Chapter 18: Hidden Plot

"Ah......h

Zhao Wanqing raised her head slightly in response, and the long tail sound was like a sigh.

"No wonder you don't want to say it, she is the first beauty in the Great Qi Kingdom, and I am the first ugly girl in the Great Qi Kingdom, right?"

When Gao Maoxue heard this, he immediately lowered his head and clenched his fists, and said nervously: "Why did the general say this?" ”

Zhao Wanqing smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Don't salute me first, I don't blame you, this setting ...... No, I've heard the four brothers of the Jiang family say about this matter a long time ago, and I can afford the name of the first ugly girl for the time being......"

In fact, there is no need for the four brothers of the Jiang family to "deliberately" say something in front of her, she also knows that on this map, it is impossible to find a second woman who is uglier than her initial image.

Gao Maoxue withdrew his hand and put it back to his side, stood up straight, and spoke sentence by sentence: "General, I never think that you are not good-looking, even though the world only pursues beautiful skin, but in my eyes, you have a clear and pure heart, which is unique." If you want to be self-defaced because of some false name, then I will not agree to it first. ”

Zhao Wanqing was stunned, and rarely keenly noticed a hint of confession: "Adjutant General, should you be ......?"

You don't like me, do you?

Before Zhao Wanqing's words were finished, Gao Maoxue turned his head, and said with some abrupt change of topic: "General, the time for a stick of incense has come." ”

"Oh, yes, yes?" Zhao Wanqing finished for a moment, and didn't dare to confirm the question just now, what if this ...... What if she was delusional?

How embarrassing that is!

And two assumptions: first, if she asks the wrong question, she will be a narcissistic woman in front of Gao Maoxue in the future, without the majesty of a general, Gao Maoxue, as a deputy general who always follows her around, will definitely have some concerns in speaking and doing things; Second, if she asks correctly, then does she still attack Jiang Chengyuan, this system can't allow her to change the male lead, not to mention, she is still a little spineless and really likes Jiang Chengyuan......

Thinking about it, Zhao Wanqing cleared her throat, turned to the soldiers who were still in a mess and said, "It's time, now you have the general token in your hand, come here!" ”

A tall, thin man stepped forward with a token and bowed half-kneeling.

Zhao Wanqing looked at him and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Lin Rui."

Zhao Wanqing nodded, and then the system prompted: "Complete the stage task [Recuperate] and get the key item: torches." ”

A black torch that had not yet been used appeared in Zhao Wanqing's hand out of thin air, and the system said: "The stage task [One shot is hit] has been opened, and the task description: Raise troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while, the whole army will attack the enemy, and one shot, that is, you will win the first victory on the battlefield." Suggested Item: Strategy*1. ”

Zhao Wanqing then opened the strategy in the system panel, and there was still only one sentence displayed on it:

Near and far away.

Zhao Wanqing read it silently twice in her heart, fortunately, in this "The Art of War", what she remembers most is the twelve methods of sophistry, and now there is another one, she can probably understand the meaning.

It's nothing more than a surprise attack.

After closing the system panel, Zhao Wanqing thought that since he was a general selected in the content of the task, it should be somewhat useful in the follow-up, so she turned to Gao Maoxue and said, "Deputy General, arrange him in the first army." ”

"Yes." Gao Maoxue nodded in response. Maybe he felt that what he said before was a bit "out of bounds", so his expression and demeanor at this time were more righteous and awe-inspiring than usual.

After selecting the generals, Zhao Wanqing's next step was naturally to formulate a new battle plan.

It's just that this time the key item ...... Do you want her to play a torch in ancient times?

Gao Maoxue saw Zhao Wanqing staring at the torch in his hand and fell into deep thought, so he asked, "The general wants to attack the Liao army at night?" ”

"What did you say?" Zhao Wanqing raised her head after that.

Gao Maoxue thought that he had said the wrong thing, so he wanted to explain: "The last general just thought it was ......"

"No, no." Zhao Wanqing raised her hand to interrupt him, "What did you just say, say it again." ”

Although Gao Maoxue didn't know why, he still obediently repeated: "The general wants to attack the Liao army at night? ”

Zhao Wanqing looked suddenly enlightened: "I see! ”

This torch can only be used when fighting at night, and it seems that the key item this time is to remind her of the time of battle.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wanqing couldn't help but smile slightly, and was about to praise Vice General Gao Maoxue for a few words, when the small arrow above her head turned dark blue, and the system voice followed the prompt:

"The hidden plot is ongoing, you can check it out at the target person."

"Hiss......" Zhao Wanqing gasped in surprise, this is the first time that the system has opened the hidden plot, she already has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder and super curiosity when she plays the game, how can she not go and see?

Zhao Wanqing hurriedly stuffed the torch into Gao Maoxue's hand and said, "Help me keep it, I'll be back soon." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Gao Maoxue to agree, Zhao Wanqing rushed in the direction pointed by the small arrow, as if she was afraid of missing some wonderful game plot.

She left the training ground and came to the city gate, but when she was about to walk up the steps, she found the little arrow pointing in the direction behind her, so she had to look up at the little arrow while turning and walking back.

