Everyone Knows I’m a Good Man

"Why are you back so soon, Miss?"

When the girl in the yard saw Liu Leping coming back, she hurriedly welcomed her into the house. Liu Leping found that his mother and Mrs. Ji, who were talking in the house, both shut up when they saw her coming in.

What was the conversation between mother and Mrs. Ji that she didn’t want her to hear?

Liu Leping had doubts in his heart but did not show it on his face. He bowed to the two elders and sat down.

Mrs. Ji smiled and asked her: "Why did you come back so quickly? Have you visited the Fuzhong Garden?"

Liu Leping replied: "I met Uncle Ji on the road. Uncle gave me a gift and came back directly."

It was normal for them to give gifts when meeting elders, but after she finished speaking, she found that both her mother and Mrs. Ji's expressions suddenly changed. Her mother, who had always been calm, actually stood up.

"What are you talking about? Did you meet Mr. Ji... Mr. Ji?"

I just met an elder, not to mention it was in his house. Isn't it normal to meet him?

Liu Leping didn't know why, so he told the truth about the accidental encounter just now.

After saying that, she looked at her mother's complicated expression and asked with some worry: "But what did my daughter do wrong?"

Before her mother could speak, Mrs. Ji spoke first. She smiled, but Liu Leping could tell that her smile was very forced.

"Nothing, you are hungry too, Taohua, let the kitchen bring the food."

The two elders had to act like nothing happened. Even though Liu Leping was curious, he was too sensible and didn't ask any more questions.

After eating the meal, she felt very good.

Mrs. Ji was the most gentle and talkative of all the ladies she had ever met. Perhaps because she and her mother were handkerchiefs, she was also full of love towards her. She frequently added food to her during meals. Occasionally she raised her eyes and saw All of them are Mrs. Ji's smiling face.

It seems that Mrs. Ji really likes this junior.

After a dinner party, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and chatted for more than an hour. Mrs. Liu got up to say goodbye and went back. When Aunt Xu sent mother and daughter to the gate of the courtyard, Liu Leping saw Mr. Ji again.

He was standing outside the door, talking to the girl guarding the door.

Seeing the two of them, he bowed his hands.

Before Liu Leping could return the gift, his mother's face changed drastically and she stood in front of her.

She was surprised in her heart, how could her mother, who had always been dignified, do such a rude thing in front of outsiders? Before she could figure it out, Master Ji smiled reluctantly: "Why are you doing this, sister-in-law?"

"My husband is just a low-ranking official of the fifth rank. He is not your sister-in-law. Please give way and don't block the way."

The smile on Ji Changze's lips became more and more forced. He opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he said no more. He only saluted again and turned to leave.

A gust of cold wind blew up, and Mr. Ji's large sleeves were blown up, making his figure look slightly bleak and thin.

Liu Leping didn't understand why his mother hated Master Ji so much. She obviously had a good relationship with Mrs. Ji.

Mrs. Liu didn't notice the confusion in her daughter's eyes. She just turned around and asked Nanny Xu: "How can he still have the nerve to come here?"

Aunt Xu knew that Mrs. Liu was worried that Ji Changze was coming for Liu Leping, so she quickly explained:

"I come here every day, but I don't come into the hospital. I just come to ask if Madam has eaten and what kind of food she used."

"A cat cries and a mouse pretends to be compassionate! I betrayed Sissi back then, and now I'm pretending to be a good person."

Mrs. Liu cursed angrily.

Aunt Xu knew that she was complaining about her wife, so she just lowered her head and pretended not to hear. As she was escorting them out of the house, she took advantage of Liu Leping being helped by the maid to get into the sedan, and whispered to Mrs. Liu: "Our wife's It means, don’t bring Miss Leping here in the future.”

Mrs. Liu was a little startled: "Is Sissi afraid?"

Aunt Xu knew what she was talking about and nodded: "Although after the death of Po Wen who delivered the baby, you, my wife and the old slave were the only three people who knew about it, but what kind of temper is my master? I also know that there are very few things that can be hidden from him. If Miss Leping comes here too many times, I'm sure the master will be able to figure out something."

Mrs. Liu understood.

She sighed: "It's just going to be painful for Sissi."

His biological daughter is in Beijing but he dare not meet her. Although he likes to look forward to it so much, he has to personally decide not to see this child again in the future.

It's all Ji Changze's fault. If it weren't for him, how could Sissi do this?

On the other side, they really deserved to be a couple, and Liu Shengyan was also yelling at Ji Changze.

The sinful Ji Changze.

