Chapter 41: Surfacing

I was stunned on the edge of the pavilion, watching Qin Qing's back go, and a sense of powerlessness surged into my heart, and the cold drowned out a lot of hot thoughts and fiery emotions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

Walking into the pavilion, the blue crown of hair that was picked off by the sword blade on the ground under the moonlight was particularly abrupt, facing the coldness of the moonlight, waiting quietly on the ground for me to pick it up, and gently brushing it with the sleeves of the robe and bunching it up.

I sat on the bluestone steps of the gazebo in a daze, sorting out my thoughts before and after, until the flickering morning light of dawn was faintly sprinkled on the orange treetops; Until a breeze blows through the pleasures that I have hidden inside, and my thoughts are fragrant;

It wasn't until the dew was crystal like teardrops reflected on the weeds under his feet with the morning light that he got up and went straight to the fourth uncle's small building outside the mulberry field bamboo row at the foot of Yue Mountain.

The small building is surrounded by bamboo forests in the mountains, and it is a place where there is a knot in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses, and the sense of hiding in the forest is very strong.

knocked on the door and met the fourth uncle who handed the secret whistle thick silk that day, the fourth uncle was about fifty or so, dressed as a fisherman, only the eyes swept over the person A certain subtle and clever light can vaguely let you understand his secret whistle spy identity.

After seeing the fourth uncle, I opened my mouth to ask Qin Qing, and the fourth uncle led me to an elegant bedroom on the east side of the second floor.

I knocked on the door and went in, only to see Qin Qing facing the outside of the terrace, leaning slightly on the uncarved side of the terrace.

The sky is getting brighter, she has changed into a moon-white butterfly pattern corset, the sorrowful bun on her head is loosely pulled, an autumn butterfly without sheng qi frost hairpin is inserted obliquely, the silk shoes on her feet have been thrown by the door, barefoot wearing clean white silk socks, and holding a red jade flute hanging in her right hand.

My heart throbbed, so I also took off my boots and threw them outside, stepped on the wooden board barefoot, walked to the bamboo mat near Qin Qing's side, and sat on a futon next to the square apricot table in the banquet, and saw the fragrance of the green crane porcelain nine-turn top furnace on the table, and Qin Qing still seemed to be looking at the sky.

I had to pick up the celadon pot on the table, pour myself water, and drink it cup by cup.

When I drank the fifth cup, Qin Qing finally turned to look at me, with a faint smile on his face, but he just said softly, "But General Fu is dying of thirst?" So cow drink. ”

After speaking, I took the cup in my hand and poured it for me, and I took the opportunity to hold her left hand with my right hand, and pulled her to sit down on the futon next to her, and took the jade flute in her right hand with my left hand and put it on the table, whispering in her ear, "I'm back, lady." ”

Qin Qing's jade-colored face immediately flushed again.

I hugged her and sat in one place again, "It's because I didn't think it through, I didn't think that the original bargaining chip that Liu came to intercede was her own body." However, "

As I spoke, I took out my clothes and brought them to me by Qin Qing, and wrote about assisting Prince Rui in clearing the stronghold of the peasant army in the Pengcheng Rebellion, and then lit it in front of the oil lamp in front of Qin Qing, and with the smoke and debris slowly rising, I continued:

"But I've thought about it tonight, this Liu family can kill two birds with one stone, and it has a better use, I know that I shouldn't have too much to do with her anymore, it chills your heart, won't you lose a big one because of a small one? But I am afraid that there is a suspicion of abolishing the public for private reasons, so I want Qing'er to go and negotiate the rest with the Liu family instead of me. ”

After Qin Qing's expression changed slightly, she blinked her eyes, and the eyelashes flying up and down and the breath on her body made my heart worry disappear for a while, but after listening to her hesitate for a moment, she said to me definitely, "You tell me carefully, I'll listen." ”

I only hugged Qin Qing tighter, leaned against her, and said softly, "After my dispatch that day, I believe that the Liu clan will soon put together more detailed evidence of the interests of local officials in the hands of Lord Wu.

After all, because she has betrayed the interest network of local officials, she naturally has to submit more detailed evidence to prove that the Wu family is just a rabbit for the dead, so there will be a new civil breakthrough in the secret investigation task at the level of Fu Xianggong's government affairs. ”

Qin Qing turned his face sideways, looked at me with burning eyes, and slightly picked the wick with his hand, and when he saw that the morning light was getting brighter, he blew out the flickering candlelight, removed the candlestick, and said softly:

"Well, after that, do you want to find a way to use the power of the dark sentinel to let their family escape to Luo Wei, settle down in the name of political disaster avoidance, and gradually operate a new spy network in Luo Wei?"

"Yes", I was still glued to her back, and whispered, "but there is another purpose, which is this purge"

I saw that Qin Qing was thoughtful, so I let go of her, dipped my fingers in the tea, drew the Yangtze River on the table, and pointed out the relative positions of Fengyi City, Wuyang City, and Luo Wei.

