Under the night sky, Yuan Qingying and Ye Na crossed the walls of Fu Shun City and returned to their residence. The people of the Imperial Secret Service were relieved to see the two women return. After all, it would be hard to explain if something happened.
When the two women returned, the servants were responsible for serving food and boiling water to facilitate bathing. However, the two of them sat at the table without tasting food. They barely ate a few mouthfuls before stopping. Today, the two of them were greatly stimulated.
Ye Na saw that Yuan Qingying was frowning, so she stood up from the table and knelt in front of the other. Yuan Qingying was holding her cheek in thought and was shocked to see this. She hurriedly helped Ye Na up. "Big sister Ye Na, what are you doing?"
"Qingying, big sister did something wrong today." Ye Na refused to get up and even lowered her head as if she was willing to be punished. "Big sister didn't kill that brat Zhou Qingfeng."
"Big sister, it's not a big deal. If you didn't kill him, then you didn't kill him. How can I blame you? Today, I was also defeated and retreated. No … even a defeat isn't a defeat. I was forced to leave. "Yuan Qingying was angry about this and secretly hated herself for not improving.
But Ye Na still refused to get up. She continued, "Actually, I caught that brat Zhou Qingfeng, but I let him go. After thinking about it, I regretted it very much. It must be that brat's flowery words that made me lose my mind. "
"Ah … You caught him and then let him go?" Yuan Qingying was puzzled. She forcefully pushed Ye Na to a chair and asked, "What happened?"
"That brat's mouth is very powerful. He only praised me a few times and I felt that I couldn't do it." Ye Na told her what happened when she fought with Yang Jian. She also talked about how she was bewitched to chase after Zhou Qingfeng and how she interrogated him after catching up. However, she didn't mention the part about 'slap slap slap'. She only said that she beat that brat up and then let him go.
As she spoke, Ye Na felt aggrieved. She had always felt that her character was calm, steady, strong, and independent. But now, she had actually changed her mind because of the boasting of an eight-year-old brat. Wasn't this too soft-hearted? But when she recalled the scene at that time, she felt that she really couldn't bear to do it.
"Just because that kid praised your beauty, your heart softened?" Yuan Qingying didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but it was even more difficult for her to get angry. She knew that her sister, who had a foreign bloodline, was usually bullied. She would definitely be in a good mood if someone praised her.
There were as many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital as there were dogs. Nobles and generals could be seen everywhere, and children with deep backgrounds could be seen everywhere. These people were used to bullying Ye Na, but Ye Na couldn't do anything about it. Occasionally, she would beat someone up in a fit of anger, and it would definitely cause a lot of trouble after that. If it wasn't for the fact that Liu Fucheng wasn't easy to deal with, many things wouldn't have been settled.
In response to Yuan Qingying's question, Ye Na nodded slightly. "At that time, I felt that the kid's words were exactly what I was thinking, and I really couldn't bear to kill him." She also asked, "Qingying, why did you have to kill that kid? Even if Gu Yuanwei was guilty, it wasn't Zhou Qingfeng's turn to die. "
"Zhou Qingfeng … His background isn't ordinary. He has to be killed," Yuan Qingying said. "I didn't manage to kill him today, but I still have to kill him in the future. This is actually all my fault, and I have to solve it. "
"Fault? Qingying, what did you do this time? "Ye Na asked in surprise." What are you hiding? "
"Sister Ye Na, believe me. I'm not someone who kills indiscriminately, but this Zhou Qingfeng must die. You see, he's only been in Fushun for less than a month, and he's already stirred up so many big things. If we let him continue like this, the world will really be in chaos. " This was related to the leaked secrets of Tianji, and Yuan Qingying was deeply afraid of accidentally harming her sister, so she refused to say the whole story.
"Alright, but if you want to kill him in the future, don't let me do it. I … I really can't do it. " Ye Na was a little depressed. She originally wanted to talk to Yuan Qingying and resolve the enmity between Zhou Qingfeng and Yuan Qingying. However, seeing how the two of them were hesitant to talk, the matter was probably more troublesome than she thought — but that brat was only eight years old, what kind of problem couldn't he solve?
