Rebirth: Grand Marshal's Wilful Fiancée
Chapter 3: Past Memories
The servants took Jiang Feng jia to another direction, going farther away from the side rooms, her eyes half closed glinted coldly.
Arriving at the garden behind the main hall they threw Jiang Feng jia to the ground rudely. The floor was covered with rough stones and her left arm was scratched on hitting the ground, bruising her pale skin and blood flowed from the scratch.
"Aiya!,be careful you don't wake her!'
"Don't worry! She won't wake up at such a bad situation ,the dosage of the fainting drug is that soup she just drank now was very high.She is really unconscious." Sneered one of the maids
"Are you sure we are going to be safe after doing this?" One of the maids fretted
"What can we do , we are only servants and our job is to obey our masters commands else we'd be punished"
"Miss Jiang! Miss Jiang!"
"Stop shouting and take her coat off."
The two maids roughly took off Jiang Feng jia's coat, loosened her blouse and untied her skirt. Then they laid her body on a warm, slippery hard surface.
Jiang Feng jia's brows twitched slightly, and the feeling of hardness beneath her fingers struck her cold, she was lying on a man's chest! What a good Ling Yuanling! she cursed , keeping her expression under control.
She wondered how they'd managed to bring the man here and how he had those traces of sex on him but for now she remained unmoving and even groaned a few times convincingly.
"Aiya, poor lady, she's so out of it, please forgive us!"
"All right, let's get back and report to young Miss"
Gradually the footsteps of the scurrying maids faded into the distance, after a while Jiang Feng jia opened her eyes slowly.
It was starting, the incident that made her Jiang family the laughingstock of the whole Tanyang overnight.
After today the Jiang family will suffer a series of blows: her uncle was removed from office after he was wrongly framed ,shortly after his promotion was ruined; her grandfather was accused of authenticating fake artefacts ruining his reputation and causing his prestige to plummet and then the Jiang family was accused of colluding with bandits.
The whole Ye family was massacred gruesomely, both male, female, masters and servants alike, even the livestock was not spared and looted overnight. The authorities found her uncle's jade pendant on the crime scene and following that, a rushed investigation was carried out with witnesses springing out all asserting that Jiang family had colluded with bandits to murder Ye family.
When it got to a climax where the Jiang family seemed to have lost all straws to clutch at with the troubles hitting rapidly her grandfather suddenly disclosed her previously concealed engagement with Song family from the imperial city and presented the marriage contract.
The news of the engagement cast a lull on the happenings for a while ,shutting peoples mouths as they didn't want to offend the Songs which were an influential family and the marshal watching over the Northern frontier was a praised warrior, giving the Jiang family time to breathe.
Although the news of the engagement at that time was shocking, she was all too glad for the respite it provided. They took this opportunity to investigate the truth about the murder of Ye family leaving no stone unturned but meeting with obstacles very step slowing them down.
They pressed on until another news came, capsizing the already shaky boat.
A divorce letter from the capital signed by the Song family Head , her uncle had gotten a lead in his investigation and was going to write a petition to the emperor
But all that fell through with the arrival of a divorce letter from the Song family in the imperial capital! This letter sparked a whole new flame burning the Jiang family in a frenzy.
The authorities now had free rein and became more extreme in their investigation. In no time the Jiang family was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging.
Members of her family were hung out in the open space outside the city and scorched to death under the blazing sun,evn here little cousin wasn't spared.
Her legs were broken cruelly and the bones showed while she felt each breath leave her body
She watched as her family died from thirst and dehydration.
She gritted her teeth and bore the disgraceful curses and taunts of passersby, cursing heavily those who had plotted against them.
Recalling the results of her uncle's investigation which proved they were being framed by higher powers, he had stated that they were under attack because they were in the way of someone.
Her uncle was right. When she hung there waiting for death she heard the gossip that Jiang family's property had been plundered by other families, and her uncle's position had been usurped by Ling Yuanling's second uncle, Ling Zhong.
Recalling this horrifying memories , Jiang Feng jia gathered her strength holding back the anger in her heart. She then got up, adjusted her clothes, and looked down at the man, she scanned the area carefully and found it was devoid of people ,there were no maids around and it seemed the pavilions around here have been abandoned, the flowers grew wildly and there was no sounds around .
Smiling gently Jiang Feng jia took out a green handkerchief with willow branches embroidered on it with a "Ling" character on the lower corner. She had secretly swiped it when Yuanling supported her earlier in the hall, the embroidery on the handkerchief was exquisite, Yualing has always prided herself on her embroidery and tea making skills, getting fame through all Tan Yang as a graceful, elegant and talented young miss, drawing envy, admiration from other young ladies and young masters.
She used the handkerchief to wipe the visible areas of the man's body then she placed the handkerchief into the limp hand of the man