"Brother He Yidun? How could they join us? Aren't these guys dedicated to serving Old Man Liu?" A sneer flashed across Xue Ruitian's face, "You have all heard what they said, so you have to show your loyalty with your life. .”
"Brother Xiaotian, do you believe what they say?"
"Why don't you believe it? Although what they said in front of us may not be sincere, but what they said behind our backs must be what they are thinking." Xue Ruitian raised his chin towards Shen Cha, "The one who was sent back by the shopkeeper There shouldn't be any problem with the news, right? What did brother Haku Eidun say? Old man Liu has saved his family's life, so he should repay his life with his life. There can be no evil intentions and he must devote himself to his savior. .How could a person like this betray his benefactor and turn against him?"
"You can't be so full of words. We still need to investigate to find out whether he will defect or not."
Shen Cha felt a little tired from jumping around, and a little sweat broke out on her forehead. She wiped it with a handkerchief and sat back on the big camphor wood box.
"What else is there to investigate?"
Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Cha's appearance, waved his hand towards her, indicating that she should stop talking, and ran outside. After a while, he brought a bowl of warm ginger soup and handed it to Shen Cha. in front of.
"Drink it while it's hot."
"Oh!" Shen Cha took it and, under the gaze of Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao, finished the ginger soup and returned the empty bowl to Xue Ruitian. "Thank you, Brother Xiaotian!"
"You're welcome. Let's continue with the question we just asked. What do you want to investigate? What is the background of Brother Tsurugi Atsushi?"
"Absolutely." Shen Cha nodded, "After listening to their brothers' self-reports and their gratitude to the Liu family, I vaguely feel that there is still something wrong here."
"What's the problem with this? Xiaocha, are you thinking too much?"
"I hope I'm thinking too much, but if I don't find out, I always feel uneasy." Shen Cha looked at the confusion on Xue Ruitian's face, smiled slightly, and said, "Maybe I'm too sensitive, maybe it's I pay too much attention to this matter, maybe..."
"Where are there so many possibilities?" Jin Miaomiao rolled her eyes, snorted twice, and said, "I just worry about this and worry about that, for fear that I will miss any details, and I have to investigate every detail personally. , only when she knows it well can she have a solid sleep, otherwise, she won't be able to sleep well at all." She crossed her arms and looked at Shen Cha with squinting eyes, "Am I right?"
"Indeed, but you can't deny that every time I think there is something wrong or something hidden, my guess will be confirmed in the end, right?" Shen Cha gently knocked on the lid of the camphor wood box, " Let me repeat, according to what Brother He Yidun said, the reason why their family and the Qinglian cultists who escaped were able to escape the disaster of annihilating their entire family was entirely because the Liu family master received the news in advance and sent People should inform them to evacuate in time, right?"
"Well, that's what he said at that time, not only in front of us, but also behind our backs. He and the shopkeeper can testify." Xue Ruitian scratched his hair, "Is there any problem with this?"
"Yes, is there any problem?" Jin Miaomiao was also puzzled, "The Liu family leader was ordered to preserve the strength of the Green Lotus Sect, and it is reasonable to do so. Is there any problem?"
"There are many questions." Shen Haolin held out a finger, "The most important one is why it is their family and not others."
"Why are they..." Xue Ruitian was stunned, "Yes, why are they and not other believers."
"The Atsushi Tsurugi family and the Qinglian believers who now live in the southwestern tribe are not the confidants of the Qinglian Sect in various places, but ordinary believers who cannot be ranked. Why did the Liu family give up those confidants and not save them, but instead spent a lot of effort How about saving these ordinary believers who are inconspicuous and have nothing special about them?”
"When you say that, it's really problematic!"
"One more thing, why do you say it's a rescue!" Shen Cha looked at Xue Ruitian, "For ordinary believers who are actually not a threat and are just deceived, the emperor's grandfather originally just asked the local government office to do a good job of punishing minors and punishing major punishments. , such as using hard labor to atone for one's sins. For example, for brothers like Tsurui Atsushi, each family only needs two men to serve in hard labor for three years. It will not harm the whole family at all, and it is impossible to wipe out the family. "
"Is that so?" Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, "But brother He Yidun said that half of the believers in their entire village were killed, and those who killed were people from the government."
"I'm afraid they can't tell whether they are from the government or like people from the government." Shen Cha smiled, "Ever since I learned that Aunt Xue's case is related to the Qinglian Sect, I have been concerned about the Qinglian Sect and similar Qinglian Sect. I have read the archives of folk sects such as the Lotus Sect several times, and except for the situation where the entire village resisted the government's seizure on a large scale, there were very few unreasonable exterminations of these believers."
"Then why did Tsurugi Atsushi say..."
"This is what I want to investigate. I can't rule out that the Qinglian Sect itself is shouting to catch the thief, or the local county government has received some hint."
"A hint?" Xue Ruitian and Jin Miaomiao looked at each other, "What hint? There are also people from the Qinglian Sect in the county government? Impossible, right?"
"Nothing is impossible, Brother Xiaotian, don't forget that when the Qinglian Sect was at its most popular, there were followers in all the high-profile families in Xijing City, and their craziness was unimaginable." Shen Cha smiled softly, " Otherwise, it would have been impossible for half of the wealthy families in Xijing City to be..." She sighed softly, "I probably understand how Master Liu came up with this idea."
"He saw the emperor's grandfather's cruelty towards the Green Lotus Sect, and received instructions from the Empress Dowager, so he thought of using the help of the government to recruit loyal soldiers who could sacrifice their lives for him, right? "
"Brother is right, it makes sense to repay the life-saving grace with one's own life." Shen Cha sighed softly, "However, this is also our speculation, and we need confirmation from He Yidun's hometown. "
"Don't be in a hurry, just take your time!" Xue Ruitian narrowed his eyes, "If the truth is as you guessed, Xiaocha, then I will be the person who leads the charge and expose Old Man Liu's lies personally. Look at He Yi Dun, do you still want to sacrifice your life for such a person?"
"It's a deal!" Shen Cha patted Xue Ruitian on the shoulder, "Looking forward to Brother Xiaotian's triumphant return!"
Xue Ruitian was about to nod when he saw Jin Miaomiao holding back a smile and Shen Cha looking like his plan had succeeded. He turned his head and looked at Shen Haolin pitifully.
"Haolin, why do I feel like I'm being plotted against?"
