Chapter 74 Avenging My Sister!
"Where is my sister's body?"
"This old woman does not know; only the young master knows."
"When will the young master return?"
"I don't know when the young master will return."
Jiang Xingyao stood guard at the door, his bundle containing the silver he had saved over the years, money specifically for his sister's redemption.
On his way to Beijing, he was inexplicably followed and people tried to strike up conversations with him.
He was afraid of losing the ransom money, so he deliberately took a detour to shake off these people.
He finally made it to the capital, and now these people are telling him that his sister is dead...
How could that be?
How could his sister be dead!
Jiang Xingyao kept watch from day to night, and then from night to day.
The steward had gone out to check several times, and the young man had been guarding the door for a whole day and night without leaving.
The Crown Prince is so busy now that he's nowhere to be found.
It was common for him to stay away from home for days on end.
“My lord, it’s not right for you to just wait like this.”
"It's not worth ruining your health!"
Jiang Xingyao slowly stood up, supporting himself on the stone steps. His lips were dry. "My sister is not dead. I will come back to find you."
"I will come back to find you..."
He murmured in a hoarse voice.
The servant watched his retreating figure and asked, "Steward, why didn't you inform the madam?"
The steward glanced at him and said, "The young master has fallen out with Madam and the old lady over Lady Jiang. If this is reported to Madam, this young master may not even be able to stay in the capital."
When Jiang Xingyao was almost at the Liu residence, he could no longer hold on and fainted.
Li Ruoshuang's carriage happened to pass by.
"Stop! Someone has collapsed here."
Li Ruoshuang was still in mourning, so it was inconvenient for her to get out of the car.
"Huan'er went to knock on the door, and Uncle Ma carried him to a shady spot."
But when Liu Minghan came out and saw that Jiang Xingyao had already fainted, he hurriedly helped him up.
"Brother Jiang?!"
Li Ruoshuang then realized that this was Jiang Xingyao, Liu Minghan's good friend.
"Huan'er, quickly go and fetch a doctor."
Thinking of the tragically deceased Jiang Niangzi, a wave of sadness washed over her again.
Life is unpredictable. Madam Jiang passed away, and so did her grandfather.
Those who remain alone in this world are all heartbroken.
When Jiang Xingyao woke up, Liu Minghan had been watching over him by his bedside for more than two hours.
"Brother Liu."
Liu Minghan hurriedly opened his tired eyes and helped him up.
“Brother Jiang, didn’t I already write to you, asking you to send me a letter when you set off, so I could inform the post stations along the way?”
Jiang Xingyao shook his head. "It's a long story..."
He struggled to sit up, "None of that matters, Yao'er..."
“Brother Jiang, you must be exhausted from your journey. I’ve had some food prepared for you. Please have some.”
Liu Minghan subconsciously interrupted him.
His eyes darted away.
He still doesn't know how to face Brother Jiang.
Brother Jiang gave him all his savings from when he went to the capital for the imperial examination. That old purse seemed to be a constant reminder that he was a selfish and despicable person.
Jiang Xingyao shook his head, "Brother Liu, I have no desire to sleep."
"Yao'er said she was from the British government. In recent years, she has written less and her replies are always evasive, implying that we should not save money for her anymore."
"She must have been wronged!"
Liu Minghan dared not look him in the eye, "You...you've been to the Duke of Ying's mansion..."
Jiang Xingyao: "I went there, and they actually said that Yao'er was the prince's concubine, and that she... she's already dead!"
"How could that be! I received a letter from Yao'er just three months ago!"
"Yao'er never said that she had become a concubine!"
When Li Ruoshuang walked in, she paused upon hearing his words.
Then he glanced at Liu Minghan's evasive gaze.
She pursed her lips. "Let's eat first."
"The doctor just said that Young Master Jiang's condition is due to the hardships of living outdoors and the burdens he has taken. His health is important, so let's eat first."
Jiang Xingyao nodded, "Okay! After dinner, I'll go to the Duke of Ying's Mansion again!"
At the dinner table.
Jiang Xingyao was noticeably more talkative, recounting the hardships of their journey, his hopes for the future, and his wish to give his younger sister a better life.
Liu Minghan became increasingly silent.
He didn't know how to respond to Jiang Xingyao's words.
He single-handedly ruined all of Brother Jiang's expectations.
He drank one glass of wine after another.
It seems that when you're drunk, you no longer need to think.
"Don't drink anymore," Li Ruoshuang couldn't help but gently remind her.
Jiang Xingyao paused, then said seemingly casually, "Why do you all seem so strange?"
"It's as if they're afraid to face me."
Liu Minghan's hand trembled violently.
Then, with red eyes, he put the wine glass on the table. His voice was hoarse, but he dared not look at Jiang Xingyao.
"You don't need to look anymore, Jiang Shiyao left you a letter."
"What letter..."
Jiang Xingyao's heart skipped a beat.
It was as if the sadness was about to overflow.
Li Ruoshuang said anxiously, "Brother Liu..."
Liu Minghan took the items exactly as they were.
He stuffed those things into Jiang Xingyao's hands.
"Brother Jiang, I have wronged you! I will accept your death or torture!"
Jiang Xingyao looked at the thing in his hand and felt a tightness in his chest.
His fingers trembled uncontrollably.
