Chapter 991 Showdown between rivers and lakes
Zhao Di’s tavern has a special feature. The tavern only sells wine without food;
Zhao people are good at wine, and they pay attention to drinking. , they all don’t understand wine.
There is a story that has been circulating in Zhao land. The leader of the Zhao Kingdom invited the regent of Dayan to drink;
The regent only had wine and no food before the meeting. He couldn't help but wonder: where is the food?
The leader of the State of Zhao firmly said that when the State of Zhao drinks, there will be no food. If you want to serve food, you have to remove the wine;
The regent was unhappy and said: I want food to accompany the wine!
The leader of Zhao State insisted that the rules cannot be broken;
The regent slapped the table angrily: Serve food to me!
The leader of the Zhao Kingdom then shouted: Once you enter the land of Zhao, you must follow the rules of the land of Zhao. In our country of Zhao, the drinking rules are greater than those of the emperor!
The regent finally gave up and drank three glasses of wine with the king according to Zhao's rules before taking the wine away and serving the food.
This story is widely circulated among the people of Zhao. The people of Zhao are talking about it. Every time they talk about it, they unconsciously raise their necks and their faces light up.
Although, anyone with a little knowledge of the situation can actually understand that this story cannot be scrutinized at all;
First of all, the current leader of the Zhao Kingdom rebelled against his father when the Yan army besieged the capital. , was able to rise to power with the support of the Yan people.
Does he have the courage to stand up to the Regent of Dayan?
Not to mention shouting at every turn, Zhao's rules are greater than those of the emperor. Do you really dare to say this? Do you believe that the regent will slap you to death and replace him with someone else as the leader of Zhao?
But the people like to hear this and tend to believe it.
In fact, since ancient times, even in history books, there are many records of famous ministers scolding enemy monarchs face to face. The writings can be said to be so heroic that they soar into the sky. Among them, the example of Qian Guo is the most common.
Well, most of the monarchs who were scolded were also the monarchs of the Yan Kingdom. The result was that the monarchs of the Yan Kingdom often felt ashamed in front of the awe-inspiring righteousness of the envoys of the Qian Kingdom, and were defeated time and time again by the literati and scholar-bureaucrats of the Qian Kingdom. In front of Daqian Wenhua etiquette.
In its heyday, those who had never been on diplomatic missions to foreign countries and had never shown their awe-inspiring righteousness were embarrassed to sit in the court and be the minister-in-law.
There are many guests in the Zhaodi tavern. The small town where this tavern is located is regarded as the only way for business travelers to go to Nanmen Pass to enter Jindi, so it has always been popular.
Vegetables are not sold in the tavern, but outside the tavern, there are many vendors selling some snacks ranging from preserved fruits, melon seeds and peanuts to cooked food. The guests entered the tavern, ordered wine, and occupied a table. If you send one of your colleagues to go outside and buy some drinks, the pub won't say anything.
To put it bluntly, the atmosphere of Zhaodi’s tavern originated from the fact that Zhaodi was a place of the Fourth War a hundred years ago, and the people’s lives were miserable. At that time, the wine shop only had a cloth cover and a few photos. Just put two jars of old rice wine on the stools and you can open the restaurant. There is really no time left to tinker with the rest of the food and the environment. Everyone gradually developed a similar habit of "joining the table". After a long time, it became a custom.
On the second floor of the tavern, a woman in white held a pot of wine in her hand and drank it down in one gulp;
On nearby tables and even downstairs, there were many powerful men looking at each other. Pay attention to this scene.
I just feel that this woman's temperament is extraordinary, and her drinking posture is also eye-catching.
Opposite the woman, there is a girl sitting, who is concentrating on eating glutinous rice balls.
The two women, one big and one small, look very similar, they should be a mother and daughter.
The public security in Zhao is not very bad, but it is not bad, especially since the regent of Dayan massacred the capital of Liang in anger, and a large number of Liang people moved into Zhao. Some small gangs that engage in shady business have sprung up like mushrooms after rain;
But no one is stupid enough to tease a mother and daughter sitting there alone.
There are two things you should pay attention to when traveling in the world;
Firstly, don’t dress gorgeously, otherwise you will easily be regarded as a fat sheep; secondly, the accompanying female relatives should not be too conspicuous and beautiful, otherwise it will easily arouse evil intentions.
This is the principle of traveling far away that ordinary people know. In addition, with the frequent wars and unrest in the world in recent years, ordinary people have become bolder and thieves have become more numerous;
Therefore,< br>
Those who dare to show their faces openly without covering up are probably really confident.
There is a storyteller in the tavern, who is bald, fat-faced, and short in stature. The one who is helping to string strings next to him is his daughter, who looks like a tiger and a girl;
The storyteller’s surname is Zhou, and he is talking about the war in the Chu Kingdom.
