"It seems that Madam doesn't understand the rules here. Think about it, we can each receive thirty pieces of silver every day. The person you want to protect doesn't know how many days he will be imprisoned. He just wants to spend it with a banquet." Isn’t it too cheap to save us?”
Madam Zhang obviously did not expect this trick when she entered, and she was a little dazed for a moment. She borrowed a total of ten taels of silver, and the banquet cost her eight taels of silver. Now she only has two taels of silver in her hand. There were many people inside, and two taels of silver were nowhere to be found among them.
However, Madam Zhang didn't let the old government servant take advantage of her for nothing, so she immediately put her arms around the old government servant's neck and said, "Old Zhang, you didn't tell me this. I told you, so you have to help me."
Old Zhangtou, who was almost falling apart after being shaken by Madam Zhang, was really fascinated at the moment. He just smiled and said immediately, "Help! I will help! I will definitely help!"
Then he just smiled and said to the people at the table, "Brothers, how about you help me, Lao Zhang, and nothing else, as long as you don't embarrass my wife's brother and sister-in-law, what will you eat in the future?" , I’ve got it all covered.”
Then Lao Zhang, who seemed to feel something was wrong, just added, "It's a week's guarantee, and don't pay more than five taels of silver."
Hearing what Lao Zhang said, everyone just laughed at Lao Zhang for being stingy with his few words. However, Lao Zhang was a colleague with them, so they still gave him the favor.
"Okay, it's settled. Tell me the names of your brother and his wife." The jailer who had just spoken took the initiative to ask Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang knew that the matter was done, and she felt happy in her heart. She immediately announced her brother's name, "My brother's name is Zhang Xuenian, and my sister-in-law's name is Wang Ruijiao."
The jailer who spoke just asked the little jailer standing next to him, "Do we have this person here?"
Facing the jailer's question, the young jailer nodded, "Yes."
"Well, you tell the people below, these two people ask the people below not to make things difficult for them."
Upon hearing the man's order, the jailer below only responded with a yes.
Then the little jailer was about to leave, but at this moment Madam Zhang immediately followed him and said, "Can I go with him to see my brother?"
Fortunately, the jailer did not object, and then Madam Zhang followed the young jailer into the cell.
The prison was filled with a putrid smell. Even if a tung oil torch was lit at intervals in the corridor, the light could not dispel the cold air in the prison.
The eyes hidden behind the fence stared fiercely at anyone walking among them like a vicious wolf.
Some people were moaning in pain, and when passing by them, Madam Zhang could even smell the putrid smell mixed with blood. They lay on straw and let maggots and rats pass by.
Even though Madam Zhang had already been mentally prepared, she had already expected that she would see something like this here, but thinking about it and seeing it were two completely different things.
When she saw this situation, she still felt very physically uncomfortable.
This is so disgusting. This is so disgusting.
But on the other hand, she couldn't help but think in her heart that she didn't know what was going on with her brother and sister-in-law. They weren't going through what these people were going through, right?
Just thinking about this made Madam Zhang feel desperate.
At the same time, they quickly arrived at the cell where Zhang Xuenian and Wang Ruijiao were imprisoned.
Because the two were husband and wife, and Madam Zhang had spent a lot of money before, they were arranged to live together.
But there are more than just the two of them here.
Apart from Wang Ruijiao and Zhang Xuenian, there are only about three or four men here, and one of them is constantly harassing Wang Ruijiao.
So when Mrs. Zhang finally came in, she saw several men pressing down and beating her brother, while her sister-in-law Wang Ruijiao cried out to the men with tears streaming down her face, "Don't beat me anymore! Don't beat me anymore." Beat him! If he keeps beating him, he will be beaten to death."
However, the men ignored Wang Ruijiao at all, or in other words, they were just looking at General Zhang.
I went there with the intention of beating him to death.
Seeing the fists falling like raindrops, Zhang Xuenian, who was still able to resist, could only curl up his body to protect his head from being smashed.
As soon as they saw this scene, not to mention Wang Ruijiao, even Madam Zhang felt completely distraught.
She immediately asked the little jailer for help, "My brother is about to be beaten to death. Please help him quickly."
The jailer usually had no money and was unable to do anything. When he heard Madam Zhang’s request for help, he said calmly, “Madam, please don’t worry. Fighting is common here. If you care, you may not know what will happen.” .”
However, how could Madam Zhang not be anxious? She glanced at the jailer anxiously, and then she seemed to understand.
Although this jailer was obviously ordered by someone else, he was not even qualified to serve at the table just now.
However, this does not mean that he can listen to himself. It is obvious that he also knows what Mrs. Zhang is, so he is determined to make some money.
