Xiangsheng prosperous

When Qiu Mo brought the little beggar back to the Qiu family's car, Shuang Han's eyes almost fell to the ground.

"Mother... madam, is this...?" Shuanghan asked in astonishment, pointing at the little beggar.

Qiu Mo didn't answer her question, and took the beggar straight to the car.Seeing this, Shuang Han stopped talking and followed them into the car.

The driver who drives the car is the person Qiu Mo always orders when he travels. He has a dull personality and only knows how to drive.Qiu Mo didn't worry that her itinerary for today would be leaked by him. After Shuanghan sat down firmly, she said to her husband, "Xin Weng, go to Guiyifang."

"Wife, where are we going?" Shuang Han was frightened by Qiu Mo's expressionless face just now, but her heart is still beating wildly.

Qiu Mo frowned and closed her eyes to rest, she only answered five words silently - "Go to see someone."

There was silence again in the carriage.Although the state of the third lady was very strange, Shuanghan knew that she didn't want to talk now, so she stopped asking.The car wobbled towards the south of the city, and soon arrived at Guiyifang.

Guiyifang is already close to the southernmost tip of Chang'an City, and there are usually few people here, only some refugees and beggars will come and go here.The little beggar led Qiu Mo and Shuanghan through the streets and alleys with ease, and soon stopped outside a barren courtyard on the west side of Guiyifang.

This courtyard is located in the most remote corner of Guiyifang, surrounded by abandoned houses, and even most of the walls have collapsed.There are two stone lions at the door, which have become dilapidated due to lack of maintenance and cleaning all year round.

Qiu Mo took a deep breath, pushed open the half-hidden door and walked in.

I saw that the yard was empty, except for fallen leaves and dead branches, there were no other objects.

A gust of cold and damp wind blew by, and Shuanghan couldn't help shivering, complaining: "My lady, it's too cold here."

But Qiu Mo walked straight to the main room as if she didn't hear her words.

Entering the house, the furnishings in the house are very simple, except for an old bed by the window.A woman was faintly visible on that bed, her chest undulating slightly, and her arms outside the quilt looked pale and shriveled.

Qiu Mo walked over slowly and stopped one meter away from the bed.

"You... are here?" A weak and hoarse voice came from the bed.

"What do you want to tell me?" Qiu Mo replied, "Listen to Qin."

Listen to Qin? !Only now did Shuanghan know that the person that the third lady was going to meet was Tingqin, who had helped Sanfang and made things difficult for them in the Qiu Mansion many years ago.

"Third lady is still the same as before, talking quickly..." Ting Qin pulled a wry smile, "It's just... for a dying person like me, it's good to explain quickly."

Qiu Mo squinted her eyes, carefully sizing up her haggard face hidden under the shadow of the bed curtain.In just four short years, the girl who was white and tender when she left the Qiu family has now turned into a lifeless woman with sunken eyes and a gray complexion.

Shuang Han lifted a stool and placed it behind Qiu Mo. Seeing Ting Qin's ghostly appearance, she couldn't help taking a step back in fright.

Ting Qin glanced at Shuang Han from the corner of her eye, and smiled sadly.

"Shuanghan is here too. I still remember the last words you said to me in the Qiu Mansion back then..."

Ting Qin smiled wryly, it was the saying that if you do too much unrighteousness, you will die yourself.

"Third lady, I called you here today because I have something that has been buried in my heart for a long time, and I want to tell you." Tingqin paused, "Your mother, her...death was not God's will."

Ting Qin held her breath and tried to open her eyes wide to look at Qiu Mo.She hoped to see a hint of shock or disbelief in Qiu Mo's eyes.However, Qiu Mo's reaction disappointed her.

She just nodded lightly and said, "I know."

Now Tingqin was surprised. She didn't expect that Qiu Mo would be able to investigate this far with her own strength.She added, "Where did you find out?"

"Listen to Qin!" Qiu Mo raised her voice suddenly, "I came here today to listen to what you said."

Ting Qin was startled, and then understood what Qiu Mo meant.She sighed and said, "Then let me start with the Silla maidservant."

"I was raised by her since I was a child, and she asked me to call her aunt." Ting Qin narrated slowly, while Qiu Mo listened quietly.

"As long as I can remember, my aunt and I have lived together. We depend on each other. Although our family background is average, we can still provide food and clothing. My aunt has always been very hardworking and cooks well. She helps me cook in a restaurant. The life of the two is more than enough. It’s just that my aunt is very strange. One day she suddenly sold all her family’s wealth, and then took me to a horse shop to sell herself as a maidservant. What’s even more strange is that after selling herself, she still has to choose her own house. But After waiting for a long time, we entered Qiu's house."

When Qiu Mo heard this, she already knew that Tingqin in front of her was the little girl who entered the mansion with the servant girl of Silla.

"At that time, I was only about seven or eight years old..." Tingqin's cloudy eyes gradually blurred, as if returning to those days. "I remember that when I first entered Qiu's mansion, I was still very fresh. I had never seen a house better than the Qiu's house. But my aunt was not happy. Not only was she unhappy, she also became often talking to herself, and she kept chanting Some words of resentment. And I also found that the way she looked at me was full of sadness and pity."

Listening to Qin talking too much in one breath, a burning pain arose in her throat.She covered her mouth and coughed, and her face became paler and paler.

The little beggar immediately went to get a ladle of cold water and handed it to her. After listening to Qin, she drank a few sips and felt better.She continued: "It wasn't until one day that my aunt started helping in the kitchen that things started to improve."

Tingqin remembers that at that time, my aunt would make a kind of tea fruit every day. The color was very special, as green as the sky after the rain.Once she was greedy and wanted to steal one, but her aunt grabbed the spoon and hit her outstretched hand severely.

"Have you seen her making tea fruit? What about the materials she used? Is there anything special about it?" Qiu Mo asked immediately.

"Well, I see... everything else is nothing special, just glutinous rice, sugar, etc., and the most special thing is something in a bag..." Tingqin recalled carefully, "It's a kind of yellow powder."

"What's that?" Qiu Mo asked again.

"Is that... medicinal material?" Tingqin murmured, "I can't remember what it is, anyway, it's bitter. I was wondering why my aunt put such a bitter powder in making tea fruit."

Listening to Qin's answer, Qiu Mo realized that this yellow powder was most likely ground into a powder made of earth green wood incense.

"That! Do you know how your aunt got those powders?!" Qiu Mo stood up abruptly, rushed to Tingqin's bed, and asked eagerly, holding her hand.