Chapter 324

324. Chapter 324: Is He Truly Li Shougen?!

"If the Right Commander is looking for someone or something here... I hope you can put that thought aside. We are just a pair of orphans and widows and cannot help the Right Commander."

"Madam Jiang is overthinking," the Right Commander said, "The Princess/County Princess's fief is the entirety of Xuzhou, as well as all the counties and towns under Xuzhou, and does not involve the Capital region. Duan Wang said that you can live out the rest of your lives in safety."

Jiang Wei curled her lips and smiled: "In that case, that is good. Then I will not disturb the Commander's work."

After saying this, Jiang Wei turned and left, walking toward the prison of the County Yamen.

A man was standing in front of the prison door.

The man's head was already re-wrapped in thick coarse cloth. Seeing Jiang Wei approach, he subconsciously lowered his eyes.

Jiang Wei stood still in front of him and asked in a calm voice: "How are those two inside?"

The man replied: "They are probably scared out of their wits; they keep shouting that they want to see Xiao... Princess/County Princess."

Jiang Wei narrowed her eyes slightly: "Let's go in and see."

The two walked into the prison.

Since County Magistrate Lu was stripped of his official position, the Ping'an County Yamen was left without a leader. The culprit, the Li family's second son, was ignored by everyone and directly thrown into prison.

Jiang Wei arrived at the place where the two Li elders were detained, only to see them completely disregarding the fact that they were in prison, shouting loudly at the yamen runners nearby: "... Do you know who I am! My granddaughter is the Princess/County Princess personally conferred by the Holy Emperor, and we are her biological grandparents. You yamen runners, hurry up and let us out!"

The yamen runners nearby did not give them a good look at all and didn't even glance at them.

Old Man Li was both angry and anxious. As soon as he turned his head and saw Jiang Wei walking over, he pounced over like a madman.

"Jiang Shi, you finally came! Hurry up and let Xiaoxiao let us out. We know we were wrong, we will never dare to do it again. She is now the Princess/County Princess personally conferred by the Holy Emperor; surely she wouldn't want to ruin her reputation and end up with the name of being unfilial, right?"

Jiang Wei glanced at him coldly: "Is Xiaoxiao's name something you are worthy of calling?"

After saying this, she stepped aside to reveal the man behind her and said: "As for whether Xiaoxiao is your biological granddaughter, let your own biological son explain it to you."

The man stepped forward and removed the coarse cloth from his face again, revealing the face covered in scars, with not an inch of good skin.

As soon as Old Man Li saw that face, he felt his scalp go numb, with an indescribable feeling.

But he still braced himself and asked: "What do you mean? Isn't he the person the Sun family found to impersonate my son?"

The man slowly spoke: "Five years ago, Father, in order to scrape together the twenty taels of tuition for Big Brother to study at the academy in town, you pushed me out to perform corvée labor. That year, I had just turned seventeen... Does Father still remember these things?"

Old Man Li's face turned pale instantly, and he kept saying: "N-no, impossible... Shougen already went out to join the army, how could he appear here..."

The man looked at his panicked and fearful appearance and coldly curled the corners of his lips: "Does Father know what kind of torture I suffered during these five years I was away?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to touch his scar-covered cheek and said clearly, word by word: "Cruelly whipped, dragged by horses, branded with fire tongs, scalded with boiling oil... All these years, I have lived in pain and torment every single day. I thought there would never be a day I could see you alive again... Unexpectedly, I still survived."

Old Man Li had already collapsed on the ground, his hands and feet trembling, completely afraid to look at the man in front of him.

But the other party slowly squatted down, forcing him to look at that face full of scars.

"The reason I was able to persist and survive was because I was always thinking of you two old folks. I wanted to come back personally to find you... and let you experience for yourselves every bit of the torture I have endured."

"N-no..." Old Man Li shook his head in fear, his body shrinking behind Old Woman Li, "You are not Li Shougen! You are not my son at all! My son is already dead, it's not you..."

Seeing that he still refused to admit it, the man smiled and continued: "As for the biological granddaughter you speak of... Heh, Father, do you remember that the night before I left was my wedding night? I was sent by Mother to deliver money to Big Brother and didn't even have time to enter the bridal chamber. How could I have a child? And where would you get a biological granddaughter?"

Old Man Li's eyes widened in disbelief, and then he suddenly looked at Old Woman Li, who had long since lowered her head in guilt: "Is what he said true?"

Old Woman Li buried her head, not daring to look at Old Man Li at all, and her mouth was kept tightly shut.

Old Man Li beat her with his hands like a madman: "You are confused! On the night of our son's wedding, why didn't you let him enter the bridal chamber!?"

Old Woman Li was pushed heavily to the ground by Old Man Li. She seemed a bit aggrieved and raised her head to secretly glance at the man outside the prison, but when her gaze touched the man's disfigured face, she unwillingly withdrew her gaze.

Li Shougen was the youngest son she had given birth to. Before he was pushed out to perform corvée labor, he could be said to be the son she pampered the most, even more than Li Xiufen.

Although Old Man Li put all his heart into the eldest son, she still did not forget her original intention and gave all her pampering to her youngest son.

But until the youngest son wanted to marry a woman who had fled from famine, the anger and jealousy in her heart were almost uncontrollable, which was why she did not let the youngest son enter the room on the night of the wedding...

Later, when Jiang Shi became pregnant and gave birth, she had doubts, but she didn't dare to think about it in detail.

Old Man Li seemed to have vented enough and sat slumped on the ground. After a long time, he turned his head blankly to look at Jiang Wei and said tremblingly: "So, that, that child is..."

Jiang Wei smiled lightly: "As you think, naturally I conceived her secretly with someone else."

"Jiang Shi! You bitch!!"

Hearing this, Old Woman Li pounced toward Jiang Wei like a madwoman, but was blocked by the prison door. However, she still cursed viciously: "You unfaithful bitch! Where did my son ever wrong you that you had to go out and steal a man behind his back!! Ah ah ah, you bitch, I want to kill you!"

Old Woman Li smashed the door frantically, as if she wanted to rush out and tear Jiang Wei into a thousand pieces.

The yamen runner nearby saw this and directly used a hand-blade to knock Old Woman Li unconscious.

The surroundings instantly became quiet.

Jiang Wei looked at the yamen runner gratefully.

Seeing that Old Woman Li had fainted, Old Man Li was so scared he didn't dare to say anything else and could only shrink into a corner, looking at the man for help.

Jiang Wei ignored him and asked the man: "How do you want to deal with them?"

The man said: "Let them go."

Jiang Wei raised her eyebrows.

"I want to take them to Mobei," the man looked at Old Man Li in the prison, his voice devoid of any emotion, "I said, I want to let them experience every bit of the pain I suffered before." (End of chapter)