Qi Kuo

Chen Ke looked up at the scorching round sun in the sky, even though he was separated by a gazebo, he felt the heat wave hit his face.

Zhao Jun also squinted his eyes and said, "I'll pick up Sister Li Lan first, and I'll be back later."

Yu Jianglin asked, "Hey, are you coming back for dinner later?"

Zhao Jun thought about it, and felt that it was unlikely that he could come back for dinner, so he shook his head: "No, you guys eat first, don't wait for me."

Yu Jianglin nodded with a smile.

Zhao Jun walked out of the yard in many twists and turns, and beside the winding path paved with cobblestones, there were unknown wild flowers, small flowers blooming in full bloom, colorful, and all of them were beautiful.

He picked a few more elegant flowers, turned around in the corner, and completely disappeared from their sight.

At this time, Yu Jianglin put away his smiling face, turned to look at Chen Ke, put his right hand on the stone table, and said, "Are you just standing still?"

Chen Ke raised his eyelids casually, and then lowered them after a while, and poured a glass of cold water by himself, with a rare casual tone in his voice: "Then what do you think I can do?"

Yu Jianglin smiled: "Anyway, we can't sit still and wait for death. Now that Liang Song is unreliable, we can only look at ourselves, but little Zhao Jun has someone to take care of him, hey..."

Chen Ke smiled: "So?"

Yu Jianglin sighed, "Why is my life so hard?"

Zhao Jun took a handful of wild flowers that he picked casually, and walked towards the city gate while picking them, frowning from time to time, picking out one or two flowers that didn't suit him, and throwing them into some garbage piles on the side of the road .

Picking and picking all the way, when he arrived, there were not many flowers left in his hand, he curled his lips, pulled out some vines from the side, tied them into a garland, put the flowers on it, and handed them A little girl passing by.

Holding the unexpected garland, the child was stunned for two seconds, then laughed like he was holding a baby, and ran to find his little friend.

Zhao Jun looked at her back running away, smiled, stood up, and looked ahead aimlessly.

Not long after, he felt a slight pulling force, which was constantly pulling at the corner of his clothes.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the little girl who had gone and returned.

The girl blushed shyly and said, "Thank you...thank you brother."

Zhao Jun smiled: "You're welcome." He raised his hand and rubbed the top of the child's hair.

He looked up into the market, and saw a little boy hiding in the corner, looking at him for a moment.

He felt a little surprised, and out of politeness, he smiled at the little boy.The boy looked at his smile and quickly hid behind the wall.

Zhao Jun smiled, thinking that maybe the child was envious of the garland, after all, who doesn't love these flowers and plants.

When Li Lan came, she wore stars and moon, looked at Zhao Jun's figure from a distance, leaned out half of her body, and waved to Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun smiled, raised his hand and shook her lightly.

Li Lan looked at him apologetically, dragged Zhao Jun to his car involuntarily, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, something happened on the road and made you wait so long."

Zhao Jun smiled: "It's okay, I didn't wait long."

Li Lan took Zhao Jun to the yard that he had sent someone to order a long time ago, and asked someone to bring some food.

After Zhao Jun accompanied her to finish the meal, he got up and left without stopping any longer.

Li Lan escorted him to the door, watching his back merge into the night, gradually losing sight of his figure.

Zhao Jun just walked to the door and raised his hand to push the door. Before he could touch the door, he pushed it away with both hands.

He looked around in a blink of an eye, and after seeing clearly, he smiled slightly: "Liang Song!"

Liang Song responded and asked him, "Why are you here?"

Zhao Jun: "Oh, I just came here from Sister Li Lan."

Liang Song was walking beside him, and when he heard him say this, he said, "Try not to act alone these days, remember to tell me where you are going."

Zhao Jun himself knew the current situation, so he nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "Then you..."

Liang Song turned his head and glanced at him, then put it aside and said, "It's nothing, I went out and walked around."

Since then, the conversation has stopped.

When they walked to the inner courtyard, they saw people lighting candles and sitting around in a single pavilion in the courtyard.

When Zhao Jun saw Chen Ke glanced at them, he waved at them and motioned for them to pass.

