After the king of Qi bid farewell to the princess of Zhao and the ministers of Zhao in Pingliang Ning and the palace, the gate of Pingliang was opened, but the 50,000 soldiers of Qi did not enter the city, but bypassed Pingliang and went straight to Wucheng.

When the Qi army arrived in Wucheng, it was just as the Rong people attacked again.

After Liu entered the city from the north gate of Wucheng, he immediately asked the Zhao generals who welcomed the Qi army into the city: "Can the warrior take me to see the king of Zhao?" ”

The soldiers of Zhao replied: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, please follow me to the old city tower of Nancheng." So Liu followed the soldiers of Zhao State in Wucheng and rode quickly.

Liu Zhou had visited Fanjing several times when he traveled around the world, and naturally knew that the old city tower in Fanjing had been abandoned for nearly 30 years, so he immediately asked, "What about the new city building?" ”

Zhao Guojun said: "The new city wall was broken down two days ago, and only one wall of the old city tower is left in the southern city. ”

Liu frowned: "How can you hold on to the old city tower alone?" ”

The soldiers of Zhao quickly stepped up, turned back to the king and said: "The king knows that the old city tower can't hold on, so he personally went out of the city to meet the enemy......"

Liu didn't ask any more, and immediately spurred his horse and rushed straight to the old city tower in Nancheng. He was very familiar with Chen Guofanjing, so naturally he didn't need the soldiers of Zhao Guo to lead the way, and in the blink of an eye, the soldiers of Zhao Guo had been left far behind him. The soldiers of Zhao had no choice but to turn their horses' heads and lead the soldiers of Qi brought by the King of Qi to Nancheng together.

King Qi hurriedly dismounted and ran up to the old city tower, looking at the new city tower a few miles away, in the melee between the Zhao army and the Rong wolf division, a man with a long sword in his hand, with one enemy hundred, like a bamboo. The man did not ride a horse, but he could shuttle unhindered and invincible among the Rong people and wolves on horseback.

Liu couldn't see the man's face clearly, but he didn't need to look closely, he had already recognized that the person could only be Zhao Wang Dugu. Except for the two of them, there is no third person in the world who will use this exquisite, unparalleled, chic and tricky swordsmanship.

Liu couldn't help but reach out and hold a broken stone brick on the old city tower, and his heart fluctuated: "It turns out that the second Jinyang Pass is not the Wucheng city wall at all, nor is it the old city wall of Fanjing, but the flesh and blood King Zhao!" ”

When the King of Qi heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he immediately turned to the Qi soldiers in the city and said, "General Xu Chen led 10,000 soldiers out of the city with me to help King Zhao!" General Sun Kuo led the rest of the soldiers to quickly repair the new city wall! ”

After a short time, 10,000 Qi soldiers rushed out of the old gate of Nancheng and marched in the direction of the Zhao army and the Rong wolf division who were fighting not far outside the city.

Liu pulled out the sword of Huaiwang and entered the melee army. Huai Wang's sword was extremely sharp, and he immediately cut off several Rong heads. The long sword is stained with blood, and it does not shine coldly.

Liu's right hand used one of the tricks in the swordsmanship, "Picking Stars with Plain Hands", stabbed at the throat of the Yirong general, and swung his whip with his left hand to the white horse on his side, shouting to King Zhao, who had no mount dozens of steps away: "His Royal Highness King Zhao, please get on the horse!" ”

King Zhao looked back at the white horse, and Liu saw that the left side of King Zhao's face was covered with old scars. If it weren't for the battlefield, it would be terrifying. Liu Xin was surprised: "No wonder King Zhao has been hidden behind the golden veil tent, and even the civil and military officials of Zhao have never seen his appearance." It turned out that he was really afraid of scaring others. But it's good to scare the Rong people at this time. ”

When Liu killed King Zhao, it suddenly snowed heavily.

King Zhao rode on a horse, waved his sword for King Qi to block a scimitar cut by the Rong people, and said to King Qi: "You are here." ”

Liu only felt that King Zhao's tone was calm and familiar, as if King Qi was not here to save Zhao, but just to get a pot of old wine from the neighbor's old man to warm up. Liu replied: "It is incumbent. ”

The north wind howled, and under the horses' hooves, blood froze and red mud splattered.

In the sound of fighting, King Zhao and King Qi fought side by side.

King Zhao fought very heartily, and when he had a little gap, he suddenly turned his head to the king and said, "Your sword is good." ”

Liu envoy was taught by King Zhao when he was sixteen years old. Binghu has been practicing swords for several years, and his swordsmanship has become natural in his hands, and his speed is very human. Even King Zhao himself, who created this original set of swordsmanship, was not as skilled as Liu. Liu naturally thought that King Zhao was talking about the "sword technique" instead of this Huaiwang sword, so he said: "With the swordsmanship taught by His Royal Highness King Zhao, you should be one enemy and one hundred!" If you are a husband, you can't open it! ”

King Zhao laughed, the scars on his face wrinkled with his smile, and then he was determined to retreat from the enemy and said no more.

The snow was falling, and the blood and sweat were mixed. What was thought to be an endless fierce battle ended in a low and distant trumpet sound before the night fell.

