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Faced with Juzi's attitude, Gongshu Ban finally fell silent for a moment, looked at Juzi with a softer look, and said, "You have become much more mellow. Back then, you fought with dozens of people in Jishang Academy, and you outshone all others. The edges and corners have been worn away."

Juzi's eyes were neither sad nor happy, but he said with a bit of emotion: "Yes. I have changed a lot these years, and I don't know whether these changes are because of sitting in this position, or I should have That's the kind of person."

Gongshu Pan was standing at the bottom of the steps at the moment, separated from Juzi by about [-] or [-] steps. However, such a seemingly short distance was so long that it seemed that he would never be able to get close.

"What are you doing back?" Juzi asked the question he asked at the beginning again, but the sentence pattern was changed, but the tone that did not contain anger or disgust at the beginning remained the same.

Chapter 639 It's All About Winning

It sounds like two old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.

Generally speaking, you should continue to ask how the other party is doing these years, how is his wife and children, how is his health, whether he is seriously ill, whether... still remember the happy past of the two of them.

However, Gongshu Ban looked serious, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I, come to find an answer."

"Answer?" Juzi didn't expect Gongshupan to give such an answer. After chewing it carefully, he heard some unusual meanings in it. He shook his head and said, "You know, the teacher became ill not long after you left." Gone again, even if you come back today, probably no one will be able to answer you."

As if worried that such an answer would not satisfy Gongshu, he added another sentence: "Before the teacher died, I asked him why he treated you like that. He said that he was honest in his life, but he was only sorry for you, a student. There will be no chance of repayment, only hope in the next life..."

"The next life?" Before the giant could finish speaking, Gong Shuban coldly interrupted him, "The old man said it lightly, next life? What can you do in the next life? Treat me like a cow or a horse? Then what? He can Give me back my brother's life, send back all the lives of the public losers, and then..."

He suddenly tore open the trouser leg of his right leg with one hand, and completely presented the artificial leg made by a mechanism in front of the giant. Come back? What a joke! If he comes back from the dead now, I can kill him and bury him back in the soil."

Of course the Juzi knew the injustice that Gongshuban had suffered, at least in his opinion, with Gongshuban's ability back then, he might not be able to win the position of the Juzi himself.Then again, so what if he wins?After all these years, has this giant position really made his life better?

When he was young, of course he had great ambitions. He only felt that the whole country was his subjects, and as soon as he gave an order, everyone would respond to his call.

He worked hard, only slept for less than three hours a day, reviewed case files all day long, revitalized military affairs, first used Zhao Kuo's grandfather, and later Wang Xuanwei, and finally defeated the coalition forces of all countries in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for the Mohist family to be the largest country in the world today.

However, as time went by, when the ambition faded, what came up later was a sense of powerlessness.

The whole country depends on him alone, but he is not an otherworldly god after all.He also makes mistakes, and he feels that he is unable to recover from the intricate court structure. Many things cannot be undone by one person, and his thoughts on dominating the world have gradually faded.

And perhaps as his body gradually aged, the guilt in his heart became more and more heavy, and it even made him toss and turn, unable to sleep at night.

"I know, no matter what you say now, it is impossible to make up for the injustice you suffered back then, but..." the giant sighed, "This is the end, we are all old, and those things in the past are irreversible. So what if the senior brother can kill the teacher again? You know...all of this is over."

"It hasn't passed yet." Gong Shuban shook his head, "The answer I want is not something the old man can give me. On the contrary, only you can give me the answer."

Juzi stared at Gongshu Ban, he didn't understand at first, but after meeting his eyes for a long time, he finally understood what Gongshu Ban wanted.

He wants to win.

In that battle back then, he lost to himself, but the reason why he lost was because the old giant sneaked up on him from behind.

Now that he's back, he just wants to know who would win the battle between the two without the old tycoon's sneak attack.

This is not only a war between him and himself, but also a war between him and the old giant. What he wants to know is who is the right one between him and the old giant, and if he can beat himself , which naturally means that what he has studied all his life is not heresy.

And if it is defeated, it can only show that the old giant's vision is not wrong, and it is a wise move to choose himself as the giant.

"Perhaps you, brother, have already won." Juzi lowered his head, his voice was also a little low, "You dare to fight with the teacher, but I dare not fight with the teacher, you dare to break away from the teacher's dogma and stand on your own, but I only dare to follow suit , listen to the teacher's teaching... In your vision, I have long since disappeared, only the teacher."

After a pause, he sighed for the fourth time, then waved his hands and turned around and said, "But... since you want the answer, then come with me. After so many years, you should also go see the teacher, It would be good to put a stick of incense on him. We will really decide the winner right in front of him, just like back then."

"Very good." Gong Shuban nodded, paced slowly, and followed the departing Juzi.

