Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2317 It Turns Out to be Hidden Here 13.0

"Are you planning to lure someone into a trap, or are you trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west?" Xue Ruitian stretched lazily and looked at Merlin. "Please bring me a soft chair. I don't know what's wrong with my waist these past two days."

Merlin responded and went out to give instructions. A short while later, servants came in carrying two soft chairs.

"Put it here, put it here!" Xue Ruitian ordered the servant to put his soft chair next to Shen Cha, "Put the other one on the other side."

The servant placed the two soft chairs in place as Xue Ruitian requested, bowed to the people, and left one by one.

"Brother, come and lie down for a while!" Shen Cha waved at Shen Haolin, then looked at Merlin, "Don't stand, find a place to sit and be more casual."

Merlin smiled, picked up three or four cushions, piled them not far from the charcoal fire, and sat down comfortably.

"I slept too much during the day, so I'm not very sleepy at night. Let's just chat like this. If you're tired, just sleep like this. It doesn't matter."

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin didn't lie down directly, but took out a few thick blankets from the small room at the back and covered Meilin, Xue Ruitian and Shen Cha respectively. "If you want to lie here, wrap yourself tightly and don't catch a cold!"

"Duke, the Marquis and I are in good health and don't feel cold. But the eldest brother really needs to wrap himself up more tightly." Merlin smiled and said, "I just asked them to prepare a midnight snack. It's all soup. If you are hungry, you can ask them to bring it over."

"Mr. Mo prepared so many delicious dishes. How can you still feel hungry?" Xue Ruitian glanced at Merlin. "I saw your table. There's not a single drop of food left. You've almost eaten the plates, right?"

"My Lord, don't you know? The two young masters at our table have big appetites. Whether it's mutton or beef, most of the meat on the table, except for the steamed fish that was sent to you, went into the stomachs of the two young masters. Even so, Young Master Qi still said that he was only 70% to 80% full."

"They are still young and growing up, so they don't eat much. Look at our two little princes and Jiu'er, aren't they the same?" Shen Cha smiled helplessly, "Don't even mention them. Even if you were their age, you wouldn't eat less than them."

"Hey, Xiaocha is right." Xue Ruitian stretched out comfortably on the soft chair and raised an eyebrow at Merlin. "I remember that the head cook of the mess and the camp complained to me and Haolin from time to time, saying that the kids in the Shadow Camp had such a good appetite. One of them could eat a roast chicken in one meal, and another could eat a whole leg of lamb in another. They said that it was not that they didn't want the kids to eat, but they were really afraid that they would eat too much and get sick."

"Ah?" Merlin looked at Shen Haolin, then at Shen Cha, "There is such a thing? How come I didn't know about it?"

"It's strange that you know." Shen Cha chuckled and said, "I told Mr. Mo and the others that since you are young and have good appetites, and you train for a long time and a lot every day, it's okay to eat more. They observed for many days and wrote us notes to report your daily life. They found that no one got sick because of eating too much, so they were relieved." She looked at Shen Haolin lying beside her and said, "right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin responded, looking past Shen Cha at Xue Ruitian, and said, "Is your waist injured? Have you consulted Miaomiao? Did she say whether it's serious?"

"Don't worry, I've been given a plaster and told to just be quiet for a few days. It's nothing serious." Xue Ruitian waved his hand and looked at Shen Cha. "You said the things might be hidden in the abandoned county government office, but that place has been burned down like that. Although we renovated it later, but..." He thought for a moment, "Where can something be hidden?" "We only demolished the abandoned house on the original site and rebuilt it. There was no other unnecessary action." Shen Cha pulled up the blanket on his body and said, "We haven't carefully investigated whether there are any secret passages in this county government office, right?"

"The county government office would have secret rooms, traps, and secret passages?" Xue Ruitian frowned. "Who gave him such courage?"

"Of course there are. Almost all border offices facing war will build secret rooms and secret passages." Shen Cha sighed. "Before the Shen family army took over Jiapingguan City, the secret rooms and secret passages of the county government played a very important role. The secret rooms were used to hide case files, and the secret passages were used to hide people. When war came, the elderly and young babies had to hide in the secret passages. They could not be exposed outside. Sometimes, the secret passages could even lead to the outside of the city, safely escorting people out of the city to seek help in the capital. Later, the county government was abolished, and my father, mother, uncle and aunt came, so the secret passage was no longer useful. Over time, no one mentioned it."

"So that's how it is. I really hadn't noticed it before!" Xue Ruitian thought for a moment, "In other words, they both knew about it, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, "They have also hidden in the secret passage once or twice. Because of the wine, they can't stay in the city." She sighed softly, "I didn't expect them to hide things here. It's really hard to guess."

"I see. So, should we lure the enemy into a trap or make a feint to the east and attack in the west?"

"Of course it's a trap." Shen Cha smiled, "Set a trap for them, let them walk in on their own, and then catch them all in one fell swoop, isn't that great?"

"You have an idea?"

"I have a rough idea, and I need my brother and Xiaotian to perfect it." Shen Cha turned sideways, took the teapot beside him, poured himself a cup of tea, took two sips to moisten his throat, and continued, "This is my plan."

Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian listened quietly to Shen Cha's plan, nodding as they listened, and interrupted when they heard something unreasonable. Merlin, on the other hand, had already taken out a small notebook and started taking shorthand notes when the few people started chatting.

After about a cup of tea, the plan to lure the enemy into a trap had taken shape and was basically working.

"Boss!" Merlin came over and handed Shen Cha her notebook. "I've already written it down. Is that right?"

Shen Cha took it, read it carefully, and nodded to Merlin.

"Very good, I'll adjust it after I wake up tomorrow." Shen Cha returned the notebook to Merlin, "Let's see if they are fooled or not."

"It's easy if they are fooled. If not, we can find a way to make them believe us." Xue Ruitian yawned and closed his eyes slightly. "After all, let them never come back this time!"