Aggrieved Fish Sprite

Meng Qi silently pushed the suitcase to the doctor.

The two didn't talk any more, and finished the stew and a few pastries separately.

Sunlight and Hexi, the breeze on the ridge of the roof rolled up the sleeves of the clothes.

It's a pity that it's not Taijing in the past, without the company of spring flowers and autumn moon, the bustling city and the scenery, and it's not that you can sit side by side and laugh at the world.

"Ugh."

Meng Qi sighed, the dishes of this restaurant are very good.

To cook delicious dishes, you must be willing to use oil and seasoning.Meng Qi reckoned that the price of the items in this suitcase would not be low, at least half the price of ordinary restaurants, and the ink carp was bought at double the price, so it was a bit uncomfortable to add up.

After all, all the money in Mo Li's hands was earned through hard work.

It's time to find a way to get some money, the national teacher thought deeply.

Mo Li slowly ate the last piece of sesame muffin, keeping his eyes on the soldiers and horses patrolling the city in front of him.

Since Meng Qi came here, he has always been in such a thoughtful state.

"Brother Meng, I feel that everything in Ningtai City is like a chessboard full of pieces, and there is no place to intervene."

If there is no accident, Afulong has been destroyed.

King Ning died suddenly, the officials and family were firmly guarded in the mansion, and there was no one in the palace that could threaten the existence of this plan. Mo Li has been keenly aware that everything is slowly moving towards the end that Qiu Sixiang wanted: Restore the name of Chu, win over people's hearts, and raise troops to fight for the world.

At this time, unless he directly lifted the chessboard and intervened by force, he would be facing Qiu Si's series of strategies to control the situation.

Mo Li has no intention to slowly investigate the ambitious families in Ningtai City, nor does he want to support King Ning's other heirs to fight against Qiu Si, not to mention that these methods take time, and these things are not in line with Mo Li's temperament. He wants to break the situation quickly. Easier said than done?

Qiu Si was not afraid of death, and was even willing to die. It was useless to kill him, and it might have counterproductive effects.

"We met the Jianghu people who believed in Qiu Si, we met Cheng Jingchuan, we met the little county king..." Mo Li thought about it, and said word by word, "But except for Yuan Ting, the next two Individuals always amaze me.”

Seeing it is like not seeing it, there seems to be a vague impression in my mind, but it floats on the surface.

——Cheng Jingchuan, who has great ambitions but always fails, gets no chance, and has no other way to go.

——Doesn't want to be a puppet, a little clever, doesn't like studying, and wants to be a general.

Mo Li frowned, he didn't know what was wrong, but he could feel a subtle discord.

Could this be a doctor's instinct?

"Haha."

Meng Qi suddenly smiled, very happily.

Mo Li looked at him expressionlessly, Meng Qi accepted him as soon as he saw it, and said with a smile: "As expected, it is very difficult to lie to the doctor, especially if you pretend to be crazy in front of the doctor."

"Cheat?" Mo Li said in surprise, "Qiu Si is indeed not normal, his eyes are not quite right..."

Meng Qi waved his hand casually and said: "He is indeed insane, but a lunatic can pretend to be even more insane. Especially when his behavior is incomprehensible and there is no reason for it, it can only be attributed to him being a lunatic , thereby concealing his true purpose."

Mo Li once again felt that there was a gap between dragon veins and dragon veins. Not only could he not deal with such twists and turns, he couldn't even imagine them.

"Qiu Si has been pushing Cheng Jingchuan in front of us." Mo Li told about how he met Qiu Si at the fire scene, and asked in bewilderment, "He is not afraid of our suspicion, he did it very clearly, I really can't figure it out .”

It was difficult to keep up with the madman's train of thought, but now Meng Qi actually said that the madman was still consciously confusing the public?Mo Li felt that he might need to go to the pharmacy below to buy a refreshing sachet and come back.

At this time, there were more soldiers and horses patrolling the city, and a man who looked like a commander was looking around.Meng Qi pulled down Mo Li, whose back was facing the street, and the two lay side by side on the roof, very close to each other. Meng Qi winked at Mo Li, then pressed his finger on his lips and whispered: "Don't let me go!" move."

The sound of the horse's hooves gradually faded away, Meng Qi still couldn't get up, and still pressed Mo Li's shoulder, jokingly said: "Eat and drink enough, lie down for a while."

Ink Carp: "..."

No, fish don't have a penchant for basking.

It's still summer sun!

Mo Li broke free with his backhand, involuntarily pulled Meng Qi who was leaning on the roof up, and said expressionlessly: "I just finished my meal, don't lie down."

It is not good for the internal organs.

Meng Qi hesitated to speak, but in fact gerbils have been doing this for hundreds of years, for nothing but comfort.

Even now, there is still a doctor with me, but because of the "doctor's company", the right to bask in the sun after being full is gone.

