In a deserted border town, a stunning and charming woman walked gracefully, with barren yellow sand behind her. She was dressed in purple, with a gauze half-covering her face, like the inner demon of a man who has gone through vicissitudes of life, with a touch of coquettishness dotted in her confusion.

Gu Qing looked back at her, his eyes clear and calm, without any desire.

For a man like Gu Qing, his appreciation of women is no longer based on beauty. What he likes is the soul beneath the body. Only those who appreciate each other and resonate with them can enter his heart.

"Is your inn a popular check-in spot for internet celebrities? Why should I go to your inn when I enter the city?" Gu Qing asked in confusion.

Huangfu looked at him with resentment and said softly: "Why would the Marquis refuse people thousands of miles away? I just admire the Marquis as a person and want to serve the Marquis with all my heart..."

"Girl, you'd better practice your cooking skills, or you can consider changing your career and convert the inn into a pigsty. Not only will it save you trouble and effort, but you can also make a fortune..." Gu Qing advised seriously.

Huangfu thought for a moment, then bit his lower lip bitterly.

Is this how this guy behaves when chatting with others?

"Master Hou, are you saying that my cooking skills are poor?" Huangfu Sisi said aggrievedly.

Gu Qing was stunned: "Didn't I make it obvious enough? Of course I mean you are poor at cooking. Could it be that I am praising you?"

"But... I have never cooked before, but for you, Lord Marquis..."

Gu Qing's face turned cold with dissatisfaction: "That's too much! Why do you treat me as a test subject? What did I do wrong?"

Huangfu Sisi: “…………”

We can't talk anymore, we really can't talk, the two of us are not on the same channel at all.

After inspecting the market project again, Gu Qing gave Li Sima a few words and then turned around and left with his guards.

Gu Qing showed no nostalgia for the stunning Huangfu Sisi from beginning to end, and his indifferent eyes made Huangfu Sisi finally wake up.

This is a man who doesn't care about beauty at all. If you want to get into his heart, you have to find another way.

At this moment, Huangfu Sisi's purpose of approaching Gu Qing was no longer to complete the task given to her by Bian Lingcheng. She regarded Gu Qing as a challenge, a challenge to her own charm besides beauty.

She couldn't explain why, but Huangfu Sisi just felt that she was attracted to men like Gu Qing. He was venomous and mean-spirited, but he was responsible and courageous in doing things. Whether it was the decision to expand the city or the deeds of leading the army to annihilate Tubo, she was attracted by it.

Deeply attracted.

The most important thing is that you don't like to talk to me so much, but I want you to slowly fall in love with me.

A beautiful woman is always arrogant. No matter how modest and disdainful she is about her appearance, she really cares about her appearance in her heart. When her invincible appearance loses its effect, she feels frustrated, frustrated and unwilling.

, more terrifying than a woman’s jealousy.

As the guards walked past her, Huangfu Sisi suddenly grabbed Han Jie's sleeve.

"Let go!" Han Jie said coldly.

Huangfu Sisi was so frightened that her face turned pale and she hurriedly let go, but she still stretched out her arms to stop him.

"General, please tell me, what does the Marquis like on weekdays?" Huangfu Sisi bit her lower lip and looked at Han Jie pitifully.

Han Jie said coldly: "Master Hou likes money, will you give it?"

Huangfu thought for a moment, she couldn't afford it.

She forced a smile and realized that the Marquis's personal guards were not people who knew how to chat.

"Aside from money, what else does the Marquis like?"

After all, Han Jie was more compassionate than Gu Qing. Seeing Huangfu Sisi looking pitiful, even if she was pretending, he couldn't bear to reject her anymore.

So Han Jie sighed and said: "The Marquis still likes to eat and likes delicious things. If you want to please the Marquis, you might as well put more thought into your food."

Huangfu thought suddenly.

It turned out... that he was picky about the dishes he cooked time and time again, not deliberately to find fault, but seriously. She was really picky about food. In his eyes, maybe even a plate of steamed meat was more attractive than her.

A very strange man.

Han Jie glanced at her lightly and then left.

Huangfu Sisi bit her lower lip fiercely and murmured: "Do you like delicious food? Then I will learn a few dishes from the chef. I don't believe I can't attract you!"

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Back at the camp, Chang Zhong was pacing back and forth outside the commander's tent.

Seeing Gu Qing return, Chang Zhong stepped forward to greet him with a strange expression.

Gu Qing asked curiously: "What's going on with that expression on your face that you stepped on cow dung?"

Chang Zhong sighed and said: "Master Hou, you asked the general to take Li Siye to visit Qiuci City. He..."

"What's up with him?"

"I don't know how many times I have been to Kucha City. I really didn't know what to show him. I only took him to see the construction site for city expansion. Li Siye admired the Marquis's courage, and later I took him there.

I went to a brothel..."

Gu Qing raised his eyebrows in interest: "Oh? Is he attracted to beauty?"

Chang Zhong sighed and said, "Why are you so tempted? As soon as he entered, he said that the barbarian girls in the brothel were extremely ugly, and even offered him no money to do anything. Later, he met the shopkeeper of the brothel, who was also a barbarian. Li Siye took over without saying a word.

The shopkeeper beat me up..."

Gu Qing was surprised and said: "Why did he beat the shopkeeper?"

"He said that the barbarian in charge of the shop had an unpleasant appearance. When he killed Xiao Bolu and Da Shijun, his enemies all looked like that. He was hateful when he saw them. He was born to be beaten..."

Gu Qing was speechless and choked, silently labeling Li Siye another label in his mind. Besides being upright and heartless, this guy was actually an angry young man.

