worthless [rebirth]

"Master! There is a person lying on the ground by the side of the road."

The carriage was speeding along the official road and stopped suddenly. The groom lifted the curtain and said to Jiang Chi.

Jiang Chi said "Oh?", exchanged a glance with Chen Ling, showed an "expected" smile, and said, "Go down and have a look."

Chen Ling didn't quite understand Jiang Chi's appearance of "knowing this beforehand", but he still had doubts, so he followed Jiang Chi out of the carriage.

I saw a person lying on his stomach in the middle of the intersection, his hair was messy and bloody all over his body, especially on his buttocks, there was a large amount of fresh blood, which stained his off-white blouse and trousers red.The man was motionless and appeared either unconscious or dead.

"Who would lie down here?" Chen Ling asked, standing three steps away from that person.

Jiang Chi winked at the groom, and the man immediately stepped forward very cleverly and turned the person on the ground around, revealing the big word "Prisoner" written on the front of his clothes.

"Ah!" Chen Ling was startled, subconsciously took a step back, and said, "Could it be a fugitive?"

"Don't panic." Jiang Chi smiled, pulled back Chen Ling, and said, "What are you afraid of, even if he is a desperado, he won't be able to hurt us if he's like this."

Chen Ling thought so too. The other party seemed to be unable to protect himself, let alone hurt others.

Jiang Chi stepped forward and leaned over to brush away the messy hair that was sticky from the cold sweat on the man's face. What he saw was a face that was not handsome but very gentle, with a bit of the frailty of a scholar and the usual Some arrogance.

"Ah Chi, are you planning to deal with this person like this?" Chen Ling said, seeing this person's appearance clearly, Chen Ling felt that the other person didn't look like a bad person, so he couldn't help feeling a little bit of compassion.

"Take him and go with you." Jiang Chi stood up, took out his handkerchief and wiped his hands. He was speaking to Chen Ling, but looked at the groom.

After receiving Jiang Chi's order, the groom immediately set up the man on the ground.Although Chen Ling had judged that the groom was not an ordinary person but an expert, he was still a little shocked to see the man on the ground lifted up with one hand.

The groom took the man aside, untied a small bundle he was carrying, and took out a half-new sky-blue linen robe from inside, tore off the prison uniform on the man's body and changed him.

"Take him with you?" Chen Ling looked at Jiang Chi puzzled, "You want to take this man to Chaozhou? But his origin is unknown, we..."

"He is Cao Xun." Jiang Chi said. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure passing by behind a big tree not far away. He raised the corners of his lips and said, "It's not right for us to rush to Chaozhou like this, but It is a different matter if there is a local, and a local who is trusted by the local gentry to lead the way."

"You mean..." Chen Ling was stunned.

"Okay, let's get in the car." Jiang Chi patted Chen Ling's forehead with a smile, and said, "But we have to squeeze with him first."

"..." Chen Ling didn't speak, and the look he looked at Jiang Chi became a little complicated.

I have to say that Chen Ling admired Jiang Chi's meticulous thinking, he could consider everything, and he arranged it very well.But on the other hand, Jiang Chi's control over everything, which seemed to be in his hands, made Chen Ling a little scared.Moreover, in order to buy people's hearts, Jiang Chi knew that Cao Xun was innocent but still beat him seriously. This seemed incomprehensible and even cruel to Chen Ling.

Only now did Chen Ling realize that Jiang Chi seemed to have always been cruel to people, but he couldn't be said to be unscrupulous.Because the other party is an emperor, in order to accomplish something, he must give up something, but it seems... I am the only exception in front of him.

In his previous life, he broke Jiang Chi's bottom line time and time again, and finally ended up hanging himself to death.

In this life, he has become the only bottom line for the other party, and he has obtained the tenderness that that person would never show to other people, and the other party will even try medicine for him, even ignoring his life.

Realizing that Chen Ling hadn't followed, Jiang Chi turned his head and saw Chen Ling staring at him in a daze, so he stretched out his hand to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Chen Ling shook his head, took Jiang Chi's hand, and got into the carriage.

Because it is a long way from the imperial capital to Chaozhou, in order to have a good rest on the road, there are no stools in the carriage, but two soft couches with thick blankets. Originally, Jiang Chi and Chen Ling sat separately. On the one hand, if you are tired, you can lie down and rest.

