A knife in love

Chapter 2616
Seeing Qi Jiu's frightened expression, Wang Xiaoyu didn't intend to affect it, but he felt a little bit better in his heart, not as annoyed as he was just now.But she kept a straight face, gave Qi Jiu a cold look, then turned her body to the right, and ignored Qi Jiu at all.Seeing Wang Xiaoyu's appearance, Qi Jiu became more and more uneasy, and wanted to ask, but Wang Xiaoyu simply turned his body back to the left, still facing Qi Jiu with his vest.Qi Jiu had no choice but to stand silently behind Wang Xiaoyu. Although he was full of doubts, he dared not speak any more.

At this time, the sun had already set behind Motian Ridge, and the sky gradually became dark.The wilderness and woods outside the city extend to the north and east, and the official road appears and disappears in the woods and wilderness, stretching all the way to Motian Ridge.Qi Jiu looked up to the left, and could see the shadow of a line of blue sea.It was just dusk, and although the sea was big, it was shrouded in smog in the evening, and it was impossible to see if there were warships of Japanese pirates on the sea.

Although more than a thousand people gathered in the city at this time, they were exhausted after a whole day's work.Previously, Qi Jiu had divided the officers, soldiers, police officers and volunteers into ten teams, and each team was led by a Jin Yiwei.Guan Chang ordered the ten teams to take turns guarding the city. When each team was on guard, the other nine teams could rest on the city.Because of being too tired and feeling uneasy, the off-duty officers and soldiers, police officers and ordinary people were lying or sitting in disarray, and almost no one spoke.The silence all around became more and more unsettling.

After about half an hour, someone from the city brought dinner.Qi Jiu brought two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge and a piece of radish and pickles for Wang Xiaoyu, carefully placed them in the crevice in front of Wang Xiaoyu, and said with a smile: "Miss Wang, I invite you to eat."

At this time, Wang Xiaoyu felt aggrieved in her heart. Although Qi Jiu was very fawning, she didn't want to give Qi Jiu a good face.It's just that she has been hungry for most of the day, and her stomach is empty, she is really too hungry.If in the past, Qi Jiu sent these steamed buns, gruel and pickles, Wang Xiaoyu would throw them away without even looking at them.But at this time, smelling the aroma of steamed buns and porridge, his stomach immediately gurgled.Wang Xiaoyu blushed, feeling annoyed and embarrassed at the same time, finally she gritted her teeth, took the steamed bun from Qi Jiu's hand, took a hard bite, two lines of tears finally flowed silently down.

Seeing that Wang Xiaoyu took the steamed bun, Qi Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Wang Xiaoyu took a big bite of the steamed bun, he thought that Wang Xiaoyu was finally no longer angry, so a smile appeared on his face.Unexpectedly, although Wang Xiaoyu was chewing on steamed buns, tears would flow from his eyes. Qi Jiu was shocked and said in a trembling voice: "Miss Wang, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Xiaoyu ate the steamed buns on his own, ignoring Qi Jiu at all.Qi Jiu was so frightened that he wanted to ask again, but he didn't dare. When he was embarrassed, he suddenly heard someone shouting not far away: "Commander Qi, Commander Qi, where are you?"

Qi Jiu was stunned, turned his head to look, and saw a dozen men walking along the horse path to the top of the city, looking around, as if they were looking for someone.Each of these men carried a big bamboo basket with a cloth covering the top of the basket, so they didn't know what was inside.Qi Jiu whispered to Wang Xiaoyu: "Miss Wang, I still have things to do, so I won't accompany you to dinner."

After Qi Jiu finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the dozen or so men.Wang Xiaoyu felt aggrieved, but she never wanted to turn against Qi Jiu, it was just because of face, so she didn't give Qi Jiu a good look.She originally planned that after Qi Jiu apologized to herself, she would take advantage of the opportunity to give Qi Jiu a step down, and the two could get back together.Unexpectedly, Qi Jiu just said a few words casually and left in a hurry.Wang Xiaoyu was furious, and was about to catch up with Qi Jiu and hold him for questioning, but Qi Jiu stepped very fast and had already walked into the crowd, so she had to give up.

Guan Chang and two Jinyi guards were standing on the edge of the city and whispering, seeing a dozen men carrying bamboo baskets up the city, he was slightly startled, then turned his head and whispered to one of the Jinyi guards: "What are these people doing? of?"

A Jin Yiwei glanced at the dozen or so men, and said respectfully to Guan Chang: "These people are not officers and soldiers, but righteous people brought by the kid named Qi."

Guan Chang frowned, and said in his mouth: "Listening to what they said, it seems that the kid surnamed Qi sent them to do something. The situation is urgent now, we must be careful in everything, and we can't be careless. Apart from keeping an eye on If there are Japanese pirates attacking outside the city, you should also pay attention to Qi Jiu's every move, remember?"

The two Jin Yiwei nodded and said in a low voice, "I will follow Brother Guan's orders."

Guan Chang nodded and turned to look at the dozen or so men.At this time Qi Jiu had already walked up to those men, and said in his mouth: "Fourth Brother Shen, Uncle Gu, did you bring the things?"

The man in the lead said with a smile: "How can a villain not do his best to do what Commander Qi ordered? We have searched all the shops selling fireworks in the whole city, and we have installed six big bamboo baskets in total, but we don't know Is it enough?"

Qi Jiu turned her head and glanced at the six big bamboo baskets on the ground, nodded, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Dinner has been delivered, let's go eat quickly."

A dozen men bowed their hands to Qi Jiu before going to get steamed buns, porridge and pickles.Qi Jiu leaned over to remove the gray cloth covering a bamboo basket, looked into the bamboo basket, nodded, then stood up straight, looking at the six large bamboo baskets on the ground.

Wang Xiaoyu has been staring at Qi Jiu from a distance. Seeing him like this, suspicions arose in his heart, thinking to himself what the hell is this guy doing?What is in the bamboo basket?At this moment, she had put all her grievances behind her, and her curiosity was aroused, and she was about to go up to check what was in the bamboo basket, but she saw that Guan Chang had already walked to Qi Jiu with two Jinyi guards.Wang Xiaoyu had no choice but to stop, cursing inwardly that these Jin Yiwei came at an untimely time.

Guan Chang walked up to Qi Jiu and whispered, "Young Master Qi, what are these bamboo baskets?"

Qi Jiu smiled slightly, leaned down and took off the white cloth covering a bamboo basket, and said, "Master Guan, please take a look."

Guan Chang and the two Jin Yiwei looked down into the bamboo basket, and when they saw the things in the bamboo basket clearly, they all had weird expressions.Guan Chang thought for a moment, and then said to Qi Jiu: "Young Master Qi found this thing, presumably planning to use it to defend the city. But this thing's power is limited, and it's not very useful."

Qi Jiu shook his head, and said: "If Japanese pirates come to attack the city, this thing is indeed not as useful as smashing stones and rolling logs. But the situation is critical now, maybe this thing will come in handy."

Wang Xiaoyu saw Qi Jiu going around the big bamboo basket from a distance, and then whispered with Guan Chang together, feeling suspicious.She was the most impatient, and she pretended to be calm at first, watching coldly, but after a while she couldn't bear it anymore, she put the leftover steamed buns, porridge bowls and pickles on the crenel of the city wall, turned around and walked quickly towards Qi Jiu.

(End of this chapter)