The donkey lowered his head, pulled down the weeds, and then started chewing, making a loud chewing sound.
Next to the donkey, several men were sitting on the ground. Surrounded by green trees and the air was fragrant, it was really a good place for a banquet.
Wang Fu laughed and poured some wine for Qilou.
He picked up the wine cup himself, bowed, and drank it all in one gulp.
Qilou Nan did not hesitate and drank it all in one gulp.
"Your Majesty, if you have any questions, just tell me. There are still some things in my village."
"Ah, okay, then I'll just tell you."
"Jun Qi Lou Nan, logically speaking, I shouldn't meet you directly. You must have noticed that I am from Zhou."
Qilou Nan nodded.
"But we have known each other for a long time. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to come in person and have an honest meeting with you."
Wang Fu poured the other party wine again.
"You have martial arts, strategies, courage and carefulness, and you can be called an official! In these years, you have made countless achievements, and the thieves in the city trembled when they saw you."
"I respect you very much."
"It's just that I personally feel that people like you won't get much promotion in Qi."
"You don't have a good background. This Pseudo-Qi is different from Zhou. In Zhou, meritocracy was the rule. As long as they are talented people, they will be promoted. But in Qi, they value Xianbei and look down on other races."
"No matter how much you do here and no matter how well you do, what will happen if you don't get promoted by noble people?"
"For example, the two county magistrates of Cheng'an and so many officials, what did they do wrong? They worked hard, but in the end they ended up like this!"
"So what if he reached the level of an official like Yang Min? Gao Yang mockingly called him Yang Dadu, asked him to hand him toilet chips, and whipped him with a riding crop until his back was bloody! He was thrown into a coffin several times and wanted to be buried alive.
!”
"What's the way out?"
The more excited Wang Fuyue said, the louder his voice became.
"I really feel unfair for you! You have done so much for Qi, but what kind of reward did you get?"
"Two years ago, your wife was forced to go out of the city to watch Gao Yang's riding and shooting, and she never came back. Don't you still know what's going on?!"
"I don't mean to humiliate you. It's just that the Yecheng clan prince cannot protect his own family! How about you?"
Wang Fu stood up suddenly and looked at the masked man aside.
The man walked forward quickly and dumped a package directly in front of Qilou Nan.
With a swishing sound, all kinds of golden gold products were piled up in front of the beggar.
In the sun, these gold products sparkled, and Qilou Nan's face looked dull.
"It's hard to beg for a building. Is this thief worthy of your hard work? As an official, you can't even keep your wife, you suffer all kinds of humiliation, and innocent people die from time to time!"
“I don’t get rewards or promotions even for my great achievements, so I feel worried all day long!”
"A man will die for the one who knows him, and a woman will look good for the one who pleases her!"
"Why don't you abandon the darkness and turn to the light to achieve a great cause?"
Qilou Nan looked at the golden pile in front of him, and then looked at Wang Fu.
"The king is trying to bribe me."
"No, no, how can a talented person like you be bought with these copper-smelling things? This is just some of our thoughts. If you are willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, the general will definitely reward you!"
Qi Lou Nan did not speak and remained silent.
Wang Fu continued: "Today, I took off my mask and came to see you, which is enough to express my feelings. Regardless of whether you agree or not, I will not harm you."
"Even if you go and report to the official now, I will have no complaints."
"If your husband doesn't have five pots of food to eat during his lifetime, he will have five pots of food to cook his ears when he dies!"
"Today I risk my life to be honest with you. I wonder if Qilou Nanjun is also willing to do something great with me?!"
Qilou Nan picked up the wine cup in front of him and started to sip the wine in big gulps.
After he finished eating, he wiped the corners of his mouth casually.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"Actually, I don't ask you to do anything more."
"You just need to help look after the people we send and let them do small things in Zhangcun."
………
Soon, Qi Lou Nan left on his donkey.
But there were two more guards beside him, carrying large luggage and walking beside Qi Lou Nan with their heads lowered, which was quite difficult.
The boy stood beside the store owner and watched them go away.
"Master, can this person be trusted?"
"Let's take a gamble. If it's really him, it would be a great achievement for us to be able to hold his family hostage. If not, it's just a matter of death."
The boy nodded.
Walking on the road, Qilou Nan remained silent, and the two "guards" following behind him were equally silent.
"What shall I call you two?"
"Since the master has bought us, you can call us whatever you want."
"Well, since we are two brothers, let's call them Dalang Erlang."
"yes."
After crossing the path, the village slowly appeared in the distance.
The dark broken eaves and broken walls stand on both sides. Looking into the distance, not a single person can be seen.
Qilou Nan walked all the way to his house, got off the donkey, and walked into the house surrounded by the two people.
The whole Zhang Village was quiet, not even a barking dog could be heard.
It was getting dark, and the whole village was covered in darkness bit by bit.
Deep in the peach forest, it becomes darker and quieter.
Inside the courtyard, torches were hung on the walls, emitting a faint light.
Mrs. Liu Zhang was sitting in the courtyard, pounding rice vigorously.