Now that there was an extra Cao Xun, and he was still injured, Chen Ling couldn't see it, so he gave him one of the soft couches to recuperate, and sat on the same soft couch with Jiang Chi.

Jiang Chi was so happy that he had a chance to get closer than Chen Ling.

The carriage continued to bump and bump, and the heat at noon made people drowsy.

"Are you tired?" Jiang Chi asked. He knew that Chen Ling's body had not been as good as before since he was shot by an arrow. But Chaozhou couldn't wait to leave the palace, so Jiang Chi had no choice but to set off a few days earlier.

"I'm not tired, it's just that the weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, and I feel a little stuffy," Chen Ling said.

Hearing Chen Ling say that he was bored, Jiang Chi thoughtfully rolled up the car curtain to let the wind in, and felt the air circulated a bit, he said, "How is it, is it better now?"

"It's much better." Chen Ling said.

"Yeah." Jiang Chi nodded, took Chen Ling to let him lean on his shoulder, and said, "Take a rest, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it after riding in the carriage for more than two hours."

Although he said he wasn't tired, Chen Ling was actually a little tired, so he didn't refuse anymore, and leaned against Jiang Chi and closed his eyes.

"Ah Chi..." Chen Ling slowed down his breathing and said softly.

Jiang Chi looked sideways at Chen Ling's eyelashes that were trembling with the bumps of the carriage, and gave a soft "Huh?"

"You never let me step out of Fengwu Palace before, why do you want to take me out of the palace together now..." Chen Ling asked, he wasn't very sleepy, but Yu Xi was a little tired after sitting for a long time , Now Jiang Chi gave him a support, so he closed his eyes while resting and asked the doubts in his heart.

This question has been troubled in his mind for a long time, and he has never been able to figure out Jiang Chi's intentions.

If it is to investigate the case, Jiang Guo has more people who are smarter than Chen Ling and can investigate the case. If it is to suppress the rioters, Jiang Guo is not short of one or two officials.In Chen Ling's view, his recent illness was nothing but a burden. He couldn't figure out why Jiang Chi took him with him.

Jiang Chi's answer was simple.

He said: "Because I want to see you all the time, only if I bring you by my side."

"..." Chen Ling was taken aback for a moment, and opened his eyes. He sat up straight and stared blankly at Jiang Chi's smiling narrow eyes.

"Fool." With a smile, Jiang Chi rubbed the top of Chen Ling's hair, leaned over and kissed him lightly between the eyebrows.

"Hmm..." At this moment, Cao Xun, who was lying on the soft bed, groaned, as if he was about to wake up.

Chen Ling was still in a daze, but when he was brought back to his senses by the □□, he immediately pushed Jiang Chi away, wiped his forehead with the back of his hand in disgust, and looked towards Cao Xun nervously.

"He hasn't woken up yet, so you don't need to be embarrassed." Jiang Chi folded his arms around his chest and joked with a smile.

Chen Ling glared at Jiang Chi.

"Hush!" Jiang Chi suddenly leaned forward and blew on Chen Ling's reddened ears.

Chen Ling yelled a little excitedly and shrank his neck. While staring at Jiang Chi warily, he moved a few inches to the side.

Jiang Chi didn't follow because Cao Xun had already opened his eyes.

"Hmm..." His eyes gradually became bright and clear from the chaos when he just woke up. Cao Xun looked at the small space in the carriage and the two strange men in the carriage. His face turned pale and his voice was a little weak. : "Am I dead?"

"This is not hell, your death is your business, don't take us with you!" Jiang Chi said, with a harmless smile on his face.

"I obviously..." Cao Xun recalled what happened before he fell into a coma. He was about to say that he was beaten five hundred times in prison, but when he saw the clean clothes on his body and the two people in front of him, they looked okay. The kind young master finally dismissed this idea and said, "You guys saved me?"

"It's not about saving." Chen Ling smiled: "I happened to meet him, I just wanted to help you."

"How did you get injured all over and appear on the street in prison uniform?" Jiang Chi asked, pretending to be curious.

Chen Ling immediately cooperated and frowned and said, "Young master, you are not a fugitive... If so, we dare not..."

