Chapter 65 Sword and Sword Sheath

The next day, Chen Hui learned about some of the situation from A Er.

A large number of troops had already been stationed in the frontier. This time, they were about to fight, so they sent Li Youde, mainly to carry food and grass, and the soldiers who were transported could enter the battle when they arrived at the frontier. Li Youde went as a military supervisor and his status was even higher than that of the generals on the frontier.

When Chen Hui heard A Er say that he was transporting food and grass, she thought she was not wrong. She was really delivering takeaways for thousands of miles...

In the next few days, Li Youde was not sure whether he was really busy with the start or wanted to hide from Chen Hui, but he still couldn't see anyone every day as before. Chen Hui didn't care. Even though he was thinking about Li Youde's going to fight, he would often go out to play when he was fine.

In fact, Li Youde has been away for a few months, and there is no tiger or monkey in the mountains to be called the king. Wouldn't she be lawless in the Li Mansion? But from another perspective, if Li Youde is not there, her protective umbrella will be gone. Ordinary powerful people may not dare to touch her, but what about Wang Youcai and others? She has a grudge against Wang Youcai, and he has a similar status as Li Youde. Maybe he will really take advantage of Li Youde's absence to find something for her, otherwise she would find a place to hide when Li Youde is on a business trip to war, otherwise... go with him?

The latter idea came out and scared Chen Hui. She didn't even understand how she had such an idea. There were too many things to complain about. People went to war, and it was too unreasonable for her to follow her as a woman. The soldiers knew that there was a woman following her in the team, and she might be dissatisfied. Even if she could really follow her smoothly, could she be used to the life on the frontier? She couldn't even eat meat earlier, but now she not only has delicious food and drinks, but also has beautiful clothes and jewelry. It's really hard to get from extravagance to frugality. What's more, if she followed Li Youde, she would definitely be in the back, but she couldn't guarantee safety. When she thought about the dangers of the battlefield, her calves were trembling.

The most important point is that Li Youde could not let her go with her. She could imagine that when she made this request, Li Youde's incredible ridicule face scolded her for making a fool of herself.

After refuting her unrealistic ideas with several reasons, Chen Hui went out to play without any effort. Jiang Bihan, who was lying on Zhuxuan, has never appeared since he came to the chrysanthemum courtyard to find her that day, as if he was living a quiet life. However, Chen Hui knew that Jiang Bihan would sometimes go out for a walk, and once she met her at the gate, but both of them just nodded slightly as saying hello, and then they returned to strangers.

Because of the war, Chen Hui has recently liked to go to places with many scholars to listen to them discuss political affairs and wars. There is a place called Zhuzi Tea House that scholars like to go to drink tea and talk about current affairs the most, so she would go early and find a corner to listen silently. It is not that there are no women coming to drink tea, so it would not seem too abrupt when she came here. After listening to this for a few days, she found that the reputation of the Eunuch Li she followed was really bad among scholars.

Although I don’t know if what they said was true or exaggerated, since everyone else was indignant after they said it, they could add more details, which is probably true? Anyway, what they said is indeed quite consistent with what she knew about Li Youde... In summary, it is probably a matter of which official in the court was upright and took Li Youde’s confidant from his official position. In order to retaliate, he framed the official and arrested the person in prison. For example, if there was an official who did not avoid him in time when he passed by Li Youde, he remembered him and was demoted later; for example, he accepted bribes, appointed private people, and other crimes...

Of course, except for Li Youde's crimes, the other eunuchs in the rituals and supervision were also very serious, and they were all similar to those in Li Youde's. Anyway, in the eyes of these scholars, there was no good thing for the eunuchs, and the emperor was blinded by these eunuchs.

Chen Hui felt that Li Youde did a lot of bad things, but it should not be as serious as these scholars said. Otherwise, how could this Zhuzi Tea House be opened? It was invited to have tea for a long time... Well, she said that kind of tea.

Most people are not optimistic about Li Youde being the military supervisor to go to the battlefield, saying that Li Youde will interfere in the military affairs at the time, and that the battles he can win will be defeated, and maybe he will also implicate everyone to die on the battlefield. Chen Hui's ears were almost heard. If she hadn't been afraid of being flooded by them, she might have rushed up to argue. Li Youde is quite bad, but they can't curse people like this, can't they want to order good ones?!

On this day, Chen Hui became more and more angry as she listened to it. She decided that today was the last day she would listen to them chat about the mountains and never come again in the future. Just as she was about to check out and leave, she suddenly heard something that someone was talking about was a little novel.

"... No matter how sharp a sword is, it requires a suitable scabbard. The sword can hurt people and can also hurt themselves. It is a great misfortune to not hurt people when they should be hurt, or to hurt themselves when they should not be hurt. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that scabbard is the most important, even more important than swords."