Zhao Wanqing supported her upper body with her hands in pain, but saw a person standing in front of her, looking up along his shoes, Zhao Wanqing met Jiang Chengyuan's cold gaze.

Jiang Chengyuan's good-looking thin lips closed one by one, and he spit out two words softly: "Waste." ”

After he finished speaking, he bypassed Zhao Wanqing and walked to the city gate, and the gentleman in white followed behind him and glanced at Zhao Wanqing sympathetically.

"You ......" Zhao Wanqing was angry, and turned around angrily and shouted: "I'm not a waste!" ”

Gao Maoxue, who came later, hurriedly helped Zhao Wanqing up: "Is the general okay?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Zhao Wanqing patted the ash on her legs, and saw that Gao Maoxue was not holding her "key items", so she pointed to his hand: "My ......"

Gao Maoxue seemed to know what Zhao Wanqing was going to ask, so before she could finish speaking, he said, "I have already put away the torches, but you, the general, are you here to do it again?" ”

Although his expression was somewhat disguised, Zhao Wanqing could still see a trace of complaint.

But at the moment, it is still important to hide the plot, Zhao Wanqing took a step out first, and said, "You come with me first, and then I want to explain it to you." ”

With that, she walked ahead and hurried up to the city gate, and then staggered into the attic.

Jiang Chengyuan had already sat down at this time, and a person in front of him who showed [Secret Agent] above his head was half-kneeling on the ground, and turned his head to look at Zhao Wanqing suspiciously.

Jiang Chengyuan ignored Zhao Wanqing and asked the secret agent directly: "How is it?" ”

The spy replied: "Back to Your Highness, after a month of investigation, there are indeed spies of the Chu State in Daqi, and our people have already caught two Chu people who tried to sneak into the martial arts test on the official road of Zhizhou, but it is just ...... They have all bitten their tongues and committed suicide, and they have not been able to leave a living mouth, only a letter, please see it, Your Highness. ”

He said that he would submit a crumpled letter, and Mr. Bai Yi walked down to take it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he forwarded it to Jiang Chengyuan.

Jiang Chengyuan glanced at the contents of the letter and said unhappily: "Continue to check." ”

"Yes!" The agent was ordered to retire.

Jiang Chengyuan turned his head and gave Zhao Wanqing a seat, which made Zhao Wanqing flattered, and said "Your Highness Xie" first, before daring to walk over step by step.

Jiang Chengyuan motioned to Mr. Bai Yi to take the letter to Zhao Wanqing, and then asked her: "Regarding the matter of Chu State planting spies in my Daqi, does the general have any opinions?" ”

I'm not Yuan Fang...... Zhao Wanqing lowered her eyes and complained in her heart.

She slowly opened the letter and wrote eight traditional Chinese characters on it:

"The time has not yet come, wait for the good news."

Zhao Wanqing read it once, but she didn't think there was a problem, and when she read it again, she almost threw the letter out.

There was some kind of special pattern printed on this letterhead, and she had indeed seen it somewhere!

Gao Maoxue stood behind Zhao Wanqing, and when he saw Zhao Wanqing's nervous movements, he reminded softly: "General, what did Your Highness ask you about......

Zhao Wanqing hurriedly returned the letter to Mr. Baiyi, and said to Jiang Chengyuan: "Back to Your Highness, Weichen thinks...... Forehead...... I don't think anything can be decided, and a letter doesn't prove anything......"

Jiang Chengyuan didn't seem to be very satisfied with Zhao Wanqing's answer, so he didn't say anything with a cold face, sat down and drank tea for a while, and then got up and left.

After Jiang Chengyuan left, Zhao Wanqing took out the small gourd bottle containing the marrow protection elixir from her pocket and took a sneak look.

Sure enough, the colors and patterns on it were exactly the same as those on the crumpled letterhead.

Looking up at the hall now, there are only soldiers left who usually stand guard, and Zhao Wanqing understands that this hidden plot has ended.

It's just that this marrow protection elixir was given to her by Xue Lin, does the spy of Chu State have some kind of connection with Xue Lin? Xue Lin avoided Jiang Chengyuan twice before, was it a coincidence, or did he do it deliberately?

Zhao Wanqing herself, what should she do in the hidden plot?

When the general marches and fights, does he still care about spies...... Zhao Wanqing muttered in her heart, and then asked the system: "Give me some hints?" ”

System: "It will be prompted again the next time the hidden story is opened." ”

It's really expected that "saying it means not saying it", Zhao Wanqing turned her hand and put the little gourd into her pocket, and asked Gao Maoxue behind her with some hesitation: "That...... Adjutant General...... What is the relationship between the State of Chu and the Great Qi? ”

Gao Maoxue replied: "Compared with the Liao State, the Chu State is slightly better with our Great Qi. ”

"Then ......" Zhao Wanqing raised her hand and scratched her cheek weakly, and continued: "If you catch the spy of the Chu State...... What will be done? ”

"First detained for interrogation in the Criminal Department, and after that, it is naturally sentenced to capital punishment." After Gao Maoxue finished speaking, he added another sentence: "There are still those who know and do not report, and they will be punished for the same crime." ”