Xu Jiang sneered.
The two of them came to the wing room. The patrolman pushed the door open and shouted, "Xu Twelve, the person you want to see is here."
Xu Jiang heard the hurried footsteps inside, and her eyes became calmer and her expression became more indifferent. When Xu Twelve appeared in front of her, he only looked up at her and didn't dare to look her in the eye again.
"You, you're here?"
"I thought you were at least justified in making such a fuss." After a few sarcastic remarks, Xu Jiang pulled out the letter he had written from her sleeve and handed it to him, asking directly, "What do you mean?"
Xu Twelve took the letter, glanced at the patrolman beside him, and whispered, "I want to discuss this with you alone."
The patrol guard was about to avoid him, but Xu Jiang said, "It's nothing shameful, just say it directly." Such people should not be taken lightly.
The patrolman stepped aside and said, "I'll stay here, you two talk."
Xu Jiang gave him a grateful look, then said to Xu Twelve, "Tell me, or I'll leave."
Xu Twelve opened his mouth but couldn't find the words to say.
"You said in your letter that you knew my parents' background. What did you mean?"
"That's... literally."
"I'm an orphan, and that's a well-known fact."
"You're not." Xu Twelve finally found his tongue, "You have parents."
Xu Jiang was silent for a moment, then asked, "How did you know?"
"I..." Xu Twelve stopped talking and said, "I do know, but I can't tell you for nothing."
Xu Jiang wanted to turn around and leave, but she was afraid of causing more trouble for the Dali Temple, so she suppressed her temper and asked, "What are your conditions?"
"I want to leave." Xu Twelve glanced at Xu Jiang's face and saw no anger, so he continued, "I want you to redeem me, help me get rid of my status and become a good woman, and give me some money so I can leave the capital."
"Where do you get the nerve to do that?" Xu Jiang didn't feel angry at his fantastical words, but rather absurd. "Why do you think two strangers, who have never met me before, can make me put aside my hatred for my master who raised me and redeem you?"
"Don't you want to know your background and who your parents are?"
"I don't want to know. If you think you can negotiate terms with me by holding this as your weapon, then you're making a wrong calculation."
Xu Twelve was blocked and couldn't say anything.
Then, Xu Jiang issued another cold warning: "I advise you to stay here quietly for a full year, and then go wherever you are supposed to go. Otherwise, I will go to the government office to cancel the redemption file and send you back to serve your sentence. Now that the Zhou family has been executed, even if you change your confession, it will be useless."
Xu Twelve said in a trembling voice, "Are you really so heartless?"
Xu Jiang's sarcastic gaze stung him painfully. "Are you qualified to talk about being ruthless or affectionate?"
Xu Twelve was hunched over, unable to straighten his back or lift his head.
"Don't look for me again." After Xu Jiang said this, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Miancun." Xu Jiang stopped abruptly, then heard Xu Twelve say, "Your mother's name is Miancun. She's still alive. I know where she is."
The word "miancun" smashed into Xu Jiang's calm heart, causing huge waves.
The patrolman saw that her face looked strange and was about to step forward to ask her, but she quickly regained her composure.
Xu Jiang turned around and said to Xu Twelve indifferently, "You just said a random name and you expect me to believe you?"
"I didn't say that casually. She and the master are old acquaintances. The portrait of the master you copied when you were a child was created by her."
"What about my father?" Xu Jiang asked in a trembling voice, suppressing his pounding heartbeat.
Xu Twelve stopped talking and looked up at her: "I can't say any more. If you want to know, do as I say."
Xu Jiang's eyes were filled with a mixture of light and darkness, and after a long moment, she finally said, "I'll think about it."
Even after saying this, she still wants to consider it.
Xu Twelve was anxious, but he really couldn't say anything else. Xu Jiang was cunning, and if he revealed too much, she would be able to find out herself. By then, let alone redeem him, it would be good enough if she didn't eat his flesh.
"how long?"
"Three days."
"Three days is three days." Xu Twelve was afraid that she would not come, so he squeezed out another piece of news from between his teeth, "But you'd better not delay too long. The last time I heard about her, she was already seriously ill. If it's too late, I'm afraid..." He didn't say the rest of the words.
Xu Jiang's hands and feet were cold, but she calmly asked, "Why are you asking about her?"
Xu Twelve was stunned, then took two steps back.
Xu Jiang's gaze seemed to crush him. She remembered how Xu Twelve had betrayed her in exchange for Xu Four redeeming her. "You want to use me to threaten her to redeem you?"
Xu Twelve didn't dare to answer.
Xu Jiang asked softly, "Why did you fail?"
After a long while, Xu Twelve finally replied, "I didn't see her. She was driven away by her family."
family.
Xu Jiang couldn't describe the feeling in her heart. She just felt as if she was in an ice cellar or thrown into a furnace. Her body was burning with pain, but her heart was freezing cold.
She exhaled a breath of turbid air and said expressionlessly, "Xu Twelve, you shouldn't live this long."
Xu Twelve only felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet, as if it was going to freeze and swallow him.
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"Madam Xu, are you okay?" The patrol guard escorted Xu Jiang out of the yamen.
He heard clearly the conversation between her and Xu Twelve just now. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and couldn't help but get angry for her. This Xu Twelve was simply shameless.
But Xu Jiang looked calm, "I'm fine." Then he smiled again, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself."
"Don't worry, my lady. I won't tell anyone about this." After all, it was her private matter and it was not easy to make it public.
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