The craftsman became more and more elusive, and occasionally someone caught a glimpse of him in the valley, and when he was about to say hello, the person had disappeared, and no one knew when he would return, when he would leave, or why he had come here.

This time was the same, the people outside were noisy, obviously not finding anything unusual, but he suddenly appeared at the door, looking at him coldly.

Zhang Shiqing was reading books and newspapers, a little tired, drowsy, sitting there yawning, suddenly found a stranger standing at the door, frightened and sleepy, stood up, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"What about Xu Jiren?"

"Weeding in the cemetery. You are not from this valley, but who are you? ”

Tian Jiang stepped forward, Zhang Shiqing was just about to call someone outside to come over to help, Tian Jiang stopped, threw a letter, and it was falling on the table, "Please transfer this letter to Xu Ji." ”

"You haven't said who you are."

"Tian Jiang."

"Which 'craftsman'?"

Tian Jiang didn't answer, turned to leave, and the noise outside still didn't change at all.

"Rude people." Zhang Shiqing said softly, continued to read the military newspaper, and soon turned his interest to the letter.

The letter was worn, apparently after some tossing and turning, and there was no word written on the skin, neither a personal letter nor a letter from so-and-so.

"Could it be her?" Zhang Shiqing thought that this letter might have been sent by the female thief of the Incarnation Army, and he couldn't help but be curious, so he immediately opened it and took a closer look.

The letter is sealed, although she has been pampered since she was a child, and acts according to her own will, but some rules have long been habitual, and she can't break them, and the unopened letter is one of them.

After hesitating, Zhang Shiqing got up and picked up the letter, went out of the house and hurried to the cemetery, she couldn't open the letter privately, but after Xu Ji opened it, she could come over and take a look - whether the other party agreed or not was not within her consideration.

Xu Ji happened to be resting, and there were no chairs and stools around, so he sat on the tombstone.

"There's a strange man named Tian Jiang, who has brought you a letter."

"Tian Jiang? It's been a long time since I've seen him. Xu Ji took the letter and was slightly stunned, "Nameless letter." ”

"Take it apart and take a look, is it sent by Qinzhou?"

"Qinzhou ......" Xu Ji opened the letter, only glanced at it and replied: "No." ”

"Who wrote the letter? Is it the fieldman? Why didn't he say it directly. ”

"Not really." Xu Ji's expression gradually became solemn.

"What is written?" Zhang Shiqing's curiosity did not weaken, but intensified.

Xu Ji read it all and handed the letter over, Zhang Shiqing immediately took it in his hand, and first looked at the head and the payment, "Who is 'Guo Mou' who is 'with the ups and downs of the world'?" After a few more glances, he suddenly realized, "He is Guo Shifeng, Ning Baoguan's military advisor, you often mention it." Why did he write to you? ”

The letter was in his hand, Zhang Shiqing closed his mouth, read it word by word, raised his head, and looked at Xu Ji in surprise, "He asked you to go to Jiangdong quickly...... What does that mean? also gave Ning Baoguan as a military advisor, or ...... Continue to be the king of Wu? ”

Judging from the text on the letter, Zhang Shiqing is inclined to the latter interpretation, although Guo Shifeng did not mention the word "King Wu", but there are sentences such as "everything is ready, everything is as expected", "Jiangdong has no head, wait for a long time", it can be said that the meaning is very obvious.

"What do you think?" Xu Ji smiled.

Zhang Shiqing showed a vigilant look, "You...... Don't you really abdicate, and you want to be the king of Wu again? I've heard that Ning Baoguan was sent to Jiangdong by you, and Guo Shifeng is also your closest friend......"

"It's not close, but it's a good friend."