It seems that as long as this thing isn't opened, the news that Yao'er is dead is just nonsense.
But what exactly happened to Yao'er in the capital?
As the elder brother, he knew nothing.
Jiang Xingyao opened the letter with trembling hands.
Familiar handwriting.
The lines of text made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
He couldn't even finish reading it; he clenched his fist and punched Liu Minghan directly in the face.
"ah!--"
Li Ruoshuang was frightened.
Jiang Xingyao, his eyes bloodshot with rage, used to rough work, unleashed a fist the size of a sandbag onto Liu Minghan.
"I consider you a brother! I even lent you the money to redeem Yao'er from her servitude!"
"Yet you want Yao'er to die!"
"Quick! Pull him away!" Li Ruoshuang was terrified and her face turned pale. She quickly called for people to bring the two of them away.
"My lord!" The servant outside the door was so frightened that he rushed in and pulled Jiang Xingyao away.
"You made my master faint, and I personally watched over you for more than two hours. Is this how you repay my master?!"
Li Ruoshuang then spoke up, "Young Master Jiang, murdering an official of the imperial court is a capital offense!"
Jiang Xingyao was restrained and unable to move, so he kicked over the dining table!
"Aren't officials appointed by the imperial court exempt from paying with their lives?!"
"He killed my sister and then hypocritically apologized to me!"
"I'm going to kill him! Then I'll apologize at his grave!"
Li Ruoshuang helped Liu Minghan up, saying, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt has its debtor. Madam Jiang died unjustly, shouldn't you go find Zhou Congxian?"
"And that Miss Song Jiyun from the Song family, who has repeatedly provoked us!"
"All of this was because Zhou Congxian indulged him!"
Jiang Xingyao clenched the purse and letter in his hand.
"What a hypocritical and sanctimonious Lord Liu!"
"If I don't kill you today to appease Yao'er's spirit in heaven, I, Jiang Xingyao, will write my name backwards!"
Seeing that Jiang Xingyao had lost his mind, Li Ruoshuang was afraid that he would really beat Liu Minghan to death, so she quickly went out to call for help.
"Quickly! Throw him out! You adults are about to be beaten to death!"
The servants in the manor hurriedly threw Jiang Xingyao out!
Jiang Xingyao's letter and purse fell to the ground.
After he picked it up, the door behind him was already locked.
"Liu Minghan, you treacherous villain!"
Jiang Xingyao had never imagined that things would turn out this way in the capital.
Tears welled in his eyes. He had clearly said that he had saved enough money to redeem his sister from her servitude.
He trembled as he smoothed out the letter.
His hand paused as the letter was turned sideways.
The first two characters are hidden in the first character of the phrase.
Alive.
His heart skipped a beat.
This is a coincidence.
Or was it really a message left by his sister?
Jiang Xingyao then opened the purse his sister had left him.
There was also a letter inside the thick stack of silver notes!
Inside, Jiang Shiyao laid out everything.
My sister didn't die...
Seeing him made me feel extremely sorry for him.
So that's what she's been through.
Even though she came from a high-ranking family, she rose from a lowly maid to become the glamorous Lady Jiang.
She still couldn't even save her own life.
What's more, she has a lovely daughter!
Jiang Xingyao's lips trembled. Why didn't this silly girl say anything?
You always have such a big idea!
She had taken it upon herself to sell herself into servitude.
Now, even for something this big, I don't consult him.
Jiang Xingyao slapped himself twice in frustration.
If he had made something of himself earlier, his sister wouldn't have had to suffer so much!
He gradually calmed down.
Yao'er is still alive, but she is hiding outside, and the two cannot contact each other.
How can I let Yao'er know that he has arrived in the capital?
Jiang Xingyao stood up and looked in the direction of the imperial city.
The imperial examination system.
When the imperial examination results were announced nationwide, Yao'er could see her name on the list of successful candidates, no matter where she was.
He could write a letter to the examination hall, and someone would deliver it to his door!
He glanced back at the gate of the Liu residence.
Hmph, so you're willing to kill Yao'er for your so-called future.
*
Achoo!
Yao Shisan sneezed twice in a row.
Shuang'er covered her with a small blanket, saying, "Sister, you mustn't get sick now."
Wenxi hugged Fu'er and said with a smile, "Madam Yao's pregnancy is going very well. She's eating well and sleeping well."
"This child is very well-behaved and doesn't bother his mother."
With a piece of candy in her mouth, Fu'er turned to look at Aunt Wenxi and said, "Auntie, Fu'er is good too!"
Wenxi pinched her little face, "Yes, yes, Fu'er is good too."
Even if Yao Shisan had a good appearance, he couldn't stand the winding mountain road.
"Why is Hezhou so far away? We've been traveling for three days and we still haven't arrived!"
Once you enter Hezhou, you'll find yourself on winding mountain roads.
The official road was also destroyed by rocks, so we had to take a detour, which made the journey even longer.
The pregnant woman was suffering, so Wenxi comforted her, saying, "The scouts who went ahead sent a message by carrier pigeon saying that the main road is just ahead, and the road will be much easier to travel!"
Yao Shisan looked pale and sickly. Wen Xi took good care of her, and she felt embarrassed to trouble others any further.
Xiao Shu really doesn't value human life at all.
The team was already exhausted, with more than a dozen members, but he wouldn't let them stop to rest!
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