Kang Cong's expression changed for a while: "But..."
Kang Zhi raised her eyebrows: "But what?"
"But..." Kang Cong said with a twisted face, "But keeping a useless person... keeping me, what good will that do her?"
Kang Zhi: "The good thing about my brother is that at least he is an obedient piece of shit."
Kang Cong felt more and more insulted and turned his face away: "...I didn't want to listen to her, but I had no choice!"
On the carriage on the way to see Kang Dingshan, he knew who the black cloth-wrapped object that his sister had stuffed in came from.
In the palm-sized cloth bag, there was a note and a hairpin.
The note briefly told him the "method of survival" he needed - kill his father to survive, and hold his stone mother hostage to escape.
He wanted to survive his father and leave Jizhou alive, and his sister was obviously determined, so he had to try to do it.
They really survived...
But at the same time, the other party has also become the biggest beneficiary.
Kang Dingshan is dead, Shi Man is the most powerful general in Jizhou City, and Shi Man's mother is about to be sent to her...
"I didn't want to listen, but I had to listen, and I did everything as I was told—" Kang Zhi said, "Doesn't this just show how clever Governor Chang's plan was?"
On her way back from outside this morning, she met a beggar kneeling down to beg.
Seeing that the beggar was actually a woman, who looked more like a refugee from the war, she felt guilty for what the Kang family had done by starting a rebellion, so she took out her purse and handed it over.
When the woman took the purse, he stuffed something into her hand instead.
Without waiting for her to respond, the other party thanked her repeatedly and left.
Because the other person looked dirty, she didn't see his face clearly, but that didn't matter. What mattered was the note wrapped in the black cloth...
Kang Zhi soon realized that the governor Chang, who had made a "help" agreement with her brother, was not unaware of her brother's situation in the Kang family. On the contrary, he knew it too clearly...
The reason why she was not worried that her brother would not be able to send a signal for help was because Governor Chang had no shortage of means to contact her brother and was just waiting for the opportunity.
What Governor Chang knew clearly was not only his brother's situation, but also the power structure of the Pinglu Army, Shi Man's personality and the situation at home...
The other party has never appeared, but he is controlling everything that happened in Jizhou City today.
"Smart? I just find it scary..." Kang Cong clenched his fingers tightly: "Every step we take is being calculated and used by her..."
Kang Zhi smiled self-deprecatingly: "We are not worth much, so it is lucky to be chosen and used by such a person. At least she didn't want to kill us after she succeeded."
"Lucky?" Kang Cong whispered, "But we didn't have to get involved in all this. She forced me to take this path..."
"Brother, stop deceiving yourself." Kang Zhi said, "Since father decided to start the rebellion, we have lost the right to live in shame and have no chance to stay out of it."
Her father's rebellion meant a fight between the children of the Kang family and the threat of external forces. Under the pressure of the two, what could she, her brother and her mother do to protect themselves? How could she "not need to get involved"? "And if the governor wanted to use it, my elder brother would not have come back alive that day. We had nothing to begin with. We were lucky enough to have this opportunity because of the need for tactics and schemes. We are not related to each other. In such a chaotic world, my elder brother actually asked the governor to be a selfless saint? This idea is too naive and stupid."
Kang Zhi opened one side of the car window and looked at the scenery outside the car that was rapidly receding. Her eyes seemed to become broader and broader: "Compared to dying like that day, or dying in the Kang family in a cowardly way, now that we have completely gotten rid of the Kang family, the world is vast and the sky is high, isn't it good?"
She answered herself: "I feel great. This is the happiest day I have ever had in the past 17 years."
Kang Cong followed her gaze outside the car and suddenly felt the belated "vastness of the sky and the sea".
He couldn't help but say subconsciously: "Since the sky is high and the sea is vast, why can't we go anywhere else... Why do we have to go look for her?"
"It's okay if you don't go. Then we can just wait to be hunted down and settled with the people from the Kang family and the Shi family. By then, not only will the sky be high and the seas broad, but even the only road to the underworld in the world, brother can go there whenever he wants and have a great time." Kang Zhi rolled her eyes.
"..." Kang Cong, who was completely humiliated, was completely speechless.
After walking a few miles further, they met the people who were guarding this section of the road again. Madam Shi was then pulled out of the carriage of the Kang brothers and sisters, and replaced with another carriage, where she was kept under separate care.
Without Madam Shi's presence weighing heavily on her head, Yue wiped the sweat from her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
After heaving a sigh of relief, Yueshi thought back to the exciting experiences of the day. She helped the son kill his father, helped the daughter hold the stone mother hostage, and now she was on the way to escape and surrender to the enemy... Yueshi could not hold on any longer and finally passed out from the shock.
