The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

"So, the most important thing now is to find out the truth of what happened back then. Only in this way can Yue Haoran leave with peace of mind and atone for what he has done. Uncle Yue, do you understand?"

The father-in-law stood there like a wooden man, without any reaction. Chu Yunxi was afraid that he had been stimulated too much today and his body could not bear it, so she was about to check him out. Suddenly, Yue Yanran got pricked by the pearl hairpin on her hand and burst into tears.

"Daddy, it hurts, whoosh."

Yue Yanran put her hand to her father-in-law's mouth, her eyes were full of tears and she looked aggrieved, which made people feel pity for her.

The father-in-law seemed to have just woken up from a dream. Looking at Yue Yanran in front of him, tears started to flow again. Yue Yanran quickly reached out to wipe them away, "Daddy, don't cry."

The father-in-law held Yue Yanran in his arms and said softly, "Yanran, from now on, you will have no brother."

"Brother, where is brother?" Yue Yanran's clear voice coupled with childish words made people feel sad. Chu Yunxi's heart softened. Well, this old man raised two children alone after all, it was normal for him to feel resentful.

You can't expect everyone to think twice before doing everything and do everything right. As the old saying goes, "No one is perfect."

It’s just that some mistakes can be corrected, but some mistakes can never be corrected.

"Butler Ling, take Miss Yanran to eat something delicious and treat the wound on her hand." Chu Yunxi gave the order, walked forward to pull Yue Yanran away, and helped her put the pearl hairpin on her head.

Butler Ling agreed and left with Yue Yanran happily.

Chu Yunxi returned to her seat and said, "Uncle Yue, tell me everything about Yue Haoran and his mother."

My father-in-law was stunned for a moment, and finally spoke slowly.

"Actually, I'm not Haoran's biological father."

As expected, Chu Yunxi confirmed her guess. Then, her father-in-law slowly told her the secret that he had kept in his heart for many years and had never spoken out loud.

The Yue family originally lived in a small border town in the southern border, adjacent to Nandi. There were many Nandi people coming and going in the town on weekdays. The residents of the town were accustomed to it, and intermarriage between the two tribes was common. Since they were all common people, no one cared.

My father-in-law's name is Yue Shanhai. He was a farmer in the first half of his life, working honestly on the land all day long. Because he was quiet and not good at speaking, he remained a bachelor and never found a wife. As he grew older, he no longer had the idea of ​​finding a wife.

That day, he went to work in the fields as usual, but he saw a woman fainted in the field with a baby in clothes crying loudly beside her.

The woman was very young, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and very pretty. Judging from her clothes, she looked like a daughter of a wealthy family who had fallen on hard times. The swaddling clothes were embroidered with gold thread, and it was obvious that she was either rich or noble.

However, Yue Shanhai didn't have the energy to investigate at that time. Instead, he hurriedly carried the woman on his back, picked up the child, and brought them home.

The woman fainted because of hunger and exhaustion. After a few days of recuperation at Yue's house, she was already well again. Yue Shanhai had been looking at a face as beautiful as a lotus for a few days, and his heart had been moved for a long time. However, he felt inferior, thinking that he was much older than her, and how could a girl as beautiful as a flower like her be attracted to him? So he did not dare to show any emotion.

Unexpectedly, the woman begged him to take her in, saying that she was homeless and if Yue Shanhai was willing, she would be willing to serve him like a slave as long as she could give them and their child something to eat.

Yue Shanhai was more than happy to get her. The woman said her name was Wu Zixi and she was from Nandi. Her family fell into poverty and her husband died early, so her family members said she was unlucky and drove her out of the house. Everyone she met along the way was afraid of getting into trouble and no one was willing to take her in, so she came to Sui State.

She asked Yue Shanhai if he was afraid that taking her in would be a trouble. Yue Shanhai got excited and said loudly, "I'm a single person, so what do I have to be afraid of? Girl, just stay here and be at ease. As long as I have food to eat, you and your mother will never starve."

Hearing this, Xiao Mubei frowned. He never expected that Yue Haoran’s mother was actually from Nandi, and the surname Wu... was the surname of the Nandi royal family!

This matter is getting more and more complicated.

From then on, Wu Zixi lived in Yue Shanhai's house. At the beginning, the two of them treated each other like brother and sister. Although Yue Shanhai liked Wu Zixi, he always felt that he was much older than her. He always buried his feelings deep in his heart and treated Wu Zixi with courtesy.

But one's thoughts cannot be hidden, and Wu Zixi knows clearly how she feels about Yue Shanhai. In the blink of an eye, more than five years have passed, and the two have never crossed the line.

Five years is not a short time, it is enough to understand a person. In five years, the baby in the cradle has grown up. The child calls Yue Shanhai dad. Wu Zixi did not stop him and said that the child should have the surname Yue and be named Yue Haoran. Yue Shanhai was extremely happy and took the child to the mountains to hunt and to the water to catch fish every day. He treated him better than his own son.

Wu Zixi is not a heartless person. After several years of living together, although there is an age gap between them, in order to repay her kindness and to give Yue Haoran a complete family, Wu Zixi finally made up her mind and sent herself to Yue Shanhai's bed on a moonlit night.

A year later, Yue Yanran was born, and the family became even happier. The couple treated each other with respect and never had a quarrel.

But Yue Shanhai knew that Wu Zixi didn't love him, but he didn't care. As long as he loved her, he felt that he was lucky to have her in this life.

The good times did not last long. When Yue Yanran was almost three years old, famine struck the town. Due to years of severe drought, the fields had no harvest and the family had no food left. Yue Shanhai had no choice but to pack up his things and flee with Wu Zixi and the two children.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi both knew what happened later. This road became a road of no return for Wu Zixi. She came to the capital, found food, but left her life here.

"What happened next? Where did you take Yue Haoran and Yanran? How did Yue Haoran learn all these martial arts?" Chu Yunxi asked impatiently.

Yue Shanhai sighed and suddenly started coughing violently. Chu Yunxi then remembered that he had been talking for so long without drinking a sip of water. He was old and his body couldn't bear it.

Chu Yunxi poured a glass of water for Yue Shanhai and handed it to him, "Uncle Yue, have a drink of water."

Yue Shanhai took the water and drank it in one gulp. His coughing gradually stopped. He was sweating all over. After drinking the water, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and wiped his forehead as well.

"Uncle Yue, do you want to take a rest before we talk?" Chu Yunxi felt a little bit reluctant. He was so old and had suffered a blow today. He was recalling sad past events. She was a little worried that his heart couldn't take it. She secretly searched for quick-acting heart-saving pills from her Liyue bracelet in case of emergency.