Chapter 217 The King of a Lost Country 17

Yao Rong guessed correctly, Nan Liujing had some ideas in his mind.

He had very few people under him, and apart from Guisheng, the only ones he could deploy were a team of guards sent by Liang Guangyu to protect him.

Without manpower, he would be restricted in doing anything.

So Nan Liujing came up with the idea of ​​recruiting talents and cultivating confidants.

Qi Mingxu appeared at this time.

Sitting in the restaurant at that time, the first thing Nan Liujing noticed was Qi Mingxu's archery.

Nan Liujing's archery skills were already very good, and he could easily hit the center of the bull's eye within fifty meters.

Few people in the Imperial Guards could achieve this result.

But Qi Mingxu's archery skills were definitely unmatched within a hundred meters.

The second thing Nan Liujing noticed was Qi Mingxu's assassination plan.

In this world, there are too many people who want Ji Yushan dead, but there are only a handful of people who dare to assassinate Ji Yushan and succeed.

Qi Mingxu was very good at choosing the shooting location, controlling the timing of the shot, and arranging the retreat route.

Before the assassination, Qi Mingxu must have made a detailed arrangement and was not a reckless person.

—— Brave and strategic, this is the talent Nan Liujing wants.

So Nan Liujing helped Qi Mingxu escape, gave Qi Mingxu a detoxification pill that can detoxify all poisons, and used his identity to drive away the people from the Imperial City Division.

This is a way of treating people that he learned from his teacher: when you want to gain someone's trust and friendship, you can make the necessary emotional investment in the early stage.

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The next morning, Qi Mingxu opened his eyes and looked at the gray-brown bed curtains above his head, his mind still a little confused. It was not

until he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder that Qi Mingxu recalled his situation.

He sat up straight, holding his chest, and stretched out his hand to open the door.

The winter snow and the warm sun poured into the house, and Qi Mingxu squinted slightly in the wind. He looked closely and saw Nan Liujing standing in the corridor talking to the guards.

Nan Liujing also noticed Qi Mingxu: "Brother Qi, you woke up just in time. I was just about to send someone to wake you up."

Qi Mingxu asked: "What's wrong?"

Nan Liujing signaled the guard to speak, and the guard clasped his fists and said: "Master Qi, something happened at the City God Temple."

Qi Mingxu's face changed drastically: "What did you say!?"

Early this morning, the guard followed Nan Liujing's instructions to go out of the city to deliver a letter. When he arrived near the City God Temple, he found that the people from the Imperial City Department had surrounded the City God Temple.

He inquired about the periphery, but did not find any useful information. There was no choice but to come back and report to Nan Liujing and Qi Mingxu.

After hearing what the guard said, Qi Mingxu's face looked a little better: "I made an appointment with a few brothers to meet at the City God Temple after the assassination. If I haven't shown up by the agreed time, they will retreat from the City God Temple first."

Nan Liujing nodded: "The people from the Imperial City Bureau should have found their traces, but they didn't catch them."

"If the people from the Imperial City Bureau can follow the clues to find the City God Temple, they may be able to follow the clues to find my brothers." Qi Mingxu was so anxious that he turned around twice and accidentally pulled the arrow wound on his shoulder, his lips turned pale with pain.

Nan Liujing was more concerned about his arrow wound than Qi Mingxu.

This guy is a sharpshooter. If his left shoulder injury doesn't heal, wouldn't that be a huge loss? ?

"Don't worry, Brother Qi. Your brothers haven't fallen into Ji Yushan's hands yet. There's still room for maneuver."

"I have to save them." Qi Mingxu gritted his teeth. "They have no grudges against Ji Yushan. They are involved in this matter because of me. If anything happens to them because of me, I will never be able to rest in peace."

Nan Liujing admired Qi Mingxu even more.

He was brave and resourceful, and he valued friendship and loyalty.

And from what Qi Mingxu said, several of his brothers were also involved in the assassination plan...

If we can use "several" to describe them, there must be at least three people.

Nan Liujing acted as if he had no choice but to do it: "Brother Qi, we have analyzed it last night. You can't leave the city during this period of time."

"Your brothers are all righteous men. I admire their actions. If you believe in me, Brother Qi, just leave this matter to me. I will definitely help you rescue all your brothers."

Is Ji Yushan catching assassins?

No, Ji Yushan is clearly competing with him for talents!

These talents have bumped into him. If he doesn't rescue them and recruit them to his own team, wouldn't he be ungrateful to God for this generous gift!

In the endless space, the system stared at Nan Liujing blankly: [I thought he just wanted to recruit the leaders of the rebels. Now I realize that I was naive. Yao Rong

asked the system: [Who are these brothers of Qi Mingxu?]

The system introduced them in a low voice.

