Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2241 Another Truth 2.0

Xiao Fengqi didn't sleep well that night. He finally made it to the next morning. He had already washed, dressed, prepared gifts, and went to visit the Duke's Mansion.

As soon as he walked out of the house, he was stopped by the people sent by the Third Master and Qi Zhifeng, and was invited to the Third Master's house.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Xiao Fengqi bowed to the Third Master and nodded to Qi Zhifeng, "Did Your Majesty sleep well last night?"

"Not bad." The Third Master looked at what Xiao Fengqi was holding and raised his eyebrows slightly. "I know you are anxious, but it is not polite to block someone's door so early." He pointed to the seat below him and said, "Come here and have breakfast with me first."

Xiao Fengqi thought about it and felt that he had acted a little rashly, so he put the gift aside and sat obediently in the seat designated by the Third Master.

Qi Zhifeng saw Xiao Fengqi's expression, smiled, and said, "I know Brother Fengqi is anxious, so I sent someone to the Duke's Mansion early in the morning to deliver a letter stating that we will be visiting today. Brother Fengqi doesn't have to go alone."

"Okay, I'm ready."

Qi Zhifeng smiled and clapped his hands gently. The servant waiting outside the door brought in the prepared breakfast.

"No matter what the outcome of today is, the most important thing is to fill our stomachs first." Qi Zhifeng pointed at the food on the table, "This is my favorite breakfast during those few times I came here. Try it. Isn't it delicious?"

The Third Master looked at Qi Zhifeng and picked up the chopsticks first. Qi Zhifeng and Xiao Fengqi saw the Third Master start to eat, so they also picked up their chopsticks and slowly began to eat.

The three of them had their meal at the inn, and everyone in the Duke's Mansion also started to have their breakfast in the flower hall after finishing their morning classes.

"Haolin, Xiaocha, the guard at the door just brought in a visiting card from Qi Zhifeng, saying he will come to visit in a while." Xue Ruitian waved the visiting card with one hand and took a bite of the bun with the other hand. "It should be the Third Master who came. Should we prepare a little?"

"Of course." Shen Cha nodded. "Why are they so anxious? I was thinking that we should go to the posthouse this afternoon. After all, it should be the younger generation who greets the elders. How can we let the elders come to visit? It's really not in accordance with etiquette."

"It must be something urgent!" Xue Ruitian sighed and said, "If it really doesn't work, we can go and greet them in person, but if we do that, their identities will be exposed, and those gossipy guys will start to nag again. So, let's just be quiet and get along like ordinary friends. As for etiquette, we can work it out behind closed doors!"

"That's true." Shen Cha thought for a moment and looked at Merlin who was guarding the door. "Is Miaomiao back?"

"I'm back. I'm at Sister Hongye's place!" Merlin sighed softly. "Sister Hongye is still having a recurring fever. I don't know when this cold will heal."

"This is all normal." Shen Cha sighed softly and said, "She has not been sick for many years. She would take medicine to suppress the symptoms. This time, all the symptoms suppressed by medicine for so many years broke out. It is estimated that it will recur several times!"

"Will there be any problem?" Xue Ruitian frowned and looked at Shen Cha, "Will it burn out? You are not smart to begin with, don't let illness make you even dumber."

"My Lord, how can you speak like that?" Meilin rolled his eyes at Xue Ruitian. "If you don't know how to speak, don't speak. Our sister Hongye is very smart."

"Brother Xiaotian, don't worry. Miaomiao is here. Xiaoye will be fine. If you are really worried, the Third Master is here. Please ask him to take a look. He and the Master are from the same school, but one is more inclined to learn medicine and the other is more inclined to learn poison. In terms of pure medicine, the Third Master's attainments are far superior to the Master's."

"Now that you mention it, I can take a look." Xue Ruitian thought about it, nodded, and finished the remaining half of the bun with confidence, then reached out and took another one, "You all try it, today's beef buns are good." Shen Cha finished half a bowl of porridge, picked up a bun and took a bite. She liked the taste very much, and nodded at Xue Ruitian.

"Brother, try it. Today's seasoning is very good. It's a little spicy, but it's very comfortable."

Shen Haolin motioned for her to wipe the oil off her mouth, then he took one himself, took a bite, and said, "It's really good."

"I said my taste wouldn't be a problem." Xue Ruitian touched his mouth, took two bites of the refreshing side dish, and said, "What do you think, should we ask them after they come?"

"About Second Grandfather?"

Seeing Xue Ruitian nod, Shen Cha remembered the news she received in the morning. When Xiao Fengqi left yesterday, he went to see Mr. Jiang Erye on purpose. It is possible that he came here this time not only to escape the marriage, but also for other reasons.

"What's wrong?" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha in a daze and raised his eyebrows slightly, "What did you think of?"

"Nothing, maybe I'm overthinking it."

Shen Cha smiled at Shen Haolin, and when she saw Merlin bringing over a stack of paper money, she quickly finished the bun in her hand, washed her hands, and took the things.

"Oh, I almost forgot about Second Grandfather's matter!" After seeing the record of the change of guard at the city gate this morning, Shen Cha patted his forehead and looked at Merlin, "Have Commander Hei and Zhen Buhui left?"

"They left. Fifth Brother personally escorted them out of the city without alerting anyone, so don't worry, Boss. Fifth Brother secretly escorted them to Shili Pavilion and watched them walk away. No one else followed them, so he came back. At this time, the two should have left the border of Daxia."

"Well done. I feel relieved that they can leave smoothly." Shen Cha signed his name on the rotation record, folded it up and put it aside. "Where's Xiaowu? What did he do?"

"Fifth brother is sleeping in the camp. Yesterday, he watched everyone prepare all the things that Sister Miaomiao wanted and loaded the cart. He also watched the posthouse for half the night. When it was almost morning, he ran to send someone off. He barely slept that night and fell asleep when he came back." Merlin thought for a moment, "The boss wants to call him?"

"No need, let him sleep, there's nothing to worry about." Shen Cha shook his head gently and continued to look at the memorials, saying, "He watched the posthouse for half the night, what did he find out? What did he gain?"

"Qi Zhifeng went to chat with Xiao Fengqi for a while after midnight. Because they were also protected by secret guards, our people did not dare to get close, and we don't know what they were talking about. The two of them were in the room for less than a cup of tea, and Qi Zhifeng came out and returned to his room. He quickly turned off the lights, but the candle in Xiao Fengqi's room was still on. When the fifth brother left, it was not turned off. He said that Xiao Fengqi paced in the room all night."

"All night?" Shen Cha finished reading all the memorials and sorted out the small notes before looking at Merlin. "What's on his mind?"

"I don't know." Merlin shook his head slightly, "That's what Fifth Brother saw."

Shen Cha thought about it, sighed, stood up, walked to Shen Haolin, and handed him the little notes.

"Don't worry, we'll know when they get here." Shen Haolin pulled Shen Cha to sit next to him and comforted her, "Who knows, what he wants to say and what we want to ask are the same thing!"