Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2238 Much the same 28.0

Shen Cha listened to Yan Bo's words and leaned against Jin Miaomiao with a sullen face.

Jin Miaomiao felt something was wrong. She first looked at Shen Cha's face, then reached out and touched her forehead, and finally took her pulse. Only when she felt that everything was normal did she relax a little.

"What's wrong?" She waved her hand in front of Shen Cha's eyes, and when she saw him looking over, she asked, "What are you thinking about? Haven't you always been curious about the story of Second Grandpa and Miss Xiao? Now it seems that you are not so interested anymore?"

"Of course I'm still very interested, but before entering the next stage, I have a question that I haven't figured out." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian and found that the expressions on their faces should be the same as hers. She smiled faintly at the two of them, "It seems that my brother and Xiaotian have the same idea as me, right?"

"It should be like this." Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian exchanged glances and nodded at Shen Cha. "Such a big problem has been exposed in the salt administration of Jiangning Prefecture and even the entire Jiangnan region. It is not something that the Liu family or Grandpa Liu can do. The Liu family has been in Jiangnan for so many years and has always been at peace. How could they suddenly do such a big thing and not hesitate to offend the entire Jiangnan clan? It's impossible to think about it. The Liu family was also a big family in the previous dynasty. Although it is a family of military generals, it has a good relationship with the clans in the Jiangnan region. It is impossible for them to do such a thing."

"That's right." Xue Ruitian glanced at Shen Haolin, nodded, and said, "This style of hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting oneself by eight hundred is not the style of the Liu family. The people in the court are all very clear-headed. They know that the Liu family is just being pushed out to block the first bird, so they don't care about this at all. These people have their own information channels and must know who the real pusher is, but they just won't expose it. But the problem we want to talk about is not in the court, nor is it circulating in the market, but around Second Grandpa."

"You mean to say that you suspect that the eldest daughter of the Xiao family already knew the identity of the Second Master?"

"We probably don't know exactly who he is, but there should be a certain range." Shen Cha thought for a moment and said, "Think about it, Miss Xiao followed the entire Jiangning Prefecture case from beginning to end. She knew very well that the Liu Family Army had nothing to do with it. At most, a few people were sent out to protect and help. But in the end, the credit was actually taken by the Liu Family Army, and the real hero didn't care. Not only didn't care, but he even liked it. Do you think she wouldn't be suspicious?"

"See, see, I said these little guys can't be fooled, right?" Yan Bo patted Qin Zheng, "I was just thinking, after saying so much, they didn't react, maybe my loopholes were not obvious enough."

"Loophole?" Jin Miaomiao and Meilin looked at each other, then at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Xue Ruitian, and then at Jin Jing who was also very calm. "You...you all heard it?"

"What else?" Jin Jing spread her hands, looked at her sister helplessly, then looked at Merlin who was also confused, and said, "You don't really think we are listening to a story, do you?"

"What else? Aren't we listening to stories tonight?"

"Of course not. We are looking for the unreasonable parts here so that we can figure out what went wrong in the relationship between Second Grandpa and Miss Xiao." Jin Jing looked at the two people and sighed helplessly, "It seems that you two are really fascinated by what you hear."

"But what's the problem?"

"The problem is that Miss Xiao has always been suspicious of Second Grandpa. Think about it, the three masters and servants who were traveling around just passed by Jiangning Mansion, and accidentally turned into such a big case. If it were you, don't you think there is a problem?" Jin Jing spread his hands, "How could an ordinary young man, who seems to have no background and no power, make the Liu family come forward to be the first bird to stand up for him? More importantly, the troubles they encountered in the process, even the threats to their lives, were all turned into good fortunes. Is this something an ordinary young man can do?" "Not to mention, at the later stage of this case, those high-ranking clans all ran to this little-known inn in Jiangning Prefecture, bringing very expensive gifts, asking to meet this ordinary young master. However, this young master didn't give much face, refused to accept the gifts, and would only meet with select people. If the conversation didn't go well, he would directly kick them out." Qi Bo half-closed his eyes and half-reclined on the soft chair. With the laziness of just waking up, he chuckled and said, "Miss Xiao has also grown up with the support of many people. She is very familiar with this style and posture, because she is like that, isn't she?"

"Awake?" Yan Bo looked at Qi Bo. "Awake, and sober too?"

"Hmm!" Qi Bo took a moment to calm down, then slowly sat up, wrapped in a small blanket, and looked at Merlin, "Give me a cup of tea."

"Okay!" Merlin quickly poured Qi Bo a cup of hot tea and handed it to him carefully. "It's a little hot, please be careful."

"Okay." Qi Bo took it, held it in his hands, and chuckled, "If the Second Master is really an ordinary young master, I'm afraid he doesn't have the courage to stab the Jiangnan Salt Administration and become enemies with so many families who make a living from smuggling salt, right?"

"So, before they went out together, Miss Xiao already suspected Second Master's identity?" Merlin thought for a moment, "Could it be that she agreed to go out with Second Master because she suspected his identity and wanted to know who he really was?"

"That should be the case." Shen Cha nodded. "If you have any doubts, you have to verify them. If it is really as she thought, that he is a royal child or someone with a more noble status, then it would be great if she could win him over to serve her. So, she agreed to play along. However, she guessed that the second grandfather's identity was not simple, but the second grandfather did not guess hers." As she spoke, she sighed, looked at Yan Bo, and said, "Now I can more or less understand why she left without saying goodbye."

"why?"

"At first, she approached him with ulterior motives, but after a long time, her heart was out of control. She must have really fallen in love with Second Grandpa, and she really liked him, but the identity issues between the two were completely irreconcilable. Even if they had a deep relationship, this gap could not be crossed at all." Shen Cha sighed, "And, most importantly, she didn't expect Second Grandpa to want to marry her, so she ran away."

"Leaving without saying goodbye is to completely cut off Second Grandpa's thoughts. Rather than continue to be deeply involved in it, it is better to cut the Gordian knot." Xue Ruitian sighed, "I have to say that Miss Xiao is a person who is cruel to others and even crueler to herself."

"why?"

"She felt that if she left like this, Second Grandfather would definitely turn his love into hatred. If he couldn't find her for a long time, this hatred would become deeper. Even if he knew her identity and understood her difficulties, this hatred would not dissipate."

“Not only will it not dissipate, but it will also,” Jin Miaomiao said with a long sigh, “adding to the hatred.”