Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2265 No More Regrets 12.0

"They actually found Second Grandfather? They haven't stepped on it before?"

"No." Xiao Fengqi shook his head slightly. "They didn't do anything. They just took a picture of the inn drawn by the Yao family and went there directly. They trusted the Yao family very much and believed that they would not cheat them."

"Mr. Xiao" Shen Cha couldn't believe her ears, "Are you sure they are from the Xiao family?"

"It's really embarrassing." Xiao Fengqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "However, we are not like them. We don't know how deep their friendship is to make them believe the words of the Yao family."

"The price of believing in something is to die." Shen Cha shook his head helplessly. "Second Grandfather, he entered your room at that time. Were you there?"

"No." Master Jiang shook his head gently. "In fact, it doesn't matter which room they go to. It won't prevent them from being caught." He chuckled and said, "They didn't come to die. We were just worried that we didn't have any witnesses, and they came to us on their own. Naturally, we had to give them a chance to breathe and let them live as witnesses."

"Such survivors are hard to come by, and we won't let them die easily. Of course, we have to see if they know what's happening." Qi Bo looked sleepy, yawned, waved at a few people, and said, "You guys chat slowly, I'm going to go back and rest."

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha quickly stood up, walked to Qi Bo's side, and reached out to support him.

"What's wrong with you? Do you want me to ask Miaomiao to take a look at you?"

"I didn't sleep well last night because of these guys. They didn't sleep in the middle of the night and insisted on playing cards. Miaomiao was the same. She didn't persuade them and joined in the trouble." Qi Bo gestured to Mr. Jiang Er who was looking over, took two unsteady steps, and said, "You have guests, so just take care of your own business and don't follow me."

"Okay." Shen Cha glanced at Merlin and said, "Arrange a carriage to take Qi Bo back."

"It's just a few steps away, why arrange a car? I can just walk back."

"Just listen to me!" Shen Cha handed Qi Bo to Mei Lin, and watched Mei Lin help him walk away. Then he pulled Shen Haolin back to sit down again, smiled at Xiao Fengqi, and looked at Mr. Jiang, "Go on, what happened next? What happened?"

"What else could have happened? Of course, both the person who leaked the information and the assassin were arrested together."

"So simple?" Shen Cha looked at Xiao Fengqi and saw him nod in agreement. "It's over before it even started?"

"Indeed, it ended before it even began." Master Jiang spread his hands. "If you want to blame someone, you can only blame them for trusting the Yao family too much. They did whatever the Yao family said and had no opinions of their own. In fact, from the time they entered Jiangning Mansion and met the Yao family to the time they set foot on the street leading to the inn, all their actions were under surveillance. In this respect, we were in the dark and they were in the light."

"Senior Li's people?" Seeing Mr. Jiang nod, Shen Cha thought for a moment and said, "Just to keep an eye on the Yao family?"

"Yes and no." Yan Bo poured tea for Qin Zheng, exchanged glances with Second Master Jiang, and explained, "Because Second Master went there, we arranged more people than usual. Also, because the Yao family jumped out, there were more people watching them." "Does this mean that they have always arranged people to monitor them?"

"Yes!" Qin Zheng nodded. "The whole Jiangnan region is like this. It's not prepared just for one person."

"The whole Jiangnan? Why is there such an arrangement?" Shen Cha was puzzled and said, "The government offices in Jiangnan don't care? Won't they feel uncomfortable?"

"It's not that I don't care, but I can't care. Not only can I not care, but I can't tell anyone about it. I have to keep my mouth shut." Master Jiang saw Shen Cha's expression and smiled, "This is part of the deal." He looked at Shen Haolin, "Your master is watching over Jiangnan for His Majesty, so His Majesty must have a corresponding reward."

"I see." Shen Haolin thought for a moment, "If that's the case, then why didn't Senior Li's men react to the previous assassination?"

"They have to maintain the public order of the entire Jiangning Prefecture, and they also have to help us scout the Yao family and several other families close to the Yao family to get the evidence we want, and they have to allocate some manpower. This way, we are already stretched to the limit in terms of manpower, and there will be some omissions. In addition, at the beginning, we didn't think that the Yao family was so bold that they would really arrange someone to assassinate." Master Jiang looked at Xiao Fengqi, "Before, you said you didn't believe that someone would kill someone in broad daylight, right?"

"Yes!" Xiao Fengqi nodded. "Your Highness probably didn't expect this before he was killed, right?"

"I had expected this, but I never thought it would actually happen." Master Jiang sighed softly and said, "From that time on, I truly realized that Jiangning Prefecture was not as peaceful as it seemed. This was all superficial. Under the calm surface, there were undercurrents. Xiaonan thought so too. The reason why she came to Jiangnan alone was that she thought she would not encounter any danger."

"She has never been to Jiangnan, how could she have such an idea?"

"Maybe it's because I've had a beautiful fantasy about Daxia and Jiangnan since I was a child. Xiaonan told me that she thought that place was a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, and all the people were gentle and polite, and there would definitely be no violence. But when she actually came here and experienced it all, her beautiful imagination was shattered at that moment. She was very emotional at the time, saying that as long as there are people, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, no matter how many knowledgeable literati there are, these ugly things and ugly people will not decrease or disappear."

"My great-aunt also told me the same thing. She said that people should go out more often and see the world to know that no matter whether it is Daxia, Liao, or Jin, as long as they are human, their nature will not change. People are never satisfied and will never feel satisfied." Xiao Fengqi sighed, "The people of the Yao family are like this, my second uncle is like this, and the Qinglian Sect is also like this."

"That's right." Master Jiang nodded. "From that time on, we began to prepare and fight back. So, no matter how many people from the Xiao family come, we will catch them all in one fell swoop."

"You are overestimating your own abilities!" Xiao Fengqi shook his head helplessly, "My great-aunt said that she was not surprised at all when those two people were caught."

"It's not surprising, it's even expected. She said she thought it would happen earlier, but she didn't expect them to be so patient." Mr. Jiang sighed, "But this kind of thing is always hard to guard against. We have limited energy, but we can't be on edge all the time, right? So, there are times when we get caught. But I never expected that this time, I almost lost my life."

"In other words, the narrow escape from death mentioned earlier refers to this time?"

(End of this chapter)