Shen Cha's words shocked everyone.
Shen Haolin suddenly looked up at her, almost twisting his neck. He Zhicheng was so distracted that he almost fell off the chair. Bai Meng was the most honest person. He didn't hold the tea cup in his hand and dropped it to the ground, breaking into eight petals.
"General..." Shen Haolin, He Zhicheng, and Bai Meng exchanged looks, "Are you serious?"
"Commander, I will not joke about such a thing."
Shen Cha stood up and walked slowly to the two ladies who were also shocked. She originally wanted to touch the fan, but she couldn't touch it for a long time. Then she remembered that Xue Ruitian was not here and no one provided her with a fan. Among them, only the Marquis carries this kind of thing with him regardless of winter or summer. She sighed, pulled out her whip, and pointed it at the foreheads of the two ladies.
"Everyone, please take a look. Do you think the pattern on Madam's forehead looks familiar? It seems like you have seen it somewhere, right?"
Everyone came together to take a closer look at the patterns on Madam Cai and Madam Gao's foreheads, and nodded towards Shen Cha.
"When you say that, it does look familiar, but don't these things all look the same?" Bai Meng touched his chin and studied for a long time without trying to figure out the reason, "I can't see any difference."
"Hmm..." Shen Haolin pushed Bai Meng away and stared at the two patterns for a while, then turned to look at Shen Cha, "Is it similar to the Wanyan family's totem, but it seems to be only part of it. The real totem of the Wanyan family is very different."
"Brother Yingming, this is indeed the totem of the Wanyan family, but it is just a totem that has changed its form." Shen Cha walked up to Mrs. Cai and traced the shape of the totem with a whip, "Wanyan is everyone in the Jin Kingdom. In addition to the main family, there are many branch families in a large family. The Wanyan family's family motto states that except for the main family, other branches and branches below the branch cannot fully use the Wanyan family totem, and must To transform, this is also a criterion for distinguishing the main family, branch families and branches. The totems on the foreheads of the two ladies we see now belong to the lineage of Prince Takikei, and should be one of its branches, right?"
The two ladies looked at Shen Cha in horror. They were speechless and could only use body language to express their inner feelings.
"It seems that what I said is right." Shen Cha smiled at the two ladies, "I have dealt with you a lot, and it is reasonable to be able to distinguish this. Madams, there is no need to panic. As for why you took the totem Painting it on your forehead should make it easier for you to recognize each other!"
"Wait a minute, Prince Takiqing?" Shen Haolin was stunned, "Is that Prince Takiqing? Didn't he already..."
"Brother is right, that's Prince Takiqing." Shen Cha nodded firmly, "I thought that after that incident, his lineage was completely wiped out and there were no more clan members left. I didn't expect..." She Turning around and looking at the two ladies, "They should have been arranged to go to Xijing many years ago."
"Master, General, please stop for a moment." Bai Meng interrupted the conversation between Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "You two, can you explain a little bit, who is Prince Takiqing? We all People who don’t know the inside story will be confused.”
"He is the one who helped Wanyanxi escape from Yiqing Mansion." Shen Cha put away his whip and looked at Bai Meng, "I wanted to advance and retreat with the eldest prince, but in the end, Wanyan Zongcheng destroyed the family, and he was also punished."
"Could he be that mysterious person in the legend?" Bai Meng opened his eyes wide and pointed at the two ladies who were beating wildly, "Then Wanyanxi...are they...the same blood?"
"It's hard to say now, but they should be people arranged by the eldest prince and close confidants of Prince Takiqing. Otherwise, they wouldn't have reacted so fiercely when they heard the name." Shen Cha leaned on the table, He waved his hands towards the two ladies and signaled them to be quiet, "I have a way to make you talk, and I can also tell you everything you want to know about Prince Takikei, but you have to promise me not to make any noise or yell. Scream, otherwise, I will make you speechless for the rest of your life. If you agree to my conditions, just nod, if not, please continue."
Before Shen Cha could finish speaking, the two ladies nodded wildly, indicating that they agreed to her conditions. As long as they knew the prince's situation, they could do anything.
Shen Cha turned around and raised his chin towards Mei Lin and Mei Zhu. The two men came over, held the two ladies' chins, and stuffed a black pill into their mouths.
