Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2508 Reconciliation 50.0

"I didn't! I'm not that kind of person, she's talking nonsense!"

Ke Chenyi's face turned red all of a sudden. It was unclear whether he was angry and ashamed because his past was exposed, or he really had never done such a thing and was indignant about being framed without reason. He glared at Mian Bai with anger on his face, as if he wanted to eat Mian Bai alive.

"You know very well whether you are such a person or not. You also know exactly how Xiaotong came here, don't you?" Mian Bai sneered and said, "Don't say I have no evidence. I have evidence." He turned to look at Ying Er and Ying Wu and said, "When the two adults were searching, they should have found a scroll this big, depicting a pear tree."

Ying Er and Ying Wu looked at each other and nodded at Mian Bai.

"Please take the trouble to fetch that painting."

Ying Wuyi raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze to Shen Cha. When he saw Shen Cha nod, he stood up, gestured to the shadow not far away, and watched the person leave, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, the scroll that Mian Bai mentioned was delivered to Ying Wu. He waved to the people, and after they left, he took the scroll and returned to the court.

Merlin saw Yingwu, walked over and took the other part of the scroll, unfolded it, and revealed the painting inside, which was a pear tree.

"Master, please take a look. Is this the one?"

Mian Bai looked at it, nodded to Ying Wu and Mei Lin, and said, "That's right."

"The scroll has been retrieved. Where is the evidence you mentioned?"

Seeing Ke Chenyi trying to pounce on him, Shen Cha raised his hand, and the shadow hidden in the dark rushed over, kicked him down, and pressed his knee hard on Ke Chenyi's back.

"be honest!"

Ke Chenyi almost vomited blood after being kicked by Shadow. He never expected that there would be such an ambush in the court. He just wanted to destroy the painting and had no intention of hurting anyone.

"Thank you, General!" Mian Bai politely saluted and thanked Shen Cha, then smiled at Ying Wu and Mei Lin, "Please turn around, sirs."

Merlin and Yingwu looked at each other and turned the scrolls in their hands over and over.

"But is this so?"

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, both adults!"

Mian Bai nodded, walked to the scroll, fumbled around for a while, and pulled off a page with force. Several neatly folded square pieces of paper fell out from it.

He squatted down, picked up the pieces of paper on the ground, looked at Ke Chenyi who was still controlled by the shadow, and sighed softly. He stood up and saluted to Shen Cha and Shen Jiu.

"General, General Shen, this is the evidence I mentioned."

Shen Cha glanced at Merlin, who nodded and handed the scroll in his hand to Ying Wu. He took the evidence from Mian Bai, walked to Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, and handed it to them.

Shen Jiu was curious about what the evidence that Mian Bai swore was, so he took one and opened it. When he saw the contents inside, he was slightly stunned. He opened the second and third ones. After he had opened all of them and read the characters inside, he raised his head again. He looked at Ke Chenyi with a look of disappointment.

He counted the slips of paper, shook them in his hands, and sighed softly.

"Mr. Ke, Mr. Ke, you are really generous this time!" He clicked his tongue twice, "The least amount was one thousand taels of gold, and the most was over ten thousand taels of gold. In our bitter cold place, we don't see so much money all year round!"

"Your signature is on it, Mr. Ke, do you have anything else to say?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "You can't say this is a forgery, right?"

"I... Ahem... General, can I..." Ke Chenyi couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He pointed at the shadow behind him and said, "This..."

Shen Cha sighed and waved at Shadow. Shadow let go of Ke Chenyi and disappeared from everyone's sight again.

Ke Chenyi climbed up from the ground with great difficulty. He sat on the ground and took two deep breaths. Just from the kick just now, he felt that all the bones in his body were broken.

"General, now that things have come to this, I can't deny it." Ke Chenyi's past was completely exposed, but he didn't pretend anymore. He sat on the ground, looking indifferent, "I'm so old, I don't have any other bad habits. I just want to watch a fight. What's wrong with that? If there is really a fault, it should be the fault of the Colosseum. What you see are just the entrance fees, drinks, and some snacks. Is it really right for them to set the price so high? Moreover, each time you bet, one thousand gold is the most basic, and then it will be multiplied. One bet is one thousand gold, and the second bet is ten thousand gold. Speaking of which, my bet is still considered low!"

"Little?" Mian Bai sneered and counted on his fingers. "When you entered the palace, the late emperor and the great empress dowager asked you for help, and later gave you a lot of things. The total value of those things is at least tens of thousands of gold, not to mention the two courtyards in Xijing City that the late emperor gave you. In addition, the families of those officials who stopped the loss in time also sent a lot of silver, money, jewelry and so on. Although not as much as the things from the great empress dowager, the late emperor, and the dowager concubine, it is still a lot. If you behave yourself, you don't need to run around so much." He sighed, turned to look at Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, and said, "He said that Mr. Cui was not good at management, so the troupe was disbanded. This is not true. In fact, he gambled and made Mr. Cui angry to death. He went to the palace to say goodbye to the great empress dowager and said bluntly that he couldn't manage it, so he simply left the entire troupe to Ke Chenyi."

"What do you have to say in response to what the class owner said?"

"No, it's the truth, so what?" Ke Chenyi spread his hands, "I still say that, I just have that hobby, nothing else, so what's wrong with spending some money? The Grand Empress Dowager is my aunt, she lives in the palace all year round, and she doesn't need that much money. I'm her only relative, so what's wrong with giving it to me?"

"The reason you came here is because you heard that the Empress Dowager has treasures here?"

"Yes!" Ke Chenyi nodded confidently, "I heard it's a teahouse. As long as I take back the teahouse, I won't have to work so hard. But..." He frowned slightly, "When I first arrived here, I went to the only teahouse here. I wanted to find the shopkeeper to show my identity and take the shop back, but I waited and waited, but the shopkeeper didn't come. I thought I would go to the teahouse to talk to the shopkeeper after the singing is over in the past few days. But who would have thought that such an accident would happen. I think this teahouse is in trouble."

"It's really terrible!" Jin Miaomiao took the tea that Merlin had just brewed, took a sip, and said, "Because the real owner of this teahouse" she looked at Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, "is sitting right up there!"