Chapter 19: The First Person in Ancient and Modern Times
"Sir, the Minister!"
Guo Qiang was called over by his uncle again. Feeling his uncle's aura, his scalp suddenly felt tingling.
"Any news?"
When Guo Qiang heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. Uncle, my dear uncle, it’s only been less than a day, how could it go by so fast.
After thinking for a moment, he excused his men, "My men haven't found an opportunity yet. After all, they are still in the capital at this time, so it's not easy to take action."
"waste."
The Minister slammed the table and said, "You won't look for bandits? It's reasonable to encounter bandits on the way to exile!"
"It's perfectly reasonable for bandits to kill a few people when they're robbing something! Wouldn't it be that difficult to let Chen Yuan 'coincidentally' die at the hands of bandits?"
When Guo Qiang heard this, he was stunned. Why didn't he think of this trick? A look of joy quickly appeared on his face.
He was also worried that Zhao Guang was not doing a good job, but he didn't expect his uncle to come up with a new idea for him.
Bandits are great!
The thing that is most lacking on this road of exile is bandits.
"Don't worry, uncle. I'll do it right away!"
"What did you call me?"
"Sir, the Minister!"
"Go ahead. If you can handle this, you can continue to call me uncle!"
Guo Qiang paused, wanting to ask, what if it doesn't work out? Should he call for help?
In the end, Guo Qiang still decided that he should not seek death, as it is good to be alive.
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"The only threat has been resolved." Chen Xue sat in the carriage and looked at everyone proudly. Zhao Guang's handle was grasped and he was poisoned, so it was difficult for him to disobey.
"Xue'er is much better than me." Lord Chen praised. He had been watching from the side as Chen Xue lured Zhao Guang into talking and revealing something she could use to control him.
Then he deliberately tricked him into being poisoned and lured him into taking the real poison. Each of these steps seemed simple, but in fact it was a manipulation of people's hearts.
I have to say, Xueer has really grown up.
"It's getting late. It won't be long before we find a place to stay for the night."
Mother Chen lowered the curtain and suddenly thought of this, "According to this situation, it will take at least a year for us to reach Nanman."
"Yes." Lord Chen nodded. "It's the Autumnal Equinox now. I wonder if we can reach the south before the Winter Solstice."
"If it's possible, that would be great. If not, we must prepare winter clothes." Mother Chen said, looking at Chen Xue.
"Dad, Mom, don't worry, you don't have to worry about winter clothes."
Chen Xue emptied out her house. She had all the winter clothes, cotton-padded jackets, and quilts. She even had the charcoal stored at home. She just didn't pay attention to it when she counted it and piled it aside.
"There's no problem with Xue'er's side, that's fine."
"Come on, how about we play chess?"
Chen Xue took out the Go board out of boredom. She didn't know how to play it, but she could play Gobang.
"Today we will use a new way of playing."
Master Chen immediately became interested. He loved playing chess the most. This Go board was also taken away by Chen Xue from his study. "Tell me in detail how to play it."
Chen Xue gave a brief introduction, and Master Chen smiled and said, "Since it's so simple, Dad will let you see what chess is like."
Thirty seconds later.
Lord Chen suddenly broke out in a sweat.
Chen Xue couldn't help but urge, "Dad, why don't you make a move? Actually, it doesn't matter whether you make a move or not, because I've already won."
On the chessboard, four black pieces are already connected together, and it is useless to block either side.
"Come on, Dad just made a mistake."
Lord Chen couldn't believe that such a great chess master couldn't play the so-called Gobang.
One minute later.
Master Chen looked at the five connected black pieces and immediately threw up his sleeves. "Hmph, I'm done playing. This boring way of playing is simply not worthy of being played in a formal setting."
"Dad~" Chen Xue couldn't help laughing, "Or, I'll give you a seed"
Tsundere Chen turned his head immediately and said, "Really?"
After Chen Xue nodded, Lord Chen picked up the chess piece.
Chen's mother beside him said with a half-smile, "Didn't someone say that this kind of game is not suitable for formal occasions and is no longer played?"
Master Chen's face flushed red as he said with a forced argument, "This isn't Xue'er's idea of playing. I'm just accompanying her."
As he was speaking, five more black spots connected together, and Lord Chen's face suddenly turned dark.
Seeing that he was about to give up playing, Chen Xue said again, "Dad, how about I give you another one?"
I'm giving up two pieces. As a chess master, I can't possibly lose again. If I lose again, I'll eat the pieces...
One minute later.
Mr. Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked up at his daughter, hesitated for a moment, and said, "How about you give me another one?"
Chen Xue: “…………”
"Dad, do you know why it's called Gobang? Because there are only five pieces. I gave you three pieces, how can we play?"
Chen Xue was a little amused. Her father was so good at Go, but why did he refuse to play Gobang?
"Mom, why don't we give it a try?"
Chen Xue looked at Chen's mother, eager to try.
"I'll let it go." Mother Chen shook her head. "I don't want to be bullied. Go and bully your father!"
My dad is sulking."
Her father had already gone out to get some fresh air in frustration.
“Who should I play with?”
"I!"
"Who is it?"
Chen Xue heard someone answering, looked up but didn't see anyone, feeling a little depressed. She wondered if she was hallucinating.
As a result, she felt someone pulling her clothes. When she turned around, she saw Xiaodie weakly raising her hand.
"Girl, I'll play with you!"
Chen Xue then remembered that she had a maid. It was strange to say, could it be that this girl had awakened some talent because of the house confiscation?
Otherwise, why is her presence so low? When she is not talking, no one notices her at all.
Wow, with this kind of talent, if he becomes an assassin or a killer, he will immediately become the best killer in the world.
"Come on, let's play!"
By the way, this talent is really weird.
Some people always lose no matter how they play, while others want to win as soon as they start playing.
The first time Xiaodie played, she actually beat Chen Xue.
My goodness, just as Chen Xue abused her father badly, now she is being abused just as badly by Xiaodie.
"Xiaodie is still amazing." Chen Xue could already sense her father's frustration. "It seems I can only abdicate and become the 'Chess Immortal' and give you the title of 'Chess Saint'."
Lord Chen, who had just entered, twitched his lips and complained, "Are you sure you didn't say the opposite? I remember that the Chess Immortal is more powerful than the Chess Saint, right? How can you abdicate? You're clearly ascending to heaven!"
"Dad, don't worry about these details."
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"Alright, let's get down to business!" Lord Chen regained his serious expression. "Now that Xu Tian is on good terms with us and Zhao Guang is under our control, the only ones left are the other yamen runners, and most importantly, the yamen runner captain."
As long as they can deal with these people, their journey of exile will be easy, and maybe it will really become a tourist route.
He was the first person in ancient and modern times to travel from the capital to the southern barbarians.
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