How could those so-called elders of the clan, who had driven their mother and daughter out of the house in Qingyunfang and then avoided them, have the conscience to come and see her?
Could it be... something happened to her mother?!
"If you have something to say, say it quickly and don't wait too long." The jailer said to the middle-aged man.
"Yes, Master, just say a few words and then leave..." As the man spoke, he thrust a piece of broken silver into the jailer's hand.
The jailer squeezed the money in his hand, said a lukewarm "hmm", turned around and left the cell.
Zhan Yunjiao, who got off the stone bed, looked at the middle-aged man in her sight and frowned in confusion.
Which elder of her clan is this?
Why did she feel like she had never seen it before?
On the contrary, it was the young man who looked like a servant...
The middle-aged man did not approach her, but the young man came over with a food box, placed the food box on the moldy wooden table, lowered his head and took out the food inside.
Those meals are delicious.
These aromas are familiar to Zhan Yunjiao after a long absence.
She walked over unconsciously.
But her attention was not at all on the mouth-watering meals, but on the young man's side face with half-downcast eyes——
She stared at that face almost for a moment.
"Who...are you?" When she came to the man's side, she asked in a stiff voice.
In sight, the man slowly raised his head.
"Jiaojiao, it's me——"
Zhan Yunjiao's face changed drastically, her pupils shrank violently, and she opened her mouth in disbelief: "Big——"
The next moment, a big hand covered her mouth, blocking her next words.
The young man looked at her and slowly shook his head at her, with a hint in his eyes.
Zhan Yunjiao looked at the person in front of her unblinkingly for a while, then nodded blankly.
The young man then let go of his hand.
Zhan Yunjiao grabbed his sleeve: "Brother...is it really you?! Are you still alive?!"
"It's me." Zhan Yunzhu pulled her to sit down on the bench: "Jiaojiao, I came to see you and brought you your favorite dishes."
Zhan Yunjiao was pulled by him to sit down. After taking a look at the food on the table and confirming that it was her biological brother, she immediately threw herself into his brother's arms and burst into tears.
Her brother is still alive!
Still alive!
She cried loudly, and the middle-aged man raised his voice and sighed: "You kid... who told you to take the wrong path? What's the use of crying now? If you had known this, why bother in the first place!"
The jailer who wanted to step forward to take a look heard this and stopped paying any more attention.
"Brother..." Zhan Yunjiao was almost crying. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and said with a choked voice: "Since you are still alive, why have you never returned home to see my mother and me? Where have you been these days?
"
She had indeed resented her brother for ignoring her and her mother and drowning himself in the river, but when his brother suddenly came back from the dead and appeared in front of her, she felt that the brother in front of her could still be her support.
Just like when I was a kid.
"Jiaojiao, I encountered something, and I have no choice but to show my original identity to others before the plan succeeds." Zhan Yunzhu said with a guilty tone: "I have always been worried about you and my mother, and I often use secret
People ask for news about you——"
Zhan Yunjiao nodded immediately: "I knew...eldest brother must be in trouble! He would never really leave me and my mother alone!"
As he spoke, the hand holding his brother's sleeve became tighter, and he said expectantly: "Brother, you are here to save me, right? You must have a way to take me out, right?"
"Jiaojiao? Don't worry? I will definitely save you." Zhan Yunzhu looked at the girl in front of him as if he was a life-saving straw, and said seductively: "But? You have to listen to big brother."
"I listen!" Zhan Yunjiao nodded repeatedly: "I will do whatever big brother tells me to do!"
Zhan Yunzhu held her shoulders and said, "We don't have much time. I will only say it once. Jiaojiao, you must listen carefully."
"good……!"
Zhan Yunjiao swallowed her nervous saliva and tried her best to calm down so that she could remember her brother's next words clearly enough.
"..."
Several flying insects were scurrying around the flames of the wind lantern on the stone wall, disturbing the already dim light in the prison.
…
The next day, when the sky was first shining, Ji Dong got up.
Have you washed up? As usual, he went to the study to read? Recently, he was studying a miscellaneous book that he collected by chance. The general idea was to teach people how to be a good and upright official and make some money at the same time.
The person who wrote this book must have been in the same situation as him, so he wrote it in detail, and many methods are worth trying - although you won't get many of them? But mosquito legs are also meat.
After reading carefully for half an hour, Master Ji went to the front yard to handle official business after finishing his breakfast.
"Is that Zhan Yunjiao still unwilling to reveal his accomplices?" Ji Dong asked the yamen officer who was reporting to him in front of the desk while flipping through the official documents that needed to be processed today.
"My subordinate is about to talk to your Excellency about this matter - Your Excellency does not know. Shortly after the Zhan clan members left last night, Zhan Yunjiao seemed to have suddenly figured it out. She said that she wanted to reveal the previously unspoken truth.
Tell everything? No more hiding anything."
Ji Dong was surprised.
Co-author: Last night, the elder of the Nazhan family actually persuaded people to confess and do good deeds?
I specifically sought out connections like the Minister of the Ministry of War to persuade people. Look at their awareness. In comparison, should the person who took advantage of the chaos to pick up the gold leaf and take it for himself should feel ashamed?
"What did she do?" Ji Dong asked hurriedly: "Why didn't you report such an important matter to me last night?"
The officer replied: "Sir, she didn't admit anything last night. She only said that she would confront people in court. I beg you to go to court today to review the case. In court, she will explain everything."
This woman had made up her mind to confess in court. In this case, it was useless for him to go to the adults in the middle of the night.
Although after being an official for a long time, there are few people with thick hair, and they don't care about other adults, but their own adults still have to worry about their subordinates' hair.
Ji Dong frowned slightly as he was thinking.
Why do I have to confront people in court?
Are you still afraid that after secretly revealing the mastermind, he will protect that person?
Does this question his character?
Although if you think about it carefully, this does seem like something he can do...
After all, if he really confessed secretly and recruited someone with some power, then he wouldn't be able to go directly to arrest him. In order to appear less arrogant and arrogant, he would still have to say hello first.
As soon as this greeting comes, the obstacles will increase and things will easily become troublesome.
After Ji Dong made this calculation, he immediately said: "Let's ascend to the throne."
People who confessed in court were listened to by the people, and they had no choice but to summon them for interrogation immediately - so it wasn't that he didn't want to give face, it was also very difficult for him to do it in full view of the public.
Mr. Ji, who deliberately wanted to make things difficult for himself, was quickly promoted to court.