"Take it under the tongue." Shen Cha walked back to Shen Haolin and sat down. "This medicine is only effective for a cup of tea. I hope you don't waste it and ask what you want to ask."
The two ladies took the medicine given by Shen Cha and immediately felt a coolness blowing across their throats. They tried to clear their throats and unexpectedly found that they could already make their own voices.
"General!" After realizing that she could speak, Mrs. Cai immediately looked at Shen Cha. She knew who this girl was. As Jin's secret agent in Xijing, Shen Jiajun's people and movements were what they were most concerned about. "Let's not talk nonsense. What did you mean when you just said that the prince was detained?"
"You don't know?" Seeing the two people shaking their heads at the same time, Shen Cha and Shen Haolin frowned, "In order to save Prince Wanyanxi, Prince Longqing helped him leave Yiqing Mansion, and he fell into the trap of Wanyan Zongcheng, Wanyanping and his daughter. At his hands, his whole family and clan were wiped out, and the prince himself was executed by Ling Chi. This happened ten years ago, and you, as his informant, didn’t know about it? "
"We know that the prince has passed away." Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Gao looked at each other. "The news we received is that the prince's old illness suddenly relapsed and the treatment was not timely, so..."
"Wanyanping probably doesn't know about your existence. Where did she get the news about you?"
"Di Bao." Shen Haolin knocked on the table lightly, "Prince Longqing has a high prestige in the Kingdom of Jin. When the eldest prince was still there, he was the person responsible for contacting Daxia and Liao. After his death, he must Notify Daxia and Daliao. However, Wanyan Zongcheng and Wanyan Ping and his daughter cannot tell the true situation. They can only say that they died of illness, so they took advantage of the situation and replaced the people who were in contact with Daxia and Daliao with their confidants."
"Yes, I didn't know that the prince had passed away until my master came back to tell me. From that time on, we knew that we had to rely on ourselves if we wanted to fulfill the prince's instructions. We have a close relationship with the prince and the Yiqing Mansion. All broken.”
"Broken?" Shen Cha sneered, "Isn't that tea house delivering news to Yiqing Mansion?"
"The communication with that one was restored recently, almost half a year ago. The person who contacted us was Lord Wen. We confirmed their identity, and there was no problem. Later, Lord Wen died, and his son took over. However, There is no special news during this period, and our contact is not too frequent."
"You wanted to marry the acting prince in the first place because you wanted to find out the news?"
"No." Mrs. Cai shook her head, "Wanyan Zongcheng's people are investigating us. We have no choice, so we took this trick. Who would make fun of his own reputation?"
"We would like to thank Princess Dai. Although she didn't know our situation, she still tried her best to cooperate with us." Mrs. Cai sighed heavily, "The death of the princess is related to us and was caused by our involvement. The prince hates us, too. It should be."
"If you say so, I will investigate."
"Please forgive me, General. At this point, there is no point in hiding it. However, what the General said today is so shocking that we cannot believe it. Do you have any evidence to prove what you said?"
"Of course there is." Shen Cha nodded, "I said, I can tell you everything about Prince Takiqing, but the main thing is to see if you are sincere. After all, cooperation is mutual."
"The general just wants to know whether Cai and Gao are our spies, and whether the tea house is the place where we deliver the news." Mrs. Gao, who had been silent for the whole time, sat up straight, "The two adults are not Our spies are indeed delivering news for us, but they don’t know it themselves.”
"Don't they know you are from the Wanyan family?"
"I don't know." The two ladies shook their heads, "This kind of thing is going to be rotten in your stomach, how can you say it?"
"The general wants to ask, are they influenced by us when they have been targeting you, right?" Mrs. Gao's face was not very good, very pale, she said to Shen Cha, "To be honest with the general, we will The last task from the prince was to pay attention to the movements of the Shen family army and protect..." When she said this, she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, what happened to Mrs. Xue was something we didn't expect, and we failed to fulfill our responsibilities. "
"You...you are protecting..." Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Bai Meng all looked shocked, "Then you are in contact with that family..."
"They are Wan Yanping's people." Mrs. Gao looked at Shen Cha with a guilty look on her face, "They pretended to be our identities, got close to the family, and gained the family's trust, and then they harmed Mrs. Xue. Mr. Guo , General, I’m sorry!”
