Shen Cha handed Shen Haolin a plate of snacks and preserved meat, and refilled his and Xue Ruitian's teacups with hot tea.
"It's still early for dinner, so let's eat something to cushion our stomach."
Shen Haolin nodded, took a sip of tea, and stuffed a piece of preserved fruit into her mouth.
"Delicious?" Seeing Shen Cha smile, he chuckled and reached out to rub her head, "Eat less, it's not good for your teeth."
"Yeah, I understand."
Shen Cha ate another piece of preserved fruit and looked over at Mr. Jiang. Mei Lin had snatched away his cake and wouldn't allow him to eat so much. He couldn't help but smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Shen Haolin also saw the scene just now and came over to whisper to Shen Cha, "Second Grandpa is becoming more and more like a child, isn't he?"
"That's good." Shen Cha looked at Mr. Jiang, "This time the Ning family has completely collapsed. He looks completely different, doesn't he?"
"Well, I'm very happy. When I heard the news just now, I was a little surprised. After reading the secret letter Xiaojue gave me, I almost jumped up. There were many customers in the store just now. The old man was so happy that he wanted to treat everyone. All my debts have been forgiven."
"That's it!" Shen Cha smiled, "My boss is happy, so everyone is happy, right?"
"That's right!" Shen Haolin glanced at Mr. Jiang, smiled, and said, "Actually, I should be able to come back early. When I was at home just now, because I was so happy, I had to take us to have a drink. I couldn't do it without drinking. Walk. "
"Brother, did you drink too?"
"No!" Shen Haolin shook his head, "Xiaotian drank half a cup with me, but we stopped him when he wanted to drink again. I heard that he was coming back for dinner, so he wanted to have another good drink with his two uncles. .”
"No, after drinking, he said that his wine tastes better than ours." Xue Ruitian blinked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and said cheerfully, "I said, it tastes good for sure. Yes, after all, no..."
"Shh!" Shen Cha gestured and winked at Mr. Jiang, "Keep your voice down, we're going to be exposed!"
"Why do you keep your voice down? Why do you expose yourself?" Jiang Erye snorted, rolled his eyes at the children, and said, "We have been drinking wine for so many years, wine and wine mixed with water. I still I can tell the difference."
"Then you..."
"It's just that he doesn't want to expose Lao Yan. I also know that he is worried about our health and is afraid that something will happen to us, so he is willing to mix things up, and we are willing to pretend not to know."
"That's right!" Jin Miaomiao patted Mr. Jiang, "It's better to drink less. A small drink will make you happy, but a big drink will harm your health! If you can really drink less, then there is no need for Uncle Yan. I mixed it with water for you, right?"
Second Master Jiang did not speak, but nodded with a smile.
"The Ning family has collapsed. Isn't the old man feeling comfortable?" Jin Miaomiao raised her eyebrows at Mr. Jiang, "Come on, tell me how you feel at this moment?"
"My thoughts, it's probably the satisfaction of having a great revenge!" Jiang Erye took two sips of tea and sighed, "I was framed by Ningchang State before and had to come here incognito. I never thought that such a day would come. of."
"Haven't you thought about it?" Hongye was curious, "Why?"
"Because their power is very large and intricate. You have been investigating for so long, and you probably have a good idea in your mind. They say they have restricted the power of those noble families, but in fact they have not. They are still trying to find ways to enter the core of the court. Although they cannot take the imperial examination, they can still control everything. This is not a question of ability, but a question of background. Sometimes, I also think, obviously we are all children of the royal family, but everyone says that we are inferior to one person, Among the tens of thousands of people, it is said that no one dares to embarrass us. If we commit a crime, it will definitely be deserved. Although it cannot be said to be wrong, facing these big clans, we sometimes feel that we are powerless. Every time I think about it, I feel ridiculous and pathetic."
"The people in the royal family just look at the scenery, but it's not a big deal." Song Qiyun sighed, "It's just that those people don't understand it. Even if they understand it, they don't want to believe it. They only want to believe it."
