It was still dark when we went out, and the only sounds in the village were the crowing of chickens, the barking of dogs, and the coughing of the old man who got up early to pick up excrement.

Smelling the smell of wet grass and cow dung, and listening to the chirping of autumn insects, Shen Dongsu walked through the catwalk and quickly climbed up the river embankment.

When she found the place where Shen Linzhong rescued her yesterday, her heart dropped when she saw the footprints all over the ground. It was impossible to find any evidence at the 'crime scene'.

The only hope was Shen Linzhong. Thinking of this, she rushed to Ling Manor faster.

What I saw along the way was that the fields were in depression and the autumn harvest had passed. There were scattered farmers on the fields, digging grass roots to store firewood for the winter.

Yizhou is a semi-hilly area. Due to poor water conservancy, only a few fields can grow rice. Most of them are dry land, growing wheat and beans.

The Shen family only has a few acres of paddy fields. Under Grandpa Shen's name, Dafang does the most farm work in spring and autumn, but only gets a tiny bit of rice after the autumn harvest.

Only when he was sick or during the holidays would he be willing to cook rice porridge. In the memory of the original owner, the number of times he ate rice porridge in a year was very few.

At three o'clock in the morning, Shen Dong was so hungry that he went to a tea stall that also sold snacks.

One penny bought a pot of crude tea that had been brewed for an unknown amount of time, and one penny bought a piece of coarse grain cake that hurt my throat.

It tastes really bad! He almost swallowed the tea.

And she also saw the shopkeeper making cakes, grinding beans and rice, and adding a piece of wet mud.

Thinking that there was mud in the cake I ate, I couldn’t help but ask:

"Why do you add mud to the cake?"

The shopkeeper glanced at her, and when his eyes fell on his face, his eyes were filled with surprise.

Looking at her clothes again, she looked ordinary again, just a pretty little village girl.

Zhuxiao said: "Your mother cooks without adding salt mud? Looking at your dress, you don't look like you can afford salt?"

Shen Dongsu instantly searched the memory of the original owner, quickly found the blind spot, and whispered:

"My mother always dried the salt mud and ground it into powder." After saying that, she hurriedly drank the tea, put away the remaining half of the cake and left.

The store owner joked: "Your mother is very particular!"

During the second half of the journey, Shen Dongsu's mood was mixed. Before, she had never cared about her living conditions. She only wanted to save Shen's father and find the murderer of the original owner.

When I was hungry, I naturally thought of eating and drinking. I ate bean porridge with mud and drank well water.

We live in two leaky houses. We have to huddle behind the stove to change clothes. We have to go to the toilet in the woods and we have to walk on two legs...

Shen Dongsu no longer felt any joy at resurrecting his life. He only felt that he had been abducted and trafficked. How could he live in such a start?

I feel like crying, but the most important thing right now is to redeem Shen Linzhong first, and then slowly change the living environment.

She originally thought that finding the Ling Mansion would require a lot of twists and turns, but she found out when she arrived at Xiazhuang that it wouldn't be necessary at all.

The entire Ling Mansion looks so outstanding in this village filled with yellow mud thatched cottages.

Just like in later development areas, the old bungalow alleys have not yet been completely demolished, but a high-rise building has been built in the middle.

From a distance, the entire Ling Mansion is as big as half a village.

It is said that a hot spring was discovered near Xingshan in Xiacun, and a nobleman from the city took a fancy to it. He bought it and built this villa just for his master to come and soak in the hot spring in autumn and winter.

Everyone calls the master the Ling family uncle. No one really knows what his status is in the city.

Shen Dongsu was happy to find Ling Mansion successfully, but how to enter Ling Mansion became a problem.

The main entrance of Ling Mansion was guarded by two saber-wielding samurai. Just like the real door gods, they were so frightened that no one dared to approach them for miles around.

As soon as she entered the door, she was stopped by two kind-hearted old men and advised her not to get close to the Ling Mansion, or she would be punished.

Sure enough, before anyone got close to the main entrance, the two 'door gods' shouted like thunder: "This is the important place of Ling Mansion, keep away all the people waiting!"

If this was the original owner and could be frightened on the spot, Shen Dongsu was naturally not frightened. She asked with a flattering smile:

"I'm here to look for someone. My brother is on duty at Ling Mansion."

The two men still had cold expressions on their faces, but they replied: "My servant, please take the corner door."

She hurriedly turned to the corner door, where two ordinary young men were guarding the door. When they heard that they were looking for Shen Linzhong, they both shook their heads and said they had never heard of it.

When she said that she was a newcomer who had just entered the house, the two of them still shook their heads:

"When you enter Ling Mansion, the housekeeper will give you a name. What is your brother's name now?"

Where does Shen Dongsu go? Suddenly he had an idea and changed his words: "I'm looking for Butler Liu."

When the two of them heard that she knew Butler Liu, their attitude became a little better, but they still couldn't get in:

"Steward Liu went to the city to do some shopping and won't come back until the day after tomorrow. You can come back the day after tomorrow!"

How could Shen Dongsu wait until the day after tomorrow!

She was scared when she thought that the original owner was killed. What if the murderer knew that she was not dead and came to assassinate her last night?

Besides, based on Jiang's attitude towards her, if she didn't have an accurate letter to take back today, she would either drown in Jiang's tears or be scolded to death.

Despite repeated pleas, the two concierges still refused to ask for her.

It's just that one of them didn't rub it lightly with his index and middle fingers and wink.

How could Shen Dongsu not understand that this was a fee for running errands!

Unfortunately, except for the ten taels of silver she had given to redeem Shen Linzhong, she couldn't find a single penny in her body.

There is half a cake, they should not want it...

Seeing that noon has passed, if we delay any longer, we will not be able to return home before dark.

Shen Dongsu pretended to leave in despair, but in fact he went to the nearby woods to find a solution. If you can't get in openly, you can only find another way.

The Ling Mansion is so big, I can’t believe there are people guarding it everywhere!

Carefully walking around the perimeter, she quickly found a perfect spot. Not only was there no corner door nearby, it was unguarded.

There happened to be trees both inside and outside. Just climb up the tree, climb over the courtyard wall, and then get down from the tree inside.

After entering, look for the servants' room and you will definitely find Shen Linzhong.

Shen Dongsu thought calmly and felt that it was most important to see Shen Linzhong today.

The original owner was petite and had to find a place to hide after entering. The Ling Mansion was large and the chance of being discovered was extremely low.

Just do it, she took off the belt of her coat and tied it on her hands, and started climbing the tree. She was inexperienced, and she was sweating profusely before she sat on the wall.

In order to prevent being discovered by the patrol, she only took a look inside the courtyard. There was a piece of rockery with white water vapor on it. She thought it was a hot spring pool.

This was better and saved her from climbing down the tree again. Water vapor rushed towards my face, and my vision suddenly became hazy. There was no one or sound nearby.

She no longer hesitated, loosened her grip, and jumped off the wall.

The moment she fell into the water, she felt a pain on her neck, and a cold hand pinched her neck tightly.

A drowning-like suffocation feeling instantly spread throughout the body, and breathing became extremely difficult, as if he was going to die in the next second.

Shen Dongsu kept struggling, but to no avail.

Until a low, murderous voice came from my ears:

"Who sent you?"

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