"Dad." Zhou Zheng spoke in time to stop his stubborn father.
He looked at "Master Liu" and said, "Master, what are your conditions? Why don't you tell us now so that we can discuss it with you father and son?"
Yu Zizhen blinked, "Mr. Zhou, you are the one who knows the current situation."
Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly. He didn't want to be ignorant of the current situation, but as a son, he really couldn't bear to continue watching his father starving, being insulted and tortured.
Hearing four taps coming from the door, Yu Zizhen took out a hairpin with a smile on his face.
In the shocked eyes of everyone, she quickly and swiftly opened the big iron lock on the prison door of Zhou's father and son.
When Mr. Zhou saw this scene, he was completely stunned.
He had been tortured a lot in the past few days, and some evil wind had entered his body, so his body was very weak at the moment, and his brain was not working as fast as usual.
Even though Yu Zizhen had done it so obviously, he still didn't consider the possibility that she might not be "Master Liu".
It was not until Yu Zizhen covered his face with his sleeves and changed his face that Mr. Zhou's confused mind suddenly became clear.
He was trembling all over, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Yu Zizhen took out a few medicine bottles and handed them to Zhou Zheng, "Let me tell you a story."
Zhou Zheng didn't understand.
Yu Zizhen gestured for him to give Mr. Zhou some medicine first. "I see your father isn't doing well. Why don't you take care of him while you listen to me?"
Zhou Zheng looked down at the sticker on the medicine bottle and found that all the medicines Yu Zizhen gave him were emergency medicines that they could use right now.
He hurriedly bowed and thanked Yu Zizhen.
Yu Zizhen waved his hand and said, "These are just ordinary items bought from the clinic. You can just use them."
She looked down on it, but Zhou Zheng felt like he had found a treasure. He thanked her repeatedly and took out the pills and powder according to the tiny words on the sticker to treat his father.
Yu Zizhen stood straight at the door of the cell and briefly told him the miserable experience of him and his family in the original book.
She didn't name anyone, just said "there is a family", but Zhou Zheng and Mr. Zhou were still 100% sure that Yu Zizhen was talking about their Zhou family.
Zhou Zheng, in particular, had the strange feeling of listening to someone else's story unfold. Truly, the protagonist of Yu Zizhen's story, his personality and behavior, resonated deeply with Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng felt that if he were replaced by the person in the story, he would definitely do the same thing as the other person.
You could say he was like an egg against a rock or a moth flying into a flame, but in that situation, he just couldn't rationally weigh the pros and cons, or remain calm and bend and stretch.
The strong sense of substitution exacerbated his anxiety. He was very afraid that his family would become as unfortunate as the family in Yu Zizhen's story.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Yu Zizhen say again: "If your Zhou family refuses to marry into the county magistrate's family no matter what, then you should pack up your things and run away before the county magistrate takes any action against you."
Zhou Zheng was slightly startled. He subconsciously looked up at Yu Zizhen, and when his eyes met the completely unfamiliar face, he suddenly understood everything that had happened tonight.
The county magistrate fawned over the people from the capital and thought he had greater support. Naturally, he would not just detain or humiliate and punish the Zhou family members who were ignorant of the current situation.
He will become more and more violent and bring disaster to the Zhou family that they cannot bear.
And this fake Master Liu who suddenly appeared and went to great lengths to get into the prison, his purpose was certainly not just to deliver some medicine to the father and son or to say a few words to them.
Zhou Zheng took a deep breath and asked, "Your Excellency, you haven't told me yet. What do you want from the Zhou family?"
He didn't know whether he was courting disaster or not, but he knew that even if he was, he had to borrow the other party's help first to help the Zhou family overcome the current difficulties.
Yu Zizhen didn't give an answer immediately. She said to the Zhou family father and son, "Why don't we talk somewhere else?"
Zhou Zheng helped Zhou Fengnian up, and the two followed Yu Zizhen out of the prisoners' detention area.
There were prisoners behind him begging Yu Zizhen to release them as well, but Yu Zizhen did not do as they wished.
Firstly, she didn't know why these people were imprisoned. What if she let a vicious guy out, wouldn't she be forced to share the sins committed by him?
Secondly, her top priority now is to earn points, and she has to take care of the Zhou family first.
The three of them came to the unconscious prison boss and his men. Yu Zizhen kicked two of them off the bench and said, "Please sit down."
Zhou Zheng: ...
Zhou Zheng helped Zhou Fengnian sit down next to each other on one of the benches, while Yu Zizhen sat alone in front of them.
She didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point and said to the Zhou family father and son:
"In today's world, the integrity of scholars cannot protect their families and relatives. If you don't want your families to be destroyed, you two had better not be so stubborn."
"You now have two choices. One is to bow to the powerful and agree to the marriage you were so desperate to avoid. The other is to take advantage of the fact that the Baofeng County Magistrate is not paying attention to you and immediately take your family and leave."
"If you choose the former, then just pretend you've never seen me tonight."
"If you choose the latter, I will provide you with a pass so that you can leave Baofeng County smoothly tomorrow morning."
"As for me, I want some of the money and property you can't take away, and I also want you to do something for me in secret."
Zhou Zheng quickly exchanged glances with his father, "May I know your name, sir?"
This is what it means to ask about someone's background in a tactful way.
"I can't tell you my name for now. After all, we're not family yet." Yu Zizhen smiled. "Of course, I won't force you to agree to work for me right now."
After a pause, she continued, "For now, you can call me Tan Lang."
Tanlang, another name for Beidou Tianshu, was directly used as a nickname by Yu Zizhen, who was not good at naming.
She said, "I can give you the pass now, and I can also send you home safely. Whether you want to work for me or not, you can decide after you leave Baofeng County."
Of course, it's not so easy to take advantage of her. If the Zhou father and son take advantage of her but are unwilling to return the favor, she doesn't mind going to their house in person one day to ask for compensation.
As a person with ambitions to rule the world, Yu Zizhen believes that one day she will make it impossible for those who owe her money to escape.
"We choose the latter." Zhou's father and son did not hesitate for too long. On the one hand, for the long-term development of the family and Zhou Zheng's personal happiness, they really didn't want to marry a concubine like the county magistrate, who could bring disaster to the Zhou family for at least three generations. On the other hand, they also didn't want to establish a marriage relationship with a county magistrate who was greedy, bullied others, and even had the tendency to take human lives.
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