The two of them hung their heads in disappointment.
Seeing them like this, Xu Jiang remembered how happy they were when they came to her stall to buy books before, and she couldn't help feeling regretful. After this incident, she was afraid that they would never be as happy and cheerful as they were then.
Things in the world always force people to grow.
She warned: "Go quickly, don't let anyone know you are here."
The two men then stood up, bowed to Xu Jiang, and left together.
After getting in the car, Mulan He warned the two maids and the servant, "Don't tell anyone that we are here today, understand?"
The maids and servants all responded respectfully.
After everyone left, Xu Jiang opened the stack of paper that Mulan Jing had given her. The paper was written in two different hands, one with vigorous and powerful strokes, and the other with dignified and graceful strokes, clean and neat.
The vigorous and powerful writing was attributed to Zhao Xiu, and is easily recognizable even without looking at the handwriting, because each article begins with his date of meeting and ends with his signature and private seal.
Xu Jiang checked the dates on which the articles were written, and found that they were all written a year ago.
She sat down to read his essays carefully. They were indeed as Zeng Zhui had said: his writing was quick and brilliant. After finishing an essay, she turned it over and discovered three small characters written on the back of each page: "To Lan Jing."
It turned out that these articles were given to Mulan Jing by him.
Xu Jiang picked up Mulan Jing's biography of Zhao Xiu and began to read it.
According to Mulan Jing's account, Zhao Xiu was a talented and ambitious man. He won the top prize in the Tongcheng Township Examination. Later, he went to Beijing to take the examination and was noticed by Mu Cong, who took him under his wing.
But for some reason, he failed repeatedly in the Spring Examination. His failure was not due to his lack of ability, but because he was disqualified from taking the exam due to various reasons just before the exam.
This has been the case for three consecutive years.
Under such a blow, Zhao Xiu became disheartened and became more and more gloomy and depressed. His behavior became more and more eccentric and abnormal, and he even mixed up with the Zhou family, whom he despised the most.
This year he successfully took the imperial examination and was admitted. Mulan Jing was happy for him and thought that he could get back on track from now on, but then a cheating case broke out.
Mulan Jing was always unwilling to believe that Zhao Xiu would cheat because she knew Zhao Xiu's talent, but when she asked her parents, they were evasive and did not give a direct answer.
She had some suspicions, so she kept a close eye on things, and finally found a clue. It wasn't until that day when Xu Jiang went to Mu's residence to deliver a visiting card that she overheard in the study that it turned out to be Zhao Xiu's false accusation, and her parents knew about it.
She was very disappointed and wanted to take Zhao Xiu's article out of the house to find Xu Jiang, but was detained at home by her parents. Seeing that she was stubborn, her mother told her the whole story.
Only then did she find out that someone had found something against their family, which was why she was forced to join Zhao Xiu in the fraud case and put Du Hui in jail.
His father compromised for the sake of his family, was willing to be driven by others, and committed sins. Zhao Xiu had no hope for the future, so he turned to conspire with them and exchanged fame for money.
Mulan Jing could not blame them and could only try her best to atone for their sins, so she wrote down Zhao Xiu's article and the whole story and gave it to Xu Jiang.
Since she was born, she has been blessed with the kindness of her parents, but who knew that these kindnesses would also breed sins? She hopes Xu Jiang will not blame them, and she is willing to bear all the sins for her parents.
As for Zhao Xiu, Mulan Jing understood him, but she could not agree with his repeated attempts to murder others for his own selfish reasons. He had long lost his original heart and was no longer the Zhao Xiu who had just arrived in the capital, nor was he the Zhao Xiu she knew.
She knew it was too late to send Zhao Xiu's article now, but she still hoped that it would be helpful to Du Hui one day, so she sent it to Xu Jiang.
Finally, she apologized to Xu Jiang again. Xu Jiang had been kind to her, but her family had let her down again and again.
Xu Jiang put down the letter and sighed deeply. Although Mulan Jing was young, she was sincere, innocent, and sensible. This was probably due to the careful education and protection of Mu Congye and Madam Mu.
But no egg is left unbroken when the nest is overturned. The Mu Mansion is caught in chaos. How can she stay out of it?
I just hope that I won’t be implicated in the future.
Xu Jiang kept Zhao Xiu's article and Mulan Jing's letter, and waited for Lou Yunchun to come and give them to him.
Although Lou Yunchun never told her directly, Xu Jiang intuitively believed that this fraud case would be vindicated sooner or later, and by then these articles by Zhao Xiu and Mulan Jing's letters would be crucial evidence.
At the same time, the evidence and letters provided by Mulan Jing might be able to redeem himself from his crime and give the Mu family a chance.
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