Under the dumbfounded gaze of all Wei Jun, the two young men who came from nowhere were taken to their camp by Lord Liu Xiang's henchmen.
In a spacious and tidy tent, Gu Jiao saw Liu Yisheng who had been away for many years.
He is already in his thirties, and he has lost a little bit of the youthful air that he once had, and has a little more calm and grace that has been deposited over the years, and also has a lot of extravagance and fierceness of the higher-ranking people.
Nine years can change a lot of people.
Gu Jiao once heard someone call him Prime Minister Liu in the dream of returning to the Hou Mansion, and knew that he would one day be able to make him a Prime Minister, but what he actually saw was still not the same as what he imagined.
Perhaps he did not expect that he would break through the mountains and rivers of Zhao Kingdom and return with the determination of revenge.
When Gu Jiao was watching Liu Yisheng, Liu Yisheng was also watching Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao has also changed a lot. The birthmark on her face is gone, revealing her sealed appearance. It is strange but also surprising.
Twenty-four, at the same age as a flower, she is as beautiful as a fairy.
What remains unchanged is the vigorous vigor in her body and the pure eyes that are not mixed with any impurities.
It seems that no matter how many years have passed, no matter how many things she has experienced, she has never changed her original intention.
"I'm going out first." Jun Xiuhan said.
"Okay." Liu Yisheng responded.
Jun Xiuhan glanced at Xuanyuan Xi.
"I'm not going out!" Xuanyuan Xi said.
Liu Yisheng gave a rare smile: "It's okay."
Jun Xiuhan was shocked.
He never saw Liu Yisheng smile.
Liu Yisheng said to him, "Go and do your own thing, I'm fine here."
Jun Xiuhan glanced at Gu Jiao and said, "She is very skilled in martial arts." After saying that, he looked at Xuanyuan Xi who was beside him, "This kid is not weak."
He had seen Gu Jiao's skills and knew that she was a terrifying expert who could defeat Han Ye, and according to the information they had, the young general beside her should be the champion Hou Xuanyuanxi.
Not in the pool either.
If the two of them were not good for Liu Yisheng in the camp, he would not have time to rescue them.
"I know." Liu Yisheng said calmly.
But since Liu Yisheng spoke like this, Jun Xiuhan had no choice but to go out first.
There is only one long follower in the tent.
"Anu?" Gu Jiao looked at him.
Liu Yisheng was in a good mood, and his eyes were full of smiles: "Yes, you still remember. Anu, do you remember Miss Gu?"
Anu nodded and bowed to Gu Jiao.
He is a dumb slave and can't speak.
He has also grown taller, and is a mature and stable bodyguard.
Gu Jiao bowed to him.
"Is it clear space?" Liu Yisheng looked at Xuanyuanxi next to Gu Jiao again.
Xuanyuan Xi opened his eyes wide: "Well, do you know me?"
Liu Yisheng said bluntly: "We met, have you forgotten?"
Xuanyuan Xi suddenly realized: "Ah, Paihuazi, Brother Ming'er! I remembered it! You saved us!"
Liu Yisheng said cheerfully: "Then, I have investigated you a little over the past few years."
Xuanyuan Xi: "Oh."
Didn't ask him to investigate what he was doing.
Nine years ago, Gu Jiao saw Liu Yisheng off, and played a tune for him in the pavilion. That time, she brought a clearance.
Jing Kong curiously asked a little about Liu Yisheng, only to know that he and Gu Jiao were confidants.
When he went back, he also boasted with the bad brother-in-law that Jiaojiao and Liu Yisheng's brother Qin Se and Ming were sore.
Later, when he grew up, he realized that Qin Se and Ming were not so useful, and Liu Yisheng played the flute with Jiaojiao on the carriage.
Xuanyuan Xi pouted and said, "We're here to beat you, but you seem... not too bad for a beat."
The main reason is that he did not feel murderous and malicious towards Jiaojiao in Liu Yisheng.
He smiled and didn't seem to mind Xuanyuanxi's straightforwardness. He came to the short case, sat down, and asked the two of them, "Would you like some tea?"
Xuanyuan Xi didn't want to drink, he looked at the weapons and books in the tent curiously.
"Just look at it." Liu Yisheng said genially.
Xuanyuan Xi looked at Gu Jiao, and when he saw Gu Jiao nod, he went to look at the collection of books and weapons.
