mtl008 Chapter 132: Dreams (5)
Chapter 132: Dreams (5)
Taoist Guizhen was listening to their conversation and fell into deep thought. It seemed that the couple did not treat Qingli sincerely as they had agreed upon. No wonder she had so many shocking marks on her body, all due to abuse.
"But why did the villagers trap her?" Qin Yu asked.
"This brings us to the second incident that happened in Zhuangjia Village." Suddenly a strange voice interrupted.
"Village chief!" Qin Yu was startled by the sudden appearance of the village chief, and was ready to draw his magic weapon as a conditioned reflex.
The village chief sighed and spoke slowly: "In this poor and remote place, the villagers are becoming more and more feudal and ignorant. Zhuangjia Village is destined to perish."
"Village chief, what exactly is the second thing you mentioned?" Qin Yu asked as he took back the magic weapon.
The village chief didn't keep the secret any longer and started talking: "After the couple died, the villagers all thought that they were killed by this girl. They all shook their heads and refused to adopt her. I had no choice but to temporarily place her in my home and take her in for a few days before making any further plans."
"But the next morning, the village widower, Mr. Zhuang, came to my house and said he wanted to adopt her. I thought it was inappropriate and naturally disagreed."
Then he sighed, "I didn't expect the other party to be so persistent and kidnap her when her family was not around. It wasn't until the evening when someone found her body by the river that I realized something had happened."
"She is just a little girl, how could she push an adult into the river? Besides, my master and I just passed by the river and the water was knee-deep, how could someone drown?" Qin Yu found that what the village chief said was full of doubts, and the murderer could not possibly be A'li.
"What a coincidence, someone actually witnessed Uncle Zhuang kidnapping the girl and saw the shocking scene. Although she was not the one who killed the person, people's words are scary! The villager said frankly that the girl broke free from Uncle Zhuang, but was captured again after a few steps. Just when he was getting too proud of himself, he accidentally stepped on the wrong foot and fell, and his forehead hit a rock. The villagers watched her roll into the river, and when they fished her out, she was already cold." The village chief lamented as he spoke, and it was not known whether he was sighing for Uncle Zhuang's death or Qingli's bad luck.
"Doesn't this further prove that she is the nemesis? From then on, the villagers dared not get close to her at all. Some even threatened to burn her to death, calling her a witch!"
"What a bunch of fools!" Qin Yu shouted.
"As the village chief, I took on huge pressure and decided to imprison her. I even left a dog hole for her to go in and out freely, and sent someone to secretly deliver her food every day, which was considered to be worthy of my conscience. I didn't expect that this girl seemed to be stimulated by something. She refused to eat the cooked food and insisted on eating the poultry in the villagers' homes in the middle of the night. This weird thing gave me a headache."
Gui Zhendao had never expected that there were so many twists and turns in this matter. In fact, it was also his own fault for choosing such a farming family for her. It really proves the saying: The abyss has a bottom, but the human heart is immeasurable.
Taoist Guizhen also said very politely: "The village chief is well-informed and knowledgeable, unlike those ignorant people, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
"Since you know her, take your people and leave before daybreak. The funeral affairs in this house are waiting for me to deal with."
The village chief waved to them and walked towards the flames rising into the sky. Taoist Guizhen stared at the desolate figure and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
"Master?" Qin Yu said softly when he saw Guizhen Taoist in a daze.
"Nothing, just take Qingli with you and let's go." Gui Zhen then retracted his gaze and spoke lightly.
The evening breeze was chilly. Qin Yu saw Qing Li wearing thin and ragged clothes, so he took off his robe and covered her with it. After tidying up her appearance, he took her hand, smiled and said to her:
"Junior sister, let's go home."
"Okay." Qingli looked at the face that looked very similar to her brother and nodded blankly.
……
In a daze, Lin Qingqing seemed to see the back of her senior.
"Senior..." She opened her mouth with difficulty, but her throat felt hot and she couldn't make a sound.
She felt a warm hand against her skin, and then a cool breeze on her forehead, making her close her eyes again in comfort.
This time, she seemed to be back at the bottom of the cliff and saw the person who had been haunting her dreams.
After 49 days of treatment, the poison in Lin Qingqing's body finally stopped acting up. She couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. It was too embarrassing to practice dual cultivation with her senior every seven days. Although it was a mutually beneficial thing, the process of dual cultivation was really hard to talk about. She couldn't help but blush.
The senior suddenly came closer, and the unique aura from his body hit Lin Qingqing's face, causing her to hold her breath involuntarily. She dared not move, for fear that she would do something uncontrollable.
As he quickly approached and then moved away, the gauze on Lin Qingqing's eyes was taken off and a gentle voice sounded in her ears.
"My dear, how do your eyes feel?"
Lin Qingqing then realized that the senior approached her just to see how her eyes had recovered. She felt a little disappointed, but then returned to normal.