Su Yutan was from Jiangzhou, and his father Su Yingcan was the magistrate of Pu County, Jiangzhou.
When Fang La attacked Jiangzhou, his family was implicated. His father Su Yingcan and mother Xue were both kidnapped by the thieves, but she escaped because she studied at Shushan Academy.
She was the daughter of an official family, and her father died in the line of duty. Logically speaking, the court should compensate her, but she was framed by a traitor, saying that her father Su Ying opened the city and surrendered to the enemy, rebelling against the court. In the end, instead of receiving compensation, she was arrested, demoted to a slave, and assigned to the Jiaofang Secretary.
However, Su Yutan was born in a scholarly family and attached great importance to the word chastity. It had been two months since she left the Jiaofang Division and she had suffered numerous beatings and scolds, but she still refused to submit.
Once, the female manager in the Jiaofang Department tried to force her to sell her, but she refused and even bit her tongue and threatened to die! Seeing that she was pretty, the housekeeper thought it would be a waste to die like this, so she finally gave up.
However, it was obviously impossible to just let her go.
Since then, the female steward locked her in a small, dark room and only gave her a bowl of water and half a moldy steamed bun every day, hoping to wear down her character and make her collapse. Obedient, but now half a month has passed, Su Yutan is so hungry that she is skin and bones, her eyes are sunken, and her eyes are dull, but she still does not let go.
Today, when the female steward was preparing to torture Su Yutan in another way, a man suddenly came outside, claiming to be Su Yutan's friend, and wanted to see her by name, and was willing to offer 500 taels of silver for this.
500 taels was not a small amount, so the female steward agreed without thinking.
Chen Mengning came to the backyard of Jiaofangsi. The female officer who led the way opened the locked door. Suddenly, a choking musty smell spread from inside. The female officer couldn't help covering her nose and mockingly said: "You look so good." No matter how beautiful she is, she really thinks she is a fairy who doesn’t eat the fireworks of this world, and she doesn’t stink as much now.”
Chen Mengning's maid fanned a small handkerchief to help her drive away the smell, and said to the female officer with a bad face: "Okay, get out of here, my lady doesn't like to be disturbed!"
This Miss Chen San is the daughter of Shilang Chen's family. Even if she is a maid, the female official cannot afford to offend her. She quickly bowed and said: "Yes, yes, yes, then Miss Chen, please do as you please..."
After she left, Chen Mengning couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly ran into the dark room: "Tan'er, Tan'er, how are you, Tan'er!"
At this time, Su Yutan was lying on the ground, too weak to even sit up. When she heard someone calling her, she opened her eyes with difficulty and saw that it was Chen Mengning, her good friend when she was studying in the academy. She couldn't help but wonder: "Meng Ning, you, How did you come..."
Chen Mengning didn't mind being dirty, so she stepped forward and gently lifted her up from the ground, leaning into her arms, "I'm here to see you, Tan'er. It's all my fault how you are doing. I should have come earlier." Yes, I have made you suffer so much..."
Seeing that the innocent friend in the past had turned into what he is now, Chen Mengning suddenly felt heartbroken and couldn't help but shed tears.
Su Yutan forced a smile and wanted to reach out to wipe Chen Mengning's tears, but because she was too weak and had no strength, she only raised her hand in the air...
Chen Mengning held her hand and said: "Tan'er, don't worry, I have been investigating these days, and I am sure that Uncle Su was unjustly accused. Don't worry, I have told daddy that he will definitely repay Su." Uncle is innocent."
It turned out that she didn't mean not to see Su Yutan these days, but had been running around to help Su Yutan's father clear his innocence.
Su Yutan was deeply moved after hearing this, "Thank you, Meng Ning, on behalf of my father, thank you..." She didn't know what to say. It's easy to add flowers to a cake, but it's difficult to provide help in times of need. Apart from gratitude, she could only thank...
Chen Mengning shook her head, "Tan'er, take good care of yourself, and don't forget that you promised me that you would take me to see your Jiangnan water town..."
Remembering the original agreement between the two, she felt heartbroken again.
"Yeah, definitely."
Immediately, Chen Mengning asked about Su Yutan's experience here.
Su Yutan has not spoken much since she came here. Today her best friend came to see her, and she immediately told everything about what happened.
It turns out that all the women who are assigned to the Jiaofang Division will resist stubbornly at first and are unwilling to submit. At this time, the female officers will take them to special places to perform physical torture and mental destruction. Very few Women who could resist would usually obey within three or four days, but Su Yutan persisted for more than two months. After being beaten every day, she had to do laundry, chop firewood, clean toilets, and only eat one meal a day. In recent days, she has even been locked up in a small dark room where she cannot see the light of day. However, even if this is the case, she will never give in.
After listening to her best friend's narration, Chen Mengning felt both distressed and happy.
I feel sorry that she has suffered so much, but I am glad that she is still intact.