He had already had a difficult walk along the way, and now he had to take a long detour to deliver the message. It was rainy and cold here, and the ground was still muddy. If someone walked in it, he could get sunken to the top of his thigh if he was not careful. Liu Shengyan did not. The frail scholar felt like he was going to freeze to death after walking for less than an hour.

I can’t blame this place for being a place of exile, it’s too bad.

After complaining all the way, he still didn't give up. When it was almost dark, Liu Shengyan found the place where he could redeem his people.

This group of exiled people came here to do hard labor, and they had to pay three hundred gold to redeem each person.

The rule of ransoming a person for three hundred gold was naturally set by the emperor.

Anyway, as an emperor who needs money to eat, drink and have fun, he will never let go of even a little opportunity to make money.

Three hundred gold, let alone the small officials who were exiled here, even those who have savings at home will have a hard time coming up with it.

For families with money to redeem their children, their children were redeemed on the first day they were sent here. The rest are naturally those whose families have no money and will stay here for at least twenty or thirty years.

As soon as the redeemer came in, most of the prisoners who were working in the distance quietly looked over, guessing which one was being redeemed this time.

"No new people have come recently. Could it be that someone has collected enough money?"

While people were working, they were discussing whose family members might come to redeem him. Some were interested in this, while others were not interested and just kept busy working.

One of the middle-aged men was uninterested. He was lame on one leg and was limping when he was working. He didn't respond to other people's discussions and just worked on his own.

It's not that he doesn't want to go out, but he knows what the situation is like in his family. He only has an old mother who has difficulty walking. Although his wife is good at embroidery and can make a few bucks from her embroidery on weekdays, To collect three hundred gold is simply a fantasy.

Therefore, he can only leave after working here for twenty years.

While he was busy working, the junior official who was looking after them suddenly walked towards him. He was startled and hurriedly worked harder for fear of being beaten again. Unexpectedly, the junior official walked up to him and just asked him: "Who are you?" It’s called yellow ginseng, right?”

He was stunned: "Yes, I am Huang Ginseng."

"Okay, go away, someone is here to redeem you."

Huang Ginseng was stunned.

How could someone come to redeem him?

His family's situation was such that even if the whole family was sold, they wouldn't be able to raise the money.

But looking at the surrounding environment, the calluses and blisters in his hands, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally out of here.

Huang Ginseng limped towards the door under the envious and jealous eyes of others. The officials confirmed his identity and let him go. Outside, there was a man sitting on a stone shaking pebbles from his boots waiting. Huang Ginseng looked at him. It looked familiar to him, and he stared at it for several seconds before pulling it out of his memory.

"Liu, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Shengyan put on his boots and stood up to greet him: "Master Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Huang Ginseng smiled bitterly: "I have been demoted, so you should stop calling me "sir."

Seeing that it was Liu Shengyan, his doubts became more serious. The situation in Liu Shengyan's family was not much better than his. The two of them were evenly matched, so where would they get the money to redeem him? The two of them had no friendship, so why did they come to redeem him?

When they arrived at the inn, they finally no longer had to step on the muddy ground. Liu Shengyan breathed a sigh of relief and then got down to business: "I came to redeem you because I was entrusted by others."

Huang Ginseng was even more confused: "Who is it?"

Liu Shengyan stared at the expression on his face: "Mr. Ji Changze Ji."

Huang Ginseng was stunned.

"This this……"

Liu Shengyan hurriedly asked: "What happened at that time? Does Mr. Huang know the inside story?"

He was working hard to find out what Ji Changze was selling.

Then ask the victim Mr. Huang, and you will know best.

After all, it was Ji Changze who tripped him up and he was sent here.

Huang Ginseng's expression was complicated, and he opened his mouth hesitantly, not knowing what to say, but looking at his expression, he did know something.

There's drama! !

Liu Shengyan quickly took out the letter from his bag and handed it to Huang Ginseng: "Master Ji asked me to give this letter to you. Please read it quickly."

After saying that, seeing Huang Ginseng starting to open the letter, he quickly moved the stool to that side and followed it with a very natural and upright look.

Holding this letter along the way, Liu Shengyan was extremely curious, but it happened that it was a letter from Ji Changze to someone else and he couldn't take a peek.

Now I can watch it.

After reading the letter, it was better not to read it.

Liu Shengyan only had three question marks in his mind before reading the letter. After reading the letter, it turned into eighteen.

The letter stated that he hoped that Mr. Huang could lend a helping hand to Liu Shengyan, help him quell the refugee problem, appease the people, and complete the disaster relief smoothly. Liu Shengyan could still understand this.

