Chapter 2 Why did you pinch my brother?

Chapter 2 Why did you pinch my brother?

"Tang'er, are you feeling better?" A worried voice came from behind.

Jiang Yutang wiped her face and quickly stuffed the book into her arms.

She couldn't give up. Since she had been transported here by this book, she was sure she could go back. She had to find a way to go back within these seven days.

For Grandpa's sake, and for my own.

She responded and picked up her backpack to walk back.

Before they even got close, they suddenly saw Cheng Dai'er leading two constables over.

"It was her! She almost killed my brother just now! And this isn't even outside the capital! If someone dies here, you'll be punished for negligence in guarding him and your salaries will be docked when we reach the next prefecture or county!"

"We must teach her a lesson she won't forget!"

As she spoke, Cheng Dai'er discreetly slipped a small piece of gold leaf into her hand.

Jiang Yutang's deeds were so famous that the two constables deeply understood Cheng Daier's act of sacrificing her own family for the greater good.

You take someone's money and do their bidding.

Moreover, what Cheng Dai'er said was indeed what they were worried about. They were just yamen runners escorting people out of the capital. After the handover in Pengcheng, they would be handed over to the escort officers.

"Guards, seize her!"

"Five lashes as punishment!"

"How dare you! Let's see who dares!" Jiang Songzhi strode forward, blocking the soldiers' path.

The constable sneered, "Young Master Jiang, you are all criminals now, what do we have to be afraid of?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and lashed the ground with his whip, leaving a deep furrow.

"ah!"

Yun cried out in fright.

Not only her, but everyone else in the Jiang family had tears in their eyes.

This whip is covered in barbs; it's so tough when it hits the ground, but if it were to strike a person, it would surely tear their skin and flesh apart.

"Get out of the way, or you'll be the next one getting whipped, Young Master Jiang!"

Jiang Songzhi's gaze darkened, and he clenched his fists.

"how?"

Cheng Dai'er said with a sneer, "Young Master Jiang feels sorry for his sister and wants to take the punishment for her again? Fine, it doesn't matter whether the whip hits Jiang Yutang or not, as long as it hits your Jiang family, I'll feel good!"

Yun was anxious: "It's just a little quarrel between husband and wife, it's not that serious."

"A minor skirmish?!"

Cheng Daier pointed at Cheng Lanzhou, who was lying on the gurney with a pale face: "The choking marks on my brother's neck, were they just minor injuries?"

Yun was speechless.

They witnessed Jiang Yutang pinching Cheng Lanzhou.

Despite this, the group firmly blocked the soldiers' path and protected Jiang Yutang behind them.

Upon seeing this scene, Jiang Yutang felt a surge of inexplicable emotions.

In her dream, she lived through the original owner's life from an outsider's perspective. It's no exaggeration to say that every time she woke up, she was so angry at the original owner's actions that she was literally woken up.

After failing to strangle Cheng Lanzhou, the original owner did not restrain herself but instead embarked on a path of self-destruction.

The Jiang family members are all soft-hearted. They clean up the mess left by the original owner time and time again, only to be killed one by one, directly or indirectly, by the original owner.

The eldest brother, Jiang Songzhi, was whipped in place of the original owner. He did not receive proper treatment, and his wounds became repeatedly infected and inflamed. He also caught a cold and eventually died on the way to exile.

Although she was determined to return to her original world, since she hadn't left yet, she wouldn't let the tragedy in her dream happen.

She hid the bag in the waist-high grass beside her and walked quickly forward.

"I did it."

"Little sister, go back quickly." Jiang Songzhi tried to pull her behind him.

Jiang Yutang shook her head at him to indicate that everything was alright, and then looked at Cheng Daier and spoke calmly.

"But I wasn't pinching him, I was saving him."

Cheng Dai'er seemed to have heard some earth-shattering joke.

"Save me? Do you think the Cheng family are as stupid as your Jiang family, believing whatever you say?"

