Back Off, Let Me Come

Official road, tea shop.

The scenery here is slightly different from that of the northwest continent.

The wind in the northwest continent is like a burly and strong man, full of rough strength. The wind here is hot and sticky with a little moisture, like a foreign woman wearing a mysterious mask and acting sinisterly. The sun at noon was extremely fierce.

In the corner of this deserted tea shop, a tall, strong man in coarse linen clothes rolled his Adam's apple a few times and drank a bowl of tea that was larger than his face in three gulps. After drinking the tea, the heat in his body dissipated a little, and he put down the pottery bowl.

"Shopkeeper, add another bowl."

The shopkeeper of the tea shop was holding his chin with one hand and half-closing his eyes with a melancholy expression. When he heard this sound like thunder, he suddenly woke up. He was about to get angry, but when he saw the man's physique and fierce expression, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva in fear and obediently added tea.

The tall and strong man drank another bowl happily.

He tugged at his collar and cursed something in a low voice.

At this time of year, the temperature in the northwest continent is still moderately hot and cold, but here it is already extremely hot and humid. The exposed skin is also covered with a thin layer of sweat, making it look like it has been waxed at first glance. If the wind blows dust, the fine dust in the air will stick to the skin. At this time, if you rub it with your fingers, you will be able to remove a strip of gray-black mud, and there is an unspeakable sour smell of sweat.

"It's not enough, add another bowl."

I drank seven or eight bowls in a row before I stopped.

The tea shop owner was holding back his anger, but when he saw the corner of broken silver that the man took out from his lapel, he suddenly smiled. The man fanned himself with a bamboo hat in one hand while asking the tea shop owner for information. For the sake of money, the shopkeeper told everything he knew.

The tall and strong man asked simple questions, just asking about the royal family's current surname and whether the situation was peaceful.

Ordinary people are aware of these issues.

The tea shop owner answered them one by one.

but--

"The accent sounds like a local, right?"

The tall, strong man said: "Well, I'm a local. I just left my hometown and worked hard for many years. I just came back recently after receiving urgent news from my family."

The tea shop owner lowered his voice: "I think the guest officer has an extraordinary bearing and is not like ordinary people. I dare to tell you the truth - if there is nothing important, you should leave here as soon as possible after finishing the work. In the past few years, wars and recruitment have been going on everywhere. , someone like the guest officer will definitely be taken away if he is discovered!"

When fighting to catch strong men, they are basically used as consumables.

The tall and muscular man smiled: "Aren't you afraid of being caught, shopkeeper?"

The tea shop owner said: "Don't be afraid, I'm going to make an offering."

Some sects are willing to spend money to avoid being taxed, and if they don't have money, they can use food instead. The tea shop owner's relatives have some connections, but others don't have such good luck. The wars fought here for several years resulted in the recruitment of soldiers for several years.

The lower and upper age limits for conscription are constantly being refreshed.

It’s hard to see young people on the streets now.

The tall and strong man said: "If you are caught as a soldier, you will be caught. Anyway, I used to do murder. Thank you for your concern, shopkeeper."

After saying that, he asked the shopkeeper about some things.

When the sun turned slightly to the west, he grabbed a bamboo hat and put it on his head, walked out of the tea shop and stepped into the scorching sunshine.

He didn't move his legs very frequently, but every step was a few feet away, and he disappeared after a while. The shopkeeper stared blankly at the man's retreating figure, secretly speechless - a person with such ghostly powers must be a brave warrior!

The shopkeeper's previous worries were unnecessary.

The man didn't know what the shopkeeper was thinking. After leaving the tea shop, he drove for two days. During this time, God turned his back on him and there was a thunderstorm without warning. If he hadn't used force to block the rain, he would have been soaked in the rain, but he would have been in a state of embarrassment.

I didn't take a shower for several days, and my whole body smelled sour.

Finally, I saw a city.

He had no road signs and his true identity was still a wanted criminal. Naturally, he couldn't just enter the city arrogantly and sneak in directly based on his ability. He found a house with the best architecture in the city, borrowed water from the mansion's well to take a bath, and even stole some clothes.

Judging from the size of the male master's clothes, he was much smaller than him, but wealthy families would choose to make their clothes in large quantities, so he could barely fit them into them. He put on his clothes, touched some money and was about to leave, but something unexpected happened.

There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside.

Several maids said in unison: "Madam."

Then a soft female voice was heard again.

"Is there a greeting card at the house today?"

The maid replied: "Ma'am, I don't have a greeting card."

The footsteps gradually approached, and the man said trouble in his heart, and immediately climbed up on the beam to hide. The next moment, the door creaked and someone pushed it open from the outside. Several graceful figures fell into the room, and several maids filed in, burning incense, making tea, and the maids went behind the screen to get clean clothes... From this posture, they were preparing to serve the lady to bathe and purify herself.

