Chapter 102: Don't say it, absolutely don't say it

A quarter of an hour later...

Shadow dragged the man back, but the man's pants were obviously changed to another pair.

Jiang Yun Chu threw out a bottle of medicine, "Continue."

The man's eyes were completely red; when he looked at Jiang Yun Chu, it seemed as if he had seen something terrifying, and his whole body shuddered.

"You ask, I'll say anything."

"I will definitely say it all."

Jiang Yun Chu extended a forefinger and swayed it left and right.

Her lips were a light red, the most beautiful shape, but the words she spoke made people feel chills all over.

"No, no, no, I don't like people giving answers against their will; don't say it, absolutely don't say it."

"Continue."

She walked out of the enclosed space, went outside, looked at the dark clouds, which gradually all dispersed; the moon that had been blocking everything finally shed its light over the sky.

The whole night took on a hint of silvery-white color.

Mysterious, unfathomable, and...

Darkness and sin.

The shouts from the dark room could not be transmitted outside.

But the sound that just happened, in this manor, was unusually clear.

The tenants tightly closed their doors and windows, and everyone simultaneously covered their mouths.

Some cried, some laughed, some were afraid.

Everyone's mindset was different.

Timing it, Jiang Yun Chu walked into the dark room.

The man's gaze was already dazed, but when he saw Jiang Yun Chu, his gaze suddenly became firm, as if he had seen some hope.

"Please, I'll say, I'll say everything."

"I'll say it now!"

That man, no need to beat, no need to scold, not even need to use polite words.

All the words came out like popping beans, one after another, without pause.

He no longer wants to live; he only wants to die.

Begging for death.

Originally, the landlord went up the mountain because there was a large warehouse on the mountain, and many fields were opened up there.

Those tenants not only had to plant the lower fields, but also had to plant the upper fields for free; the grain from those fields was not included in the rations allocation.

It was the landlord's own family's grain.

And the landlord's family sold all that grain to an unknown merchant, who came each year to collect the grain at a price higher than market rates.

Jiang Yun Chu didn't speak, but merely said to Shadow indifferently, "The pig can't take it anymore; send it to the cattle pen."

Send it to the cattle pen.

Shadow's mouth corner twitched; even An San in the darkness unconsciously had his breath disrupted for a moment, until Jiang Yun Chu glanced at him, his hidden figure immediately stood straight, as if standing at attention.

Cruel!

Really cruel.

That night, it went on and on until the sky was about to brighten; after the man's words had been repeated at least five rounds, Jiang Yun Chu confirmed there were no discrepancies, and then left the dark room.

"Princess Consort, this person?" Shadow asked.

Jiang Yun Chu closed her eyes, "Let Old Li Tou come over in a moment; you don't need to worry about the other matters."

"As for the Jingzhao Prefecture side... just say he ran away."

After the words fell, she opened her eyes and left this room.

Shadow looked at Jiang Yun Chu; her spotless white clothes bore no blood or dirt, just like her straight back, which had never bent, carrying a sense of stubbornness and unwillingness to yield.

In the world, there is no justice.

Then...

Let people keep justice in their hearts.

Such a sentence flashed through Jiang Yun Chu's mind.

"Yes!"

Shadow clasped his fists and bowed.

This was the Princess Consort's instruction; after warriors were told they need not salute, he was the first to bow.

It was not out of respect for the Princess Consort, but respect for that person, her name is Jiang Yun Chu.

"Princess Consort, you've finally returned." Su Xin looked at the weary person, quickly brought a basin of clear water, took a handkerchief, and gave the Princess Consort a face and hand wash.

Jiang Yun Chu shook her head, "You don't need to busy yourself here; go tally the tenants, then tell everyone that reporting comes with a reward, and now the landlord is gone."

"If they want to live well, they should expose all the landlord's people."

She did not want the tragedy to repeat itself, nor did she want to make these suffering tenants suffer even more.

"Yes, I'm going now."

"Princess Consort, I just cooked some noodle soup; eat a bit and rest a while." Su Xin brought over a bowl of noodles.

The Princess Consort did not return all night; she roughly knew where the Princess Consort had gone, and no one was with her.

"Alright, you go first."

Jiang Yun Chu nodded, picked up her chopsticks, ate two bites, which was just two bites; today she could not swallow anything.

After Su Xin finished her instructions, the tenants there, who had initially been nervous, later Old Li Tou began to report.

He is now alone, unafraid of death—what else is there to fear?

"He is the person from Manor Head; when they seized my daughter back then, he was there, and him, and him, and him."

Lao Li Tou each time points at a person, and the people of Wang Fu then detain those people.

At first, only a few people came to the Capital Prefecture; later, a whole team came directly.

"He is the one who told us not to speak nonsense and to keep watching my house all day," a woman suddenly said, pointing at a person.

In the meantime, the scene became chaotic, but those hiding people were also arrested, more or less.

Many of the tenant farmers cried, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed toward the direction of Jiang Yun Chu's house.

Their lives were worse than death; they could neither leave nor stay.

Each day they just endured it, with no end in sight.

Now the sun has finally come out.

"This is the testimony, and also the locations of some things." Yingzi handed over a few sheets of paper, which were the things that man confessed to yesterday.

Yingzi had organized them; although the characters weren't that beautiful, they could still be read clearly.

"Can you write?" Jiang Yun Chu was somewhat surprised; she was too lazy to write, so she naturally just memorized things in her mind, never expecting that Yingzi would have organized these.

Instead, she felt somewhat delighted.

"Before I joined the army, I had studied for two years at school, but my family had many children and couldn't afford to support me; I ate too much, so I went to become a soldier." Yingzi laughed.

However, his arm was injured, and the people at home spoke to him coldly; the monthly wages he earned over the years were all given to the family.

Later, the General brought him to Wang Fu.

Only then did they have stable days; in Wang Fu, no one discriminated against them.

Before, they were at most ignored, but after the Princess Consort took charge of the household, they were treated with respect, so each of them greatly respected the Princess Consort.

"In Wang Fu, you can eat whatever you want; if you later want to write, you can go to the academy and learn with those little guys—they're working hard now." Jiang Yun Chu nodded.

Being able to wield a sword and a pen, and also conduct oneself in life, all made Jiang Yun Chu admire them.

"Yes." Yingzi nodded, his face also showing a hint of a smile.

Jiang Yun Chu looked over the testimony and began searching through the rooms at Manor Head's house.

Besides that dark room, in Manor Head's courtyard there were two more secret rooms, and the secret rooms were all underground—who would have thought that in this godforsaken place, this ordinary-looking courtyard outside actually contained secret rooms?