As soon as they walked over and sat down, they heard Chen Ke say: "Okay, everyone is here, let's talk about the current arrangement."

He paused, and said: "I believe that now you all know what we are here for this time. A few days ago, I went out to look at the terrain in central Sichuan, and asked a local person who is familiar with the road to draw a map. , take a look."

He spread out a roll of sheepskin scroll that had been placed on the round table, and slowly unfolded it.

In the picture, there are landscape scrolls, flowing water, high mountains, dense forest trails, countless and full of will.

Several people ignored this so-called map, which can be regarded as a handicraft, and looked along the place where Chen Ke's index finger was pressed.

Chen Ke pointed to this mountain and said: "This mountain has not been inhabited for many years, but according to the news reported by the ear wire I sent out, it seems that a large number of people have entered the mountain one after another in the past one or two years. , there are about 10 people, and excluding some without combat effectiveness, there are about 8 people who can really be used." He thought for a while, and continued the previous words, "In the near future, Jiang Buqing's side should calm down a little bit. , then, you guys will go here to investigate... By the way, this time, Liang Song, you go."

Liang Song nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

Chen Ke turned his head to look at Zhuang Sheng, and said, "Go back to Beijing and call the National Defense Army here, and you must do it without anyone noticing it. By then, Ben Mo, Zhou Tong, and Lin Zheng Hu Chen still has Yu Jianglin, you go to a village twenty miles outside the city to pick them up, and then, you just need to wait for news from us... By the way, remember to take care of their food, they don’t It’s the first time for a few people to come here, presumably some soldiers will be a little uncomfortable, remember to take care of it... Forget it, Qi Ze, you go with them.”

Lin Zheng nodded, and asked again, "Don't you need manpower here?"

Chen Ke thought for a while, then changed his words: "Then let Yuan Ming go with you, Lin Zheng, you stay."

Yuan Ming agreed.

At the end, Chen Ke continued: "In the next few days, everyone will split up. Liang Song, if there is any trouble, please report to me. Also, Qi Ze, remember that if someone in that village suddenly asks you what, what is it?" Don't reveal it, just take advantage of no one to kill, but don't startle the snake, so as not to attract suspicion... I forgot to say, that village is full of Gu Zhi'an's insertion, and they have been waiting for us for several years."

Zhao Jun'an, who had not been named all this time, sat there quietly and motionless, as if he was going to remain motionless and was about to ascend to immortality.

In his heart, he silently recalled the words Liang Song told him before—but there were no traces left.Combined with Liang Song's daily life, as long as he hides in a dark place, he doesn't want you to see it, and you will never find his kung fu in your life. A flash of something suddenly flashes in his mind, but he has no time to catch it.

He was a little dazed thinking about it, and suddenly Chen Ke was indifferent: "Zhao Jun, you will follow me from tomorrow."

Zhao Jun didn't react, nodded reflexively, and said again: "Ah?!"

Chen Ke looked at him: "Is there a problem?"

Zhao Jun said "Oh" and said, "No."

Chen Ke heard the watchman outside making the third watch, so he said: "Okay, go back to sleep, yes, so you stay here, or go to investigate with Liang Song, it's up to you."

Gu Tan stood up and said, "It's so boring to be idle, let me go with Liang Song."

Chen Ke didn't say anything and let him go.

After all the chaos, tinkling, joking and joking, the courtyard really fell into peace.

There are many fireflies flying out of the grass, and from time to time they go back to the grass, illuminating the world.

Late at night.

When Zhao Jun woke up the next day, he and Chen Ke were the only ones left in the courtyard. When Chen Ke saw him leave the room, he called him over.

Zhao Jun went over, took a bowl of soy milk that Chen Ke handed him, sat down and drank it, and asked, "Are they all gone?"

Chen Ke smiled: "Do you think everyone sleeps until the sun is up like you?"

Zhao Jun looked at Chen Ke who was eating breakfast like him, and couldn't help but said, "Then why are you eating now?"

Chen Ke took it for granted, "Aren't I waiting for you?"

Come on, you win.

After Zhao Jun finished his meal, Chen Ke cleared the table and said, "Let's go and meet Jiang Buqing."

