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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 113 Part 1: Dongshan h.e.l.lo! My apology, a heads up, there may not be any updates for the next two weeks as I’ll be away on a business trip >.<.
“Who’s there?”
In the dark, empty cave, the torch in Ye Ming Yu’s hand made a reflection of two stretched and swaying shadows on the stone walls. The words echoed and it felt particularly hair-raising.
He protected Jiang Li to the side, then cautiously walked two steps forward. He held the torch up high and his attention was suddenly fixed.
He saw two people sitting and leaning against the stone wall. At a glance, it couldn’t be seen that there were two people because these two people’s figures were in bad shapes. Their clothes were worn out and tattered, they were covered with a filthy stench from head to toe and their bodies and hands were full of blood stains and scars, almost the same as prisoners.
Seeing Jiang Li and Ye Ming Yu, these two people did not budge as if dead. Only a pair of eyes moved slightly, indicating that these two people were living people.
Ye Ming Yu was still stunned. Jiang Li had taken the torch in his hand away and walked towards the two people before crouching in front of them. She had no fear as she looked calmly at the two people. However, her heart felt like lead, falling and sinking.
Although she knew that Feng Yu Tang would do his best to torture Xue Huai Yuan’s former subordinates, seeing this scene right in front of her, Jiang Li found that she had underestimated Feng Yu Tang’s ruthlessness.
These two people were clearly dying. Perhaps the people watching outside did not know, or perhaps they knew but just watched coldly by the side and hoped that these people would starve to death while inside. Supposed that Jiang Li did not come today, these two people should not have lived past this night.
The two people saw Jiang Li squatting in front of them and their eyes moved slightly. However, they remained deathly still, and stayed motionless.
Jiang Li looked at their faces carefully and could finally recognize them. They followed her father by his side before, Gu Da and Gu Er1. Gu Da and Gu Er were twin brothers. After they lost both of their parents, Xue Huai Yuan noticed that they have exceptional martial arts skills and made them work as government officers. In her memory, Gu Da and Gu Er were always walking around full of vitality and their sword skills once made Xue Zhao extremely envious. He entangled the twin brothers so they would teach him sword skills.
She did not expect them to be in such a difficult situation now.
Jiang Li said softly, “Gu Da, Gu Er, I’m Jiang Li, I’m here to get you out.”
For a moment, Gu Da’s eyes turned slightly, as if just realizing what kind of place Jiang Li was standing at. He moved his lips yet Jiang Li couldn’t hear any voice and did not know what he wanted.
“His throat is dumb, he hasn’t drank water for two days, can’t speak.” Suddenly, a hoa.r.s.e voice sounded from behind. Though it was hoa.r.s.e, it could still make people hear clearly.
Jiang Li turned around to see two people standing behind the stone wall from an unknown time. One was a bit better, his spirit was much better than the Gu brothers. The pair of eyes was very expressive, vigilantly looking at Jiang Li. The other person had a weak figure. It’s unknown whether it was due to Feng Yu Tang’s torture as he was so thin he looked like he would break from a gust of wind.
The one who spoke was the healthier man.
If he had not personally seen it, Ye Ming Yu simply would not dare to believe that they were previously government officers. This was even more miserable than those officials who were exiled due to serious felony. Even refugees were not this pitiful. It seemed that everything was only supported by one breath and they would collapse immediately with one breath.
Jiang Li looked at the person speaking, her eyes almost moist. She paused for a while before speaking, “You should be Peng Xiao.”
The man, Peng Xiao, looked at Jiang Li and asked, “Who are you?”
“I came to bring you away from here.” Jiang Li said, “I want to reverse the verdict on County Deputy Xue.”
As soon as these words came out, Peng Xiao, the person beside him, as well as the dying Gu brothers, had light bursting out from their eyes.
Jiang Li looked at Peng Xiao and she didn’t know what kind of sour taste she was feeling inside.
In this cave right now, four people showed up, all were her former acquaintances, comparable to a close relative. Gu Da and Gu Er always discussed sword skills with Xue Zhao. Peng Xiao was father’s subordinate, the leading officer. Jiang Li still remembered, though he was the head, he usually treated others very politely. A smile would expose a row of white teeth, as warm as the sun in winter. She and Xue Zhao regarded him as their eldest brother. The thin and weak man that seemed to be almost blown by the wind was called He Jun. Among the officers, he was the only one who learned to read. He often consulted with Xue Fang Fei, a person eager to learn. Xue Zhao once made fun of He Jun, saying that he perhaps thinking of becoming an official, having a heart of becoming the top scorer. It’s better for him to have a good relationship with Shen Yurong, and one day when Shen Yurong pa.s.sed brilliantly, he could still be selected for promotion and let He Jun be a secretary.
‘One person got a government position and all his cronies got in too’, this sentence did not come true in their Xue family. Shen Yurong got a government position, but he stepped on the blood of the Xue family to climb up. And the erudite He Jun was trapped in this mine, so thin he was all skin and bones.
“Who are you, why do you want to overturn the Master’s case?” He Jun asked.
At this time, he was unexpectedly clear-headed and could still interrogate Jiang Li.
“My name is Jiang Li.” Jiang Li was calm which made Ye Ming Yu feel amazed. She said, “I’m the current chief a.s.sistant, Jiang Yuan Bai’s daughter. This time I was entrusted by County Deputy Xue’s daughter, Xue Fang Fei, to come to Tongxiang to reverse the verdict on her behalf.”
“Jiang Yuan Bai?” Several people were at a loss for a moment. For them, Yanjing was too far, the chief a.s.sistant in Yanjing was so distant that the existence couldn’t be seen. Peng Xiao stared at her and said, “Sister Xue is already dead.”
Jiang Li sighed inside, even Peng Xiao and they knew about this. So Xue Huai Yuan should know this better. It should be, in order to torment Xue Huai Yuan, of course Yongning would use each and every bad news, continuously telling them to Xue Huai Yuan, making him live no better than dead, falling apart slowly.
“Sister Xue is dead, but her death was complicated.” Jiang Li said, “I’m old friends with Xue Fang Fei. This time, I came to wash away all the injustice of the Xue family.”
Footnotes:
1: Gu Da and Gu Er: Gu is the Surname, literally means Eldest Gu and Second Gu 1.
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