After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Chapter 32 Two Choices
"Dad." Zhou Zheng spoke in time to stop his rather stubborn father.

He looked at "Master Liu" and said, "Master, if you have any conditions, why don't you tell us now and let us father and son discuss them."

Yu Zizhen blinked, "Master Zhou, you still know the current affairs."

Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly. He didn't want to understand current affairs, but as a son of man, he really couldn't bear to watch his father suffer from hunger and be insulted and executed.

Hearing four thumps from the door, Yu Zizhen took out a hairpin with crooked eyebrows.

In the shocked eyes of everyone, she quickly opened the big iron lock on the Zhou family's father and son's cell door.

When Mr. Zhou saw this scene, he was dumbfounded.

He has been tortured a lot in the past few days, and some wind evil has entered his body, so his body is very weak and tight, and his brain cannot move as fast as usual.

Even though Yu Zizhen made it so obvious, he still didn't consider that she might not be "Master Liu".

It wasn't until Yu Zizhen covered his face with his sleeves and changed his face that Mr. Zhou's somewhat chaotic mind suddenly became enlightened.

He was shaking all over, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Yu Zizhen took out a few medicine bottles and handed them to Zhou Zheng, "Let me tell you a story."

Zhou Zheng didn't know why.

Yu Zizhen signaled him to give Mr. Zhou some medicine first, "I think your father's condition is not very good. Why don't you take care of him and listen to me at the same time?"

Zhou Zheng lowered his head and glanced at the sticker on the medicine bottle, and found that all the medicines Yu Zizhen gave him were emergency medicines that they could use now.

He quickly bowed and thanked Yu Zizhen.

Yu Zizhen waved his hand, "They are all ordinary things bought from the medical clinic. You can make do with them."

She looked down on him, but Zhou Zheng felt like he had found a treasure. He thanked him repeatedly and took out pills and powder to treat his father according to the small words on the sticker.

Yu Zizhen stood upright at the door of the cell and briefly told him the tragic experience of him and his family in the plot of the original book.

She did not name her, only saying "there is a family", but Zhou Zheng and Mr. Zhou were still 100% sure that this was their Zhou family that Yu Zizhen was talking about.

Especially Zhou Zheng, he actually had a strange feeling that he was listening to someone else talk about his own life.In fact, the character and behavior of the protagonist of the story Yu Zizhen told made Zhou Zheng so immersed in him.

Zhou Zheng felt that if he were replaced by the person in the story, he would definitely behave the same way.

It doesn't matter whether he is throwing an egg against a stone or a moth flying into a flame. Anyway, in that situation, he just can't rationally weigh the pros and cons and remain calm and adaptable.

The strong sense of substitution intensified his uneasiness. He was afraid that his family would become as unfortunate as the family in Yu Zizhen's story.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Yu Zizhen say again: "If your Zhou family is unwilling to marry the county magistrate's family no matter what, then you should pack your things and run away before the county magistrate has dealt with you harshly."

Zhou Zheng was slightly shocked.He subconsciously looked up at Yu Zizhen, and when his eyes came into contact with the completely unfamiliar face of the other party, he suddenly understood everything that happened tonight.

The county magistrate flattered people from the capital and thought he had greater reliance. Naturally, he would no longer just imprison and humiliate and punish the Zhou family who were ignorant of current affairs.

He will get worse and bring disaster to the Zhou family that they cannot bear.As for the fake Master Liu who suddenly appeared, he went through a lot of trouble to get into the prison, and naturally he didn't just deliver some medicine to them and say some words to them.

Zhou Zheng took a deep breath, "Your Excellency hasn't said yet, what do you want to get from the Zhou family?"

He didn't know if he was seeking skin from a tiger, but he only knew that even if he was seeking skin from a tiger, he had to borrow the other party's strength first to help the Zhou family get through the current difficulty.

Yu Zizhen did not give an answer immediately. She said to the Zhou family and his son, "Why don't we talk in another place?"

Zhou Zheng helped Zhou Fengnian up, and the two followed Yu Zizhen out of the centralized detention area for prisoners.

There were prisoners behind him begging Yu Zizhen to let them go, but Yu Zizhen did not do as they wished.

First of all, she didn't know why these people were imprisoned. If she let a very vicious guy out, wouldn't she be forced to share in the sins he did?
Secondly, her first priority now is to earn points, and she has to take care of the Zhou family first.

A group of three people came to the unconscious cell leader and others. Yu Zizhen raised his foot and kicked two of them off the bench, "You two, please sit down."

Zhou Zheng:.
Zhou Zheng helped Zhou Fengnian sit down next to each other on one of the benches, while Yu Zizhen sat alone in front of them.

She didn't beat around the bush, she went straight to the point and said to the Zhou family and his son:

"In today's world, a scholar's character cannot protect his family and family. If you don't want your family to be ruined, you two had better not be too stubborn."

"There are two choices before you now. One is to bow to the power and agree to the marriage that you were originally afraid of. The other is to take advantage of the fact that the magistrate of Baofeng County can't take care of you now and take him with you immediately. The family just left.”

"If you choose the former, then you will pretend you have never seen me tonight."

"If you choose the latter, then I will provide you with a road guide so that you can leave Baofeng County smoothly tomorrow morning."

"As for me, I want some of the money and goods that you can't take away, and I also want you to do things for me secretly."

Zhou Zheng quickly exchanged a look with his father, "I wonder what your surname is?"

This is what it means to tactfully ask about the other person’s origins.

"I can't tell you my name for now, after all, we are not our own people yet." Yu Zizhen smiled, "Of course, I won't force you to agree to work for me now."

After a pause, she added: "For now, you can call me Greedy Wolf."

Greedy Wolf, the alias of Beidou Tianshu, was directly used by Yu Zizhen as his own nickname.

She said: "I can give you the road guide now, or I can send you home safely. If you want to work for me, you can wait until you leave Baofeng County to make a decision."

Of course, her advantage is not so easy to take advantage of. If the Zhou family and his son take advantage of her but refuse to reciprocate, then she doesn't mind coming to ask for payment in person one day.

As a person who aspires to the world, Yu Zizhen believes that one day she will make it impossible for those who owe her debts to escape.

"We choose the latter." The Zhou family father and son did not hesitate for too long. On the one hand, for the long-term development of the family and Zhou Zheng's personal happiness, they really did not want to have a county magistrate's concubine who could at least harm the Zhou family by marrying into the family. Three generations of clan wives came in. On the other hand, they did not want to establish an in-law relationship with the county magistrate, who was greedy, bully others, and even had the tendency to take human life lightly.

(End of this chapter)