Back Off, Let Me Come

Qin Li and Tan Ting get along surprisingly well.

It was so harmonious that even the host Qishan was "isolated".

He was very dissatisfied and grabbed a passing cat - hum, ignore him, ignore him, he still has a cat as a companion. So I ignored the meowing sound from the cat's mouth and put it on my lap to tease it. The cat was a little unhappy at first and gently bit his finger with its teeth.

This little strength is not even enough to scratch an itch.

Under Qi Shan's superb hair smoothing skills, the cat quickly forgot about its previous unhappiness, stretched out on his lap, lazily lay down and turned over to expose its belly. If Qishan's strength is not right, the cat will hug the back of his hand with both paws, curl up into a ball of fur, and purr intermittently from its throat. Qi Shan was interested in listening to the two talking at first, but after a while he felt bored. He rested his free hand on the low table by his side, resting the back of his hand on his forehead. As the candle flame slowly swayed, I gradually felt sleepy while praying for good.

Brain bit by bit.

When he was awake, Tan Ting was the only one left in the study.

From the corner of his eye, he saw that the moon shadow outside the window had moved. Qi Shan yawned and asked, "When did Gong Su leave?"

Tan Ting said: "I just left not long ago."

Qishan frowned and said, "It's already midnight, and the capital has a late-night curfew. Why is he going back? If he is found by the patrol, his memorial will be sent to the Lord before the case tomorrow..."

Popularity should not be taken at face value. Even for someone like him, he occasionally has friends visiting his house. If you accidentally stay too late, you will have to stay in a guest house if you have trouble traveling at night. Qishan's family has a small population and the guest house is empty, so there is no problem in settling Tan Ting and Qin Li.

Tan Ting said: "It's too late to clean up the guest house."

Qishan: "..."

Qin Li is a bit of a germaphobe, and there are many cats in Qishan's house. Even if the guest house is closed to cats, there will still be cats that slip through the net and get in. Regular cleaning cannot eliminate the ubiquitous cat hair. Qin Li was staying overnight, so the guest house had to clean the corners an hour in advance. It's too late today. It's better to go home and sleep than wait for cleaning.

The previous sleeping position made Qi Shan's back hurt. When he moved a little, the cat sleeping on his lap woke up and ran away. He straightened his legs, rubbed the numb parts, and complained about Qin Li: "Hey, that's right, Mr. Qin is so particular about people!"

The blanket draped around his shoulders slipped off.

Qishan picked it up and looked at it slightly surprised.

"Not only is he particular, but he also has a compassionate heart towards the poor and the weak."

Qi Shan still remembers the year before last, there was a storm and snowstorm one night. Qin Li and others suddenly came and wanted to enjoy the night view in the snow, and a few idle bachelors went to climb the mountain excitedly. After hiking up the mountain, I saw the snow and admired the moon. I thought it was not long before the sunrise, so I might as well wait two more hours on the top of the mountain to enjoy the sunrise.

Because it was a last-minute idea, I didn’t bring any warm clothes with me.

There were only a few people in the team, but Qin Li was the only one who wore thick clothes.

He shamelessly borrowed a fox cloak from the other party and refused to wear it even once.

As a result, Qi Shan caught a cold and sneezed due to the cold in the winter.

Don't ask why Wen Qi cannot protect the body from the cold. The question is that this snow scene is man-made by the Ministry of War. They say that auspicious snow heralds a good year. The mountain they climbed is within the range of the military formation, so the effect of Wen Qi will be reduced. Except for Qishan, everyone else was very lively.

Had to take a day off sick.

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty knew that praying for good could not bear the cold.

Tan Ting said: "Qin Langjun asked the steward to wear it for you."

Qi Shan smacked the name Tan Ting.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, you two hit it off right away. Mr. Qin really has some abilities."

Qishan had seen with his own eyes Tan Ting's avoidance and deep disgust towards men, and there were only a handful of men who could tolerate his temper and talk to each other in the same room. Even if Tan Ting re-examines his heart under the guidance of the Lord, improvement will not happen in a day or two.

anyway--

Although Qin Li does not have a likable personality in a broad sense, he is definitely a friend who can make people feel at ease and feel safe to deal with. With his introverted and restrained character, as long as he didn't have a deep hatred or stepped on his bottom line, he didn't even have to worry about Qin Li stabbing him in the back.

It's safe to make friends with this kind of person.

Praying for good is the absolute opposite.

Tan Ting: "..."

Qi Shan stood up and carefully stepped forward on his numb feet. It took him a while to regain his composure: "By the way, did Gong Su tell me why he came here this time? He wouldn't welcome me to get off the battlefield alive..."

Tan Ting shook his head again.

"I haven't said it, but I can guess a little bit. It's just that I'm here and you're so sleepy that it's hard to explain."

