Marriage of the Di Daughter

"Who is there?"

In the empty cave, the torch in Ye Mingyu's hand was reflected on the stone wall, elongated and swayed into two flat shadows, and the voice of his voice echoed, making it particularly strange.

He protected Jiang Li by his side, walked two steps forward cautiously, took the torch in the master's hand, and suddenly focused his eyes.

Then I saw two people sitting against the stone wall. At first glance, I didn't see that these were two people, because they were so embarrassed. The clothes were tattered, the whole body was dirty and smelly, and his body and hands were full of bloodstains. He was almost a prisoner.

Seeing Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu, neither of them moved, as if they were dead. Only a pair of eyes moved slightly, and they knew that they were two living people.

Ye Mingyu was still in a daze, but Jiang Li had already grabbed the torch in his hand, walked up to the two of them and knelt down. She was not afraid at all, and looked at the two of them calmly. But a heart seems to be falling into lead, sinking continuously.

Although he knew that Feng Yutang would do his best to torture Xue Huaiyuan's former subordinates, but seeing the scene in front of him, Jiang Li still found that he underestimated Feng Yutang's cruelty.

These two people were clearly about to die, dying. Maybe the guards outside didn't know, or maybe they knew, and they just watched with cold eyes, hoping that these people would starve to death inside. If Jiang Li hadn't come today, the two of them wouldn't have survived tonight.

Seeing Jiang Li squatting in front of them, the two moved their eyeballs slightly, but they were still dead silent and did not move.

Jiang Li looked at their faces carefully, and finally recognized them. They were Gu Da and Gu Er who had been by his father's side before. Gu Da and Gu Er were twin brothers. After their parents died, Xue Huaiyuan saw that the two of them were good at martial arts, so he let them work as official servants. In her memory, Gu Da and Gu Er were always walking around energetically, Xue Zhao was so envious of that beautiful swordsmanship, and pestered Gu Da and Gu Er to teach Xue Zhao swordsmanship.

But I didn't expect it to be so embarrassing now.

Jiang Li said softly: "Gu Da, Gu Er, I'm Jiang Li, I'm here to pick you up."

Gu Da's eyeballs rolled slightly, as if he had just identified where Jiang Li was standing. He moved his lips, but Jiang Li didn't hear his voice, and didn't know what he was talking about.

"His voice is hoarse, and he hasn't drunk water for two days, so he can't speak." A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind, although it was hoarse, it could be heard clearly.

Looking back, Jiang Li saw two people standing behind the stone wall. One of them was slightly better, and he seemed to be in much better spirits than Brother Gu, his eyes were very energetic, and he looked at Jiang Li vigilantly. The other person has a slender figure, I don't know if it is because of being tortured by Feng Yutang, but he is so thin that he seems to be broken in the middle by a gust of wind.

It was the stronger man who spoke.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ye Mingyu couldn't believe that these were officers and soldiers from the past. This is even more miserable than exiled officials who have committed serious crimes, and the refugees have never been so pitiful. It seems that everything is supported with only one breath, and these people can fall down immediately with just one breath.

Jiang Li looked at the person who spoke, her eyes were almost moist, she paused, and then she said: "You must be Peng Xiao."

That man, Peng Xiao, looked at Jiang Li and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm here to take you out of here." Jiang Li said, "I want to reverse the case for Xue Xiancheng."

As soon as these words came out, Peng Xiao and the people around him, as well as the dying Gu Da and Gu Er, all had a gleam of light in their eyes.

Jiang Li looked at Peng Xiao, not knowing what kind of soreness she felt in her heart.

In this cave right now, the four people who appeared were all her past acquaintances, comparable to relatives. Gu Da and Gu Erchang discussed swords with Xue Zhao, and Peng Xiao was the leader of his father's officers and soldiers. Jiang Li still remembered that although he was the leader of the bureaucracy, he treated people very kindly on weekdays. When he smiled, he showed his white teeth, like the sun in winter warm. Both she and Xue Zhao regard him as their elder brother. The thin man who was almost blown down by the wind was called He Jun. He is the only one who can read and write among all the officials. He often asks Xue Fangfei for advice, and he is a studious person. Xue Zhao also joked that He Jun didn't want to be an official, and he had a heart of being a champion, so it's better to have a good relationship with Shen Yurong. One day, Shen Yurong will be able to promote He Jun in high school, and let He Jun be a school secretary. .

One person achieved Taoism and ascended to heaven, but this sentence failed to be fulfilled in their Xue family. Shen Yurong has achieved the Tao, but she climbed up on the blood of the Xue family. But He Jun, who is eager to learn, is trapped in this mine, only skinny and bones.

