Chapter 126 You've Misunderstood

"Third Uncle, it worked!"

Yun Zhao was overjoyed and said in a low voice with delight.

Unlike Yun Zhao's excitement, Xu Yiyan was terrified, feeling a chill run down his spine and his hair standing on end!

He swallowed nervously, bent down, and pulled Yun Zhao into his arms.

"Zhaozhao, don't be afraid, your uncle is here!"

Yun Zhao noticed that the person holding her was trembling incessantly, and immediately felt a pang of heartache.

Sometimes Yun Zhao wondered if he was being too radical.

However, as soon as she thought about the possibility that Xu Yiyan might be timid and hesitant for the rest of his life, she made up her mind.

She must help Xu Yiyan!

Her third uncle is clearly very outstanding, and she will definitely help him build confidence whenever she has the chance!

Let him know that he is a very good person!

"Uncle, don't worry, Zhaozhao isn't scared! Let's go in! Go, Uncle!"

Encouraged by his little niece, Xu Yiyan stood at the basement door, hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up his courage to step inside.

There wasn't a breath of wind in the basement, which was filled with a damp and musty smell.

This should be a secret room. A little further ahead, there is a lamp.

Perhaps the walls of the secret room were also painted with that special pigment.

Therefore, the light from the lamp inside the secret room was very dim, so faint that it was impossible to see what was happening there.

Yun Zhao spoke softly and sweetly into the shadows, "Hello, is anyone home?"

"My name is Yun Zhao. We mean no harm. This is my third uncle."

He's a good man! Don't be afraid. Did that wicked magistrate arrest you?

Yun Zhao was like a little chatterbox, talking non-stop, trying to make the people inside lower their guard.

After a long silence, the person in the shadows finally spoke.

"You're not Yuan Shijie's men?"

A gentle female voice came through, trembling slightly.

Clearly, she was terrified, but she had to pretend to be calm.

Yun Zhao quickly replied.

"That's right, we're not his people, sister, don't be afraid!"

The other person then asked, "Then why isn't your uncle saying anything?"

The other party was clearly very wary.

Yun Zhao quickly tugged at Xu Yiyan's sleeve.

"Third Uncle, please say something! You've scared my sister!"

Xu Yiyan asked somewhat awkwardly, "What should I say?"

The other party also realized that it was not Yuan Shijie's voice, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Who are you? Why have you found this place?

"We're here to catch them cheating!"

Yun Zhao smiled.

The other party was clearly speechless, and then earnestly advised them: "Yuan Shijie is the county magistrate's son, you can't fight him, you'd better leave quickly!"

Xu Yiyan pursed her lips, struggling for a long time, but after saying those words, she finally couldn't help herself.

"Stop talking and come out with us right now. We have people waiting for us outside. We can think about what to do after we get out!"

Yun Zhao was somewhat surprised.

Why did her third uncle suddenly become so proactive?

Upon hearing this, the other person's voice lowered somewhat: "It's not that I didn't want to leave, but he chained me up."

Without the key, I can't leave. If you really want to help me, go out and figure something out.

Find an official more powerful than Magistrate Yuan, or else you can pretend you never saw me.

When the people fight against the officials, it's like throwing an egg against a rock.

Yun Zhao felt a pang of sadness, but the thought of going to Jiangnan to investigate Ding Yan, the Governor-General of Jiangnan, immediately roused him.

"Sister, although he is the son of the county magistrate, no matter how capable the county magistrate is, he can't be as capable as a cabinet official, right?"

Yun Zhao originally only wanted to help the other party regain her confidence, but unexpectedly, the woman suddenly became wary.

"Who exactly are you people? And why do you know cabinet officials?"

Judging from her tone, Yun Zhao could be fairly certain that this woman came from a scholarly family, or that her family had members who had passed the imperial examinations at the county level or above.

Therefore, she had some understanding of the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Yun Zhao thought for a moment and then decided to tell the truth: "I am the daughter of His Highness Prince Jin, Princess Jinglan."

This is my maternal uncle, the third son of the Zhenyuan General's Mansion. Our family was exiled after committing a crime.

While passing through An County, he was detained by the county magistrate, who learned that the magistrate's son had forcibly taken a woman.

They were just looking for something to use against him, that's what my mother told me~

I'm not lying! My uncle knows some esoteric arts, which is why he knows how to come down from up there to find my sister!

The other party was immediately taken aback.

"You mean, the Prince of Jin has been exiled? How could that be?!"

Yun Zhao immediately realized that the other party was no ordinary person.

"Sister, who are you? Do you know my father?"

The woman then explained, "My name is Lu Xinnian. My father was Lu Yuan, the former Minister of Works. After my father passed away, I followed my second uncle back to my hometown, Lu Family Village."

"So she's Lord Lu's daughter!"

Xu Yiyan was surprised.

“Miss Lu, we met before in the capital, at the flower-viewing banquet at the General’s Mansion, do you remember?”

Lu Xinnian said in surprise, "I didn't expect that Young Master Xu would still remember me!"

They only met briefly that day, without even a formal introduction.

Lu Xinnian didn't dare to claim they knew each other.

Yun Zhao then realized that they were actually old acquaintances.

She quickly said, "Uncle, since you know each other before, please hurry up and rescue my sister! Let's go back right away!"

Xu Yiyan, on the other hand, cautiously asked, "Miss Lu, may I go over there?"

It was so dark here that they couldn't see anything from Lu Xinnian's side.

He thought that since Yuan Shijie was forcibly taking women, he was worried that he might witness some inappropriate scenes.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xinnian immediately realized that he had misunderstood.

Her ears turned red involuntarily, and she hurriedly explained, "You've misunderstood, that Yuan Shijie..."

As soon as she spoke, Lu Xinnian remembered that there was a child next to Xu Yiyan.

It would be inappropriate for a child to hear this.

So she stopped.

Xu Yiyan and Yun Zhao assumed she was just too shy to speak, so they didn't pay any attention to it.

"In that case, please forgive my rudeness!"

Xu Yiyan then carried Yun Zhao over.

Only when they got closer did they see that Lu Xinnian's hands and feet were shackled with iron chains.

The chains on her hands and feet were shorter than those on the exiled prisoners, making it impossible for her to walk.

Lu Xinnian laughed self-deprecatingly, "You've all seen it. I can only crawl on the ground like this. How can I leave this house? You'd better leave quickly."

"Your uncle can carry you!"

Yun Zhao clasped his hands together and made the suggestion happily.

Xu Yiyan's face flushed red instantly, but he really couldn't help her untie it.

Saving lives was the priority, and the difference between men and women was disregarded.

Xu Yiyan put Yun Zhao down and instructed, "Stay close to your uncle!"

"Yes, yes, don't worry, Uncle!"

Yun Zhao pulled out a medicine packet from the small pocket on his chest and waved it in front of him.

"Uncle, don't worry, Zhaozhao will protect you!"

Xu Yiyan smiled and ruffled her hair, then turned to look at Lu Xinnian with a serious expression.

"Miss Lu, please forgive me!"