"PS: To be honest, in order to make it more interesting, these two chapters are actually very difficult to write. Don't criticize individual book friends. I also know that Xi Rui's reaction is very strange, but for novels, it only needs to be interesting. I don't believe that anyone will.
Is it right to read historical novels as historical records? (Actually, I came up with this plot that I thought was quite interesting, and I was a little reluctant to give it up)』
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After the misunderstanding was resolved, Xi Rui called the witches under her command to wake up the black crows who were still unconscious.
During this period, Zhang Qigong was quite disappointed, because he did not see the witches exerting any magical power. The women just got some water from the nearby stream and poured it on the faces of the black crows. Soon, the ghosts and other black crows came.
The crowd of crows suddenly woke up.
The moment they opened their eyes and saw the witches around them, Ghost and the other Green Crows took up a stance to face the enemy, holding their daggers behind their backs, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
It's no wonder, after all, they have never suffered such a big loss, and even the Green Crows cannot catch them all without alerting them.
This is absolutely a great humiliation for the Black Crows who aspire to surpass the Green Crows and become the number one secret agent agency in Wei.
"Witch, watch me chop you with my axe!"
Picking up the ax that had been left on the ground, Ghost glared and struck at Mi Rui's head.
"What a bastard!"
Zhang Qigong had no time to stop him and watched this scene helplessly. However, what surprised him was that Master Mi Rui's skills were even better than he expected. She turned sideways to avoid the ghost's axe. Even, she
His hand also patted the ghost's heart.
"Silly man, we are not enemies. If Yu wanted to kill you, you would have died a long time ago." Xi Rui said with a smile, and then when the ghost swung his elbow towards her, she tapped her toes and jumped back a long way.
Zhang Qigong was amazed by the lightness of his steps.
"fart!"
However, the ghost refused to admit defeat and turned towards Mi Rui. The ax in his right hand was about to be thrown out.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of his head. After all, he had seen too many of the ghost's attacks.
Although Master Mi Rui is indeed very agile, what if something happens?
Thinking of this, he exclaimed: "Stop! She is Queen Mi's sister!"
When the ghost who was about to let go of his ax heard this, he was so frightened that he clenched the handle of the ax tightly. Then he looked at Zhang Qigong with fear on his face and asked stammeringly: "Who? This woman is...whose sister?"
"I am the sister of Empress Mi of the Great Wei Dynasty!"
Zhang Qigong may have remembered the incident when he was almost pushed into a bonfire by a ghost before he fell into coma. He gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you put away your weapons?... Everyone put away their weapons!"
"The emperor, the queen's sister?"
Including the ghost, all the black crows looked at each other in confusion.
To be honest, the Black Crows have nothing to do with the queen, but they are not afraid of the latter's power. But the problem is that the queen is the woman of Wei Wang Zhao Run. Even if they are murderers like them, they are not afraid of Wei Wang Zhao Run.
He is extremely loyal. After all, Wei King Zhao Run gave him status, power, wealth, and women - of course, the more important thing is that Ying Kang (the leader of the green crows) and Hei Zhu (the leader of the black crows) instilled in him the spirit of loyalty to the monarch when training the crows.
Thoughts made the crows, especially the younger ones, obey orders involving King Zhao Run of Wei.
No, after Zhang Qigong explained, the Black Crows immediately put away their hostile posture, put away their short swords, daggers, concealed weapons and other weapons, and stood there awkwardly at a loss.
The most embarrassing thing was Ghost, who was still throwing the ax at Mirui, with a flash of bluish-white color on his face.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong cursed: "Hurry up and put the ax away!"
After hearing this, Ghost put away his ax with a stern look on his face. The brute, who was no less tall and thick than Chu Heng, now looked quite timid, which made people feel funny.
"You silly guy, why don't you fight?" Xi Rui teased the ghost with a smile.
Ghost said angrily: "You are the queen's sister. I won't fight with you. If I accidentally hurt you, I can't afford to suffer..."
After hearing this, all the witches present had smiles that could only be understood on their faces, which made the ghost feel inexplicably embarrassed.
