Chapter 809: Visiting the Grave (9 chapters added for the reward from the book friend "Jinyiwei: Rongrong")
After watching Manbao walk away with the wooden basin, little Qian thought for a moment, turned around and walked to the door of the main house. Just then, old Zhou and Qian also got up.
It should be said that they had not slept all night and were ready to get up when they heard some noise in the yard.
Xiao Qian knocked on the door, and Old Zhou put on his clothes and went out, leaving the space for them.
Xiao Qian came in and whispered what Manbao had just said, and asked, "Mother, does Manbao know?"
Qian nodded. "If she wants to go, let her go. Don't let anyone know about it for now. The government is investigating this matter. Manbao said she can ask the county magistrate to redress the Second Brother's grievances, but this matter... Anyway, don't let anyone know about it for now."
Xiao Qian nodded quickly, feeling a little worried.
This matter is not just their family's, the whole village is involved. If they cannot redress their grievances and Zhou Yin is still found guilty, then the entire village will suffer.
As soon as some light appeared in the sky, Manbao went to Bai's house to find Bai Shan, carrying a basket filled with incense, candles and paper money.
The servant guarding the door was stunned for a moment when he heard the knock on the door, then opened the door and looked at Manbao with a confused face, "Miss Man, it's only dawn today."
"I know. Is Bai Shan up yet?"
The servant said worriedly, "I'm just the gatekeeper. The young master is in the second courtyard. Why don't you go and see for yourself?"
After saying that, he moved aside to let Manbao in.
Manbao walked in carrying a basket.
Except for the people in the kitchen, all the servants of the Bai family had just got up. Some went out to clean, some went out to put out night incense. When they met Manbao on the way, they were a little stunned, but they still stood beside him, bowed and greeted him.
Manbao arrived at Bai Shan's yard without any obstruction, and a smart servant ran to report early in the morning.
Bai Shan also got up, but before he had time to wash up, he heard the movement in the yard and poked his head out of the door. Seeing Man Bao, he waved and said, "I still need to wash up. You wait for me in the hall first."
Manbao responded, but handed the basket to a servant beside him to put away. He went into his room and said as he watched him wash his face, "Are you going to visit the grave with me? I have a lot to tell you, and I need your help with something."
When Bai Shan heard this, he knew that she must have asked her parents last night, but he didn’t know what the result was.
He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, wait for me. I'll go with you after breakfast."
While washing his face, Bai Shan said to the servant waiting beside him, "Go to the kitchen and get two breakfasts. Anything will do. You don't have to wait for them to be prepared."
Manbao sat on a chair nearby and said, "I've eaten noodles and don't want to eat anymore."
Bai Shanze nodded to the servant and said, "Go."
The servant responded and left.
Bai Shan washed his face and hands, then went to comb his hair. After he had dressed himself, the servants brought him breakfast.
Manbao glanced at the servants coming in and out and said puzzledly, "There are so many people I haven't seen before."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "My grandmother had someone bring him from Longzhou not long ago. Although I've never met him, he's a family-born child."
He handed a set of dishes and chopsticks to Manbao and asked her, "Are you really not going to eat some more?"
Manbao shook his head, "No appetite."
Bai Shan quickened her eating pace. It seemed that she had suffered a great blow, otherwise she would not have lost her appetite.
As soon as Bai Shan finished eating, he put down his chopsticks, stood up and said, "Let's go."
"Aren't you going to pay your respects to Grandmother Liu?"
Bai Shan shook his head. "Just let the servants tell Grandmother. We can pay our respects to her when we get back. She just got up not long ago."
Manbao asked the servant to return his basket, carried it and walked out with him.
Daji appeared out of nowhere and followed them before they went out the door.
Manbao glanced at him and led them to their family cemetery at the end of the village.
As soon as they reached the mountain, Manbao said to Daji with a serious face, "Daji, we want to have a private conversation. Could you please stay away and not listen?"
Daji nodded silently and stopped.
The two of them walked to the grave of Manbao's uncle. Daji could see them from where he was standing, but he couldn't hear what they said.
Manbao took out all the incense and candles from the basket, and Baishan helped to pull a handful of hay from nearby. The two of them struck the flint to light the hay, and then lit the incense and candles.
Manbao took a handful of incense in her hand and knelt down respectfully to burn incense. Bai Shan stood by and waited for her.
Manbao put the incense in the pot and then found a piece of grass to talk to Bai Shan.
Without hesitation, she told him everything she had asked yesterday, and then said, "Tell me, how can I convince County Magistrate Tang to help clear my father's name?"
Bai Shan said, "That's difficult. Although County Magistrate Tang asked, he's currently in Yizhou City and is the magistrate of Huayang County. How could he possibly be in charge of Luojiang County?"
"County Magistrate Yang's ability to solve cases isn't as good as County Magistrate Tang's. This is an old case, and if County Magistrate Yang can't figure it out, won't everyone in our village be held accountable?" Man Bao said, "So we still have to ask County Magistrate Tang for help."
Bai Shan thought about it and said, "Even if we ask for it, we have to ask County Magistrate Yang first. The incident happened in Luojiang County. If County Magistrate Tang wants to investigate, he has to get County Magistrate Yang's consent. If we can convince County Magistrate Yang to ask County Magistrate Tang, it will be much easier."
"Then we have to wait until he gets married and comes back."
"Yes," Bai Shan counted on his fingers and said, "Even if he comes back after getting married, it will take less than a month. There's no rush."
Manbao sighed, "Well, then we just have to pretend nothing happened."
Bai Shan nodded and comforted her, "You are your uncle's daughter, so you are still a child of the Zhou family, just like your parents' child. Don't be sad."
Manbao said: "I'm not sad anymore, I just feel sad and a little bitter. I always feel wronged for them."
She said, "It's been twelve years, and I didn't even know they existed. Not only were they murdered, but they also had to bear the blame. Even my family can't visit their graves openly. I feel so sad."
Bai Shan thought about it, looked around, and found that only Daji was nearby, so she reached out and hugged Manbao, patted her back gently and said, "How about you cry for a while?"
Manbao was held in his arms, her face slightly red. She pushed him away and said, "Are you taking advantage of me?"
"How old are you? How old am I? How can I take advantage of you?" Even though he said that, Bai Shan's ears were still red, and he complained loudly: "I am just comforting you as a friend, okay? Lust is for lust, you are the one who has the wrong idea."
Manbao didn't expect that he was still arguing with him even when he was feeling so bad. He kicked him in anger. Bai Shan jumped back, turned around and ran away.
Manbao picked up the basket on the ground and started chasing after him. He ran all the way to the foot of the mountain but still couldn't catch up with Bai Shan, so he could only stop panting.
Bai Shan also stopped panting, turned around and looked at her and asked with a smile, "How are you? Are you not feeling bad anymore?"
Manbao felt it carefully and found that it was true. She didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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