The general went out again at night

The No.11 arrow flew out of the sky, and fell steadily into the pot under the eyes of everyone.

The corner of Ji Qianyao's mouth curled into a smile, which was the same as the one on Xia Qingshu's mouth, both confident and calm.

A gust of wind blew up in the open space, and the wind blew up the broken hair on Xia Qingshu's forehead, swept across her eyelids, and she reached out to brush it away.The wind blew the cedar trees in front of Lingtong Temple to sway gently, and everyone's hearts rose to their throats.When the last arrow was thrown, the wind blew up. Could it be that God wanted to play tricks because he couldn't see "Cai Gen Tan" being handed over to others?

The more uncertain factors, the more exciting.The more nervous you are, the more reluctant you are to look away.More than a hundred spectators held their breaths and concentrated, everyone was waiting for the moment of throwing arrows.

Xia Qingshu stood behind the ink line, with a tall figure and straight back, quietly waiting for the wind to stop.Her eyes were as calm and calm as ever, unaffected by the sudden wind.

The wind gradually subsided, and then slowly stopped. Xia Qingshu raised the last arrow and threw it with all his internal strength. It landed in the center of the throwing pot with a "click".There was still a slight breeze stirring, but it did not affect the trajectory of the arrows.

"Okay!" Boss Yuan couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and clapped his hands and shouted.

"Wonderful!" Someone in the crowd immediately echoed.

"fantastic!"

Ji Qianyao suppressed the expression on his face, and silently retreated to the edge of the flower bed.

There was thunderous applause and congratulatory voices one after another. Xia Qingshu cupped his fists at everyone and smiled big.

No embarrassment, just no embarrassment!She turned around and subconsciously looked for Ji Qianyao's figure.It's just that the pot-throwing competition is over, "Cai Gen Tan" has already entered her bag, the long queue of people dispersed, and she couldn't find her.

"Sujin, I'm a little tired. You go find a carriage, and we'll go back home later. You arrange for your men to look for the remaining books on the book list." Ji Qianyao's brows were filled with tiredness.

"Yes!" Hearing the order, Su Jin hastily called her subordinates to arrange matters.

***

"Yuan's wish for more than ten years has finally come true. Girl, from now on, you will be its owner." Boss Yuan grabbed both sides of "Tale of Vegetable Roots" with both hands, and solemnly handed it over to Xia Qingshu. .

"I will take good care of it." Ah no, I will find a better owner for it.

Boss Yuan kept his promise, saying that if he didn't take any money, he wouldn't take any money. He didn't even ask Xia Qingshu's surname. After handing it over to him, he turned around and returned to his shop.

"congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

Xia Qingshu was holding "Tale of Vegetable Roots", and some strangers came around to congratulate her, their expressions were full of envy, and there were one or two wealthy people in brocade clothes and expensive bead ornaments who kept touching the jade wrench in their hands, looking like Very strange.

Could it be that these people wanted to buy this book from her?

No!

"Thank you very much! I still have something urgent to do, so I'll take my leave first." Xia Qingshu hugged her fist and hurried out of the crowd.

"Girl stay here, Mr. Han has something to discuss!"

"Girl, Liu also has something to discuss with you!"

Sure enough, as soon as Xia Qingshu started running, these people blurted out what was in their hearts.Xia Qingshu ran even faster. While running, she waved her hand to the back, and said bluntly: "I don't want to sell it, I don't want to sell it for any amount of money. Don't think about this "Tale of Vegetable Roots"."

Those wealthy people followed Xia Qingshu for a few steps before being stopped by a group of plainclothes men with knives.

Xia Qingshu found Ji Qianyao, ran towards her, and then stopped in front of her.

"Congratulations, General Xia." Ji Qianyao said slowly.

"Just to join in the fun." Xia Qingshu pinched a corner of "Cai Gen Tan", thinking about how to present this book to her.Given the relationship between the two of them on the surface, it would not be appropriate to give it away directly, and you have to find an excuse no matter what.

Xia Qingshu was racking his brains to think of excuses, when Ji Qianyao suddenly said, "I've been shopping all morning, and I'm a little tired. We're going back. I wonder how General Xia will arrange it?"

Xia Qingshu was taken aback for a moment, she came here to visit the book market with His Highness the Eldest Princess, and now that His Highness is leaving, why is she still here?And she had to find a time to give this book away.

"Let's go back to the inner city with His Highness."

"Okay." Ji Qianyao nodded.

After a cup of tea, a plainclothes subordinate hurried over and talked in Sujin's ear.After listening, Su Jin came to the two and bowed and said: "Master, the carriage is here."

"General Xia is still injured. I'm afraid it's not suitable for riding a horse. Why don't you ride in a carriage with me?" Ji Qianyao glanced at Xia Qingshu's injury and said slowly.

"Thank you, Your Highness, it would be better to obey orders than to be respectful."

The two stepped on the steps and got into the carriage. Ji Qianyao turned around and sat down on the main seat, with his back resting on the slack and his elbows on the edge of the slump. He supported his head and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

Xia Qingshu sat on the side seat, glancing at her from the corner of her eye from time to time.Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was delighted to be quiet, and the book market was too noisy, so she must have been disturbed.

Xia Qingshu withdrew his gaze, pinching the pages of "Caigen Tan" in his hand, flipping through them casually.

