Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 17 Awakening

As Jin Miaomiao said before, in the evening, Shen Cha began to show signs of fever.

Because of the severe fever, Shen Cha started to move around, and accidentally touched the wound, causing her face and head to be covered in sweat from the pain.

Jin Miaomiao had prepared antipyretic pills a long time ago, and when she realized that something was wrong with Shen Cha, she opened her mouth and stuffed the pills directly.

This kind of pill is specially made by Jin Miaomiao for this kind of unconscious patients. It doesn't need to be fed with water, just swallow it.When the pill slowly melts in the mouth and enters the stomach along the throat, it begins to work.

Shen Cha, who was fed the medicine, calmed down after a while, and fell into a deep sleep again, but this time he slept more peacefully than before.

Meizhu was replaced by Hongye, she never thought that the general would suffer such a serious injury after leaving the general for a day.If he was by his side, he might be able to help the general share some of the burden, so that he wouldn't become what he is now.

"You don't have to blame yourself, it doesn't matter if you're there or not, the outcome is the same." Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Haolin who was sitting outside handling official business, "Didn't the Duke of the State just say, It was for Xiaocha, and they deliberately chose to do it inside the house, and they used the people of Jiaping Guancheng as a shield in a shameless way. You said, if you were there, what would you do? All kinds of things External factors have restricted our actions, and our advantages cannot be brought into play at all, and injuries are inevitable. Fortunately, this assassination was on a temporary basis, and the preparations were hastily prepared before we had time to use the knife, otherwise there would be even more trouble."

"But..." Mei Zhu wiped away her tears, "It's been several years, the general hasn't suffered such a serious injury, I don't know when he will wake up."

"You have been with her for so many years, who is she, you still don't know? How did her master deal with her back then, you don't remember? The injury at that time was much more serious than this time, and she recuperated for two full months Compared with that, what is this little injury?" Jin Miaomiao snorted, and poked Meizhu's forehead with her hand, "Don't worry, she's rough-skinned and thick-skinned, not as delicate as you imagined. As long as the heat Retire, you can wake up tomorrow morning. See how calm our Duke is, not in a hurry."

Hearing Jin Miaomiao's words, Shen Haolin, who was dealing with official duties outside, glared at her and said, "Stop talking about me!"

"Didn't I praise you to Meizhu, saying that you are not afraid in times of danger, you are worthy of being a marshal, and you are very demeanor." Jin Miaomiao took her teacup and walked slowly in front of Shen Haolin. The plum bamboo on Shen Cha's body asked in a low voice, "Hey, after the interrogation, Xiao Liu, are you sure, there must be Liao's eyes in our mansion?"

"You think so too?" The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time. Shen Haolin put down the pen in his hand and said, "Is there anyone who is suspicious?"

"It's a waste of time to ask me. It's rare for me to get out of the house once. I don't necessarily know all the people in the mansion. But, I know that there are not many people going out with Xiaocha and me today. You can follow this line to find out. Check it out."

"It's useless." Shen Haolin shook his head, "Xiao Liu said that he organized this assassination hastily because he accidentally saw you on the street. Based on your intuition, whether what he said is true."

"If you say that, it's possible. After all, the Chinese New Year is only two days away. Everyone is taking advantage of the time before the Chinese New Year to go out to shop and run into an acquaintance on the street. Well, it's reasonable. Although he is from Liao, he It’s also New Year’s Eve.”

"Really?" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, "Your expression tells me that you don't think so in your heart."

"The Duke of the country has grown up, and he can read faces!"

"Don't talk nonsense, just say what you think!"

"I think what he said is indeed true, but I have a question. As he said, he saw us on the street by accident and organized this assassination on a temporary basis. So, can we determine that these people usually They also live together. Otherwise, in such a short period of time, it is impossible to gather so many people so quickly. Vice General Wei arrested about 50 people this time, plus the dozen or so who ran away, Xiao Liu's men Although there are at least [-] people, so many people live together, it is still very conspicuous. But why, we have never noticed them?"

"Of course you won't notice that even though they are spies, they will go out to do some small business and do some odd jobs during the day, which is the same as ordinary people's life. They are mixed with ordinary people, so it is difficult to find anything. Moreover, Yelu has a lot of money. , rented five rooms for Xiao Liu and the others, all side by side. These people usually pretend not to know each other, and only gather together at night." Shen Haolin put away the things on the table and put them aside. If the tea doesn't wake up, he won't be in the mood to do other things. "As for what you said, so many people can be summoned in a short period of time because some of them are setting up stalls on the street, and some of them are helping shops."

"Hey, these spies understand life quite well, not bad, they don't just do petty theft like before."

"Yelu treats them as outcasts. It would be nice to give them a place to live. They have to be responsible for their daily expenses."

"It's just winter, and Yelu's focus must be on the Liao Kingdom. He won't worry too much about things here. If he knew that Xiao Liu was behind his back and poked such a big basket, he would probably go crazy. Jin Miaomiao put down the teacup, walked to the door, and looked outside, "What do you think is the origin of that man in black? Yelu should pay more attention to him, right?"

"This is inevitable. Seeing that his whereabouts are so secretive, this is the real spy. Xiao Liu and those under him are all scapegoats."

"I just don't know if this person is hiding among us, or is there someone else." Jin Miaomiao rubbed his stomach, "It's not something to worry about, take your time, and sooner or later they will all be caught .By the way, didn't you say that my brother is coming back? Where is he?"

