Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2511 Reconciliation 53.0

After watching Shadow drag the struggling Ke Chenyi out of the courtroom and hearing them walk away, Shen Cha's gaze fell on Mian Bai again.

"There are some things that are inconvenient for him to know, lest he talk nonsense." Seeing Mian Bai's puzzled expression, she added, "It's about you."

"About me?" Mian Bai looked at Shen Cha's expression and sighed softly. He put the teacup in his hand aside, stood up and knelt down in the court again, and said sincerely, "General, just ask whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know."

"I have heard the saying 'tell everything you know' too many times these days, and I don't want to hear it anymore." Shen Cha waved his hand, "Why don't you prove to me with your actual actions that what you said is true."

"Yes, I will." Mian Bai bowed and said, "What does the general want to ask?"

"I have two questions to ask. The most important one right now is, what is your plan for coming to the border this time? Are you going to make a fortune and leave? But you should know that this is the place where the Shen family army, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the Marquis of Wuding's Mansion are located. If you really do something that is against the will of heaven and harms the people, we will not let you leave, right?"

"To answer the general, yes." Mian Bai sighed, "In fact, what happened in the past few days, I had already predicted it, and even revealed it to Ke Chenyi, but he did not listen to the advice. The general already knows the reason why he did this, that is, he thought there were things left by the Grand Empress Dowager here, and he felt that his identity could still be used here without any obstacles."

"Excuse me." Jin Miaomiao raised her hand. "Mianbai, you raised the theater ticket prices this time and refused to refund the money to those who failed to enter. Has this kind of thing happened often before?"

"We have been to Jiangnan several times, but Jiangnan is rich, and they don't care much about this little money, so there was no trouble. Moreover, we only went to those cities and counties once, and never went a second time. As the general said before, this is a one-time deal. Once you do it, you won't do it a second time."

"So, you assume that we won't make trouble here?"

"No, I have never thought about it that way." Mian Bai shook his head gently. "When he was planning to do this, I advised him. The general should have heard some of this from Xiao Tong."

"Xiaotong said that when you were discussing this matter, you didn't avoid him, but you thought he couldn't understand."

"It's true that we didn't avoid him, but this kid is very smart. Although he recognized Ke Chenyi as his master, he has been a slave to Ke Chenyi for the past few years. Our master Ke has never taught him any skills. I asked Ke Chenyi before why he refused to teach me skills after accepting me as a disciple. He said that a Hu person should not learn to sing opera. He is only worthy of serving tea and pouring water for him." Mian Bai sighed, "I advised him several times, but he always talked about something else. I was a little worried that I would make him angry, so I just stopped talking. But this child is a good child. I can't waste time like this. I thought about finding another master for him to teach him something, but this child is also stubborn. Once he makes up his mind, he won't change. He also thinks that I have ulterior motives. Every time I appear, he must follow me. No matter how I find an excuse to let him go, he refuses. It's like he's afraid that if he leaves, I will eat his master."

"Does this count as something you're happy to see happen? After all, there are people who can prove what you say and do?"

"." Mianbai looked at Hongye who was talking and nodded at her. "Thinking about it later, it's really good this way. Regardless of whether this child is scheming or not, it's at least a proof." He turned his eyes to Shen Cha and Shen Jiu. "I heard that it was Xiaotong who took the initiative to say that I was not good to them and always beat them, right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Jiu nodded, "Is that what you mean?" "Children can never keep secrets." Mian Bai sighed, "But children also won't lie. As long as he complains, he will tell everything he knows. He doesn't have the ability to tell who is right and who is wrong, but the speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. If the general and the adults think that I am the one who is nosy, I'm afraid they won't come to confront me, right?"

"Have you taken all of this into account?"

"After all, we are going to the border, not a place we are familiar with, so we still have to be careful about some things. Since he wants to plot against me, I can't just let him do it. I have to ensure my own safety, right?"

"That's true." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "That is to say, you anticipated the current situation and explained it to him clearly, but he still insisted on coming here. Don't blame me then."

"There's nothing wrong with this approach, but have you ever thought that if you just returned the money when they asked you to return it, they wouldn't be in such a mess?"

"Of course, I advised Ke Chenyi to withdraw if he didn't want the matter to get out of hand, but he was a money-grubber and refused to do anything. He even said that if he had the ability, he could report it to the authorities to see if they would intervene. He probably really didn't expect that not only would they intervene, but they would also arrest the entire theater and the troupe. So, he thought that revealing his identity might save his life."

"That's pretty much what Xiaotong said." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "But you guys made such a big fuss, if we don't deal with you, it won't be enough to appease the public anger."

"I don't have any problem. I can do whatever I want. I am a criminal anyway." Mian Bai smiled bitterly. "But these things have nothing to do with the other people in the troupe. Just punish us."

"We are free to consider this, you don't have to worry."

"Yes!"

Mian Bai responded. He still trusted the Shen Family Army and knew that they would not wrongly accuse anyone. When he was in the palace, he knew that the Empress Dowager had always been wary of the Shen Family Army, but she had never said anything bad about anyone in the Shen Family Army. Their positions were different, but she believed in the loyalty and ability of the Shen Family Army and knew that they would not fabricate evidence and implicate innocent people in order to suppress someone.

"Just now the general said that he had two questions for me. This should be one of them. What is the other one?"

"It's about what happened between you and Concubine Hui back then." Shen Cha looked at Mian Bai, whose expression suddenly changed. "Actually, you had nothing to do with Concubine Hui back then. You didn't defile the palace at all, right?"