No matter how they thought about it, Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao felt that this speculation was ridiculous.
But now they are in a dilemma, trying to refute her "nonsense", but apart from a few dry and guilty scoldings, they can't come up with the same truth as her.
In this atmosphere where silence could break out at the slightest touch, Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao were ready to risk their lives, and just when they were going to rely on their words to say that they couldn't win, and then use their strength to overwhelm others, someone spoke up to break the deadlock.
"I taught you."
who?
Obviously, this voice did not belong to the person arguing here, and it was completely unfamiliar to Zheng Quchi.
She turned her head and looked past Yin Xiao, who was originally following her, and saw a man in a blue shirt walking over.
His hair was tied up with a green hairpin, and there were no other accessories, but the fabric on his body was as soft and shiny as silk. He was covered with a fox fur, and warm white light fell on it, and the halo around him seemed to be lingering with a faint light. Cold smoke.
The man suddenly hit her eyes, and she felt a cold feeling that seemed to be infected from his clothes to his brows, noble and cold.
Zheng Quchi also knew that there were differences between people, but the person in front of him obviously had a different aura from the people present.
Mainly depends on temperament.
But what about his temperament?
Probably, they are the mud-legged people who work, and the other party is like the one who comes to order the mud-legged people...
Zheng Quchi: "..." He was overwhelmed by the adjectives in his mind.
However, no matter how good his temperament is, he can't resist his overly "chubby" attire.
Although it was winter, no one walking around was dressed as exaggeratedly as he was.
He was fully armed from top to bottom, wearing a hat, gloves, a scarf, and fur boots, covering all the places where wind could leak.
This is just like when southerners go north to spend the winter, they wish they could put on a quilt when they go out.
Yuan followed Yin Xiao and turned around, his expression changing several times.
"Li, Master Li?"
Seeing the bandaged wound on his head, and hearing the not-unfamiliar title "Master Li", Zheng Quchi finally recognized him.
Isn't this man the same man she dug out from under the rock?
It's just that his face was either blood or gray at that time, so she didn't take a closer look at his appearance at all. It wasn't until now that she took a closer look.
"Master Li."
Muke was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly concealed the expression on his face and stepped forward to greet him.
"Your injury has not healed, why did you come here?"
Zheng Quchi actually always felt very strange, who was this person called "Master Li"? Didn't the county say that Jixia Academy only hired two craftsmen, Yuan Sui and Yin Xiao?
This mysterious "Master Li" must have something special about him, but he can still make the arrogant Yuan followers show respect to Yin Xiao and others. What's the point?
His face was pure and pure, and he just nodded politely to the greetings from Yuan Sui and others. Only when he looked at Zheng Quchi, his eyes softened a little: "Sang Xuanqing, is that your name?"
Zheng Quchi was called out in public, so she raised her eyes to look at him. This man looked like a good person with five eyes and three eyes, but her sixth sense always told her not to take it lightly.
"Yes, I have met Master Li." She replied with an attitude that was highly consistent with the others.
Master Li seemed stunned for a moment when he saw her like this.
"You saved me, you don't have to be so reserved in front of me." He spoke in a gentler tone at this time.
He had just seen her arguing hard with her bright and confident expression, instead of being so false and polite and taciturn now.
"The etiquette cannot be discarded." She lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, now she was more formal.
It’s not that she doesn’t know how to pretend, it’s just that sometimes she’s too lazy to maintain the reserve of a scholar. After all, her career choice is to deal with a group of rough and tumble craftsmen. She says “please” and says “thank you”. Her path is not wild enough, and she can’t compete with rough guys. .
But in order not to get involved with this troublesome person, she decided to pretend to the end and keep a safe distance.
Master Li: "..."
He seemed to have said "I taught them" just now.
Danger!
I'm afraid this person was setting up some kind of trap, but she broke the trap, right? Zheng Quchi made a decision immediately and said: "It's almost lunch break. I have to go to work, so I left first."
After she finished speaking, she was as nimble as a rabbit in flight. She lowered her head and took a few steps back, then started to run away.
Unexpectedly, Master Li was like a sticky candy, leaving everyone behind him and quickly followed him.
She hummed and prepared to speed up.
Don’t underestimate the super physical strength developed by working people.
But the next moment, Master Li's unhurried words made her speed up and her feet sink.
