vrcanaries Chapter 418 Questioning
Chapter 418 Questioning
"Sir, please spare us! We will get up right now and get to work!"
The two men bowed their hands and begged for mercy. If they hadn't been weighed down by the bamboo basket of stones behind them and couldn't get up, they would have knelt down and hit the ground with their heads!
Looking at the two disheveled men, Qiu Niang's red lips trembled uncontrollably. She never thought she would see them in Chui Mine!
"Shut up!"
The mine supervisor yelled angrily, glared at the two people on the ground with disgust, and then glanced at the supervisor next to him.
The supervisor walked up and fiercely pulled the two men up from the ground, and considerately took down their bamboo baskets to prevent them from falling again.
"Listen, we have an honorable guest who wants to see you today, so you can haul less stone!"
At the moment, both of them were focusing their attention on the mine supervisor and didn't notice Qiu Niang behind him at all. They were startled when they heard what he said.
A distinguished guest? A distinguished guest wants to see them? Could it be that someone has come to rescue them?
The two of them were worthy of being husband and wife, they thought the same thing tacitly, and after looking at each other, they saw the uncontrollable ecstasy in each other's pupils.
It was at this moment that Qiu Niang took a step forward and walked in front of the two men, bumping into their sight so clearly.
"Sister-in-law! Are you the distinguished guest who wants to see me and my husband?"
Lu Zhuer almost thought she was hallucinating because of hunger. She would never have thought that the distinguished guest mentioned by the mine supervisor would be her sister-in-law!
In an instant, great joy and excitement overwhelmed Lu Zhuer's reason, so much so that she forgot that she was still wearing shackles on her feet.
The next moment, she ran towards Qiu Niang like a free person, but because she took too big a step, the iron chain between her feet suddenly stretched straight, restricting her steps, and she fell heavily to the ground again.
Lu Zhuer cried out in pain for the second time, but she did not get up for a while. She thought that Qiu Niang, a kind-hearted and cowardly person, would definitely come to help her.
But after waiting for a few moments, she did not receive the gentle support she had imagined, and was instead roughly pulled up from the ground by the supervisor.
The supervisor's hand strength had been trained through countless whippings of prisoners. It was like an iron clamp holding Lu Zhuer's arm. She screamed in pain:
"You're hurting me! Sister-in-law, save me! Save me!"
Looking at Lu Zhuer who was asking her for help at this moment, Qiu Niang couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips, feeling extremely ridiculous in her heart.
When I had come to look for my relatives after a long journey to escape famine, I was ruthlessly turned away by Lu Zhu'er, which indirectly caused her to be abducted to Quan Ya Pavilion and subjected to humiliation. I have not yet settled this account with her...
Now, how dare Lu Zhuer ask me to save her!
What's more, she and Cheng Yiwen must have committed a crime, which is why they were exiled to the mines. How could guilty people not accept punishment?
Thinking of this, Qiu Niang asked, "I wonder why these two people came to Chui Mine? Please help me, Mine Supervisor, to explain this to me."
The mine supervisor, who was playing with the whip in his hand, glanced at Qiu Niang, thinking that she was really here to look for her relatives, so he kindly reminded her:
"These prisoners were all sent here because of their involvement in the Tang family's case. Although Young Master Yun is behind you, I'm afraid you won't be able to take these two people out."
"The Tang family's case?" Qiu Niang frowned slightly, then seemed to have thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Is it the Tang family, one of the five great families in Kyoto?"
The mine supervisor looked at Qiu Niang strangely and asked, "Besides this Tang family, which other Tang family is there?"
"How is the Tang family doing now? Where is Tang Tian? Has he come to the mine again?"
Qiu Niang's three questions immediately followed, which made the mine supervisor feel even more puzzled. Wasn't he here to see the two prisoners? Why did he bring up the Tang family again?
Also, what was this girl suddenly so excited about?
Although he was confused, the mine supervisor remained expressionless as always. He patiently answered all of Qiu Niang's questions.
Upon learning that Tang Tian was executed by slow slicing, Qiu Niang suddenly felt that God had been kind to her, and the depression that had been accumulating in her heart for a long time was also largely relieved by this news.
At this time, Cheng Yiwen, who had been silent, suddenly spoke:
"The Tang family case has far-reaching implications. Many officials have been implicated simply because they attended a banquet hosted by the Tang family. I am one of them."
Although he didn't know why Qiu Niang, who was beautiful but cowardly at heart, had become the honored guest of the mine supervisor of Chui Mine, he was really fed up with being tortured here every day. He wanted to seize this opportunity and let Qiu Niang find a way to rescue him!
The next second, the blow of reality was like a loud slap in the face, landing hard on Cheng Yiwen's face who was immersed in beautiful fantasies.
"Nonsense! You still dare to quibble!"
The mine supervisor whipped him with a whip at lightning speed and said sinisterly:
"The Tang family case was an ironclad case supervised by His Royal Highness Prince Yan himself. He will definitely not wrongly accuse any of you! If I see you talking nonsense again in the future, it won't be as simple as a whipping!"
Despite the burning whip wounds on his body, Cheng Yiwen remained unmoved. Having spoken, he had made a huge decision.
He knew very well that if Qiu Niang couldn't rescue him, he would soon die of exhaustion and starvation in this cold mine.
Qiu Niang is his last and only chance!
“Sister-in-law, Brother Lu and I have been classmates for many years, he knows my character best, and you know it too.
His sister is now suffering with me in the mine. For the sake of the late Brother Lu, please ask my sister-in-law to save my husband and me!"
After hearing this, Lu Zhuer no longer cared to complain about Qiu Niang not coming to help her just now, but suddenly said:
"Yes, sister-in-law, my brother is dead, and I am his only relative in this world. Can you bear to watch me being imprisoned in this hellish place and suffering?"
"You are not worthy to mention your elder brother in front of me!"
When Qiu Niang heard Lu Zhuer mention her deceased husband, her anger suddenly surged up and two blushes suddenly appeared on her fair cheeks.
"My husband died tragically on the road while fleeing famine. I went through untold hardships to come to Kyoto to seek refuge with you. What did you say?
You said that you have married into the Cheng family, and you are a Cheng family woman, you can't take care of your widow's livelihood, and you ruthlessly shut me out! "
"And you!" Qiu Niang shot a sharp gaze at Cheng Yiwen, her tone cold:
"Since you already know that my husband has passed away, Lu Zhuer must have told you about my going there to seek refuge. Have you ever gone to look for me because of our friendship as classmates?"
"Cheng Yiwen, you wanted to pursue a career in government, but your family was poor and you couldn't even afford the tuition for your teacher. It was my husband who couldn't bear to see you go through this difficult period, so he supported you for ten years. Only then could you have the chance to pass the imperial examination."
"Lu Zhu'er, since I married into the Lu family, I have served my parents-in-law and taken care of household chores. I have been devoted to you, my sister-in-law, and have never failed to do anything for you.
"After my parents-in-law passed away, I became even more concerned about you. When you had a sudden high fever, my husband was away studying abroad. I hired doctors from all over the city and took care of you without taking off my clothes. That's how I saved your life."
"My husband has helped you, Cheng Yiwen, and I, Du Nianqiu, have saved your life, Lu Zhuer!"
"But how did you, Cheng Yiwen, treat the widow of your benefactor? How did you, Lu Zhuer, treat your sister-in-law who saved your life?"