Chapter 281: Man! Sword Skills
"mom."
"came back?"
"Ok!"
"Why don't you say hello to me?"
"dad!"
"Ok!"
"You're back just in time. Your dad and I have discussed this. Now that you've graduated from high school, you're considered an adult..."
"You two want a divorce, right?"
"you……"
"You often quarrel in the middle of the night, thinking that I can't hear you behind closed doors. I hear everything."
"Who do you want to be with, then?"
"I... don't follow anyone."
……
"Those government bastards are coming. Machine guns, suppress them!"
"Cover in a roundabout way!"
"Withdraw! Withdraw immediately!"
"They blocked our retreat!"
"Then fight your way out."
"Don't even think about surrendering. Those bastards in the government army will turn your chrysanthemums into sunflowers!"
……
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly opened his eyes.
The pitch-black environment made him tense all over, and his confused mind was filled with the previous hail of bullets.
My arm suddenly touched something soft and slippery...
"Husband."
What the hell!
After regaining his senses, Jiang Qingzhi felt relaxed.
"Husband."
"Ok!"
"Do you often have nightmares?"
"No ah!"
"You were so tense earlier, and you kept shouting 'dog, dog, dog'. Have you ever had a dog at home?"
"Uh! I have raised one before." Weren't those subordinates in the previous life just bastards? They would do anything for money.
“Sometimes you…”
"What's wrong with me?" Jiang Qingzhi reached out his hand. Li Tian raised his back to let his hand pass smoothly through her back. Then she lay sideways in his arms and put her hand on his chest.
"You were crying earlier."
"I cried? I have never cried before." Jiang Qingzhi was angry and felt that his wife was slandering him.
"real."
A small hand touched Jiang Qingzhi's cheek, "There are still tears."
Jiang Qingzhi didn't believe it and touched it...
What the hell!
So embarrassing!
But he couldn't figure out why he was crying.
"Occasionally!" Jiang Qingzhi laughed dryly.
This man has many secrets, but he never tells anyone, not even his wife, about the negative things in his heart.
Li Tian thought of her father. The seemingly harmless Li Huan would occasionally reveal his troubles after drinking, but afterwards he was still the pillar of the family who seemed invincible.
"Are all men so... um, tough?" Li Tian was a little curious.
"If you're not tough, you're not a man!" Jiang Qingzhi said as he started to get started.
"My husband, it's not good to be beaten every day..."
"Don't you know that a long separation is better than a new marriage?"
"Your body..."
"First...Ah! You vicious woman actually did such a cruel thing."
Li Tian sat up and hugged the quilt. "My husband has just returned from the north. He needs to rest for a few days."
She got up and dressed, and when she was done she found that Jiang Qingzhi was still there.
"It's time for my husband to get up."
Jiang Qingzhi lay motionless like a dead dog.
Li Tian opened the door and went out. Jiang Qingzhi pulled up the quilt to cover his face and prepared to take a nap.
The feeling between being half asleep and half awake is the most beautiful, even gods would not exchange it. However, Sun Chonglou's hoarse shouting broke the king's dream of not attending the morning court.
"Master!"
Jiang Qingzhi pulled the quilt down and became angry.
Then he was startled, "The time hasn't come yet, and you are calling for the soul!"
This must be the work of that woman.
"Next time I marry a wife, I will definitely marry someone who likes to sleep in."
Jiang Qingzhi muttered and got up.
In the small training ground, Mo Zhan was practicing swordplay alone in the corner.
"Why doesn't anyone practice with Mo Zhan?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Although Mo Zhan is a man of few words, he is as steady as a mountain. Jiang Qingzhi observed him for a long time and felt that he could be used.
The current power structure of the Bo Mansion is mainly composed of Jiang Qingzhi and Li Tian. The general manager of Fucheng reports to Li Tian... It has the flavor of a big factory.
Jiang Qingzhi seldom asked about the affairs in the backyard, leaving it to his wife to practice. In the front yard, under Fucheng was Sun Chonglou, but Sun Chonglou didn't care about the affairs, and Sun Bu Tong became the leader instead.
Sun Bu Tong was smart and loyal, but Jiang Qingzhi always felt that something was missing from him. It was only after this trip to the north that he found the problem.
