Marriage of the Di Daughter

Chapter 106: Imprisoned

Qiong Zhi calmed down for a while before saying: "He's really still alive, but this doesn't mean it's not good. The master of the Xue family, the deputy county of TongXiang, Xue Huai Yuan, is now insane, does not recognize his family. Now he is confined in the Tongxiang prison."

As if falling from the sky into an abyss, Jiang Li's palm turned cold all of a sudden, the flash of happiness immediately dispersed. She somewhat did not dare to believe her ears and fixed her eyes on Qiong Zhi. She said: "What did you say?"

Qiong Zi felt that Jiang Li's expression was terrible and also very frenzied. Just like a trapped beast repressing its sorrow, making an utmost effort to restraint from wanting to tear everything in the surrounding.

Her voice unconsciously softened as she spoke: "I asked all the guests who came to me, as long as they have a bit of power. But I don't know why, they didn't breathe a word about the affair of Xue Huai Yuan from Tongxiang, either were not willing to talk about him with me or directly stormed off in a huff. There was only this one merchant whose relationship with me was not bad. He saw that I asked earnestly, thus letting me know quietly."

"The news says that deputy county of Tongxiang, Xue Huai Yuan, embezzled the disaster relief funds allocated by the court and was imprisoned. Now the deputy county of Tongxiang is someone else. Xue Huai Yuan has already gone mad, not recognizing any family in prison, very miserable......."

"How could Xue Huai Yuan embezzle?" Jiang Li said angrily: "The common people in Tongxiang will not believe it!"

Qiong Zhi was astonished to hear Jiang Li talking about the common people of Tongxiang. She was also surprised that Jiang Li seemed to understand Xue Huai Yuan very well. However, she still continued saying: "The common people had no way, after all, it was the meaning from above. Moreover," Qiong Zhi smiled, unknown to whom the mocking smile was directed to, "when one is no longer in a position of power, others no longer care about him. Since ancient times, there's been the principle that people do not fight with officials. Even if Xue Huai Yuan was truly an honest and upright official and did not embezzle the disaster relief silver, who would speak up for him? Everyone only seeks for their own self-preservation."

Jiang Li froze.

Xue Huai Yuan wholeheartedly served the people, never thinking of getting something in return. Xue Zhao and Xue Fang Fei also never thought about it, but now it seemed that what Qiong Zhi said was right. People are selfish, who would offend an even greater nobility for a madman who was already in prison? But if Xue Huai Yuan was still sober, looking at the situation, his heart would be cold and dejected.

Probably, precisely because Xue Huai Yuan saw the common people he had helped with his heart and soul were so cold and indifferent, furthermore all his children died, that he was unable to bear and went insane.

Qiong Zhi was suddenly stunned and said: "Miss Jiang second, you....."

Jiang Li saw her surprised expression and subconsciously touched her face to discover that tears had unexpectedly fallen.

In the end, she wasn't able to stand by like an outsider, after all, it was her father. Knowing that her father was in prison and suffered hardship, how could she still be at ease?

"So to speak, in the matter of the Xue family, nowadays nobody dared to get involved with it?" Jiang Li took out a silk handkerchief from her sleeve and wiped the tears from her eyes, her expression was ice-cold.

Qiong Zhi perceived the change in her expression, hesitated for a while before saying: "It was indeed so. Since everyone did not open their mouth, I'm afraid this matter involves another person that's untouched, not as simple as how it looks on the surface."