Chapter Ninety-Six: The Calculation of the Resignation
The dimly lit hut was lit with a few lanterns, the bright pink lanterns were made of inferior cloth, and the incense in the house exuded a disgusting fragrance. The more the smell is inhaled, the more it gives rise to a dull heat in the heart, as if scratching at the chest with something.
The door was kicked open with a "bang", and three burly middle-aged men walked in from the outside. The three men were dark-skinned and dirty, and they looked like slaves who had sold their laborers. As soon as Fang entered, the eyes of the three fell directly on the three people in the room.
The two young men on the bed were crooked, with fair complexions, handsome eyebrows in the dim light, and although their bodies were slender, they were thin and tender. The man's eyes lit up and he praised: "Liu Sanniang said that there are a few good goods today, which is true." After speaking, he strode over, first touched Li Yang's face, then looked down at the person on the other side, frowned, and said, "What's the matter with this person?" Liu Sanniang is playing our brothers? ”
Li Dong's face was pale, his heart was both angry and frightened, he had played with boys countless times in his life, so he naturally understood what kind of place this was. But who would have thought that he would be in such a place today, it's unbelievable!
Although he was angry in his heart, his body was weak and unable to move, and his voice was weak. Another middle-aged man smiled, with a bit of lewdness on his face: "Whatever, it's not all the same when you turn off the light, although you are older, but fortunately, the strips are tender." The three of us will be happy tonight, Liu Sanniang asked us for a silver tael, and we can pay a lot of money today, so we have to have a good time. ”
Li Yang looked at the three of them in fear, the man led by him squinted at him, and put a hand into his clothes, the room was already lit with aphrodisiac incense, and the man was dry firewood. Without saying a word, he pulled up Li Yang's clothes.
Li Dong closed his eyes in pain. Even though Li Yang sleeps in flowers and willows on weekdays, he is his own son in the end, and he will be insulted by these low-level untouchables under his nose at this moment.
The other two were already eager to try and walked to Ang Lee's side. Li An's body couldn't move, so he looked at the two people viciously, his eyes were vicious, which made the two people stunned, and when they reacted, they couldn't help but be annoyed and angry. One person "snapped" a slap on Li An's face, Li An was beaten and staggered, and the other person couldn't wait to tear open his clothes and pants, stunned, and suddenly laughed and said: "It's a heavenly eunuch!" As he spoke, he stroked it: "Since it is the body of the heavenly eunuch, the body should be below, it is better to let our brothers teach you, so that you can also understand what is going on." ”
A slap mark was reflected on Ang Lee's fair face, and the fierce expression of staring at people only aroused the raging feeling in his heart. His face began to redden, Liu Sanniang gave the three of them the most violent medicine here, and they must keep being happy with others, otherwise their bodies will be unbearable. For example, although he glared angrily at others, his body had begun to disobey the call. The two men looked at each other, said no more, and rushed up, and suddenly a muffled grunt and intriguing shouts rang out in the room.
I don't know how long it took, Li An and Li Yang have been unrecognizable, these three people are menacing and strong, almost tortured them out of human shape. The two were lying on the ground, covered in smudges. The three of them glanced at each other, looked at Li Dong who was trembling on the bed, waved their hands, the lights went out, and the three of them hugged again.
Outside the house, Jiang Ruan stood quietly in front of the door, listening to those painful voices, his expression was extremely indifferent.
What floated in my mind was the youngest in the previous life, the immature and frightened eyes of the young man, and the ugly face of Li Dongda's smile. I saw Pei'er, who was regarded as her own son, being played to death, and she couldn't speak, she couldn't move, and there was nothing she could do but watch. With blood and tears as an oath, in this life, I also taught Li Dong to taste such a taste!
She thought that after such a long time, when she reached this moment, there would only be happiness in her heart, and she thought that love and hate had been well concealed, and she would not easily rush out of her heart. It wasn't until now, listening to the screams of Li Dong's father and son, that she understood that hatred had been lurking in her heart, and it was far from enough!
It's far from enough, the Prime Minister's Mansion has fallen, who will be next?
