Jiapingguan Chronicle

Under Merlin's gaze, Shen Cha drank up the entire bowl of pigeon soup. After finishing the soup, she couldn't eat any more.

She knew that Mr. Mo had good intentions and wanted to nourish her stomach, but she had no appetite in the morning to begin with, so drinking this bowl of pigeon soup was more than enough for her.

As for the meat in the pigeon soup, she really didn't want to even look at it, let alone eat a bite, so she put most of it in Shen Haolin's bowl, and the other two pigeon legs went into the stomachs of Meilin and Yingwu respectively. The two guys felt flattered. Although they had eaten together many times before, this kind of situation rarely happened.

"As the old saying goes, if you take something from someone, you should be grateful. These two legs are to shut your mouths." She smiled at Meilin and Yingwu, "After you eat my pigeon legs, you can't go and complain to Mr. Mo."

"Complain? What? Who are you complaining to?" Merlin blinked his eyes, looking innocent, and smiled at Shen Cha, saying, "How could we possibly complain? We are not that kind of people. You are worrying too much, Boss."

"That's right, that's right, it's absolutely impossible. We are all good kids and we wouldn't do such a thing." Ying Wu also agreed, grinning at Shen Cha with a particularly flattering smile. He picked up the pigeon leg and smelled it, pretending to be intoxicated and said, "This pigeon leg smells really good. It looks delicious, doesn't it?"

He reached out and poked Merlin, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Well, it's stewed pretty well. Although this kind of thing is mainly for drinking the soup, the meat is still delicious and full of flavor."

"That's enough, you two should be more normal!" Shen Cha sighed helplessly, "You are so weird every day."

Meilin smiled, looked at the table, reached out and took a small bun, looked at Shen Cha, and said, "The man surnamed Luan wants to see you, do you want to see him?"

"How did he figure it out?" Shen Haolin slowly tore off the pigeon meat bit by bit and put it into his porridge bowl.

"It's still the news we spread. Today we'll talk about the people who captured Master Falian, tomorrow we'll talk about finding some account books, and the day after tomorrow we'll talk about getting the names of those people hiding in the court. In short, there are truths and falsehoods in the truth, and he can't tell the difference." Ying Wu smiled, "He was locked up for a long time, and he has been in a state of anxiety for such a long time, worried that Master Falian would give up on him, and worried that Master Falian would die before receiving the news. I heard from the brothers in charge of guarding that he hasn't had a good sleep in all these days, and he always wakes up in the middle of the night, scaring the Liu family next door, and they are also worried with him."

"So, we spread this news, and his fear went up a level. He kept talking to himself and mumbling to himself every day, walking around in circles in the cell." Merlin took a bite of the bun, chewed it, swallowed it, and continued, "But even so, he doesn't seem to be that eager to see the boss. It feels..."

"Do you feel that you still lack confidence in Master Falian?"

"Yes!" Merlin nodded and exchanged glances with Yingwu. "We don't understand. It has come to this point. Why do you still have fantasies? Isn't this what normal people should have?"

"That is to say, what on earth did Master Falian feed him that made him stay loyal to his wife even in prison?" Ying Wu frowned, threw the bone he had just gnawed clean into the plate, drank two mouthfuls of porridge, and then said, "We have met so many people and interrogated so many people. Even if they are really strong, when their lives are at stake, they will give up others and save their own. There are not many people who are so devoted to one person like him. I have basically never seen one." "I asked you to check the background before. Do you have any special findings?"

"Returning, sir, we found nothing." Ying Wu sighed and said, "Our people went to their hometown to investigate. Apart from business dealings with Master Falian, they had no other interactions. The people in their hometown knew very little about what their family did. They only knew that they did a lot of business and sent a lot of money back every year. If we asked further, they would not know anything."

"Is this a member of the Luan family?"

"Yes!" Ying Wu nodded, "Except for this branch of the Luan family, all other people are honest and decent. Even though they are very rich, they still work in the fields, rain or shine. So, it is very strange that he trusts Master Falian so much. There is no reason and the source cannot be found." He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Although I think it is impossible, I have already asked the brothers to check whether the Luan and Liu families have any connection with the previous dynasty for more than three generations, and whether they are related to Master Falian's master. If the ancestors have no connection, then there is really no solution. We can only say that women dress up to please themselves and men die to please themselves."

"The Liu family has connections with Ningchang State and the Grand Empress Dowager. The marriage between the Liu family daughter and Mr. Luan was arranged by the Grand Empress Dowager. The Liu family gained a lot from this marriage, at least much more than becoming the Ning Wangfei. Otherwise, they would not have abandoned Uncle Ning Wang and chosen the son of a seemingly unknown businessman. As for the Luan family." Shen Cha narrowed her eyes and thought for a while, "We should indeed investigate it carefully. Before the results are found, we will not see him for the time being." She looked at Shen Haolin, "What are you thinking about, brother?"

"I wonder if his family has changed their last name."

"Changed your surname? That's not impossible." Shen Cha touched his chin thoughtfully, "Luan Luan."

"Boss, what do you think?"

"I can't remember it at the moment, but what my brother said is indeed a direction."

"At the end of the previous dynasty, all places were in chaos. In order to avoid disaster and to save the lives of the entire clan, many clans did change their surnames. Many of them hid in the mountains and reappeared after the establishment of Daxia. Some changed back to their original surnames, and some continued to maintain the changed ones. If..." Ying Wu thought for a while, "the Luan family changed their surnames, maybe they were related to Master Falian before they changed their surnames."

"And it's not just an ordinary relationship." Meilin and Yingwu looked at each other and stood up at the same time, "Let's go find Sister Miaomiao!"

After saying that, without waiting for Shen Haolin and Shen Cha to react, they both grabbed the buns on the table and ran out in a hurry.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at their backs as they left and shook their heads helplessly.

"Why are you running so fast?" Shen Cha looked at the half-drunk porridge, "At least it won't be too late to finish the porridge before walking." (End of this chapter)