A knife in love

Chapter 1405

The more Li Qiufeng thought about it, the more ashamed he became, so he had to sneer twice, and said in his mouth: "To be honest, I don't even know much about geography and terrain. I thought that Liaodong and Shandong are separated by sea. If you go there by boat, it will take at least ten years. It's been half a month. Brother Qi is young, but he already knows the art of war, the world, and geography. Given time, he will surely become a famous general of his generation."

Qi Jiu didn't expect Li Qiufeng to admit his shortcomings, as if he had deliberately exposed Li Qiufeng's scars, felt embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Brother Li, you are wrong, brother..."

Li Qiufeng didn't wait for him to finish, and rushed to say: "Brothers, there is no need to get entangled in these trivial matters. Right now, the Japanese pirates have not been found, and we can't scare the snake, so it's better for us to split up. Brother Qi stared at Skyscraper Ling, I will investigate secretly in Dongliao County and Wangjiazhuang. If we find anything, we will gather together to discuss."

Qi Jiu nodded and said, "That's fine, I will follow Brother Li's orders."

He paused at this point, and continued: "Ma Yuanwai looks extremely rude, but he is actually a very shrewd person. He has long been in collusion with the Green Forest Thief, but I don't know if he has secretly communicated with the Japanese pirates. If Big Brother Li meets this person, he must be careful."

Li Qiufeng said: "Thank you Brother Qi for reminding me, I will be careful."

At this time, the storm has passed, but there are still countless raindrops hitting the bridge deck, making a crackling sound.There was already a stream of water in the ditch under the bridge, and it rumbled past the two people's feet.Qi Jiu said to Li Qiufeng: "It's getting late, since we have already discussed it, we should go back to Wangjiazhuang as soon as possible."

Li Qiufeng said: "Brother Qi, take a step first, and I will go back later. Otherwise, if others see us returning to the village together, they may become suspicious."

Qi Jiu nodded, shook the fire switch again, and bid farewell to Li Qiufeng.I saw him holding a torch in his left hand to illuminate the light, and grasping the wooden board at the bottom of the bridge with his right hand. Just as he was about to move his body to the edge of the wooden bridge, he suddenly stopped again, said "Hey", and said in his mouth, "It's strange, this is what?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, not knowing what he had found, and was about to ask, when Qi Jiu retracted his body, stepped on the stone wall with both feet, raised the fire fold over his head with his left hand, and looked up to the bottom of the bridge.

With the light of the fire fold, I can see that the bottom of the bridge is full of thick wooden boards three feet wide, neatly arranged one by one.Every zhang or so, there is a thick plank nailed longitudinally to the bottom of the bridge to fix the plank.It's just that there is a huge log lying horizontally at the joint between the wooden bridge and the stone wall.This log is almost as thick as an ordinary person's waist, and it runs across the left and right ends of the wooden bridge, looking extremely heavy.Qi Jiu stretched out his hand to touch the log, only to feel that the log was full of water droplets, very slippery.Qi Jiu was puzzled, and turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "I've never seen such a huge log used to nail the boards tightly for an ordinary wooden bridge."

Li Qiufeng took a closer look at this huge log, but he didn't know anything about how to build a bridge. Seeing that this log was so huge, he only thought it was used to fix the planks to make the wooden bridge stronger, so he didn't take it to heart. .Seeing that Qi Jiu was very curious about this log, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this brother Qi is a young man who is interested in everything.Compared with him, I'm a little depressed.

Qi Jiu watched the log carefully, reaching out to tap and caress the log from time to time.Li Qiufeng was bored, and was thinking about how to urge Qi Jiu to leave quickly, but Qi Jiu turned his head and said to him: "It will take a lot of effort and manpower to embed this big log under the bridge. Unexpectedly, a mere Dongliao County could build a wooden bridge with such care."

Li Qiufeng said with a smile: "There are many talented and talented people in the remote villages. Brother Qi should go back to Zhuangzi as soon as possible. It's just that you sneaked away from the resting place of the platoon gang, and when you returned, your clothes were all wet and you must Watch out for someone staring at you."

Qi Jiu said with a smile: "That group of people just drink and gamble on weekdays, how can anyone stare at my younger brother? To be honest, my younger brother has been hanging out with these people for two or three months, and I have already figured out the details of these people clearly. If it wasn’t for this, I wouldn’t have dared to see Brother Li. At this moment, they are either throwing dice or playing Pai Gow. I went back quietly and only said that my clothes were soaked by the heavy rain during the relief, so they definitely wouldn’t be suspicious.”

The two chatted for a few more words, and Qi Jiu bid farewell to Li Qiufeng.He turned onto the wooden bridge lightly and deftly, and left without a sound.Li Qiufeng waited for a stick of incense under the bridge before jumping onto the wooden bridge.At this time, the heavy rain had just stopped, and the surroundings were pitch black, but the sound of water rumbled under the wooden bridge, which sounded quite astonishing.Li Qiufeng turned on the fire folder, bent down to look at the ground, but saw no footprints on the ground.Li Qiufeng secretly admired Qi Jiu's carefulness, thinking that when he left, he did not walk on the official road, but returned to Wangjiazhuang by stepping on the grass on the edge of the official road.Thinking of this, he walked to the grass on the left edge of the official road, knelt down and looked carefully.Sure enough, I saw traces of someone stepping on the grass, but the traces were very light, and they would disappear after two or three hours.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, although Qi Jiu is young, he is extremely cautious in doing things, and what is even more rare is that he is proficient in astronomy, geography, and military tactics.In time, he will surely become a famous general of the generation.

Li Qiufeng returned to Wangjiazhuang cautiously.He didn't want to disturb the servants guarding the Zhuangkou, so he chose a remote place to jump over the stone wall and then onto the roof, performing lightness kung fu all the way back to the palace.It was almost midnight at this time, the heavy rain had just stopped, and there was silence in the palace.Li Qiufeng returned to the backyard without much effort, and tiptoed back to his own room.It wasn't until he closed the door that he breathed a sigh of relief.Although there was silence all around, Li Qiufeng didn't dare to be a little bit arrogant. He took off his soaked clothes in the dark and put them on the tables and chairs.Then he touched the cloth towel on the basin stand and dried himself before getting into the bed.

This night Li Qiufeng slept very soundly, when he woke up, there was already light in the window.Li Qiufeng sat up from the bed, only then remembered that he was naked, and hurriedly took out his underwear to put it on.It's just that a few hours have passed, and the clothes are still wet.Li Qiufeng had no choice but thought that it was already dawn anyway, so he might as well light the oil lamp and dry the underwear first.Otherwise, wearing these wet underwear on the body, even a person with martial arts skills, will easily get wind and cold into the body, and it is inevitable to get sick.

It's just that the fire of the oil lamp was extremely weak, so Li Qiufeng turned the underwear back and forth on the fire, and spent more than half an hour without drying it.At this time, the sky was already bright, and the sunlight came in from the window, and it was quite comfortable to shine on the body.When Li Qiufeng was thinking about how to dry his clothes as soon as possible, he heard someone in the courtyard say: "Sister Murong, do you think Mr. Li will come back today?"

(End of this chapter)