Because he also knew that his words were not convincing, after all, they were easily knocked down by the other party - but Ghost firmly believed that it was just a despicable trick used by the other party.
Mi Rui snorted lightly, but she didn't have any bad feelings towards the ghost. On the contrary, she found this rather big guy quite interesting, at least more pleasing to the eye than the guy named Zhang Qigong next to him.
She walked back to where she was before, picked up the unfinished kebab, tore off a piece from it, put it in her mouth and chewed it.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hands and said: "Master Mi Rui, the people under my command are rude and offensive. I hope you will forgive me."
At this point, a trace of confusion flashed through his mind: Does the barbecue have a crunch when chewed?
He raised his head curiously and looked at the barbecue in Mi Rui's hand, and happened to see the latter throwing a scorpion-shaped poisonous insect into his mouth and chewing it with a crunching sound.
"...Gu."
Even a poisonous person like Zhang Qigong had a flash of horror in his eyes, swallowed his saliva, and muttered in his heart, "As expected of Queen Mi's sister."
Perhaps noticing Zhang Qigong's fixed gaze, Mi Rui glanced at the former, then at Zhang Qigong, with a somewhat strange look on her face, she grabbed a centipede from the bag around her waist and asked, "Or?"
At this moment, she secretly thought in her heart: If Zhang Qigong was poisoned to death because he accidentally ate the poisonous part of a centipede, wouldn't he have no chance to complain to her brother-in-law, King Wei? What's even more clever is that she can't be blamed for this.
"Yu is so witty!"
Mi Rui, whose eyes were shining, looked at Zhang Qigong expectantly.
However, Zhang Qigong looked at the centipede that was constantly twisting and struggling. After swallowing his saliva, he shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no... Here, below, there is dry food... There is dry food..."
"Hey! Did this guy see through Yu's plan? Huh! He is indeed an important minister next to my brother-in-law, so he should not be underestimated!"
Mi Rui curled her lips secretly, and after taking a deep look at Zhang Qigong, she hummed and turned her head.
"Hey, silly guy, your name is Ghost, right?"
Looking at the ghost sitting not far away, Xi Rui asked curiously.
Ghost looked at Mi Rui with some sadness and anger.
He swore in his heart that if the vicious woman in front of him was not the sister of the wife of his monarch Zhao Run, he would have killed her with an axe.
It's a pity that the other party has a distinguished status and he can't afford to offend him.
But the pride of being a member of the Black Crow community made him unwilling to follow others, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended not to hear what Mi Rui said.
Seeing this, Mi Rui was secretly angry: Sure enough, Zhang Qigong is not a good person, and the people under him are so rude to me!
Narrowing her eyes, she took out something from the cloth bag beside her, and immediately said to Ghost: "Hey, Ghost, there is a spider crawling towards you."
"Spider? Humph! Do you think I, the ghost, would be afraid of such a little thing? I made me anxious, and I swallowed it in one gulp!"
Ghost is not stupid. Of course he knows that this vicious woman may be deliberately teasing him, and he will not be fooled at all.
"Master Mi Rui, don't worry, it's just a spider." He said calmly with his eyes closed.
But after a while, he felt that something was not right, because he felt that there seemed to be something furry crawling around his neck.
So he opened his eyes and took a look, and suddenly he saw a spider the size of a child's fist, crawling slowly on his left shoulder.
"ah!"
With a miserable howl, the ghost jumped up and shouted with a pale face: "Come on, help me get rid of this ghost!"
Seeing the frightened look on the ghost's face, Mi Rui chuckled, stood up and reached out to touch the ghost's shoulder, then grabbed the large spider, placed it on the back of her left hand, and gently touched it with her right hand.
Stroking the delicate down on the spider, he giggled.
"Get out of the way! Let me chop her!"
The furious ghost rushed towards Mirui with his axe, but was stopped by a group of black crows.
From the side, Zhang Qigong witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and his fear of Mi Rui deepened. He once again determined that the sister of his Queen Mi, the Queen of Wei, was definitely a bad character and lawless master.
But the cruel reality is that even with such a bad character and lawless master, he still has to have a good relationship with the other party.
Thinking of this, he ignored the ghost who was still yelling, walked to Ji Rui, and asked respectfully: "Master Ji Rui, can I sit here?"
