Chapter 1140: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (Thirty)

The courtyard is not big, but it is unique. The unique exquisiteness of the Jiangnan water town is vividly displayed in this small courtyard. A woman in coarse cloth is washing clothes while humming slang from her hometown. Not far away from her, Mao Wei stared at the girl, his eyes a little red, his lips opening and closing, as if he was humming along with her.

The girl accidentally turned around and saw Mao Wei singing along, and couldn't help being surprised, "Sir, how come you can also sing the slang songs of our hometown?"

Mao Wei gave a bitter smile: "Are you also from Tianhe County? How could you come to such a distant place in Chu State?"

The girl's face darkened, "A few years ago, the Qi people invaded Dayan and burned, killed, and looted in Tianhe County. The little girl's father, who had some wealth in his hometown, took our family and fled all the way to Chu State. Jiangdong County has just settled down."

"Since your family background is pretty good, why do you come out to do these chores like washing and cooking?" Mao Wei walked to the girl, squatted down, and asked curiously.

"Fleeing all the way has depleted our little money. It's not cheap to settle down here. In the past two years, we have already been in poverty. A few days ago, we encountered another obstacle that we couldn't get over. , I have no choice but to sell myself into slavery.”

"Sell yourself into slavery?" Mao Wei said in surprise.

"Yes, my only brother committed a crime in Jiangdong County. In order to save him, I need a large sum of money. It's a pity that we are a poor family now. There is so much money there. Fortunately, there is no way out. At this time, someone came to the door and was willing to buy me as a maid, so the family sold me."

"How can there be such cruel parents!" Mao Wei said angrily.

"My lord is wrong. It's not that my parents are cruel, but that I volunteered. If only one of us siblings can survive, then of course I would like to be the younger brother. He is the only boy in our family. Besides, I am not living a life now. "Are you very good? You are also very good to me." The woman smiled and said, "What I was most worried about at the beginning was that the person who bought me would sell me to a building again. After thinking about it along the way, I felt that it was not good. Maybe, those people gave my father five hundred taels of silver. With my appearance, I don’t know how to play chess, music, calligraphy or painting. Even if they sold me to a brothel, how could I get my money back!"

Seeing the woman's smiling face, Mao Wei smiled bitterly. Those who kidnapped him were really willing to work hard.

"I'm not an adult, I'm just one of their prisoners!"

"My lord, you are joking. How can there be a prisoner like you? I have seen these days that there are many guards inside and outside this courtyard, and the meals your lord eats every day are extremely exquisite. If this can be considered a prisoner, I can I am willing to be a prisoner like this every day." The girl smiled.

"There are some things you don't know. It's possible that there is something different about me as a prisoner!" Mao Wei stood up: "The people who bought you are the same people who arrested me. They really took great pains."

"For you, Mr. Mao, it's worth all the trouble!" Suddenly a voice sounded at the door of the courtyard. Mao Wei turned around and saw the old man who disgusted him. He snorted, turned around and walked into the house.

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

"Well, you've done a great job, Mingtai. Send another five hundred taels of silver to this girl's family. Is your name A Ping?" Zhongli said, looking at the girl with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Mingtai promised respectfully from behind Zhongli.

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

Zhongli laughed and said, "Also, if A Ping's brother committed anything, you should go ask him and clear up his crimes, so that you don't know whose hands the money you gave ends up falling into." inside."

"Don't worry, sir. I'll take care of it right away."

Listening to Zhongli's words, Aping was surprised, happy but a little unbelievable, "Sir, my brother got into a fight with someone and accidentally beat him to death."

"Don't say it was a mistake, even if he killed someone on purpose, I can wipe it out!" Zhongli said nonchalantly, pointing to the yard where they were, "Do you know where this place is?"

"I don't know!" A Ping shook her head. When she came in, she was brought in through a corner door. She only knew that this place was very, very big.

"This is the governor's mansion of Jiangdong County. It is where Chu's largest official in Jiangdong lives. Can you smooth over what happened to your brother?"

"Thank you so much, Sir!" A-Ping knelt down with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly. "A-Ping wishes Mr. Old a good husband forever and all the best. A-Ping is willing to work hard to repay Mr. Old's kindness."

Zhongli laughed and said, "You don't have to be a cow or a horse. You just need to take good care of Mr. Mao in the house. Well, just chat with him more when you have nothing to do and tell him more about your family's shortcomings."

"Yes, sir, don't worry, Mr. Mao is also a very good person."

"Of course, he is certainly a great person." Zhongli smiled and walked towards the house.

