Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2555: Atonement for Sins 18.0
Yingshun wanted to study Shaobai's fighting style. Shen Cha and Bai Meng did not disturb him and walked to sit next to Shen Haolin.

Shen Haolin handed Shen Cha a cup of hot tea, raised his chin in the direction of Xiao Lian, and said, "Bring the person up, nothing to say?"

Shen Cha held the tea bowl and drank it in small sips. He looked at Xiaolin who was chatting with Meilin, Hongye and Song Qiyun, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Let's talk after their excitement has passed." She looked at Xiao Lian who was talking with great joy and sighed softly, "I was a little worried that he might be a little depressed after the blow from the hawk, but now he seems to be fine?"

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded and said, "If you can't even withstand this little blow, you don't have to stay in the Shadow Camp."

Shen Cha didn't say anything, just put the teacup back on the table and took a look at the situation on the ring. Although it looked like it was in full swing, there were no unexpected situations.

"Shaobai seems to have become taciturn after following Tian Yun." Bai Meng looked at Shen Cha, then at Shen Haolin, "Logically, when he was following you, Haolin, he shouldn't have been talkative, but when he was following you, he was a bit chatterbox. After following Tian Yun, he didn't talk much."

"Because my brother doesn't like to talk, he has to say more. Brother Xiaotian is a chatterbox, so for the sake of quietness, he says less." Shen Cha thought for a moment and said, "Did Wanyan Xi really not do anything naughty along the way?"

"He has been quite honest during the time he has been under my command. Apart from the incident with the kid I just mentioned, he has never caused any trouble. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed under my command for so long." Bai Meng looked at Shen Cha, "You know me. Even if it's someone you put here with me and asked me to watch over him, if he really provokes me, I won't tolerate it and will definitely not keep him. But he still behaves very well. He attends the morning and evening classes every day and never complains of being tired. When he is not practicing, he doesn't wander around. He only practices in his own room or in the yard. If I hadn't arranged for him to live with a new person this time, this wouldn't have happened."

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded. "By the way, where are the two guards beside him?"

"I didn't come with you. I was sent to Qingshan Academy to study."

"Study?" Shen Cha frowned. "Why? Their duty is to protect Wanyan Xi, why would they go to study for no reason?"

"Wanyan Xi knew that the two of them didn't want to be guards, but wanted to study, so he found me and asked if I could send them to an academy. I discussed it with Xiaojue and sent them to Qingshan Academy." Bai Meng spread his hands and smiled slyly, "As you know, Qingshan Academy has a lenient admission policy but strict graduation policy. From the dean to the various heads of the academy, to the various teachers and students, studying is the first priority, and everything else comes last. Whether you are from a wealthy and powerful family, or a poor student, everything is the same in Qingshan Academy. There is no difference."

"Have you ever thought that maybe they want to find out some information by going to school?"

"I've thought about it, and that's why we sent them to Qingshan, because they can't find out anything there, and didn't we send a few kids from the Shadow Camp in the past few years?" Bai Meng raised his eyebrows slightly, "With them watching, these two people can't make any waves. However, according to the news from our people, these two really went to study. Although they are not doing very well now, they are making progress every day, that's for sure. Given time, maybe they can really learn something." "It sounds good. If they can learn it, it will be worth it for Wanyan Xi to hand them over to us." Shen Cha nodded, "But it seems that he doesn't care much about these two people, right?"

"If he cared, he wouldn't have thought of stabbing us in the back. Of course, stabbing us in the back is something that will happen a long time in the future." Bai Meng chuckled, "It still depends on whether he can really control the situation in the Kingdom of Jin and put the real power in his own hands. However."

"It's hard."

"Yes!" Bai Meng nodded gently, "We have thought about it over and over again. If he really wants to do this, he must conduct a thorough purge of all the nobles in Yiqing Mansion, eradicating them completely and leaving no one alive."

"But this is not realistic." Shen Cha sneered, "Once the so-called purge begins, the aristocratic forces of the entire Yiqing Prefecture will unite to pull him down from the throne of King Jin. No matter whether these nobles were enemies or friends before, as long as Wanyan Xi takes action, they will automatically form a faction."

"That's right." Bai Meng sighed, "But as long as they take action, we can benefit from it, right?"

"If the first person he attacks is not one of ours, it is indeed possible, but." Shen Cha spread his hands, "It's difficult. After all, Commander Hei controls the entire Yiqing Prefecture's military forces, and Apia and Arou control the real power of the entire Jin Palace. If he wants to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, they are the best candidates."

"But we can't let him touch our people."

"This is inevitable, so before we break into Yiqing Prefecture, we will make Yiqing Prefecture an empty city."

"Empty city?" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha. "You mean to say that we should evacuate all those who can be evacuated, and not give him any people, soldiers, or power, right? This shouldn't be what you came up with. What do your two uncles mean?"

"Brother is wise." Shen Cha smiled at Shen Haolin, "This is indeed what the two elders meant. Since we want to create some trouble and chaos for him, let's be thorough and withdraw all the people, soldiers, and power. What's left to him are those nobles who have no power but support him on the surface, so that he will have an illusion."

"illusion?"

"It's just that these nobles look easy to deal with." Shen Cha smiled. "By that time, our Daxia people should have left the Jin territory and returned to Jiapingguancheng. So, no matter what he does or what decision he makes, it has nothing to do with us. Of course, we can slowly cultivate his appetite. Once his appetite grows, he thinks that no one in the world can be more powerful than him, and no one can disobey him. Then the nobles of Yiqing Mansion will become a thorn in his eyes and a thorn in his flesh, and he will have to take action against them. But as long as he takes action, Wanyan Xiaomei, who has already left Yiqing Mansion, can stand up and call on everyone to clean up the emperor's side. At that time, he will know that sitting on the chair in the Jin Palace is the beginning of his long struggle, not the end."