Marriage of the Di Daughter

It seems that there is no need to inquire about the remaining hundreds of households.

The people who suddenly came out were enough to become Xue Huaiyuan's witnesses. And when these common people heard that Jiang Li said that he would go to Yanjing City to reverse Xue Huaiyuan's case, they all expressed their willingness to go with them. Now, they no longer have to worry about the problem of not having enough people as before.

Ye Mingyu was overjoyed, and he patted his chest to promise that he would pay for the carriage, horses, board and lodging alone. Tong'er and Bai Xue were also very happy. Ye Mingyu was free to be Jiang Li, and said: "Ali, now we have completed the task ahead of schedule? What can we do?"

"With so many people, more than half of Feng Yutang's troops have been lost. The unarmed common people have long held grudges against Feng Yutang. It is time for them to vent their anger. The punishment order in Xiangyang will be lifted sooner or later. Since Feng Yutang likes to be king and hegemony in Tongxiang , This time, let him taste what it feels like to be called a king. Uncle, take these people to the county government, and we will sing a play called 'Tie officials to the palace'."

"I've only heard of 'tied a son to go to the palace', never heard of 'tied an official to go to the palace'." Ye Mingyu was delighted.

"I haven't seen it before, so I have to see it carefully. It's not too late. I think Feng Yutang got the news from this end and planned to run away. He can't let him run away, so he has to be arrested. Rest assured and wait for Tong Zhiyang's transfer order." Come, you can release Xue Xiancheng from prison, and escort the officials to Beijing."

Ye Mingyu yelled "Okay" when he heard this. What he likes most is to do things so happily. These days, he can be regarded as suffocated to death, and now he can finally feel proud, and arrest Feng Yutang, who he has been disliked for a long time, that is really a good thing!

"Let's go!" Ye Mingyu said impatiently.

...

The county government office is quiet today.

Feng Yutang sat in the room, waiting for someone to deliver his salute.

He couldn't leave the mansion, because of this escape, he knew that the journey was dangerous, so he didn't even take his favorite concubine with him. He only brought the gold and silver treasures he searched when he was a parent official in Tongxiang over the years. If the servants of his mansion, those concubines found out that he packed up and ran away, they would definitely make a fuss, and when Jiang Li and his party were alarmed, he would not be able to leave even if he wanted to.

Feng Yutang knew what Jiang Li was up to when he learned yesterday that Jiang Li was leading family by family to ask the people in Tongxiang if they would be willing to be witnesses. No wonder, no wonder Jiang Li's men were able to calmly deal with Princess Yongning's killer, but refused to move a finger of her. Thinking about it now, since Jiang Li is not even afraid of Princess Yongning, how could she be afraid of such a small character like him. Keeping him and refusing to kill him is to save Xue Huaiyuan!

Only when he is alive and retrials the case for Xue Huaiyuan, will he use his crimes to clear Xue Huaiyuan's grievances!

When he figured this out, Feng Yutang was anxious and hated. He was expelled from the county office by Xue Huaiyuan back then, and he hated Xue Huaiyuan's ruthless behavior in his heart. Later, Feng Shui took turns, who made Xue Huaiyuan offend Princess Yongning, Xue Huaiyuan nodded in prison, and he often ordered the cell boss to take care of Xue Huaiyuan "well". Right now, the Spring Breeze is in full swing, but on the way, a daughter of the chief assistant suddenly appeared, and she wanted to vindicate Xue Huaiyuan, and she was about to succeed.

Xue Huaiyuan is really his natural nemesis!

Jiang Li had this idea, but Feng Yutang was unwilling to do so. Xue Huaiyuan is now a useless person, and has lost his mind. Just for such a useless person, he made a huge sacrifice. And once he wanted to reverse the case for Xue Huaiyuan, he would be the one who replaced Xue Huaiyuan. Although Princess Yongning is her master, she will never go to war for such a small person like him.

There is a saying in Jiang Li that is true, when gods fight, little ghosts suffer. He has self-knowledge, he is not a fairy, but a little ghost who may suffer disaster at any time, so he has to find his own way of life. He could no longer stop Jiang Li from overturning Xue Huaiyuan's case. If he messed up the job, Princess Yongning could kill him at any time, and offended Jiang Yuanbai's daughter. If he didn't leave now, when would he wait? Therefore, Feng Yutang went to the county government office early this morning, and all the boxes he brought were here. He brought a few cronies along and waited for the carriage to pick him up, and then hurried on the road.

When Jiang Li found a witness who was willing to testify, seven days later, he would have gone far away. As for how Jiangli and Princess Yongning fight, let them go, he has already fled, everything has nothing to do with him!

