Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2456 So that’s it

Lao Tang's foot injury didn't look very serious. After applying ice, it seemed to be getting better. After applying Jin Miaomiao's plaster, he felt better for a while. He could walk slowly without anyone's support, but only for a short time. It would not work for a long time.

So, in order to get better sooner, Jin Miaomiao felt that she could not take any risks and it would be better to push the people back honestly. So, she asked Merlin to borrow a wheelchair from the Shadow Camp, and found a servant from the Duke's Mansion to send Lao Tang and Lu Shengyuan back safely.

It was Lao Tang's first time sitting in a wheelchair and he was quite excited. He didn't mind having a servant pushing him. He and Lu Shengyuan said goodbye to the others and left the camp.

Seeing that Lao Tang and Lu Shengyuan were slowly moving away, everyone didn't think about going back to the big tent. It was a little stuffy inside, so it was better to sit outside and enjoy the breeze. There were food and drinks, as well as a few reclining chairs. Compared to sitting inside, it seemed more comfortable outside.

Xia Chen held the teacup in his hand, looking at this and that, and found that besides himself, the Eagle Leopard also had doubts about what Xue Ruitian and Lu Shengyuan had just said. He waved at the Eagle Leopard, and the Eagle Leopard ran over with a piece of walnut cake in its mouth.

"Your Majesty!" Yingbao sat next to Xia Chen, "What do you want to talk to me about? What do you want to talk about?"

"Did you hear what Xiao Tian said just now? Did you understand?" Xia Chen looked at Ying Bao, stretched out his hand and broke off a piece of peach cake from him, and said, "Why do I feel that this guy Lao Lu has some relationship with Xiao Baizi?"

"You don't know?"

"I don't know. If I knew, why would I ask you?"

"Your Majesty, you have been in the capital for so many years and have so many acquaintances. You must have heard all kinds of gossip. If you don't know it, how can I know it?"

"Yeah, that's true."

Yingbao quickly finished the walnut cookies, took a sip of tea to rinse his mouth, looked at Xue Ruitian, and waved at him.

"My Lord, my Lord, tell us!"

"say what?"

"Tell me about the relationship between Lao Lu and Xiao Meng. I feel like they are quite subtle." Xia Chen stretched lazily, thought for a while, and used a more appropriate word, "It feels a bit respectful, right?"

"You don't know this?" Xue Ruitian frowned slightly, "Never heard of it?"

"No." Xia Chen shook his head. "You know I don't usually like to ask about these things, and I'm not interested in this."

"In fact, their relationship is quite simple, it is a subordinate relationship. Before the Lu family joined the Shen family army, they were the guards of Grandpa Bai and Uncle Bai."

"Bai family's guards? Did you hire them yourself?" Xia Chen looked at Xue Ruitian, then at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "You all know about it?" "When the Lu family joined the Shen family army, they followed the Bai family's path, so of course they knew about it." Shen Haolin nodded, "When Xiaotian, Chaer and I took over, we all knew about them."

"But." Xia Chen frowned slightly, "Why did the Bai family's guards come to the Shen family army? Moreover, considering their ages, Xiao Meng and Lao Lu should not have much connection. Lao Lu should have been born here, right?"

"From Lu Shengyuan's generation up, at least three generations have been personal guards of the Bai family, especially the eldest son of each generation. As long as his kung fu can stand the test, he will be the personal guard of the head of the Bai family. There has never been an exception. Old Lu's grandfather was Grandpa Bai's guard, his uncle was Uncle Bai's guard, and his two uncles were also guards, but they were not the kind of personal guards, but they were also a little famous in the Bai family, and they had more than a dozen people under them."

"But why did you come to the Shen Family Army?"

"During his southern tour, the royal grandfather encountered an assassination attempt. In order to protect the royal grandfather and Mr. Bai, his two uncles led a group of imperial guards and died in battle in Jiangnan."

"I remember now!" Xia Chen slapped the table in front of him. "Originally our prince was supposed to accompany them, but Uncle Dai was in very poor health at the time and had to look after His Royal Highness Prince Ning, so they stayed in the capital. Later, the remnants of the previous dynasty launched an assassination attempt. If our prince was there, such a thing would not have happened. But we didn't expect that the remnants of the previous dynasty were so difficult to deal with that more than a hundred guards were killed or injured. Among them was Lao Lu's uncle?"

"That's right." Shen Cha sighed softly, "His two uncles were still young and unmarried at that time, so the Lu family only has Old Lu as a descendant."

"Logically speaking, since you have done a great job in saving the emperor, shouldn't you keep your family in the capital and take good care of them? Why do you have to follow the Bai family's path and send them to the border?" Xia Chen frowned slightly, "This is unreasonable!"

"If you say so, I know what happened later. After the assassination attempt in Jiangnan, the remnants of the previous dynasty were not idle, and they did not stop."

"You mean," Xia Chen looked at Yingbao, "they continued?"

"Yes!" Yingbao nodded, "They started to target the families of the guards. If it weren't for the tight defense in Xijing City, the families of the guards would have been harassed. But the enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. We can protect them for a while, but not for too long. Therefore, the families of the guards were almost all secretly transferred to a more hidden and safer place. The people of the Lu family should have followed the Bai family's path, came to the border, and became a member of the Shen family army, right?"

"That's right." Xue Ruitian nodded. "During the year that Xiao Baizi was in the Shen family army, he had a lot of contact with him. At that time, Lao Lu was already the commander." He took a sip of tea and said, "Even so, he still respected Xiao Baizi very much."

"Then this is something they need to solve themselves. We should not interfere. If the commander-in-chief can convince him and make him no longer stay in that shadow, then it will be a good thing. But..." Eagle Leopard shook his head slightly, "I don't think it will work."

"why?"

"Although we haven't met much, but from the brief conversation just now, I feel that he is a very stubborn person." Eagle Leopard sighed softly, "He is extremely stubborn. Once he has made up his mind, he will generally not change it, unless something bigger happens to break his original circle. So, before these things happen, it is unlikely."

"In other words, it's beyond human control, isn't it?"

"Yes!" Eagle Leopard nodded, "So, we can only hope that something unexpected will happen."

"Then leave it to me!" Xia Chen stretched lazily, "If you put it that way, only I can do it!"