Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Feast, the Tension (2)
"Ding...... Bell ......"
On the huge hall, two people and two swords, you come and go, and they don't let each other go, but when you see sparks bursting out, splashing in all directions, and the dense sound of clanging bells hitting iron, I don't know which blacksmith who doesn't know whether to live or die ran to the palace. [This article is from]
"Powerful ......" Guan Zhong, who was born as a Jingxia assassin behind Li Xian, let out a heartfelt admiration, and muttered in his mouth, "In the past, my subordinates had only heard of the prestige of [Yanhu Ji], but I didn't want this Wen Qin to be as powerful as ......."
Li Xian sighed secretly in his heart when he heard this, as early as more than ten years ago, he personally tested Wen Qin, and wanted to ask the current head of the Wen family to help him, after all, compared to the forces in the hands of Li Shou and Xie An, the powerful people under him Li Xian are still relatively weak, so Li Xian hopes that Wen Qin can stand on his side.
But unfortunately, Wen Qin was unmoved by Li Xian's invitation, no, it should be said that since the death of the former crown prince [Zhou Aiwang] Li Wei, Wen Qin has lost his previous enthusiasm for power, and he is no longer intrigued with his old rival, Weiwei Temple Qing Xun Zheng in the officialdom, in addition to running the one acre and three points of land in the Northern Army under the name of Guanglu Temple, it is Wen Qiu, the widow of Wen Dong, who taught his younger brother Wen Dong at home, and he has officially adopted this orphan as his son.
It can be said that although Wen Qin still holds the powerful military force of the Northern Army in his hands, he is disheartened, and he has faded out of the center of power in the court on his own and has become a member of the neutral party within Li Shou's court, neither favoring Li Shou and Xie An, nor favoring Li Xian and Ji Hong.
Because of this, Xie An couldn't help but feel a little surprised that Wen Qin took the lead in standing up for the Jijing Li Shou court this time.
"I can't see it, this Wen Qin's sense of honor is quite strong...... What to say? What is the sense of superiority of being a resident of Jijing? With a grin, Xie An made a small joke.
However, the reaction of the people around him made Xie An disappointed, and Liang Qiuwu was still sitting upright, closing his eyes and recuperating. Immersed in her own world, as if she hadn't heard it at all, and Jin Ling'er seemed to want to answer something, but unfortunately, the little brain of this Jiangnan Jinling underworld sister was obviously not much smarter than Liang Qiuwu, and she blinked her beautiful eyes a few times, and she couldn't think of suitable words.
This made Xie An secretly regret that the eldest grandson Xiangyu was not by his side, after all, among the women, only the eldest grandson Xiangyu, a ghostly girl, had the closest way of thinking to Xie An. To put it simply, there is a lot of common language between the two, regardless of anything else, at least in terms of telling cold jokes, only the eldest grandson Xiangyu can understand what Xie An wants to express.
It's a pity. The eldest grandson Xiangyu did not participate in the feast with Xie An due to physical factors, and the poor little woman, after drinking the bitter medicine that Jin Ling'er boiled for her, vomited a lot, vomited until she was sluggish, and rested on the bed.
Count the hours. At this moment, the poor little woman was mostly lying on the bed, enjoying the song and dance of Jia Ji, and secretly enjoying the pastries and sweets that Xie An had forbidden several times.
"Master Wen...... I'm afraid I'm going to lose! Just when Xie An was secretly thinking about the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Di Bu, who had never spoken much, looked at the field and frowned. Spit out a word.
"Huh?" Xie An glanced at Di Bu in surprise, and said puzzledly, "Isn't Wen Qin having the upper hand right now?" β
Di Bu shook his head, and Fei Guodao beside him said. "My lord and watch carefully, although on the surface it is Lord Wen who has the upper hand. Attacked again and again, but did the adults notice that Zhang Qi ...... It's still easy and calm! β
"......" the reminder of the funding country, Xie An immediately turned his head to look at Wen Qin and Zhang Qi who were fighting in the hall, and gradually, he, a layman, also saw some doorways, although Wen Qin's offensive was like an angry wave hitting a stone, very powerful, but it failed to leave any scars on that Zhang Qi's body.
Obviously, Zhang Qi still has some spare energy!
