Marriage of the Di Daughter

Since Feng Yutang took office in Tongxiang, no one has dared to mention the word "Xue Xiancheng" in the street, not to mention outside, even at home. The word "Xue Xiancheng" seems to be a common taboo, and no one has ever dared to mention this name.

Over time, it seems that some people have forgotten what the three words Xue Xiancheng mean. That means a glimmer of dawn when there is no way out, the only hope when facing injustice, justice and conscience.

But everyone didn't seem to forget it. It's like a buried fire of humiliation. Just wait for someone to come with Mars one day, and it can burn brightly with just a little.

Today, the three words "Xue Xiancheng" sounded around Tongxiang quietly, spreading like spring breeze and night grass. Some people were ready to move, and some were confused.

At night, lights were lit in a room in Qingshi lane.

The lights were dim, and a room full of people, sitting or standing, looked depressed.

Ye Mingyu sat on the low stool, punched at the table and said angrily, "this is too difficult!"

He and Jiang Li, as well as his six brothers, divided into several roads early in the morning and went to find the people of Tongxiang one by one. In more than 500 households, only dozens of households were asked from morning till night today. In fact, dozens of households are not small, but only the poor scholar Mo Wenxuan is willing to stand up and testify for Xue Huaiyuan. It was mo Wenxuan's blind mother who heard this and severely criticized Mo Wenxuan. Only then did Mo Wenxuan stand up with the tragic mood of dying together.

Ye Mingyu didn't know what to say. To blame these people for being ungrateful? Others just want to protect their families. Instead of blaming the people, they might as well scold Feng Yutang for his actions. But do these people really have no responsibility? If they resisted a little, maybe Xue Xiancheng would be imprisoned and would not look so miserable.

There are always many helpless things in the world.

"It's all right, uncle." Jiang Li smiled, "it's not all fruitless. At least one person is good, isn't it? As long as there is one person today, there will be one day tomorrow. If this goes on, after five days, we can have five people altogether. It's also a lot."

A guard mumbled, "five hundred and sixty-eight families, only five people stood up, which is too sad."

Jiang Li still smiled, but ye Mingyu felt that his niece seemed a little sad for a moment. It seems that from these personnel in Tongxiang, we can see the unexpected of the people. Ye Mingyu was also sad, and soon came to his senses. He secretly smoked his mouth. He wanted to comfort Jiang Li. He was stupid and didn't know how to comfort him. Sighed that if only the handsome Duke of the country had been there last night, maybe Jiang Li girl's mind would temporarily forget her troubles when she saw her sweetheart.

But Ji Heng is not there.

Ye Mingyu had to pull away his words clumsily: "speaking of it, I felt someone following us several times today. It seemed that there was still murderous spirit. I was waiting for a war, but after a while, the feeling disappeared again. It was really strange."

"Me too, me too!" The guards in the room agreed one after another: "I also have this feeling today. I thought I was thinking too much."

"Is it possible that everyone has this feeling after seeing a ghost?"

"I think it's a bandit in Tongxiang. Originally, he robbed the road and blackmailed us. As a result, seeing that the brothers were excellent in martial arts and were afraid, he withdrew."

"With this reason, I think that's it!"

"Go, go," Ye Mingyu waved his hand and said, "you know shit. Don't take any credit to yourself. Who will rob your way? Do you look rich? Robbing is also robbing Lao Tzu. Besides, can there be robbing in Tongxiang? Tongxiang is so poor that if there is robbing, they will starve to death!"

The room suddenly became speechless, and ye Mingyu turned to ask Jiang Li, "ah Li, is it the Duke of laoshizi who helped with this?"

Ye Mingyu didn't know Ji Heng's name, and thought that "the Duke of the country" was an official. He called Ji Heng "the Duke of the country" when he opened his mouth and closed his mouth. Jiang Li couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "most of it."

Feng Yutang's men were so few overnight, but he didn't say a word, and there was no movement at all. Naturally, it was Ji Heng's handwriting. Today, they openly raised Xue Huaiyuan's case in Tongxiang, and Feng Yutang's people did not stop it, which is naturally impossible. The only possibility is that Feng Yutang did send someone to stop him, but was stopped by Ji Heng's people.

One thing belongs to another. At least in this matter, Ji Heng helped her and saved her a lot of trouble. She should be grateful. Jiang Li inexplicably thought that if someone allied with Ji He, it would be the most cost-effective business in the world. Because Ji Heng will remove unnecessary obstacles for allies to the greatest extent, "idle people wait", many things will get twice the result with half the effort.

