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Chapter 515 Aunt Liu Comes to Beg Again

Du Mingxian gently comforted Ling Silang by holding his hand, "As long as we find one, we can slowly change things. The difficult thing is not finding any at all. Now that things have come to this point, it can be considered a victory, so there is no need to worry."

Ling Silang nodded slightly, "It's all thanks to you being with me. If you hadn't found that place, we wouldn't know what would have happened to our people."

"Don't worry, I'll always be with you."

Du Mingxian thought of the Zhao family's young master, "Did the Zhao family's young master say anything?"

"He didn't say a word. Master Zhao was very cooperative, but he also knew that the matter of the house was of great importance. He kept asking people to clear his son's name, and offered to use the Zhao family's property as collateral."

"They want to use the Zhao family's wealth to buy their freedom."

“Yes.” Ling Silang still felt a headache coming on when he thought of the Zhao family’s young master. “The Zhao family’s young master hasn’t said anything yet, which is also a troublesome matter.”

"Have you asked Qiu Shu and Dong Mo? They were trained by the Crown Prince and must have experience in interrogating people. If they can get information out of people without torture, you can ask them."

"I didn't ask today, but I can ask tomorrow."

"Okay, don't overthink it. Let's leave it at that for today and think about it again tomorrow."

"Ah."

The next day, Ling Silang left early, so Du Mingxian slept in a bit and got up late. As a result, when she got up today, Aunt Liu from the Zhao family came again.

Hearing this result, Du Mingxian was speechless. "Did you ask her what it was about?"

"Aunt Liu said she wanted to ask Madam if she could go and see Young Master Zhao."

Du Mingxian didn't say anything, ate her meal quietly, and went to see Aunt Liu. She could be amiable yesterday, but she couldn't be amiable today.

The first thing she said to him was, "Yesterday, out of respect for you, Aunt Liu, I spoke to the master and agreed not to torture Young Master Zhao. That was keeping my promise to you. But now... you've come to me again. This puts me in a difficult position."

“We are all women confined to our homes, and there are many things outside that we have no say in. Let alone this county magistrate’s office, even your Zhao family should be the same.”

Aunt Liu knew that she had come in a hurry today, but she really had no other choice. She turned around and knelt in front of Du Mingxian, "Please grant my request, Madam."

“I had no other choice but to beg Madam. Madam is kind-hearted. From now on, I will pray for Madam’s well-being before the Bodhisattva every day.”

Du Mingxian felt sorry for her and stepped forward to help her up, saying helplessly, "Why are you doing this to yourself?"

“Madam, you may not know this, but the eldest son is my sister’s child. I raised him myself, and he is just like my own son. Now that such a thing has happened, I can’t just stand by and do nothing.”

“I want to see him and ask him what happened, but the yamen is heavily guarded, and the guards in the prison won’t let me get close. I have no choice but to beg you here again, Madam.”

"How can I refuse a mother like you who cares so much about her child?" Du Mingxian sighed softly. "I'll go with you."

Xiangyang immediately spoke up, "Madam, you must not! Yesterday, because we protected Young Master Zhao from being tortured, the magistrate was unable to get anything out of him. He was already furious when he returned last night. If you go now, he will probably be even angrier. Please think it over, Madam."

Aunt Liu hurriedly said, "I, I can persuade him. I will persuade him to cooperate with the master. As long as I see him, I will definitely tell him to cooperate with the master. Please rest assured, Madam."

"I believe you." Du Mingxian agreed, then looked at Xiang Yang, "Alright, Aunt Liu is just concerned about the child, you don't need to come along."

"Madam." Xiang Yang played the role of a loyal servant very well, just as they had agreed before they came.

If Xiangyang can't go, Xiayu will go with him.

Du Mingxian asked Aunt Liu to wait outside for a while before going to find Ling Silang herself.

Since arriving in Ping County, this was the first time she had come to Ling Silang's office to see him. The people below all addressed Du Mingxian respectfully as "Madam".

Ling Silang was quite surprised to hear that Du Mingxian had come. Before he could leave, Du Mingxian had already entered.

"Why did you come here? You could have just sent someone to tell them what you wanted." Ling Silang helped Du Mingxian inside, but Du Mingxian didn't move. "That Aunt Liu from the Zhao family is here."

"Looking for you again? What are you up to this time?"

“I thought she might be able to get Young Master Zhao to talk to me, so I agreed to help her and let her meet Young Master Zhao.”

Ling Silang agreed with Du Mingxian's idea, "That's good. We didn't originally plan to take action against him, but he's unwilling to tell the truth, which is putting us in a difficult position. If Aunt Liu can get him to talk, that would be a good thing."

"It will definitely work. I'll stay here for a while before going out. Let Aunt Liu wait a little longer."

“Perfect timing. Have something to eat and some water. I’ll have Xiang Guang take you there.”

"it is good."

Du Mingxian lingered with Ling Silang for quite a while before going out to find Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu was getting impatient, but thinking that the magistrate wouldn't let anyone in so easily, she could only wait.

Seeing Du Mingxian approach, she was incredibly excited, "Madam, how is it?"

"It's agreed, the servant boy next to the master will take us there."

"Thank you ma'am."

"However, I also promised the master that I would make Young Master Zhao tell the truth, otherwise... I might also be blamed."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely try to persuade him."

The group went to the prison together. Xiang Guang was there, and they all went into the prison together.

The cell wasn't big, and it felt oppressive inside. The air also smelled bad, and Du Mingxian almost threw up, which Xia Yu saw.

"Madam, are you alright?"

"It's okay."

Young Master Zhao and Master Zhao were imprisoned separately, with their cell doors facing each other.

Aunt Liu ran over and first called out to Master Zhao in the prison cell, "Master." Before he could answer, she ran directly to Young Master Zhao's cell and called out through the bars, "Young Master."

Young Master Zhao looked up and saw Consort Liu, his expression becoming somewhat excited. "Consort, what brings you here?"

"I came to check on you." Aunt Liu was relieved to see that Young Master Zhao had not been tortured. "Young Master, you must cooperate well with the magistrate and tell him everything you know, so that you may be released sooner and suffer less."

Young Master Zhao frowned, somewhat hesitant, "But Aunt, if I were to tell..."

"Young master, what time is it now? If you don't speak up soon, who knows what might happen next? Do you want to spend your whole life in prison?"

Young Master Zhao remained silent.

Master Zhao cursed from behind, "Tell me what you're doing. If you don't tell me, neither of us, father and son, might get out of here."