"Sang Xuanqing, I know you are a woman——"
She suddenly turned around, with a look of shock that someone had broken into her. Seeing that there was no one around, she rushed over and covered his mouth tightly, dragging him to a deserted place.
She showed a fierce look: "Why are you chasing me? What are you talking about? What on earth are you going to do?"
He asked three questions in a row, his tone was urgent and low, squeezed out through gritted teeth.
Master Li took her hand and saw her eyes gleaming with fire, revealing her true temperament beneath the false politeness, and was finally satisfied.
"Do you know about city fortifications?" he asked.
Zheng Quchi roughly pulled out his hand and bared his teeth at him like a dog in a back alley: "What do you want to do? You don't want me to tell them that you deliberately lead them to failure, right? It's obvious that everything is the same. The right choice, but combined together it becomes the worst possible choice.”
Master Li admitted that it was true: "Yes."
I thought Master Li would deny it or not answer, but I didn't expect him to be so honest.
This sincere attitude caused her originally prepared manuscript to get stuck.
"Why?"
"Of course I don't want the urban defense works in Fu County to proceed smoothly."
Zheng Quchi was completely stunned by his candid confession.
This man... could it be that he spoke the truth after eating something, but he had to answer truthfully any question that others asked him?
She stared at him suspiciously and continued to ask tentatively: "Why?"
But Master Li really seemed to be able to tell her the exact answer no matter what she wanted to know.
"Because of Yu Wensheng."
"Why... no, why do you answer me honestly no matter what I ask?" Zheng Quchi was simply incomprehensible.
It was unnecessary to say that he deliberately lied in front of her. She was not an important person. He just didn't reply if he didn't want to answer. Why would he make up a story to convince her?
Master Li's next answer surprised Zheng Quchi again.
"Because I know you won't expose me."
ha?
When Zheng Quchi heard this, his antipathy was triggered: "Why do you think so?"
"Because before I told you this fatal secret, I happened to know an important secret of yours," Master Li replied.
Zheng Quchi suddenly realized, yes, he just said that he knew she was a woman...
Unexpectedly, Zheng Quchi saved a person out of kindness, but accidentally exposed his identity as a woman.
She had only had close contact with him once before, and without even thinking, she could guess that he must have been discovered while rescuing someone.
The situation at that time was urgent and chaotic. She didn't know how he determined it, but she knew that she would be discovered at the time and had no time to think about it so much.
If she hesitated a little or ran a step slower, she might not be able to survive until now with good hands and feet.
"I am a little person, it doesn't matter whether I am a boy or a girl, but you risked me to shut up with such a big secret. Isn't that reckless?" Zheng Quchi was already seriously considering how to sell him.
"You have no substantial evidence. Even if you report me, if I don't admit it, you will be the one to suffer." Master Li said very sincerely.
Zheng Quchi: "..."
What he said made sense and she was speechless.
At this time, she inadvertently saw from the corner of her eye that when he was adjusting his sleeves, he exposed a corner of his bottom shirt, where there seemed to be a word embroidered with purple thread.
It looked like a symbol, but also like an emblem... She had never seen it before, but amid the lightning and flint, she suddenly remembered what Shan Bian had said to her.
She blurted out: "Are you a disciple of Gongshu?"
Master Li's expression suddenly became frozen, but he did not show any hostility and only asked: "Why do you say that?"
Not denying it... is equivalent to acquiescence.
Zheng Quchi cursed, because I saw the secret emblem embroidered on the corner of your underwear. It was hidden deep enough. If you hadn't pulled it with him just now, you might not have discovered it.
Speaking of Gongshujia, she immediately thought of the feud between the Mo family and Gongshujia. She wasn't sure how much hatred there was, but it was definitely not going to get better, so she came up with a risky idea.
Her attitude changed and she asked Master Li and Yan Yuesheng: "Master Li, can you do me a favor?"
Master Li observed her calmly and responded with a pleasant voice: "What are you busy with?"
Seeing that he was calm and unfazed whether she exposed his conspiracy or revealed his identity, she couldn't help but speculate on the depth of this city.
But no matter what, the stronger he is, the more he can help her now.
She lowered her face and looked sad, showing her true emotions without any pretense: "I have been threatened by people recently. I don't know who they are, but they forced me..."
