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Uncle Liu packed up the broken porcelain, and apologized repeatedly to Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao repeatedly explained that he was not careful, but it was inevitable that Uncle Liu panicked and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him tremblingly.

How could he, a plain-headed commoner, offend the young master in Yuan capital.

Even though the two in front of him seem to have a good temper, they are all precious after all, not to mention hurting their hands, even pulling their hair can kill half of him.

"Uncle Liu, it's not your fault, don't worry, this cup, no, I'll pay you a set, do you think so?"

"Young Master, how can you say that! It's all the old man's fault! The junk in the store is outdated, why did you hurt the Young Master's hand!"

Qi Xiao was a little sad. He was "dominating" every day in Fuzhou, and the people were afraid of him. They kowtowed to him to make amends when they had nothing to do. After dividing it up, Uncle Liu was in a cold sweat.

Qi Xiao looked at Tang Ling helplessly, Tang Ling bandaged the wound on his palm, stood up and helped Uncle Liu, who was lying on the ground to crush the broken porcelain pieces, and said: "Uncle Liu, we are bothering you today Uncle Liu is very grateful for doing business, he will naturally have to pay for things that are broken, and I hope Liu Bomo will dislike him.

If Uncle Liu is really upset, we won't come here in the future. "

"My lord, I... your words really hurt a villain..." Uncle Liu looked at Tang Ling and then at Qi Xiao, the two seemed to be really not angry.

"Liu Bo trouble you to cook two bowls of noodles for us again? This bastard has everything in his hands. He smashed things and delayed eating noodles."

Uncle Liu glanced at the two swollen bowls of noodle soup on the table: "Hey, yes, I'm going to cook the noodles for you two again."

After picking up the large pieces of broken porcelain, Uncle Liu swept the small pieces into the corners with a broom, turned around and went to the back kitchen to cook noodles.

"Why did I become a bastard?" Qi Xiao looked at Tang Ling, a little aggrieved, holding his injured hand, and a little pitiful.

Tang Ling took Qi Xiao's injured hand and sighed: "I know you value love and righteousness, and I know you have been suppressed for a long time. Tell me, what happened?"

"Fenglin mountain bandits have been troubled for many years. Nie Guangli, the prefect of Yuanzhou Prefecture, called Han Chenzong a bandit, and even slandered his master for liaising with the state of Qi, and issued an arrest document. More than a year ago, Lu Fang did his best to suppress the bandits and wanted to kill them all. kill.

It was at that time that I became acquainted with Lu Fangjin. "

At that time, the Dingyuan Army was confronting the Qi State Army in Fenglin Mountain. Yuanzhou Mansion reported to the imperial court that Han Chenzong was collaborating with the enemy and asked the imperial court to send help. Therefore, Lu Fang gave the tiger amulet to lead the holy order and rushed from Linjiang Mansion to Fenglin Mountain.

"Lu Fang is not familiar with Fenglin Mountain at all, and needs a guide, so I took the opportunity to sneak into Lu Fang's army.

In order to slow down Lu Fangjin's marching speed, I kept speaking Yuanzhou dialect, the way was right, but Lu Fangjin couldn't understand it, and it was a headache at first. "

Tang Ling couldn't help laughing when she heard this, this kind of trick is really Qi Xiao's forte.

"Lu Fang tried to drive me away several times, and changed his guide to find out that Nie Guangli, the prefect of Yuanzhou Prefecture, had no intention of helping him at all, and even secretly said that whoever dares to lead Lu Fang will be imprisoned, the hunter in the mountains If you can't afford it, you can only hide.

At that time, Lu Fangjin faintly felt that something was wrong, and I also knew that suppressing the bandits was necessary, but the Yuanzhou government just wanted to use Lu Fangjin, and didn't want him to take half of the credit. "

"So you took the opportunity to make friends with Lu Fang?"

Qi Xiao nodded slightly: "I have been in Lu Fang's army for a few days, and I think he is quite interesting. With my temper, I caused trouble for him in the army, and at the same time, I was very angry when I saw that he couldn't deal with me with military law. It was very interesting. "

Qi Xiao couldn't help smiling when he thought of those few short days. He caused trouble in front of Lu Fangjin's military tent, fought with his own soldiers, drank alcohol in his tent, ignored military regulations, repeatedly violated taboos, and was so angry. Lu Fangjin personally raised his sword to slash him, and they had a hearty fight with Lu Fangjin in the pouring rain.

After seeing his skills, Lu Fang naturally knew that he was not as simple as a hunter in the mountains.

Although Lu Fangjin is young, he is not a hot-blooded reckless man, nor is he a soldier who has been in the army for many years. He is a smart man.

Qi Xiao likes smart people.