Not far behind her, Xiao Shao looked at her back. When he heard that she was going to send Li Dong and the three of them into the small pavilion, he also flashed a little surprise in his heart. At this moment, I saw that her expression was cold, her eyes were dark, and she didn't know what to think, as if she was brewing a storm-like emotion. Although he tried his best to hide it, his hands were clenched into fists, and he was angry in the end.
Only hatred can make people like that.
After a long time, Jiang Ruan slowly turned around, and was stunned when he saw that he was still there, but quickly returned to normal, stepped forward and said, "Thank you, Lord Xiao." ”
Xiao Shao looked at her thoughtfully: "No need, I owe you a life, I will always help you." ”
Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "Then please ask Prince Xiao to send someone to take good care of this small pavilion, and you must take good care of the Prime Minister's family." ”
Xiao Shao's heart flashed with surprise again, she is a boudoir woman, but she knows these things very well, even the small pavilion in the Qiling Dao also knows the Tao, who will teach a lady these things. Besides, he knew the way, and he stood at the door and listened to it so loudly, without a trace of embarrassment, and it was amazing to be frank.
He nodded, "Okay." After thinking about it, he took out another object from his arms and handed it to Jiang Ruan.
It was a very beautiful bracelet, emitting a faint blue light, carved with small and intricate patterns, but it did not look cumbersome, and it had a meaning of its own. This bracelet was familiar and tight, Jiang Ruan was stunned after a glance, and said, "Blood Moon Bracelet? ”
She and Zhao Jin had been to the newly opened jewelry building in the capital, and the place where the weapons and treasures on the second floor had taken a fancy to this bracelet, but there was not so much silver to buy it. The bracelet is just good-looking, but it is actually a delicate hidden weapon, and a silver poison needle can be emitted from it by pressing the mechanism, and this needle can be used repeatedly, which is really a treasure.
She raised her head and looked at Xiao Shao, Xiao Shao's dark eyes were cold and gloomy, and said, "If there is danger, you can use it." ”
Jiang Ruan hesitated, the Blood Moon Bracelet was indeed a rare treasure, and it was exactly what she needed, but Xiao Shao had just said that he was on her side now, was it trustworthy?
However, her love for the bracelet temporarily overcame the doubt in her heart, she took the bracelet and smiled at Xiao Shao: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”
Xiao Shao pursed her lips, turned around, and walked with her one after the other, reminding her: "Jiang Chao has been released from prison." ”
Jiang Ruan thought for a moment: "I know the truth." She never thought that she could defeat Jiang Chao with one blow, there is no definite evidence, and Jiang Chao is only suspicious at best. Xia Yan must have tried every means to save Jiang Chao from prison, but Jiang Chao may not have failed to pay any price, needless to say, just fame, Jiang Chao will not be able to raise his head again in this life.
Who would be optimistic about a person who has been in prison?
And Xia Yan, the price paid may not be so simple, in short, these two people lost their wives and soldiers this time, thinking about it makes people feel slightly happy in their hearts.
That's it, come one by one, repay debts, and exchange lives for lives, which is a matter of course.
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In Jiang Mansion Yanhua Garden, Xia Yan looked at Jiang Chao in front of him with trembling lips.
Jiang Chao's face was pale, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into extreme fear, his cheeks were deeply sunken, his eyes were blank, his hair was stained with a lot of filth, and his whole body exuded a disgusting fishy smell. However, after just a few days in prison, he has changed like a different person, where is he still the appearance of a beautiful son in the past.
The doctor has already come to see it, saying that Jiang Chao's lower body was torn, and he was surprised, and he had to take care of it in the mansion for a long time, although the doctor's words were extremely vague, but in Xia Yan's ears, it was like being struck by lightning.
Jiang Chao was insulted in prison!
She looked at Jiang Chao in disbelief, Jiang Chao's whole body shrunk into a ball, curled up in the corner of the room, the whole person trembled, and muttered, "Don't ...... Don't ......"
