The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 237 Set the Storm (11)

After Hu Xiaotian learned of his father's deeds, his hatred for Hushan naturally faded away, so he took over the investigation of the Wei family tragedy.The first person he went to was Qiu'er, Zhou Zhi'er's maid.At that time, the Wei family's family was ruined, and all the servants left one after another except for the housekeeper Zhou Bo.

At that time, Qiu'er returned home with the shopkeeper Ruan who had been pursuing her diligently, and the two became married shortly thereafter.But at the time of the newlyweds, the shopkeeper Ruan suddenly pushed his cart out to sell his goods.This is a very strange thing. Originally newly married, even if he had to go out to earn a living, he would not leave his wife and go too far.

But in fact, Shopkeeper Ruan went away and never came back.

When Hu Xiaotian found Qiu'er, the shopkeeper Ruan had already left home.Naturally, he was also very surprised, so he didn't go to see Qiu'er immediately, but first inquired around, and the result surprised him.Because he found out that the reason Ruan shopkeeper abandoned Qiu'er and refused to come back was because of a child.

"It's strange, right?" Hu Xiaotian looked at the side of the door. Han Yang and I were both attracted by his narration, and the people outside the door were obviously less curious than us, so the eyes of the group of people were all focused on on him.However, Hu Xiaotian was not in a hurry, and continued to speak in a leisurely manner.

"What's even more strange is that when the shopkeeper Ruan left home, Qiu'er was already pregnant. The newlywed wife was pregnant, and ordinary people would like to stay by her side to take care of her every day, but not long after the news of Qiu'er's pregnancy came out. , the Ruan shopkeeper pushed the truck away from home and never returned. And Qiu'er has not appeared in front of people since then, and did not show up again until a year and a half later."

At that time, Qiu'er's family said to the outside world that the shopkeeper Ruan had left home, and Qiu'er missed her husband, so she went to look for him with a big belly.It is said that not long after, Qiu'er found Shopkeeper Ruan and gave birth to a child with him, but Shopkeeper Ruan had already moved on and was unwilling to go home with her.In desperation, Qiu'er took the child back home alone after a long time.

From the time Qiu'er got married to Shopkeeper Ruan, to when she became pregnant, followed Shopkeeper Ruan and left the local area, and finally returned with the child, the total time spent in the middle was about one and a half to two years.And counting from the time when Qiu'er became pregnant, the child should be less than one year old at this time.

However, what is surprising is that this child who is less than one year old can speak and walk.Of course, it does not mean that children under the age of [-] cannot walk and talk, but even if they can walk and talk, it is just a toddler.But Qiu'er's child's performance is far beyond ordinary children. Not only can he walk steadily, but he can also speak clearly.

All in all, the child's performance definitely didn't look like he was under one year old, and Hu Xiaotian fell into deep thought after finding out about these things.He thought to himself, if shopkeeper Ruan knew that Qiu'er was pregnant, but he still left without hesitation, is there any reason for this?Perhaps, his departure has nothing to do with this child?

Although Shopkeeper Ruan's intentions were a bit dishonest, he had chased all the way to Wei's house for Qiu'er, so he should have some affection for her no matter what.That being the case, he managed to marry Qiu'er through the family, how could he abandon his wife and son so quickly?And this child's performance does not match his age, so maybe his actual age is really more than a week?
Thinking of this, Hu Xiaotian immediately stopped looking for Qiu'er, but tried to find the Ruan shopkeeper first.The Hu family controls the imperial department of the Six Arts Association, and has channels for both black and white.Although he can't mobilize any power of the imperial department without the seal made up of six brands, but he doesn't need a seal to use his connections.

Therefore, he quickly traced the whereabouts of the Ruan shopkeeper based on Qiu'er's whereabouts over the past year.Shopkeeper Ruan is currently in a small town called Luolian. This town is surrounded by mountains, and the traffic is extremely blocked. He is usually self-sufficient and rarely interacts with people outside the mountains.

In such a place, if a stranger came, he would naturally be unable to hide from the eyes and ears of others, not to mention that the shopkeeper had to deal with people.But the strange thing is that after Hu Xiaotian arrived in Luolian Town, he couldn't find where the Ruan shopkeeper was. No matter who he asked, he said that there was no such person.

The news Hu Xiaotian got is not wrong, and Qiu'er is indeed returning home from here, but what about Shopkeeper Ruan?Right now, there are two possibilities. One is that Merchant Ruan is not here at all, and Qiu'er's so-called finding her husband for more than a year is just talking nonsense;

Since Shopkeeper Ruan has not been found for the time being, Hu Xiaotian began to inquire about Qiu'er's whereabouts in the town, and he did.Surprisingly, Qiu'er didn't live in a rented house in the town, but worked as a servant in the Luo family, the largest house in the town.As soon as the people in the town heard him describe Qiu'er's appearance, they immediately told him with certainty.