"Here... give the shopkeeper some compensation for the soup and medicine, so as to appease the shopkeeper. It's not his fault that he's ugly." Gu Qing sighed sadly.

"I have already lost money. The shopkeeper has been crying. Secondly, the pain in his body is secondary. The main reason is that he hurts his self-esteem. He said he wants to pay more..."

"Oh, we only pay for the soup and medicine. We don't care about the pretentious things that hurt the self-esteem. If the shopkeeper's self-esteem cannot be cured quickly, then we will beat him again."

Chang Zhong chuckled twice, and then said: "Master Hou, this Li Siye is a bit straightforward, why do you insist on transferring him to Qiuci? There are actually many candidates for practicing Mo Dao Shou, any one from Shule Town

A partial general from the Mo Dao team can also do the job."

Gu Qing shook his head: "It's different. I want the best. Li Siye is the best. Chang Zhong, our army cannot be limited to bows, halberds, shields and guns. It also needs many new arms. If they are used in combination on the battlefield, the combat power will be even greater."

Gao, Mo Daoying is a peerless magic weapon in our army. It must be trained. How close you and Li Siye have been in the past few days. Heh, they are talented people. After all, they are a bit arrogant. So you have to persuade him to stay.

In our army."

Chang Zhong cupped his fists and said, "Yes, the last general and several other generals must be pestering Li Siye every day. If you don't believe him, he won't submit."

Gu Qing touched his chin thoughtfully: "If he still doesn't submit, we can only lock him in the room and give him some laxatives... It's a bit cruel. Try not to use this unethical method."

Chang Zhong felt a chill down his back, and his expression instantly became more respectful to Gu Qing.

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A few days later, several personal guards sent to Shule Town returned to the Qiuci camp and reported some things to Gu Qing.

Li Siye did provoke villains in Shule Town. Because of his upright nature and hatred of evil, Li Siye was not tolerated by his colleagues. Just like what happened to Han Jie, he was ostracized everywhere in the army. Despite this, Li Siye led the soldiers and soldiers with his example.

Regardless of his own safety, he still became a lieutenant general.

In the sixth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi attacked Xiaobolu, and appointed Li Siye and another Zhonglang general Tian Zhen as the left and right Mo Dao generals, responsible for leading the Mo Dao team to fight a bloody path for the entire army. When attacking the Tibetan army, Tian Zhen fought timidly.

Fearful and unwilling to move forward, Li Siye led the Mo Dao team to kill the enemy alone. After a night of bloody battles, there were countless casualties. Xiao Bolu was defeated, and Li Siye was promoted to General of the Right Guard.

Another Mo Dao general, Tian Zhen, was not only not rewarded for his poor performance during the war, but was severely reprimanded by Gao Xianzhi.

Seeing that Li Siye, who was also a lieutenant general, was promoted due to his military exploits, and that he was also a Mo Dao general, but was reprimanded by his commander, Tian Zhen felt jealous, and hatred grew out of jealousy. From then on, he targeted Li Siye everywhere and sued many people behind his back.

shape.

Most of the soldiers in Shule Town knew that Li Siye and Tian Zhen were at odds with each other, and it could be said that they were like fire and water.

Once a person releases the devil in his heart, there is often no lower limit for how he behaves and does things. In recent years, Tian Zhen often slandered Li Siye behind his back. Any flaw in Li Siye's training of soldiers would become the reason for Tian Zhen to file a lawsuit.

The person who Tian Zhen made the accusation against was none other than Bian Lingcheng, the supervisor of the army.

Tian Zhen knew the situation at the top of the Anxi Protectorate. Gao Xianzhi was an uncompromising coach, but he admired Li Siye very much. If Tian Zhen complained in front of Gao Xianzhi, what he would often get was not the fall of Li Siye, but the fall of Tian Zhen. But

Bian Lingcheng is different.

Strictly speaking, both Tian Zhen and Bian Lingcheng had bad intentions towards the Anxi Army, and they wished something would happen within the Anxi Army. In terms of power, Gao Xianzhi was greatly restricted by Bian Lingcheng, and it was Bian Lingcheng who was able to defeat Gao Xianzhi.

people.

So Tian Zhen reported many scandals to Bian Lingcheng behind his back, and Bian Lingcheng also reprimanded Li Siye many times. Later, Li Siye apparently had several promotion opportunities, but Bian Lingcheng rejected them all.

Until the battle between the Anxi Army and Dashi the year before last, Li Siye took a huge risk to stay behind, fought bloody battles with Dashi's army, and risked his life in exchange for military honors, and was promoted to General Youjinwu.

It's so difficult to get along in the army, so naturally you have to be careful in your actions to avoid being taken advantage of by Tian Zhen again.

After listening to this, Gu Qing suddenly understood why Li Siye was so stubborn. He had to see the official transfer document from the Imperial Military Department before he dared to take up the post. Otherwise, he refused to accept the appointment. The names of Gao Xianzhi and Gu Qing were useless. It turned out that Li Siye was worried about Bian Lingcheng's censure.

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"So that's it..." After listening to the guard's report, Gu Qing suddenly realized and nodded: "No wonder you are so careful. It turns out that the villain is really destined to be killed. Is this Tian Zhen... still in Shule Town now?"

The guard reported: "Yes, he is still the Zhonglang general, but because of Tianbao's poor performance in the battle against Xiaobolu in the sixth year of Tianbao, Gao Jieshuai looked down upon him. In the future, he abandoned Tian Zhen in every war.

, Tian Zhen only does some trivial things in the army and has no power."

Gu Qing sneered: "I have no power or ability, but my ability to file complaints is not small. I can be considered a genius."
To be continued...