Qin Li said calmly: "I know what's going on."
Zhao Feng scratched his head and laughed twice: "Hehe."
How could he forget that Gong Su must have considered things more carefully than he did, so why did he need to explain himself? Zhao Feng noticed the fatigue between Qin Li's brows and said tactfully, "You've been busy for so long, Gong Su, you must be tired too. If there's nothing else, I won't disturb you to rest. If there's anything, just send someone to find me, don't be stubborn."
Qin Li has not had an easy life these years.
Zhao Feng saw it most clearly.
Qin Li waved his hand: "No hurry yet."
He forced himself to gather his energy, found some clean cloth, and asked Zhao Feng to fetch him some ink and brush. He endured the side effects of being a scholar and drew the deployment of the troops of Huang Lie and Zhang He. Zhao Feng saw that his hand holding the brush could not control the slight tremor, so he raised his hand to hold down his wrist and said sternly, "Gong Su, stop."
Qin Li glanced over and said, "Let go!"
Zhao Feng was worried and anxious: "This can be done tomorrow, why do we have to do it now? Chen Jun won't blame you if he gets it a few hours later... The most important thing for you now is to recover. Don't you understand the principle of sharpening the knife before chopping wood?"
Qin Li wanted to pull his hand back.
But how can a scholar of literary talent compete with a warrior of martial courage in strength
Even though Qin Li was good at archery and could pull two stones, his strength was greatly reduced in his current state. After a struggle between the two, Qin Li had no choice but to accept his fate and reluctantly loosened his fingers, letting the brush fall: "Zhao Dayi, can you let go of my hand now?"
Zhao Feng let go immediately.
Seeing the finger marks left on his thin wrists, I felt guilty.
Qin Li pushed the painted part of the cloth forward, then leaned back against the table with all his strength, his chest was entangled with fine and dense threads of sorrow, and he felt like he couldn't breathe. Seeing that he was restless, Zhao Feng tactfully handed him a pipe and a tobacco bag.
Qin Li: “…”
It is not right for Zhao Feng to hold it up, and it is not right for him to put it down.
He could only say, "Gong Su, I know you are worried about the people still in Tianhai and are anxious to resolve the battle on the front line, but the more you are at this time, the more you should not be anxious and lose your composure. Huang Lie and his men are not incompetent people who can be manipulated by others. Even with your help as a scholar, it is not easy to kill them! Besides, although Gong Wu's recent behavior is inappropriate, it will not hurt the elderly and the weak."
Their relatives are still safe in Tianhai.
Qin Li remained silent.
Zhao Feng seemed to be comforting Qin Li, and also seemed to be convincing himself: "The people sent by Lord Shen are very reliable, and Xiao Zhao's family will be fine. Madam is brave and resourceful. As long as she knows the situation on the front line from Yun Yuanmou, she will definitely understand what we mean. With her in the rear, we won't give Tianhai's gang a chance to make trouble again. What is my wife's ability, don't you know?"
The "Xiao Zhao" mentioned by Zhao Feng is his subordinate.
The two of them came from the same village, so naturally they had the same surname.
Qin Li said: "I have been feeling uneasy these past two days..."
He always felt that something unexpected had happened. After thinking about it, he realized that only the rear was out of his control. The two places were far apart, and it was not easy to deliver letters. In addition, they were suppressed from all sides, so it was even more difficult to deliver information.
He couldn't interfere with what happened in the rear.
Zhao Feng choked and whispered, "Perhaps you have been using the Way of the Scholar for too long and have consumed too much energy, causing hallucinations?"
Wen Xin, a scholar, has a very sharp intuition, and Qin Li has always been proficient in emotional control, but now even he says he is uneasy... Could something bad really have happened? Zhao Feng's heart was beating fast, and even the fact that his brothers had a way out could not make him feel at ease.
He wanted to ask something when he heard two voices from outside the tent.
Like something knocking on wood.
Zhao Feng's expression tensed and he could only say goodbye in a hurry.
Recently, many people have been watching them, as if they are afraid that a group of them will gather together to cause trouble, so they send some unimportant patrols every now and then to achieve the effect of dividing the troops. Zhao Feng and his men are well aware of this and dare not act rashly.
As soon as he left, Qin Li looked at the cloth and picked up the pen.
The moon sets and the stars sink, the night ends and the day dawns.
When Qin Li heard the faint sound of soldiers training outside the tent, he suddenly realized that so much time had passed. The huge piece of cloth was covered with the terrain of mountains and rivers, the number of enemy troops, the location of the camp, and the details of the military deployment, all presented one by one.
He put down his pen, rubbed his sore and numb wrist, and checked it carefully. He was relieved only after he had proofread it.
At this time, the tent curtain was lifted.
The guards in the tent didn't even notice someone coming in.