"You showed your skills in front of Lu Fangjin, he might treat you as a spy."

Tang Ling looked at Qi Xiao, probably this was Qi Xiao's goal.

Qi Xiao nodded: "Yeah, I just caught him without a fight.

In exchange for a chance to have a private talk with Lu Fangjin. "

Tang Ling knew Qi Xiao well, since he entered Lu Fangjin's barracks and deliberately let Lu Fangjin take him down, he must be sure to persuade Lu Fangjin to help him, looking back now, there is no suspense.

"Lu Fang is by no means stupid, and will not trust my words, but he has no doubts after seeing Master."

Tang Ling thought to herself, Gu Shanmo has been well-known in the Jianghu for decades, so he must not be an idler. He can be regarded as the first sword of Chen Guo, and he can be regarded as highly respected.

Since Gu Shanmo is Baixiqiao's master, he must have friendship with Bai Liu. As a general, Lu Fang has respect for martial arts and swordsmanship, and respect for the famous general Bai Liu.

Tang Ling had fought Lu Fangjin before, and knew his temperament. At that time, it was only natural that Lu Fangjin would help Qi Xiao.

Qi Xiao continued: "Lu Fang is all about suppressing bandits. Since Han Chenzong and Master are not bandits, there must be real bandits hidden in the mountains. There are me and Baixiqiao leading the way, and Lu Fangjin's powerful tiger army." , We really found a den of thieves in the mountains, and we eliminated three secret whistles in a row.

At this time, Nie Guangli also knew that Lu Fang was definitely not someone he could use, and would do bad things instead, so even Lu Fangjin wanted to kill him. "

Tang Ling sighed and shook her head slightly. Be it Chen Guo or Da Zhou, selfish and treacherous people are everywhere. In the face of power and interests, they are evil ghosts or Shuras, but they are not human beings.

"Lu Fangjin brought all his subordinates to Fenglin Mountain, but he didn't expect that he would be assassinated during the march, and there would be ghosts among his subordinates."

Tang Ling suddenly understood why when Qi Xiao rescued him in Hukou Gorge, he deliberately hid him in the cave for a night and did not dare to hand him over to the Huwei army. It turned out that the ghosts in the army were not an excuse.

"The Lu family is also a prestigious family in the Yuan capital, but his father died young, and if Lu Fang hadn't done his best in the army, he and his mother would not have a high status in the Lu family.

Lu Fang has all his family education. In order to win the honor of his deceased father and mother, he has been diligent in studying since he was a child. He has both civil and military skills. He joined the army when he was young. So it went pretty smoothly.

There are many people in the military who are jealous of Lu Fangjin.

However, the assassination still made Lu Fang feel more chilled than angry.

After this incident, although we failed to keep alive, we also found that these bandits were not ordinary bandits, and many of them had extraordinary skills. "

Speaking of this, Qi Xiao suddenly stopped, took a sip of tea slowly, waited for a while, Liu Bo came in to deliver soup noodles, and added two hot stir-fried dishes for them.

After Uncle Liu had gone far away, Qi Xiao continued: "Nie Guangli is not idle at all when Lu Fang is under attack.

After Lu Fangjian met Master, I quietly hid Master in Yongcheng. I thought that Nie Guangli's black hands would be out of reach after leaving Yuanzhou's borders. Together, he also let him find the hiding place of the master. ...that injury..."

Qi Xiao gritted his teeth, unable to continue, he clenched his fists tightly, the anger and hatred in his heart had increased compared to a year ago.

Seeing Qi Xiao's red eyes, Tang Ling couldn't help feeling distressed, she got up and walked to his side to hug him.

"...I'm really useless! I can't save Master! To this day, I still don't know who was plotting to kill Master! I failed to avenge Master!"

Qi Xiao is deeply afraid of this kind of powerlessness, like the nightmare that came to him since he was a child. He can't do anything, he can't do anything. When he was a child without freedom, he could only suffer and be cautious. Without power, he could only watch his mother helplessly. Being bullied, watching his master die in front of him... When he returned to Yuanjing City, he had to watch his mother linger on the sick bed again, getting sicker and sicker, but he still couldn't save her.

"Not your fault, no."

Tang Ling whispered to Qi Xiao's ear, "It's not your fault."

Qi Xiao hugged Tang Ling very tightly, he couldn't let go of Tang Ling, he couldn't bear the loss, he would die.

"I am, I am."

Tang Ling also hugged Qi Xiao very tightly, he could feel him trembling, afraid, angry and hating.

Qi Xiao has been sensible since he was a child, so he must bear more things that he shouldn't have to bear. The stronger he is, the more fragile he is, the more lonely he is, the more affectionate he is.