"Now we have to assist Prince Rui to go to Wuyang Chengli County, Hefang Luo County and the surrounding strongholds to clear out, transporting troops by land and water is the most beneficial to attack its unpreparedness, but dispatching warships and so on will inevitably arouse suspicion, so we need a reason,

For example, to pursue a large number of 'traitors', 'traitors', and 'traitors' who fled to Luo's nameβ€”"

Speaking of this, I looked at Qin Qing again, and saw that she already understood the arrangements I had to make, so I hugged her again and continued:

"Therefore, I introduced you to the Liu family as my wife and superior, and then you came forward with the Liu family, the old woman of the Liu family and the Wu family to arrange how to interpret this play, and finally reached the goal that in the name of chasing and killing the relict merchants of Luo Wei, the Liu family fled to Luo Wei with their merchant ships,

At the same time, we and Prince Rui's sailors arrived at Wuyang City unobtrusively because of 'pursuing' them, and then landed at night to assist Prince Rui in clearing the stronghold so that he could be taken by surprise. With that, I continued to take the opportunity to kiss Qin Qing's neck.

Unexpectedly, Qin Qing pushed me away again, smiled slyly, blinked and made a grimace as when he first met, and said leisurely, "You smell so sweaty, go take a shower and change your clothes, and after breakfast, let's go back to the back hall of the mansion together." ”

"Hey, follow Madame's advice."

After I washed and changed into a green robe with white brocade edges embroidered with lake green lines, I came to the front hall, where Qin Qing and the fourth uncle were sitting next to the long table with clear porridge, mung bean cake, four kinds of pickles and celadon fruit plates.

The ordinary food on the long table seemed to have a faint aroma in the eyes of me, who was really hungry, so I hurriedly ran over with a smile on my face, sat down by Qin Qing's side, took the mung bean cake, and devoured it with the white porridge at hand.

After we all finished eating, the fourth uncle went to the back of the house and led us the white horse with a reed mane that Qin Qing rode yesterday, and I rode with Qin Qing on the same horse and went to the mansion.

The suburbs of Fengyi City are facing the blue river surface, leaning on the majestic and stretching Yue Mountain in the west, and are full of vitality under the reflection of the rising sun, passing through the north gate of the city wall made of blue bricks and stones, you will see the three main roads that run through the city from south to north, and from west to east through the nine streets and alleys, we turned a few small corners left and right, and then saw the door plaque of the government office straight in front of us.

Knocked on the door from the back corner door, and when the door was opened, he saw that it was me, so he introduced the back hall, and learned from him that the Liu family had been waiting for me in the side hall for a long time, so Qin Qing and I went straight to it.

The furnishings of the side hall are plain and elegant, just like when I first came with Wu Xize.

There is a jujube wood table in the middle of the hall, and there are several pots of newly budding snow chrysanthemums on the small table by the carved hanging window sill, and the fragrance of the chrysanthemum is refreshing.

Liu sat on the pineapple chair on one side of the table with her usual quiet and leisurely arms, facing the golden sunlight through the window, which made her look more and more picturesque.

I saw that she was wearing a lake-green cross-collared phoenix jacket and a cyan pleated skirt, a jade-colored lotus hairpin was obliquely inserted at the end of her sideburns, holding a fragrant tea in her bare hand, and a few books were placed casually on the table beside her.

I looked at Qin Qing, my eyes and thoughts became complicated, and I felt the clouds and mist in her eyes for a while, like an undercurrent in a deep pool, although there was no sadness or joy on her face, she blinked again, and then looked at me playfully and thoughtfully.

I felt a chill behind me when I saw it, and I still had the meaning of going back today to practice martial arts again.

But at this time, she just greeted the Liu family, she saw us coming in, so she greeted us, looked at Qin Qing with a little suspicion, and I took Qin Qing's hand and introduced:

"This is my lady Qin Qing, who is a secret envoy like me, you can call her General Qin. She has a higher status than I do, or can help you more. After speaking, I glanced at Qin Qing, and when I saw her phoenix eyes raised slightly, I couldn't help but smile.

Mrs. Wu Liu bowed decently when she heard this, and then asked the big girl to pour tea, and she sat down with us.

After a while, the big girl in the pink and white cloth short coat and purple group came to tea, and Liu ordered her to wait outside the door, she answered, retreated according to her words, and did not forget to take the door lightly before leaving.

"The girl is very clever." Qin Qing said lightly casually, the sense of superiority and momentum in his tone unconsciously floated up with this sentence.

"General Qin has lifted her," Liu Shi waved his hand slightly, picked up the handful of books on the table, looked at me with low eyebrows, and handed it to Qin Qing in a flash, and said softly:

"This is some of the things that the Liu family accumulated when they were bandits, and this is some of the transaction accounts that the Wu family has communicated with local officials over the years, and I am willing to dedicate it to the two generals."

Qin Qing waved his hand and took it, frowned slightly, flipped through it, and then handed it to me, I took it and read it, but my heart was quite slightly shaken.

Among them, there are many details such as the specific construction, reclamation, transportation, expenses, dots, entertainment, and dredging of the homes of important officials of various feudal domains over the years, as well as the accounts of Luo Wei's activities in Beiming in many business dealings involving the Liu family.

