C10 (2/2)
Xiao Letian had lectured for a total of three days, but he could no longer endure the soldiers' enthusiasm. After dinner, they gathered outside Xiao Letian's hut with their stools, and looked at Xiao Letian with an extremely longing gaze. At that moment, Xiao Letian felt that not saying two chapters was like committing a crime.
From that day onwards, Xiao Letian worked part-time as a book critic in the mountain stronghold, very contributing to the amateur cultural life of the Taibai Top's bandit's nest.
It wasn't until more than half a month later when the spies at the bottom of the mountain brought the latest intelligence report to Xiao Letian that he was forced to stop the evaluation papers that he read every day.
”Your Highness, I must go down the mountain immediately. Now that the caravan's Manager Fan has met with trouble, I can't just watch without doing anything, right?” Xiao Letian said nervously.
”No rush, no rush. I already know what the Military Advisor said. Isn't that just 110 thousand silver?” Fan family doesn't care about it at all. The grand Jin Shang's top eight clans, if they could not even pay out 110 thousand silver, that would truly be embarrassing … ” Shi Dakai didn't even know what Xiao Letian was planning, much less drinking tea with a relaxed expression on his face.
”Aiya, my lord, the Manager Fan is a very important part of my plan. Without his help, I wouldn't be able to utilize my plans, and now is the time to show my gratitude. Whether or not we can control the old shopkeeper will depend on this.” Xiao Letian was so angry that the whole house was spinning.
Originally, Xiao Letian did not know about the danger old shopkeeper was facing. He had only taken some time out of his spare time to write two private letters, one for Manager Fan and the other was written in English specifically for Louis's Cleric.
When the spy from the Yi County gave the letter to Louis, not even two hours had passed, and this foreigner, who took all the pictures on the world, did not even bid farewell to the Manager Fan, but rode on his horse straight towards the Beijing with Sai Men. It seemed that the contents of the letter were extremely urgent.
After sending the message to the Americans, the messenger turned around and went to the Fan family's Guangde Station to look for him. However, once he arrived, the Guangde found out that the old shopkeeper was bedridden due to the cold. When Manager Fan finished looking at Xiao Letian's private message, the old man actually struggled to get up. In the end, Hu Niu forced him to stop.
”This humble one only understood the sequence of events from Miss Fan family's mouth. Right now, Manager Fan has almost been forced to death by his elder brother, the Patriarch of Fan family. Miss Fan family was at his wit's end. He told me to bring a message to the Military Advisor. She said that he was afraid that he would never be able to repay their kindness in this life … ”I'll just wait for my next life to repay you then …”
Damn, Xiao Letian was already in an uproar, the first girl I hooked up with after I transmigrated, someone actually wanted to harm her? He was already on the verge of death? If I didn't come out, would I still be a man?
”Your Royal Highness, whether you agree or not, I must go down the mountain. Either you chop me to death, or send someone to protect me down the mountain. There is no other way …”
Shi Dakai looked at the indignant Xiao Letian and suddenly got angry. He slammed the table and stood up, ”Sir, what are you saying? Since you are our advisor now, you enjoy your freedom, how can I stop you? Who do you think we are? ”Do you really think we are useless bandits in your eyes?”
Hearing that, Xiao Letian blushed, but Shi Dakai did not say anything else. ”If mister wants to go down the mountain, then everything needs to be arranged, how do you plan to enter the city? How do I hide in the Guangde? Why didn't they alert the officials? All of this needs to be prepared in advance. Please don't worry and give me one night's time, I'll arrange everything properly for you … ”
Shi Dakai's sincere eyes obtained Xiao Letian's trust. After a sleepless night, when Xiao Letian pushed open the door the next morning, he discovered that there were more than 20 silver boxes in the courtyard. The soldiers were putting them on on the horses, while General gray beard Liu Lang was helping them on the side.
”General? What are you doing? ” Xiao Letian asked in confusion.
”My lord, since the Manager Fan is of great use to the advisor's plan, then we should not be stingy. We should focus on kindness. ”I don't want the village, send them back …” Previously, gray beard was still a little unconvinced towards Xiao Letian, but after hearing Xiao Letian's evaluation reports a few times and reading a few of the manuscripts, he could be considered completely convinced now.
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly: ”Aiya, my prince! Silver is a good thing, how can you give it to me? Not only are you not giving it to me, you're also going to keep it in the village. Stop acting, and put it down …” After saying that, Xiao Letian immediately went to look for Shi Dakai.
”Your Royal Highness, open the treasury. We can give you gold, jade, or even pearl agate, but we can't give you silver taels. The future of our village lies in this pile of silver …”
Shi Dakai stared at Xiao Letian in puzzlement, but when he saw Xiao Letian's serious expression, he knew that Xiao Letian was definitely not joking, it seemed like the Military Advisor already had a detailed plan in her mind.
”Sir, can you give Little Wang some information first?” Good fellow! Shi Dakai even called out Little Wang, because he knew that this was the first time Xiao Letian had given a gift to him. A kind of excitement that came from the bottom of his heart caused him to inexplicably tremble.
”Let's go. We'll head to the treasury first. We can pick out whatever military advisors we need …”