Chapter 143 Jin丨Exclusive publication by Jiang Wenxue
Xie Heng was not mobile, and spent most of his time in the alchemy room, occasionally going out for a walk, but he would come back very quickly, barely getting to know the people on the nameless island, and knowing nothing else.
Even though he had been on the nameless island all along, he didn't know what the old man was thinking.
After dark, Xie Heng opened the window and looked out at the stars.
System: [Is this how you get the news?]
Xue Chen: [Don't worry, I'll figure it out right away.]
As soon as Hu Sheng came in, he saw the young man in Taoist robes staring at the night sky, slowed down his movements, took a blanket and covered his legs, and said softly: "Young Master, it's time to rest."
Xie Heng didn't say anything.
System: [What did you figure out? 】
Xue Chen: [You can only predict the future trend, but not the small things. Overall, it should be good. Don't worry too much. No matter how powerful the old man is, he is just an NPC and can't make any waves. Come on, start a new vest. 】
Xie Heng retracted his gaze and looked at Mr. Hu: "Go to bed."
Mr. Hu picked him up and put him on the prepared bed.
The system put in a turntable. Xue Chen had drawn so many vests and had already understood the process. He directly operated it with his consciousness, turned the turntable, and randomly selected a grid.
It was late at night. The main body and the vests had fallen asleep, and only Xie Heng was awake.
After the picture was enlarged, Xue Chen couldn't tell whether he was Xie Heng or the other vests were dreaming.
He was curious for a while and looked at the new vest.
System: [Looks a bit scary in the middle of the night.]
Xue Chen: [It's okay, you can tell at first glance that he's been disguised
. It's hard for a normal person to look like this.] The new vest's appearance can no longer be described as ugly.
He sat on a coffin, the left side of his body was obviously one size larger than the right side, and his face was a mess, as if the facial features were cut out from different people and sewn together, just like a mannequin.
System: [If he really looks like the picture, what would you do?]
Xue Chen got a little excited when he thought about it: [Go out and scare people! This coffin should be his, right? He can carry it with him, and he will scare people wherever he goes. He can form some kind of inhuman group with Da Mian and debut together!]
The system choked.
In the past, it silently scolded Xue Chen for being a pervert in its heart. It didn't really mean to say that he was a pervert, it just wanted to scold him. Now Xue Chen seems to have really become a pervert...
Xue Chen: [Give me the time node.]
The system obediently delivered the time node.
After seeing the node picture, it breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this vest was not really a stitched monster. The initial picture should only be a character setting hint for the new vest.
Xue Chen flipped through the three time nodes.
The first node was in a town in the desert, full of exotic style. On
the bustling street, the background was out of focus, and there was only an inconspicuous small vendor setting up a stall there. He looked to be in his thirties or forties, with a big belly, dark skin, traces of sunburn on his face, and a smile on his face, looking simple and honest.
The second node should have become a desert. The merchant's face is still the same, and his figure has not changed, but his expression is cold, his eyes are calm, and he has no expression at all.
He looked back and saw several dark green figures in the distance, which were particularly conspicuous in the desert.
In the third node, the merchant has been caught up by the green people. There are several corpses lying on the sand, and several people are confronting the vest. The vest's expression is still very calm, and he looks fearless.
Xue Chen: [It seems that I can only choose the first one.]
System: [Yes.]
Xue Chen: [I have a question. It is night now, but the first time node is in the daytime. After I switch to it, will I fast forward to the daytime directly, or will it be adjusted to nighttime? But if we set up the stall at night, will anyone really come to buy things?】
The system was at a loss: [I don't know, I haven't thought about this, you will know if you try it.]
Xue Chen used his consciousness to control and cut into the new vest.
His consciousness, which had been divided into many parts, was cut again, and a part of it entered the new vest.
Several vests felt the pain from the soul, all woke up, frowned, closed
their eyes and fell asleep again. Xie Heng rubbed several of his own acupuncture points, watched Hu Sheng blow out the candles, quietly retreated, and closed his eyes sleepily.
Xue Chen observed the surroundings with the new vest: [It's daytime!]
System: [Yes. 】
Xue Chen: [I don't feel anything. I used to faint directly. When I wasn't unconscious, the time I opened the vest and the time I entered the node were almost the same. Forget it, I don't want to think about these useless things, I'll pack up and run away! ]
He glanced at the stall. The vests were selling a variety of things, including gems, tea, porcelain, baked goods, dried vegetables, dried meat, cheese, and next to them was a stove for baking cakes, and there was a bowl of dough not far away.
