Gift
It seemed as if Qiu had anticipated what Jiang Nian would say. He sat up straight and listened attentively.
Jiang Nian adjusted his mind, looked directly into Qin's eyes, and looking at himself reflected in his dark pupils, he spoke bluntly: "You came from the border between Donglan and Huandu. Did you bring anything that you 'shouldn't' have brought?"
The other party was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang seems to know a lot about the border. Qiao has come all the way here, so naturally he's here to deal with some border pest control issues."
"I asked around but couldn't get the answer I wanted. I happened to hear about Mr. Jiang's deeds in Pingzhou from a vendor, so I came here after hearing about it."
Jiang Nian stared straight at Qiu and continued, "Do you know anyone in Pingzhou? Or anyone related to someone you know?"
"Someone you know...someone related to you?"
Qiao narrowed his eyes and spoke word by word, his eyes full of doubt: "Mr. Jiang, could you please explain it more clearly? Qiao is a little confused."
“…”
Ever since Shang Qi asked Qiu questions, Jiang Nian had been observing Qiu's subtle changes in expression, trying to find some flaws. But from the beginning till now, the other party had not been at all surprised by her or Shang Qi's questions, as if they had been rehearsed many times in advance, and he answered every question without missing a word.
Although there is no problem, this is the biggest problem.
If you come here for the sole purpose of studying, you will definitely do particularly well in answering questions about knowledge. However, no matter how well you prepare for other questions, there will always be some mistakes when answering on the spot within the time limit.
But Qiu didn't, he was perfect.
Jiang Nian blinked slowly. After so many days of sunshine and rain, she could already sense the sound of footsteps falling slightly above the eaves.
Qing must have also noticed Qiao's problem.
With Qing by her side, she felt more at ease and could rest assured to rely on her companions.
After a moment, Jiang Nian ignored his previous silence and continued to ask, "Is that so? Then what did you bring? Please show me."
There was a rustling sound, and Qiu lowered his head and took out the neatly folded square from his pocket. He folded it with his fingers, and the small square slowly unfolded and appeared in front of Jiang Nian.
Jiang Nian lowered his eyes, reached out to take the paper handed to him by Qiu, and read it carefully with his eyes lowered.
The above questions are normal and there is nothing wrong with them.
It seems like it's a problem of adapting to local conditions, and the knowledge she had previously taught cannot be verified due to different geographical environments.
Just as Qiu said, no one around who asked about it could answer it.
......
Because this terrain does not belong to Huandu at all.
Jiang Nian only talked about the questions related to Huandu's geography, and did not talk about Donglan next door.
She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head without changing her expression, and shook the paper in her hand: "Is this the insect plague problem in your hometown?"
Qiu looked at her for a moment and smiled: "No."
"It's just that I couldn't get an answer from anyone around me, so I wanted to know from Mr. Jiang."
“…”
Jiang Nian returned the paper to Qiu and looked at him again for a moment: "You traveled thousands of miles from the border to Pingzhou just for a question?"
"I remember it was farther away than the capital. If we hadn't prepared in advance, how could we have gotten here from there in just a month?"
And... Jiang Nian lowered his eyes to look at his clothes, and his meticulously maintained hair, and then his shoes that had not been worn out by the journey.
Do these really fit the appearance of someone who has come from such a long distance?
Or did he specially wash up and dress up to visit after arriving in Pingzhou?
If Jiang Nian had just traveled here not long ago, he might have comforted himself in this way.
But it is no longer the case.
Jiang Nian had seen this dress before.
It was custom-made by a well-known tailor in Jiangzhou. If you don't wait for half a month, you won't be able to get this kind of clothes.
In this era of underdeveloped transportation, Jiang Nian didn't think that just to meet a student whose answer he wasn't sure if he could answer the question and who was just trying to give it a try, he would come all the way from such a far place, use his connections to find a tailor to make clothes for him, and then dress up neatly to meet him.
Jiang Nian closed his eyes gently and pressed his forehead tiredly.
"Are all the things you just said true?"
Qiu nodded seriously.
"Yes, it's all true."
“…”
Jiang Nian sighed, then suddenly stood up and turned over his neatly folded collar. He saw the date left by the tailor, and put his finger on the prominent date and continued to ask, "Can you tell me why students who come from afar need to make an appointment in the neighboring Jiangzhou and are not sure about the date of the tailor's order?"
The date embroidered on it is one month earlier than the current date.
"Could it be that in order to see me properly, you deliberately moved up the time and came a month ago?"
"That's not a long time, is it?"
Jiang Nian stared at Qiu with a half-smile on his face. "If that's the case, then when you first knew me at the border, I probably hadn't taken over the pharmacy yet."
"Can you tell me why your answer was so flawless, yet you revealed your true intentions in such a conspicuous place?"