"Who are you, why do you want to reverse the case for adults?" He Jun asked.

At this time, he was actually clear-headed and could still ask Jiang Li.

"My name is Jiang Li." Jiang Li frankly surprised even Ye Mingyu, she said: "I am the daughter of Jiang Yuanbai, the chief assistant, and I am going to Tongxiang this time, entrusted by Xue Fangfei, the daughter of Xue County Prime Minister, to represent the Xue family. Reversal."

"Jiang Yuanbai?" Several people were at a loss for a moment. For them, Yanjing was too far away, and the chief assistant in Yanjing city was an existence that they had never seen before. Peng Xiao stared at him and said, "Miss Xue is dead."

Jiang Li sighed in her heart, even Peng Xiao and the others knew about this, and it seemed that Xue Huaiyuan knew even more. Presumably, in order to torture Xue Huaiyuan, Yongning would of course tell Xue Huaiyuan one by one the bad news, making Xue Huaiyuan feel worse than death and slowly collapse.

"Miss Xue is dead, but her death is not easy." Jiang Li said: "I was an old friend with Xue Fangfei. This time, I am here to clear up the grievances of the entire Xue family."

Not only Peng laughed at them, Ye Mingyu was also dumbfounded. He never knew that Jiang Li was related to Lao Shizi Xue Fangfei. In other words, Xue Huaiyuan was not the only one who had an accident in the Xue family, but the children of the Xue family were also involved. This means that the family will be wiped out. What is it What kind of deep hatred will be like this? Ye Mingyu realized that this matter was not simple.

"How do you plan to reverse the case for the Xue family? Why should we believe what you say?" He Jun asked.

Jiang Li stood up and looked into He Jun's eyes: "I plan to use you as witnesses and the loopholes in the file as physical evidence to gather the people of Tongxiang, collect evidence of Feng Yutang's crime, go to Beijing to reverse the case, and announce to the world. Going to the palace to sue. Feng Yutang is not the mastermind behind this matter, there is someone else behind the scenes, and this other person is enough for the emperor to pay attention to, so I am not afraid that the suit will fail."

"As for how you believe what I said, now that Feng Yutang controls the entire Tongxiang, the common people dare not even talk about the Xue family. The Xue family is like this, and so are you. In fact, no one has stood up except me. Rehabilitate the Xue family. I don't need to lie to you, you have nothing but one life now, even this life, and now only half of it is left, if I want your life, I don't have to go to such trouble, I can get it easily."

Peng Xiao and the others fell silent.

What Jiang Li said was right, the four of them are weak now, the sick and disabled, even the tall man behind Jiang Li, might take down the four of them by himself. If Jiang Li really wants to deal with them, there is no need to make up some lies.

"Now, I just ask you, would you like to go out with me and rehabilitate your Master Xue?" Jiang Li asked.

Her gaze was firm, without any fear, but inexplicably made people firm up too.

Peng Xiao raised his head to look at her first, looked at her and said word by word: "I'll go out with you."

"I'll go too!" He Jundao: "We have all stayed in this mine for so long, fifteen brothers, fifteen brothers were tortured to death until only five of us are left! Why don't we want to die? Is it because we are afraid of death? No! We just hope that one day we can go out and reverse the case for your lord. It is a joke in the world that someone as good as your lord is framed! Now that this lady is willing to give Xue The family overturns the case, and we five brothers are willing to follow!"

In the corner, Gu Da and Gu Er helped each other to stand up. They were probably very weak, and their voices were so hoarse that Jiang Li couldn't hear them, but they could see the movement of their lips, saying "yes".

"But it's not right." Ye Mingyu smacked his lips: "There are at most four people here, didn't you survive five people? Where is the other one?"

Peng Xiao glanced at Jiang Liye and Ye Mingyu, turned around and walked forward, saying, "Come with me."

Going around a cave, leaning against the stone wall, there is still a person lying on the ground. At first glance, I thought this person was dead, until I approached and squatted down, I saw that this person was still breathing slightly, but it was extremely fragile. Like a candle burning with a spark, it can be extinguished immediately with just one breath.

Xiao Hei? Jiang Li saw the man's face clearly.

"Heizi has been ill for about ten and a half months. We guess he won't live for a few more days." He Jun said bitterly: "Feng Yutang's people won't hire us a doctor, and our other ten brothers were tortured to death like this. Yes." As he said, tremblingly, he untied the clothes behind Xiao Hei's back.