After talking about Ye Na's matter, Yuan Qingying also spat out the worries in her heart. "This is the third time I've tried to kill Zhou Qingfeng, but it didn't go well every time. This brat is getting stronger and stronger every time. Especially when I met him today, he seems to have cultivated some kind of divination and deduction technique, and I can't see through him anymore.
I'm even a little afraid of that brat now, the things he wants to do are always unexpected. Other people's thoughts can be predicted, but this brat's actions can't be predicted. Moreover, he's growing too fast. Although he's far inferior to me now, I'm worried that it won't be long before he surpasses me.
Moreover, I was also muddle-headed today, and actually confronted the Yehe woman by Zhou Qingfeng's side for a long time. Then there was the Mongolian shellfish, and I could only retreat and hide. Now that I think about it, that big sister He Zhuo should have deliberately told me to retreat in the face of difficulties. Otherwise, as long as she joined hands with that Mongolian shellfish, even if I didn't die, I would be seriously injured. "
"Who is He Zhuo?"
"The noble lady of the Yehe tribe, not the kind of delicate person who uses beauty to serve others. Although she's an enemy, she's graceful and moving, making me admire her. This Liaodong is really different from the Central Plains. No wonder Master always told me not to look down on the heroes of the world. Leaving the capital, without Master as a backer, I feel restricted in everything I do. It seems that wandering the Jianghu is really not a fun thing. "
The two women chatted for a long time, hastily ate their dinner, washed up, and went to sleep. It's just that the two of them couldn't sleep for a while, tossing and turning, thinking about their own matters. One was thinking about how to kill Zhou Qingfeng, but also dreamed of being counterattacked by Zhou Qingfeng, the other also dreamed of Zhou Qingfeng …. Ye Na woke up in the middle of the night and was shocked by her wet and cold underwear. Embarrassed and anxious, she hurriedly washed it herself.
And in a village outside of Fushun city, Zhou Qingfeng also couldn't sleep. The main thing was that his butt hurt, after He Zhuo left, he had to apply medicine on himself. If he had known earlier, he would have asked He Zhuo to leave a maid for him, thinking that he wouldn't have been rejected. Secondly, his stomach wasn't feeling well, life was too hard, he ate millet porridge and pickled vegetables at night, the soup was bland and didn't have much nutrition, so he was hungry in the middle of the night.
Zhou Qingfeng's original subordinates all followed He Zhuo to do transportation to earn money, only Wang Kunpeng, as a weak scholar, couldn't follow, so he could only stay by Zhou Qingfeng's side. But Wang Kunpeng was actually afraid after being tricked by the Brocade Guards, he continued to mix with Zhou Qingfeng, his heart was really on edge.
And Zhou Qingfeng asked about Wang Kunpeng's experience in the city, and roughly knew why Yuan Qingying suddenly ran out to find trouble with him. But whether he liked it or not, Wang Kunpeng now had no food and clothing, so he had to follow Zhou Qingfeng. Zhou Qingfeng also needed Wang Kunpeng to run around. For example, in the middle of the night, he asked the farmers in the village to buy a chicken to roast.
After killing the chicken, he used boiling water to remove the feathers, hollowed out the organs, rubbed some salt on it, and roasted it on the rack. In the middle of the night, Zhou Qingfeng squatted in the courtyard of a farmer's house, his eyes staring at the roasting rack, waiting to eat the chicken. Wang Kunpeng followed beside Zhou Qingfeng and asked, "Young Master, you said that Fu Shun's You Ji Daren definitely won't let our villagers go?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Zhou Qingfeng rolled his eyes, "After causing such a big commotion and losing at least a few thousand taels of silver, it would be a wonder if Li Yongfang would let you go. Your entire village moved out to rob the horse market, this matter can't be hidden. So I told you to quickly scatter and escape, even if you follow He Zhuo to Yehe tribe, it's better than staying here and waiting for death. "
Robbing the horse market allowed Wang Kunpeng's village to make a lot of money, every household earned more than what they had earned in the past ten years of farming. Afterwards, Zhou Qingfeng let the villagers go out to hide, but there were still some people who were reluctant to leave their own fields and houses. Zhou Qingfeng directly said that if they wanted to die, they could stay, and he took Wang Kunpeng, his only subordinate, and ran away without a trace.
