Poor Lady Chapter 50: In prison (1)

In the prison, Qi Surong hugged the quilt and leaned sideways against the corner of the wall, feeling hot and confused.

"Miss, the servants are here to see you." Ping'er's voice came to his ears, followed by the sound of unlocking the lock, the jailer said: "There is only one stick of incense, hurry up."

"Thank you, Brother Jailer, Brother Jailer Yamen." As he spoke, Ping'er stuffed a piece of silver into his hand.

The yamen servant went with satisfaction. People from the Qi family came to visit the prison every one or two days, and the jailers made a fortune.

Qi Surong raised her eyes and dimly saw a figure beside Ping'er. She asked, "Ping'er, who is beside you? Doctor?"

"No." Ping'er glanced at the man and replied, "It's the groom, he came to see you with me."

"Oh, it's Lu Xian." Qi Surong smiled weakly.

Ping'er was about to help her, but the man next to her squatted down first and held Qi Surong's arm.

"You..." Qi Surong froze for a moment, looked at the man intently, and asked in surprise, "Jin... why are you here?"

The man in front of him had a beard, a worn felt hat, plain clothes, and a groom's attire. But as long as he looked carefully, Qi Surong still recognized him as Gu Jinyun.

"I miss you and want to know how you are." Gu Jinyun stroked her face and said hoarsely.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Qi Surong smiled.

"Why don't you make me worry?" The woman in front of her was wearing a thin prison uniform, her face was haggard, her whole body was hot, and her injuries had not yet healed. How could such a slender woman endure such suffering? Why can she still laugh?

"Jin Yun, do you remember what you promised me?" Qi Surong asked.

"What is it?"

"Don't take risks for me, don't come to see me."

"I never said yes."

"What?" Qi Surong was about to refute, when he suddenly remembered that he did not seem to have received Gu Jinyun's personal promise that day, he only said that he would wait for her to tell the truth.

What a scam! Qi Surong gave him a sideways look, and turned away angrily.

Gu Jinyun pursed his lips, and said to Ping'er: "Ping'er, help the lady with the medicine, and I'll feed her the soup."

"Yes." Ping'er started to work immediately.

Qi Surong didn't refuse, just took Gu Jinyun's hand and drank the soup one mouthful at a time.

"Did they force you to make a bet?" Gu Jinyun asked suddenly.

Qi Surong shook his head: "No."

"If you are forced, you can admit it for now." Gu Jinyun said again, "I will help you reverse the case."

"No." Qi Surong refused, "Even if I'm put in jail for five years, I still can't plead guilty."

"Don't be stubborn."

"It's not stubborn. I know you want me to suffer less." Qi Surong said with a smile, "But Jinyun, if I plead guilty today, even if I am rehabilitated in the future, it will leave a stain. The Qi family can Suffering and suffering, but you can't be without integrity."

This is an important basis for the support of other aristocratic families. If she confessed because she couldn't bear the hardship, not only would she lose the face of the Qi family, but she would also lose the reputation she had built up so hard. Although her current reputation has been damaged, this is only temporary. As long as she perseveres, when she is rehabilitated, she will be reborn. A reputation that would rather die than submit is enough for the Qi family to gain the respect of all major families.

In her last life, she was not only arrogant, but also self-confident, taking suffering as an insult, not daring to throw away the glamorous shell, and facing it calmly, but she didn't know that suffering is actually a whetstone of dignity, and would only get worse. Grind more and more profit.

The pain of * is not as difficult as she imagined. Decadence in mood is the root of tragedy. So in this life, she is not afraid of suffering, because her heart is bright and calm.

Gu Jinyun looked into her clear eyes, stopped talking, and silently fed her the soup in his hand. His long-cherished appearance, seemingly delicate, always reveals an indescribable nobility, which does not come from the pampered nobility of his family background, but the true nobility from the depths of his soul.

Gu Jinyun pressed a kiss on her forehead, and said softly, "Wait for me, and I will wait for you too."

