In the early morning, Yuan Mai, who was asleep, was woken up by a burst of "duh" sobbing. When I opened my eyes, I found that it was Xiao Qi sitting at the head of his bed wiping his tears.

"What's wrong with you little devil, what are you crying early in the morning? That messed with you? Yuan Mai sat up and asked puzzled while getting dressed.

Xiao Qi looked aggrieved, pouted, and pouted at the bag that Yuan bought at the head of the bed, which Yuan Mai cleaned up overnight after he came back last night, because it was late, Xiao Qi was already asleep, and Yuan Mai didn't wake him up.

"Childe packed his bags, but he didn't tell Xiao Qi where he was going, is he not going to want Xiao Qi in the future? Whining...... Xiao Qi is loyal to his son, even if there is something wrong with Xiao Qi, you can't be so ruthless ......"

After Yuan Mai finished dressing, he stretched his muscles in the room, and said to Xiao Qi with a pleasant face: "It's not that I don't want you, but my father has arranged a task for me to serve as the supervisor of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I will move to the barracks today." You're a little kid, it's inconvenient to follow me. ”

After listening to Yuan Mai's words, Xiao Qi became even more anxious, and shouted: "Childe won't let me follow, don't you want me...... In that case, I will be driven out of the house by my wife and starved to death in the streets. Childe, let me follow you to the barracks, I can take care of your food and daily life, please......"

"Nonsense, the soldiers are all born and died, how can I, the prison army, bring my servants!"

Yuan Mai lay on the ground while doing push-ups, while reprimanding Xiao Qi, and rejected his proposal.

was rejected by Yuan Mai, Xiao Qi couldn't help but feel sad, and couldn't help crying, his mouth was straight up, since Childe didn't want Xiao Qi anymore, just let me starve to death.

"What nonsense, when did Childe say he didn't want you? I won't let you follow me because I have an important task for you. ”

Hearing that Yuan Mai didn't let himself follow, it wasn't that he didn't want to do it, but that he had more important tasks for him to do, Xiao Qi suddenly stopped crying, turned his worries into joy, and learned from Yuan Mai's appearance to lie on the ground and do push-ups, "What task does Childe want to arrange for me?" ”

"Before I leave, I will explain to my wife that I need to leave you to clean the courtyard and take care of my belongings, which should be no problem, and you don't have to worry about being kicked out of the mansion." Yuan Mai said while doing push-ups side by side with Xiao Qi.

I have done more than 20 of them, and next, every time I do it more, Yuan Mai must use the strength to eat, but in order to have a strong physique, Yuan Mai must work hard.

"This Xiao Qi knows that my salary is also drawn from the son's monthly salary anyway. I'm a little servant, and I don't think Madame cares if I stay or not. It's just that Childe didn't let Xiao Qi follow, I felt uncomfortable, woo...... In addition, I don't know what task Childe wants to give to Xiao Qi? ”

Xiao Qi did seven or eight push-ups, and his two arms were sore, and he couldn't get up anymore, so the surname Suo lay on the ground and talked to Yuan Mai.

Yuan Mai stood up, walked to the door, glanced into the patio, saw that the latch of the door was still inserted, and only turned around after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, walked to the bed and sat down, and said solemnly to Xiao Qi:

"I went on an expedition with the army, and I didn't know anything about my family anymore. If someone framed me in front of my father, would I not be wronged? Therefore, Childe asked you to stay at home, and openly asked you to clean the courtyard for me, but secretly asked you to help me deliver the news. You usually move around a lot, and whenever something important happens in the house, you will notify me. ”

"Ah, Childe is going to go to Yanmen, thousands of miles away, how can Xiao Qi inform you? I don't have wings......"

Xiao Qi was startled when he heard Yuan Mai's words, and said with his tongue stuck out on the ground.

Yuan Maibai glanced at Xiao Qi: "Of course Childe won't let you go to Yanmen to deliver a letter to me, I've already arranged it." I'll fix a book later and introduce you to Master Zhen. In the future, as long as you hear important news, send it to the ancestral house of the Zhen family in the west of the city, and they will naturally try to inform me. ”

Xiao Qi nodded, looking like he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders: "I see, I thought you didn't want me, Childe." Think about it carefully, what you said is true, that mother-in-law...... That Mrs. Liu is so vicious, when you are not at home, I am afraid that you will inevitably tell the truth in front of the lord. Xiao Qi should indeed inquire more at home. ”

finally let Xiao Qi understand his important surname, Yuan Mai told him to go to the dining room to eat, and go to the barracks after he finished eating. Xiao Qi agreed, and went out to the dining room.