Facing Mo Li's scrutiny, which seemed to ask about "the history of bad habits", Meng Qi coughed dryly and said in time: "The doctor just mentioned Qiu Si's intentions, but we don't need to bother to guess what the madman is thinking. He dared to push people away. Come here, I'm not afraid of Cheng Jingchuan's rebellion, but I can be sure of two things... We will never trust Cheng Jingchuan, or Cheng Jingchuan will never go with us."

Mo Li nodded, he just couldn't understand this.

Meng Qi brushed off his sleeves, turned his head and said: "At first I was also thinking, can Qiu Si rest assured by relying on drugs to sow dissension? In ancient times, wise men can win thousands of miles away and plot people's hearts. Qiu Si can really count our minds?"

"No, he can't." Mo Li knew everything, and suddenly said, "He only understands Cheng Jingchuan."

So Cheng Jingchuan followed Qiu Si willingly, and Cheng Jingchuan didn't just want to have a place to show his ambitions, as he himself said.

Mo Li was a little disappointed, and Meng Qi quickly comforted him: "It doesn't have to be like this, Cheng Jingchuan's ambition should be true, at least he really thought that way in the early years, but he just hid his current thoughts. People don't want to say what they are It's not uncommon to have an unbearable thought."

Mo Li shook his head and said in a low voice, "He never lied to you."

But he deceived his own eyes.

"That's not the case. Cheng Jingchuan is not false, and his words are also true, so he can't be considered a lie. I can discover this secret, and I also want to thank Ah Li for saying 'why not replace it'." Meng Qi said earlier. I'm used to pretending to be an old man, and I want to stroke my beard and sigh, but I can only draw back my hand and say nonchalantly, "I saw a lot of heroic heroes in the last years of the Chen Dynasty. Cheng Jingchuan has ambitions, which is the ambition to become emperor , a person who wants to be an emperor will not talk about his own ideas, and in troubled times, the sooner he becomes king, the better."

Whoever wants to be king is the target of the archery.

So Cheng Jingchuan will never stand up and say that he wants to replace him, nor will he leave with Meng Qi and the two of them. He wants to take over what Qiu Si left him, because this great situation in Ningtai City is his ambition and ambition. first step.

Qiu Si "conquered" Cheng Jingchuan, not by kindness, nor by profit, but by everything he contributed to after decades of dormancy in the south of the Yangtze River.

Even if Qiu Si is a lunatic, apart from this place, although the world is big, there is no better place, Cheng Jingchuan can only endure it.

"He is waiting for the day when Qiu Si dies?" Mo Li asked hesitantly.

"In a way, yes." A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Meng Qi's lips, and he continued to guide Mo Li, "Anyone who is stupid might kill Qiu Si and move himself in a hurry. Cheng Jingchuan is not stupid, and he should not be such a person who repays kindness with revenge."

Mo Li couldn't help asking: "How do you know?"

Observing human nature is a science, and no one can guarantee whether he will miss it.

Meng Qi laughed knowingly: "I didn't see it, it was Qiu Si who told us."

"Ok?"

Mo Li was taken aback, and went through Qiu Si's words and deeds very quickly in his mind.

Meng Qi reckoned that a gentleman like Mo Li would not be able to figure it out in a short while if he didn't understand the meridian of political struggle.

"The relationship between heirs and those in power is very complicated, especially for people like Qiu Si and Cheng Jingchuan. You can't simply apply the relationship between the emperor's son, or the prime minister and his successor. They are not related by blood, and they are not considered masters and apprentices. There is not even any extra affection, just needing each other. Fuchu is their banner, but these two people may not care about Chuchao, only their own ambitions and intentions. Qiusi is old and he needs an heir, but he is a lunatic and wants to It’s not easy being the heir.”

Ordinary people want to take a position, but also go through some tests.

What Cheng Jingchuan has to go through may be the difficulty of Infernal Purgatory.

In addition to knowledge, talent, vision, perseverance, etc., he will also face countless temptations, such as beauty, money and power, and he must solve all kinds of difficulties that Qiu Si personally set for him, such as the burning of drugs. Si keeps creating troubles for Cheng Jingchuan, forcing him to crack, forcing him to win the trust of others under extremely unfavorable circumstances, and forcing him to take advantage of adversity to survive.

Qiu Si is not a persuasive teacher, he will not help solve any troubles after Cheng Jingchuan's fall, he will just stand by and watch.

——Useless heir, don't worry about it.

Mo Li managed to figure out the connection here, but was still puzzled:

"Now that Qiu Si doesn't care about life and death, it means that he is very satisfied with this heir, so why bother Cheng Jingchuan? Cheng Jingchuan won't leave."

