Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 115

The next day, just after dawn, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha were awakened by a hasty knock on the door.

"What's going on?" Shen Cha sat up and wanted to pass Shen Haolin and go out to have a look, but Shen Haolin stuffed him back under the quilt.

"Don't worry, I'll go and have a look first!" Shen Haolin quickly got off the bed, put on his cloak while walking to the outside, opened the door, and a flustered Ying Wu appeared in front of him.Shen Haolin felt very surprised, Ying Wu had been with them for a long time, no matter what happened, he had never seen him like this before, it seemed that what happened this time was really big.

"What happened?" Shen Haolin let Ying Wu in, and closed the door by himself.Glancing inside, Shen Cha had quickly put on his clothes and walked towards them. Shen Haolin patted Ying Wu and said, "Take a breath and speak slowly."

"Grandpa, Boss!" Ying Wuxing saluted, took the tea cup handed over by Shen Cha, drank the tea in it, and said, "Something has happened, the Jin Kingdom Mission is in Wuma Town at the junction of Xia, Jin and Liao. It was raided, and the entire mission, from the special envoy to the entourage, died, and no one was spared."

"Did the Kingdom of Jin send a mission to Chaohe? When did it happen? When did you receive the news?"

"I don't know when it happened. As soon as I received the news, I came to report to the Duke and the Boss. It was the fourth brother who said it to Lord Hou."

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha glanced at each other, both of them were very surprised. The Liao Mission had just left the day before, and then the Jin Mission was destroyed at the junction of the three countries. If it was a coincidence, it would be too coincidental, but If it is said that it has been planned for a long time, the small Wuma Town is a place where the forces of the Three Kingdoms are intertwined, and there are too many spies and spies. It is not easy to kill people there.

"So, what's going on at the scene?"

Shen Cha was dragged by Shen Haolin to sit behind the desk, took a blank piece of paper from the table, and Ying Wu consciously went to grind ink for her.

"There were fifty members of the Jin Kingdom Mission, all of whom died, and their bodies were located in the territory of the Liao Kingdom. After the inspection by three foremen, all the fifty dead were stunned and then killed with a single blow."

"Dizzy? Fatal with a single blow?" Shen Haolin, who ordered Mei Lin and Mei Zhu who had gotten up to prepare hot water and tea, also found it strange when he heard Ying Wu's words, "Is there any other damage to the body? The clothes are also neat ?"

"Yes, so far, it seems that the body has no other wounds, and the clothes on the body are neat, and there are no traces of fighting."

"Those who are stunned, naturally there will be no traces of fighting." Shen Cha sighed, "Any other clues?"

"There is indeed a very strange place, and the brothers who came back from the news are also puzzled. The main reason is that the location of the corpse is very strange, and after inspection, it is confirmed that there is no trace of the corpse being dragged."

"In other words, they sneaked into the territory of the Liao Kingdom with a purpose and were killed."

"Yes!" Ying Wu nodded, "According to the news from the brothers, the place where the Jin Guo Mission stayed was their own inn. They arrived yesterday evening, so there is no possibility of being attacked during the day. So, what is certain is that the death happened last night. But they have been exhausted all day, and they don’t have a good rest in the posthouse at night, so why did they go to the Liao Kingdom in full armor?”

"The special envoys of the Kingdom of Jin are Wanyan and Wen, and the entourage of the envoys are all his own people. He probably wanted to sneak into the Liao Kingdom quietly to find Wanyanxi. Unfortunately, he didn't know that Wanyanxi had followed the Liao Kingdom. The Chinese mission has gone to Xijing."

"He doesn't know?" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, "What's going on?"