The road to saving the Ming Dynasty is difficult, and being clever alone is far from enough. Jiang Qingzhi needs an assistant with a strong mentality, and the most suitable candidate for this is Mo Zhan.
Jiang Qingzhi once saw with his own eyes the enemy's blade just brushing past Mo Zhan's nose, but Mo Zhan didn't even blink.
So Jiang Qingzhi was thinking about how to improve Mo Zhan's status.
Wherever there are people, there is the world of martial arts, and the Bo Mansion is no exception.
Most of the guards were rewarded by the Taoist priests and formed their own faction. Sun Chonglou was a close friend of Jiang Qingzhi and had a high status, so he easily blended in.
Only Mo Zhan is an outsider who changed his career halfway.
The title of Xuanfu's best swordsman made these guards quite dissatisfied, but after experiencing several fights together, they all had no objection to Mo Zhan's swordsmanship.
But that doesn't mean Mo Zhan can be easily accepted by this group of elites.
Sun Bu Tong laughed dryly and said, "Master, Mo Zhan's swordsmanship is so sharp that the brothers can't take it!"
"Don't play it safe with me!" Jiang Qingzhi was about to scold him, but suddenly stopped himself and said, "Today you will practice swordplay with me."
"It's my honor." Sun Bu Tong was overjoyed.
In the past, the one who accompanied Jiang Qingzhi in practicing swordsmanship was either Sun Chonglou or Dou Jialan, and the guards were all quite envious.
Fucheng stood on the periphery, slowly practicing a set of boxing moves. It looked quite slow and simple, but only Sun Chonglou knew how powerful it was.
Although he was concentrating on practicing boxing, he actually did not miss the conversation between Jiang Qingzhi and Sun Butong just now.
Fu Cheng glanced at Mo Zhan. He knew that Mo Zhan was secretly rejected by the guards, but such things could not be forced. If Jiang Qingzhi suppressed them, the guards would get close to Mo Zhan on the surface, but deep down they would become more and more disgusted with him. "For such things! You have to rely on yourself!"
However, there was still a trigger point missing, and Fucheng planned to come up with a solution later. He glanced at Xu Wei and Hu Zongxian. The two aides were obviously well aware of these things, but they were prepared to stand aside and watch.
Yes, such things cannot be involved, Fucheng gave up the idea.
After Jiang Qingzhi finished practicing his sword skills, he waved and said, "Mo Zhan!"
Mo Zhan put away his knife.
"Where are the group of people who killed us yesterday?"
Mo Zhan said: "The survivors said they were taken away by the Royal Guards."
"Take a few brothers with you to Jinyiwei to find out the truth about this matter."
After Jiang Qingzhi finished speaking, Mo Zhan turned around and prepared to tell everyone to set off. His swift and decisive action was shocking.
"Have breakfast first!"
The little girl came during breakfast and looked a little sad.
"Cousin."
"Hmm!" Jiang Qingzhi touched his niece's head, "How is your majesty?"
"Father looks the same as always."
"It's different." Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "If you have nothing to do, go visit His Majesty more often, ah!"
"Yeah! I understand."
A female official came in and spoke quietly to Li Tian.
The breakfast was simple. It was arranged by Li Tian. She said that the prince had passed away, and it was inappropriate for a minister to eat with his mouth full of oil. Besides, Jiang Qingzhi was his cousin, so he should set an example.
After breakfast, Li Tian asked Huang Yan'er to take Zhu Shou'an to play in the back. She said to Jiang Qingzhi, "The palace said that the two princes were refused to see His Majesty, and the eldest princess went but didn't see His Majesty either."
"Fuck, the two dragons don't meet!" Jiang Qingzhi was furious. For the first time, he expressed his dissatisfaction with these supernatural things. "If you have something to say, then say it. If you have a solution, then say it. To make up an excuse like the two dragons don't meet to separate the father and son, what kind of expert is this?"
"What do you mean two dragons don't meet each other?" Li Tian didn't know about this.
Jiang Qingzhi told her the story, and Li Tian was startled. "Maybe there is a taboo, otherwise the prince would have died just before he was crowned. After the crown, he is a hidden dragon..."
"This..." Jiang Qingzhi wanted to say that the prince's death was not simple, and it might be that someone had murdered him.
