Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 1467 The Secret of the Chamber of Secrets 33.0
"Brother He Yidun? How could you join us? Aren't these guys working hard for old man Liu?" A sneer flashed across Xue Ruitian's face, "You have all heard what they said, so you just need to be loyal .”

"Brother Xiaotian, do you believe what they say?"

"Why don't you believe it? Although what you say in front of us may be insincere, but what you say behind our backs should be what they have in mind." Xue Ruitian raised his chin at Shen Cha, "The one who sent it back with the shopkeeper News, there shouldn’t be any problem, right? Brother He Yidun, what did you say? Old man Liu has saved their family’s life, so he should repay it with his life, and there must be no crookedness. You must do your best for the life-saving benefactor How could a person like this betray his benefactor and turn against him?"

"You can't be so full of words. Whether you will defect or not, you have to investigate to find out."

Shen Cha felt a little tired from jumping around, and a little sweat broke out on her forehead. She wiped it off with a handkerchief, and sat back on the big camphor wood box before.

"What else is there to investigate?"

Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha's appearance, waved his hand towards her, and signaled her not to speak yet, and ran outside by himself. After a while, he brought a bowl of warm ginger soup over and handed it to Shen Cha. in front of.

"Drink it while it's hot."

"Oh!" Shen Cha took it, and under the gaze of Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao, finished the ginger soup, and returned the empty bowl to Xue Ruitian. "Thank you, Brother Tian!"

"You're welcome. Let's continue with the question just now. What do you want to investigate? The background of Brother He Yidun?"

"Almost." Shen Cha nodded, "After listening to their brothers' self-reports and their gratitude to Patriarch Liu, I have a vague feeling that there is still something wrong with it."

"What's wrong with this? Xiaocha, could it be that you think too much?"

"I hope it's because I think too much, but if I don't check it out, I always feel uneasy." Shen Cha looked at the puzzlement on Xue Ruitian's face, smiled slightly, and said, "Maybe I'm too sensitive, maybe it's I'm paying too much attention to this matter, maybe..."

"Where are there so many possibilities?" Jin Miaomiao rolled his eyes, snorted twice, and said, "I just worry about this and that, in case I miss any details, and I have to investigate every detail by myself Only when she knows what she knows, will she have a solid sleep, otherwise, she will not sleep well at all." She crossed her arms and looked at Shen Cha with squinted eyes, "Am I right?"

"Indeed, but you can't deny that every time I think something is wrong or hidden, it will prove my guess in the end, won't it?" Shen Cha lightly tapped the lid of the camphor wood box, " Let me repeat, according to what Brother He Yidun said, the reason why their family and those Qinglian believers who escaped from birth were able to escape the disaster of the whole family was entirely because the head of the Liu family had received the news in advance and sent Someone to inform them to evacuate in time, right?"

"Well, he said that at the time, not only in front of us, but also behind our backs, and the shopkeeper can testify." Xue Ruitian scratched his hair, "Is there any problem with this?"

"Yes, is there any problem?" Jin Miaomiao was also very puzzled, "Patriarch Liu was ordered to preserve the strength of Qinglian Sect, and it is reasonable to do so. Is there any problem?"

"There are many problems." Shen Haolin stretched out a finger, "The most important point is why it is their family and not others."

"Why are they..." Xue Ruitian was taken aback, "Yes, why are they, not other believers."

"He Yidun's family and the Qinglian believers living in the southwest tribe are not the confidantes of Qinglian Sect scattered all over the country, but ordinary believers who are not in the ranks. Why did Patriarch Liu give up those confidants and not save them? Instead, it took a lot of trouble How about going to save these ordinary believers who are inconspicuous and nothing special?"

"If you say that, it's really a problem!"

"One more thing, why do you say it is rescue!" Shen Cha looked at Xue Ruitian, "For this kind of ordinary believers who are actually not threatening but just deceived, the emperor's grandfather only asked the local government office to do a good job of small punishment and big punishment. , such as atonement with hard labor. For brothers like He Yidun, two males from each family can serve hard labor for three years, and it will not harm the whole family at all, and it is impossible to exterminate the family."

"Is that so?" Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, "But Brother He Yidun said that half of the believers in their entire village were killed, and those who killed were from the government."

"I'm afraid they can't tell whether they are from the government or people from the government." Shen Cha smiled, "Since they knew that Aunt Xue's case was related to the Qinglian Sect, they thought it involved the Qinglian Sect and similar Qinglian sects." I have read the dossiers of folk sects like the Lotus Sect several times, and except for the situation where the entire village resisted the government's seizure on a large scale, there are very few unreasonable acts of extermination against these believers."

"Then why He Yidun said..."

"This is what I want to investigate. It cannot be ruled out that Qinglian taught her to call "stop the thief", or the local county government received some hints."

"Hint?" Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, "What hint? There are also Qinglian sect members in the county government office? Impossible?"

"Nothing is impossible, Brother Xiaotian, don't forget that when the Qinglian Sect was at its peak, there were many high-ranking households in Xijing City who had followers, and their madness was unimaginable." Shen Cha smiled lightly, " Otherwise, it would be impossible for half of the high-ranking families in Xijing City to be..." She sighed softly, "I probably understand that Patriarch Liu thought of this way."

"He saw the emperor's grandfather's cruelty to the Qinglian sect, and received instructions from the empress dowager, so he thought of using the hands of the government to recruit loyal soldiers who could work for him, right? "

"Brother is right, it makes sense to repay a life-saving favor with your own body." Shen Cha sighed softly, "However, this is also our guess, and we need evidence from He Yidun's hometown. "

"Don't worry, take your time!" Xue Ruitian narrowed his eyes, "If the facts are as you guessed by Xiaocha, then I will be the one who rushes to the front, and personally expose old man Liu's lies. Do you still want to sacrifice your life for this kind of person!"

"It's a deal!" Shen Cha patted Xue Ruitian on the shoulder, "Looking forward to Brother Xiaotian's triumphant return!"

Just as Xue Ruitian was about to nod, he saw Jin Miaomiao's suppressed smile, and Shen Cha's appearance of succeeding in his scheme. He turned his head and looked at Shen Haolin with a pitiful expression.

"Haolin, why do I feel like I've been tricked?"

(End of this chapter)