Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 663

The hot soup was gurgling and steaming in the copper pot, and everyone sat around together, staring at the ingredients that had just been thrown into the pot, eagerly waiting for the moment when they were cooked.

Because it was too cold, there were several charcoal basins in the hall, and they didn't feel warm. In addition, Song Qiyun and Bai Meng were hungry, so Song Jue asked the two father-in-laws to go to the imperial dining room to make a hot pot. , In such a cold late night, it is the most comfortable to eat a hot pot.

"Speaking of which, this year is also very special. It's spring, and at night, my hands and feet are still cold. The mother's mother was still blowing the wind a few days ago, so I felt uncomfortable this morning." Song Jue pawed at the copper with chopsticks Let the meat in the pot be heated evenly, so as not to be half-cooked and have a stomachache after eating.He glanced at Xuanyuan Liang who was sitting silently on the side, and asked, "Has the old general seen such a situation before?"

"This kind of situation is rare, but it really happened once. It was when I was very young, probably..." After taking the hot soup from Shen Cha, Xuanyuan Liang held it in her hand and looked at it carefully for a while , and took a sip slowly, as if drinking some kind of fine wine.He smiled at Shen Cha, turned to look at Song Jue, "It was when I was two or three years old, I didn't remember it myself, and I also heard from the elders in my family that the winter lasted for a year or two was special. It is very long, and the sky is also very cold. I heard that it is almost the beginning of summer, and I have not taken off my thin jacket. Some houses in the shade still need to light a charcoal basin." He sighed softly, "Don't Not to mention, the weather is so cold, the harvest will be a big problem. If the spring is too cold, it will affect the spring sowing, and in the autumn, it will affect the autumn harvest. Your Majesty, you have to make preparations earlier. "

"The old general reminded me." Song Jue nodded, "Fortunately, these years have been bumper harvests, and the reserves are abundant, so don't worry too much. The big deal..."

"Just grab it!" Song Qiyun raised his eyebrows, grabbed the first batch of hot cooked meat quickly, dipped it in his cooking dish twice, and stuffed it into his mouth, "From the time when the floods began in the Kingdom of Jin Brother Haolin and Sister Xiaocha sent people to touch the old bottom of the Kingdom of Jin. The reserves are quite abundant, not to mention enough for the Kingdom of Jin to feed for a year, just counting Daxia and Liao. Two or three years is more than enough."

"Hey, is Wanyan's family so rich? Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping are really capable!" Song Jue and Xuanyuan Liang were shocked when they heard Song Qiyun's words, and they looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha in unison, "He Is it true?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded with certainty, "It's just too much, this number is not only our investigation, Yelu also checked it, and it basically matches our results. We joked in private, saying that if the grain and grass If there is a problem, you can get local materials, and it is absolutely impossible to starve." She fished out the second wave of cooked meat, put some of it on Shen Haolin's plate, and gave the other part to Song Jue. "The people of the Kingdom of Jin also have a lot of resentment towards this. Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping advocated relief, but they just scattered all the old rice."

"They're not scattering old rice, they're scattering their own virtues!"

"You're right!" Shen Cha nodded towards Xuanyuan Liang, "If it wasn't for that, Wanyan Ping wouldn't be in the situation where everyone pushed the wall down today, at least the people of Yiqing Mansion would stand by her side, But now..." She shook her head, "As long as there is a way, the whole family will sneak out of the city. If you can't take things with you, you should either give them to the neighbors around you, or destroy them altogether. Yanping's. And those who can't leave the city will dig cellars in their own homes to hide food and supplies. They said that they would rather send these things outside the city than give them to people in Wanyanping " She spread her hands, her expression very helpless, "Wanyanping probably didn't expect the situation to become so bad."

"This is self-inflicted." Bai Meng didn't say a word all the time, taking advantage of the gap between everyone's talking, and took the time to fill her stomach.After eating and drinking enough, he looked at Xuanyuan Liang, "Old general, do you think that idea I just made is true?"

"Well, I've been thinking about what you said just now." Xuanyuan Liang rubbed her chin and glanced at Bai Meng, "If you didn't mention this today, I really didn't think about it in this direction."

"It's too late to think about it now." Bai Meng held the soup bowl and looked at Xuanyuan Liang seriously, "Think about it, is it possible?"