No matter how much he dislikes war, he is still a counselor, and he can see through the intrigues in people's hearts. Qin Li probably came here for him, probably because he wanted to inquire about some information from Qi Shan, but he didn't expect that Qi Shan would hold him back. This caused Qin Li to look a little gloomy and unhappy when he left. However, this matter has nothing to do with Tan Ting. The person who offended Qin Li was Qishan, not himself.

Speaking of this, Tan Ting was a little strange.

"Judging from the few words Mr. Qin said, he has a lot of grievances with you. Plus, I'm also here, so you can actually sleep?"

Qi Shan finally regained consciousness in his legs.

He tried to open his legs, and the rare smile reached the depths of his eyes: "Under the emperor's feet, within the royal city, even the dignitaries cannot rest peacefully in their own homes. Is there any safe place in the world? What if you two take advantage of others' danger? , then I have no idea.”

These words make sense.

Now it was Tan Ting's turn to be speechless.

"It's getting late. Meng Yuan should go to the guest house to sleep first. Jun Qiao will be back tomorrow, and he can help us buy new year's goods. You should see the prosperity of Fengluo King's capital during the day. It's It’s not something that ordinary small countries can match!”

Most of the three provinces and six ministries have stopped writing for the New Year.

Tan Ting's appointment to the post will not come until after the New Year.

In other words, there will be three people at home for the New Year this year.

Tan Ting said, "It doesn't look much different."

He saw it in the carriage when he entered the city. He admitted that the streets were indeed spacious and neat, and the eaves and tiles were scattered, but there were no people near the end of the year, revealing a false impression of exquisite prosperity. Little did he know that this was because Shen Tang did not want to disturb the common people in the city, so he deliberately concealed the news and chose a remote pass to enter the city.

It was normal for Tan Ting to see few people.

Before dawn, Qi Shan went out to report for duty and deal with some small tail chores. However, he came back in an hour. It happened to be the morning rush hour here. He passed by the pastry and thirsty shop that Qi Miao often visited, and picked a package of various flavors to take home.

As soon as I got home, I saw the steward coming to meet me.

"Just now I saw the servants combing Junqiao's horse."

The steward reported: "Go home, the mistress just came back and happened to see the distinguished guest in the mansion. The two of them said a few words and then went out together. The mistress said she would take the distinguished guest to the city for a walk, so that the master would not have to leave lunch for them."

Qishan: "...Junqiao and Mengyuan went out?"

The steward said: "The distinguished guest said he wanted to buy some things."

Tan Ting couldn't stay at Qishan's house forever.

If it was just him, he would live there, but Tan Ting's family had quite a few people, and they couldn't all be stuffed in. Tan Ting was going to look for a house that could be rented, and then take care of some things, so that he could take the people over and move in directly, saving trouble.

Qimiao was a warm-hearted person, and agreed to be a guide.

The more Qishan listened, the more he felt something was wrong.

Qimiao was warm-hearted, but he had a good grasp of the boundaries between men and women, and it was impossible for him to just go out and entertain strange guests.

Unless——

"Tan Mengyuan is wearing women's clothes today?" Now it was the steward's turn to show a puzzled look. What does "wearing women's clothes today" mean? It's as if the distinguished guest usually wears men's clothes, so he should wear men's clothes...

Qishan: "..."

Hehe, no need to ask more.

He took a deep breath: "Let him do it..."

Except for some problems in his brain, Tan Ting's character is still reliable, and he will not do anything to hurt Jun Qiao. Even if Qishan is wrong, Jun Qiao is not a lamb to be slaughtered. After following Dong Dao to learn medicine for so many years, Qi Miao knows the vital parts of the human body better than anyone else.

Never expected——

Tan Ting did not hurt Qi Miao, but he and Qi Miao hurt Qi Shan's wallet together! Qishan, the left-behind father, had lunch alone, browsed Su Shang for a while, and read Yan Ling's experience for a while. When the bills were delivered to his door, he was dumbfounded.

"Are all these spent by Jun Qiao?"

To be precise, Tan Ting and Qi Miao spent it together.

Tan Ting specifically asked Qi Shan to pay.

Qi Shan: “…No, why?”

After happily strolling all day, Tan Ting felt his legs were numb. He was sweating in the winter heat. He sat down and drank a few sips of tea to cool down: “Why? Tsk, based on what you Qi Yuanliang did, you owe me a huge favor. If I hadn’t cleaned up your mess occasionally, why would the Central Branch suffer losses without knowing who suffered losses? You made a lot of profit from it.”

Qi Shan: “…”

Tan Ting smiled: “Is it not worth it?”

Qi Shan gritted his teeth and said: “Worth it! It’s too worth it!”

How could he forget that Tan Mengyuan, who openly practiced the way of non-competition, also came from a family with cruel competition. The Central Branch was basically controlled by several families. Tan Ting’s status in the branch was not very high, but it was not low either.

Tan Ting asked, "Where did you trick this daughter from?"

He also wanted to trick one back to raise.

