Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 289 The Bad News Comes

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha had been chatting about how to perfectly cheat Baimeng until one night before they fell asleep. They felt that they had not slept for a long time, as if they had just fallen asleep, when they heard someone knocking on them outside. windows.

"Brother, what time is it?" Seeing Shen Haolin jumping off the bed and quickly finding the robe to put on his body, Shen Cha yawned and asked, "Are you going to wake up?"

"It's not yet three o'clock, just lie down and don't move, I'll go out and have a look." Shen Haolin put on his outer robe, and walked over to tuck Shen Cha in the quilt, "I want to see who is so courageous, Come to mess with our sweet dreams."

"Forget it, if it's nothing serious, I wouldn't come running here at this time. Who doesn't want to sleep well! Listening to the sound of knocking on the window, it should be Thirteen." Shen Cha wrapped herself into a zongzi with a quilt, " Then again, if you can't sleep until you wake up naturally after a festival, this day is really impossible!"

Shen Haolin lowered his head and kissed Shen Cha's forehead, "Sleep a little longer, something big happened, leave it to me."

After finishing speaking, Shen Haolin walked out of the room, walked directly to the door, opened the door, and saw Ying Shisan standing there with a dignified expression.

"I'm sorry, my lord, to disturb your cleanliness!" Ying Shisan bowed, "Something serious happened!"

"Come in first!" Shen Haolin turned sideways, let Ying Shisan in, closed the door, watched him take off the outer cloak and hang it on the hanger at the door, and patted the snowflakes off his hair, " Let’s warm up by the fire first.”

"Grandpa Xie!" Taking the stove from Shen Haolin, Ying Shisan sighed deeply.

"Look at your face, it's livid, what happened?" Shen Haolin looked at him very seriously, "Did the Liao army sneak attack?"

"The Liao Kingdom doesn't have the energy right now. Lord, the urgent secret letter sent back by Xiao Min." Ying Shisan took out a small bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Shen Haolin. "The exact news from the Liao Palace, Xiao Liao Wang died of illness three days ago."

"Three days ago?" Shen Haolin paused for a while while removing the bamboo tube, and frowned slightly, "That is to say, when the Liao mission was on the way, the little Liao king passed away, but they didn't announce it to the public, did they? ?”

"Yes!" Ying Shisan nodded, "The brothers in the palace saw the body of King Xiao Liao placed in a special ice coffin, and after several confirmations, they tried their best to find an opportunity to send the news. Not only our people send out news, but the people arranged by Jin and Tubo are also trying to send the news to the outside. It is estimated that... all the detailed operations have already sent the news back to other countries. And the people of the Liao Kingdom, until now, have not Not knowing that their king has died of illness, the Liao kings, princes and nobles headed by the Yelu family all decided to conceal the news by coincidence."

"Coincidence? Probably not." After putting on her clothes, Shen Cha walked out from the inside pulling on her cotton boots, "Is anyone coming out of the palace?"

"Boss!" Ying Shisan saluted Shen Cha, "No family came out of the palace, so the people in Linhuang Mansion would think that Little Liao King is still alive..." Ying Shisan suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Boss, you It means that ... they didn't choose to shut up, they had to shut up."

"That's what it means. Those who are against the Yelu family...to be precise, those who are against Yelu Ertu, if they follow their intentions, they probably couldn't wait to announce the death of King Liao to the world. In this case, they You can do whatever you want. But..." Shen Cha stood beside Shen Haolin, looked at the content in the note in his hand, "If you don't want to be mourned, Little Liao King is still Liao King, Yeluertu is still The regent, and Yelulan... can only be Yelulan, there is no change at all. If the news of the death is not announced, their plan will not be realized." Shen Cha sighed, "For these people with evil intentions Said that the current period is the most difficult."

"But what's the reason why they don't hold a funeral? Although the weather is cold and there are ice coffins in place, it can't just be delayed like this. According to the usual practice in previous years, the little Liao King will leave the palace on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. On inspection. If the inspection on that day is cancelled, rumors will spread all over Linhuang Mansion." Ying Shisan looked at Shen Haolin and then at Shen Cha, "Is it because their internal negotiations have not been settled yet?"

"He passed away three days ago. It stands to reason that each family should be busy with the funeral of King Liao. Now that they have stayed in the palace, apart from the uneven distribution of benefits, there may be another possibility." .”

"House arrest?" Seeing Shen Cha's nod, Shen Haolin sighed softly, "I'm in another place, if I were Yeluertu, I might make the same decision as him. Control these restless people in your hands It’s better to be inside than to let them make waves outside and get out of control.”

While speaking, Shen Haolin pulled Shen Cha to sit down, and at the same time called Ying Shisan to come and sit down.

Ying Shisan responded, and walked over to look at the unburned charcoal beside him. He reached out to clean the small stove and put in new charcoal to start burning.

"Grandpa, Boss, let's talk first, I'll go to the small dining room to exchange for a pot of tea."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Haolin and Shen Cha's response, he ran out with the small teapot in his hand.

"Hey, put on the cloak!" Shen Cha watched Ying Shisan run away and disappeared, and shook his head slightly, "Brother, it's time to make a decision, is it Yeluertu or Yelulan."

"What do you think?" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, "How about this, let's write a word in the palm of our hand to see if we think the same."

"No need, let's talk together." Shen Cha stretched out three fingers, "Three, two, one!"

"Lan!" The two said in unison, looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"You two..." Ying Shisan came back with a small teapot, happened to see this scene, he stood at the door in a daze, "Did I bother you?"

"What are you bothering me?" Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, "Close the door quickly, it's so cold!"

"Oh!" Ying Shisan turned around and closed the door, put the small teapot on the small stove, and then sat firmly opposite Shen Haolin and Shen Cha.

"Once the little Liao King dies, the power in the Liao Kingdom will be readjusted." Ying Shisan sighed, "The parties that have been dormant for a long time are about to move around again, and Yeluertu's life in the future will really be difficult. ah!"

"Other people, Yeluertu won't take it to heart. What he is really on guard against is the group of people headed by the Xiao family. Look at Xiao Fengqi. Up to now, he has not given up the idea of ​​making a comeback, let alone the Xiao family. What about the others!" Shen Cha took the tea from Ying Shisan and put it in front of Shen Haolin first, "Besides being wary of someone who will make trouble during this critical period, there is one more thing to wait for Yelunan Go back with Qi Zhifeng. Whether it's the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, or the friendship between brothers, let them see King Xiao Liao for the last time, so as not to leave any regrets in their hearts."

(End of this chapter)