The coach of Fancheng was the reincarnation of the Barbarian King. He led an army of tens of thousands of barbarians and defeated the Xie Jiajun of the Xie Zhu Kingdom of Great Chu;
The Prince of Jingnan Chen Xianba, the regent's favorite general, each led a group of iron cavalry to strangle Na Xie. Zhuyang, almost failed to return to Guyue City;
It is said that the regent of Dayan, in front of the independent army, held a Wuya, fought against the eighteen military attachés and instructors of the imperial army of the Chu royal family, and beheaded seventeen Name, leaving one person alone was frightened and allowed him to escape;
It is said that the Yan army not only used ferrets to charge into the battle, but also used ferrets to pull carts and transport food. The millions of Yan cavalry, with just one order, nearly pierced the sky of Chu State directly. A hole...
It is a fascinating narration with many flaws and many explanations that are difficult to explain, but it is said that Mr. Shu did not give the listeners below a chance to raise objections. Wave after wave, round after round, all kinds of descriptions were flying around, beating everyone's emotions;
Finally,< br>
Tangmu slapped him,
and let out a sigh:
"My dear wife, I'm afraid this eight-hundred-year-old Chu nation will be completely exhausted."
Then,
he picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.
The daughter put down the string, picked up a large sieve, jumped off the table, and began to beg for money.
After listening to the "battle report", the drinkers began to shout to themselves:
"The Chu Kingdom is over, which one will take its turn next?"
"Hey, the Chu Kingdom hasn't been destroyed yet, isn't Ying still there?"
"Half of the three-thirds of an acre of land at home has been dug away, and there is still something left. How energetic are you?”
“Are you going to fight against the Qian Kingdom?”
“The Yan people are not tough. I look at them. They don’t have three or five years to cultivate their health. It’s also unbeatable.”
"That's the truth."
"I think the Yan people are likely to continue fighting. The regent captured half of the Chu Kingdom. This territory is not inferior to other countries. If you can't say it, just go directly Command Yan Jingcheng to replace the old emperor's seat with someone else. . ”
“Fuck you, the regent has been saying that he is rebelling for so many years. Did he do it? When my wife was not pregnant, she said that the prince was going to rebel. Now Even my son and I are talking about soy sauce, and they are still saying that people are going to rebel. I feel that people Your Majesty is a loyal person of the Yan Kingdom!"
"That is, the regent is a person who cares about the overall situation. How can he do such a thing?"
The Zhao Kingdom was once ruled by the Yan people. Even though the Yan people are not stationed in Zhao State now, Zhao State has It is a vassal state of the Yan people. Although the Zhao people once suffered a military disaster due to the appearance of the Yan army, the military disaster has passed after all. Besides, it was the former leader who foolishly wanted to fight the Yan people, but was taught a lesson by the Yan people. Well, this cannot be blamed on the Yan people, but on the stupid former ruler.
Therefore, many people in Zhao land already regard themselves as "Yan people" spiritually, and they also respect the regent very much.
"It's a pity that I have a young family. Otherwise, I really want to go to Jindong with a knife and join the regent, and join the army to gain a family background. The only way I can do that is to work under the prince in Jindong. No matter what ethnic group or country you are from, you can stand out with your skills!”
Another one! The long-bearded man wearing a sword gloated: "Hahaha, you can't go, but I can go. I'm about to go to Nanmenguan to go to Jindong via Jindi."
Said,
He looked at the sword-wielding heroine sitting next to him with an extremely heroic look,
Said:
“I don’t know where this female knight is going. If she is on her way, Guan can take care of her.”
This Guan Xing knight-errant noticed early on that he was sitting at the table next to him. A young female swordsman drinking wine and eating noodles alone;
This beautiful face, this figure... tsk tsk.
The Ranger did not intend to use force or have any other evil intentions, but it is not reasonable for the two of them to take a chance together?
At that time, the regent once joked with the sword master about this world, saying that half of the children of this world travel to the world to draw swords to help when encountering injustice, and the other half do it to date.
I always feel that I can find my other half in the world and become a couple of gods and immortals;
But if that doesn’t work, you can also taste different customs in the red tents in various places.
To put it bluntly, in a world, the sword masters are the top ones, and the following group of heroes from various sects are also a minority. The largest ones are those young heroes and heroines who are pursuing the distant future and free travel with future generations. There is no essential difference between young people and young people.
Faced with the ranger’s affection,
The heroine glanced at him coldly and ignored him.
But this kind of contempt stung the heart of the ranger. The ranger immediately shouted:
"I don't think we can be a general under the prince in the future. When the time comes, you can also ..."
"Is it worth bragging about being with that bastard?" the heroine asked.
"..." Ranger.
"What did you say?" At this time, a big man at the other table stood up.
There are many people in this tavern who admire the Prince Regent.
