"I've thought about it! As long as you redeem my sentence, I won't cry out for injustice or change my confession."
"Xu Twelve!" Xu Wu wanted to kick him again, but he was held by his legs.
Xu Jiang looked at Xu Wu and said, "Xu Dang, do you know who the Zhou family is? What do they do?"
Xu Wu looked up. He was thrown into jail as soon as he arrived in the capital. How would he know this?
"The head of the Zhou family was originally a famous aristocratic family in the capital. Their patriarch, Zhou Huai, was once the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, in charge of the life and death of merchants in the capital. However, due to corruption and abuse of power, he was dismissed from office and reduced to a commoner."
"So what?"
"A commoner, yet he let Feng Miao's body be left exposed in the river. A commoner, yet he dared to use a mere blackmail case like ours to trip up the government. What do you think he relied on?"
"Didn't you just say he was from a famous aristocratic family? A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if he's just a commoner, he's still better off than the common people, right?"
"That's quite true. Do you know why he asked Xu Si to instruct you to trouble the government?"
"What?"
Xu Jiang opened his mouth and silently uttered two words that could move mountains and overturn seas.
Xu Wu was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Plan..."
"Shh—" Xu Jiang cut him off with a hushed gesture. "If you utter these two words, you won't even have to go to court. You'll die in this prison."
Xu Wu covered his mouth and cold sweat immediately broke out.
Xu Jiang scanned him from head to toe twice. "But you've become their accomplice. You'll die sooner or later. It doesn't matter if you live for a month or two."
Xu Wu said stubbornly, "I don't believe you. What do you, a merchant, know? You must be exaggerating."
Xu Jiang sneered, "Yes, I'm just a merchant. Why would I bother these people with such scheming? But I don't intend to exonerate you. With Xu Twelve's confession and accusations, even if you protest and retract your confession, it will be futile. And don't even count on Xu Si to come forward and redeem you. The government would be happy for him to fall into their trap."
After saying that, she sarcastically said to Xu Twelve: "You are quite perceptive. You go where the wind blows."
Xu Twelve said with a guilty conscience: "I... I have no choice."
He was just a lowly slave, and his life and death had no control over himself. He would follow whoever could keep him alive, and he would sell out whoever could give him benefits.
Xu Jiang suppressed her nausea and said expressionlessly, "If you've made up your mind, I can redeem your sentence today, but I have one condition."
"I agree to them all!" Without waiting for her to say what the conditions were, Xu Twelve impatiently crawled to the door, stretched out his hand to pull at her skirt, and flattered her, "As long as you can let me out, don't mention one condition, I will agree to ten or a hundred."
"Very good." Xu Jiang kicked his hand away, and without saying any conditions, walked out of the cell.
"Xu Jiang! Wait a minute! I won't change my confession, and I won't retrial. You redeem my sentence. After I'm released, I will immediately return to my hometown and never come to the capital again in my life, Xu Jiang!"
Xu Jiang left without looking back.
After a while, two jailers came in and took Xu Twelve away.
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