Yuan Mai took this opportunity to write a letter to Zhen Yao, saying that Xiao Qi was his personal servant and was absolutely loyal to him, and if there was urgent information in the state pastor in the future, he would send it to the Zhen family's ancestral house in time, and then Zhen Yao would find a way to inform him.

After writing the letter, Yuan Mai was afraid that Xiao Qi would not find the Zhen family's ancestral home, so he drew a simple map with a pen to indicate the location of the Zhen family's ancestral home. After doing all this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", and now, Yuan Mai feels that he has taken the first step of the Long March, Hao Zhao, Zhen Yao, Xiao Qi, and even Zheng are all "sharp weapons" in their hands, they are all their own chess pieces, if they want to make a difference in the overall situation of the world, they must take every step of chess, so that each chess piece can play the greatest role.

It didn't take much effort, Xiao Qi brought breakfast, there was radish beef stew, steamed crucian carp, kelp and egg soup, in addition to brown rice porridge, and wheat baked cakes, which were hearty, but the salt was a little light.

"Xiao Qi, what's your big name?"

Yuan Mai was nibbling on the cake while drinking egg soup, and asked casually.

"My name is Zhu Xiaoqi, don't you know it!"

Xiao Qi stood behind Yuan Mai with his hands down, smacking his tongue from time to time, listening to Yuan Mai's question, and replied with some doubts.

Seeing that Xiao Qiha's son was about to flow out, Yuan Mai pulled him to sit down to eat, saying that there are no outsiders now, you and Gongzi and I can eat together, no one laughs at you for not knowing etiquette.

Xiao Qi couldn't resist Yuan Mai, and he was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, and his stomach was already "growling", so he brought chopsticks and had breakfast with Yuan Mai.

"Childe, I look at you very cleverly, and you are so loyal to me, so ah, Childe, I don't plan to let you be a servant for the rest of your life, when you grow up, I will reward you with an official position, so that you have to have a name." Yuan Mai said while eating.

After listening to Yuan Mai's words, Xiao Qi couldn't close his mouth happily, and begged: "If Xiao Qi can be an official, there will be green smoke on our ancestral grave, son, you will reward me with a name, my father and mother are illiterate." ”

Yuan Mai thought about it, patted his leg and said, "Yes, seeing that you are so clever, you will be called Zhu Ling in the future!" ”

Alas, who let us lack soldiers and major generals around us, so that the little servant boy changed his name and words, and in the future, he will be used as the "Zhu Ling" under Cao Ying, at least for psychological comfort......

Yuan Mai thought so in his heart, even if this son is good, don't we have Hao Zhao and "Zhu Ling" under our command now......

"Zhu Ling? Very good! Where is my word? Xiao Qi smacked his lips and continued to ask.

"Words? It's still called Xiao Qi! Zhu Ling, Zhu Xiaoqi! Yuan Mai laughed, and gave Xiao Qi a name and a word.

It didn't take much effort, Yuan Mai and Xiao Qifeng swept the clouds and ate breakfast cleanly.

Yuan Mai handed over his previous saber to Xiao Qi, and said solemnly: "Zhu Ling, in this troubled world, if you want to survive, you can't rely on your head alone. You have to have a kung fu, I have a sword here, you have nothing to do in the future to practice more at home, for future self-defense. If you meet Lord Zhen Yao, you can also worship him as a teacher, he is an expert in using swords. You just said that I asked you to learn swords from him, and he will definitely not refuse. ”

After instructing Xiao Qi, Yuan Mai took his bags, hung his waist to "rush into the sky", and walked out of the house where he had lived for many years.

From this moment on, I am about to embark on a dangerous journey, and no one knows how many bumps in the road tomorrow will be......

Xiao Qi stood at the door, looking at the back of Yuan Mai leaving, and tears flowed down his eyes.

After Yuan bought it away, he ran into the courtyard alone, felt his sword and waved it wildly, and muttered in his mouth: "Childe, you wait, I'm Zhu Xiaoqi...... No, I, Zhu Ling, must practice martial arts well, and follow you on the battlefield in the future. ”

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