Yerunan and Qi Zhifeng finished everything they had to do and only rested for one night in Jiapingguan City. Early the next morning, as soon as the city gate opened, they set off back to Liao Kingdom with their entourage.
Shen Haolin and others did not hold back. The funeral of the former Liao King would be officially held on February 28th. During this period, Yerunan and Qi Zhifeng still had many things to be busy with. Furthermore, they had discussed that with Yeluling's ability, it was absolutely impossible to mobilize so many dead soldiers to work for him. There must be someone else behind Yeluling. As for who this other person is, they don't have a clue yet, but they have to guard against it. If they return to Linhuang Mansion one day earlier, they will be able to find clues one day earlier. If they are lucky, they may be able to follow the clues and find the person behind it.
Shen Cha and Yelu have made an appointment. On February 20th, the condolence team will set off from Jiapingguancheng. If the journey goes well, it will arrive at Linhuang Mansion on the 25th. If not, it will arrive at Linhuang Mansion on the 28th at the latest. Arrive the same day.
"Why did you suddenly tell Yerunan about your plan?" After seeing off the Liao envoy, everyone walked towards the Shen family's military camp. Shen Haolin nodded to the people in the city who greeted him and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you say you want to Think about it carefully? Is this the result of your consideration? "
"No matter how I think about it, I feel that it is not a good idea for us to come forward for this kind of matter. Mr. Nan is the most suitable candidate." Seeing sweet fried pancakes for sale on the street, Shen Cha walked over and asked, "Boss, how much does this pancake cost?" one?"
"Two copper coins each. How many do you want, sir?"
"I want twenty." Shen Cha took out a money bag from Shen Haolin's sleeve, poured out forty copper plates, and put them into a small plate specially designed for money.
"Twenty?" The stall owner was lowering his head to fry fried pancakes. When he heard someone wanted to buy twenty pancakes, he was startled. He raised his head to see who was doing such a big thing and to see clearly the person standing in front of him. , he couldn't believe his eyes, and saluted tremblingly, "I have seen the Duke and the eldest lady!" Then he turned to Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing behind them, "I have seen the Marquis and the military advisor."
"No need to be so polite." Xue Ruitian came over, stood next to the oil pan, and took a deep breath, "Hiss, don't tell me, I've seen it before, but I didn't think it tasted that good. I don't know what happened today, but it tasted quite good. fragrant."
"Hey, the ones you've seen before are all ordinary ones." Jin Jing hooked Xue Ruitian's shoulders, "Boss, this one has sugar in it, right?"
"Yes!" The stall owner took two deep breaths and tried to calm himself down. He quickly threw the fried pancakes in the oil pan on the grate to drain off the excess oil, and then threw the prepared flour pancakes in. into the oil pan.
"The crackling sound of fried food, in my opinion, should be the most beautiful sound in the world." Jin Jing put her hands in her hands and looked at the dough rolling in the pan with a smile, "Fortunately, that girl Miaomiao today No, if she were here, she would definitely not let us eat this."
"It's no use if she's here, just eat if you want." Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes, took the hot pancake handed over by the stall owner, and took a bite, "Huh, you should eat pancakes fresh out of the pan, they're so delicious! "
The stall owner was so embarrassed by the praise that he almost fried the pancakes in the pot. Fortunately, he came to his senses in time and didn't let the pot of pancakes be scrapped.
Because of Shen Haolin's bulk purchase, the people passing by came to join in the fun and wanted to taste the food that the Duke and the Marquis liked. Not long after, a long queue formed in front of the stall.
This situation has never happened to the stall owner since he opened this oil cake stall. He was extremely busy. By the time he remembered to return the oil cake money to the Duke and the others, these four people had already disappeared.
"I haven't finished what I just said, let's continue." After entering the Chinese army's tent, Shen Haolin nodded to the generals who were already waiting there, and motioned to Xue Ruitian to share the cakes with everyone. "Are you sure Yerunan will take the bait?"
"Definitely. He hid it very well, but the moment he heard my plan, the joy and realization were instinctive reactions and cannot be concealed at all." Shen Cha took a sip of the hot tea handed over by Mei Lin. , putting the remaining half of the pancake in front of Shen Haolin, "He doesn't want us to do this, and is worried that if we fail, we will implicate them, so he will object, saying that liars have no bottom line. If I want to argue with him, Erhutang is a clear target. But my original intention is to run away with this brick. As for whether it attracts a piece of bad jade or a beautiful jade, it depends on Yerunan himself. "
"If you were Yerunan, what would you do?" Shen Haolin picked up the remaining oil cake from Chencha, broke off a piece and chewed it slowly, "Should we use Erhutang, or should we use the ones in the prison?" fraud? "
"Both are useful, one is indispensable." Seeing the generals in the tent focusing on him, Shen Cha smiled and said, "Essentially, the people of Erhutang are not liars, they are excellent craftsmen. . No matter what role they play, they can do it well. Please think about it carefully, if Yerunan sends people from Erhutang to deposit money at this time, what role will they play? "
"Businessmen!" Shen Haolin nodded, "But they are not necessarily grain merchants. At this time of extreme food shortage, foreign merchants who can produce large quantities of grain are very suspicious. If you want to avoid attracting attention, spice merchants It should be a good choice.”
