If she were asked to ask Jiang Nianwei for mercy, she would never be able to do it. But Qin Ziqian was different. "She might help you out of their old friendship."

"Mother, how do you know that it was Nian Wei who poisoned you?"

Zhuang Qiuhe couldn't explain it, so she could only answer randomly: "She is a vicious person, but you were deceived by her disguise. Now that you are divorced, she no longer pretends. What could be going on? She must want to poison our whole family. Your sister is suffering now, why are you still hesitating?"

Qin Ziqian took a deep breath. After going through so many ups and downs along the way, he realized that he knew very little about Jiang Nianwei.

The more he discovered her different sides, the more mixed emotions he felt.

Qin Ziqian found Jiang Nianwei reluctantly, and at first he spoke in a friendly manner: "Nianwei, Mengrui is in pain, do you have any way to save her?"

Jiang Nianwei didn't even look at him, but just replied calmly: "No, she brought this upon herself."

Qin Ziqian was furious. "It was you who poisoned her. You have become so vicious. My mother was right. Your kindness in the past was all a disguise. You really are as vicious as a snake."

Qin Ziqian felt pity for her at first, pity her for sacrificing herself for her family, but now it seems that it is all her own fault.

Jiang Nianwei just thought it was ridiculous that Qin Ziqian was still so confused even now. "Why would I hurt your sister for no reason? It's because she wants to hurt my sister-in-law."

Qin Ziqian answered confidently: "Your sister-in-law's accident could not have anything to do with Meng Rui."

"Whether it matters or not, you can ask her and tell her. Tell her that as long as she tells the truth, I can alleviate her pain. As a brother, you don't understand your sister at all."

Qin Ziqian's face darkened instantly. "If anything happens to my sister, I will never let you go."

"Qin Ziqian, you have not fulfilled your responsibility as a brother and taught your sister well. Now you are blaming me instead. It is really chilling. Your sister is a human being, but does that mean the blood of my Jiang family is not a human being? The Jiang family is not a lamb to be slaughtered. How can we allow you to bully us like this!

Back then, in your mansion, you asked me to be tolerant in everything, but now you want to dictate to me and even threaten me. Do you think I will still be as patient as before? I'm telling you, I will never let this go."

"Nianwei! Our past friendship..."

"You keep mentioning our past friendship, which is really ridiculous. Ask yourself, when did you ever cherish that friendship? You favored your concubine over your wife, and even colluded with officials to frame the Jiang family. Have you forgotten all these things? Now you still have the nerve to talk about friendship with me, which is really ironic."

Qin Ziqian's heart was filled with shame. He lowered his eyes, not daring to look into Jiang Nianwei's cold and determined eyes.

Jiang Nianwei flicked her sleeves and turned to leave. There was no real anger in her heart. All she wanted was to let this family taste the pain she had suffered in her previous life, and let them also experience that helplessness and despair.

……

Looking at his sister in Zhuang Qiuhe's arms, Qin Ziqian said in a low voice with a hint of unquestionable seriousness: "You, tell me, were you the one who started all this trouble?"

Zhuang Qiuhe listened to her sister's painful groans and felt anxious. She glared at Qin Ziqian and said, "It's already this time. What's the point of you still worrying about this? If this continues, Mengrui's life may not be saved."

Qin Ziqian ignored Zhuang Qiuhe's reproach and spoke slowly: "Jiang Nianwei said that as long as Meng Rui is willing to admit her mistakes, she will help her."

Qin Mengrui could no longer endure such piercing pain. She could no longer bear such torture. A hint of determination flashed across her eyes, and she trembled as she said, "I...I am willing to admit my mistake! It was my fault. I shouldn't have drugged that woman."

"How can you be so confused!"

Zhuang Qiuhe was anxious and annoyed, but she was at a loss as to what to do.

She could only bite the bullet and bring Qin Mengrui to Jiang Nianwei, hoping to get some forgiveness. "She was just confused for a moment and didn't mean to hurt anyone. Please save her."

If it wasn't for her daughter's life, why would Zhuang Qiuhe beg so humbly?

Jiang Nianwei narrowed her eyes slightly, a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she said slowly: "Is this your attitude of begging for help? If my sister-in-law is in any danger because of this matter, even if your Qin family loses ten lives, it will not be enough.

"If you and your daughter kneel down and kowtow in front of my eldest brother, I might consider it."

