Chapter 418: Killed the entire village
Two more days passed.
Jiang Wanning saw that she had treated almost all the sick people in the village.
The King of Qin's illness has almost completely healed.
He then said to the scarred man, "We are preparing to leave today."
“I’ve lived here for a while and seen it all.”
“I can go back and tell your Western Xia emperor that he will not hold your involvement in this matter against you, and you can take your families back to your old villages and live a good life.”
"This will never happen again."
The scarred man hesitated, "How can I trust you?"
“You have no choice but to trust me,” Jiang Wanning said. “The fact that the prince was able to climb up from the bottom of the cliff means that this place is not necessarily safe.”
“There will always be a time when you are breached, and when that time comes, you know in your hearts what will happen to you.”
“And them.” Jiang Wan Ning looked at the women working outside and the children playing.
"They will all be convicted as well."
"But even if I agree to leave like this now, I can't guarantee it."
“If you are not trustworthy, how can I face them?”
Seeing that the scarred man was still hesitant, Jiang Wan Ning asked, "Then what do you want?"
The scarred man clenched his fists tightly, turned his back to Jiang Wan Ning, and said, "You can just live your lives here."
"As long as you are here, they will not act rashly."
This is an attempt to imprison Jiang Wanning, Pei Anchuan, and others here.
Jiang Wan Ning smiled slightly, "To be honest, if it weren't for some things that haven't been settled yet, I would really like to live here for a while longer."
"Being isolated from the world is quite nice."
"But you have something you want to protect, and I have something I want to protect."
“Actually, you do believe in me deep down,” Jiang Wanning said, “but you can’t afford to take the risk, right?”
The scarred man, his secret exposed, finally said, "No matter what you say, I won't let you leave."
"What if I insist on leaving?"
Pei Yanchuan, having overheard so much at the door, now wore a very unpleasant expression.
The scarred man turned around and stared fearlessly into Pei Yanchuan's eyes. "Then Your Highness can try stepping over the bodies of these people in our village."
"Do you think I wouldn't dare?"
"Why kill the entire village? Killing you alone will suffice."
"Then Your Highness may proceed."
Jiang Wanning quickly grabbed Pei Yanchuan and said to the scarred man, "I want to know if this is your opinion or everyone's opinion?"
"You keep saying you're doing it for their own good, but let me ask you this: for those people, even seeing a doctor is a luxury when they're sick, how do you plan to protect them?"
"Isn't this harming them?"
"I can stay here, but do you think the Emperor will let you go?"
"I've already said it, with me here, I can guarantee you won't be punished after you get out. The Empress is not an unreasonable person."
Just as the scarred man was about to refuse, Kan'er and Gun'er rushed in.
“Scarface, we believe in the Princess,” Kane said.
Gun'er nodded in agreement. "Yes, we believe in the Princess."
“These days, the princess has been treating our illnesses and helping us with farm work in the fields. Sometimes she even eats flatbread with the old ladies for lunch. She has never complained or shown any disdain.”
“We think the princess is a good person, and we are willing to believe her.”
"You don't know anything!" the scarred man roared angrily at the two men. "Get out and get back to your work."
“We don’t understand anything, but we can see how much pain the old ladies, aunties, and other elderly people and children in the village suffer when they are sick.”
"What's the use of knowing only traditional Chinese medicine?"
"Brother Scar, have you forgotten why Er Gouzi's father died?" Kan'er cried. "It was because a doctor wasn't found in time."
"Even though Er Gouzi doesn't say it, we all know about it."
"There will only be more of these kinds of things in the future."
“Yes, Scarface, instead of hiding here, we might as well trust the Princess this once. What if we really can’t live a peaceful life?”
"What do you know?" the scarred man snapped. "How many of these officials and rich people really care about us poor people?"
“She only agreed to go out today because she thought it would be fun and she wanted to experience it,” the scarred man said. “Then let her stay.”
"Ask her if she'd be willing to farm for the rest of her life?"
"These officials are the best at wielding knives, the knives that stab people in the back."
Seeing that the scarred man was really angry, Kan'er and Gun'er didn't dare to say anything more.
"Eeya—Grandma...Grandma...Brother drinks grandma."
The atmosphere was tense when a soft, sweet voice came from below. The scarred man looked down at Nian Nian's chubby little hands, which were gripping his pants.
Wearing a tiger head hat made by Aunt Zhang, she raised her round little head and looked at the scarred man with a happy smile.
He kept calling out, "Brother, drink milk."
The scarred man skillfully wrapped Nian Nian up.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanning said, "Niannian is the Empress's sister, her parents must be very worried about her."
"Since Niannian is so clingy to you, the Emperor will definitely not treat you badly after we leave."
“If you don’t believe me, I can swear on it,” Jiang Wan Ning said earnestly.
The scarred man's eyes immediately reddened as he looked at Nian Nian's chubby face.
After a long silence, he finally said to the people inside, "You may leave."
With that, he picked up Niannian and walked out.
Jiang Wan Ning was puzzled as to how someone who had been so unyielding just moments before could change their mind so quickly.
Kan'er seemed to see through Jiang Wan Ning's thoughts and whispered, "Scarface used to have a child, who died when he was about the same age as Nian Nian."
"He was also the county magistrate at the time... His son was riding a horse recklessly in the street, and the child was knocked down and thrown into the air."
"Later, Scarface's wife went insane and eventually drowned herself in the river."
“Your Highness, Your Highness, Scarface has had a tough time. We will try to persuade him to come down the mountain with us. None of us want to be bandits.”
"If given the choice, who wouldn't want to live a good life?"
After Kan'er and Gunzi finished talking, they left.
at night.
Pei Yanchuan arrived at the edge of the cliff, and sure enough, the scarred man was sitting on the edge of the cliff, just like the day he climbed up, lost in thought.
The scarred man glanced at the extra figure beside him, turned his head to look at it, said nothing, and then looked back at the front.
Pei Yanchuan stood with his hands behind his back.
"I swear on my late father that I will never do such a thing as going back on my word."
Pei Yanchuan said, "If Western Xia cannot tolerate you in the future, Eastern Ling will."
Pei Yanchuan tossed the waist token in his hand into the scarred man's arms, saying, "Within the territory of Dongling, seeing this jade pendant is like seeing me, the King."
"You can come to me if you need any help."
Scarface had heard about the Prince of Langya; the fact that he could swear an oath by the Duke of Yingguo was more convincing than an imperial edict.
The scarred man stood up, supporting himself with one hand, faced Pei Yanchuan, and then bowed deeply.
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