"I don't know what to call you, your honorable master?"
The woman sat on a chair not far away, looked at Li Qi and asked.
"My surname is Li and my given name is Shizhen." Li Qi cupped his fists and said.
"Li Shizhen?" The woman smiled.
Li Qi nodded: "I wonder what your name is?"
"Lu Xiuying." The woman said.
"Could your Excellency be the National Master of Snow Country?" Li Qi asked again.
Lu Xiuying nodded: "Yes, I am indeed the national master of Snow Country."
Hearing this answer, Li Qi was not too surprised.
After all, he had guessed the identity of this woman before.
The leader of the Gaoyun tribe and the national master of the Snow Kingdom.
"Mr. Li is from Daxia?" Lu Xiuying asked.
Li Qi cupped his hands and smiled: "Exactly."
"Does Mr. Li know a person named Li Qi?"
When Lu Xiuying said this, the smile on his face seemed a little unusual.
Li Qi was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I don't know. There are so many people named Li in Daxia, how can I possibly know them all?"
"That's right. I heard that Li Qi is not only an official in the court, but also a celebrity around the prince. How could he come to the Snow Country?" Lu Xiuying said with a half-smile.
Li Qi licked his tongue and thought to himself: Grandma, this woman has figured out my identity, right?
But I have never met her, how does she know who I am?
Li Qi smiled, changed the subject and said, "National Master, I came here today specifically to sell down jackets. Why don't you take a look?"
Lu Xiuying took a sip of the hot soup in front of her and said slowly, "I wonder if Mr. Li knows Lu Jinshuang?"
Hearing this name, Li Qi almost fell off his chair.
"Who is Lu Jinshuang?" Li Qi continued to pretend to be stupid and asked.
"Lu Jinshuang was originally the princess, but she was pregnant with someone else's child. Now she has been thrown into the cold palace by the prince. As for the child in her belly..."
Speaking of this, Lu Xiuying glanced at Li Qi and said, "Since Mr. Li is here to sell down jackets, let me take a look. I heard that these clothes are light and warm."
Li Qi was not in the mood to sell clothes at this time. When he heard that Lu Jinshuang was thrown into the cold palace, his heart skipped a beat.
Counting the time from when he left Kyoto to now, the child in Lu Jinshuang's belly was indeed born.
Because he left in such a hurry, Li Qi didn't even think about how to deal with this matter.
No matter what, that child is his, and now...
He looked anxious, took a deep breath and said: "National Preceptor, I heard that Lu Jinshuang is also a member of the Gaoyun tribe. Could it be that the Imperial Preceptor just ignores him?"
Lu Xiuying laughed and waved his hand. Soon everyone in the room walked out and the door was closed.
When there were only two of them left in the room, Li Qi knew that there was no need to continue pretending.
"How did you know my identity?" Li Qi asked.
Lu Xiuying said slowly: "Shuang'er was pregnant with your child. She knew that this matter could not be covered by paper, so she drew a portrait of you and had it sent over along with the escort route for Daxia grain and grass, and confessed everything.
"
After hearing this, Li Qi realized that he had taken the initiative to send him to the door.
It turns out that Liang Cao's marching plan was indeed leaked from the palace, and it was Lu Jinshuang who did it.
But how did she know the marching route?
This made Li Qi think of Concubine Lu. She was the only one who could get close to the emperor, so the march map must have been obtained from her.
After thinking about this, Li Qi felt confident.
But what makes him anxious now is where his child is now!
Although I am not ready to be a father yet, after all, it is still my child.
"Master, since you know everything, I have nothing to hide. I want to know where my child is now?" Li Qi said.
Lu Xiuying glanced at him and said slowly: "You have to ask Shuang'er yourself about this. The letter she sent did not mention the whereabouts of the child."
Seeing Li Qi's anxious look, Lu Xiuying continued: "I would like to ask Mr. Li why he has to go against our Gaoyun clan."
"Huh?" Li Qi looked confused.
Lu Xiuying said: "At first you tried every means to take away our sacred objects, and then you attacked Shuang'er... Our Gaoyun tribe didn't seem to have offended you, right?"
"I also gave you the "Shengshu" I found." Li Qi said.
"Yes, you not only found the "Shengshu" but also gave it to us... I can't even figure out why you did it, or who asked you to do it?" Lu Xiuying asked.
Li Qidao: "No one asked me to do this. It was all just a misunderstanding. At first, I got the holy object accidentally, just to save my life. Then I went to give "Shengshu" to Lu Jinshuang, just because I wanted to
I owe you nothing to each other..."
"According to Master Li, it's our fault instead?" Lu Xiuying said with a smile.
Li Qidao: "No matter what, the child is innocent. If you are willing to tell me the whereabouts of the child, I will do anything you ask me to do."
Lu Xiuying was a little surprised when he heard this.
Because according to her understanding, Li Qi is a profit-seeking villain who will do anything to make money and get promoted.
I just didn't expect that when I saw him today, it seemed a little different from what I knew.
"You may not believe it, but what I say is indeed the truth. Being an official in Daxia is not what I want to be, and I have no choice in escorting grain and grass this time..."
Li Qi took a deep breath and said: "Whether in the future, your Gaoyun tribe takes revenge or Daxia invades the Snow Country, it doesn't mean much to me. I just want to know where the child is."
Lu Xiuying laughed: "I didn't expect Mr. Li to be a sweet-tempered person! Okay! If you want to know where the child is, then you have to do something for me."
"What's the matter?" Li Qi asked with a frown.
"Since you are responsible for transporting food and grass, you can naturally destroy it." Lu Xiuying said coldly.
Li Qi was startled: "You want me to burn the food and fodder of the Daxia army?"
Lu Xiuying said: "This is a condition of exchange."
"Impossible!" Li Qi said directly, "Do you think the Snow Kingdom can win this war if the food and grass are burned? How do you know that the Daxia army has not made preparations? It is possible that the food and grass for the war are already on the way to be transported.
, do you think I can finish the burning by myself?"
Lu Xiuying said: "I have already put forward my conditions. Whether I can complete it or not is not my business. Besides, Mr. Li, this is what you begged me for, not you. As an official of the Great Xia court, you
You are the food and grass transport envoy for this Great Summer expedition again, and you are actually doing business in the Snow Country. What will happen to you if people find out about this?"
"Are you threatening me?" Li Qi said coldly.
"There's no threat, I'm just explaining the facts to you." Lu Xiuying said.