Wang Ben had come with Qin Shi Huang, so without the king's order, he couldn't conveniently come to say goodbye to me, but he kept blinking at me. The fat man said, "Wang Ben, go and thank the King of Qi."
Wang Ben hurriedly rushed to my carriage and said with great emotion, "King Qi..."
I waved my hand and said, "Don't say anything more. When my wife comes, let your dad give her the position of Grand Marshal for a few days, and we'll be even."
Wang Ben: "..."
I slowly started the car and waved to the crowd behind me: "See you later, brothers."
Watching Ersha and Fatty Ying gradually disappear into the distance in the rearview mirror, I felt a pang of sadness. My job is all about constant gatherings and partings, but I don't know when we'll have a real get-together, at least to reunite the five of us, and maybe even find 300 and Haohan...
I received several text messages from Baozi as soon as I returned to 2007. The first few were quite aggressive, questioning where I had gone, while the later ones pitifully begged me to call back. When I parked my car on the lawn in 2008, I quickly informed Baozi. She was at the hospital for a checkup, accompanied by Hua Mulan, and was relieved to hear I was back. She's now focused on giving birth to a healthy, undisturbed baby, so she's unusually reluctant to scold me.
This won't do. He keeps running off and we can't reach him; Baozi will get suspicious sooner or later. But I'm curious, why was the phone still receiving a signal in 2007? Although my car often rolls around for years or even decades, it has very precise markings before starting and stopping. I definitely received the first text message back in 2007!
Wu Sangui wasn't home either. I drank some water, lit a cigarette, and went to knock on He Tiandou's door, but he and Liu Laoliu, those two old charlatans, were nowhere to be found. Just then, Yan Jingsheng called me, saying that I had a new client, and he had already told Wang Yin to go to the bar to pick him up.
As for why Liu Laoliu insisted on taking my clients to other places for me to pick them up for so long, his explanation was that the climate was different, just like an air force landing. In short, Yucai was not a suitable location.
Since it was such a coincidence, I decided to drive over and meet this new client. When I arrived at the old campus of Yucai School, I saw Wang Ying just coming out of the lecture hall. I asked him, "Where's the new client?"
Wang Yin pointed to the door behind him and said, "We just took them in; they're having a welcome party." Only then did I realize that today was Friday, the time when clients usually held their regular networking events. Since the newcomer was there at this time, the networking and welcome party were conveniently combined.
I nodded and was about to push the door open when I heard Wang Yin laughingly say to Fang Zhenjiang, who had just arrived for the meeting, "This guy we just picked up is hilarious. He said he was knocked unconscious with a shoe sole before he died, hahaha..."
Fang Zhenjiang chuckled and said, "Who is it that's so unlucky?"
Wang Yin said, "It came from the Qin Dynasty, they say it was called Qin something, but my history isn't very good..."
For some reason, after hearing Wang Yin's words, I suddenly felt inexplicably uneasy, as if something was wrong... At that moment, I pushed open the conference room door, and there were quite a few people sitting below. On the stage, a tall, burly man was stomping his feet and saying indignantly, "I'm so damn unlucky! How could I run into a guy like that, all he does is swing his shoe. But I'm not exactly a pushover, I killed someone when I was 13..."
I finally realized what was wrong. The person on the stage was none other than Qin Wuyang!
Chapter 105 Card Reader
"It's you?"
"It wasn't me!"
When Qin Wuyang and I met, this classic exchange took place between us.
If he hadn't seen me, I would have preferred to avoid him for a few days until he calmed down, or perhaps I would have changed my clothes and hairstyle and met him under a different identity.
But it was too late now. When Qin Wuyang saw me, he rushed down from the stage like an old bachelor who had been single for decades seeing a beautiful naked woman. He spread his ten fingers wide and lunged at me, shouting, "I'll strangle you!"
Since I started receiving clients, no one has ever seen such a warm and enthusiastic greeting. Everyone present looked at him with smiles and whispered among themselves, "This might be a custom from the Qin Dynasty."...