Before robbing the horse market, Zhou Qingfeng had already arranged an escape route in advance. As the saying goes, 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows', he had people arrange several unrelated places to hide. The reason why he still brought Wang Kunpeng with him was that Wang Kunpeng was a cultured person, literate, could communicate, and was very familiar with the surroundings of Fu Shun. If an illiterate person were to be his subordinate, Zhou Qingfeng would be even more distressed.
With Wang Kunpeng around, he could also help Zhou Qingfeng and Yang Jian take care of the unconscious Gu Yuanwei. In just two days, this former great cultivator had lost a lot of weight. He could only stay awake for one or two hours a day, eat some liquid food, and then sleep to wait for death.
"I have to go to the city tomorrow." Zhou Qingfeng tore a hot chicken leg, blowing on it as he ate.
"How are you going to get in? Maybe the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the East Faction Guards are waiting for us. "Yang Jian couldn't sleep either, and he also got up when he smelled the roast chicken.
"Fu Shun's city defense is not strict, and the number of soldiers guarding the city is very limited. They are not responsible at all, and we can use paper cranes to fly over the city wall. But Senior Brother, you have to come back and protect Master. Kunpeng, come with me." Zhou Qingfeng arranged, "I don't believe that the Embroidered Uniform Guards and the East Faction Guards can completely monitor the whole city. I'm just worried that Guo Buyi's bookstore will be monitored. "
"Even if it's not monitored, so what?" Yang Jian was very depressed, obviously not confident. "Master and I have been there several times, but Guo Buyi won't see us at all. I feel that this time we will be busy for nothing. "
After a few bites, the chicken was only left with a skeleton. Zhou Qingfeng threw the bones away, and casually wiped some oil on his clothes. He frowned and asked Wang Kunpeng, "What is the name of Guo Buyi's daughter?"
"Ah … Miss Guo, she is a legendary woman in Fu Shun." Wang Kunpeng said, "Her name is Guo Jiao. Four years ago, she was betrothed to a family with the surname Wen in Shenyang. Unfortunately, before she could marry into the family, her husband went to the capital to take the imperial examination. Scholar Wen repeatedly failed the imperial examination, and has been staying in the capital. Miss Guo is now twenty years old, but she is still not married. "
It sounds like there is no difference from being a widow. Zhou Qingfeng doubtfully asked, "This is a legend? If they can't get married, they might as well break off the engagement and remarry. "
Wang Kunpeng continued to laugh, "That's why I say that Miss Guo is a legend among women. Her husband didn't come back, but she didn't worry, nor did she stay at home. Instead, she went out every day. Her father, Guo Buyi, is a powerful cultivator. Naturally, no one in Fu Shun dared to provoke her. So, with nothing to do, she opened a hotel called 'Happy Forest' in Fu Shun.
It is rare for a woman to be the manager of a hotel and entertain guests from all over the world. Moreover, she was quite a heroic person, and she was straightforward and generous, completely different from the usual bashful women. Her hotel was as busy as a marketplace. With such a miraculous incident, it was widely known in Fushun, Shenyang, and even in the entire Liaodong region.
However, Miss Guo is good at making friends, but her ability to open a hotel is really mediocre. It is said that she loses a lot of money in the hotel every month. Every day, there are people coming to her to ask for money. If her father wasn't Guo Buyi, the hotel would have been closed long ago. "
Nowadays, women pay attention to the three obediences and four virtues. Women from small families have no choice but to go out in public to make a living. Women from big families are very particular about clothing and food. They stay at home and rarely go out. In 'Romance of the Western Chamber', Cui Yingying only dared to secretly meet Zhang Sheng. It is really rare to see a woman like Guo Jiao who comes out openly.
Hearing this from Wang Kunpeng, Zhou Qingfeng suddenly remembered 'Flat Hair' he met in the Guo family's bookstore. That proud bird puppet earned him 20 taels and gave it all to Miss Guo. Guo Jiao also sold him a copy of 'Traction Catalog' so that he could learn 'Heavenly Eye'. Thinking back to what Miss Guo said at that time, she seemed to be in need of money.
Miss Guo was actually in need of money? It was probably not as simple as a lack of money.
Zhou Qingfeng asked Wang Kunpeng, "Where is this lady's' Happy Forest 'hotel?"
"In the west of the city."
"Is it convenient to go?"
"It should be."
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