Wan Yanxi and his attendants looked forward to his grand ambitions. Shen Cha, who was far away in Jiaping Pass, was studying his true purpose of joining the Liao mission.
Although she said that Xijing's affairs were not under her control and were something that His Majesty should worry about, Shen Cha still couldn't rest assured. After all, she was the leader of the shadows. In addition to fighting, she was also responsible for collecting intelligence, monitoring, and arresting enemies. Every detail is her responsibility.
Although Wanyanxi and Wanyan Yuwen are not detailed works, they are figures that may influence the future of the Jin Kingdom. Perhaps in the near future, these two will replace Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping and become the rulers of the Jin Kingdom. By that time, if they knew nothing about these two people, they would put Daxia at a disadvantage. This would be their shadow's dereliction of duty.
Since this has been expected, no matter whether these two people can finally kill Wanyan and his daughter, every move must be within the scope of their shadow surveillance. They cannot do anything major within their jurisdiction. , but they, the local cowards, were completely unaware. If this gets out, people will probably make fun of them for several years. They cannot afford to lose face like this.
As the saying goes, you think about things every day and dream about things at night. If you think too much during the day, you won’t forget it even when you fall asleep at night, and your memory will become clearer. Throughout the night, except for the first hour when he fell asleep, where he felt at ease and his breathing was steady, during the next two hours, Shen Cha kept turning over and did not sleep particularly peacefully.
She had a dream. In the dream, someone was laughing at her mistakes and accusing her of her negligence. Then she saw Wanyanxi and Wanyan Yuwen passing in front of her with their hair in braids. She chased after them. But I couldn't catch those little pigtails no matter how hard I tried.
Shen Cha was tossing around in her dream. The unlucky one was Shen Haolin who slept next to her. This person was a light sleeper and would wake up easily at the slightest movement. Shen Cha turned over seven or eight times in one night, and he followed suit. I woke up seven or eight times. Every time I woke up, I had to check the state of the person around me and make sure she was okay before letting myself fall asleep again.
When it was almost dawn, I had a vague feeling that I was about to fall asleep, and I didn't know what the guy next to me was dreaming about. A "ouch" sound made Shen Hao Lin sit up from the bed in a panic. .
Not only Shen Haolin was frightened by Shen Cha's voice, but also Ying Qi and Ying Ba who were dozing on the roof. The two shadows' sleepiness immediately disappeared without a trace, and they rolled around. They climbed up and jumped off the roof. The movement was so loud that it felt like the two of them were going to tear down the house. When they rushed into the house and ran to the inner room, they saw the boss who was sweating profusely because of a nightmare, and a helpless man who was wiping the boss' sweat with a handkerchief.
"Don't worry, your boss was just frightened in his dream. It'll be fine as long as I'm here." Shen Haolin nodded towards Ying Qi and Ying Ba, "Please go get some hot water and tea. Just be outside."
"Yes, Lord Guo."
Watching the two shadows go out, Shen Haolin opened the quilt, got out of bed, walked to the closet, and found a new middle coat from inside.
"What are you dreaming about? You're yelling and screaming." Walking back with Shen Cha's coat, Shen Haolin sat by the bed and looked at the girl who was a little frightened. "What's going on? Are you really scared?"
"Brother!" Shen Cha took a deep breath, closed his eyes and opened them again, "I just remembered a scene I saw when I was a child in my dream. I don't know why, but in these years, I have never thought of it. Come through this scene.”
"What?" Shen Haolin heard the footsteps coming from outside the house and gestured to Shen Cha, "We'll talk later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Qi and Ying Ba pushed open the door and came in. One was carrying two bath buckets filled with hot water, and the other was holding a large teapot.
"Thank you for your hard work. Go to the room next to you and rest for a while. It's already this hour, so we won't sleep."
"Yes, Mr. Guo, I'm resigning." Ying Qi and Ying Ba saluted and exited the room as quickly as possible.
"Go take a hot bath. If you have anything to say, say it slowly." Shen Haolin walked outside and brought a bath bucket in. "Wait while I put the screen in place."
"Oh!" Shen Cha nodded. After seeing Shen Haolin put the screen away, he slowly walked out of bed, took off his shirt, stepped into the bathtub, and immersed his whole body in the hot water. "The scene that suddenly came to mind in my dream just now was that I met someone from the Wanyan family in the Hou Mansion. If I remember correctly, that person should have a lot to do with Wanyanxi."