While playing with the giant spider in her hand, Mi Rui looked at Zhang Qigong, who couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"Sit down!" she said casually.
"Thank you, Master Mi Rui."
Zhang Qigong sat down about two feet away from Mi Rui and said respectfully: "I just heard what Master Mi Rui said, it seems that you intend to ambush Lord Chu Shui of Chu State, but in fact, Chu Shui
You are also my enemy in the Wei Dynasty... I don’t dare to say that I will kill Lord Chu Shui on behalf of Lord Mi Rui. I just think that the person below may be able to help Lord Mi Rui."
"Huh? This guy unexpectedly seems to be a good person...or does he have other intentions?"
Mi Rui looked at Zhang Qigong in surprise, and her expression became complicated. She stared at Zhang Qigong and silently stroked the down of the spider.
Looking away from the creepy spider, Zhang Qigong asked respectfully: "Master Mi Rui, what do you think of the following?"
Mi Rui thought for three breaths before saying, "Will your people follow Yu's instructions?"
"Of course."
Zhang Qigong showed what he thought was a hearty smile.
"..."
Looking at the smile on Zhang Qigong's face, Mi Rui was stunned, because she had seen a similar smile on the face of another person who scared her, that is, her brother-in-law Zhao Run - her brother-in-law had a similar smile back then.
, while teaching her a harsh lesson until she was brought into submission.
"This boy... seems to have bad intentions! Hmph, just be smart and let's see what you want to do!"
Mi Rui narrowed her eyes, squeezed the spider hard with her hands, and kept struggling. This made Zhang Qigong, who saw this, think again of the pitiful centipede in Queen Mi's hand.
But no matter what, the two parties still reached a tacit understanding. At least in Zhang Qigong's view, he had initially gained the trust of the queen's sister in front of him.
The next day, Zhang Qigong and his men followed Mi Rui and other witches deep into Wushan.
Along the way, Zhang Qigong saw many wolves, tigers, leopards, birds and beasts, which made him deeply aware of the dangers of such remote areas.
Even one of the black crows under his command was bitten on the thigh by a poisonous snake. However, the black crows were very decisive and cut off the flesh and blood of the area bitten by the poisonous snake with a few knives. It was a pity that
He was immediately poisoned and fell to the ground. Fortunately, Ji Rui and other witches gave him antidote powder, which saved the black crow from death.
Seeing this, Zhang Qigong asked with some fear: "Master Mi Rui, have you lived in this kind of place for many years?"
Just when Xi Rui was about to speak, she suddenly saw a poisonous snake biting Zhang Qigong's neck out of the corner of her eye. She subconsciously drew her sword and stabbed the snake to death on the tree.
"Thank you, Master Mi Rui, for saving your life."
After seeing with his own eyes the tragic situation of the Black Crow just now, Zhang Qigong thanked Mi Rui with a lingering fear on his face.
But she never thought that when Mi Rui tore off the poisonous snake that was nailed to the tree, she secretly regretted it in her heart.
"Oh, why did Yu take action? Wouldn't it be better to let this evil guy be bitten to death by a snake?...Forget it, for such a powerless scholar, Yu can kill him at any time.
...Well, don’t waste your snake courage.』
Under Zhang Qigong's astonished gaze, Mi Rui tore the poisonous snake raw with both hands and took out the gallbladder.
"Or?" she asked Zhang Qigong.
Looking at the green snake gallbladder, Zhang Qigong shook his head repeatedly.
Seeing this, Mi Rui threw the snake gall into her mouth, swallowed it and asked casually: "What did you just say? A place like this? What happened to Wushan?"
Zhang Qigong opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
He originally thought that women like Ji Rui would definitely be in danger if they lived in such a wild and remote mountain. However, after seeing the scene of Ji Rui swallowing snake bile with his own eyes, he suddenly felt that these women might be more dangerous than the poisonous insects in the mountains.
Wild beasts are still threatening.
So he changed the topic and asked: "Master Mi Rui, do you know where we are going now?"
"Go find Xiong Hu."