Gu Jiao sat down opposite Liu Yisheng.
Liu Yisheng picked up the boiling kettle from the stove within reach and brewed three cups of tea.
Gu Jiao asked, "How did you and Jun Xiuhan meet?"
Liu Yisheng said: "His mother is from Zhao State. Before being taken back to Yan State by his father, he lived with me in a hutong. We had several encounters. Once he fainted from hunger, and I carried him home."
Gu Jiao suddenly realized: "No wonder."
Liu Yisheng handed the tea to Gu Jiao: "His family background in Yan country is not very good, fortunately, he was good enough to be admitted to Canaan Academy. You can almost guess what happened next, I met him by accident. , I learned about you from his mouth, and I guessed that 'Xiao Liulang' was you."
Gu Jiao picked up the teacup: "Heifengqi was selected, he helped me, and said it was a favor."
Liu Yisheng withdrew his hand, paused, and said, "I don't know that."
Gu Jiao looked at him: "How have you been all these years?"
Liu Yisheng smiled lightly: "As you can see, it's good or bad. How about you? Are you doing well?"
Gu Jiao said honestly, "Very good, I like it very much."
I like my life now, I like everything I've experienced.
Liu Yisheng smiled with relief and bitterness: "How is he treating you?"
Gu Jiao was stunned: "Is my husband? He's very good to me."
Liu Yisheng lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea: "That's good."
"Do you have hatred in your heart?" Gu Jiao asked bluntly.
Liu Yisheng clenched the teacup in his hand, stared at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and said in a low voice for a while, "Yes, the imperial family of Zhao Kingdom slaughtered my Liu family, how can I not hate it?"
"I live like a dog, and I can be bullied by anyone. Anyone can step on me."
"Anyone who is unhappy can vent their anger on me and the people around me."
"No, I don't have anyone around me, just a nanny and a dumb slave who was bought halfway."
Gu Jiao had heard and seen the scene where he was framed, but hearing him mention it now, she suddenly felt shocking.
The misery of Liu Yisheng that the world sees may only be the tip of the iceberg. He grew up in endless bullying, and the seeds of hatred have already been planted in his heart.
He laughed at himself: "You shouldn't have helped me in the first place, let me die on the street, and I wouldn't have almost lost my country."
"Zhao Kingdom will not be destroyed." Gu Jiao said.
Liu Yisheng raised his eyes and looked into Gu Jiao's eyes: "Are you going to fight me?"
Gu Jiao did not shy away from his gaze: "Yes."
Liu Yisheng smiled sarcastically: "If you want to kill each other, why do you need to know each other?"
Gu Jiao said, "It's my job to save you, and it's my mission to kill you."
"You are a good doctor and a good general." Liu Yisheng put down the cold tea in his hand, and stood up lightly, "Why don't we take a gamble. If you win, I will retreat immediately and never again invade Zhao. If you lose... promise me a condition."
Gu Jiao said without hesitation, "Okay."
Liu Yisheng frowned: "You don't ask for any conditions."
"Don't ask." Gu Jiao said.
Liu Yisheng squeezed his fingers: "Girl Gu, do you know that people are sinister? You will make me want to win you by any means possible. You should bargain with me, so that I understand that even if I win, I won't get what I want. I may not have such a strong desire to win or lose!”
"Bet what?"
Gu Jiao answered him with these calm words.
"You..." Liu Yisheng choked, turned his face to calm his emotions, and turned his face back with a calm expression, "I heard that you are Lao Meng's disciple, you will play a game of chess with me, and you will definitely win the game. Negative, you win if you draw."
"Okay." Gu Jiao responded neatly.
Liu Yisheng looked at Xuanyuan Xi who was reading books in front of the bookshelf, and said warmly: "Clear space, there is a box of Go on the second floor of the bookshelf, can you pass it to me?"
"Oh, good." Xuanyuan Xi found Go and handed it to him.
He set up the chessboard, grabbed a handful of white stones from the chess box, clenched his fists and said to Gu Jiao, "Guess first."
Gu Jiao picked up a black spot: "Dan."
Liu Yisheng spread out his palm, the three pieces were indeed odd, and the one who guessed right was black.
And black first.
Gu Jiao made her first move and landed at the star position in the upper right corner.
There is not enough control over the corners, but it develops outwards, which suits Gu Jiao's resolute temperament.