"When? Why didn't I know?"
"It seems that brother has also forgotten." Shen Cha soaked in hot water and felt much better. She leaned her head on the edge of the bucket and said slowly, "Brother, you still remember the day of my eighth birthday. Aunt Xue prepared a small family dinner for me. After playing for a while, my brother said that when it was time for me to drink medicine, he said goodbye to Uncle Xue and Brother Xiaotian. But at that time, Aunt Xue went somewhere. I remember that she seemed to have said that she was going to the dining room to cook some of her specialty dishes, but the family dinner had been over for a long time, and she had not been seen. The two of us wanted to say goodbye to her, so we walked towards the dining room, only to find that She was talking to a young man behind the rockery not far from the dining room. Looking back on the appearance of that young man, he had a similar image to Wanyan Zongcheng. In terms of age, he should be Wanyanxi's father. "
"Hey, I seem to have some impression. At that time, we accidentally alerted them, and they seemed to be in a panic. When Aunt Xue introduced us, she said that the man was her distant cousin. He was a businessman and passed by Jiaping by chance. Guancheng, just come over and visit my cousin."
"Yes." Shen Cha nodded, "Brother, you still remember that when the two of them talked, they did not use the Mandarin of our Daxia, but the Mandarin of the Jin people. Thinking about it this way, the incident that year became It's even more complicated. Even if Aunt Xue has nothing to do with the Liao people, her involvement with the Jin people is unclear. I can't guarantee whether there are Jin people involved in that matter now. "
Shen Haolin was silent for a while and then said, "It's better to hide it from Xiaotian. I think if I tell him this, he will go crazy."
"It can't be said. At least we need to find conclusive evidence. The friendship between the two seems to be unusual. There should be letters exchanged between the two. But I sent someone to check the Hou Mansion and found nothing of value. So. , the thing that proves the relationship between the two of them must be obtained from that man. But that man is no longer alive, and if you want to find his things, you have to rely on Wanyanxi. However, he has been in exile for many years. He would carry the relics of his father and brother. The things left by his father and brother should be locked up by Wanyan Zongcheng somewhere in Qing'an Palace. Wanyan Zongcheng knew that he was sorry for his brother, so he did not dare to throw away his brother's relics, nor did he If you dare to show it openly, you have to stay in a place where the sun is not visible. Unfortunately, Wanyan Ping is responsible for the defense of Qing'an Palace, and our people can't get in."
"Take your time. Whether it's Jin, Liao, or that old thing, it can't be done in a hurry."
"Brother's temperament has become more and more calm in the past few years, and he is not as impatient when encountering things as before."
"I can't get impatient anymore when I'm always with slow guys like you."
Shen Cha didn't answer, just chuckled, stood up from the bath bucket, walked out, picked up the handkerchief placed next to him to dry the water droplets on his body, and put on the middle coat that Shen Haolin had prepared. .
"Today is the end of those guys in the dungeon, brother, are you going to the execution ground in person?"
"Naturally, in order to show our importance, all generals of second rank and above must go."
"Then..." Shen Cha casually put on a cotton robe that he wore at home and sat on the soft couch to wipe his hair, "What about those two fat guys? They have some friendship with us and revealed a lot of information to us. We, their last journey, if we don’t go see them off, I’m afraid it won’t be appropriate.”
Just now, Shen Haolin heard the sound on the other side of the screen and knew that Chen Cha had been washed. He slowly walked out of the barrel, dried himself, put on his clothes, and removed the screen in the middle.
"It doesn't matter. We can go to the execution ground to watch the execution first, and then go to the dungeon to see them for the last time." Shen Haolin walked to Shen Cha and sat down, taking the handkerchief in her hand and wiping her hair, "Anyway, it's Send them on their way secretly, it doesn’t matter what time it is, I think they won’t care if it’s a quarter and a half late.”
"Brother is right, but we still need to send someone to tell them, lest they think we are not friends enough."
"Okay!" Shen Haolin dried Shen Cha's hair and rubbed his own hair at the same time, "We still have time, how about we go out and compete?"
"No problem. I haven't had a good fight in several days. I feel like my body is stiff." Shen Cha stood up and twisted his ankles and wrists. "Master is back. If you watch If I'm so slack, even if it's the Chinese New Year, I won't let you go."