"No, no, please don't misunderstand me, you two." Cao Xun waved his hands again and again, explaining: "My surname is Cao, with the word 'Xun' in my name. I am from Chaozhou. I accidentally got involved in an important case and was imprisoned unjustly. That dog The official wanted to put me to death, but as for why I appeared here... I don't know."

"Yeah." Jiang Chi nodded, and said, "You look like a scholar, you shouldn't do bad things, you must be wronged."

"Thank you two brothers for your help!" Cao Xun was overwhelmed with gratitude when he heard Jiang Chi speak for him, and changed his address from "Young Master" to "Brother", saying, "Where are you two planning to go?"

Jiang Chi smiled and said, "Coincidentally, the two of my brothers are going to Chaozhou." As he spoke, he did not forget to look at Chen Ling.

Hearing that Jiang Chi referred to him as "brother", Chen Ling was slightly surprised. Just now he was thinking about how to answer if Cao Xun asked about Jiang Chi's relationship with him, but he didn't expect Jiang Chi to explain it first.

It is indeed much more convenient to be called brothers when they are away from home.What's more... Apart from "brother", there really is no other word to describe their relationship.

"Master and servant?" It doesn't look like it.

"Husband and wife?" Maybe Jiang Chi thought so in his heart, but Chen Ling knew that the relationship between them was far from reaching this stage. At least, until now, Chen Ling had never thought about that relationship.

Perhaps Jiang Chi also knew what Chen Ling was thinking, so he didn't say that the two were "husband and wife".

Jiang Chi could always grasp Chen Ling's thoughts keenly, and then take care of his feelings very considerately. This... touched Chen Ling a little.

After a little silence, Chen Ling smiled: "The family has a business to discuss, and we have heard that Chaozhou has pleasant scenery, not much worse than Jiangnan. We also want to go and see it. From this point of view...Brother Cao and we are on the way."

"Chaozhou is not peaceful now." Cao Xun sighed, thinking of something, he asked: "Which capital city are you two? What kind of business are you going to discuss in Chaozhou?"

"Oh." Jiang Chi said: "Our family is in the capital, and our surname is Mo. My name is Mo Xiao. This is my cousin, Zi Ling."

"Cousin," Cao Xun said with a smile, "I said, why do you keep seeing that you two don't look like each other, so you're not real brothers."

Chen Ling pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that Jiang Chi had a way of making things up. He also "Mo Xiao" and "Mo Ziling" were so precise that they made it up like the real thing.

Jiang Chi continued: "The family does some silk business, and originally bought silk from Suzhou, because the embroidery is good. But it was rainy a few days ago, and the ship that transported the goods leaked, and all the good goods were destroyed. Now I am in a hurry to replenish the stock, I heard that Chaozhou has a batch of brocades that were originally intended to be used as tribute, so I want to buy them."

"Gongjin?" Cao Xun said, "Brother Mo is talking about the silk sold by Linglong Pavilion, one of the Xiao family's shipping companies?"

"Why, you also know Linglong Pavilion?" Jiang Chi said.

Cao Xun was a little excited, but when he was about to sit up, his butt hurt, which made him "hum" for a while, so he had to give up, scolding Lu He that dog official in his heart, and said: "It's not just that I know that I and the eldest son of the Xiao family, Xiao I still have some friendship... It's a pity, it's a pity..."

Having said that, he shook his head and sighed, as if he couldn't go on.

Jiang Chi only knew that Cao Xun was the litigator invited by the Xiao family to sue the imperial court, but he did not expect that he and Xiao Tong had a friendship, but since the other party didn't want to talk about it, he didn't rush to ask.If he wanted to know, he could just have someone look it up.

"Since Brother Cao and Xiao's family know each other well, I hope you will introduce them when the time comes, so you can win some small profits for us." Jiang Chi said, looking like a profiteer.

"Brother Mo has saved my life, so I will try my best." Cao Xun said.

The three of them kept chatting like this, and Jiang Chi deliberately borrowed words from Cao Xun, but the other party didn't seem to treat him as an outsider, so he said it without warning.

It's just that Cao Xun never said anything about his lawsuit, which made Chen Ling a little puzzled, but seeing Jiang Chi didn't seem to care at all, Chen Ling finally put his doubts aside.

The author has something to say: PS: Don’t force me to be short, come and encourage me (crying) (crying)

I haven't eaten meat for a long time, let's have some broth next time 2333~