imperial psychologist

Chapter 547 Inquiry
"Wait a minute!" Bo Ling grabbed the little girl's hand, "My sister still has something to think about—"

Nian Nian cried out in pain, Bai Ling quickly let go of her hand, but she didn't use much force.

The little girl turned her back, rolled up her sleeves and exhaled, carefully rubbing her upper arms.

Bo Ling thought of something, put down the lantern, stepped forward and held the little girl's hand in front of his eyes.

She rolled up Niannian's sleeves, and there were several obvious bruises and scabbed bloodstains on the outside of her arms.

Before Bai Ling could ask, Nian Nian withdrew her hand, "It's not good, don't look at it."

Bo Ling took a deep breath, squatted and moved forward a few steps, leaning against the little girl again, "Who hit you?"

"My mother said," Nian Nian said softly, "You can't tell outsiders about family affairs."

"Is your mother at home now?"

Nian Nian looked at Bo Ling, nodded first, then shook her head again.

"What does it mean to nod and shake your head?" Bo Ling asked softly.

"I don't know." The smile on the little girl's face disappeared, and she looked at Bai Ling in front of her with some vigilance, "Is my sister looking for my mother?"

"Yeah." Bo Ling nodded, "I'm—"

"Bad guy!" Nian Nian quickly broke free from Bai Ling's hand, "Don't come to my mother!"

Before Bai Ling could ask why, the little girl ran away quickly, in the same direction as the maid had left before.Bai Ling was about to chase after her, but a few tortoise claws blocked her way.

In the rain, a few turtle claws quickly ran into the nearby deep alley, and when they came back, they had a few more oil umbrellas in their hands.

The rain curtain fell bit by bit along the edge of the umbrella, and Bo Ling had to stand still and wait.

Why did Nian Nian call her a bad person when she heard that she came to find her mother?
Who are the "you" in her mouth?Who have come to look for Baoyuan?

And those wounds on the little girl...

The more Bo Ling thought about it, the more strange and fearful he felt.

After a while, the maid came back, she took the lantern again, and glanced at Bo Ling, "I found it now, come with me."

The group of people went in the direction the little girl left just now. Every time they took a step forward, Bai Ling was almost more sure that what they met just now was Baoyuan's daughter.

The appearance is similar, the time is almost right, and it will be good to live near here... Where is there any other possibility?

Bo Ling turned around a corner anxiously, and the maid raised her finger and pointed to a dilapidated house not far away.

"See that tortoise's claw?" The maid pointed to the front, "The person you are looking for lives in that family, you go."

Bo Ling took a deep breath. They had passed this alley at least two or three times just now...but they all missed it.She was about to take a step when she suddenly remembered something, "Did you meet her just now?"

"Who?"

"People who live in the house." Bai Ling asked softly.

"Yes." The maid frowned slightly, "What's the matter? If I don't see her with my own eyes, how can I confirm that I'm looking for the right place?"

"If you confirm it, you will confirm it. Why did you put a turtle claw at the door of her house?"

"I casually called someone to come over and stand by the door, so as not to pass by after a while without seeing clearly." The maid also frowned, "What's the problem?"

"..."

Bai Ling faintly felt that something was wrong, and she suddenly became a little unsure—is her visit a good thing or a bad thing for Bao Yuan?

She took only two steps forward when she saw a familiar voice rushing out of the house in the distance.

Holding a bundle in her arms, Baoyuan viciously smashed it at the turtle's claw standing at the door.

Instinctively, Bai Ling leaned against the nearby gate, leaning against the wooden wall, and she looked at Baoyuan who was not far away, angrily scolding the turtle claw standing in front of the gate.

Neighbors all around also came to the window to watch.

The tortoise's paw inexplicably picked up the bundle thrown by Baoyuan, and his eyes lighted up as soon as he got started--listen to the sound and weigh it, it's probably silver taels!

He glanced at Bao Yuan with a bit of displeasure, cursed in a low voice, "Slut!", then turned and walked in the direction of Bai Ling.

Baoyuan stood where she was, holding the pole for beating people in her hand. After the turtle's claw left, she lowered her head and wiped her eyes vigorously.

Nian Nian ran out at this time, Bao Yuan picked up the child, and they went back to the house together.

Then there was a deafening slam of the door.

"Auntie." Turtle Claw, who had confronted Baoyuan just now, had already come to Bai Ling in a blink of an eye. He held the bag of money in his hand, and looked at the coolly dressed maid with a smile, "Look at this..."

"What is this?" Burling asked.

"Lan Zhijun allocated a little compensation." The maid glanced at Bai Ling, "With this money, who would use it to do coolies? I don't know what this person is thinking..."

"Oh, she just said that," the turtle claw heard this, and quickly added, "She said that she earns money cleanly and doesn't spend such filthy money."

The maid sneered, "If you don't spend it, don't spend it. They are all living in Hua Nong. Who is this show for?"

"Give me the money." Bo Ling stretched out his hand.

The turtle claw was a little reluctant to let go, and looked at the maid.

The maid laughed, "Look at what I do, the money is not mine, here it is."

"Hey..." Turtle Claw reluctantly handed over the bundle to Bo Ling, as if the bundle contained not money, but his own child.

"Have their mother and daughter lived here all this time?" Bo Ling asked again.

"Yeah." The maid nodded.

"Anyone else?"

The maid frowned slightly, and she looked at the turtle claw nearby, "Do you know?"

"I know, I know," Guipao, who was guarding the gate of Baoyuan's house before, said quickly, "The flower kiln where I work is near here. I know this area well. There is also a man in this family who is working in the yamen. , is a gambler, and hasn’t come back for a few days.”

"Man..." Bai Ling frowned slightly, "Her husband?"

"It's not counted, and I didn't hold a banquet, just bought a woman to live." Guizhuo said, "The owner of this family is well-known in this area. He didn't live here before. He only moved here eight or nine years ago, relying on his relationship. Occupied a dilapidated house that didn’t cost any money, and I still had the furniture with me at the time.”

"Then you gambled away, didn't you?"

"Didn't you gamble all up! This is almost sleeping in the gambling house." Turtle Claw said.

"Which Yamen is the Yamen, the Jingzhaoyin Yamen?" Bo Ling asked.

Turtle Claw spread his hands, "Then I don't know."

"Hitting someone, this... Patriarch." Bai Ling looked at Turtle Claw again.

"Beat people?" Turtle Claw frowned slightly, "Fighting is not allowed in this place, whoever dares to fight will be making himself uncomfortable."

"Did I mean beating my wife and children?" Bo Ling asked again, and she pointed to her arm, "I see that the little girl in that family has bruises on her hands."

"That's what you said..." Turtle Claw looked at Bai Ling's serious expression, and really felt that the other party was making a fuss, so he laughed and waved his hands, "This... who doesn't beat their wives."

(End of this chapter)