Xue Chen knew that the vests were being hunted down, and now he was afraid that he had been exposed. He didn't care too much, so he just wrapped the tablecloth on the stall, threw the porcelain aside, and packed up the rest and carried them on his back.
Someone laughed and said, "@#￥%..."
Xue Chen: [Damn system! 】
System:【It's none of my business, these have nothing to do with me! 】
Xue Chen didn't bother to read the text description of the vest, pushed away the person who talked to him, and ran away with his things on his back.
He scolded the system:【You don't speak the language, you don't have martial arts, and your disguise skills are not lit. Even if you max out the synchronization rate, you only have 100 skill points, and you can only have six full-level skills! This person's disguise is superb, but it also requires corresponding behavior to cooperate in order to disguise it. The vest is set to make pancakes, do you think I can do it? You are going to kill me! 】
System:【Wuwu, you drew it yourself. 】
Xue Chen asked while running:【Has the synchronization rate increased? 】
System:【There are 2. 】
Xue Chen:【Give me some [Qinggong] and [Disguise]. 】
The system lights up his skills.
The first-level skills are all very basic, but it's better to have them than not. Especially the [Disguise] skill, once you get started, you can be much better than ordinary people, it's definitely not just a simple disguise.
Xue Chen went around to a place with fewer people and took off the big belly of the vest. It turned out that he had a slender figure. The reason why he looked bloated was actually a disguise.
The vest's disguise itself was much better than Lao Cui of Woyun Tower. On the surface, it looked very natural, unlike Lao Cui, whose body shape and appearance could be distinguished from his footsteps.
He opened the fake belly, and inside were some clothes and items for disguise.
Xue Chen hurriedly changed his clothes: [Has the synchronization rate increased?]
System: [Increased by 1 point.]
Xue Chen: [Before I escape from danger, the synchronization rate will be reported in real time. Be careful not to say nonsense. I am thinking about how to break the situation.]
System: [Okay. 】
Xue Chen vaguely saw a hint of green, he immediately stuck to the wall, put on a white hat with the help of other people's cover, and pasted a beard on his face.
He took a piece of dried meat, took a big bite, looked at the pile of sundries in front of him, picked up clothes and disguise tools, opened the tea jar and grabbed a handful, stuffed it into the bag together with food and small gems.
He was now dressed much more gorgeously than before, and his expression changed accordingly. He walked leisurely in the market, looking at the stalls from time to time and listening to their conversations.
System: [Synchronization rate +3%.]
Xue Chen: [Is this the Western Region?]
System: [I don't know.]
Xue Chen pondered for a moment: [Is there a skill like Western Region language?]
System: [Yes! 】
Xue Chen: 【Really... Then I guess my guess is right, click [Western Language] and [Disguise]. 】
The system unlocked the level 1 [Western Language] and level 2 [Disguise] for him.
Xue Chen could roughly understand what these people were saying, but it was a bit difficult to listen to. It was estimated that his spoken English was even worse, and he was not yet at the level where he could communicate with others.
He walked forward leisurely, crossed a street, and changed his disguise again.
At this time, his skin was a little whiter, his hair was curly, his beard was thick, and his walking posture became bolder, which was completely different from before.
System: 【Synchronization rate +2%. 】
Xue Chen: 【Upgrade [Western Language]. 】
[Western Language] has been upgraded to level 2.
This place seemed to be in the center of a town in a certain country. The farther out you went, the fewer people there were. Xue Chen almost reached the end and continued to change his disguise, then threw away the props he had used several times to lighten the burden.
He paced back and passed by several people in green.
Xue Chen stood calmly in front of the stall and bought a pot of milk tea. He saw several people walking away anxiously from the corner of his eye, and curled his lips slightly.
Xue Chen: [Didn’t the synchronization rate increase?]
System: [No.]
Xue Chen: [Strange.]
He took the milk tea and took a sip: [So salty! How much salt is added? Is their salt free? 】
The system watched him chattering in his head, drinking milk tea at a fast pace, and soon drank half of the milk tea and hung the pot on his package. System
: [Synchronization rate +1%. 】
Getting farther and farther away from the group of green-clothed men, Xue Chen began to carefully read the text introduction of the new vest.
