Xiao Tao's head was a little dizzy, and the eldest lady had only been here for a day and a night, and Qi Gongzi had already calculated so much and thought so much. Xiao Tao couldn't help asking: "Then, how did this defense map get into the hands of the son?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu hooked his lips and said in a heavy tone: "After all, she has been here for a day and a night." There's always a chance to get it. ”

Little Peach knows. Since Qi Gongzi said so, he got it secretly. So important something. The eldest lady should have it with her. But the eldest lady went to the market one day accompanied by someone here, and she will definitely be secretly taken by someone who cares. It's just that since the defense map has been stolen, can't the eldest lady find out? Unless Xiao Tao looked at Qi Zhengxiu in disbelief: "Did the son draw a fake defense map for the eldest lady to make it fake?" "It must have changed, those mountains and rivers are dense, not because of the soldier's background, I can't understand it at all, let alone distinguish the difference.

Qi Zhengxiu sighed lightly, and said a little helplessly: "Otherwise, what should I do?" Do you want her to take the real out? If this defense map is in the hands of the Song army, my Datang will really only be left with the country ruined and the family destroyed. "The defense map of the navy is a top military secret, which is related to the security of the country, and Qi Zhengxiu was also shocked into a cold sweat afterwards, but if he is negligent, the consequences are unimaginable.

Xiao Tao bit her lip and lowered her head. The treason of the Ho family seems to be a curse that cannot be shaken off. After He Shizhong and He Zhixun surrendered, the eldest lady went to join the Song army with a defense map. Why is this happening? At the beginning, it was the eldest lady who taught herself benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and taught herself etiquette, righteousness and shame, but why did the eldest lady forget it? No wonder the eldest lady desperately wants to gamble, she must have thought that the arming map in her hand can exchange her status for herself. It's just that I just set foot on the land of Song. was found out by Song Jun and died.

The air in the room seemed to freeze, and the coldness of the night seeped into the cracks of the bones, and Xiao Tao shrunk her shoulders, her body and heart trembled. Qi Zhengxiu added some charcoal to the charcoal brazier, and his voice was cold: "I can tolerate a lot of things, and I can not care about a lot of things." But I can't tolerate treason. Do you know how many people are guarding the country with their lives? ”

Xiao Tao bit her lip with a sweet smell, and only then did she wake up from the chaos just now, and Xiao Tao said in a deep voice: "Childe, I understand." ”

Qi Zhengxiu stared at the flames in the brazier for a long time, and slowly spoke: "Recently, the border is not very peaceful, and there are often provocations by the Song army. Now the surrounding area of the Tang Dynasty has been captured by the Song army, and the Song army is almost recuperating. I'm afraid that the war is just around the corner. Datang's qi is becoming more and more dangerous, and Zhitang went to Song Land, if it wasn't for the smuggling of the defense map, there was nothing wrong with it. Women should always live more comfortably. ”

Xiao Tao listened to Qi Zhengxiu's strange words, and didn't know what he wanted to say. just raised his eyes and looked at Qi Zhengxiu. Servant Gang Hall Technique.

After a long pause, Qi Zhengxiu looked at Xiao Tao and said, "If you also want to go to the other side, I can let you go." ”

"What does Childe mean? Xiao Tao didn't understand. Xiao Tao's brows furrowed slightly, and her gaze was a little sharp when she looked at Qi Zhengxiu.

Qi Zhengxiu's eyes were gentle, and he looked at Xiao Tao softly like flowing water: "What I said was from the bottom of my heart. With others, I can be vain and vain, vain and tempting. And you, do you still need it? I just hope you are safe and happy. After a pause, Qi Zhengxiu's gaze was a little distant, "You are just a woman, and those things that protect the survival of the country and the protection of mountains and rivers are originally done by men." Women work harder in troubled times, so it's better to find a stable place to go early. ”

Xiao Tao smiled bitterly: "Childe thinks that the other side is my safe place, right?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu's heart was a little numb, he didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that Kaifeng was much safer than Jinling. What's more, her heart has always been on the other side. Why bother to be a dead fish with Datang? Qi Zhengxiu's voice was very deep: "Kaifeng will at least not be affected by the war." Moreover, now that Zhao Pu has lost power, he has been named the king of Jin, the number one leader of the court, and he can protect you. Qi Zhengxiu didn't know how he said these words, he was embarrassed and humiliated, but he was telling the truth. The truth is often brutal.

