"Why?" Song Qingshu quickly understood. He curled his lips and casually said, "It's not like I haven't seen it before." Even though this was what he said, Song Qingshu still turned his back. This place might be hidden, but there was no guarantee that no one would pass by. He wasn't willing to argue with Luo Bing for so long and cause unnecessary trouble.
Seeing him turn around, Luo Bing hurriedly hid in a corner and changed into her guard uniform. "I'm done."
Song QingShu turned around and saw that the dignified young woman with a hint of flirtatious aura had disappeared. In her place was a handsome guard standing in front of him.
"You're just a little too fair." Song Qingshu frowned and said in dissatisfaction, "Remember to lower your head when you follow behind me."
Luo Bing gave an almost inaudible grunt of acknowledgment. Song Qingshu led her into the Four Quarters Embassy and into his bedroom.
"You're disguised as a man, so I can't possibly let you sleep with the other guards. Here, before you tell me where the evidence is, you will stay in the same room as me."
"What?" Luo Bing immediately stood up from her chair and said firmly, "Absolutely not!"
Song Qingshu ignored her. "Is that up to you? If you don't want to stay here, you can walk out from this door. Let's see who can save your husband and the Red Flower Society. Heh, speaking of which, it's hard to say whether you can even escape from Shengjing. "
Luo Bing's expression flickered. She raised her feet several times, but in the end, she sat down dejectedly. "Fine, but you're not allowed to be rude to me."
Song QingShu looked at Luo Bing strangely, thinking that no wonder the Red Flower Association was having a hard time achieving anything; it was clear from Luo Bing alone. She seemed to be in her twenties, but she was still as naive as a young girl.
However, he couldn't be bothered to provoke her any further, so he casually replied.
"Lord, Zhang Kangnian and Zhao Qixian have returned with their men." A guard's voice came from outside the room.
"Invite them in." Song Qingshu calmly picked up a cup of tea and drank it. Luo Bing, on the other hand, fidgeted uneasily by the side.
"Stand aside." Song Qingshu rolled his eyes at her. She was dressed like a bodyguard. How could she sit at the same table as her superior? Luo Bing's face paled, but she still stood up and stood in the corner. She lowered her head and said nothing.
"This is?" Zhang Zhao asked.
Just as the two of them were about to say something, they suddenly noticed Luo Bing in the corner and immediately stopped talking.
"It's fine, we're on the same side." Song Qingshu did not explain much. In this era, it was normal for a boss to have secrets. If he had to explain everything to his subordinates, it would be even more suspicious. "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Zhang and Zhao immediately put on a bitter face. "We dragged the people from Shengjing to drink and inadvertently found out that Tian Guinong has indeed disappeared recently. We really can't find him."
"Doesn't that mean we didn't find anything?" Song Qingshu was speechless.
"Let's go investigate again," Zhang and Zhao quickly said.
"There's no need. I've already found him." Song Qingshu snorted coldly.
"So many of us have searched everywhere, but we didn't find any useful information. Sir, you just went to a banquet and you found it. You're really smart!" Zhang Kangnian and Zhao Qixian looked at each other and gave him a thumbs up.
"Disgusting." Luo Bing, who was standing at the side, saw the two of them fawning over him and muttered.
Zhang and Zhao were not powerful enough to hear her clearly, but Song Qingshu heard her clearly. He turned around and glared at her, indicating that she should not talk too much.
"Oh right, Sir Song, the officials in Shengjing have been waiting for you to decide on the reward list and the amount of the reward," Zhao Qixian said carefully.
"Let them wait. When the main group of envoys arrives, someone will discuss it with them." Song Qingshu waved his hand impatiently on the surface, but in his heart, he was thinking, "Before I can stay in Shengjing, I have to hurry up and finish what I need to do …"
"Yes." Zhao Qixian's face lit up. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Song Qingshu's deliberate delaying of official business. As the imperial envoy's entourage, Zhao Qixian and the others were also the targets of the lower-ranking officials in Shengjing. Their ranks were not high enough to get in touch with the imperial envoy, so they naturally started with the people around the imperial envoy. Zhao Qixian and the others were naturally willing to stay in Shengjing as long as possible.
"It's rare to have some peace and quiet." Song Qingshu stretched and let out a long sigh. After Hong Xue and Hong Li's banquet at the prince's residence yesterday, the other civil and military officials of Shengjing also sent him invitations to attend the banquet. He could only ask his subordinates to arrange the schedule and decline most of the invitations or send his men to express their intentions. However, there were a few that he still needed to meet personally. For example, the Governor of Liaodong, the Inspector-General, and the Military Commander. They were the people the imperial court had planted in Liaodong to restrain Prince Bao. Before leaving, Kangxi had specifically told him to comfort these people.
There was still some time before the banquet. Song Qingshu sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate his Qi. Luo Bing secretly admired him, "This man is a bit hateful, but he's always diligent in cultivation. No wonder his martial arts are so high."
Song Qingshu opened his eyes as if he sensed something. Seeing Luo Bing shift her gaze away, he couldn't help but find it funny. He waved his hand and said, "Come here."
