Chapter 172 Deja Vu
The moon was dark and the stars were sparse, and not even a trace of fishing fire could be seen on the dark river.The whimpering river wind whipped the boats that were smashed by snow particles and made a sound.

Jin Xi was wrapped in the autumn-colored floral cotton cloak that the women working on the boat often wore, covering her head and face tightly. She was sitting in a small fishing boat temporarily borrowed from the Cao Gang, watching through the window. The fire that burned half the sky in Shunchang City.

It seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to ask Qi Guozheng who was sitting on the side, "You said that if we go ahead, the back of the Yamen of Shunchang Mansion will catch fire. Everything has been saved, except for the signature room where the account books of the past years were burned. A sea of ​​flames, isn't it too strange?"

"It's not surprising! It's strange if it doesn't catch fire! The fire is so big that there must be no paper left, so that some people can rest assured!" Qi Guozheng stroked his beard with a smile, and Jinxi suddenly felt inexplicable with his tone of watching the excitement without fear of back pain. Feeling familiar, I couldn't help but glance at him.Seeing him stroking his beard, wanting to gloat unkindly, but also wanting to maintain the demeanor of a genius doctor who heals the disease and saves the life, his old face is almost tangled into a bun, Jin Xi smiled wryly and shook his head.

She must have missed Mr. Yun Zong so much that she had the illusion because of a somewhat similar tone.He thought that Qi Guo was exactly Mr. Yun Zong pretending to be.

If he was really Mr. Yun Zong, he would definitely be rolling on the ground laughing, how could he feel aggrieved by his so-called image.

Counting with her fingers, she hadn't seen Mr. Yun Zong for more than four months.The last time she sent New Year's goods to Beijing, she also prepared a copy for Mr. Yun Zong, and even made a pair of shoes with her own hands. She thought she could get a good word from him, but Mr. Yun Zong sent a letter to Jin Feng, Let her see that she doesn't do needlework anymore, and she still says, "I really can't wear it, it's a waste of things." '

Anyway, it's her wish, even the ugly one is also her wish!Besides, it's not to the point where it can't be worn out.Better than his open-toed shoes that he picked up somewhere.He deserved to be alone all his life for being so unkind.

Thinking of Mr. Yun Zong, Jin Xi suddenly thought of Feng Mingyu's internal body's 'melting snow' poison and said that Mr. Yun Zong was also poisoned by this poison.His heart suddenly caught his throat, he turned his face and asked Qi Guozheng, "Have you ever heard of the poison of melting snow? Is there an antidote for this poison?"

"I've never heard of it! What melts the snow but doesn't melt the snow? The most poisonous thing in the world is the red crest of the crane. The others are all nonsense from the Jianghu people." Qi Guozheng shook his head without thinking. But it was a gloomy one, taking advantage of the gradually fading firelight to quickly glance at Jin Xi.

Jin Xi let out a disappointed "Oh" and didn't say anything more.She saw with her own eyes that Feng Mingyu died of being poisoned by Rongxue.I thought that Qi Guozheng could speak ventriloquism, so he should have more knowledge, but I didn't expect that he had never even heard it.In case Mr. Yun Zong also died of poison... "No, no, people like Mr. Yun Zong will not die easily!"

Jin Xi shook her head vigorously a few times, trying to get rid of the sudden thoughts.Inadvertently, the thoughts in my heart have been murmured out.

The gradually growing little face was full of horror and heartache, falling into Qi Guozheng's eyes, he let out a long and silent sigh.She thought to herself, "Silly girl, what is born is what dies, it's just the difference between dying a few days earlier and dying a few days later, why can't you see it?"

The fire in Shunchang City was finally extinguished, and the crowds of onlookers at the wharf also returned to their boats, getting ready to sleep.

Jinxi closed the window but was not sleepy, looked at the two big wooden boxes just delivered by the Cao Gang in the corner, and said worriedly: "The big boat has been traveling for more than four hours, and it should enter the boundary of Linjing, why is there no news yet?" ? Could it be that I was worrying too much, after all, it is an official ship, who would dare to rob it?"

"Maybe!" Qi Guozheng was sitting cross-legged on the low couch, closing his eyes and meditating.He responded noncommittally, and suddenly tilted his head, knocking on the low table beside him.With a bang, Jin Xi jumped in fright.But instead of crying out for pain, he just lay flat on the ground.As soon as the voice fell, he snored and fell asleep.

Jin Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, like birds of a feather really flocked together, and I don't know where Qin Xiao found this treasure.Thinking about it the other way around, it would be hard for an old man in his decades to make such a fuss.

Seeing that Qi Guo was lying on the low couch with his legs curled up, his head resting on his arms, Jin Xi thought of Mr. Yun Zong's appearance after drinking too much, and was in a daze for a moment, feeling that the person lying in front of him was Mr. Yun Zong.The same thin, the same curled up as if afraid of the cold.

She tiptoedly picked up the thin quilt prepared in the cabin, and as soon as she covered Qi Guozheng, Qi Guozheng sat up on the ground, almost knocking her over.I don't know when I was still holding two acupuncture needles in my hand, and I closed my eyes and gestured wildly in front of my body, "Who! Don't come here, don't force me to use a hidden weapon to take your life..."

"It's me!" Jin Xi angrily threw the quilt on him, only those two trembling silver needles were hidden weapons!It takes a lot of effort to make tofu, and he still dares to pretend to be a martial arts master. He really lost to him.