His name is Yu Qi, and both his parents are followers of the Western Luosha Religion.
The leader Yu Luosha is very high in the Luosha Religion, and all the followers obey his words. As the name suggests, the entire Luosha Religion is a subsidiary of Yu Luosha, and everyone is loyal to the leader, and no one dares to have second thoughts.
Yu Qi was born different from ordinary people. He has no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, and it is difficult for him to understand the emotional changes of others.
Such a person is most suitable to be a killer. Yu Qi's parents sent him to Yu Luosha. Yu Luosha found it interesting and did not let him become a killer. Instead, he ordered people to teach him how to disguise himself, so that he could imitate different people and show different emotions.
This extremely indifferent child learned how to disguise himself and hid in the crowd in obscurity.
Later, Yu Qi's parents died in the struggle between Luosha Sect and various factions in the Western Regions. Yu Luosha promoted him to be the deputy head of Baitang, responsible for monitoring various halls and gathering information.
Yu Qi was good at disguising himself and his whereabouts were uncertain. Sometimes he went out to help Yu Luosha do things, and sometimes he hid in Luosha Sect, acting as Yu Luosha's eyes, observing everyone in the sect for him.
No one knows where he is. He is like a ghost. No one can see him, but anyone could be him.
This situation did not last long.
As the young leader Yu Tianbao grew older, Yu Luosha gradually aged. Some people in Luosha were restless and wanted to push the young leader to seize power, but they were afraid of the leader's former majesty and dared not take action.
Once, Yu Qi disguised himself as Yu Tianbao and was instigated by the four elders in turn.
Yu Qi did not understand what these people were saying at all. After he left, the four elders thought more and more that something was wrong. They were afraid that he would tell Yu Luosha, so they tried their best to assassinate him.
Xue Chen: [Xiao Qi did not understand what they said at all.]
System: [It seems so. 】
Xue Chen: [I hate these intrigues the most. Report them. Report them all! Let's go back to Luosha Sect! ]
The system had no choice at all. It watched Yu Qi change his equipment again, tear off his beard, replace the hat on his head with the hood on his robe, and put on a masking scarf. He looked like a girl with proper sun protection.
He picked a stall, spent a gem, filled the pot of milk tea with water, put on the bag, identified the direction, and roughly determined the direction based on the position of the sun at several other time nodes.
System: [How do you know Luosha Sect is here? 】
Xue Chen:【The desert is endless. After leaving the crowd, Xiao Qi has no shelter, so it doesn't matter where he runs. He is emotionally indifferent, so he probably doesn't have the emotion of "fear". He won't panic because he is being chased. It is very likely that he ran towards the Luosha Religion.】
System:【Didn't he come from the Luosha Religion?】
Xue Chen:【When Xiao Qi left the Luosha Religion, he didn't realize that he was being targeted. Until now, he still doesn't understand the reason, so he will definitely return to the Luosha Religion.】
System:【It makes sense.】
Yu Qi came to the place where camels were sold. His language ability had not yet improved, so he stumbled when communicating with people. He was determined to bargain with people, and finally spent a gem to buy a camel.
He led Camel out of the town, rode to Camel Peak, and walked slowly in the desert.
System: [The milk tea here is very expensive.]
Xue Chen: [Easy to carry, rich taste, rich nutrition, sufficient salt, and a free pot, which is not bad.]
After leaving the crowd, Yu Qi relaxed, his face without any expression, and the look in his eyes was different from that of ordinary people. It seemed plain, but it was full of indifference.
System: [Synchronization rate +2%.]
Xue Chen: [Add to [Disguise].]
[Disguise] skill was upgraded to level 3.
Yu Qi's synchronization rate increased to 10%, and after leaving the crowd, the growth rate slowed down.
He kept talking to Camel in the Western Region dialect, and the synchronization rate did not increase at all.
The system was annoyed by his repetition: [You can't increase the synchronization rate by doing this.]
Xue Chen: [I know.]
System: [Then why are you still repetitious!]
[I don't want to rely on this to increase the synchronization rate, I just want to familiarize myself with the language. Don't you notice that I'm speaking more and more fluently? With the level 2 [Western Language] as a foundation, you don't have to worry about going astray when practicing on your own.] He became more and more resentful as he spoke, [I plan to learn this language by myself, and the skill points saved can be used in other places to make up for the shortcomings of the vest.]
