Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

The mute girl understood Ouyang Xia's gesture, smiled at the two of them embarrassedly, pointed to her house, and made a gesture to Ouyang Xia.

Ouyang Xia waved his hands quickly.

Gu Qinghe didn't understand, but she quickly followed when Ouyang Xia pulled her inside.

"What did she say?"

"The house is too shabby, and she's worried that we won't be used to living there."

Gu Qinghe drooped her eyelashes, not knowing what to say for a moment.

When he entered the room, the layout inside was no different from what Gu Qinghe remembered.

There was only a wooden table and a bed in the empty room. She first poured water for the two to quench their thirst, then gestured to Ouyang Xia to go to the kitchen to get them some food.

Ouyang Xia thanked him, and after he left, he asked Gu Qinghe curiously, "Is this the person you're looking for? Do you know her?"

"do not know."

"You two don't seem to know each other, so why are you looking for her?"

Gu Qinghe sat up straight and put down the water bowl. "I need to ask her something, but it seems that it is really difficult for us to communicate. Please ask her for me."

"Okay, what do you want to ask?"

"Not long ago, General Huoqiu led his troops to be attacked at Bazipo, and all the soldiers were wiped out. Can you help me ask this girl if she has saved anyone on the battlefield since that battle?"

As she finished her words, the nonchalant look on Ouyang Xia's face completely disappeared. She did not ask in detail who the person on the battlefield that Gu Qinghe mentioned was, but just nodded and said, "I'll ask for you."

The mute girl's cooking skills were very good. In just a short while, she cooked two bowls of delicious scallion oil noodles. She looked a little shy.

Ouyang Xia didn't rush to ask. After the two of them finished eating the noodles, she squeezed out two tears and gestured to the mute girl, looking quite sad.

Gu Qinghe's eyes fell on the two of them, only to see that Ouyang Xia's gestures were getting faster and faster, and the mute girl seemed to have some emotions because of Ouyang Xia's gestures, her eyes were slightly red.

She couldn't wait to wait for Ouyang Xia to finish, "What did you say?"

"I asked her if she had heard of any soldiers surviving the Battle of Bazipo. She said she didn't know. If I came here to look for them, I would probably return empty-handed. Too many people died in that war, and the Lirang people were cruel. They were afraid that there might be survivors, so they set a fire and burned some of the bodies."

This fire was also the reason why many soldiers could not even find their bodies, but it also fortunately concealed the truth for the surviving soldiers such as Niu Jun, preventing them from being found by the person behind the scenes. Otherwise, these people would not have survived until now.

Ouyang Xia looked at Gu Qinghe's expression and had some guesses in her mind. The person she was looking for might have died in the battle, but the body was not found, so she made this trip today.

It would have been better if she didn't know. Now that she knew, her heart would sink.

Not to mention the fire set by the Lirang people as mentioned by the mute girl, even if the corpse was not destroyed in the fire, broken legs and arms are common in the chaotic battlefield. It is normal not to be able to find a head here and an arm there.

But it was impossible for Gu Qinghe not to know the truth that she knew, so Ouyang Xia suppressed her words and helped the mute girl to imitate whatever Gu Qinghe said.

"We are here to look for our fiancés. Both of our fiancés were present at the Battle of Bazipo, but after the battle, we didn't even see their bodies. We want to see them alive or dead. We came here together, and if we can't find them, we'll take a handful of soil from Bazipo back with us."

The mute girl seemed shocked by Ouyang Xia's words, and looked at the two of them with some heartache.

Looking at the two people's dusty skirts and haggard faces, she could guess how difficult the journey had been.

For two women traveling together, one can imagine how dangerous the journey was.

Seeing her expression wavering, Ouyang Xia continued to gesture.

"Brother Niu and I were childhood sweethearts. My parents wanted to marry me off to a butcher in the village. Brother Niu sold all his belongings and gave them to me as a betrothal gift. He joined the army and sent all his military pay back to me. Last year, he wrote to me, saying that he had become a centurion in the army and would return to marry me after the war was over."

Even Gu Qinghe couldn't compare to Ouyang Xia's acting skills. In just a few words, she acted as if she really had a fiancé named Aniu. Her red eyes made the mute girl cry too.

"What does your fiancé look like?"

Ouyang Xia remained calm, "He is eight feet tall, a bit sturdy, looks very honest, and is a reliable person."

Gu Qinghe saw something flash in the mute girl's eyes, as if she was a little regretful. She shook her head at Ouyang Xia and gestured, "I've never seen it before."

She pushed Ouyang Xia hastily and said, "The person I'm looking for is very handsome, with fair and regular features, and a mole at the corner of his lip."

Ouyang Xia demonstrated these features to the mute girl. Gu Qinghe clearly saw that the mute girl's eyes lit up, but she still seemed a little conflicted.

She was simple-minded. As a woman, she wanted to help the two women who came to look for their husbands, but she was afraid that she would be self-defeating and trust others too easily, which would lead to her doing something wrong.

While she was still considering, Gu Qinghe knelt down with a plop. She said to the mute girl, "This man is extremely important to me. If you are worried, you don't need to tell me where he went. Just tell me whether he is alive or dead. If he is dead, I will go back and marry someone else. If he is still alive, even if my family forces me to do so, I will wait for him."

Ouyang Xia hurriedly helped her up and gestured to the mute girl again.

The mute girl looked at Gu Qinghe, bit her lip, walked to the door, looked around, closed the door, and then gestured to the two of them.

Through Ouyang Xia's gestures, Gu Qinghe could guess what the mute girl meant. She stared at the mute girl's gestures, wanting to see the information she needed first.

"I did see a person who looked very similar to what you described, but he had already left in order not to burden the village. He was seriously injured when he left. This Bazi slope is surrounded by mountains... I don't know where he went or whether he is still alive."

Gu Qinghe suddenly fell to the ground as if he had lost his temper, covering his face and gasping for breath for a long time.

She didn't cry, and she couldn't cry.

My heart was pounding, and I couldn't tell whether I was happy or sad.

She knew what the mute girl meant by her unspoken words.

Bazipo is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the mountains are full of ferocious wild beasts. He was injured and it was difficult to avoid those wild beasts no matter where he went.

But the big stone in Gu Qinghe's heart fell, she just felt that Chen Qingshan was not dead.

He did not die in the battle of Bazipo, and he would never allow himself to die in the mouth of a wild beast.

He had to survive and seek justice for himself, General Huo, and those dead soldiers.

But in her previous life, Gu Qinghe never heard any news about him until her death. Where did he go?