Only I understand that the grudge between us cannot be explained in a few words. If he really wanted to strangle me to death smoothly, that would be considered kind of him.
I quickly moved behind Fang Zhenjiang, peeking out and saying, "Listen to me..."
At this moment, Qin Wuyang had already grabbed him close. Fang Zhenjiang immediately realized something was wrong. He reached out to deflect Qin Wuyang's attack, grabbed his waist, and pulled him to the ground, laughing, "What's wrong with you? What grudge does Xiao Qiang have against you?"
Xiuxiu said, "They couldn't possibly have met before—" and then introduced to Qin Wuyang, "This is our Principal Xiao."
Qin Wuyang was fine if he hadn't heard those words, but when he heard the words "Principal Xiao", he became even more furious, his eyes blazing as he said, "Yes, that's him. I've heard people call him that before."
While stopping Qin Wuyang from lunging at him, Fang Zhenjiang said, "Hey, let's talk this out. How do you two know each other?"
Fang Zhenjiang, true to his reputation as a martial arts student who had spent eight years training at the Shaolin Temple, kept Qin Wuyang completely under his thumb. Seeing no hope of revenge, Qin Wuyang simply stood there, pointing at me angrily, and shouted, "He's the one who hit me with the sole of his shoe!"
Everyone was speechless. Li Shimin laughed and said, "How could that be? Could Xiao Qiang possibly travel back over 2000 years to see you?"
Qin Wuyang glared at him and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, believing that colleagues should flatter each other, solemnly introduced, "This is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who is of a higher rank than the Prince of Qin you were trying to assassinate."
Qin Wuyang spat on the ground and said, "These people are all bastards!"
Zhao Kuangyin slammed his fist on the table...
Qin Wuyang pointed at me again and shouted, "Ask him himself if this happened! You surnamed Xiao, do you dare to admit it?"
I rolled my eyes and said, "It's not something shameful, why are you afraid to admit it?" Anyway, I'm not the one who's going to get a beating, and denying it won't help. If there's a conflict, we should resolve it.
People were surprised to see me agree. Fang Zhenjiang asked in astonishment, "So you've been to the Qin Dynasty?"
I nodded hesitantly. Suddenly, someone stood up in the room and said, "Xiao Qiang, everyone here is on our side. I think you don't need to hide it anymore." It was Wu Sangui. So he had come here to hold a client meeting. He and Hua Mulan knew that I could travel back in time.
As soon as Wu Sangui finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent, then erupted into an uproar: "Xiaoqiang can go back?" "If he goes back, can we go back too? Won't this create chaos?"
Suddenly, someone stood up and asked me in a trembling voice, "In that case, can I go back to see my brothers?" It was Hua Rong. Guan Yu, the Second Master Guan, standing beside him, also stared blankly and said, "Go back... then wouldn't I be able to see my eldest brother and third brother?"
The moment these two started discussing this, it immediately sparked a flurry of speculation and discussion among the people around them.
Qin Wuyang waved his arms frantically, saying, "Stop arguing, stop arguing, solve my problem first."
The crowd angrily retorted, "What's wrong with you?!"
Qin Wuyang pointed at me across Fang Zhenjiang and said, "Him..."
Fang Zhenjiang scoffed, "What do you mean 'him'? He only hit you twice with the sole of his shoe. We have far more bitter grudges than you. Not long ago, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and our Liangshan heroes and the Eight Heavenly Kings, were able to get along together. What's so unacceptable about that?"
Genghis Khan said, "If we're being serious, the four of us (pointing to Li Shimin and the other two emperors) are enemies, but aren't we all getting along well? A man's heart should be as vast as the grasslands."
Yan Zhenqing smiled and said, "Qin Wuyang, the assassin of Qin Shi Huang, is that right? I regret to inform you that your image has always been that of a villain. The original books all say that you cowered in fear as soon as you entered the Xianyang Palace. But if, as you say, you really participated in the assassination of Qin Shi Huang, then Xiao Qiang has made your life possible."
Qin Wuyang said with a stern face, "In any case, I died because of him."