Qing ordered Yi to stop where he was, refusing to hide or give way.
As the tip of the knife approached, Qingli's wrist was suddenly tightly clasped, unable to move.
The shadows of the trees in the room swayed gently, reflecting on Ji Fanzhi's young and cold face.
"Don't show mercy." Qing Lingyi said slowly.
"yes."
Ji Fanzhi responded and used force to twist Qingli's wrist joint.
She screamed, unable to grasp the short knife in her hand.
Ji Fanzhi caught her with one hand, held her arms away from her at the same time, walked behind her in two steps, and kicked her on the soles of her feet.
Qingli lost control of her body and knelt on the ground.
Qing Lingyi calmed down, pulled a stool aside and sat down in front of her.
"You pretended to be unconscious to make me relent, or to delay time. You have this confidence because of Xiao Anle. You think she is your daughter. Unfortunately, your wishful thinking failed, Xiao Anle now calls me Mother."
"I am her mother! I gave birth to her!" Qingli gritted her teeth, "You bitch!"
"Are you her mother?" Qing Lingyi suddenly smiled, "Qingli, tell me, who can prove it? How to prove it?"
She leaned down slightly and said, "Xiao Anle has been recorded in my name. If you ask everyone in the general's mansion, they will only say that Cheng Anle was born to me, Qing Lingyi. As for you, you are just... A delusional mad woman.”
"Just the word 'crazy' and you want to force me away?"
"you?"
Qing Lingyi caught this word sensitively, realized something, and frowned, "Who else has forced you?"
Qingli's pupils dilated with excitement: "Why don't you know? You don't know! The third master never told you anything!"
She laughed crazily a few times, elongated her tune, and said like a drama: "You don't know what kind of past the general and I have! It was love and concubine love! I love him most when his muscles relax and sweat on my body. Like rain, he also loves me the most, soft and pink..."
"Shut her up!"
Qing Lingyi spoke hurriedly.
She felt ashamed when she heard it. How could Qingli say such words in front of outsiders?
Ji Fanzhi understood and dropped the knife, knocking the person unconscious.
Qing Lingyi was shocked.
He looked at the unconscious person on the ground, then looked at Ji Fanzhi, "I didn't mean to tell her to shut up..."
Ji Fanzhi was puzzled: "Isn't it closed?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you just cover her mouth first?"
Ji Fanzhi was stunned: "I..."
At this point, Qing Lingyi was helpless: "That's it."
Originally, she realized that there were some secrets between Cheng Yang and Qingli, and wanted to get something out of Qingli's mouth.
But regardless of asking, she ordered: "Take her to the village outside the city and order someone to take care of her. She will eat and drink every day, but she is not allowed to go out even half a step, and no outsiders are allowed to see her."
"yes."
Ji Fanzhi picked up Qingli.
Qing Lingyi walked out of the guest room and Biwei was looking at Ji Fanzhi.
"She said she wanted to stay in the General's Mansion. Madam, this can be regarded as realizing her long-cherished wish." Bi Wei said.
Qing Lingyi rubbed the center of his eyebrows and said, "I will not dare to make such arrangements until the general is away in a few days."
Bi Wei turned back: "The general's place is the most difficult, right?"
Qing Lingyi was dejected: "Yes, I'm afraid he still has unresolved feelings for Qingli."
Aunt Qi laughed when she heard this: "No, madam. The general's vision is not so bad."
Qing Lingyi half believed and half didn't believe it, and sighed: "I hope so."
·
Outside the city of Suidu, the family lives in a village.
As dusk fell in the west, Mrs. Li carried a wooden bucket and walked to the house on the west side.
The woman who was escorted from the General's Mansion today was locked there. The new general's wife had the approval of Mrs. Xue.
Mrs. Li didn't dare to neglect, there were a lot of leftovers in the bucket.
There was someone guarding the outside of the house. When he saw it was her, he turned around to unlock the door.
The wind suddenly picked up in the west, and it was chilly. Mrs. Li turned her eyes and looked around, and suddenly heard two "bang" and "bang" sounds.