But judging from the fact that the Taoist refused to see his children, he was clearly afraid of that judgment.
It's like a patient with anxiety disorder. On the one hand, he tells himself that the thing he is anxious about will not happen, but on the other hand, he can't help but worry about it.
Li Tian said: "The palace wants my husband to take care of the two princes during this period."
Jiang Qingzhi smiled bitterly, "This is a troublesome matter."
"It's about a few more pairs of bowls and chopsticks." Li Tian's voice was very gentle. If it weren't for the fact that the place where she was pinched in the morning was still a little painful, Jiang Qingzhi would have really thought that this woman was a chaste person.
"Many people will keep an eye on our family." Jiang Qingzhi was worried about the fight for the throne, but he couldn't tell Li Tian.
"Isn't it just a fight for the family property?" Li Tian said generously, "We are my cousin's family, and we have a superior status."
"Then you should be a good cousin!" Jiang Qingzhi was determined to lie down, "More, more."
"Meow!"
"Come on, let's go climb the tree and play!"
Li Tian watched him pick up Duoduo and walk away in a huff, and couldn't help but chuckle.
Huang Yaner looked tangled, "Madam, if Master doesn't take care of this matter, it will be very troublesome!"
"What do you mean by no matter what?" Li Tian said with a smile, "Who asked the family to clean up a few rooms yesterday?"
Huang Yan'er: "Yes, Lord Bo, ah! Is that prepared for the princes?"
This man!
Li Tian laughed out loud, and when she laughed, there was more tenderness in her eyes and eyebrows.
……
The office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was not far to the left of the Zhengyang Gate. Behind it was the Tongzhengshisi, and further past it was the Taichang Temple where Jiang Qingzhi's father-in-law Li Huan worked.
Most people would quicken their pace when they walked here, as if there was a huge mouth in the open door, hungry for blood.
Menzi got used to this and became quite proud of it.
So, when Mo Zhan and his two guards arrived outside the door and refused to leave, the dazed doorman asked in surprise, "What's the matter?"
"Find someone."
"Who?"
"Commander Lu."
Menzi was startled, "You are..."
"The guard in the Changwei Palace, Mo Zhan!"
Behind Mo Zhan are Huang Bing and Xie Zhen.
Huang Bing is an excellent archer, but Xie Zhen’s strength is something else… he is fast at running. The guards often laugh at him for being the best at running away.
The two followed behind Mo Zhan, and when they saw him negotiating with the doorman in a stiff manner, they shook their heads slightly.
"Wait."
After entering the gate, two Jinyiwei came in soon. They put their hands on the hilts of their swords and stared at Mo Zhan.
"Mo Zhan?"
"Yes."
"You killed a man outside the city. Do you know who he was?"
"I don't know."
"That's my brother."
Mo Zhan looked at the other person coldly without saying a word.
"How dare you come to my Jinyiwei..."
The leading Jinyiwei flag officer walked over slowly.
Trouble is coming.
Xie Zhen had a hot temper. He stepped forward and said, "I'll wait..."
Choking!
Suddenly there was the sound of swords being drawn.
The knife flashed, and Xie Zhen subconsciously wanted to retreat.
But a generous figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
The two sword lights collided with each other.
Bang!
The Jinyiwei flagman stumbled back, his clothes torn on his chest and blood gushing out.
More than a dozen Jinyiwei rushed out upon hearing the noise.
"You are a child of mine, and you dare to kill someone here? Go ahead!"
"stop!"
Shen Lian is here.
"Why did you take action?" Shen Lian asked.
"He killed my brother." Xiaoqi said, covering his chest.
Shen Lian asked Mo Zhan coldly, "This is the Jinyiwei. If you kill someone here, even Chang Wei Bo can't save you!"
Xie Zhen gritted his teeth, "I told you he was unreliable..."
Mo Zhan said indifferently: "He can't die."
Shen Lian was startled. A doctor from the Jinyiwei immediately examined the little flag and said in surprise, "Good luck. If the knife had gone in a little deeper, you would have died for sure."
Mo Zhan showed mercy!
This sword technique!
Xiaoqi had escaped death, and was still talking about wanting to avenge his brother. When Mo Zhan turned his gaze, his voice suddenly became inaudible.
Shen Lian felt relieved and said, "Follow me."
(End of this chapter)
