"What? Why did you stay in this inn for so many days when you had nothing to do? That's one thousand taels of silver!"
Zhuang Zhenmeng felt sad for Old Man Shu and Mrs. Ke to squander the money like this.
But Ke was even more heartbroken.
Mrs. Ke continued, "Do you think I'd stay in this inn for so many days if I had nothing to do? Your father and I were worried about your eldest brother. We were counting on you to save him, but you haven't even given us any news. You really don't care about family at all."
Zhuang Zhenmeng thought Madam Ke was bringing up Feng Qiao'er again, so she said disdainfully, "Mother, what do you mean I don't even care about family affection? You two came all the way to the capital just for Feng Qiao'er, and look how embarrassed you've gotten yourself. Is it really that necessary?"
When Mrs. Ke heard this, she became angry again. She put down the half-eaten rice in her hand and said excitedly, "Do you think we would risk being robbed by bandits to come to the capital to find you for Feng Qiao'er? Who is Feng Qiao'er? Wuwuwu... We came to find you because of your eldest brother Guozhong.
"Zhen Meng...your elder brother Guozhong may not have achieved much, but he's always been good to you since you were little, right? But why, when you knew your elder brother was arrested by the government, and we went to you to beg for mercy, did you remain indifferent?"
"I……"
Zhuang Zhenmeng really wanted to say: How would she know this?
But before he could say anything, he heard Mrs. Ke continue, "It's because you didn't save your elder brother, wuwuwu...your elder brother, he was beheaded by the people from the government office."
"What?"
Upon hearing this shocking news, Zhuang Zhenmeng went completely numb. After a long while of digesting it, she still couldn't believe it and asked, "My...my eldest brother is usually a bit lazy, but he probably hasn't done anything harmful. How could he be beheaded?"
"You know your brother didn't do anything harmful, but when we came to ask you for help, why didn't you help him? If you had asked your father, the general, to intervene, your brother might have been saved."
“…”
Zhuang Zhenmeng knew that she couldn't talk nonsense, because if she didn't say it well, her parents might blame her for the rest of her life.
After thinking about it, Zhuang Zhenmeng felt that since Zhuang Tianming was not there, and as long as Mrs. Ke, Old Man Shu and Zhuang Tianming were not allowed to meet, he would not know the truth.
So Zhuang Zhenmeng lied, "I'm sorry, godfather and godmother. I actually told my father about this and asked him to help save my brother, and he agreed.
My dad even said he would intervene and told me not to worry, so I thought my brother's problem had already been resolved. Now, after hearing what you say, wuwuwu... I feel so sorry for my brother, wuwuwu..."
As she spoke, Zhuang Zhenmeng began to cry hard.
Seeing Zhuang Zhenmeng crying so sadly, Mrs. Ke and Old Man Shu felt that their daughter would not lie about such a thing.
It seems that this is all Zhuang Tianming's fault. If he had tried his best to help at that time, Shu Guozhong would not have died so miserably. The old man Shu became more and more angry as he thought about it, and finally he "sputtered".
"I thought Zhuang was a brother, but when it comes to the crucial moment, you really can see what a person is like. No... I need to go and ask him face to face. I want to ask him if he still has the brotherhood between us in his heart."
"Dad...don't go!"
Afraid that everything would be exposed once Old Man Shu saw Zhuang Tianming, Zhuang Zhenmeng quickly stopped him.
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