Xiao Shituan squinted comfortably on Gu Jiao's lap.
Gu Jiao played chess and licked the cat at the same time. It was not like a life-and-death game, but she was quite comfortable.
Liu Yisheng raised his hand and swept his eyes around Xiao Shi.
Xiao Shi felt a chill on his back, so he rolled into Gu Jiao's arms again.
…
"grown ups!"
Outside the tent, General Mo rushed over in a hurry, glanced at the closed tent behind Jun Xiuhan, and whispered, "What's going on?"
"You ask me, who do I ask?" Jun Xiuhan asked back.
General Mo didn't dare to be angry with Liu Yisheng's confidant. He scratched his head and said helplessly: "I'm not worried about the safety of the adults? By the way, who are those two people? I think they seem to be wearing the armor of the country of Yan? Could it be the reinforcements sent by the State of Yan?"
"You don't need to care about those two people, you can't control it." Jun Xiuhan said, adding lightly, "I don't even care."
Sir, are you jealous
"Cough cough!" General Mo cleared his throat, "We are about to take Zhao Guo, but we must not go wrong! Zhao Guo has been strong and strong over the years, that is to say, this time, he has caught a good opportunity and missed this time. If you want to attack Zhao Kingdom, it will be difficult!"
The time is right and the place is right, the Marquis of Xuanping is not in the court, Tang Yueshan is staying in the capital, and the crown prince has made the Gu family's army miserable again. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will never happen again.
Jun Xiu said coldly: "What can you think of, adults can't think of?"
General Mo's eyes lit up: "So we will continue to fight?"
In the tent, Gu Jiao left her last son: "I lost."
Liu Yisheng said, "It's only half a loss."
Gu Jiao said, "That's also a loss."
Liu Yisheng said, "I said, I will definitely beat you."
In fact, it was very difficult to win. Her chess skills were so superb that he almost exhausted her energy to win her half-eye.
Gu Jiao said, "If you are willing to admit defeat, make a request."
Xuanyuan Xi pricked up his ears.
What conditions will Liu Yisheng offer to Jiaojiao
The way he looked at Jiaojiao was different, would he make Jiaojiao leave the bad brother-in-law to be with him? Or, he let Jiaojiao stand by and not participate in the decisive battle between Wei and Zhao
Or simply let Jiaojiao send troops to help him conquer the world
To everyone's surprise, Liu Yisheng just got up and came to the cage, silently took out a guqin and put it on the table: "Can you play the qin for me again?"
Gu Jiao looked at him strangely: "Is this your request?"
Liu Yisheng smiled slightly: "If you can, have another meal with me and listen to an excerpt."
Gu Jiao took the guqin.
Liu Yisheng cleaned up the table.
Gu Jiao's fingertips moved, and the sound of the violin like the sound of the heavens poured out from under her fingertips, like the sound of nine heavens, like the sound of a mountain stream.
She played the "Jinghong" that she played for him that day to bid farewell to him. The difference is that this time, she added the second half of "Photography".
Liu Yisheng played the flute gently, just like the night she bid him farewell many years ago.
Xuanyuan Xi was fascinated, and after a long time, he realized that he was holding an arithmetic book with familiar handwriting, with Jiaojiao's comments on it.
Did Jiaojiao give Liu Yisheng a book
In the evening, the three of them ate together and went to the theater in the city to listen to the excerpts.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, there is no warm language between them, no intimate actions, but it is a tacit understanding that can make people feel moisturizing things.
"I should go." Gu Jiao said.
Liu Yisheng stared at her deeply: "Be careful on the road."
This goodbye, I don't know if I can see you again in this life.
Gu Jiao nodded, and reluctantly returned Xiao Shi, who had been hugging all the way, to Liu Yisheng, and then turned over with Xuanyuan Xi.
Liu Yisheng suddenly stopped her, under the night, his eyes were like stars: "Miss Gu, thank you for the book you gave me back then."
…
Three days later, the Wei army withdrew its troops.
The troops of the eleven cities were completely withdrawn.
Liu Yisheng didn't take anything from Zhao Kingdom. His luggage was very simple, except for a suit of clothes, the cat in his arms, and the eleven books she gave him.
Met you at the most desolate age.
And you didn't step indifferently over my filthy, rancid body.
You bent down your beautiful waist and stretched out a clean hand towards me.
(End of this chapter)