Jiapingguan Chronicle

When Shen Cha, Jin Miaomiao, Hongye and Meilin followed Ying Wu to the yamen prison cell, Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing had already arrived, but they did not go in. Instead, they stood at the door waiting.

Hearing footsteps coming from behind, Xue Ruitian turned his head to take a look, pulled Jin Jing, and the two of them took a few quick steps and came in front of Shen Cha. Before Shen Cha could speak, he made a gesture to them to keep quiet, pulled Shen Cha's arm and walked away. They stopped when they were quite far away from the prison.

Even so, Shen Cha could still clearly hear Ying Er's angry cursing coming from the prison. He cursed the guards in charge for dereliction of duty, and why they didn't watch Ke Chenyi carefully, why they didn't search Ke Chenyi's body properly, and let him carry things that could hurt himself.

When Shen Cha heard Ying Er cursing, he shook his head helplessly, waved at Ying Wu, and whispered a few words to him.

Yingwu responded and ran into the prison.

"The man is already dead. Even if my second brother scolds everyone, it will be useless." Shen Cha sighed, "Besides, we already know everything we need to know. There is not much point in keeping him around."

"Just now I said that the death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment of living cannot be escaped. He will be exiled to the southwest even if he is alive. The conditions there are even more difficult than here. I am afraid he knew the terrible situation he would face in the future and did not want to suffer, so he simply killed himself." Hongye touched his chin. "He is quite self-aware. A guy who is used to enjoying himself, if he really lives to be exiled to the southwest, I am afraid he will kill himself wherever he goes."

"That's the reason, but..." Jin Miaomiao looked in the direction of the prison, "this shouldn't be the most important thing. The important thing is that things didn't go as he wished, his wishes were dashed, and the things he wanted so much were not his at all, so he was completely desperate, and that's why he killed himself."

"I think Sister Miaomiao is right." Meilin nodded to Jin Miaomiao, looked at Shen Cha and said, "Think back, he knew in the hall that he had nothing to do with the teahouse, and it was not what he imagined. His reaction was so intense, as if the sky had fallen. He was so desperate and had no attachment to the world. Even if he didn't commit suicide today, he would be like this in a few days."

Shen Cha looked at them, nodded slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Jin Jing and Xue Ruitian grabbed his arms at the same time.

"what happened?"

"Wait a minute, we still don't understand what happened to make him so devastated that he lost hope of living." Xue Ruitian looked at them, "I can understand what you just said about exile to the southwest, but what about the teahouse?"

Shen Cha spread his hands helplessly and told the story of how Ke Chenyi misunderstood that Mr. Jiang's teahouse was the private property of the Empress Dowager and wanted to seize it. After he finished speaking, he saw that the expressions on the two people's faces were even more speechless than his own.

"Is he so short-sighted? No wonder he wouldn't stop the troupe owner and the theater owner from doing such a cruel thing." Jin Jing sighed helplessly, "It's just a drop in the bucket of money."

"Hey, brother, you are wrong this time." Jin Miaomiao stretched out a finger and shook it gently. "In fact, the real leader of this crazy and stupid thing is our Mr. Ke himself."

"Is it him?" Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing looked at each other, and both saw confusion and shock in each other's eyes. They looked at Shen Cha and saw her nod slightly, indicating that Jin Miaomiao was right, and the two became even more confused.

"But why is that? Logically speaking, a famous actor has no shortage of money, and he is such a big star, so he must have a rich family background. In addition, he is the only relative of the Grand Empress Dowager. She must have left a lot of things for him when she was alive. This should ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, right?" Jin Jing spread her hands, "Why does he do that?"

"Because of gambling." Jin Miaomiao quickly recounted everything Ke Chenyi had done, including his hobbies. Just as she finished, she saw Ying Wu dragging the still angry Ying Er towards them. "Think about it, if a man like him knew he was exiled to the southwest, how could he possibly survive? Life over there would be worse than death. It would be better for him to die here."

"That's true." Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing looked at each other, "Our Mr. Ke is really... You can't judge a person by his appearance!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yingwu dragged Yinger to them. Yinger immediately knelt down on the ground and said that he was wrong.

"He is bent on seeking death. Even if you follow him all the time, you can't keep an eye on him. What's wrong with that?" Shen Cha winked at Ying Wu and asked him to help Ying Er up. "Besides, if he really went to the southwest, he wouldn't live long. Not to mention anything else, even those tribes in the southwest who once confronted the Grand Empress Dowager, those leaders who hated the Grand Empress Dowager for going back on her word, would let him off easily if they knew his identity?"

"This"

Ying Er and Ying Wu looked at each other. To be honest, they really didn't expect this. If Ke Chenyi was really exiled to the southwest, he would probably be gone before his people arrived there. If he arrived there by chance, he would probably not survive for a few days and would be killed by the mortal enemy left by the Empress Dowager. Although it was not fair to take revenge on a powerless person and it was not what a real man would do, for those people, their anger finally had an outlet.

"Well, the dead cannot be resurrected. It's useless for you to be angry or scold him." Shen Cha looked at Ying Er, "Just now I heard you say that Ke Chenyi must have used something to end his life?"

"Yes!" Ying Er sighed, "I was just angry at the time and cursed. I will apologize to my brothers later. I hope you can forgive me. I was also a little confused by what Mr. Ke did."

"It's good that you know. It's not enough to apologize. Go back and accept the punishment yourself." Shen Cha looked at him and asked, "What did you use?"

"The chopsticks used for lunch this morning were accidentally dropped by a brother who was collecting things, and…" Ying Er shrugged helplessly, "I don't know how he could have so much strength despite looking so weak." He sighed and said, "The boss will be able to see him soon. I have asked someone to clean it up, but it was just a wipe. The rest needs to wait for the coroner to examine it before we can deal with it."

"Why are you waiting for the coroner? I can show you what's going on, you know?" Jin Miaomiao began to tidy herself up. "The coroners in this city are no match for me, you know? You all just stand outside and wait. I'll be right back!" (End of this chapter)