"Look, I also have Phoenix Tears. Could it be that I am also a nuisance? If so, then let me be a nuisance with you." She joined him without hesitation.
Yu Wensheng didn't mind her nonsense, but he laughed when he heard her say that she would stay with him no matter what, and even bring out the so-called "evidence".
His eyes narrowed to a slit, and he looked really happy and wonderful.
He knew that Zheng Quchi definitely didn't know the true meaning and origin of "Phoenix Tears". His mind was uncertain. One moment, he wanted to see her frightened expression, but at this moment, he didn't want to tell the truth to scare her. .
"You always seem to make your promises easily. What should you do if you regret it in the future?" Yu Wensheng seemed to be thinking seriously and worrying about the future.
Regret? Isn't this the behavior only scumbag men and scumbag women do?
She felt that every word she said was sincere from the bottom of her heart, and there was no such thing as what he said.
…Besides, she doesn’t seem to have made any serious promises.
"I am not a casual person. I will do what I say and will never go back on my word."
When he saw her staring at him, her eyes were as bright as stars, without any evasion or strangeness, only pure trust and affection.
He murmured softly: "Me too."
Zheng Quchi grinned when he heard it, but he didn't know what to say.
"Then we're quite a match."
As soon as she finished saying this, she froze, and after a moment of silence, Yu Wensheng tilted his head and smiled at her like a white magnolia, with soft ripples on his lips, which made people feel it. gentle.
"you're right."
It was difficult for her to look at his face for a moment, and she suddenly turned to look behind him and stammered: "Well, um, were there people behind you earlier? Where were they?"
"Following me, but you can't see me."
Following behind, but unable to see... Why does this sound so scary?
Moreover, he led a group of people out in the middle of the night. It couldn't be for a walk while admiring the moon. Zheng Quchi realized later that he might be on a "mission."
"Do you have anything else important to deal with?"
"Um."
"Then put me down and go about your business. I'll go back by myself."
He asked: "Where are you going back?"
Zheng Quchi: "..."
Go back and continue to pretend to be a man and work as a laborer.
Since she couldn't come up with any valid reason to escape, Yu Wensheng finally took her to the Sifang Guild Hall.
It is located between the green tiles and red walls. The abrupt cornices show its high value. The high-flying signboard flags and the exquisite yellow lanterns hanging all over the roadside make this small Fu County This area is like a Feng Shui treasure land, bustling and bustling at night.
BMW carvings fill the road, which is a place where businessmen gather.
Zheng Quchi turned her eyes and looked around curiously. After traveling to Fu County, she wore coarse cloth and lived in a basic earthen hut. The people who came and went were either farmers or craftsmen.
It was really rare for her to see so many "high-class people" at one time.
Yu Wensheng's appearance did not attract many people's attention. After he put down Zheng Quchi, he covered her head with a cloak, firstly to keep out the cold, and secondly to prevent others from seeing her true appearance.
"You wait for me in the side room first."
He took her little hand, put on the Shura mask again, and walked all the way from the main entrance. Everyone who passed by him was full of horror. The next second when he was about to kneel down and salute, he pointed his finger at his lips and smiled dangerously. His eyes narrowed slightly and he kept silent in warning.
Zheng Quchi couldn't see it, but she always felt that there should be many people around her. But the strange thing was that wherever Liu Fengmian took her through, the chatter and laughter that were going on one second suddenly stopped the next second. The stagnation was particularly sudden and strange, leaving her confused.
There are also those shadows projected on the ground, which were originally elongated and intertwined, but as soon as they passed by, they bowed down... What are they doing? Crouched down? Or...kneel down?
Why are you silent again?
Because they couldn't see, they could only rely on their hearing to distinguish the surrounding environment. However, after they entered the noisy and lively Sifang Guild Hall, they inexplicably fell into an illusion that it was so quiet that it felt like time had stopped.
"Liu, Liu Fengmian?" She pinched his fingers and called him.
Yu Wensheng guessed that she must have noticed something, so she called him uneasily.
"A Taiyuan official came to the guild hall," he said.
Officials from Taiyuan?
The most successful people in Ye State are Taiyuan. Generally speaking, those who can serve as officials in Taiyuan basically belong to the central government. When local officials meet with the powerful gentry, they show various expressions of awe... It seems to be normal.
But it's a bit... too much awe, it's almost as if it's like silence.
At the same time, there was another place in her heart that felt strange.