"Wudinghou Mansion." Shen Haolin looked at the sky outside, "Xiaotian took them back to have a rest, and come over after dinner." He snapped his fingers and dropped Ying Wu from the roof, "Go to the dining room and say, Prepare dinner for Miao Miao."

"What about you?"

"I don't have much appetite." Shen Haolin shook his head, "Don't worry about me, you take plum and bamboo to eat, and I'll talk to Cha'er."

"But... You can't do this. If Xiaocha wakes up and finds out that you won't eat or drink because of her injury, how uncomfortable will it be?"

"If I'm hungry, I'll go back to eat by myself, don't worry!" Shen Haolin walked into the room, patted Meizhu's shoulder, "Go and eat!"

Mei Zhu looked at Shen Cha, then at Shen Haolin, nodded slightly, and followed Jin Miaomiao.

Shen Haolin sat on the bed, looked at the sleeping Shen Cha, covered her with a quilt, and reached out to stroke her hair.

"I used to persuade you to rest, but you were always disobedient. This time, you've recovered. You were injured and had to lie on the bed obediently." Shen Haolin held Shen Cha's hand, sighed softly, and said, " The person who hurt you has been caught, it is Xiao Liu. You should be no stranger to him, he is the brother of that bastard Xiao Zhongtian, and he wants to kill you to avenge Xiao Chongtian. You said, Xiao Zhongtian has been dead for so many years, why is his ghost still lingering? , always hang around in front of us? When he was alive, he had bad intentions for you, always thinking of abducting you back to the Liao Kingdom, and when he died, his brother wanted us to pay for his life. It seems that Xiao Tian That’s right, there’s nothing good about someone surnamed Xiao!” He lowered his head, looked at Shen Cha, and continued, “I asked Shadow to bring the news of your injury back to Song Jue. You can't hide it from him. Xiaotian and I thought that Song Jue might take the opportunity to give Yeluertu a hard lesson. Maybe he could get unexpected results. Also, I'll send someone I went to inform Deputy Marshal Qin. It is estimated that the battle with the Duan family is over, so he will ask for an order to kill Jiaping Guancheng. Cha'er, you have to get well quickly, and speak good words for me in front of your master, otherwise, you Brother, I am going to be miserable, and I must be tortured to death by your master."

Just like that, Shen Haolin sat beside Shen Cha's bed, murmuring all the events of the day by himself.After finishing all the words in his heart, he felt a little tired, and he didn't bother to change places, so he fell asleep directly leaning on the bed frame.

Seeing this scene, Jin Miaomiao and Mei Zhu, who came back after eating, withdrew their legs and walked away lightly.

Shen Cha was completely unaware of what had happened, she only knew that she had been stabbed in the back, and the tremendous pain made her fall into a deep coma.I don't know how long it took, but she regained a little bit of consciousness. She felt as if she was in a stove, which made her lips dry, and urgently needed something cool to relieve the symptoms.Just when she was struggling to open her eyes to ask for help, someone stuffed something cold into her mouth, and she instantly felt much better.The burning symptoms improved to a certain extent, and the drowsiness struck again, and she slowly fell into a deep sleep again.

When she woke up again, Shen Cha's consciousness had returned to normal, except that the wound on his back was still painful, the burning sensation in the dream had completely disappeared.She moved her fingers and found that her hands were completely useless, as if they were entangled by something.

"...Water...Water, water..." Exhausting all the strength in his body, Shen Cha "roared" out hoarsely.

Shen Haolin took a nap beside her, although he was very sleepy and tired, but he still held his heart, so he didn't sleep well.As soon as Shen Cha moved, he woke up immediately.Hearing that Shen Cha asked for water, he immediately opened his eyes and checked Shen Cha's condition.

"Tea, tea! What do you want?"

Hearing Shen Haolin's tired voice, Shen Cha guessed that he probably guarded her all night, and felt warm and guilty at the same time.Because of her own carelessness, she was injured, and she had to trouble her elder brother to take care of her.However, this is not the time for self-reflection. Her throat is sore and she urgently needs to drink water.

"water."

"Oh, water!" Shen Haolin, who finally heard what Shen Cha said, carefully let go of Shen Cha's hand, and ran outside to pour water.While pouring the water, he didn't forget to ask Shadow to find Jin Miaomiao and tell her that Shen Cha had woken up. "Water is coming!"

Shen Haolin put the teacup on the table beside the bed, gently helped Shen Cha up from the bed, let her half lean in his arms, and fed her water bit by bit with a small spoon.

"No more!" After taking two sips and feeling much better, Shen Cha shook his head slightly, "Brother, I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for?" Putting the teacup aside, being careful not to touch the wound on his back, Shen Haolin took the person into his arms, "I should be the one to say I'm sorry, if I go out with you , they won’t act recklessly on the street.” Shen Haolin touched Shen Cha’s icy forehead and heaved a sigh of relief, “Jin Miaomiao is quite powerful, as she said, you will wake up in the morning How do you feel now, does the wound hurt?"

"One thing, it's okay." Shen Cha closed his eyes and leaned into Shen Haolin's arms, "You'll be fine in two days, brother don't have to worry. But brother, didn't sleep well at night? Don't worry about me, go to rest Bar!"

"I'll go rest after Jin Miaomiao reads it for you."

"it is good!"

Because of the seriousness of the injury, Shen Cha still felt very tired, so he tried his best to chat with Shen Haolin for a few words, and then slowly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)