"There wasn't a chance before, but now that there's this 'head - delivering' Xiao Jinghong, if I don't take action, wouldn't I be letting him down?"
"Tell me about it."
"You tell me," Yi Qing stroked her chin and smiled mischievously. "What does a playboy most desire?"
Xiao Tian thought for a while. "Silver?"
"Wrong, wrong," Yi Qing wagged her finger and pretended to be profound. "It's to be affirmed."
Xiao Tian looked a bit confused.
"You're planning to have someone do this..." Yi Qing said, but then quickly changed her mind. "No, forget it. I'm bored anyway. I've decided to do it myself. Do you want to come with me?"
Xiao Tian asked suspiciously, "You're going to see Xiao Jinghong?"
"Right," Yi Qing nodded with a smile and gave a playful wink. "Can't I?"
"You can't," Xiao Tian's face instantly turned cold. "He's a lecher. I'm afraid that if he looks at you, I'll can't help but gouge out his eyes!"
"I'm better at gouging out eyes than you," Yi Qing said with a grin. "How about I gouge out Xiao Jingyuan's eyes and you go for Xiao Jinghong's? Let's see who does it better later. I'm also annoyed by the way Xiao Jingyuan looks at you!"
An image of blood and gore instantly flashed through Xiao Tian's mind, and he gave up again.
"You silly," Yi Qing reached out and pinched his cheek. "Since I'm going to deceive people, of course I won't show my real face. You too. We'll disguise ourselves so that no one will recognize us."
Xiao Tian decided to wait and see. If it was too absurd, he'd definitely stop it.
"Who are you?" Baozi, who was playing at the door, was stopped by someone. He tilted his head and asked, his eyes fixed on Deng Xiao's flying - fish robe.
This was the attire of the commander of the Jinyiwei. In fact, Baozi had already guessed Deng Xiao's identity but pretended not to know.
"Your adoptive father," Deng Xiao said shamelessly.
Baozi was surprised. "How come I don't know I have an adoptive father?"
"Well, you didn't know you had a biological father before you were four either," Deng Xiao raised his eyebrows and smiled. "Shall we go ask your mother?"
Then he pointed to the woman behind him. "I've brought someone for your mother."
Baozi sized up the woman with her head down behind Deng Xiao. "Wait here. I'll go tell my mother."
"You found someone so quickly?" Yi Qing was shocked to see Deng Xiao and the woman he brought.
She had only gone in the morning, and he had brought someone in the afternoon? Did he have someone ready on hand?
She took a look at the woman. She was about twenty years old, with a woman's bun. Her blue coarse - cloth clothes had turned white from repeated washing but were clean and tidy. She kept her head down and her back straight, looking like she had received a good upbringing.
It was unknown why she had ended up in such a sorry state.
Although Yi Qing sized the woman up, she didn't speak first but waited for Deng Xiao to introduce her.
"Her name is Sang Sang. She used to work in the Minister's Mansion. Later, she was framed because she offended someone and was sold to a butcher as his wife. I just happened to kill that butcher, so now she's a widow."
Yi Qing: "..."
Are you sure you're not bringing a foe here?
Killing her husband and then forcing her into slavery?
Deng Xiao looked at Sang Sang and said, "If you want revenge, follow Mrs. Yi. She never lets an insult pass unavenged and always protects her own. As long as you're loyal to her, she won't let you down."
Yi Qing: Thank you so much!
Sang Sang knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "This servant has met the mistress. Please give this servant a name."
Yi Qing waved her hand. "Sang Sang is a nice name. Keep using it. Jushuang, take her down and find a place for her to stay."
There seemed to be a look of surprise in Sang Sang's eyes, surprised that Yi Qing didn't ask anything.
However, this emotion flashed by quickly, and she soon lowered her head. "This servant will take her leave."
Deng Xiao crossed his legs and casually took off his Xiuchun Saber and handed it to Baozi. "Like it? Take it and have a look."
Baozi looked at Yi Qing and then at Xiao Tian.
Xiao Tian said, "Go ahead."
Only then did Baozi step forward to take it. He held it like a precious treasure and ran in front of Xiao Tian, his eyes shining.
"Come here," Xiao Tian took the Xiuchun Saber and put it aside. Then he picked Baozi up and sat him on his lap. He whispered to him about the origin and merits of the Xiuchun Saber.
Baozi listened with great interest.
These two seemed to have entered their own world and completely ignored Yi Qing and Deng Xiao.
Seeing their intimacy, Deng Xiao snorted, raised his eyebrows and asked Yi Qing, "Why don't you ask me why I brought Sang Sang to you?"
"I don't use those I suspect, and I don't suspect those I use," Yi Qing poured a cup of tea for him and pushed it over. She also poured a cup for Xiao Tian and walked over to give it to him. Holding the teapot, she said slowly, "Since you recommended her, it means she's the most suitable."
"I like your smartness."
"Yi Weiwei is also quite smart," Yi Qing said sincerely, hoping they'd fight each other.
Deng Xiao: "Don't disgust me!"
"It seems you two have similar opinions of each other."
"What do you mean?"
"If she thought highly of you, would she come to you when she's at the end of her rope? Obviously, she thinks it's beneath her. You should be as happy as if you were hit by a pie from the sky," Yi Qing revealed the truth.
Deng Xiao snorted. "Incredibly stupid!"
"Tell me," Yi Qing leaned back on the chair, holding the teacup in her hand. She said lazily, "Why Sang Sang?"
"Weren't you not going to ask just now?"
"If I don't ask, how can you show off?" Yi Qing rolled her eyes.
Deng Xiao laughed heartily. Talking to a smart woman was really pleasant.
"She was a concubine in the Minister's Mansion, and her daughter is still there. If you help her rescue her daughter, she'll be completely devoted to you."
"Her being devoted to me isn't that important. What matters is her ability."
"Before she was twelve, she was the apple of General Shangbei's eye. Later, her father defected to the enemy. All the female relatives in the family became slaves. She ended up in the Minister's Mansion. After giving birth to a child, she was sold by the mistress... Anyway, she's enjoyed all kinds of blessings and suffered all kinds of hardships. When you told me you were looking for someone, I immediately thought of her. No one is more suitable. It just depends on how you use her."
Yi Qing said, "Let's give it a try then."
Actually, she wanted someone with a sharp tongue, but now she thought Sang Sang was a bit introverted.
But then she thought that as long as she was familiar with the rules, she might be very useful, so she decided to keep her.
"I heard the people from the Yianbo Mansion came to the door?" Deng Xiao asked again. "Have you changed your mind and decided to marry me?"
Yi Qing: "..." "You're well - informed. Instead of wasting your breath on me, think about how to deal with Yi Weiwei first."
"How do you plan to deal with the Yianbo Mansion?" Deng Xiao asked excitedly.
"Just wait and watch the show. If you're satisfied with the show, lend me some people later. Consider it the ticket price for watching the show."
"You woman. I knew no one could hold you back."