I'm also frowning a little.

But he heard Liu knelt on the ground again, and began to teardrop pear blossoms with rain and said, "This place is not the same state as the upper class, although now there is a system of selection and examination and grinding,

But the place has been established for a long time, and it doesn't take a few years for the newcomers to come, and there are local gentry who will envelop them in the relationship of in-law, and then include them in the ranks of their own people, those who want to keep their future, and not be deceived by the officials,

Whether it is an elected official who can make a difference, or whether it is a court order to introduce a master, it is necessary to go through this matter. The situation here is detailed, and it is indeed possible to check, but it is not judged in the government office, and on the side of the government inspection envoy, the Liu family will never dare to deceive. ”

I looked a little unbearable, but it was inconvenient to help her up, so I looked at Qin Qing, Qin Qing's phoenix eyes were staring at the edge of Liu's phoenix jacket, and when I followed her gaze, I immediately felt a little more clear in my heart,

Sure enough, the Liu clan is involved in local forces, which is quite unusual, if I really recruit her to contribute to the eldest princess immediately, it is really as Qin Qing said, "Gentle Township is a hero's mound".

But for some reason, I instinctively still couldn't have any disgust for such a woman, but I secretly sighed in my heart that Qin Qing had its own strength, and I knew that I had no conscience in this kind of thinking.

But sometimes men's nature is always like this, even if the weak woman in front of her is like a snake and scorpion, but she looks like a peach and plum, and between hearing the words, she is always inevitably confused, but Qin Qing, who was originally a person with a frank and bright heart, made people feel stronger because of this interrogation-like posture and posture.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but peek at Qin Qing a few times, ashamed in my heart, and secretly sighed that maybe most of those heartless bastard men don't have self-knowledge like me, so they won't have such a sense of guilt and responsibility, let alone such a detailed self-analysis.

Thinking of this, I felt that Qin Qing seemed to have given me another realm, and the balance in my heart returned to the fairness of not being moved by the soft words of beauty.

"Mrs. Wu is really pitiful, but she is also a woman, even if I take over this matter, you don't have to be like this. If Mrs. Wu is willing to let go of your cleverness, tell us honestly, and cooperate with us sincerely, then Qin has a way to ensure that your two families are free from blood

-- Whether it's from above, from below, or from outside. ”

After finishing speaking, Qin Qing continued to stare at the Liu clan with sharp phoenix eyes.

Liu Shi just wanted to raise his head, but he met Qin Qing's gaze, and turned to look at the gold ink jade pendant on the outside of his placket and the purple incense sachet embroidered with cranes next to it, and suddenly his face turned pale, and then he looked at me with a pleading look.

It made me feel once again a sense of self-shame that I had no power to resist the woman's plea. I cleared my throat and said in a dignified voice, "Tell General Qin, what General Qin promised, as far as Fu knows, he will definitely be able to do it for you."

But if you continue to deceive, I am afraid that you will not even have a last chance. ”

In the middle of the ring, Liu finally untied the pendant sachet tremblingly, put it on the table with the small arrow of the hidden weapon inside, and knelt down and said:

"General Qin, don't get me wrong, this thing is just an ancestral self-defense item of the slave family. The Wu and Liu families are willing to be loyal to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess wholeheartedly, but the details of their actions still need to be instructed by the two elders of the Liu family's grandmother and my father-in-law. Can you let the two elders come to meet the two generals secretly after nightfall, so that they can discuss in detail? ”

"It's allegiance to Beiming." Qin Qing frowned slightly and corrected, "Since we are seeing the two elders, how dare we trust it, let's come and visit." ”

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and glanced at the small arrow with the hidden weapon connected to the sachet with disdain, and snorted coldly: "General Fu is going to the mansion and other places, Zhou Xuan is going to the husband and brother Ling, and the general will go with you after nightfall."

In the future, if you make a difference, become a celebrity around the eldest princess, and be truly loyal to my Beiming Sheji, this general will naturally double his respect. However, if you want to play any tricks, hehe, are you so merciful as General Fu? ”

But when I saw Qin Qing's gaze looking at me, that ill-intentioned evil smile seemed to be like honing my fists and feet with me every time he came to the dark whistle, my heart was numb again.

But at this time, it is necessary to put the roles of singing red face and singing white face in place, so he comforted him with gentle words, "Mrs. Wu, get up, you are also a person who has seen the wind and waves, knows the stakes and harms, and does not let the eyebrows go, you should know what to do."

Although General Qin's words are such an attitude, it is also due to your repeated untruthfulness and lack of sincerity, now that the two elders are coming, Fu Mou thinks that it is not a big deal, but that they have changed the clothes of ordinary people in the family.

I came with the ordinary sedan chair used by my secret whistle, and I went more closely than General Qin, and General Qin still had the heart to marry the two elders, so I was so humble, you have to understand her painstaking efforts. ”

The Liu family got up, Shi Shiran saluted again, and said softly and gently, "Yes, General Qin is high-spirited and bright, and the two elders of the slave family thank the general for his love." ”