Ye Mingyu heard the words, and immediately did not say a word, thinking that although the man's appearance was too prosperous, he at least knew how to protect Jiang Li. Even if you can't be a nephew and son-in-law, it's good to be a friend.

"Uncle Mingyu, have a rest earlier." Jiang Li said, "you are also tired today. You should keep your strength in the evening and continue tomorrow morning."

Ye Mingyu nodded. Today, they went to recruit. They said that they were thirsty, ran far, and had backache. It was time to take a bath and have a good rest. He didn't object to Jiang Li, so he took his men to rest first.

Jiang Li sat back at the table.

Tong'er and Bai Xue thought she was going to have a rest, so they were surprised and asked, "why doesn't the girl sleep?"

"I have to write a pamphlet and distribute it to my uncles tomorrow. I can't sleep until I finish it." Jiang Li pressed her forehead and said, "snow white, pour me a cup of hot tea."

……

It was sunny after snow, and the next day was excellent weather.

Early in the morning, Jiang Li and ye Mingyu parted ways and went to find their own families.

Now she is not afraid that Feng Yutang's people will kill her behind her back. Anyway, Ji Heng will solve it for her. She confidently exposed her back to Ji Heng.

Yesterday's trip, she visited the most families, and ye Mingyu didn't visit as many as she did, just because she knew the way of Tongxiang and knew where each family lived, which saved a lot of time. When I passed by the gate of Qingshi Lane in the morning, I also saw aunt Chunfang who I saw in Tongxiang on the first day. Aunt Chunfang stood in the yard with her basket, carefully watching Jiang Li and his party walk away, mumbling his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

Jiang Li didn't look at her either. She had too little time to take care of everyone. The fate between people depends on fate. Some things have been tried by oneself. If they fail, it is fate, and there is no need to be unwilling.

All day yesterday, from the first family, Dai Yun, to the last family, at least at the end of Jiang Li, they didn't convince the family that it was false not to be disappointed, but today they have to continue. No matter what the result is, she must accept it.

In the distance, the door of the house can be seen.

Jiang Li walked to the house, hesitated for a moment, and finally knocked on the door.

The husband of this family is a butcher, known as butcher Zhang. He is vicious and terrible. Ordinary children will cry when he looks at him. Jiang Li only remembered that Xue Zhao was afraid of butcher Zhang when he was a child, and always felt that the butcher's knife in butcher Zhang's hand was very frightening. But as Xue Fangfei, she only remembered that every time she passed the butcher's shop, the man pulled up the corners of his mouth rigidly, as if he wanted to show her a soft smile, but it was very uncomfortable.

Knock three times and someone will open the door.

Butcher Zhang opened the door.

After many years, butcher Zhang is still the same as he used to be, and has not changed at all. On a cold winter day, I wore a thin coarse cloth jacket with my sleeves rolled up, probably for the convenience of cutting meat. He was tall and fat, and his face was full of meat. Because he had been killing pigs for many years, he had some fishy smell of meat, which made him feel sticky. He probably got up early to go to the butcher's shop, holding a bucket covered with a white cloth, which Jiang Li knew was fresh pork.

Butcher Zhang also has a long knife, which is also placed on this bucket. The knife is extremely long and sharp. I don't know if it's because I saw too much blood. Just seeing it makes people feel cold.

Jiang Li's eyes involuntarily fell on the long knife.

Butcher Zhang looked down at Jiang Li, put the bucket in his hand "Dong" at his feet, and said in a bad tone, "who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for you." Jiang Li looked back and said, "my name is Jiang Li."

Butcher Zhang said, "I know you. It was you yesterday. From the east of the city, you began to ask Xue Xiancheng door-to-door about it, and wanted someone to stand up and testify to Lord Xue!"

Butcher Zhang's voice was very thick, even fiercer than ye Mingyu's listening. When talking to Jiang Li, his face was expressionless, but the horizontal meat on his face shook a few times.

"Yes." Jiang Li looked at him calmly, "the people of Tongxiang don't know whether Xue Xian Cheng is a good official or not, and whether he can embezzle the money for disaster relief. I want to ask this uncle, would you like to stand up as a witness to vindicate the innocent Xian Cheng's unjust case?"

Butcher Zhang looked at Jiang Li with determination.

In fact, his eyes are small, almost squinting, making it difficult to see his expression clearly. Butcher Zhang is alone again and has no wife so far. Because he is too ugly and fierce, no one dares to get close to him. Looking at Jiang Li from such a commanding position, it was like raising a butcher's knife at Jiang Li in the next moment.