"Juzi..." Master Zhong wanted to persuade him, but he still didn't say anything, and could only watch the two walk away gradually.

The officials in the main hall stepped aside one by one and watched the two slowly move forward on the carpet in the center of the main hall. The lights elongated their shadows and swayed slowly, as if two children were interacting with each other. play.

As they used to be.

The two children played and walked forward alternately, and finally seemed to have discovered some wonderful place, so they held hands, shoulder to shoulder, and played into the darkness deep in the hall. No one can find a trace of them.

In the midst of the snowstorm, Qin Ke once again saw this majestic city clearly, and he couldn't help but let out a voice of admiration. It can only be said that this number one city in the world is really too surprising, enough to make him "" The country bumpkin" is in awe every time he sees it.

While waiting to enter the city for investigation, he also casually guessed how powerful the previous dynasty was in order to use tens of thousands of people to build such a city.

When it was his turn, the guard at the city gate also sighed: "You're back? I saw your war horse from afar. It's amazing."

The fiery red horse neighed loudly. Under Qin Ke's influence, it still seemed a little impatient. It seemed that it was dissatisfied that it could no longer run as much as it wanted. The guard who wanted to touch the horse's mane had no choice but to withdraw his hand embarrassingly.

Qin Ke also smiled apologetically, although he was not very familiar with this guard, but this guard is a horse lover, and he remembered himself deeply just because he had seen Chi Huo twice. , can be regarded as very attentive.

It's a pity that Chi Huo has always been proud and refused to be touched easily. If it wasn't for someone close to Gao Changgong, it wouldn't even raise its eyes to take a good look, so the guard's wish would probably come to nothing.

All the way into the city, followed the familiar path to the Lu Mansion.

"Since then, the Mohist giant hasn't appeared?" Qin Ke stared, took a sip of the hot tea he held in his hand, and continued to ask, "What about Gongshu Ban?"

He still had a good impression of Gongshu Ban, but he didn't ask too much about his grievances with the Mohist giant. Anyway, only some old people know about those old things.

Abu shook his head and said regretfully: "None of them have appeared again. It has been twelve days, and the Mohist court meeting has also been suspended for twelve days. It is said that the Mohist giant and Gongshu Ban went to the fifth floor of the organ city. Only the giant himself is qualified to open the place of the giants in the past, so although the Mo family has been talking about it recently, they can only wait quietly."

"Hmm..." Qin Ke thought for a while, and found that he couldn't say anything constructive, so he continued to listen to Abu's narration of recent big and small things.

6 Chapter Forty The Battle Situation Ahead

During the days when he returned to the village, many things did happen. If what happened in the organ city was just the beginning, then what followed would naturally be the violent wind and rain from outside.

It is said that after Canghai heard the news of the change in Jicheng, he immediately dispatched six armies to march eastward, cross Quyuan, go to Wulongkou, and finally fought three field battles with the Mohist army under Sun Boling, winning all three and triumphant all the way.

But just when everyone thought that the change of the Mohist court was destined to be taken advantage of by Cang Hai, Sun Boling led a hundred thousand black cavalry alone, and attacked the Cang Navy camp at night, taking all the troops brought by the Cang Hai march The grain and grass were burnt clean!

It is estimated that Cao Meng would never have expected in his dreams that this disabled Sun Junshi would be so staunch. Not only did he change his previous tactics of retreating, but he also sent out a hundred thousand black knights, and even did not arrange any supplies and backup. A long-distance raid.

The soldiers of the Black Riders each only carried five days of food, two bags of rice wine, two sabers, and twenty bags of arrows. Sun Boling just sat on a special saddle made by a Mohist craftsman, and personally led the people on a rapid march of five hundred horses in three days. Here, Cang Haijun was dealt a severe blow.

And after winning this game, he seemed not satisfied yet, and kept chasing after Cang Haijun in an almost crazy way.

The Mohist black cavalry is not only well-equipped, but also has the experience of fighting the northern barbarian cavalry many times. It is a strong opponent of the Canghai Juechen Army.

Moreover, these days, because Sun Boling has been ordering the Mohist army to retreat and lie dormant, the black cavalry could not happily fight against the Cang navy. They are all high-spirited and strong like tigers.

In contrast, at this time, the Cang Navy led by Cao Meng had just suffered a night attack, and it was already in disarray. Sun Boling had already burned [-]% of the food and grass in the first battalion. Such a ferocious attack.

Along the way, Sun Boling chased and fought almost unreasonably, until he beheaded more than ten thousand Juechen soldiers, and finally reined in his horse and took the black rider with him.

At this time, the Juechen army led by Cao Meng had been out of food for three days, and they were dizzy and dizzy from hunger due to constant fleeing. Seeing the black cavalry leave unexpectedly, they all felt like they were alive after a catastrophe.

