Pang Xi scratched his head, feeling that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
As a result, Peng Yi paused, looked at Pang Xi in the distance and said:
"It's natural for Pang Daren to be familiar with him. After all, we had a chance encounter half a year ago. Now that Pang Daren is able to save him, it can only be said that fate has played a trick on us."
"Half...half a year ago?"
Pang Xi didn't expect that the guy in front of him would actually take up what he said. The key is that he mentioned half a year... This time is a bit sensitive.
What did Pang Xi do half a year ago?
In fact, Pang Xi did not do anything, but someone did something to him six months ago.
To be more precise, it was a series of events in which Cheng Ji and Zhang Ren teamed up to exclude him from Chengdu.
At that time, Pang Xi thought that he had great power and that he only needed to hang on to Liu Zhang, a fool, and he would be able to escape unscathed...
He never thought that Cheng Ji and Zhang Ren's sudden attack would cause Liu Zhang to immediately alienate him. If he hadn't been smart enough to take off his official title early and return to his hometown due to illness, he would have been tortured by these two guys if he couldn't save his life.
This is what happened half a year ago.
But why did Peng Yi suddenly mention this?
see once?
Pang Xi quickly began to search his memory. Countless unfamiliar faces passed before his eyes, until in an inconspicuous corner, a face suddenly met the haggard guy in front of him.
"Ah! You...you...you are..."
"Man Pangda, it's been a long time since I last saw you. I never thought it would be like this when we meet again."
"Are you the school clerk under Zhang Ren?"
"It's down there."
Pang Xi was really shocked... The other party said it was a one-time relationship, but he remembered the other party's image clearly. Naturally, it was because things were not as the other party said, they just met each other...
The school secretary is not a high-ranking official. In fact, it is just a false position in Chengdu. He is said to be in charge of the collection of books, but how can there be any collection of books in Chengdu for him to manage now?
All in all...Pang Xi really remembered it now.
Of course, Cai Zhaoji, Ma Dai and others were full of doubts. They all looked at Pang Xi, intending to listen to his explanation. However, Pang Xi was obviously a little too excited at the moment. Seeing this situation, he would not be allowed to have fun there by himself.
After a while, I'm afraid he won't be able to listen to anyone's words.
There was no other way, Cai Zhaoji could only turn around and look at this guy named Peng Yi:
"Brother Pengyi, what on earth is going on?
You...are you an official?
How could we end up in such a situation?"
"This is a long story."
Peng Yi smiled bitterly and recounted everything that had happened before.
——
I don’t know how long it took, but as Peng Yi talked about how he was washed down the cliff by a landslide and was covered in bruises, walking in the woods in a daze, all the timelines aligned.
He said helplessly:
"Although running away is not my intention, I don't want to really die in the wilderness. Being saved now is a blessing among misfortunes. Naturally, I don't dare to bother you more about what happens next."
"I will leave when I recover from this injury. I always firmly believe that I was wronged. If I return to the place where I was escorted, I am afraid that there will never be a chance of recovery, so I will continue to escape... My only request is hope.
Please don’t reveal my whereabouts, just pretend that we have never met, I will find a place to hide, and we will talk about the future.”
Cai Zhaoji listened to Peng Yi's description until the end, but what he noticed was not Peng Yi's miserable experience behind him. He captured a very key point... It was indeed thanks to Peng Yi that he did not intend to hide anything and helped others suppress Sang Hu.
The matter has been told, and this is what Cai Zhaoji really cares about.
In the final analysis, this guy Peng Yi is indeed not a good person, but another thing Cai Zhaoji learned from Yi Xiaotian is that it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.
Things in the past may not be changed, but how it develops in the future obviously depends on his own wishes and whether anyone is willing to guide him.
Of course, it was impossible for Cai Zhaoji to pursue this point and ask questions immediately. At least for now, the other party's rhetoric had given him a reason to keep helping the other party.
Moreover, if it was true that he was unjustly accused as he said, wouldn't it be easy to explain this kind of thing with Pang Xi here?
Therefore, seeing Peng Yi being so pessimistic, Cai Zhaoji quickly stopped his narration and persuaded him in a serious tone:
"Brother Peng Yi, don't be so pessimistic about everything. Since you firmly believe that you are wronged, why don't you take this opportunity to wash away your grievances?"
"Miss Cai, how easy is it to clear your grievances?
I don’t know what Xu Jing thinks, but with Liu Zhang...he can’t listen to other people’s words at all. Even if I am wronged, he will not care about such trivial matters——"
"Of course it's difficult for you to do it by yourself, but what if we help you?"
"You...you are joking again. My unjust case is a quagmire. If you don't want to be covered in the mud, you'd better stay away from me as soon as possible...And if this guy Xu Jing knows that I survived, I can't protect him."
What more despicable means will they use to slander me?"
When talking about Xu Jing, Cai Zhaoji could see the fire burning in Peng Yi's eyes. It is not difficult to imagine... Peng Yi was in such a situation before. More than 80% of Peng Yi's previous situation was "attributable" to this selfish Xu Jing. For
How could Peng Yi not have any resentment against such a person?
In addition... Regarding Xu Jing's affairs, Cai Zhaoji also vaguely captured some details that others had not noticed - Peng Yi said that he helped Xu Jing suppress several mulberry households, but Xu Jing is now obviously in trouble because of the affairs of these mulberry households.
Got into trouble... Moreover, Xu Jing was able to make Shu Brocade's business so big, how could he possibly do it by just annexing the properties of a few ordinary households?
There must be some secrets that they don't know, and if they want to open this breakthrough, Peng Yi's existence is indispensable.
"Haha, of course we have nothing to say about this kind of thing, but we are not the only ones here. Speaking of which... Mr. Pangda, have you had some exchanges with this brother Peng Yi?"
Cai Zhaoji brought the topic to Pang Xi very smoothly.
Pang Xi, who had been a little incoherent since just now, is much better now.
Hearing Cai Zhaoji's question, Pang Xi nodded repeatedly:
"Oh, what a twist of fate..."
"Brother Yongnian, you don't know that when I saw Zhang Ren going to Chengdu, I just thought he was going to report the military situation. I regret that I didn't listen to your advice. Now I can only sit here in Langzhong and do nothing."
"Later, whenever I think about what you said to me at that time, I feel that with your talent, being a school clerk is really an underachievement. But in the past six months, I have been unable to protect myself. I have been going back and forth, and the distance is long.
My desire to see you again has gone to waste."
"I get to meet you today, and I can't help but believe that this is God's arrangement."
As Pang Xi talked, he became excited again. It could be seen that he was also quite sincere towards Peng Xi.