Despite being harshly scolded, Jiang Yutang wasn't angry, or rather, she had no right to be angry.

No one can speak calmly to a sinner who has ruined their entire family.

She said in a deep voice, "Take off your shoes and socks and take a look first."

Cheng Dai'er snapped, "Don't make excuses!"

"Whether it's an excuse or not, you can tell at a glance."

After Jiang Yutang finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced behind her: "Big brother, you should take off your shoes too."

Although Jiang Songzhi didn't understand, he obeyed his younger sister's words unconditionally.

He quickly took off his boots.

Everyone present, including the officers and soldiers, gasped in surprise.

All that could be seen was that Jiang Songzhi's cloud-patterned socks were covered in blood, which was still oozing out.

Yun was the first to react: "Songzhi, you're injured?"

Jiang Songzhi was also taken aback, and frowned, saying, "No."

If he was injured, after walking such a long distance, he would definitely feel it.

"Then, why is there so much blood here?!"

Jiang Songzhi shook his head, indicating his confusion.

Seeing this, Cheng Daier bent down. She did not take off her shoes and socks directly, but instead flipped them over and took a look.

There was also blood.

Her face turned pale as she looked at Jiang Yutang, gritting her teeth: "You're behind this?"

Jiang Yutang's right eyelid twitched: "Auntie, you're joking. I don't have that ability." As she spoke, she helped Jiang Songzhi to sit down on the wooden stool and reached out to take off his socks.

Jiang Songzhi originally wanted to do it himself, but Jiang Yutang refused outright.

He found it unbelievable. His younger sister was always very clean and even disliked the smell of sweat. Why would she help him take off his socks?

As he was pondering, Jiang Yutang had already borrowed some wine from the yamen runner, poured a little on his feet, and then picked up a five-centimeter-long... soft-bodied worm from his heel.

Cheng Dai'er, who had been pampered since childhood, had never seen such a thing before. She immediately screamed in fright, "Jiang Yutang, what are you doing with that? Throw it away right now!"

Jiang Yutang stood up and explained, "This insect is called a leech. It has a sucker on its head and has an anesthetic effect. Once it attaches to the skin, it will suck blood and it is extremely difficult to detect. Just now, this leech was attached to Cheng... cough Lanzhou's neck. In my haste, I did something that caused misunderstanding. You can all take off your shoes and socks and check. If there is bleeding for no reason, it is the leech that is causing the problem."

She had discovered it when she went to look for a book in the bushes. This place was right next to a stream, and since it was autumn, there were many leeches stirring under the decaying dead wood and leaves.

So she went with the flow and used this opportunity to resolve her own crisis.

She had a lot of emergency medicine in her bag, and she would find an opportunity to treat Cheng Lanzhou's wounds as a way of making it up to him.

Before her soul transmigrated, she was a medical student who graduated from a university. Unfortunately, she had never had a proper job after graduation in order to make quick money.

But basic treatments are no problem for her.

As for the original owner, although she was a bit arrogant and domineering, she had learned all the necessary needlework skills and read all the necessary books. She even studied medicine for a period of time.

This also saves her the trouble of finding an excuse to explain her medical skills.

Although lying is immoral, it was the original owner of the body who harmed Cheng Lanzhou, not her.

The two constables exchanged a glance, took off their shoes, and sure enough, just like Jiang Songzhi, their cloud-patterned socks were stained bright red with blood.

"Wine!" the two exclaimed urgently.

This scene was witnessed by the other exiles, who all rushed to check themselves, and exclamations of surprise rang out one after another.

The vast majority of them, including the officers and soldiers, had lived in the capital since childhood, and they had never encountered such a situation before.

Cheng Dai'er's face turned pale. If that was the case, wouldn't she also have leeches on her feet?

How disgusting.

She forced herself to calm down: "I saw you use wine to get the leeches off just now, so why do you have to pinch them off when it comes to my brother?"