After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

He still looked angry even after Qi Yan'an left the court.

Li Qing shrank his neck to one side, not daring to breathe, for fear that Qi Yan'an would be unhappy and kick him a few more times.

"Where on earth did Sijiu go? Why haven't we found him yet? What do you guys do for a living?"

Sure enough, Qi Yanan was so angry in the court today that he completely lost his previous calmness, and a big part of the reason was because of Si Jiu and Wen Baizhi.

After all, they have never appeared since Shang Yao married Chidu.

Li Qing could no longer pretend to be invisible, he knelt down skillfully.

"Your Majesty, Si Jiu is very cunning. The people we sent out were deceived by him many times. After we caught up with him, we found that the people in the team were not them."

Qi Yanan kicked Li Qing in the chest: "Then why not send more people to chase them? No matter how many tricks they have, just send more people. Do I need to teach you this? What, you are also doing things behind my back that I can't know about? Didn't I tell you that as long as we can find them, no matter how much manpower and material resources we invest, it's okay. Why, you took the money and didn't do the job?"

Qi Yanan is now in a state of being in a state of seeing enemies everywhere.

Everyone he saw looked like they were out to plot against him.

After being kicked, Li Qing knelt straight again very skillfully and explained: "Your Majesty, I have sent many people to look for them. The only thing that is certain is that they should not be in Chidu now, because we have spies in Chidu. I have also sent people to look for them in the only possible surrounding areas."

Li Qing's words reminded Qi Yan'an.

"Nearby?" he asked.

Li Qing hurriedly replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, there are places like Yanzhou, Chongzhou, and Yunzhou nearby."

"Stop." Qi Yan'an heard a familiar place name.

"Yunzhou?"

Li Qing didn't understand why Qi Yan'an only asked about Yunzhou, but since Qi Yan'an asked, he had to answer.

"Your Majesty, Yunzhou is also close to Chidu, but the terrain there is complex, with many mountains and forests. The small towns that can be lived in are very small, and there is miasma all year round."

"It's in Yunzhou." Qi Yan'an interrupted his series of reports, "Send more people to Yunzhou."

Li Qing wanted to refute, saying that Yunzhou was different from ordinary places and he was afraid that Si Jiu would not go there.

But now that His Majesty has spoken, how could he say no?

"I understand. I will do it right away."

After saying that, he looked at Qi Yan'an's face and stood up carefully.

Until he walked out of the imperial study, he was very careful, fearing that Qi Yan'an would react and kick him again.

But fortunately, Qi Yan'an seemed to have other things to think about at the moment, and his attention was not on Li Qing, which allowed Li Qing to escape successfully.

After Li Qing left, Qi Yan'an recalled what happened in Yunzhou.

He secretly regretted why he didn't think of it in advance.

Yunzhou Yu Wenbai, no, it should be said that the current Wen Baizhi, has a very important meaning.

The wound from when Wen Bai broke into his bedroom and stabbed him with the sword is still there.

Sometimes when he wanted to smell the white stuff very much, Qi Yan'an would reach out and touch the scar on it.

Why hadn't he thought of it before?

Qi Yanan has been living too smoothly in the past few years.

Si Jiu was so humble in front of him.

He was so humble that even Qi Yan'an didn't take him seriously.

In his eyes, Si Jiu was just a slave who could be beaten or killed at will.

He never thought that Si Jiu could be with Wen Bai again, and he even dared to leave Kyoto with Wen Bai without permission.

This is simply unbelievable!

Qi Yanan is too conceited, which is why he is stuck in the current deadlock.

But it's okay.

Once you lock on to their location, time will do the rest.

He just didn't believe that in this huge world, there was no one that Qi Yan'an couldn't find, or anything that he couldn't do.

Thinking of this, Qi Yan'an wanted to scratch the scar on his chest as he did before.

"Wen Bai," he murmured, his eyes full of possession, "I believe we will meet soon."

He missed him so much.

But Wen Baizhi, whom he was thinking about all the time, never thought about him at all.

Except when I want to find someone to scold, I will take him out for a walk.

When Ping An told Si Jiu the latest news, she looked at the silent Si Jiu.

Si Jiu was also thinking.

After a long while, he met Wen Baizhi's eyes and said, "This battle cannot be fought for the time being."

Wen Baizhi was curious: "Why is that? You also said that Qi Yanan has wanted to fight this battle for a long time. Now that he finally has such an opportunity, I don't think he will give up easily."

Si Jiu smiled: "Thinking about it is one thing, but being able to do it is another."

His words completely aroused Wen Baizhi's curiosity.

Ping An also realized at this time that he needed to evacuate here quickly.

When he left, he considerately closed the door for the two masters and stood outside to prevent anyone from disturbing them.

When they were the only two in the room, Wen Baizhi bent down in front of Si Jiu.

She put her ear against Si Jiu's chest, listening to his heartbeat.

"Now you can tell me why Qi Yanan can't do what he wants to do."

Si Jiu didn't keep it a secret any longer: "Because he doesn't have enough food and grass for the large army."

"What?" Wen Baizhi's reaction now was almost the same as Qi Yan'an's.

Because they all assumed that there would be no problems with the stored food and fodder.

At the critical moment, those food and supplies are priceless.

"How can there not be enough food and grass? Although Qi Yan'an is not a good person, he is a good monarch. At least when I came back this time, I saw Kyoto and the plague-free places in Jinzhou. They were all prosperous scenes that I had never seen before, and the people were living very well."

How could such a thing happen at such a great achievement?

"If it's not a natural disaster, then it must be caused by man-made disasters."

Si Jiu stopped talking and didn't say anything else.

Because when he was in Kyoto before, although he was not liked by Qi Yan'an, he still held a high position and could hear some rumors.

He knew all about the bad things that Yun Shanliu and a group of noble families had done to all the granaries in Dacheng.

But he didn't want to care.

Since he can't even take care of himself, how can he have time to take care of other people's affairs?

There are too many dark sides in the officialdom. Si Jiu didn't want to pollute Wen Baizhi's ears, so he just mentioned it briefly and didn't want to talk about how he polluted her ears in the afternoon.

"Does Qi Yanan know about this?"

Even if Si Jiu didn't say it, Wen Baizhi was no pushover. She could more or less guess some of the tricks behind it.

Si Jiu shook his head. His chest rose and fell as he spoke, and the up and down frequency made Wen Baizhi very comfortable.

Before Si Jiu could answer her, Wen Baizhi's hand reached into his clothes and touched his flesh.

"Go on, I'm listening." Wen Baizhi reminded.