At noon on the same day, Zhou Xuan in the largest restaurant in Xingwangfu "Sihaifang" banquet for the four countries to fight insects and their entourage, Shu Song Dou insect envoy did not resign, Zhou Xuan personally went to the post house to invite, Zhou Xuan was hospitable, the most loved to make friends, the seat was often full, the bottle of wine was not empty, this is Zhou Xuan's ideal of life, that Shu Song Dou insect made Zhou Xuan sincere, the people of the dignified county so folded and handed over, and they are all insect friends, how can they brush their goodwill, and they came with their entourage.

This wine was drunk until the evening, Zhou Xuan was drunk, and it was the three idiots and Lin Ji who put him in the carriage and returned to the pavilion, and he had cumin to wipe his face and feet, and served him to rest without mentioning it.

At the beginning of the time, Li Tuo, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, personally sent the silver of the coconut shell mask, Lin Ji told Zhou Jungong that he was drunk and had rested, Li Tuo felt regretful, sat down less, and said goodbye: "Then come to visit Zhou Jungong another day, please General Lin put away the 4,500 taels of gold, Li Mou knew that Zhou Jungong traveled all the way back and forth, 45,000 taels of silver was too heavy, not easy to carry, and it was converted into gold to deliver." ”

Soon after Li Tuo left, Chen Yanshou came to the door, he was in a hurry, Li Tuo was obviously giving Zhou Xuan a big gift under the pretext, but Zhou Xuan was drunk and couldn't come out to see him, so he had to retreat and say that he would come to see Zhou Jungong early tomorrow morning.

The three idiots and the four idiots admired the white-backed cricket originally named "Snow Lion King" and now renamed "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" under the lamp, and were amazed.

The four idiots remembered that in the Xiapu cottage, Zhou Xuan had said that if he could win the championship in the Five Nations Insect War, he would ask the four idiots to promise him one thing, what was it at that time, and the four idiots couldn't help but feel worried, I don't know what rude requests Zhou Xuan would make? After thinking about it, if Zhou Xuan made a rude request, she could completely refuse, anyway, Zhou Xuan often cheated.

But what kind of rude request will Zhou Xuan make? As soon as they thought of this, the four idiots felt a little irritable in their hearts, but they couldn't say that they were particularly disgusted. It's a strange feeling.

Zhou Xuan slept until dawn, got up and bathed, changed into a clean autumn shirt, cumin helped him comb a simple bun, inserted a hosta, put on a scarf, and tied a silk fish bag-

Zhou Xuan asked: "Cumin, how much gold and silver have we won this time?" ”

Cumin said happily: "Four bets." A total of 2,600 taels of gold was won, and last night that Li Huangmen also sent 4,500 taels of gold to sell coconut shell masks, not counting the money won by General Lin and those Fenghua soldiers, uncle, we are rich! ”

Zhou Xuandao: "This time, there were 100 Jin Wuwei and 50 Fenghua soldiers in the Southern Han Dynasty, and six of them unfortunately died. When they return to Jinling, they should be given heavy compensation to their dependents, and others should also be rewarded. ”

The little girl with cumin was more stingy and said: "When you go back, your majesty the emperor and the queen mother will reward them, so why do you need your aunt to pay for it yourself!" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, don't worry about it, little girl." ”

"Uncle, now that the insect fight is over, are we going back?" Xiao Cumin looked at the smiling face of her uncle in the Xuan Mirror and asked softly. Zhou Xuan asked: "Is cumin homesick?" Who do you want most? ”

Cumin said: "Cumin misses Miss Zhiruo the most-"

Zhou Xuan let out an "oh". There was a tenderness in his heart, yes, his baby daughter must have been born safely. It's almost a full moon, but he, a father, is still thousands of miles away, and said, "In a few days, we will go back and take a sea boat back to Jinling." ”

Xiao Cumin asked, "Didn't my uncle plan to go to Jiangzhou to marry Miss Lin Er first?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It's still early to marry Hanyun, it's a matter of the first month of next year, or go back to Jinling to see Zhi first." ”

Cumin said happily: "That's great, Cumin really wants to see Miss Zhiruo, uncle." When are we leaving? Cumin can't wait for a moment! ”

Zhou Xuan said: "I am a wedding envoy by order, no matter how I say it, I also want to see the emperor of the Han State, but this emperor has not summoned me yet——"

Yi Cheng panted and reported: "County Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." ”

Prince Snow Pig came to see Zhou Xuan early in the morning, accompanied by Chen Yanshou and Li Tuodi, to discuss the battle between "Insect King Lu Bu" and "Xifu Overlord Li Yuanba".