But the next moment, he suddenly burst out laughing.

Jiang Li has never seen butcher Zhang smile like this. She has seen the other party see that she reluctantly wants to squeeze out a friendly smile, show a shy smile at the beautiful girl on the street, and see him stretch his smile when cutting bones with a knife, but she has never seen him laugh like this. It's like a happy smile when your long cherished wish is fulfilled.

He said, "little girl, I waited for you in the room early in the morning. I thought you weren't coming, but finally I waited for you. I'm willing to stand up! Go with you to help Lord Xue overturn the case!"

This time, it was Jiang Li's turn to be surprised.

In the laughter of butcher Zhang, Jiang Li thought for a moment and asked, "why would you like it?"

"Why would you want to?" Butcher Zhang looked at her as if she had said something funny, and said, "you should ask me why I don't want to? Lord Xue is like a reborn parent to me. In those days, someone framed me, saying that my pork killed someone, saying that I was a murderer. I was wronged and imprisoned, and I suffered a lot in prison. If Lord Xue hadn't been clear-cut, retrial my case, and return my innocence, I wouldn't be who I am today!" He took advantage of the situation with his long knife, "Hey, although I'm a butcher who kills pigs, I'm not an ungrateful white eyed wolf!"

Jiang Li knows this. When Xue Huaiyuan first took office, the former county magistrate received money. In that case, it was clear that the son of a rich family committed an offence, but he gave money to the former county magistrate and found a substitute for the dead. It was clearly not butcher Zhang who poisoned him. He insisted that butcher Zhang's meat killed him. Butcher Zhang became a scapegoat. The county magistrate received the money and did not care about the innocence of a butcher. Coupled with the ferocity of butcher Zhang, no one doubted for a moment.

After Xue Huaiyuan took office, he saw the doubts in this case, and did not hesitate to offend the powerful family in Tongxiang, but also to overturn the case for butcher Zhang. Fortunately, the final evidence was conclusive, and butcher Zhang was cleared and saved. Since then, butcher Zhang recognized Xue Huaiyuan as a lifesaver.

"I've been in prison myself, and I know what it's like to be wronged. If someone like Lord Xue embezzles money, no one believes it! I thought of a way to save Feng Yutang's life, but I thought it was so, and I couldn't save Lord Xue in prison. I'm ashamed, and I dragged it on for such a long time. I originally thought that I would rob the court in five days, and I would die alone, and I would die with my benefactor, and the benefactor wouldn't feel wronged It was a mistake to save me! "

Butcher Zhang looks at Jiang Li: "Little girl, I don't think you are an ordinary person. You are not in a low position, and you are not afraid of Feng Yutang's power. You want to overturn the case for Lord Xue. I believe you! In that case, you overturn the case for Lord Xue. Count me as one. What do you want me to do? I'll never say a word! Anyway, I have no relatives, and I'm alone. There's only this butcher's knife. I'll take this butcher's knife and kill this beast worse than pigs and dogs!"

Jiang Li didn't expect to say such a thing from butcher Zhang's mouth. She suddenly felt that she had never known butcher Zhang, a righteous man, and she did not expect that when everyone in Tongxiang avoided Feng Yutang and was frightened by Feng Yutang's power, someone was secretly planning to overturn his father's case.

Maybe butcher Zhang is not the first person. Maybe there are others like him. Feng Yutang can hold the words and deeds of the people, but not the hearts of the people.

Jiang Li's heart surged for a moment.

She saluted butcher Zhang deeply.

Butcher Zhang was startled and hurriedly said, "little girl, what are you doing?"

"I thank you for Xue Xiancheng." Jiang Li said seriously, "we all know what Feng Yutang did in Tongxiang. Not everyone can speak for Xue Xiancheng. I'm very grateful that you can stand up."

"There's nothing to be grateful for." Butcher Zhang waved his hand, "When I became a rat crossing the street and everyone shouted to fight, only Lord Xue was willing to believe me and didn't dislike me. Without Lord Xue, I had been tortured to death in prison. I often looked at the sun outside and said to myself that it was Lord Xue's credit to feel all this. My life was originally Lord Xue's, and Lord Xue was in trouble, so I sat back and ignored it. Is that still human? I heard that killing too much would go to hell, and I never believed it, But I believe that ingratitude will go to hell. "

"Just think I don't want to go to hell!" He said.

Jiang Li looked at the man's fierce appearance and felt cute. They looked at each other and laughed at each other.

