"This, this, I'll buy it."

"I want it now!"

"Uh, can you do it another way?"

"Woo ............"

Seeing that Zhao Tian was about to cry again, Liu Qi saw the small porcelain basin in her hand, and quickly grabbed it and raised it: "What are you going to do with this?" Do you raise flowers, is it good for your uncle to teach you to grow flowers? ”

The child's attention was easily distracted, and sure enough, Zhao Tian immediately stopped crying, hesitated a little and said timidly: "I don't want flowers, I want fish." ”

"Haha, this is easy to do, you wait, I'll catch one for you."

Liu Qi took a bamboo pole on the bamboo frame where the tools for building flowers and plants were placed in the corner, sharpened one end of the bamboo pole into an acute angle with a knife, walked to the edge of the pond and sprinkled a handful of fish food, the swimming fish in the water were immediately attracted by the fish food and surrounded him, Liu Qi saw that the sharpened bamboo pole was inserted into the water like lightning, and when he lifted it again, there was already a desperately struggling red carp on the bamboo pole.

But when Liu Qi triumphantly brought the fish to Zhao Tian, Zhao Tian cried loudly, this time the volume was obviously raised by another notch, and Liu Qi was so shocked that his ears were about to explode.

By the way, she didn't say that she wanted to roast and eat, Liu Qi put down the bamboo pole with tears and laughter, but this time she couldn't coax Zhao Tian anyway, and she was in a hurry, and heard Zhao Ci's voice from far and near.

"Pity, come and coax your sister."

Liu Qike was looking forward to a savior, and his voice trembled a little.

Zhao Tian immediately stopped crying when he saw his sister, complained about Liu Qi's "evil deeds", pursed his lips and sobbed quietly.

Zhao Ci glanced at Liu Qi, there was obviously some anger in his eyes, he lowered his head and comforted his sister, took his sister's hand and walked to the pond.

Liu Qi had already made up his mind not to provoke Zhao Ci again, and wanted to leave quietly, but after seeing Zhao Ci take off his shoes and socks and lift the corner of his skirt by the water, he couldn't move his legs anymore after seeing Zhao Ci take off his shoes and socks and lift the corner of his skirt and inadvertently reveal a beautiful calf like mutton fat and white jade.

Zhao Ci is not yet seventeen years old, she rarely walks out of the courtyard of the deep house on weekdays, of course she doesn't know that this "elder" is full of evil thoughts, in the shallow water in a circle surrounded by stones far away from the fish food, after a while the water surface fluctuated, Zhao Ci threw a handful of fish food into the stone circle, the clear pool water clearly saw a few large or small colorful fish swimming into the stone circle, when she skillfully even the fish with water picked up and gently put into the small porcelain basin, Zhao Tian burst into laughter, excitedly shouted: "Sister is really amazing." ”

Suddenly, Liu Qi rushed over and stared at the stone circle motionlessly, Zhao Ci and Zhao Tian were startled, but seeing that he looked serious and didn't look like he was joking with them, Zhao Ci was also a little scared, and called him softly but there was no response.

Zhao Ci had no choice but to gently tug Liu Qi's sleeve, but he didn't expect that he suddenly laughed as if he had thought of something, and grabbed Zhao Ci's little hand and shouted excitedly: "There is a way!" Pity, you're so smart! ”

"Ahh

Zhao Ci screamed in surprise and withdrew his hands vigorously, clenched his silver teeth and glared at Liu Qi fiercely, his eyes were about to erupt with fire.

Liu Qi also felt that the big thing was not good, although the current atmosphere was relatively open, the defense of men and women was far less than the level of perversion in the Ming and Qing dynasties, if the two were in love, such a move would be nothing, but unfortunately, Liu Qi's impression in Zhao Ci's heart was not good, and he was only one step away from the prodigal son, this time he completely detained the hat of this pervert, and I don't know if there will be a chance to take it off in the future.

