"Oh? Did he say it himself? What did he say? ”

Seeing Meng Qingyang's somewhat chapped mouth and hearing his cough, Shen Cha glanced at Merlin and motioned for him to bring him a bowl of tea. Huoran? Wen? ｍ

Merlin poured a cup of tea, tested the temperature, and walked over and handed it to Meng Qingyang.

Meng Qingyang didn't expect that he still had this treatment, he was a little flattered, thanked Shen Cha and Mei Lin respectively, and drank the tea in the cup.

"Yes, he said it himself." Returning the teacup to Merlin and wiping the corners of his mouth, he continued, "Although Mr. Teng is a little older than me, I should be his senior brother based on the time of entry. When he apprenticed, I had been studying with Master for almost three years. Our master used to be an errand boy in the palace, and the most important thing is the apprentice's net worth background, and he must be innocent for three generations, and there must be no problems. Because there were spies who had detected foreign tribes trying to get in, but fortunately they were discovered in time. He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Although we are lowly people, we also have a bottom line of being a human being, whether it is a Liao person or a Jin person, these foreign races are the targets of our strict defense." We can't go to war, but we can do what we can to protect our land. ”

"Good!" Shen Cha nodded, "Please continue." ”

"Yes!" Meng Qingyang bowed slightly, "When Mr. Teng came to apprentice, I followed the master's side, the master usually wanted to ask about his family and the three generations of his ancestors, he said in front of the master, the ancestral home of the Teng family is in the northwest, about seventy years ago to escape the famine to Xijing City, the first foothold is Mengjiazhuang. When I heard about Mengjiazhuang from his mouth, I was a little overjoyed, thinking that someone had escaped the catastrophe like us. ”

"I see." Song Yaojia nodded, "Later, how did you determine that he was the enemy of Mengjiazhuang?" ”

"I don't have any solid evidence, but I remember what my father once said. At that time, the reason why our family was able to avoid this catastrophe was that my grandparents took my father and his three brothers to Jiangnan to deliver goods and have a good time. And all the people in Mengjiazhuang, whether it is our clansmen or those who temporarily settled in Mengjiazhuang, none of them were spared, they were all killed, how could it be so coincidental that there would be people who survived? The only explanation is that the Teng family is the one who made the false accusation in the first place. ”

"Is this your own guess?" Shen Cha frowned slightly, "Didn't your father tell you the details of this case?" ”

"Nope." Meng Qingyang shook his head, "Is there any problem?" ”

"Meng Gongzi, you are really ......" Bai Meng sighed, "I'm afraid you've found the wrong person." ”

"What does this mean? I...... I ......"

"The commander is right, there were indeed a lot of refugees that year, Mengjiazhuang because of its close proximity to Xijing, many refugees chose to settle there, and at the same time, many families in Xijing chose to open porridge sheds there to relieve refugees, so you can't say that you have lived in Mengjiazhuang, that is, the person who denounced it."

"Moreover, the person who told him is already dead."

"Dead?" Meng Qingyang was shocked, "Impossible, my father said ......"

"Meng Gongzi, calm down." Shen Cha looked at Meng Qingyang like this and felt very pitiful, "What your father said may not be all right, and it may not be true." But we are still young, we don't know much about these things, and we need someone who has been through it to tell us what really happened. She looked at Yan Yuan, "What do you say, Mr. Yan?" ”

"Since the general has spoken, I will say whatever I know. Because this case was so big at the time that almost everyone knew about it, even children of a few years old. Yan Yuan touched his chin, "If I'm not mistaken, my old man was also involved in this case back then, but he has never heard him say that the false accuser's surname is Teng." He once said that because of the involvement of foreign people, the Criminal Department detained the people who came to denounce Mengjiazhuang, a total of three people, who were detained in the prison of the Criminal Department, waiting to confront the people of Mengjiazhuang in court. Later, the fire in Mengjiazhuang burned the entire existence, and the Criminal Department took a lot of pressure to conduct a thorough investigation from the beginning, which found out the secret behind the false accusation. ”

"The secret behind it?" Song Jue was reminded by Yan Yuan, and also remembered that his father had talked about this matter, "I remember, my father ......" He looked at the people in the hall and coughed lightly, "Father once said that the person who was falsely accused was greedy for the money of the family he borrowed, and he couldn't steal it, but he was reprimanded and malicious, so he did such a thing." ”

"All the time...... Imprisoned? Meng Qingyang couldn't believe his ears, "Is it really them?" ”

"Yes, because it is a matter of such a major matter as a foreign race, whether it is the Jingzhao Mansion, the Criminal Department, or the Military Department, anonymous reporting is not allowed. Even if you send an anonymous letter, you will be found out. Yan Yuan was very clear about this process, and he explained, "Only by finding this person who reported it will the Criminal Department, the Military Department, and Jingzhao Mansion have the next step." At that time, the situation at the border pass was very critical, and there was only a dead end if it had anything to do with the Liao. He paused a little and looked at Meng Qingyang, "Counting it, Mengjiazhuang is not innocent, even if there is no fire later, it will not be able to escape." ”

"Why?"

"Although the people who were captured were not Liao, they were also Daxia people who lived in Liao all the year round, and they took advantage of the famine to mix in with the refugees fleeing the famine, the purpose was to pass on the news to their masters, and the people who reported it did make this decision after hearing the conversation between them, and it was not a false accusation. After a detailed investigation later, although Mengjiazhuang seems to be implicated, what kind of business your patriarch is doing, I'm afraid the people in the clan won't know about it, right? The involvement between you and foreign clans is also very deep, and even if there is no fire, your patriarch and clan elders will have to suffer lawsuits. Yan Yuan looked at Meng Qingyang and sneered, "You have to tell it earlier because of this, and you don't have to be busy for so long." ”

"Follow...... Nothing to do with their Teng family? ”

"Nothing to do." Yan Yuan said categorically, "The investigation back then was very thorough, and everyone who appeared in Mengjiazhuang was checked in detail about their background, and the Teng family was no exception. Their family did come to escape the famine, but unlike others, their goal was very clear, and someone from the Teng family was an official in Xijing, so they went to this clan. That person should be Mr. Teng's uncle, right? ”

Teng Xinyi was silent from the time Meng Qingyang accused his family of being the culprit of the Mengjiazhuang fire, and he didn't say anything until Yan Yuan asked him, and he nodded lightly.

"I didn't expect that my brother's hatred for me would come from this." Teng Xinyi smiled bitterly, "Uncle once said that my father and two little uncles could survive because of a bowl of hot soup and a piece of cake from Mengjiazhuang. The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by a spring, not to mention the grace of saving lives. My father and little uncle originally thought that after settling down in Xijing completely, they would go to Mengjiazhuang in person to thank them, but they didn't expect ......" He shook his head lightly and looked at Meng Qingyang, who looked loveless after knowing the truth, "Brother Xian, you should have said this earlier." The few people who denounced Mengjiazhuang did not end well, and they were beheaded together with the few Daxia people who delivered the news to the Liao people. ”

Before Teng Xinyi's words fell, he heard a wail, and when he looked at Meng Qingyang again, he was already in tears, crying out of breath.