Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

After they entered the house and sat down, Luo Chen poured chrysanthemum tea for Yue Er, and Bi Yue began to tell him about the past, "When my aunt was ten years old, she went to Yuanshui County with her parents and brothers to buy things. At noon, when they were having lunch at a small restaurant on the side of the road, they met a dandy boy in his twenties.

He saw that the young lady was pretty and wanted to buy her away for 50 taels of silver. The grandparents had only one daughter, a ten-year-old girl, so she would definitely not agree. The bully saw the girl's clothes and knew that she was a powerless country girl.

He became even more arrogant, and brought his servants with him, rushing forward to rob my aunt. My father, my second uncle, my grandfather and others fought with the dude's men. There were many people watching at the time, but no one dared to stand up and say a word of justice, let alone offend him.

The matter was later brought to the county government office. The county magistrate, perhaps afraid of the power behind the bully, made a haphazard judgment and locked my father, my second uncle, and my aunt in jail. He also said that my father and his men had injured his men and demanded that the playboy pay 200 taels of silver before he let my aunt and her family go. He gave them three days to collect the silver and hand it in, otherwise my aunt would be asked to pay off the debt.

In fact, the ones who were most seriously injured were my father and second uncle. Not only were their clothes torn, but they also had wounds and bleeding in several places on their bodies. Before they could even get treatment for their wounds, the corrupt official sent the yamen runners to lock them up in cells.

When the grandparents saw that their three children were imprisoned, they had no choice but to take a horse-drawn carriage back to the countryside to raise money. 200 taels of silver was a huge sum of money for a country village.

This amount of money is nothing to the powerful, but to a poor person who makes a living by farming in the countryside, it is an astronomical figure.

When my grandparents returned home, how could they come up with so much money at once? They searched all their savings and borrowed 50 taels from several families in the village to collect 200 taels of silver.

On the morning of the third day, they went to the county government office to redeem the person. Although the two sons and daughter were released, the aunt was already unconscious. The doctor they called home was unable to save her, and she died after two or three days.

Before the aunt was buried, when the body was being cleaned, it was discovered that her lower body was bruised and swollen. These were the injuries left by being raped. She must have been taken back to the mansion by the bully and subjected to inhuman torture.

The younger aunt left a suicide note to her parents, which read: She did not commit suicide immediately in order to see her parents and for her two brothers to return home safely. When her grandparents saw what was written in the letter, they were heartbroken.

Grandma fainted at that moment and the whole family was immersed in grief.

It took more than a month for grandma to slowly recover.

Because this incident was such a huge blow to her, my grandmother's previously healthy body collapsed.

Later, my father and my second uncle got married and had several grandchildren. Time is the best medicine to heal wounds, and I slowly recovered after seeing my lovely grandchildren.

This matter has always been a pain in her heart. Before I went to the Nameless Island, I had a good talk with my grandmother about my aunt. Although so many years have passed, she would cry and faint when she talked about her aunt's tragic death.

Although my father and fourth uncle are both officials now, their positions are too low to shake that big tree. This hatred can only be avenged by me personally, and no one can stop my determination to seek revenge.

My little aunt was only a 10-year-old girl, and she was bullied to death by a bully. Such a young life was gone." After saying this, Bi Yue also shed tears and sobbed in pain.

Luo Chen held her tightly in his arms and comforted her softly, "Yue'er, I will avenge this vengeance with you. Tomorrow I will help you search inside to see who was the official there back then. I will search for the bully, don't worry."

"That man is now a third-rank official in the court. His surname is Wang. He was the magistrate of Ning'an County. If the murderer is not him, then he must be his relative. My grandmother and I speculate that the murderer may be his wife's brother. According to my grandmother, he said at the time, 'You dare to mess with me? My brother-in-law is a high-ranking official in the city.'"

"I wonder if the judge surnamed Wang knows about this?"

"Even if he knew, he would turn a blind eye. The lives of ordinary people like us are like ants in their hands. They can easily crush us to death."

The two chatted until midnight, so Luo Chen said to Bi Yue, "Yue'er, it's too late, go to bed early. Starting tomorrow, I will investigate this matter specifically. If I have any news, I will tell you as soon as possible and I will definitely catch the murderer."

"I believe you. I'm going back to bed. See you tomorrow."

Luo Chen walked over, hugged her tightly in his arms, and said gently, "I wish time would stop at this moment, and I could hold you in my arms forever and never let go."

"Okay, it's too late. I'm going to bed too. Bye."

Luo Chen reluctantly let go of the person in his arms and walked her to the gate of the yard before returning to his own residence.

Because she slept too late last night, Bi Yue didn't get up until noon in the morning. The two maids were practicing martial arts in the open space outside.

At this time, a servant came running from outside and said hurriedly to the two maids, "Two sisters, is Miss Chen up yet? Someone from the palace has come to announce that she should enter the palace immediately."

Biyue heard it clearly in the room. It turned out that someone came from the palace. Could it be that the emperor was going to give a reward today?

The two maids immediately said to the boy, "Thank you, brother. I will dress the young lady and come out in a moment."

After washing their hands, they returned to the house and came to the young lady's dressing table. They combed her hair into a beautiful bun, inserted a golden hairpin, and pinned on a hairpin inlaid with peach blossoms. They also put on a pair of diamond earrings and changed into a light red narrow-waisted silk skirt. It was May now, and the clothes were light and thin, and the style of the clothes was beautiful and gorgeous.

Jiang Zhenzhu also heard the news and hurried to Biyue's yard with two maids. She walked into the room and saw two maids dressing her up.

When Bi Yue saw her come in, she hurried forward and saluted, "Aunt is here, please take a seat."

Seeing that she was dressed very beautifully today, which made her look even more stunning, he was even more delighted that such a beautiful girl would be his daughter-in-law.

"No, I'm here to see if you've packed up. I'm here to go out with you."

"Thank you, auntie. Now that we have packed up, let's go out together. The palace has issued an order. Should I go in alone, or should Chen Chen and Dongnanxixi all go together?"

“Yue’er, you guys came back first this time, all the meritorious people will go.”

"I see."

Jiang Zhenzhu took her hand and walked out of the courtyard and came to the courtyard at the gate. The eunuch who delivered the imperial eunuch was waiting in the courtyard at the gate with four little eunuchs.

Seeing Bi Yue coming, he immediately bowed to the two of them respectfully and said, "Madam Guogong, Miss Chen, we are here to greet you. Today we are here to invite you to the palace. Please get in the carriage at the door."

Biyue saw Chen Chen and Dongnanxibei, all waiting for her there.

Jiang Zhenzhu said a few words to Biyue, telling her not to be afraid when entering the palace, that she was not summoned and could not accompany her into the palace, etc., and she nagged her for a while.

A few people walked out of the gate of the Marquis' Mansion. Four carriages were parked in the open space outside. The people waiting outside bowed to Biyue.

Everyone got on the carriage, and the driver slowly drove forward towards the direction of the palace.