Qin Li was not at all flustered. He lit a charcoal fire and dried the ink on the cloth. Without even raising his head, he said, "Shan Xiao's way of writing is very useful, and the allied camps can come and go freely."
Cui Xiao came to pick up something.
If Qin Li were to send someone to deliver it, it would easily reveal a flaw.
Cui Xiaodao: "You finished it in one night?"
Qin Li stood up from the mat: "I'm afraid the night will be long and full of dreams."
Cui Xiao bent down, folded the cloth carefully, and put it into his sleeve.
He was in no hurry to leave. He poured himself a cup of tea and said with a smile, "My lord seems to have misunderstood that you have no interest in her... So, what kind of person is Qi Yuanliang? How can he make you hate him so much and yet let my lord protect him so much?"
Even though he knew that Qin Li was outside last night, he still protected Qi Shan in his words and deeds. This made Cui Xiao even more curious and he wanted to see with his own eyes the evil plot of this man who he had only heard of but never seen.
When Cui Xiao met Qin Li and others, their homeland had been destroyed, and two or three thousand people were wandering outside, trying to find a place to settle down, and Cui Xiao was also wandering alone. The two sides got along very well, hit it off, and traveled together.
Many years passed in a flash.
Qin Li did not ask about Cui Xiao's past, and Cui Xiao did not take the initiative to dig into their past, so they lived in peace. However, as their friendship deepened, he gradually realized that Qin Li had a big enemy!
It’s a pity that I have no chance to see it.
I never thought that we would work together one day.
Qin Li said: "He is not a good person."
Cui Xiao paused with the knife fan in his hand and said awkwardly: "If we are to be considered as 'good people' in the secular sense, we are not either."
Qin Li reminded him: "Stay away from him to avoid misfortune."
This is a bloody lesson!
Cui Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll try my best."
He went back with the map and went to work as an errand boy for his master.
It was lunchtime, so Chen Tang invited him to have breakfast with him and asked him about Qin Li's intentions. Even though Gu Chi said that Qin Li was playing hard to get, Chen Tang was still nervous before he actually got Qin Li.
Eating with the master is like eating for the first time, and you will become familiar with it the second time. Cui Xiao does not follow the rule of "not talking while eating" and is very talkative.
He also joked about Qin Li's affairs.
How deep is Qin Li’s vengeance
It was just that I was young and frivolous and met a playboy, but I was deceived by him and became so afraid of ropes that I became afraid of them for ten years. It was really embarrassing.
Chen Tang: “…”
For some unknown reason, she asked Cui Xiao.
"From what Shanxiao said, it seems like he has enemies too?"
Cui Xiao said casually: "Xiao has been away from home for many years, wandering around without a fixed place to stay. Even if he is kind to everyone, it is impossible for him to have no enemies. How can a scholar without a literary mind not have enemies?"
Chen Tang asked again, "Who is Shanxiao's enemy?"
Cui Xiao quipped, "My lord, are you going to support Xiao?"
Chen Tang said, "It's possible."
Cui Xiao half-heartedly bowed and thanked him, then said, "I have too many enemies, so I can't remember clearly, but there is a man named Qu that I have been looking for for many years. If I can find him, I will skin him and make him into a human skin drum, and beat it a few times every morning and evening."
Chen Tang: "…What's your last name?"
Cui Xiao fed him a mouthful of porridge: "The surname is Qu."
Chen Tang casually asked, "Which word?"
Cui Xiao answered, "The music score."
"Your last name is Qu? What's your name?"
Cui Xiaodao: "Qu Tan."
Chen Tang: “???”
When she asked what the words were, she instantly showed the expression of an old man on the subway. No, why do these two words look so familiar? Qu Tan? If they are reversed, wouldn't it be Tan Qu
Chen Tang suddenly felt that the porridge was no longer fragrant.
He asked tentatively, "What grudge does Shanxiao have against this person?"
Has it reached the point of peeling people’s skin and making human skin drums
Could it be a vengeance like the murder of his wife and children
But Cui Xiao also said that his wife and children were still alive, and that he would go south to find them, unless that was just an excuse he made up.
Cui Xiaogan paused while eating and frowned unhappily.
Chen Tang carefully probed: "Is it inconvenient to elaborate?"
If I touch the other person's scar, it will be difficult to find out. I will have to ask Gu Chi for help and get Cui Xiao's words.
Cui Xiao said: "It's not inconvenient, but that happened many years ago. In Xiao's home country, the population was dwindling due to years of war. The royal court issued a law that unmarried men at the age of 18 would be paraded through the streets and caned, and unmarried women at the age of 15 would also be paraded through the streets and caned, and they would also have to pay an additional head tax. Xiao's family has a daughter who is 14 years old, and in a few months she will be 15 years old..."
The old father was extremely worried about his daughter's marriage.
My daughter is very stubborn and hates being forced into marriage.