Zhou Xuan smiled and asked: "Shopkeeper Liu knows that I am a good gambler, and if you want to fight insects, you must be able to afford to make me tempted." ”

The Snow Pig Prince straightened his green gauze hat and said, "The princess of the Tang Kingdom has already lost to you." It's a bit hard to sell a bet that makes you tempted. You say, what do you want to bet on? Let's bet on the silver-" Turning his head and asking Li Tuo, "Li Huangmen." Did you pay 45,000 taels of silver to Zhou Jungong? ”

Li Tuo bowed and said, "Yesterday, it was sent to the subordinates of Zhou County. ”

The Snow Pig Prince said: "Then bet on silver, and bet 45,000 taels of silver on each side, how about it?" ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liu is really a profiteer, my silver is not hot yet, do you want to win it back, and let me, the champion of the five national insect wars, be empty-handed?" ”

Prince Snow Pig looked at Zhou Xuan with admiration: "It's still the same sentence, as long as Zhou Keguan is willing to stay in Xingwangfu, then no matter whether you win or lose, all the silver is yours." ”

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Just bet 45,000 taels and deliver the alloy seeds, otherwise it will be too heavy and I will take it back with hard work." ”

The Snow Pig Prince looked back at the Southern Han Fighting Insect Envoy: "Did you hear it, if the insect king Lu Buruo loses, I will skin you." ”

The fighting insect made a messenger and said, "The minister understands. wiped a handful of sweat and glanced at Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan frowned and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, you are tantamount to intimidating me in person, I am kind-hearted, if I know that if I win, I will kill this insect fighter, then I would rather not gamble." ”

The Snow Pig Prince shook his head and said, "That's it, just according to Zhou Keguan, no matter whether you win or lose, you won't kill." ^^^^”

The insect envoy looked at Zhou Xuan with a look of gratitude in his eyes.

Zhou Xuanxin said: "Don't be grateful to me, I want to win this insect king Lu Bu with a trick, if it affects your life, then the buddy is always a little unhappy." said: "Then it's decided, may I ask Shopkeeper Liu, when will the war start?" ”

The Snow Pig Prince said: "Tonight at three o'clock in the Wanzheng Hall of Baoqing Palace, then send a palace car to pick up Zhou Keguan into the palace, my father Emperor and Lu Xiangu will watch the battle." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "So grand! Didn't you say that His Majesty the Emperor of Han was not in good health? ”

The Snow Pig Prince said: "I haven't healed yet, but it's okay to look at the fighting insects." ”

It was agreed that the Snow Pig Prince would leave and return to the palace. Chen Yanshou and Li Tuo both wanted to stay behind and talk to Zhou Xuan for a few words, but when they saw that the other party had the same meaning, they both left in disagreement.

Zhou Xuan crossed Erlang's legs and asked the four idiots: "Fourth, has the insect concubine of the insect king Lu Bu been fed?" ”

The four idiots were curious and funny, and nodded and said: "Feed well-last year in Hongzhou, before I couldn't touch the decisive battle with the tiger idiot, the master asked me to buy the tiger idiot's insect concubine." Then tear off one of the wings of the insect concubine, smear the blood of the insect on the body that can't be touched, after the fight, the tiger idiot Xu didn't dare to take the initiative to attack and touch, and finally lost, this is really strange, the master has not told me the reason, this time the old trick has to be repeated? ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "Liu Jixing is desperately trying to make money. The Southern Han Kingdom is rich and the people are poor, and I will win more of this ill-gotten gain, but I think that the insect king Lu Bu is really a very powerful insect king, even if the Tianbao general is not injured first, it is difficult to defeat it, although our Li Yuanba's strength is unfathomable, but against the insect king Lu Bu, even if he wins, he will be seriously injured, the battle of the insect king is endless, the fourth one, you are willing to let our Li Yuanba die or be injured? ”

The four idiots said: "Of course I can't bear it." But now the master should tell me the secret, right? ”

The three idiots are also very curious, and he and the four idiots have not guessed Zhou Xuan's strange tricks for a year. *****

Zhou Xuan smiled and asked, "Which fighting insect have you ever seen that will fight with a three-tailed female?" ”

The four idiots said: "Male and female don't fight each other, everyone knows this." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes. The male cricket is very graceful, even if the female insect occasionally wants to bite angrily, the male insect only retreats and dodges, and never returns the mouth, in Hongzhou, I wipe the blood of the tiger idiot on the body that can not be touched, and when the battle is played, the tiger idiot Xu will smell the smell of its pet concubine on the body. I was very puzzled, this is the reason why the tiger idiot Xu avoided the war at first, lost the opportunity, and finally lost. ”

The three idiots and the four idiots were dumbfounded, such a secret technique was really unheard of, Zhou Xuan was too treacherous.

