Chapter 9: The Belated Great War
Looking at Long Moyun's posture of releasing water again and again, Ling Huxian knew that his purpose was just to force Zuo Xi to make a move, once Zuo Xi guarded the ring, she would either marry Zuo Xi or, Xuanyuan Che would challenge the ring.
This man is paving the way for her.
Ling Huxian, who had a base for the final outcome of the ring, smiled lightly, and finally set her eyes on the two adults kneeling in the center of the room.
"Ah, why is Lord Zhou and Lord Zhao still kneeling, you see, this hall is in a daze when he looks at the ring, and he actually forgot to let Yichang invite the two adults to drink tea, this hall's brain, you don't know to remind me, the two adults are not young, if you kneel wrong, the hall will definitely ask you!" She scolded in her face, Xuan Butterfly Hua Die held back a smile and lowered her head to admit her mistake, then looked at the two adults on the ground, and Zhou Yun and Zhao Shiyou, who were quietly looking at Ling Huxian's face, trembled, and this meant to let them stand up, but no one dared to do it.
"Hua Die, hurry up and serve tea to the two adults, you must be thirsty after walking such a long way." She fiddled with the luxurious tea cup in front of her, said gently, and said Hua Die covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Highness, you forgot, Miss Zhou is still waiting for you to give her out of the private room, and her subordinates have already asked the shopkeeper to clean up the private room downstairs." ”
Before Hua Die's words were finished, Zhou Yun's body was crooked, and she suddenly raised her head with rain, and Old Master Zhou trembled and kowtowed, "Your Royal Highness the Princess!" The princess Chitose, the courtier's daughter is young and ignorant, she has offended His Highness, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness! Courtiers...... The courtiers didn't dare...... Don't dare anymore! "Your Highness, it is the old minister who has no way to teach her daughter, and she has offended Your Highness, and I ask Your Highness to give the little girl a chance!" Your Highness, forgive your sins! ”
She got up and stared condescendingly at the father and daughter, her face expressionless.
"Goddaughter?" The whole room was as silent as no man's land, except for the sound of her pacing, and the slightly mopping tassel crossed the back of the kneeling man's hand, causing people to be uneasy.
"Is it because the goddaughter has no way, or is your Zhou family used to being arrogant and domineering in Poyang County?"
A fluttering sentence completely knocked Lord Zhou into the deep valley, and the old man's body trembled and almost fell to the ground, "Old minister...... The old minister didn't dare to ......" "Don't dare? Ling Huxian chuckled, "I heard that forty percent of the taxes in Poyang County must be handed over to the Zhou family, shops in the city, and if you don't give gifts to the Zhou family, this Poyang City will not be able to stay. ”
Zhou Yun's face turned pale, he carefully raised his eyelids, and defended in a low voice: "No, no!" Princess Chitose, they ...... They spread rumors! ”
"Rumors? Hmph, there are nine large and small towns in the entire Poyang County, and the official positions range from the city lord to the county Cheng, just tell me, how many people are surnamed Zhou? How many people are surnamed your wife Sun?! Her tone was calm, but she brushed the tea cup on the table to the ground with one hand, "This hall is thinking that you are loyal and loyal to you, and it is the sake of three generations of old ministers, in order to reduce the power of the Zhou family, but to save you Zhou Haoran an old face, transfer you back to the capital to serve, I didn't expect to dare to be so domineering under the nose of this palace!" ”
"Your Highness's forgiveness! Your Highness forgives your sins! The old minister really doesn't know the official position in this city, Your Highness forgives the sin! ”
This is a heavy crime, that is, a dismissal, but Zhou Yun made such a fuss in Jinghua Building and collided with the prosperous princess, but it is already a capital crime......
"Your Zhou family's daughter is not strict in discipline, no one is arrogant in her eyes, if you can't manage it well, then leave it to the palace to manage, Shadow Butterfly," Hearing the call, the man guarding outside the door pushed the door in respectfully: "The subordinates are here!" ”
Ling Huxian raised her lips and smiled, and said to Zhou Yun: "You scolded him for being a lackey of the palace?" Do you know that there is a saying that beating a dog depends on the owner? Do you know that the two at the door are the commanders of the Praetorian Guard of the main hall, and their rank is higher than that of your father, and how many of you dare to call them lackeys? ”
"The courtiers are really ignorant and ignorant, and I ask Your Highness to forgive your sins! Your Highness forgives your sins! Zhou Yun didn't even dare to look at her, and lowered her head tightly and cried and begged for mercy. Let her dress like this, hang a wooden card, throw it at the city gate to beg, and guard it until she begs for a thousand taels of silver before she can return to Zhou's house! ”
As soon as he heard this, Zhou Yun collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his soul, "Zhou Haoran, he does not seek his responsibilities in his position, seeks personal interests for the family, thinks that he is old, he is dismissed, his family property is confiscated, and he will return to his hometown to support the elderly!" There are also all the officials surnamed Zhou in Poyang County, who are retained for the officials and Qingming, and the rest are dismissed and their family property is confiscated! ”
Shadow Butterfly took the order and dragged Zhou Yun and Zhou Haoran out.
The old general Zhao glanced at Zhao Shiyou with hatred of iron and steel, and bowed his head and pleaded: "Your Highness, the minister has no way to teach his son, which led to the sword facing His Royal Highness today, which is really disrespectful, the minister knows that this matter is a capital crime, and he does not dare to intercede, and he also asks His Highness to remember that the minister is only one son, spare his life, and the minister is willing to disarm and return to the field, and do not ask about the world!" ”
"General Zhao," Ling Huxian slowly sat back in her seat, staring at the white-haired old man with a pair of eyes full of sadness, "The old general has been honest all his life, he was born and died for my dynasty, and this palace will not embarrass you in his eyes, only sigh that you have no tiger father and no tiger son,"
Zhao Shiyou didn't like to practice martial arts since he was a child, and this sword was given to him by the old general when he was one year old, but unfortunately because of Mrs. Zhao's excessive doting, this only son's martial arts were all wasted, and he didn't learn any skills, and because of the marriage contract with the Zhou family, he went to Poyang County to make a fortune with Zhou Yun.