On that back, the clothes and flesh were already joined together, and the flesh and blood looked like a bloody mess, emitting bursts of stench. It is hard to imagine that this is the flesh and blood of a living person. The welt marks on the top are embedded in the flesh without any whip, and there is no complete piece of good skin.

"The whips they used to beat us all had barbs on them." He Jun looked at Xiao Hei and said, "Xiao Hei is young, but he has pushed to the end, and he is about to die now."

Jiang Li knew Xiao Hei, the youngest of his father's men. He was about the same age as Xue Zhao, but he had a childish baby face, looking like someone's mischievous young boy. Every time I saw Xiao Hei, it was like seeing Xue Zhao. Xiao Hei was lying here motionless, which made Jiang Li's heart throbbing.

The people around her lost too much one by one.

"Let's take them out immediately and find a doctor for him. He can't die." Before it was too late, Jiang Li made a decisive decision and said to Ye Mingyu: "Uncle Mingyu, help carry Xiao Hei on your back, and I will support Brother Gu. We Get out of here as soon as possible. As soon as people from outside come, we will send them to the secret room to find a doctor, and Xiao Hei will not delay."

"But how do we get out?" He Jun couldn't help asking: "Although we have stayed in the mine for several months, the roads in the mine are all connected. We eat and live in the mine, and never go outside the mine. "

"Don't worry," Jiang Li said, "I know how to get there."

"How do you know how to go?" Jiang Li had already helped Ye Mingyu carry Xiao Hei before he could ask. He Jun had no choice but to swallow his stomach full of questions, and followed Jiang Li to move forward.

A group of people walked out of the mine.

Jiang Li supported Gu Da and Gu Er. Although she was wearing the clothes of a male servant, she had a beautiful and delicate face, and her skin was as white as jade. She looked like a young lady raised by the parents of a rich family. Peng Xiao didn't forget what Jiang Li said when she reported her family just now. She is the daughter of the chief assistant, such a noble daughter who supports these dirty and smelly people is almost like an ant in her eyes. People, but the eyes are very gentle, without the slightest disgust.

Peng Xiao was a little dazed. The girl pursed her lips, her gentle yet resolute appearance reminded him of the adult's daughter, Miss Xue. Ms. Xue is also the pride of Tongxiang, she exists like the moonlight in their hearts, and no one can insult her. Ms. Xue is beautiful and extremely intelligent, but she has no pretensions at all. They grew up watching her. When they later learned that Ms. Xue had an accident, and that it was an unbearable crime, all of them couldn't believe it.

The adults didn't believe it either, but they didn't wait for the truth, but they waited for the adults to be imprisoned, and they became prisoners.

Fortunately... Peng Xiao looked at Jiang Li, Jiang Li supported Gu Da and Gu Er, and walked forward firmly while taking care of their footsteps. In the dark mine tunnel, she can't see her fingers, but she seems to know which direction has light, as long as she keeps walking, she can find the exit.

Fortunately... as long as you keep going, you will see hope. Thinking of this in Peng Xiao's heart, it seemed that infinite power had been injected suddenly, and he was refreshed and walked forward.

...

When they reached the exit, it actually took less than half a stick of incense, but Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu felt that the time was extremely long.

Ye Mingyu's men were waiting outside, and when they saw them coming out, they couldn't wait to welcome them in. Jiang Li gave the carriage to Xiao Hei and Gu Dagu, who were too weak to walk. Ye Mingyu was still thinking about what to do with Jiang Li, but seeing Jiang Li get on the horse without hesitation, the beautiful movements made Ye Mingyu's eyes shine.

"Let's go uncle." Jiang Li said: "It's not too late, we have to rush to the next place and hide them first."

Feng Yutang's people will soon find out that the officials in the mine have been robbed, and they will search around for their whereabouts. It would be safer to send people to the secret room before Feng Yutang started to search the whole city.

Ye Mingyu thought so deeply, and walked side by side with Jiang Li's horse, and set off with the convoy, asking Jiang Li: "Why do we ask the doctor to come over and show them? Feng Yutang's people will find us as long as they follow the doctor? If they can't, Those common people are afraid of Feng Yutang's official authority, how dare they take the initiative to help?"

"Find a doctor who has a wife and son, and take their wives to the secret room. All the medicinal materials are ready." Jiang Li whispered: "There is no other way, the situation is special, so we can only coerce. I will promise you enough time." Yinliang, promise to send them out of Tongxiang, they will agree." Jiang Li thought for a while, and said: "Go to Doctor Zhong from Baohetang, he is very suitable."

