I’m The King Chapter 1140: :Continuing the past and ushering in the future (thirty)

The courtyard is not big, but it is unique. The unique delicacy of Jiangnan water town is vividly displayed in this small courtyard. A woman in coarse clothes is washing the clothes while humming the slang songs of her hometown. And not far from her, Mao Wei stared at the girl, his eyes were a little red, his lips opened and closed, and seemed to be humming along.

The girl turned her head by chance and saw Mao Wei singing along, she couldn't help being very surprised, "My lord, how come you can also sing the slang songs of our hometown?"

Mao Wei smiled wryly: "Are you also from Tianhe County, how did you come to such a far away place in Chu State?"

The girl's face darkened, "A few years ago, the people of Qi captured Dayan and burned, killed and looted in Tianhe County. The little girl's father had a little wealth in his hometown, so he took our family and fled all the way. When I arrived in Jiangdong County of Chu State, I settled down."

"Since your family is not bad, why do you come out to do these chores of washing and cooking?" Mao Wei walked up to the girl, squatted down, and asked curiously.

"Fleeing all the way, in itself exhausted our little money. Settling down here is not worth the money. In the past two years, we have already been impoverished. A few days ago, we met another There is no way I can get over the hurdle, I can only sell myself as a slave.”

"Sold yourself as a slave?" Mao Wei asked in surprise.

"Yes, my only younger brother committed a crime in Jiangdong County. In order to save him, a large amount of silver is needed. Pity our poor family now. There is so much silver there. Fortunately, there is no limit. On the way, at this time, someone came to the door and was willing to buy me to be a girl, so the family sold me."

"There are such cruel parents!" Mao Wei said angrily.

"My lord is wrong, it's not because my parents are cruel, but I voluntarily, if only one of our siblings can survive, then of course I would like to be my younger brother, he is the only boy in our family, besides, I Aren’t I living a good life now, and my lord is also very kind to me.” The woman smiled and said, “At the beginning, what I was most worried about was that the person who bought me would sell me to a building, and I thought about it all the way. I don't think it's possible, but those people gave my father five hundred taels of silver, and with my appearance, I don't know anything about chess, piano, calligraphy and painting, even if they sell me to a brothel, how can I get my money back!"

Seeing the smiling face of the woman, Mao Wei smiled wryly, those who kidnapped him really were willing to work hard.

"I'm not an adult, I'm just a prisoner of them!"

"My lord was joking, where are there prisoners like you? , I am willing to be such a prisoner every day." The girl smiled.

"There are some things you don't know, it's very likely that I, a prisoner, have something different!" Mao Wei stood up: "Those who bought you, those who arrested me, really took great pains Already."

"For you, Mr. Mao, it's worth it even if you spend a little more time!" A voice suddenly sounded at the gate of the courtyard. Go.

The girl quickly stood up, wiped her wet hands on her skirt, bent down and said, "My lord."

"Well, you've done a good job, Mingtai, and send five hundred taels of silver to this girl's home. Your name is Aping, right?" Zhong Li said while looking at the girl with a smile.

"Yes, my lord!" Ming Tai respectfully agreed behind Zhong Li.

"Thank you, sir!" A Ping was surprised and delighted.

Zhong Li chuckled, "Also, what happened to A Ping's younger brother, you go and ask him, and wipe out his crimes, so that you don't know where the money you gave will end up. Whose hand."

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll do it right away."

Hearing Zhong Li's words, A Ping was both surprised and delighted but couldn't believe it, "My lord, my younger brother fought with someone, and he accidentally beat him to death."

"Don't say it was a mistake, even if he deliberately killed someone, I can wipe it off!" Zhong Li said indifferently, pointing to the yard where they were, "Do you know where this is? Is it?"

"I don't know!" A Ping shook her head and said, when she came in, she was brought in through a corner door, all she knew was that this place is very big.

"This is the Sheriff's Mansion of Jiangdong County. It is the place where the largest official of Chu State in Jiangdong lives. Can you smooth over your brother's incident?"

"Thank you, my lord!" A Ping knelt down with a bang and kowtowed again and again." A Ping wished my lord the best of luck for all generations to come. A Ping is willing to be a cow or a horse to repay my lord's kindness."

Zhong Li laughed: "You don't need to be an ox or a horse, you just need to wait on Mr. Mao in the house, um, chat with him when you have nothing to do, and tell him some short things about your parents. Already."

"Yes, sir, don't worry, Mr. Mao is also an excellent person."

"Of course, he is an excellent person." Zhong Li smiled and walked into the house.

Mao Wei sat there with his back facing the door, staring at the goldfish wagging his head and tail in the slowly moving stream outside the window.

"Mr. Mao's complexion looks much better!" Zhong Li smiled and sat beside him, "You should be in good health, right?"

