blue bird song

Chapter 43 The Stone House in Distress (2)
Ruthless as a jackal?No, no, if people become ruthless, jackals are far inferior.

Shen Mo smiled softly, "Girl is a bit courageous, she is very similar to your mother, I like it! Your father brought me and your mother here to play, I was scared to death, but your mother has no fear, really She is a hero among women."

"Is this place interesting? Girl, if you die here, is it a worthy death?" Shen Mo's voice became more gentle.

Two maids approached Qingque, snatched her dagger and other hard objects, took out a ball of cotton from her body, and surrounded Qingque.

Qingque's martial arts were far from theirs, knowing that she couldn't escape, she pretended to resist twice, and was restrained.

A maid turned around and explained to Shen Mo, "This subordinate has limited skill, if she hurts her internal organs, it will inevitably leave scars on her body. Surround her with cotton, which means that no trace will be left."

Shen Mo smiled appreciatively and said: "Extremely thoughtful! This is a noble little girl, she is good to serve you, and don't leave a trace of it."

The two maids agreed in unison, and stared fiercely at Qingque.

Shen Mo looked at Qing Que proudly, her voice was gentle and watery, "Girl, you were brought back by the order of Mrs. Guogong, and Mrs. Shizi personally picked you up. If you died here without a sound, do you think someone will come back?" Blame me? Funny to think about, isn't it?"

"What's more interesting is that your whole body is white and tender, with no scars! With your status, it is impossible to perform an autopsy after death, and your father must be reluctant. Hahaha, it's so interesting!"

The two maids clapped their hands intently, Qing Que pretended to dodge it, but of course she didn't dodge it.The overwhelming palm force came one after another, how could Qing Que stand it, and fell limply on the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.The maid had sharp eyesight and quick hands, stretched out a handkerchief, and caught all of them, not a single drop fell to the ground.

"It's done." The maid stopped, "If the beating continues, it will be difficult to ensure that there are no injuries on her body. This is enough, and she will definitely die if she survives until dawn."

"It's enough." Shen Mo took out the handkerchief, knelt down and carefully wiped the blood from the corner of Qing Que's mouth, and wiped it very clean, "Why die tonight, it's just right to die tomorrow morning."

He brought her in by himself.If she died now, her body would be cold tomorrow, and she would inevitably be suspected of being on her body.Wouldn't it be wonderful to die tomorrow morning, and when Shizi's wife arrived after hearing the news, her body would still be warm, obviously she had just died not long ago.

Shen Mo smiled triumphantly.

The maid quickly took away all the cotton and other things, and the stone house was still clean.When she picked up the dagger and waited to return it to Qing Que, a maid let out a "Hey" and pulled out the dagger in amazement, "A sharp weapon in the world, a sharp weapon in the world!"

Seeing his greedy eyes, Shen Mo smiled and said: "I heard that the fourth prince personally went to the British government to give this dagger to her. If you took it away, the dagger has not been found. If it is not in place, someone will randomly become suspicious and cause trouble. It's just a dagger, give it back to her. If it's all right in the future, I'll find a way to get it out and give it to you."

The maid didn't dare not listen, and reluctantly put it back.

Qingque curled up on the ground, her small body motionless, seemingly lifeless.

Shen Mo touched her clean little face, and sighed: "Actually, my father and daughter really can't bear it, but you took up the title of the eldest daughter, and you forced yourself to be killed. Girl, you are the Empress of Zhongliang, I can't bear it! Your grandfather fought a bloody battle in Yuerhai back then, and was surrounded on all sides without any reinforcements. He died a terrible death! Girl, you go with him, go."

Qingque remained motionless and unresponsive.

Shen Mo sighed, stood up, took two maids out of the stone house, locked the iron gate tightly, and drifted away.

When Shen Mo returned to Xun Shi, Xun Shi was furious after receiving Qi Yu's reply.Shen Mo hurriedly took the reply and read it, only to see a line of big characters written on the snow-white rice paper, "Her surname is Deng, what has she to do with me, Qi Yu?"

The Xun family ordered people to threaten Qi Yu, but Qi Yu responded like this.

The Xun family was very angry, and roared: "Shut up that wild girl in the stone house, and no one is allowed to see her!" Shen Mo agreed repeatedly after hearing this.