So, Zheng Quchi told Master Li in an emotional voice, and what he meant was that she was an innocent craftsman (she) who was coerced into killing by the dark forces (a group of people led by Master Qu).
If she didn't obey, she would be punished, but she was struggling in her heart and was unwilling to kill innocent people, so she asked him for help.
As for what she was being threatened for, she just left it vaguely without going into details.
After Master Li listened to her words, his dark eyes remained as quiet as before. He did not question whether it was true or false, but agreed: "I will help you check the details of the other party, you don't have to worry."
Zheng Quchi was secretly happy when he heard this.
She imagined that when he found out that the matter was related to the Mo family, the two of them would fight against each other. It would be best if these criminals who harmed the city defense project would eventually be discovered by Yu Wensheng together and be arrested and served in the county jail.
Zheng Quchi now plans to part ways with these evil elements and completely draw a clear line.
She had thought about informing Yu Wensheng directly before.
But she was not sure whether Yu Wensheng, knowing that she was both an agent of the Julu Kingdom and a second-in-command sent by the Mo family, would think that her "business ability" was too strong and would distrust her, and then in the future After the evil trouble is eliminated, remove her as well.
Seeing that he deserved it, Zheng Quchi decided to tell the story: "I did save you before, but I never thought about asking you for repayment. This time you come to me, if you feel that If you owe me this favor and insist on repaying it, then this matter is over, and we will never default on it again."
There was still no expression on Master Li's face, as if he had put on a solid fake face, but his eyes were turbulent, and Bai Quan swallowed with cold.
He didn't respond to her words, but asked another question: "Why did you disguise yourself as a man to build the city wall?"
This question is easy to answer: "Money."
Master Li also believed it because he had investigated some things about her.
"If it's for money... I heard that you are good at carpentry, and the earth-moving tools you make are also remarkable. In the early spring of February, the Jichun Craftsmen's Union of Julu Country will be held every three years. Why don't you come with me to participate? ?" Master Li has already started to find another way to make a living for her.
He knew that Fu County was about to fall into danger, and there were intact eggs under the overturned nest, so he was arranging an escape route for her in advance, at least one of her, whom he wanted to protect.
This name sounds pretty cool.
"What will happen?"
"The Jichun Craftsmen's Guild is held every three years. All seven countries will participate, and the participants are all skilled craftsmen from all over the world. There is no ranking. As long as the works are selected, all will receive corresponding rewards."
"How many can there be?" she asked subconsciously.
Julu Country, the mention of this country reminded her of Mo Ye, and thinking of Mo Ye reminded her of his love-hate relationship with "Sang Xuanqing", so even if she knew that the competition organized by this kind of guild had Much authoritative and beneficial, but also somewhat reluctant.
"Preliminary candidates, one gold."
All primary candidates have a gold medal? !
"So many?" Her jaw dropped.
"The first-round winner will get a gold, and the winner in the semi-finals, and even the final winner, the one with the highest value will get the construction value of a city."
1. A city? !
The poor cannot hear this. When they hear this, tears of longing will flow from the corners of their mouths.
"I-I want to participate!"
She hissed and took a sip of saliva, then waved away all her previous worries.
She thought to herself, compared with making money, what kind of love, hatred and resentment cannot be laughed away?
"But who is organizing this?" Julu Country, couldn't it be Mo Ye?
Master Li looked into her eyes and said a name: "The public loses."
Zheng Quchi didn't react for a moment: "Who are you talking about?"
"Have you heard of him?"
Not only had she heard of it, but she was also "lucky" to see it once.
However, he was wrapped up like a big white bear and his face was not visible.
She discovered that today's powerful people attach great importance to their personal privacy.
Just like Yu Wensheng, she had seen him a few times so far, but he always wore a fierce mask, and she didn't know what kind of murderous look he looked like underneath.
"I've heard of it, but I've never seen it." She added in an attempt to cover up.
"Well, what do you think of him?" Master Li was a little concerned about her opinion.
"What do you think?" Zheng Quchi thought for a moment, and finally replied pertinently: "Rich, very rich."
Master Li: "..."
He asked himself that his greatest advantage was probably not his money.
Or in her eyes, does she only see the advantage of making money if the public loses money by organizing the "Jichun Craftsmen's Union"?
(End of chapter)
