Jiang Yimian stared at Lin Yan'an with curiosity, and seeing his expression grow increasingly gloomy, she felt puzzled.
Xiao Qi suddenly burst out laughing, and her gaze towards Lu Cijian and Xiao Fu turned strange.
She couldn't help but laugh when she thought about what happened on the estate yesterday.
This was the only thing that made them smile despite seeing so many wounded.
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow, becoming even more curious, "What happened at the manor yesterday?"
Xiao Qi laughed even louder, while Lin Yan'an and Xiao Fu's faces grew increasingly pale.
None of the three seemed inclined to explain, but Jiang Yimian was incredibly curious and looked at Lin Yan'an.
Lin Yan'an remained silent for a while before recounting what happened yesterday with a dark expression, his face full of displeasure and his voice carrying a hint of gritted teeth.
When Jiang Yimian heard that Lin Yan'an and the others were being treated as homosexuals, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She thought only she and Lu Cijian had faced danger, but she never expected that Lin Yan'an had experienced something even more dangerous at the manor, even more so than they had!
After all, one loses their life, and the other loses their virginity.
Zhu Shichang is so old, yet he still plays such fancy games.
Xiao Fu was furious, her face full of anger. "Miss Jiang, please stop laughing. My young master was almost attacked yesterday. That old lecher Zhu Shichang is a real scoundrel."
If Zhu Shichang weren't imprisoned right now, he would still want to rush over and beat him up.
Lin Yan'an also said indignantly, "If Zhu Shichang weren't still useful, I would have killed him on the spot."
How could a dashing and handsome young man like him have such quirks?
That old lecher is disgusting. He pretends to love the people and has the nerve to hold a poetry banquet every year, asking scholars from various academies to write poems for him.
Bah! He wants to show everyone in Pingjiang County the true face of that old lecher.
In a few days, I'll find some storytellers and expose all the deeds of that scoundrel Zhu Shichang.
Seeing that Jiang Yimian's gaze towards him had also become strange, he snapped his folding fan shut and changed the subject with dissatisfaction, "Let's not talk about this."
This morning, several elderly people came to the village. They said they were from nearby villages and wanted to help take care of the wounded.
I noticed that those people were all quite old and in poor health, and I was afraid they would be frightened by the sight of the wounded, so I wanted to send them back.
Unfortunately, they all disagreed and insisted on helping, making a scene at the door. Seeing their pitiful state and genuinely wanting to help, I had no choice but to let them in.
He didn't see any villages nearby on his way to the Dragon Mountain Range, and thought those people were some kind of ill-intentioned individuals.
Later I realized that he must have come to find his relatives.
Jiang Yimian paused, holding her chopsticks, and quickly said, "I'll go check on them."
With that, he put down his chopsticks and left the house.
Seeing this, Lin Yan'an quickly followed, saying, "I'll go with you."
As soon as the two men entered the front hall, they heard several trembling, pleading voices, "Sir, please, please let us see them. We just want to know if our son and daughter are still alive. We have no other intentions."
"Please let us go look for it."
"Yes, sir, we just want to come in and find someone. Please let us go look for them. We definitely won't cause any trouble."
Wang Er hesitated for a moment, looking at the few elderly people with gray hair and hunched backs in front of him. He hesitated for a while before saying, "Those guards are in the backyard right now. The young master hasn't said how to deal with them yet. I can't let you see them."
Moreover, the people from the Ministry of Justice haven't arrived yet.
All the people on the estate are considered members of the Zhu family, and the final decision on how to deal with them rests with the Ministry of Justice. They can't just let these people leave arbitrarily, because if something goes wrong, it will be difficult to handle the situation.
Upon hearing this, the elderly people, whose eyes were already brimming with tears, could no longer hold back and began to cry. Their thin, bony bodies swayed precariously.
Several elderly people even knelt down on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yimian quickly stepped forward, pulled up the kneeling old men, and frowned at Wang Er, asking, "What's going on?"
She had thought only Wang Jinbao's parents had come, but now it seemed that all the elderly people still alive in the village had come.
Originally, she planned to start counting the people still alive in the deserted villages near the mine after the wounded recovered and the matter was over, but she didn't expect these old people to come first.
Wang Er sighed and pointed at Lin Yan'an, "Then we'll have to ask him."
If he hadn't heard their cries, he wouldn't have known when they came in.
Lin Yan'an touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, "It's not that I felt sorry for them, but that I thought it would be a happy thing if we could find someone."
I never expected that my good intentions would backfire.
He understood now that these people probably couldn't find their children among the wounded, so they wanted to see the guards and concubines on the estate, but Wang Er stopped them.
Jiang Yimian looked at the elderly people in front of her, their bodies hunched over, and pondered for a while before saying, "You can go back first, just leave your children's names."
There are too many injured people in the village right now. It would only make you feel bad and worried if you stayed here. I'd rather help you find someone.
If any of my relatives are still alive, I will definitely send them back.
The elderly people were stunned when they heard this. They stood still for a moment, their eyes filled with tears as they looked at the person lying on the ground in the front hall.
Although I didn't see anyone seriously injured, there were still many dried bloodstains on the ground, which was quite frightening to see.
They dared not even think about what their children had suffered.
One of the elderly men, with gray hair and tattered clothes, spoke tremulously, "Young lady, are they already dead?"
Jiang Yimian paused, feeling for the first time that the answer was on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say it.
Especially when you meet those aged yet still expectant eyes.
The people on the mountain have changed many times. These people are obviously from abandoned villages. Most of the first batch of people who came up the mountain have died.
She didn't know if any of the people who stayed behind had sons.
She wanted to discourage these elderly people from having too much hope, but she felt that was a bit too cruel.
What wrong have they done to deserve all this?
The only mistake was being born in Pingjiang County and living near the Longxing Mountains.
When Wang Jinbao came in from outside, he was stunned by the scene before him. It took him a while to react before he quickly apologized to Jiang Yimian and the others, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to go back and see my parents and children. I didn't expect the villagers to come looking for me."
He was afraid of being discovered, so he carefully returned home after dark yesterday, but he didn't expect to be seen by these people, which caused trouble for Miss Jiang and the others.
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