Grandmother, I didn't mean to harm you, you came here yourself.Shen Mo couldn't be more satisfied with what happened today.

Yu'er, you are ruthless!Shen Mo thought of Qi Yu's answer and couldn't help admiring it.If it were me, I would be willing to attack others, but I would be soft-hearted towards my own daughter.Yu'er, you can even abandon your own daughter.

In Yangwuhou Mansion, Xue Neng handed over his children to the nanny, and hurriedly came to ask Qi Yu, "Yu'er, do we really care?" to ask his beloved wife.

Qi Yu sat awkwardly, even her lips were snow white.

After a while, Qi Yu spoke with difficulty, "If you don't mind, I would like to invite some people from the world to save my daughter..."

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Xue Neng said repeatedly, "Yu'er, save it, save it! The child is still young, and it depends on his parents!"

With her back straight, Qi Yu ordered someone to invite Master Li to discuss it carefully.Master Li was shocked and angry, "There is such a grandmother in the world! I will call my classmates, and I will immediately call my classmates to save Qingque!"

The next morning, Deng Qi rode his horse and galloped to the other courtyard. "Where's my daughter, where's my daughter!" She ran to Shen Mo, held Shen Mo's hand, and asked sharply.

Shen Mo looked up at the sky, smiled and said: "Grandmother has an order to let her think about her mistakes in the stone house..." Deng Qi shook off Shen Mo's hand, and ran to the stone house in panic.

Shen Mo pursed her lips and smiled, and ordered someone to deliver the key, "Hurry up, don't delay!"

Trembling, Deng Qi inserted the key, searching eagerly.The stone house was empty, and there was no one on the ground.

Looking up, two vertical bars of the iron window were sawed off.

Under the iron window is... Deng Qihun flew into the sky, staggering towards the back of the stone house.

Looking over, Deng Qi was stunned: the iron nail was covered with blood, obviously Qingque jumped from the iron window and landed on the iron nail.In front of the nail net, bloodstained, winding to the distance...

Deng Qi's legs were weak, so he pulled himself together and walked over to inspect it carefully.This bloodstain is clearly... This is not left by walking, it is bit by bit, crawling hard!
blue sparrow!blue sparrow!Deng Qi knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly.

A handsome young man of fourteen or fifteen hurried over and arrived at Deng Qi's side.He was as stunned as Deng Qi. Through the blood in front of his eyes, he seemed to see the little girl in a big red coat and holding a red cherry gun. Both legs were stabbed by iron objects, but she was gritting her teeth, refusing to admit defeat. crawling forward...

Deng Qi jumped up from the ground and shouted: "There are wolves around here, and there are often wolves!" Zhang Hu and him looked at each other and ran forward at the same time!

The bloodstains meandered for a long distance, and the two walked forward along the bloodstains, and saw a dead wolf lying on the side of the road.This wolf is very thin and looks like it has been hungry for a long time.Zhang Hu looked down and said in a low voice, "Its throat was cut by a sharp weapon."

Deng Qi looked sadly, "Qingque killed it?" My poor child, at a young age, he wants to fight hungry wolves in the wild!

The two looked at the blood stains in front of them and ran forward at the same time.

When we reached a stream, the blood was gone.The creek is very clear, and there are only branches, fish bones, and fish viscera thrown by the stream.

The creek is not wide, but adults can't cross it, let alone an injured child like Qingque.Where did Qingque go?Deng Qi and Zhang Hu looked around as far as the eye could see. There were endless mountains and endless grass, with no end in sight.

The two turned back again, "Take more people, even if you search the mountain, you must find Niuniu!" "Quick, hurry up! Niuniu is injured, this mountain is full of wild wolves!"

Back in front of the stone house, I saw Shen Mo, Sun Shi and others all coming after hearing the news, all of them were stunned.Mrs. Sun supported the maid, and was about to faint, "Why did you lock the child in the stone house? There must be a reason for shutting the child in the stone house for punishment, right? What did the child do wrong? The sage said, 'If you don't teach, you will kill. Call it abuse, but Sister Yuan just came back last night, she didn't say anything, she didn't do anything."

Shen Mo looked at everything in front of her, deeply regretting in her heart.Why did you leave the dagger to her?This girl is really cunning, she played dead last night!She has the strength to climb to the iron window, has the strength to cut the iron bars with a sharp weapon, and can jump down and crawl away bit by bit!
This wild girl, like her own mother, would not accept her fate even if she died!Shen Mo felt chills on her back.

