Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Sheng Xuan looked at the two white-haired old men in the prison. They were Mr. Sheng and Cui. Chunhua huddled aside. The three of them were wearing worn-out prison uniforms. When the old couple left, they had more white hair than black hair. But now, not even a single black hair can be seen on their heads. As for Chunhua, she kept her head down, so Xiao Lan couldn't see her appearance clearly. But from her back, it can be seen that she has also suffered a lot. The slightly plump figure before is no longer visible. Now she is pitifully thin.

"Dad, Mom..." Sheng Xuan knelt outside the cell and shouted repeatedly, "What happened? Why are you here?"

After Sheng Xuan called him several times, Grandpa Sheng finally reacted. "Old Third," the old man quickly climbed to the edge of the cell, grabbed Sheng Xuan's hand, and burst into tears.

"Third brother, my son," Cui seemed to have opened up her Ren and Du meridians. She crawled to the side of the cell, followed the old man, grabbed Sheng Xuan's hand, and cried at the top of her lungs.

Sheng Xuan looked at the dusty old man Sheng and Cui, and saw that both of them were covered in dust. They were both wearing single clothes, and they hadn't washed them for many days. Prison uniforms were dirty and old, and the original color could not be seen. Cui was such a capable person before, but now she looked too embarrassed. At least Sheng Xuan had only seen this once in his life. Now the old couple's faces were sallow, their hair was gray, and there was no blood on their lips.

"Dad, Mom, what is going on?" Sheng Xuan asked again, holding the old couple's hands.

Old Master Sheng had originally refused to tell anyone about the bad things they had experienced, but during the few days in prison, the prefect had interrogated them at the beginning, but seeing that they remained silent, the prefect seemed to have forgotten their existence and stopped asking any questions about the three of them.

However, life in prison is definitely not as free as at home. Not to mention Mrs. Cui, even Old Master Sheng feels less and less confident as he lives there. Deep down in his heart, he even wonders if he will die of old age in the cell. If so, he will not be able to explain to his ancestors even in the underworld.

He had been numb these past few days, and he even thought that if the prefect were to interrogate him now, he would tell everything he knew and would not hesitate to cover up for his daughter and son, because these few days in the cell had reached the limit of his physical strength.

"Third brother, your eldest brother is not a human being. He left us and ran away. We were kidnapped by the bandits from Black Tiger Mountain..." Before Mr. Sheng could speak, Cui started to talk to Sheng Xuan with tears in her eyes. The prison life in the past few days not only overwhelmed Mr. Sheng, but also broke Cui's psychological defenses.

When she first saw Sheng Xuan, she couldn't believe it at first, thinking she was hallucinating. Later, when she heard Sheng Xuan calling her again and again, she came to her senses.

She didn't want to live in the cell anymore. Even if this incident delayed the eldest brother's future, she had to say it, because her most precious daughter was ruined by the bandit leader. Chunhua was the apple of her eye. It was impossible for her to say that she didn't bear a grudge against the eldest brother and the second brother's family.

"Third brother, you have to stand up for us and for your sister. You can't let your sister be ruined by others in vain." Cui cried.

Cui's words were like thunder hitting Sheng Xuan and Xiao Lan's heads. Originally, Xiao Lan just thought that Grandpa Sheng, Cui and Chunhua were kidnapped by bandits in the mountains, but were rescued by Shen Liu when he was suppressing the bandits. Because the rescued hostages and bandits were imprisoned, the prefect needed to confirm their identities. If they were indeed good citizens, their families would have to take them home from prison. Xiao Lan originally thought that she and Sheng Xuan were just going through the motions, taking people home and that was it. But she never expected that Cui would say such explosive words.

"Mom, don't talk nonsense. If Chunhua gets involved with the bandits, her life will be over." Sheng Xuan said hurriedly after coming to his senses.

"What I said is true, otherwise why are we still in jail? It's because someone testified that we married the bandit leader, so we can't get out." Cui said with snot and tears, she didn't care about picking up Chunhua's shortcomings now, compared with freedom, what did these mean. Besides, the thing has already happened, even if she wants to hide it, can she hide it?

"That bastard, after raping Chunhua, was beheaded by the soldiers. There was so much blood, I have never seen so much blood in my life... Third brother, you have to think of a way to get us out. We are good citizens and have been living well in Shengjia Village. If we hadn't followed the eldest brother to take up his post, we wouldn't have suffered so much."

"The boss is such a jerk. He is such an unfilial son. He actually abandoned us and ran away. If he had thought about us a little bit when he ran away, your sister Chunhua wouldn't be in this state now."

"This unfilial son, damn him, he is so unfilial. Chunhua, my dearest daughter, my poor daughter."

Hearing this, Xiao Lan was completely shocked. She had always known that Sheng Nuo was selfish, but she had never thought that he could be so selfish. You know, in ancient times, a person's reputation was very important, not to mention that the reputation of an official was even more important. If the reputation of being unfilial spread, his official career would be completely over.

Is he certain that Mr. Sheng, Cui and Chunhua will not survive this group of bandits, or is he certain that the old couple will be reluctant to give up his hard-earned official position? Even if the old couple returns safely, they will be reluctant to blame him because of his official position?

But no matter which one it is, it shows that Sheng Nuo is extremely cold. You have to know that Mr. Sheng is his biological father, Cui is his biological mother, and Chunhua is his biological sister. How much bottom line can we expect from a person who can abandon even his blood relatives?

Regardless of whether the old couple choose to forgive the eldest brother or not, their family will have to stay away from the eldest brother's family. How can we expect such a person with no bottom line to be a good official? If he fails to be an official and is stripped of his official hat, it will be fine. If they are really implicated, it will be bad.

Their family has never offended anyone. They live an honest life. When they were at home, they were no longer a nuisance to them. Now that they are far away, they should not bring trouble to their family. Sheng Xuan and Zhang also contributed to Sheng Nuo's getting this position. After all, before the separation of the family, their labor output was used by Mr. Sheng and Cui to support the whole family. Don't let their family not only not get any help, but also be implicated.