When other people saw this Taiyuan official, they wanted to kneel down and lick him, but why was Liu Fengmian so calm and composed? Is it possible for someone who is a subordinate of Yu Wensheng to be as arrogant as him?
She was taken by Yu Wensheng to an elegant hall in the East Pavilion where guests could receive guests. There was a screen of wind, flowers, snow, moon and birds behind the hall. He placed Zheng Quchi behind it and sent someone to deliver a new set of matching dresses.
It was a very beautiful skirt. Zheng Quchi was not sure what it was called, but it looked a bit like a skirt. It had trousers, a shawl, and half arms. It was quite complicated to put it on.
She picked it out, admired it for a moment, and then put it aside without interest.
Have you ever seen a craftsman wearing a skirt to move stones? Still such a gorgeous and bright long dress.
She discovered that her husband was somewhat suspected of spending money. Why did he buy her these flashy and beautiful dresses? With their current financial situation, the money should be used in more practical ways. She does not need these gorgeous exteriors to decorate herself.
At least not at this stage.
She thought she had never worn any beautiful clothes in her previous life. Her horizons and knowledge had been broadened in all kinds of entertainment, so she could be arrogant and domineering, but she could also be humble and develop.
It all depends on whether she is determined and confident enough in her heart.
Looking at Liu Fengmian sitting in front of the screen, with his back to her, sitting in the main seat of the living room, she once again felt that he might be Yu Wensheng's guest. Wei Yao had said that Liu Fengmian was sent on a mission.
According to her many years of work experience, employees who are on official business trips generally earn more extra money than those who work in shift positions.
When she thought about Liu Fengmian's eyesight being so inconvenient and working so hard to go out to make money for her to use at home, she felt as if she had been injected with chicken blood.
She couldn't slack off, she had to plan and develop her career carefully, so that she could be responsible for making money to support the family in the future, while Liu Fengmian didn't have to work so hard and could just be responsible for looking as beautiful as a flower at home.
In the front hall, a group of richly dressed businessmen filed into the hall.
Zheng Quchi was not interested in these official discussions, and he was also worried about her other identity. If she learned too many secrets about Yu Wensheng and the others from Liu Fengmian, and if one day her identity as the Mohist master was exposed, she might Get him into big trouble.
So she quickly put on men's clothes, combed her dry hair into a bun, and quickly put on makeup in front of the bronze mirror.
Finally, he took a charcoal pen and left a message on the table for Liu Fengmian, then wrapped his cloak and pulled the hood to cover his face, and sneaked out of the back door.
——
This time Yu Wensheng appeared at the West Street Workshop in Fu County, and he was indeed here for important matters. He came to summon the wealthy gentry from Qizhou, just to purchase a huge amount of rice for the construction of the city wall.
In addition to quantity, money is also needed.
This is also the customary practice of those in power. Once the government is in trouble and unable to raise funds, it will summon the wealthy gentry in each county to discuss, either "borrowing" or "inducing" them, in the end, asking them to bear the vacant funds. .
Generally speaking, the county magistrate or other civil servants have always been responsible for negotiating such matters, but these wealthy gentry in the border areas of Ye State were so extraordinary that they did not take officials like the county magistrate into their eyes at all.
They pay a large amount of taxes to the country every year to ensure the financial balance of the national treasury. It is expected that the court will not be able to do anything to them forcefully except for "soft words".
Therefore, under such a premise, Yu Wensheng will end up personally.
After Wei Yao finished inspecting the surrounding security and arranged the security work, he returned to Yu Wensheng.
As Yu Wensheng's personal guard, he was standing not far from the screen. He should have been looking straight ahead, like a cunning fox, suppressing all the unusual movements in the room with the eyes of a ferocious beast.
But at this moment, while he was on duty, his mind was distracted and his eyes were always wandering unconsciously.
He was really curious. He really wanted to know who the woman who was suspected to be the general's wife was and what she looked like. Was she as beautiful as a fairy or extremely intelligent? After all, the one who can attract the attention of the general cannot be mediocre.
He quietly squinted and shifted his gaze again, intending to peek at the person behind the screen, hoping to see some clues through the blurry layer of silk. However, after many arguments, he was sure that he had just been brought back by the general and placed in the side hall of the Nuan Pavilion. The woman is missing? !
He couldn't hold back his excitement, and he couldn't care about so many people present. He immediately clasped his fists and reported: "General, your wife is missing?"
