I'm a bully in troubled times

Although it is naive to think so, the cold war of the past two days really needs one thing to break.

Jiang Yu thought so, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.As soon as he accepted the person Shi Xiang sent, he got a tip that Ji Zhong came one step ahead of time.

However, Ji Zhongshang did not disclose his whereabouts, but quietly arrived in Quwo, and came to inquire about the current situation in Quwo in advance.

Thinking of the entanglement between Ji Zhongzeng and Qi Ranming, Jiang Yu couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.What if Ji Zhong took advantage of the cold war between him and Qi Ranming, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

So, after getting the news the next day, Jiang Yu decided to put down his body and coax Qi Ranming, wanting to put this matter to rest for the time being, and wait for them to return to Yan Country.

After a few days, Jiang Yu knocked on Qi Ranming's door again, and when he looked at Qi Ranming standing behind the door, he didn't know where to start.He smiled and asked, "Would you not let me go in and have a sit?"

Qi Ranming's injury has recovered a lot, the wound has scabbed over, and he can walk on the ground.

Hearing this, Qi Ranming took a step back and let Jiang Yu in.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a jade pendant on the table. Before he could clearly see what was engraved on it, Qi Ranming suddenly came over to block him and put the jade pendant away.

"This is……"

"Nothing." Qi Ranming said.

Jiang Yu, who came here full of enthusiasm, was instantly extinguished by the three words "nothing".

"That's all," Jiang Yu said, "I got the news that Ji Zhong has arrived in Quwo, do you know?"

"Ji Zhong?" Qi Ranming raised his eyes.

Jiang Yu nodded lightly: "Yes, he didn't alarm others, he came quietly, the outside world didn't know his whereabouts yet, they thought he was in Luoyi and hadn't set off yet."

Seeing that Qi Ranming didn't answer, Jiang Yu continued on his own, "He came to Quwo, so he naturally knows that I'm still here, and maybe he will come to see you."

"...Have you seen it?"

Qi Ranming frowned slightly: "No. Do you think I will have any contact with him?"

"It's fine if you don't have one." Jiang Yu smiled, "I heard from the medical officer that your injury is recovering well. If it doesn't affect our journey, let's set off for Yan Kingdom tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Qi Ranming raised his head.

"Well, what's the problem?" Jiang Yu asked.

Qi Ranming didn't know what he was thinking, so he paused and said, "Not tomorrow, but in two days."

"Why, is the injury inconvenient?" Jiang Yu asked.

Qi Ranming nodded.

Qi Ranming's hiding and tucking in today made Jiang Yu feel a little uncomfortable, wondering if it was because of the two people sent by Shi Xiang that made Qi Ranming unhappy.Then he looked at Qi Ranming's expression and said, "If you don't like it, I won't take those two people back to Jicheng."

Qi Ranming turned his head slightly, lowered his eyes and said, "What does it matter to me whether you take them back to Jicheng or not? I heard people discussing in the posthouse, and they all said that they are very good for you."

Sure enough, he was angry.

Jiang Yu was a little relieved, not afraid that he would be jealous, but afraid that he would not be jealous, if he really didn't feel jealous at all, he would be the one who would be unhappy.So Jiang Yu slowed down his tone, and said with a slight smile: "They are all sent by Shi Xiang, I just want to see what Shi Xiang wants to do, how dare I really keep them by my side?"

Qi Ranming pursed the corners of his lips, and said in a low voice: "It's just two delicate and gentle husbands. Even if they want to do something, they won't pose a threat to you. After all, you are not a lustful person like Shi Xiang. Being killed by a young man will cost half his life. If you like, you can take them back to Jicheng, it’s not a bad idea.”

After such a long series of words, it seems that there are signs of calming down.

"Didn't I say earlier that I don't like their soft and boneless type?" Jiang Yu said.

Seeing Qi Ranming leaning against the table, with his left hand behind his back, holding the unknown jade pendant, his right hand resting on the table, with his head down, but he doesn't look as cold as before.

Only then did Jiang Yu get closer and hold Qi Ranming's right hand.Qi Ranming's gaze wandered over Jiang Yu's hand, and then moved away again.

