As the man shouted, Lin Mengya saw a man hurrying out of a small dilapidated room not far away.
The man's clothes were a little shabby, and he was emaciated. He limped over.
The gatekeeper waved his hand impatiently.
"Come here! What are you waiting for? "
Ji Fangcun obviously quickened his pace. After seeing them, he seemed to be more timid.
The man who was guarding the door gave him a kick.
"Are you deaf? How dare you dawdle when I call you? I'll kick you to death next time! "
The man who was almost kicked to the ground could only swallow his words.
Lin Mengya only felt that the gatekeeper was too noisy.
"I want to talk to him. You go first."
The gatekeeper said that he wanted to follow them, and his attitude was not much better.
Lin Mengya didn't want to talk to him. Cai Ru stopped him and left Lin Mengya alone with Ji Fangcun.
"I heard that your wife is sick. Can you take me to see her?"
Her attitude was very gentle.
Ji Fangcun looked at her, quickly lowered his head, and turned to lead the way.
They returned to the small room.
The smell inside was even worse, but she didn't smell it. She followed Ji Fangcun to the place that could barely be called a bed.
There was only a shabby straw mat on the bed, and a skinny woman like a skeleton with her eyes closed.
She was also covered with half of the shabby quilt.
Ji Fangcun walked over and whispered in the woman's ear, "Man Man, someone is here to see you."
The woman on the bed slowly opened her eyes.
Ji Fangcun walked behind the woman and struggled to help her up.
The woman was very wary of Lin Mengya, a stranger.
"Miss, you are …"
"Nannan is with me. He's safe. You can rest assured."
She said quickly in a very low voice, and then raised her voice.
"I get along well with your young master. I heard that you are sick, so I came to visit you."
Hearing that, Li Man's eyes suddenly brightened.
Even Ji Fangcun was a little excited, but Lin Mengya quietly shook her head at them.
She knew that the reason why Song Jian agreed to visit them must be that he was prepared.
Maybe he was threatening them with Li Man's illness.
But he had underestimated human nature.
From the moment she saw the couple, Lin Mengya knew that Song Jian's plan would never succeed.
If they were really willing to give in, then the one who came to make trouble yesterday would not be the old man of the Ji family, who had always been on bad terms with them.
Some parents didn't even need to make a choice between their own safety and their child's.
"Cough, cough, cough. It's Nannan's good fortune to be taken care of by you."
Li Man coughed a few times, but a smile appeared on his face.
Lin Mengya looked around and knew that Cai Ru had stopped Li Man for the time being. She immediately went forward and stuffed the medicine she brought under Li Man's quilt.
"Don't talk first. I know medicine," Wang Yao said.
She grabbed Li Man's wrist, but she couldn't help frowning.
"Did you miscarry?"
Hearing this, Li Man nodded with a gloomy expression.
"They wanted to catch Nannan, so they tortured us. I've already lost one child, I can't lose another! "
The withered woman grabbed her hand with a pleading look on her face.
"Young lady, please help me take good care of my child. In my next life, I'll repay you even if I have to work for you! "
As she spoke, Li Man became even more emotional.
Lin Mengya could only promise her.
"Okay, I promise you. Calm down first. Listen carefully to everything I say next. "
Li Man nodded with tears in her eyes.
Ji Fangcun hugged his wife tightly and looked at her.
"I don't care what Song Jian will use to threaten you. You just need to promise him. Remember, you must work hard to live, so that you can reunite with your child. "
In fact, the couple had already made up their minds to die.
Hearing what she said, hope was reignited in them.
"But Man Man's illness …"
Ji Fangcun said sadly.
Li Man touched her husband's face and pretended to be relaxed. "It's my good fortune to meet you in this life."
She turned to Lin Mengya and held her hand tightly.
"As long as they are safe, I'll be satisfied."
Lin Mengya read the pleading look in her eyes.
Li Man's physical condition was terrible.
She had a miscarriage because she was stimulated by the outside world. Later, she was too weak and her body collapsed.
Even if she took good care of her now, she could only live for another three to five years.
But now, the situation didn't allow her to do that.
Lin Mengya could take Li Man out without any hesitation. But in this way, at least Ji Fangcun had to stay here. Otherwise, the whole Li family would be implicated.
She could help, but Li Man was the one who made the decision.
"Since you've made up your mind, I'll do as you say."
Only the two of them understood what she meant.
Li Man nodded gratefully.
"Thank you."
"No need. One more thing. Do you know where the master of the Li family is now?"
Ji Fangcun said in a low voice, "The master and the elders were locked in before us. I heard that they are all in the backyard of the ancestral hall.
