A traitor

Mei Liusheng impeached Qin Jian, saying that he formed a party for personal gain and framed Zhongliang, and asked the emperor to vindicate Xie Yu and others.

This matter is related to the face of the royal family and the majesty of the emperor, so the emperor will stop it in every possible way.

Unexpectedly, more than half of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood up for reconsideration, and even Su Qinglang, who was half dead on the bed, presented a memorial to the hall, kneeling on the ground begging the emperor to retry the case.

In that memorial, it clearly stated my difficulties back then, as well as Xie Yu's plan with himself, with deep affection, every word wept blood, which made people weep sadly, and it was even presented after these years, by Qin Jian's side The evidence collected is conclusive and cannot be refuted at all.

It's a pity that the emperor still refused, and he dropped the memorial on the dragon case to the ground in public, and even ordered people to drag Su Qinglang and the others down. At the critical moment, Sun Zizhong confessed his guilt and said that what happened back then was all between himself and Qin Huan. As for the design, what Su Qinglang said, every single word, is the truth.

When the matter developed to this situation, the emperor had no choice but to agree to the request of Mei Liusheng and others.

The three divisions held a joint trial, and all the facts of the case back then were overthrown. Once the news was released, the city was full of joy, but Su Qinglang's Shangshu Mansion was smashed to pieces.

The person who hated him for so many years suddenly became a traitor who sneaked into the enemy camp, no one could accept it for a while.

Although Su Qinglang tried his best to put down Qin Jian's rebellion, even though Su Qinglang dared to risk the world's disgrace, he did not hesitate to offend Long Yan, and desperately fought for the opportunity to retry the case.

In their eyes, Su Qinglang is nothing but an unprincipled idiot.

Now that Qin Jian is down, and he is pretending to be a victim, he is actually the worst one.

Fortunately, Su Qinglang was not in the mansion at that time, but lived in Mei Liusheng's house, those people did not find him, so he was not injured.

On the contrary, the housekeeper and a few servants were beaten with blood all over their faces. They had no choice but to go to the Mei Mansion to ask him for advice. Su Qinglang looked at them, and after only being silent for a while, he asked him to temporarily close the Shangshu Mansion. Closed, the servants in the mansion also gave enough money, and sent them home to hide for a while.

Lu Xun was very puzzled by this. Looking at the back of the housekeeper and the others, he couldn't help wondering: "How could this be...why don't those people believe it?"

Cai Jun looked at Mei Liusheng tentatively, but did not answer, but Su Qinglang smiled faintly, picked up a cup of tea on the table and said, "What do you think this is?"

Lu Xun looked at him, even more puzzled: "A cup of tea?"

Su Qinglang put the cup on the table, and said: "Brother Lu, what you see is a cup of tea, maybe others see it, but it's just a cup. In fact, it's not quite right. The most comprehensive thing should be a cup, which contains tea. Most of the tea is just that everyone only believes what they see with their own eyes, thinking that they are right, and ignoring the other side of the matter."

Lu Xun scratched his head and asked, "Then what should we do, we can't let them keep misunderstood?"

Su Qinglang smiled again: "Forget it, I have already anticipated this matter, it's not a big deal, the most important thing is to investigate the case as soon as possible, not to mention..."

What's more, he deserved what he deserved.

He didn't say this.

He didn't like to spoil people's interest, and he didn't like to cry out his sorrows in front of others. Cai Jun and the others had done a lot for him along the way, and they had already worried a lot because of their previous illness.Now, how can I add to other people's troubles.

Recently, there have been too many things that bothered him.However, he still chose to listen to the doctor's words and the Taoist priest's words, trying not to care.

The emperor, Qin Jian, Qin Huan, Sun Zizhong, Pei Yan, Mei Liusheng... all the troubles weighed on his heart, and if he couldn't be in a hurry, it would only make himself worse, and the most important thing for him now was to... It was to save a life and watch the case come to a successful conclusion.

On the day of the trial, Su Qinglang got up early in the morning and specially changed into clean and brand new clothes.

Because of his insistence, Mei Liusheng could only agree to let him sit in. The back hall and the front hall are only separated by a wall. Standing there, Su Qinglang could clearly hear their words.

Sun Zizhong knelt in the hall and confessed all his crimes clearly. Back then, he was instigated by Qin Huan to pretend to be Xie Yu and others' handwriting, and wrote several letters that seemed to be against Li Shi, the backer king. Because he was classmates with Xie Yu and others, he imitated their handwriting and wrote their homework for them since he was young, and he was always good at fine brushwork, so the imitation of forged letters was almost exactly the same, no one could doubt it.

At that time, Lu Xun was standing in the back hall with Su Qinglang. Hearing this, he looked at Su Qinglang tentatively, and saw that his expression was calm, not sad, nor angry. He just stood quietly and listened quietly. However, for some reason, Su Qinglang like this worried him even more.

After the trial of the case for a few days, Su Qinglang stood there for a few days, not speaking, just listening, and even at the end, he didn't shed a single tear.