"What for?" Luo Bing glanced at him cautiously.
"Train with me." Song Qingshu said seriously. He understood that he didn't have much time left. He must seize the opportunity to improve his skills, not only for this trip to Shengjing, but also for something in the future.
"How can I do that?" Luo Bing looked at him in surprise.
"You'll know when you come here." Song Qingshu's lips curled into a smile.
"I won't!" Sensing the strangeness in his smile, Luo Bing subconsciously refused.
"If you want to successfully rescue your husband, it's better for you to wait for me to improve my martial arts. Otherwise, you won't even have time to cry if something happens." Song Qingshu wasn't in a hurry and looked at her indifferently.
"How much can you improve in such a short time?" Luo Bing looked at him suspiciously.
"My cultivation method is a bit different. The level of one's skill doesn't depend on the accumulation of time," Song Qingshu replied.
Seeing that Luo Bing didn't believe him, Song Qingshu smiled and said, "What do you think of my martial arts?"
Although unwilling to admit it, Luo Bing still nodded unwillingly. "Very good."
"Are the people of your Red Flower Society diligent in their cultivation?" Song Qingshu continued to ask.
"For the sake of fighting against the Qing, of course the brothers in the society are diligent in their cultivation." Luo Bing clenched her teeth and replied.
"You see, I'm younger than you, but my martial arts are much higher than yours. Do you still think that I rely on time to increase my martial arts?" Song Qingshu spread out his hands.
Luo Bing felt that what he said was somewhat reasonable. After hesitating for a while, she moved step by step to the side of the bed and whispered, "Then how do you want me to cultivate with you?"
"Take off your clothes first," Song QingShu said with a normal expression.
"What! Are you playing with me? " Luo Bing flew into a rage and was about to turn around to leave. Who would have thought that Song Qingshu's hand would suddenly reach out and pull her onto the bed. Luo Bing suddenly lost her balance and fell into his arms.
"I wanted to play with you, and now you know?" Song Qingshu looked at the woman in his arms and proudly said.
"Let me go!" Luo Bing struggled with all her might, but her entire body was still firmly held in Song Qingshu's hands.
"Don't pretend to be a chaste woman in front of me. In any case, we have already done the deed of husband and wife." A trace of hostility flashed through Song Qingshu's eyes. "About the matter of you instigating Qingqing last time, I should now settle the debt with you. First, take off this guard uniform, it spoils my appetite. "Finished speaking, he quickly and easily stripped off the inner guard uniform on Luo Bing's body.
"Isn't it because you caused our Red Flower Society to fail in their assassination last time? I did it in a moment of anger." Knowing that it was useless, Luo Bing still explained.
"Then I can also say that if your assassination had succeeded, I would have faced the calamity of having my entire family exterminated." Song Qingshu added in his heart, it is a pity that I am the only one in the family. "You have a reason to do so, but what you have done has harmed me and hindered my plan. Naturally, I would have acted to stop you. In the end, you were unable to defeat me. Who can you blame for this?"
"This is a fallacy. Are you saying that whoever has the bigger fist represents the truth?" Luo Bing retorted angrily.
"Isn't that the case?" Song Qingshu retorted.
Luo Bing was taken aback by the question. Thinking about the current chaotic world, she suddenly realized that she had no way to refute it. "Although the person with the bigger fist can win a temporary victory, it cannot stop the mouths of the people of the world." Luo Bing finally found a reason to refute.
"The mouths of the people of the world?" Song Qingshu seemed to have been angered. He stopped his evil hands and snorted coldly. "When Temujin went to war, he slaughtered entire cities and wiped out entire families. When did he ever care about the mouths of the people? When the soldiers were at the gates of the city, those who criticized him either fled or surrendered. What's the use of mouths of the people of the world? Not to mention that history has its own public opinion. The Mongols conquered the world, leaving the Central Plains with thousands of miles of bones and the Western Regions uninhabited. Thousands of years later, didn't they still say that they were promoting ethnic integration and that the East and the West interacted? Haha, back then, there wasn't a single person in the Western Regions for thousands of miles. I'd like to know how the East and the West interacted … Luo Bing, do you know why the Mongolian army was undefeated? "
Although Luo Bing felt that it was a bit ridiculous for the two of them to discuss this in such a posture, she still answered. "The Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind. Their riding and archery skills were unparalleled in the world.
How could they win? "" Come and go like the wind, "Song Qingshu said in a low voice." In ancient wars, mobility was king. The reason why the Mongolian army could come and go like the wind wasn't entirely because they were all cavalry. More importantly, they never needed logistics in battle. All the rations they needed were directly taken from the hands of their opponents. When the Central Plains government fought a war, they would send out an army of a hundred thousand, but they would also need to use nearly a million logisticians. With such poor mobility, how could they win? "
"The Mongols are doomed to self-destruction. When they took rations from the hands of their citizens, they would inevitably incite the citizens to fight to the death. I don't think it was a wise move." Luo Bing had read some history books and naturally knew how unwise it was to incite a rebellion.
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