Here it comes again, Ye Mingyu thought to himself, Jiang Li is too familiar with the deeds of Tongxiang, as if she knows everything about Tongxiang casually. But what is going on here? Ye Mingyu didn't ask too much, even if he didn't understand, he also respected Jiang Li's own secret.

Tsk, they are people in the rivers and lakes, temperament is paramount, and they never force others to make things difficult.

...

The story of Jiang Li kidnapping people in Dongshan has not yet reached Feng Yutang's ears.

In Feng Yutang's mansion, in the study, Feng Yutang was pacing back and forth. His beautiful concubine knelt on the ground and was beating his legs gently. Working for Princess Yongning, he gained a lot of benefits. Not only was he able to build such a gorgeous mansion in Tongxiang, but he also had a room full of beautiful concubines. His study is a decoration, there are many precious ancient books in it, but he will only mess around here.

Today is a rare time for him to be serious, and even the beautiful concubine Ji can't arouse his interest.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly someone's voice came, and a servant hurriedly ran from outside, Feng Yutang immediately dismissed concubine Ji, let the servant come in, closed the door, the servant took out a letter from his arms, and sent it to Feng Yutang In his hand, Feng Yutang picked up the letter, quickly pulled it out, read it at a glance, and sat down on the chair.

"Master?" Seeing his ugly face, the servant asked in a low voice.

Feng Yutang didn't speak, but the hand holding the letter was trembling slightly. If he was not careful, the letter floated to the ground. The servant glanced at it quickly, but he didn't see the others clearly, but saw a shocking "kill" The words are particularly conspicuous on it.

Feng Yutang's heart beat extremely fast.

There is a special way for flying pigeons to pass letters, and Princess Yongning's letters came back very quickly. Feng Yutang has long known that Yongning is domineering and lawless, which can be seen from her dealing with the Xue family. But Xue Huaiyuan is just a petty official, in the eyes of Princess Yongning, it doesn't seem like a big deal worth mentioning not to take a petty official seriously.

Feng Yutang never expected that Princess Yongning's arrogance and domineering would not hold back at all when facing the family of the chief minister of the dynasty. She wrote without hesitation in the letter that if Jiang Li wanted to investigate the case of Xue's family with the intention of reversing Xue Huaiyuan's case, in Tongxiang, Feng Yutang must kill Jiang Li and kill Jiang Li!

Feng Yutang couldn't believe his eyes.

He wrote to Princess Yongning, hoping that Princess Yongning would tell him what to do next, but Feng Yutang did not expect Princess Yongning's method to be this way. Murdering the daughter of the chief minister of the dynasty, thinking of this, Feng Yutang was terrified, he dared not!

This is not the daughter of an ordinary person, this is the daughter of Xue Huaiyuan, the emperor's benefactor, the chief academician, and the chief assistant of the dynasty! Xue Huaiyuan's disciples are all over the world, and he murdered his daughter. This matter is no small matter, and he will definitely send people to investigate. Once it is found out that he did it, his life will be lost!

If he knew this was the result, he shouldn't have written a letter to Princess Yongning in a hurry. It's good now, Princess Yongning directly issued an order in the letter to kill Jiang Li herself. Having done so many things for Yongning, Feng Yutang also has some understanding of Yongning's temperament. Those who follow others will prosper and those who oppose others will perish. Yongning's orders must be fulfilled. If he does not do it, he will be dead!

How can this be done?

Feng Yutang only felt that his forehead was covered with sweat, dripping down drop by drop. He didn't dare to look at the letter paper that fell on the ground, as if the black characters on it had turned into bright red reminders.

The future is death, and the future is death. What should he do?

The boy respectfully fell on the ground, not daring to breathe. After an unknown amount of time, Feng Yutang's voice came from above, and he asked, "What do you think, disobeying the master's order?"

"That's absolutely impossible." The servant was taken aback: "Master, you know this master's temperament, if...but you won't even save your life!"

Even the boy knows Princess Yongning's unblinking temperament, let alone him. Feng Yutang walked around the room agitatedly, and suddenly slapped the table, saying: "Do it! It's better to live than to die. If you kill her, you may die. If you don't kill her, you will die immediately, kill!"

He figured it out, even if Jiang Li was killed, the person Jiang Yuanbai sent to investigate the case would still be in Tongxiang for a while, at worst he would take this opportunity to escape, anyway, the money he had accumulated in Tongxiang would be enough for him to eat and wear. Besides, he is working for Yongning, so Yongning must protect him. Even if Yongning's gold branches and jade leaves don't worry about this little man like him, there will be no less money if he wants to reward him. But if he didn't do this, Yongning would have someone come and take his life immediately.