……

The next day, at night, when meeting Ye Mingyu and them, Jiang Li found that butcher Zhang was the only witness who was willing to stand up.

After meeting butcher Zhang, the people she met later were all embarrassed and hesitant. Jiang Li didn't force others to be difficult, and others didn't want it, so it was all natural. Ye Mingyu and other guards got nothing, and ye Mingyu was a little discouraged.

"It's all right," Jiang Li cheered him up. "Haven't we found one person? As I said, one person a day can also find five people. It's all right."

Ye Mingyu looked at Jiang Li and didn't speak. What he sighed was not that he couldn't find anyone, but that he was disappointed in people's hearts.

Every family, Jiang Li gave a booklet that said that every family had really received Xue Huaiyuan's help. So now Xue Huaiyuan is in trouble. Because of Feng Yutang's power, no one dares to stand up?

Knowing that he thought like this was a little angry, but it was like a basin of cold water, pouring Ye Mingyu's fiery heart cold and cool. He likes the happy life of gratitude and hatred in the Jianghu. Kindness is kindness, and resentment is resentment. But the trip to Tongxiang made him see that there was too much helplessness in the market, and he could not blame anything, because everyone had his own reasons. But the chest is not refreshing, like a lump of gas blocked, stuffy.

He looked at Jiang Li, a 15-year-old girl. How could she be so calm in the face of these successive blows? It seems that being rejected is just a common thing. If ye Jiaer and ye Rufeng had met this situation, they would have been discouraged.

But Jiang Li never.

Jiang Li really won't feel sad because of these. In fact, since she died once, she is still willing to treat others kindly, and won't become cruel because she has suffered cruel things. However, she has no expectations for people's hearts anymore.

It's like the father's love for Jiang Yuanbai, the grandson's love for old lady Jiang, and the relatives of the Jiang family, both large and small, after becoming Miss Jiang er. It's true that she is not a real Miss Jiang Er, but she doesn't put too much emotion into it. She doesn't care about how the Jiang family can treat her, because she doesn't expect it.

Shenyurong and Princess Yongning have changed her after all. She can't tell whether this change is a good thing or a bad thing, but sometimes she can feel her indifference in her bones and look on coldly at these people who are related to her, as if she is watching the excitement of irrelevant people.

Like... Like Ji Heng.

Maybe now I am the same person as Ji Heng. Ji Heng's goal is to achieve his political aspirations, while his own goal is revenge. Living for the purpose may be so boring and colorless.

Jiang Li took back her thoughts: "it doesn't matter, uncle, there are three days left. From tomorrow on, I will start to report to the magistrate of Xiangyang. Feng Yutang is convicted, Xue Xiancheng's execution order is suspended, and on the last day, we can pick Xue Xiancheng out of prison and bring these Tongxiang people to Beijing to complain."

"Will Tong Zhiyang agree?" Ye Mingyu asked.

"It's impossible for him not to agree. The rules are like this. Besides, Lord Tang hasn't left the weaving room yet. Lord Tang knows the pros and cons and will persuade Tong Zhiyang." Jiang Li said, "of course, it would be great if we could find more people willing to testify."

……

Jiang Li's steps did not stop. On the third morning, she still got up early in the morning and divided several ways with Ye Mingyu's men to persuade the people who had received Xue Huaiyuan's favor.

Aunt Chunfang didn't go out either, so she stood in the yard, watching Jiang Li and them leave, stunned, and didn't know what to think.

It's another day of early departure and late return.

In the evening of this day, Jiang Li and ye Mingyu got nothing, but one of Ye Mingyu's men persuaded a couple who opened a noodle shop, called a strange couple. In those days, the strange couple was cheated, and the land lease went wrong. They were almost taken away from the noodle shop and lost their capital to settle down. Xue Huaiyuan tried the case and let the strange couple get back the title deed, so as not to be displaced.

Therefore, the strange couple has always been very grateful to Xue Xiancheng. Now Xue Huaiyuan is in prison, and the a-guai couple have the intention to complain about Xue Huaiyuan, and they don't know what they can do. They always feel that standing up is like a mantis arm in a cart. Now Jiang Li and his party appear, which makes the couple overjoyed. It seems that they finally know what they can do, and they agree without much thought.

"I found three people in total," Ye Mingyu said, "will you send orders to Xiangyang tomorrow?"

Jiang Li nodded, "enough."

Ye Mingyu asked, "are you still looking for someone?"