Meng Qi had nothing to do, and while tapping the tiles with his fingers to distinguish the tone, he smiled and said: "As I said before, if Cheng Jingchuan shows the slightest thought of killing Qiu Si, or has this intention , I think he may not live today. Before he became a climate, Qiu Si had many ways to kill him, but now Qiu Si can't kill him, not only Cheng Jingchuan is not what it used to be, but He couldn't have found a better successor who would carry out this ambition after his death."

Mo carp couldn't help rubbing his forehead.

Before pressing it, a hand stretched out from behind to do it.

The technique is neither light nor heavy, very comfortable.

But the ink carp froze, mainly because this technique was similar to someone rubbing his sore waist when he fell into Pengze Lake that day.

Wei Wei stepped aside, Mo Li said uncomfortably: "According to this, Cheng Jingchuan has the upper hand now, so he can easily deal with Qiu Si."

"It's hard." Meng Qi sighed, and she didn't know whether he felt sorry for the meaning in the words, or Mo Li's avoidance, "Qiu Si is not an ordinary lunatic after all, it's not worth it to meet him, Cheng Jingchuan is not stupid, Besides—”

"What?" Mo Li asked.

"These are my guesses. If Cheng Jingchuan is a wise man with great vision, he will not listen to anyone's provocations, because he can see Qiu Si's ability. As long as Qiu Si does not completely lose his mind, then Qiu Si can live a day Cheng Jingchuan can learn it for a day." Meng Qi said to Mo Li thoughtfully, "Such a character, even if he was born in the last years of the Chen Dynasty, when there are many heroes, he will not be overshadowed."

Mo Li really didn't expect Cheng Jingchuan to be such a person, he had seen him scolding the Xiaojun Wang before, it was obviously very casual, could it be that he was just pretending?

etc--

"You said pretending to be crazy and acting stupid, since Qiu Si is the one who pretends to be even crazier, it shouldn't be Cheng Jingchuan who is pretending to be crazy, could it be the little county king?"

"Well, it's hard to say." Meng Qi laughed and said with a wink, "Maybe this kid really wants to be a general?"

Mo Li didn't understand what Meng Qi said.

Thinking about it from another angle, the little county king, who was guarded and forced to study without freedom, knew that he was probably going to be a puppet. This little county king deserved to be picked by Qiu Sicheng and Jingchuan. , and didn't dare to be too smart, and simply clamored to be a general, or a general on an expedition to the Western Regions.

In short, he has no interest in the Central Plains or imperial power.

To make a living under the eyes of the old fox and the big fox, it is absolutely impossible not to cultivate into a little fox.

The ink carp was dazed, and couldn't help laughing, what kind of little fox, it clearly looks like a quacking duck.

"Why is the doctor laughing?"

"It's nothing." Mo Li slowed down his voice, shook his head and said, "I'm wondering if the king of the small county will really go to the Western Regions. If he is not stupid and has enough skills, he will know that he is no match for Cheng Jingchuan in the future. Save your life, lies can only become truth."

Meng Qi didn't expect this, thought for a moment, and had to agree: "That's true."

This Ningtai City, belonging to the various forces in the hands of Qiu Si, quickly began to integrate after King Ning's death.

Some people cherish the Chu Dynasty, some are ambitious, and some are involuntary.

"I went to Jixianfang and took a trip to patrol the city's yamen. Together with the imperial guards last night, I finally discovered the key."

Meng Qi sat up, looked at the soldiers and horses below and said in a deep voice, "Qiu Sijian took the lead, he is not controlling the nobles of the family, but the small officials of various ministries, and Ning Tai's corruption has become Qiu Si's help. "

These people who really run errands and even have no grades are the real cards in Qiu Si's hands.

They have no vision, no obvious talents, they can only do their own things well, and that's enough.

Without these petty officials, the rich and powerful became deaf and dumb, and the private soldiers they raised were either locked up in the mansion or scattered.

In places where the government is corrupt, the so-called nobleness of Zhengyin officials is laziness that ignores everything. They are not interested in other things except strife and seizure of power.Small officials and small officials are nothing more than fools on the wall to judge people's faces, to get some benefits, when the wind blows the lackeys on both sides, suddenly one day the well-raised dogs turn around and bite people, and the rich and powerful can't react.

"There are also these officers and soldiers. They may not know who Qiu Si is at all, and they just follow orders." Mo Li focused on the soldiers and horses patrolling the city for a long time.

They should have a convincing superior who treats them both kindly and powerfully, earns their respect and is very capable.So at this time, they subconsciously followed the orders of the Shangguan.Anyway, it's not conspiracy to usurp the throne, it's just to maintain the peace in the city and arrest some dignitaries who want to take the opportunity to cause chaos.

"That's why the doctor feels he can't make a move. This game is actually over in Ningtai.

"If Pavilion Master Qiu doesn't come back, it will be too late."