Translator: Antonia
Now, the th.o.r.n.y road was more perilous. The guards didn"t understand why Childe was finding troubles for himself, but he must have made this decision for a reason.
In fact, even if Xiao Qingyu pointed at the sun and said it was the moon, his loyal guards would readily agree—yes! It was the moon!
What? Everybody else said it was the sun? Impossible! They must be wrong…
Qi Wuyou looked mild as a jade and humorous, but his soft words had sharp needles hidden inside which would catch you by surprise.
Xiao Qingyu was peerlessly gorgeous and n.o.ble, yet every of his words meant something valuable.
Their guards feared most when they talked, which really made their heads ache.
A seemingly plain sentence might carry multiple meanings, indicating this or that or both…
And they must figure out a way to reply—they couldn"t reveal the inside information of their own countries while trying to dig out the secrets from the other party.
Only heaven knew the structure of their brains…
But there was another kind of fun to set up against each other all the way. Even though they belonged to opposite camps, the two wise men couldn"t help appreciating each other.
On that night, Childe Wushuang had a special chessboard sent to Advisor Qi.
His servant was going to open it, Qi Wuyou suddenly said, “Wait.” Then, he carefully wrapped the wooden box with a handkerchief and slowly opened it.
The servant"s face turned pale, “Is is poisonous?”
Qi Wuyou, “I don"t know. Maybe. Better be careful.”
The servant, “Uh?” Wasn"t it too exaggerated?
“If I was poisoned, I would turn to him for cure, and then he could blackmail our Liaomeng.”
The servant was startled, “I really don"t get it. Why do you make a simple thing so complicated?”
“Wit fight. Wit fight. The fun lies in fight. What fun to wit-fight with Childe Wushuang!”
When Qi Wuyou talked, there was joy of meeting a good opponent in his countenance, which was a feeling beyond language.
In the room next door, Xiao Qingyu and Zhang Jinya were talking too.
“Childe, what was it that you gave to Qi Wuyou tonight?”
Xiao Qingyu drank tea calmly, “Just a chessboard. Nothing else.”
Zhang Jinya was disappointed, “Why didn"t you do something on it? Let that Qi Wuyou have a taste of bitterness!”
Xiao Qingyu looked up, his long eyelashes carrying a smile, the cinnabar dripping red, “Unnecessary. Qi Wuyou wouldn"t fall into the trap.”
Zhang Jinya blinked his round and clear eyes, “Why?”
Xiao Qingyu glanced at the sly child and grinned gracefully, “Even you figure it. Why couldn"t him, the first advisor of Liaomeng?”
Zhang Jinya encountered setbacks and quickly grinned again, “You"re right, childe! Just let Qi Wuyou rack his brain and try to figure it!!”
“Finally, we"re arriving in Sishui Pa.s.s.”
The two groups of men were relieved at the same time: they had gone through hard days…
Qi Wuyou folded his fists, “Childe, let"s say goodbye here.”
Starting from here, Qi Wuyou would head for the south while Xiao Qingyu the north. The next time they met, they would be enemies of which one party must die.
“Advisor Qi, I have something that I must tell you. This way, please?” Xiao Qingyu said restfully, fiddling with the gold thread in his hand.
“Yes, I"d like to.”
“Advisor Qi, in my view, the master of Liaomeng isn"t a person whom you can entrust your fate with. Brother Qi, you"re a real genius who would be envied by your master sooner or later. I"m afraid by then, you might encounter misfortune.”
Qi Wuyou started at him, with those sharpies and thinnest eyes.
There must be a reason that Xiao Qingyu suddenly said so at this moment.
People like them did things in a manner seemingly unreasonable. However, a few days later, a few steps later, you would find that they had long antic.i.p.ated this day, this step and this moment! This kind of people were often far-sighted and prepared in advance.
Xiao Qingyu, Childe Wushuang were both of this kind.
Certainly, he didn"t do things aimlessly.
Qi Wuyou sneered, “So, in your view, who should be the wise master of me?”
Xiao Qingyu didn"t beat around the bush, “Duke Fang Junqian is a promising future master who has the broad-mind to accept and acknowledge people better than him.”
Wasn"t his attempt too obvious? …
Qi Wuyou was dumbfounded.
Xiao Qingyu said honestly, “Lord Qi is a wise man, and I"ll just be frank. Would you like to join us if Liaomeng wronged you?”
Qi Wuyou refused flatly!
“Impossible! I"ll never betray Liaomeng!” Qi Wuyou turned a cold eye to Xiao Qingyu, “You"re saying this just because you"re trying to set me up against my king.”
Xiao Qingyu was satisfied.
If Qi Wuyou immediately agreed or didn"t refuse him directly, Xiao Qingyu would kill him by all means, let alone introducing him to Fang Junqian.
Resourceful and loyal— He was the top advisor in the world!
“That being the case, would you like to make an agreement with me?” Xiao Qingyu gently stroked his hair from his temple with fingers.
“Within half a year, I"ll set you up against your king. If this came true, what about you coming to Bafang?”
Qi Wuyou didn"t believe he could do this, “I just won"t believe that the king I"ve served for eight years is lesser than your half-year scheme! If that really came true…then I could only blame myself for being blind and choosing the wrong king.”
Xiao Qingyu nodded, “Deal?”
Qi Wuyou remained proud, “Deal!”
The two world-renown wise men high-fived as a vow at the Sishui Pa.s.s.