The heroine wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, placed half a piece of broken silver on the table, and replied loudly:
"Zheng Fan, he is just a bastard!"
"You, I will teach you a lesson for the prince!"
In any era, there are irrational admirers. They will fight for their idols even when the person involved does not know and cannot know about them.
The heroine reached forward with her fingertips, and the man's figure immediately sluggished. The heroine walked past him and kicked him, knocking the big man to the ground.
Then,
the heroine raised her head slightly, glanced at the mother and daughter in white sitting on the second floor, and left the tavern directly.
"Swordsman." The woman said.
"Fifth grade." The girl said, "But it seems to be more than that. It should be higher than the first grade."
The woman nodded and said: "The sword energy is very pure, and it is beyond the comparison of ordinary swordsmen."
< br>"She has a grudge against the regent." the girl reminded.
“Yes.”
“Let’s get to know each other.”
"Where's the other one?" the woman asked, "the fucker."
"Call him together."
"Okay."
The girl stood up and the woman He also stood up and left the tavern.
……
The heroine galloped northward, and after nightfall, she stayed in another inn.
I took a shower in the guest room and came out to fill the water. When I came back, I found that a new group of people had arrived below.
The man was pushing a cart, and two women, one large and one small, were sitting in the cart.
This pair of women, dressed in white, look like mother and daughter.
The heroine’s eyes lingered on the man pushing the cart for a while, and the man pushing the cart also looked at her.
After briefly meeting each other's eyes, the heroine returned to her guest room.
Outside, there was some faint movement, and the waiter was taking the guests to check in.
The heroine lay on the bed, closed her eyes, folded her knees, and spread her hands, as if sleeping or meditating.
But this quiet atmosphere was soon destroyed by a knock on the door.
The heroine did not speak.
The door opened;
The girl came in with a piece of food, put it on the table, and then jumped onto a chair very obediently.
The heroine sat up, and the older woman walked in carrying a bottle of wine.
The door was not closed, and a man with a cart was sitting on the threshold, just smiling innocently.
“I don’t know you.” said the heroine.
"We know each other now," the woman replied.
"Why do we need to know each other?" the female hero asked.
"Because we most likely have the same enemy."
The sword beside the heroine is unsheathed. It is an ordinary sword without any fancy features. It belongs to an ordinary county town. You can buy it in the blacksmith shop, and it's not even exquisite;
But at this moment, a sword energy rushed over directly.
The woman waved her hand to block it, and quietly neutralized the sword energy.
“Sit.”
Perhaps, this is the way people in the world greet each other, by shaking hands first to determine whether you are qualified to sit at the same table as me.
The heroine stood up, walked from the bed to the table, and sat down.
“Are you mother and daughter?”
"Yes and no." the girl replied.
"What about him?" The heroine pointed at the middle-aged man sitting on the threshold, "Is it your father or her husband?"
"A friend, a friend I met on the road, Before you." the girl replied.
“Friend?”
“Yes, she and I both sprained our feet and couldn’t walk, so he pushed us along. He is a kind person.”
"My feet are sprained, can't I walk?" The heroine felt ridiculous.
The girl's eyes are extremely clear, not the clearness of ordinary children, but a kind of deep and mysterious exploration. Not surprisingly, she should be a Qi Refiner, but she doesn't know how to "rejuvenate her youth" .
As for this woman, when she resolved her sword energy earlier, the surging energy and blood showed that she was a very powerful martial artist.
They have sprained their feet, they can’t walk on the road, and they need someone to push the cart to go on their way?
"He wants to sleep with you?" The heroine looked at the woman.
The woman shook her head and said: "I would like to."
The heroine looked at the girl again and said, "Could it be you?"
"Hahaha." The girl sneered and said , "He's just a kind-hearted person."
"Oh, he's a weirdo."
"Indeed." The woman agreed.
The girl picked up the jug and started pouring wine: "We two just came from Chu. We thought the Chu people could stop the Yan people, but who knew that we were killed by the Yan people and fled in rout."
"You also escaped?"
"You escaped. Before you escaped, you helped Xie Zhuyang to rescue him." The girl replied.
The woman picked up the wine glass and said, "I was almost able to kill the prince of Jingnan, the nominal eldest son of the regent, in the midst of the chaos."
"Almost?" the heroine asked doubtfully.
"He is much stronger than I thought. I made a sneak attack but failed. I only hurt him a little, but I was afraid of being surrounded, so I couldn't continue."
The girl said: "I I can’t figure out why he appears there, flying the Yan flag.”
Nvxia. He smiled and said, "I know that man. His father is the King of Jingnan and his adoptive father is the regent. Isn't it only natural that he carries the black dragon flag to fight for the Yan army?"
Girl Shake Shaking his head, he said: "It's a mess."
The woman echoed: "It's a mess."
