Chapter 263 Disgust
Sang Donghai was silent for a moment: "My brother and I originally wanted to take advantage of this Mid-Autumn Festival to confront you again. We wanted to trick you back into the Sang family by taking advantage of your eagerness to recognize your relatives and your lack of family care and love, and your desire to have a family to rely on."

"Then, when you are filled with joy, I will trick you into going to the forbidden area."

"When you step into the forbidden land, the formation will be completed and everything will be settled. The Sang family will be able to maintain peace for a hundred years because of your sacrifice."

"You will become a hero to the entire Sang family."

"We will build a monument for you and write a biography to praise your dedication and greatness, and we will remember you forever."

Jiang Anning chuckled, "Are you sure you're not feeling guilty and want to do this to alleviate the guilt in your heart?"

Sang Nanshan's thoughts were revealed, and he lowered his head in shame.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Jiang An Ning looked at him coldly and asked, "But since you wanted to trick me in the beginning, why are you coming here to tell me this now?"

"You don't think that after hearing what you said, I will be deceived willingly and go to the Sang family to be your sacrifice."

Sang Nanshan said hurriedly: "Of course not!"

"I just think that as the victim of this incident, you have the right to know everything."

"You should have understood all the dangers clearly before deciding whether or not to be the sacrifice, instead of being muddleheaded. You wanted to recognize your relatives happily, but in the end you were deceived by the person you were supposed to be close to and lost your life, dying miserably."

"I don't think this is fair to you."

"I can't bear to be such a cold-blooded executioner."

"So I decided to tell you all this."

Sang Nanshan covered his face in pain: "I know, I know that if I do this, it is very likely that the entire Sang family will fall into danger and lose their lives."

"But I, I really can't do it. I can't be so cold-blooded and deceive an innocent person to death."

"I can not do it."

Jiang Anning watched coldly as the man looked extremely painful.

She didn't know if Sang Nanshan was acting with her.

Or maybe the two brothers had already discussed it, one playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop.

The purpose is the same.

They all wanted to trick her into joining the Sang clan.

What kind of sacrifice?
She looked at him coldly for a moment, then said expressionlessly, "Well, now you know the answer."

Sang Nanshan raised his head in confusion and looked at her.

"what is the answer?"

"You tell me this, don't you just want to know my choice?"

Jiang Anning looked indifferent: "Now I can tell you for sure that I have no interest in getting to know any so-called relatives, and as for the sacrifice you mentioned... I'm even more sorry, I'm not a fool, why would I give up my own life for some irrelevant people to fulfill others' wishes?"

"So whether you tell me this out of sincerity or out of conscience, I won't be moved at all."

"Even more, I will not choose to go back with you and be a sacrifice just because you confessed to me."

Jiang Anning had a cold face and recalled the conversation between Wang Shang and Jiao Niang that he overheard inadvertently.

A Niang’s death, or A Niang’s tragedy, is not unrelated to these so-called tribesmen!
She is not stupid enough to sacrifice her life to save these people.

only……

Jiang Anning hesitated for a while, looking at Sang Nanshan who was standing there in a daze, seemingly not expecting this outcome at all: "If possible, I might go to the Sang family."

She lowered her eyebrows slightly.

She thought to herself: If A Niang’s death is really related to these people, then she doesn’t mind taking a longer detour and killing a few more people!

"But you'd better pray that I won't go."

After all, if she went to the Sang family, there would be only one possibility, that is, the cause of A Niang's death was indeed related to them.

She won't let go of any enemy!
Sang Nanshan did not understand the meaning of these words. He opened his mouth to ask anxiously, but Jiang Anning had already turned around and left.

He chased after him, but was stopped by Duan Qingshan.

Duan Qingshan ignored him, raised the whip in his hand high and swung it mercilessly.

Sang Nanshan was startled and took several steps back. He lost his balance and stepped on empty air, falling into the ditch beside him, looking very miserable.

In the end, all he could do was watch the carriage go away.

When we arrived at the county town, it was already late at night.

The city gates had already been closed.

Jiang Anning had to stay outside the city and queue up, waiting for the city gates to open.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before dawn.

