Chapter 77 Chapter 76 Don’t do it for yourself

Li Kong's smile froze. He didn't expect that Xiao Qi would be even more unbearable after not seeing him for so many years. He simply stopped smiling and took out the gold medal he got from Shifang from his arms and showed it to Xiao Qi.

"Shifang wanted to win me over and serve the emperor together. Originally, I had nothing to agree with, but he knew about Miss Meng's stay in my house, so I couldn't keep him.

I’m not afraid to tell you that I did stand by and watch as you and His Highness Jiarou fell off the cliff this time, so who made it impossible for you to help me?”

Xiao Qi gritted his teeth, veins throbbed on his forehead, and struggled to resist the urge to fight Li Kong now.

It was one thing for him to guess Li Kong's motive, and it was another thing to hear him say it so boldly, but he couldn't help it. He knew this kind of person very well. Except for Meng Keshu, who could affect all his emotions, who else's life would be his?

Don't care, not even awe.

"So, why do you think we will help you now?"

Xiao Qi deliberately used "we" to make Li Kong believe that he was representing Wei Huaien.

Li Kong did not doubt the relationship between Xiao Qi and Wei Huai'en. He had seen the close relationship between Xiao Qi and Wei Huaien, so he directly revealed his bargaining chip.

"I can serve His Highness Jiarou. I will inform His Highness of any orders given today before making any plans. But I want a guarantee that if His Highness succeeds in his great cause, I can give Miss Meng a fair and upright identity."

Li Kong waited for Xiao Qi's answer.

Xiao Qi tapped the ground with a branch and said casually: "You don't know the grudge between His Highness and Yan Weiguang's group, Li Kong, your price is too high."

"You don't agree?"

Li Kong clutched the gold medal tightly, but Xiao Qi patted him on the shoulder, his eyes were deep, and he suppressed the anger that was pouring out of him with one glance.

"Your Highness will not agree, but I can."

Li Kong frowned subconsciously: "Only you? How can you overturn the Meng family's case? You are only one level higher than me, not to mention do you think you will be safe and sound when you return to Beijing this time?"

"It seems you know a lot. But you should believe me."

Xiao Qi was not offended by his ridicule, and turned around and walked towards a hillside. Li Kong put away the gold medal and followed reluctantly.

Looking from this high slope, one can see the lush valleys and majestic peaks of Mengshan Mountain. Starting from the foot, the mountains and valleys are going towards the capital in a majestic and continuous way.

This is the source of the dragon veins of the Liang Dynasty and the magnificent mountains and rivers that serve as the foundation for heaven and earth.

Thousands of years have passed, the sea has changed, and the eternal wind has passed by. Just this moment is enough to make people feel awe-inspiring, and they feel that the sky and the earth are very different, and I am just a drop of the earth.

The corners of Xiao Qi's clothes and robes rustled. He closed his eyes and faced the bright sunshine, like a banished immortal, like a monster, like an expert who does not eat the fireworks of the world, but every word he spoke struck like thunder.

In the hollow.

"I want you to be loyal to me. From now on, you will only be used by me. When His Highness ascends the throne, I will grant you the position of the four generals in front of the throne. As well as the case of the Meng family, I will also grant Meng Keshu innocence.

But please listen clearly, it’s me, not His Highness Jiarou.”

"Do you know what you are talking about? You are just...a deputy envoy to His Highness Jiarou. How dare you promise me this? Don't be too arrogant."

Li Kong only felt that Xiao Qi was stupid after being assassinated twice, and even regretted that he only let the gatekeeper pass the news to Xiao Qi. He shouldn't think that he had a relationship with Xiao Qi and wanted Xiao Qi to make a connection. It would be better to waste this time

Go directly to deal with His Highness Jiarou.

"Your Highness Jiarou loves me, you know it."

Xiao Qi stopped Li Kong with just one sentence.

"I am in a bad situation now, so I have to hide the fact that His Highness fell off the cliff with me. But if you help me get through this, from now on, His Highness's power will be my power. There is nothing that His Highness will not do.

I can do it.

Please think clearly, you are carrying the life of Shifang, the former captain of the Huwei camp. Apart from me, do you think His Highness will let you go?

Li Kong, you have no other choice."

Xiao Qi looked at a falcon patrolling its territory in the sky, watching it easily control the bird, howling with satisfaction, and headed towards its nest on the cliff.

"But why do you want to help me?"

Li Kongyou was undecided, Xiao Qi only needed Shifang's life in exchange for him to conceal the incident of falling off the cliff, and then the dilemma for both of them would be solved.

Xiao Qi doesn't need to promise anything else at all.

Besides, he was one of the four generals who controlled the Imperial City Army and monitored the troops in all directions. He did not believe that Xiao Qi could fulfill his promise.

"Because you are smart enough, ruthless enough, and most importantly, you have a weakness.

It’s okay to tell you, but do you know Eunuch Le?”

"How could I not know this?"

Xiao Qi turned his face sideways, and the sunlight cut his face into two sides, yin and yang. He raised the dark side of his mouth and said, "Then how could you not know how far we eunuchs can deprive our master?

If His Highness hadn't accumulated so much prestige and there was a clear barrier between Prince Duan and His Highness, you should have discovered long ago that the first thing the folded book had to pass through was Eunuch Le's hands.