Once Zhang Shiqing had a judgment in his heart, a lot of evidence automatically poured in, and he rushed away the unreasonable places one by one, "The return of the thief army to Qinzhou in the west is simply a trick to lure the troops, in order to lure the officers and soldiers over there, and give Ning Baoguan an opportunity to take advantage of." You claimed to abdicate and come to Yecheng for refuge, which is the same reason, all in order to let the court ignore Ning Baoguan. In fact, Jiangdong is the territory you want the most, because you are the king of Wu......"

Xu Ji nodded and praised: "It's hard for you to say that you are right, and you came up with the whole conspiracy so quickly." ”

"Are you praising me, or are you laughing at me?"

"Can you defend me a few words?"

"Black and white are here, what is there to justify? And you have your own mouth, and you can usually say that 'the head is the way', who can compare to you? ”

"Haha, it's just a game, you question it, and it's up to you to solve it."

This is not a game that Zhang Shiqing likes, but after thinking about it for a while, he reluctantly said: "If you think about it carefully, the whole thing is indeed a bit strange." After all, there are some things that can't be pretended, and you really seem to be really abdicating - this can't be done, you pretended to be a loyal minister at the beginning, but you still assassinated the Emperor of All Things. Well...... The plan to lure the enemy can't be justified, after all, the thief army is hundreds of thousands of people, it is a force that cannot be underestimated, and if you say give it up, you will give it up - this will not work, you have to be ruthless if you are called the king, not to mention that the thief army is not subject to control, maybe you are about to borrow a knife to kill someone. ”

Xu Ji smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Shiqing read the letter again, didn't see any flaws, opened his mouth twice, closed his mouth again, and didn't come up with a suitable excuse, "If this letter falls into the hands of Huan Yan, you will die." ”

"Fortunately, it was preemptively obtained by the fieldmaker."

"You...... Sure enough, it's a fake abdication, and you still want to go to Jiangdong? ”

Xu Ji shook his head.

Zhang Shiqing looked at him, torn between Xu Ji and the letter, and suddenly she thought of one, with a happy smile on her face, "Ha, I thought of it, this letter, this letter is the biggest flaw." If you had already drawn up a comprehensive plan, why wait for Guo Shifeng to write a letter to invite you? As soon as you hear the news that Ning Bao has entered Stone Town, you should quietly go to Jiangdong. Guo Shifeng's hint in the letter turned into a painting of snakes. ”

Xu Ji stood up, "If everyone has such thoughts as you, I can be safe." ”

Zhang Shiqing fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, was extremely happy, returned the letter, and said with a smile: "This Guo Shifeng is not very powerful, what I can think of, Huan Yan can see through it at a glance." Anyway, the letter is in our hands, so burn it, right? ”

"Okay."

In the valley, everyone had something to ignite, Zhang Shiqing lit it with his own hands, threw it in front of the grave, and said, "Mr. Fan, this is a letter written by a traitor, and I don't know if you are interested." The underworld is boring, maybe you can use it to pass the time, if you have a spirit underground, go to Jiangdong to scare the adulterer, his name is Guo Shifeng, and Ning Baoguan. ”

The two walked back together, and halfway through, Zhang Shiqing walked a few steps closely, turned around and stopped Xu Ji, "That's not right." ”

"What's wrong?"

"That letter is designed to frame you, that's right, but Guo Shifeng has a big name, he shouldn't just want to use a letter to get rid of you, and- does he have a grudge against you?"

"We are friends, where is the hatred?"

"Then why did he hurt you? Are you afraid that you will be called King Wu again and compete with Ning Baoguan for Jiangdong? Still afraid of you...... Be a military advisor to Yecheng? ”

"It's hard to say."

"I'm afraid there is more than one similar letter, and Tian Jiang sent this letter just to give you a reminder."

Xu Ji smiled.

"You've already guessed, why don't you tell me and let me guess?" Zhang Shiqing was a little annoyed.

"Since it's a game, how interesting is it to say it directly?"

Zhang Shiqing sneered: "It seems that you know what fun is, drinking and setting fires are fun, guessing riddles is not, polo and pitching pots are fun, reading military newspapers is not." ”

"Guo Shifeng wants to put me in danger, and I haven't figured out how to deal with it, this is all I know, and I don't hide it anymore."