"You don't have to spend so much effort, I won't promise you, it's better to kill me as soon as possible." Mao Wei said in a low voice.

Zhong Li raised his eyebrows, he keenly observed that when Mao Wei said this, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and his eyes turned to A Ping, who happened to be walking by the pool with a basin.

"It's actually very easy to kill a person!" Zhongli said: "Just like the girl who just walked past, anyone in this yard can kill her with a single palm, but if you want someone to be sincere It would be much harder to work sincerely, but now this girl is willing to do anything for us, because I just saved her family."

"Mingtai, go and kill this girl!" Zhongli echoed.

"Wait a minute!" Mao Wei turned his head in surprise and anger, "You just told her so much, how could you kill her again in a blink of an eye, and she will never be able to survive again .”

Zhong Li spread his hands, "Because Mr. Mao, you want to die. We bought this girl to serve you. If you die, what's the use of keeping her, let alone she knows so much about us. Do you think our Black Ice Terrace will keep her here?"

Mao Wei panted heavily and stared at Zhongli, "You are a devil."

Zhong Li laughed loudly, "I can't tell, Mr. Mao is still a passionate seed, and I haven't been with this Aping for a few days, but I can understand that we are strangers in a foreign country. Forget Mr. Mao , I’m not joking with you. Although I, Zhongli, did some dark deeds, I’m not a murderer. Let’s talk about serious things. I think Mr. Mao must have guessed which attack occurred half a month ago. Who did it when it came out?"

Mao Wei turned his head and did not speak.

"The Overwatch Council, the secret agency of the Han Kingdom that you want to serve with all your heart, I don't tell you, Mr. Mao can guess it, right?" Zhongli smiled and said, "Mr. Mao personally experienced the battle that day. , do you think they are here to save you, or to kill you?"

Mao Wei lowered his head in pain.

"It seems that Mr. Mao is also a sensible person. Of course, Mr. Mao is a high-achieving student at Jicheng Comprehensive University, so he can naturally think about the joints here. They are here to kill you, because they know very well that even if Mr. Mao You snatched it away, and they can't take it back. The best way, of course, is to kill it once and for all. Mr. Mao, at that time, in order to protect you, I lost more than 50 elite players, and the elite I brought out almost died that day. They were swept away, and they even used explosives. This is Mr. Mao's specialty. There shouldn't be many of these things in the Han Kingdom. In order to kill you, even such a big weapon is used. I really didn't think of it." Zhongli said with a smile: "But the more this happens, the happier I am, because this proves the value of Mr. Mao from one aspect. It can make Yi Bin, the vice president of the Overwatch Council, take the risk to personally bring him For the people who led the action team to do it, I killed these dozens of people but saved the life of Mr. Mao, it was worth it.”

"Even if they want to kill me, it's because you kidnapped me first. I won't listen to you and work for you." Mao Wei murmured.

Zhong Li remained calm, "Mr. Mao, you are not irreplaceable in the Han Kingdom, are you? You are just one of their many talents in this field, maybe you are better than most of them , but can you compare to the dean of the Yizhen Research Institute? But when you arrive in Daqin, you will be completely different, because you are the only one. I think Mr. Mao should understand this point, Qingyuan is just a barbarian That’s all Taoist priests, just by researching explosives, you can become a Marquis in one fell swoop, Mr. Mao, you also have mastered this unique skill now, and it’s easy for us to reach the height of Qingyuan in Daqin. Why not? , Could it be that a great talent like Mr. Mao is willing to die with no name, buried in the wilderness, and no one cares about him?"

Mao Wei suddenly turned his head, looked at Zhong Li, and roared sharply: "Even if I surrender to you and help you do things, what's the use? Your Great Qin will eventually be wiped out by the big man. Explosives, hehe, you think you have it." Can explosives fight against a big man? What do you know? The king himself told us at the Yizhen Research Institute that explosives are just the most primitive weapons, and the big man has already begun to study more powerful weapons. As far as I know, It is close to success. The Qin State will be destroyed by the big Han after all, even if I am sealed in your Qin State, and I can be in charge for a few days, I will inevitably die in the end."

Zhong Xin's head jumped, and Mao Wei's inadvertent words revealed another extremely confidential information. He said calmly: "The so-called more powerful weapon is just an upgraded version of this explosive, right? Sir, everything is difficult at the beginning. We have explosives, so we can naturally develop more weapons on the basis of it. This is not a problem. The Qin Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and there are countless skilled craftsmen in the country. As for your claim that the Han can destroy Qin, I don’t believe it. I might as well tell you that the Han army you are proud of has just been defeated by the Chu army. An entire group of tens of thousands of people is now surrounded, and its destruction is just a matter of time. Even the state of Chu can defeat them, let alone our state of Qin?" (To be continued)