She had just taken a nap in the car when she heard the sound of the city gate opening.

Duan Qingshan led the carriage and waited for the city guards to finish their inspection. After they slowly entered the city, he knocked on the door and asked Jiang Anning inside: "Master, should we go directly to the county jail?"

He looked at the snack stand that had been set up not far away and asked, "Would you like to eat something first?"

Jiang Anning refused: "I don't have much appetite."

The shaking of the carriage made her feel uncomfortable all over, as if her bones were falling apart.

"If you're hungry, eat first and then go."

She said, "That's great. Let's pack some for the runners who haven't changed shifts yet."

"It's not good to go empty-handed."

Duan Qingshan said "eh", but did not eat anything himself. He only packed thirty pork and sauerkraut pancakes and two cans of soy milk.

Then he drove the carriage to the county prison.

Maybe it was good luck, but as soon as Duan Qingshan drove the carriage to the county jail, he met Song Yubao who was handing over his shift to someone.

"Master Song."

Jiang Anning got out of the car and exchanged a few polite words with others.

Let Duan Qingshan deliver the prepared breakfast to people.

Song Yubao accepted it with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry to have let Miss Jiang spend money again."

"Lord Song has always been helpful to me. It's just a token of my appreciation. You don't have to worry too much about it."

Over the past six months, it was thanks to Song Yubao's help that she had the opportunity to deliver meals to Zhang every few days.

Things like Amanita phallus will not kill a person immediately.

But once ingested, its toxins will slowly damage the liver and kidneys in the human body.

During this period, people will remain awake at all times.

Feeling extreme pain from within the human body.

Until coma or death. The mushroom and pork wontons that Jiang Anning sent to Zhang every now and then were mixed with Amanita phallus.

But each time, she only put in a small piece.

It is delivered every five days.

It has been almost two months now.

Song Yubao said that Zhang had become less and less interested in eating recently. She often covered her lower abdomen and said that her whole body ached.

A man huddled in a corner, groaning in pain.

Song Yubao was worried: "If this man really died in prison..."

Jiang An Ning asked him to find Zhang's family.

"Now that Zhao Yuanshan has severed ties with her, it stands to reason that he should return to his mother's home."

"Or, if her children are willing to support her, they can buy her a house outside and let her live there in her old age, that's also fine."

"However... the only people you can find now are probably Zhang's family members."

Zhao Hai and Zhao Yinlian...not to mention their bodies, even their bones couldn't be found.

Where can we find someone to take care of Zhang in her old age?
As for Zhao Yuanshan...

He might have thought about getting back together with Zhang at some point.

Or maybe he regretted breaking off ties with Zhang and married into his stepmother's family.

But now, he was completely devastated and paralyzed in bed.

He was struggling to survive every day with incontinence. Even if he wanted to reconcile with Zhang and continue to expect her to serve him like a slave for the rest of his life, Zhang would never agree.

Not to mention, Zhao Yuanshan had been badly traumatized and had developed severe cognitive impairment.

Not only was he unconscious, but when he heard the sound of someone undressing, he would stick his butt out and lie down on the straw.

I can't even form a complete sentence.

Even if he wanted to say that he wanted to get back together with Zhang, he simply couldn't say it.

What's more, who would be willing to let a person like this go out?
What should I do if this scares someone?

Everybody hates him, he's a shameless old lunatic!

Zhang was not much more sober than him.

After being eroded by Amanita phalloides, people live in pain every day.

She couldn't tell what was wrong. Even the doctor came to check on her several times, and the results were always: there was no sign of poisoning, and her body was fine, just a little malnourished. She just needed to spend some time eating good food to replenish her body, and everything would be fine.

But who among these people in this prison can eat well?
So everyone just thought that Zhang was using the same old trick again.

He also wanted to pretend to be sick to gain sympathy.

After being whipped several times, Zhang indeed stopped crying out in pain.

But my body is getting weaker and weaker.

Song Yibao was worried that this man would die in prison.

After all, Zhang's brother from her mother's side has indeed said that he doesn't care about his sister who has been married for many years.

