Shen Yuanbai did not immediately reply to Shiyue's words.
He put on his reading glasses and examined the original documents carefully.
He spent a particularly long time studying the ledger pages with the names of the weapons that He Lixuan had translated.
The more I watch, the more excited I become.
After Shen Yuanbai finally finished reading, he said to Shiyue with emotion, "Shiyue, your grandfather was truly a hero, a great hero! He made significant contributions to the Party and the country!"
Shen Yuanbai pointed to the account pages and told Shiyue that all these weapons should have been purchased by his maternal grandfather through special channels using his personal assets and then secretly donated to the liberated areas.
These weapons alone amount to an astronomical number.
Besides these, there should be other ledger pages, which, according to his deduction, should also record the supplies donated by Shiyue's maternal grandfather to the liberated areas.
As for the exact amount, it is currently unknown.
However, judging from the data above alone, those figures are by no means small.
Besides these ledger pages, the other correspondence also demonstrates Shiyue's grandfather's position within the party.
He was probably more than just an ordinary underground worker; he likely held other important positions within the Party.
Hearing Shen Yuanbai say this, a faint hope suddenly ignited in Shiyue's heart.
She couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Shen, can you find out where my grandfather went last? My mother has never mentioned a word to me about it, and I don't know if he's still alive. But this letter shows that he was alive when my mother and grandmother left. Is it possible that he's still alive?"
Hearing Shi Yue say this, Shen Yuanbai shook his head.
He patted Shiyue sympathetically to comfort her, and then said, "After receiving your letter, I immediately started looking up information about your grandfather and found that he had passed away in an accident in March 1947."
Because your maternal grandfather was a prominent figure in China at the time, a major capitalist, news of his death made the newspapers, which was easy to find.
"What caused my grandfather's death?" Shiyue asked.
"Car accident."
"Car accident?"
Shen Yuanbai wiped his glasses and said in a low voice, "Now that I think about it, it shouldn't be an ordinary car accident. It's very likely an assassination."
Shiyue felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart and could no longer speak.
She had noticed it when she read the letter before; the date written at the end of the letter was February 23.
Doesn't that mean that my maternal grandfather was killed by the enemy not long after my maternal grandmother, mother, and uncle left?
Thinking of this, Shiyue suddenly understood why her mother had never told her about her maternal grandfather until her death.
They must have known from the beginning that their father's death was suspicious. It's even possible that their maternal grandfather gave them instructions when he saw them off, telling them to keep their names and identities hidden and never let anyone find out.
After liberation, various revolutions followed.
Because of her maternal grandfather's openly acknowledged status as a capitalist, her mother didn't even dare to mention it.
Thinking of this, Shiyue felt even sadder, but this sadness was mostly due to heartache for her mother.
She couldn't imagine how much suffering her mother must have endured in the following ten years or so!
Harboring such a secret and feeling wronged, yet she dared not tell a single person until her death!
Shiyue recalled that although her mother had given the wooden box to her father before she died, she was unwilling to tell him how to open it.
She felt that her mother must have held onto a sliver of hope that one day her family might be able to find her.
If that day ever comes, the person who comes will naturally have a way to open this box.
At the same time, she didn't want her husband and daughter to know the secret she was carrying.
After all, this secret is too important, and it could also bring disaster.
Shi Yue thought that if her old house hadn't been repeatedly coveted and disturbed, she might never have opened her mother's wooden box.
Thinking of this, she hated the two traitors her grandfathers had mentioned even more!
Shiyue is now increasingly certain that the harassment her family is experiencing is definitely related to these two people!
So she asked Shen Yuanbai again about the current situation of those two people.
Shen Yuanbai then said to her, "I don't know Zhao Junsheng mentioned in the letter. Your grandfather and I weren't on the same page before, and we didn't have any interaction."
So I don't know who his superiors and subordinates are.
But in the past few days, you, Uncle Lu, specifically asked someone to investigate, and according to the results of his investigation, this Zhao Junsheng is already dead.
His treason was exposed before liberation, and he was secretly executed not long after the incident.
This is something your Uncle Lü found after searching through many internal documents, finally discovering it in a record related to the Jianglin Campaign. This record should be accurate.
Shiyue nodded, feeling that this person deserved what he got!
But she cared more about someone else.
She immediately asked Zhuang Wenxuan again.
Shen Yuanbai did not hide it from her and told Zhuang Wenxuan that he was indeed Zhuang Ling's father and was currently serving as the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in Province A.
Shen Yuanbai also told Shiyue that because of Zhuang Wenxuan's intervention, Zhuang Ling and Chen Jianye's family had already moved to Province A and moved their entire home there.
As for Yang Tingting and Sun Chengcai, they are clearly the kind of people who were abandoned by their families and should still be in their hometown, not having gone there with them.
After introducing Zhuang Wenxuan's situation, Shen Yuanbai said seriously, "Shiyue, I understand how you feel right now. Not to mention you, I was also extremely indignant after seeing these things. But the current environment is very complicated."
After receiving your letter, I pondered it for a long time, but I couldn't think of a way to win this person over in one fell swoop. I couldn't even find a single person in Pingjiang whom I could completely trust and entrust my affairs to.
That's why I came to Nanping.
Yesterday, your Uncle Lü and I had an in-depth discussion about this issue. This matter must be addressed! I would be letting down my Party membership if I didn't! But how to do it requires some strategy.
Trust me, trust your Uncle Lü, we will definitely handle this matter well, and we will give your grandfather, your mother, and your family justice. But this may take some time.”
“I understand, Uncle, please don’t put too much pressure on yourselves,” Shiyue quickly said.
She touched the box with her hand and continued, "My mother never told me about this until she left, which means that my mother felt that the time was not yet right."
If Mom can wait, so can I! I believe the truth will eventually come out, and the wicked will be punished by heaven; they cannot escape justice forever!
Shiyue wasn't too worried.
Because she knew that this period of darkness would not last long, and that light was just around the corner.
Even if we can't do anything about those people now, one day in the future, we will make them pay the price for what they did!
The reason she needed to confirm Zhuang Wenxuan's identity was to find out if he was connected to the person who coveted her old house.
Now that it's confirmed, Shiyue has calmed down.
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