Zhao Jun responded lightly and followed him out.

The two of them took two horses from the stables and galloped out of the city. Zhao Jun asked Chen Ke, "Will the emperor doubt Jiang Buqing here?"

Chen Ke sneered, and the breeze fell into his ears with his words: "Jiang Buqing said he came to visit relatives, thinking that he is so old, it is not good to refuse, so I have to let it go... But , Jiang Buqing, compared to the Jiang Buqing I saw in Taiying Mountain at the time, how can I say that he is not so smart, resolute, maybe he is old, and he doesn’t have the same kindness and vision as before. At that time, I agreed to join them At that time, I was well prepared for many situations, but I didn't expect to come here so easily. In fact, compared with before, I was less angry."

Zhao Jun smiled: "Isn't it better that he doesn't have such trouble?"

Chen Ke looked at the mountains stretching in the distance, and said: "It is good for us to complete the task, but in terms of the process alone, it is not so enjoyable." After finishing speaking, he said regretfully: "If he betrayed a few years earlier That's it. Fighting smart people is exciting."

Zhao Jun: ...

When he arrived at the destination, Jiang Buqing had sent someone to wait there.

When Chen Ke saw the man's face, he was taken aback for a while, and then covered it up without hindrance, with his usual spring-like smile on his face.

Zhao Jun noticed that he paused, so he raised his head and looked forward.

I saw a person wearing black clothes, with warm eyebrows and fair skin, and you could even see the thin blue blood vessels under the delicate skin.He put one hand behind his back and bent the other slightly.Seeing them coming, they bowed slightly and made a gesture of please.

When Chen Ke walked past him, he suddenly said in a low voice, "All right." His tone was firm.

Xingzhi paused for a moment, then straightened up, and led them forward, as if he hadn't heard Chen Ke's words.

When they were about to enter a room, they suddenly heard Xing Zhi's way: "Leave no traces."

The smile in Chen Ke's eyes remained undiminished, and he slowly stepped into the door with a smile still on his face.

Before Zhao Jun entered, he turned his head to look at Xingzhi, and Xingzhi happened to turn his eyes to look at him. Seeing this, Xingzhi smiled slightly at him, then turned and left.

As soon as he walked in, he heard Jiang Buqing say: "Did Shen Ke meet an old friend?"

Chen Ke smiled: "So he is still here with the prime minister."

Jiang Buqing continued: "For so many years, today should be the first time he walked in the sun. This is because of your light, Shen Ke."

Chen Ke echoed: "The prime minister was joking."

Jiang Buqing noticed Zhao Jun who followed him in, so he said, "Shen Ke brought someone here today?"

Before Zhao Jun had time to salute, he was pulled over by Chen Ke, and then he heard Chen Ke say: "Isn't this taking him out to see the world? He has been very naughty these two days."

Zhao Jun froze all over, Chen Ke seemed to be aware of it, and patted Zhao Jun's back slightly with one hand.

Zhao Jun, who was supposed to relax, stood still for no reason.

Zhao Jun let out a breath, relaxed slowly, and moved away from Chen Ke without a trace.

Chen Ke noticed this detail, but he didn't have time to delve into it. In response to Jiang Buqing's words just now: "Has the prime minister thought it through?"

Jiang Buqing didn't notice the change at all, picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea with lowered eyes, and then said slowly: "How much chance can the general guarantee?"

Chen Ke smiled: "[-]%." I will lose.He didn't say the last two words.

When Jiang Buqing heard his answer, he smiled leisurely: "That's it, please ask the general to take care of them for me."

Chen Ke waved his hand readily: "It's nothing, but I have a heartfelt request."

Jiang Buqing said: "General, please tell me."

Chen Ke rubbed the corner of the table, and said: "I need you to give me a few days, and I will leave after I have dealt with a few people."

Jiang Buqing agreed indifferently.

Then Jiang Buqing sent someone to bring a seal, covered it with a red cloth, and presented it to Chen Ke.

Chen Ke didn't shy away from it, and directly lifted the cloth to reveal the seal inside.

He picked up the seal, cupped his hands towards Jiang Buqing, and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister."

Jiang Buqing smiled: "It should be."