Speaking of this, Mi Rui said angrily: "He sent someone to tell me that Chu Shuijun will go to Bashu via Wushan soon, but I waited for a long time and didn't meet him!"
"Xiong Hu? Pingyujun Xiong Hu?"
Zhang Qigong was shocked when he heard this. He felt that this matter might not be that simple, so he probed: "Master Mi Rui, Lord Chu Shui went to Bashu... Could it be that the Chu State has some intention against Bashu?"
"How do I know about this?"
Mi Rui glanced at Zhang Qigong.
"It seems that Master Mi Rui still has some prejudice against me and is unwilling to reveal the truth... However, Lord Chu Shui went to Bashu. This matter is not trivial. Could it be that Chu State also has an interest in Bashu? By the way, Chu State is afraid of this.
I, the Wei Dynasty, will use troops against it in one or two years.
, so we are actively preparing for war, but food and grass have always been a major weakness of Chu State, but if Chu State can obtain the land of Bashu, it will be able to obtain sufficient food and grass... Humph, how can I, Zhang Qigong, make you wait for your wish?
The co-owner of the Central Plains, I am the only king of the Wei Dynasty!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Qigong continued to probe Ji Rui for information about Chu State. Unfortunately, Ji Rui had never cared about Chu State affairs, so there was no information that could be leaked to Zhang Qigong.
Zhang Qigong, however, didn't know what was going on. Seeing that the other party spoke impeccably, he secretly muttered that he had never met such a cautious person.
After following Ji Rui and other witches around Wushan for two days, a witch finally found out about Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu - the latter made an appointment with Ji Rui to meet on the mountainside of a certain mountain in Wushan.
Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu is Mi Rui's cousin. Like Chu King Xiong Tuo, he has always loved this cousin.
Especially in recent years, because Chu King Xiong Tuo did not allow Mi Rui to ambush Lord Chu Shui, the relationship between Mi Rui and Xiong Tuo was not as good as before. Instead, they secretly supported and assisted Mi Rui and other Zhu Rong.
Xiong Hu, Pingyu Lord of the Maiden Maiden, has a closer relationship with Mi Rui.
Because of this, when facing Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, Mi Rui was not as vigilant as she was with Zhang Qigong, and immediately complained: "Brother, the information you gave is wrong, Chu Shuijun's thieves have not passed through Wushan at all.
"
In response to Mi Rui's complaint, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu showed an apology on his face and said to please: "Brother Yu came here just to tell you about this matter... Lord Chu Shui, that thief, is also wary of Brother Yu.
A few days ago, he deliberately mentioned in front of Brother Yu that he wanted to go to Bashu via Wushan, but he never thought that he actually took another way..."
As soon as he said this, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu saw Zhang Qigong and the others following Mi Rui and the other witches, and his expression changed slightly.
How could he fail to recognize Zhang Qigong, an important minister of the Wei state?
"I unexpectedly met Captain Zhang here... Lieutenant Zhang, you are well and well." Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu stepped forward to greet Zhang Qigong while secretly guessing Zhang Qigong's intention.
"Mr. Pingyu, you are well." Zhang Qigong also bowed his hands and saluted, and smiled calmly: "Zhang was also surprised to meet the prince here... I don't know what the prince wanted when he came here.
?”
"Haha, I just came to visit my roommate... I wonder why Mr. Zhang is here?"
Although Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, is not as intelligent as Zhang Qigong, but his city is also rich, how can he tell Zhang Qigong about Chu's attempt to conquer Bashu? What if the other party deliberately causes trouble?
Zhang Qigong knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party by making up an excuse, so he simply made a joke and exposed the matter.
However, compared to Zhang Qigong, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu knew his sister Mi Rui quite well. Seeing that Zhang Qigong refused to disclose it, he asked Mi Rui. In his opinion, his silly sister would definitely kill her.
Tell him everything about the encounter with Zhang Qigong and others.
"Amei, do you know what this Master Zhang is here for?"
Sure enough, Mi Rui shook her sister Mi Jiang's sword in her hand and said casually: "What else can he do? Here, my sister's sword."
Her original intention was actually very simple. She just wanted to say that Zhang Qigong was just running errands for her sister.