"It's not good...... Gou Gong's movement of shaking the iron fan in his hand paused slightly, frowned, and said in a low voice, "Lord Wen's sword swing strength is gradually weakening compared to Fang Fang...... That Zhang Qi is going to do it! β
As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of exclamations from the courtiers in the hall, and when Xie An subconsciously looked at Wen Qin, he found that on Wen Qin's left cheek, there was a blood mark two knuckle lengths, although the scar was quite shallow, but the meaning of this was self-evident.
"Oops, it turned out to be the first to hurt this Beiyi from the Savage Land......" Zhang Qi's face was full of mocking smiles.
On the other hand, Wen Qin's face was full of shock, he took a few steps back, raised his left hand and touched the sword wound on his cheek, and then the anger in his eyes increased.
At this moment, one of the four people behind Yan Wang Li Mao stood up, waved his arms and said arrogantly, "Zhang Qi, what are you still inking?" Quickly get rid of that guy! - I'm [the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang] who are about to lose all of your face! β
Zhang Qi glanced at the other party when he heard this, licked his lips and scolded with a smile, "Shut up, Youdou!" - I just want to test what this guy has ...... ability to," he said, he turned his head to look at Wen Qin, and said lightly, "It's a pity that this guy's skills are far less powerful than his words......"
"What did you say?!" Wen Qin's eyes almost breathed fire when he heard this, and he jumped forward, and the sword in his hand slashed at Zhang Qi.
But seeing Zhang Qi easily blocking the sword with one hand, he licked his lips and said with a smile, "It's my turn, right?" Speaking of this, his complexion changed suddenly, and the sharp sword in his hand seemed to turn into a thousand sword shadows, covering Wen Qin's whole body, only to hear a few snorts, Wen Qin's official uniform was cut out of several wounds, faintly bloody.
"Bell!" In the exclamation of all the courtiers in the hall, the sword in Wen Qin's hand was actually cut off by Zhang Qi's sword, and after that, the sword momentum did not decrease at all, and it slashed towards Wen Qin's face.
Seeing such a dangerous scene, many courtiers subconsciously sat up straight and exclaimed loudly.
"Poof......
A bloody shadow burst out, Wen Qin held a half-truncated sword in his right hand, covered his heavily injured left shoulder and retreated violently, half kneeling to the ground, looking at Zhang Qi who was carrying the sword not far away with a smile on his face.
"Huh? Can this make you escape? Carrying the sword in his hand, patting his shoulder with the side of the blade of the sword, Zhang Qi looked at Wen Qin with an exaggerated and annoyed face, as if he regretted that Wen Qin had escaped with his life at the last moment.
"How dare you do it......" Seeing Wen Qin's face pale, Xie An's expression was not good-looking, after all, he had just seen it clearly. If it weren't for Wen Qin at the last moment, he put aside his head as much as possible and forcibly carried it off his shoulder, I am afraid that he would have died under the opponent's sword.
In other words, that Qi Fang was obviously wielding his sword with the intention of killing Wen Qin, and he didn't have any restraint at all because this was the imperial palace.
And Li Xian obviously saw this, and seeing that Zhang Qi seemed to be intent on continuing with Wen Qin, he stood up, raised his hand and said, "It's over!" - Scene 1. It's me Ji Jing who lost! β
Hey, the sword dance that was said to be good will add to the wine, and suddenly it will become a martial arts competition in the palace?
Also the first ......
The so-called clay people also have three points of earthiness, and it seems that Li Xian's anger has also risen......
Glancing at Li Xian with a little surprise, Xie An quietly took a drink from the wine cup.
And at the same time. Li Xian motioned to the adjutant to invite Wen Qin to go down to bandage his wounds, and walked towards Zhang Qi and said with a smile, "General Zhang Qi, right?" - General Zhang Qi is an eye-opener today......" Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed to the sword in Zhang Qi's hand and said in surprise, "The sword in General Zhang Qi's hand." Can it be called the same view? β
Zhang Qi did not doubt him, he offered the sword in his hand with both hands and handed it to Li Xian, after all, what kind of character Li Xian was. He apparently knew.
"Good sword, good sword!" Taking the sword in Zhang Qi's hand and waving it a few times, Li Xian nodded and praised, "Forgive me for being clumsy." I don't know what kind of magic this is, but. But he could also feel the rippling sword qi in this divine weapon...... "As he spoke, he returned the sword in his hand to Zhang Qi.
Divine soldiers?
