Stepping out of the yard anxiously, Li Qinzai tried hard to calm down.
All the servants in the Li Family Courtyard mobilized, and Li Sujie and the dandies called on their own personal guards to help search.
Di Renjie was asking the stewards and servants of other courtyards one by one, asking them whether Qiao'er had been acting abnormally recently and whether the disappearance was caused by an individual or someone abducted her.
Outside the yard, the mountains and fields surrounding Ganjing Village are full of torches carried by villagers, illuminating the night as brightly as day.
The dealers cast a net to search. They formed a row and slowly moved forward, calling Qiao'er's name loudly as they walked.
Li Qinzai was extremely worried, and Liu Asi looked guilty and stood behind him without saying a word, pressing the handle of the knife with his right hand, as if he would draw the knife at any time to commit suicide.
After a long time, Di Renjie came over and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Li, I have asked my subordinates and found that there was nothing unusual about my son before he disappeared. The servants all said that they saw him smiling happily in the afternoon..."
Li Qinzai's face became colder and colder, and he said: "If there is nothing abnormal, then someone has kidnapped me?"
Liu Asi behind him said: "Fifth Young Master, we have already inquired. There have been no strangers coming or going in and out of Ganjing Village in the past few days. The villagers are also peaceful, and no one has suddenly left home."
Li Qinzai scratched his hair irritably and said angrily: "It was neither abducted nor left on his own. Could it be that Qiaoer flew into the sky inexplicably?"
Liu Asi lowered his head and said: "The surrounding area where Xiao Langjun played hide and seek in the afternoon has been surrounded by tribesmen. They are rummaging through it inch by inch. Every haystack has been unloaded, but there is still no trace of Xiao Langjun... Villain
Damn it!"
Li Qinzai said coldly: "Now is not the time to discuss who deserves to die. If we can't find him near Zhuangzi, we will expand the search area to within ten miles of Zhuangzi and search like a net."
"yes!"
Di Renjie said slowly: "Uncle Li County, based on my many years of experience in investigating crimes, I can be sure that no one has abducted your son. Your family has done their duty. They also took care of your son when he was playing. As expected, it should be
The young master left on his own, or hid on purpose to prevent others from finding him."
Li Qinzai said with a gloomy face: "I live with Qiao'er day and night. I know best whether he is abnormal. I have never beaten or scolded such a sensible child, and I have never hurt his heart. Why did he leave home for no reason?"
Di Renjie smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not sure about this. After all, it's a family matter between County Uncle Li and your son. Children's thoughts are often difficult for adults to guess. Sometimes adults don't think much of a casual sentence. But
When a child hears it, it has another meaning..."
Li Qinzai was startled, and then his mind flashed to the relief that flashed in Qiao'er's eyes when he took off his auspicious clothes this morning.
Did you overlook something?
There were still a few servants left in the courtyard, and Kono Sanliang's expression moved slightly, and he unconsciously took a step forward.
Li Qinzai noticed her and glanced at her coldly: "Do you have something to say?"
Konozanliang felt flustered for a while and whispered: "Slave... I have something to report."
"explain."
"Slave... I had a few chats with Mr. Young Master in the backyard in the afternoon."
Hope rose in Li Qinzai's eyes: "What did you say?"
"Xiao Langjun seems not very happy..."
"Then what?"
"He said...he is very sensible because he is a concubine."
Li Qinzai was startled, a flash of distress flashed in his eyes, and said calmly: "What else?"
"The little man also said that he actually doesn't like studying and doing questions, but he has to listen to his father, so he must be sensible and can only study and do questions obediently."
Li Qinzai said coldly: "Has he ever revealed the idea of running away from home?"
Kono Sanliang shook his head hurriedly: "No, he said he would always be sensible."
Li Qinzai stared at her face and said, "If you recall carefully, it would be best to repeat every word he said exactly as it is."
Seeing the terrifying look in his eyes that seemed to kill people, Kono Sanliang trembled all over, bit his lower lip and tried to remember, and finally said: "I heard from him that my grandma told him when she brought him to Chang'an, saying that he is
I am a concubine, so I have to be obedient and don’t offend my father and the Li family’s relatives..."
An idea flashed in Li Qinzai's mind and he murmured: "Grandma, grandma..."
Liu Asi behind him also seemed to have some understanding, and said anxiously: "Fifth Young Master, Xiaolangjun's grandmother and several women and children were rescued by the old man and were placed in a village in Puzhou, not far from our Weinan County.