System: [You really drew the vest yourself, it has nothing to do with me.]
Xue Chen: [I don't blame you, and I have a very good memory, so you don't have to repeat it all the time.]
System: [Okay... I have a question.]
Xue Chen: [Go ahead.]
System: [Why do you want to go back to the Luosha Sect? Wouldn't it be better to just go for a stroll outside while you can move freely, just like a big cotton ball? Now go to Central Plains, increase the synchronization rate, accompany the main body to the Nameless Island, and then go to Yu Luosha to complain after returning. 】
Xue Chen: [That's a good question, so do you know the way to Central Plains? 】
System: [...I don't know. 】
Xue Chen: [I don't know either, and I don't even know where I am. Even if I have skills like Xie Heng, I can't find where to go. Even if I can find the direction, I don't know where to find supplies on the way. If I don't have enough water and food, I will die in the desert. 】
System: [That's right. 】
The new vest cannot be put into use for the time being, so Xue Chen did not set out to the Nameless Island immediately.
Perhaps because his soul strength has increased, the pain of opening a new vest this time is much less than the previous times, but the synchronization rate has not been improved, Xue Chen still has a headache, and the whole person is listless.
Xiao He fed him a few hawthorn balls prepared by Xie Heng: "Young Master, are you going out today?"
Xue Chen nodded.
Xiao He: "No matter how high the status of that Young Master Liu is, can it be higher than that of the Young Master? Send someone to pass him a message and tell him that we will see each other another day, right?"
System: [Xiao He is right, do you have to eat this meal today? ]
"I have already promised them, how can I regret it so easily? What's more, I am really fine, I just ate too greasy food yesterday, and I feel much better after taking the medicine." Xue Chen rubbed his head: [Are you stupid? Xiao Liu is also very uncomfortable! I have to put on a smile in front of so many people. I have Tong Guan at work and my godfather after work. My godfather is obsessed with me and can't even sleep a little longer. I also want to relax. 】
Xiao He helped him dress: "It's so cold outside, why not invite that Mr. Liu to come home."
Xue Chen: [What should I eat then? 】
System: [……]
He put on his sleeves and shook his head: "Not suitable."
Xiao He said nothing more and dressed him silently.
Xue Chen adjusted his collar: "I'd like to trouble you to keep it a secret from Lian'er like yesterday and don't tell him that I'm out."
Xiao He was very reluctant: "Young Master!"
Xue Chen smiled and didn't give her a chance to regret it. He was almost done, got rid of Xiao He's hand, and left quickly.
Xiao He chased after him with a cloak: "Master, coat!"
Xue Chen returned, took the clothes from her hand, made a gesture of silence, and quickly walked out of his courtyard.
He glanced at his brother: [My brother is not outside, right?]
System: [I am very curious, he is not outside, is he in his room? What does he do in the room all day? Does he sleep and eat like you?]
Xue Chen: [Practice martial arts.]
System: [I remember you said that you would work hard to practice martial arts after you came back when you entered the palace to appreciate the snow. I told you, you can't even get up early, you definitely can't do it.]
Xue Chen: [Stupid system, who said you must get up to practice martial arts? I can still practice internal strength while lying in bed.]
System: [...]
Xue Chen was afraid of being discovered by Gong Jiu, so he didn't prepare the carriage in advance like he did yesterday.
Gong Jiu had demonstrated to him when he went to the military camp yesterday. Xue Chen naturally chose a horse and ordered someone to harness it to the carriage. After everyone had packed up, he entered the carriage holding his cloak and slowly left the palace.
Liu Yixuan came to Tong Guan and handed him the note.
Tong Guan was stunned: "You said that the eldest son of Prince Taiping asked you to meet?"
Liu Yixuan nodded.
Tong Guan: "Prince Taiping has always been at odds with us. Why did Master Xue meet you? Did he say anything else?"
Liu Yixuan shook his head innocently.
Tong Guan: "Since he invited you, then you should go. After all, he is also the son of the Taiping Palace, and people like us cannot afford to offend him. You should get along well with him, and remember to bring some paper and pen, and don't neglect him."
Liu Yixuan nodded obediently.
Tong Guan was afraid that the things Liu Yixuan used for himself were too crude and would not be acceptable to Xue Chen, so he specially ordered people to take some fine pens, ink, paper and inkstone from the warehouse and put them in a small box. He also sent a few people to follow Liu Yixuan, to run errands for him at any time, and to say a few words for him when it was inconvenient for him to write.
