Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2572: Atonement for Sins 35.0
"Did he suffer a serious blow?" Xue Ruitian looked at Meilin and then at Shen Cha with a puzzled look on his face. "You just went to meet him, how could he suffer such a serious blow that he fell into a coma? What did you say to him?"

"Nothing!" Merlin looked at him innocently, "It's all normal."

"Normal? He's unconscious, and he's still normal?" Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes. "Where's Miaomiao?"

"Old Five called him away. You have to keep an eye on Boss Luan." Shen Cha gestured to Meilin, "Don't worry, let's talk while we walk."

Merlin cleared his throat, tried his best to ignore the claws on his shoulders, and recounted in detail the entire incident that had taken place in the cell.

"That's all?" Xue Ruitian lifted the curtain of the central army tent and let Shen Haolin and Shen Cha go in first. He dragged Merlin behind them. "That's all you said? Are you sure there is nothing missing?"

"No." Shen Cha shook her head gently, took off her cloak and handed it to Merlin, then took Shen Haolin's cloak and handed it to Merlin, asking her to hang it up. She followed Shen Haolin to wash her hands, looked at Xue Ruitian standing beside her, raised her eyebrows, and said, "Brother Xiaotian, you don't know that he still has a little hope for Master Falian in his heart, so when he knew that the most wise and great person in his heart betrayed him, he couldn't accept it. Besides, this betrayal" she sighed and said, "was set up a year and a half ago. Do you still remember the stack of contracts that the commander-in-chief and Brother Yaojia brought back to us?"

"Contract?" Xue Ruitian washed his hands, followed Shen Haolin and Shen Cha back to his seat, picked up the small clay pot next to him, took the small basket for making tea handed to him by Merlin, slowly put something into the small clay pot, and said, "I still remember it, but I didn't look closely. What is it?"

"It's a shop transfer contract, and only a small part of it, not all of it." Shen Cha sighed, took the hot water handed over by Merlin, and held it in his palm. "Master Falian first asked the Luan family and the Liu family to dispose of all the properties, and then sent people to buy them at a high price. In fact, they had doubted the authenticity of this order before and wanted to delay it, but..."

"There should be spies arranged by Master Falian in their homes, shops, and around them, right?" Seeing Shen Cha nod, Xue Ruitian snorted, added water to the clay pot that had been filled with materials, handed it to Merlin, put it on the stove, turned to look at Shen Cha, and said, "Isn't this obvious? The emperor is far away, and Master Falian lives on an island where few people go and nowhere is close to anything. He doesn't know whether his people obey his orders or disobey them. This person is narrow-minded and suspicious, how could he tolerate such a situation? Of course, he would arrange spies around important people, and more than one, and cross-spy. This is the normal mode, right? Why can't he think of this? Impossible!"

"That's how it seems to us, but the Luan and Liu families don't think so." Merlin sat next to Xue Ruitian, sighed softly, and said, "After all, even if they did so many bad things and destroyed so many families, they are businessmen at heart and don't know so many twists and turns. Even if they know there are spies, they don't know they are everywhere, right?"

"That's true." Xue Ruitian nodded, "But this is also good. It lets them know how dangerous the outside world is and how sinister and cunning the people they are loyal to are, right?"

"I collapsed when I found out." Meilin sighed softly, stretched out his hand and tugged at Xue Ruitian's sleeve, saying, "You know, this is the first time I've seen a man of that age cry like that." "Crying?" Xue Ruitian was surprised, looked at Meilin, then at Shen Cha, "He's actually crying?"

"Hmm!" Shen Cha took a sip of hot water and felt a little better. She said, "At first, I cried silently, shedding tears silently, then it turned into soft sobbing, and in the end, I cried loudly, and then I cried until I was exhausted and fainted." She put down the cup in her hand, leaned on Shen Haolin, and yawned. "His original intention was to use the so-called secret of Master Falian in his hand to propose some conditions to us, but he didn't expect to be tricked by us. The trust they had built up in Master Falian for many years was ruthlessly shattered by us. So, they couldn't accept it for a while, and could only cry to vent their inner emotions."

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin agreed with Shen Cha's statement, "But, now that he's sick, I don't know when he'll get better."

"Anyway, we have Yanyou, so there is no need for him to tell us many things. The most important thing is that he doesn't know where the island is, nor does he know how to trick Master Falian off the island." Shen Cha smiled, "I just told Xiao Linzi that his advantage is that the Luan family and the Liu family established themselves in Xijing City in the early years, and they probably have some connections with some Qinglian Sect followers in Xijing City. Although we have arrested a lot of them, there may still be some that slipped through the net. His role now is to find out the gaps for us, and for the rest..." She shook her head gently, "we don't count on him, right?"

"That's right." Xue Ruitian thought for a moment, "Any news about Yanyou recently?"

"It's only another day's journey to the dock." Shen Cha smiled, "He sent back a message saying that Master Falian wants to meet him at the dock. I have already ordered the brothers near the dock to ambush." ​​She yawned, "I also informed Uncle Liu and asked Eagle Leopard to notify the local Eagle King Army to cooperate in the operation. As long as Master Falian shows up, we will capture him."

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded. "Shen Zhonghe left a portrait before. We have confirmed with Yanyou that the person in it is Master Falian. Although there are some differences between the real person and the portrait, they can be ignored." He sighed softly and said, "I hope everything will go as we wish and smoothly."

"Don't worry, brother. I've already told them that everything depends on the right time, right place, and right people. If it really doesn't work, or if Master Falian wants to harm Yanyou, we must first save Yanyou's life without exposing ourselves." Shen Cha smiled, "This is our promise to Yanyou, and we must abide by it no matter what. As for Master Falian." She sneered, "We can catch him anytime."

"Actually, although you said you were arresting someone this time, you were actually identifying someone, right?"

"My elder brother is the one who knows me best." Shen Cha looked at him, nodded slightly, and said, "After all, without a confirmed portrait, I dare not act rashly. If I alert him, he will hide on that island and never come out, which is very disadvantageous to us."