I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Mrs. Gui applied thick powder and barely covered the red marks on her neck.

The bruises on the forehead could not be covered.

"Go ahead, I'll take you there!" Ertou reached out and pulled her over, touching her face.

"This will not end well." Mrs. Gui said with a dull look and gritting her teeth.

"As long as you are willing, once the old lady dies, the two of us will run away with the money. Whoever finds us will be fine. Even if he is a magistrate, he is only a magistrate of a small Anzhou... The world is so big, as long as we have money, we can live a good life..."

Mrs. Gui, who looked as hopeless as before, suddenly looked up and said:

"Ertou, why don't we go back to our little village, buy some land there, live and work in peace, and leave Anzhou forever."

Ertou took her into his arms and asked softly, "Xiang'er, are you really willing to go with me?"

Guixiang nodded slightly.

She didn't have her period this month, she was so anxious and really scared.

Ertou never allowed her to take medicine.

"Let's go back to the village, have a baby, and live a good life, Ertou, okay?"

Guixiang asked with tears in her eyes, looking up.

"Guixiang, as long as you forget about Master Fu, I will do whatever you want!" Ertou stroked her head.

"I'm his stepmother, how could I have such thoughts about him, Ertou, believe me!"

Ertou nodded and kissed her bruised forehead.

"Are you really going to find him?" Ertou confirmed again.

"Yes, I want to tell him everything about the old lady's recent situation, so that he won't easily suspect me!"

Guixiang raised her head and said.

"Xiang'er, my search for you here was not in vain. I hoped that the master would die, and he really died. I said that you are mine, and you have been mine since childhood..."

“Two heads…”

Guixiang was really at her wit's end. She was pregnant and her husband had been dead for several years...

I must get the house key and the money as soon as possible...

Guixiang let go of Ertou's hand, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and walked out.

The servant led a horse and harnessed the carriage.

Ertou jumped onto the carriage, whipped it, and drove out of the North Lane.

When Nanny Zhang entered the room, she suddenly found the bed empty with only scattered bedding.

"Xiao Mei, Ah Zi, where is the old lady?"

Hearing the noise, two little maids ran out from the kitchen, looked at the messy bed, shook their heads with pale faces and said, "He was still in bed just now."

They were in the kitchen cooking food for the old lady and didn't hear any noise.

The vegetables in Aunt Zhang's hand suddenly fell to the ground.

When she went to the backyard to pick some vegetables, how come the old lady disappeared?

"Oh my God... someone come quickly..."

Aunt Zhang shouted as she ran out.

Ah Huang went to ask a fortune teller and hasn't come back yet.

The servants and maids in the yard all ran over, horrified, and then ran back to other yards to look for it.

"no!"

"no!"

……

I looked everywhere nearby but still couldn't find it.

"Mrs. Gui went to look for the young master. She just left..."

A little girl from Magnolia Courtyard said with lingering fear.

"Old lady, where have you been? Come on, look for me in the nearby streets..."

After giving the instructions, Nanny Zhang quickly ran to Ji Xiaobei's house.

The door of Ji Xiaobei's house was closed and no one was there.

Nanny Zhang was really panicked. What should they do? The young master came back and found that the old lady was missing. They, the servants, would be in trouble.

"Mammy, no..." Servants kept running back to report.

"Go find Ah Huang, go to the government office to find the young master, quickly..."

After saying this, Nanny Zhang collapsed to the ground.

After a while, Ah Huang and the servants came back, followed by a fortune-teller.

"Madam Zhang, I'll go find the young master right away." Ah Huang said, and ran out.

The witch took a quick look and saw that her masters were not at home, so she decided to wait for their masters to come before casting spells.

The fortune teller sat aside and watched the fun.

Ji Xiaobei and the other two, hungry as they were, rode a donkey cart into the alley.

I was frightened by the people in the alley. They all looked panicked and their faces were pale.

"Madam Zhang, what's going on?"

Ji Xiaobei got off the donkey cart and asked.

"The old lady is missing..." cried Aunt Zhang.

"It's gone. Why is it gone? Have you looked everywhere nearby?"

"I've searched them all, I've searched them all..."

"Why are you sitting here waiting for your master to come back? Go out and look for him again..." Ji Xiaobei said.

Nanny Zhang finally reacted and shouted to the servants to go out and look for him.

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Huang were also worried. The old lady was not in good health and spirits, and she had to go out alone and not get lost.

The two of them followed him out to look for it.

Ji Xiaobei thought to himself: Where can a little old lady go? She can't go far.

She wanted to park the donkey cart at home and go out to look for it.

The wooden door opened as soon as she pushed it. She wondered if her mother and Mrs. Huang had forgotten to lock the door.

Fortunately, there is nothing valuable in the house.

Ji Xiaobei tied up Ma Debiao and went to the backyard to wash his face. He was covered in dust and felt very uncomfortable.

I drank some cold water and felt better.

Just as she was about to go out, she heard some noise in the kitchen.

"Ji Deyan, you went to eat secretly again, right? I'll punish you when I get back!"

Ji Xiaobei walked out of the door cursing.

The kitchen door slammed shut with the sound of Ji Xiaobei closing the door.

Ji Xiaobei went out and saw that the door to the next yard was open, so he looked inside curiously.

This door has never been opened since she came.

Nanny Zhang said that this was her master's courtyard.

For some reason, she walked in.

The door to the main room was ajar. Ji Xiaobei called out a few times at the door, but no one responded.

She smelled a scent and sniffed, it was so familiar.

That’s right, it’s the smell of kidneys, the smell of agarwood.

She thought about it and walked out.

It’s already past noon, and I still haven’t found it…

The backyard of the government office.

Guixiang sat in the yard, lowering her head and wiping her tears.

Fu Jichang had a gloomy face: "Who asked you to come? Why didn't you ask Ah Huang to come if there was something wrong?"

"Ah Huang went to ask for a fortune-teller. He was the one who asked for one last time. I had no choice but to come here..."

Guixiang’s face was frighteningly pale, and the wound on her forehead was even more obvious.

"The old lady refused to take the medicine, smashed the medicine bowl, and even hit someone..."

"Oh?" Fu Jichang's eyes lightly swept across Guixiang's face, "Hit someone?"

Guixiang felt cold all over and wanted to shiver. She lowered her head and remained silent.

Fu Jichang looked at his stepmother's pitiful appearance and suppressed his anger.

"How is it now?" Fu Jichang asked.

"I was asleep when I came out, so I'm fine for now. Sir, you should go back and check on me in the evening!"

"Got it. If you have nothing else to do, go back first!"

Fu Jichang said coldly.

Guixiang raised her head and tried hard to control her voice from shaking:

"Sir, after Miss Ji moved in next door, the old lady became weird and weird, and it's hard to tell whether the man is a man or a woman.

They often gave gifts to the old lady, and Aunt Zhang and Ah Huang were also very close to that family.

The fruits that the old lady ate were all given by that girl...

I don’t know where this family came from. Fu’s alley is usually quiet. Young Master should investigate the details of this family…”