"Brother is right." Shen Cha glanced at Hongye, who was silently chewing fried cakes, and showed a slight smile. "Build good relationships with foreign spice merchants and find out their backgrounds. Then you can ask them to help buy grain. As time goes by, it’s not so hard to accept occasionally helping to deliver news, right? When the internal battles in the Jin Kingdom enter the final stage, the liars in the prison will come in handy. "
"In the second half of the battle, the two parties facing each other may be Wanyanping and Wanyanxi, or Wanyanping and a certain tribe in the coalition, or a certain tribe in the coalition and Wanyanxi. However, the possibility The biggest one is the first one, Wan Yanping and Wan Yan Xi, it is very likely that each side will occupy half of the country and rest for a while before the final decisive battle." Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian nodded at the same time, "It is not only those who need to rest and recuperate. The officers and men under your command should still govern the people, and at least they should be well fed and clothed warmly."
"So, no matter where the businessmen come from, they will be useful. As for how to arrange the people in Erhutang and the scammers, it depends on the situation at the time. Of course, if the plan is exposed, the scammers will be the unlucky ones. And the people of Erhutang can naturally escape unscathed."
"What a great move to kill someone with a borrowed knife." Xue Ruitian raised his eyebrows, "Awesome!"
"Brother Xiao Tian, thank you!" Shen Cha waved to Shen Jiu, who had just come in, and handed the pancake left for him, "It's a bit cold. Let's warm it up on the fire before eating."
"Thank you, sister, thank you, brother." Shen Jiu sat on the right side of Shen Cha, "By the way, sister, how many people do you and brother Xiaojing plan to take with you to Linhuang Mansion? Who do you plan to take?"
"It's still early, don't be in a hurry." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, "What do you think, brother?"
"Xiaotian and I both think that three hundred people should be selected from the vanguard camp to follow you and Xiaojing."
"Three hundred people?" Shen Cha and Jin Jing shook their heads together, "We went to express condolences, not to fight. With so many people from the Pioneer Battalion, the Liao people who didn't know what was going on thought we were going to grab territory. Yeah! We can bring a hundred people at most, any more will be bad."
"Sister, please take me there, okay?" Shen Jiu stood up, walked over, hung his whole body on his sister, and said while dangling, "I will definitely protect your safety!"
"Pfft!" Do you want to hit others, or do you plan to be hit by others?"
"That's right!" Jin Jing quickly flipped through the Di newspaper that was just delivered this morning, "You should know how many generals of the Liao army have died or died in your hands, right? Even if they care about Yelvertu, In terms of face, Yerunan will not cause trouble for you openly, but will also stumble you secretly. For example, he will make some harmless jokes to embarrass you. When the time comes, should you argue with them or keep silent? What's the disadvantage?"
"Brother Xiaojing, what you said is wrong. Compared with my sister who has made countless enemies and has a bad reputation, I am pretty good, right? According to you, wouldn't it be more dangerous for my sister to go to Linhuang Mansion? ?”
"What's so notorious about it?" Shen Haolin reached out and pulled Shen Jiu off Shen Cha's body, "It's obviously because of his reputation! Besides, who do you think has better kung fu between you and your sister?"
"Brother, aren't you bullying me by asking this?" Shen Jiu said flatly, "In our Shen family army, apart from you, brother Xiaotian, and brother Xiaojing, how many others can be compared to your sister? I won't give it to you. No matter how hard you try, you are still not as good as my sister."
"I ask you this because I want you to know that if you go, you will only cause trouble to your sister. As for your sister, the Liao people do hate her, but they dare to make fun of you, but they dare not attack your sister. . Because of a joke, it can cause serious injury to oneself, or lose one’s life in the worst case. It’s not worth it.”
"Besides, those who dare to attack Xiaocha are probably not from the same group as Yelvertu and Yelunan. They want those people to join in on their own. The more people there are, the easier it will be for flaws to be exposed, and the people behind them will be exposed. The sooner they get there, the more excuses they will have to get rid of this group of people." Xue Ruitian sneered, "Those guys in the Yelu family who are at odds with Yelv Ertu and Yelu Nanmian, as well as the big families who are not very convinced, all understand this truth. Preserve yourself, and they won't attack Xiaocha. Xiaojiu, just stay at home and your sister will come back safely."
"Okay!" Shen Jiu curled his lips, "You have already said this, so this is the only way."
Seeing that he was so wronged that he was about to cry, Shen Cha reached out and pinched his face. Children are children, and they can't hide their thoughts!