Zhuang Qiuhe's face turned pale instantly when she heard this. She raised her head angrily and said, "Jiang Nianwei, don't go too far!"

Jiang Nianwei's smile revealed a bone-chilling chill. She slowly said, "In that case, Qin Mengrui should continue to endure this pain. I forgot to tell you that if she doesn't take the antidote in time, the pain will make her worse than death, and the red spots on her body will never fade."

Qin Mengrui was extremely weak at this moment. She held Zhuang Qiuhe's hand tightly, her eyes full of pleading: "Mom, let's listen to her this time. I really can't stand the pain anymore."

Zhuang Qiuhe gritted her teeth and finally made a decision. She knelt down humbly in front of Jiang Lanxu: "Mengrui was young and ignorant. She almost harmed your wife and children. Now your wife and children are safe. Can you please show some mercy..."

Qin Mengrui fell to her knees, her heart filled with shame. She raised her head and looked at the man she once loved, with an expression of anger and shock on her face. Her heart felt as if it were being stabbed by needles and knives, and for a moment she was experiencing both physical and mental pain.

Jiang Lanxu was so angry that his teeth itched, "You are the one who harmed Mei Xue. I will never forgive you. You deserve this."

He, who never hit women, actually had the urge to beat up the woman in front of him.

He had known that the Qin family was cruel and ruthless, but he had never expected them to be so vicious. He would never forgive anyone who hurt Qiu Meixue.

"Brother, if you don't forgive her, then I won't save her."

Zhuang Qiuhe immediately stood up angrily, "You! You clearly promised that you would save her as long as she kneeled down!"

Jiang Nianwei showed a mocking smile, "But my eldest brother has not forgiven you. You must not take my words seriously, just like those bullshit you said before. This poison will not kill people, it just tortures the body. Qin Mengrui, you just have to bear it for now."

After that, the family walked away, leaving only the mother and daughter behind, hugging each other and crying.

After this ordeal, the family has become much more honest.

After dealing with these matters, the exile team had to continue on their journey without stopping. Although they had carriages, they were bound to encounter bumpy roads.

Along the way, Jiang Lanxu comforted Qiu Meixue with kind words. After she fell asleep, he walked out of the carriage with a serious face, "Nianwei, why didn't you tell me about this in advance?"

"I won't trouble my family with anything I can handle. Besides, they harmed my sister-in-law, so they must suffer."

"You can discuss anything with us in the future. After all, we are a family."

The sins committed by the Qin family are not limited to these. In the previous life, their family ended up in such a situation, and the Qin family had a lot of involvement.

They did not delay the progress of the exile team, and the officers did not blame them too much.

Until late at night, the team camped in a desolate mountain. They originally thought that there was no one here, but unexpectedly there was a small village. The officers decided to set up camp there.

The officers could of course stay overnight in the villagers' homes, but the prisoners they were escorting could only live in the leaky cowshed outside.

It was so cold, and my father and sister-in-law were already weak. Even with thick quilts and clothes, they could not withstand the cold.

Jiang Nianwei found a farmer's house, took out some money and bribed them to stay there.

There was only one old bachelor in this family. He was naturally unwilling to let the exiled criminal stay overnight. Only after Jiang Nianwei gave him a few taels of silver did he smile. A few taels of silver was several years' income for him.

"There is an empty house to the west. You can live there as you please."

The old bachelor seemed to remember something and dragged a thin girl out of the house. "I forgot that my young wife is still locked up in there. Please do as you please."

The girl lowered her head, so her appearance could not be seen clearly, but one could vaguely see that she was thin, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.

Jiang Nianwei couldn't help but look at her a few more times, but saw that the girl suddenly turned her head and looked at her. Their eyes met, and Jiang Nianwei was startled.

Although her face was covered in dirt, she could still see the girl's originally delicate features, and the pupils of her eyes were actually of two colors, indicating that she had Hu blood.

Jiang Nianwei couldn't help but think of a person, the future cruel official Meng Huaibei. This man was paranoid, but he used severe means to punish many corrupt officials.

Could it be that this girl was actually him in disguise? Jiang Nianwei suppressed her suspicion.

The old bachelor dragged her over with a lewd smile, muttering to himself, "I spent my life savings to buy you, you have to give birth to a big fat boy for me."

Taozhi was still sighing, "Such a thin girl is going to be ruined by such a man, what a pity."

