Just as I turned to ask her to follow, I saw the astonished look on Jiang Mingwei's face.
Jiang Mingjin was slightly taken aback, and awkwardly explained, "This tunnel was specially built by me after you got married. We haven't communicated for many years due to a misunderstanding, so you naturally don't know about it."
Jiang Mingwei snorted coldly, lifted her foot and stepped inside with him, but couldn't help but mutter sarcastic remarks.
"Why would they build a tunnel in their house for no reason? Are they planning to drag me home one day and lock me in this dark tunnel? After all, my dear brother used to hate me so much!"
Hearing her words, Jiang Mingjin's face flushed red.
He quickly turned around, raised his hand, and swore that he had no such intention!
Jiang Mingwei pouted.
She only wanted to tease Jiang Mingjin, and since he had already made a solemn oath, she decided to let it go.
The tunnel was straight all the way, and as you walked further in, you could see flickering firelight inside.
Finally, Jiang Mingwei saw the doctor locked in the dungeon, his hair disheveled, gray and streaked with straw.
Even when he heard the voice, he didn't look up. Jiang Mingwei frowned slightly and walked towards him.
"I am the one who cured you of the poison you gave your sister-in-law!"
Her voice wasn't loud, but as soon as she finished speaking, the doctor immediately looked up.
Although he was over sixty, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, fixed intently on Jiang Mingwei.
He burst into laughter after seeing her face clearly.
"I never knew that this young lady from the Jiang family had learned medical skills and was even able to cure the poison I gave her. You truly impress me. How did you manage to do that?"
Jiang Mingwei curled her lips into a cold smile, her eyes filled with icy intent.
Suddenly she understood why the man in black looked at her with such disdain when she was in the cage that day!
For the doctor, she is now the butcher.
The person who should be afraid is never her, which is why the man in black was so fearless that day!
"You don't need to know that! First tell me why you poisoned your sister-in-law? And why you killed her first child? What other sins have you committed!"
"Do you know you are a doctor, your duty is to heal the sick and save lives, yet you resort to such vicious and insidious methods as poisoning? Do you have any respect for your medical skills? Do you have any conscience?"
"Conscience? It's utterly ridiculous to hear this word from the mouths of the Jiang family."
The doctor laughed heartily, then suddenly stood up, gripping the railing with both hands, startling Jiang Mingjin, who quickly stepped forward to protect Jiang Mingwei behind her.
Watching his retreating figure, Jiang Mingwei felt a warm current rise in her heart, and she stubbornly turned her head away.
Without a doubt, this is the original owner's emotions again...
It's really pitiful that he's been hurt for so many years, and all he had to do was stand in front of her, and that was enough?
"My home was destroyed by the combined efforts of your Jiang and Li families! So what's wrong with me ruining the children of these two families?"
"If it weren't for you, how could I have become a person of Nanjing? I should clearly be a person of the Northern Frontier!"
His words startled Jiang Mingwei slightly.
Then, unexpected memories slowly unfolded in my ears...
When Jiang Xiangguo was young, he did indeed have the talent to govern the world.
At that time, Nanjing was not as powerful as it is now, and it often suffered defeats.
As the Grand Secretary, he was naturally extremely concerned about the war with the Northern Frontier.
He often discussed military matters with Li Yihuan's father and later contributed a plan.
That one plan unexpectedly led to the loss of two cities in the north!
Since then, both cities have belonged to Nanjing.
They did not kill the people, but simply assimilated them all.
The people of those two cities now consider themselves to be from Nanjing, and never to be from the Northern Frontier.
The doctor in front of us came from those two cities.
“They said they wouldn’t kill civilians, but how could there be no innocent people dying in a battle? My children and my wife died in that surprise attack! I barely escaped because I went elsewhere to treat patients.”
"Why did you allow your people to suffer when your two countries were at war? I swore then and there that I would avenge my wife and children. So I traveled all the way to Bianjing, where I lay low for many years, made a name for myself, and became a trusted member of the Jiang family, all so that you would all die!"
Jiang Mingwei suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.
I never imagined he had secretly planned so much; it's truly appalling...
"By the way, I not only killed your first child, but also that old scoundrel Jiang and his wife. I should have sent you to hell too, but one of you got married and the other is extremely cautious every day."
"After thinking about it, why not let you live in agony? We've already become enemies anyway. As long as Li Yihuan dies, the Jiang family will surely decline in the future. That would be my way of giving my wife and children an explanation!"
"You killed both my father and mother?"
Jiang Mingjin stared at him in disbelief, her eyes bloodshot and blazing with anger.
The doctor gave a cold snort, his eyes filled with gloom.
He raised an eyebrow and said nonchalantly, "So what? They're dead, and it'll be too late for you to regret it! And soon, you'll all die too! Even if you cure Li Yihuan's poison, so what?"
"You don't know yet, do you? We, the Northern Frontier, have already infiltrated your Southern Jing, just waiting for the opportunity to wipe you out in one fell swoop! At that time, not to mention other places, even your Southern Jing's capital will become our Northern Frontier's possession, and you will only have one way out: death!"
Jiang Mingjin was still immersed in what he was saying, but Jiang Mingwei's expression suddenly turned sharp, and she quickly stepped forward.
"What do you mean? So all the people you've planted in Nanjing are in contact with each other? Does that mean you also know about Tuoluo Incense? Or perhaps you've been established and famous in Bianjing for so many years, and countless high-ranking officials and nobles have sought your medical help, so you might have recommended this incense to them?"
The doctor was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Jiang Mingwei to know about the tamarisk.
But soon, he burst into laughter.
"So what if it is? You know too late. All of this has already happened silently and irreversibly."
"One day, you will all become slaves of the Northern Frontier!"
He knew he was doomed, or perhaps he wanted to bring them the deepest despair.
After saying that, the doctor's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and he roared and slammed his head against the stone wall!
Jiang Mingwei and Jiang Mingjin were too late to stop him and could only watch helplessly as he was splattered with blood.
With a snap, his neck broke, and his body slumped to the ground.
The sight before them left the two speechless with shock.
Jiang Mingwei was terrified, suddenly feeling that danger was everywhere...
"This place is no longer suitable for us to stay. Let's leave now."
Jiang Mingjin raised his hand to take Jiang Mingwei away, and she did not refuse.
When they saw the sunlight again, Jiang Mingwei grabbed his arm with her other hand.
"Wei Jing doesn't believe me, but you can't not believe me. Nanjing... is really in big trouble!"
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