"What else is needed to deal with it? As I have said, the faith itself is flawed. ”

"If everyone thinks like you, I'll be safe." Xu Ji repeated the previous sentence, and then sighed lightly, "But this is an extravagant hope." ”

"You don't have to be everyone, I have such thoughts, and Huanyan also has it, that's enough."

"Lord Huanyan can't do what he wants in Yecheng, and many times, he has to obey the expectations of the people."

"What is 'public expectation'? Huan Yan's decision, I didn't see anyone dare to stand up against it, when you came to take refuge, she was the one who overcame the public and took you in. ”

"But I'm not allowed to go into town."

"It's just that I want you to endure for a while, now you can enter the city if you want to, and no one will care about it at all, she did it at that time because she ......" Zhang Shiqing understood what "public expectation" was.

The two walked silently for a while, and when they approached the residence, Zhang Shiqing turned his head and said, "But you can come up with a way to deal with it, right?" ”

"Of course." Xu Ji said with certainty.

Zhang Shiqing smiled: "I guess too, have eyebrows?" ”

"Nope."

"And 'wait'."

"Exactly."

"Hey."

In the afternoon of the same day, someone came to visit again, bringing bad news, indicating that the "public expectation" was indeed unfavorable to Xu Ji.

Sun Yalu hadn't been here for a while, and when she saw the weeds all over the valley, she was as surprised as others, "I thought the rumors were exaggerated, but I didn't expect it...... Xu Gongzi, there is a trouble now. ”

Since she heard that Xu Ji might be framed, Zhang Shiqing has been by his side, she knows Sun Yalu, she doesn't need to avoid it, as soon as she hears the word "trouble", she immediately said: "Guo Shifeng's letter is all a lie, don't you see it?" ”

"Letter? Oh, don't worry, Lord Fonde, I'm talking about trouble for another matter. ”

Zhang Shiqing blushed a little.

"Xu Gongzi also got the letter?" Sun Yalu asked.

"Well, one."

"It's okay, it's not a problem at the moment. The weeds in the valley are a little too luxuriant, which doesn't seem to be the case in previous years. ”

"Well, I was here once last year and I didn't see that much grass." Xu Jidao, pausing for a moment, "Someone doesn't like these grasses?" ”

"It's not that I don't like it, I just think it...... Eccentric. ”

Zhang Shiqing finally understood, "The trouble Mr. Sun said is these grasses? It's really troublesome, and it would be great if you could bring in hundreds, thousands of people to help us weed. ”

"Hehe, the army is out...... Even if I'm still in Yecheng, I don't have the authority to send so many people. Sun Yalu coughed twice, "That's the case, there are rumors in the city that Siguo Valley has a monster, which corresponds to the forcible occupation of this place by others." ”

"Kou Daogu has been defeated in a row, and he is still not convinced?" Zhang Shiqing said.

"Mr. Kou didn't come forward, but it was still those Fan Sect disciples, as well as some scholars, who wrote to the assassin and asked him to report this strange thing to the imperial court. There are quite a few people, and they are increasing every day, and the assassin can't bear it, so he will soon send someone to check it out. ”

Sun Yalu didn't say any more, Yecheng Assassin Shi is a local official, if he reports a demon, the court must respond.

Zhang Shiqing couldn't believe that a piece of weeds could cause trouble, but when he glanced at Xu Ji, he found that he had a serious expression and knew that this was really a big trouble.

"As for Jiangdong's letter-" Sun Yalu smiled, "It hasn't spread yet, but it's best not to run into the weeds, for Xu Gongzi, it's really a fatal trouble." ”

(I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year in advance.) The last shift of the year, the 30th, the first day of the new year, and the second day of the new year are closed for three days, and the third to the tenth day of the new year is one shift every day, and the eleventh is back to normal. ）