Zhang Hu and Deng Qi didn't pay any attention to them, and gathered their own people to go to the mountains to find the blue sparrows.

Master Li is here.He went to the stone house to investigate the situation, and asserted, "Niu Niu was injured, very seriously!" He pointed to the barred window, and pointed to the place where the nails were stained with blood, "With Niu Niu's current skill, it is absolutely impossible to Just jump here! If she doesn't get hurt, she can definitely avoid the nail!"

Master Li taught Qing Que kung fu for more than half a year, so his words are naturally credible.

Deng Qi's face was ashen.No wonder Qingque wants to escape by jumping out of the window, no wonder Qingque wants to escape by crawling!Dare to love this other courtyard, someone secretly hurt her and wanted her life!
Zhang Hu clenched his fists and creaked.

Ning Guogong also rushed back quickly.Deng Qi told him the whole thing with a gloomy face, "I'll take someone to find Qingque, whoever hurt my daughter, you can take care of it anyway!" Throwing down a sentence, he led the servants and boys on horseback, led With a hunting dog, he went into the mountains to look for the blue sparrow.

Zhang Hu had already set off, Master Li stomped his feet, "I'll go back and gather my fellow disciples! Find some good lightness kung fu masters!" and returned to the city.

Mr. Ningguo's hands and feet were cold, he went to see the stone house, and looked behind the stone house. His face was gloomy and he ordered people to call Xun Shi, Sun Shi, and Shen Mo to ask questions one by one.Mrs. Sun was supporting the maid, who was about to fall down, and Shen Mo was also on the verge of falling. Mrs. Xun straightened her neck and shouted: "I am her great-grandmother! Don't say that I just punished her, or I killed her with my own hands. , it’s nothing more than the elders killing the inferiors!”

Ning Guogong let out a roar, and the maids and wives were frightened and fled far away.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Duke Ning reached out to pick up Mrs. Xun, strode towards the stone house, and threw Mrs. Xun inside!
Xunshi was in pain and anxious, crying and cursing inside, his voice shaking the sky.Ning Guogong smiled miserably, "If you have the ability, you can also escape by jumping out of the window like the blue bird! Otherwise, you will die inside!" Locking the door, he sat upright outside the door and guarded it himself.

Sun and Shen Mo were all frightened and fainted, and the maids and servants were even more trembling and could not go forward.A confidant of the Xun family dared to speak from a distance, "Master, please look out for your son..." Before he finished speaking, Duke Ning picked up a stone and threw it at him. He hit the man's face and fainted on the spot.

Who dares to persuade again.

It was so easy to wait until the eldest son Deng Hui came, and everyone had a backbone.Deng Hui was very afraid of his father Ning Guogong, but he was filial and couldn't just watch his mother suffer in the stone house, crying hoarsely, so he had to bite the bullet and go up to persuade, "Father, Niu Niu Ji has his own destiny, it's okay! Let mother out first, let's discuss slowly..." Deng Hui walked towards Ning Guogong with a smile while talking.When he was getting close, Ning Guogong shouted loudly, pulled out the gleaming waist knife from his waist, jumped up and slashed at his head.Deng Hui was scared out of his wits, and ran away with his head in his arms.

It doesn't work for the son to speak, but the grandson should be able to speak, right?Deng Hui looked around, "Where's Qi'er?" Sun cried and said, "I took someone to find his daughter!" Deng Hui was very hesitant.

Fortunately, Deng Lin, Deng Tianlu, Deng Wuxie and others came back one after another, stepping forward one by one to beg.As a result, without exception, they were all driven away by Duke Ning with a waist knife.

The Xun family is still suffering in the stone house, so children and grandchildren can't just let it go.Deng Hui, Sun and others had no choice but to kneel in front of the stone house from a distance, begging Duke Ning to think about it and let them go.

Deng Qi never came back.Ning Guogong sat in the stone house for two days and two nights. The Xun family in the house cried and cursed at first, then begged bitterly, and then, he lost the strength to even beg.

