Chapter 226 This place looks so familiar

To the west of Suzhou, the first county is Xiang County.

Xiang County, Jiang Jiu didn’t know that he had lived here for fifteen years.

After a whole day's journey, Jiang Jiu was tired from sitting in the carriage.

Just in time for the city gate of Xiang County to close.

"Princess, let's find a better inn to stay in."

Once the carriage entered the county town, there was no longer any anxiety.

Lu An Ze had already arranged everything and came over on horseback.

"My lord, I have already made the arrangements. Let's book the Yue Lai Inn which is not far ahead."

The location of Yue Lai Inn is particularly good, right on a busy street. You can see the busy street when you open the window.

At night, a curfew was imposed and soon there were few people on the streets.

Suddenly, Jiang Jiu smelled an indescribable fragrance.

"Wontons. There's a wonton shop on the corner. It smells delicious. Let's go eat wontons."

Jiang Jiu went downstairs as soon as he said so. Taohua was packing her things and Yun Shu comforted her.

"You clean up, I'll follow the princess and bring you some delicious food later."

Taohua stretched her neck to take a look and saw that the wonton stall was just downstairs at the corner, so she let them go down first.

The hot wontons paired with a steamed bun are so delicious.

Jiang Jiu enjoyed his meal very much.

While eating, I saw a couple fighting not far away.

The man grabbed the woman's hair and threw her to the ground: "You bitch, how dare you control me? Do you still think your father is the prefect? ​​He is dead..."

The woman struggled to get up from the ground and grabbed the man's pants: "This is the last piece of jewelry my father left me. If you pawn it again, we will really be penniless in the future."

The man kicked her away again and said, "Get lost! Don't think I don't know that your mother's family has plenty of money. Your mother has hidden all the money and won't give it to you unless it's absolutely necessary."

The woman cried in grievance: "That was my mother's money, she used it for her old age."

The man grabbed the woman's hair again, tilted her head back, and snorted coldly.

"She is so old, what's the use of so much money?

Raise that illegitimate child? It would be better to give it all to me so that I can take care of her in her old age."

The woman grimaced in pain, her eyes filled with hatred.

"Isn't what we gave you enough? You only go to Hua Man Lou to look for girls and drink wine, and you spend all your money. We still have money."

The man patted her face and said, "If you don't have money, go earn it, just like the girls in the Flower-Manlou. Just smile and make a move, and a man will give you money..."

The woman was so angry that she was shaking all over and gnashing her teeth.

"You, I am your first wife, and you treat me like this... I want to divorce you..."

The man laughed: "Divorce? That's wishful thinking. We got married under the witness of the governor of Sucheng. If you divorce me, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the governor of Sucheng?"

"Besides, I heard that you are related to the Jiang family, so you wouldn't borrow..."

The man kicked the woman away for the last time and walked away. The woman was left alone on the street, crying.

While crying, he cursed: "Oh God, why don't you have eyes? Why don't you kill this beast with lightning..."

Jiang Jiu over here was also very angry and was just about to teach the man a lesson.

At this moment, a woman with a slim figure and pretty face walked out from the darkness.

He walked up to the woman slowly and kicked her.

"Jiang Mingyue, I didn't expect you to be so vicious now. When I think about it, where did you get the energy to harm our girl? This is really retribution in this life."

It turns out that the woman who was beaten by the man was none other than Jiang Mingyue, the woman who grew up with Jiang Jiu and pretended to be Jiang Jiu to enter the Chang family.

After she was brought back to the palace by the Sixth Prince, she was imprisoned in a yard.

It was not until the Sixth Prince was killed and the servants of Prince Ling's Mansion were dismissed that Jiang Mingyue was free.

Yes, at that time no one cared about anyone else.

The Zhou family is gone, and no one cares about Jiang Mingyue anymore.

She took advantage of the chaos in Prince Ling's mansion to steal some items and sell them, exchanging them for silver to make a living. When she learned that Zhao Zhuoxi had become the emperor and Jiang Jiu had died, she hurried south and returned home.

Originally, if she returned home and followed her parents' arrangements, she would still have time to remarry.

But, as luck would have it, she ran into Xiao Yimo and Jiang Jiu's maid Xia Zhi.

At this time, Xiao Yimo was in Suzhou, and it could be said that he was more powerful than the prefect of Suzhou.

Without even showing up, he asked the governor of Sucheng to arrange a marriage for Jiang Mingyue.

This man is a ruffian in Suzhou, with no father, no mother, and no relatives.

Be a beggar on the street and make a living by begging.

On this day, Xiao Yimo had someone take him away, washed him, changed him into a nobleman's clothes, and gave him a few instructions, saying that he would arrange a marriage for him so that he would have someone to rely on for the rest of his life.

The reason why a beggar is a beggar is that he is too lazy to exchange his labor for money.

Upon hearing about such a good thing, the beggar naturally agreed readily.

After treating him to delicious food and drinks for two or three days, Xiao Yimo introduced him to the prefect of Sucheng, and asked the prefect of Sucheng to act as a matchmaker and make Jiang Zhizhou his son-in-law.

Jiang Mingyue was a widow in Suzhou City, but it didn't matter. She was young and beautiful, and her father was the prefect, so many people still came to propose marriage to her.

But this time it was different, as the prefect himself acted as matchmaker.

Prefect Jiang couldn't refuse, so he agreed.

He suddenly became a rich man. In the first few days, the beggar could still pretend to be a rich man, but as time went on, he became lazy and uneducated and could no longer pretend.

As a result, he was scolded by Jiang Mingyue.

The beggar was offended and felt resentful. He didn't know what was wrong with his mind, but he actually thought that the reason Jiang Mingyue looked down on him was because she had a rich and powerful father.

The beggar became so evil-minded that when Jiang Zhizhou got drunk one day, he pushed the man into the river and drowned him.

Jiang Mingyue and her daughter, who had no one to rely on, cried their hearts out.

After the mourning period, Jiang took Jiang Mingyue and his wife back to Xiang County.

Originally, relying on the Jiang family's wealth, it would not be a problem for the three of them to live frugally for the rest of their lives.

But the beggar was the only man left in the family, and things gradually changed.

The beggar began to live a life of debauchery and luxury.

Jiang Mingyue tried to persuade him to find a job, but was beaten up by the beggar.

Persuade once, beat once.

Later, Jiang Mingyue managed the money well and didn't give it to beggars.

How could the beggar let it go? He was beaten again. Jiang came to persuade him, but was almost beaten.

If you don't give me money, I'll just sell all the maids and servants in the house.

In order to prevent Jiang Mingyue from bringing trouble to her and to protect her property, Jiang kicked Jiang Mingyue and her husband out of the house and adopted a boy from the Jiang family to take care of her in her old age.

In just half a year, Jiang Mingyue had to move to a small courtyard with the beggar, and she didn't even have a maid to accompany her.

At this time, Jiang Mingyue was helpless, calling out to heaven and earth.

Seeing the woman in brocade clothes in front of him, Jiang Mingyue's eyes widened in shock.

"Xia Zhi, is it you? You made me like this? Xia Zhi, I'm going to kill you..."