The heroine frowned slightly, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with these two women's minds.
"You hate that regent, don't you?" the girl asked.
"Yes, he killed my master."
The girl nodded: "Do you want revenge?"
"Yes." The heroine did not hesitate.
"Wait a moment."
The girl put her hands in front of her eyes, slowly pulled them away, then showed a smile and confirmed:
"You are not telling lies."
"Were you spying on me just now?"
"It's just a Qigong practitioner's technique. The silver-armored guards of the Qian Kingdom also use this technique frequently when interrogating prisoners, but it probably won't be used more efficiently than mine." The girl took a bite and said, "We plan to go to Shanxi Let’s take a look, go to...Jindong to have a look.”
"The regent is in Chu Di," the female hero reminded.
"He is protected by thousands of troops and horses, and we can't touch him." said the girl.
“So, why are you going to Jindong?”
“I can’t touch him, but I can visit his home. If I don’t have the chance, I can greet his family.”
"Despicable." said the heroine.
"Yes." The girl nodded.
The heroine leaned forward,
said:
“But I know that the protection of his palace is impregnable.”
“ We also know this, but we are not in a hurry, just take a look, it is really impregnable, what if we can see an opportunity?" the woman said with a smile.
"Where's him?" The heroine pointed at the middle-aged man sitting over there.
"He is a Gan man. The regent has led the army to attack Gan several times. As a descendant of the Qian country, he should relieve the country's worries. Right? A good-hearted person."
The middle-aged man nodded. head.
"But as far as I know, everyone who has tried to take action against the palace, whether they are people from the court or people from the Jianghu, will not end well." The female hero reminded again.
The girl smiled "hehe" and said: "We turned back before we got started. This is what we do in Chudi. The most important thing is to remain useful."
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"What if we really get a chance?" the female hero asked.
"What you're asking is so strange. He killed your master, and you didn't think about killing his family to avenge him?"
"There is a debtor, and between me and him I will settle the debt with him, but I will not implicate his family."< br>
“People can’t be too upright.” The girl reminded, “If you go to him, you have no chance of winning, or you can capture his woman, his child, and try to force him to...submit?”
< br>"He is a hero." The heroine reminded.
"No, as far as I know, he values friendship." The girl said firmly, "Believe me, we have our own information channels and know him better than you."
The heroine was stunned for a moment and pointed. Own nose:
“You know him better than I do?”
"Yes." The girl nodded, "We have all read the investigation about him by the Chu Kingdom Fengchao Internal Guard. Unless you have grown up around him since childhood;
Otherwise, we can To be sure, we must know him better than you do.”
The heroine couldn't hold it in any longer,
stood up and
said:
"I will not accompany you to do such a dirty thing."
The girl once again put her hands in front of her eyes and slowly opened them;
After a while,
sighed helplessly:
“What she said is true again, so stupid.”
The girl stood up and left her seat, and the woman also stood up He stood up and planned to leave with him.
At this time,
The heroine drew out her sword and said:
“It’s okay when I don’t know. Now that I know, I’m sorry.
Since you want to treat his family Take action,
Not only can I not help you,
And tonight,
I cannot let you leave this inn alive. "
" Hey hey hey. The girl laughed and said, "There are three of us, and you are one." We are not worried about you leaking the secret, and we have no intention of suppressing your silence. You actually said that you are going to kill the three of us? "
The heroine shook her head,
shouted:
"So, do you also plan to accompany them to do things?"
The middle-aged man sitting on the threshold slowly stood up at this time. His eyes were pure, with a warm and gentle look. , faced with this question,
he said:
"You are in a hurry;
I was planning to call someone when I pushed them through the South Gate."
The woman reached out and slapped the girl on the face, and a clear slap mark appeared on the girl's face;
The girl who was hit tilted her head and cursed back
:
“They did not tell lies!”
There is no problem with the lie detector test, the girl firmly believes it!
But the problem is, inexplicably finding two people with no problem, they turned out to be the biggest problem.
"So?" The woman pointed to both sides, "I feel so stupid when I am with you."
"You are even stupider without me." The girl shot back, "Choose The body is also competing to choose the one with bigger breasts."
Jianfeng, the sword maid, pointed at the woman and said:
"I chose her because she hurt the little brother I watched grow up."
"I don't agree."
Master Chen unveiled his bamboo hat,
He didn't wear a sword,
Facing the choice of sword maid,
He said: "The smaller ones are easier to fight."
No matter how rich the skills and the higher the level, the Qi Master is still easier to deal with in a head-on fight.
Wu Fu is different.
The sword maid’s eyes showed a majestic look,
reminded:
"I am senior sister."
Daxia Chen nodded, moved towards the girl,
said:
"Okay."
"Honorary title." The sword maid reminded again.
"Okay, Senior Sister." (End of Chapter)