Zhao Ci stomped his foot hatefully, bit his lip tightly and turned around to lead Zhao Tian out of the hospital.

"Ziyuan, Ziyuan......" In Zhao Zhen's call, Liu Qi, who wanted to catch up and explain, had to stop.

"It doesn't need to be such a coincidence!" Liu Qiji, who wanted to cry without tears, innocently looked at the senior brother who came back "in time".

Liu Qi knows that he is still far from fully adapting to this era, although his words and deeds are no different from others on the surface, many deep-rooted things in his psychology cannot be changed in a short time, and some thoughts can never be changed.

For example, this matter of men and women, Liu Qi is very dedicated and disgusted with abusive people, except for his girlfriend, he has never had a close relationship with other girls, not only because of his strict family education, but also because of his own personality, he can't do things that he can't do when he sees a beautiful woman.

Of course, sneaking a glance to satisfy the visual senses or holding a hand with a friend or something was natural in my own time, and it was nothing at all.

Therefore, Liu Qi thinks that he is absolutely worthy of the word "gentleman".

However, although he has been very careful, when he gets along with the people around him, Liu Qi will still unconsciously make some actions that are incompatible with this era, and these actions have changed his image, at least part of his image, in the eyes of others.

For example, a few unintentional words made Yu Ji misunderstand himself, and only after several tests did he dare to entrust the Taiping Sutra; and the lack of majesty in the face of his subordinates, which made Gao Teng feel a gap in their hearts for a while; And now, Zhao Zhen's father and daughter are as open-mouthed as former friends, but they are considered to be disrespectful to Zhao Zhen and ill Zhao Ci.

Even Zhao Zhen, who never cared about his rudeness because of his friendship and like-mindedness, thought that he was frivolous and sloppy, and hinted at it several times.

"Gentleman" becomes "thief", how can people accept such a big gap?!

The conscience of heaven and earth, I really don't have too many thoughts about Zhao Ci, everyone has a love for beauty, Zhao Cisheng's sweetness makes her heart move, but I appreciate and appreciate her more, and I never want to get involved with her!

In the future, it is poison to be a beauty, and you must stay away! Liu Qi admonished himself with tears in his heart.

"Senior brother, come quickly, I'm about to look for you." Turning grief into strength, Liu Qi had no choice but to devote his mind to the great cause of leveling the world.

The two walked side by side and said, Zhao Zhen looked solemn: "Ziyuan, this time the thief army is menacing, Jiangzhou is in danger, time is pressing, it is too late to mobilize troops and horses, and now only after finding out the whereabouts of the thief army, I will lead a cavalry army for my brother to attack and drag it down, so as to buy time for the reinforcements to rush to Jiangzhou, and the virtuous brother is both wise and brave, can you risk going out of the city to pick up the reinforcements for me?" ”

"Huh? No, you can't. Liu Qi was taken aback, waved his hand again and again, and hurriedly persuaded: "Senior brother, as the head of a county, how can he be in danger in person, in case there is a flash in Jiangzhou, it is really dangerous!" ”

Zhao Zhen interrupted him: "Although Ziyuan is relieved, my brother is not going to fight with the thief army, I led the cavalry to come and go like the wind, and when I found the trace of the thief army, I went to attack and disturb it, and when I led the thief army to form a formation to meet the battle, I fled far away, intending to delay its advance speed, and not be deeply involved in the battle formation. ”

"Well, but this group of thieves and officials and soldiers have been enemies for many years, and there is no shortage of cunning people who are good at using the art of war, I am afraid that they will not be easily tricked, and Jiangzhou is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, which is not conducive to cavalry combat, in case ...... In short, the senior brother should not leave Jiangzhou lightly, if there is a flash in Jiangzhou, it will definitely be difficult to protect. ”

Liu Qi is not so optimistic, those Yellow Turban thieves are all the remaining people who have rebelled for many years and have survived the fittest, the purpose of this plan is too obvious, it is impossible for the thief army not to see it, if it is in the plain area, it may be possible, but the terrain of Yongning is really not conducive to cavalry mobility, don't ask the thief army to set up a trap for Zhao Zhen to fall into.

