Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 12

Shen Cha felt that this was the most peaceful and comfortable night she had slept in for so many days. Because of the changes in the Liao Kingdom, she hadn't had a good rest for a long time. She slept for an hour at most, and there was a lot of news Sometimes, it is not uncommon to not close your eyes for three to five days.Fortunately, the overall situation of the Liao Kingdom has been settled, and she can finally rest and get a full rest. The fatigue and various physical discomforts in the past few days have been swept away.Shen Cha felt that her spirit was much better than before, and the symptoms of headaches also disappeared. As Jin Miaomiao said, some diseases can be cured by themselves without taking medicine.

Opening his eyes, Shen Cha looked around and found that he was lying on the bed. He reached out and touched a warm body. He sighed helplessly. He probably woke up in the middle of the night and saw The self on the soft couch, who carried himself to the bed.In order not to wake Shen Haolin, she turned over gently, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Shen Haolin lying beside her. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she wondered if he had some kind of sweet dream. It's much softer.She silently guessed in her heart that she was the only one who had seen Shen Haolin's appearance in the whole summer.She is quite honored if she thinks so.

"Are you awake? Did you sleep well?" Shen Haolin stretched his arms, and Shen Cha moved into his arms, "After peeping for so long, do you think your brother is the most beautiful man in Daxia?"

In fact, as soon as Shen Cha turned over, Shen Haolin woke up.Except for the one or two hours when he was drunk, he has always slept very alertly. This is a habit he has developed in the border life for many years. Even during the truce, he does not sleep well. wake up.Even if Shen Cha deliberately kept his movements light, he could still feel it.

"Is elder brother possessed by Master Xue?" Shen Cha pushed Shen Haolin, "Since you're awake, get up."

"No hurry, take a shower today, you don't need to go to the barracks, and you don't have so many official duties to deal with. Just let the brothers below do those trivial things." Shen Haolin was also not eye-catching, patted Shen Cha on the back, "It's rare to rest, let's sleep for a while!"

"Brother is very leisurely, but little sister has a lot of things to do." Although she complained, Shen Cha closed her eyes again, "I have made an appointment with Miao Miao before, and I am going to the street to take a look today. Your Majesty handed over Jiapingguan City to our Zhen Guogong Mansion. The public security in this city and the livelihood of the people are all under our control. If the management is not good, there will be a big headache, and your Majesty will blame it. My sister will not take the blame for this."

"Really? You are the one who speaks viciously and softly. Ever since I was a child, when Song Jue said something bad about me, you didn't stand up and argue for me? Are you eager to get rid of the relationship now?" Shen Haolin tightened his arms. He lowered his head and kissed the top of Shen Cha's hair, "Don't always stretch yourself so tightly, relax once in a while, combine work and rest. Look at your brother Xiaotian, he's just playing around all day long, not just begging cats and dogs It's just to tease little girls and young men with cheap words, but when it comes to critical moments, her mind is still clear and she is still very reliable!"

"I can't learn that trick from Master Xue!" Shen Cha rolled her eyes silently, "Hongye always complains to me that Lord Xue would take her to the brothel to drink flower wine every now and then, and said that if she If you don’t like those pretty girls, you can go to the Nanfeng Pavilion next door to find some handsome young men. Hongye was so angry that she dropped her glass and ran to me to complain.”

"Xiaotian's doing this is too much. It's no wonder that Hongye took so much effort to anger Xiaotian and try to get Xiaotian to return her. No one wants to be by his side anymore." Shen Haolin was very helpless, Xue Ruitian loved to play. The entire Jiaping Pass City is famous, but who would have thought that he would take the female guards to visit brothels and find girls for the female guards. If it were him, he would probably have slapped him long ago.

"At the beginning, he chose Hongye. I didn't like it. These two people are not in the same way. Disputes and disagreements are inevitable. Although Hongye is a guard, she is very arrogant. The person I despise the most is a romantic man like Brother Ruitian. I persuaded him. Brother Ruitian changed, but he refused, I thought at the time, maybe it was because of Hongye. But judging from the current situation, it doesn’t seem to be the case.”

"Little genius won't fall in love with Hongye. He has high eyesight. No noble lady in the capital is in his eyes. Just like Hongye, it's even more impossible. Speaking of... Cha'er, Brother Wei hasn't discussed it with you yet. After this question, although you are still young, you can also think about it, is there any boy you like, or what kind of boy you like."

Shen Cha was frightened by this sudden question, she didn't know that Shen Haolin did it on purpose and said it unintentionally, she didn't know how to answer, so she could only choose to remain silent.

"Why don't you speak?"

"I don't know what to say, I haven't thought about this." Shen Cha calmed down his emotions a little, and decided to pretend to be stupid, "Brother knows, I was born here, grew up here, and will die here in the future, or Died on the battlefield. Those well-mannered young masters would not choose me, would I choose them? As for those in the army, it is even more impossible, they feel kinder to Liao soldiers than to me." Shen Cha slightly After a pause, "Brother, you are already in your twenties this year. You should be the one who should be anxious. Oh, and brother Ruitian, you two are the key points. Someday His Majesty will be happy..."

"Stop it, don't talk about this!" Shen Haoli saw that the topic had turned to himself, so he quickly stopped the topic, and very bluntly dragged the topic back to Xue Ruitian. "Well, I've made up my mind. I'll go find Xiaotian this afternoon and have a chat with him. Don't bully Hongye all the time. If you really run away in anger, I want to find another guard who can accommodate him. It's difficult."