Of course she doesn't have the leisure time to study at the moment, but she has nothing to do, and she can't stir up topics for chatting.I had no choice but to turn over the book to ease the embarrassment, and think about how to give this book to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.

Flipping through the yellowed pages one by one, Xia Qingshu seemed to be concentrating on reading, but in reality her mind was wandering, her eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper, and she rubbed the pages more and more vigorously.

Leaning softly on his side, closing his eyes and resting his mind, Ji Qianyao heard the sound, opened his eyes a little, and quietly watched Xia Qingshu's expression.

After reading it for a while, I felt that this person was getting more and more irritable, so I said: "What? Don't you like this book?"

Xia Qingshu was startled, and with an idea, he continued following Ji Qianyao's words: "Yeah, I thought this book was sought after by so many literati, and it must contain interesting stories, but after turning a few pages, I found out It's a collection of boring quotes, which I never liked."

With a sound of "Pa--", Xia Qingshu closed "Cai Gen Tan" forcefully, her expression was full of displeasure and irritability: "It's really not worth the excitement."

"Do you know how many people can't ask for it?"

"It might be worth a thousand gold if you put it in someone else's place, and love is like a treasure, but I don't know how to appreciate it, so it's really worthless. It won't be flipped when I bring it back to the mansion, and it will take up space." Xia Qingshu shook her head, and stretched out her hand to read on the pages of "Tale of Vegetable Roots" He patted on the top, then turned around and said: "Can your Highness give me some advice on how to deal with this book?"

"Since you don't like it, then sell it to me."

"His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is willing to ask for this book, and it will save me a trouble. I am so grateful, why don't you say 'sell', and please accept this book." Xia Qingshu held the book with both hands, and respectfully read it. Handed it to Ji Qianyao.

Ji Qianyao smiled, sat up straight, and didn't reach out to take the book: "Reciprocity is the rule of thumb. It's indecent to go and not come; it's also indecent to come and not to go. If General Xia refuses to accept the corresponding money, then this book The palace will definitely not want it."

Xia Qingshu encountered a difficult matter again. Her original intention was to "gift", and it was all given away. How could she collect silver taels?But Her Royal Highness insisted on this, what should I do?

Xia Qingshu's eyes rolled, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared, and he suddenly softened his tone, and compromised: "Since your highness wants this, I don't want to go against it, but I have a request, I wonder if your highness can agree to it?"

"tell me the story."

"I'm not short on money, and I'm not good at jewellery, so please exclude these two types of things, Your Highness."

Ji Qianyao lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "Okay, I will follow your words."

Xia Qingshu was overjoyed, and handed "Caigen Tan" forward again, and Ji Qianyao reached out to take it.

The carriage rolled over the stone road, drove across the long street, and entered the inner city. After a cup of tea, it stopped at a remote alley.

"General Xia, get off here." Ji Qianyao said softly.

Through this secluded alley, you can reach the back door of Fuyuan General's Mansion.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The two tacitly hid the encounter today in their hearts, except for them and a few confidants, no one knew.

Xia Qingshu walked slowly in the long alley, looking ahead, with his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth were constantly smiling.

From the back door of the General's Mansion to the main gate, Xia Qingshu strode into the mansion.

"General, Liu Yan said that you were going to stay in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion for lunch, why did you come back?" Seeing Xia Qingshu suddenly appearing in the front yard, Liu Qi asked inexplicably.

Liu Yan must have lied for her.Xia Qingshu hurriedly said: "I'm not used to the food in the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, it can't compare to the comfort in my own mansion, so I came back on a whim, Uncle Liu, quickly let the cook make some food."

Liu Qi felt comfortable listening to these words, and happily responded, "Okay!", and happily ran to make arrangements.

Xia Qingshu walked through the front hall, looking for Liuyan.She was going to the study when a person came out suddenly and almost bumped into her.

"General...General!" Liu Yan looked up, and saw Xia Qingshu standing at the door with a happy face.After seeing her, the smile deepened, and the smile was so bright and bright.

"Where are you going?" Xia Qingshu asked.

"The subordinates have handled the business affairs for you all morning. I'm starving, and I'm going to find something to eat." Liu Yan complained.

"Hey, don't be in a hurry, I haven't eaten yet! Tell me about the interrogation between Mr. Zhou's son and the boy in Yichun Tower today. What was the result?"

"Reconciliation. The Zhou family proposed a settlement, willing to pay a lot of compensation, and the boy immediately agreed."

"Then Mr. Zhou is not guilty of any crime and has already been released from prison?"

"No, then the servants of the Zhao family sued Mr. Zhou's family to the court again, and expressed their resolute disapproval of the reconciliation, and they will definitely put Mr. Zhou's family in prison."

"Why bother?" Xia Qingshu smiled: "Shouldn't the Zhao family try their best to please the Zhou family?"

"I probably know that the situation is serious and cannot be remedied. Fortunately, the fish died and the net was broken."

"Where is Bismuth now being held that week?"

"Still in the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies."

"When is the arraignment?"

"tomorrow."

"Then let's join in the fun tomorrow and see how far the servant of the Zhao family can sue Zhou Bi." Xia Qingshu lightly tapped the surface of the book case with her fingertips, an elusive light flashed in her eyes.