On the Importance of Finishing Work

Li Liuyi was in a trance for several days, which made Huo Kuan worried.

Huo Kuan looked at Shi Yue for help when he didn't get an answer from his master.

Shi Yuezheng coughed up blood as usual, and since he was found coughing up blood, he didn't hide it anymore—that's why he was so tired.

Anyway, they got used to it just by looking at it.

For example, now, when Huo Kuan sees him coughing up blood, he is not as nervous as before. After routine inquiries, he still remembers the reason why he came to see Shiyue in the first place.

"It's okay... I'm enlightening over there." Shi Yue's tone was very relaxed, which might have caused unnecessary pressure to others.

then……

Huo Kuan nodded, with a relaxed expression visible to the naked eye, thanked him, and left.

……gone?

——Is that your master?Is it so irresponsible?

When he was so trusted, he touched his little bit of conscience, and it was rare to feel guilty.

... If Li Liu has not returned to normal before entering Shangyan, he will help out again.

Fortunately, two days before entering Shangyan, Li Liuxiang finally recovered.

He thanked him quite solemnly at the same time, and introduced himself again—the sixth prince of Dasheng, Li Jingxin.

Congratulations to the little six of the Li family finally getting a name.

In exchange, Shi Yue also told Li Xiaoliu his full name, "Shi Yi".

--What?You mean "fake name"?

How can you be so vulgar with a pseudonym?These days, who walks the rivers and lakes without a nickname?

……

Although Li Jingxin knew that this little gentleman had already guessed it, he was relieved to confess everything, as if he had let go of a major matter in his heart, and felt that the relationship between the two became much closer in an instant.

Several people entered Xiayan smoothly.

At this time, people are not encouraged to wander around. If they want to leave the place of household registration, they need a kind of certificate with very troublesome procedures, called "passing the place".

Shi Yue found out the passages used by their group from those bandits.Of course, the above information is definitely not compatible with the three people, Shi Yue used some tricks, and finally managed to get away with it.

As far as the situation in Zhaolin County is concerned, it is obviously impossible for ordinary people to get "Guo Suo". Obviously, even in Tong County, those bandits should be the same group who oppressed the people.

After entering the city, of course they had to go to find General Qu, but they had lived and slept all the way like savages, so they rushed to the General's mansion at this time, fearing that they would be kicked out as beggars at the gate.

The most urgent thing is to take care of your appearance.

Along the way, except for the first wave of bandits, nothing happened, and the three of them had no money in the wild. Although the money was not much, the remaining money was enough to rent a small independent house. Household's small yard.

After the reorganization was completed, they finally looked human, but Li Jingxin and Huo Kuan had disagreements.What Huo Kuan meant was that he took the token to ask General Qu to see him.But General Qu is actually not Li Jingxin's confidant.

There is also a reason for Li Jingxin to travel such a long distance to seek help from General Qu, who is not a trusted confidant.

The reason why he made such a big fall in Beicang this time was because he mistrusted "one of his own people". At this moment, Li Jingxin didn't have time to find out who had betrayed him, so he simply avoided them all.

General Qu is not his person, but he is not someone else's cronies, that's enough.Li Jingxin didn't need him to do anything, he just asked for a team of guards.

——General Qu would definitely not refuse to escort the prince back to Beijing.

But here is the problem, General Qu is not Li Jingxin's confidant, he only came to the door with tokens, the other party may not be willing to help, and Li Jingxin came to the door in person, Huo Kuan was afraid of danger.

In case... There is a one in ten thousand chance that this General Qu has taken refuge in someone else, and Li Jingxin will never return this time.

Of course Huo Kuan couldn't make a decision for his master, and finally Li Jingxin made the decision - he went to the general's mansion himself.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered, turned his head and looked at the old god who was drinking tea, "What do you think, sir?"

Because he blew a little tune, when he finally took away the word "small" in front of "Mr. Little", he smiled and put down the teacup in his hand.

"...you'd better think about it."

Shi Yue's tone was light, but Li Huo's expression suddenly changed.

Huo Kuan lost his voice: "General Qu is also seeking refuge with others? How come?"

Previously, he was just routinely investigating possible dangers for the safety of his master, but he also believed in General Qu in his heart.

Speaking of which, General Qu was actually a surrendered general from the previous dynasty.

It may not be accurate to say that, the history of the Qu family stationed in northern Xinjiang is longer than the history of the previous dynasty.A family can last for such a long time, they naturally have their survival wisdom

——One of them is never to participate in the dispute of the prince.

But who can say for sure about this kind of thing?

Shi Yue knew that they had misunderstood. He stood up and asked Li Jingxin with a smile: "May I ask Your Highness, how many times have you met this General Qu? When and where was the last time you saw General Qu?"

Li Jingxin: "At the end of last year...every three years in Dasheng, the ministers stationed in Xinjiang from all over the country will come to Beijing to have an audience..."

His lips moved, his expression became serious, and he obviously realized something.

Huo Kuan looked at his master, then at Shi Yue, and after thinking for a while, he finally realized, "You mean that General Qu...doesn't necessarily know the master?"

