Ji Changze took a sip of tea, ignoring General Hou’s killing gaze, and continued, “Now the situation in court is unstable. If the General doesn’t have a capable Military Advisor such as yourself, I’m afraid he would be finished sooner or later, and my Lord is ill. Whether it is emotionally or logically, I’m not supposed to join, but …”
The Military Advisor raised an eyebrow after him, “But?”
Dressed in a long robe, the scholar sat on his knees by the charcoal basin, and his white clean and refined face revealed an embarrassed smile, “But I heard the General last night. He wants to invite the famous doctors from Wuxian County for my Lord …”
General Hou patted the table angrily, “How dare you to eavesdrop on our conversation?!”
“I just have better hearing than normal people and I live next door.”
General Hou was even more furious, “Then haven’t you heard all our words in the past few days? Why didn’t you report it!!!”
Ji Changze gave him a very puzzled look, “I am not a fool, if I informed the two of you that I already know your secret, would it not be asking for death.”
General Hou: “… why you tell us now? “
“If I don’t tell you, how can I gain trust?”
He felt that his brain wasn’t keeping up.
After a long while, he finally said, “Why didn’t you want to gain trust before? And tell us earlier.”
Ji Changze: “My Lord didn’t ask before.”
He was going to blow his top.
Seeing his cousin’s angry, gripping the fan fiercely, the Military Advisor not only didn’t get angry but laughed even harder.
“Do you know that scholars feel inferior to each other? You’re so intelligent, aren’t you afraid that I would kill you when I envy your talent?”
Ji Changze also smiled, “My Lord is in poor health. You don’t say it, but you’re actually afraid. If you die and the General is left unattended, the best result would just be staying alive, but the worse is natural death.”
“At this time, if one could help the General like you, with no family background and could only rely on the General. You would be happy; how could you harm me?”
He asked himself, “How can I ensure that I won’t harm the General after you leave? This is simple, with our conversation my Lord should already know my ability. If I really wanted to harm the General, I wouldn’t have waited until today. Even if I really harmed the General after my Lord left, it’s just the difference between early death and late death for the General.”
Ji Changze said, smiling and putting the teacup back slowly.
“Anyway, the General is going to die anyway, except for the path of trusting me, my Lord has no other way to go.”
General Hou, who was behind him: “…”
What nonsense is this guy talking about?
The Military Advisor listened to Ji Changze’s words, and his laughter grew louder and louder. He finally coughed and waved the General who wanted to help him, not to come over. He coughed and looked up at Ji Changze with a smile on his face.” It’s amazing that a small place like Huxian could produce a person like you.”
“Okay, I promise you, your position in the army will be the same as mine in the future. As for the famous doctor, and saving your wife; The rebels are raging, and now they are all in the northwest. The army will take several months to get it done, and it would be even more difficult to capture.”
Ji Changze has been carrying a light smile but said nothing, only showing a touch of joy. He stood up and saluted the Military Advisor.
“Thank you, my Lord. You can rest assured that although the General is dull, he is sincere. I, Changze disdains to entrap people, and will try his best in the future.”
After that, he strolled to the place where General Hou kept his weapon, picked up a bow, and took a box of arrows and stroked it.
“It’s a good bow and arrow. Thank you, my lord, for giving it to me to defend myself.”
The Military Advisor nodded and smiled, “You’re welcome.”
Foolish General Hou: “… That’s my bow.”
Ji Changze ignored him and went straight out through the curtain.
It wasn’t until Ji Changze lifted the curtain and went out that he looked at his cousin with a dumbfounded face, “Yingrao, is this boy really trustworthy? I think his words are impolite. I’m afraid had different intentions in his heart. It’s better to kill him.”
The Military Advisor shook his head, stood up, and sighed, “If the words were polite, then other people would be vigilant. I’ve taught you several times, but you could never remember.”
“General, you should remember that his talent isn’t under me. In the future, I will move the General’s affairs to his hands. Many people are staring at you. I’m fine right now, if I’m not, it’s all up to him.”
“But, he had only came here a few days ago. Besides, I think this boy looks normal, but his body seems very evil. His eyes look like he’s smiling, but he’s very scary for no reason. He looks too good, but isn’t a good man.”
The Military Advisor shook his head, “Don’t worry about it. Just remember to treat him as if he were me.”
General: “… I don’t want to.”
The Military Advisor had a serious face on, and even spoke in a stern way, “In short, you can’t offend him and show him your sincerity.”
“But how can I show him my sincerity? Yingrao, you really don’t think this boy is too handsome? Scholars are frail. I think he can’t even lift that bow. Even if he’s really talented, he can’t fight. I can pinch him to death with one finger.”
After listening quietly, the Military Advisor reminded him, “Sir Ji has excellent ears. He must have heard everything you said.”
He stiffened his expression for several seconds before suddenly speaking, “I think this Sir Ji is talented, good-looking, with a good figure. Although he looks a little frail, it is precisely because of his frailness that he has a lot of magnanimity at first glance. He wouldn’t bear grudges.”
An arrow shot through the tent and landed in front of General Hou’s feet.
General Hou bounced off with a jerk, and immediately drew his sword and stood in front of the Military Adviser, “Who is it?!”
The Military Advisor wasn’t surprised, slowly standing up with the hand stove, and picked up the arrow.
“You actually don’t recognize your own arrows, General? “
Seeing that he slowly and methodically took down a piece of paper inserted on it, only then did General Hou carefully step forward, “Is it from Sir Ji? If he has something to say, why can’t he just come here? Humph, shooting arrows! By the way, isn’t he a scholar? How could he shoot arrows?”
The Military Advisor revealed a smile after taking a look at it and handed it to General Hou for him to see, “Sir Ji asked for a bow and arrows, it means he is saying he could shoot arrows. The General can’t even think through this?”
Actually, he thinks that it’s not that he’s stupid, but these literati are too enlightened.
Every sentence had other meanings, he was tired of it.
The Military Advisor went out to call someone to clean up the tent.
General Hou cursed at the bottom of his heart for a while, before taking the paper. He saw that there were two words written on it, and the handwriting was natural and unrestrained, with one meaning.