Chapter 19: Qing'er's Tears
Hong Shi: "......"
No way!
There are so many daughters of the Cao family?
It's still a sister?
I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes!
No, I have to pretend I can't see or hear, and as long as she can't see my face, she won't recognize me.
Hong Shi deceived himself like this and walked forward slowly, and suddenly the familiar female voice came, Hong Shi instinctively blew his hair, and wanted to run, but after hearing this voice clearly, he suddenly reacted.
"Young Master, what are you doing?"
"Qing'er?"
turned around, it was really that sunny Qing'er (purely for Hong Shi, Cao Gong)
Seeing Qing'er again, Hong Shi almost burst into tears, and his heart was very excited, the "curse" of meeting his sister around the corner was finally lifted, Hong Shi was excited and wanted to hug Qing'er, but at this time.
Coo-goo-goo......
The scream of the stomach sounded.
Qing'er: "!! ”
Staring at Cao Ange's stomach like this, Hong Shi stood in place in embarrassment.
"Young master, what are you doing, don't go to eat and wander around here" Qing'er looked at Hong Shi complainingly.
"Eh, hehe" Hong Shi didn't know what to say, just touched his head and smiled, and this touch touched the beard on his face again.
……
"Alas" Qing'er sighed lightly and shook her head, and said a little helplessly: "Since the young master doesn't want to eat with them, let's go back, I'll go to the kitchen and bring you some food."
"Thank you Qing'er then."
"Thank me for what? Isn't this what I should do" Qing'er glanced at Hong Shi strangely, he hadn't said these two words when he took care of Cao Ange in the past, could it be that the young master's head was really kicked stupidly by that donkey.
In this way, under the guidance of Qing'er, Hongshi finally returned to his "own" residence, and after a while, he finally sat on the chair and covered his stomach with a big meal.
Qing'er glanced at Cao Ange with white eyes, and she didn't like Cao Ange's appearance that she didn't care about her image.
"Young Master, what are you going to do? Are you really going to go on a border eviction mission?"
Hearing this, Hong Shi smiled confidently:
"The big husband has a word, and the horse is difficult to chase"
Qing'er looked at Hong Shi with complicated eyes, didn't know what he was thinking, and finally didn't continue to speak, just sat by the door and looked out of the door a little lonely.
The light of the afterglow shone on Qing'er's body, the shadow was stretched very long, the lonely shadow fell obliquely on the ground and looked lonely, and the background was even more desolate, this sudden silence made Hongshi unable to adapt to it for a while.
Hong Shi saw Qing'er leaning against the door with his back and looking at the slanting sun for a long time without speaking, looking at Qing'er's lonely and lonely back, an inexplicable pain welled up in his heart.
At this moment, Hong Shi suddenly felt at a loss, and the confusion from the future suddenly became so intense.
I don't know if this inexplicable emotion is the pain that the original owner of this body suppressed in the depths of his heart, and at this moment, the sadness of the moment was touched, and the uncontrollable suppression was suddenly released.
In short, Hong Shi only felt that the corners of his eyes and the tip of his nose were sour, and a strong loneliness enveloped his whole body.
Hong Shi slowly came to Qing'er's side and put his hand on Qing'er's shoulder, but Qing'er didn't turn his head to look at him.
"Qing'er?" Hong Shi called softly, Qing'er suddenly shook slightly, but still didn't look at Hong Shi.
When Qing'er turned his head, Hong Shi noticed that Qing'er's eyes had turned red for some time, the corners of his eyes were shining, and his face was slightly red.
"Qing'er, what's wrong with you?" Hong Shi exclaimed, he didn't seem to have done anything to bully Qing'er!
How can I coax a girl!
At this time, Qing'er spoke:
"Young master, I've heard all the things in the lobby, I thought the young master would mess up these things again, I just didn't expect the young master to do so well, I knew that the young master must have a hard time doing that thing that year, I know that the young master must have a last resort"
As she spoke, Qing'er's slender hands grabbed Hong Shi's clothes, and her face was pressed against Hong Shi's body and she sobbed quietly.
The look on Hong Shi's face finally turned into a sincere smile, and his right hand patted Qing'er's back and comforted:
"Do you see that I came out of everyone's sight in this disgraceful way, do you know, when I finished saying those words, those officials all widened their eyes and looked at me differently, just now on the road, several people took the initiative to talk to me, didn't you say that almost no one in the Cao family was willing to pay attention to me, no, this is developing in a good direction."
