Chapter 68: Kaejo

I couldn't persuade my dad to give up, he was in the recovery stage, and I didn't want him to worry too much about me hurting my spirit. For the next three or five days, I moved back to Xiyuan.

I claimed to be ill, locked myself in my room and didn't go out, and I didn't see anyone looking for me. During this period, Sister Ying looked for me twice, but was blocked by the housekeeper. Later, Dugu Hao came and was blocked by Qi Ao. I don't know what these two men have come to me to do, but my mind is not here at the moment, but I am only thinking about finding the enemy as soon as possible, and I don't want to pay attention to anything else.

I didn't mention this to Qi Ao, he was too busy with official business to take care of me, no one bothered me, I just could concentrate on what I wanted to do.

Except for three meals a day, I threw myself on the booklet day and night, writing it down and listing any people and things that might be related, and wondering if there were any doubts that I hadn't yet discovered.

Gradually, I became familiar with every page, every line and every word in this booklet, and unconsciously read all the secrets of the Kyushu countries in the past ten years, and this one by one is much more wonderful than the stories I saw in the book. Most of the names of people who can be recorded in the history of the country, their life deeds are gathered in my mind, like a scene is imprinted.

Master once said that reading with the eyes alone inevitably has all the loopholes, because the speed at which the eyes can read faster than the meaning of the words can be reflected in the mind.

My words were as ugly as ever, but fortunately this was not the time to care about beauty and ugliness, because I was worried that I would miss the understanding of what sentences, I had a little more patience to write slowly, and as the two hours passed, the light in the room became darker and darker, until I could barely read the words on the paper, and I realized that it was late at night again.

My neck was sore, my arms hurt, my legs were numb, my back was stiff, I put down my pen and moved my wrists, got up and walked back and forth in the house a dozen times, before I felt comfortable. I really can't imagine that when Qi Ao was the prince in the past, he had to sit on the chair for five or six hours a day.

However, there was still no gain. I almost finished reading this booklet, and I didn't find what I was looking for. Dad is really shrewd, there is such a useful thing in the study, and he actually tortures me so much.

I was very thirsty, so I called my maidservant to serve tea, and lit the candle by the way, but the light was not good, and it made my eyes hurt. The maidservant brought light tea and a few plates of snacks intimately, and the room suddenly lit up.

I picked up the tea and drank most of the cup, the whole person was much more refreshing, and continued to write. When his head was in chaos, he raised his hand and yawned loudly, and when he fell, he knocked over the teacup, and the remaining tea in the cup was almost all spilled, and most of the paper on the table was wet.

I woke up in an instant, and hurriedly picked up the booklet and shook it a few times, and wiped it with my sleeve, trying to absorb the water, and wiped it, only to see that the original words on the paper miraculously faded, but new lines of words appeared, and I had read through this book no less than twenty or thirty times, and these words clearly appeared when they encountered water.

I flipped through the pages and glanced at them a few times, and suddenly I understood. These words, which were originally hidden, were all related to the same country, and yes, the immature thoughts that had been lingering in my mind became clear at this moment.

What I vaguely felt was wrong before was that the original contents in the booklet included the customs and conditions of the large and small countries in the land of Kyushu, but there was no great Qi.

Daqi is one of the most powerful countries today, and there are not a few people who pay tribute to it in the country, but my father has not even recorded the fact that he opened a money village in the capital of Daqi, which is really abnormal. It's ridiculous that I don't even see such a simple place, it's really a fan of the authorities.

The enemy that Dad wants to defend is a person of great power and power, who will it be? I poured another full cup of tea, took another brush and smeared it from the first page, taking in the words that appeared on each page.

When the sky was clear, I closed the booklet, panting heavily.

The person who Dad promised to do his best to help was actually the deceased Emperor Qi. Since my seventh birthday, perhaps even earlier, my father had already reached some kind of deal agreement with Emperor Qi. The priceless mutton fat jade pendant represents Emperor Qi's sincerity. Qinzhou gave Daqi minerals, weapons, and intelligence, and in return, Daqi became the greatest support for Qinzhou's independence, secretly protecting Qinzhou from being bullied by other countries.

No wonder I can't figure out how Qinzhou can do it without offending anyone, and maneuver between countries with ease. But I still don't understand one thing, I am the only person to inherit the position of city lord, why is such an important alliance father even hiding it from me? If I hadn't accidentally spilled the tea, I wouldn't have known the secret even if I swallowed it.

The benefits that Qinzhou brought to Great Qi were changed to the fact that any country would be red-eyed, what reason was there for Emperor Qi to tear up the agreement and order someone to assassinate his father? The only plausible reason is that the new emperor and the previous emperor did not want to continue the alliance, and did not want this great benefit to fall to other countries, so he planned to kill his father to eradicate the trouble.

So Dugu Shibo said to me that the jade pendant had lost its original value. He didn't want to help because his father wouldn't let him. In order to protect me and Qinzhou, my father has already made up his mind to die.