"He needs to be able to listen." Shen Haolin changed the subject, and Shen Cha finally heaved a sigh of relief. Although she didn't get the answer she wanted, she didn't feel disappointed. Her brother was very slow in this regard. Can't figure it out. "Brother Ruitian didn't look like this when she was a child. In my memory, she was a gentle and elegant nobleman who was polite to everyone. Is it related to that incident that he has become like this now?"

"This is inevitable. Anyone who encounters such a thing, it is impossible for him not to change." When mentioning the past, Shen Haolin felt uncomfortable, "Xiaotian, on the surface, is heartless and doesn't care about anything. , but in fact, among the few of us, he is the one who thinks the most. Sometimes, even I am not sure what he is thinking. Especially after that incident, this feeling is more obvious You said yesterday that someone is looking into that matter, and the first thing I thought of was him."

"My brother and I have the same thoughts. If there is anyone else who is worried about that matter, it is only him besides us and Your Majesty."

"If he wants to investigate, let him investigate. If we can find out the truth, everyone will be happy. If we can't find out, it can be regarded as an explanation for ourselves. We don't need to interfere. Otherwise, it will hurt the relationship for so many years." Shen Haolin opened his eyes. Eyes, looked at Shen Cha who was staring straight at him, smiled, and said, "I know what you are worried about, the clearer is clearer, we all know what kind of person my father is, what we have never done, Even if someone tries to splash dirty water, it will be in vain, and it will eventually be broad daylight."

"It takes time to get under the sun. If there is a misunderstanding during this process, the impact will be very large. The Zhen Guogong Mansion and the Wuding Marquis Mansion have always supported each other. For Daxia and Jiapingguan City, there is something missing. Impossible. If the Marquis of Wuding's mansion has a grudge against us, it will not be a good thing. There are many spies from the Liao and Jin Dynasties in the city, and they are not blind."

"When it comes to that point, Song Jue can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. To put it bluntly, this situation is bestowed by the late emperor, and Song Jue will take on the heavy responsibility of cleaning up the mess. Don't worry, Song Jue is so shrewd. People don’t just stand by and watch the situation turn so bad. Moreover, he and Xiaotian are cousins, if Mrs. Uncle really has a problem, the queen mother in the palace can’t get rid of it.” Shen Haolin stretched out his hand and squeezed She squeezed Shen Cha's serious face, "Don't think about it, it's useless to think about such things, what should come will definitely come, what should happen will happen, worrying is all unnecessary. Soldiers come to block, water It depends on our ability to adapt to the situation."

"Brother said yes!"

"What we are concerned about right now, besides your birthday, is the Chinese New Year. This year's recruits seem to be pampered, and it is probably the first time they have left home to come to such a remote place. They should still be thinking I can spend a good New Year here, but I was scared by you yesterday, and the mood for the New Year should be gone. But they don’t have this plan anymore, so we can’t ignore it. Leave a deep impression on people."

"What's your suggestion, brother?"

"I just don't know how to do it, so I want to ask you."

"I don't know. You should go to Master Xue for this kind of thing. He is better at this."

"Ask him?" Shen Haolin shook his head, "He would suggest taking all the recruits to a brothel."

Shen Cha blinked, she felt that this was something that guy Xue Ruitian could do.

"Forget it, let someone ask the group of recruits what they mean. Since they are the protagonists, let them figure it out for themselves!"

"Alright." Shen Cha nodded, looked at the sky outside, "It's time to get up, Miao Miao will come to have breakfast with us in a while, brother, didn't you want her to see you like this?"

"I forgot to ask, why did Jin Miaomiao ask you out again?" Shen Haolin let go of Shen Cha with a look of disgust, lifted the quilt, and got out of bed, "In such a cold day, she Not honestly staying in the medicine house to study her poison and antidote, but actually running out for a walk, really does not conform to her usual style!"

"Today is her birthday." Shen Cha got out of bed, and found a crescent-white brocade robe from the closet, "I made an appointment some time ago, and I originally made an appointment with Hongye, but Master Xue is on duty today. I can’t come out anymore. Just in time, I also want to go for a walk in the street, as the end of the new year is approaching, I can see how everyone’s life is going and if there is anything that needs help.”

"As the end of the year approaches, the streets become more and more uneven. People say that our Jiapingguan City is as solid as gold, but where is there any truly solid city in this world? Not to mention anything else, there are quite a few spies from Liao and Jin in this city, right? The New Year is approaching , Everyone is shopping for new year’s goods, it’s a mess, those spies will mix in the crowd, we don’t know what they want to do at all. You are good at skills, but don’t be careless, bring more people, just in case.” Shen Haolin walked to the door, knocked on the door, and ordered the shadow who was guarding outside to bring hot water in.

"understood."

Looking at Shen Cha who opened the door to let the two female shadow guards in, Shen Haolin didn't know why, but suddenly became restless, feeling that something was going to happen.He wanted to tell Shen Cha not to go out today, but he couldn't say it out loud. Shen Cha has been a person who keeps his word since he was a child. Since he promised him, he will naturally keep his promise.

Shen Haolin had no choice but to call aside the two female shadow guards Ying Sixteen and Ying Seventeen who were about to go out together while Shen Cha was freshening up, and carefully told them to keep an eye on Shen Cha and not let strangers approach .

Even so, Shen Haolin was still worried. After having breakfast and sending Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao out, he called his shadow guards and asked them to follow those two secretly. It would be best if nothing happened. , if there is an accident, the other party will not be caught off guard.

It has to be said that Shen Haolin's intuition is still very accurate. Shen Cha came back half an hour after he left the house, but he didn't walk back by himself, but was carried back by the shadow guards with a dazzling blood red.

"My lord, the general was assassinated and was seriously injured and unconscious."

(End of this chapter)