Chapter Seventy-Two: Poor Horses and Pomegranates

Qin Lei sighed in his heart, he didn't believe that Huangfu Zhanwen, a veteran of more than ten years, could not understand the truth that public anger should not be offended.

This is not the time to calculate. He smiled and said to Huangfu Zhanwen: "If the twenty military sticks are beaten, I am afraid that the resentment can cover the entire Beishan Ranch." Let's discount it. ”

Huangfu Zhanwen pondered: "Then ten sticks." ”

Qin Lei patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "Five sticks will be fine, and the two hundred people who have received the award will be arranged to return to the camp when they fight." ”

Huangfu Zhanwen was secretly shocked in his heart, and asked quietly: "Your Highness can be guaranteed to be foolproof?" If it gets bigger, it won't end well. ”

Qin Lei squinted his eyes and said, "Foolproof, go ahead." Huangfu Zhanwen had no choice but to salute and turn around.

Qin Lei looked at his departing back, his face was extremely cold. Someone approached from behind and put a cloak on him. Qin Lei didn't look back, but Xiao Suo said, "Please Mr. Guantao go to me." ”

Before seeing Guantao, he met a person first.

When Ma Liu left the school grounds, he was left alone by Zhong Likan and told him that His Highness wanted to see him. So they led him into a hut and waited.

It didn't take long for Qin Lei to come, and after taking off his cloak and throwing it behind him, Shen Qing hurriedly caught it.

Qin Lei sat on a bench with a big sword and golden horse, and said, "I don't have much time." Just ask you one word, and if you don't want to answer, go on the road. ”

Ma Liu's face changed at first, and then he returned to normal and said, "If the villain knows, he must answer truthfully." ”

"Whose person are you?"

Ma Liuqiang said with a smile: "Your Highness is joking, of course the villain is you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Qin Lei shook his head, got up and ordered the guards beside him, "Cut it." And he went to the door.

The guards beside him stepped forward, kicked over Ma Liu, who was still a little dazed, and pulled out his knife with a fierce face and slashed. The bluffed Ma Liu lost his voice and shouted: "Slow! ”

As if he hadn't heard, Qin Lei had already walked to the door. The bright and flickering Pu knife did not pause and slashed towards Ma Liu's neck. He could even feel goosebumps on his neck as the cold blade threw up grits on his neck. At that moment, Ma Liu finally experienced the cold kiss of death, and he found that he was far less steadfast than he imagined.

"I'm the ...... of the Taiwei Mansion" Before he finished speaking, the sharp blade had already cut through his skin, and blood was flying. There was also the smell of urine, and Ma Liu was finally scared of incontinence.

Qin Lei still didn't look back, and finally disappeared from Ma Liu's sight.

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When Qin Lei returned to his room, Guantao was already waiting there. He sat crookedly on the Hu bed, carefully peeling a pomegranate, his expression was focused, and even Qin Lei didn't raise his eyelids to look at him when he came in.

Qin Lei saw that his old god was there, and his heart was inexplicably on fire, and he slapped the pomegranate that had just been half-peeled off in his hand, and sat on the edge of Hu's bed angrily, without speaking.

Guan Tao was not annoyed, bent down to pick up the pomegranate, wiped it with his sleeve, and continued to peel it carefully. Qin Lei squinted at him for a long time, then stretched out his hand firmly, and put the poor pomegranate on the ground again.

Guan Tao finally raised his eyelids, looked at him for a moment, and then bent down to pick up the pomegranate that had fallen twice, which was already somewhat tattered, and held it in his hand, carefully removing the rotten part. I want to finish peeling the skin again.

Qin Lei didn't give him this chance, and slapped the pomegranate on the ground with a third wave of his hand. And hold his hands firmly and not give him a fourth chance to pick them up.

Guan Tao looked at Qin Lei, who was staring at him angrily, and finally gave up trying. said to Qin Lei seriously: "Let it go." Qin Lei shook his head resolutely.

Guan Tao felt as if his hands were being clamped by iron tongs, and the pain was unbearable. Forced smiled: "Why bother? Everyone is in pain, and it would be nice to let it go. ”

Qin Lei clenched his hands tightly and roared in a low voice, "Devil ......"

Guan Tao may have been in too much pain, but said lightly: "You have a devil in your heart." I'm just making you feel it's there. ”

Qin Lei took a few heavy breaths and let go of his hands in a dejected manner. In a voice that seemed to come from outside the sky, he murmured, "You don't know, you don't know." I am not like you. We live in different environments, and we are not educated in the same way. It hurts me to ignore such beautiful things as human life, dignity, and hope. He grabbed his hair fiercely, as if trying to get the demon out of his heart.

