The young couple from the farm fights back

Chapter 173 Liang's mother and son got into trouble

What else did Xiao Chao not understand? Old Zhou's words were clearly reminding him that he had to marry Miss Jie Si whether he wanted to or not.

But think about it, Fourth Miss Jie is actually not bad. Apart from being a little older, she is still a few years younger than him.

Although his appearance is not outstanding, he is good-looking, and his personality is straightforward and outspoken, so he can be considered as someone to talk to in the future.

Thus, the marriage between the Xiao and Jie families was decided the next day.

When Governor Xie learned this, he was so happy that he drank a few more glasses of wine. After all, the old girl was married off, and the one she married was a son of the Xiao family. In the future, the world will really change its name and surname, and the Xie family will be able to take advantage of this marriage.

In this way, under the arrangement of the governor, an auspicious day was quickly chosen for the wedding of the two.

After Xiao Chao and the fourth girl's wedding, the rebel army had to hurry and continue to march north. The Di Kou in the northern border made many provocations, intending to take advantage of the domestic riots in Daqing to send troops to harass the northern border.

The rebel army cannot be left alone. How can we allow foreign invaders to covet the country we fought so hard for?

Eternal Life Island.

The children's school has a three-day holiday. Cheng Jin, who has been staying in Jianglin Pavilion since he was a child, usually returns to the island half a day in advance.

But this time, the child was still nowhere to be seen until the first day of school three days later. Jiang Li thought about it and felt that something was fishy.

She and Liang had always maintained secret correspondence. If something happened at home and the child had to come back a few days later, she would immediately send someone to inform her.

Jiang Li was worried that the heavy snow yesterday blocked the road and that Jing'er might be in danger on the way. Even if the Cheng family sent soldiers to escort him along the way, what if?

So, Jiang Li asked Ming Ye to bring two more guards along the way to Yanzhou City. If they found anything suspicious on the way, they could send someone to send a letter back and inform the Cheng Mansion.

Unexpectedly, Ming Ye hurried back just one hour after leaving the island, bringing with him Yi Jie'er, who was in a dishevel.

"Auntie!"

Twelve-year-old Cheng Yi inherited Liang's good looks. She was a girl who always behaved dignifiedly in front of others. But now she didn't care about anything else and threw herself into Jiang Li's arms with tears in her eyes.

Jiang Li hugged the little girl in his arms in horror. It seemed that something really happened to Jing'er.

"Sister Yi, don't cry. Why are you here alone? What happened at home? Where's your mother and brother Jin?"

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he instructed Yuan Niang beside him, "Quick, go to Sister Ming'er's room and get her a thick cloak."

"Yes." Yuan Niang bowed and left in a hurry.

It was freezing outside. Look at the little girl, she was wearing thin clothes, her hair was messy, and her face was pale from the cold.

I thought that Liang would never let the little girl wear so little before she went out, and I was afraid that she might have encountered something on the way.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li raised his eyes and looked at Ming Ye: "What's going on?"

Ming Ye bowed and said, "My lady, Ming Yang and I, along with our guards, had just arrived at the seaside and had been riding for only a quarter of an hour when we discovered the young lady of the Cheng family lying in the snow, without a single escort by her side."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li hugged the little girl tightly with even more heartache, lowered her head and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief.

"Sister Yi, tell your aunt, what happened at home?"

Sister Yi nodded repeatedly, her throat hoarse from crying, and after a long while she spoke hoarsely, "Auntie, please go and save my mother and brother."

Ding~

Hearing this, Jiang Li's heart was filled with alarm.

Even Fang, who was listening nearby, frowned nervously.

"What happened in the mansion? Where's your father?"

"Dad left the house a while ago for the military camp in the county." The little girl cried heartbrokenly, "A few days ago, my brother came home to visit grandmother, and suddenly fell ill in his own yard at night. He doesn't recognize mother, doesn't recognize Sister Yi, doesn't recognize anyone."

"Mother had no choice but to have my brother tied up and went to the island to seek help from my aunt. However, my grandmother and my mother insisted that my brother had been bewitched and even invited a sorcerer into the house."

