"Father...Father, how are you? You mustn't scare me."
Nangong Qianyu cried her heart out.
Madam Nangong reached out and touched Nangong Shan's nose; Nangong Shan had long since stopped breathing.
“My lord, you have served as a royal physician in the palace for over 40 years, and you have never wronged His Majesty. Yet His Majesty has cruelly exiled our entire family.”
"Master, how can I live if you die?" Madam Nangong stood up, staring blankly at the withered willow tree beside her.
“Child, live well. Your mother’s body is no longer clean. How many times have those two officials violated me along the way?”
"Your father is gone, so I don't want to live either."
Before she finished speaking, Madam Nangong rushed towards the withered willow tree.
"Stop!" Jiang Tian roared. He knew this woman wanted to die.
However, it was too late. With her last bit of strength, Lady Nangong used her hands to support herself against the large willow tree and jumped off the cliff next to her.
Jiang Tian never expected that Madam Nangong would be so resolute!
Nangong Qianyu slowly stood up, her eyes glazed over.
"Don't you dare try to kill yourself, if you do..."
"Father, Mother, you are so heartless. What's the point of me living alone in this world? I'll go with you." Nangong Qianyu picked up the officer's sword from the ground.
The little girl swung the knife and slashed her own neck.
Jiang Tian snatched the knife from the little girl and gently pushed her, causing her to stumble.
"What are you doing? If your father and mother saw that you had gone with them, they would be heartbroken."
"What's the point of me living? My home is gone, my father is gone, my mother is gone... You want me to die?" Nangong Qianyu screamed as she got up from the ground and rushed over again to try to snatch the knife from her hand.
A crisp snap.
Jiang Tian slapped him across the face.
He knocked the girl to the ground and said, "Calm down. Who harmed your family? Find a way to get revenge."
What kind of skill is it to simply die?
Nangong Qianyu sat on the ground and wailed loudly. The girl's crying was heartbreaking and moved everyone present.
Jiang Tian did not step forward to dissuade him.
He knew that this was the time to let the little girl cry freely.
I feel better after crying.
The little girl cried loudly for a full fifteen minutes before her voice gradually subsided.
Jiang Tian handed him a pot of water.
"If you want to live and take revenge, listen to me. In this chaotic world, human life is worthless. Dying is easy, but surviving is the hardest thing."
The little girl with chapped lips took the water bottle, tilted her head back, and gulped down a large amount of water.
"Wash your face in the carriage; there's food there. I'll figure out how to bury your father first, and then I'll take you to the city to buy you some clothes."
Nangong Qianyu nodded.
"I still don't know your name."
"My name is Nangong Qianyu, the daughter of Nangong Shan, the chief imperial physician of the current court."
Jiang Tian waved to the girl, signaling her to go to the car to wash her face.
He opened the system shop and spent one rage point to exchange for an iron shovel.
The sound of washing one's face came from the carriage.
Soon, the little girl washed her face and jumped down from the carriage.
Jiang Tian was stunned when he saw it.
This little girl has a pair of clear eyes, like a pool of autumn water, and her big, bright eyes are full of spirit.
Nangong Qianyu's cherry-like lips were not adorned with rouge, yet they were a vibrant red, making her look charming and alluring.
Those shallow dimples make you want to touch them.
This young girl has skin as smooth as jade, and every smile, every gesture is captivating.
"You should eat something first." Jiang Tian stared intently at the little girl.
"I have no appetite. I want to bury my father first." The little girl walked slowly toward Jiang Tian.
As expected of a lady from a prominent family, every move of Nangong Qianyu is so charming and touching.
"Let me, a grown man, do this kind of thing." Jiang Tian glanced around.
He shook his head.
“Nangong Qianyu, no matter what, the old man is the chief imperial physician. He can’t just be buried in this desolate wilderness. It’s not in line with his status.”
Upon hearing this, the little girl quickly replied, "My whole family is guilty of crimes. I would be content if there were a place for my father to be buried. I have no other desires."
“You…you can’t say that. The old man’s status is extraordinary. I’ll take him to the city and find you a fine coffin so that your father and mother can be buried together.”
After Jiang Tian finished speaking, he took a rope from the car and tied one end of it to a large, withered willow tree.
“You wait here for me, I’m going to drag your mother’s body up here.”
Without saying a word, Jiang Tian grabbed the rope with one hand and then leaped down the cliff.
Fortunately, the cliff is not deep, only forty or fifty meters high.
Half an hour later.
Jiang Tian pulled Madam Nangong's body up from the cliff.
Having witnessed the true colors of everyone along the way, Nangong Qianyu never expected that Jiang Tian would actually lend a helping hand.
"My benefactor, I don't know how to thank you enough!" Nangong Qianyu's eyes instantly reddened again. She knelt down in front of Jiang Tian with a thud and respectfully kowtowed three times.
"Alright, get up quickly." Jiang Tian helped the girl up. "I'm helping you for a few reasons. First, you're pretty, so you can serve me well in the future."
"You're actually from a well-to-do family; I reckon you're literate and could help me manage the accounts in the future."
After hearing this, the young girl looked at Jiang Tian more carefully.
In Nangong Qianyu's view, Jiang Tian was not the kind of hypocrite who put on a righteous facade.
Along the way, the little girl and her family encountered many people.
Many people coveted the girl's beautiful face and alluring body.
But those are nothing more than hypocrites who are all sanctimonious and spout grand-sounding lies.
"Everyone loves beauty. Just for your looks and your figure, I'm definitely going to help you."
Nangong Qianyu nodded.
In times of chaos, there are too many people who need help.
No man wants to help women who are ugly as hell.
"From now on, I will follow you, young master." After saying this, the girl lowered her head.
"Let's go, into town." Jiang Tian placed the bodies of Nangong Qianyu's parents on the carriage and drove it straight to the county town.
Nangong Qianyu sat in the carriage, her mind filled with doubt.
She had clearly seen so much food on the carriage, but suddenly more than half of it was gone.
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