"It turned out to be the princess!" Qi Guozheng took a look at the bean-sized oil lamp in the cabin, and then carefully pinned the silver needle to the cuff, and said solemnly: "A martial arts practitioner is also seventy percent vigilant in his sleep. At this time, someone suddenly approached, and it is inevitable to accidentally injure him. In the future, when the old man is resting, please don't disturb the princess."

It's fine to pretend to be a martial arts master, but dare to pretend to be Cao Cao playing the trick of killing in dreams!
Jin Xi's teeth were itching with hatred, and she stepped forward and pulled back the thin quilt, covering her legs.Kindly treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs, if I had known that you were so hypocritical, you would have frozen to death.Qi Guozheng, who took a blank look and was still chattering, secretly scolded himself for being confused and confused him with Mr. Yun Zong.

"What time is it?" Jin Xi sat on the side sullenly, Qi Guozheng stretched his waist, rubbed his eyes and stared at Shui Leu for a long time, then turned his face and asked Jin Xi.

Jin Xi rolled his eyes at him, can't you see such a big water leak?But he immediately understood that he had bad eyesight and couldn't see the scale on the water drain, so he raised his eyes and said, "It's just past midnight."

"It's still early!" Qi Guozheng muttered, turned over and lay on the low couch majestically, stretched his body and prepared to go back to sleep, not caring that Jinxi was still sitting on the side.

Jin Xi frowned secretly. Although she didn't have much sense of superiority and inferiority in her bones, she was the queen mother's princess after all. Was Qi Guozheng's attitude towards her too loose?The people in front of her are sincere and fearful, but the queen actually treats her like an ordinary little girl?

Jin Xi shrank back and leaned against the wall of the ship, dragging his chin and watching Qi Guozheng who was sleeping soundly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this person was weird.

When she heard that they were going to drive overnight, she did not ignore the stern look in Dong Zhixing's eyes.Qi Guozheng also did not ignore this subtle expression.So after the big boat left the dock, she sent Zhou Qingniu to secretly contact the Cao Gang, and when she wanted to lure the snake out of the hole, Qi Guozheng was the first to jump out to support.

Not only did it jump out to support, but it also came with a package meter.The big ship continued on its original route, while the two of them quietly sneaked back to the Shunchang Mansion Wharf in an unremarkable small fishing boat.She also suggested that she use the influence of the Cao Gang to sign the mortgage house and steal the iron ore mining accounts of Shunchang Mansion for the past three years.

Jin Xi originally thought that his imagination was too rich, and he couldn't just associate Dong Zhixing with the ship's iron ingots just because Shunchang Mansion was rich in iron and stone!But the facts educated her again. As soon as the stolen account book was delivered to her, the signing room caught fire, and there was not a single piece of paper left.

If it doesn't catch fire early, it won't catch fire later, but at this time it's not on fire.Apparently Dong Zhixing had a guilty conscience!
But Qi Guozheng, a doctor who cures diseases and saves lives, is too foresighted, right?

At this moment, Jin Xi has no doubt that Qi Guo is the one who knows the art of war best among the doctors, and the one who understands the court situation best among the Jianghu.

Such a person actually listens to Qin Xiao's orders?

Thinking of Qin Xiao, a tinge of sweetness welled up in Jin Xi's tangled heart.Immediately, this sweetness was replaced by many worries.

According to the normal speed of the boat, it would take less than five days to reach the capital, and Qin Xiao was nowhere to be seen.What if he couldn't come back in time?

Shangfang's sword has been invited out, and the signing room is also burned down. The third prince will never let it go!

Jin Xi involuntarily let out a long sigh, which was especially piercing in the quiet and narrow cabin.Qi Guozheng opened his eyes suddenly as if he had been awakened by a start, and his pupils, which were a little darker than the night, turned around Jin Xi, and then closed them immediately.Turn over and continue sleeping face-in.

Jin Xi didn't feel sleepy at all, so he opened the window of the cabin a little, staring at the northern sky with piercing eyes, for fear of missing the signal agreed with Zhou Qingniu in advance.

I don't know how long she waited, her neck was so numb that she didn't dare to move, and her eyes couldn't open because of the river wind blowing in through the window.Jinxi closed the window, closed her eyes and moved her neck back and forth a few times. Suddenly, she felt a sudden light outside. She sat up and pushed open the window. Sure enough, an orange firework shot straight into the sky in the northern night sky.

The fireworks burned brighter and higher, like a thin flame, burning the whole black cloth-like night in half.

"Sir, Zhou Qingniu and the others have succeeded!" Jin Xi shouted excitedly, and pushed Qi Guozheng to wake up, only to realize that this person was not Mr. Yun Zong. The boss of the boat sailed.

Cao Ding, who was stationed on the pier, was all attracted by the fireworks that suddenly appeared in mid-air, and they raised their necks and talked a lot, but no one noticed that a small boat shot away from the pier like an arrow in the dark.

Qi Guozheng was woken up by Jin Xi, and the first thing he did after getting up was not to look for the signal in the night sky, but subconsciously touched his face, and then got up and walked out of the hatch.

Jin Xi looked up excitedly at the fireworks that gradually dissipated in mid-air, and gritted her teeth secretly. As long as she grasped the evidence of Dong Zhixing's assassination of the imperial envoy, she would not be passively beaten if Qin Xiao couldn't come back. bargaining chips.

She kept urging the boss to hurry up, but she didn't realize that Qi Guo was behind her, looking at her with complicated eyes.

(End of this chapter)

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