Chapter 94
Perhaps because she knew about the feud between Jiang Mingyan and his brother and the Jiang family, the old woman did not hide the hatred in her voice at all, and resentment emerged in her turbid eyes.
Suisui looked at the old woman's weather-beaten face and rough, cracked hands, pursed his lips, and subconsciously looked at his brother, with unconscious dependence and help in his dark round eyes.
Jiang Mingyan rubbed the little guy's head and looked at the old woman again with a calm and focused gaze.
The old woman was infected by Jiang Mingyan's calm and steady attitude, and her emotions calmed down a little. When she spoke again, her voice was much calmer.
"I still remember it. It was nearly two months after you left. The weather was exceptionally good that day, the sun shining brightly, but with the occasional breeze, it wasn't hot at all." Tears flashed in her cloudy eyes. "My daughter-in-law took her grandson out to buy some small items, but she ran into the young master of the main branch of the Jiang family in the alley."
These things had been in her heart for so long, so long that when she talked about them again, she felt a little dazed.
"That alley is remote, and no one knows how it happened. But in the end, my daughter-in-law and grandson died. Their bodies were found and identified. I was still entertaining guests when the neighbors came to notify me." The old woman patted the worn yet clean wooden table beside her and said slowly, "I hurried over and saw their bodies lying there quietly..."
"I have a bad life." Bitter and sad tears fell. "My husband died young, and I raised my son with great difficulty, but he died of illness again."
"My daughter-in-law was a good woman. She gave birth to my grandson and supported the family with me... But now she's gone, and so is my grandson, leaving me alone as an old woman!"
"I won't accept this. I'm old, and this is all I have left. I'm going to the government office and the city lord's mansion to make a scene. I just want an explanation."
"Then the Jiang family found me. The executioner didn't even show up! They sent me away with a steward, who was so arrogant. He looked down on me and told me not to speak of this matter again."
"Seeing I wasn't afraid of death, they threatened my relatives and neighbors." The old woman sneered, "I took the money, kept my mouth shut, and continued selling wontons here."
"The Jiang family has lost all conscience. Someone will definitely teach them a lesson. I'll wait patiently. I want to see it with my own eyes!" Her eyes were filled with hatred. "I think you've also noticed the anomalies in Wu'an City, right? These anomalies started six years ago, in the Jiang Mansion."
The old woman lost herself in reminiscence. “At first, there were only very small changes. If I hadn’t been watching here every day, I wouldn’t have noticed.”
At the beginning, the Jiang family suddenly rarely went out. Even if they showed up, they looked irritable and sinister, with murderous intent in their eyes when they looked at people.
Later, the guards and servants that the Jiang family relied on rarely appeared, and the entire Jiang Mansion suddenly became quiet.
"Every day, those who come out of the small door to buy things are all unimportant servants. They come and go in a hurry, and there's a faint smell of decay on them." The old woman pointed to the small door at the end of the alley and said sarcastically, "In the past, such lucrative work as buying things was never given to servants without support. They are all the same old faces that have never changed."
"These changes can't be concealed. Although no one talks about it on the surface, slowly everyone is getting the message."
"In the past two years, the Jiang family seemed to have given up, realizing that there was no cure, so they just made do with it." The old woman frowned, "We all knew something was wrong with the Jiang family before, but we didn't know exactly what was wrong."
"It was only after the Jiang family came out that we found out what had happened." There was a hint of fear hidden in her eyes amidst the joy: "They're all rotten."
Literal meaning.
It's rotten.
According to the old woman, all exposed parts of the Jiang family, except for their necks and heads, were wrapped in thick gauze.
At first, no one knew what was underneath the gauze. Later, a Jiang family member suddenly walked into the clinic, clamoring for a change of gauze. When the gauze was removed, the rotten flesh was exposed, and they only then knew what the Jiang family members looked like under the gauze.
"I wasn't in the clinic at the time, so I didn't see the specifics, but I heard from people that the Jiang family member was like a madman. He laughed at the terrified faces of the people around him, and then he was about to kill someone. But for some reason he suddenly stopped, smashed the clinic, and wrapped the body back up without changing the gauze."
Sui Sui's black eyes opened wide, and her little hands that were tugging at her brother's sleeves tightened. A complex emotion of both pleasure and vigilance rose in her heart.
The little guy didn't go to see his brother, but he knew that his brother's mood must be similar to his own.
The old woman said, "I don't think the Jiang family's affairs are that simple. But in the past six years, there hasn't been a single case of a Jiang family member killing anyone in Wu'an City. I don't know if this was done by the person who attacked the Jiang family, but he avenged my daughter-in-law and grandson, and I am grateful to him."
"However, after all, the Jiang family has become like that, and Wu'an City has become quieter and less lively."
Jiang Mingyan and Suisui thanked the old woman, quietly left some spirit stones in the corner of the shed, and left.
"Brother, what should we do next?" Sui Sui couldn't help asking when he saw his brother holding him and returning to the long street.
"I originally planned to enter the Jiang Mansion through that small door, first visit the small courtyard where we used to live with my father and mother, and then break into the main courtyard of the Jiang Mansion." Jiang Mingyan walked along the long street towards the city. "But since my mother-in-law is there, let's change the way to enter the Jiang Mansion to avoid causing trouble for her in the future."