Cheng Yi grew increasingly frightened as he spoke, his body trembling uncontrollably. "The sorcerer said that only by steaming my brother in a hot pot over high heat could the evil spell in his body be driven out. My mother swore to protect him to the death, but then my grandmother and Da Xiaoniang had my mother tied up as well, saying she had also been bewitched and that an exorcism would be performed in the mansion today."

"Aunt, please save my mother and brother. My mother was afraid that my grandmother would harm me, so she asked someone to secretly send me out of the house and let me go to the island to find Aunt. But there were so many people chasing Sister Yi on the way, Aunt—"

Jiang Li had no idea what was there to understand after hearing this. She had always known that the Cheng family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not get along with the Liang family.

I never thought that she would do such a heartless thing without knowing that Deputy General Cheng was not at home. After all, Brother Jin is the grandson of Old Lady Cheng. How could she do such a thing?

The situation was urgent, and Jiang Li could not care less. He quickly said, "Ming Ye, immediately select someone and follow me to the Cheng Mansion in Yanzhou City."

"Yes, ma'am."

Since coming to Changsheng Island, Jiang Li has never been to Yanzhou City again. Usually, all the affairs outside are handled for her by Dashuan and his wife. It seems that she has to go there in person today.

Jiang Li said, taking the thick cloak that Yuan Niang brought and wrapping the shivering girl in it: "Yuan Niang, please keep an eye on Sister Yi."

"Yes, ma'am."

Sister Yi was worried about her mother and brother at home. She reached out from under her thick cloak and tightly grasped Jiang Li's hand: "Auntie——"

Looking at the child's pleading eyes, Jiang Li tried to calm down the anxiety on her face and said soothingly, "Don't be afraid. Just stay with Madam Yuan. Your aunt, your mother, and your brother will be back soon."

"Yeah." The little girl pursed her lips and nodded in response.

Seeing that Fang had brought her special medicine box, Jiang Li gestured, "Ming Ye family, you come with me."

"Yes, ma'am."

Over the years, the wife of the Cheng family has had a close relationship with their island master, and everyone in the Jianglin Pavilion treats Cheng Jin as a half-master. Now that he has suffered this misfortune in the Cheng family, they are all very angry.

Half an hour later, the pleasure boat that Jiang Li was riding on docked. The guards first let the horses down from the boat. Jiang Li had nothing to do on Changsheng Island, so he also learned to ride a horse.

She took the reins, climbed up, waved the whip in her hand, and led everyone to rush towards Yanzhou City.

Ming Ye, Fang, Ming Yang and more than ten black-clad guards rode their horses to protect them.

The cold wind lifted Jiang Li's cloak. From the back, he looked indescribably heroic.

At the same time, in the backyard of Cheng Mansion.

In recent years, the huge mansion was managed by Liang alone, but she never expected that her mother-in-law and Da Xiaoniang hid so many unfamiliar faces in the mansion. Not only did they detain all her subordinates, they also ordered people to tie her and Jin Ge up.

Liang and Cheng Jin were tied up with hemp ropes and had rags stuffed in their mouths. No matter how hard they struggled, they were unable to break free.

There were two large iron pots in the yard. The firewood at the bottom of the pots was burning brightly, and layers of scorching heat waves were rising from the edge of the wooden lid.

Liang stared at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the corridor with both anger and horror. She thought that in this mansion, as long as they kept to themselves, no matter what, the mother-in-law had to remember that Jin'er was her grandson.

They wanted to kill Cheng Yizhong and his mother while he was away from home. They were a pair of vicious women with such a cruel heart.

Even though Cheng Jin's hands and feet were tied and he couldn't speak, the strength of his struggles required two strong men to suppress them.

It was obvious that Cheng Jin was almost insane, and he had lost his usual gentle and elegant scholarly demeanor.

Next to the two large pots stood a wizard in strange clothes, ringing the copper bells in his hands and muttering scriptures and incantations that outsiders could not understand.