The next day, the intelligence from Jizhou was delivered back to the Youzhou military camp by express horses half a day earlier than Tang Xing and others.
When the two counselors in Xuan Ce's army heard about this, they were all very happy: "Great!"
Kang Dingshan is dead, and Shi Man's mother was also abducted out of the city...these two crucial steps of the plan have all been accomplished!
The counselor surnamed Jiao sighed and said, "If a small chess piece is used properly, it can really shake the situation."
Another strategist nodded: "Even if we can't achieve a truly bloodless victory, we can still end this chaos at the lowest cost."
So far, they have not sent out any troops, but they have already brought back news of victory that cannot be underestimated.
The counselor could not help but sigh: "Chang Shi is indeed our distinguished guest, a distinguished person."
"Such a talented general, who also knows how to plan with kindness..." Mr. Jiao stroked his beard and said, "He is more than just our distinguished guest."
If you can keep this in mind for a long time, you will be a distinguished guest of this country and the world.
The "distinguished guest" the two gentlemen were talking about was currently playing with a dog.
This is the big tent that Cui Jing uses to handle official business. At this moment, Cui Jing is handling official business while Chang Suining is sitting cross-legged beside him, throwing chestnuts to Hei Li.
She threw the chestnut high up and Hei Li jumped up to catch it.
After playing like this for more than ten times, when Chang Suining stopped to drink tea, Hei Li made a move that surprised her greatly -
Black Li, who had more than ten chestnuts, lay there and peeled and ate two of them. Then he spat the third one he had just peeled onto the small table next to Chang Suining. He then sat down obediently, wagging his tail and looking at his owner expectantly.
Chang Suining looked at the two pieces of chestnut meat stained with the big dog's saliva: "...For me?"
"Woof!" Hei Li responded and wagged his tail even more happily.
"What a sensible and good dog..." Chang Suining praised, but his expression was very embarrassed.
Even if you don’t want to eat it, it’s also a token of the kindness of the child who just came in.
If she ate it, she felt it would be too difficult for herself.
"Black chestnut——"
Hearing the call, the big dog turned his head and saw another chestnut thrown towards him.
Hei Li ran forward and opened his mouth to catch the chestnut thrown by Cui Jing.
Chang Suining took this opportunity to "switch one thing for another", hiding the chestnut covered with saliva, and using his other hand to replace a clean chestnut from the plate beside him - the full plate was all peeled by Cui Jing. He asked someone to invite Chang Suining to the tent, and the excuse he gave was: "My Grand Commander has prepared tea and chestnut meat, and specially invites Governor Chang to come and have a seat."
A very sincere invitation.
A very thoughtful diversion.
When Hei Li turned his head, he saw Chang Suining picked up the chestnut and put it into his mouth.
Hei Li was satisfied and continued to lie down and chew chestnuts.
Not long after, Yuan Xiang walked into the tent and bowed, bringing news from Jizhou. He explained the general situation and said at the end: "…At this moment, the old lady of the Shi family is on her way back, and she will arrive around dark!"
Chang Suining breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction: "That's great."
Human nature is fickle. No matter how good the plan is, if the implementation process does not go as planned, it will be in vain.
She said to Cui Jing: "Kang Dingshan is dead, so the battle is halfway over. Maybe we can congratulate General Cui on his victory in advance."
"This victory is all thanks to Governor Chang." Cui Jing looked at her with a smile and said, "I will have someone set up a thank you banquet tonight."
Chang Suining nodded unceremoniously: "Okay, then I'll wait for the banquet to start."
The news of Kang Dingshan's death was a well-deserved victory, and it should have been announced to the entire army and even to other places, so that this "universal celebration" news could reach the ears of all the forces that were ready to make a move.
"Woof!"
While Chang Suining was talking to Cui Jing, Hei Li called out to Yuan Xiang in a friendly manner.
After settling down here, it not only did not bear any grudge against Yuanxiang, but was even very warm to him. Yuanxiang had almost believed Chang Suining's statement that Hei Li treated him as a dog fairy.
Whenever Yuan Xiang met Hei Li's curious eyes that seemed to say "Please teach me how to transform into a human being", he felt very embarrassed and sighed in his heart "A good cook cannot cook without rice".
"The Clever Housewife Yuanxiang" looked at the black chestnut at this moment, and saw the big dog squatting obediently and reverently, and on the ground in front of the big dog, there was a small pile of broken chestnut meat.