In the end, the trial of the case was clear, Xie Yu and others were all confirmed to have been framed by others, the emperor summoned the culprits, restored everyone's former fame, added posthumous titles, and all civil and military officials fasted for ten days to express their condolences. An ancestral hall was set up to welcome back the bones of the dead, and the emperor personally paid homage, including the prince and princess.

The officials involved in this case, the implicated implicated, the beheaded beheaded, Sun Zizhong was sentenced to exile and exile because he was coerced and not voluntary, and he confessed his guilt voluntarily and received a reduced sentence.

As for the family members, the emperor only drove them out of the imperial city for the sake of Mrs. Sun's face, and did not pursue them.

On the day of the sentencing, Su Qinglang was still standing in the back hall. When he heard the last word, Lu Xun looked at him tentatively. Seeing him lost in thought, he couldn't help calling softly: "Master Su..."

They all knew that Sun Zizhong had always been Su Qinglang's best friend.However, it was this good friend who stabbed Su Qinglang the deepest and most ruthless.

Su Qinglang's expression was indifferent, as if he came here only to witness his end. After the verdict was pronounced, he only stood there for a while, then turned around and left without looking back.

A few days later in the evening, the day before his grandson Zhong became a soldier, Su Qinglang still went to see him, carrying a jug of wine in his hand, which was the daughter Hong they drank a few days ago.

Sun Zizhong raised his head, saw him, and smiled slightly: "I knew it, you would come."

Su Qinglang stopped for a moment, then walked towards him again, stood at the gate of the prison, raised the wine in his hand: "I'll see you off."

At this time, Sun Zizhong understood that it was impossible for Su Qinglang not to hate him.However, as a good friend, it was true to come to see him off.

However, knowing this, he still couldn't help asking: "Qinglang, do you hate me?"

Su Qinglang was pulling the cork off the wine jar, when he heard this, his hands paused for a moment, and he didn't answer.

Then I heard Sun Zizhong ask: "Don't you ever doubt me?"

Have you ever doubted it?Naturally, I doubted it.

The world is so big, there are only a few people who can imitate Xie Yu's handwriting. He doubted it and even sent people to investigate, but they found nothing.

Because he didn't find any suspicious clues, he convinced himself that he was careless and that this matter had nothing to do with Sun Zizhong at all.

After all, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to doubt Sun Zizhong, let alone believe that he was the one who pushed them into the abyss of despair.

Seeing that Su Qinglang didn't answer, Sun Zizhong sighed: "Actually, you shouldn't have come."

He also knew that he shouldn't come, but he still came, because of their former friendship, and because of Sun Zizhong's sincere care for him over the years.

So, let go of hatred, let go of complaints, and stand in front of him as a friend, without forgiveness or accusation, this is the limit of what he can do now.

In fact, he had imagined countless times that if he caught the person behind the frame, he would be cut into pieces, but he never thought that it would be the situation today.

That day, God made a big joke with him.Now, the joke seems to have not stopped.

He was silent for a moment, and said, "I've thought about whether to bring tea or wine this time, but I think you want to drink now, right?"

As he spoke, he handed out the wine jar in his hand. Sun Zizhong looked down for a moment, walked over, and took it in his hand.

He raised his head and drank a few sips, but was choked by the strong wine and coughed. Su Qinglang smiled, took it back, and drank a few sips himself.

He put down the wine jar and looked at Sun Zizhong: "Tell me, why?"

Sun Tzuzhong smiled wryly: "I have already said, Qin Huan threatened me with his family background, I am timid and afraid..."

"You thought I would believe it!"

Su Qinglang said bitterly, firmly grasping the red string on the wine jar, and staring at him closely: "These words are almost enough to deceive the court, if you still treat me as a friend, then tell me why ?”

These days, he has been thinking about what it is that made Sun Zizhong so determined to do such a wrong thing.

In his heart, Sun Zizhong is upright, kind, and hates evil like a vengeful, a person who is afraid of making mistakes and dare not even drink alcohol, why is he a traitor who breaks his promise?

Unexpectedly, he was not reconciled and insisted on asking clearly.In this way, he can hate Sun Zizhong thoroughly, and no longer find any reason for himself.

Sun Tzuzhong said: "Qinglang, the truth is like this, if you want to hate, then just keep hating me."

He lowered his head and said lightly: "Thank you for coming to see me off, I'm actually very happy..."

"In my life, the thing I do that I don't regret the most is getting to know you, and the thing I do that I regret the most is also getting to know you."

If he had never met Su Qinglang, his life was ordinary, mediocre, and he didn't know what a confidant was, what was the meaning of such a life?

If he had never met Su Qinglang, he wouldn't have to think about how much harm and suffering this incident would have caused him, let alone double the pain and guilt because of this, or maybe, from the very beginning, such a thing would never have happened something?

However, until now, there are some words that cannot be said after all.

He gave a wry smile, slowly arched his hands, and said to Su Qinglang: "Once we go this time, there will be no future, Qinglang, take care..."