Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 147 The Speculation Caused by the Desert Flower

The final result of the chase was that Lord Xue Hou was thrown to the ground by two girls under continuous interference from the outside world, and then they beat him up with cushions, until Xue Ruitian was completely insane. When he got up from the ground, his whole body was dizzy.

"I said that you two would not help me if you were dying, and you didn't help me. Isn't it too disrespectful?" Xue Ruitian limped back to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha and sat down beside Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, rubbing his neck , and complained, "The same goes for those brats. They are all broken. Not only do they not help, but they don't help. They have no conscience at all. They are hurting for nothing."

"How dare they trouble you like this on weekdays? Don't you just rely on today's New Year, don't you care about them?" Shen Cha poured a cup of hot tea for Xue Ruitian and handed it over, "Okay, don't be depressed, your lord has a lot, Let them go. After the New Year, it's not too late to clean them up, right?"

"I like to hear Xiaocha's words. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, so why wait a month!" Xue Ruitian poked at Shen Haolin, "Say, do you want to find out what the two elders say? See if they are... huh?"

"Trying out is a must, but not now." Shen Haolin looked at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo, who were tired of being together all night and didn't care what happened in the warm pavilion, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Cha'er has arranged for Xiao Wu to go Check it out. We will ask them again when we have the exact information. We don’t have any information now, and we will definitely be fooled by the two of them. By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you, which I forgot just now. That From the map, is the ancient city closer to our side, or closer to the Liaojin side?"

"The ancient city belongs to our territory. Liao and Jin can't get through, so don't worry. Even if they know, they can only hope that they can't catch up! They have a lot of messy troubles in their own country, and it will take a lot of time to return to peace. What!" Xue Ruitian shook his head, "Tomorrow I'll bring the things over, let's ask Xiao Jingjing to study them together. Also, tell me... Will Master Huilan leave anything for Jin Miaomiao? Will she also know the existence of this ancient city?"

"The master left all the books related to medical skills to Miao Miao, and the other manuscripts and knowledge are here. The master is afraid that I will be bored when I am recuperating, so I specially gave it to me to relieve my boredom. There are indeed many interesting experiences in it." Shen Cha yawned and leaned on Shen Haolin's body, "I asked Mei Lin to move those things to Huqiu, and my brother and I will double them when we go back. Also, father's letter, I don't know Does it also record stories about the ancient city and the desert flower?"

"Okay, let's look for relevant clues separately, and share them together after we find them." Xue Ruitian looked at the crowd over there, "This matter is only known to us, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Jingjing. I won’t tell Hongye, and you don’t tell Jin Miaomiao and the others. After all, we still have eyes in the city. If those people find out…”

"I understand, brother Xiaotian, don't worry! I told Xiao Wu the same way. No one can say anything about this matter. Let him investigate it himself, quietly." Shen Cha smiled at him, looked The person who arrived at the dining room brought the dumplings, "It's almost time, Brother Xiaotian, don't you want to show everyone the fireworks that have been transported all the way from Xijing?"

"I almost forgot if you didn't tell me." Xue Ruitian patted his forehead, stood up and greeted people, "Qiyun, Xiao Jiujiu, Xiaojiu, and the three of you..." He pointed to Li Yu, Zhang Jinghe Mo Kai, "All go with Master Ben, and let's put flowers!"

This group of children followed Xue Ruitian like a little rabbit, Jin Miaomiao and Hongye followed, and the shadows and guards also ran to the door to watch the excitement. Qin Zheng, Yan Bo, Jin Jing, Shen Cha, and Shen Haolin.

"Aren't you two going to put it away?" Jin Jing sat where Xue Ruitian was sitting just now, picked up a pair of chopsticks that no one had used and put a dumpling in her mouth, "You should put two hangers of small tea, go and Bad luck, the new year can eliminate disasters and illnesses."

"Brother has already prepared it for me. We will release it by ourselves when we go back, so we won't join in the fun with the children." Shen Cha put a few dumplings in Shen Haolin's bowl, looked at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo, and asked, "Master Don't you want to hang with Yan Bo?"

"Your master has already prepared it, we will release it after we go back." Yan Bo said with a smile, "You have not been energetic all night!"

"I was pulled up because I didn't sleep enough in the afternoon nap. If I rely on her, she will fall asleep at the family dinner tonight." Shen Haolin touched Shen Cha's head and fed a dumpling into her mouth, "Go back later Let's continue talking after setting off the firecrackers, we have to get up early tomorrow!"