The man on the rafter was silent for three seconds.

"ah--"

The maid behind the screen exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" the lady asked softly.

"Husband, madam, there seems to be a thief at home."

The woman called Madam stood up and walked quickly behind the screen. What was stolen was a set of men's clothing. This maid is responsible for sorting and taking care of the clothes and jewelry in the lady's room. No matter where something is placed, she can find it with her eyes closed.

At this moment, a set of men's clothing is missing.

The lady was calm: "Look, there is something missing."

The maid quickly found the answer after some searching.

In addition to the set of clothes, there was also some silver missing.

These silver coins are the silver coins that the lady usually uses to reward servants. Although there is only a small handful missing, it is difficult to find compared with the small box, but the maid has a habit of stacking the silver coins in layers. It looks neat and comfortable.

The silver reward at the moment is in chaos.

The maid in charge of guarding turned pale with fright.

Just as he was about to bow and plead guilty, he heard the lady's gentle voice: "If there are no other stolen items, don't worry about it. There are many people who have a hard life in this world. That person may have been forced into desperation and became a thief. Since there is no other stolen property, there is no need to worry about it." People were injured and not many things were lost, so let’s just forget about it.”

The maids burst into tears after hearing this.

"Get some water, it's getting hotter and hotter today."

Because summer comes early here, wealthy people put on light summer clothes early, and the same goes for this lady.

This woman looks very young, with delicate and white skin. She should not be very old, but her eyes are full of romance and charm that cannot be ignored. This kind of charm is obviously not something that a woman in her teens or 20s can possess. Her age is hard to guess.

The lady sat on the side of the table by the leaky window. While the maid was fetching water to prepare for bathing, she opened a volume of letters and read them carefully. She looked focused and time passed quickly. When I came back to my senses, the maid was already ready. Half a bottle of floral water and fresh flower petals were filled in the bathtub. The maid wanted to step forward to help her take off her clothes, but the lady smiled and said, "Go down, you don't have to wait anymore."

The maids did not ask why, and Fu Shen retreated.

After a while, the lady was the only one left in the house.

No, I should say two people.

She smiled slightly and raised her beautiful eyes, looking at a certain part of the room beam with clear and confident eyes: "The young woman understands the difficulties of a strong man's life and will not report it to the official for investigation... This strong man is still here and has defiled the young woman. When a person has a clear name, doesn’t it mean repaying kindness with enmity?”

The man sitting on the beam: "..."

He assumed that these women were ordinary people and could not see through his traces, so he used a little trick to hide his figure, waiting for the woman to enter the bathtub before quietly leaving with the maid.

Who would have expected——

It seems that I made a mistake.

The lady asked, "Won't the strong man come down?"

The strong man finally responded, but the words and tone he spoke were very frivolous: "Now that I have been a gentleman, why not be a flower-picking thief again? How about repaying kindness with enmity? The real 'kindness' might as well be said on the couch?"

The smile in Madam's eyes instantly turned into ice.

She raised her hand and slapped the screen beam, then pulled out a bright sword with a swipe sound, her eyes darkened and said: "Are you looking for death?"

The murderous aura stirred up the energy of heaven and earth around him and became restless.

Seeing this, the strong man stopped pretending and showed off his figure.

When the lady saw the strong man's appearance, her heart sank.

She couldn't see this person's true strength, and there wasn't even any fluctuations in the energy of heaven and earth in the air, but this gentleman in Liang Shang was obviously not an ordinary person. This only proves that he is far stronger than himself. We encountered a tough situation today...

The lady was frightened, and the strong man was also sullen.

The two faced each other with a distance of more than ten feet.

a long time--

The strong man's eyes moved down from the woman's face, and then back to her face after a glance - the women here were all wearing a combination of tube tops, long skirts and long blouses. The style was open, and the tube tops were positioned lower. You can tell at a glance whether something here is genuine or a forgery.

Therefore, the lady in front of me is really a woman.

A woman who opened up a palace of alchemy and condensed a literary heart!

The strong man frowned tightly, as if he was still thinking about whether he was still in the northwest continent or whether he had returned to his homeland after a long journey. If it were the motherland, how could there be female scribes? While he was lost in thought, the woman did not move rashly.

He asked: "Are you a woman?"

The lady said: "What about women?"

The strong man fell into silence, and after a while he spoke: "My surname is Qi, and my name is Cang. I passed by here unexpectedly, and I have no intention of disturbing the host. I have no ill intentions towards you, so you can put down the sword in your hand. If I have any ill intentions, what can you do to resist?" ?”

Madam knows that Qi Cang's words are not false.

A quarter of an hour later——

The two of them were sitting opposite each other making tea, without any sign of tension.