Xia Yan finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he hugged him in his arms and screamed: "Chao'er! ”
Jiang Chao pushed her desperately, his eyes were full of fear, and he bit her frantically: "Go away, go away!" ”
Xia Yan was unexpectedly bitten by him on his hand, the bite was so deep that blood gushed like a spring when he landed, Linlang was so frightened that he hurriedly came over to help: "Madam, how are you?" ”
Xia Yan waved Linlang away with one hand, hugged Jiang Chao regardless of it, and cried: "My Chao'er, you open your eyes and see clearly, I am a mother, I am a mother!" ”
She hugged her so tightly that Jiang Chao couldn't break free, and gradually calmed down in Xia Yan's arms, and said in a trembling voice: "Mother? ”
"It's me, I'm my mother," Xia Yan couldn't help himself: "Chao'er, who made you like this?" ”
Jiang Chao trembled, grabbed Xia Yan's sleeve and said only one sentence over and over again: "Mother save me, save me, mother save me......"
He had a terrible picture rolling through his mind, and the prison was a place where people were staying, and the prisoners were the most vicious people, and the jailer there had no idea who had ordered him to be locked up with those people. Those human beings are so filthy that they are ...... men and women. To forcibly insult him. In just a few days in prison, he was tortured to the point of not being human.
Thinking of those, Jiang Chao only felt a burst of sour water in his stomach, and spit out Xia Yan's head and face all over his face, and several maids in the room were shocked and rushed over to help, Xia Yan only felt dizzy in front of him, so he asked Jiang Chao to take him back first.
After it was easy to calm Jiang Chao to sleep, Xia Yan went to change his clothes, the whole person seemed to have aged ten years overnight, and he no longer had the gentle and beautiful appearance he had before, and at this moment he pressed his hands on his forehead, just like an old middle-aged woman.
Linlang said worriedly: "Madam......." ”
"How dare you do this to Chao'er," thinking of Jiang Chao, Xia Yan felt a pain in his heart: "I must return that slut a thousand times over." ”
She knew that Li An should be blamed for this matter, but Li An had already been imprisoned, so she put all the faults on Jiang Ruan, if it weren't for her, Jiang Chao would not be like this!
"Madam, the money over there has been counted, and the ledger in the treasury needs to be revised." Linlang reminds.
Speaking of this matter, Xia Yan was depressed in her chest again, after Jiang surpassed the Baihualou, the silver had already been spent, and even her own dowry had also lost a lot. Now it took a lot of money to rescue Jiang Chao from prison this time and move around. Her remaining dowry will be left to Jiang Susu as a dowry in the future, and there is not much silver in the public now, so she started the idea of Mrs. Jiang's dowry, Mrs. Jiang lkmp.net Wanderer Chinese was the daughter of a nobleman at the beginning, and the dowry was very rich, because in the end, it was left to Jiang Quan in the future, and Xia Yan didn't think about anything else. But a few days ago, Jiang Chao had something to do, and Jiang Quan was angry and sat idly by, so she could only ask Mrs. Jiang for help. Old Madam Jiang refused without hesitation, if it was usual, she could still ask Xia Cheng for help, but in the last few times, Xia Cheng and the Jiang family have a lot of grievances. Xia Yan had no choice, Mrs. Jiang's silver ticket couldn't be fished out of her own hands, but the Zhuangzi and the fields under her name were dead. Xia Yan sold those shops and fields without telling everyone, exchanged money for silver, and rescued Jiang Chao.
Now that Jiang Chao is back, he still has to find a way to figure out the accounts. Xia Yan only felt dizzy, she had never asked about the world on the surface, but in fact she was extremely shrewd, but as soon as these things came up, she had no idea for a while.
She shook her head and said to Linlang on the side, "Help me walk around the yard." ”
Linlang obeyed her and helped her to the gate of the courtyard, when she saw Jiang Ruan and Forsythia passing by, Jiang Ruan stopped when she saw Xia Yan and saluted her: "Mother." ”
Xia Yan reluctantly squeezed a smile and nodded, having no intention of playing the scene of mother's love and filial piety with her, and his eyes did not hide his hatred.
Jiang Ruan took a step back slightly and said with a smile: "How can there be such a smell on my mother?" Let's go back and clean it up first. Ruan Niang went back to the courtyard. With that, he left with Forsythia.
