After a moment of silence, Jiang Ruan said, "Have you been here for a long time?"
Seeing that Jiang Ruan was willing to speak, the woman was afraid that she had been suppressed for a long time. She immediately poured out the beans, "I have been here for almost a year, and no one has been here for more than half a year. Little girl, what did you do to be imprisoned here?"
Jiang Ruan smiled faintly, "I did not do anything."
"Then why..." The woman stared blankly and was about to speak when she seemed to understand something, "Could it be that you were also wrongly imprisoned? But you look like a young lady from a noble family, how dare they..."
Jiang Ruan looked at her, "What do you mean?"
The woman evaded, "No, it's nothing."
Jiang Ruan sighed softly, this sigh contained helplessness, as if she had experienced the greatest pain in life. It weighed heavily on one's heart, causing one to feel a burst of sadness. The woman quietly looked at Jiang Ruan through her hair that covered her eyes. Jiang Ruan looked at her with a smile. That pair of upturned charming eyes were full of strength and warmth, as if it could make one feel at ease. The other party was clearly just a little girl of ten years old, but her eyes were full of convincing power. It seemed to have a bewitching expression, causing one to be unable to help but pour out their thoughts.
The woman swallowed her saliva, "You have just arrived, so you do not know. If you want to leave this place, you have to rely on money. I was originally a young married woman. After a year of marriage, when the official went out to sea to do business, he encountered roving bandits and could not return. Only I lived with my eighty-year-old mother-in-law. Who knew that brother-in-law he... he coveted the money left behind by the official, and took advantage of my absence to strangle mother-in-law to death, and then framed me. The prefectural magistrate here is a muddle-headed official. After accepting his brother-in-law's money, he arrested me and threw me into prison without saying a word. I confessed under torture. Although I was not sentenced to death, I can only stay in prison for a long time. " When the woman spoke of her sorrow, her voice was already hoarse, but surprisingly, she did not shed tears. Presumably, after a year in prison, her tears had already dried up. Although the pain penetrated her heart, she could only accept her fate.
Seeing that Jiang Ruan was silent, the woman slowed down and said, "But little girl, you are different from me. Although the clothes you're wearing don't look very good, I understand that you are definitely not the daughter of an ordinary family. How did you end up like this?"
Jiang Ruan smiled faintly, "Even a small family is so complicated, how can a large and influential family be spared from scheming and scheming?"
When the woman heard this, she also felt that it made sense. However, the gaze she used to look at Jiang Ruan with even more pity, "Little Miss, the inside of the prison is not like the outside. I have been here for a year, and this is not a place for people to stay. Since you and I are both people with bitter fates, it would be best for us to take care of each other. My name is Shu Fen, you can call me Fen jie."
Jiang Ruan nodded, "Sister Fen." She looked around, "Are all the people who are imprisoned here wrongly accused?"
Shu Fen shook her head, "Not all of them, but most of them are. A portion of the people here have the same experience as me. There are also some who have really committed crimes, but do not have enough money to redeem their freedom. Anyone who has committed a crime and has money, Qian Wanli will release them. "
Qian Wanli was the prefectural magistrate here. Jiang Ruan clearly remembered that this person was extremely greedy. Even if a wild goose passed by, he would still pluck a few of its feathers. These past few years, he had not stopped taking advantage of women here. Presumably, this time, he had also taken Chen Zhao's money. However, Qian Wanli thought more than Chen Zhao. Even though he knew her identity, he still imprisoned her. He wanted to fish another sum of money from Jiang Quan.
Jiang Quan would definitely make this deal, and Jiang Su Su and her daughter were also eager to do so. However, she would not let these people have their way. Qian Wanli wanted to eat until he was fat in one bite, and she did not mind letting him have a taste of the consequences of being stuffed to death.
"If there is a chance to redress your grievances, would you be willing to do so?" Jiang Ruan asked Shu Fen.
Shu Fen stared blankly and looked at her inquiringly, "How could there be a chance to redress my grievances? I have been here for a year and have long seen clearly that there is no longer any fairness or justice to speak of here. If you want to cry out your grievances, then you are gravely mistaken. Elder Sister advises you, it is best not to do that, otherwise, you will suffer."
Jiang Ruan smiled faintly, "Sister Fen, don't forget, my father is not an ordinary person. If he knows that I am here, he will certainly try his best to save me and clear my name. Now that I have this opportunity, I will certainly not forget you."
Hearing Jiang Ruan mention her father, Shu Fen's expression was somewhat hesitant, "Does your father really have that kind of ability?"
Jiang Ruan nodded.
"If that is the case, then it could not be any better." A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in Shu Fen's eyes, but in the blink of an eye, she doubted, "Your father dotes on you so much, how could he let others fall into such a predicament?"
Jiang Ruan lowered her head, and a small ray of sunlight shone through the dark window of the prison cell, shining on her spotlessly white neck. Her slightly drooping eyelashes concealed the emotions in her eyes, only making people feel that her frail shoulders were so fragile, and her posture involuntarily made people feel pity for her.
Shu Fen sighed, "Forget it, I will not ask about your family matters. It's just that … will your father really come to save you? "
"Yes, the maidservant beside me has already gone back to pass on the message. Very soon, father will send someone to pick me up." Jiang Ruan blinked.
"When?" Shu Fen was still somewhat doubtful.
"Tomorrow." Jiang Ruan smiled, "I think there will be a chance to cry out your grievances tomorrow. Sister Fen, at that time, not only you, but also all the prisoners in this prison cell, you must seize this opportunity and cry out your grievances with all your might. You must remember, the harder you cry, the higher the possibility that you will be released." Qian Wanli's death would be even more miserable.
With this opportunity, Shu Fen could not help but nod her head, and raised her voice to tell the entire prison cell about this matter.
The night passed very quickly. On the tenth day of the New Year, the sun was completely hidden in the thick layers of clouds. Heavy snowflakes floated down from the sky, and one's breath was filled with large chunks of snow. The prison cell was dark and damp, and ice had formed in several places. Shu Fen found some straw on her side and gave it to Jiang Ruan so that Jiang Ruan could use it as a cushion to keep her warm.
Jiang Ruan gently shook her head. This prison cell, compared to the prison cell that she had stayed in in her previous life, was simply heaven on earth. At that time, she carried the crime of being a demoness who brought disaster to the country and was arranged to be in the most terrifying and gloomy water cell. More than half of the pool was filled with water, and her whole body was soaked in the cold and wet water. There were also fat mice in the water that nibbled at her body. The water current battered against her body, making people feel cold from head to toe. Even if there was another heavy snowfall like this, it would not be able to compare to one-thousandth of that place.
Now, it was as if the scene had reappeared. She was once again locked up in the prison cell, but this time, she would not be as helpless and miserable as she had been in her previous life, where she would be tortured to her heart's content. Now, she was still here, but if she owed a debt, she had to pay it back. The suffering she had suffered now, along with the pain from her previous life, would be repaid at the hands of those people! At that time, they would see who would end up more miserable than the other!
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