"Don't worry, Tan'er. I've already taken care of everything. They won't force you anymore. Don't do stupid things like biting your tongue again," Chen Mengning said.
"Thank you Meng Ning. I really don't want to be insulted. For this reason, I would rather die!"
Chen Mengning held Su Yutan's hand and kept nodding: "Well, I know, I know..."
The two of them talked for a while, and at this moment, the little maid who was guarding outside suddenly ran in and said anxiously: "It's not good, miss, Mr. Cai is coming."
"Mr. Cai, which Mr. Cai?" Chen Mengning didn't react for a while.
"It's Cai Chen, Cai Chen from Prime Minister Cai's mansion!" the little maid said anxiously.
Cai Fei!
Upon hearing this name, Chen Mengning was immediately startled, and heard the voice that made her extremely disgusted come from outside:
"Ning'er, Ning'er! Where are you?"
Su Yutan obviously knew who the visitor was, and said with a guilty look on her face: "I'm sorry, Meng Ning, for causing you trouble."
Chen Mengning shook her head: "It's okay, Tan'er, just stay here and wait until I come to see you next time."
"Well, be careful..."
After leaving the hut, it turned out to be that disgusted face, "It's really you, Ning'er, I didn't expect you to come to a place like this. Didn't you say before that anyone who comes to a place like this with fireworks is not doing their job properly?" Hahaha!"
Cai Chen laughed loudly, twisting his fat body and walking towards this side.
"Master Cai, please respect yourself. I am not familiar with you, so please call me by your full name." Chen Mengning said, with disgust in his eyes.
"Hey, Ning'er, don't be so unfamiliar. We are classmates after all..." However, Cai Yi was very shameless and ignored her. He glanced at the small dark room behind her and said, "Also, don't You think I don’t know why you came here, how about it, little bitch Su is in a miserable state now, if I had told her to follow me and be a slave by my side, she wouldn’t be like this now..."
"You! Just give up on this idea! Even if Tan'er dies, he won't follow you! Lian'er, let's go!"
Chen Mengning's eyes widened, then she passed by him and walked out of the hospital.
Cai Yi followed closely behind and said, "Ning'er, you actually know how I feel about you. Why don't you just obey me? I promise that within three days, Su Yutan's family will overturn the case. How about that?"
Chen Mengning suddenly froze when she heard this. Cai Yi thought she agreed and couldn't help but feel happy. She didn't want to turn around, but said: "Cai Chen, you are a despicable and shameless person. I should have thought that you must be the one who was obstructing the Su family's affairs."
Except for the Cai family, there are really few people in the court who can describe the slain officials as traitors.
Cai Yi didn't hide anything, and admitted with an indifferent expression: "What can I do? Does Ning'er still want to report me? Hahaha, let alone you, even if your father comes, what can I do?"
Chen Mengning took a deep breath, said no more, raised her legs and continued walking out. What he said was true. The Cai family was so powerful that no one could do anything to him.
"Hey, Ning'er, don't leave! I always keep my word. As long as you follow me, I will let you go immediately..."
He kept following Chen Mengning, giving Chen Mengning a headache. He did not hesitate to speed up his pace, just to get rid of him quickly.
However, just as she walked to the door, she bumped into someone.
Jiang Mu also didn't expect that he would bump into someone as soon as he led Yu Xuanji through the door. Just when he was about to get angry, he saw a beautiful woman, and she looked extremely familiar.
Chen Mengning was also stunned for a moment, but she blamed her for this. After she realized what she was doing, she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, little lady, I didn't mean to..."
The jade pendant around the man's waist suddenly caught her attention, and a picture appeared in her mind:
The young man stood in the corner, looking stubbornly at the children in front of him who were slightly older than him or the same age. Behind the young man, there was a little girl of four or five years old hiding. The children began to punch and kick the young man. Even so, the young man did not do much to avoid them.
After a long time, the other children left, leaving only the beaten boy with a bruised nose and face, and the crying little girl...
"Who are you..."
"It's okay, the girl is not hurt." Jiang Mu said, trying to keep his voice low, hoping not to be recognized.
I'm really afraid of what will happen, why is she here.
"Hey! Where did you come from without eyes?"
Cai Yi's voice suddenly came, which gave Jiang Mu a headache. Why was there another acquaintance?
"Wear a mask and pretend to be a ghost. Even our Miss Chen San dares to bump into you. I think you are getting impatient!" Although Cai Feng is much shorter than Jiang Mu, he is very powerful. When he came to Jiang Mu, He even reached out to take off Jiang Mu's mask.
Jiang Mu took a step back, hid behind Yu Xuanji, and motioned for her to go and deal with it.
Yu Xuanji frowned, but he did not have stage fright. He asked Cai Yi, "Who are you?"
Yu Xuanji used a trick on his face to prevent himself from looking so stunning, but even so, it still aroused Cai Yi's covetous...