Xia Yan looked at Jiang Ruan Shi Shiran's departing back, thinking that Jiang Chao had vomited her filthy embarrassment, and almost gritted her teeth.
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Jiang Xinyi came back and went to Jiang Ruan's courtyard first, Jiang Ruan was instructing Forsythia Bai Zhi and them to change the things that were damp a few days ago, seeing Jiang Xinzhi come in, Forsythia hurriedly went to make a cup of tea, and Jiang Ruan sat down opposite him.
Jiang Xinzhi paused and got straight to the point: "Ah Ruan, Li Dong's father and son died in prison yesterday. ”
Jiang Ruan raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh? ”
"The jailer found out this morning, and said that he committed suicide in fear of sin. His majesty was furious, and he wanted to divide their corpses into five horses. When Jiang Xinzhi said this, he said angrily: "This is called the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, it's not that it is not reported, and the time has not yet come." They want to marry you, they don't want to die for themselves. ”
Jiang Ruan smiled lightly, thinking in his heart, Li Dong's father and son committed suicide in prison, it should be Xiao Shao's handiwork, although I don't know what method he used, but even Jiang Xinzhi didn't find anything wrong, so naturally it should be seamless.
She lowered her head and smiled, but in Jiang Xinzhi's eyes, her heart moved, and she said softly: "Your Majesty will hold a palace banquet in a few days, and reward the ministers who have contributed to the water control. When the time comes, the eldest brother will find a future for you. ”
What did he mean by this, Jiang Ruan naturally understood that Jiang Xinzhi wanted to use his own merits to change her identity, or an opportunity to make her status higher. Let the Jiang family no longer dare to bully her easily. Jiang Xinzhi said: "Now that I have more credit, the more Your Majesty will take a fancy to it, and the West is not very peaceful, it is inevitable that one day I will lead troops to the battle, if you have a shelter, it is also very good." ”
"Asylum?" Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "How does my brother want to shelter me?" Change the identity of a county lord? Brother, don't forget, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, and His Majesty is now looking at the big brother, which is the opportunity for the eldest brother, but if the eldest brother guesses the sacred heart in vain, and even exchanges things for things like this, I am afraid that His Majesty will not like it. And the identity of the county lord, I didn't say it on purpose, my brother's merits are not enough for the time being. ”
Jiang Xinzhi was speechless, and he understood that what Jiang Ruan said was right. But wealth is like a floating cloud to him, and now he only hopes that Jiang Ruan will live a good life. But what kind of place is Jiang Mansion, Jiang Xinzhi can see the faces of these people clearly these days, and he is only frightened by Jiang Ruan's past days, and when he goes on an expedition in the future, how can he put Jiang Ruan in such a dangerous place with peace of mind.
Jiang Ruan looked at him, smiled, and said, "If it weren't for changing the identity of the county lord, there would actually be another way to shelter me." ”
"What is it?" Jiang Xinzhi asked.
"It's very simple, find a person with a lot of power to marry me, once I have a marriage contract, I am only half of the Jiang family, if that party is very powerful, people here don't dare to embarrass me."
When Jiang Xin heard this, he refused without thinking about it: "No, you are still so young now, how can you find someone to marry in a hurry." He looked at Jiang Ruan's unashamed and generous attitude, and he was even more sure that Jiang Ruan didn't understand what it was to be married, and said: "Besides, the Jiang family is friendly with the Xia family, and the Xia family is friendly with the Eighth Prince, how can it be so easy to find someone who can compete with the Eighth Prince." Speaking of this, he seemed to remember something, and was stunned for a moment, and did not speak for a long time.
Jiang Ruan looked at him: "Big brother? ”
Jiang Xinzhi came back to his senses, looked at her strangely, and said, "Ah Ruan, what do you think of Xiao Shao?" ”
Jiang Ruan: "......"
He even thought about it seriously, Jiang Ruan glared at him, sighed for a while, and said softly: "Big brother, have you forgotten that I said I didn't want to marry." Without waiting for Jiang Xinzhi to answer, she said again: "Besides, things in the world are changing rapidly, and the husband's family may become a hungry wolf that eats people, has the eldest brother forgotten his mother?" ”
Zhao Mei is so innocent, but he buried his life like youth and flowers in Jiang's mansion, isn't it because of Jiang Quan's ruthlessness.