While thinking about this, Feng Yutang suddenly heard some commotion outside, he was refreshed, and immediately stood up from the stool, ordered his cronies to quickly carry the boxes containing the bank notes and antiques, and walked out the door first, dissatisfied Said: "I said it's quieter, what should I do if someone finds out?"

Just after saying this, Feng Yutang happened to walk to the gate of the county government office, his voice quickly disappeared, and he froze for a moment.

Standing in front of him were Ye Mingyu and Jiang Li.

"Master Feng." Jiang Li smiled at him.

Ye Mingyu reluctantly returned a smile, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. Jiang Li smiled gently, and even Ye Mingyu smiled meaningfully at him. This man who looks like a bandit has always been cold to him, when was he so kind?

"Second Miss Jiang." Ye Mingyu hid the scrutiny in his heart, asked Jiang Li, and said, "You two came so early, what's the matter with looking for the next official?"

This attitude is a world of difference from the first day when Jiangli was healthy. A trace of contempt flashed in Ye Mingyu's eyes. It's just such a thing of stepping on the low and praising the high. It really makes your eyes dirty even if you look at it more than once.

Jiang Li didn't answer Feng Yutang's words, but looked behind Feng Yutang over Feng Yutang, and wondered: "Why did Mr. Feng move so many boxes? Are you going on a long trip?"

Feng Yutang felt a "thump" in his heart, turned his head quickly, signaled his subordinates to move the box back with his eyes, and smiled apologetically: "Why? These are the things that were taken out before, and they are about to be taken back."

"So that's it." Jiang Li smiled, "That's good. I thought Mr. Feng was going to travel far away, and I was a little embarrassed just now. If Mr. Feng went far away, it would be difficult in the future. I still want to ask Mr. Feng for help. Woolen cloth."

Jiang Li looked amiable, gentle and gentle, but Feng Yutang knew in his heart that this little beauty was not as kind as she appeared on the surface. When he heard that Jiang Li wanted to ask him for help, not only did he not feel good, he broke out in a cold sweat, and asked tentatively, "What does Second Miss want to ask the next official to do?"

"It's a very simple matter." Jiang Li wrote lightly: "It's just to let Mr. Feng accompany me back to Yanjing, and go to Dali Temple to testify in the case of Xue Xiancheng."

Feng Yutang stood there dumbfounded.

Jiang Li looked at her quietly, her eyes were too calm, but Feng Yutang could see the sneer inside.

He said: "Miss Er, what kind of joke are you talking about..."

"I don't like joking." Jiang Li shook her head.

A feeling of humiliation suddenly surged in Feng Yutang's heart. Jiang Li's petite body stood in front of her eyes, as if blocking his way of life. He wished he could rush up and break Jiang Li's neck, and start another bloody life. But he didn't dare, Ye Mingyu stood beside Jiang Li, his big knife pinned to his waist was still emitting a cold air.

"Second Miss, is she going to be dismissed from office to do this?"

Jiang Li smiled and nodded.

The more gentle she was, the angrier Feng Yutang felt. He became angry from the heart and turned to the gallbladder, suddenly asked: "What if the next official refuses?"

"Refused?" Jiang Li's smile slowly disappeared, she looked at him expressionlessly, and said coldly: "I'm afraid Mr. Feng will not be allowed to refuse."

Feng Yutang refused to show weakness: "Second Miss Jiang is too aggressive, are you planning to kill me?"

"It has nothing to do with me." Jiang Li shook her head: "They are the ones who won't let you go." She turned her body slightly.

Feng Yutang saw it.

Behind Jiang Li, Ye Mingyu's guards were blocking the gate of the county government. There were people standing densely, all of whom were Tongxiang people. They didn't know how long they had been standing here, they just looked at Feng Yutang quietly. His eyes were full of anger and excitement. As if if it wasn't for Jiang Li being here, they would rush in and kill Feng Yutang to vent their anger.

"Look." Jiang Li smiled.

Feng Yutang swayed and took a step back involuntarily. He shook his head and murmured, "Impossible..."

When those people came back to report yesterday, they said that for several days in a row, Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu went door to door to ask the people in Tongxiang, but they only found three people. There are more than 500 households in Tongxiang, it is not too many to find three people, Feng Yutang was still complacent at the time, he had a high prestige among the people in Tongxiang, even the daughter of the chief minister, no one dared to talk nonsense. It was precisely because of this that Feng Yutang believed that it would take at least a few more days for Jiang Li to gather enough people who were willing to testify.

In just one night, how could there be so many Tongxiang people following her? What happened, what did she say to the people of Tongxiang?