Hu Xiaotian almost jumped up when he heard the news, because Qiu'er declared that she was pregnant when she left home.But how can you work as a helper when you are pregnant, and which family will accept a pregnant helper?By this time, he was quite sure that Qiu'er was not pregnant at all!
From the beginning when the shopkeeper Ruan left home, to the time when Qiu'er also left home, all of this was a cover-up for the sake of the child who didn't match his actual age.Because the child was more than one year old, Qiu'er had to leave home for a period of time in order to hide the child's actual age from others and raise him as his own.

But the question is, who does this child belong to, and is it worth Qiu'er's effort?
With this question in mind, Hu Xiaotian began to investigate the Luo family, the largest family in Luolian Town.He first found out that the owner of the Luo family was ill, and it was said to be a bad illness, so he hadn't shown up in front of people for a long time, and Mrs. Luo was in charge of all the affairs of the family.

The owner of the Luo family got a bad disease after getting married. At that time, the Luo family isolated him from outsiders, but then there was an accident——At that time, the Luo family’s aunt and cousin from other towns came to Luolian Town Because of the adult's negligence, a child of three or four years old walked into the room of the master of the Luo family.

Master Luo's bad disease is contagious, but he has been isolated from outsiders all year round, so he is naturally very depressed. At this time, he saw a child suddenly walk into his room, and he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, so he left him behind. After teasing him for a long time, he even gave him his own pastry.

When the adults found out that the child was missing and came to find him, they were shocked when they learned that the child had stayed in the master of the Luo family's room for a long time, and hurriedly snatched him out.The cousin left Luolian Town immediately, returned to her home, and immediately sought medical treatment.

But in a hurry, who would know if the child was infected? The doctor couldn't diagnose it, so he had to prescribe some preventive medicine for him.The adults were worried, but there was nothing they could do, so they had to take good care of him. However, bad signs appeared on the child soon after.

Because of this matter, they were extremely angry with the Luo family, and later they broke off contact directly.But the child's condition did not improve after all. Fortunately, it did not deteriorate under the careful care of the family. Later, he grew up slowly like this. Later, he even survived until he got married, and he died after a period of time after marriage.

"Of course, this is all off-topic. Now that I'm talking about the Luo family, I'll mention it by the way." Hu Xiaotian stopped talking, and finally glanced at me, "You may also know this cousin of the Luo family."

"How would I know about the cousins ​​of the Luo family?" I was a little surprised, "I've only been to Luolian Town once."

"Do you know Murong?" Hu Xiaotian didn't answer me, but continued to ask.

I heard him suddenly mention the name Murong, and I suddenly remembered something——After I left Luolian Town, I went to Yutian Town to deliver a letter, but I met Qiu, the son of Zhou Zhier's other maid, Ye Er. Ye Hong.Qiu Yehong's sister, Qiu Tian'er, married the young master of the Mu family in the town, and the young master of the Mu family also had a bad illness, and passed away shortly after marrying Qiu Tian'er.

At this moment when Hu Xiaotian suddenly mentioned Murong, my mind flashed, and I couldn't help shouting out: "It turns out that the Luo family's aunt is the Mu family, and the Mu family's young master is the child who broke into the Luo family's master's room! "

"That's right!" Hu Xiaotian replied, "You can't think of it, right? But what you can't think of is yet to come. Later, the young master of the Mu family was obviously ill, but Ye'er still married his daughter to him. Why do you think this is?"

I was already very surprised to hear that all this was related to what happened to me in Yutian Town, but when I heard Hu Xiaotian ask again, I thought Ye'er was also in Luolian Town at that time, right?Thinking of this, I asked, and Hu Xiaotian smiled and said, "You guessed right, Ye'er was also in Luolian Town at that time!"

After leaving the Wei family, Zhou Zhi'er's two maids, Ye'er and Qiu'er, unexpectedly appeared in the same family at the same time.This is too coincidental.So I was a little confused, "Could it be that Ye'er is also helping Luo's family?"

"That's right." Hu Xiaotian replied, "At that time, the young master of the Mu family was only three or four years old. He was very active and active when he didn't understand anything. At that time, the adults were sitting and talking, so they handed over the young master of the Mu family Ye Er took care of him, but she was so careless that she didn't watch him."

Hu Xiaotian said that after the young master of the Mu family escaped from Ye'er's custody, he groped into the master of the Luo family by himself, and contracted a bad disease.There was only this one male in the Mu family, so after this incident happened, it was like a catastrophe for the Mu family, and Qiu'er felt extremely guilty about it.

In addition, she and the Mu family are both from Yutian Town, so it can be said that she can't look up and look down, so she promised the Mu family at that time that she would give her daughter to the young master of the Mu family, so as to make up for her fault.Therefore, Qiu Tian'er was actually referred to the young master of the Mu family by his mother when he was young and inactive.

(End of this chapter)