Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 576 Mr. Gao’s Testimony

"You know?" Bai Meng exchanged glances with Shen Cha, "Master Gao, I think you should understand your situation and where this place is. Everything you say will be taken as a confession. So , I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds, and if you are not sure, don't say it out of your mouth, do you understand?"

"Commander, I appreciate your kindness. I am very sober now, and I know what I am doing, so don't worry about me."

"...Okay!" Bai Meng sighed, "Since this is the case, let's talk about what we have."

"It's all here, so I can only say something." Mr. Gao smiled helplessly, "I'm keeping it from you, but you can find out."

"As the saying goes, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes." Bai Meng raised her eyebrows, "People say that scholars are cold-tempered, I didn't believe it at first, but Mr. Gao's behavior today makes me believe it."

"The commander-in-chief misunderstood me. I didn't mean to add insult to injury. I still love my wife very much." Lord Gao shook his head lightly, "You should have interrogated my wife just now, right? You will find out the true identity of my wife, but the situation is completely different when the general is here. Based on the general’s experience in dealing with Jin people in the border for many years, it is not difficult to find that she is a Jin person, even her Wanyan tribe. I can't even keep my identity. After all, the mark on her forehead can fool anyone, but it's really hard not to be seen by the general."

"Thank you, Mr. Gao, for your compliment. This is my job as a general." Shen Cha still kept a straight face, "As your lord said just now, it's just experience, not worth mentioning."

"The general is too self-effacing." Master Gao looked at Shen Cha, "At the age of the general, we can't even imagine the achievements we have achieved now. I didn't mean to find you and the Duke Trouble, it's just..."

Shen Cha sneered, "Master Gao, you have already done everything, so there is no need to make up for it. Although you are a scholar, you are still a man. If you dare to do something, you have to be brave."

"...Yes, the general taught me that." Mr. Gao was about to say something, but he saw Bai Meng winking at him. He followed Bai Meng's gaze and saw the shocked expressions of his two sons. "you……"

"Father..." The two young masters were stunned when they heard that their mother was a golden man, and they didn't hear the subsequent conversation at all. They just wanted to know if it was true. "Mother, she...she is..."

"Yes!" Mr. Gao looked at his two sons guiltily, "I never told you before, because I didn't want you to know. But I said it just now, and now that I've reached this point, I just There's no need to hide it."

"Master Gao!" Bai Meng looked at the two Mrs. Gao and fell into silence. He felt that time should not be wasted by them, and continued to ask Mr. Gao, "When did you start to doubt the identity of Mrs. Zun? After getting married ?"

"This is for sure. Before we got married, we only had a one-time relationship. With a quick glance, it was impossible for anything special to happen. At that time, I just felt that this girl was different from the rumors." Mr. Gao smiled wryly. , "Later, I accidentally discovered that she and Mrs. Cai did this to conceal their true identities, and they had to do it as a last resort. I can understand."

"Discovered by accident?" Shen Cha grasped the point of Mr. Gao's words, "What kind of accident is this accident?"

"My wife has the habit of writing letters, which contain daily news and other things, and occasionally record her mood. Once I was looking for something, and I accidentally saw her letters in her boudoir. There are a few of them. The content is related to those gossips." Master Gao sighed, "I feel sorry for her. At that time, I didn't know who was following her. I thought it was just related to my father-in-law. Later, it was probably because of marriage After half a year, I realized that something was wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. Although I am a scholar, I don't know much about the tea ceremony, and I don't have the ability to taste good or bad tea. It's enough to drink it and quench my thirst. On the contrary, my wife is an expert in this field, and we also I once exchanged some ideas, because I was too stupid and completely clueless, so she had to give up. According to her, because she was really unwilling to have such a stupid student, she came up with a way to let me go to the tea house Buy tea, and let me educate you." He paused for a while, "At first, she asked me to go to several famous tea houses in Xijing City, and gradually, I settled in this tea house."

"When was it fixed?"

"Basically half a year. The reason why I noticed something was wrong was that every time I came back from buying tea, my wife's mood fluctuated greatly. Sometimes I was too happy, and sometimes I was very sad. When I was sad, at night I always like to be alone. When I wake up the next morning, it’s as if nothing has ever happened.”

"When were you really sure that she was from the Kingdom of Jin?"

"One year later." Master Gao looked at the two sons beside him, "I remember very clearly that day was his full moon banquet. Many relatives, friends, colleagues and classmates came to congratulate him, and a small banquet was held at home. Banquet In the middle of the process, the shopkeeper of the tea house came to the door suddenly with two assistants. Although he said that he came to celebrate the child’s birthday, I don’t think he looked happy at all. Instead, he was very depressed, as if something went wrong at home. Like something good."

"He went to see your wife?"

"No!" Mr. Gao shook his head. "When he came to the door, besides the gift money, there was also a small red sandalwood box with a small golden lock inside. He told me to hand over this box to my wife."

Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "You handed it in?"

"I handed it over. Although I felt that what he said made me very confused, I still handed it over. When I saw off all the guests and went back to see my wife, I heard my wife crying before entering the room. It was that It was a kind of soft sobbing, and there were some words that I didn't understand. For this reason, I secretly inquired with a few academicians from the Imperial Academy, and only then did I know that it was the language of the Kingdom of Jin."

"Did something special happen in Yiqing Mansion more than ten years ago?" Bai Meng looked at Shen Cha, "It shouldn't be..."

"It has nothing to do with that, it should be something bad happened in their clan." Shen Cha shook his head, and continued to stare at Mr. Gao, "What did the words of Mrs. Zun mean?"

"The general guessed it right. Her grandfather passed away. The shopkeeper got the news from Yiqing Mansion. He didn't dare to neglect at all, so he pretended to be a full moon gift and sent it here." Master Gao sighed, "This piece After the incident, I was able to confirm that she is a Jinren. However, at this time, I don't know that she is from the Wanyan tribe."

"When did you know?"

"It's just..." Mr. Gao glanced at Shen Cha quickly, "Before the case of Mrs. Xue Hou broke out, she locked herself in her room and cried for three whole days after seeing the news I brought back from the tea house. "

"She found out about the sudden death of Prince Long Qing." Bai Meng looked at Mrs. Gao, "But how did you know from her reaction that she was from the Wanyan tribe?"

"On the fifth day after receiving the news, I accompanied her back to her natal home. It was my father-in-law and mother-in-law who asked her to go back, but I was worried about her, so I accompanied her back. My father-in-law and mother-in-law were surprised when they saw me, but They still entertained me very warmly. The kind of enthusiasm is different from that when they go back. They said they had something to say to my wife and asked me to stay in the hall. It took about half an hour for them to go, and I couldn’t wait. , I asked the servants and looked for it. Before I got close to the ancestral hall, I saw them worshiping a person according to the method of worshiping a golden man from a long distance. Since I knew that my wife is a golden man, I have watched a lot Regarding the books about the Kingdom of Jin, seeing their ritual and understanding, one knows that it is the etiquette of the Wanyan family." Mr. Gao paused for a while, and sighed heavily, "Although it was expected, I was still a little surprised. But , I didn’t disturb them, I went back according to the route I came from, and after waiting for a while, the family of three returned to the hall.”

"Why didn't you expose your wife?"

"Although her parents are both Jin people and Wanyan people, she was born and raised in Xijing, and she didn't do anything to endanger Daxia. Why should I expose her? As a man and a husband, What I should do is to do my best to protect her and our family!"

(End of this chapter)