, Xiao Langjun also grew up there..."
Li Qinzai immediately said: "Prepare your horses and go to Puzhou!"
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Liu A gathered more than 20 tribesmen at four o'clock, and Li Qinzai took the lead and flew towards Puzhou.
Late at night, Li Qinzai and his colleagues had arrived at a village called "Fanglangzhuang" outside Puzhou City.
After entering the village, Buqu asked someone about her whereabouts, and the group came to her door.
Grandma’s house is very simple and can almost be described as dilapidated. A small courtyard is surrounded by incomplete bamboo fences. The two wooden bungalows are leaky and the steps are covered with moss. It looks more like an uncared for house.
Thousand-year-old tomb.
Li Qinzai stepped forward and knocked on grandma's door. The lights were quickly lit in the room, and the haggard grandma walked out wearing clothes. When she saw Li Qinzai, grandma couldn't help but be surprised.
Li Qinzai hurriedly told her the news of Qiao'er's disappearance.
Grandma's expression flashed with anxiety, she tried to calm down and thought for a long time, and suddenly murmured: "Maybe... over there."
Li Qinzai hurriedly asked: "Where?"
Grandma glanced at him and said, "Young Master, come with me..."
The group held torches, and Li Qinzai supported Grandma. They walked out of the village entrance and climbed an unknown low mountain outside the village.
Arriving at the mountainside, grandma squinted her eyes to identify the direction and said in a deep voice: "Go there and have a look."
The tribesmen walked over with torches, and under the illumination of several torches, Li Qinzai couldn't help being surprised, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
There is a solitary grave on the mountainside with a tombstone in front of it.
The tombstone is engraved with the words "Li Men Han Family", and the inscriptions are the names of Li Qinzai and Qiao'er.
Qiao'er's small body curled up under the tombstone and fell into a deep sleep.
His little face was dirty and his cheeks were stained with tears. When he fell asleep, he still leaned his head on the tombstone, as if he was nestled in his mother's arms, sleeping peacefully.
There is also a piece of preserved fruit placed on the small altar in front of the tombstone, which Qiaoer brought from the Li family courtyard.
Everyone couldn't help but be moved when they saw this scene. Li Qinzai held back his tears, walked forward gently, and picked up Qiao'er from the cold ground.
Qiao'er suddenly woke up at this time. When she opened her eyes and saw Li Qinzai, she suddenly felt guilty and whispered: "Dad, I..."
Li Qinzai smiled with tears in his eyes: "It's cold on the ground, so I'm sleeping in my father's arms."
Qiao'er seemed to be very tired. No one knew how he came to his mother's grave from Ganjing Village. Seeing that he looked very tired, he closed his eyes immediately after hearing this and continued to fall asleep.
Grandma stood behind her and kept wiping her tears, choking and saying, "This child misses his mother."
Li Qinzai sat cross-legged in front of the tombstone, holding the sleeping Qiao'er in his arms, and took a serious look at the tombstone for the first time.
"Li Menhan Family", a few simple words have explained Lin Nu's short life.
Li Qinzai stared at the tombstone intently, which was the seed of his predecessor. He didn't know what the love between him and her was like. He didn't even know whether his predecessor had such a thing as love for her.
But now, the cause and effect were clearly before his eyes.
Regardless of whether Qiao'er was the result of love or the result of a lust for pleasure from his predecessor, in short, Li Qinzai was very grateful to God for bringing Qiao'er to him.
No matter how this fate between father and son arises, there must be a perfect explanation.
Staring at the cold tombstone, Li Qinzai suddenly said: "Grandma, did Lin Nu hate me before he died?"
Grandma shook her head: "She never said a word about hating you from the beginning to the end. Before she closed her eyes, she was only worried about Qiao'er."
Li Qinzai was silent again.
That period of past events has become an irrecoverable blank, and along with that cold tombstone, it is buried underground forever.
He traveled through thousands of years and came here. He could not witness anything or make up for anything. The little man in his arms may be the end of that completely dusty past.
Li Qinzai carefully hugged the sleeping Qiao'er and whispered without looking back: "Ah Si, get the incense and candles."
Liu Asi sent a member of the tribe into the village and soon fetched incense and candles.
Li Qinzai carefully handed the sleeping buckwheat to his grandmother, then knelt on one knee in front of the tombstone, lit the incense candle without saying a word, stared at the words on the tombstone, and bowed down.