The Daughter of the General's Gate: The Genius Little Meng Fei

Chapter 21

Gu Qianxue looked dumbfounded at the river surface which had returned to calm after bursting with waves, she deliberately took Gu Qianli to the side of the river embankment with a downhill slope, she was afraid that if Gu Qianli drowned in front of her, she would be beaten by her mother To die, she wanted to let her be washed away by the water to give the illusion of disappearance. In such water, a three-year-old child who couldn't swim would definitely die. As long as she didn't die in Lu's Village, it didn't matter where she died.

Finally she came to her senses, ran to the edge of the shoal to soak her whole body, and wiped a lot of mud on her body, then ran to the field screaming.

"Mother, mother, help, my sister fell into the river, I can't hold her back."

Li Yan in the palace was reading a book. For some reason, he suddenly felt a pain in his heart, but the heart-piercing pain disappeared in an instant, so he couldn't help but rubbed his heart.

Gao Ning, who was with him, saw the sudden change in his expression, and quickly asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Li Yan said from the bottom of his heart: "No reason, I suddenly felt a sharp pain just now, and now I'm fine again."

"The servant will send the imperial doctor to show you right away."

"No need, it doesn't hurt anymore." Li Yan closed the book, feeling flustered, unable to calm down to study for some reason, "Did the letter from Lujia Village arrive?" he asked.

"Not yet. According to the schedule, it is estimated that they will only receive the letter yesterday, and the reply will take at least four or five days." Gao Ning replied cautiously.

"Hurry up, if there is any news, bring it to me immediately."

"Yes." After Gao Ning went out, he summoned a little father-in-law and whispered a few words to him. The man immediately left the palace and went to the post station to inquire about the news. They all had their own secret clues, maybe they were merchants, or they traveled all over the world. of hawkers.

"Boss Lin, there is no letter from Lu's Village yet. If there is any news, I will notify you immediately." The peddler with the burden looked at the people in front of him fawningly, and he always offered a lot of rewards for delivering letters for them. You can earn a lot of money every time you run.

"Okay, then you should inquire about the news as soon as possible in the next few days, the people above are waiting." Xiao Linzi stuffed a small piece of silver into his hand, and then left happily. Since he helped Gao Ning, his life in the palace has changed. Much better.

Before, he offended Manager Li who was next to the imperial concubine, but he was always bullied and excluded in the palace. Fortunately, Gao Ning passed by one day and asked him to serve in the palace of the eldest grandson of the emperor. Work very hard.

The Lu family village was already in chaos, Qingping with a pale face stared helplessly at the rowing boats looking for the shouting villagers, Lu Zhenbang even took off his clothes and dived into the river to keep searching, until he sank continuously to find them. Four times before he was dragged by his grandfather and refused to let him go.

"Li'er, Li'er, where are you? Mother is sorry for you. If something happens to you, mother will not be able to live anymore. Come back quickly." The broken little embroidered shoes kept crying.

Gu Liancheng was also crying and shouting at the side: "Sister, come back quickly, brother will take you to catch fish, okay, don't hide and seek, as long as you come back, whether it's going up the mountain to catch birds or down the river to catch fish, Brother will take you there."

He regretted it unceasingly. In the past, Li'er wanted to go catch fish and shrimp with them, but he always refused, which aroused her curiosity and ran to the river by herself. These were all Gu Qianxue's excuses. Gu Liancheng was young, No matter what, he never thought that this was actually a shocking murder, and thought that Gu Qianli really escaped because of his mischievousness.

Lu Zhenbang looked at the empty river and muttered to himself: "No, sister Li'er is so cute, the river god won't bully her, she must be scared, where is she hiding and waiting for us to find her."

Qingping heard what he said, and said suddenly: "Yes, last time Xue'er made a mistake and hid in the straw bushes, Li'er must have hid, she is so obedient, how could she fall into the river , I'll go find her, I'll find her."

Desperately, she rummaged around, ran to the side of the road in the field, and rummaged as long as there was a haystack.

The people in the village searched in the river several times without any results, and then searched everywhere in the village. Until late at night, everyone lit torches and shouted on the mountain.

Qingping hadn't slept all night. She hadn't had any water or rice all day and all night, and she kept looking for it until the early morning twilight revealed, and the tired villagers came out of the mountain one after another. Looking at her shaking her head, she finally fainted. past.

After resting for a few hours, and eating something hastily, the villagers began to search for Gu Qianli's traces all over the mountains and plains again. Qingping fainted for a long time, and immediately struggled to go outside after waking up. home.

"Qingping, you won't be able to help if you go out with your body. My Liangzi has already taken people to the mountain. You can wait at home and wait for the news. There are so many people who have gone out to look for them. They must be thirsty and hungry when they come back. We will prepare some food for them at home." Eat." Lu Liang's family didn't have the heart to beat her, but Gu Qianli was most likely to be washed away by the water because messy footprints were found by the river.

Besides, if such a young child really ran to the mountain, the possibility of surviving would be even smaller, but seeing Qingping's grief-stricken look, the Luliang family really had nothing else to say but to comfort her.

Gu Qianxue has been in a daze since she came back from the river. People who don't know thought she was scared and didn't pay much attention to her. It's just that the lady of Luliang looked at her a few times and always felt that there was a little sadness in her eyes. There was no emotion at all, but a kind of fear, and she couldn't help but wonder, but she didn't dare to think deeply, after all, she was only a child of seven or eight years old.

Qingping listened to Mrs. Lu Liang's words, and hurriedly prepared tea and meals. She was busy doing things, as if she could temporarily forget the anxious pain in her heart.

Looking at her, the Luliang family couldn't help but sighed deeply. It seems that she has to run here more diligently in the past few days. If something really happens, Qingping may not be able to bear the blow. Stupid thing.

At dusk, a group of people came down the mountain, Qingping hurried up to greet her, and found that there was no figure of Gu Qianli, she couldn't believe it but she had to tremblingly ask: "How is it?"

"Sister Qingping, the whole mountain has been searched, and there is not even a footprint. It seems that it is impossible to go to the mountain." Lu Liang was so tired that he was out of breath, and had been searching for two days.

He took the water from his wife, gulped down two big bowls, and the others started to drink too.

"Let's eat quickly, everyone." The Luliang family quickly greeted everyone, and brought out a large bowl of vegetables and rice. Qingping was already sluggish, and she didn't have the energy to greet others. Everyone understood her mood and didn't care. Gu Zi picked up the bowl and ate.

"Mother, you can eat some too." Gu Liancheng came to Qingping with a bowl of food.

Qingping smiled bitterly: "Liancheng, mother can't eat it, you can eat it."

"Mother, you haven't eaten for two days. If you faint again, you won't have the energy to look for Li'er."

Gu Liancheng's words pierced Qingping's heart, "Yes, mother must have no strength, she still needs to find Li'er." She silently took the food and swallowed a few mouthfuls.

After the villagers had finished their meal, Qingping cheered up and sent them off with great gratitude. Before leaving, she begged them to help find another day. She also knew that if such a small child could not be found within three days, it would be true I can't find her anymore, everyone has their own family and work, it is impossible to waste any more time helping her, it is everyone's limit to be able to help her one more day.

Finally, three days passed without any trace of Gu Qianli, Qingping's family fell into deep despair, and Li Yan, who had been waiting for three days in Jingzhong without receiving any news, was tortured by inner anxiety for several days, and sent He personally came to Lujia Village to inquire.

(End of this chapter)