Guan Tao said leisurely: "Your Highness, no matter what kind of education you have received or what kind of environment you have been. It doesn't even matter what the insistence is in your heart. ”

Qin Lei raised his head, looked at the pavilion Tao blankly, and asked with a sneer: "Even the persistence in my heart is not important, what is more important in this world?" ”

Guan Tao looked at Qin Lei for the first time, his eyes were clear and transparent, as if there was no trace of dirt in his heart. Guan Tao said softly: "It's to live." Live with dignity. ”

Qin Lei was just about to speak, Guan Tao waved his hand and said, "After listening to me, I know that Your Highness, you are a wise person, and this kind of person is usually difficult to impress with words." He will throw all the things that don't go his way out of the clouds as sophistry. I understand you because I'm that kind of person too. ”

Qin Lei couldn't deny it, he was rarely even persuaded by himself.

Guan Tao straightened up, and said with an unprecedentedly solemn expression: "In Qi Country, you treat me as a friend, and I also treat me as a friend." After coming to Qin, if you treat me as a teacher, then I should be blunt and let you avoid detours. ”

Qin Lei was silent. Guan Tao continued: "Your Royal Highness, not boasting, Guan Tao has been talented since childhood, and because of fate, he worshiped the first wise man in the world, under the seat of Mr. Shenji, who studied art for eight years, and learned the law of vertical and horizontal and the way of governing the country. I felt that I was already the top person in the world, so I wanted to go down the mountain to do a career. However, the teacher just didn't allow it. ”

Qin Lei knew that Guan Tao went down the mountain at the age of sixteen, but he didn't expect that there would be this paragraph, and he gradually listened to it.

"The teacher said that my art has become a success, but no one has succeeded. He wants me to study with him for another three years, and teach me how to be a human being during these three years. "Recalling the past, there is a clear look of regret on the face of the pavilion pottery." At that time, the teacher locked me in my room and did not allow me to go out. In the middle of the night, I wanted to sneak out and find that the window could be opened. At that time, I was full of thoughts about going down the mountain, and I didn't think about it, so I went out of the window and walked down the mountain secretly. ”

Qin Lei couldn't help but interject: "Who opened that window?" Your teacher or brother Ling? ”

Guan Tao nodded approvingly: "When I went to Beijing, I said that His Royal Highness can always see things to the point. After I came down the mountain, I was blown by the cold wind, and I also figured out this section. With the wisdom of the teacher in hand, he will not make inferior and low-level mistakes. At that time, I only said that the teacher did it deliberately. I didn't have the face to go back, so I went down the mountain and voted for Qi Guo. ”

Qin Lei shook his head and said: "It won't be your master, you grew up with him since you were a child, and he should know your character best." If I wanted to keep you, I would never open that window. If I don't want to keep you, there's no need to talk to you during the day. ”

Guan Tao laughed miserably: "It's a pity that I used it for three years, and I only figured out this festival after tasting all the warmth and coldness of human feelings." It must be my brother who is jealous of me, hey, don't say it. He adjusted his mood and continued to tell his story: "I think about how arrogant I was when I went down the mountain, and how empty my eyes were. As soon as he got off the mountain, he won the championship in the poetry fairy club, and the Yinglian Pavilion was the hero, and he avenged the grievances of the people. For a while, the reputation of Shangjing was full, and the spring breeze was proud. ”

Qin Lei knew that although it was used as a negative teaching material at this moment, it must be the most lively day in Guan Tao's life.

At that time, he thought that he was the first master of Daqi, so he disdained to start from Gaomen Qingke like an ordinary cloth, won the favor of the proprietor, and was recommended to enter the officialdom. I always fantasize about the emperor once conquering and ascending to the sky in one step. Therefore, he unceremoniously rejected the invitations of countless nobles, and has been hated by them since then. The annual investigation and requisition of the imperial court are all controlled by these people, so it is naturally impossible for me to enter the office. Even the emperor and the queen mother heard of my name and repeatedly wanted to recruit me into the palace to see me, but they were all blocked. Over time, he gradually fell into decline, forced to make a living and gave up on himself, did some things, and finally became a big laughing stock in Shangjing. ”

Guan Tao said for a while, his mouth was a little dry, Qin Lei went to bring him water, he shook his head, and said with a slight hoarseness: "Your Highness, I told you the first half of my life, not to remember anything, let alone make you laugh, but to explain two words to you." ”

Qin Lei knew that this was a summary of himself by a talented man who failed in the first half of his life, and listened attentively, for fear of missing a word.

Pavilion Tao looked at Qin Lei straightly, and said solemnly as never before: "Rules." ”

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