"Find." Jiang Li said, "only the more people there are, the more serious the matter is. Whether it's going to Dali temple or suing the emperor, can people be overwhelmed, and people all over the world can see how much trouble the real Tongxiang county magistrate has caused by tearing open this layer of skin."

Ye Mingyu said, "I know, then continue!"

This night, Jiang Li slept very safely. In her dream, she saw Xue Zhao and her father. On their way home in Qingshi lane, the night fell in all directions. Xue Zhao carried a sword and proudly played a set of sword techniques in front of Jiang Li, which was laughed and scolded by Xue Huaiyuan.

The warmth made Jiang Li unwilling to wake up.

Until Snow White gently woke her up: "girl, it's time to get up."

These days, Jiang Li gets up very early every day. There is no way, and time cannot be delayed. Her heart was still recalling the dream that made people reluctant to wake up last night, but her action was clear and decisive. But for a moment, I had finished grooming, had something to eat, and was ready to go out.

Half of the 568 households have never visited. In the past half, only three people were willing to stand up.

Sad? Maybe, but we should be glad that there is not one, and it is not the worst time yet.

Ye Mingyu greeted Jiang Li with a smile, "ah Li, I'm going to be busy again today."

Jiang Li also smiled: "I have to work hard today, uncle and brothers."

Everyone laughed out of the door, opened the yard, and suddenly froze.

Aunt Chunfang stood at the door. She was wearing thin clothes. I don't know how long she waited. Her body trembled slightly. Her eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Li.

"Aunt Chunfang?" Jiang Li looked at her suspiciously, "Why are you here?"

"I... I..." Chun Fang stammered her lips. It seemed that it took a long time to summon up her courage and said, "Miss, I, I am willing to stand up and testify for Lord Xue!"

Jiang Li was stunned.

"I've thought about it. Lord Xue has helped us a lot. If we don't care, it's unconscionable. I'm willing to stand up!"

The timid woman, who seemed to have courage for no reason, suddenly increased her voice, raised her head, and said firmly.

Jiang Li and ye Mingyu didn't expect her to say such a sentence.

After a while, Jiang Li smiled and said, "thank you, aunt Chunfang."

Chun Fang blushed, hurriedly waved her hand, as if she couldn't stand it, and said, "not only me, but also them."

Then he saw two more people coming out of the corner, who were Dai Yun holding peace.

Ping An saw Jiang Li, smiled at Jiang Li sweetly, and said to Dai Yun, "Miss Jiang, I've thought about it. Lord Xue saved Ping An, and we can't be so ruthless to Ping An's lifesaving benefactor. Our mother and daughter in Tongxiang have always accepted Lord Xue's help, and we can't let a good person suffer injustice because of our selfishness. We are willing to stand up."

Jiang Li looks at her. Dai Yun held Ping'an's hand tightly. She could see that she had struggled for a long time to make this decision. But now, she came with peace.

"Thank you." Jiang Li smiled, "with you, Lord Xue's case will be much easier. I think Lord Xue is not far from the day of rehabilitation."

"It's not just us." Chun Fang said, "look outside." She points in one direction.

Jiang Li walked forward a few steps.

At the intersection of Qingshi lane, I don't know when, it has already squeezed the dense crowd, some outside and some inside, which has crowded the lane, at least hundreds of people. They are men, women and children. At a glance, they are all Tongxiang people.

Seeing Jiang Li, they shouted, "Miss Jiang, we are all willing to be the witnesses of Xue Xiancheng!"

"Miss Jiang, take us to help Xue Xiancheng! The dripping kindness should be reported by Yongquan. We have all received the favor of Lord Xue. Now it's our turn to repay Lord Xue!"

"We know Miss Jiang's plan. This is to find Miss Jiang specially. We can do whatever Miss Jiang wants us to do, as long as we can save Lord Xue!"

Jiang Li stared at everything in front of her.

Ye Mingyu and his men took two steps forward and also saw the scene in front of them. Ye Mingyu whispered, "my darling..." the voice was full of inconceivable.

Compared with the situation of going door-to-door in the past few days, everything today is unreal like a dream. These Tongxiang people, old and weak, women and children have, but there is no doubt that they are brave.

Those who Xue Huaiyuan once helped, those who huddled in others and dared not stand up for various reasons, experienced struggle, hesitation, hesitation and anxiety, and justice defeated fear, but still stood up.

Is it worth looking forward to?

Is it not worth looking forward to?

Ping An broke away from her mother's hand, ran forward for two steps, took Jiang Li's hand, and softly shouted, "sister, we are willing to stand up."

Jiang Li's eyes were hot and she couldn't speak.