Chapter 4 Buried Bones
Fengyuan County, surrounded by mountains on three sides, has a Qingyuan River in the east of the county, which is known as the "moat". Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
This county is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are more pedestrians. Because this is the only place to go to the hot and cool city, all kinds of dignitaries and high-rollers have come to this county.
Therefore, Fengyuan County is relatively wealthy, and there are many large grain producers in the surrounding villages, both in terms of commodity trade and grain supply.
After four years, Qiu Yunqing returned to the county seat again.
Because Fengyuan County is the only place to go to the capital, city gates have been built on all sides of the county, and there are guards to guard them.
The guards in front of the city gate have changed and changed, but the two poplar trees are still so tall, since Qiu Yunqing was sensible, these two trees have been so high, I don't know how many years of wind and rain, they have always stood tall, just like the patron saint of this county.
At this time, it was peacetime, and the guards were not strictly checked, as long as there were no prohibited items on pedestrians, they were all allowed to pass.
Through the body-searching of the guards, Qiu Yunqing and the four of them entered the county seat smoothly.
Qiu Yunqing suddenly stopped and looked at the nearby city wall, the heavy blue bricks, piled up with many stories.
Daiwa green wall, glowing with ancient pale face, Qiu Yun lightly touched it with his hand, and the memories of childhood came to his heart, it was so heartache.
In late summer and early autumn, the frost has not yet arrived.
It was warm a few days ago, but this day was windy and cool.
Along the way, Qiu Yunqing has not spoken, even if the street market in the county town is full of flowers, but all this seems to have nothing to do with him.
Lori and her two uncles also quietly accompanied him, slowly walking towards a courtyard.
Stopping in front of the courtyard gate, the gate was slightly open, Qiu Yunqing looked into the courtyard through the crack in the door, and the people in the courtyard were no longer the old people they once were. The swallows return, swinging under the wall. The desolation that can't be hidden.
The wind rises, the leaves fall.
"Young man, what are you looking at outside the door?" The old woman who was sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard saw Qiu Yunqing and others standing outside the door, put down the broom, walked out and asked.
Qiu Yun looked at the old woman, smiled slightly, and said, "Grandma Qiao'er, don't you know me?"
Hearing Qiu Yunqing's voice, the old woman known as Grandma Qiao'er was stunned when she heard this, glanced at Qiu Yunqing carefully, showed a look of surprise, and exclaimed, "Are you Xiaoyunqing?"
Qiu Yun nodded lightly.
"It's really Yunqing, child, where has your family gone in the past four years, why did you suddenly disappear, is your grandfather okay?" the old woman suddenly held Qiu Yunqing's hand and asked excitedly.
This old woman, who was called Qiao'er's grandmother by Qiu Yunqing, once had no name, but Qiu Yunqing's grandfather gave her the name Qiao'er.
Now Qiao'er also has children and grandchildren, and her family lives on this street, when she was young, she had a relationship with Qiu Yunqing's grandfather, although the two did not come together in the end, and later became their own families, and the two families got along very well.
Four years ago, the Qiu family was slaughtered, only the old man Qiu escaped with Qiu Yunqing, and the Qiu family's courtyard was full of corpses that night, but no one saw it, because the corpses of the Qiu family were all transported away that night, so that the people in the county still don't know where the Qiu family went.
At this time, Qiu Yunqing stood in front of his house, his hand was tightly held by Qiao'er's grandmother, he sighed lightly, looked at the courtyard, and said: "Now the Qiu family is the only one left, that night the Qiu family up and down the old and young were killed, and my grandfather and I desperately escaped and escaped to a mountain, and my grandfather also died." Fortunately, I was taken in by my master and survived. β
Listening to Qiu Yunqing's words, Qiao'er's grandmother stumbled and almost fell. Qiu Yun hurriedly helped her and said, "This time I went back to the county seat to find out the murderer who slaughtered my family. Grandma Qiao'er, you and my grandfather are the best friends, and now you are my only relative. People die like lights go out, don't be too sad, at least I'm still alive, and the Qiu family can still pass it on!"
Grandma Qiao'er shook her head, turned to look at the yard, and said, "I have been cleaning the yard for the Qiu family for the past four years, the door is locked, and I can't get in, so I can only come to this yard every day, looking forward to your family coming back." But I don't want to come back only Yunqing alone now. Hey!"
Grandma Qiao'er sighed, secretly wiped the tears on her face, her eyes were full of desolation, and she walked back to the yard slowly, picked up the broom again, and still swept the fallen leaves.
At this moment, Qiu Yunqing didn't pay attention to what Grandma Qiao'er said, but looked at the locked door in the courtyard with a puzzled expression.
"I clearly remember that night, all the doors of the big house and the small house were open, how could it be locked, could it be ......" Qiu Yun muttered softly, a little moved.
"When Uncle Shi smashes the door open, we'll know the answer. Holding his shoulders, he strode into the courtyard.
Qiu Yunqing and the others quickly followed, and the four of them walked to the door, yelled in vain, and kicked the door open.
When the door was kicked open, a puff of dust was kicked up, choking the dead man and coughing, accompanied by a fishy stench, which was very pungent.
Qiu Yun rubbed his eyes lightly, saw the scenery in the room clearly, and his whole face was dark. Even the innocent people gasped, and Lori covered her eyes.
