"This general never jokes with anyone. The second-in-command of Qingfeng Village has confessed everything. You are the real leader of Qingfeng Village."
Jiang Weizhen glared at her angrily. He didn't expect that he would be fooled by her.
His entire reputation was almost ruined by her.
"Brother Jiang, how can a weak woman like me be the village leader? Even if you don't want to take me as your concubine, you can't slander me like this. This will get you beheaded."
Li Xinru's eyes were filled with tears, but she still wanted to argue.
Jiang Weizhen sneered, "This general never does anything to slander others."
"Li Xinru, originally named Wang Erya, studied medicine with her father from a young age. At the age of fifteen, her stepmother married her to a cripple from the same village. Dissatisfied with the marriage, she poisoned and killed her entire family, including her five-year-old brother."
"To avoid capture by the government, you fled to Qingfeng Village and pledged yourself to the previous village chief. Later, you and the then second-in-command secretly murdered the previous village chief and supported him to become the head of the village. But in reality, you were the one who called all the shots in the village, right?"
[In just one day, Daddy has figured out all of this. He's truly amazing.]
Jiang Chuyuan smiled and said, "It's not that daddy is so powerful. He just heard all this from your heart. He said it today just to test Li Xinru."
Apparently, this is all true.
Li Xinru's face was so pale that it couldn't be described anymore. Her eyes were full of fear and she shook her head in disbelief.
"Impossible, how could you possibly know this? No one knows this."
She had clearly erased all those tragic past events, and no one would know about them.
"The net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. All the evil you have done will be exposed to the world. You think that changing your name can erase the past? It's wishful thinking."
Yu Shulan glared at her. "Someone, take her down."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Xinru drew the knife from her body, pulled over the old lady Jiang who was closest to her, and put the dagger to her neck.
"Don't come over here."
"Don't kill me, second brother, please save me." Old Madam Jiang had never seen such a scene before and was so frightened that she almost fainted.
She didn't understand how the orphan girl who had just been so kind and humble to her could suddenly turn into a female bandit with a sharp weapon.
[You deserve it. You have such bad intentions and want to destroy the relationship between parents. You should be punished now.]
But even if Madam Jiang is no longer her mother, she is still Jiang Weizhen's biological mother, and he can't just stand by and watch her die.
"Put the knife down, we can discuss things."
"There's nothing to discuss. Just prepare a fast horse and ten thousand taels of silver to take me out of the city."
As expected of the leader of Qingfeng Village, facing this situation, he still wants to escape.
"You can't escape. As long as you are within the borders of the Great Yuan, you will be wanted."
Yu Shulan said coldly, "Surrender and confess the truth. That's your only way out."
"A way out? Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? What Qingfeng Village did is not enough to destroy them even if I have nine clans. How can there be a way out?"
She looked at Yu Shulan, eyes full of jealousy. "You are born into a noble family, how can you understand the pain of poor people like us? You can only accuse us from a high position, while we can hardly survive."
"I wanted to take this opportunity to leave Qingfeng Village and find a better place to live, but before I could even live a peaceful day, you found me. God is so unfair to me."
"How is it unfair? Although you come from a humble background, your father is a doctor and has always provided you with food and clothing. You just rejected the marriage arranged by your stepmother. Why would you want to kill them? It's clear that you have a vicious mind."
Yu Shulan ruthlessly exposed her disguise.
Her life was much better than those beggars who couldn't get enough food.
You don't know how to be content, and you blame God. You are really flattering yourself.
"Also, whether you came to the capital to live a peaceful life or to seek revenge, only you know it in your heart."
Li Xinru's face flushed and then paled. "It seems you don't want to kill this old woman anymore?"
"No, no, Miss Li, I, an old woman, understand all the hardships you've been through. If you let me go, I'll let the second brother marry you. She will definitely marry you, right?"
Old Madam Jiang was shaking with fear, and it was obvious that she didn't understand the current situation.
"Marry me? It's too late. If you want me to let you go, fine. Give me your second daughter-in-law in exchange."
Li Xinru looked at Yu Shulan smugly, "Aren't you so high and mighty? I wonder if you can still smile when a knife is pressed against your neck."
"No." Jiang Weizhen quickly protected Yu Shulan behind him.
"General Jiang, are you planning to abandon your mother for your wife?" Li Xinru's eyes gradually became crazy.
"Old Madam, it seems that your son was born and raised in vain. He has married a wife and forgotten his mother. He has no intention of saving you."
"Shulan, Zhen'er, you are the most filial. Hurry up and do what Miss Li says. You can't really watch your mother die."
Old Madam Jiang was so frightened that she shed two lines of turbid tears.
"Yes, sister-in-law, you can't just leave mother alone. Hurry up and switch her over. She's too old to handle this."
Liu came to her senses and said in a pretended filial manner.
It seemed that when Old Madam Jiang was arrested, she was not the one who hid the farthest away.
"I'll change."
Jiang Chuyuan shouted, handed Jiang Qingwan to his brother, and reminded him, "Take good care of Qingluo and Wanwan."
He stepped forward and said, "I am the eldest son of the Jiang family. My life should be more valuable. I am willing to exchange it for my grandmother."
"Good boy, your grandmother's love for you is not in vain." Old Madam Jiang showed some relief on her face.
He only thought about saving his own life and didn't care at all whether Jiang Chuyuan would be in danger.
"No, I'll change."
Madam Jiang was willing to give it up, but Yu Shulan was not. "She wants me, so I'll exchange it."
"Mom, no."
"Neither of you need to go. I'll do the exchange." Jiang Weizhen shouted, "Hold me hostage, and you can leave the capital safely. Use me in exchange for your mother."
"I should be the one you hate the most."
"Hmph, General Jiang is quite self-aware. You led your troops to wipe out my Qingfeng Village, so naturally I want to kill you." Li Xinru sneered.
"But I'm not that stupid. You're a skilled martial artist. I'm a weak woman, so how can I be your opponent? Holding you hostage is too risky."
She glanced at everyone coldly, "You don't have to act out your affectionate side here. I want her, Yu Shulan, to replace me."
"Okay, let's change then."
Yu Shulan's eyes were firm and she was not afraid at all. She knew that Li Xinru was targeting her, and she had to change her mind even if she didn't want to.
Unless she really watched Madam Jiang die, even though she hated Madam Jiang, she was her husband's biological mother after all, and she had to save her.
Moreover, if she didn't save him, she would be branded as unfilial the next day and drowned in the people's spit.
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