Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2515 Reconciliation 57.0

"Is that true?"

Jin Miaomiao, Hongye and Shen Jiu looked at Shen Cha together. Among these people, she was the only one who could understand what happened back then.

Shen Cha thought about it for a long time, but couldn't remember whether the Empress Dowager and Sister Jin Yu mentioned this when they talked about what happened back then. If they did, she would not forget it.

"That's not clear."

"You didn't know?" Jin Miaomiao blinked, "Didn't the Queen Mother mention it?"

"I think she did?" Shen Jiu looked at her sister. "I think Sister Jinyu also said that? I have some impression, but not much."

"Yes, but not much." Shen Cha looked at everyone, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Those are all sad things of the Empress Dowager, she won't say them in particular detail. Although the late emperor sent her away from Xijing City to avoid the methods of the Grand Empress Dowager and her followers, who would have thought that there would be an accident on the way. Among the guards escorting the Empress Dowager, there were the Grand Empress Dowager's people. Although there were only one or two of them, they created chaos and cooperated with the remnants of the Qinglian Sect, causing the Empress Dowager to suffer and completely cutting off the news from the capital and the palace. The late emperor once thought that she was no longer in the world. Fortunately, she met the eldest princess, and the mother and daughter were together. After spending some time in Jiangnan, he finally had the opportunity to break through the blockade of the Grand Empress Dowager and send the news to the palace, which led to the emperor's trip to Jiangnan. "She looked at everyone and said, "You should all know this story, which has been made public. As for what other stories are involved, the Empress Dowager has never mentioned it. Since she doesn't mention it, why should we, the younger generation, mention it? This is the Empress Dowager's scar, and there is no need to touch it. Besides, the instigators have paid the corresponding price, and the Empress Dowager has also suffered a lot. Now she is enjoying her old age, so why would she be so good at revising those past events?"

"That's true." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "Besides, if Concubine Hui wanted to do something, she probably didn't need to tell the late emperor and the empress dowager. With her status at the time, there were many people who would help her, right?"

Jin Miaomiao nodded and was about to say something when she was interrupted by Ying Er.

"Boss, young general, I suddenly remembered something."

"What did you think of?" Jin Miaomiao turned her head and looked at Ying Er, "You're not going to say that you know about this case?"

"Master Jin, I really do know." Ying Er smiled at her and said, "When I first came to the border, I worked as a servant for the old Duke. You know this."

"Hmm!" Shen Cha thought for a moment, "Father brought you to Beijing, right?"

"Yes!" Ying Er nodded and said, "Although I was young at that time, I could read, so the old Duke asked me to go to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to check the files. At that time, they wanted to find out what the Qinglian Sect had done in Jiangnan, but they didn't want to alert the enemy, so they asked me to go. But I didn't do it blatantly, but got into the carriage that was delivering food to the two ministries, and then I entered without anyone noticing."

"Do you remember what you saw?" "Yes." Ying Er recalled and said, "That case should have caused quite a stir at the time. People in Jiangnan might have known about it. The case broke out almost at the same time when the late emperor found the empress dowager and the eldest princess. If it were any other time, it might not have been solved so quickly, but the late emperor was touring Jiangnan at the time, so it was solved very quickly."

"Tell me, what exactly happened."

"The case file is very detailed. It says that a wealthy family in Jiangnan pretended to be a kind person for more than ten years. He opened several charity halls of various sizes. On the surface, he took in orphans without parents, but in fact, he was engaged in human trafficking and forced prostitution. Not only that, this hypocritical man and his minions were very cruel to those children who did not obey discipline. At that time, the government officials surrounded several houses of this hypocritical man and found that there were quite a few bones in the wells of these houses." Ying Er paused for a moment and continued, "Bones, some are older, and some are slightly newer. There are boys and girls. The oldest is no more than thirteen or fourteen, and the youngest..." He shook his head gently and stopped talking about beating. He took a sip of tea, and after a long while, he continued, "The government office attacked suddenly, and the action was kept secret. Therefore, the hypocritical man who used silver to get through the relationship had no time to tip off the informant, so he was caught red-handed."

"What caused the action?"

"Because of the anonymous report, and the solid evidence, more importantly, the seal of the report letter came from the palace of the previous emperor, and all the evidence was placed in the most conspicuous position on the prefect's desk. The prefect is not blind, so he naturally attaches great importance to this case. Similarly, he guessed that there would be people in the government office who were bribed by the other party and might tip off the government office, so he immediately sealed off the government office and no one was allowed to enter or leave at will."

"The result is that the hypocrite was brought to justice and his property was confiscated?"

"That's about right!" Ying Er nodded. "The orphans he deceived were placed in the government-run Tzu Chi Hall. As for those who were sold to brothels, if they wanted to leave, they could do so. But if they didn't want to leave, they wouldn't be forced. Many of them were willing to leave. They left Jiangnan with clean identity documents and went to live somewhere else. It was like a nightmare at the time. There were also those who didn't want to leave, but they were a very small minority. Their life and death were not within their control."

"Well, what happened next? Didn't they find out that he was actually a remnant of the Qinglian Sect?"

"I found out. Among the evidences that were sent to him at the beginning, there was also conclusive evidence that he was a remnant of the Qinglian Sect, if I am not mistaken." Ying Er looked at Mian Bai, "It should be something that Concubine Hui originally had, right?"

"My Lord, yes, it was found by my father and uncle, and given to my cousin before my uncle passed away." Mian Bai sighed, "Whenever the Qinglian Cult is involved, even the smallest case is a major one. Maybe it's a little better in other places, but in Jiangnan, where the Qinglian Cult has been operating for many years, even the smallest case is a major one."

"That's right. So, following the clues, we found a lot of remnants of the Qinglian Sect. This is the biggest gain." Ying Er looked at Shen Cha, "That's about it."

"Yes." Shen Cha nodded, looked at Mian Bai, and said, "Since your family's revenge has been taken, and Concubine Hui has found your long-lost brother, why don't you recognize him? If you recognize him, the late emperor and His Majesty will definitely not treat you harshly. At least they can help you get rid of the music industry, give you a house and a farm, and you can enjoy your life. It's better than pretending to end up like this, right?"

"That's what my cousin meant. She felt that if it was made public, it would implicate the porcelain merchant. He was very kind to her and her family, and helped her when she was in trouble. Although he had an ulterior motive, his kindness outweighed everything else. She couldn't be such a heartless and ungrateful person."