When Yu Wensheng heard this, he stood up quickly.
Quickly walking around the screen, Zheng Quchi was nowhere to be seen. He saw a line of words written in charcoal on the corner of the table.
Liu Fengmian, I'm going back first, don't worry, I will go home when I'm done.
In addition, after the words, she also drew a peach-shaped pattern (bixin).
During the negotiation with the rich gentry just now, Yu Wensheng restrained his bloodthirsty impulse in order not to scare Zheng Quchi behind the screen. When he turned around, his eyes suddenly changed.
The dark eyes contained the ultimate blackness. He grinned and raised a smile that was so gloomy that it was almost pathological. Waves spread from his pupils, like a demon descending from the sky.
"To Ye State, you may still be worthy of survival, but as far as I am concerned, the moment you refuse, there is no need to continue to survive."
"You said, if you all die unexpectedly tonight, and I casually accuse your deaths of rebellion and conspiracy, will your abundant family property be turned over to the court as a matter of course?"
A gentle and melodious voice suddenly sounded out in a sinister tone, startling all the rich gentry who had been arrogant before and refused to pluck out their hair under various excuses, and trembled all over.
They were so frightened that they were sweating all over their bodies, and the soles of their feet and scalp were numb.
As the saying goes, people who are ruthless don't talk much, and this description applies to Yu Wensheng.
From the beginning, they relied on the fact that they were large taxpayers in Ye State and refused to pay for the construction of the city wall. They only wanted to selfishly guard the three-acre land and shops in their village and clean up the troubles in front of them.
However, after Yu Wensheng neatly beheaded a "leader", the scene of blood splattering on the spot made others finally realize something.
That is, the person in front of him is not a county magistrate who has to consider the overall situation in everything, but a "living Yama" who will be quartered at the slightest disagreement.
Sure enough, iron-blooded tactics are more useful to businessmen than soft policies. After they were frightened and confirmed that Yu Wensheng was not joking, but really planned to bloodbath the wealthy gentry, they immediately rushed to express their position.
What a joke, losing some money is nothing compared to life.
In the beginning, it was because people hadn’t been forced to that point yet, so they all had a sense of luck and wanted to take advantage of something.
But now it’s no longer possible, so I will give up my wealth to avoid disaster and spend money to send the “living Yama” to me.
Wei Yao couldn't help but marveled.
It's not because the general took action and managed to keep the group of wealthy gentry who were dragging them with 2,580,000 yuan into submission.
But he just called out "Mrs. General" on purpose, intending to test and confirm, but the general's first reaction was to tell him to pat his chest for confirmation.
That woman is really the general's wife, one hundred percent sure.
Look, the general was still scheming with those naughty rich gentry at the beginning, suppressing the destructive violence in his eyes, and trying to follow the usual courtesy of ordinary Wen generals. But as soon as the lady left, he directly tore up the painting, and the prototype was exposed. …
At this point, Wei Yao had a ridiculous and lingering idea in his heart.
If one day, when the general completely loses his mind and becomes a murderer who does not recognize his relatives and only knows the madness, perhaps only his wife can stop him.
——
Zheng Quchi was walking alone at night, and she was still a little nervous. She rushed to the "ingenious" archway in a hurry.
Wei Yao said that he sent someone to wait for her here.
She looked up, and sure enough she saw a soldier leading a horse, with a silent face, standing at the menhir of the archway, waiting for someone.
"Um, hello, I'm Wei——"
The soldier heard her greeting and turned his head.
As soon as Zheng Quchi looked at the other person's face, his tone suddenly rose: "Qiu?"
Qiu was not surprised at all. He nodded towards her: "Well, it's me."
"Why are you here?" Zheng Quchi's little face wrinkled into a ball, unable to conceal his disgust and weakness.
His appearance meant that she might be in trouble again.
"Shan Bian called me here." He handed her something wrapped in cloth, which seemed to be quite heavy: "Your crossbow."
As soon as he heard him mention Shan Bian, Zheng Quchi understood what the purpose of his visit was.
"Has the assassination plan been arranged?"
"Um."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Snipe the original follower Yin Xiao. Shan Bian and I will create opportunities for you. The time and place are not yet clear, but it should be within the next three days."
“What will happen to me if I fail or get discovered?”
When Qiu heard her calm question, he breathed very lightly. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "If they don't die, the one who dies... will be you."
(End of chapter)
