"Oh? Did he say it himself? How did he say it?"
Seeing Meng Qingyang's chapped mouth and hearing his cough, Shen Cha winked at Mei Lin and motioned to bring him a bowl of tea. ?Huoran?Wen?m
Merlin poured a cup of tea, tested the temperature, and walked over to hand it to Meng Qingyang.
Meng Qingyang did not expect that he would receive such treatment, and was a little flattered. He thanked Shen Cha and Mei Lin respectively and drank all the tea in the cup.
"Yes, he said it himself." Returning the teacup to Merlin, wiping the corners of his mouth, he continued, "Although Mr. Teng is slightly older than me, based on the time of entry, I should be his Senior brother. When he became a disciple, I had already studied with my master for nearly three years. Our master used to be an errand in the palace, and the most important thing was the disciple's financial background. It must be clean for three generations, and there can be no problems. Because before There were spies who found out that foreigners wanted to sneak in, but luckily they were discovered in time." He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Although we are lowly people, we still have a bottom line as a human being, whether we are from Liao or Jin. It’s okay, these foreign races are the targets of our strict defense. We can’t go to the battlefield, but we can do our best to protect our country.”
"Very good!" Shen Cha nodded, "Please continue."
"Yes!" Meng Qingyang nodded slightly, "When Mr. Teng came to apprentice, I followed the master. As usual, the master wanted to ask about his family and the three generations of his ancestors. He said it in front of the master, the Teng family My ancestral home is in the northwest. When I fled to Xijing City about seventy years ago, my first stop was Mengjiazhuang. When I heard about Mengjiazhuang from his mouth, I was a little happy, thinking that someone was following us. We also escaped that catastrophe."
"So that's the case." Song Yaojia nodded, "How did you determine later that he was an enemy of Mengjiazhuang?"
"I have no conclusive evidence, but I recalled what my father once said. The reason our family was able to avoid this disaster at that time was because my grandparents took my father and three brothers to Jiangnan to deliver goods and have some fun. And All the people in Mengjiazhuang, whether they were our clan members or those who temporarily settled in Mengjiazhuang, were all killed. How could it be such a coincidence that someone would survive? The only explanation is that the Teng family was the original The one who made the false accusation.”
"Is this your own guess?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Didn't your father tell you the details of this case?"
"No." Meng Qingyang shook his head, "Is there any problem?"
"Mr. Meng, you are really..." Bai Meng sighed, "I'm afraid you have found the wrong person."
"What does this mean? I...I..."
"The commander-in-chief is right. There were indeed many refugees that year. Because Mengjiazhuang is close to Xijing, many refugees chose to settle there. At the same time, many aristocratic families in Xijing chose to open porridge shacks there to relieve refugees. Therefore, you cannot If you say you have lived in Mengjiazhuang, you are a whistleblower."
"Besides, the person who made the whistleblower is already dead."
"Dead?" Meng Qingyang was shocked, "It's impossible, my father said..."
"Mr. Meng, calm down." Shen Cha looked at Meng Qingyang like this and felt very pitiful, "What your father said may not be right, and it may not be true. But we are still young and don't know much about these things. , we need someone who has experienced that to tell us what happened." She looked at Yan Yuan, "What do you think, Mr. Yan?"
"Now that the general has spoken, I will tell you what I know. Because this case was a big deal at the time, almost everyone knew it, even children of several years old." Yan Yuan touched his chin, "If I I remember correctly, my old man was also involved in this case back then, but I never heard him say that the false accuser was named Teng. He once said that because it involved foreign spies, the Ministry of Punishment detained the people who came to report Mengjiazhuang. There were three people in total, and they were detained in the prisons of the Ministry of Punishment, waiting to be confronted by the people in Mengjiazhuang. Later, a fire broke out in Mengjiazhuang, and the entire existence was burned to the ground. The Ministry of Punishment was under great pressure and started from scratch. We started a thorough investigation and found out the secret behind the false accusation.”
"The secret behind it?" After Yan Yuan reminded Song Jue, he also remembered that his father had talked about this matter. "I remember, father..." He looked at the people in the hall and coughed lightly. He said, "My father once said that the person who made the false accusation was greedy for the money of the family he was staying in. He failed to steal, but was reprimanded instead. He did this out of spite."
"Have been... detained?" Meng Qingyang couldn't believe his ears, "Is it really them?"
"Yes, because it involves such a major matter involving foreigners, no matter the Jingzhao Mansion, the Ministry of Justice, or the Ministry of War, anonymous reporting is not allowed. Even if you send an anonymous letter, you will be found out." Yan Yuan is very concerned about this process. Clearly, he explained, "Only when the whistleblower is found, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Jingzhao Mansion will take the next step. It was true that several people suspected of being Liao people were arrested from Mengjiazhuang. At that time , the situation at the border is very critical, and having any relationship with the Liao people is a dead end." He paused for a moment and looked at Meng Qingyang, "After all, Mengjiazhuang is not innocent. Even if there was no subsequent fire, he would not be able to escape the involvement. .”
"Why?"
"Although the people who were captured were not Liao people, they were Daxia people who had lived in the Liao territory all year round. They took advantage of the famine and mingled with the refugees fleeing the famine. The purpose was to pass on the news to their masters and report them. Several people did make this decision after hearing the conversation between them, and it was not a false accusation. After detailed verification later, although Mengjiazhuang seemed to be implicated, what kind of business is your clan leader doing? I'm afraid you don't know, right? You are also deeply involved with foreign tribes. Even if there is no fire, your clan leader and elders will be sued." Yan Yuan looked at Meng Qingyang and sneered, "You have to come early. I told you because of this, you don’t have to work for so long.”
"It has nothing to do with...the Teng family?"
"It has nothing to do with it." Yan Yuan said categorically, "The investigation back then was very rigorous. Everyone who appeared in Mengjiazhuang had their background checked in detail, and the Teng family was no exception. Their family did come to escape famine, but Different from others, their goals are very clear. When someone from the Teng family was an official in Xijing, they went to join this clan. That person should be Mr. Teng's uncle, right?"
Teng Xinyi remained silent from the time Meng Qingyang accused his family of being the culprit of the Mengjiazhuang fire. It wasn't until Yan Yuan asked him that he nodded slightly.
"I didn't expect that my dear brother's hatred for me actually stems from this." Teng Xinyi smiled bitterly, "My uncle once said that my father and two younger uncles can survive because of a bowl of Mengjiazhuang. Hot soup and a piece of pancake. A drop of water should be repaid by a spring of water, let alone a life-saving grace. My father and uncle originally thought that after settling down in Xijing, they would go to Mengjiazhuang to express their gratitude in person, but they didn't expect..." He shook his head gently and looked at Meng Qingyang, who looked helpless after knowing the truth, "Brother Xian, you should have told this earlier. Those people who reported on Mengjiazhuang did not end well either. I'll kill them together with the Daxia people who delivered the news to the Liao people."
Before Teng Xinyi finished speaking, he heard a wailing sound. When he looked at Meng Qingyang, his face was already filled with tears and he was out of breath from crying.