"When you, brother Xiaotian and Xiao Fengqi went out to enjoy the snow scenery, Yelunan told me about it. Ever since Wanyanxi told Wanyan and Wen that he would join him in Xijing, all the information that Wanyanxi sent out They were all stopped by Yelunan and Yelulan secretly. Therefore, Wanyan and Wen didn't know when the Liao Kingdom mission arrived at Jiaping Pass City. He took people to Liao Kingdom, probably because he wanted to meet Wanyan Hi. But...it doesn't make sense to think this way, he should know that the Liao Kingdom mission is absolutely impossible to go far away, they will choose Tengwu instead of Wuma." Shen Cha frowned slightly, and quickly wrote on the paper The topographic map of Wuma Town was drawn on it, "The entire Wuma Town is a big triangle, which is connected to the borders of various countries. If we are the center, Jin is on the left and Liao is on the right. Our place is closer, so every time a mission is sent, it usually takes Tengwu instead of Wuma. But if it is going to the Kingdom of Jin, Wuma is the only way for the mission of Biliao Kingdom. There is no other choice for this road in Wuma Town!" Shen Cha drew a thin line on the map, "Crossing the public area in the middle of the night, sneaking into the Liao Kingdom quietly... Do you think someone will pretend to be completely Yan Xi sent a message to Wanyan and Wen, asking him to meet with me at this time?"

"It's possible!" Shen Haolin rubbed his chin, "But before we said we would meet in Xijing, and now we choose to meet in Wuma, there must be a very reasonable and reasonable reason." He looked at Ying Wu, " Where's their luggage? Is it still at the post house? Did you find anything suspicious?"

"All the luggage is still there, but when our people sent the letter, the search was not over yet. It's hard to say what exactly was found." Ying Wu nodded and pointed to the place representing Jin Guo , "Not only are their luggage all there, but also all the presents they sent to Daxia. If it's robbery and murder, it's absolutely different."

"Has anyone seen the murderer or found the murderer's trace?" Shen Cha, who was dragged by Shen Haolin to rinse his mouth, wash his face, and recomb his hair, held a teacup and drank slowly, "They walked through the public hall. Did no one notice when we were in the area?"

"There is no news about this yet." Ying Wu shook his head, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and something like this happened. Jin Guo has been really unlucky for the past few years, and they can encounter any unlucky things."

"Xiao Wu, send a letter to our brothers in the Kingdom of Jin to ask them to find out how many people in the Kingdom of Jin know about the relationship between Wanyan and Wen and Wanyanxi. This matter is of great concern to us for the time being. Xia has nothing to do, we maintain a wait-and-see attitude and pay close attention to the development of the situation. If possible, see if our brothers can go into the post house to check the rooms, especially the rooms of Wanyan and Wen."

"In my opinion, it's better for us to go there in person." Xue Ruitian pushed open the door and walked in with Jin Jing and Hong Ye, and two food boxes in his hand, "The case happened in Wuma Town. No one can get away with it, what's more, the one who died was the Chaoxia Mission, so we are also suspicious."

"Breakfast?" Shen Cha opened the food box and raised his eyebrows when he saw the rice porridge, side dishes and meat pies inside, "Miao Miao's craftsmanship! Everyone sit down and eat together, Xiao Wu, you come too!"

Ying Wu nodded, as the absolute confidant of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, it wasn't the first time he had dinner with these big bosses.

"You two, and Hongye, what do you think?" Shen Cha drank two mouthfuls of porridge, picked up a meatloaf and took a bite, and said, "I just told my brother and Xiaowu that it is very likely that someone pretended to be Wanyan. Xi sent a message to Wanyan and Wen, and asked him to meet. But there is a big problem here, the two of them met, why did they bring so many people? The entire mission was taken away by him."

"So, your direction is wrong!" Xue Ruitian waved his hand, pointing to the topographic map that Shen Cha put on the table, "It's definitely not to see Wan Yanxi, there must be another purpose. I didn't think about them What is the purpose of going to the Liao Kingdom? I was wondering how the murderer stunned them. Generally speaking, there are two situations in such things as stun. One is that the murderer is a member of the mission..."

"Master Hou, it's impossible. All the members of the mission are dead, and there is no one alive!" Ying Wu shook his head, "There is no such thing as the murderer being the ghost of the mission."

"Listen to me first. If the murderer is too easy to tolerate, mix with the mission, stun them when they enter the territory of Liao Kingdom, and then kill them. The other is what Xiaocha just said. It is inferred that someone pretended to invite them out and killed them in the same way as before. But... There is also a point that is unclear. Didn’t the Liao people find out that so many people entered the territory of the Liao Kingdom? Murder on the ground? Unless..."

"Unless the people of the Liao Kingdom were stunned in advance!"

(End of this chapter)