"Of course." Jiang Yu exclaimed, "I know you can't bear it, but under power, under the struggle between countries, there will be many sacrifices, even the sacrifices of many innocent people, such as innocent victims in wars. People. If you want to end the war, you have to rely on war, stop war with war, and stop killing with killing."

"But some sacrifices are meaningless." Mentioning this matter, Qi Ranming tilted his head again and pulled his hand out, "For example, the Ji family is full of families."

"I don't want you to be an overly merciful person. I know that is unrealistic and unwise for this world. But sometimes it is obviously possible to reduce sacrifices and pay a smaller price. You should not In order to benefit, they wantonly killed innocent people."

Jiang Yu found that there was no way to talk about this issue.

He withdrew his hand a little irritably, and asked, "Then what do you think of me?"

"I didn't think so!" Qi Ranming looked at Jiang Yu and said, "You don't feel any guilt at all."

Jiang Yu: "..."

Jiang Yu didn't expect to quarrel again.

"That's all." Jiang Yu didn't want to quarrel with him, and whispered, "You should rest and recover from your injuries. Let's go back to Jicheng as soon as possible. Quwo is not peaceful now, and it's not safe to stay here."

After saying this, Jiang Yu left and went back to the room irritatedly.

But Qi Ranming watched Jiang Yu leave, then lowered his head, took out his hand from behind, spread out his palm, revealing a jade pendant that was almost finished.

A chubby pig is engraved on the jade pendant, with a naive expression and a grinning smile.The tassels were also made by Qi Ranming himself, and he was only halfway through.After so many days of polishing, Qi Ranming was finally able to carve a complete and handy jade pendant.

Qi Ranming stroked the round, fat pig on the jade pendant with his fingertips, and after a long silence, he held it into his palm.

Seeing his master go out and come back with a sullen face, Gongsun Ke knew without guessing that he went to Qi Ranming's place.It seems that a good result was not obtained.

Gongsun Ke followed Jiang Yu cautiously, not daring to speak.So as not to suffer from the disaster of pond fish.

Jiang Yu also didn't speak all the way, walked quickly, went straight to the door of the room, pushed the door open, heard a very faint bell ringing in his ears, and then something came through the air.

Jiang Yu's pupils shrank slightly, his body reacted before his brain, and he quickly moved away sideways.

A short arrow pierced the wind.

Gongsun Ke moved quickly and raised his hand to catch it.

The short arrowheads were shiny and black, obviously poisoned.

"My lord." Gongsun Ke looked at Jiang Yu.

Just as Jiang Yu was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, someone bumped into the muzzle of the gun.He took the short arrow from Gongsun Ke's hand, looked at it, saw that it was just a very ordinary cluster of arrows, without any signs, sneered, and threw it on the ground.

"How is this going?"

Gongsun Ke quickly knelt down on one knee, with cold sweat pouring out from his forehead. Someone planted a hidden weapon in Jiang Yu's room right under his nose. Is it okay?

"My subordinates were negligent! Just now, after my lord went out, my subordinates closed the door. I didn't expect someone to go in."

"Check it out for me." Jiang Yu said in a cold voice, word by word, "During this period of time, whoever passed by, whoever went in, I will get the result within a day."

"Yes, this subordinate obeys!" Gongsun Ke said.

Inside the post house is a place full of people, and all kinds of people come and go.After all, this is not Jiang Yu's territory. If it is in Jiang Yu's own house, then of course this situation cannot happen.

He is only borrowing here, so it is more difficult to check.Besides, it's inconvenient to leave this matter to Zhao Di or Shi Xiang, he must investigate it himself, and it must be investigated secretly, so as not to alarm others.

After all, who knows who did it?

After quarreling with Qi Ranming first, and then being assassinated, after Gongsun Ke took the order to investigate, Jiang Yu didn't have much interest in reading Lao Shizi's book in the room.

He was assassinated in the afternoon, and Gongsun Ke brought the people he found to Jiang Yu early the next morning.

The one who brought him was a middle-aged man who seemed very ordinary, his appearance was hard to find in the crowd, he was of medium build, neither fat nor thin.He said he was here to repair Jiang Yu's windows.