Chen Hui looked over and said that he was a scholar who was in a face-to-face manner. At least she hadn't seen him in the past few days since she came to Zhuzi Tea House. Anyway, she didn't remember that it was rare for scholars to talk about weapons, but most scholars were afraid that they would have other words when talking about certain objects.

Chen Hui sat back straight, preparing to hear what he had, but he heard that Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, who had been standing beside her, suddenly moved. Xiaoliu stopped someone and said, "Young master, my girl doesn't want to see you."

Chen Hui withdrew her gaze and looked forward, and saw Qi Shengwen smiling in front of her.

Chen Hui didn't say anything, but Qi Shengwen smiled and said, "Miss Chen, I have something to say to Miss Chen."

Chen Hui raised her eyebrows and said, "Young Master Qi, you already know what I am, right?"

Qi Shengwen was slightly stunned.

Chen Hui knew that Li Youde was very disturbed at Tanmen Temple that day. Although she did not see Qi Shengwen when she left Tanmen Temple at that time, Xiao Liu secretly told her that Li Youde had interrogated Qi Shengwen and was about to beat her, but she happened to find her shoes at that time, so it was left unresolved. Therefore, Chen Hui could conclude that Qi Shengwen already knew who she was. She was embarrassed to say that before, but now that he knew, she was relieved. She didn't want to harm an innocent person.

But why did Qi Shengwen come to her after knowing her identity? According to the scholar's attitude towards Li Youde, he should be automatically away from her. He wouldn't treat himself as the brave man who fought against the dragon and saved the princess, right? She is a little princess, and Li Youde is barely considered an evil dragon, but Qi Shengwen is not a brave man no matter how he thinks he is. If he were a magician who knew ranged spells, it would be almost the same...

"I understand a little bit." Qi Shengwen smiled shyly.

Chen Hui said in surprise: "Then aren't you afraid?"

Qi Shengwen said confusedly: "Why are you afraid?"

Chen Hui said: "Eunuch Li is a person who cares very much about his own things and cannot tolerate others coveting them."

Qi Shengwen seemed to think about it before he understood what Chen Hui meant, and hurriedly said, "Miss Chen is too worried. I have not...I have not coveted Miss Chen."

"But Eunuch Li won't listen. If you get close to me, it's a sin." Chen Hui said, "Your Madam Qi, you'd better leave."

Qi Shengwen stared at Chen Hui for a long time, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he had discovered the treasure he had been looking for for a long time.

"Miss Chen, I want to talk to you. I wonder if you, the servants, can leave temporarily?" Qi Shengwen said straight to the point.

Chen Hui looked at Qi Shengwen whose temperament suddenly changed, and felt a familiar breath from him. After thinking about it, she signaled that the three of them would stay away a little further.

Xiao Liu disagreed: "Miss Chen, my father-in-law has an order, and the young people cannot leave the girl half a step..."

"It's not that you want you to hide." Chen Hui said, "Here, you just go to that table and you can see my side, isn't that enough?"

Xiao Liu still looked unhappy, but with Chen Hui's insistence, he still went there with Xiao Wu and Xiao Zui.

Chen Hui looked at Qi Shengwen and said, "Young Master Qi, please tell me if you have anything to do."

Qi Shengwen said: "I wonder what Miss Chen thinks about Eunuch Li going to supervise the army?"

Chen Hui said: "How can I read me as a woman? I don't understand."

Qi Shengwen didn't care and continued, "Then... you heard the statement of swords and scabbards?"

"What does Mr. Qi mean?" Chen Huixin raised her.

Qi Shengwen said: "Miss Chen is the scabbard, and Eunuch Li is the sword."

Chen Hui...she thought this sounded a bit yellow. What does it mean to be a scabbard, Li Youde, a sword? He doesn't have that tool, okay?

"I think you're wrong." Chen Hui said with a expressionless face.

Qi Shengwen said: "Oh, what do Miss Chen have?"

Chen Hui said: "No, I just think you are talking nonsense."

Qi Shengwen was stunned for a moment and smiled helplessly, "Why did Miss Chen say this? Forget it, I will just say it to Miss Chen... I hope Miss Chen can go with Eunuch Li this time."

This time it was Chen Hui's turn to be stunned: "Go together? Are you talking about going to the battlefield together?"

"That's right." Qi Shengwen said, "If Miss Chen agrees, the soldiers on the front line will be grateful to the girl."

Chen Hui felt that Qi Shengwen seemed to be speaking again. What's the use of asking her as a woman on the front line? Military prostitute? Then she is not enough for her to be alone!

"I don't understand what you are talking about." Chen Hui said.

"Does Miss Chen really not understand or do you not understand?" Qi Shengwen smiled. "As far as I know, Eunuch Li is very fond of Miss Chen, and according to my observation, Miss Chen is smart and kind-hearted... If Miss Chen can help, Eunuch Li will definitely be more wings."

Chen Hui understood what he meant from Qi Shengwen's beating words. He said she was a scabbard and Li Youde was a sword, so she was the one who could control Li Youde. If she followed her, if Eunuch Li was messing around, she could help restrain her.