It was almost half a stick of incense time, the fireworks were over, the dumplings were finished, and the family banquet was over. After everyone said good night to each other, they went back to rest. Shen Jiu was grabbed by Shen Haolin and told him to go to bed immediately after returning. , don't be late tomorrow morning.Shen Jiu knew that this was a big deal, so he didn't dare to fool him, so he honestly agreed.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha asked Ying Seventeen and Ying Eighteen to send Qin Zheng and Yan Bo back to their yard, and they took Mei Lin and Mei Zhu back to Huqiu.Taking out the firecrackers that had been prepared, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha ordered a box each, watching the firecrackers popping into the sky, the two silently wished each other a healthy and healthy new year in the new year. Smooth and smooth.

After setting off the firecrackers, the two of them went to take a bath one after another, and when they returned to the bedroom, Mei Lin and Mei Zhu had already neatly placed the letters and travel notes left by Master Huilan on the soft couch.

"I don't want to watch it tonight. I don't have the energy. I'll watch it tomorrow when I come back from offering sacrifices to my ancestors!" Shen Cha dried her hair, threw the handkerchief outside, climbed onto the bed yawning, and got under the quilt. "Brother, don't you have anything to ask? About that desert flower."

"I vaguely remember that I heard you talk about this desert flower before, don't you?" Shen Haolin left only one candle and extinguished the others, then got under the quilt and hugged Shen Cha. In his arms, he kissed her forehead and said, "I didn't pay attention at the time. It should be when you were very sick. I thought you were talking nonsense, right?"

"It's hard for brother to remember this." Shen Cha found a comfortable position in Shen Haolin's arms, and slowly closed his eyes, "It's the second time Master pulled me back from the gate of hell. Thinking about it, it's really scary. I am lucky to be able to live to this day. In a month, I was rescued by the master one after another. That night, when my brother came back to see me, I told you the story the master told me during the day. After you listened Just laugh and say those are stories, don't take it seriously or anything like that."

"Okay, I was wrong, I wronged you, forgive me!" Shen Haolin hugged Shen Cha a little tighter, "I can confirm the existence of this ancient city and the desert flower, but... that The desert flower that can let the owner see the thing that is most longed for in his heart, tea, no matter what, I will not believe it. There should not be such a magical thing in this world. I think, if you change it That statement, I might understand."

"Brother is talking about... Illusion? The kind of thing that can make people imagine?" Shen Cha hummed twice in a daze, took a deep breath, and continued, "The possibility of this is very high. , I am also more inclined to this statement. I heard Miao Miao say that there are many plants in this world that have such effects and can make people hallucinate, which is exactly the same as thinking by day and dreaming at night."

"That is to say, it is very likely to cause people to hallucinate, right?"

"That's the case, but I think that even if it's an illusion, it's actually my own selfishness at work."

"The human heart is the scariest thing."

"That's right. Another point, I think my father and the others have never been to that ancient city at all. From the very beginning, Brother Xiao Tian's deduction is very likely to be wrong. The biggest possibility is that Aunt Xue sensed the uneasiness of the old Hou Ye. For various reasons, most of which may be due to her dependence and love for the old Houye, as well as her determination to maintain her family, she confessed her past to the old Houye, and there was such an article The so-called words that solve the puzzle, learn the painful truth, and the letters that record the feelings between each other." Shen Cha paused for a while, "We can boldly guess whether there is such a possibility, then A golden prince threatened Aunt Xue with their former feelings, threatening that if she did not do what he asked, he would tell the old man about the past of the two. I think that golden prince can do such a thing We have all seen what kind of Wanyan Xi is. His elder brother is more scheming than him, and his methods are more ruthless. Moreover, it is not the Wanyan family who turns his face and denies people and uses all available people or things. Is it the usual practice of people? So..."

"So, do you think that Aunt Xue had to confess? This may be true." Shen Haolin nodded, "Thinking about that time, we were confronting the Liaojin coalition forces, and the situation was very stalemate. As the leaders of the army, they , it is impossible to run that far.”

"The master once said that it takes five days to travel from our place to the nearest desert entrance, not to mention that the ancient city is deep in the desert. If they go, it will take at least half a month to go back and forth. , This does not guarantee that they will be able to find the ancient city. Therefore, it is unlikely that they have actually been there. As for the map and where the treasure map came from, I really have to ask Master or Yan Bo. "

"Let's ask Uncle Yan, your master... not only won't answer, but may even beat us up."

"Brother, is this a manifestation of bullying the weak and fearing the hard?"

"Don't do this, you are a good boy if you don't tell the truth!" Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha's back, "Okay, go to sleep, have a good night's dream!"

(End of this chapter)