That being the case, it is better to seek stability for the moment first, and then plan for the future.

"How many people are there in Jiang Li's group?" Feng Yutang asked.

The boy replied: "A total of eight people, six guards, one big man, and one Jiang Li."

"Eight people..." Feng Yutang pondered for a while, and said: "It's not too many, the master has left a few killers, now go invite them over, it's their turn to act, we don't have enough manpower."

Just as he was talking, someone suddenly rushed in from outside and said, "It's not good, master, it's not good!"

Feng Yutang had just made up his mind, and when he was restless, when he suddenly heard this, he became even more irritable, and said angrily: "What's the name, what's wrong?!"

"Master," the young man didn't dare to say anything, he just said, "Those people in the Dongshan mine were robbed!"

"What?" Feng Yutang was furious: "What are those people looking for? Can good people be snatched away under their noses? Drag it on! Can you see clearly who did it?"

The boy shook his head.

"Hmph, needless to say, I know." Feng Yutang sneered, "The only people in Tongxiang who dare to openly bring up the case of the Xue family are those people. Dried ginger pear!"

"But the terrain in the mine is complicated, how did they find the exit?" the boy asked.

"Who knows." Feng Yutang snorted, gradually feeling uneasy. Jiang Li should be just a young lady who doesn't understand anything, but she seems to be very familiar with everything in Tongxiang. Because of this familiarity, she can do many things with ease, but Feng Yutang is at a disadvantage.

"They robbed those officials to reverse the case for Xue Huaiyuan." Feng Yutang said with a serious face, "Look for them! They sent all the people in the county government to dig three feet to find those officials. I don't believe it. There are so many people." , will disappear out of thin air!"

The servant hurriedly took the order to leave, but Feng Yutang felt a little blocked in his heart, he couldn't tell why, he always felt that something out of control was happening.

But no matter what, there was one thing he had to do, and that was to assassinate Jiang Li.

All in all, the source of all anxiety is Jiang Li. As long as Jiang Li is dead, those officials will be found soon, and there is no leader in the group. Are you afraid that they will cause some troubles?

"This Second Miss Jiang is quite powerful." A trace of cruelty flashed across Feng Yutang's eyes, "But that's all for now."

...

The Tongxiang Tavern was empty and there was no one there.

Since Lu Ji gave a huge silver ticket, the shopkeeper disappeared and never appeared again. Ji Heng was in Tongxiang, so there was an extra tavern for no reason, although he didn't care.

"That's Feng Yutang's team." Near the window, Lu Ji followed a pair of people downstairs, and there was a steady stream of official errands from the county government, as if something important happened.

"They're going to Dongshan." Lu Ji smiled and said, "Second Miss Jiang is very fast." The more I watched Jiang Li's actions, the more I am amazed at this girl, in such a strange place as Dongshan Mine Road , can take away Xue Huaiyuan's men so quickly. For others, just successfully finding the exit of the mine tunnel without getting lost and trapped inside is a matter of great distress.

So, it's Miss Jiang Er who is more capable.

"It's too late to go now." Ji Heng glanced downstairs and said, "Everyone has been sent to the secret room, what are you looking for?"

"How did Second Miss Jiang discover the secret room here?" Lu Ji wondered, "She has never been to Tongxiang, and she has never seen anyone. How can she even discover such a secret secret room?"

"Don't you think she grew up in Tongxiang?" Ji Heng smiled.

"What do you mean?" Lu Ji was puzzled.

"Means nothing."

Lu Ji paused for a while, and then said: "Princess Yongning's letter should have been delivered to Feng Yutang, what do you think, what will Princess Yongning ask Feng Yutang to do?"

"She has a vicious heart, she is not as good as I am, and of course she will kill the grass and roots." Ji Heng played with the folding fan with a relaxed tone.

"Will Feng Yutang do this?"

"meeting."

Lu Ji was silent for a while, and asked tentatively: "Second Miss Jiang is both smart and brave, so nothing will happen, right?"

I don't know why, looking at Jiang Li all the time, originally it was an outsider watching the fun, but Lu Ji watched it for a long time, as if she was raising a child herself, and she didn't want to raise the child halfway, so she stopped abruptly. At least not now.

"Not necessarily." Ji Heng said.

Lu Ji: "Will your lord make a move?"

Ji Heng: "No."

Braised chicken: I have been chasing dramas for a long time, and I have found feelings/(ㄒoㄒ)/~

Grandpa Guo is about to be slapped in the face by himself (laughing with his arms akimbo)