The Rebirth of an Orphan

Deng Xiao sat in a chair with a somewhat dejected look on his face. Mrs. Deng rarely saw her son like this, so she asked hurriedly, "Son, is Gu Lun really…"

Deng Xiao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes fiercely and said with a hoarse voice and a bitter smile: "Mother, Brother Gu was betrayed. He and his men originally wanted to launch a surprise attack on the foreign enemy forces, but there was a spy in our army. He only brought hundreds of people but faced an enemy army of tens of thousands. The survivors who escaped by chance saw with their own eyes that Brother Gu was chopped into pieces by the enemy. His body was incomplete and there was no complete body. We only found some fragments of his military uniform and his helmet, which was hit right in the middle..."

Deng Xiao almost cried and pointed at his head and said, "Mother, there is a hole in the middle of his helmet. Can he still survive?"

Zhao Chishu's tears flowed down. Now the fourth sister had no hope at all.

"This...what should I do? My fourth sister..." Zhao Chishu was completely stunned. Now even Deng Xiao said so, then it was true, it really became a fact, it was really hard to accept.

"Master, Master!" The butler who had left earlier came back in a panic, "Master, something happened to Mr. Gu. I heard that there was a fire in the temple's courtyard and the old man was burned to death.

"What did you say?" Deng Xiao was horrified. The villa was heavily guarded and a fire could not have happened at all. Now even the old man was burned to death. It seemed that the Gu family was going to be wiped out. Who did it?

"Mom, I have to go take a look." Deng Xiao said hurriedly.

"I'll go with you." Zhao Chishu really couldn't sit still at home. Such a big thing happened in the Gu family, and she also received Gu Lun's favor, so she wanted to do her part now.

"Shu'er, you'd better stay at home. The situation is unclear now. Those shameful things are still hiding in the dark. It's not safe for you to go."

Zhao Chishu grabbed Deng Xiao's sleeve, his face full of determination, "Such a big thing happened to the Gu family, and my fourth sister is not at home, so someone has to help take care of the trivial matters. You can't do everything by yourself, so how can I hide behind you?"

Mrs. Deng on the side felt a little sad when she heard about the Gu family's affairs, but when she saw that her daughter-in-law was still a virtuous, kind-hearted and responsible woman at the critical moment, she was happy for her son.

She took a step forward and pushed Zhao Chishu to Deng Xiao's side and said, "If she wants to follow you, then just take her with you. Husband and wife can discuss and solve problems together. Besides, the Gu family is in such a mess now. You know their Madam Hua is full of bad intentions. Who knows what the family is like. Someone has to take charge of the funeral affairs. We can't let the bodies of the grandfather and grandson of the Gu family be left without a place to rest."

Deng Xiao's tears welled up in his eyes again after listening to this. Ever since he took Gu Lun as his elder brother, Gu Lun had always taken care of everything for him. Now that Gu Lun was in trouble, he couldn't cause any trouble.

So Deng Xiao took Zhao Chishu to the villa where the old man lived in a temple outside the city. Before they got there, they saw from afar that the whole villa was shrouded in smoke, and the sounds of people calling for help and carrying water to put out the fire were endless and extremely chaotic.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw people carrying out the charred bodies from the yard. The one in the front was the old man's trusted butler, Wang Bo. Wang Bo's body was almost burnt, and only half of his face could be vaguely recognized. At this time, Deng Xiao saw another completely charred body being carried out. The jade pendant and other accessories that were not burnt on the body were all the items that the old man usually wore.

Deng Xiao took a step forward and knelt down in front of Mr. Gu's charred body. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chishu's urgent voice came from behind him: "Deng Xiao, come here quickly!"

Zhao Chishu stumbled over to Deng Xiao and said, "It's Mrs. Qian, the confidant of Mrs. Gu Jiahua. She has something important to tell you."

Zhao Chishu was afraid of being discovered, so he arranged for Mrs. Qian to sit in their car. Deng Xiao followed Zhao Chishu into the car and saw Mrs. Qian sitting there with a package tightly in her arms. She was relieved when she saw Deng Xiao.

Deng Xiao didn't like the people around Mrs. Hua very much. He had heard a little about this person, so he looked at Mrs. Qian with cold eyes.

"Mrs. Qian, do you want to leave Kyoto? Do you know you can find me here? If so, just say whatever you want to say."

Mrs. Qian glanced at Zhao Chishu, and Zhao Chishu was about to leave when Deng Xiao grabbed him and said, "Mrs. Qian, you don't have to keep me in suspense. You know something happened in the Gu family, and I'm in a bad mood. If you dare to fool me, you'll be in big trouble."

Mrs. Qian's face turned pale and she said, "How dare I lie to you? I'm just very nervous and I want to tell you something. I just want to feel at ease and protect myself."

Seeing that Mrs. Qian's expression did not seem fake, Deng Xiao nodded to Zhao Chishu, then went out and arranged for his confidants to guard their car to prevent anyone from disturbing them.

"What do you want to say?" Deng Xiao asked Mrs. Qian.

Mrs. Qian took a deep breath and looked at Deng Xiao and said, "I have followed Madam Hua for a long time, but I am really scared. Madam Hua and that Madam Yu are really cruel and ruthless. I know too many of their secrets. I am worried that they will kill me one day, so I escaped first."

Deng Xiao looked at her coldly and said: @You are very sensible. Just say it. It is easy for me to hide someone in Kyoto. "

Mrs. Qian was reassured by Deng Xiao's words and no longer had any worries. She said to Deng Xiao, "The child that Madam Yu is carrying is not the heir of the royal family, but a bastard."

Deng Xiao and Zhao Chishu's faces changed. This matter was too big.

Mrs. Qian made up her mind and said hurriedly, "Now that my young master is in trouble, Madam Hua and Madam Yu want to get the things in the underground palace."

"How can they take it without the Black Iron Order?" Deng Xiao asked.

Mrs. Qian's voice gradually became sharper. "It's true that there is no Black Iron Order, but Madam Yu somehow captured a descendant of the craftsman who built the underground palace. The craftsman said that in addition to the main gate, there is another very strange entrance that can also lead into the underground palace, but it requires the blood sacrifice of all the family heads of all generations, and it must be a living sacrifice."

"What did you say?" No wonder there was a fire here at Mr. Gu's place today for no apparent reason. I'm afraid it was a trap set by Madam Hua, right?

Once Qian's wife revealed the secret, she was no longer afraid. She had seen that Mrs. Hua and her daughter were as vicious as snakes and scorpions. She didn't want to die if she followed such a master. She still had little grandchildren. She knew that the young master and the young mistress were powerful people, but they all had a bottom line in doing things.

But looking at Mrs. Hua and her daughter, she was really scared. She would rather betray once than find a way to survive, so she could only find Gu Lun's good brother Deng Xiao.