She thought Qi Shengwen was so arrogant to her, but... he was really quite sensible if he thought of this.

"This... I'm afraid Mr. Qi is thinking too much." Chen Hui said, "I'm just a gift from my father to Eunuch Li, so how can it affect my father-in-law?"

Qi Shengwen suddenly smiled: "I didn't expect... It turned out that Miss Chen didn't know how important she was to Eunuch Li."

"How important is it?" Chen Hui asked curiously and expectantly. Li Youde's attitude towards her was still a little confused. She really hoped to hear something from a real outsider.

Chen Hui's attitude was not expected by Qi Shengwen. As for how she should face him, he hadn't thought about what she said, but he never expected it to be like this before, as if... he really hoped that he could convince her.

Qi Shengwen said: "That day at Tanmen Temple, I saw with my own eyes how excited Eunuch Li looked when he learned about Miss Chen's whereabouts."

"That's it?" Chen Hui was disappointed.

"That's not enough?" Qi Shengwen said strangely.

Chen Hui said: "Young Master Qi is afraid that I don't know. At that time, my father-in-law thought I had escaped. When he heard my news, he was very excited to catch me and give me a twenty-two torture!"

Qi Shengwen resisted the urge to ask what was the twenty-twenty tortures, and said, "Miss Chen, I am also a man. I know that Eunuch Li's appearance at that time was not what Miss Chen said..."

He really didn't expect that a word from him would make Chen Hui laugh as if she heard some joke.

"'Or it'? Mr. Qi, are you the same as Eunuch Li?" Chen Hui said with a smile.

Qi Shengwen had the first time that he wanted to leave with a sleeve. He said with a dark face: "Will Miss Chen say such things in front of Eunuch Li?"

"Of course I don't dare." Chen Hui admitted that she was very timid, "But Mr. Qi, do you still have to go to Eunuch Li to complain?"

That is naturally impossible.

Qi Shengwen took a deep breath and decided to bring back the topic: "Anyway, please think about it for the people."

Chen Huizhen has no time to think about it for the people. She doesn’t have that big mind and can’t change the world. What she can change is just her attitude towards the world, and this is what she did after she was wearing it.

She smiled and said, "Young Master Qi, you knew who I was when you first met me, right?" Qi Shengwen's appearance was very different. When the two met, he seemed to be close to her, as if he fell in love with her at first sight. She was afraid of harming others. It turned out that she had been plotted from beginning to end.

Qi Shengwen was stunned and did not hide it: "Miss Chen is really smart. It is precisely that two days ago, I saw Eunuch Li and Miss Chen walking together in the bookstore."

"Young Master Qi is amazing!" Chen Hui applauded, "It's just as good as me."

"What?" No matter how powerful Qi Shengwen is, he cannot understand that Chen Hui's similarity is talking about the acting skills of the two.

Chen Hui stopped talking and said, "I understand what Mr. Qi means. I don't want to say anything more, right?"

"But Miss Chen has not yet replied."

Chen Hui said: "I wonder if Mr. Qi has ever seen a cat in a box. Before you open it, you will never know whether it is dead or alive."

Qi Shengwen frowned: "Miss Chen means..."

"You won't know if I agree until you have seen the team that set off that day." Chen Hui smiled at him badly, got up and walked towards Xiaozhao and the others.

Only Chen Hui himself knows whether he was convinced by Qi Shengwen.

She knew that Xiaoliu wanted to know what Qi Shengwen said to her, but she didn't want to say it. When she returned to Li's mansion, Chen Hui was ready and waited for Li Youde to come back.

In Qi Shengwen's mouth, she seemed to have become a rope that tied up the evil dragon, but where did she have such great influence? She didn't even have the ability to let Li Youde agree to her on the battlefield - although she hadn't decided whether to be persuaded by Qi Shengwen, she really wanted to try this.

A day later, Chen Hui stayed up late and waited for Li Youde.

Li Youde yawned into the main house, but unexpectedly he turned around and saw Chen Hui following him at some point.

"It's midnight, why are you waving like a ghost if you don't sleep?" Li Youde said lazily.

Chen Hui smiled strangely: "Brother-in-law, how did you know that I am not a ghost in front of you?"

Li Youde was stunned, and the sleepy insect was scared away instantly. He stared at Chen Hui for a while, but saw her laughing: "Dadfather-in-law, Hui Niang is joking with you."

Joke?!

Before Li Youde could fire, he saw Chen Hui showing a bright smile on his face and said, "Dadlock, Hui Niang has already thought about it these days. Hui Niang wants to accompany her father-in-law to the battlefield!"

The anger that Li Youde had not emitted was suppressed by Chen Hui's words, and new anger surged up again, which caused his voice to be sharp and thin: "Nothing!"

Chen Hui thought to herself, let's see, she guessed it right?
Chapter completed!