Lin Ning sighed: "I didn't expect this cricket to be so affectionate. ”

The three idiots, the fearful guy, hurriedly said: "If A-Ning is angry and wants to make a move on me, I will naturally never fight back." ”

Zhou Xuan and the four idiots looked at each other and were speechless.

Afternoon. Yang Zongbao asked to see him. But because he heard that Zhou Xuan's "Li Yuanba, King of Zhao in Xifu" was going to enter the palace at night to fight a decisive battle with the "Insect King Lu Bu", he wanted to ask Zhou Xuan to take him into the palace to watch the battle.

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "It's okay for Yang Gongzi to go and watch the battle. But I have to be wronged and pretend to be my squire. ”

Yang Zongbao said: "Of course. ”

Zhou Xuan left Yang Zongbao in the pavilion, had dinner early, and waited for the Snow Pig Prince to send someone to pick him up.

At the end of the unitary time, two palace cars stopped outside the pavilion, Chen Yanshou personally came to invite Zhou Xuan to enter the palace to fight insects, Zhou Xuan took the three idiots, the four idiots, and Yang Zongbao into the palace.

On the way, Chen Yanshou talked about Li Tuo's purchase of Zhou Xuan's insect battle champion prize at a sky-high price of 45,000 taels of silver yesterday, and was worried that Zhou Xuan would favor Li Tuo.

Zhou Xuandao: "Why should Chen Huangmen worry too much, Li Tuo bought the coconut shell mask at a high price to flatter the Han Emperor, what does it have to do with me, I am a business transaction, I don't have to accept his local feelings, but Chen Huangmen wants to seek the position of the inner master, and I have to find a way to get rid of Li Tuo, I paid tribute to Lu Xiangu a few days ago, and asked Princess Yuexiu for my prince of Tang State, and I hope that Chen Huangmen will promote this matter, and then send Li Tuo to envoy Tang State, who else can compete with Chen Huangmen for the position of Inner Taishi!" ”

Chen Yanshou said happily: "Thank you to the county prince, Yanshou will definitely promote the marriage of the Han and Tang Dynasties, tomorrow I will go to Xiao Kunlun to meet the fairy aunt and say something for the county prince." ”

The carriage drove into the imperial city, the twilight had sunk down, and when it entered the palace, it was brilliant, Baoqing Palace was splendid, Chen Yanshou came forward, and the three idiots, the four idiots, and Yang Zongbao all entered the palace smoothly.

On the Wanzheng Palace, the warrior on duty holds the axe and holds the axe, the inner eunuch stands on both sides, and a rosewood short case is placed on the main hall, and the bucket basin and the insect jar are placed quietly.

The Snow Pig Prince greeted him with a smile, Zhou Xuan looked at the palace, and didn't see the Han Emperor high above the ground, so he asked, "Hasn't His Majesty the Han Emperor arrived yet?" ”

The Snow Pig Prince said: "My father and Lu Xiangu will arrive soon, don't be restrained by Zhou Keguan, this is a private meeting, and I will grandly meet Zhou Keguan after my father Emperor Long is healthy." ”

The four idiots put the worm jar in their hands on the short case, glanced at Zhou Xuan, and nodded. It showed that the plasma of the favorite concubine of the "Insect King Lu Bu" had been smeared on the body of "Li Yuanba, the King of Zhao in Xifu".

The eunuch on duty said in a loud voice: "The emperor has arrived." ”

I saw a group of inner servants rushing in, followed by a pair of veiled men and women, the man wore an ochre yellow robe and a jade belt, and the woman wore a long skirt in palace dress, but she was combed in a bun, looking at her figure, she was as slender and beautiful as a girl, and the woman in the palace dress was followed by a young girl. It was Princess Yuexiu Liu Shouzhen.

Zhou Xuan's eyes were dull, and he didn't feel any different, the four idiots hurriedly pulled the corners of Zhou Xuan's sleeves, tiptoed and said: "The master is bad, this person is the person who was whipped on the street a few days ago!" ”

Zhou Xuan was shocked, didn't Lin Ji say that Liu Jixing was in his sixties, how could he look like he was only in his forties. Well maintained? No wonder he refused to summon me for a long time, and now he is covered with a veil, it turned out that he was whipped by the fourth child on his face and the scar did not heal and he couldn't see anyone, so he immediately whispered: "Calm down, you stand back, I will fight the insects, once you are recognized, you will be captured."

