”

"It's just that her mother is going to die, and it's useless to find Langzhong. ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Ling Rong listened to their words and threw herself at them like crazy, and several neighbors unceremoniously pushed her to the ground.

"Bad luck!"

Ling Rong could only return home helplessly, her mother's illness was getting worse and worse, but she couldn't do anything, she didn't know why her mother became like this, obviously her mother was still fine before she left.

She held her mother's hand and wept, and although her mother was already having difficulty breathing, she tried to squeeze a smile to comfort her.

"Rong'er, I'm fine, Rong'er...... You have to take care of yourself......" She held Ling Rong's hand tightly with the little strength she had and said, Ling Rong's father is dead, if she leaves, Ling Rong will be left alone, Ling Rong is not married, she is not worried about leaving her alone in the world, who will protect her and take care of her in the future.

Her mother thought as she vomited out another mouthful of blood, and soon she was out of breath.

"Mother...... Mother ......" Ling Rong hugged her mother and shouted heartbreakingly, but her mother never opened her eyes again.

She sat on the ground and looked at her mother, if she hadn't insisted on going to Lu Yan at that time, her mother would not have died, it was all her own fault.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault......" she muttered to herself with tears in her eyes, until her eyes were dry and she couldn't shed tears anymore, Ling Rong got up and sold everything that could be sold at home, and made a good coffin for her mother, she buried her mother next to her father, and sat in front of her parents' grave for a day and a night.

Lang Zhong said that her mother's internal organs were damaged, and some news she had heard from the village in the past few days, her mother's illness seemed to have another cause, and her mother had refused to tell her the truth before her death, so she decided to investigate herself, she must find the murderer who killed her mother, and she wanted to avenge her mother.

Ling Rong made up her mind and began to look for clues, but the neighbors refused to say, so she took some candy and started with the children nearby, who were defenseless and quickly told her that strangers often went to her house some time ago.

The child said that those strangers were not from Biluo Village, and he didn't know who they were, so Ling Rong could only continue to beg the neighbors, she knelt at their door, and begged them to tell her that there was an elderly grandfather who couldn't bear to tell her that those people were the wealthy Zhou family in Daliang County.

The Zhou family, Ling Rong had heard from his mother, that was the richest person in Daliang County, the lady and the lady in the house wore embroidered clothes, Ling Rong's mother's embroidery was excellent, the Zhou family often asked her mother to make some embroidered clothes, the Zhou family lady was generous, and her mother also liked to cooperate with the Zhou family.

Over the years, her mother had never made any mistakes, and she couldn't figure out what her mother's death had to do with them.

Ling Rong decided to find out the reason, she came to the Zhou family in Daliang County alone, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion was very surprised to see her coming, he ran into the mansion with a panicked face, Ling Rong saw his panicked appearance, and had the answer in his heart, the Zhou family was the culprit who killed his mother.