Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 759 Frustrated and Excited

Hearing the soldiers say that old man Qian wanted to see them and had something to say to them, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, Bai Meng, and even Ying Jiu and Ying Fifteen all showed incredulous expressions on their faces.

Ying Shiwu is young and has a lively personality. He is also liked by everyone. He is not so restrained in front of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. When he heard the words of the soldiers, his first reaction was to rush out of the small stone house and rise towards the sun. The place looked around, and then ran back in a hurry.

"What are you doing here?" Shen Cha couldn't laugh or cry seeing him like this, "Go and see if old man Qian has been replaced by someone? Are you out of your mind?"

"No, I just went to see where the sun rose from today, and whether it came out from the west, otherwise, how could such a stubborn person take the initiative to see us." Ying Fifteen sat down again, Looking at the soldier, "What did old man Qian say? Tell us."

"Yes, that's what he said." The soldier cleared his throat, took a step back, and imitated what old man Qian said just now, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there? I want to see Duke Zhen and General Zhen Guo , Commander of the Forbidden Army, I have something to tell them."

"That's it?" Ying Fifteen looked at Ying Jiu, then at Shen Haolin and the three of them, "It's gone?"

"No more." The soldier nodded honestly, "Take the questions to ask him later, such as what he wants to say specifically, and he refuses to say a word."

"Understood." Bai Meng waved his hand at the soldier, "You go and ask first and wait, we will call you after we have made a decision."

The soldier agreed, and strode away from the small stone room.

"What's the matter?" Bai Meng waited for the soldiers to leave, then looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Are we seeing each other or not?"

"Of course we need to meet. Since he proposed, we can go along with it. Besides, we don't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd if we don't see him. But after meeting, we must take the initiative to ask and say anything. "Shen Haolin picked up the teacup and drank it slowly, "This old man is not an ordinary person, he has eaten more food than we have traveled, so we must be careful not to be entangled by him at all times. "

"Brother's words are too polite, it's not just this old man!" Shen Cha looked at A Zhuang's confession recorded by Ying Shiwu, and sneered, "People from Tantai's house, even if they look stupid, It looks quite honest, but in fact, he has much more eyes than ordinary people."

"Is this out of feeling?" Bai Meng held her chin and looked at Shen Cha curiously, "What did you see?"

"During the entire interrogation process, it seemed that there was a lot to say, and all the focus was on Yu Wu and Patriarch Tantai, but in fact, apart from their emotional entanglements, there was no other content at all. On the contrary, the more you read this confession , the more deluded we are, the more likely we are to run counter to the truth.”

"You mean, he actually read our thoughts and said what we wanted?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding slightly, Bai Meng disagreed with this statement, "Do you think highly of him? Does he have the brains?"

"Whether he has it, I'm not sure, but the old man Qian definitely has it."

"You still think the two of them have studied it beforehand?" Bai Meng thought back, "Ah! I remembered, Xiao Jiujiu asked before, on the way to Xijing, did they talk about what would happen if they were caught? He seemed to hesitate for a moment, as if he was wondering what to say, didn't he?"

"That's right. Since then, I have doubted how much of what he said is true. Looking back at this confession, part of it is the kid's true thoughts, and part is instilled in advance by old man Qian. These are two Completely different styles can be distinguished. Another point, this kid, Ah Zhuang, is not lying." Shen Cha stretched out a finger, "Old Man Qian is indeed one of the people Patriarch Tantai needs to use."

"How are you sure about this?" Bai Meng felt that his brain was going to explode. Compared with Shen Cha, he seemed like an idiot who couldn't see anything.

"Didn't I just say that? There are two obviously different styles of this confession. One belongs to Ah Zhuang, which is very simple and straightforward. The other belongs to Old Man Qian. There are pitfalls in his words. If you don't carefully screen them, you will fall behind." Go to the pit." Shen Cha looked at Bai Meng, "There is a style of pit in this sentence, isn't it very familiar? We have found many things related to Tantai's family, one ring within another, each ring There are unknown traps." She turned her head to look at Shen Haolin again, "I have to admit that we have indeed been tricked, right?"

"En!" Shen Haolin nodded silently, "Uncle Ning, Aunt Xue."

"If we had been more cautious back then, the situation might not have been as bad as it is now." Shen Cha smiled wryly, "It's useless to talk about it now, I can only do my best to make up for it." She took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, " This old man may be our breakthrough, if we can force the truth out of his mouth, we will be one step closer to the truth."

"You say..." Bai Meng lay on the table and said sullenly, "Could it be this old man who taught the Tantai family and Yu Wu? The reason why Tantai Patriarch threw the old man over Is it because you don't need him anymore? You think he's an eyesore?"

"It's not impossible." After reading all the confessions, Shen Cha shook the papers in his hand, "It would be a bit too mean to say that this thing is worthless, but it still has some value In addition to helping us find the key figure, Old Man Qian, it also allowed us to see a little bit of the real face of Patriarch Tantai, and let us know that this person is not as ruthless as we imagined. In this world, there are still people who let us What he cares about and makes him care about is a huge gain."

"The person you are talking about..." Bai Meng frowned slightly, "You mean Yu Wu?"

"En!" Shen Cha nodded as a matter of course, "If it's not him, who else could it be? Now I take back what I said before that the Tantai family treats Yu Wu as their own property. I'm afraid the two of them are not so simple. "

"If this is the case, there is a big problem, Boss." Ying Jiu paced slowly in the small stone room, "It is not fake that the Yu family has been wiped out, and Yu Wu's grief is not fake, then, If the person from the Tantai family cares about Yu Wu's feelings, why did he give such an order?"

"It may be for us to see." Shen Haolin knocked on the table, "When we saw the things in those small wooden boxes, we were shocked by Patriarch Tantai's generous handwriting, and instinctively sided with the so-called sufferer. Empathize with what they're going through, have compassion for them. Especially when they're overwhelmed with grief, it's easier to soften the hearts of those around them."

"In this state, our thought-calm and rational judgments are actually affected invisibly." Shen Cha then added, "I still remember what we brought up when we saw the things inside those small wooden boxes. Is that the question?"

"Remember." Bai Meng, Ying Jiu and Ying Fifteen said in unison, "We are wondering if Patriarch Tantai's mind is broken, what is the point of doing this, it is not trying to push Yu Wu to our side Is it? Anyone with a little brain would not do this, not to mention that he has a lot of brains, but a lot of eyes."

"Wait!" Bai Meng stretched out her hand to stop Ying Jiu and Ying Fifteen from continuing, "Did the two of them have any agreement when they parted? Did they plan this scene today? But if it is They planned it before, aren't they a little too crazy? Normal people wouldn't do this, right? If that's the case, it's completely opposite to what we said before."

"At this point, the case is still confusing." Shen Cha sighed heavily, "We still don't know what the truth is like." She smiled wryly, "It's very frustrating, but I feel very excited again.”

"Frustration is understandable, but where does this excitement come from?" Bai Meng looked at Shen Cha in confusion.

"A match in chess." Shen Haolin stretched out his hand to rub Shen Cha's hair, and said with a smile, "Finally, I have met someone who is evenly matched."

(End of this chapter)