Cheng Er was very calm: "Miss Yin, the girl who was standing beside you that night, who was also wearing a veil, was Miss Yin Er? Can you let me see her horned magpies hairpin? If I read it correctly, it was carved by my father for my sister by himself, and it was designed by myself."

"You read that right," Zhiruo said directly, "That was given to my second sister by Aunt Ajuan."

"Then...then..." Cheng Ermeng's eyes turned red with excitement, "Is my sister still there? Where is she now?"

"In Luocheng," Zhiruo replied, "She is very good. The hardest days she and her son have lived. But no matter how hard she is, she is still upright and worthy of heaven and earth and herself. This is what Aunt Ajuan and her son said when they sold themselves to Meizhuang."

"It's good, it's good," Cheng Ermeng burst into tears, "Mother and son? Is my brother-in-law gone? Can I redeem them for the mother and son?"

Zhiruo sniffed: "Do you think Aunt Ajuan will be willing to use the money you snatched from a bandit to redeem them for their mother and son?"

Cheng Ermeng was stunned and smiled bitterly, "After I was abducted, I was sold to a copper mine. Three or four years later, I was dying and was thrown into a mass grave. Chen Dameng happened to save me. Because I looked like his brother who died young, he spent a lot of money to get me cured by the doctor, and took me back to Mengniu Village and recognized me as a brother of a different surname. I changed my name to Cheng Ermeng in Mengniu Village, but they all called me a scholar. I kept it in Mengniu Village for nearly a year before I raised my body."

"I don't agree with Brother Chen being a bandit," Seeing that Zhiruo and others were listening carefully and did not look disgusted with him, Cheng Ermeng continued to recall, "But so many people in the village were desperate to go to the village to join him. They had no other means of making a living except for robbery. Brother Chen was particularly indulging in me. He knew that I was unwilling to be a bandit and did not force me. He just asked me to help with writing and painting, and also taught the children in the village to recognize words."

"Later, I heard that the shipping in the south was easy to make money, so I thought of finding a way, and maybe I could take the brothers in the village to wash their hands and live a normal life. Brother Chen thought it was feasible, so he ordered ten brothers who were good at water and went south with me."

"The shipping business does make money," Cheng Ermeng's smile became more and more bitter. "But they are all controlled by several big families. Like us, who have no background and have a small fight, even after working hard for so many years, they can only follow others to pick up some leftovers. It was not until the beginning of this year that we took over a large sea boat by chance, and the scale has expanded to nearly 100 people. I saw some hope. Then I went back to Mengniu Village to discuss with Brother Chen about the matter of taking over the village to go south. You can guess what happened later."

"However, General Yinzhao serves the country and the people, I have never thought of taking revenge on the Yin family or robbing Miss Yin," Cheng Ermeng suddenly thought of Liang Dahai's words just now and quickly explained, "That night, I really just wanted Miss Yin to go to Brother Chen's grave to accompany me. It was also an explanation for myself and those brothers. I also gave 5,000 taels to supplement the life of Brother Chen's woman and child. Madam Ye said that they are living a very hard life now." Let's start

"Explanation? The victim also needs to explain to the robbers?" Zhiruo snorted coldly, "Ye told you that the child she gave birth to was Chen Dameng, so you believed it? Is there any evidence? Have you seen her child? Which one looks like Chen Dameng?" She was really curious about this.

Cheng Ermeng was stunned again: "There is no evidence, nor has he seen it, but... if it weren't true, which woman would slander her innocence like this? Niangzi Ye was also a daughter from the official family, and she was also the wife of the official family before."

"The daughter of the official family? The wife of the official family?" Liang Dahai sneered, "How could he collude with bandits to rob Meizhuang? You all know that General Yinzhao is doing what she is doing for the country and the people? What she asked you to cheat 50,000 taels, not 5,000 taels, right?" Ye's interrogation result was sent to Pan Jiaming on the same day.

"How do you know?" Cheng Ermeng was surprised. "She wanted 50,000 taels of silver and wanted me to kill Miss Yin to avenge Brother Chen. Although I sympathized with her and wanted to make Brother Chen's children live a better life, I still understand the right and wrong of the truth, and 5,000 taels of silver is also a lot. I think if our shipping business is done well in the future, we can also supplement them."

Zhiruo and others shook their heads, look at what this bandit did! However, Cheng Ermeng also said that although he lived in the village for several years, he was not a pure bandit and had never participated in the robbery before. The only time was the time when Qiu Yanran and Niu Ruxia threatened Zhiruo.

Liang Dahai admired this man's loyalty and affection, and patted his shoulders heavily: "Go and run your shipping business well, don't believe in the vicious woman of Ye. Although we hate her very much, her children are really impossible to be bandits. Moreover, according to the information from the government, Ye did not know Chen Dameng. The reason why she contacted Mengniu Village before was that she was an old acquaintance with your second in command named Liu Xiang."

"Liu Er in charge?" Cheng Ermeng immediately believed it because Liu Xiang's father was an imperial physician when he was alive. It was normal for their family to know the official girl. That woman actually lied to him? Is a woman even not even a face for money? She slandered her innocence for nothing, but turned her children into a gangster's bastard? This completely subverted his perception.

Zhiruo simply told Aunt Ajuan’s experience and situation, and then said, “For Aunt Ajuan, we don’t care about your behavior that night. But Ye has seen you, you should leave the capital as soon as possible, and don’t go to recognize Aunt Ajuan in front of others, just contact her secretly. You also know that the government is still looking for you now, so don’t implicate Aunt Ajuan and Uncle Changsheng’s family. In addition, I suggest you don’t use the name Cheng Ermeng and the nickname of scholar again. In a year or two, maybe this matter will be left alone.”

Cheng Er nodded suddenly and actually knelt down and kowtowed to Zhiruo. He not only accused of his actions that night, but also thanked Zhiruo for his kindness to his sister and nephew.
Chapter completed!