The other one is the sick young man sent by Shi Xiang.Shy and frightened, he whispered that he wanted to meet Jiang Yu, but he didn't see him, so he looked at the door and left.

The two knelt side by side on the ground, because Gongsun Ke had used torture, so they were both a little embarrassed, with disheveled buns and disheveled clothes.

"My lord," Gongsun Ke whispered into Jiang Yu's ear, "Both of them don't know martial arts, they don't have any internal force in their bodies, and I haven't heard that they know how to use hidden weapons."

"I heard that this man has something to do with Zhao Di. He is some sort of crooked relative of the housekeeper's nephew in Zhao Di's mansion."

"I haven't heard of it, but it doesn't mean it won't happen," Jiang Yu said.

"Yes." Gongsun Ke whispered, "I heard that the man used to be a carpenter and knew some strange skills. The subordinates think that it was the man who arranged the hidden weapons, and the young man secretly helped him. The two laid them together."

"What about the other one?" Jiang Yu asked.

"The other one is not involved yet."

"One is from Zhao Di, and the other is from Shi Xiang, can they come together to assassinate me?" Jiang Yu asked, "Gongsun Ke, how did you find out?"

"My lord, calm down. Although that man has some twists and turns with Zhao Di, he is actually doing things for Shi Xiang. They think they are hiding it, but unfortunately the methods are too clumsy." Gongsun Ke said.

"I'll ask you again next time." Jiang Yu gave Gongsun Ke a sideways look, "Be careful with your ass, do you want to be boarded?"

"The subordinates know their mistakes," Gongsun Ke said with shame, "how do you plan to deal with them?"

"Disposition?" Jiang Yu glanced at the two people who were trembling and kneeling on the ground, "Quwo is not my domain, nor are they my people. How should I deal with it?"

"This young man was sent by Shi Xiang, and he just sent it back to Shi Xiang, and let Shi Xiang handle it by himself."

"Since this man has something to do with Zhao Di, send him back to Zhao Di for him to deal with."

"Yes." Gongsun Ke agreed, waved his hand immediately, and ordered people to drag him down.

Sending him back to Shi Xiang is also a warning to Shi Xiang, so that he doesn't have to play these little tricks again.Giving it to Zhao Di also reminded Zhao Di that Shi Xiang was up to something.After sending them both away, the other servants and maidservants were also kicked out.

After listening to Gongsun Ke, Jiang Yu roughly understood what was going on.Zhao Di's people were used to arrange such a clumsy assassination, probably because Shi Xiang was trying to drive a wedge between Jiang Yu and Zhao Di, making Jiang Yu mistakenly think that Zhao Di wanted to assassinate him.

"This Shi Xiang's brain is really not very good, it all depends on his family background." After dealing with the man, Jiang Yu felt a little better, and couldn't help mocking Shi Xiang.

"If it wasn't for the fact that the Shi family had a lot of contacts in the court, how could Shi Xiang, a lustful, alcoholic person with only some brute strength, be able to compete with Zhao Di?" Gongsun Ke also agreed.

But at this time, a figure flashed by outside the window, suspected to be eavesdropping.Jiang Yu's eyes calmed down, Gongsun Ke had already taken a step ahead of him, and a dagger came out of his hand, stabbing straight at the man.

Gongsun Ke didn't intend to kill him at first, but the man reacted very quickly and was about to run away. The dagger pierced his heart right after he ran.

Blood splashed on the window paper, Gongsun Ke broke through the door and found that the one who fell on the ground was another boy sent by Shi Xiang.

"My lord." Gongsun Ke looked at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu frowned, feeling more and more that Quwo had become a place of right and wrong, and it was not suitable to stay for a long time.

"Drag it and throw it away, don't need to tell Shi Xiang." Jiang Yu said, "Send the order down, pack it up, and leave for Jicheng tomorrow."

"As ordered."

After Gongsun Ke finished speaking, seeing that Jiang Yu didn't speak any more, nor did he go back to the house, he raised his head puzzled, only to find that Jiang Yu was looking in the direction of the courtyard gate.Following Jiang Yu's line of sight, Gongsun Ke saw Qi Ranming.

Qi Ranming was looking at the boy's body on the ground.