The two guards fell to the ground, and a man in green clothes stood in the afterglow of the setting sun. His face was dark, and he held a short knife in his right hand, with blood on the blade still wet.
The mother-in-law was shocked and dropped the barrel in her hand to the ground.
The man moved his wrist and stepped forward.
·
The next day, it was still dark.
Qing Lingyi was sleeping when she vaguely heard someone calling her: "Madam, madam."
She opened her eyes and saw Bi Wei's panicked look, accompanied by her anxious cry: "Madam, something happened!"
"What's wrong?"
"Yesterday, in the village where you arranged for Qingli to be imprisoned, two guards died, as well as a delivery woman. Qingli was also missing."
Qing Lingyi was aroused, and his sleepiness disappeared instantly.
"The old lady is already in the main hall."
"good."
After quickly washing up, Qing Lingyi stepped into the main hall.
Old Mrs. Xue was sitting upright, with a middle-aged man standing under her, sweating profusely. This was Zhuangzi's supervisor.
"Mother." Qing Lingyi stepped forward.
"Get up," the old lady said very calmly, "You handle the matter, I just listen."
Qing Lingyi nodded and sat down next to her.
He looked at the supervisor and said, "Just tell me."
"Yes...yes," the supervisor wiped the sweat from his face, "That woman is locked up in the room on the west side. I asked Mrs. Li to deliver her two meals a day. Mrs. Li delivered dinner to her yesterday, and everyone else saw it. It was nothing. It's strange. But the next day, Mrs. Li's man came to me and said that Mrs. Li didn't come home all night. I sent someone to look for her, and then I found out that something happened in the house, three people died, and the woman ran away. I was really confused If I have no idea, I will report it to my master immediately."
Qing Lingyi understood and said: "Go to Biwei to get thirty taels of silver to bury the three of them alive, and the rest will be divided equally among their families as a show of compensation."
Then, she called Ji Fanzhi and told her everything about Zhuangzi.
He frowned and said, "Those two guards are quite good. Anyone who can kill them is definitely an ordinary person."
Qing Lingyi touched her nails and thought, this matter will be complicated.
Back then, Qing Yan had many enemies, so there must be someone keeping an eye on him in the General's Mansion today.
Perhaps they discovered what happened yesterday and thought they could seize the opportunity of the General's Mansion, so they kidnapped Qingli.
Or, if you think about it more deeply, Qingli was arranged by them. After the robbery, they had one more move to make.
"The whole city is searching for Qingli," Qing Lingyi said. "If you want to see him alive, you want to see his body."
"yes."
Qing Lingyi also called Wu Liang and first asked how the investigation into Zhao Wanrong's death was going.
Wu Liang reported back: "This matter has been reported to Jingzhao Yin Mansion and is still under investigation."
Qing Lingyi nodded and said: "The general has been away in the past few days, and many things have happened in the house. I am very worried, and would like to trouble Butler Wu to send more people to protect my mother and others, especially Xiao Anle."
"Yes, ma'am."
The day was sultry and the sky was gloomy.
As night fell, the rain poured down one after another, making crackling sounds on the eaves and among the branches and leaves.
It was originally a patter, but gradually became a torrential force, with heavy humidity and rumbling thunder.
Cheng Anle came over with a small pillow in his arms, his face flushed, and he said softly: "Mother, I'm scared to be alone."
Qing Lingyi couldn't bear it, so he nodded immediately: "Then let's sleep together."
The pear blossom couch is naturally too small, but fortunately Chengyang is not here.
Biwei had made up the big bed, which was more than enough for the two of them.
After falling asleep, Cheng Anle hugged Xiao Huang, sleepy and curious: "What is this?"
"My mother made it for me. It's called Xiao Huang." Qing Lingyi said.
"Mother's mother?"
"You should call me grandma." Qing Lingyi touched her cheek.
Talking small words, Cheng Anle gradually fell into sleep.
Suddenly her steps were urgent. Biwei opened the gauze curtain in front of the bed and leaned down: "Madam, the general is back."
Qing Lingyi was stunned and sat up.
A bolt of thunder exploded outside the window, Bi Wei frowned and added: "Qingli is also with me."
