Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2473 Reconciliation 15.0

Wanyan Xi and Dai Yi thought about it and decided not to join in the fun. They were exhausted from the long journey and wanted to rest a little to calm down and prepare for the evening. As for the play, they were not interested at all. It was so noisy that their heads hurt just by listening to it. It was better for them not to suffer this.

After hearing what they said, Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu also expressed that they had no interest. They didn't like the singers or the opera itself very much, so they might as well go back to the Duke's Mansion and have a rest.

Shen Cha looked at everyone and said that anyone who had no interest could not go. It was just a casual walk and there was no need for everyone to go together.

In the end, the only people who went to watch the fun were Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian, Jin Jing, Jin Miaomiao and Bai Meng. Lu Shengyuan accompanied them for a while, but did not go to the theater. Instead, he went back to take care of Lao Tang, leaving him alone at home with one leg, which was not a good thing for him for a long time.

Before Shen Cha left, he asked someone to notify Eagle and Leopard and asked them to go to the Duke's Mansion to find them after dinner, as they had some urgent matters to deal with.

"Seriously speaking, I have met Mr. Ke, who I just mentioned, once before and watched his play once."

"Wait a moment." Shen Cha waved at Lu Shengyuan and looked at Bai Meng, "Why did he get drunk at the palace banquet?"

"Because he caused trouble in the harem, the ladies didn't reward him at all, but instead reprimanded him. He might have felt uncomfortable." Bai Meng sneered and said, "Then he got drunk, but it didn't affect his singing. He sang quite well."

"Really?" Shen Cha sneered, "For a person with such character to be so popular, it's really amazing!"

"What the general said is true, but this happened to him more than once or twice. Every time he went to a party, he would end up like this." Lu Shengyuan walked with them on the street. Looking at the empty street, he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "The play is indeed good, but his character..." He looked at Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng, "He was able to do such a thing in the palace because he had done similar things in other palaces before, and was even sent to Jingzhao Palace. However." He thought for a while, "The incident I'm talking about should have happened after the palace banquet, and it was many years later."

"Good fellow, this is knowingly committing a crime, and each time it's getting more serious than the last!" Xue Ruitian thought for a moment, "About when?"

"Yeah, it happened a few years ago."

"In the past few years? Come on, tell me in detail." Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, and both looked at Lu Shengyuan curiously, "Don't you dislike this?"

"I couldn't help but go back to the capital to see old friends. They like it." Lu Shengyuan sighed and looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. "General Xuanwei's mother is celebrating her 90th birthday. She sent you an invitation. You have to go to the palace that day, so she asked me to take the invitation. Remember?"

"I remember now. General Shu had specifically told us that he had invited a very good opera troupe. So, this very good opera troupe is..." Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "Master Ke?"

"Yeah!" Lu Shengyuan nodded, "Because I went on your behalf, I was arranged in a very good seat. Fortunately, the people at the same table with me all knew each other and were relatively familiar with each other, so we had a relatively speculative chat. At that time, we were celebrating the old lady's birthday, so the seats for the female relatives were not very separate from ours. They were all in the same courtyard, separated by a screen." "General Shu held a birthday banquet, and the guests should all be military generals and martial arts schools. Most of their families are also military generals, so they are indeed more open." Xue Ruitian nodded, "Then what?"

"Ms. Ke came on stage in the middle of the banquet. I don't remember what they sang, but it was very festive, a play to celebrate the birthday." Lu Shengyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. "When the play was over, it was time for the old lady and General Shu to give their praise, but something unexpected happened. Mr. Ke came down from the stage, and despite the obstruction of the servants and maids in the general's mansion, he broke into the old lady's banquet without being summoned. Because of the screen, we couldn't go over to see what was going on. We could only hear screams over there, the kind of panic. Then, we saw a few young ladies and ladies push down the screen, allowing us to see what was going on over there."

"what's going on?"

"That Mr. Ke was really dissolute. I don't know if he was drunk or did it on purpose. When the screen was pushed down, he was hugging a little girl, probably a little maid brought by a certain lady. He wanted to be intimate with her, and the little girl kept pushing him. There were also a few maids from other families who came over to pull him back. The scene was very chaotic for a while. The old lady was so angry that she hit the ground with her cane and repeatedly said that this disrespectful lecher should be kicked out and sent to the authorities."

"It sounds like he is a repeat offender. He has done this more than once or twice." Bai Meng sneered and said, "He really is incorrigible."

"What happened next? Was he sent to the authorities?"

"Yes!" Lu Shengyuan nodded. "General Shu had him captured, beaten with more than a dozen boards, and sent directly to Jingzhao Prefecture. I heard that he was released after being detained for a few days. He led his troupe and ran away in disgrace. For a long time, no news was heard about him, and he was not seen in Beijing. Unexpectedly, many years later, he actually came to perform here."

"Don't you think he's weird? Whether in the general's mansion or in the palace, he doesn't seem to care about the emperor's power or the power of these important officials. Generally speaking, the opera troupe would be trembling with fear when entering the palace or the mansion of important officials. How could he be so bold as to do such a thing? It seems..."

"He seems to be asking for death?" Shen Cha looked at Jin Miaomiao, "Isn't it?"

"Yes!" Jin Miaomiao nodded, "That's what I meant, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he did this."

"Seeking death?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin, Bai Meng, and Jin Jing, and chuckled, "This is quite interesting."

"Indeed." Jin Jing nodded, "He is the first person who can do such a thing. I originally had no interest in this, but after hearing what you said, I want to take a closer look at what kind of person this Mr. Ke is." He looked at the others, "Do you think he will not make trouble in the theater today?"

"No." Lu Shengyuan shook his head gently, "He never messes around in his own theater, not even once."