34. The correct way to appear as a castle lord.
CHAPTER XXXIV. The correct way to appear as a castle lord.
The person who arranged the meal was very thoughtful and took care of the tastes of everyone present. Even Jun Xuan saw a dish of Wensi tofu at the table, which was exactly the dish she often ate in Pingnan Palace.
Even if it was such a good feast, Lu Xiaofeng did not drink alcohol for the first time.
He hadn't forgotten that this was Aunt Gongsun's territory, and there were two young girls by his side. He couldn't drink, but in front of him, there were six jars full of bamboo leaves, and the crisp aroma of wine came out with a hint of coldness, which was simply a kind of torture for an alcoholic like Lu Xiaofeng.
Xue Bing had already slapped open a jar, and the red-clothed girl sitting next to her took the jar and poured a big bowl for everyone present, even the three who claimed to be monks.
The red shoes are all women, but they are all children of the rivers and lakes who can drink, and they don't say much, they all immediately pick up the bowl and drink it all.
Wiping a handful of residual wine from her lips, Gongsun Lan looked at Jun Xuan, who was holding the bowl and didn't move, and smiled: "Juehui doesn't know how to drink?" As soon as she finished speaking, no one could see how her fingers moved, and the fist-sized bowl was replaced by a small cup.
She brought the cup to Jun Xuan's lips, and said with a smile: "The rare bamboo leaf green brewed by glacier water, it doesn't matter if you drink a small cup and taste it." β
Jun Xuan glanced at the cup that was held in Gongsun Lanqing's hand, and really reached out to take it, raised his head and drank it slowly.
Lu Xiaofeng watched her finish the wine, and immediately became anxious, rushed to Jun Xuan's side in a few steps, and asked in a low voice, "Can you drink?" β
It's just a glass of wine, but Jun Xuan's fair little face has been forced out of a thin red by the smell of wine. She blinked slowly at Lu Xiaofeng, blinked again, and then said slowly: "Fang Cai can't, now it's okay." β
Lu Xiaofeng is most familiar with one kind of person in his life, that is, drunk people. He had always been reluctant to talk to drunk people when he was awake, but now he had to ask patiently, "Why?" β
Jun Xuan's eyes slid over Lu Xiaofeng's shoulder, and he stared at the window behind him in a daze, and only muttered after a while: "Because I promised my senior brother." β
I didn't understand what this little Dao Gu was talking about......
Lu Xiaofeng rubbed his forehead in distress, but turned his head to find that he just didn't take care of it, and Xue Bing over there was already drunk and confused.
Gongsun Lan smiled and admired Lu Xiaofeng's wolf bèi, when Lu Xiaofeng was unlucky, she would always be very happy. Erniang had no such interest, she glanced at the already messy tabletop, clapped her hands and asked people to come in and clean up, and then dropped a oilcloth package on the table.
The package was broken open by her, and a smell of rot spread through the small building. Lu Xiaofeng was still placing the two little girls who were drunk, and when he smelled the smell, he quickly turned around.
The red and black liquid flowed out of the edge of the oilcloth package, and Erniang opened the package as usual, and there were several noses inside. Not a pig's nose, but a living, bloody human nose.
"The harvest in this decade is not good, only 1.8 million taels of silver, but there are more and more people who want money and don't want to die, you see." Erniang said, and deliberately pushed the package in front of everyone.
Lu Xiaofeng subconsciously went to cover the eyes of the two little girls, Xue Bing was already drunk, but Jun Xuan stared at the bag of minced meat without blinking.
Lu Xiaofeng's hand fell on her eyes, obscuring the scene.
Aunt Gongsun waved her hand and said to Erniang: "Okay, okay, your new sisters are still young, don't scare them." Put it away. β
"What are you afraid of, join our red shoes, cut your nose and hands in the future, but you can't blink. Didn't we just give a demonstration to the eighth and ninth sisters? Pouting, the middle-aged woman in purple said indifferently. As she spoke, she handed over a small package: "My harvest is not bad." β
Other people also put several silver tickets and various colored oilcloth bags, and the oilcloth bags were either ears or severed hands, in short, it was very infiltrating.
Jun Xuan was not afraid.
The flush on her face slowly faded, and the qi and blood washed up by that glass of wine gradually calmed down. She sat at the table with her back straight, quietly watching them show off the contents of their packages.
"Why is there so much money?" Jun Xuan asked.
One million 800,000 taels is a "bad harvest" for red shoes. Jun Xuan didn't know what ordinary people's homes were, but she knew that the annual expenditure of the entire Baiyun City City Lord's Mansion was only 100,000 taels.
Moreover, the 100,000 taels also include daily human contacts. After all, there are only two masters in the City Lord's Mansion, Jun Xuan and Ye Gucheng, and the two of them are not poor and extravagant, although the food and clothing are all exquisite, they don't cost much silver.