System: [Tong Guan is really good to Xiao Liu.]
Xue Chen: [Silly Tong, this kind of goodness is like the emperor's favor to his concubine, which will be blown away by the wind. 】
At present, Liu Yixuan is capable and smart, and he is Xu Qingrong's adopted son. Now that he is on Tong Guan's boat, he and he are like grasshoppers on the same rope, sharing the honor and disgrace.
Tong Guan was very happy to have Xue Chen's friendship with Liu Yixuan, so of course he had to make plans for him.
Liu Yixuan took off his official robe, changed into casual clothes, and went to another restaurant with several subordinates.
The subordinates dealt with the waiter for him, asked about Xue Chen's room, and took him to the second-floor private room. They knocked on the door and said softly, "Mr. Xue, Lord Liu is here."
Tong Guan sat upright and said, "Come in."
The door opened from the outside, Liu Yixuan walked in slowly, smiled at him, and saluted.
Xue Chen stood up gently and held him up, "You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The subordinates of the Central Secretariat presented him with paper and pen.
Xue Chen frowned: "No need for you, Xiao Liu, I'm here, you go down."
The subordinates didn't dare to say much and went out respectfully.
Liu Yixuan closed the door and sat across the table.
Xue Chen: [The two bodies with the smallest appetites have met, sad.]
System: [……]
Neither the original body nor the vest touched the snacks on the table, and didn't even drink the tea, just waiting for the meal to be served.
After leaving the sight of others, Xiao Liu relaxed, lay on the table, took out a pair of chopsticks, and rubbed his temples with the end position to relieve the headache.
Xue Chen walked to the small couch next to him and lay down, opening the window a little.
The sound of footsteps came from outside, and Xiao Liu immediately put down his chopsticks.
There was a knock on the door: "Master Xue, Master Liu, I'm here to serve the dishes."
Liu Yixuan opened the door and gestured for him to come in.
Xue Chen didn't even raise his eyes, lying on the couch with his eyes closed to rest.
A few dishes were placed on the table, and he immediately stood up and sat face to face with Liu Yixuan to eat.
The waiter came a few more times, and seeing the awkward atmosphere in the room, he was a little confused and left as quickly as possible each time.
After all the dishes were served, Xue Chen looked at the full table: [It seems that they ordered too much, Xiao Liu and I can't finish it at all.]
System: [Pack it up and take it away!]
Xue Chen: [It's a pity that the original body cannot be taken home, so Xiao Liu can only pack it up. Xiao Liu's cooking skills are so good, but he can't eat his own meal. It's so hard for me. 】
System:【Compared to Xiao Qi, you two are nothing, right?】
Yu Qi is still walking in the desert.
Except for sleeping at night, he has been moving forward all the time, but the scenery around him has not changed at all, just like being trapped in a ghost wall.
Yu Qi still has that dull look, his eyes are indifferent like a real person, but his mouth is very noisy, and he keeps practicing oral English with Camel.
The system thinks that if he continues to recite like this, he will either die of thirst and dehydration, or he will recite Camel to death.
Xue Chen:【Xiao Qi's situation may be due to physiological reasons. I feel that part of the consciousness is very calm, without any desire.】
System:【So you can't empathize either, right? 】
Xue Chen: [This is hard to explain, because my consciousness is normal, it's just that Xiao Qi has a physical problem. I know very well what human emotions are like, and I know how to react in different situations, but Xiao Qi can't. In short, it's hard to explain with words...】
System: [Just tell me if you can or not.]
Xue Chen: [Yes, but not completely.]
System: [...]
Xue Chen and Liu Yixuan divided the food, and each of them only tasted a few dishes, and then chose what they liked to eat.
He deliberately didn't ask for a staple food, but he was still full quickly.
Especially Xiao Liu, he ate two slices of various meats on the table, drank some soup, and his stomach was so full that he couldn't eat anymore.
Liu Yixuan lay back on the couch and digested the food quietly.
Xue Chen took out pills and stuffed a few of them into his mouth.
System: [Are you planning to come for a second round?]
Xue Chen: [I finally got out here, of course I have to eat to my heart's content!]
System: […]
Xue Chen's appetite is bigger than Liu Yixuan's, so he continued to eat while sitting at the table.
