At this moment, the Jiang family members were already imprisoned in a damp jail.
During this time, Jiang's father was called out alone once, the purpose of which was, of course, to persuade the prefect.
Moreover, those people threatened the lives of Prefect Xu and even the entire Jiang family, leaving Jiang's father in a state of great distress and hardship.
In the prison, the prefect sat cross-legged on a haystack, his eyes closed in deep thought. Beside him, Jiang's father leaned against the prison wall, sighing repeatedly.
"Brother Xu, listen to my advice, your life is at stake." Father Jiang knew that the prefect was not asleep.
In the next cell, Jiang Liu was locked up with her mother and third sister-in-law. The three of them squatted on a haystack, shivering from the cold.
They huddled together for warmth.
The prison cell was unusually cold in the winter.
Third Sister-in-law Yun, holding onto Mother Jiang's arm, sobbed softly, "Mother, Liu'er, what should we do?"
Jiang's mother had a bitter face. "I don't know either."
Jiang Liu was thinking about Qiu Dafu. Did he know about the trouble at the Jiang family's residence? Would he come to her rescue?
She wanted him to come, yet she didn't want him to come.
She recalled the first time she saw Qiu Dafu, and how disheveled he looked.
At this moment, I am just as disheveled as he is.
Hearing her father's advice, she felt rebellious, but didn't know how to begin.
"Stop talking! I'd rather die than submit to them!" The prefect stood firm in his righteous indignation, refusing to bow to the wicked.
Father Jiang, his body hunched over, was unwilling to die like this.
Looking at his wife, daughter-in-law, and his beloved daughter, he slowly closed his eyes, shook his head, and said, "But if you do not surrender, your life may be in danger."
"What is there to fear in death? But Brother Jiang, do not break your promise."
"I didn't really betray you. You can do many things while you're alive. If you die, it's all over."
"Stop talking! I would rather die than submit!" He thought of the words of the man who saved him.
He wondered if what the man said was true.
If that's the case, Huaiyuan City will be saved.
He was also hoping for the best; he was happy that someone would save him, but he had already prepared for the worst.
At midnight, around 1-3 AM, the bright moon hung high in the sky over Huaiyuan Street.
Qiu Dafu and his two companions acted cautiously, trying their best not to make any noise while walking at night.
Gradually, they arrived at the outskirts of the government office.
Jiang Lian glanced at the tall courtyard wall and asked Qiu Dafu, "How do we get in?" He couldn't climb over the wall.
Qiu Dafu looked towards the gate of the government office, where two guards were drowsy. "Kill them."
After he finished speaking, he bent down and walked along the wall.
Zheng Hong followed, then Jiang Lian... well, he came right after.
The three of them proceeded cautiously, and after a moment, Qiu Dafu was the first to circle around to the back of a guard.
He reached for the dagger at his waist, and then, with lightning speed, grabbed the guard's neck and slashed his throat.
The guard was already confused and couldn't react in time. Before he could even glance at Qiu Dafu, his whole body went limp and he fell to the ground, no longer breathing.
At the same moment, Zheng Hong swiftly brought down his knife, and the other guard also met his end.
Jiang Lian's face lit up with joy, and her anxious heart eased slightly.
He waved to Zheng Hong, "Let's go."
Zheng Hong nodded, and just as he was about to enter the government office gate, Qiu Dafu urgently stopped him: "Wait!"
"What's wrong?"
Qiu Dafu lowered his eyes and looked at the corpse on the ground: "Change your clothes."
Jiang Lian was confused, but Zheng Hong understood.
Without saying a word, Qiu Dafu lifted up the guards in front of him, and the three of them worked together to pull the two into a secluded alley.
As Qiu Dafu began to pull off the guards' outer garments, he said, "You two will go to the government office later."
"And what about you?" Zheng Hong and Jiang Lian asked at the same time.
Qiu Dafu: "I'm going to rescue them."
Soon, the three men removed all the guards' outer garments.
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