The four idiots took two steps back and whispered a few words to the three idiots, and the two cousins began to inspect the layout of the main hall. None of them had any weapons, and if something happened, they had to deal with it with their bare hands. The two have made an appointment, the three idiots will capture Liu Jixing, and the four idiots will capture the snow pig prince, although Lu Qiongxian has a high status, but he doesn't know the truth or reality, and it is possible for him to be the master of the Falcon Gate, so don't touch it, as long as he catches Liu Jixing's father and son, he should be able to get out of danger.

Zhou Xuan thought that his clothes were different from that day, and his beard was trimmed. Now it is under the lamp again, the light and shadow are uneven, Liu Jixing is impossible to recognize him, and immediately knelt down with the Snow Pig Prince and the Southern Han courtiers in the palace to welcome Liu Jixing and Lu Xiangu.

Liu Jixing's face was covered with a thin white veil, and he said, "Flat, let's start fighting insects now." He really didn't recognize Zhou Xuan, that day Zhou Xuan said that he wanted to escape from the city, and Liu Jixing sent troops to chase him out of 300 miles. I didn't find a few merchants with golden retrievers. Who would have thought that Zhou Xuan would live well in the Xingwang Mansion Pavilion, and now he has entered the palace to fight insects!

The people who gathered around the rosewood short case to watch the battle were except for Zhou Xuan and the Southern Han Fighting Insect Envoy. There were only four people, Liu Jixing and his son, Lu Xiangu and Princess Yuexiu, and the rest retreated on both sides.

Zhou Xuan put the "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" in the Chang insect jar into the bucket, and the Southern Han Dynasty Insect Fighting Envoy also put the "Worm King Lu Bu" into the bucket.

Liu Jixing said "Huh" and said: "It's a white-backed worm!" Is it this white-backed insect that won the championship of the five national insects? ”

Zhou Xuan didn't dare to speak more, for fear that Liu Jixing would recognize his voice.

The Snow Pig Prince replied: "Yes, Father, it is this white-backed insect that has won four battles and four victories, of course, when fighting with my Han Kingdom, my Han Kingdom did not do its best, and only met the deputy general worm, so today let the insect king Lu Bu fight with him again." ”

Liu Jixing nodded and said, "Open the gate - release insects." ”

The "Insect King Lu Bu", who is huge and carved like a green jade, stretches his legs and teeth, seeks to fight strongly, and as soon as he opens the gate, he flutters his wings and roars, and strides towards the gate This side of the "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" is pressing.

Zhou Xuan has such eyesight, he knows that it is not good at a glance, the insect king duel is always reserved and steady at the beginning, and he will not be so fierce and rash, this "insect king Lu Bu" must have been drugged, that is to say, he has taken stimulants, and this Southern Han Insect Fighting Envoy even knows the secret recipe!

Zhou Xuan's original firm heart suddenly lifted, the insect king was already fierce and invincible, and now he has taken stimulant drugs, what other crickets are his opponents!

The Southern Han Fighting Insect Envoy glanced at Zhou Xuan, and felt slightly sorry in his heart, but thought: "Zhou Jungong, don't blame me for using medicine, I am also helpless, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not hurt people's lives if he wins or loses, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will not become more and more angry in the future, and ask me to settle accounts, and you Zhou Jungong lost, but only lost tens of thousands of taels of silver." ”

The thin and inconspicuous "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" has six legs and one support, two snow-white rice sticks must be erected straight, frost teeth are slightly open, standing still, waiting for a strong enemy.

But looking at the "Insect King Lu Bu", he rushed over domineeringly, and the green halberd was wide open, and he was about to cut it off the skull of "Li Yuanba, King of Zhao in Xifu", when he suddenly took two steps back, looking a little hesitant.

Zhou Xuan was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that the "Insect King Lu Bu" smelled the smell of his favorite concubine, and the "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" is a white-backed insect, and the appearance is very capable of confusing the opponent, so I don't know if the "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" can seize the opportunity of the "Insect King Lu Bu" to hesitate and take the lead?

But I saw that the white-backed cricket "Li Yuanba, King of Xifu Zhao" did not take the opportunity to attack, but roared angrily, the sound shook the basin, the wings were closed one by one, tightened, and the snow-white teeth were opened.

"Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba" is bad, because the female insect can't call, "Insect King Lu Bu" immediately woke up, the white-backed insect in front of him is not its favorite concubine.