It's just that General Zhao doesn't know anything about this.
"Old general, please get up," she helped the old general up with her own hands, and looked at Zhao Shiyou, who was kneeling with his head bowed on the side, without any waves: "Zhao Shiyou's death penalty can be spared, and the crime cannot be escaped, the palace punished him to serve in the northwest military camp for ten years, and the general has been decisive in his life, so he should not refuse this punishment." ”
As soon as he heard this, the old general's face was stunned, and he was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down:
"Thank you, Lord Ron!"
After sending the Zhao family's father and son away, Shadow Butterfly came back to report on the Zhou family's young lady: "It has been sent to the north city gate, and the city gate soldiers have been arranged to guard it." "This north city gate is the most crowded of all the city gates, and most of them are civilians and even beggars, and the Miss Zhou family in this brocade skirt is going to suffer a little!" Butterfly swept the eyeshadow butterfly and smiled.
"How can a common person who is not a wealthy person reward a rich lady in a luxurious dress, I am afraid that she will not be able to beg for ten years for a thousand taels!"
Ling Huxian listened to the ridicule of Hua Butterfly Xuandie behind her, pursed her lips slightly, and put her eyes on the ring outside the window again, to her surprise, Long Moyun and Zuo Xi hadn't finished the fight yet?!
"Long Gongzi has good physical strength, and he still has such ability for such a long time, which really impresses Zuo." In the ring, a stick and a gun are not allowed to give an inch, and the move is compelling, Zuo Xi sneered, and broke the stick alive, and the spear went straight into the many people who were worried that blood would be splashed in the next second, and the people on the spot covered their eyes, only to see Long Moyun turn around and dodge the sharp tip of the spear, and the long stick backhanded Zuo Xi picked it three times. "Zuo Gongzi too, I thought that on this continent, Xuanyuan Gongzi and your prosperous princess could compare with me, but I didn't expect Zuo Gongzi to also have this courage, it seems that Long Mou underestimated you."
He smiled between his eyebrows, and Zuo Xi was unhappy for a while, as soon as he remembered that this guy had done so many excessive things to Ling Huxian in the degree of freedom, he became angry, and his marksmanship became more and more ruthless.
"Tsk, no, I may not be your match anymore." Suddenly, the man in front of him smiled evilly, and the tip of the gun went straight to his chest, but the stick that was originally in his hand slammed into the tip of the gun by itself, and was blown straight away, Long Moyun rolled three times in a row, jumped out of the ring neatly, and Zuo Xi was blindfolded for a while.
With that, the people below cheered, "King of the West River! King of the West River! "Chitose King of the West River!"
Long Moyun, who was in the audience, just glanced at Zuo Xi, who was still staring at him suspiciously, picked up the burden that he had thrown on the ground at will before, and drowned in the crowd.
It's just that this burst of cries hasn't passed for long, just when the people thought that the candidate for marrying the prosperous princess had been decided, and even Zuo Xi was going to put down the spear and return to the viewing platform to watch the situation, a cold wind suddenly hit from behind, and the people below were startled, and they all retreated and exclaimed, Zuo Xi was shocked, and reflexively took the spear to block the flaws behind him, only to see a pitch-black snake whip slammed down to the ground menacingly, directly shattering the wooden board!
On the top floor of Jinghua Building, Ling Huxian stood up suddenly, staring at the black-clothed man who rushed out of the downstairs with a pair of eyes, although his face was covered by a black scarf, but she was very familiar with that long whip!
At the window downstairs, Bai Li stood in front of the window and watched his owner rush out, shaking his head in hatred.
If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?
Zuo Xi turned around, his face was solemn, and he looked at this provocateur very seriously, and even the people raised their heads to carefully look at the man who suddenly broke up, dressed in a black robe, secretly embroidered with circling dragons and auspicious clouds, the black jade crown pulled his hair in a high bun, and the black scarf was firmly covered on his face.
"King Xihe," his voice was low and slightly hoarse, looking at Zuo Xi who was on guard rather hostilely, "I really didn't expect that you would have the courage to guard this ring." ”
As soon as these words came out, the people below exploded, and they talked and pointed at each other, but no one knew who this man was, and he dared to speak to the king of Xihe like this.
Zuo Xi sneered: "This battle has been awaited for a long time,"
After he finished speaking, he undoubtedly waved his spear and dealt with this most difficult man with all his strength, Xuanyuan Che jumped back lightly, and the long whip swept across the field, with amazing destructive power.
Upstairs in Jinghua, Ling Huxian saw Xuanyuan Che's abnormality at a glance, and the hand holding the window lattice was slightly forced, and the leap he took back just now was no longer something that a normal person could jump!
Zuo Xi was able to skip the whip, but he didn't expect the next whip to come immediately, he raised the spear to press the scar underneath, the tip of the spear was entangled, and the arm strength was amazing to pick the whip away, but he didn't expect that the man's strength was much greater than he imagined, and he actually swept his gun away!
"Zuo Xi, anyone can challenge this ring, only you can't!" Xuanyuan Che stepped forward, his eyes were full of anger, and the long whip and the spear wrapped around the whip were also thrown aside by him, and the two directly intersected with fists!