He knows very well that the remote side of Qinzhou is not the opponent of Daqi, he will die alone, the foundation of Qinzhou is still there, with the support of the two families of Dugu Murong, Qinzhou will not fall, Dugu Shibo will take care of me, so that I will not be implicated. The only miscalculation that my father probably made was that Dugu Hao took me back to the Qin Mansion one step earlier.

In the dark, I still got involved, and God really gave the most appropriate arrangement.

Thinking about these joints, I burst into tears. Why is Dad so stupid? Is he going to stand in front of me and hundreds of thousands of people in Qinzhou with the strength of one person?

I haven't been "sick" for five days behind closed doors, it's a great thing, no matter how busy Qi Ao is, he has time to come to see me, I haven't slept enough for many days, my face is tired and haggard, and my eyes are dark and green, and I was falling asleep when he came.

He invited the doctor to call for me, the doctor diagnosed my lack of qi and blood, prescribed a prescription, he went to get the medicine for me, the maid decocted the medicine, he fed me a whole bowl before leaving in a hurry. Now the burden of Qinzhou falls on his shoulders, he is very busy, and with the time when I say I can't get sick, we haven't seen each other for at least ten days.

I slept in darkness for three days and two nights, and the maidservants of Xiyuan were frightened and uneasy, for fear that I would be infected with a bad disease, and they would be more attentive to my service, and there were people guarding me for twelve hours a day. When they saw that I finally woke up, they all laughed one by one.

The first thing I did when I slept was to take a good bath, I got up from the bed and went to bathe, feeling that the skeleton of my whole body was falling apart, and I sank my body into the misty hot spring, and I enjoyed it for half an hour before I came out.

The unmasked man in the house flashed in front of him, and when he glanced at it, he felt that the black and bottomless eyes on his handsome face were very deep, and he was born with the spirit of a king, giving people a great sense of oppression. The rebelliousness between the words is undisguised, thinking that it is a prince of Daqi. It's a pity that there were many sons of the emperor, and I can't determine the true identity of that person for a while.

Emperor Qi sent his brother to Qinzhou to supervise the assassination of his father, which shows his arrogance, this prince swaggered in and out of the Qin Mansion, and there was really no one in my mansion. Qinzhou has been curfew for half a month, and it is smoky, I don't believe that I can't find this person.

Dressed in a pink and white soft skirt, I left the house alone and rode in the direction of the city gate. Because I issued an order forbidding anyone to enter and leave Qinzhou City, the inns and restaurants along the street were all full of customers, and they were very lively, and most of the people who stayed were merchants waiting to leave the city, and my horse was not walking fast, and I could hear many people complaining indignantly.

Out of the downtown area, I waved the whip in my hand, and the horse's hooves flew by, stirring up gusts of wind in my ears. When I arrived at the gate of the city, I tightened the reins and stopped, the soldiers guarding the city stood neatly on both sides, I turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, led the horse forward, and said to one person: "Where is Nie Yong?" ”

"This girl, what's the matter with General Nie?"

It seems that not long after this man was transferred to defend the city, I said bluntly: "You just have to inform him, and say that Miss Ben wants him to open the city gate immediately." ”

Unexpectedly, this person was not interesting, and his brain was very stubborn, and he blushed at me, and squeezed a bunch of impassioned words from between his teeth: "Presumptuous! My general was ordered by the city lord to guard the city gate, could it be that you opened it as soon as an official lady said it? If the young lady insists on going out of the city, please take out the approval of the city lord and come to my general again. ”

I was so angry and funny, they all said that Nie Yong was stubborn, and the soldiers he brought out under him couldn't turn around like this, so I took a step back and said, "What if Miss Ben can really get the paperwork in her hand?" ”

He made a straight face and made a loyal appearance: "Then please ask the young lady to hand over the paperwork, and I will pass it on to the general on my behalf." ”

After going around in a circle, I still didn't want to inform Nie Yong that he came to see me, so I turned around and said, "It's okay to ask Miss Ben to hand over the paperwork, but I'm worried that this document hasn't been delivered to Nie Yong yet, so I asked someone to take it." Why don't you tell Miss Ben where Nie Yong is at the moment, and I'll go find him. ”

He glanced at me quite contemptuously, and said stupidly: "My general is now inspecting the city wall, and you are an official lady, if you have the ability to climb this hundred-foot wall, I will not stop you." ”

He insisted that I didn't have an approval document in my hand, and wanted to stop me from seeing Nie Yong. I was amused by him, pursed my lips and smiled, I was an interesting person, and I didn't embarrass him: "So Miss Ben has to go by herself." ”

I flew up on tiptoe and easily climbed the city wall, and many people gathered below me, rubbing their eyes and putting on an incredible expression, just like the little soldier.

On the city wall, a person wearing armor, holding the knife at his waist in his right hand, his back is majestic, he is very tall, I approached, looked outside the city gate below, many businessmen and hawkers who wanted to enter the city have been waiting here, Qinzhou has been trading with various countries for several years, and my ban has implicated the livelihood of many people, and the impulse is a little reckless.