Believe rumors that are favorable to them. "
"Yes, especially idle children like us, who are not willing to fight for power and gain, are really not as lively as those in the Empress Dowager's family. Besides, the common people have always been prejudiced against the royal children, even His Majesty the Emperor , Xiaoyun, who has done well enough, can still find faults, for example, His Majesty the Emperor is weak-tempered, for example, Xiaoyun is not doing his job properly, and should obviously work hard in Xijing City, but he has to go to the border. Those who wield swords and guns are doing something wrong anyway.”
"That's true!" Song Qiyun agreed with Mr. Jiang's words, "I always feel that if this person becomes His Majesty the Emperor, it may be much better than what he is now, but in fact, if there is a next one, there is no telling whether they will I'm disgusted." He shook his head helplessly, "Compared to some officials from the capital who are closer to the people, we are indeed on the weaker side."
"Forget it!" Second Grandpa Jiang waved his hand, "Anyway, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. No matter how much evil the Ning family has done, they have all been repaid this time, right? At this point today, I am very satisfied. What more do you want? I don’t want anything anymore.”
"If the Ning family falls, Second Grandpa's grievances can really be redressed. Are you..."
"No need, I've lived in the border area for so many years and I'm used to it. If I come back to Xijing City and such a lively place, I probably won't be used to it." Second Master Jiang waved his hand, "It's fine to just keep it as it is. "
Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian looked at each other and nodded lightly.
"As long as you are happy." Jin Jing smiled, looked at Shen Cha again, and asked, "By the way, how is the situation of the Luan family? Did they say that they met His Highness Prince Ning in Wangxin Town because they wanted to What are you doing?" He bit the meat that Xue Ruitian stuffed him, looked at Shen Cha, then at his sister, and finally at Hong Ye, "Why are you all looking at me like that? It can't be a bad thing. Right? Do they really want to use His Highness Prince Ning for something?"
"I'm overthinking it. If it was something not so good, we wouldn't be sitting here down-to-earth." Hongye stretched his waist and felt that his whole body was wrinkled, so he stood up and walked to the side. Kong Di began to punch slowly, and said while punching, "In a nutshell, His Highness Prince Ning is the knife that this couple uses to stab each other."
"What do you mean?" Mr. Jiang frowned slightly, "They are not getting along with each other. Are they using Chenchen to challenge each other?"
"Yes, that's what I mean!" Jin Miaomiao nodded, "Their relationship is not as good as the rumors outside, but it is not that bad. In itself, they are a combination of interests, but it is not much better."
"Most couples who marry like this are actually like this." Mr. Jiang sighed, "Not just them, but many of them."
"But other people treat each other with respect and treat each other as guests, and no one interferes with anyone else. Just maintain the superficial respectability. But they are different. Their relationship is very... twisted. Normal people would not have such thoughts anyway." .net
"That's right!" Hongye nodded, "Even if they are a couple with combined interests, even if they really dislike each other and just live apart, they are really different. They torture each other, stab each other with knives, etc., the less the other party wants to mention it. What, the more they mention it, this is too much."
"A pair of resentful couples." Jin Miaomiao sighed and said, "After listening to their stories, I felt that Liu wanted to live a good life with Luan at first. After all, she also said that the newly married couple Years ago, life was pretty good, there were no bad things, and the two of us could sit together and talk, but I don’t know how long it took for it to become what it is now.”
"That's all just an illusion. From the time she married into the Luan family, Luan never trusted her for a day. The Western incense recommended to Liu contained musk, and he even lied to her that it was not suitable for giving birth to a child. beneficial."
"This person is a bit too vicious!" Mr. Jiang frowned, "Even if you really don't like him, just treat him with courtesy. Why do you want to harm others? What good does harming others do to him?"
"It doesn't do any good, it just makes the situation worse for the two of us." Jin Miaomiao shook her head, "How should I put it, this guy named Luan, now look
His appearance is very twisted. He looks very polite and well-educated on the outside, but he has a different face towards the people around him, slowly torturing them and slowly destroying them. It seems that by doing so, he can make people He is very happy. She sneered, "It's a miracle that such a person can survive to this age without being killed."
"Actually, I'm different from what you think. The guy named Luan may not have feelings for the guy named Liu. I feel like he wanted to treat each other politely at the beginning, but I don't know how we got along like this. And the two of them got along like this. Everyone has grievances against each other in their hearts, very, very big grievances."