"Feng Yutang!" A young man said in grief and indignation, "You kidnapped my sister to be your concubine, and she died within three days after entering your mansion. You give me back my sister!"

"He's a bastard, he robbed our shop, and my old lady died in the house!"

"He colluded with bullies and robbed three antiques from our house!"

"Feng Yutang!"

One after another, the complaints resounded through the sky in front of the Tongxiang County Yamen.

During Feng Yutang's tenure, he bullied men and women, and committed all kinds of evil. The people of Tongxiang had tolerated it for a long time. Now that the outbreak broke out, Feng Yutang was frightened and retreated again and again. He tried to show his previous prestige, but in the end he lacked confidence, so he sternly shouted: "What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel?"

What answered him was the more boiling roar of the people.

Amidst the din, Jiang Li's voice was exceptionally clear. She said, "Master Feng, if you do too many injustices, you will die. It's not that you don't report that the time has not come. Now, your time has come."

Feng Yutang looked at her for a few moments, then suddenly turned around and ran away!

He knew that Jiang Li was right, they were many, and they were powerful. If it was in the past, he could still let his subordinates fight hard, but they were just unarmed pariahs, so how could they be so powerful? However, most of his subordinates who went after Jiang Li these days have died, and the rest are not enough. These untouchables are rebelling at this time, and it is impossible for his men to miss it!

escape? Where can I escape to?

Jiang Li looked coldly at the back of Feng Yutang who was running away in a hurry, and waved her hand: "Master Feng wants to run away, please help, please 'invite' Master Feng back."

As soon as the words fell, there was a "boom", and the people who had already complained about Feng Yutang immediately rushed up and chased Feng Yutang away. Even Feng Yutang's subordinates were overwhelmed by these people who were holding long sticks or dustpans, begging for mercy repeatedly. Jiang Li let Ye Mingyu's guards stare at her. She wanted to make these people vent their anger, but she had to make sure that Feng Yutang would not escape.

It has been a long time since so many people have appeared in the county government office in Tongxiang. Since Feng Yutang took office, the county government here has always been a place where bullies and rich people love to come, as long as they have money, they can do things. When the common people come to the county government office, they are all the one who is full of blood and tears and was cheated. Over time, the county government is a den of evil, which is a well-known fact in Tongxiang.

But a few days after Second Miss Jiang came to Tongxiang, common people reappeared in the county government. This time, it is not "officials bullying the people", but "officials forcing the people to rebel".

Ye Mingyu looked at Feng Yutang who was being viciously hit on the head by a woman with a shoulder pole, and laughed happily, while beckoning Jiang Li to watch too, saying: "The bastard has tasted the taste of being slaughtered now."

Jiang Li smiled faintly: "It's karma."

Although Feng Yutang is Princess Yongning's minion and acts according to Princess Yongning's orders, his father will become insane, and the inhuman torture he suffered in prison is inseparable from Feng Yutang. After doing these things and wanting to get away, what Feng Yutang thought was too good.

She will let Feng Yutang and Princess Yongning do more for what she has done, and regret for life.

Jiang Li said to Ye Mingyu: "Uncle Mingyu, get Feng Yutang tied up, don't let him slip away, take care of him."

Ye Mingyu nodded, seeing Jiang Li turned to leave, and asked Jiang Li, "A Li, where are you going?"

Jiang Li said: "In the prison, Feng Yutang has lost power. The prison chief has already run away after hearing the news. Now he will go to see Xue Xiancheng, and there will be no hindrance." She smiled: "I think there are many people like Xue in Tongxiang prison. I want to release all the wronged prisoners like county magistrates. It’s time for a change in the world of Tongxiang.”

...

In the end, the people who went to jail with Jiang Li were Ye Mingyu's servant, Ah Shun, and Butcher Zhang.

Although the news was that the prison boss had escaped, Ye Mingyu asked Jiang Li to bring a few people with him just in case. He wanted to watch Feng Yutang himself, lest Feng Yutang would escape by chance.

At the door of the prison, there were chaotic footsteps on the ground. Presumably it was the footprints left by the jailers when they got the news of Feng Yutang's accident and left in a panic. There were still some scattered silver on the ground, but Ye Mingyu had already sent some people to block the gate of the city with the people of Tongxiang. Anyone who wanted to escape from the city would be stopped by them.

Ah Shun stood at the door, lit torches with Butcher Zhang, and looked inside. The prison was gloomy, all the torches were extinguished, and some of them couldn't see clearly. Lest Jiang Li didn't see that the steps on the ground fell, Ah Shun was about to remind Jiang Li to be careful when he saw Jiang Li didn't even pick up the torch and went down by herself.

Ah Shun: "..."

