Chapter 269

"Nian Nian!"

"Nian Nian!"

"No!"

Three sounds sounded almost simultaneously.

Xiao He and Lin Ye both drew their swords, and before the bearded boy could even react, his neck was wiped.

Xiao Heng, on the other hand, jumped into the Changyang River desperately.

Seeing this, Xiao He and Lin Ye took action together and pulled Xiao Heng back.

"Let go!" Xiao Heng shouted, struggling hard, his eyes only staring at the river that had no waves for a long time, constantly searching for Qiao Nian's figure.

Constantly, trying to jump into the river.

However, the two hands beside him kept pulling him and pulling him back.

He could only keep pushing it away.

Nian Nian is still in the river, he has to save Nian Nian!

"Crack!"

A crisp slap woke up Xiao Heng hard.

Xiao He clutched Xiao Heng's collar, his strong voice trembling, and said, "Nian Nian will be fine! She knows how to swim! What you have to do now is to take people to find her downstream, not jump down now. !”

If even Xiao Heng jumps down, then, are they going to save Xiao Heng or Niannian?

Lin Ye followed closely and said, "Yes! Look, the river is stable and not dangerous at all. Nian Nian will be fine!"

Think about it, you have always been blessed with good fortune.

It'll be okay...

Xiao Heng seemed to have come to his senses now. That's right, Nian Nian and the water will be fine. What he has to do is go downstream to pick her up!

Thinking this, Xiao Heng turned and left.

However, looking at Xiao Heng's back as he quickly left, Xiao He's heart throbbed violently.

He slowly turned around and looked at the calm river. The firmness he had spoken just now had already turned into a guilty conscience.

He watched her fall with his own eyes, and watched her being swallowed by the river.

But, nothing can be done.

Nian Nian, it will be fine, right?

The three people, with their own troops, searched all night.

Nothing was found.

Lin Ye stood dejectedly on the shore, looking at the calm river with a heart filled with despair.

He did not expect that under the calm appearance of the Changyang River, there would be all kinds of turbulent undercurrents.

His men were almost washed away as soon as they hit the water. If it weren't for the long ropes tied around their waists, they would have disappeared in the blink of an eye.

So, what about Nian Nian?

Nian Nian just fell into the river, how could there be any hope of surviving?

"Look again!"

On the other side, Xiao Heng almost collapsed and yelled, "If you can't catch anyone here, just go downstream!"

They must have moved too slowly and failed to find Nian Nian in time!

Maybe at this moment, Nian Nian has been rushed further away.

try to find!

Keep looking!

Until you find it!

Among the three, Xiao He was the only one who was relatively calm.

Seeing that Xiao Heng's emotions were on the verge of collapse, Xiao He walked to Lin Ye's side and lowered his voice, thinking that this would make people unable to hear his trembling tone, "Young Master, why don't you go back and rest first. "

Searching for Nian Nian, it seems that there will be no results for a while. The three of them cannot all collapse.

After listening to Xiao He's words, Lin Ye slowly came back to his senses.

He looked at Xiao He, as if asking for confirmation, "Nian Nian will be fine, right?"

Xiao He frowned slightly, and his heart ached with pain.

He doesn't know.

He also hopes that Nian Nian will be fine!

But the undercurrent is turbulent, and there are many boulders at the bottom of the river. Even if Nian Nian doesn't choke on the water, if she is washed up by the undercurrent on top of those boulders...

He didn't dare to think about it again.

I can only force myself to take back those uneasy thoughts.

Xiao Heng is on the verge of collapse, we can't let him go crazy too!

So, he took a deep breath and nodded, "Yes, it will be fine."

Lin Ye seemed to have regained some strength, nodded, turned and left.

Yes, it'll be fine.

Wait for him to go back and rest for a while, then come find Niannian again...

Lin Ye rode his horse and walked back, but all he could think of was what Qiao Nian looked like when he fell into the river.

It's too far away from him.

So far away that he couldn't even see her face clearly, so far away that he couldn't even catch her shadow!

But why are they suddenly so far apart?

Did he push her so far away bit by bit?

"Little Marquis!"

Suddenly, a soft voice called back Lin Ye's consciousness.

He was stunned, raised his eyes, and was shocked to realize that he had arrived outside the Hou Mansion without knowing when.

"Little Marquis!"

There was another call, and Lin Ye discovered a woman standing not far away.

He didn't recognize it.

But the woman obviously recognized him. When she saw him looking over, she trotted towards Lin Ye and said, "Greetings to the young marquis, my name is Liu Niang. She was... a friend of the eldest lady when she was in the palace. "

Liu Niang was very hesitant when she said the word friend.

In fact, she and Qiao Nian didn't even exchange a few words when they were in the clothing bureau.