In the original historical line, when Qi Mingxu rose up, his three sworn brothers followed him.

Qi Mingxu is the eldest of the four brothers.

The second brother, Li Guanqi, looks gentle and refined.

The elders in his family are in the bookkeeping business, and perhaps influenced by them, he is very knowledgeable in mathematics.

Later, he was in charge of the allocation of food and grass in the army, formulated tax laws for the new dynasty, and reformed taxation.

The third brother, Jiang Ding, is tall and strong. He seems to be reckless and impulsive, but he is a dexterous man and is very good at carpentry.

Later, he developed many siege equipment and improved many agricultural tools, which promoted the development of agriculture.

The fourth child was a beggar, living on the street without a father or mother.

After the four sworn brothers became sworn brothers, the fourth child took Qi Mingxu's surname Qi and named himself Qi Si.

Qi Si was smart and served as a military advisor in the uprising army, but unfortunately he was in poor health and died before Qi Mingxu ascended the throne.

...

The system sighed: [Nan Liujing is going to catch all of Qi Mingxu's team.]

[What Qi Mingxu's team?]

Yao Rongzhen said: [These three people, together with Qi Mingxu, will soon be Liujing's team.]

The system was silent for a second, and then changed its tone decisively: [The host is right. As long as the hoe is well-made, from now on, Qi Mingxu's Dayong founding group will be the loyal ministers and generals of our Daye! ]

Anyway, they are all joining the company as original shareholders to start a business, so what can't they do?

Will Daye give less than Dayong?

Of course, the environment in the early stage of entrepreneurship is always more difficult, and the issue of increasing wages will be discussed later.

At this moment, Daye's future loyal ministers and generals are staying in Ganxiao Temple not far from the City God Temple.

Jiang Ding was turning around like a headless fly: "A day has passed, and there is still no news about eldest brother. Now those soldiers have surrounded the City God Temple. Do you think eldest brother has fallen into their hands?"

Seeing Li Guanqi lowering his head to drink water, Jiang Ding said unhappily: "Second brother, don't drink anymore. Think about what we should do now."

Jiang Ding yelled at Qi Si again: "Fourth brother, the assassination plan and the retreat route were all formulated by you. Are you reliable?"

The other two did not show their emotions like Jiang Ding, but they were also secretly worried about Qi Mingxu.

Hearing Jiang Ding's words, Qi Si couldn't help it: "I haven't rested for a day since I came to Beijing. I have been familiar with the streets and alleys of Kyoto. I also disguised myself as a night incense seller, firewood seller, and charcoal seller to sneak into Ji's mansion and government offices. Only then did I successfully grasp Ji Yushan's route of movement. Who do you say is unreliable!"

"I think there must be something wrong with the bow and arrow you prepared for your brother. The accuracy is not enough, so you failed to shoot Ji Yushan to death with one arrow!"

Li Guanqi had a headache: "At this time, can you two be quiet?"

"Third brother, don't worry, judging from the performance of those officers and soldiers, my brother must not have been caught by them yet."

"Ganxiao Temple is too close to the City God Temple. We must evacuate immediately and find another safe place. Then find a way to sneak into Kyoto to inquire about my brother's news."

The three quickly discussed countermeasures.

Their luggage had been packed long ago. Qi Si had just picked up his bag when he heard three long knocks, one short knock and four long knocks on the door.

"It's my brother who's back!"

Qi Si was surprised.

But when the door opened, it was not Qi Mingxu standing outside, but a handsome young man wearing a fiery red fox cloak and a black fur hat.

Qi Si's face was filled with joy, and he quietly put his right hand behind his back and gestured to Li Guanqi and Jiang Ding, while his left hand reached for the dagger at his waist.

Nan Liujing noticed Qi Si's little move and immediately showed the jade pendant and the letter: "Brother Qi asked me to come and pick you up. This is the letter he wrote to you."

Qi Si lowered his eyes and took a look, and his vigilance disappeared: "It's my brother's jade pendant."

Li Guanqi stepped forward quickly and took the letter from Nan Liujing: "The handwriting is fine."

This letter was rewritten by Qi Mingxu.

In the letter, Qi Mingxu briefly explained his situation and asked Li Guanqi and others to quickly follow Nan Liujing to evacuate Ganxiao Temple.

After quickly reading the letter, Li Guanqi looked up at Nan Liujing.

Nan Liujing said: "I know that several of you have a lot of questions to ask, why don't you follow me and leave here first?"

"Okay, let's go." Li Guanqi didn't hesitate.

Nan Liujing had already made arrangements. As soon as Li Guanqi and the other two got on the carriage, they changed into guards' clothes according to Nan Liujing's instructions.

After getting dressed, the group set out to leave Ganxiao Temple, and happened to pass by a group of people from the Imperial City Bureau on the way.

