Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2514 Reconciliation 56.0

"Oh? The person who cheated you out of your property and put you in debt?" Jin Miaomiao touched her chin. "Isn't it too coincidental?"

"It's a bit of a coincidence indeed. Could it be that this person came from your hometown?" Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao exchanged glances. "But that incident happened many years ago. The Qinglian Sect had been surrounded and suppressed several times at that time. The former victims were registered according to the names left when the local government was responsible for returning the money that was cheated. Your father and mother should have received the news, right?"

"General, yes, my father and mother received compensation from the government and wanted to redeem themselves and get back their good status, but the money was not enough to redeem a family of three. Moreover, Mr. Dong from the Jiangnan Music Office told us that even if we get back our good status, our life would not be so good after we get out. Buying a house and land requires money, and this little money is not forbidden at all. It is better for us to stay here, earn money, have food and drink, and not worry about other trivial matters."

"That's true." Jin Miaomiao nodded. "You are musicians supported by the government. Although you are a musician, you are respected. Even if someone looks down on you, you have to be polite to them on the surface. What's more, musicians with superb skills like your father, mother, and even the troupe owner will enjoy very high treatment in the local music offices. You don't have to worry about those mundane things."

"Your Excellency is right. My parents decided that since my grandfather had passed away, my great uncle's family was missing, and there was no one else at home, they might as well stay in the Music Bureau. Life is indeed much better than after leaving." Mian Bai nodded. "However, although the Qinglian Sect was surrounded and suppressed, I heard that some people escaped in advance. They were not big shots, but just minions. The government tried to catch them for a while, but they didn't catch all of them. Many people still escaped."

"There's one in here that has been used to trick your family, right?"

"Yes!" Mianbai sighed, "Although many years have passed, my cousin said that my uncle recognized him at first sight, but that person..."

"I don't know you at all, I have no impression of you at all, right?" Shen Cha took a sip of tea, and then stuffed another cup of tea for Shen Jiu, saying, "They have cheated too many people, and they can't remember what the victims look like. Besides, so many years have passed, they should have forgotten it long ago."

"What the general said is true. They simply can't remember, nor do they want to remember. After all, the people they harmed are like grass and ants in their eyes. Who would remember the appearance of grass and ants?" Mian Bai sighed and said, "Concubine Hui said that when my uncle saw that person, he didn't alarm him, but followed him secretly. He found out that the person somehow escaped the encirclement and ran to live here. He has transformed himself into a well-known philanthropist in the local area. It is said that he opened several charity halls."

"It's really ironic that he did evil when he was young and opened a charity when he was old."

Shen Jiu and Hong Ye said in unison. After they finished speaking, they looked at each other and clapped their hands in the air.

"Although it's called a charity hall, it doesn't necessarily do good things. Maybe," Hongye raised an eyebrow, "it just uses the name of a charity hall to do other bad things. People like this have been cheating since childhood. Once they are given a chance, they will pounce on it without hesitation." "This lord has hit the nail on the head. The charity hall is indeed not doing good things. That person appears to be a kind person, but secretly uses the charity hall to buy and sell good girls, not limited to girls, but also handsome boys."

"That's right. They adopt orphans who have no parents or family. They don't know who they are or where they came from, so they naturally do whatever the people in the charity say." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "This may not be common in other places, but it is really commonplace in Jiangnan. There are many charity halls in Jiangnan, and they receive a lot of orphans every day. They are not really orphans, but they are abandoned for various reasons." She looked at Mian Bai, "Your music office should encounter such situations occasionally, right?"

"Yes, not occasionally, there are always three or four times every month." Mian Bai sighed, "I encountered this before I came to Xijing City. The cousin fell in love with each other and got together without the knowledge of the adults in their family. As a result, the baby was secretly pregnant, but both families disagreed with the marriage. What should they do with the child? They can only secretly throw the child to the charity hall, or leave it at the door of the Music Bureau or the Jiaofang Bureau." He spread his hands, "Several dancers in the Jiangnan Music Bureau have the same life story. It sounds very pitiful."

"If they stay in the Music Bureau or the Jiaofang Bureau, it would be a blessing in disguise. If they are thrown into the charity hall and meet low-class people, then the child's life will be ruined."

"That's right, General." Mian Bai sighed. "The guy that my uncle was following was doing this for a living. My uncle didn't make a fuss after he found the guy. He just wanted to follow him quietly and collect evidence of their crimes so that he could report them to the government anonymously. But he didn't expect that when he was collecting evidence, he was discovered by the guy's henchmen, and they beat my uncle up. But they didn't dare to harm my uncle's life. After all, if someone was killed, they wouldn't be able to escape. But even so, my uncle died a few days later due to his serious injuries."

"I don't know what happened at home?"

"I don't know." Mian Bai shook his head gently. "On his deathbed, he said he had seen the liar who had ripped off our family, and that he was a kind man. But before he could say who he was, he was gone. My aunt was heartbroken, and she followed my uncle a few days later. In less than half a month, my cousin lost both her parents one after another. It happened that the palace was selecting female officials, and she wanted to avenge her parents, so she agreed to replace the daughter of the porcelain merchant and enter the palace. But she didn't expect that within less than half a year after she entered the palace, the porcelain merchant and his family left, and no one knew where they went."

"So, this is also the reason why no one came to the palace to see her and she never went back?" Seeing Mian Bai nod, Jin Miaomiao touched her chin and said, "But she still wants revenge, right?"

"Yes, I have reported it." Mian Bai sighed, "The late emperor once visited Jiangnan and rescued the empress dowager and the eldest princess who were in trouble. At that time, it was Concubine Hui who followed the late emperor. And where the empress dowager was, it just so happened that they lived. What's more, that so-called good man had also troubled the empress dowager and the eldest princess. Concubine Hui took advantage of the situation and found out everything this person had done and revealed it all."