Zhang Qi pursed his lips, his eyes showed a bit of mockery, and suddenly, as if he realized something, his face changed, and he looked up at Li Xian, only to find that Li Xian had already turned away.
"I see, I said how could Lord Wenqin lose......"
"There is a powerful divine soldier in the hand......"
"The Beiyi barbarians, how despicable!"
Looking at the courtiers in the hall with a little amusement and talking, Xie An looked at Zhang Qi silently, but saw that this person's eyes showed a little anger, but he didn't dare to attack Li Xian directly, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Terrible! is worthy of the [Eight Sages King] Li Xian, who will completely wipe out Wenqin's defeat in just a few words, so as not to make the courtiers on the Jijing side lose their confidence.
Xie An subconsciously looked at Li Xian, but unexpectedly happened to make eye contact with Li Xian, and the two glanced at each other, pretending that nothing had happened.
It's just that Xie An's face showed a little helplessness......
"Teach those people in northern Xinjiang a lesson, hey, hey, who said to endure it? - If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan! Slowly reading the meaning of Li Xian's eyes, Xie An shook his head with a smile.
Having said that, Xie An also understood what Li Xian meant, and it was obvious that Li Xian didn't want Xie An and Li Mao to fight to the death, he just wanted Li Mao and the five people under him to understand that this was Jijing, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they could not be allowed to be presumptuous here!
Thinking of this, Xie An clasped his right hand lightly on the table, and then put his right finger and middle finger together, and quietly pointed to the direction of Yanwang Li Mao's seat.
Immediately, Xie An's expressions became serious from the generals in the seat.
"I'm coming!" Drinking the wine in the wine cup in his hand and slamming it on the case, Fei Guo picked up the sharp sword on the table, stood up suddenly, and slowly paced towards the center of the hall.
"Ahh......h
"Shut up!" With a heavy snort, a black-faced Northern Frontier general who looked more stable glanced at Li Mao and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness?" β
Hearing this, Li Mao glanced at Xie An, who was diagonally opposite, and snorted coldly.
"The Admiral understands!" As if he had received some kind of signal, the dark-skinned general of Northern Xinjiang stood up when he heard the sound, picked up the sword in his hand, walked out of his seat, and then slowly drew out the blade, looked at Fei Guo and said in a deep voice, "Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang, Cao Da!" β
Slowly pulling out the weapon in his hand, casually throwing the scabbard at his feet, Fei Guo said in a deep voice, "Jizhou soldiers are three rank generals, light cavalry battalion generals, Fei Guo!" β
After introducing themselves, the two hugged each other's fists, and then took a step together, and the blades in their hands collided fiercely.
But seeing the sparks shining, Cao Da was forced to take two steps back by Fei Guo's sword, and his eyes showed a little frightened and stunned, and his face was more solemn than Fang Cai.
Obviously, Fei Guo is far superior to Cao Da in terms of arm strength, and after suppressing the opponent in the first move. Without giving the other party a chance to breathe back, the sword move in his hand was like a storm, sweeping through Cao Da's body.
"Good, so good......"
"Sanpin Ginseng General Fei Guo? Did Lord Xie recommend it? β
"It is worthy of the general recommended by Lord Xie......"
In the exclamations of the courtiers, Fei Guo's sword moves became more and more ferocious, forcing Cao Da to retreat again and again.
"Hey, Cao Da, what are you doing? - Don't lose the face of my five tigers in the northern Xinjiang! You Dou, one of the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang behind Li Mao, shouted loudly.
"Shut up, Yodou!" He grabbed his companion by the sleeve and told him to sit back at the table. Zhang Qi, who had just won Wen Qin, showed a deep and solemn look in his eyes, looked at Fei Guo in the field and said in a low voice, "This guy ...... For example, the one who fought against me is stronger...... There are many strong places! β
"Really? Is there one? - In my opinion, Cao Da is just too weak! Youdou pursed his lips, still disdainful.
And at this very moment. Suddenly, Fei Guo in the audience shouted violently, and actually cut the sword in Cao Da's hand with a sword, and slashed his left shoulder with a sword, which was exactly the same as the position where Zhang Qi slashed Wen Qin.
"Agreed!" Taking two steps back, Fei Guo put away his sword and clenched his fists, and said lightly.
