Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2257 No More Regrets 4.0

"As I said before, the heart of an old man is like a needle in the sea." Shen Cha looked in the direction of Mr. Jiang Er, curled her lips in disdain, and said, "The heart of a handsome old man is even more unpredictable, like a needle in the sea."

Shen Haolin and Xiao Fengqi looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. If they really talked about being elusive, if the great general standing with them admitted to being second, I'm afraid no one would dare to claim to be first.

The three of them didn't chat for long, just a cup of tea, and then Merlin came over and said that Mr. Jiang invited them over.

"You should be careful with your words later." Merlin lowered his voice and said, "Second Master is not in a good mood, his face doesn't look good, and he seems to be crying."

"Xiao Linzi!" Master Jiang pointed at his ear and looked at Merlin. "Although I don't have much martial arts, my hearing is pretty good. I heard everything you said!"

Merlin, who was caught red-handed, felt a little embarrassed and instantly hid behind Shen Cha, only sticking out his little head.

Seeing her like this, Shen Cha shook her head helplessly, took Shen Haolin's hand, and walked to the side of Mr. Jiang Erye together with Xiao Fengqi.

She observed Mr. Jiang carefully and saw that his eyes were red. She couldn't help but glance at Merlin. Her eyes met Merlin's and she smiled meaningfully.

"Sit down!" Mr. Jiang looked at Shen Cha and Mei Lin, "You two, don't flirt with me. I may be old, but I'm not blind. I can still see!"

"Second Grandfather, we are just concerned about you." Shen Cha poured a cup of tea for Second Grandfather Jiang, handed it to him, and said, "After reading these letters, have you resolved your worries?"

Mr. Jiang held the tea bowl, looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, then at Xiao Fengqi, and could not help shaking his head.

"You little guys are standing there mumbling to each other, talking about this all the time?" Seeing the three children nod, he sighed softly and said, "I don't know what's going on in your little heads. Why do you think I have a problem?"

"Isn't it?" Merlin stood behind Shen Cha. "Mr. Xiao said that when he left last night, he asked to see you, but you refused! Also, earlier, Mr. Xiao was talking to the Duke, the Marquis, and the boss in the box. I asked you if you wanted to go in and say hello, but you refused. Don't you want to see the Xiao family?"

"Well," said Second Master Jiang after taking a sip of tea and stroking his chin, "When I first knew that Master Xiao had arrived, I really didn't want to see him. After all, I wasn't ready yet. But later when Master Xiao wanted to see me, I refused because I was too busy." He glanced at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Don't you know what style these two guys have? They have to send the account books over every ten days. Yesterday was exactly the tenth day. If I don't sort out the account books overnight, how can they, especially Xiao Cha, let me go so easily?" "Second Grandfather, how can you say that to me? I'm not an unreasonable person. Besides, this rule was not set by me, but by my mother." Shen Cha sat next to Shen Haolin and said, "Originally, I didn't expect Second Grandfather to send the account books over so quickly. After all, it was the night market yesterday and there were so many people. I thought Second Grandfather really couldn't spare the time, so it didn't matter if he didn't send it today. Unexpectedly, Second Grandfather used me as a raft."

"Really? Do you really think so?" Seeing Shen Cha nodded sincerely, Mr. Jiang chuckled, "Okay, then I was wrong about you." He looked at Xiao Fengqi, "Was she peaceful when she passed away? Why did she pass away? Was she sick?"

"The doctors said that it was because the lamp ran out of oil." Xiao Fengqi sighed softly and said, "In her life, except for the few short months she spent with Your Highness in Jiangnan, she never had a day of relaxation. After she came back, she had to deal with all kinds of things every day, and she had to beware of secret calculations and assassinations. Even her lifelong event was planned." He looked at Mr. Jiang, "Your Highness is in a high position, I think you know that these are not my lies, but real things, right?"

"Why not? Of course I believe it." Mr. Jiang nodded, put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said, "When I was on a diplomatic mission to Liao, I also witnessed her assassination process with my own eyes, and more than once. You all know that I saved her once in Jiangnan, but you don't know that I also saved her in Linhuang Prefecture." He looked at Xiao Fengqi, "This, she never told you, right?"

"It seems she mentioned it, but only in passing." Xiao Fengqi thought for a moment, "She said that when she was in charge of receiving the delegation, she encountered a huge trouble, and it was with the help of Your Highness that she was able to save the Xiao family and her own life. I thought she made some mistakes during the reception, so did Your Highness encounter an assassination? Was it someone from our clan?"

"Hmm!" Mr. Jiang closed his eyes slightly, recalled for a long time, and then said, "My mission was to establish a friendly relationship between the two countries."

"A friendship between Qin and Jin?" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at each other and said, "I've never heard of it."

"Because it didn't work out, we didn't make it public." Mr. Jiang smiled. "We didn't reach an agreement after several negotiations. We were not very satisfied with the candidates provided by the Liao Kingdom, and they didn't agree with the candidates we provided for marriage, so we just gave up. However, one time we talked until late at night, and there were not many people on the street. I thought it would be a bit troublesome for the chief and deputy envoys to go back at this time and come back after dawn, so we arranged for them to stay in the post house. At that time, the post house prepared by the Liao Kingdom for the delegation was not an ordinary place. I heard that it was the former residence of a prince. It was very large, and there was no problem at all to arrange for the two of them and their entourage to stay there."

"I know this." Xiao Fengqi nodded. "The place arranged for the delegation to stay was a palace. It was the residence of the uncle of the late king. However, after the palace was built, no one had ever lived in it. The uncle of the late king died of illness before he had time to move from the palace to the palace. The mansion didn't even have time to hang a plaque, and it was left without an owner. I thought it would be abandoned, but unexpectedly, half a year later, it was used as an inn and arranged for the delegation of Daxia. I heard from my elders that when they knew that His Highness was leading a delegation, they chose several places and were not satisfied with them. In the end, the late king decided to use this palace, which had never been lived in, as the place for the delegation to stay. At the same time, the negotiations were also carried out in the palace."

"That's right." Master Jiang nodded. "It was too late that day, and the Xiao and Qi families were too far from the palace, so I arranged for them to stay. It was probably after midnight when I heard the sound of weapons colliding in the yard where she was resting, so I took them to check. On the way, I met people from the Qi family, and we rushed over together. After entering, we found a group of people in black besieging her and her guards. At that time, she and her guards were already injured and were about to collapse. Fortunately, we and the people from the Qi family arrived in time, otherwise" he shook his head gently, "the consequences would be disastrous."

"Have all the people in black been caught?"

"When they saw that she had reinforcements, they wanted to escape, but they found that they couldn't, so they committed suicide one by one. Later, after checking the bodies of those men in black, they found that they were all subordinates of the second master of the Xiao family, that is, her second brother."