When the people from the Imperial City Bureau disappeared completely, Li Guanqi and the other two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Qi Si asked Nan Liujing, "Where are you taking us, little brother?"

Nan Liujing said straightforwardly, "Come with me back to my villa."

As soon as they got off the carriage, Guisheng came up to them with an anxious look on his face.

With outsiders present, Guisheng changed his tone and said, "Young Master, you are finally back."

Nan Liujing said, "Didn't I send someone back to say hello?"

Guisheng said, "It is because I sent someone back to say hello that I am even more worried."

Li Guanqi and the other two got off the carriage shortly after him.

Nan Liujing said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Guisheng, these three are my new friends. Aren't there four empty rooms connected to each other on the east side? Ask someone to clean them up for them to stay in."

Li Guanqi quickly advised, "Brother Nan, just arrange one room for us. Four rooms are too extravagant and wasteful."

"Yes, yes." Even Jiang Ding didn't expect that this young master Nan was so generous, "The three of us can squeeze together and it's warm."

Before Nan Liujing could say anything, Guisheng had already laughed and said, "How can this be possible? If there are no extra rooms in this courtyard, it would be fine. Since there are extra rooms, how can you let several guests squeeze into one room?"

"We have already purchased enough charcoal in the house a few days ago. Once the charcoal basin is placed in the house, it will definitely not be too cold."

Having said this, Guisheng hurriedly invited Li Guanqi and the others to come in to drink hot tea and warm themselves up by the fire, with a bright smile on his face.

After Li Guanqi and the others sat down, Guisheng asked someone to bring cakes and food: "You gentlemen must be hungry after traveling all the way. Eat first to fill your stomach. I will ask the kitchen to make a few more dishes."

After they had dinner, the house was cleaned up.

Guisheng led them there.

Although the house was cleaned up in a hurry, all the furniture and objects were complete. A charcoal basin had been set up by the wall, making the house warm.

Not to mention that Li Guanqi and his friends were too embarrassed to be picky, even if they were really picky, they couldn't find anything wrong.

Guisheng asked, "The kitchen has prepared hot water. Do you gentlemen want to take a bath first?"

"Yes, yes." Qi Si, relying on his young age and tender skin, approached Guisheng and asked casually, "Sir, do you usually treat guests in the other courtyard like this?"

Guisheng smiled and said, "This is the first time that our young master has brought friends home as guests. He grew up alone since he was a child, and he has no friends of the same age. Now that you can come, I don't know how happy I am in my heart. I hope that you can stay longer."

Li Guanqi and the other two went back to their rooms, took a comfortable hot bath, and then gathered together again.

Li Guanqi asked with emotion: "What do you think?"

Jiang Ding smiled and said: "I think it's good."

Qi Si rolled his eyes at Jiang Ding, but the next moment, he also said: "I think it's good too. I have observed carefully that the servants in the other courtyard are very respectful to us, and the steward named Guisheng is also sincere in his enthusiasm for us."

He was born a beggar and has been looked down upon since he was a child, so he is very sensitive to this aspect.

Big brother is very good to him, but when he visited big brother's house before, no matter how enthusiastic the servants in big brother's house pretended to be, they looked down on him in their eyes, and their actions were also a little rude and perfunctory. Since then, no matter how Qi Mingxu invited him, Qi Si never visited Qi Mingxu's house again.

"Who is this little master Nan? Why does he want to help big brother and us?" Jiang Ding touched his chin and asked curiously.

Li Guanqi and Qi Si looked at each other.

The steward named Guisheng had a shrill voice and obvious physical characteristics.

If they guessed correctly, the young master Nan should be a member

of the royal family. It's just that they don't know which royal palace he belongs to.

But the two of them tacitly didn't tell Jiang Ding about this guess.

Li Guanqi reminded: "Big brother asked us to wait for him here, so we should stay here and don't cause trouble for big brother and young master Nan."

Jiang Ding curled his lips. He was a little reckless, but he was not ignorant: "Don't worry, second brother."

In the next few days, Nan Liujing did not appear again. Only Guisheng would come over occasionally and ask them if they needed anything.

The system has been secretly observing Nan Liujing and found that in addition to being busy cleaning up traces and preventing the people from the Imperial City Department from tracking him down, he spent the rest of his time reading and practicing martial arts.

The system couldn't understand: [Nan Liujing is obviously free, why doesn't he go chat with Li Guanqi and others to show his presence.]

Yao Rong smiled and looked up at Nan Liujing who was fiddling with chess pieces.

He was still wearing the fiery red fox cloak, the soft fur fell on the boy's cheeks, softening the boy's gradually growing sharp features and adding a warm color to his face.

[He has done enough, many things are too much or too little.]