So what kind of position do you think I will reach based on His Highness’s great love for me now?”

Li Kong lowered his head and looked at the word "prison" written by Xiao Qi on the ground with his staff as a pen.

"If a man does not serve himself, he will be destroyed by heaven and earth. The so-called world and the so-called palaces and cities are nothing but the four directions of heaven and earth.

Your Highness will one day realize that only I can make her live a comfortable and stable life.

How can we say that this city is being besieged from all directions because I, as a slave, am not trying to protect my master?"

Xiao Qi and Li Kong looked at each other and saw exactly the same madness in each other's eyes.

"Eunuch Xiao, what you said is true."

Li Kong breathed a sigh of relief and raised his foot to smooth the writing on the ground.

"The world is so difficult, how can we not have loyal ministers like Eunuch Xiao to protect His Highness from the wind and rain?"

The light clouds came out of Xiu, and soon they gathered together, softly covering the too bright sun.

"Li Sijun will stay for a long time when he returns to the capital this time. Why don't you send Miss Meng to the academy so that you can relax with your highness? Then we can return to the capital with your highness. Do you have someone to take care of you?"

There are many people in the capital and the censorship at the city gates is very strict. Li Kong was thinking of ways to fool Meng Keshu into getting through, when he heard the good news that Xiao Qi was willing to let Meng Keshu return to the capital with Wei Huaien's carriage.

Xiao Qi handed Li Kong an immediate benefit, and Li Kong had nothing to hesitate about. He simply lifted his robe and half-knelt down and bowed.

"Li Kong, I am willing to be driven by my father-in-law and do the work of dogs and horses."

"Get up."

Xiao Qi gave him a hand, threw him a bone whistle, and told him how to deliver the secret message.

"Don't worry about Miss Meng's return to the capital. Send her to the mountain one night. The female officer next to His Highness will go back to the capital directly after receiving the order, and Miss Meng will be there just in time."

"Yes, yes, thank you father-in-law for your help. But those ten directions..."

"Shifang? Wasn't it because he captured a Beidi man alive that he was assassinated by King Duan's traitor?"

Xiao Qi gave Li Kong two names, which were the real traitors he had discovered a long time ago, and he just took this opportunity to hand them over to Li Kong to eradicate them.

Best of both worlds.

"Go find a guard named Dongqing. He is one of my men. Let him perform a scene with you and get rid of those two traitors."

"But aren't all the guards at the Princess Mansion from the Tiger Guard Camp? Then why did Dongqing help conceal the real cause of Shifang's death?"

Li Kong was puzzled.

"Aren't those traitors also from the Tiger Guard Camp? Aren't they willing to betray His Highness and the General's Palace without hesitation for that little benefit? He is just a smart man like you, and he knows that the person who should really be loyal to is His Highness."

Xiao Qi sneered, as if he hadn't heard such words for a long time, so he only found it funny.

Although Li Kong still couldn't believe that the Xijun Huwei Camp in Northwest Town, which was always known for its strict military discipline and unity, could so easily accept the fact that its commander was killed by an outsider like him, but it was obvious that Xiao Qi no longer wanted to answer his questions.

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So he had no choice but to ride down the mountain with doubts.

However, on the way back, Li Kong suddenly understood the reason why Xiao Qi trusted Dongqing so much.

Shifang is dead and cannot be changed, so the position of the princess's palace guard commander will inevitably be vacant. And Xiao Qi is in charge of all the major and minor affairs of the princess's palace. Isn't it a simple task to support a trustworthy person?

It seems that that man is still humble. He doesn't need to wait until His Highness ascends the throne to be able to dominate the world with one hand. He can easily eclipse His Highness Jiarou now.

Li Kong felt relieved, and was only glad that it was not too late for him to seek refuge in such an organization.

As for Prince Duan and the Emperor, one is a fool and the other is destined to be replaced. How can they compare to His Highness Jiarou, who is soaring to the top.

A few days later.

Beijing, Princess Jiafu's Mansion.

During the few days that Zhao Xingde placed Wei Huaining under house arrest in Lanfang Pavilion, she could not sleep peacefully every night, because whenever she closed her eyes, she could see the bloody scene of heads rolling to the ground in the flower hall that day.

If Qingyun hadn't been by her side almost every step of the way, the dead silence of the courtyard would have driven the always lively Wei Huaining crazy.

She was like a drowning person grasping the only life-saving straw. Because of Qingyun's company, she could temporarily take a breather from the uneasiness that the madman would break in at any time.

The other actors and actresses she likes are either good at singing and dancing, or proficient in poetry and painting, or even if they are not good enough, they can also play the strings with both hands, and they will always change their tricks to please her.

But Qingyun, he is different, he doesn't know anything, and even the shortcomings in bed can't match the variety of tricks of those male favorites who have a dissolute nature.

But after so many years, the number of people around Wei Huaining has increased and decreased, and they have come and gone. She loves novelty so much that it is rare for actors to stay with her for even half a year. Except for Qingyun.

He was just a slave sent by the palace to support her princess' appearance when she got married. If he didn't suit her needs or the palace had enough manpower, she could send him back at any time.
To be continued...