Sui Sui tilted her head and thought for a moment, then nodded obediently: "So should we go into the Jiang Mansion now or go to the courtyard first?"
"Of course." Jiang Mingyan chuckled. "It doesn't take much effort, and there's not much to miss. Everything was burned down by a fire. Going back to take a look now is just my selfish desire."
"But, this is also what Sui Sui thinks." The little fellow's dark eyes reflected the long street lights. When he looked at his brother intently, his brother became the brightest and most brilliant figure among the thousands of lights: "There are only brother and Sui Sui here."
"Brother, your selfishness, Sui Sui's selfishness, combined together, is the choice we made together." The child's hair was soft, his cheeks were soft, and his innocent appearance was brighter than the stars in the sky. "Brother, don't be depressed. The courtyard before was burned down, but now we have Qiumu Peak, and we can create new memories together."
Happy, pain-free memories.
Jiang Mingyan's phoenix eyes, like a bottomless pool, were filled with ripples. He held the cub he had raised with his own hands, his chest swelling and his heart aching.
"Okay." He whispered, "Let's create new memories together."
The layout of Wu'an City has not changed over the years. Jiang Mingyan and Sui Sui easily found another quiet courtyard wall of the Jiang Mansion.
The protections at the Jiang Mansion could only protect against Jindan cultivators at most. Jiang Mingyan carried Sui Sui in his arms and easily entered without disturbing anyone.
He took Sui Sui and headed towards the courtyard in his memory.
As we passed a beautiful courtyard, we heard whispers of people talking in a corner hidden by lush trees.
"I've had enough! They're all just rotten meat. When will they die? Tell me, when will this end?"
Jiang Mingyan paused slightly.
Sui Sui pricked up his ears curiously and looked at his brother eagerly in the bright moonlight.
Jiang Mingyan held Sui Sui and quietly fell into a shadow, hiding his breath and listening quietly in the corner.
"What death? Don't you understand?" another hoarse voice said, "The person who did this just wanted to torture them. They're dragging them along like this, leaving them to suffer in agony."
The first voice: "They are suffering, but aren't we suffering too, suffering here with them?"
A hoarse voice said, "Just be thankful that the Jiang family is trapped by those things on their bodies and dare not take action. Our lives have been much better in the past few years."
"We should really thank the person who did it..."
After a few brief complaints, the two of them started chatting about the gossip in Wu'an City, and Jiang Mingyan did not stay any longer.
Suisui rested her chin on her brother's shoulder, looking at the scenery passing by, with a thoughtful look on her delicate little face.
"What are you thinking about?" Landing in the charred and dilapidated yard, Jiang Mingyan asked slowly while looking at everything that was familiar yet unfamiliar.
"Things from the Jiang family." Suisui was also looking around the courtyard, his eyes clear and pure.
"Jiang Zhenyu is a Jindan cultivator, and the Jiang family wouldn't have sat idly by all these years. They must have sought medical help from Wuzhou to resolve this matter." Jiang Mingyan walked around the courtyard. "Since it hasn't been resolved yet, whatever this thing is, it's not something that can be easily dealt with."
"Brother, are you going to attack them again?" Sui Sui asked.
"I don't know." Jiang Mingyan said calmly, "I haven't seen what they look like yet, so I can't make a decision."
"Then let's quietly go to the main courtyard of the Jiang Mansion to take a look." Sui Sui's face was serious: "Let's go and see how they are doing."
"good."
Jiang Mingyan said he came to take a look at the courtyard, and he meant just to take a look.
The unrenovated courtyard after the fire no longer had the gentle and bright appearance in memory. Jiang Mingyan walked around the courtyard with Sui Sui in his arms, and then slowly walked out of the courtyard step by step.
He watched Sui Sui stretch out her little arms to close the wooden door that was scorched black by the flames. With a harsh "creak" sound, Jiang Mingyan's brows relaxed and the coldness in his eyes slowly melted away.
When he said goodbye to that period of time, he no longer left in a blazing fire and in a panic, but said goodbye calmly and frankly.
Suisui looked at the curve of her brother's lips, and felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
The little guy smiled secretly, like a kitten who saw his favorite dried fish.
Jiang Mingyan touched the cat's head lovingly.
The once majestic and solemn main courtyard is now no different from the other courtyards in Jiang Mingyan's eyes.
He gently landed on the roof holding Sui Sui.
Coincidentally, when Jiang Mingyan scanned the room with his spiritual sense, he discovered that there were many familiar people sitting in the room.
With Jiang Mingyan's current cultivation level, the Jiang family members in the house would not be able to discover him and Sui Sui as long as he didn't want to.
So Sui Sui and his brother started eavesdropping again.
"Yesterday, two more disciples of the main branch died." Jiang Zhenyu said in a deep tone.
"Suicide, huh?" The only woman in the room smiled bitterly. "We're in such a state right now, it's too painful. It's normal for them to choose suicide."
"It's painful, but it's not us who deserve to die, it's that bitch!" Jiang Huaishu said sinisterly, "They say a biting dog doesn't bark. I didn't believe it before, but now I see it."
"She died a long time ago. What's the point of you saying this now?" the woman said impatiently.
"She and that bastard died, but didn't they leave behind two little ones?" Jiang Huaishu said gloomily, "Father, we should have agreed to those people."
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