On the other hand, Cao Da is like Wen Qin. A flash of blueness and whiteness flashed on his face, and he didn't say a word, and returned to his seat gloomily.
"Bang Bang!" There was a burst of applause in the hall, and everyone turned their heads to look. But it is the current Prime Minister Li Xian.
"General Fei's martial arts are an eye-opener for the prime minister!" The first sentence of Li Xian's mouth almost made those people from Northern Xinjiang half dead, after all, under the same ending. Li Xian said twice in succession, but it was completely different.
"The Prime Minister is serious. The last general is ashamed! Turning around and thanking Li Xian, he hugged his fist and bowed to Li Shou, the son of heaven above the Dragon Court, Fei Guo picked up his scabbard and returned to his seat, from beginning to end, his expression was as calm as Fang Cai.
He is calm, but it doesn't mean that others are also calm, under the praise of the courtiers, Su Xin and Li Jing stared at Fei Guo who returned victoriously with wide eyes, and said with an incredulous expression, "Hey, old Fei, hidden deeply?" β
"No, it's that the person I fought with is weaker, not as good as the previous ......one," Fei Guo hurriedly explained, with a little embarrassment in his eyes.
Weak?
Di Bu glanced at Fei Guo with deep meaning, in addition to him, the expressions of the four generals of the Eastern Army were also a little strange, especially Chen Gang, after all, Chen Gang was the first person to see that Fei Guo was deeply hidden, earlier than Jin Ling'er.
How could such a powerful character be punched by Xu Fei, one of the four major worshippers of the Northern Army, until he vomited blood?
Mo Fei and Gou Gong glanced at each other, after all, in their opinion, Cao Da, who had just appeared, was not much weaker than [White Tiger General] Xu Fei in terms of strength, but in the end, he was solved by Fei Guo three times and two times, which made them a little puzzled.
How did they think that Fei Guo was one of the [Tianji Divine Generals] of the Taiping Army, in the past, it was just to avoid arousing Xie An's suspicion, and deliberately restrained, in terms of real strength, except for Liang Qiu Wu and Jin Ling'er, none of the people in Xie An's circle were his opponents, even Di Bu and Mo Fei of the Dongling Mountains.
"Well done!" For Fei Guo, a beloved general who returned from victory, Xie An did not hesitate to praise him.
"The adults have won the award...... Fei Guo smiled humbly, and then Su Xin and Li Jing grabbed their arms and went to trial, after all, Fei Guo did not reveal his true strength to the two of them.
"Who's going next? Why don't you go to the old lady? Taking the opportunity to pour wine for Xie An, Jin Ling'er whispered, it can be seen that she has been doing nothing every day since marrying Xie An, and she wants to contribute to her husband, but unfortunately, she is not as smart as the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and she is not as familiar with military training as Liang Qiuwu.
It's a pity, how can Xie An rest assured that his wife will make a move? Liang Qiu Wu is okay to say, but Jin Ling'er is an assassin after all, and fighting alone is not her specialty, especially in the hall without cover, her ability lies in the pervasive assassination, as long as the conditions are right, there is no one she can't kill, even if it is Chen Bei and Liang Qiu Wu's brother and sister, once there is negligence, it is very likely that Jin Ling'er will succeed, let alone others?
"Sister Jin stay obediently!" Xie An said in a low voice that could not be refuted.
"......Shh
Seeing this, Mo Fei and Gou Gong glanced at each other. I smiled in my heart.
Without Jin Ling'er, where would the Jinling people be their opponents of the Dongling people? In time, the Dongling Crowd will surely become the most respected assassin lodge under the hands of adults!
It is not difficult to guess what the two of them are thinking.
And at this moment, a loud shout came from the direction of Li Mao's seat, and the young general of Northern Xinjiang named Youdou grabbed his head with both hands and shouted like a madman, "The guy who lost, don't come to teach your Uncle Youdou a lesson!" He said. He jumped out suddenly, pointed at Xie An and Liang Qiu Wu, licked his lips and said fiercely, "Which one is called Xie An?" Get out of here and die! ββDare to snatch love with a sword, and take the love of His Royal Highness of my family! β
Time. The expressions of the courtiers in the hall became very exciting, and they all looked in the direction of Xie An.
In fact, they actually know that one of Li Mao's purposes for returning to Beijing this time is to take revenge on Xie An, who took away his beloved woman Liang Qiuwu.