Speaking of Zhao Guangyi, Xiao Tao's heart seemed to be dripping blood. He is already under one man, above ten thousand, calling for wind and rain in the court, but nothing can go back. Xiao Tao said slowly: "If it was seventeen years ago, when Xiao Tao was still in Yunwan Village, it is true that in Jinling and in Kaifeng, it is the same for Xiao Tao. At that time, all I knew was to be well fed and clothed. I don't know a word, and I don't understand the truth. Saying that, he looked at Qi Zhengxiu, "But because of the relationship with the son, Xiao Tao walked out of Yunwan Village." All the way to the present, reading and literacy, just like a person who has learned to put on clothes, can no longer take off his clothes and walk, because he will be ashamed. Now Childe asked me to go to Kaifeng, just like I was ashamed to walk in the market with my clothes peeled off. Although I am a woman, I am also a Tang person, and I am not a spineless person. Don't tell me this in the future. After a pause, Xiao Tao said again, "Right now, I just want to find Yin'er, and I don't want to think about anything else." ”

A warmth swelled up in Qi Zhengxiu's chest. I couldn't help but look at the little peach's eyes. His feelings for Xiao Tao are complicated, there is pity, guilt, and touching, and he can't say what little peach lingers in his heart. But now, he understands and is sure of what makes him unforgettable and moving. The weak little peach always has its own perseverance.

He Zhitang is more noble than Xiao Tao and knows more about books and etiquette, but when it is really time to act, he is retreating again and again. When bleeding for Qi Gongzi, she flinched; In the ordeal of Huayuefang, she retreated again, and in order to live a stable life, she followed Li Congshan, who knew that she was a drunken person; And in the end, she forgot the shame of treason. On the contrary, it was Xiao Tao who trained himself to have a hard backbone.

Qi Zhengxiu stretched out his hand and covered Xiao Tao's hand and squeezed it tightly into his palm. If it weren't for the war, the days with her would have been happy. Xiao Tao was stunned for a moment, quickly pulled out his hand, and changed the topic: "By the way, when I came in just now, why did Childe worry about the defense map?" And lit this charcoal brazier? ”

Qi Zhengxiu hooked his lips and shook his head: "I'm thinking about what to do with this picture." The deployment of the naval army was personally supervised by Lord Lin Renzhao and I back then, including the arrangement of the naval army and the construction of the naval division project. Because it is top secret, there are no drawings left, for fear of falling into the hands of thieves. But now, Lord Lin has passed away, and I am the only one who knows how to defend it, if I am also"

Xiao Tao immediately interrupted Qi Zhengxiu's words: "Childe, don't talk nonsense. No, it won't. ”

Qi Zhengxiu raised his lips and smiled: "That's good." Don't say. But in short, I should leave a drawing, in case I," Qi Zhengxiu paused, "Your Majesty can also rearm according to the drawings." ”

"Then why don't you hand over the drawings to Your Majesty now?" Xiao Tao asked.

Qi Zhengxiu shook his head with a shallow smile: "The arrangement of these sailors was decided by me and Lord Lin after careful discussion. It is the best formation to defend the Yangtze River. His Majesty is suspicious by nature, and now he handed over the defense map to him, just afraid that he would be disturbed by others again, and rearrange the naval army. That would be self-destructing the Great Wall. ”

"So Childe was hesitating to burn the defense map just now?" Xiao Tao asked.

Qi Zhengxiu nodded.

Xiao Tao thought for a while, plucked up the courage and said, "If Childe believes me, I can help Childe put away the defense map." ”

Qi Zhengxiu was stunned for a moment by Xiao Tao's proposal, he thought about giving the defense map to many people, state? has a straightforward temperament and has a lot of friends, so he doesn't feel at ease about such a top-secret thing; Not to mention Xu Kai, his mind has already changed; To Li Hongji? It's a bomb that will explode at any time - it is the person who can be entrusted after thinking about it, so Qi Zhengxiu thought about burning it. But he really didn't think about Xiao Tao, not at all.

But now that Xiao Tao has proposed, he also thinks it is a solution. No one would have thought that the defense map was on a woman, or a woman who welcomed guests to Jinling all day long. It's just that although Xiao Tao has a third-grade official rank, she is a woman in the end, and it is a little difficult to protect the picture. Qi Zhengxiu thought for a while and said to Xiao Tao: "It's always dangerous to keep the paper in your hand, so it's better for you to learn to draw the picture." In this way, even if there is an unforeseen need in the future, you will be able to relieve the water army. ”

Xiao Tao nodded: "Okay." ”

Qi Zhengxiu took out the naval army defense map, and did not explain to Xiao Tao what the symbols meant, but just gave Xiao Tao a general explanation of the graphic lines. It was getting late, and the two chatted for a while while looking at the picture, and Xiao Tao went back to rest first.

He Zhitang was buried in the west of Runzhou City, far away from Jinling. Standing in front of He Zhitang's grave, you can just see the way back to Jinling. When people die and return to their hometowns, it is also sad.

After He Zhitang was buried, Xiao Tao went to the city to find Yin'er every day, and returned to Qi Zhengxiu's camp at night to learn to draw defense maps. Because Xiao Tao didn't understand the meaning of the picture, she just memorized it jerkily according to the picture, which was even more difficult to remember. But Xiao Tao tried her best, tracing it bit by bit, and asked Qi Zhengxiu if there was any meaning to the thickness of this line, and if there was anything to say about the height of that mountain, it was just five or six days. Xiao Tao has been able to make the defense drawings almost the same.