She was preparing tomorrow's meal. She wiped the sweat from her forehead. It was very hard.
At some point, two figures appeared in the courtyard, slowly approaching Liu Zhang, who had his back turned to them.
The cold wind blew, and the torch swayed and twisted again.
Mrs. Liu Zhang stopped pounding the rice and slowly turned back.
In the shadow, there were two figures standing. They threw away the things in their hands, and the things rolled down in front of Mrs. Liu Zhang.
They were two bloody heads.
"Mother, these two people were killed by us when they visited the peach forest at night."
Mrs. Liu Zhang stared at the two heads for a long time, and then sighed.
"Oh, I told you not to give my child this name at the beginning, but he didn't listen. He's a bitch!! Both of them are!!"
"The same goes for you two. You didn't want to capture them alive, so why did you kill them?"
"These two men are dead soldiers and cannot be captured alive."
Upon hearing the answer, Mrs. Liu Zhang waved her hand, "Just take it and deal with it. I'm just a woman. You don't need to tell me this kind of thing."
The two lowered their heads, backed away slowly, and disappeared into the night.
The peach forest was still silent, except for the flickering shadows of people, flying dust, startling birds, and occasional shrill cries.
Gradually, Taolin became calm again, and everything was as before.
The peach trees grow extremely tall, with lush branches and leaves intertwined with each other. When the cold wind blows, the branches and leaves make a sound, neat and loud.
The villagers are right, the peach grove is indeed growing very well.
The sky gradually turned white, and a bird flew up from the peach forest, fluttering its wings and flying towards the distance.
In the bird's eyes, peach groves, roads, cities, and houses flashed across.
Finally, an extremely tall city wall appeared in its eyes.
A tall soldier, fully armed and wearing a mask, had one foot on the arrow stack and one hand stretched out high.
The bird flew straight into his palm.
The bird was pecking at the wheat in the big hand, and the soldier took the letter from its ankle and sprinkled some wheat on the ground. The bird quickly flew to the ground to eat.
The soldier opened the letter, glanced at it a few times, and then tore it into pieces.
He turned around and looked ahead.
Within the city wall, there is a continuous group of palaces, majestic and magnificent.
The glazed tiles flash in the sun, painted with auspicious patterns, and the emerald tiles are inlaid between the continuous palace walls, emitting green light. Many other courtyards are connected, with jade buildings, green tiles and red pillars, making it extremely spectacular.
The soldier lowered his head and quickly walked down the city wall, walking on the delicate road. From time to time, he would encounter fully armed soldiers on both sides.
After passing through winding roads in this way, we began to climb a long set of steps.
The soldiers kept their heads down all the way, not looking at the scenes on both sides.
Four warriors struggled to open the huge palace door.
It was dark inside the temple, all the windows were closed, and a rotten smell came to the face, making it uncomfortable.
There was a vague light shining in the distance, barely able to point out the direction.
The soldier then moved forward slowly in that direction.
"ah!!!!"
There was a howling sound in the distance, but the soldier did not slow down, and he gradually approached the blurry light.
In the center of the temple, torches were hung on the large pillars carved with golden dragons, vaguely illuminating the surrounding area.
The soldier saw a man squatting on the ground with his back to him.
The man's hair was disheveled and he was wearing nothing. He was just naked. He was squatting on the ground and didn't know what he was doing. Suddenly, he stopped and turned his head sharply.
It was such a terrifying face, the eyes were wide open and covered with bloodshot eyes, the face was stained with blood, and the corners of the mouth were curled up, revealing strong white teeth.
"Hahahaha~~~"
The man jumped up suddenly, smiled strangely, and rushed over.
That terrifying face gradually enlarged!
The soldier trembled all over.
The man ran up to the soldier and threw a ball of flesh and blood in his hand on the soldier's head.
Where the man was squatting just now, there lay an incomplete person, torn into pieces.
The soldier trembled and opened his mouth.
"Your Majesty, a warrior has reported that the spies of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty have begun to operate around the capital again."
The naked man was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly changed into a solemn one.
"That's natural. My stupid brother only knows how to frame him, and randomly finds some common people to take the blame... Of course the people of Zhou will become even more wanton."
The man put his hands behind his back and raised his head. If he hadn't been naked, if he hadn't been stained with blood, and if the place wasn't so gloomy, he would still be able to see the majesty of an emperor.
I saw him saying seriously:
"These idiots are just waiting for me to die. They want to seduce my incompetent son and bring disaster to the world!!"
"Such a traitor is framed and beaten...but as the emperor! How can I be ridiculed by the Western traitor??"
"Taozhi! Take the people there yourself!"
"Find out the matter and send those spies to me. Hehehe."
"only!"
ps: Every time he is drunk, he kills people with his hands for fun. Many of the people he kills are cut into pieces, burned in fire, or thrown into water. - "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"
ps: I caught a cold just after starting the book. I had a low-grade fever for several days, my ears were ringing, and I was listless. If there are any typos, please forgive me and I will definitely correct them.
Chapter completed!