And in her last life, she fell to the point where she was worse than death, and her relatives were slaughtered to the end, wasn't it because Xuan Li deceived her trust with a gentle mask?
The human heart is the most unreliable thing in the world.
The coldness in Jiang Ruan's eyes was too deep, and Jiang Xinzhi was slightly stunned, he reached out and touched Jiang Ruan's head: "But it's still a little girl, how can you talk so old?" He said: "With the eldest brother here, I won't let you be wronged." ”
"Big brother doesn't have to worry about me, I have a way to fulfill my eldest brother's wish at this palace banquet. The eldest brother also has to promise me one thing, don't gamble my happiness with your own future. For Ah Ruan, the higher the eldest brother goes, the safer it is, and Ah Ruan is more at ease. ”
Jiang Xinzhi looked at her and nodded: "Okay, I promise you." ”
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In the palace of the Eighth Prince of the capital, Xuanli looked anxious, and his eyes, which had always been gentle and affectionate, exuded anger at this moment. Li Dong and the three of them committed suicide in prison, and with Li Dong's temperament, he would never make such a move. But now his every move is under the noses of others, and when this incident happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the imperial historians are eyeing him, wishing that he had made some mistake at this time. The people who sent Lu didn't get any useful news, and the thought of losing a good chess piece for no reason made Xuan Li feel depressed and indignant.
Although he had already thought about abandoning the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was not at this time. In his hands, it has always been to squeeze out the last cent of value. Even if the Prime Minister's Mansion is to be destroyed, it must be destroyed to be valuable, and it will pave the way for his advancement. Who knew that Li Dong and the three of them died in prison for no reason, and there was no proof of death, and those doubts about him would become a thorn, deeply pierced into the emperor's heart, and could not be pulled out.
How could he not be annoyed!
The subordinates around him reported: "Your Highness, I have found out clearly, it was originally Miss Jiang that Young Master Li was going to deal with that day, but for some reason it attracted officers and soldiers, and even the Red Thunder Army was destroyed in one fell swoop." ”
Jiang Ruan, Jiang Ruan again! Xuan Li stood up suddenly, and sat back again, only feeling stuffy in his chest. Li An thought that he was hiding the true strength of the Red Thunder Army, but in fact, everything was under his control. He thought of a certain opportunity, so he took the Red Thunder Army for his own use, who knew that once the great change, the Red Thunder Army turned out to be a hot potato, and he could only watch being captured by officers and soldiers.
Thinking that the Red Thunder Army in several places was suddenly destroyed that day, he couldn't help but suspect that those officers and soldiers were all from the Zhao family and the Guan family. Needless to say, the Zhao family is too coincidental. At this moment, he heard his subordinates say that Li An originally wanted to deal with Jiang Ruan, and he gradually understood a little in his heart.
If it was really Jiang Ruan who made all this, then she would be too terrible.
He remembered that when Li An was not yet captured, the two chatted, and Li An once said: "The eldest lady of the Jiang family has a very comparable mind, if there is a chance, His Royal Highness can consider taking it for his own use, if not, he must kill him, otherwise he will become a big trouble in the future." ”
At first, he scoffed, but now that he thinks about it, his expression can't help but become solemn. What is Li An's words implying in the end, and this time, if Li An is really planted in Jiang Ruan's hands, then he will have to take a good look at this eldest lady of the Jiang family.
If Jiang Ruan's intelligence can't even be compared to Ang Lee, it is an excellent help. Anyway, he wants to win over the Jiang family and the Xia family, and marrying Jiang Ruan is no different from Jiang Susu. And Jiang Susu is now discredited, but Jiang Ruan is so smart...... He thought of Jiang Ruan's young but charming face, his heart fluttered, and he suddenly sighed comfortably.
If you can take it for your own use, if you can take it for your own use...... He suddenly smiled, swept away the gloomy look before, and said, "Get ready, I want to enter the palace to see my mother." ”
It is not yet known who killed the deer.
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