"You're Xie An? - Do you have the courage to compete with your Uncle Youdou? If you have no guts, you only need to kowtow three times to your Uncle Youdou, and Uncle Youdou will spare you from death! Hahahaha...... "Thanks to the [help] of the courtiers, Yoto finally found his goal.
Hey, hey, hey. Are you stupid people......
Seeing that most of the courtiers and colleagues in the palace looked at him together, although Xie An knew that they had no malicious intentions, he still cursed secretly in his heart.
What's wrong? Do you want me to fight that guy with a knife?
"Do you have the courage to compete with your Uncle Youdou? If you don't have the guts, you only need to kowtow to your Uncle Youdou three times. Uncle Youdou spares you from dying! Hahahaha...... "In front of the Manchu civil and military, Youdou laughed arrogantly.
"Presumptuous!" Led by Jin Ling'er, Di Bu, Gou Gong and others, the people in Xie An's circle took the case, scolding and preparing to take over this battle book for Xie An.
"It's really the fearless ...... the ignorant," he said, shaking the iron fan in his hand. A hint of murderous intent flashed in Gou Gong's eyes.
Beside him, Mo Fei didn't say a word. When he stood up, he saw a hand stretched out from the side.
"Third child, fighting in such a place is not your forte! - I'm coming! The master of the hand, Di Bu, the leader of the Dongling Mountains, looked in the direction of Youdou and said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a chuckle sounded near him.
"Prison Chief Di don't be impatient, that arrogant boy, hand it over to this deputy general!" Enraged by Youdou's arrogant words, Xiang Qing slowly stood up.
"No, I'm coming!" Dibu frowned and said with some displeasure.
"It's better to hand it over to the lieutenant general!" Xiang Qing smiled slightly.
It seemed that he had noticed the movement on Xie An's side, and Youdou in the field showed a look of boredom, plucked his ear with the little finger of his right hand, and said contemptuously, "Ah, don't you have the courage to come out, do you want to ask the people under your hands to come forward?" That's it, no matter who it is, come out quickly, you Uncle Youdou is impatient! β
"How dare you say it......" Looking at Youdou's arrogant appearance, whether it was Xie An or the people in the table behind Xie An, the anger in his heart was suddenly provoked.
Just as they were scrambling to teach that Youdou a good lesson, a figure stood up in front of them.
Looking at that figure, the four generals of the Eastern Army and the Dongling people sat down very interestingly, but Jin Ling'er pursed her lips with an acetic expression like not eating grapes.
"So...... I'll be your opponent! β
In front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, Liang Qiuwu slowly stood up, holding the [Wolf Slash] treasure knife, and walked towards the center of the hall step by step, her deep complexion was enough to prove that at this moment, how angry she was in her heart!
At that moment, the entire hall was silent, everyone present secretly swallowed their saliva, and even Yan King Li Mao showed a little horror and solemnity, staring at Liang Qiu Dance.
"Women?" Youdou tilted his head and looked at Liangqiu Dance for a while, and said with a pretended sigh, "Hey, hey, don't think that if you are a woman, Uncle Youdou will be merciful......"
"Hiss......" Everyone in the hall gasped when they heard this.
Is this guy in his head? How dare you shout at Jijing's first combat force, [Yan Hu Ji] Liang Qiu Wu?
"This idiot!" Li Mao gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice.
As if noticing the strangeness of his Royal Highness, Zhang Qi, one of the Five Tigers, lowered his voice and exclaimed, "Your Highness, could it be that this woman is ......?"
"Hmm!" Li Mao nodded emphatically, looking at the Liangqiu Dance in the field with a complicated expression, but saw the wolf slashing sword in her hand that was more than eight feet long, and said in a deep voice, "The twelfth generation of the Liangqiu family, [Dongzhenhou] Liangqiu Dance ......."
"Huh?" Youdou's face showed a look of astonishment, and then, the consternation was suddenly replaced by endless fanaticism.
"I see, you are [Yanhu Ji], hahahaha, it seems that your Uncle Youdou has been drawn this time! - For the sake of my Royal Highness, your Uncle Youdou will be merciful! Speaking of this, he pulled out the sword in his hand with a look of great joy and stabbed towards Liang Qiu Wu, making a commanding sound.
This guy is going to die!
At that moment, everyone in the hall suddenly had a thought in their hearts.