Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

Yan Jiuwen's pupils trembled slightly, he gritted his teeth, and refused to speak with sweat all over his forehead. Ting He looked at him doubtfully, wondering if the truth talisman was useless again. Why was it so short? After adding another truth talisman, Yan Jiuwen regained his composure and said:

"I thought Jinniang loved me. With so many treasures and inheritances, the first person she thought of was not me, but our unborn daughter. She also talked about using the power of blood to protect the ruins. Isn't it because I don't have the power of blood? Isn't it because she was reluctant to give it to me in the Yan family? If she had left everything in the Yan family, Tinghe would not have become the key, and perhaps there would not have been a death calamity. When my mother learned that Tinghe was in danger of death, she would not have thought of using a trick to let Tinghe go out and hide. After escaping the death calamity, she would come back, and she could open the Loulan ruins after she turned 20."

Ting He broke out in a cold sweat after listening to this. She really couldn't believe it. She thought the one who loved the original owner the most was his father, but who knew that the only one who loved him so deeply was his mother, whom she had forgotten. When her father was still brooding over the treasure, her mother had already made the best preparations for her. As long as she could escape death at the age of twenty, she could live a peaceful life.

She asked again:

"If that's the case, then was Wang Sheng arranged by the old lady? And who was the one who sent Ting Hela to the northwest?"

This time, Yan Jiuwen shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Ting He guessed that this matter was probably not arranged by him, so he tried asking the old lady.

The old lady replied:

"I don't know who Wang Sheng is. I just want Jiuwen to leave another heir for the Yan family. Jiuwen didn't like the girls I arranged before. My Yan family can't be without a male heir, so I have to have a jinx. So I saw Jiuwen was drunk, so I sent my personal maid Qiushui to serve him. If she can hit the target and give me a grandson, I will be very happy. I don't know what the northwest is."

Ting He nodded and complained in her heart, so that's how it is, it was actually the old lady who sent the original owner's father to bed.

Then she changed her words and asked:

"Who told you that Ting He was dead? You set up a funeral hall for her, but didn't you investigate how she disappeared?"

The old lady sneered and said:

"Qiu Shui told me that Ting He had fallen in love with someone named Wang Sheng. I sent someone to check Wang Sheng's background and found that he had gone to the capital to take the imperial examination and was not in Jiangnan. I was afraid that Ting He would get married to someone secretly and ruin the reputation of the Yan family. I was also afraid that Ting He would have an affair with someone and create a Loulan bloodline. Because the death calamity at the age of 20 is coming, and I don't know what that death calamity is, so I want to extinguish Ting He's thoughts of love."

The old lady swallowed her saliva. Maybe her mouth was dry, Ting He thought.

The old lady continued:

"I wanted to put an end to Ting He's thoughts of love, but that useless thing actually fell ill, and was still depressed, missing Wang Sheng every day. Qiu Shui couldn't stand it anymore, so he came to me for advice. After much thought, I decided to find someone to pretend to be Wang Sheng to keep Ting He stable, so that she wouldn't meet with a fatal disaster or do something shameless when she went out. So I asked Qiu Shui to find a way to delay Ting He for half a year, because she will be twenty years old soon, and I dare not take the risk."

Hearing this, Ting He chuckled and retorted:

"Old man, you sound so matter-of-fact. Do you think you are doing this for your granddaughter? You are not afraid of her death, but you are afraid that no one will be able to open the treasure after she dies."

The old lady stiffened her neck and said nothing.

Ting He didn't complain anymore and asked what he wanted to ask:

"Do you know how your granddaughter disappeared?"

The old lady sneered and said:

"Shameless thing. In order to appease her, I arranged a fake letter for her, and asked Madam Li to buy poems from the scholar. Who knew that shameless thing could be seduced by a man and elope with him? Qing Ning's maid stopped her from leaving and was beaten up, forcing her to jump out of the car. That bastard actually eloped with Hongying. I don't understand. The letter was a fake one bought by me, and where did the scholar come from? It was obviously seduced by the shameless thing herself."

Ting He felt indescribably irritated when she heard the old lady scolding. She scolded:

"What I'm asking is, how did Qing Ning tell you that Ting He was dead, and how did you know for sure?"

At this point, the old lady became even more unhappy. She said:

"After that shameless woman eloped with a stranger, Qing Ning jumped out of the car before she could stop us. We chased her for several miles but failed to catch up. We had no choice but to return to Yan Mansion to inform Jiu Wen. When I heard the news, I immediately sent people to look for her. We then followed the wheel tracks and chased her. When we reached a cliff, there was no road. We only saw the broken wheel and the evildoer's purse thrown beside the cliff."

Ting He asked in disbelief: "That's it? Just because of a purse and a wheel, you think Ting He is dead? Didn't you go looking for her again?"

The old lady said with tears in her eyes:

"It was her fault to elope with someone. We were only looking for her to keep her until she turned 20. The cliff is so deep that even a wheel could fall off, let alone a person. Jinniang once said that she would die at the age of 20. So many people were sent out but couldn't find her. If she has reached her death, then she must be dead, right? Maybe she died at the bottom of the cliff. Even if we send people to look for her, her body would probably have been eaten by wolves."

No matter how angry she is, she will not die. She will live well, better than anyone else.

After asking this, Ting He had a general idea in his mind, but after asking so many questions, he still had many questions, such as why Qing Ning lied that she was dead, who found that Wang Sheng, and who sold her to the brothel? It wasn't Yan Jiuwen, nor was it the old lady, so who could it be?

How about bringing Qing Ning and Aunt Wang over to have a look? Thinking of this, she threw two sleeping charms on them, and continued to be invisible and teleported to Aunt Wang's yard.

Aunt Wang was wrapped in a quilt, huddled in the corner of the bed, shaking her head and muttering something. Qing Ning was kneeling beside the bed, comforting her softly.

Ting He came in and didn't say anything nonsense. He used the truth talisman on them and asked in invisibility:

"Wang Qiushui, who found Wang Sheng?"

Aunt Wang was hysterical for a while, and said with empty eyes:

"I told the old lady about the young lady's love affair, and she asked me to find someone to pretend to be Wang Sheng. She also gave me money and asked me to find someone to write a letter. But I had my period that day, so I didn't go in time. Li Mama happened to come and saw it, so she went for me. When she came back, she told me that she had arranged everything. When the old lady asked about it, I said that Wang Sheng was my nephew from my mother's family and gave me fifty taels of silver. I was blinded by the money, so I agreed. Later, we all agreed to the same story, saying that Wang Sheng was my nephew from my mother's family and the young lady was in love with him."