Shen Mo followed the crowd and knelt in front of the stone house, her intestines were green with regret.If I had known this was the case, I should have hit harder and killed that wild girl on the spot!If there is an injury, it will be healed. With the Xun family and the Sun family standing in front of me, I can't blame me anyway!

Unable to hold on, Sun passed out and was sent back.Shen Mo's body was not strong, she couldn't do it, and she passed out on the ground.

Deng Hui, Deng Lin, Deng Tianlu, and Deng Wuxie are still holding on.

In the early morning two days later, the aged Ning Guogong couldn't sit still any longer, and collapsed at the door of the stone house.Deng Wuxie saw it with sharp eyes, called "Grandfather" in his mouth, got up and ran to the stone house.

I didn't run two steps, fell to the ground, and didn't get up for a long time.The rest of the people also saw it, and rubbed their knees for a long time, struggling to get over.

Crying, shouting, asking for a doctor, making a fuss.Soon after Ning Guogong was carried away, the door of the stone house was opened, and Deng Hui saw Xun Shi lying on the ground, crying "Mother" sadly, tears streaming down his face.

This accident ended with Duke Ning and his wife both falling ill.

Deng Qi and Zhang Hu searched the mountains for more than half a month, but found nothing.The green sparrow can't see people alive, and can't see dead bodies when dead.

September 29 is A Yuan's birthday.The emperor, Concubine Chen, Concubine Wan Gui and others gave him many exquisite and interesting toys, but A Yuan didn't like them.

"What does A Yuan want?" the emperor lowered his head and asked him gently.

A Yuan blinked her beautiful big eyes, "Can I ask Qingque to accompany me for a day? Or, half a day is fine."

The emperor's heart softened, and he ordered Qingque to enter the palace.

When the servant arrived at the Duke's residence, the Duke's wife smiled and said: "It's just a coincidence, Miss Deng has already been picked up by her great-grandmother Mrs. Ningguo."

Deng Hui, Sun Shi and others were in a hurry. His Majesty wanted someone, and he couldn't hand it over. What should we do?Deng Hui rushed to see Ning Guogong, "Father, this is really worse!"

Duke Ningguo on the hospital bed sighed, ordered someone to dress and wash him, and after holding on, he went to the palace to report to the emperor himself, "My great-granddaughter has been dead for many days. Her natural destiny is not in line with the Deng family's." , can't be raised in Deng's house, she is more filial and misses her great-grandmother, so she goes home and stays for one night. In just one night, the child will..."

The elderly Ningguo Gong fell to the ground and cried loudly, and the emperor was also saddened by it.Just as he was about to say a few words of comfort, he suddenly heard a thud behind the screen, as if someone had fallen.The emperor stood up vigilantly and walked over, only to see A Yuan lying on the ground, his face pale and his eyes closed.

"A Yuan 1" the emperor's face changed drastically, and he ordered in a sharp voice, "Send to the imperial physician, quickly pass on to the imperial physician!" He strode forward and hugged A Yuan in his arms.

There was a panic in the palace, and Duke Ning was even more uncertain, desolate and helpless.

A Yuan developed a high fever, and the emperor issued a ban not to mention Miss Deng's family in front of him again.As for Duke Ning, he was kicked out impatiently by the emperor.

The Deng family held a funeral for the eldest lady Deng Zhiyuan.Because of his young age, he died early, but hung a few white lanterns and performed a few rituals.If it's too grand, the little people can't bear it.

Many noble ladies who have been in the palace and seen the blue sparrows are full of emotion, "What a clever child, he looks so good-looking! It's a pity that she was born unable to go back to the Deng family. She admires her great-grandmother and insists on going back to Deng's house." Such a trip, I lost my life. Alas, she can be regarded as a filial daughter." "Isn't it, if there is a filial daughter in this dynasty, Miss Deng should be on the list." The beautiful, smart, and filial Miss Deng, early Miss Deng, who was young, was lamented by the noble ladies for a long time.

In early winter, a heavy snow came silently.White snow fluttered in the air, flying all over the sky, and the feather-like snowflakes kept falling, floating in the bustling capital city, and also floating in the lonely mountains and rivers, everywhere covered in white.Deng's other courtyard is also covered with snow, pink makeup and jade, just like a crystal palace.The blood and struggles of the past are all in the past.The snow fell silently, and kept falling to the ground, getting thicker and thicker, covering everything.

(End of this chapter)