When he was young, Xue Huaiyuan didn't allow him and Xue Zhao to come to the prison. But every time Xue Zhao sneaked in with him, the cell boss knew that they were Xue Huaiyuan's children, knew that children were playful, and knew that they would not do anything, so he turned a blind eye. Jiang Li is no stranger to the prison. Some of the people locked up in the prison are really vicious, and some are people whose lives are forced to commit crimes. But one thing is the same, the people inside are all wearing sins.

When Xue Huaiyuan came, he always wore a washed and pale official uniform. He once rescued butcher Zhang who was imprisoned unjustly, and sent the villains who were really guilty but at large.

Jiang Li never thought that one day, she would see her father's shadow in the prison and among the people wearing prison uniforms.

Fortunately, all the torches in the prison were extinguished, and the torches in Butcher Zhang and Ah Shun's hands were not enough for people to see her blurred eye sockets. She walked very slowly with every step, and she seemed to be cautious because she was afraid of falling, but only Jiang Li knew that her hands were trembling slightly.

She is afraid.

She was afraid of seeing such a father, afraid that she and Xue Zhao had been her and Xue Zhao's sky since she was a child, Xue Zhao's big tree, her father who stood up to the sky, curled up in a ball, and lost the sobriety and memory of the past in the dark.

Ah Shun's torches illuminated the faces of the people in the cell one by one, and the cries of grievance suddenly sounded one after another. I don't know how many injustice cases Feng Yutang has handled. Once he sees a stranger approaching, the prison will all ring out in unison. But more people just looked up at them indifferently, as if they had lost all hope for the future—they were tortured people who no longer believed in hope.

No, no, no. Jiang Li looked over one by one, those missing arms and legs, seeing that it was not her father, she would feel a little relieved in her heart, and then she would become more anxious, why haven't I seen him yet?

until the last one.

Ah Shun's torch had already arrived in front of the cell door, but the people inside were huddled in the corner, whether they were asleep or lying down, but they always turned their backs to Jiang Li and the others, refusing to turn their heads to take a look. Ah Shun subconsciously glanced at Jiang Li. He had never seen Xue Huaiyuan before, so he didn't know what Xue Huaiyuan looked like, but Butcher Zhang knew. But every time Butcher Zhang didn't recognize him, Jiang Li shook her head faster than Butcher Zhang.

No one would doubt that Jiang Li also knew Xue Huaiyuan. She was even more familiar with Xue Huaiyuan than Butcher Zhang, so she could immediately judge whether the person inside was Xue Huaiyuan.

Ah Shun looked at Jiang Li, and saw Jiang Li suddenly grabbed the cell door, her expression became dazed.

He lifted his spirits, knowing Jiang Li's expression, this person was undoubtedly Xue Huaiyuan, and hurriedly took out the cell key - which was also seen falling on the ground at the door.

The cell door flew open.

Butcher Zhang is still hesitating. Although he knows Xue Huaiyuan, this person has not turned around, and he cannot see his face, so he is really not sure. Although he didn't know why Ah Shun opened the cell door with only one glance at Second Miss Jiang, Butcher Zhang wanted to go in and have a look first, so as to save Xue Huaiyuan from hurting Second Miss Jiang. Seeing that the girl could hardly bear it, she quickly entered inside.

Butcher Zhang and Ah Shun were taken aback, Ah Shun said, "Hey, Miss Biao, your torch..."

Under the dim light of the torch, Jiang Li saw the figure sitting alone in the corner of the prison door, with his head on the stone wall and his hair disheveled. That stalwart and tall figure had somehow become so hunched, thin and small. Her mind buzzed, her knees softened, and she knelt down.

Ah Shun was shocked, and almost wanted to exclaim, but was pulled by Butcher Zhang beside him, and swallowed the exclamation in his throat forcefully. But my heart is still puzzled, a man has gold under his knees, Miss Biao is not a man, so kneeling is not so precious, but Xue Huaiyuan and Miss Biao are old friends, no matter what kind of connection, Miss Biao just knelt down for each other , which is really unbelievable.

What's worth it that Miss Biao knelt down suddenly, or did Miss Biao fall down because her knees were uncomfortable when she walked?

But soon Ah Shun denied his conjecture. He watched Jiang Li reach out to support the dirty prisoner, and slowly turned him around, revealing his whole face.

Butcher Zhang and Ah Shun both stared wide-eyed.

It was a thin face that could hardly be called a "human". The whole face was thin and the cheeks were sunken, and the cheekbones protruded high. The body supported by Jiang Li was even more scrawny. It's not that Ah Shun has never seen a prisoner before. Most of the prisoners are vicious, with sharp mouths and monkey cheeks.