Once Mrs. Zhang understood this, she immediately whispered to the jailer, "I didn't think well. Brother, I have two taels of silver here. Can you please save my brother and make arrangements for them by the way?" A cell for two."
The jailer didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang was really on the road. He originally just wanted to squeeze a little profit from Mrs. Zhang, but now that Mrs. Zhang took the initiative to give up the favor, the jailer was naturally no longer polite.
He took the two taels of silver and said, "Okay, just wait!"
After the words fell, the jailer immediately knocked on the railing and said viciously, "What are you doing!"
Upon hearing the jailer's words, everyone immediately became confused.
After everyone retreated, Wang Ruijiao, who was crying heartbrokenly, realized that Madam Zhang had actually come to see her. She immediately ran to Zhang Xuenian's side, and then helped Zhang Xuenian up. She called Madam Zhang "sister-in-law", and then she just said, He immediately shook Zhang Xuenian and said, "Xue Nian, look who is here."
Zhang Xuenian was beaten into a bloody man. He struggled to open his eyes, and then he seemed to see his sister from his blurred vision. Then he said slowly, "Sister."
He seemed to want Madam Zhang not to worry about him, so he tried hard to smile. However, when he saw Madam Zhang, he couldn't smile at all.
His wound was so painful that he couldn't help but hiss in pain. Seeing her brother like this, Madam Zhang immediately felt heartbroken.
This is her younger brother. Now that he is being bullied like this, how can she not feel distressed?
As soon as Wang Ruijiao saw Mrs. Zhang, tears fell like rain, "Sister, I thought you weren't coming."
Madam Zhang said sadly, "How could I not come? You are my only relatives in this world. I only have you, and you only have me. If I give up on you, what will you do?"
After the words fell, Madam Zhang immediately asked Wang Ruijiao, "Ruijiao, how did you end up like this? How did my brother end up like this?"
Hearing Madam Zhang's question, Wang Ruijiao did not dare to answer Madam Zhang's question. She just subconsciously looked at the men who had just surrounded Zhang Xuenian.
Madam Zhang naturally realized that it would be inconvenient to talk here. Therefore, Madam Zhang immediately turned to the jailer and said, "Can my brother be moved to a cell now?"
The jailer had no objection.
Soon the jailer opened the cell door, and they were quickly placed in a small cell. There was no one in the cell, but it was just right for the two of them.
Although this place is very small, the fence separates other people, so Wang Ruijiao and Zhang Xuenian are much safer.
Seeing her brother like this, Madam Zhang just begged the jailer to get some simple ointment.
After everything was sorted out, Madam Zhang began to give medicine to her brother.
While applying the medicine, Madam Zhang only took the initiative to ask Wang Ruijiao, "Ruijiao, you can tell me now, what happened just now!"
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Zhang Xuenian, who had been silent all this time, just tried to whitewash the situation and said, "Sister, I'm fine."
However, Madam Zhang was not a little sheep to be fooled. She just said directly to Zhang Xuenian, "Shut up!"
After being directly reprimanded by his sister, Zhang Xuenian finally did not dare to say anything anymore.
Then Madam Zhang said to Wang Ruijiao, "Okay, now you can tell me what happened to you!"
Faced with Madam Zhang's question, Wang Ruijiao whispered, "Sister-in-law, actually this is all my fault. When those men saw that I was the only woman among the two of us, they wanted to be scornful of me. Xuexian was afraid of me." When I was bullied, I always protected me. I didn’t want them to start a fight with Xuenian, and it was all my fault.”
Hearing Wang Ruijiao's self-blaming tone, Madam Zhang sighed, "How can I blame you? Men and women should be detained separately. They detained you together. This is the real cause of this disaster."
After saying this, Mrs. Zhang then asked, "Are you okay?"
Wang Ruijiao immediately shook her head and said, "I'm fine! But if I stay a few more days, I don't know what I will encounter."
After hearing Wang Ruijiao's words, Mrs. Zhang's heart ached like a knife.
However, she also heard from Wang Ruijiao's words that they had just moved into that place. In order to confirm her suspicion, Madam Zhang only took the initiative to ask Wang Ruijiao, "Ruijiao, when were you assigned?" Are you from here?"
Faced with Madam Zhang's question, Wang Ruijiao only whispered, "We lived here before, and we were arranged to go there at noon today. They said no one paid for us, so we couldn't live in a small room." , and then Brother Nian and I were directly thrown into this group of evil people."
After saying this, Wang Ruijiao immediately said to Madam Zhang, "Sister-in-law, I was really scared just now. I really don't know what Brother Nian and I will do if you don't come today."