If Zhao Zhen is captured, what if the thieves use him to threaten the defenders to surrender the city?

"I was entrusted by my master to help you, but now I ...... Alas, please forgive me, for my brother as a Taishou shoulders the responsibility of defending the land, I really can't bear to suffer disasters for the people of the city. ”

Zhao Zhen pressed Liu Qi's shoulders hard and said resolutely: "The thief army marches lightly, lacks food, grass and arrows, and has no siege equipment, if it is not forced to attack the city, its purpose is me, if I show up or can attract the thief army, I have made up my mind, Ziyuan does not need to persuade again, I just want to implore the virtuous brother to leave the city as soon as possible to receive reinforcements, if I am defeated and die, whether I can exterminate the thief army and avenge me is all up to the virtuous brother!" ”

Although he understood that Zhao Di was giving himself an excuse to leave the city to avoid trouble, Liu Qi still felt very uncomfortable, was he such a righteous person?

Liu Qi immediately feigned anger and said: "After this kind of thing is done, who will befriend me wholeheartedly and work for me?" Don't mention this again! If the senior brother still remembers the master's trust, he should lead the people to defend the city and keep me safe! ”

Zhao Zhen knew that Liu Qi was blocking himself with words, and he wanted to say something more, but he opened his mouth several times but couldn't say it, and finally said excitedly: "If you can meet a virtuous brother, you will die without regrets!" But in his heart, he thought that after leaving the house, he would arrange for a few guards to stay with Liu Qi, and if he couldn't hold off the thief army, he would also be tied out of the city.

How could these words be like parting with life and death, Liu Qi hurriedly moved out the idea that he had just had some inspiration and had not had time to carefully scrutinize: "I have a plan or I can annihilate the thief army, and it is not too late for senior brother to make a decision after hearing it." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he immediately perked up: "Oh? What is Ziyuan's plan? Say it quickly, say it quickly. ”

Liu Qi pulled Zhao Zhen to the pond where Zhao Ci caught the fish: "I'm not worried that the thief army can capture Jiangzhou, as the senior brother said, the number of thieves is not much more than the defenders, lack of siege equipment, Jiangzhou City is high and deep, how can it be so easy to be captured, what I am worried about is that if the thieves flee into the mountains before our army is encircled, it will be much more difficult to clean up, and it will cost countless troops and money and food, and the surrounding people will suffer." ”

"The soldiers are coming to the city, Jiangzhou is not guaranteed, why did the virtuous brother conclude that the thief army was defeated before the battle, and pondered the matter of clearing and destroying the army?" Zhao Zhen impatiently urged Liu Qi.

Liu Qi said unhurriedly: "Our army's strength is no less than that of the thief army, and it depends on the solidity of the city, why does the senior brother assert that the thief army will break the city?" ”

"The elite of our army is still hundreds of miles away, most of the defenders in the city are left behind and weak, the soldiers in the Yan Yan private army are uncertain, and the thief army is at the end of the road to death, and it is bound to fight to the death, so although the number of our army is not less than the thief army, but the combat power is far inferior, and the more critical one, the defense of the city is all bows and arrows, I have a strong bow and arrows, and there are only more than 200 people in the army who are good at using bows and arrows, and they have to take care of all sides. Lacking bow and arrow suppression, the thief army can climb the city by making some simple bamboo ladders, if it pours its troops to attack a place, how to defend it? ”

"Huh?! Only more than 200 people? This and this...... Well, attack with fire, yes, the thieves poured fire oil on the city as they climbed it! Only then did Liu Qi realize the seriousness of the matter, if the enemy attack could not be effectively suppressed by long-range shooting, the defenders could only watch the enemy calmly attack the city, and it was impossible to prevent the enemy from landing the city only by rolling wood and stones.