After Jiang Yunqi left the military camp, he did not go to Li Mansion to find Li Ruyi immediately. Instead, he went to the tavern at the end of the street, sat down, and ordered two taels of wine and a plate of peanuts.
You know, apart from the time when Li Ruyi sent him a pot of wine some time ago, which satisfied his craving for alcohol a little, he hasn't had a taste of alcohol for a long time. He must have missed it so much.
He really can't live without this wine.
Jiang Yunqi swallowed a big mouthful of wine with a gulp, then picked up two peanuts and put them in his mouth. He felt that this was the life that people should live. In two words: comfortable.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think of his Ah Yue. Every time he returned home after a escort mission, Ah Yue would take the initiative to buy wine for him and even cook two of his favorite side dishes to go with the wine. With his beautiful wife and good wine by his side, that was truly a heavenly life.
But A Yue, where are you now
Jiang Yunqi looked out the window with a hazy look in his eyes, but his eyes fixed on the face of a man passing by.
He almost subconsciously asked, "A Yue?"
After saying that, he immediately stood up and was about to chase after him, but was stopped by the waiter of the tavern.
The waiter looked at him with a smile and said, "Sir, you haven't paid yet. The total is one tael and five cents of silver."
Jiang Yunqi finally came to his senses and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The person just now was obviously a man, and he was really drunk, but he actually thought that was his Ah Yue.
Jiang Yunqi waved to the waiter and sat down again: "You go down first, I'll drink for a while."
He hasn't finished his wine yet. It won't be so easy to get it out next time. He has to drink it slowly and carefully.
The clerk looked at his purse suspiciously, and seeing that it seemed to be empty, he curled his lips and went back to the counter.
Jiang Yunqi drank for a long time and was just about to leave the tavern to do "business" when he saw two men with bulging foreheads, who looked like bad people, sitting on the stool next to him. He subconsciously felt that there were secrets about these two men, so he steadied himself without thinking and did not stand up.
Sure enough, after the waiter served the food and wine, the two men couldn't help but start to speak the truth after drinking.
The thick-mouthed man lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, do you think we can still find the food? We don't have any clues at all. If we can't find the food, what will the brothers in the barracks eat in the future?"
The one with big ears also spoke in a low voice, but his tone was indignant: "It's all the fault of those useless people guarding the granary. They actually lost all the food and grass in the three granaries. Otherwise, how could they hold out for a while?"
"Alas! What can we do? Who could have thought that so much food and fodder would be stolen overnight?"
"How are we going to live our lives from now on?"
"How else can we live? We just take it one day at a time!"
"Too… "
Although there were only a few people in the bar at the moment, the two men's voices were still very low. Only Jiang Yunqi, who had his back to them, could hear their words clearly.
Jiang Yunqi's pupils trembled, and his heart beat like a drum for an instant.
No wonder, no wonder the atmosphere in the camp has been so tense recently. It turns out that food and supplies were lost, and they were from three granaries.
If he could find these food and grass, it would be a great achievement and he would definitely be valued by General Li. However, this thought only flashed through Jiang Yunqi's mind and was quickly dismissed.
It was because he had listened to the two men talking for a long time but there was no information about the whereabouts of the food and grass. It was obviously not easy to find the trace of the food and grass.
But this road is blocked, but there is another way.
Jiang Yunqi's mind was working quickly. He actually knew that there was a deputy general in the camp who had always been at odds with General Li. That deputy general had tried to win him over before, but at that time he was thinking about getting married to Li Ruyi, so he rejected that deputy general.
And now…
If General Li fell, that deputy general might have been promoted to general.
If he could line up in advance and lend a helping hand to the deputy general, he would not have to worry about not being valued in the future.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yunqi no longer remembered that he came out to find Li Ruyi. He just wanted to go back to the deputy general immediately to report the loss of food and grass.
"Waiter, please check out the bill." Jiang Yunqi stood up and said with great enthusiasm.
"Sir, one tael and five cents." The waiter heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the guest had finally paid the bill. He had thought that the man was here to eat for free.
Zhang Hao and Xu Peng, who had their backs to Jiang Yunqi, smiled at each other, knowing that what the boss had ordered had been accomplished.
After Jiang Yunqi hurriedly paid the money, he rushed to the military camp.
Mingyue, who was sitting on the second floor of the book pavilion opposite the tavern, saw this and curled up the corner of her mouth in a mocking smile.
The bait has been thrown out, and it looks like the fish has taken the bait!
*
Li Ruyi stayed in the mansion for a long time, which was a rare occasion. She thought carefully about the past when she and Jiang Yunqi met and got to know each other, and she really found many inconsistencies.
For example, Jiang Yunqi always complained about life in the military camp in front of her, which made her increasingly dissatisfied with her father. She always felt that he was being angered by her father because of Wan Yu.
But in fact, Daddy was a very upright person and would never do such mean things. It was Jiang Yunqi's provocative words that made her feel that he was being isolated and bullied.
Also, Jiang Yunqi always acts as if the two of them are friends and confidants, as if this can ignore the difference in their identities.
Li Ruyi hadn't thought about it carefully before, but now that she had removed the filter of a kind-hearted person, she felt that his intentions were truly unbearable.
Not to mention the difference in status, just the difference between men and women, if Jiang Yunqi really wanted to respect her, he should stay away from her so as not to affect her reputation, instead of trying to lure her to get closer to him under the name of friend.
After figuring out these things, although Li Ruyi was still a little sad, she was actually relieved in her heart.
Fortunately, she knew Jiang Yunqi’s true identity, otherwise if she really married him, what would she do in the future
Thinking of Jiang Yunqi's abandoned wife, Li Ruyi felt even more sad.
At the same time, she felt that she could not let a vicious person like Jiang Yunqi stay in the military camp. She wanted to tell her father everything Jiang Yunqi had done.
Li Ruyi cheered up again, went to his mother's yard to find her, and proposed to go to the camp to bring food to his father.
Mrs. Li had no idea how busy her husband had been recently. She just felt that her daughter was finally in a better mood, and of course she couldn't let her down, so she quickly agreed.
Li Ruyi looked at the plaque of the Thirteenth Military Camp with a firm gaze. She would not be soft-hearted anymore.