Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 571: What Is the Truth?

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: What Is the Truth?

"My father just died like that?"

Eunuch Zou’s description made it sound less like her father died to make a statement and more like he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

Should this description be recorded in history, wouldn’t it mean that even a plunge into the Yellow River couldn’t clear his name?

"Although it’s hard to accept, that’s indeed what happened," Eunuch Zou said with regret in his eyes.

Not only Eunuch Zou, but even Yuwen Luanfei had a look of regret.

"The dead are gone, do not grieve. Your father is buried at Famous Scholar Mountain. I’ll send someone to take you there some other day."

Famous Scholar Mountain is the largest cemetery on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, a feng shui treasure land especially prepared for high officials and nobles.

When the Patriarch of the Bai family died, followed by the death of the Emperor, and then the rebels stormed in, the Royal Family had their hands full and the Patriarch’s body was just left by Wu Gate along with other bodies.

Later, it was Yuwen Luanfei who took control of the Royal Court and quelled the chaos. Only then did they retrieve the Patriarch’s body from the pile of corpses and reburied him at Famous Scholar Mountain, as a final consolation for the once Family Head of The First Shi Clan.

Although that’s what was said, the unfortunate end of such a great Family Head, and even his descendants dying in exile, was nothing short of a tragedy.

The downfall of The First Shi Clan was indeed lamentable.

Despite all this, Bai Junjun was still immersed in the mysteries of the past.

"Did my father really commit treason?"

"This... I do not know," Eunuch Guo shook his head.

"How can you not know? Didn’t His Majesty know that my father had correspondence with Prince Heqing? Weren’t these letters brought into the palace?"

"They were brought in," Eunuch Zou recalled seriously after a long pause. "The letters provided by the Patriarch of the Bai family were indeed just ordinary correspondence, but..."

Eunuch Zou hesitated.

Bai Junjun understood what was unspoken, didn’t she?

Although there were no faults found in the letters, the Emperor didn’t believe them, and her father had no choice but to die to prove his loyalty.

Yet her father had been rash.

Now that he was dead and the evidence was gone, it really felt like there was no path to heaven and no door to earth; she couldn’t find any place to seek justice.

And because of this, the case remained unresolved.

Yuwen Luanfei wanted to investigate, but unfortunately, all those involved were dead.

Yuwen Luanfei had no other option but to suppress the matter, waiting for time to blur the details and let it fade away.

"Patriarch of the Bai family was, after all, the First Famous Scholar, and naturally, I couldn’t bear to have him suffer an unwarranted injustice. It is for this reason that the events of that year were kept secret, only revealing that the Patriarch and His Majesty died in service to the country."

Thus, the outside world did not know what had happened in the palace, and even if there were rumors, they were only circulated among the nobility.

The Patriarch was highly revered among the common people; when Yuwen Luanfei said he had died for his country, the people readily accepted it.

"Now that you have returned, it is good that you can revive the Bai family’s honor. I heard from Pingting that you have a half-brother, right? Later, you can adopt this half-brother under your mother’s family name. In this way, the main lineage of the Bai family can be continued."

Yuwen Luanfei thoughtfully planned Bai Junjun’s future.

Bai Junjun responded with a polite bow, appearing to agree, yet she cast an almost imperceptible glance at Eunuch Zou.

Even though they said everyone from back then was dead, that wasn’t entirely true, was it?

Wasn’t Eunuch Zou one of those from back then?

There must be others like Eunuch Zou who just ’witnessed’ things.

If she started investigating from Eunuch Zou, a breakthrough point, she was sure to find a lead.

Bai Junjun’s lips curled into a small smile as she silently locked onto the seemingly kind and amiable Eunuch Zou.

She refused to believe that her father’s death was as simple as it seemed.

There had to be hidden details from that time.