Later, she secretly told Qiao Nian the news because of Qiao Nian's kindness in rescuing her from the deep hole in the clothes bureau.

If Qiao Nian hadn't begged Concubine De, she would have died in the clothes bureau long ago.

With this in mind, Liu Niang sent a small bundle in her hand to Lin Ye, "My slave, Concubine Mond, is kind enough to leave the palace and return to her hometown. I wanted to say goodbye to the eldest lady, but I heard that the eldest lady was earlier. He disappeared a few days ago..."

In fact, she also heard the rumors and knew that Qiao Nian was captured by General Xiao.

However, she would never dare to come to the door of a man like General Xiao. After thinking about it, she could only come to Lin Ye.

Thinking of this, Liu Niang handed the bundle in her hand to Lin Ye, "This is the thing that the eldest lady left in the laundry bureau. Although I met the eldest lady several times later, I forgot about it. I only remembered it when I was packing my luggage to leave the palace this time. Don't worry, young marquis, I haven't seen the things inside."

Lin Ye listened to Liu Niang's words, but his thoughts still didn't slow down from Qiao Nian's fall into the water.

Until watching Liu Niang leave, he suddenly realized, lowered his head, looked at the small bundle in his palm, and didn't understand what it was for a while.

Look, it's just wrapped in a cloth larger than a handkerchief.

Looking at the material and pattern, it looks like the clothes worn by palace maids in the laundry bureau.

What could it be?

Lin Ye frowned, took the bundle, and returned to his residence.

After closing the door, he untied the knot tied on the small bundle.

Pieces of cloth suddenly scattered.

Each piece seemed to be torn from an old piece of clothing, with dark brown edges and hard to the touch.

It was blood.

A whip can not only break a person's skin, but also the clothes they wear.

At a glance, Lin Ye's heart was already like a knife.

He picked up one of the pieces of cloth with trembling hands.

Turning it over, there were only four words written on it, written in blood: Brother, save me.

Lin Ye's figure shook.

He seemed to see Qiao Nian crying and shouting when she was taken to the laundry three years ago.

She was unwilling to give in and unwilling to stay, so she was whipped again and again by the maids in the laundry.

Then, she lay in the leaky house.

Tear off the clothes that had already been torn on her body.

Fingers, stained with blood from the wound.

Write stroke by stroke:

Brother, save me.

My heart hurt so much that it became difficult to breathe.

Lin Ye hurriedly turned the rags over one by one.

On almost every piece, it was written in blood: Brother, save me.

Brother, take me home.

Brother, save me.

For three years, these blood-stained rags recorded every time she asked for help, and every time, she was asking him for help.

Only then did Lin Ye realize that in Qiao Nian's heart, he, her brother, was so important.

In her heart, only he, her brother, could save her!

But, what did he do?

What was he doing when she was lying on the cold wooden bed, begging him for help with blood?

He wanted to go to the palace to ask the emperor, but was stopped by his father, who asked him to put the overall situation first.

The overall situation...

What is the overall situation?

It is the honor and disgrace of the Marquis's Mansion and the prosperity of the Lin family.

The only thing is not her life!

She was his little sister who grew up under his care!

But he threw her into the abyss with his own hands, leaving her to be humiliated and tortured!

She said, when my brother saved me, was he drinking and having fun?

She said, when my brother saved me, was he coaxing Lin Yuan?

She said, when my brother saved me, what was he doing?

What did he do!

His right hand, trembling, stretched forward unconsciously.

He picked up the last piece of the flipped rag.

Then, it was as if all the blood in his body had been drained.

Lin Ye fell to the ground.

Stunned, tears slowly fell, one drop after another.

All rolled onto the rag in his hand.

On it, the blood that had long dried up and turned black, stroke by stroke, clearly wrote: Brother, don't want me anymore.

After countless requests for help to no avail, she finally wrote these words in despair.

Brother, don't want me anymore.

All of them don't want me anymore.

I am no longer the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and I will never get your love and protection again.

I can only live in this damp and dark corner forever, being bullied and trampled on!

"No, it's not like that!" Lin Ye pressed the rag tightly against his chest.

His hoarse voice tried his best to refute.

He didn't want her, how could he not want her!

She is his most beloved sister!

Even if she just hurt a finger, he would fight with others!

How could he not want her!

But...

Lin Ye, since you care about her so much, then, how could she go to the laundry department?

How could she be bullied like this!

How could she swear not to see you in the end?

You just don't want her!

You threw your most beloved sister into that cannibalistic purgatory with your own hands!

"Pah!"

A hard slap slapped his face.

But Lin Ye felt that it was not enough, raised his hand, and slapped him hard again.

Once, and again.

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