Shen Cha looked at Hong Ye who was boxing, and suddenly felt a little itchy. He stood up and walked to her, got into a stance, pushed her hands and exchanged moves with her, which was considered as a way to move his body.
"Do you think they still have feelings?"
"Well, how can there be hatred without love? I think that at least Luan still had feelings before he went to the Western Regions to do business." Seeing Hong Ye's confused face, Shen Cha explained, "I have evidence. Because of her injuries."
"Oh!" Hongye suddenly realized, paused for a moment, and continued to push hands with Shen Cha, "I understand what you mean. The Liu family told us that the reason why she suspected that Luan had an affair was that everyone with Luan's surname had an affair. She came back from a business trip to the Western Regions for the first time, and she was in a very good mood. At this time, even if she mentioned His Highness Prince Ning, Luan would not be angry, let alone hit her, right?"
"Yes, because I don't care anymore, I won't be angry anymore."
Shen Cha smiled and suddenly attacked Hongye, hitting her in the face with a palm. Hongye saw that this palm was about to hit him, so he tilted his head slightly and dodged the palm.
"Why did you suddenly change your tactics? And you launched a surprise attack!"
"You're unprepared! Be careful, I might change my tactics again soon!" Shen Cha smiled, "They still had feelings in the beginning, otherwise Luan wouldn't have had a grudge against His Highness Prince Ning. I wasn't very happy when I mentioned it, and I tried every possible means to ask my wife how much weight His Highness Prince Ning has in her heart."
"But no matter how good the relationship is, you can't keep rubbing it like this for years. Sooner or later it will disappear completely, right?" Jin Miaomiao looked at Hongye and Shen Cha, "So, don't ask again if you don't have the patience to ask. So he started to do it directly. His Highness Prince Ning was like turning on the violent twister of the guy named Luan. He was beaten violently when he mentioned it. Later, as long as it was related to His Highness Prince Ning, even if it was not mentioned directly, it was just related to him. Anyone or anything with the surname Liu will be beaten up."
"So..." Xue Ruitian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with a look of disbelief on his face, "Is he so vicious? Someone named Luan actually beats someone?"
"Yes!" Jin Miaomiao counted them on her fingers. "I was beaten when I mentioned His Highness Prince Ning. I was also beaten when I mentioned people and things related to His Highness Prince Ning. Later, it gradually evolved to the point where Luan felt uncomfortable whenever he drank too much. , the person surnamed Liu will also be beaten. The most recent beating was when he met His Highness Prince Ning in Wangxin Town. The girl next to him surnamed Liu tipped off the guy surnamed Luan, so the one from the Liu family received this beating. It was because Not wanting to be beaten, the Liu family said they wanted to take advantage of His Highness Prince Ning, but she had no such plan at all."
"Their couple is really..." Mr. Jiang sighed, "Chenchen is really unlucky to have anything to do with them."
"Who says it's not the case!" Shen Cha sneered, "The two of them were having a hard time, so they used us, Uncle Wang, as a raft. It's disgusting." She stopped and waved her hand towards Hongye, "No way. Come on, take a rest!" She took the handkerchief from Merlin, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and continued, "What I have always wanted to ask is, do the two assassins of Riyi Pavilion have the same surnames? What's the story about the poisonous bug planted in Luan's guy?" She sat back down next to Shen Haolin and looked at Jin Miaomiao, "I see you've been keeping it secret just now. Is there anything you can't say?"
"It's not that I can't say it, it's that I don't know how to say it." Jin Miaomiao sighed and looked at the sky. "It's not the right time now. If I say it, no one will have the appetite to eat. Let's wait until we finish eating."
"We'll wait until we finish eating. Aren't you afraid that we'll spit it out?"
"That's not a big deal. It's just that it affects your appetite if you say it before eating." Jin Miaomiao said lightly.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "But, you can say something first. Although this bug is said to be poisonous, it also has a good side. If there is a wound in your body, it can repair the wound and prevent it from festering and causing a more serious situation. "
"That's a good bug, isn't it?"
"Everything in this world is neither good nor bad. It all depends on the person who uses it. Therefore, if you use it well, it will keep the bugs away; if you use it to do bad things, it will be a poisonous bug." Jin Miaomiao spread her hands, smiled at everyone, and looked outside, "Dinner is here. If you want anything, let's talk about it after eating!"
