The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 882 - 860: Misunderstanding

Chapter 882: Chapter 860: Misunderstanding

County Magistrate Tang meticulously imparted some techniques for probing conversations and listed a good number of questions he wanted answered. At the end, he gave them a careful warning, "Better to lack than to err. It’s better to miss out on some information than to make mistakes and spook the enemy, especially with your sensitive identities. Once noticed..."

County Magistrate Tang paused before saying, "I’m afraid even this office couldn’t ensure your safety."

Bai Shan and Manbao nodded seriously.

Only then did County Magistrate Tang nod to let them go. He glanced at Bai Erlang, who was still sitting outside, lost in thought. With no answers to their questions, he could only say, "Do as you see fit. Telling him the truth might not make him happy, and if you don’t, at most he’ll be angry for a while."

Bai Shan and Manbao acknowledged his words and walked over to Bai Erlang. "Let’s go."

Bai Erlang looked up at them and asked, "Are you done talking?"

They nodded.

Bai Erlang then cautiously looked back and, meeting County Magistrate Tang’s gaze, involuntarily gave a guilty smile before hastily averting his eyes.

He quickly got up and followed them out, not until they were outside did he ask, "County Magistrate Tang didn’t ask about me, did he?"

Manbao replied, "County Magistrate Tang has long forgotten. Just don’t bring it up yourself."

Unable to help himself, Bai Erlang grumbled, "It’s still you who always scare me..."

County Magistrate Tang stood by the window, stroking his chin and watching them leave, then muttered thoughtfully, "Why is that kid so guilty? Did I forget something?"

Bai Erlang, Manbao, and Bai Shan all climbed onto the carriage, each claiming the best seat for themselves on either side.

Bai Shan could only sit with Manbao, so the two of them sat face-to-face with Bai Erlang.

Bai Erlang stared at them and demanded, "Are you going to tell me or not?"

Bai Shan questioned, "What would you do if we don’t?"

Bai Erlang, slightly infuriated and ready to lose his temper, saw neither a hint of defiance nor a joking manner in them but a serious look. Realizing they were not trying to anger him but were seriously discussing with him, he considered the matter deeply and then said, "I would investigate on my own. Qi Jue’s brother is good friends with Guan Erlang, I could go over to the Qi household as a visitor, use that to investigate the Guan family."

Bai Shan let out a sigh, glanced at Manbao, and then asked him, "Bai Er, do you remember the storybook we used to read together?"

"There were many, which one do you mean?" Bai Er inquired.

"The one Mr. Zhuang took away from us and never gave back, ’Martial Arts World’. Do you remember the character named Zuo Chen?"

Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, "I remember, I remember. Isn’t that the one who died particularly miserably? He was killed by his demon lord mentor, chopped into pieces. The teacher said it was too bloody and wouldn’t let us read it."

"At that time, many suspected his mentor was a villain, but for his own good, they chose not to tell him. The more he investigated, the deeper he got, and without being on his guard against his own mentor, he ended up chopped into pieces. If you were a character in the book, would you keep silent and make him stay far away, or would you tell him to be on guard?"

Bai Erlang stared blankly, his heart pounding as he asked, "What, is our teacher really a villain? Are you... are you... have you got it wrong?"

Bai Shan and Manbao: ...

Manbao turned to Bai Shan and said, "Forget it, too stupid. I’m afraid."

Bai Shan nodded seriously, not speaking further.

Bai Erlang widened his eyes, pounced on Bai Shan, and yelled, "No, you must tell me, or else I’ll investigate myself. No, that’s not right, I should tell the teacher and let the teacher help me investigate. Let’s see if you talk then."

Bai Shan, nearly suffocating, pushed him away and said, "If you’re so capable, go collide with Manbao."

Erlang Bai turned his head to face Manbao, who raised her eyebrows at him, so he continued to press Bai Shan, saying, "A real man doesn’t fight with that sort of thing, I’ll just bump into you, everyone agrees, don’t they?"

"Alright, alright, let’s say we do." Bai Shan lifted the carriage window and looked out before leaning in to whisper in Erlang Bai’s ear, "We’re investigating the Prince of Yizhou."

Erlang Bai let out a "huh" and wasn’t excited, just curiously asked, "What for?"

Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "My father was killed by him."

Erlang Bai’s eyes went wide, he looked at Bai Shan for a moment, then turned to look at Manbao, seeing her nod seriously, he swallowed and asked, "Then, does the ancestral grandmother know?"

Bai Shan nodded earnestly, "Grandmother has always known, she only told me recently."

Erlang Bai looked at Bai Shan with sympathy, wanting to comfort him but not knowing how, could only say, "Then can his crimes be questioned?"

Although he wasn’t great at studying and would always get sleepy and distracted when the teacher talked about the laws of Great Jin, he knew that princes had privileges when they commit crimes. Being a prince, the Prince of Yizhou certainly couldn’t be charged with a capital offense, and be executed for the death of an official from more than ten years ago, but what about other crimes?

Bai Shan was silent for a moment before saying, "So we’re looking for other evidence of his crimes, it’s very dangerous, and you..."

Bai Shan hesitated, looked at him and said, "Manbao and I both felt we shouldn’t tell you, it’s too dangerous."

Erlang Bai, who had always loved reading tales of chivalry, slammed his hand down on a wooden chair nearby, boasting, "A good brother takes a knife for a friend, what danger is there to fear?"

After shouting, Erlang Bai saw both of them lifting their heads to stare quietly at him, and he felt a moment of guilt, "I’m serious."

Bai Shan and Manbao nodded, "That’s why we’re even less inclined to tell you, haven’t there been plenty in those stories who with good intentions do bad things?"

Erlang Bai said irritably, "I would never do such a stupid thing, and why would you tell Manbao but not tell me about such a big matter?"

Bai Shan looked at Manbao but said nothing.

Manbao outright said, "Because I’m smart."

Bai Shan looked back and forth between the two, asking, "Aside from this, you’re not hiding anything else from me, are you?"

Manbao was also direct, "Yes, but we really can’t tell you, we haven’t even told the teacher. Bai Cheng, this is really dangerous, even Old Master Bai hasn’t been much involved, you have to understand, in matters where people can die, once someone dies it’s not just one person, it’s likely that even their family won’t escape unscathed."

Erlang Bai was taken aback, many questions flashed through his mind, but in the end he only remembered one, so he stared at Manbao’s face and asked, "Then how are you not afraid of involving your family?"

Manbao choked.

Erlang Bai stared at her face for a while, then turned to stare at Bai Shan for a while, suddenly feeling sad, "You, you aren’t..."

Both of them looked up at him in confusion.

Erlang Bai suddenly found he couldn’t speak, he just felt very sad, on the verge of tears, "Then in the future, won’t I always be bullied by you two?"

Manbao and Bai Shan: "...when have we ever bullied you?"

And what did this have to do with the matter they were discussing?

Erlang Bai said sadly, "Of course it’s related, each of you is so smart, you both can bully me, the two of you together, who knows how you would bully me? You two are going too far."

Bai Shan and Manbao looked at him, bewildered, about to ask for clarification, when Daji had already stopped the carriage and said, "Young master, Miss Man, young master of the hall, we’ve arrived home."

Erlang Bai said indignantly, "You hear that, even Daji calls Miss Man first before me, it used to always be me first."

Bai Shan and Manbao: ...

Daji lifting the curtain: ...

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