"However, this is also where Sun Boling is very powerful. I heard that on the second day after the black cavalry army began to retreat, Cao Meng's other reinforcements had already arrived. I couldn’t catch up, so I had to protect Cao Meng all the way back to Hongguan.” Abu lowered his head, his hands were roasting on the stove, but his face was holding back a smile, and he couldn’t help it.

"Laugh if you want, there are no outsiders here, not to mention who will blame you for this?" When Abu finally laughed, Qin Ke also laughed. Feeling, "I didn't expect Huan Sun Boling to be so powerful. Speaking of it, this seems to be the first big victory of the Mo family since the beginning of this war, right? Beheading tens of thousands... But they are all elite cavalry from Canghai. Cao Meng feels distressed now." died."

For Cao Meng, he has a lot of good feelings in his heart, but he doesn't really divide himself into his camp, so at most he is only a little worried about the safety of his sworn brother, and the safety of Liu De.

However, if a master like Liu De really wants to leave, unless Sun Boling is also a master master, it is unlikely that he will be retained.

"Yes." Abu nodded and said, "When the military report was delivered to Jicheng, the whole Jicheng was shaken. The common people were all decorated with lanterns and festoons. It's so messy that Cai Yan wants to squeeze in and have a look."

"Ha..." Qin Ke let out a laugh, thinking that this was indeed Cai Yan's boisterous temperament.

Now that Cai Yan was mentioned, Qin Ke also felt strange. He sat for a while after returning home, but he still didn't see the familiar figure, so he asked casually, "Where is Cai Yan? Why didn't you see her? Go out again." played?"

"You guessed it wrong." Abu pursed his lips and smiled, then started to pick up the teapot on the stove, first poured half a cup into the cup Qin Ke was holding, and then poured half a cup for himself, "although She spends most of the time outside these days, but these days she is studying medicine with Lu Fuzi, and Lu Fuzi likes her very much, saying that she is smart and can learn everything at once."

"Study medicine?" Qin Ke opened his mouth in surprise, and then grinned, "Speaking of which, I remember that she really knows some medical skills. When she was marching, she was much more agile than me in finding herbs. All the officers and men liked her."

"She is indeed a very nice girl." Abu nodded with a smile, "Although she is a little weird, it is always unpredictable... By the way, didn't you tell me that you wanted to show your feelings to her? Why, Still hesitating?"

"Uh... well..." Hearing Abu's question, Qin Ke's expression suddenly collapsed, thinking that this guy really doesn't open any pots.

But... It seems that you can't say that?Qin Ke looked down at the teapot that was making a gurgling sound on the stove, thinking why he didn't make up his mind to boil the water back then?

After all, I was still timid that night.

Even now, as long as he closes his eyes, that plain smiling face is still clearly visible, and there seems to be water waves rippling quietly in his big eyes, with a slight drunkenness.The moonlight shone on her graceful figure and snow-white neck, as if covering her with a layer of silver brilliance.

Cai Yan's laughter was presumptuous.

The moment she spun, the skirt fluttered, like a green lotus blooming under the moon.

The two held hands and danced like that until they were exhausted, but they were still happy as if they could dance for a whole night.

If it was because he made things clear, would Cai Yan alienate himself because of his abruptness?

Only this, he cannot bear.

While drinking tea, Qin Ke thought a lot in silence, but in the end those thoughts gathered into a sticky net, entangled his thoughts so tightly that he couldn't find a way out at all.

So he drank the tea in the cup in one breath, and even coughed for a while, and said in great distress: "How can this matter be so simple."

After standing up abruptly, Qin Ke looked at Abu who seemed to have the words "I understand" written on his face, and then walked out the door with a little dejection: "Forget it, I'll go and see her, and tell him that I understand by the way." came back."

The backyard of the Lu Mansion is very large. Although Qin Ke has walked through it several times, he still feels that the winding and detours are a headache. He just thinks that if he finds a place to live in the future, he should not live in such a big house. good.

But although he complained in his heart, he only spent a quarter of an hour, asked the servants a little, and saw a small ball in the back garden, or Master Lu's medicinal herb garden, which looked like a A figure like a cat.

The cold wind in winter is very cool, and the back garden is ventilated from all sides, so she is wearing thick clothes and a round cotton hat on top of her head. There is a slight blush on her plain side face, she looks very cute.

But Qin Ke saw her working hard in the nursery with a small hoe, couldn't help laughing, walked over to squat with her step by step, and said: "I was still wondering why you need to study medicine in the nursery." I studied in this garden, but seeing you like this now, why do I feel that Master Lu is not teaching you medical skills, but asking you to work for him as a coolie?"

Cai Yan was holding a small hoe, just as he felt that the ground was a bit strenuous, when he felt the figure squatting beside him, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, he rolled his eyes and said: "What do you know, I am dispensing medicine Woolen cloth."