His hair was all white, a piece of snow white, at first glance, he thought it was Tongxiang's snow covering his head. However, the whiter the hair, the darker and thinner the figure. It was as if the candle was about to be extinguished, only one breath away, and it was about to be blown out.

Butcher Zhang murmured: "Master Xue..."

Ah Shun subconsciously looked at Butcher Zhang, just such a surprisingly thin old man who looked like he was about to die, is that Xue Xiancheng who is popular among the people, who is said to have a strong character and a bright personality?

Xue Xiancheng is so down and out? You know, anyone who sees the prisoner in front of him will not doubt that the prisoner will die soon.

Miss Biao will be scared when she sees such a person, right? Ah Shun thought about it, and then saw Jiang Li reaching out and slowly rolling up Xue Huaiyuan's sleeve.

With his back turned to him, Ah Shun couldn't see Jiang Li's expression, but felt that the cousin's suffocation looked extremely painful, like a beast suppressing the wound, whimpering and licking the blood that kept flowing out. Drop by drop, there is no end to the flow.

The moment his sleeves were rolled up, Butcher Zhang beside him gasped in a low breath.

The faint light of the fire could not conceal the scars on the poor old man's body. Those scars looked like whip wounds, knife wounds, or scalds caused by a red-hot iron piercing the human skin. Those wounds were layer upon layer, old wounds were not healed, and new wounds were added, some wounds were already bleeding, emitting bursts of stench, and there were maggots crawling slowly on the wounds. Ah Shun looked a little nauseous, feeling tight in his chest.

In his mind, he only felt terrified of Feng Yutang's methods.

You know, even death row prisoners don't have to accept such punishment. This is to make life worse than death, and refuse to give the other party a good time. Jiang Li only rolled up one sleeve, exposing one arm of the other party. One arm is like this, one can imagine how long the same scar will last on Xue Huaiyuan's body?

In such a dark and bottomless prison, he was subjected to severe torture all day long, unable to live or die, no wonder Xue Huaiyuan went crazy. Ah Shun even felt that if Jiang Li didn't come to rescue the lord after the execution in a few days, perhaps it would be a relief for Xue Xiancheng.

Such a day is really too difficult, too difficult.

At the same time, he wondered in his heart, even if Xue Xiancheng was rescued, how long could he live? Even if he barely survived, a person who lost his sanity lost everything. What's the point of living like a walking dead like this?

Just thinking of this, a low howl suddenly sounded in the prison.

Ah Shun was startled, and followed the sound to look, but was surprised to find that it was none other than the cousin Jiang Li who made the sound.

The young lady who always likes to smile softly, calmly, and can treat the crazy crowd seriously in Lizheng Hall knelt on the ground with both legs, and made a sound that seemed sad and joyful from her throat, slowly bent down, and hugged her. Holding Xue Huaiyuan's shoulder, he burst into tears.

Ah Shun was dumbfounded, but Butcher Zhang didn't speak either. In that prison, the voices of shouting grievances because of their arrival in the original large and small cells suddenly fell silent at some point. Only the sound of the girl crying could be heard.

The cry seems to be infected too. In the dark prison, shaking in the faint lights, it is like tasting all the joys, anger, sorrows and joys after many years in life. Before the Yangtze River, the past time cannot come again, and the sorrow of missing the worldly affairs.

It's sad to hear, it's sad to hear.

The girl was not afraid of the stench and maggots on the prisoner, she just hugged her tightly, like a little lost girl in the crowd who finally saw her father, grasping at this life-saving straw, without any scruples. , crying with peace of mind.

Jiang Li grieved in her heart.

Xue Huaiyuan was not a few years older than Jiang Yuanbai. In the past, Xue Huaiyuan was also a beautiful forest of green bamboos. Although he was not as elegant as Jiang Yuanbai, he had his own strength of character. Tall father, now he is aging so fast, so fast, before he knows his destiny, his hair is all white. If it wasn't a huge blow, why did it happen?

His body was full of scars, and when Jiang Li thought of those difficult days, his heart felt like a knife. If she returned to Tongxiang sooner when she became Jiang Li, would her father suffer less? Or if he didn't provoke Shen Yurong back then, without Princess Yongning, staying in Tongxiang, he could grow old with Xue Zhao's father in peace.

The morals of the world play tricks on people, and they play tricks on applause.

The bones of the people under him were so severe that it seemed that there was no flesh on their bodies, only bones. Feng Yutang only gave Xue Huaiyuan a little food, which made him suffer from hunger and cold.

Suddenly, amidst Jiang Li's pain, there was a weak voice, as light as a dream.

"Ah raccoon?"