However, as their age was approaching, Cui Xiao and her mother had to put the matter on the agenda. According to Cui Xiao's opinion, it was too late to find a child son-in-law, so it would be better to choose a reliable student to match with her daughter. However, whatever Cui Xiao was satisfied with, her daughter was not satisfied with.
As the day was approaching, Cui Xiao's wife snatched a handsome young man from somewhere.
Chen Tang didn't miss the point: "Madam...rob?"
Cui Xiao said calmly, "I forgot to tell you, sir, that my wife is a fierce bandit in that area. She has been doing this since my father-in-law's generation. But after the war subsided, in order to survive, I retired from the business and stopped doing illegal things."
Chen Tang: “…”
I didn’t do much and still managed to snatch a pretty good-looking boy
Her eyes revealed everything clearly, and Cui Xiao dodged.
What Chen Tang didn't know was that this was a "family tradition" to some extent - Cui Xiaoyuan was a farmer's son from a village at the foot of the bandit camp. His parents died, and he couldn't support himself when he was young. Once he was starving and fell on the side of the road and was rescued by his mother-in-law. The mother-in-law saw that he looked good, so she took him back to be her son-in-law.
His father-in-law died while fighting other bandits, and he married his father-in-law's daughter, who later became his wife, in accordance with his will.
After the two got married, his wife continued to run the family business, but as the situation stabilized, she slowly changed her career. Cui Xiao went to school with the help of his father-in-law in his early years. He was found to have the aptitude to practice. After years of hard study, he achieved success and opened a private school in the county town at the foot of the mountain. The family lived a peaceful and beautiful life. No one knew that this gentle private school teacher was the man of a bandit leader.
Unexpectedly, for the sake of her daughter, the lady returned to her old job.
Cui Xiao naturally disagreed a lot, it was too frivolous!
Who is worthy of you and me
The person who robbed the girl is unreliable. Isn't this a waste of time for my daughter
The lady sneered: "It's just a marriage. You can get married after you have passed the government office. If he is a decent person, you can stay. If he is not, you can do it secretly. I have checked. He is from another country and has no foundation to rely on here."
Cui Xiao still disagrees.
He took a fancy to one of his students.
Even though he is not very talented and his looks are ordinary, but looks cannot be used to make a living. The right thing to do is as long as he has good moral character, a gentle personality and can tolerate that troublemaker in his family!
The lady insisted, but Cui Xiao objected.
But it was my daughter who made the final decision.
The daughter said shyly: This guy is very handsome.
Cui Xiao was very angry.
Although it is said that appearance is determined by the heart, this young man is different. He has a gentle appearance, but his eyes are full of lingering sinisterness and cruelty. Cui Xiao knew at a glance that he was not a good man for his daughter. If she really followed him, she would not know how she would die!
But my daughter likes it very much.
For the sake of the boy, they guarded against Cui Xiao like a thief. Cui Xiao could only drive the boy out when the mother and daughter were not at home.
Of course, Cui Xiao didn't do it so bluntly.
He just told the boy that the mother and daughter were both born as bandits, and they kidnapped him to be his concubines, and he couldn't bear it, so he saved him. The boy looked at him silently, without saying a word, but also accepted the money. Cui Xiao thought the matter was settled.
I never thought that we would meet again within a month.
This place was the fiefdom of a certain vassal king. The young man became a subordinate of the vassal king, and Cui Xiao also worked for him secretly.
The boy said his surname was Qu and his given name was Tan.
Cui Xiao sighed, "I suspected that this boy would do something bad, but I didn't expect that this day would come so soon. This young man was working for the prince on the surface, but in fact he was here to investigate the evidence of the prince's rebellion. The village was destroyed due to the war, and the lady broke up with Xiao because of some things and left with several children. The daughter was heartbroken and ran away from home, and Xiao also left his hometown."
Chen Tang: “…”
Although Cui Xiao was vague about some information, judging from his wife's anger and breaking up with him, Cui Xiao was probably not a good person in this matter. However, none of this is important. What is important is - is this Qu Tan, Tan Qu
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It absolutely cannot be Qi Yuanliang anymore!
Chen Tang secretly rubbed his brows with a headache.
She remembered that Qi Shan had once been in a bad mood and directly gave her a list of enemies, and even taunted her to just recruit people according to the list. Thinking back, there was no one named Cui Xiao on the list. So - are these all coincidences
Not sure, check to confirm.
"Good filial piety."
Cui Xiao had finished his meal: "My lord, please speak."
"Isn't the name Choi Hyo your real name?"
Cui Xiao smiled and said, "Xiao said before that he had many enemies, so of course he would not use his real name when he was out in the world. This is a pseudonym. But after using it for many years, it is no different from his real name."
Chen Tang: “…”
No, she still secretly wrote a letter to ask Qishan whether he had offended a scholar who never let go of his sword and fan when he was young, and whether he had raped his daughter!