"Hmm"
Qing'er's answer has a slight epilogue, which is the love of crying, and it is the reluctance of emotion.
Then Qing'er said vaguely:
"But young master, you obviously know what it means behind this expulsion of barbarians, why do you still agree, once the young master can't handle this mission well, the future life and death of the young master will all be in a few words from the hundred officials in the court."
Hearing this, Hong Shi was suddenly stunned, and he didn't react for a while.
My life and death are no longer in my hands, who is still in my hands, why will the hundred officials call my name in the court in the future?
What's going on?
Could it be that this mission is much more difficult than expected.
What happened, Hong Shi asked tactfully.
At this time, Qing'er may have been too sad and didn't want to explain:
"Our Yong'an Dynasty has been comfortable for twenty-five years after the battle to raze the wilderness, and in the past twenty-five years, because the deterrence brought by that battle to the surrounding countries is too great, no country has the courage to invade the Yong'an Dynasty before Grandpa Cao quits officialdom in the twenty-five years."
"And during this time, under pressure, Grandpa Cao must retire, as soon as the news came out, the surrounding countries began to eyeing Yong'an, among which the expulsion mission that the young master will carry out is one of the manifestations, and this is only on the surface, it is very likely to be a temptation of the surrounding kingdoms."
"And this time the young master is acting as an executive officer, once the young master fails in this mission, or does not handle it well, it will even be considered a perfect solution to the matter"
"Once the Yong'an Dynasty starts a war with other countries in the future, no matter what the reason is, once this matter is involved, young master, you will be pushed to the forefront by hundreds of officials, and at that time, young master, your life and death will be completely in the hands of the imperial court, but our Cao family can't do anything."
Hearing this, Hong Shi trembled, his legs became weak, and he almost didn't fall to the ground.
He didn't expect the consequences to be so serious.
I thought it was just a simple expulsion mission, and it would be a mission to show the military strength of our Yongan Dynasty there, but now it seems that the mission is not so simple.
There are so many things to consider, but no one has told me what the character of the barbarians would be like, and who was behind them, except for my own investigation.
It was only then that Hong Shi reacted, and the official in the lobby was not merciful because he sympathized with Hong Shi, but for the sake of being a friend of Gong Cao, he helped me.
His original intention was to destroy the Cao family.
Once my mission fails, not only me, but even the entire Cao family will be pushed to the cusp of the waves, and life and death will be grasped in the hands of others.
But Cao Gong is obviously a loyal minister of the country, and he has obviously made great contributions, why did he retire, why did he come to this point.
Suddenly, Hong Shi remembered Cao Gong's speech in the lobby, the fierce look of determination in his benevolent eyes, and at this moment Hong Shi suddenly reacted, it was the eyes of Cao Gong on behalf of the Cao family to declare war.
Therefore, even if I refuse at that time, someone will force our Cao family to carry out the order, and it is very likely that it will be the imperial decree at that time, and the nature will probably change at that time.
I don't know who led the military attache who gave me the task, for some reason I have long targeted my Cao family, and today's retirement on the 60th birthday of Duke Cao is an opportunity.
Maybe Cao Gong's authority was too great, and no one dared to do it, and once Cao Gong lost power, he was like a tiger that had lost its teeth and minions.
Therefore, Cao Gong's sudden retirement does not seem to be as simple as it seems.
Although Cao Gong is old, he should be strong and energetic, if the emperor knows the situation, how can it be so.
The water behind is too deep.
So I just crossed into this world and got involved in officialdom intrigues.
That's exciting!
If Qing'er hadn't said it suddenly, I'm afraid I wouldn't have reacted at all.
The most disgusting thing for people in the past is the dispute between officialdom, and for the traverser, it is the conspiracy that they are most reluctant to get involved in, but I didn't expect that I, an ordinary person, would unknowingly participate in it.
I'm afraid they've been planning for a long time about today!
And Cao Gong knew the consequences, but he still asked me to complete this mission related to the fate of the Cao family, which was to put the fate of the Cao family in my hands.
Cao Ange, Cao Ange! What do you have to make the head of the family willing to make such a big bet for you?
If I lose, not only will my journey end, but even the entire Cao family will be uprooted
Looking at Qing'er with pear blossoms and rain, thinking of the agreement with Cao Zhu, Hongshi's fists clenched tightly at this moment.