But if this person really was, and something happened in their county jail, given the ruffians' nature, who knows how they would come and cause trouble.

If the trouble they cause really gets out of hand, it will create pressure from public opinion.

The county magistrate will definitely not let him off easily.

So Jiang Anning gave him a suggestion, asking him to find Zhang's parents' home, and it would be best if he went there more than once.

Tell them that Zhang has now completed his sentence and is now ready to be released. All they need to do is go to the county government office to sign their names and make a pledge, and they can take him home to live out his days in peace.

When going there for the first time, Zhang's family members would most likely not agree.

Regardless of whether these siblings still have any feelings for each other, the incident involving Zhao Hai has brought about a bad reputation in Jiang'an County. If Zhang's family does not want to be stabbed in the back, have rotten eggs thrown at the door, have stones thrown at the doors and windows, and have people spit on their faces when they walk on the street, they will not easily accept this sister who has been married for many years.

Unless, taking in Zhang could bring them some huge benefits?

But what can taking Zhang in bring them in?
Jiang Anning had already inquired about it, and found out that Zhang's brothers from her mother's side just happened to have two sons.

Now is the age to get married.

But more than half a year had passed, and the families that had been almost settled kept changing their minds. Not only were they unwilling to marry into their family, but they also married off their daughters overnight, as if they were afraid of having any connection with their family.

After that, when Zhang's brothers and their wives from her natal family went out to propose marriages to their sons and wanted to meet the girl, they were all politely rejected.

Even if they offered to add an extra ounce of silver to the betrothal gift, no one was willing to pay attention.

Even if there were families who wanted to sell their daughters, after a little inquiry, they would be discouraged by the generous conditions offered by Zhang's family.

At the beginning, the Zhang family didn’t understand what was going on.

It was not until Jiang Anning instructed the matchmaker Zhou to deliberately talk about this matter with people at the entrance of the village that it happened to be heard by Zhang's brothers and their wives.

"...Isn't that right? The son of the Zhang family is a cousin of Zhao Hai. They always play together. But Zhao Hai is a beast who covets his fiancée's dowry and defrauds her. Who knows if he will follow suit in private?"

"Who would dare to marry their daughter to their family? They are not afraid of throwing their daughter into a fire pit, but they are also afraid of being schemed by such a scoundrel family!"

"By then, maybe not only will my daughter's happiness for half her life be ruined, but my whole family will also be defrauded and schemed against!"

When Zhang's brothers and their wives heard this, they immediately exploded.

Roll up your sleeves and rush over to argue with the person who is gossiping.

But that person took the money and was not afraid of her at all.

"Did I say anything wrong? Your son grew up with Zhao Hai. Now, Zhao Hai has done something shameful. Anyone with a sense of morality should draw a clear line between themselves and such a shameless person!"

"Your family is so good. Not only did you not cut off contact with them, you even wanted to introduce the girl from the Zhao family to the widower in our village! Aren't you cheating people?"

"It's a good thing that this thing didn't work out. Otherwise, I would be the first to find the clan leader and drive your whole family out like they did in Jiangjia Village, so as to avoid ruining the reputation of our village and delaying the marriages of other girls and boys in our village."

Zhang's brothers and their wives were yelled at so hard that they were speechless. They wanted to argue several times but didn't know how.

At this time, the matchmaker Zhou came forward and gave her a fatal blow.

"Old sister, it's not that I, the matchmaker Zhou, don't want to help you make this marriage happen, it's just that I can't persuade you even if I want to."

"Go out and ask around. Nowadays, not only in Jiang'an County, but even people in the neighboring county have heard of your nephew's reputation."

"Even if I want to praise your son to the skies, I can't stop him from finding out for himself!"

Matchmaker Zhou put the matchmaking gift given to her by Zhang's brother's wife back into her hands.

And an additional double amount was added.

Then he said in a serious and guilty manner, "It's not that I don't want to help you, but you can keep the money. As for the extra money, consider it as my compensation for my poor performance, okay? Please don't make things difficult for me anymore!"

(End of this chapter)

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