Mao Wei sat there with his back to the door, staring out the window at the goldfish that were moving slowly forward in the stream.

"Mr. Mao's complexion looks much better!" Zhongli smiled and sat next to him, "You should be feeling better, right?"

"You don't have to work so hard. I won't agree to it. 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 also turned to A Ping, who was walking by the pond carrying a basin.

"It's actually very easy to kill someone!" Zhongli said: "Just like the girl who just walked over, any person in this yard can kill her with one palm, but if you want someone to serve her sincerely, , that would be much more difficult, but now this girl is willing to do anything for us, because I just saved her family."

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

"Wait a minute!" Mao Wei turned his head in shock and anger, "You just said so much to her, why did you want to kill her again in the blink of an eye? With one blow, she will never survive again."

Zhongli spread his hands, "Because Mr. Mao, you want to die. We originally bought this girl to serve you. If you die, what's the use of keeping her? What's more, she knows so much about us, do you think we Will Heibingtai keep her?"

Mao Wei gasped and glared at Zhongli, "You are a devil."

Zhongli laughed loudly, "You can't tell, Mr. Mao is still a passionate seed. He has only been with this A Ping for a few days, but I can also understand that we are strangers in a foreign land. Forget it, Mr. Mao, I won't follow Are you kidding? Although I, Zhongli, have done some dark things, I am not a murderer. Let’s talk about serious matters. I think Mr. Mao can guess who the attack was half a month ago. Can you do it?"

Mao Wei turned his head and said nothing.

"The Overwatch Council, the secret agency of the Han Kingdom that you wholeheartedly want to serve, even if I don't tell you, Mr. Mao can guess it, right?" Zhongli said with a smile: "Mr. Mao witnessed the battle that day, what do you think? Are they here to save you, or are they here 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 top student at Jicheng Comprehensive University. He can naturally think clearly about the joints here. They are here to kill you, because they know very well that even if they take you away, Mr. Mao, They can't take him back, so the best way is of course to kill them all. Mr. Mao, in order to protect you at that time, I, Zhong, lost more than fifty good soldiers. Almost all the elites I brought out were wiped out that day. And Kong, they even used explosives. This is Mr. Mao's specialty. There shouldn't be many of these in the Han Kingdom now. In order to kill you, they even used such a big weapon. I I really didn't expect it." Zhong Li smiled and said, "But the more this happens, the happier I am, because this proves Mr. Mao's value from one aspect. It allows Yi Bin, the vice president of the Oversight Council, to take the risk and personally lead the action team. Those who came to take action, I killed dozens of people but saved Mr. Mao’s life, that’s 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.

Zhongli 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 you Can you compare to the dean of Yizhen Research Institute? But when you arrive in our Daqin, it will definitely be different, because you are the only one. I think Mr. Mao should understand this. Qingyuan is just a wild Taoist priest. Just by researching explosives, you were granted a title in one fell swoop. Mr. Mao, you have mastered this unique skill now. It will be easy for you to reach the height of Qingyuan in our Qin Dynasty. Why not? People live for a lifetime, and grass and trees fall for a while. Could it be that Mao Is a great talent like Mr. willing to die in obscurity and be buried in the wilderness with no one paying attention?"

Mao Wei suddenly turned around, looked at Zhongli, and snarled: "Even if I submit to you and help you, what's the use? Your Daqin will eventually be destroyed by the Han Dynasty. Explosives, hey, you think you can do it if you have dynamite." Are you going to fight against the big man? What do you know? The King Yizhen Research Institute personally told us that explosives are just the most primitive weapons. The big man has already begun to research more powerful weapons. As far as I know, we are close to success. The Qin State will eventually be destroyed by the Han Dynasty. Even if I can survive for a few days while your Qin State is sealed, I will inevitably die in the end."

Zhongli's heart skipped a beat. Mao Wei's inadvertent words revealed another piece of extremely confidential information. He said calmly: "The so-called more powerful weapon is just an upgraded version of this explosive. Mr. Mao, any Everything is always difficult at the beginning. Now that we have explosives, we can naturally develop more weapons based on them. This is not a problem. The Qin Dynasty has been a country for hundreds of years, and there are countless skilled craftsmen in the country. As for what you said I don’t believe that the Han Dynasty can destroy the Qin Dynasty. I might as well tell you that the Han army, which you are proud of, has just been defeated by the Chu army. The entire army, tens of thousands of people, is now surrounded. Its destruction is only a matter of time. Even the Chu State We can defeat them all, let alone our Qin State?" (To be continued)