It was obvious that the previous things could be explained away with excuses, but this one was completely unacceptable.
In this era, no one can cross time and space and easily transcend time, like Lan, walking in different spaces.
Qiu stared silently at the collar of the clothes that Jiang Nian pulled out. After a moment, he smiled more comfortably, as if he had let go of some psychological burden. He didn't care at all about the many questions Jiang Nian had just asked. He raised his hand to pull the collar away from Jiang Nian's fingertips and adjusted it slowly.
"Mr. Jiang's observations are so sharp that the students admire him deeply."
He raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Nian with an extremely gentle gaze, but Jiang Nian did not miss the cunning that flashed in his eyes.
"Mr. Jiang, can you tell me where you learned such amazing skills?"
It seems like a showdown.
But those who want to know are still confused.
Jiang Nian now has much more time than before. He has arranged everything he wanted to arrange. He has provided Huandu with a reliable foundation for food production and has also taught all the knowledge he can to the people of Huandu.
The business of Liangdu Pharmacy was also booming, and she didn't need to worry about it at all.
Now that Qiu was beating around the bush with her, she could just relax and talk to him when she had time.
In this case, it is hard to say who will get anxious first.
As if knowing what Jiang Nian was thinking, Qiong threw the question in his hand, which had been folded back into a square.
The paper floated lightly into the air, paused for a moment, and then fell back into his palm. He held it firmly and gathered it between his slender fingertips.
"Mr. Jiang, you should be able to tell which region this deworming problem is in."
Facing Jiang Nian's cold gaze without hesitation, Qiu smiled slowly: "It's Donglan's."
"I guess... you are also a part of this chess game?"
"Otherwise, why is the timing of his appearance so ingenious? Why did he appear just one month after Xiao Yingzhu arrived?"
As if he was interested in the change in Jiang Nian's expression, the position of the observer in the room turned over. Qiao stretched out his arms and leaned them behind his head with interest, crossing his legs and swinging them.
"Now, I think the more time is pressing, the more Mr. Jiang wants to think about whether there are any omissions before going to the capital, right?"
?
Jiang Nian's calm eyes moved, and he raised his eyes and looked directly at Xiang Qiu.
How did he know?
It was from Xiao Yingzhu... No, he was always more meticulous than others. Where did it come from?
Emperor Changde? Or does he have Lanna-like abilities?
Neither, it doesn't look like either.
Which side does he belong to?
It was as if he knew what Jiang Nian was thinking, or perhaps while Jiang Nian was observing him, he was also observing Jiang Nian. Now, seeing the subtle changes in Jiang Nian's expression, Qiu curled his lips.
"Mr. Jiang, are you guessing which side I belong to?"
"Then you might as well guess, this note—" Qiu once again held up the note that Jiang Nian had just shown him and said with a smile, "Is it a provocation, or a gift for their first meeting?"
......
She was just thinking about a question, and she was constantly checking, rejecting, and rechecking it in her mind.
Qiu's appearance is very similar to Yan and Qiu.
However, she had never heard from Zeng Yan and Zeng Yan that they had an older or younger brother.
Is this a coincidence, or...
But when he thought of the name Qiu and compared it with Yan and Qiu, Jiang Nian found another similarity.
That is, their names all mean "beautiful jade".
Jiang Nian slightly averted his gaze, then raised his eyes to look directly at Xiang Qiu: "Why give it to me? A jade pendant...is this a farewell, but also a first meeting under different identities?"
The smile on Qiu's face disappeared at some point. He just spread out the square in his palm and placed it in Jiang Nian's palm.
"Mr. Jiang, why not open it again and take a look?"
“…”
Jiang Nian silently took the square in his hand and imitated the way Qiu had just opened the clever square, spreading out the loose pages without tearing them.
“….”
His eyes fell on the terrain above, as well as the detailed information that would be impossible to obtain unless he had a deep understanding of the enemy situation. Jiang Nian's pupils dilated for a moment, and he raised his head in some surprise.
Qiu was very satisfied with Jiang Nian's reaction and laughed: "Mr. Jiang, are you satisfied with my gift?"
"You..." Jiang Nian frowned and folded the paper in his hand, as if afraid of being seen by other people who didn't exist. "Are you here to see them?"
She didn't understand where Qiu got these things from.
Unless he joined the Wu Mi people.
But Wu Mizhong had never heard of such a person. If he existed, she would have seen him in Cang County.
But the person in front of him looked familiar yet unfamiliar, and Jiang Nian was sure that his memory was correct.
So the only answer she could come up with at the moment was the one that seemed absurd to her, but was the only explanation.
The Qiu in front of him might be Yan and Qiu’s long-lost younger brother, or older brother.
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