Chapter 59 Seeing Qin Ji in this state…
Seeing Qin Ji's expression, Xiao Yan Hui could no longer maintain her composed demeanor. She slightly bowed, then tried to cover her face with her sleeve, chuckling to herself. While she concealed the corners of her mouth, her eyes, however, were impossible to hide.
Qin Ji watched as her shoulders trembled from laughing, and sighed with a mixture of helplessness and resentment: "You're the epitome of burying your head in the sand. If you laugh at me again, I'll tear up the 'peace agreement' we made earlier."
Xiao Yan was not afraid of him at all. Instead, she turned around to face Qin Ji, who was pressing his forehead with his upper arm: "I believe in your character." With just one sentence, she put him on her feet.
"What kind of character do I have!" Qin Ji protested.
Looking up at the smiling face before him, he secretly complained to himself, "I guess I used up all my good karma in this life on you." Suddenly, he remembered that in the modern world, good karma also refers to luck, and he found the saying to be quite apt.
"Hahahaha..." Qin Ji burst out laughing at his own thoughts.
Seeing the person lying on the bed suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent reason, Xiao Yan Hui, who seemed a bit delirious, realized that Qin Ji, though physically awake, was actually still drunk.
His demeanor reminded Xiao Yan of their first meeting. Comparing the two, it was indeed as he had said before: he had been faking being drunk back then.
Qin Ji was incredibly well-behaved and peaceful when he was drunk. But, he was still quite a sight to behold.
It was their wedding night, after all. Not only Qin Ji had wild thoughts, but Xiao Yan Hui also had her moments of daydreaming. After all, she was mentally an adult woman. However, whatever she thought, she should just keep it to herself and take good care of her body.
Seeing that the person lying there was showing signs of drifting off again, Xiao Yan reached out and poked him lightly with her finger: "Qin Ji, get up and take a shower. You smell of alcohol all over you. Are you going to sleep on the couch later or share the bed with me?"
Qin Ji remained silent.
Feeling him jerk when she poked him, Xiao Yan became even more interested: "Asleep? Wake up, wake up..."
Of course she knew Qin Ji wasn't asleep; she did it on purpose because Qin Ji's reaction to poking her was so stress-relieving.
The consequence of treating someone like a plaything was that her wrist was suddenly grabbed, and she suddenly felt the burning heat of Qin Ji's palm on her skin. His thumb was pressing right on her pulse point. Xiao Yan felt like she had been electrocuted and tried to shake her hand off repeatedly.
Having dominated the night, she finally felt her face flush and her heart pounding.
"Keep going! What? Got scared?" Qin Ji had already propped himself up on the bed and was looking at Xiao Yan with an extremely hot and bright light in his eyes.
For a moment, their eyes seemed to heat up. After a glance, Xiao Yan said, "If you're not going, I'll go wash up first." Then she hurriedly got up.
"I'll add an extra blanket. Do you want to sleep on the inside or the outside?" Qin Ji asked teasingly from behind.
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"Grandma, it's getting late. Let's look at this list tomorrow. It's bad for your eyes to look at these things by candlelight at night." Seeing that the moon had already climbed high in the sky and her young lady was still looking through the ledgers and invoices, Mao'er couldn't help but come over to persuade her.
"They're secretly setting off to transport a batch of goods the day after tomorrow. I'll double-check everything. It'll be finished soon, don't worry." Xiao Yan rubbed her slightly sore shoulders, looked at the bedroom now completely devoid of the red decorations from their honeymoon, and sighed softly.
Looking back on their wedding night, Qin Ji was already thinking about sleeping in the same bed for many years after marriage. They had feelings for each other, so it wouldn't be easy for him to really endure it for two or three years.
But their honeymoon ended abruptly. In the second month of their marriage, the Southern Trading Company sent an urgent letter saying that there had been a problem with their trade with the local natives. Qin Ji had been in charge of that part of the business, so he had no choice but to rush over with his men to deal with the trouble.
The whole family originally thought it would only be a matter of a month or two, but things are unpredictable. They never expected that Qin Ji's trip to Yunzhou would last until now, and he still hasn't returned.
Don't get me wrong, of course Qin Ji wasn't detained in Yunzhou. He was just held hostage there first, and then had to stay there to help out.
Who could have imagined that Qin Ji would have such bad luck on that trip? They encountered a rebellion by the local people in Yunzhou just a few days after they entered the city.
In fact, the problem with the trade with the natives mentioned in the merchant's letter was precisely because they were brewing a rebellion. Unfortunately, no one in Jiangzuo City noticed anything amiss at the time, and Qin Ji even stumbled upon it from afar.
Once they crashed in, they wouldn't be able to get out. Firstly, the situation on the ground was becoming increasingly dire, and secondly, Yunzhou was detaining people and demanding the Qin family continuously transport supplies.
At first, Jiangzuo City held out a sliver of hope, thinking that Qin Ji was merely being temporarily detained, or that the rebellion could be quelled quickly. However, in the following months, the local government of Yunzhou and the Duke of Yunzhou made repeated strategic errors, causing the situation to spiral out of control, with the small-scale rebellion escalating into a large-scale mutiny.