Qi Shan rolled his eyes: "Don't even think about it."

Pinching his nose, he settled all of Tan Ting's bills.

However, this was just the beginning.

Tan Ting followed the narcissism course taught by Shen Tang and asked himself how he felt before doing anything. In just a few days, the bills poured into Qi Shan's house like a stream of water. These movements could not be hidden from the Censorate, and there was an censor who wanted to report someone immediately.

Shen Tang sighed and said, "Isn't it time to stop writing for the New Year?"

Why did the Censorate still have memorials?

When he opened it, it was not surprising that it was another memorial to Qi Shan.

Shen Tang just took a look and almost spit out a mouthful of tea: "Ahem, 'Golden House Hidden Beauty'? 'Extravagant and Debauched'?"

Wait a minute, did she not keep up with the version?

When did Yuan Liang transition to the Golden House Hidden Beauty progress?

Let's not talk about the Golden House, who is this "Jiao"?

Shen Tang couldn't sit still any longer.

"No, we have to go and see."

He took the attendant and others on a private visit to find out about the guest in Qishan's house. As soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, Shen Tang suddenly thought of Tan Ting: "No, this guest is not Tan Mengyuan, right?"

He went to the street and walked all the way.

Good guy, the gossip has spread.

Shen Tang cracked melon seeds and went to the crowded teahouse, and took the initiative to stir up the recent gossip about the hidden beauty in the golden house, and immediately the common people echoed. In the past few days, many people have seen the guest in Qishan's house, and this guest is still with the eldest lady of the Qi family.

Cracking melon seeds.

Shen Tang said: "This doesn't mean anything."

The person who shared the gossip said: "Why can't it mean? Yesterday, I saw Qi Zhongshu with them with my own eyes..."

Immediately, a woman spoke up to agree.

Her husband usually doesn't accompany his wife and daughter out, even if he is asked to be jealous, he can find a hundred or eighty excuses.

Shen Tang poured cold water on them: "What does this prove? Qi Zhongshu used to watch operas and appreciate music with several colleagues..."

"That's different..."

The audience explained in a flurry.

Trying to prove the difference between the two.

Everyone was arguing fiercely, and Shen Tang and his group quietly got away. Shen Tang was bored because he didn't get to eat the melon. It was rare for him to go out of the palace to play, and he didn't want to be locked up again so soon. So he sent the others away, leaving only the secret guards to follow, and got into the crowd.

Only the attendant couldn't get rid of him.

Shen Tang: "..."

Okay, okay, she can't afford to offend him!

Even at the foot of the emperor, in the royal city, petty thefts cannot be completely eliminated, and places with weak supervision will still have street robberies. If caught, the worst thing is to be beaten. Shen Tang squatted on the street and ate wontons. Just after drinking two mouthfuls of soup, he heard a hoarse shout from the shop across the street: "Robbery--"

The wooden spoon in the attendant's hand stopped.

A gust of wind blew by.

When he looked up again, where was the shadow of the master?

He got up in a hurry and wanted to chase him, but the wonton stall owner grabbed his sleeve quickly and said fiercely: "Stop, you want to run away after one of you ran away? You old bastard, do you want to eat King Wonton?"

The attendant hurriedly threw out the copper coins: "No need to change."

The boss shouted: "Not enough--"

When he arrived, the master was escorting people back under the applause of the crowd, and a foreign priest named Jimo followed behind him. The prisoner wanted to run halfway, but his butt was kicked, and the whole person almost stumbled out and fell to the ground.

"Run? Still want to run?"

Shen Tang was still angry at this time.

Robbing in front of her was like slapping her in the face.

The crowd did not recognize Shen Tang, who had made some disguises, and thought that this neat and valiant young lady was a hot-tempered and chivalrous knight. Shen Tang took the man to the victim's shop, smiling broadly, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"My wife, I caught the man for you."

"Thank you, righteous man, thank you, righteous man!"

Jimo Qiu, who was behind Shen Tang, happened to be nearby. He wanted to help take the man away, but Shen Tang refused to let him go, so he could only help take the stolen goods back. The shop owner took it and thanked him repeatedly. Shen Tang took the opportunity to kick the thief and asked the owner for a sip of water. Hey, this is a thirsty water shop with good business.

The owner held the money that was lost and recovered, and was grateful in her heart. She nodded and said, "There is water, of course there is water."

After that, she turned around and gave Shen Tang a bowl of prepared fruit water.

Shen Tang didn't take it, but just smiled.

She used both hands to control the criminals. What if the criminals ran away as soon as she let go? The proprietress was also a wonderful person. She immediately smiled and handed the bowl to her mouth. Shen Tang's little trick succeeded. Her eyebrows and eyes relaxed under the smile. She held the edge of the bowl slightly and drank it all in one gulp.

The crowd of onlookers laughed immediately.

The proprietress was also embarrassed.

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After counting with her fingers, it was chapter 1201. There should be some signs of love.