He murmured again, "Isn't it? Last year, General Qu came to Beijing to meet him. Before entering the palace, he exchanged a few words with His Highness. You won't forget it so quickly, right?"

Shi Yue shook his head, "I heard that General Qu is not good at remembering people's faces."

...Actually, Qu Shoujiang is moderately face-blind, and he can't recognize people he doesn't know very well.

Back then when Li Yun subdued Qu's army, he was sent to negotiate with Old General Qu, and the negotiation went smoothly, but later, as a gesture of friendship, General Qu, who was "similar to his age" at that time, took him for a walk around the city.

He only looked at a small stall for a while, and then watched as the Major General of the Qu family walked away with another person who was dressed similarly to him, and continued to introduce the local customs along the way very naturally.

Shi Yue who was left behind alone: ​​...

To be honest, he even felt for a moment that this was a trap set by the Qu family, taking advantage of the slack in the negotiations to lure him to the street, and then waiting for an opportunity to kill someone.It just happened to be such a coincidence that that day was the day when Beicang's spies in Shangyan City colluded with the outside world and wanted to take down Shangyan.

But later, I saw with my own eyes that the man who had clashed with him was picked up by Major General Qu like a chicken, and laid across the horse's back like a sack, and he was thrown up while running away...

... To be honest, Shi Yue was actually a little lucky.

Fortunately, it was not him who was picked up.

Li Huo and the two of them didn't doubt Shi Yue's words at all, and they didn't ask him where he heard the "heard".

However, Li Jingxin pondered for a while, and said: "I'm still going to visit the door in person, but I have to make some preparations..."

Shi Yue nodded, "You decide."

He originally wanted to remind these two people, don't wait to be blasted out as a liar after entering.As for how Li Jingxin won the trust of Qu Shoujiang - if Li's Xiaoliu couldn't even do this well, then he would not be wronged if he died in Beicang.

……

After all, the few people have been traveling for a long time, since there are still preparations to be made, they are not in a hurry to go to the general's mansion today, and have a good rest for a night before talking.

Although Qu Shoujiang is a general, he is really a very down-to-earth general.

When he was free from military training, he often wandered around the city. The people on the road were not surprised to see him, and greeted him warmly. Some older women even asked him when his pregnant daughter-in-law would give birth.

Although Qu Shoujiang didn't recognize his face very much, he felt that he had a kind face. He knew that he was an acquaintance whom he often met, so he answered each of them with a smile. Although he had a fierce face, he actually had a good temper, and he didn't seem impatient when he was asked all the way.

There was also an enthusiastic peddler on the street, who stuffed the old hen into Qu Shoujiang's hand and said, "Since Madam is about to give birth, she should make soup to nourish her body, so that she can give birth to a young general who is as mighty as a general."

Of course Qu Shoujiang refused to accept these things, and asked for money with a straight face, but at this moment, the peddler had already rolled up the rags spread on the floor and slipped away with oil on his feet.

If they chased, Qu Shoujiang would definitely be able to catch up.But he grew up here, and most of the people in Shangyan knew that his general had a small problem. The man only ran a few steps, then stopped and hid in the crowd, blending into the general without any flaws. Among the people shopping.

Qu Shoujiang raised his eyes, he looked like everyone, but it was not easy to arrest and question each person, so this was the only way to go.

He carried a hen that was tied up with five flowers and walked forward, and harvested green onions, tofu, and bean sprouts... Everyone who gave it said that it could be stewed with chicken...

Qu Shoujiang walked forward with the old hen in his arms, hanging the green onions in the jar, wondering whether it should be stewed chicken with tofu, chicken with scallions, or chicken with bean sprouts, and suddenly saw a figure.

!!!

this person!

He, hit, died, all, forgot, no, gone!

The dying old hen, who had already been tied to the ground, seemed to sense the opportunity to escape, and flapped her wings with all her strength, but the rope was tied really firmly, leaving only scattered chicken feathers on the ground.

……

Li Huo and the others went to the General's Mansion, and Shi Yue felt that depending on their abilities, there was a high probability that they would still be able to get a team of guards.He just waited to hug his thigh and go back to Beijing with him.

So, he went out with confidence.

Shi Yue has a good memory, but for fast travelers, this is actually not a good ability, too complicated memory can easily drive people crazy.However, fortunately, the most dangerous stage passed sooner, and he learned to store these memories in different categories, and call them out to read when needed.

Therefore, although he hadn't come to Shangyan for a long time, when he was walking on the street now, he could still think of the proud introduction of that major general back then.

Indeed... For the land of the Central Plains that had fallen into purgatory at that time, Shangyan was really a pure land.

Time and time, according to the memory, slowly walked through these stalls, the comparison between the past and the present is quite interesting.

As I was walking leisurely, I suddenly heard an unharmonious "clack" sound—whose hen escaped from the cage?

The more I thought about it, I looked up, and I saw a middle-aged strong man who was nearly two meters approaching aggressively.

——The expression is fierce enough, and the momentum is enough.

...If you don't look at the hen in his hand and the green onions hanging on his body.