After a while, hurried footsteps were heard outside.
Xue Chen stuffed a hawthorn pill into his mouth: [Do you think this footsteps sound familiar?]
System: [No, aren't they all the same?]
The next moment, a more familiar voice was heard outside: "Is my eldest brother here?"
Liu Yixuan stood up suddenly, hurried to the dining table, and made room for the low couch under him.
The waiter: "Mr. Xue is indeed here."
Xue Chen said helplessly: "Come in."
The young man in white pushed the door open, waved his sleeves to close the door, ignored the dumb boy next to him, and looked at his brother steadily: "You let Xiaohe deceive me again."
Xue Chen smiled.
Gong Jiu's face was gloomy and his tone was cold: "You can deceive me once, but you can't deceive me a second time..."
Xue Chen picked up a piece of steamed lamb for him with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
Gong Jiu looked at him unhappily, and after swallowing the lamb, he said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, do you think I'm a child?"
Xue Chen: "Isn't it?"
Gong Jiu ignored him, but looked at the dishes on the table: "You only eat these?"
Xue Chen's expression became a little indifferent.
Gong Jiu looked at Liu Yixuan again: "So it's you."
Liu Yixuan smiled.
Gong Jiu: "I didn't know when my elder brother became so close to him?"
Xue Chen said nothing and drank another sip of soup.
Gong Jiu was helpless.
His elder brother's attitude made him unable to find fault even if he wanted to. He could only suppress his displeasure, sit next to his brother, and say to Liu Yixuan: "My elder brother is weak and can't eat these things. This time I reluctantly used some for your sake. Don't give him these in the future."
Xue Chen looked unpredictable and lowered his head in thought.
Liu Yixuan nodded, pointed to the dishes that had not been touched much, and asked Gong Jiu to eat some.
At the previous palace banquet, Gong Jiu's attention was on his brother and Yuan Feishuang, and he didn't pay any attention to this inconspicuous boy. Now, seeing that he was so weak and pleasing to the eye, he gave him some face and ate casually.
Xue Chen and Liu Yixuan didn't say anything. The only sound in the room was the sound of Gong Jiu eating. He felt a little uneasy and put down his chopsticks.
Gong Jiu looked at Liu Yixuan: "You can't speak?"
Liu Yixuan nodded.
Gong Jiu: "Then how did you talk to my eldest brother?"
Liu Yixuan pointed to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone beside the low couch.
Gong Jiu: "If I'm not mistaken, there is not a single word on those papers."
Liu Yixuan nodded, picked up the cup, poured some water on the table, dipped his finger in the water stain, and wrote on the table: like this.
Gong Jiu: "I see."
Xue Chen: "You are free?"
Gong Jiu shook his head: "I am afraid that my elder brother will leave secretly."
He confessed the matter of the nameless island to his elder brother yesterday, and his elder brother said that he would go to the island for him. Xue Chen suddenly disappeared, and Gong Jiu thought he had simply left by pretending to be himself.
In front of Liu Yixuan, Gong Jiu did not dare to explain it too clearly.
Xue Chen comforted him: "No."
Gong Jiu nodded.
Xue Chen: "Xiao Liu is a reliable person. He has a deep hatred for the Kingdom of Jin. Although he works for Tong Guan, he can't forget the past grievances. This child is in line with the Taiping Palace. There are some things that you don't have to avoid him. After I leave, you have to pretend to be me and live in the palace. You happened to come here today, so I will tell you directly."
Gong Jiu thought that his eldest brother had a better relationship with Yuan Feishuang, but it was a pity that Liu Yixuan was isolated and helpless, so he was kind enough to ask him to meet so that he wouldn't think too much.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yixuan was the one who really caught his eldest brother's eye.
He looked at Liu Yixuan, trying to see something unique about him.
Xue Chen: "After I leave, you should not only interact more with Xiao Liu, but also have a good relationship with Yuan Feishuang and Fang Yingkan."
Gong Jiu glanced at Liu Yixuan again.
When his elder brother said this in front of him, Liu Yixuan was calm and composed, without any abnormality.
Gong Jiu thought he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pale face and a thin body, and thought he was just a child. Unexpectedly, he was so scheming. No wonder he caught the elder brother's eye.
Xue Chen: "There are people to take care of the Shenhou Mansion. You don't have to worry about it."