"In the past few days of the closure of the city, have there been any riots?" I asked out loud.

Nie Yong turned around and looked at me quite unexpectedly, he didn't expect a woman to appear on the city wall, and he didn't expect me to have a special identity, so he didn't question me, and said truthfully: "In the first two days, someone made a move and was taken away by the people of the government on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and then the Murong family came forward and calmed down the scene. ”

"What does General Nie think about the closure of the city?"

He was expressionless, and said loyally: "The general is only responsible for defending the city, and the rest is not care." ”

I smiled and said, "Doesn't General Nie think that it is too arbitrary to rashly close the city for unknown reasons, causing damage to the livelihood of the people in the city?" ”

"Ben will respect the city lord's character, and if it weren't for the situation, the city lord wouldn't have given the order. Only when one side is stable can we keep peace forever, and the people of Qinzhou City should understand this truth. ”

I just joked a few words, but he answered seriously, and my father placed him in the position of guarding the city, which should value his loyalty and perseverance. I admired it and sighed: "The general is loyal and courageous, Qin Xi has thanked me here." ”

He was not surprised by my identity, but it was very in line with his temperament: "Miss, what is the important thing to explain to the general?" ”

I took out my father's token from my sleeve, spread it in the middle of my palm, and said solemnly: "General Nie said that seeing this thing is like seeing my father, can you still count it?" ”

He nodded, "Not bad." ”

"Okay, what I want General Nie to do is to open the city gates, let the people outside come in, let the people inside out, and remove this ban, can General Nie find my will to do it?"

He was really a man, and he said without hesitation: "Ben will do it." ”

I put the token away: "That's great. There is another thing, Miss Ben wants you to build a gazebo on the side, and put a notice at the gate of the city by the way, Miss Ben wants to find someone. ”

Nie Yong did what he said, but he asked for half a sentence of details, and he was a worry-free person. In a short time the gates of the city were opened, and the soldiers guarding the city checked the identities and belongings of the people who entered and exited as usual, and I stood aside for a while, because I rarely wore women's clothes on the streets, and the constant curious glances of passers-by made me uncomfortable.

As soon as the gazebo was set up, I went over and sat down, and the little soldier with whom I had a quarrel reluctantly bought herbal tea and candied fruit at my behest and put them on the small table in front of me with a pout, and I raised my smile: "What? I gave you money, but you are not happy? Nie Yongdu agreed to lend you to me, do you dare to resist? ”

He said indignantly: "If it weren't for General Nie's speech, I wouldn't have paid attention to you." I didn't join the army to buy snacks for the official lady. ”

I took out a fan and fanned a few wisps of wind out, this little soldier is not as big as me, and his temper is not small: "Don't you let you guard the city gate for half an hour, do you care about it?" Do you know who I am? ”

He looked at me hatefully and didn't speak, I took a sip of herbal tea, and the weather became warmer and hotter: "Miss Ben is the daughter of your city lord." I emphasized, "It's like a fake." ”

"What did you say?!" His eyes widened like two brass bells.

He still doesn't believe it? I flew over and rolled my eyes: "Otherwise, you think Nie Yong's stone can listen to me?" I don't have any eyesight, no wonder Nie Yong refuses to take you to the battlefield. ”

"How do you know that General Nie doesn't-"

I heard his weakness in heart, and further said, "You followed Nie Yong before you were ten years old, did I say something wrong?" ”

"Not bad."

"You just have to meet someone once, and you won't forget, but really?"

"It's true."

"You once used this ability to help Nie Yong find out a traitor, yes or no?"

"Yes."

"That's it."

He scratched his head, but still didn't understand: "What does this have to do with whether the general takes me to the battlefield or not?" I have been determined to be a man who stands up to the sky and the earth since I was a child, and when I heard that General Nie was strict in governing the army, I voted for him, but I didn't have a chance to go into battle to kill the enemy. ”

This person is really simple-minded, I ate another plum: "It's like herbal tea to fire plums to quench thirst, you can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but you can't forget people, it's a skill that others don't have." Manhood is not by brute force alone. ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying."

I saw that I got closer to him three or two times, and added fuel to the firewood and said: "There is a task that you must have right now." You see my father is looking for a bad guy, it's the one I asked Nie Yong to stick at the gate of the city, if you can help me find him, you will have to make a great contribution. ”

The reason why I picked him at a glance and transferred him to me by Nie Yong's hand was that I saw these two people in the booklet, and the token was a token agreed by my father and Nie Yong in private, if there was an emergency, this token could be used to call Nie Yong directly. And this little soldier, what I value is precisely his ability to read his face and recognize people.

Who would have thought that Dad still hid such a useful person under Nie Yong's command?

I found a first-class painter overnight, and I found out the appearance of the prince of Qi, and with my discerning eyes, even every strand of hair is not bad with a real person. On the other hand, in the name of the theft of the treasures in the palace, I had people search the inns and inns where the rich businessmen usually lived, in order to force the self-righteous Prince Qi to show up.

I don't believe it, I searched the entire Qinzhou, and I couldn't find this person.