Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2529 Reconciliation 71.0

The news of Ke Chenyi's death did not cause much stir in Jiapingguancheng, because his confession was announced along with his death.

In this very detailed confession, Ke Chenyi admitted that he was the leader of this incident, and that he had asked the theater owner and the troupe owner to take the lead while he hid behind them. He also admitted that he had deliberately spread all the rumors about the troupe owner mistreating him, and that he had also used his apprentices to win favor for himself.

All in all, the reputation of the previously reviled theater owner and troupe owner Mian Bai has been reversed. Although they were accomplices, they also had their own difficulties, and Ke Chenyi's reputation was completely ruined by himself.

Most of the victims in this incident were loyal fans of Ke Chenyi. They originally thought that the ones who cheated them of their hard-earned money were the greedy theater owners and troupe owners. After all, businessmen are profit-oriented, and only people like them who only have money in their eyes would do such a thing. However, the Ke family was an artist and they only had high demands on their artistic skills and did not have any thoughts on other things.

But this confession signed by Ke Chenyi, as well as some rumors circulating in the market about Ke Chenyi's arrogance in court that day, were a slap in the face of these victims. They never imagined that Ke Chenyi, who was like a lotus in their hearts, was actually so filthy behind their backs. They were really disappointed.

Therefore, when they went to the government office to get their silver back, they went to Ke Chenyi's grave behind the government office to spit and stomp on it, only then could they barely relieve the hatred in their hearts.

As a result, the government office, which was usually deserted, became a very popular place with a lot of people. There were even vendors setting up small stalls nearby, specializing in selling things such as mugwort to ward off evil spirits, in order to dispel the bad luck for those who had visited the cemetery.

When the Third Master and Old Madam Ning heard the news, they excitedly dragged Master Jiang, Qi Bo and Yan Bo, who were also very interested, to have a look. However, they did not go to see the cemetery. Instead, they stood not far from the government office, looked around and watched the excitement for a while.

It's not that they don't want to go in and take a look, or participate in person, but whenever they try to get close, the guards from the Duke's Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion will come out to stop them. Even if they fail to stop them in time, the guards brought by the Third Master from Linhuang Mansion will stop them.

Although the guards of the Yelu and Xiao families were not allowed to live in the Wuding Marquis' Mansion and could only stay temporarily in the inn, every time the Third Master went out, Xiao Fengqi or Qi Zhifeng would send someone to pass on a message and ask them to follow him in secret.

Therefore, whenever this group of old people wanted to get closer to the government office, someone would stop them, but they were still willing to go there every time.

Xiao Fengqi and Qi Zhifeng who accompanied them expressed helplessness about their behavior. After they came back, they secretly complained to Shen Jiu, Xia Jiu and Song Qiyun that this man became more childish as he got older. The more he was forbidden to go, the more he wanted to go, just like those ignorant children.

"If there is only one person, it wouldn't be so troublesome for us to stop and persuade him." Xiao Fengqi was tortured by these old men and women who came to watch the fun these days. He was very haggard. He drank tea intermittently and complained to Shen Cha, "I didn't expect that the second master, Yan Bo and Qi Bo would also join in the fun and insist on going with them. We persuaded this one and that one. We are so tired!" Shen Cha looked at Xiao Fengqi, then at Qi Zhifeng, who also had two huge dark circles under his eyes, and shook his head helplessly.

The two of them came here today because the Third Master and Old Madam Ning had translated all the contents on the sea chart. As they had guessed before, this was indeed not a sea chart, but a cover for business dealings with major shops and noble families in Daxia, Liao, and Jin. There were not only normal transactions, but also transactions of tea, salt, and forget-me-not powder, and even transactions of ironware and crossbows were listed.

Xiao Fengqi saw Shen Cha flipping through the account books and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Before I came here, I was scolded by my uncle, but..."

"Why am I scolding you?" Qi Zhifeng patted Xiao Fengqi. "You were not the head of the Xiao family. Your uncles and aunts secretly sold bows and crossbows to the Qinglian Sect without telling you. You couldn't possibly use their money, right?"

"Besides, the Xiao family may not be the real seller." Shen Haolin looked at Xiao Fengqi, "Although your family has military power, it is only a small part. Most of the military power is in the hands of Yelu Ertu. Otherwise, the two Yelu masters would not be in such a passive situation now."

"Duke Shen is right. I'm afraid that Yeluertu's people are secretly colluding with someone and using the Xiao family as a scapegoat." Qi Zhifeng sighed, "My uncle has already sent all the information related to the Liao Kingdom in a secret letter back to Linhuang Prefecture. He should have said it, right?"

"Yes, he told us." Shen Cha nodded, "We suggest that Master Yelu investigate quickly. The secret sale of bows and crossbows is no small matter. If there is anything else, we can investigate it thoroughly."

"Yeah!" Xiao Fengqi sighed and said, "I didn't expect these people to be so brave!"

"A big reward will always bring out brave men. They all value money, so naturally they won't care about anything other than money." Shen Cha sighed, "How much better can our situation be? The Forget Worry Powder alone takes up a large part. The Jin Kingdom is the same, with bows and crossbows, and Forget Worry Powder. I originally thought that this thing would only appear in Daxia and the Western Regions, but I didn't expect..."

"The Liao and Jin dynasties all have it, not only among the common people, but even among the royal family." Xiao Fengqi rubbed his head. He finished reading these account books before Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. Others might not know, but he knew very well what harmful things were recorded in them. Before his great-aunt took over the Xiao family, there were members who were addicted to Wangyousan, which caused their family to be broken up. After his great-aunt took over the Xiao family, she issued a death order not to allow members of the family to touch this kind of thing. If they were discovered, being removed from the family tree would be the least of their punishment. "This Master Falian is really incredible. He will never give up until he makes us extremely worried."

"Those who do business with him are blind and heartless. They think they are taking advantage of him and never think about doing business with such a person. Unless they die or Master Falian dies, otherwise..." Shen Cha put down the account book in his hand, sighed heavily, and said, "There is no way to get rid of Master Falian's control in this life!"