But after hearing his words, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's expression changed slightly, and his eyes looking at Zhang Qigong also showed some hostility.
Zhang Qigong didn't know the details of the witches like Mi Rui in Bashu. Could it be that he, Xiong Hu, also didn't know?
You must know that Mi Rui and other witches from the Zhurong lineage are really regarded as goddesses by a small country in Bashu. If they can get through this relationship, they can easily integrate into the civil war in Bashu and avoid being ganged up on.
attack.
"That bastard Zhao Run is not satisfied with Han, Wei, and Lu, so he wants to push me, Dachu, into a desperate situation? I don't know what despicable means he used to persuade Ajaan to come forward to help him... No, if
If my little sister is deceived by this piece of Qi Gong and surrenders to the Wei State, then our great Chu will be doomed..."
He thought secretly, trying to think of ways to take the opportunity to eradicate Zhang Qigong.
At this time, Zhang Qigong looked at Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu, whose expression changed slightly, and glanced at Mi Rui intentionally or unintentionally.
"She was deliberately vague and said, "What else can I do here?"...Did Ms. Mi Rui say that on purpose? Well, I understand. Maybe she has already suspected that Lord Pingyu Xiong Hu is not...
I really want to help him ambush Mr. Chu Shui, so he deliberately uses me as an excuse to threaten Xiong Hu... Haha, this scheming should not be underestimated.
. Having said that, Xiong Hu seems to care more about Master Mi Rui than the relationship between brother and sister, and seems to be a bit deliberately trying to please. Could it be that... Master Mi Rui's identity in the land of Bashu is actually not simple, and Chu State needs to rely on Mi Rui.
His identity intervenes in Bashu? Oh, in that case, I might as well go with the flow and put an end to Chu's thoughts!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Qigong deliberately smiled and said: "Since Sir Mi Rui said so, then Zhang has no choice but to tell the truth... Yes, Zhang came here specifically on the orders of Mi, the Empress of Wei.
Help Master Mi Rui."
"On Ajaan's order? I think it's on Zhao Run's order, right?"
Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu secretly sneered in his heart, but said calmly on his face: "I, Xiong Hu, will help my little sister, so there is no need for Mr. Zhang to worry too much."
"Then what will happen?" Zhang Qigong said with a half-smile, "How will I return to the Queen the next day?"
"You actually use Ajaan as a shield... you bastard!"
Xiong Hu, Lord Pingyu, was secretly angry. Suddenly, he had an idea and said to Mi Rui: "Mei, can you still not trust Brother Yu? Brother Yu will help you kill Lord Chu Shui. As for Master Zhang, you should ask him to return to the Kingdom of Wei."
Bar……"
After hearing this, Zhang Qigong also said to Mi Rui: "Master Mi Rui, although Mr. Pingyu is your cousin, he can't even find out the whereabouts of Mr. Chu Shui. What is the use of this kind of help?"
Seeing Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu and Zhang Qigong looking at her, Mi Rui couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Emotionally speaking, of course she prefers Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, but she can't just ask Zhang Qigong to return to Wei State. What if this guy returns to Wei State and complains to her brother-in-law, the King of Wei?
After thinking for two breaths, she came up with a way to get the best of both worlds: "Since eldest brother and Master Zhang both want to help me, well... then it's better to stay, hehe."
She was secretly happy that her resourceful self had found more helpers.
"Keep them all? In other words...sell them at a price? Want to see which side between us and Xiong Hu can help him kill Lord Chu Shui in the end, and use this as a basis for her to vote for Wei Chu? Really?
A woman with a scheming mind and a strong government."
After sighing secretly, Zhang Qigong turned to look at Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, and said with a half-smile: "I have no problem...only Sir Ji Rui follows the lead."
"That's nice to say! ... You think I don't know that Zhao Run sent you to deceive A-mei so that your Wei State can intervene in Bashu and take the opportunity to seize this land? Huh! Damn it, how can I let you do what you want?"
!』
Thinking of this, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu also showed a smile on his face, nodded and said: "Xiong... I have no objections!"
As a result, Zhang Qigong, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu, who each had their own ulterior motives, and Mi Rui, who actually had no idea what was going on, got together.