Half a year later, in the courtyard,
A slightly mottled dead leaf fell onto the chessboard on the stone table.
On the chessboard, the two pieces of black and white were fighting each other, but with the finishing touch of the black piece, the whole white dragon showed its decline.
Hou Qing, who was holding the white piece in his hand, looked at it carefully and put the white piece back.
He coughed and said:
"That's all. That's it for today's battle. Marshal, how about a draw between you and me?"
A faint smile appeared on Ying Ziqing's face, but this smile seemed creepy in Hou Qing's eyes.
He waved his hand hurriedly, trying to keep his tone calm, "Forget it, the commander-in-chief has planned a strategy and went straight to Huanglong. Hou Mou is willing to lose."
Ying Ziqing smiled, picked up the delicate tea bowl, took a sip of hot tea, and said slowly:
"Hou Qing, aren't you proficient in divination and fortune telling? Why don't you calculate today's fortune?"
When Hou Qing heard this, he remembered that his daily hexagram had not yet been calculated, so he took out a simple tortoise shell from his arms.
Cover the turtle shell with both hands and shake it three times on each side in the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest. Then he released his hand and poured out three copper coins.
Let the copper coins roll to the ground casually until it stopped.
Hou Qing squatted on the ground and carefully observed the location of the copper coins.
Then he touched his nose and murmured:
"Pink with red, bloody peach blossoms..."
Ying Ziqing studied thoughtfully, but didn't come up with anything. He said:
"Hou Qing, you have been here for half a year. The time is ripe. I want to seize the Wei Kingdom, and you will be my most important hand in doing so."
"Despite the commander's orders, Hou is determined to be a bad person and will go through fire and water without hesitation." Hou Qing said sternly.
As a product of the system, Hou Qing's loyalty is unquestionable.
"Your mission is to rely on your late-stage True Spirit skills to infiltrate into the power vortex of the Wei State as a guest minister, and deliver a fatal blow to the Wei State at certain critical moments."
Hou Qing's eyes were shining, and he already had a picture in his mind under Ying Ziqing's description.
Hou Qing stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I will definitely live up to the commander-in-chief's high expectations!"
Ying Ziqing nodded, took out the male and female swords from the space and handed them to Hou Qing.
"The name of these two swords is the Male and Female Dual Sword. Although it is not in the world's sword manual, its quality is not inferior to the top twenty famous swords in the sword manual. Okay, you can prepare and set off."
He stood up and disappeared without a trace, as if he had never existed.
Hou Qing stroked the delicate patterns on the male and female swords, took another look at the flute at his waist, and casually put the flute into his arms.
Instead, he wears a red and blue male and female sword at his waist.
"Good quality..."
--Dividing line--
Within the territory of Wei State,
On an unknown road, the dusty Hou Qing wiped the dust from his face.
Looking at the wilderness where he was alone in the open space around him, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"Where am I now?"
He had been traveling day and night and had not eaten for more than ten days. He accidentally lost the coins he was carrying while traveling.
Moreover, most of the energy in his body was consumed, so Hou Qing sat down against a big tree on the side of the road.
After resting for a while, an old man leading a dozen goats passed by.
Seeing the dusty Hou Qing leaning against the tree, the old man kindly walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.
"Baby, what's wrong with you?"
Hou Qing said with a touch of sadness on his face: "Old man, do you know which way Daliang should go?"
"My dear, you also want to go to Daliang, so you can come with me. I just want to go to Daliang to sell these sheep."
After hearing this, Hou Qing appeared beside the old man with a hiss and took the hemp rope from the old man's hand to pull the sheep.
"I'll do it, old man."
Looking at the enthusiastic Hou Qing, the old man smiled and said, "You have to take care of me, my dear. These are my lifeblood, old man."
"Don't worry, old man."
"BAA Baa baa……"
After Hou Qing pulled the goats, the female goats came to Hou Qing and rubbed their heads against Hou Qing's robe.
"Mea~"
…………
In a tavern more than ten miles away in the suburbs of Daliang,
Hou Qing was pouring wine for the old man. The two of them were sitting at a dilapidated table, each with a large bowl of noodle soup and a pot of turbid wine.
"My dear, what are you going to do when you get to Daliang?"
While Hou Qing was eating noodles, he said vaguely: "Go to Daliang and strive for wealth."
The old man took a sip of wine and said, "My old man was just like you when he was young. He once thought about traveling in the world and making a name for himself in the Warring States Period. But in the end, as the old saying goes, only when the wife and children are warm on the kang. It is the pursuit of our people.”
Hou Qing nodded in agreement and continued to chew the noodles in the bowl.
At this time,
A woman wearing a hat and veil wearing a dark red brocade robe walked in, holding an exquisite long sword in her hand.
After she came in, she looked around, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
Looking at the waiter coming up to her, she threw a golden bean to the waiter.
He said calmly: "Give me all the good wine and food you have here."
The waiter looked at the golden beans in his hand with a flattering expression on his face.
"Please come in, this gentleman."
The woman happened to be sitting on the table not far from Hou Qing.
A pair of beautiful big eyes looked around boredly. Suddenly, she noticed Hou Qing, even though the robe was stained with dust.
But sitting there, he still had an unspeakable aura.
The two extraordinary-looking long swords on his waist represent the identity of the swordsman.
Wei Ji thought to herself:
"It's more fun outside Daliang. You can meet a swordsman with outstanding temperament when you go out. It's much more interesting than the eunuchs in the palace."
Suddenly, Hou Qing's ears twitched slightly and he said to the old man in front of him: "Old man, get under the table."
"What?"
Suddenly, the wooden window of the tavern was broken by several black shadows.
Seven or eight men in black holding bronze swords broke through the window and attacked the confused Wei Ji with the long bronze swords in their hands.
Seeing this, the old man finally understood what Hou Qing had meant before and hurriedly hid under the table.
Wei Ji's eyes widened as she looked at the bronze sword that was about to attack. She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but her body froze in fear.
He could only watch helplessly as the sword edge was about to penetrate his chest.
At this time, a long red sword lifted the bronze sword away, and Hou Qing slapped the nearest man in black away with his palm.
Then the red and blue sword shadows in his hands swept out, and the four men in black all had a deep visible scar on their chests, and they were about to die.
The remaining three men in black looked at each other, turned around and fled the tavern through the wooden window.
Hou Qing did not chase her, but turned to look at Wei Ji who was stagnant in place, and put the long sword back into its scabbard.
"Are you okay, girl?"
With a whimper, the frightened Wei Ji Lihua threw herself into Hou Qing's arms.
Hou Qing was caught off guard by the sudden soft fragrance and warm jade (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)...
pS: A new book has launched. If you like Super Seminary, you can check it out. It has a different style.
(╭☞•́⍛•̀)╭☞"Super God: The Beginning of Ten Thousand Tings to Rebuild Hongmeng Heaven"
This book will have 200,000 words and will be updated every day, so stay tuned...
