The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

She dared not speak, but seeing her son hanging from the tree, his life hanging in the balance, was like a knife twisting in her heart.

Seeing that no one from Lingjia Village dared to come forward, Zhang Erniang was extremely anxious.

Zhang Da said, "Mother, the Ling family is too bullying. Even if the second son did something he shouldn't have done, he should have just told us. We'll accept any compensation or anything else he wants."

“But look at the Ling family, not one or two of them said a word, just watching that woman bully the second son.”

Zhang Erniang remained calm. "Let's wait and see what news your fourth brother gets back. She hasn't made a move yet, so let's wait a bit longer."

This matter caused quite a stir, and when Zhang Si, a mere child, went to ask, many people were naturally willing to tell him, and soon he found out the cause, process, and outcome of the matter clearly.

Zhang Si returned looking troubled. "Mother, the villagers say that Ling Silang's fate is unknown, and it was Second Brother who caused it. Second Brother hid Ling Silang in a cave, and it was Second Brother who led the search party to find him."

Zhang Erniang swayed, angry at Zhang Er, perhaps feeling sorry for him. She took two steps forward and knelt directly in front of Du Mingxian, "Fourth Brother's wife, please spare my second son."

Du Mingxian merely raised her eyelids slightly to glance at it, without moving an inch. A fire was burning within her, a fire powerful enough to destroy her entirely.

Seeing this, Zhang Da and the others also stepped forward and knelt down.

“Let’s talk this out. Put my second brother down first, and we’ll accept it even if you hit him,” Zhang Da said.

Du Mingxian's gaze swept over the Zhang family members one by one. "You have the nerve to come here begging now? You didn't teach your children properly when you were raising them, what right do you have to beg now?"

“They have kidnapped my husband for several days, depriving him of food and water, and ignoring whether he lives or dies. If my husband doesn’t make it, I will make your son pay with his life.”

She emphasized the last two words heavily, her heart filled with determination.

The Zhang family panicked upon hearing this, but Ling Silang's condition was indeed not good.

Zhang Si muttered to himself, "Ling Silang's health is not good to begin with, and he himself is a sickly person. Everyone says he won't live past twenty. How can you blame it all on Second Brother?"

The Zhang family was terrified. Zhang Erniang even wanted to go back and slap her youngest son to teach him a lesson for his sharp tongue.

Du Mingxian heard it, but she didn't want to pay attention. "Chen Ming."

"sister."

"Go to the county and come back with Wang Fu tomorrow."

"it is good."

Xu Jiachen had been there once before, so he didn't ask any more questions this time. He immediately turned around and left, wanting to get into the city before the city gates closed.

If Wang Qi were here, he would definitely be better at comforting people than I am, and my sister wouldn't be so sad.

The atmosphere became tense.

Zhang Erniang crawled two more steps on her knees, then grabbed Du Mingxian's clothes, pleading, "Please let my second son go. I'll take whatever punishment you give me, okay?"

Du Mingxian took a step back, reached out and pulled her dress from the woman's hand, her eyes icy cold. "Now you know you were wrong? Why didn't you think about teaching your child properly when you were disciplining him?"

"Since he made the mistake, he should bear the consequences."

“He…” Zhang Erniang was both angry and anxious. “I know you have nowhere to vent your anger, but can you put him down first? Judging from the way he looks, if he’s hung up any longer, he might die.”

"If he's gone, he's gone. He's lucky if he survived; if he didn't, it's because he did too many evil deeds."

Zhang Erniang was so angry that she lost all her temper. Seeing that Du Mingxian was unmoved by either soft or hard tactics, she simply stopped pleading and stood up from the ground. "Eldest brother, you guys go and put the second brother down."

Zhang Da and the others had wanted to do this for a long time, and upon hearing their mother's order, they immediately got up to put Zhang Er down.

As Du Mingxian saw them approach, she dodged and placed a knife directly against Zhang Da's neck. "You can choose to trade your life for his."

The cold knife, carrying a sharp, piercing pain, made the boss's hair stand on end, and he froze on the spot in fear. "I won't move, I won't move, you...you shouldn't move either."

Du Mingxian said sarcastically, "With such audacity, you dare to release someone from my command? Don't you even know if you're qualified?"

No matter how much he felt sorry for his younger brother, it couldn't outweigh his own life. Zhang Da was already regretting it and even resenting Zhang Er for being disobedient and provoking the Ling family for no reason.

"I won't let go, I won't let go, please...please let me go, we have no grudge against each other."

Du Mingxian put away her dagger and pushed Zhang Da away, saying, "Get lost, don't get in the way here."

With this incident, no one dared to cause trouble.

The Zhang family huddled together.

Zhang Da was still in shock and didn't dare to speak, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Du Mingxian.

They're all from the village. At most, they'll argue, pull a hair, or the men will throw punches. Who would actually use a knife? And using a knife means drawing blood.

It has to be said that Ling's daughter-in-law is a ruthless person.

Zhang San was also afraid, but since the knife wasn't at his throat, he wasn't as scared as Zhang Da. "Mother, this can't go on. Even if Second Brother is wrong, they shouldn't do this."

Zhang Erniang knew, "But right now, I can't think of any other way."

“I’ll go back and tell Dad. No matter how tyrannical Dad is, he can’t really just watch my second brother go unattended. There are also the villagers. It would be best if the village chief came with his people and could negotiate with the village chief of Lingjia Village.”

Zhang Erniang's eyes lit up. "I think this will work. You go back... and behind that vixen's back, have a good talk with your father. Tell him to go find the village chief and bring more people over. We can't do anything here without anyone here."

She glanced at her son again, her eyes filled with heartache, "Your second brother is still dead or alive. The Ling family is bullying us too much."

"Okay, I'll go right now, I'll go right now."

Du Mingxian didn't care what the Zhang family was thinking. She just stood quietly at the gate of the courtyard, but her mind was still on the courtyard. There was no movement in the courtyard, which meant that Doctor Lin had not come out yet.

Ling Silang's condition is too dangerous. In this era where even catching a cold can cost you your life, it's uncertain whether he can be saved.

I just hope Dr. Lin can help.

Time passed slowly, but there was still no movement in the courtyard. Then the people from Zhangjia Village arrived, led by Village Chief Zhang and his father, followed by a number of men and women.

This is clearly a fight.

Before the Zhang family members even reached the Ling family's door, the villagers blocked their way, and Du Mingxian was protected behind them.

When Zhang's mother (Zhang Erniang) saw her husband and the villagers coming, hope was rekindled in her heart. She stumbled forward, pushed aside the people from Lingjia Village, and ran to her own villagers.

"Please, everyone, save my second son! He really didn't mean any harm. There must be some misunderstanding."

“What misunderstanding? We saw with our own eyes that Zhang Er led us into the mountains and found Ling Silang. At that time, we didn’t even know if Ling Silang was alive.” Someone in the village retorted.