Gong Jiu suddenly understood what he meant: "Brother, what are you saying..."
Xue Chen chuckled: "The Taiping Palace is a neutral camp, but who said that the neutral camp must be self-contained and keep a distance from all parties?"
Gong Jiu looked at his brother with respect: "When Pei Rui entered the mansion, had you already thought of this day?"
Xue Chen just smiled and said nothing.
Gong Jiu: "Does Liu Yixuan know all this?"
Xue Chen said sympathetically: "Xiao Liu had no choice but to surrender to Tong Guan. Although Tong Guan advocates war like his father, he is still a little cowardly and dares not offend Cai Jing. Cai Jing has Liufenbantang and is extremely powerful. How many people dare to resist him? Xiao Liu's parents were killed by the Jin people and he was unwilling to let go of his hatred for factional disputes. He has no foundation in the court and is willing to rely on me. Why should I refuse?"
Liu Yixuan smiled.
Gong Jiu: "Can he be trusted?"
Xue Chen asked Liu Yixuan: "What do you think?"
Liu Yixuan nodded, dipped his tea, and wrote on the table: The capital is not the place for me to stay. I want to go to the front line.
Gong Jiu: "You know martial arts?"
Liu Yixuan shook his head, wiped off the water stains, and rewrote: There are not only soldiers on the front line, other people can also be used.
System: [Do you really think so?]
Xue Chen: [You mean to transfer Xiao Liu to the front line?]
System: [Yes.]
Xue Chen: [Didn't I tell you? I will be affected by the vests. Xiao Liu has not been happy recently. He is very busy in the Central Secretariat and handles news from the battlefield every day, but few of them are really useful. The Central Secretariat here is just a superficial organization. The real power depends on my father.]
System: [What can Xiao Liu do?]
Xue Chen: [Logistics, diplomacy, it's all right. My military ability is definitely not as good as my father's. It's also good to learn something from him.
Gong Jiu: "When do you plan to go?" Liu
Yixuan shook his head and looked at the original body.
Xue Chen: "Not now. Tong Guan and others don't know that Xiao Liu has secretly surrendered to me. He still needs to stay in the Shumiyuan for a while."
Gong Jiu is a smart man. When he heard his elder brother say this, he immediately understood.
Liu Yixuan's identity is a double-faced spy. When his identity is exposed or he and Tong Guan part ways, it will be time for him to return to his elder brother.
After saying this, Xue Chen picked up some dishes for Gong Jiu and gave the rest of the food to his younger brother to deal with, saving the trouble of packing.
After dinner, Liu Yixuan was about to get off duty, so he did not return to the Shumiyuan and went straight home.
Xue Chen and Gong Jiu took a carriage back to the Taiping Palace.
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Lu Xiaofeng stayed in Qingyi Building for a few days. After the storm calmed down, he suddenly felt bored. He was about to say goodbye to Yun Heyan, but Yun Heyan came to say goodbye to him first.
Lu Xiaofeng asked: "You are leaving? Where are you going?"
Yun Heyan: "The capital."
Lu Xiaofeng: "Is it the intention of the King of Taiping?"
Yun Heyan: "Yes."
Lu Xiaofeng was curious: "Can you tell me what the King of Taiping is going to let you do?"
Yun Heyan was actually reluctant to leave Dapanji, but now was not the time for the original body to contact Lu Xiaofeng. If he wanted to follow the original body to Wuming Island, he had to get rid of Lu Xiaofeng and could not let him go with him.
Yun Heyan: "The eldest son received a reward from the government and is preparing to serve as an official in the court. The prince asked me to be his bodyguard."
Lu Xiaofeng was stunned.
How come the two friends he made recently are both like this?
Pei Rui is an expert swordsman. If he were to become a savage, he would have a high status. He would not lack money or people. After he became famous, people would flock to him. But he was willing to give up his freedom and become a small constable in the court.
Yun Heyan is just a killer. Although he has to obey orders and has such a strange disease, his swordsmanship has been recognized by Ximen Chuxue! If he wants, there are many people willing to give him blood, but he handed over Qingyi Tower to others and voluntarily obeyed the orders of King Taiping and became a small bodyguard beside the sick Master Xue.
Do you all have no ambition? Lu Xiaofeng suddenly had
an idea: "Could it be that the King of Taiping promised something?"
Yun Heyan shook her head: "I promised him, how can I go back on my word?"