"Let me talk about my point of view first, I think it's very possible." Song Yaojia put down her bowl and chopsticks, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "My focus is different from yours, I think so. Xijing now Most of the houses were built in the style of the previous dynasty, and many high-ranking households retain some traces of the previous dynasty. For example, the main house and the ancestral hall are actually separate, and the Xuanyuan family is still the same, right?" See Xuanyuan Liang nodded, and he continued, "Just now, the old general said that the main house and the ancestral hall were on fire at the same time. If these two places are connected, then one of them was burned and caused damage to the other place. , It is possible to judge that it was an accident, but it is absolutely impossible for two separate and completely disjointed places to be burned at the same time, if it was not intentional."

"I agree with His Royal Highness's statement." Shen Haolin then added, "I would like to add two points to what we saw in the dossier just now. First, when the fire broke out, everyone in the entire mansion fell into a coma, and no one was awake. Second, all the records of the mansion and the ancestral hall were destroyed and burned. According to the description of the scene at the time, the paper books and letters were torn up first and then burned, and the bamboo slips and the like were all destroyed. It was crossed out, cut into several sections, and then burned. Therefore, after the fire, there is no written record at all.”

"This means that the perpetrator had plenty of time at that time. He or they could guarantee that the people in the mansion would not wake up suddenly, so they had time to do such things. It also shows that, except for those who want to set up the whole mansion There is another purpose besides death." Shen Cha looked at Xuanyuan Liang, "Destroy the evidence about the Xuanyuan family and those families related to the Xuanyuan family."

"The Tantai family is the only one who has an inseparable friendship with the Xuanyuan family and loves and hates the Xuanyuan family." Bai Meng sighed, "Old general, do you think what we said is right?"

"Hearing what you said, it's really the case." Xuanyuan Liang smiled wryly, "It's no wonder that the ancestors have always strictly restrained the children of the clan, and they are not allowed to use their family background to swagger outside, and they are not allowed to cause trouble outside. You probably know that too.”

"In the end, a gangster was caught as a scapegoat in this case." Song Jue sighed, "This Heijiaying camp is truly amazing. It has been decades since the Xuanyuan family fire was destroyed and the Tantai family was destroyed, and they can still pester them." .Unfortunately, one hundred secrets and one sparse, probably did not expect that there is a member of the Xuanyuan family who is an official in other places, or else it would really be a tragedy of extermination."

"Your Majesty said so." Xuanyuan Liang also sighed and shook her head lightly. She didn't know if she was lamenting for her ancestors. Why did she get into trouble with such an evil spirit, and even her descendants would not have a peaceful life? Can pass.

"The usual style of the Heijiaying is to bite the bullet and never let go. If the Xuanyuan family really played an indispensable role in the destruction of the Tantai clan, or if they have evidence to prove that the Xuanyuan family is the one who betrayed, no matter how much Keep a low profile, and they will be found. At least now we can be sure that they have been targeting the Xuanyuan family all along." Song Jue continued, "But I have a question. As the absolute confidant of the Tantai clan, the Heijiaying is It is unimaginable that the first to be wiped out by Emperor Liang would still have escaped."

"It's nothing unimaginable. At that time, the Black Armored Battalion was no longer a pure guard, and it was not simply composed of elites in the army. There were also some strangers who wanted to escape or take one or two young masters to escape. It's easy." Shen Cha paused for a moment, looked at everyone present, "People from the Tantai family...are they still alive?"

"You mean to say that the current leader of the Black Armor Camp, or the person who planned all of this is from the Tantai family?" Song Jue and Shen Haolin exchanged glances, "What's your reason for saying that?"

"Reason..." Shen Cha's expression was serious, "Everyone, please think about it, your guards are very loyal to you, but you can guarantee that their descendants, even after many generations, will also be loyal to your descendants Do you think it's possible?"

"This..." Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, they really couldn't guarantee this.

"It's unlikely, right?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "Although the Black Armor Camp was founded by Tantai Ce, in the final analysis, they and Tantai's family are also in the relationship of hiring and being hired, and they must be loyal if they say it. Yes, but people die for money, and birds die for food. If there is a better way out, they will not stick to such a hopeless organization, even if it used to be very brilliant. But now more than two hundred years have passed, and how There are still people who are loyally guarding this Black Armor Camp, it is impossible not to be surprised."

"You're right, there must be loyalty, but it won't be loyal for more than two hundred years." Xuanyuan Liang finished the soup in her bowl, "If the Heijiaying is not under the control of the Tantai family, those people will not It is impossible to be so obedient and work so hard."

"Also, we can boldly guess that the person in charge of the Tantai family is very likely to be a direct descendant of Tantai Ce."

(End of this chapter)