Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 257 Wu Fan
"But even if you leave today, you will have to return in an hour at most. It would be better for you to rest at the post station for two days and leave when the weather is better!"

Qiao Wei looked up at the sky. It was clear and blue, and she could indeed see some signs that the weather was bad.

She looked at the clerk in front of her. Although he was serving in the stable, he was like a lotus that emerged from the mud without being stained. He stood proudly among the crowd with a unique grace, smiling and compassionate. Qiao Wei carefully pondered what he had just said, and always felt that it seemed like advice, but also seemed to have other meanings.

"Nonsense..." Youyu looked at the sky and found nothing wrong. Before leaving, Youyu also asked the people in the post station and they knew it would not rain in such weather, so why couldn't he leave?

Qiao Wei quickly stopped You Yu from reprimanding him, stepped down from his footstool, and walked to the clerk. "I'm afraid your words may have a profound meaning. I'm not very knowledgeable. Could you please explain it in detail?"

The clerk bowed and said, "Madam, I am sorry for what you said. If you trust me, you can wait for an hour and you will know whether my words are true or not."

You Yu was somewhat disdainful in his heart. He made empty talk without any basis and sounded like a liar. "Madam, we should set off now."

In his words, he didn't take the words of the clerk seriously at all. The clerk didn't get angry, but just looked at Qiao Wei with a smile.

Qiao Wei thought for a while and asked the clerk, "We have been chatting for a long time, but I still don't know your name."

"I am Wu Fan from Shangyu, with the courtesy name Wen Ze. I am now just a minor clerk who feeds horses at the post station."

When Qiao Wei heard this name, his heart was slightly shocked. Wu Fan, that was Wu Fan, one of the Eight Wonders of Wuzhong, who was good at calendar and knew the weather. He could predict the survival and destruction, prosperity and decline of the country.

"It's Mr. Wu. I'm sorry for neglecting him. I'm sure Mr. Wu's divination will be correct." Qiao Wei instructed You Yu, "Ask the postman to prepare a tea table. Let's enjoy tea today."

You're not leaving just like that?

Although Youyan had many questions in his mind, he still asked people to go down to rest and prepare.

"I wonder if you would be willing to do me the honor of drinking a cup of tea to express your gratitude."

Wu Fan was very surprised that Qiao Wei actually knew him. He felt that he was not well-known, and even in Shangyu County, there were not many people who knew his abilities, otherwise he would not be able to do anything but be a horse officer here.

On weekdays, he would occasionally remind the travelers coming and going in the post station. Although his deductions and assertions were later proved to be correct, no one would take his words seriously at the time of his reminders, and most people later thought that it was just a coincidence.

He had long been accustomed to the situation where his deductions were despised and disbelieved by others. For a long time, the only person who took his deductions so seriously was the woman in front of him.

"I would rather obey than be respectful." He also wanted to know why Qiao Wei believed in his words so much.

Compared to boiling tea, Qiao Wei actually prefers the later tea brewing method, which is to take a small amount of tea leaves, brew it with boiling water and drink it. There are cheap ways to drink cheap tea, and there are expensive ways to drink expensive tea. But unfortunately, the tea leaves of the Eastern Han Dynasty were basically not stir-fried like those of later generations, and they often tasted astringent.

But there was no way, she didn't want to drink, so she could only drink tea.

A spoonful of tea was poured into the cup, and the smoke floated away. "Sir, enjoy your meal."

Sun Deng wanted to drink as well, but Qiao Wei stopped his eager hands and handed him a cup of warm water. "That's for adults to drink. You're still a child, so drink the water first!"

Qiao Wei was observing Wu Fan's every move, and Wu Fan was also observing Qiao Wei. Whether he was making tea or taking actions, he was neither hurried nor slow, and very methodical.

"I and you have only met once, why do you trust my words so much?" Of course it is because he has a bug in his memory of future lives.

But I can't say that. Qiao Wei thought, "Sir, there are two ways to interpret this. First, I may not trust you that much. I asked you to stay for tea just to verify whether what you said was true. Or maybe you have other purposes. If you are cheating me, if nothing happens to stop me from leaving after an hour, I might get angry and kill you on the spot."

Qiao Wei said this lightly, and Wu Fan couldn't tell for a moment whether Qiao Wei was serious or joking.

"What about the other one?"

Qiao Wei smiled faintly, "The other reason is that I hit it off with you right away, and I believe you are a rare talent."

One is too utilitarian, the other is too sincere, both have loopholes, and neither sounds convincing.

"Your Excellency did not tell the truth!" A trace of helplessness flashed in Wu Fan's eyes.

Qiao Wei smiled, "I don't tell the whole truth, and I don't tell the whole lie. Sir, why don't you guess which of my two sentences is true and which is false."

"Then I would dare to make a guess. You said you wanted to verify whether my inference was true. You said you believed I was a rare talent, but you wanted to execute me on the spot, which was false. Your words of feeling like old friends at first sight were also false." Wu Fan gave his answer carefully.

"Sir, you are smart. I think since you said so, even if I said I would execute you on the spot, it would be false now." Qiao Wei's smile did not reach his eyes. "Sir, you have a good grasp of the ways of the world!"

"I dare not!" Wu Fan quickly knelt down and confessed his guilt.

Although he said he didn't dare, his back was straight and he didn't show any fear at all.

"Okay, I was just chatting with you, why did you kneel on the ground? The tea is almost cold, it shouldn't be too hot."

Qiao Wei picked up the cup in front of him, took a sip slowly, and motioned Wu Fan to get up and drink tea.

Wu Fan couldn't tell whether Qiao Wei's words were true or not, "I don't dare."

"I don't really like people kneeling down to talk to me. I also like people who speak frankly. How can a person be truly strong without desires in his life? It's just that the things you want are hard to get." Qiao Wei put down the teacup with a smile, and Wu Fan drank the tea carefully.

Since Wu Fan knelt before her, it meant that he was well aware of her identity. He deliberately showed up in front of her, so he must have something to ask for.

Her eyes were fixed on Wu Fan, waiting for him to speak.

Suddenly, the sky outside the window became gloomy, and in the blink of an eye, thick dark clouds came rapidly from the horizon like silent mountains, and the room suddenly became dim.

Xu Yao Niang hurriedly asked someone to light the lamp.

The wind suddenly rose, blowing up the dust outside the window. The trees also shook violently in the strong wind, making a "clang clang" sound.

A flash of lightning chased from the horizon, briefly illuminating Qiao Wei's eyes in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)