Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2316 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 12.0

"You mean the abandoned county government office?"

Shen Cha nodded, looked at Shen Haolin, then at Xue Ruitian. Seeing their confused looks, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Tsk, don't laugh, what's so funny?" Lord Xue rolled his eyes helplessly and poked Shen Cha's shoulder with his hand, "How could this happen? We never knew about this before."

"Father, mother, uncle, aunt, and elder brother led the Shen family army to Jiapingguancheng with Xiaotian and my brother. It was already the third year since they were exiled to the border. It's normal that you didn't know. At that time, they had already settled down in the old house. In fact, even I, without Xiao Fengqi's reminder, would have completely forgotten that we once lived in the county government office for a period of time."

"Did they really live there?" Xue Ruitian and Merlin behind him exchanged a glance, "Weren't they exiled?"

"It's exile, but it's not what we think it is."

Shen Cha was so busy talking that he almost tripped over a stone on the ground. Fortunately, Shen Haolin hugged him and he did not fall.

"Be careful." Shen Haolin sighed softly, held her hand, and gestured to Merlin behind him, "Go ahead."

Merlin responded and ran to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha with two lanterns to light the way for them.

"My Lord, you really should ask Xue Mu to tidy up the garden. Although we don't care about the scenery, we still have to pay attention to safety, right?"

"When spring comes and the weather gets warmer, it's time to tidy up." Xue Ruitian nodded and looked at Shen Cha, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Shen Cha shook his head gently. "I was just lost in thought and forgot to look at the road. I'm not a little bamboo that will fall flat on its face at any time."

"You're not much better than her." Xue Ruitian smiled. "By the way, if I remember correctly, when we came here, the county government office was in ruins. I heard that there was a fire?"

"Yes." Shen Cha nodded gently. "Although it is a county government office, the original officials have long since stopped caring about it. They took their families to a safe place, far away from here, and never came back. It is called a county government office, but in fact no one has been in charge for a long time. When you came, you also knew the situation here. Although there are garrisons, half of them are old, young, sick and disabled. When Liao and Jin invaded, almost everyone in the city had to go to the battlefield, regardless of gender, age or status. Even the bullies who usually bully men and women, at this time, will carry their weapons and fight to the death with the Liao and Jin people." She looked at Shen Haolin, then at Xue Ruitian, smiled, and said, "Fortunately, Jiapingguan City was not abandoned, and fortunately they all survived."

"It's really not easy." Shen Haolin sighed and held Shen Cha's hand tightly. "If it weren't for these people, we might not be able to find you."

"It was all destined, wasn't it?" Shen Cha smiled. "It's strange to think about it now that the county government office has become like that. It was an accident that happened during the days when the city repelled the Liao people's attack again and the two sides temporarily stopped fighting. I remember that it was not very dry at that time, and I don't know what happened. Suddenly, there was a thunderclap out of nowhere, and the county government office was struck by lightning, and then it caught fire. The fire burned for nearly two hours."

"Two hours?" Xue Ruitian blinked his eyes. "The county government office was burned down because it became like that?" He looked at Shen Haolin. "Do you know?"

"I know a little. I went to ask about it when I first arrived." Shen Haolin nodded gently. "The county government office was already idle at that time. It was used to treat the wounded, right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, "When the fire started, those who were not seriously injured ran out, while those who were seriously injured..." "Didn't run out?"

"No, I just don't want to run away and drag everyone down." Shen Cha sighed, "They said that I might not survive anyway, so why bother to drag others down? It's fine like this."

Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian didn't say anything. They had never experienced such a tragedy, so it would be inappropriate to say anything.

The few of them walked in silence for a while. Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha and found that she didn't react much, so he sighed softly.

"what happened?"

"Nothing." Shen Haolin shook his head gently. "If the county government office is vacant, how come you live here?"

"When they were exiled, the place was not vacant, but occupied. After all, they were members of the Xuanyuan family, and there was a hidden reason for their exile, so they just went through the motions and stayed in the county government office for about half a year before leaving. At that time, the county magistrate and the county magistrate were still there, and they were still polite. The arrangement was pretty good! Moreover, the old general should have sent people to follow them, but I don't know what happened later, and the people who followed them went back, or something, I have no recollection."

"Just want to see if they are honest?"

"I don't know." Shen Cha shook her head gently. "But the time I spent in the county government office should have been a pretty good time. I had no worries." She sighed softly and said, "It's just that I didn't expect..."

"What didn't you expect?"

"I didn't expect that they would hide things there!" Shen Cha yawned, looked at Shen Haolin, then at Xue Ruitian, and made a gesture of covering his face, "If you two brothers are not sleepy, why don't we go to the county government office at night?"

"Tonight?" Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian looked at each other and waved their hands at Shen Cha at the same time, "Not right, not right!"

"Not right? Why?" Shen Cha thought for a moment and looked at the two of them. "You think someone is watching us in secret, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Haolin smiled. "The news sent back by the shadows stalking near the old house in the past two days has proved this point. There are always unfamiliar faces hanging around the old house, which means there are still people from the Qinglian Sect outside. So, if we go to the county government office now, I'm afraid we will be targeted by them."

"That's right. They should have someone to collect it. This is Master Falian's style." Shen Cha pushed open the door of the flower hall, stretched out his waist, and leaned directly on the chaise longue, looking lazy. "Why don't we use their trick against us?"

"How do you plan to turn the tables?"

"I think their guess is basically consistent with our previous guess. We all think that the two people should put the things in the old house, but we haven't found them yet. Then..." Shen Cha touched his chin, looked at Xue Ruitian leaning on the table, and then looked at Shen Haolin sitting upright behind the table, "What if we find out? Do you think they will take the risk to rob?"