Chen Xuelian took a few deep breaths, tried hard to adjust her emotions, and continued: "When I received the news, I immediately asked the child's father to ride a horse to report to the official. Unexpectedly, there was an ambush on the road outside the city. If it weren't for Prince Rui The prince and his people arrived just in time, and I am afraid that my family members will also lose their lives."
"You mean, Prince Rui was still outside the city when something happened to the Jiang family?" Shen Tianshu asked with a trembling voice.
"Isn't that right? They were originally looking for Dr. Jiang to treat Prince Rui. They saved my men on the way and only then learned that something happened to the Jiang family. They immediately rushed to help. It's a pity that if they had come half a day earlier, maybe the Jiang family Nothing will happen..."
Chen Xuelian sighed deeply before continuing: "Although no one was saved, we managed to beat the gang of thieves away. You don't know that at that time, most of the ground in Jiang's house was splashed with water. Oil, if it were any later, this house and all the corpses would be burned to ashes."
When Chen Xuelian said this, her voice finally couldn't help but choked up, and she clasped her hands together tightly, exposing the veins on the back of her hands.
Even though three years have passed, when she thinks about it, she still seems to be able to smell the pungent smell of blood and the disgusting smell of oil in the Jiang family's old house.
As she told her story, Shen Tianshu's thoughts returned to the last day of his previous life...
As Chen Xuelian said, the Jiang family's house is too big, and her yard is at the end near the garden.
When something happened in the front yard, Shen Tianshu was reading in his own yard, unaware of the impending disaster.
It wasn't until her brother-in-law and sister-in-law came over to report her niece that she knew something had happened at home.
Before she could figure out what was going on, her sister-in-law had already thrust the child into her arms, and her brother directly stuffed her and the child into the closet and hid them.
She hid in the closet with her child in her arms, and heard her brother's roaring questions outside, her sister-in-law's screams and cries, and her mother-in-law and maids' cries for mercy... However, everything ended up in a stunning silence.
Her brother and sister-in-law hid her and the child in the closet, which only bought them a little more time, but failed to save their lives.
"Madam, are you okay?" Chen Xuelian suddenly stopped talking and asked in a worried tone.
Only then did Shen Tianshu come to his senses and found that he had burst into tears again.
She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "It's okay. You can continue talking. What happened to the Jiang family?"
"Later, Prince Rui led his men to repel the bad guys, but unfortunately not a single person was spared alive. All the injured and captured people committed suicide by taking poison. Not only did the people from Prince Rui's Mansion bury everyone in the Jiang family, After the burial, they also looked around for the group of men in black who committed the crime, but unfortunately they didn't find any useful clues. But it's no wonder they were there, after all, the people sent by the court didn't find anything.
"The guards of Prince Rui's Palace stayed in the county for more than two months. It was not until someone from the palace took over Jiang's house that they withdrew. Thanks to them at that time, people in the county were in panic during that time. I am sad and scared at the same time, and I am also worried whether that group of people will come back to do evil again, because their presence makes everyone feel at ease."
After Chen Xuelian finished speaking, she saw that Shen Tianshu could not stop wiping her tears. She patted her shoulder with great understanding and said, "Everyone is the same. When the Jiang family first got into trouble, I was so full of tears that I was about to cry. Now, Lan Lan I am doing the job of cleaning the study just to give myself something to think about. If I clean it every day, I will feel better."
"You can be considered an infatuated person." Shen Tianshu said with emotion.
"Where am I?" Chen Xuelian shook her head and said, "There is a girl named Zhang who studied medicine with the princess. She has been staying at Jiang's house for the past three years. She often helps people in the county to see doctors and often goes out to treat patients. If you provide free medicine to poor families, you are an idiot!"
"Mu Qiu?" Shen Tianshu blurted out in surprise.
"Yes, her name is Zhang Muqiu. This lady, do you know Miss Zhang?"
"I have heard of her name, but I didn't expect that she has been staying in the Jiang family's old house these past few years." Shen Tianshu really didn't expect it.
Zhang Muqiu was a hard-luck man. When he was sixteen, his brother needed money to get married. At that time, there was a wealthy businessman in the city who had just died. He was looking for a woman with the right birth date to marry his son, and spread the news. If you can find someone whose birthday matches your horoscope, you will be given twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift.
Twenty taels of silver is equivalent to the annual income of the Zhang family. It is enough to buy a small courtyard in the city, let alone a wife for his son.
Although Zhang Muqiu has reached the age where she can talk about marriage, it stands to reason that she can also get a bride price when she gets married.
However, in the local area, according to the conditions of the Zhang family, you can only get a betrothal gift of four to five taels of silver at most when you marry your daughter. The family also has to buy a dowry for her, and there is not much left inside and outside.
It's different when it comes to marriage. The dowry and clothes are all prepared by the groom's family, and the Zhang family can directly receive twenty taels of silver.
Since ancient times, money and silk have moved people's hearts. For twenty taels of silver and their son's marriage, the Zhang family's parents couldn't help but have their own thoughts.
They bribed Mr. Yin Yang and changed Zhang Muqiu's birth date so that it would coincide with the dead son of a wealthy businessman.
Although Zhang Muqiu tried her best to resist, her arms could not twist her thigh, so she was drugged by her family and sent to the sedan chair.
If Jiang Tong hadn't happened to bump into him when he was passing by, Zhang Muqiu would have been sealed alive in a coffin and buried underground.
After Jiang Tong rescued the person, he learned the whole story and went directly to the local government to separate Zhang Muqiu's household registration from the Zhang family and establish her as a female household.
Although this was not in line with the rules, as Jiang Tong was the princess of Gaoyang Princess, it was impossible for the local government to embarrass her on such a trivial matter that did not involve principles and interests.
Therefore, Zhang Muqiu successfully left her home where people could eat people but never spit out their bones. She studied medicine with Jiang Tong for several years. After becoming an apprentice, she also imitated Jiang Tong and often went out to practice medicine. As time went by, in He also became a well-known gynecologist in southern Zhili.
Shen Tianshu thought about it carefully and found that Zhang Muqiu was indeed not in Lai'an County when something happened to the Jiang family. Fortunately, he escaped.
I just didn't expect this girl to be so stubborn that she would stay in the Jiang family for three years.
Thinking of this, Shen Tianshu suddenly remembered that when he followed Wang Yuanjiu in, he had glimpsed a familiar figure at the end of the corridor.
I couldn't remember who it was at that time, but now I think of it, it's not Zhang Muqiu!