"**** grandma, who is so hateful and locks the corpses in the room?"
In this room, there are rotting corpses, and the ground is crawling with maggots, which is very terrifying.
Grandma Qiao'er, who came curiously, saw the scenery in the house and immediately fainted.
Qiu Yun lightly picked up the fainting grandmother Qiao'er and sent her home.
Qiao'er's wife died two years ago, she and her daughter Feng Chai depend on each other, Feng Chai is now less than forty years old, very good, and beautiful, but she has never married, and I don't know what the reason is.
The house where their mother and daughter live is not big, but it is not small, because they have always had the help of the Qiu family, and they are not bad.
At this moment, Qiu Yunqing came to her house with the fainted Qiao'er grandmother on her back, pushed open the gate of the yard, and when she heard the door, Feng Hai walked out, and she recognized Qiu Yunqing's appearance at a glance.
"Yunqing, where has your family been in the past few years, why did they all disappear overnight, and there is no news?" Feng Hai asked Qiu Yunqing curiously, and when he saw his mother on his back, his face was shocked, and he exclaimed, "What's wrong with my mother?"
"Aunt Fengchai, I'll tell you later, let's put Grandma Qiao'er back in the house first, she's just frightened, it's fine. β
Feng Chai looked puzzled, pushed open the door, Qiu Yun walked into the house with Grandma Qiao'er on his back and put her on the bed.
Qiu Yun took a light breath and said to Feng Chai: "Auntie, I am the only one left in the Qiu family now, and Grandma Qiao'er saw something she shouldn't have seen, so she was frightened." You wait for her to wake up and ask her yourself, I'll go first, there are some things I need to deal with. β
After Qiu Yun said this, he left here in a hurry and returned to his home.
The two of them and Lori were standing in the courtyard waiting for Qiu Yunqing at the moment, and when they saw Qiu Yunqing coming back, Lori was the first to greet her and said, "Your two uncles think that the murderer deliberately let you live." β
Qiu Yunqing walked up to the two uncles and said, "Yes, I also feel that the murderer is deliberately targeting me. Otherwise, these bodies would not have been locked in the house all the time, which means that the murderer knew that I would be back, and he deliberately intimidated me. But I was only twelve years old at the time, so why did the murderer do this more, and what good did it do to him?"
The naΓ―ve said: "Until the murderer is found, everything is just speculation. Now let's dispose of the rotting corpses in the house first, otherwise we won't have a place to live. β
"What, we're going to live in the front room?" Lori exclaimed, looking incredulous.
The innocent man snorted lightly: "If you are afraid to leave now, lest I be on guard against you all the time." β
"Hmph, I won't leave Brother Yunqing, I will live here if I live here, even if I live in a mass grave, I am not afraid!" Lori said with her chest puffed.
Qiu Yun rubbed his forehead lightly and said, "You two don't quarrel, don't say it's Lori, even I don't dare to live here." Let's dispose of the corpses in the house first. β
Qiu Yunqing and the two uncles walked into the house, and Lori stayed in the yard and didn't dare to go in.
Looking at the room full of corpses, there was no place to put your feet at all.
The innocent man covered his nose and sighed lightly: "Yun Qing, these corpses can't tell the difference anymore. It's all rotten bones, so it's better to ......."
Qiu Yun looked at the corpses in front of him lightly and said, "You and my uncle can do whatever you want, I don't care." Perhaps they have all been reincarnated. β
"Hey, it's rare for you to have such a mind, it's not easy at a young age. The innocent person patted Qiu Yunqing's shoulder, turned around and said to the delusional person: "Senior brother, use your wind transformation technique to move these corpses outside first." β
The delusional man nodded, and cast a spell, causing a gust of wind that swept the corpses out of the room and piled them all up in the courtyard. Frightened, Lori immediately hid behind Qiu Yunqing.
"Look at me next!" the innocent man shouted, waving his hands, forming an invisible wave of qi, which waved out and exploded a deep pit directly in the courtyard.
Then the delusional real person also used his mana, roared, and the body made a push, and one person pushed all the corpses into the pit at the same time.
After doing all this, I clapped my palms. Fortunately, the street is quiet, there are very few people traveling, and no one pays attention to it.
"This is the grave of the Qiu family, and I filled it myself. Qiu Yun walked over lightly, holding the sand on the ground and throwing it into the pit.
Half an hour later, the pit had not yet been filled, Qiu Yun wiped the sweat on his face and said, "Two senior uncles, please help me buy a tombstone, don't engrave words on it." β
"Okay, let's go and go back. The two of them left the courtyard, leaving only Qiu Yunqing and Lori.
Lori stood beside Qiu Yunqing and said to him: "You throw a handful of them inside, when will it be filled, I'll help you." β
Qiu Yun shook his head lightly, and said with a firm face: "I don't need others to help me, in the past four years, my Qiu family's whole family has not been cold, this is my unfilial piety, it is my sin, I want to atone for my sins personally." β
Lori wondered: "Since you care so much about your family's corpses, why did you and your two uncles just say that you don't care?"
"That's different, what to do with the body is their way, and burying the bones is my duty. β
As he spoke, Qiu Yunqing threw another handful of soil.
Lori showed a look of understanding or not.