Chang Suining also saw it and couldn't help but wonder, "You only peeled one for me just now, but you are so generous to me. I'm afraid you are really treated as a deity, and you are even offering me tribute."
Yuanxiang showed a bitter smile on his face, he felt unworthy of this "tribute".
But seeing Hei Li's expression, Yuan Xiang still walked forward, squatted down, picked up the "tributes", and put them away with a dry smile: "Thank you very much..."
Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, after Yuan Xiang left here, he randomly distributed a handful of chestnut meat to several comrades he was on good terms with.
When it was getting dark, Tang Xing and his group returned to the camp.
After two days of excitement and bumpy ride, Madam Shi no longer had the energy she had at the beginning. In order to facilitate care and placement, after discussing with Cui Jing, Chang Suining asked Tang Xing to hand the person over to She Cai for care.
After the Kang family's mother and her two children were checked, they were quickly taken away for custody and placement.
As expected, Cui Jing held a thank-you banquet for Chang Suining in the evening. All his soldiers, advisers and important generals were present, and everyone treated Chang Suining with great respect during the banquet.
Chang Sui'an saw it all, and besides feeling proud, he also had a premonition - with Ningning's visit this time, his position in the army would probably be raised again.
All along, everyone had mistakenly believed that Commander Cui loved Ningning, so they treated him with courtesy. However, there were always some generals who were unwilling to follow the crowd and stubbornly adhered to their principles. At this moment, these stubborn people were the ones who treated Ningning with the most respect.
They are upright in character, have outstanding abilities, and only admire and respect capable people.
After this not-so-extravagant military banquet ended, Cui Jing sent Chang Suining back home, and the two discussed their future plans and expectations in detail on the way.
Cui Jing stopped only after sending Chang Suining to the front of the tent: "Turn off the lights and rest early after taking the medicine."
Chang Suining said "hmm" and nodded.
Cui Jing asked Doctor Cao to prescribe some decoctions for her to treat typhoid fever, which she took every morning and evening. In the past seven or eight days of taking the medicine, her appetite and sleep have improved. This morning when she was washing her face, Chang Suining pinched her cheeks and found that her cheeks, which had become thinner at sea, seemed to have regained some of their roundness.
"What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?" Cui Jing subconsciously wanted to stay here for a while longer, so he asked carefully: "Do you still want to eat chestnuts?"
He asked quite seriously, and Chang Suining felt that if she dared to nod, he would dare to peel a mountain of chestnuts overnight.
For the sake of the man's sleep, Chang Suining shook his head and said, "No, I won't eat it. Doctor Cao said that eating too much chestnut meat is not easy to digest."
"That's right." Cui Jing nodded as if he was very pleased, and then tried to ask: "Then, do you want to go to the martial arts arena tomorrow morning?"
This time Chang Suining nodded: "Okay, I'll come and watch you train then."
After getting the answer he wanted, Cui Jing smiled and said, "Okay."
"I'll go in first. See you at the martial arts arena tomorrow morning."
Cui Jing nodded and watched Chang Suining enter the tent before turning around and leaving.
"Sir." A female soldier guarding the tent came forward and saluted.
When Chang Suining took off his cloak and hung it on the simple screen, he heard the female soldier say, "The fifth lady of the Kang family said she wanted to see you, my Lord."
Chang Suining: "Kang Cong's sister?"
The female soldier nodded: "It's her."
Chang Suining thought for a moment and said, "Let her come over."
Kang Zhi thought she would not be able to see Chang Suining today, but when she heard the female soldier's message, she immediately perked up.
Yueshi reminded anxiously: "Ani, this place is different from other places, you must be careful with your words..."
"I know!" Kang Zhi walked away quickly, leaving only the swaying curtain behind.
While the female soldier was coming and going, Chang Suining had finished drinking the medicine, washed up, changed into a comfortable and soft robe, and put on a light green cloak. She untied the ponytail that had been tied tightly for the day, combed it, and tied it loosely behind her head with a green satin ribbon. A few strands of her black hair were too smooth to be tied up, and fell quietly on her cheeks.
This was Chang Suining that Kang Zhi saw for the first time.
Seeing the girl sitting cross-legged behind a small table, Kang Zhi was stunned for a moment. It was Chang Suining who asked her first, "Is it you who wanted to see me?"
"...Yes!" Kang Zhi suddenly came back to her senses and clasped her fists: "Anette came to thank Governor Chang!"
Chang Suining looked at her and said, "I used you to do things, and you still want to thank me?"
Kang Zhi's eyes were bright: "Ani only cares about the result, not the reason!"
Chang Suining did not comment, but only asked: "What happens after you say thank you?"
Good night, see you tomorrow!
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