When Gongsun Lan heard Jun Xuan ask this, she explained to her with some pride: "Of course, those businessmen and rich households have provided for us. β
"Offering?" Jun Xuan muttered these two words, and there was a moment of sharpness in her eyes, she swept over the thick pile of large silver tickets, and said coldly: "It's a robbery." β
The red-clothed girl on the side blushed angrily and raised her voice: "Let's rob the rich and help the poor!" They have so few businessmen, but they occupy so much wealth, what's wrong with us? β
Jun Xuan has never seen such a person, and there is no such logic in the education she has received since she was a child. Too lazy to argue with the woman in red, Jun Xuan looked directly at Gongsun Lan and said, "You are robbing other people's wealth and helping your own poor." β
Gongsun Lan is self-possessing and beautiful, and she was also held by others when her martial arts were not good in the past. Later, when he learned the Xihe sword weapon, no one dared to choke with it. At this moment, she saw that Jun Xuan was so aggressive, and she no longer held the frame of her gentle sister, and said coldly: "It seems that Miss Jun doesn't look down on my red shoes, and it's not uncommon for me to be my ninth sister." β
Although his face was the same, Jun Xuan was actually drunk. She looked at Gongsun Lan fixedly, and said nonsense seriously: "No, I can see red shoes." Yes, you can see it. But I can't do nine, I have seventeen teeth. β
Gongsun Lan's gaze was undisguised fierce, evoking a mocking smile, she stroked her dancΓ΄me-painted nails, and said, "Since you are not my sister of red shoes, you know the secret of my red shoes, so leave your life here." β
Lu Xiaofeng looked at the β‘β‘ in front of him, the muscles around him were tightly tensed, and he dragged the drunken Xue Bing with one hand, but he quickly blocked in front of Jun Xuan.
He has fought with Gongsun Lan, and it can be said that this is the woman with the highest martial arts, the most ruthless heart, and the most cunning he has ever met. In such a place, under such a situation, even Lu Xiaofeng could not guarantee that he would be able to protect the two little girls and get out. So he had to be cautious.
Jun Xuan was not affected by Gongsun Lan in any way. Even though Gongsun Lan said that she would take her life, she still sat firmly in her seat.
Gongsun Lan glanced at Lu Xiaofeng and sneered: "So you are a little girl, don't you really think that this man can protect you?" β
As she spoke, she glanced at Xue Bing, who was drunk and comatose in Lu Xiaofeng's arms, and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Guess what, will he choose to protect you, or the one in his arms?" β
didn't give Lu Xiaofeng and Jun Xuan time to react, Gongsun Lan glanced at the nun, and the nun immediately stabbed out with a sword, facing Xue Bing in Lu Xiaofeng's arms.
Lu Xiaofeng's figure remained unchanged, still firmly protecting Jun Xuan's body, and at the same time stretched out two fingers, wanting to clamp that little bit of coldness. But between the lightning and flint, the middle-aged woman in purple also pulled out a short knife and went straight to Lu Xiaofeng's heart. Faced by the enemy in the back and abdomen, Lu Xiaofeng had to hold Xue Bing and jump up in the air, and between the staggered figures, the two weapons were still sandwiched between his fingers after all.
However, their purpose was indeed achieved - Lu Xiaofeng moved. Because he moved, Jun Xuan's front was empty.
Gongsun Lan smiled at Jun Xuan a little proudly, and then, she pulled out her double swords, and the two short swords and the red silk tied to its hilt danced together with staggered light and shadow, but they hit Jun Xuan's heart like a cold star falling to the ground!
Can Jun Xuan avoid this sword?
She seemed to be able to avoid it. Because she is a rare swordsman in the world, her swordsmanship is so clever that she can even compete with Ye Gucheng and Ximen Blowing Snow. So she can stab the fastest sword, and she can dodge the fastest sword.
She didn't seem to be able to avoid it. Because this is not the same as in the past, today is the first time she has drunk. Alcohol can hurt the body, and it can also mess with sex. The drunk Jun Xuan's hand holding the sword is still very steady, but her movements are inevitably soft and sluggish!
It was just an instant, Gongsun Lan's double swords had already stabbed Jun Xuan's eyebrows with one sword, and the other sword came straight to Jun Xuan's heart. Such a swift sword is already terrifying, not to mention that Gongsun Lan has a double sword in his hand.
Lu Xiaofeng's light skills were applied to the extreme, he had no time to care, and now he only hoped that he could go faster, so that the two swords could be clamped before they entered Xiao Daogu's body.
Someone is faster than Lu Xiaofeng!
That was the first time Lu Xiaofeng saw Ye Gucheng draw a sword.
When a person dressed in white appeared in front of Jun Xuan like a flowing cloud, Lu Xiaofeng simply suspected that this person was a god above the Nine Heavens. Because such a fast light work is the only one seen in Lu Xiaofeng's life.
Ye Gucheng's black sheath long sword was not unsheathed, and in Gongsun Lan's sword moves that were so complex that there was only a piece of silver light left, Ye Gucheng's hand was raised, and then fell.
He stabbed a sword. That sword can be said to be not fierce, but it can also be said to be particularly fierce. Because Lu Xiaofeng couldn't see that Ye Gucheng used the slightest bit of strength, Gongsun Lan was knocked away by him at once, and he hit the wall of the small building before stopping.
What surprised Lu Xiaofeng even more was that Gongsun Lan was hit by Ye Gucheng, but she was still able to stand up against the wall. There was indeed a trace of blood on the corner of her lips, but it was not the appearance of Yan Zhan's internal injuries.
"Is this a return to the basics?"
Lu Xiaofeng's eyes widened, and he looked at Ye Gucheng's unsheathed sword in a daze.
He was vigilant enough to make sure that there was no one outside the small building. However, the timing of Ye Gucheng's appearance was so timely, it had been here for a long time. As Ximen Blowing Snow's friend, Lu Xiaofeng naturally knows what a swordsman with superb swordsmanship is like.
A swordsman like Ximen Fuxue and Ye Gucheng, when they are ready to make a move, they should be swordsman. However, Lu Xiaofeng did not feel the slightest sword aura from Ye Gucheng.
How could Ye Gucheng not have sword qi? Looking at Ye Gucheng's long and jade back, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly understood that Ye Gucheng was not nothing, but he had returned to his roots and restrained himself.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaofeng's gaze at Ye Gucheng suddenly changed. Once, he thought that Ye Gucheng and Ximen Blowing Snow were peerless swordsmen who went hand in hand, but now it seems that Ye Gucheng has clearly entered another realm.