MTL - The Legitimate Daughter Returns: The Real Daughter is Reborn

Chapter 378 The corpse in the dry well

 The reason is that the Dabei Temple was built by the previous dynasty and continues to this day.

There are even rumors that the person who founded Dabei Temple at that time had a close relationship with the founding emperor of the Dasheng Dynasty.

In short, all kinds of extraordinary things make Dabei Temple very famous.

But since the plague broke out in Beijing fifteen years ago, and many female relatives of high-ranking officials came to Dabei Temple for refuge, Dabei Temple has become lonely.

 The carriage stopped quietly.

Su Leyun got off the carriage, and Lian Xin and Cuiliu followed her and walked towards Dabei Temple together.

“But Mr. Pingle Township?”

 A young monk stepped forward and said to Su Leyun.

Su Leyun stopped and nodded to the young monk, "My little girl, Su Leyun, has an appointment with the abbot today. Sorry to bother you."

“I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please come with me.”

 The three masters and servants followed the young monk towards the back of the main hall.

 Going through the corridor, there is a small hall.

 There is also a Buddha statue in the hall.

 An elderly monk was kneeling on the futon and beating the wooden fish.

“Abbott, Lord Pingle Township is here.”

"…Um."

 After a long time, the old monk spoke calmly.

Seeing this, the young monk bowed to Su Leyun again, then turned and left.

Lianxin and Cuiliu looked at each other, stepped back a few steps, and stood a little further away.

“Mr. Pinglexiang, please take a seat.”

 The old monk opened his eyes, stood up, walked aside, and slowly sat down cross-legged, signaling Su Leyun's arrival.

Su Leyun stepped forward and sat down like the old monk.

"Grandmaster…"

"Mr. Pingle Xiang, there is no need to say more. I already know the purpose of your coming."

 The old monk sighed softly and opened his slightly squinted eyes.

 “You already know?”

Su Leyun was a little surprised, and his expression became a little solemn.

She had asked someone to come here before, and she only said that she wanted to come to pray. At that time, the servant should have explained her identity, but after coming today, it was indeed a bit strange.

Su Leyun thought of the attitude of the young monk before, and then observed the old monk in front of him.

She didn’t say what she wanted to do when she came to Dabei Temple. What did the abbot know about her purpose?

As if he saw Su Leyun's suspicion, the old monk's long voice sounded.

 “I didn’t expect that fifteen years have passed.”

As soon as Su Leyun heard this, he understood what the old monk meant.

 This is probably the purpose he mentioned.

Su Leyun did come here because of what happened fifteen years ago, so when he heard the old monk's words, his expression did not change.

“Among the people who took refuge in Dabei Temple, there were only two pregnant women. One was your mother and the other was a woman from the Li family.”

 Hearing the old monk mention the four words "wife of the Li family", Su Leyun's expression became a little unbearable.

Even the wife of the Li family could tell her that the old monk in front of her might know more than she thought.

Su Leyun took a deep breath and listened quietly to the old monk's words.

"The Li family's wife is just a rough lady. Naturally, there will be no one around her to take care of her, and she doesn't have a husband by her side. Her Majesty is kind-hearted and lets her maids take care of her."

Su Leyun knew that the person who was taking care of the Li family's wife was none other than Nanny Li, who was currently beside her mother.

 For this reason, Grandma Li has always felt guilty about this matter, and she also hates what the wife of the Li family has done.

"It was a rainy day, and the Li family's wife was the first to have an attack. Later, her father, I don't know whether he was frightened or for some reason, also had the attack. I remember that Wen Po, who delivered the babies for the Li family's wife and your father, was accompanied by a woman. Come."

 A woman?

Su Leyun immediately heard the deep meaning of the old monk's words, "Who is that woman?"

  Being mentioned specifically by the old monk, Su Leyun felt that he might be getting closer to the truth.

The old monk did not answer directly, but continued: "Po Wen delivered two babies one after another. The Li family's wife and your father-in-law both gave birth to a daughter, and one of them is you, Miss Su."

 “And the other one…is not Su Waner.”

Su Leyun's breath was stagnant, and his eyes were fixed on the old monk.

 “You knew it back then?”

 “Lao Na didn’t know it at the time.”

 The old monk shook his head slowly and recited "Amitabha" with piety and a hint of annoyance.

“Later, I accidentally found a body in the dry well in the backyard.”

 “Corpse? What corpse?”

Su Leyun's heartbeat began to speed up, and he didn't even dare to blink.

The old monk opened and closed his mouth and said, "The body of a newborn baby girl."

His voice seemed to come from a far away place, and Su Leyun almost didn't hear it clearly.

 But after she heard it clearly, she didn't know how to react.

Su Leyun swallowed and spoke with some difficulty: "Am I... my mother's child?"

"Miss Su, there is no need to doubt your identity. The birthmark on your body is the best proof."

 The old monk shook his head lightly, dispelling Su Leyun's suspicion.

Su Leyun's heart dropped, but soon, he pursed his lips again, but didn't know how to speak.

"It was already two months since I saw the corpse. The plague in the capital has been lifted, your daughter-in-law has returned to the Su Mansion long ago, and the whereabouts of the Li family woman have long since disappeared."

“Abbott, who is that body?”

Su Leyun still asked this question.

 The old monk raised his eyes, his eyes full of compassion, and looked at Su Leyun.

 “Who do you think Ms. Su is?”

“…If Su Waner is not the child of the Li family, then whose child is it? And how was she transferred to my mother?”

Su Leyun did not answer the old monk's question. Both she and the old monk knew the answer.

　　The person is already dead, so it is useless to worry about these things.

 The most important thing now is to know Su Waner's identity.

Who is she?

“The day after you were born, the woman who came with Wen Po disappeared.”

 The old monk once again mentioned the woman, who was the most important part of the whole thing.

Su Leyun breathed out slowly and listened carefully.

"That woman didn't speak when she first arrived. I didn't think much about it at that time. It wasn't until I saw the corpse that I realized that that person was from southern Xinjiang."

 “How do you know for sure?”

Su Leyun was a little confused.

If the woman looked like someone from southern Xinjiang, the abbot should have known it at the time. How could he not know until he saw the corpse?

Could it be that…

Su Leyun had a guess, "Did you find anything on that corpse?"

The old monk nodded, "Just as Miss Su said, I discovered the clues on that corpse."

  “What is it?”

 The old monk's eyes fell into the air, not knowing what he was looking at.

  Or maybe he was thinking about the situation when he saw the corpse.

“What does Miss Su think the body of a baby will look like if it stays in a dry well for two months?”

 (End of this chapter)