He also wrote to reassure Mr. Huang that his family was living as usual, and his two children also went to school. They had good talents and studied very hard. Liu Shengyan could also understand this.

But what does it mean at the beginning of the letter: "I helped you as you wished, and now it's time for you to shine and help me."

When did Ji Changze help Huang Ginseng?

Hasn’t he been harming yellow ginseng in various ways? Isn't it because of Ji Changze that Huang Ginseng was reduced to this place of exile?

However, after reading it, Huang Ginseng had tears in his eyes, his face was full of gratitude, and he looked like he wanted to enshrine Ji Changze.

"Master Ji, Master Ji is such a good person..."

Liu Shengyan: "???"

Wait, please understand, isn't it Ji Changze who brought you here? ?

This is what Yellow Ginseng is talking about.

He was extremely grateful to Ji Changze and told the "truth" in a confusing manner.

"At that time, I saw that Your Majesty was going to take action on me and other former ministers of the former eldest prince. At that time, three of the eldest prince's former ministers had already been subjected to various crimes. Not only did they lose their lives, but their families were also implicated and sold."

Huang Ginseng's eyes were red and he said seriously:

"My official position is low and I can't save myself. What's more, it's Your Majesty who wants our lives. Who in the world can compete with Your Majesty? So I thought, it's just death anyway. Instead of the whole family suffering, it would be better for me to die alone. "

Liu Shengyan finally understood.

"So you entrusted Ji Changze to pretend to hate you and find a crime for you to be sent to this remote place. Although you were exiled, your family escaped."

"No."

Huang Ginseng shook his head and sounded ashamed.

"At that time, I also believed that Mr. Ji was a villain who was bound to take revenge. He was a scheming villain who acted viciously, so I stepped on the master directly and was successfully exiled. I only thought that I had guessed the reaction of the master... …I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect that Mr. Ji actually knew everything, he just didn’t tell me and deliberately cooperated with me..."

"I also thought Lord Ji was a sycophant. It turned out that this was not the result of my calculation, but that Lord Ji deliberately helped me. I, I still misunderstood him like that. I really feel sorry for your hard work..."

Liu Shengyan thought about it. He clearly saw it but didn't say anything. He just silently helped Huang Renshen according to his plan. It sounded familiar.

Come to think of it, isn't this what Ji Changze had been helping him silently for more than ten years, but never revealed anything to him?

Hey, Nagasawa...

Why do you want to do this? Why?

He patted Huang Ginseng on the shoulder: "I understand you, don't worry. Ji Changze is not that kind of narrow-minded person. I was just like you before. He helped me behind the scenes for more than ten years. I scolded him for more than ten years, but he never did anything." Complain with me."

"Hey, I'm sorry for you. For the sake of your family, you have to seek punishment on your own. If you hadn't met Nagasawa, but someone who really wanted revenge, you would have lost your head."

Huang Ginseng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a low voice: "What can I do? In that situation, instead of wiping out the whole army, it would be better to sacrifice just me. In order to save my family, I am willing to do anything."

"No, if it were me, I'd probably do the same thing, for the sake of my family..."

As Liu Shengyan was talking, he suddenly paused.

For...family?

Back then... the Li family was in a situation like that. If Mr. Li hadn't been killed in the court, and Ji Changze had quickly admitted Mr. Li's crime, with today's consistent practice, the Li family would have been unable to survive.

Nowadays, we have always cut off the grass without leaving any roots, unless, unless the roots left behind are stamped with genuine guilt.

He has never been able to figure out why Ji Changze suddenly changed back then. From a disciple who admired his master, a husband who was in love with his wife, and a friend who was cheerful and tolerant to him, he turned into a man who framed his master, flattered the present, and stood up to others. A sycophantic villain who looks down on you.

Why, it changed so suddenly.

Was it all a disguise before? Is he just pretending?

But now, after knowing part of what Ji Changze did silently, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

Perhaps Ji Changze has never changed.

But if he didn't do this, the next one to die in front of him would be the female family members of the Li family.

Liu Shengyan asked Huang Ginseng: "Let me ask you, if your wife, children, and mother are in danger, and you want to save their lives, you must insult your dead father, act like a shameless villain, and be insulted by everyone in the world, what will you do? Do this?"

Huang Ginseng nodded firmly: "Yes, I can."

"My father died early. Before he left, he asked me to take good care of my mother. If he were alive, he would definitely support me in doing this. No matter how my reputation is damaged, I will definitely keep my mother, wife and children. Mr. Liu, you Why are you crying? Why are you laughing again? What did I say wrong?"

Liu Shengyan waved his hands while crying and laughing: "That's right, that's right."

It turns out that this is the case.