Chapter 215 Exposed
After handing over the affairs of Wancheng to Pei Yunzhan, Ji Changqing asked Feng Qingsui, "What would you like to eat tonight? I'll have someone buy the ingredients right away."
Feng Qingsui raised his eyebrows: "Second Master wants to reward me?"
Ji Changqing nodded and said, "You played a very important role in the battle of Wancheng, so naturally I have to hold a banquet to reward you."
Feng Qingsui smiled happily.
"It's so hot, I don't have much of an appetite. I just want to have some soup."
"Can I make you a casserole porridge?"
"good."
In the evening, Ji Changqing placed a pot of steaming squid and scallop porridge, a plate of cold-mixed pig ears, a pot of pepper chicken, a serving of smashed cucumber, and a dish of stir-fried water spinach on the stone table in the courtyard.
Feng Qingsui's appetite instantly increased.
“They are all my favorite foods.”
She said with a smile.
Ji Changqing poured her a bowl of porridge and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, the porridge is still a little hot."
Feng Qingsui nodded.
The pig ears are spicy and crispy, the pepper chicken is fresh and slightly numb, the smashed cucumber is crisp and refreshing, the water spinach is refreshing and relieves greasiness, and the squid and scallop porridge is sweet and delicious, making it a perfect summer match.
It's simply impossible to stop eating.
Feng Qingsui ate until he couldn't swallow the extra porridge, and then he put down his chopsticks reluctantly.
"I've also made some tangerine peel and lotus seed syrup. It's chilling in the well now. I'll bring it to you and Wuhua later."
Ji Changqing added.
Feng Qingsui: “…”
"If you keep feeding me like this," she said with a chuckle, "you'll make me fat sooner or later."
Ji Changqing glanced at her tight and clear jawline and said calmly, "With your size, it will probably take you 20 to 30 years to gain weight."
Feng Qingsui let out a long sigh.
"In that case, I don't have to worry about gaining weight."
Ji Changqing looked puzzled.
"When the Second Master gets married, he will naturally save these cooking skills to please his wife. I won't be able to eat them even if I want to, so what is there to worry about?" Feng Qingsui replied.
Ji Changqing: “…”
"There won't be a time when you can't eat." He said in a deep voice, "You can eat whenever you want."
Feng Qingsui shook his head: "How can that be possible? I can't cause trouble for my brother and sister-in-law."
Ji Changqing looked at the little fox in front of him who was causing trouble for him just because he had enough to eat and drink, and gritted his teeth.
"Do you want to rush the marriage?"
"That's not the case." Feng Qingsui smiled brightly, "It's just that seeing that the Second Master has been reluctant to get married, I have some doubts in my heart, and I want to test him a little."
"What do you doubt me about?"
Feng Qingsui leaned forward and lowered his voice, "I suspect you, Second Master, are coveting a married woman."
Ji Changqing's whole body stiffened.
Staring at her blankly.
Feng Qingsui sat back down and gave a sly smile, "I was right, wasn't I?"
Ji Changqing looked away, his Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was low and hoarse: "Her husband...is no longer here."
“It turns out she’s the wife of her deceased husband.”
Feng Qingsui looked as if he had realized something, and he dragged out the last syllable of his words.
"This dynasty doesn't forbid widows from remarrying, so why don't you ask for marriage? It will save your mother from worrying about your marriage all day long."
Ji Changqing glanced at her sideways: "She is still in mourning."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
"In other words, once she is out of mourning, the Second Master will be getting married soon?"
Ji Changqing's eyes were filled with emotion: "She doesn't know my feelings for her yet. Even if she knew, she might not... favor me."
Feng Qingsui looked into his eyes and said, "How can you know what she feels if you don't reveal your feelings?"
The evening breeze is gentle and the cicadas chirp like rain.
The night sky is breathtakingly blue.
Ji Changqing counted his breaths for over a hundred times before speaking slowly, "My life is hanging by a thread. I am in danger every day. If I rashly reveal my feelings, it will only cause her more worries. If I do this someday... won't that ruin her life?"
Feng Qingsui nodded: "Second Master is right."
She stood up and left.
"Second Master, please take good care of yourself and don't let her worry about you and cry."
Ji Changqing looked at her gradually receding back, and it felt like lightning flashed through his chest, and every part of his body was numbed by the electricity.
Endless joy washed over his mind again and again.
After returning to the courtyard where he was temporarily staying, he took out his sword and practiced one sword move after another.
Until all your strength is exhausted.
Then he lay back on the stone bench, looked at the clear night sky, and smiled foolishly for a long time.
Yan Chi bumped into Zhu Ying's arm and whispered, "Did our master eat fried guqin for dinner?"
Zhu Ying said expressionlessly: "No."
Yan Chi frowned: "Then why does he look like he's been poisoned?"
Zhuying stroked his chin and pondered for a moment before replying, "Should 'love poison' also be considered a poison?"
Yan Chi: “…”
After resting for a day in Wancheng, Ji Changqing and others led the Third Battalion of the Capital, which had an additional thousand soldiers, to Hecheng.
The Hecheng rebels obviously already knew how their brothers in Zhicheng and Wancheng had failed.
They neither left the city to fight nor defended the city in the hope that the soldiers from the capital would bypass Hecheng and head to the next county.
But——
"Please come into the city as our guest, Lord Prime Minister, and don't make things difficult for us."
The chief general of the Hecheng rebels stood on the city gate tower and shouted loudly.
An empty basket was hung down from the upstairs.
Hundreds of civilians with their hands and feet bound were lying on the right side of the city gate.
Five wooden cages were hung above the civilians, each containing ten civilians.
As soon as the commander finished speaking, someone lit the end of the rope hanging on one of the cages. The flames devoured the rope inch by inch. As soon as it burned to the knot, the cage would fall and hit the civilians below.
Admiral Xuan was so angry that he was fuming.
"brute!"
He cursed angrily.
Then he said to Ji Changqing, "Don't be fooled by them. Even if you go there, they will not let these people go."
Ji Zhangqing's eyes darkened slightly: "But I can't help but go."
Admiral Xuan: “…”
The viciousness of this move lies in the fact that if Ji Changqing chooses to protect himself, he will definitely be branded as a "cold-blooded butcher", "a coward", and "indifferent to the lives of the people".
If you choose to exchange civilians, you will become a hostage and your own soldiers will be coerced.
Only if he commits suicide can he break this dilemma.
The rebels wanted to force him to death.
They didn't even give him time to struggle, and set the rope on fire as soon as he opened his mouth.
Ji Changqing winked at Yan Chi and Zhuying, then walked towards the city gate.
"Master Ji!"
Feng Qingsui stepped forward quickly and grabbed his right hand, as if trying to stop him.
Noticing that there was something extra in his hand, Ji Changqing calmly pulled her hand away and said calmly, "Doctor Feng, don't worry. I'll be back soon."
After saying this, he left Feng Qingsui and strode forward.
Feng Qingsui stood there, looking at him with a worried look on his face.
Ji Changqing walked to the city gate, raised his head and said, "If you sincerely invite me to be your guest, please put out the fire first."
The rebel leader laughed heartily: "Excellent! Your Excellency the Prime Minister is courageous!"
After saying this, he raised his chin and signaled his men to extinguish the rope.
His men poured a basin of water over and the flames went out.
The commander extended his right hand and pointed at the basket below the city gate: "Prime Minister, please."
Ji Changqing stepped into the basket and sat down with his knees bent.
The basket slowly rose.
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