Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2355 Bring a Message 17.0
The soldiers who went to the West Market to investigate the Hu merchant Harlem returned soon, and the news they brought did not surprise them at all.

As soon as Hallam arrived at his place in Xishi, he was controlled by Yanyou and his assassins. He was knocked unconscious, something was stuffed in his mouth, and he was tied up tightly and thrown into a corner.

"I have seen the situation inside the house and there are indeed signs that someone has lived there. Although the other party has tried his best to clean it up, there are still some clues that were missed."

"That means they've been staying there for the past two days, right?"

"Yes, I have questioned Hallam, and he confirmed that the people who kidnapped him have been living there for the past two days. They didn't treat him harshly, but they blocked his mouth to prevent him from talking or making any noise."

"Three meals a day, provided as usual?"

"No, he hasn't had anything to eat or drink in the past two days. The first thing he did after being rescued was to ask us to find him something to eat."

"Yeah!" Jin Miaomiao nodded, "He was able to save his life, which is a blessing in disguise." She looked at Shen Cha and chuckled, "Yanyou was quite unexpected this time. He didn't kill to silence the witness."

"He is just asking for trouble by killing people here to silence them." Shen Cha waved his hand gently. "His purpose is to enter the city without anyone noticing, and then take away what he wants without us knowing, and then leave quickly. He doesn't want to conflict with anyone, nor does he want to cause trouble for himself. Once we know that he is here, we will not let him go easily, right?"

"That's right." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "The result we know is like this now."

"So, he won't kill Hallam, he will just let him fend for himself." Shen Cha looked at the soldier who answered, "Where is Hallam now? Is he still in his own residence?"

"To answer the general, yes!"

"How is this person now? Can he accept our questioning?"

"It looks fine." The soldier thought for a moment, "After eating and drinking, it will be full of energy and vitality."

"Got it. Go down and rest first. If there is anything else, we will ask you again."

"You are too polite, General. This is what I should do." The soldier who responded saluted to Shen Cha, Jin Miaomiao and Ye Pan, "I will take my leave!"

Watching the soldiers leave the tent, Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao exchanged glances. They stood up and smiled at Ye Pan.

"Excuse me, we're leaving now, you go ahead and do your work!"

"General!" Ye Pan stopped Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao who were about to leave, looked at one and then the other, and said, "Are you going to ask Hallam?"

"Not for now." Jin Miaomiao shook her head gently. "We have already captured Yanyou's people, so we don't really need Hallam's testimony, unless Yanyou himself refuses to speak and wants to challenge our patience." She looked at Ye Pan, "If you really want to see him but don't want to meet him alone, why don't you come to the dungeon after daybreak and listen to our interrogation."

"But..." "No buts, let's do it this way!" Shen Cha made the final decision, "There must be a clear break between the two of you no matter what." She looked at Merlin, "Remember to go to General Lu to ask for leave for Ye Pan."

"Yes!" Seeing Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao leaving the big tent, Merlin dragged Hongye and hurriedly followed them. When passing by Ye Pan, the two of them patted him on the shoulder at the same time, "Be happy, this is a good thing!"

Ye Pan looked at the backs of the two people running away, smiled helplessly, sighed softly, and followed them out.

He walked out of the tent, watching the four men walking further and further away, and sighed again, saying to himself, "It's time for this to come to an end."

Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao took Meilin and Hongye out of the city gate. They were not in a hurry to return home, but walked slowly on the street.

"Xiaocha, this Ye Pan..." Hongye held Shencha's arm, looked at her curiously, and said, "Japanese?"

"How is that possible? Of course not!" Shen Cha burst out laughing, "When will the Shen family army be able to recruit a Japanese? It's not what you think. They do have some personal grudges, but..."

"It's not that complicated!" Jin Miaomiao sighed, turned around to look at the city gate, looked at Ye Pan who was watching them leave, waved at him, then turned around and explained to Hongye, "This is just a long-planned deception."

"If Ye Pan had been on duty at the city gate the day before yesterday, Yanyou would never have come in from here. He would rather wait one more day than take the risk." Shen Cha stretched lazily, took Hongye's arm and shook it twice, "I'm hungry. Let's not go back home. Let's go to the camp and grab some midnight snacks from my brothers?"

"Let's go!" Hongye agreed with Shen Cha's suggestion. "I heard that Mr. Mo is in charge of the midnight snack tonight, so we should be able to eat delicious food!"

"Mr. Mo has been concentrating on studying medicinal food recently. I hope he won't always use us to taste the food." Jin Miaomiao rolled her eyes. "Let's go to the camp. We made such a big noise tonight and caught such a big fish. We should find someone to share this joy with, right?"

"Are you sure you want to share joy?" Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "and not share fear?"

"What's so scary about this? The one who should be scared is Yanyou, right?" Jin Miaomiao poked Shen Cha, "You probably didn't notice that the moment Yanyou saw you, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost."

"I saw it, and there was disbelief written all over his face. He must have thought, he had been so careful, why was he still discovered."

Shen Cha pulled Hongye and Jin Miaomiao and took a shortcut to the camp. This path was discovered by her and Shen Haolin when they were young. They didn't walk this path very often, but they would choose this path occasionally when they wanted to be lazy and didn't want to take such a long detour.

"In fact, his discovery had nothing to do with him. If he hadn't gone to the old house to steal things, we wouldn't have known he was here." Hongye sighed, "He was completely dragged down by his so-called colleagues. This can't be blamed on anyone, right?"

"Yes, he has done it very secretly. If we hadn't tracked down the killers, we wouldn't have caught him." Jin Miaomiao sighed, "We can only say that he has bad luck!"

"After talking for so long, you still haven't told me what happened between Ye Pan and him." Hongye shook Shen Cha's arm, "Is it inconvenient?"

"It's not inconvenient." Shen Cha shook his head gently. "In short, it's the story of Mr. Dongguo and the snake."