The night was very dark and I couldn't see the way forward.

A carriage was speeding along the official road, and now Zijin was driving the carriage.

In the car, Jin Yan put a soft pillow behind Liu Yunxiang. Seeing that her face was getting worse and worse, she couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Girl, do you want Zijin to stop the car so that you can relax for a while?"

Liu Yunxiang's stomach felt tight and he felt nauseous. The bumps in the car made it even more uncomfortable, but he still shook his head after hearing this, "No, tell Zijin to hurry up."

And Aunt Yan was sitting aside, reciting Buddhist sutras with her eyes closed. It seemed as if all the four elements were gone, and the things in the world had nothing to do with her.

The carriage dared to stop in front of an ancestral hall in the mountains hidden among layers of trees when dawn was approaching.

In her current situation, even if she really wants to go north to find someone, she has to give birth to the child before she can leave. And as soon as she disappears, there will be many people looking for her, including several forces in the palace, the East Factory, and the court, so she has to

Hide it first.

And the main reason why she left with Aunt Yan was that here, out of the control of these people, her life and death were up to her and no one else.

The ancestral hall that Aunt Zhang pointed out to them, the Zhang family's ancestral hall, was relatively hidden because it was in the mountains and forests, sparsely populated. And she could send some things up every once in a while, and there were midwives in their village when it was time to give birth.

Liu Yunxiang was helped out of the carriage by Jinyan and looked at the ancestral hall in front of him. It was said to be an ancestral hall, but more like two thatched houses.

"Girl, please wait outside for a moment while I go in and clean up." Jin Yan said.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a bang inside.

The master and servant looked at each other, and Zijin went in with his sword. He walked around inside and came back, nodding to Jinyan.

"Maybe it's a mouse or something."

Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body, "Then you clean up."

Jin Yan smiled, "Yes, I know."

This ancestral hall is not too dirty or messy. It should be cleaned by the Zhang family who occasionally go up the mountain to worship. There are many spiritual tablets in the open room at the entrance. There is a room to the west with a fire pit. Aunt Zhang said it was for the descendants of the Zhang family who went up the mountain to hunt.

For overnight use.

She handed over the grain store business to Zhang Qi, and many young and middle-aged people in the village worked with him, so they no longer made a living by hunting, and everyone's life became better and better.

Zi Jin went to find dry firewood, burned the kang with smoke, cleaned the two rooms inside and outside, and spread the bedding on the kang. When the kang was warm and the smoke from the smoke dissipated, he let Liu Yunxiang in.

There is a shed outside the ancestral hall for cooking.

No one has been here for a long time, and I don't know if there are any cooks inside. Jin Yan didn't hold out much hope, but when he went inside, he found that there were actually people there, and it was very... clean.

Could it be that someone came to the ancestral hall to cook in the past two days?

Jinyan didn't think much, took a bag of rice from the carriage and started cooking.

The lunch meal is simple, a plate of green vegetables, a plate of pastrami slices, and rice.

The west room is warm, and the dining table is placed there, making it convenient for Liu Yunxiang to eat with them. Although the place is shabby, eating here is much safer than eating at home. After all, there are not so many eyeliners outside watching their every word and action.

A few people were eating when they suddenly heard a sound, like a child's cry, but they couldn't hear it anymore.

"Could it be...a mouse?" Jinyan raised an eyebrow.

As soon as she finished speaking, she cried again, sharp at first, and then turned into a whimper, as if she was crying so hard that her mouth was covered.

Zijin got up hurriedly and walked towards the place where the sound came from. It was an east wall with a dusty coarse cloth hanging on it. Zijin opened it with his sword, and there was a secret door behind it.

Zijin looked back at Liu Yunxiang, and then knocked with the hilt of his sword.

There was no movement inside, and no more crying.

Liu Yunxiang coughed dryly and said to Zijin: "Maybe you heard wrong. Come back."

Zijin responded, then turned around and walked back, walked a few steps, stopped, and continued to stare at the secret door.

After a while, the door slowly opened, and a woman ran out with a child in her arms. Zi Jin jumped up and blocked the door.

The woman panicked and quickly begged for mercy: "I beg you kindhearted people to take pity on me. I am living outside with my child. It's freezing cold and I really have nowhere to stay, so I'm staying in your ancestral hall for a few days."

The child in the woman's arms was only seven or eight months old. He was crying in her arms as if he was very hungry.

The woman's hair was disheveled, blocking her face, but her voice still sounded familiar. Liu Yunxiang looked at Jin Yan, and Jin Yan also noticed it, got up and walked towards the woman.

When I walked up to him, I tilted my head and said in surprise: "Aunt Li!"

The woman was agitated and subconsciously wanted to run away, but was blocked by Zi Jin.

"Aunt Li, it's us." Jin Yan said helplessly.

This Aunt Li killed Xie Zixuan, and they girls felt sorry for Brother Dong and asked her to take the child and run away. In fact, the Marquis did not report it to the official. It was too ugly to spread the news, and the Marquis was later stripped of his title.

, he was in trouble, so he only had his family’s nursing home pursue him for a few days. If no one was found, it was fine.

But it was clear that Aunt Li was afraid of being caught, so she fled and hid, and her life was really difficult.

Aunt Li looked up and saw Jin Yan, and was stunned for a moment. Then she turned her head and looked towards the west room. When she saw Liu Yunxiang, she breathed a sigh of relief and then collapsed to the ground.

There was a very narrow dark room behind the secret door. There was no sunlight inside, and it was damp and cold. Liniang spread a layer of hay on the ground, which was where she and her son lived.

Jin Yan went in and took a look, and found that it was really not a place where people lived.

At this time, Liniang was sitting at the dining table with her child in her arms. She was stuffing rice into her mouth desperately to feed her son. Both mother and son were very hungry.

After dinner, Jinyan told Aunt Li that there was no official report in the Hou Mansion. Aunt Li was happy at first, and then cried, holding her son in her arms and crying very sadly.

"I was confused at the time, why did I kill him?"

"I regret it, I really regret it."

"If he were still here, my son and I wouldn't be like this."

It is indeed not easy for a woman to raise a child, but it is a bit sad to pin her hopes on a scumbag. Of course, she does not sympathize with Liniang's misery, but seeing that Brother Dong is already seven or eight months old,

But he was so thin that he kept coughing, and he was afraid that he might not be able to recover.

She also wants to be a mother, and it’s really uncomfortable to watch.

"Why don't you go back to your hometown?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

Liniang wiped away her tears and said, "The journey is long and I am penniless..."

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Brother Kang again, sighed, and said to Jinyan: "Give her some money."

"Girl!" Jinyan was unwilling.

Liu Yunxiang stroked his belly, "I think it's a blessing for this child."

Jinyan turned around, took out a banknote from his inner pocket, and gave it to Liniang with a dark face.

"How did you treat my girl before, and what is my girl doing to you now? If you have a conscience, go back to the temple and pray for my girl and my young master."

Liniang took the banknote and knelt down to Liu Yunxiang with her child in her arms.

While she was saying words of gratitude, from the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of several fluffy little jackets among the bundles piled at the end of the kang.

Her brother Kang's coat was torn, his hands and feet were cold, and he kept crying from the cold, especially at night, and he cried all night long.
Chapter completed!