"What kind of medicine is it for?" Qin Ke grinned and said, "You still have to condescend to Miss Cai to come and find it in person?"

"Guess." Cai Yan grinned, "Although I don't think you can guess it, if you guess it, then I... um..."

She rolled her eyes, looked sideways at Qin Ke and said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Chapter 641 Hoeing the Land and the Secret Medicine

"What do I want..." Qin Ke stopped asking now, although he said that he wanted a lot of things, such as finding other artifacts sooner, finding the master sooner... and so on.

But for Cai Yan's question, he can understand it as "what do you want her to do for him", but what can he ask her to do?

The words from the previous conversation with Abu came to mind again, and a lot of thoughts continued to ferment in his mind. If he hadn't forcibly held back, he really wanted to say the sentence "I want you to treat me differently from others..." Just throw it out.

However, if he really said that... Cai Yan would definitely find it strange, and maybe he would become angry because of it.

It has to be said that Qin Ke is a blank slate in terms of emotions. Some things that are already very obvious in Gao Yishui's eyes are still indistinct in his eyes. Trying to think about it, I can only think about it, but I can't get any results.

"Hmm..." Squatting in the nursery, Qin Ke pondered for a long time, but he still didn't say a word, but Cai Yan was a little impatient looking at him, so he waved his hands and said, "Okay Well, it’s useless to ask you, so let’s save it first, and tell me when you think of it, anyway, can you guess it or say something else.”

When it came to guessing, she smiled wickedly: "Quick, guess what medicine I'm going to prepare, ten chances, if you guess right, I'll give you a reward, if you don't guess right , then help me take a trip to Suzaku Street, I want to eat dim sum from that dim sum shop..."

"If you want some snacks, just call me..." Qin Ke said helplessly, but was interrupted abruptly by Cai Yan.

"This is fun, do you understand! If I just want to eat snacks, then I will ask you to guess what to do! Now! Immediately! If you don't guess, just stand aside." Cai Yan suddenly got angry, He seemed very angry.

"Okay, okay, I guess it's okay." Qin Ke raised his hands to express his attitude, then pondered for a while, and said: "It seems that the ginseng you dug up seems to be a ginseng for nourishing qi and blood. Could it be a ration?" ...Gao Changgong's tonic?"

"Wrong guess." Cai Yan giggled, even swinging the small hoe a lot stronger, "It's not my turn to prepare Gao Changgong's tonic, Master Lu made it himself, even his Students can't help, let alone me, a half-assed person."

"Oh..." Qin Ke nodded, thinking that this is true. Master Lu has always been cautious, probably because he was worried that Gao Changgong was weak at this time, in case something went wrong with the medicine or even someone poisoned it , I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.

Since it is not a tonic, it is much more difficult to guess. Although he also knows a lot of herbs, but he is not a full-time doctor, it is difficult to see what she wants to mix with the herbs in Cai Yan's medicine basket.

Naturally, he could only guess wildly.

"Is it a medicine for weakness after treatment?"

"No."

"Is that... the medicine for heart palpitations?"

"Not at all."

Qin Ke said five things in a row, but Cai Yan rejected all five things, so he became more and more confused, thinking that he had already said all about the medicinal properties of these medicinal materials, why none of them were right?

And looking at Cai Yan's leisurely look, it seems that he is not worried at all about what he can guess through the properties of the medicine.

Qin Ke was a little helpless, thinking how to guess this, he couldn't just make up nonsense, right?

"What could it be? It can't be drug or something." Qin Ke pursed his lips, turning over the medicine basket again while talking.

However, as soon as the words were finished, he felt Cai Yan's body tremble, and a pair of bright eyes had already looked over, with a sly light shining inside, and said with a smile: "You were really fooled."

"Is it really drugged?" Qin Ke looked at Cai Yan in shock, only feeling that his jaw was about to drop to the ground, "No...you're not lying to me, are you?"

"What are you doing to lie to you? I'm making a drug." Cai Yan giggled and raised the small hoe in his hand, "You forgot that last time at the public loser, Lao Gao said that he would give me the drug." recipe?"

Qin Ke's eyes widened immediately, and he suddenly realized after recalling the memory, but he could only laugh and cry: "You really asked Lao Gao for the formula, I thought you were just talking about being happy, but what do you want to use for the drug. "

"Why is it useless? Am I not good at playing?" Cai Yan said with an expression of "you are ignorant". , poison, dark crossbow... these things will always come in handy."

"Isn't Xiao Hei protecting you?" Qin Ke said.

"How can it be the same." Cai Yan said righteously: "Xiao Hei is Xiao Hei, I am me, and in many cases, it is better for Xiao Hei to follow you."

"But I think you just think this thing is fun..." Qin Ke said weakly, and then shut up after being stared at by Cai Yan.