sjar Chapter 909 Two People Get Beaten
Chapter 909 Two People Get Beaten
The jailer laughed, seemingly unconcerned. The two men approached, and Granny Wang immediately became agitated, "What do you want to do?"
The jailer moved forward, and Granny Wang moved backward.
An old woman was carrying a person on her back, and the two jailers were men, so naturally...
With nowhere to retreat, the jailer yanked Du Mingxian off, one of them grabbed Wang Pozi and tied her up, while the other went to get a whip dipped in salt water.
As they approached step by step, Granny Wang became extremely nervous looking at the whips in their hands. She shrank her body slightly towards Du Mingxian and said, "Hurry up and tell them what they want to hear. I don't want to be beaten until my skin is torn and bleeding."
Du Mingxian felt pain in her back; she had been falling and it hurt a lot. She was anxious and could only hurriedly say, "There are shamans in the prison! There are shamans in that prison!"
The jailer's expression became more serious. He stepped forward and pointed his whip at Du Mingxian, "Speak, who is the Tapa person?"
"I...I only know that there are harlots among the men in the madam's backyard. You'll have to find out which one it is yourselves."
The imperial court has issued a strict order to arrest female prisoners. If they can catch even one, they'll consider it a win for the two of them. But what is this female prisoner saying?
Where should we tell them to check?
"Since you've mentioned it, you must know who it is. Tell us, tell us what you know, and my brother and I can find you some good food."
Du Mingxian dared not say that she was the one Niu Bao brought to Sun Xiangxiang's residence. If she revealed Niu Bao's identity, how could she possibly survive?
They wouldn't be able to survive either.
"I only know about the Ghaba people; I can only tell you about the others when I see the adults."
The jailer got angry and lashed out with his whip. The burning pain made Du Mingxian's vision go black. "Tell me what you know, or I'll beat you to death."
“I…I want to see the Prefect of the Capital, I want to see Lord Ling of the Hanlin Academy, or Lord Wen, the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. No matter which one of them comes, I…I can explain.”
Upon hearing that Du Mingxian knew quite a few people, the jailer lashed out with his whip again, saying, "Listen to what you're saying! Every single name you've mentioned is important, isn't it? Each one more important than the last. Who would even want to see them?"
"I still want to see the adults, but do you think we can just see them whenever we want?"
After saying that, the man still wanted to hit her, but Du Mingxian didn't want to suffer for nothing. "I know Lord Ling and Lord Wen. Whichever of you informs them, you'll receive a reward, or something..."
The crown prince is also an option.
She couldn't bring herself to say it. She couldn't even see Lord Wen and Ling Silang, let alone the esteemed Crown Prince. These people would certainly not let her see them.
"If you want to talk, then talk. If you don't want to talk, I'll beat you until you do." Several more lashes followed.
Du Mingxian was in a lot of pain, but she couldn't even curl up. In the end, Granny Wang threw herself on top of Du Mingxian, protecting her with her body, and said to the two constables, "We're not going to file a complaint anymore. We just want to eat something. We have money."
"What nonsense are you talking about? The officers searched you thoroughly when you came out." The officer lashed Granny Wang twice more.
Unlike Du Mingxian, Granny Wang immediately cried out, "I really have money, officers! Please consider this money as our tribute to you both!"
The jailer did not move.
Granny Wang quickly shouted, "There really is silver! I'm just an old woman, and she's a cripple. We can't run away. Please let me go, and I'll give you the silver."
The two jailers whispered among themselves for a while before finally agreeing, "Alright, I doubt you'd dare to run away."
Granny Wang nodded immediately, "Of course, of course, we certainly wouldn't dare to run away, you can rest assured."
The jailer stepped forward and untied the ropes binding Wang Pozi. Wang Pozi took out the silver from Du Mingxian and handed it over tremblingly. Among the silver coins were two gold ingots that Du Mingxian had given to Wang Pozi.
"Here you go, just take it."
The jailer's attitude softened considerably upon seeing the gold ingots, and he smiled with satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad. Now, take out whatever else you two have on you."
Wang Pozi said awkwardly, "No, these gold ingots were given to us by our family on the way to prison so that we could have a better time there."
"Really gone?"
"Really, there isn't any left." Granny Wang nodded honestly.
The jailer didn't believe him. "Let me search him. It'll be good if I find something."
Du Mingxian immediately panicked. She couldn't move, but she didn't want to be searched.
"No, you can't."
Seeing her strong reaction, Granny Wang was both angry and helpless. She knelt on the ground and begged, "My lords, we are all servants. The reason we were able to produce this money is because..."
"Because her old friend was taken away by someone. Her old friend's daughter works as a cook in the household of Lord Ling in the Hanlin Academy. Lord Ling's wife is the adopted daughter of Minister Wen."
“Her old friends felt sorry for her, so they slipped her some loose silver and two gold ingots, saying they would find a way to come and see us later. Now, even if you search, you won’t find any.”
"As officials, you should know that a servant of the Sun family was taken away by Lord Ling."
The two jailers knew nothing, because they were just two small fry who usually did errands. Sometimes people would come to the prison to bribe officials, and they would get a little something extra.
They were lucky today to make such a big sum of money.
But we can't say they didn't know about it. This woman is paralyzed, but she spoke with great detail and conviction, so it's probably true.
The old woman was taken away, and her daughter was at the Ling residence. The mistress of the Ling residence was the adopted daughter of Minister Wen. They couldn't see either of them.
"Alright, since you've told the truth, we won't search you anymore. If you had told us earlier, none of this would have happened, and we would have avoided getting beaten up."
Du Mingxian hadn't expected these people to be unwilling to pass on the message, and now there was nothing more she could say. If she said anything more, these two would only beat them up; they were more interested in making money.
If she gives them some more money now, these two will probably take advantage of her.
She saw greed in their eyes.
Granny Wang was also quite startled by Du Mingxian. She gripped her leg tightly and didn't dare to make a sound.
"Could you get us some good food?"
"can."
The jailer readily agreed, saying that there were people outside, and perhaps even more people would come to see them, which was a good thing.
Granny Wang breathed a sigh of relief. "Someone will come to see us again. Can we change our cells? A smaller one is fine, it's too noisy in here."
All the people from Sun Xiangxiang's household and the Sun family were locked inside. It was only because the jailers found it too noisy that they preferred to walk a few more steps. Even from outside, one could vaguely hear some noises coming from inside.
"Okay, I'll move you to another place."
Granny Wang also had an injury on her back, but she still carried Du Mingxian on her back. At this moment, Du Mingxian truly felt that Granny Wang had gone through a lot, as this person had just protected her.
The old Wang Pozi I knew was opportunistic, greedy, and gossipy; she never seemed like a good person, nor did she seem like someone who would be so loyal.
The jailer moved them to a different cell this time. It was in the middle, so it wasn't too noisy, but the cell was small and had a wooden plank bed with straw on it.
Granny Wang thanked the jailer, placed Du Mingxian on the bed, and looked down at her.