The girl's eyes flashed with stubbornness. She suddenly bit the old bachelor's arm fiercely, and her voice revealed determination and anger: "Let me go!"

The old bachelor grimaced in pain, the anger in his heart was instantly ignited.

He raised his arm and slapped the girl hard, shouting angrily: "I spent one or two taels of silver to buy you! If it weren't for me, you would have been sold to a brothel!"

It seemed that the anger in his heart had not been vented yet, so he raised his foot and wanted to kick the girl.

At this time, Taozhi was already extremely anxious. She grabbed Jiang Nianwei's sleeve tightly, her eyes full of pleading: "Miss, let's save him!"

Jiang Nianwei frowned. It was not that she was unwilling to save people, but they were in a difficult situation now and could hardly protect themselves.

If she rescued people rashly, how would she place them? She didn't want to waste time on some insignificant people.

But then I remembered that Meng Huaibei was Qin Ziqian's opponent in the book. If Meng Wanran hadn't tricked him into drinking poison, he wouldn't have died young.

Jiang Nianwei turned around and gave the old bachelor another five taels of silver, "Here, give me the child."

It only cost one tael of silver to buy him in the first place, but this sucker is willing to spend five taels to buy him. Does he have some special hobby?

The old bachelor was secretly delighted, thinking that perhaps he could take the opportunity to raise the price.

He shook his head pretending to be calm and said in a pretentious manner: "No, she is already my daughter-in-law, how can I easily sell her?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lanxu's face darkened and he strode forward, standing in front of Jiang Nianwei.

He stared at the old bachelor with a sharp gaze and said in a low and firm voice: "Sell it or not?"

"I'll sell it, I'll sell it!"

The old bachelor was frightened by Jiang Lanxu's fierce aura and couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

He knew very well that the person in front of him was no good. If he angered him, he would be in big trouble.

So he quickly changed his tone, took the heavy five taels of silver, and pushed the man towards him, smiling and saying, "Sell her, I'll sell her! She's yours now. I originally thought she was a little thin, but now is the perfect time to buy a more voluptuous girl."

The old bachelor had an obscene smile on his face, which made Jiang Nianwei extremely uncomfortable.

His pair of cunning eyes were still moving back and forth between the two of them, staring at them lustfully.

If Jiang Lanxu hadn't stepped in in time and chased him away, he would probably have continued to pester her.

"Nianwei, you bought this girl, but we don't have time to take care of her." Jiang Lanxu said with some concern.

"I have my own arrangements."

She walked up to the child, who should now be called a teenager, and stretched out her slender hand to pull him up.

The boy looked up at her, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes, and then he lowered his head timidly.

She took another white steamed bun and stuffed it into the boy's hand, "Eat it if you're hungry."

The young man looked at the white steamed bun and began to eat it voraciously. Jiang Nianwei took the opportunity to check his current condition. He was dirty and seemed to have wounds on his limbs.

There is one more important thing, she must confirm whether he is Meng Huaibei.

"Taozhi, go and boil some hot water and give him a wash."

Taozhi quickly responded, "I'll go right away."

After hearing the instruction to take a bath, the boy's young face showed fear again, as if taking a bath was an extremely terrible thing for him.

Seeing this, Jiang Nianwei raised a smile at the corner of her mouth and said softly, "This time, I will give him a bath myself."

Although the environment in this rural area was harsh, Taozhi found a bucket of water from somewhere.

After a busy period, she washed the bucket and filled it with steaming hot water.

The young man just stood there, unwilling to move.

He raised his head and looked at Jiang Nianwei with eyes full of shyness and uneasiness, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Miss, you saved me, I am really grateful, but you don't need to trouble me with taking a bath."

He has not yet shed his childishness, and his voice is hoarse and it is difficult to tell whether he is a boy or a girl. No wonder the old bachelor did not realize that he is a teenager.

The two men were in a stalemate, and the young man tightly grasped the dirty coat, which was his last line of defense.

Taozhi saw it all and was anxious. She reached out her hand without hesitation and said, "Why are you shy? We are all girls, there is nothing to be afraid of."

However, when the outer clothes were taken off layer by layer, a skinny body was revealed, with skin covered with mottled scars.

Taozhi was stunned for a moment. She was usually eloquent, but now she couldn't utter a word.

"Miss, he...he seems to be a man." Taozhi's voice trembled a little.

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