Qi Surong smiled and nodded.

Ping'er next to him couldn't help but blush when he saw how close they were.

After Gu Jinyun left the prison, he immediately started to deal with Cao Xiang's affairs. First, he had to lure him out, and then designed to make him admit that his blindness was fake in full view. You can get away with it. In the court that day, Zhou Du, the doctor, and other witnesses were all bribed. If he openly questioned it, it might backfire. Zhou Du's official reputation in the mouth of the people has always been good. Before there is no evidence, he must not act rashly.

However, Gu Jinyun didn't know that on the second day after his visit to the prison, Qi Surong was taken to the execution room to force her to confess her guilt and be detained.

"Qi Surong, you'd better confess your crime quickly, or you will blame me for being rude." The jailer sneered, shaking the whip in his hand.

Qi Surong was tied to the Xing frame, and he glared and said, "Are you trying to beat me to death?"

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't recruit, I'm only in charge of beating." The jailer slammed a whip on her leg.

"Ah!" Qi Surong exhaled in pain, squinting at him closely, and said coldly, "How many benefits have you received from others?"

The jailer paused and spat: "What's the good? I don't understand."

"Hehe, I just want to remind you that you have to leave a way out for yourself when you do anything." Qi Surong said indifferently, "Some people want me to suffer more, so it's only natural for you to charge money to do things. But don't be too ruthless, if you can give the moneyer an explanation without offending the Qi family too much, wouldn't it be better to take care of both sides?"

"What do you mean?" The jailer asked in a daze.

"What I mean is, you can torture me from time to time, but try to be as gentle as possible, as long as you let others know that I have lived a miserable life in prison, and I will cooperate." Qi Surong explained, "Although the Qi family is not as good as before, it is still easy to deal with a small jailer. I don't think you are willing to be used as a knife? For that little money, is it worth paying for your life?"

The jailer hesitated and wavered.

Qi Surong said again: "Don't worry, as long as you don't go too far, not only will I not blame you, but I will thank you very much in the future."

The jailer gritted his teeth: "Okay, I will believe you once, anyway, the future will be long, if your Qi family is really capable, they will probably be able to rescue you soon. If there is no way, I will not be too late to toss you. "

"Brother Jailor is really smart." Qi Surong boasted.

"Haha, that's natural." The jailer laughed a few times, then stared at her again and said, "But since I brought you up today, I can't let you go back in vain."

As he spoke, he took out two iron needles and stabbed her calf hard.

Qi Surong bit her lip, sweating profusely from the pain.

The reason why the jailer specially called out to her leg was because her leg was already injured, and the healing of the leg injury was delayed, making her unable to walk, which made her look pitiful.

Qi Surong also thought of this, so he didn't say much.

In the next few days, Qi Surong was often taken to the execution room, where he was whipped or stabbed a few times. Fortunately, the jailer was very measured in his actions. The trauma looked serious, but in fact it didn't hurt any bones.

Every time Ping'er came to change Qi Surong's dressing, she would find that she had more injuries on her body, and her leg injuries were always so painful that she couldn't help herself.

Qi Surong comforted: "It's okay, it will be fine in a few days, my father and Mr. Gu are not thinking of a way? I will definitely be able to go out soon."

"Hmm." Ping'er cried and nodded.

In fact, not only Qi's father and Gu Jinyun are thinking of a solution, but also Zhang Zhihuai (the husband of Ms. Zhang), Zhongcheng Song Boyi (the husband of Zhuang Qiao'e), Liu Muhan, the son of Taiwei, and Chao Yilang Feng. Zhan, Xu Chen and others are secretly helping.

Qi Surong's former friends with noble daughters, several people are also paying attention to this matter, although they will not take the initiative to come forward, but they will definitely make it convenient when the time is right.

After half a month, Gu Jinyun was finally ready to take action, because the Cao family had decided to send Cao Xiang out of the capital in three days, and they had no time to delay.

Just before their action, Qi Surong ushered in an unexpected person in the prison.