During those days, the Qin family was filled with gloom and fear, worried that someone might die if things went wrong. Fortunately, Prince Cheng was ordered by the king to quell the rebellion in Yunzhou. After all, the Qin family were under Prince Cheng's command. Although Qin Jiren was conscripted by the prince and couldn't return to Yunzhou, at least there was no need to worry about his safety here.
However, the Qin family had to work even harder to serve Prince Cheng. Master Qin was responsible for coordinating and raising funds in various places. While the less important matters could be delegated to the managers and stewards, the core matters and some confidential ones were difficult to handle. It was from that time that Xiao Yan was appointed to take on the task in a time of crisis.
After all, some of the core secrets of the Qin family's businesses, which were only known to Qin Ji, were not actually that secret to her.
"You're getting off too easy, kid. This isn't a marriage, it's a job offer. Qin Ji, wait until you get back and see how I teach you a lesson."
Looking at the ledgers, receipts, and a box of tightly locked secret letters on the table, Xiao Yan finally revealed the resentment of a working beast of burden on her face after sending the cat away.
Who wants to work overtime? Who doesn't want to go to bed early? But she has to act nonchalant to maintain her image and keep her subordinates in line.
"Damn Qin Ji, it's all his fault." He cursed inwardly, while another sharp stroke of ink appeared on the paper.
Meanwhile, in Yunzhou, Qin Ji, dressed in a black outfit and still wearing his close-fitting leather armor, began studying a map with a very complex terrain.
On this map, the nearly ten areas that were originally marked with red circles have now been crossed out in black, leaving only the last two glaring circles.
"Has any news come back from Kuwu Mountain?" Qin Ji asked, his gaze still fixed on the map.
As soon as the question was asked, Wei Sa, who was also dressed in a tight-fitting leather armor next to him, immediately gave the answer: "Our people have almost convinced Mu Anren. He wants us to support him as the leader of this area in Yunxi, and then he will deal with the few people who brought people to surrender."
“We can’t give this area to his family.” Qin Ji’s fingertip moved back and forth between the two red circles that hadn’t been crossed out. “Send the message to Daomen Mountain, let them fight it out again, and then we can clean up the mess and go home.”
The moment the word "home" was mentioned, the person, whose eyes had always been cold and whose body exuded a murderous aura, couldn't help but soften for a moment.
"When Your Majesty returns this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to Your Majesty." Noticing that His Majesty, who had been tense, had relaxed slightly, Wei Sa also made this teasing remark.
"Sigh! I'm really a bit... unsure how to handle this." After a pause, Qin Ji ultimately didn't say the rest of his sentence to his subordinates.
But as the rebellion here was quelled and the time to return drew closer, Qin Ji actually became more and more uneasy.
Simply put, Qin Ji's stay in Yunzhou was not due to bad luck or encountering a rebellion, but rather because it was all meticulously planned by him.
The story goes back to that day when he learned some of Xiao Quexian's memories of her past life. At that time, Xiao Quexian had vaguely mentioned that there was a border army rebellion in the southwest region.
Although the reference was vague, it was enough for Qin Ji to analyze a lot of information. Combined with intelligence from various parties in the southwest region over the past two years, he was able to basically confirm that the border army rebellion mentioned by Xiao Quexian was actually a rebellion of the natives of Yunzhou.
Moreover, he had even calculated the timing of their rebellion with remarkable accuracy. So it was no coincidence at all; he had deliberately timed his trip to Yunzhou, his purpose being to stumble upon this rebellion.
Once someone enters Yunzhou, with just a little coincidence or an excuse, Qin Ji can be forced to stay there in a very natural and logical way.
The reason for arranging all this was not because Qin Ji was living too carefree a life and was eager to come to the battlefield for excitement, but because this rebellion was a great opportunity for him to seize military power and openly take another step forward.
Although she didn't know who the God of War Xiao Quexian was talking about was, since the biggest war in recent years in her memory was in this place, then the God of War who would have the strength to ascend to the throne in the future must also come from this place.
Whoever that person was originally, if he can do it, why can't I?
As for the Duke of Yun, who originally controlled Yunzhou?
Just as the rebellion was beginning to take shape, the unlucky heir of the Duke of Yun was assassinated by the local tribes. He tragically died on the spot.
The poor Duke Yun's mansion had already transferred power to the heir apparent, and was just waiting for the nearly eighty-year-old Duke to pass away. Now that the heir apparent has died, the old Duke was so shocked by the bad news that he fell seriously ill and never recovered.
The subsequent development was that no one in the Duke's mansion was capable of managing the affairs of Yunzhou. Unfortunately, Prince Cheng, who had always traveled north and south under the guise of a merchant, happened to be in Yunzhou. At this time, he had no choice but to step forward and take charge of the overall situation.
When the rebellion spread, neither the emperor nor the court officials had any choice. Even if he was initially regarded as a mascot to keep order in the area, even a real mascot would have been tainted with some malevolent energy after being stationed in this war-torn place for more than a year. Moreover, Qin Ji was no mascot; he was a ferocious beast in disguise.
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