"Hey, who is this—"
Gong Shuwu came back covered in sweat.
From a distance, I could see a strange, swollen face.
That look almost scared him.
Although his facial features were unrecognizable, his braid was very distinctive. Gong Shuwu tentatively asked uncertainly, "Wen Shi?"
Xu Quan glanced at him and turned his head to the other side.
Gong Shuwu smiled and stepped forward to ask, "Tell me, brother, who beat you into this state?"
Xu Quan snorted and turned his shoulder.
Gong Shuwu pretended to be alert: "Is it an enemy attack?"
Another guess: "Is it some fish that slipped through the net that is causing trouble?"
Tu Rong, who was squatting not far away and watching, said, "Neither of them. It was the lord and Brother Wen Shi who were sparring and they got hit accidentally."
Gong Shuwu seemed to have just noticed Tu Rong's existence.
After taking a look, he laughed again: "Why are you also bruised and battered? Did the lord beat you too? The wounds don't look like..."
The wounds on Tu Rong's face were patchy.
The swelling may be high or low.
In contrast, Xu Quan's style is very symmetrical and unified.
Even the bruises on the left and right eye sockets are symmetrical in size.
Tu Rong pointed at Xu Quan and said, "He was the one who beat me."
Xu Quan finally responded, frowning unhappily, and said, "Didn't you ask me to practice with you?"
How can an exchange of ideas be called a fight
Gong Shuwu was keenly aware of something unusual. He was well aware of his master's strength, and he also knew that Shen Tang was better at using weapons, rarely using his bare hands, let alone hitting someone in the face. Did Xu Quan offend someone
"Have you offended the lord?"
Xu Quan's already ugly face turned even darker.
Tu Rong was gloating over the misfortune: "He just teased the lord and said that the lord had a bad figure, so he was beaten by the lord and made to stand here to get some fresh air and reflect on himself."
Gong Shuwu: “…”
For a moment, I didn't know whether to say that Xu Quan was brave and fearless, or that he was very good at seeking death, as he could even tease his own master.
Blind at such a young age
Xu Quan was embarrassed and ashamed: "How could I know that it was the Lord? He was so far away and he was dressed like a woman... Who knew that the Lord had a fetish for dressing like a woman... Can you blame me for this?"
"Besides, my lord's figure is indeed not good. I kindly suggested that he could ask Qi Zhubu to modify it so that the outfit would be seamless. Not only did he not appreciate it, he even hit me..." Xu Quan got so excited that he pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth.
He hissed in pain.
"I am really wronged... Under normal circumstances, I would never think that it was the Lord." After a passionate speech, he asked Gong Shuwu, "If you were walking down the street and saw the Lord wearing women's clothes, plus that face, would you not admit your mistake?"
Gong Shuwu said calmly: "I won't admit my mistake."
His unconventional answer surprised Xu Quan.
Unconvinced, he asked, "You really don't admit your mistake?"
Gong Shuwu nodded firmly.
"But the lord has a fetish for cross-dressing..."
Gong Shuwu couldn't help but correct Xu Quan's mistake, lest this fool fall into the same trap again next time: "First of all, my lord, you don't have a fetish for cross-dressing; secondly, girls of your age also know what is beautiful and what is ugly, and you rashly flirted with her and said that she had a bad figure... Who else should I beat if not you? By the way, this matter didn't reach the ears of Qi Zhubu and Chu Gongcao, right? Otherwise, you would..."
Xu Quan: “…”
Xu Quan: “???”
Xu Quan: “!!!”
Gong Shuwu looked at Xu Quan's wide eyes and said with a smile: "Didn't you know all this time? You could tell whether Lingde, Shaoxuan and Weiheng were male or female at a glance. How come you didn't tell when it came to the lord?"
Xu Quan: “…”
After a long while—
His neck cracked and twisted stiffly as he turned towards Tu Rong.
The naughty boy blinked innocently and nodded affirmatively: "My lord has always been a girl, you can't mistake that face."
Xu Wenshi calls his junior sister "Sister Lingde" every day. He thought that she also knew the lord's gender, but she didn't know
Xu Quan: “…”
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
How is it possible to know this!!!
Before he entered the government, his cousin would often express his admiration for the deep love between his lord and Wu Xian, and would talk about how she was a gentleman, how righteous she was, how upright she was, how she loved the people like her own children, how diligent and hardworking she was... and how she worked hard for Ha Yin.
How could he possibly doubt her gender
Xu Quan was feeling very aggrieved.
This time, my cousin really led me into trouble!
Cousin, do you know that Mr. Shen, the one you have always wanted to talk to all night and sleep with, is actually Madam Shen
Xu Quan's expression became blank.
Although he seems calm, he actually feels like he's been struck by lightning.
Gong Shuwu patted his shoulder comfortingly: "It's a little hard to accept at first, but as long as the lord is a qualified lord, it's fine. No one comes here for a man's thing, right? As a grown man, who doesn't have that thing? Just let it go."
Xu Quan: “…”
Gong Shuwu's logic is truly impeccable.
Xu Quan felt that if he said something against it, it would mean that he didn't have that thing and was here for that thing...
Pulling the corner of his mouth, he said: "I'll be alone and quiet."
Gong Shuwu nodded to show his understanding, and took Tu Rong, who was watching the fun, away, saying, "Tonight is Dayi's farewell banquet..."
Xu Quan said: "I won't be absent."
He stood in the wind for a while, looking disheveled, then turned around and went back to the tent. While circulating his martial energy to speed up the swelling on his face, he took out a small box, which contained letters from home that he had been saving for a long time. He looked at the letters for a long time, and wrote down the complaints that he had nowhere to vent.
certainly-
He still has his sense of propriety.
No matter how good the relationship with his cousin is, it cannot change the fact that the two of them "serve their respective masters and perform their respective duties". Shen Tang naturally had to keep his mouth shut about the fact that he held the national seal, but the gender of his master - he couldn't be the only one who was confused, his cousin had to be stunned too!
"... Brother, you are really killing me..." Xu Quan wrote more than 20 letters in one breath, piling them up bulging, "If it weren't for my brother, I wouldn't have received this beating..."
The fact that Xu Quan and Xu Jie were in contact had never been hidden from Shen Tang. If necessary, she could even check it before sending it out, but Shen Tang was not suspicious to that extent - she was the boss of a small company, how could she care about everything and even the relationship between the brothers
but-
Shen Tang rubbed his hands shamelessly: "Please ask your brother if he has any extra grain seeds. The price is negotiable. I don't ask for the best, I just want to get through this year..."
Even without Shen Tang mentioning this matter, Xu Quan would have taken the initiative to mention it in his letter home - it would be a waste not to take advantage of his cousin, and it made him feel good.
The box of letters from home was on its way to Ha Yin. To ensure the smooth arrival of the letters, the messenger was a second-class courier, so ordinary criminals would not be a problem. No one knew that this box of letters would catch two big fat fish!
At the farewell banquet, everyone was drinking wine and milk happily.
Zhao Feng looked at the familiar faces, and although he considered himself a rough man, he couldn't help but feel warm in his eyes.
To be honest, he had been working odd jobs for Shen Tang for a longer time than he had been working for his official master Wu Xian. If Wu Xian had not been so kind to him and Qin Li, and had saved their lives, he would have even had the urge to stay put given the preferential treatment and care he had received from Shen Tang in the past two years...
Alas, all good things must come to an end.
Zhao Feng was drunk and said proudly: "Gentlemen, I will sing a song for you! The journey is long and the mountains are high—"
Shen Tang raised his little hand.
"Come, I will accompany you for justice!"