But none of us has seen what it looks like. They won't let us in at all. "
She didn't see any traces left by them in the front yard of the ancestral hall.
Maybe they were also trapped in the backyard with the master of the Li family.
"If you have a chance to see the master of the Li family, tell him that Gong Ya is here."
Ji Fangcun nodded.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside.
Lin Mengya immediately took a few steps back and said in a loud voice, "I know you miss your son very much. But your illness is so serious. I'm afraid that the child will suffer with you. What do you think about staying with me for a few more days? "
Although Li Man and Ji Fangcun didn't know how to act, they reacted quickly.
Ji Fangcun was still cowering in fear, his face full of awkwardness.
Li Man, on the other hand, knew how to play tricks. She closed her eyes and pretended to be unconscious.
"This, this …"
The man who guarded the door came in a few steps. Seeing that Ji Fangcun couldn't speak properly, he glared at him.
Useless thing!
He cursed in his heart and then ordered her in a stiff tone, "Steward Song said that the child must be sent back. Otherwise, they can't bear the consequences. "
Hearing this, Cai Ru stepped forward and gave the man a kick in the heart.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to my master like this! Why don't you get lost? Ask your steward if he dares to do it! "
The gatekeeper did not expect the girl to be so strong. He could only glare at them angrily as his chest tightened and he was short of breath after being kicked.
Then, the Almighty shouted, "Guards! Someone is here to make trouble! "
After a few shouts, more than ten guards rushed in and surrounded them.
Cai Ru wanted to fight but was stopped by her.
Lin Mengya looked at them coldly.
"It seems that Steward Song wants to fight with me.
Is he going to fight with me? "
At this moment, Song Jian pretended to be "late" and trotted all the way over.
"Stop! Stop! "
He squeezed into the crowd and turned around to give the gatekeeper two slaps.
"Hurry up and apologize to Master Gong. I'm telling you, if anyone dares to hurt my guest, I'll skin him alive! "
"No need. In Steward Song's eyes, I'm not a guest."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Song Jian immediately stopped her.
"Gong Family Head, it's all my subordinates' fault. I apologize to you."
"Don't." She dodged.
"How can I, Gong Ya, receive such respect from Steward Song? Besides, I just want to keep the child to play for a few more days, yet you're being so overbearing.
The aboriginals are indeed powerful. Ordinary people like us can't afford to offend them. Goodbye. "
Song Jian continued to apologize but didn't dare to mention bringing the child back.
Lin Mengya maintained her arrogant attitude until she walked out of the ancestral hall. Then, she got rid of Song Jian, the annoying sticky candy.
"I checked just now. There's a backyard in the ancestral hall and it's heavily guarded."
Cai Ru reported in a low voice.
Just now, apart from angering the guard, she was also investigating the situation inside the ancestral hall.
She nodded and looked back at the ancestral hall.
Li Wushuang said that there were more than 1,300 people in the Li family.
Although the ancestral hall wasn't small, it couldn't fit so many people.
Then where did the rest of the people go?
When they returned to the place where they were staying, Long Tianhao was reading the documents sent back from elsewhere.
Hearing the movement, he looked up and saw his wife's not very optimistic expression.
He immediately put down everything and pushed the wheelchair to her side.
"How is it?"
Lin Mengya shook her head, squatted down and buried her body in his arms.
"The living conditions of the Li family are very poor and many of them have caught a cold. Song Jian doesn't care about their lives at all. I'm afraid that the Li family won't be able to hold on for long. "
Long Tianhao gently stroked her back to comfort her.
"What do you want to do?"
She looked up and said, "After I went in, I roughly counted the number of people. There are less than 900 people inside. I want to know where the rest of them are."
The worst case scenario was that they had already met with misfortune.
But Lin Mengya didn't think so.
The Li family was tough and they would definitely find a way to save themselves.
Long Tianhao thought for a while.
"Still no news from Li Ao?"
She shook her head.
This brat was really good at hiding.
Not to mention that he couldn't find Song Jian's people, even her people had no news at all.
"Li Ao is the last hope of the Li family. If I were the master of the Li family, I would definitely give him all the people I can use."
"So you mean that those people have been following Li Ao and hiding outside?"
Long Tianyu tapped her forehead.
"Maybe they are looking for the right time."
Lin Mengya thought for a while.
"So they must not be too far away. If they know that we are here, maybe they will take the initiative to contact us! "
Long Tianhao agreed with her, but he also raised another possibility.
"But what if they think that the two of us are a trap set by Song Jian?"
"That's not difficult!" She smiled.
"As long as we prove that we are ourselves, it will be fine."
Long Tianhao nodded with a smile. It seemed that his wife had an idea.
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