Qi Cang looked at the woman opposite him carefully and asked, "I hear your accent, I guess you are not from here?"

"Well, I came here to live with my brother many years ago to avoid trouble."

Qi Cang asked again: "From the northwest?"

The lady nodded: "That's right."

Qi Cang asked again: "Are you from Heyin County, Longwu County, Sibao County or Minfeng County?"

Compared with the vast Northwest Continent, these four places are small and not well-known, and you have basically never heard of them unless you deliberately understand them. The lady's hand while pouring tea paused, and she raised her eyes to look at Qi Cang with doubts and questions in her eyes. Qi Cang understood this reaction as soon as he saw it.

He couldn't help but grin.

He muttered: "It's a narrow road for enemies..."

She didn't understand what it meant: "The little woman is indeed from Sibao County, but we are just enemies on a narrow road... Where do you start talking about a strong man?"

Qi Cang took a sip of the cow drink and said, "Literally."

Madam continued to make insinuations.

"Why can a strong man guess the little woman's ancestral home with just one word?"

Qi Cang said: "Because you can practice."

The lady frowned: "..."

She discovered that she could cultivate a few years ago, but she was already past the age of enlightenment at that time, and her body carried too many acquired worldly filth. She could barely feel the flow of heaven and earth, let alone contain them. into the body.

It's just that she has better luck.

I got a rare treasure by accident.

It is said that it can eliminate the turbid air accumulated in the body over the years. She relied on this thing to accumulate it bit by bit. Huangtian lived up to her wish, as long as she smashed down enough precious medicinal materials, she would get what she wanted and successfully gather Wen Xin.

Only she knows the difficulty and effort involved.

The man in front of me seemed to be hiding a secret in his words.

She said calmly: "There is no necessary connection between the two."

Qi Cang said: "Yes, the lord I served before was killed by the governor of Longwu County. What's interesting is that this person was also a woman. She also had a lot of female scholars and warriors under her command. What do you think? Is there any connection between them?”

The madam was shocked at first. She didn’t know that besides herself there were other women who could cultivate. Then she became confused again: "...But, the little woman was born in Sibao County, not Longwu County..."

You can't hit it with eight poles, right?

"The governor of Longwu County captured Sibao County last year, but you said you were able to practice a few years ago, which is somewhat different from what I thought..."

lady:"……"

The sky was getting dark, and Qi Cang had no intention of moving. His wife had no choice but to invite him to stay in the house for a few days. She also said: "The clothes on the strong man's body don't fit. If you don't mind, I will ask the embroiderer in the house to dress you again." Make a whole body.”

Qi Cang didn't care either: "It's okay to make a new one. I'm wearing your man's clothes, which will inevitably cause misunderstandings."

The lady said: "Not really."

Because there is no male master in the house.

Qi Cang discovered this very early.

Although there are several sets of men's clothing from different seasons in the master bedroom closet, there are no signs of wearing them. They are all new clothes. Apart from these, there are no traces of male activity. Qi Cang just thought she was a widowed woman, didn't pay much attention to her, and fell asleep with his head on the pillow.

At nightfall, the lady went out.

He told the groom: "Go to the official office."

To be precise, it is the Wangji Mansion Office that was entrusted here.

She always felt that the name Qi Cang sounded familiar.

"Qi Cang...Qi Cang...is this man's surname Qi?"

Inside the official office, the lights are brightly lit.

She rummaged through a pile of letters and files.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and she found nothing. At this time, a woman was heard teasing from outside the door, with a full smile: "My sweetheart, aren't you going back on duty? When have you been so diligent, and are you back on duty at this point?"

Madam: "...Your Highness, find someone."

The visitor's steps were swaying, but the lady didn't even raise her head.

"Who are you looking for? Tell me, I'll find him for you."

The lady said: "Qi Cang."

The woman whom she called Your Highness said "Huh", turned around and asked, "Qi Cang? Why are you looking for him if you have nothing to do?"

The lady was surprised: "Do you know His Highness?"

His Highness covered his mouth and smiled foolishly: "Oh, if you go forward more than ten years, who in the country wouldn't know this person named Qi? But, you haven't said why you suddenly want to see him?"

The lady said, "Something's wrong."

His Highness sat sideways on the table, leaning back with his right hand on his back: "If you want to find him, you have to ask the King of Hell if he is willing to be accommodating."

The lady frowned: "What do you mean?"

His Highness said: "The man has been dead for many years. If you dig in the mass grave outside the city, you might be able to find his whole family."

lady:"……"

Could it be that they have the same name and surname?

A coincidence?

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Happy Dragon Boat Festival, my dears.

PS: The identity of the lady should be easy to guess, and she is a subordinate of His Highness.