Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2815 Master Qingsong 33.0
After hearing Jin Miaomiao's words, the expressions of the group became very subtle.

They didn't intend to deny it, because they also felt that Jin Miaomiao was right. After all, there weren't many truly innocent people who could stand firm in the imperial court. Even someone like Qi Zhifeng, who looked like a child, wasn't as innocent as his actual age.

In the treacherous and unpredictable court, those who lack shrewdness will not go far.

Merlin glanced at the expressions of the others, tugged at Jin Miaomiao slightly, and shook his head gently at her.

"Don't worry, everyone here is a broad-minded person. They won't get angry or blame me for my joke, right?" Jin Miaomiao smiled at the group. "Besides, I was just telling the truth."

“That’s true, we won’t blame you.” Shen Cha smiled, looked at Jin Miaomiao’s deliberately pitiful look, shook her head helplessly, and said, “I don’t know where she learned this act from.”

"This shouldn't need to be learned, right? It's innate?" Jin Miaomiao raised an eyebrow. "My brother probably understands this better." She took a sip of tea, rested her chin on her hand, and sighed softly. "Actually, you can't blame anyone for this. It's all due to the circumstances, isn't it? Those naive people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, let alone the imperial court, probably wouldn't even be able to gain a foothold in a place like an academy." She spread her hands helplessly and said, "Isn't that what the clerk is like?"

“No, no, no, you’re mistaken.” Song Yaojia gently shook her finger. “Innocence and simplicity are not the same as stupidity. Besides, Master Qingsong is not that kind of person. He is worldly-wise but not cynical. My uncle once said that he probably knows why the Yun family values ​​Master Qingsong, not just because of his talent and ability.”

"What else?"

“It’s his otherworldly, ethereal air about him.” Song Yaojia looked at Jin Miaomiao. “He observes everything that happens in the world with a cold eye, without the slightest emotional fluctuation, which makes the head of the Yun family and several elders extremely happy. My uncle said that before meeting Master Huilan and Uncle Yelü, Master Qingsong had no human warmth at all.”

"Doesn't he look like a living person?"

"More or less." Song Yaojia nodded. "My uncle once said something very apt: if Master Qingsong were to become an immortal one day, he wouldn't be surprised at all."

Jin Miaomiao was speechless. Having never met the advisor before, she couldn't imagine that the lively and energetic advisor her master spoke of had once been such a person.

"Don't tell me you haven't seen him, even Master Huilan and Uncle Yelü probably haven't." Song Yaojia thought for a moment. "Well, it's hard to say about Master Huilan, but Uncle Yelü definitely hasn't seen him. My uncle said that since taking on a disciple, Master Qingsong's otherworldly aura has vanished. He's not exactly amiable anymore, but he's definitely a very competent master. He's very strict with his disciple's studies and very concerned about his disciple's life, taking exceptional care of his food, clothing, and shelter—something that would have been absolutely impossible before. Before taking on a disciple, Master Qingsong—" He chuckled and continued, "was basically the type who couldn't take care of himself."

“I can imagine.” Jin Miaomiao nodded. “My master’s heart probably has nothing but the things he wants to know and the areas he wants to be involved in. If no one takes care of his life, he might not even eat, drink, or sleep.”

“You know what, it’s really true.” Song Yaojia smiled. “Master Qingsong also told my master that he was especially fortunate to have met two disciples, and only then did he realize how wonderful life in the human world is.”

“That’s really true.” Jin Miaomiao didn’t quite know how to describe her current feelings. She held up two fingers and said, “There’s a little bit of sadness in it. If a person can’t feel life, can’t feel the warmth of human connection, then, as His Highness the Eagle King said, they’re not like a living person.” “Exactly.” Song Yaojia sighed. “Fortunately, he later transformed from an immortal into a living person, right?”

"Hmm!" Jin Miaomiao thought for a moment, "Did His Highness the Eagle King mention how my master took me as his disciple?"

“I’ve said it once, only a little bit.” Song Yaojia thought for a moment, “My uncle said that Master Huilan was a child that Master Qingsong picked up during his travels. He really picked her up by the roadside. When he found her, she was only…” He held up his two hands to show her, “This little bit, she must have just turned one month old.”

"Such a young child was lost?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly. "Why? What kind of parents are so heartless?"

"Was it deliberately lost?"

“It should be.” Song Yaojia nodded. “My uncle asked and found out that Master Huilan was placed on the road that the Yun family always takes when they leave the village.”

"Huh?" Jin Miaomiao frowned. "Is this what they're trying to get the Yun family to take them in?"

“If it was deliberately placed in front of the Yun family’s house, then it must belong to someone from the neighborhood.” Shen Cha looked at Song Yaojia curiously. “Didn’t you ask her anything after you found it?”

“I asked around, but none of them were there. There aren’t even any families nearby who have just had a baby,” Song Yaojia sighed. “Besides, the families in that area are all under the protection of the Yun family, so they wouldn’t do something like that.”

"Was there any note or anything in the swaddling clothes?" Seeing Song Yaojia shake her head, Shen Haolin frowned slightly. "Nothing at all?"

“No.” Song Yaojia sighed. “After searching for several days, we couldn’t find the person who lost the child, so the Yun family took the child in.” He raised an eyebrow slightly. “Master Qingsong said that he liked the baby very much at first sight, so he couldn’t bear to give the child away and kept him in his own courtyard.” He smiled and looked at Jin Miaomiao. “Your master was raised as a son by Master Qingsong.”

“No wonder my uncle said that my master was particularly protective of my master. When they encountered those two again, my master’s eyes could kill. Especially when the two of them were about to follow, my master’s cold face shocked my uncle. He said that he had never seen my master angry in all the time he had known him. In his mind, my master and my master were both very kind people who never lost their temper.”

“Master Huilan’s temper comes out as soon as Master Qingsong is involved.” Song Yaojia smiled. “That’s about all I know about their past. Is there anything else you want to ask?”

"There's another matter, which concerns the case of the swindler in Xijing City."

"A swindler from Xijing City?" Song Yaojia was taken aback. She looked at Jin Miaomiao, then at Shen Cha, and asked with a face full of doubt, "What swindler from Xijing City?"