The Rong people suddenly withdrew their troops, turned around and fled south.

The Zhao and Qi armies also retreated into Wucheng.

King Zhao and King Qi led two horses, one white and one brown, and fell behind the army, and together with the disabled soldiers, they stepped on the red ice and snow, and slowly walked into the city. The two were silent.

Liu marched for several days, and although he was in his prime, he was also slightly tired. He knew that when he marched to aid Zhao in a few days, King Zhao's martial arts were so strong that he probably had to go out of the city in person every day to retreat from the enemy, and for several days in a row, even if he was the same age as him, he would inevitably get tired, not to mention that King Zhao looked about the same age as his father-in-law, and his prime had passed. Liu guessed that King Zhao was tired, so he didn't want to bother him more.

Entering the old city, King Zhao exchanged a few words with the generals of Qi who came from afar, and explained the matter of the soldiers of Zhao State to rebuild the new city wall and consolidate the old city wall, so he turned his head to the king and said: "I will temporarily live in Jinyang Palace, you can also go to Jinyang Palace with me to rest for a while." ”

King Qi said: "Okay." ”

The two stepped on their horses and drove into the former palace of King Chen without hurrying. Along the way, King Zhao didn't say anything more, and King Qi went with the flow.

King Zhao took King Qi to a palace that had been looted by the Rong people. The furnishings in the hall are nothing more than a couch, a gold gauze curtain, and a wooden bath bucket behind the curtain.

King Zhao said to the attendant of Zhao on the side: "Bathing." ”

The waiter left in a hurry, and then brought basins of hot water, carried them to the tent of the golden veil, and poured them into the large bathtub. When the waiter was preparing hot water, King Zhao said to King Qi: "King Qi forgive me." After a few days of fighting, I have become stinky, so I should wash off my filth before I come to talk to you. ”

King Qi saluted King Zhao and said, "His Royal Highness King Zhao, please." ”

King Zhao looked at the long sword hanging from King Qi's waist again, with a smile in his eyes, and his tone was gentle: "When Shicai fought with the Rong people, I didn't say that your swordsmanship was exquisite, but that this sword of yours was indeed a sword. ”

King Qi was about to tell King Zhao the origin of this sword, and the waiter said, "Your Highness, the water has been prepared." ”

King Zhao turned around and walked behind the golden gauze tent, bathed in wide clothes, and instructed the waiters: "You all go to the main hall to prepare food and wine for His Royal Highness King Qi." Keep the door closed. ”

King Qi was about to leave with the attendants, but he heard King Zhao say, "His Royal Highness King Qi, please stay." ”

After closing the door for the waiter, Liu walked back to the golden gauze tent and asked, "I don't know what His Royal Highness King Zhao commands?" ”

King Zhao said, "Can you let me see your sword?" ”

Liu didn't know if King Zhao could walk behind the golden gauze curtain and hand over the sword without permission when he was bathing, and he hesitated slightly, only to hear King Zhao smile and say: "Come here, it's not the beauty on the beauty list who is bathing." ”

Liu Yi smiled, then untied the Huaiwang sword hanging from his waist, walked to the curtain, and handed the sword to King Zhao.

The water was steaming, and King Zhao put the long sword horizontally on the bath bucket, looked at it carefully, and was silent.

Liu didn't want to stand aside in embarrassment, so he said: "His Royal Highness mentioned me as the 'top beauty list' back then...... I still don't understand this. ”

King Zhao closed his eyes, leaned on the bathtub relaxedly, and asked with a smile: "Do you know who the other four people on the beauty list are?" Liu was about to reply, but King Zhao said, "You sit on the bench over there, don't be formal." ”

Liu sat on the bench, wantonly looked at King Zhao, who was bathing with his eyes closed, and said, "The second place on the beauty list is my mother, Xiao Yi, the princess of Qi Kingdom. The third place is the sister of Her Royal Highness, Princess Zhao. The fourth place is the daughter of the head of the Shu medicine king Shanxue, Xue Jiuming. The fifth place is Liu Shu, the princess of the Song Kingdom. However, she is not the princess of the Song Kingdom, but my wife. ”

Thinking of Shu'er who didn't say goodbye to him for some reason, Liu couldn't help but sigh, but there was a trace of sweetness in his heart for no reason.

King Zhao smiled again. "I've heard that. It seems that this 'beauty list' still has some uses. ”

Liu was puzzled: "Purpose? ”

King Zhao said: "Throughout the ages, it is not men who love to see the appearance of beauties the most, but women. ”

Liu was even more puzzled, but saw that on King Zhao's increasingly rosy cheeks, the large scar seemed to gradually float.

King Zhao continued: "I put you at the top of the 'beauty list' just to make women in the world curious about you. If you don't see them, they'll try to see you.

Since you are at the top of the list, and you look a lot like your mother, she naturally wants to be on the list. As for the two of you, who is the first and who is the second, I have indeed been thinking carefully for a long time. However, since she is gone, she must not bother with me, so I will put you at the top of the list.

As for the princess of Zhao Kingdom, I am the king of Zhao, so naturally I can't treat her badly.

The girls of the Xue family, the two younger generations, have profound family knowledge and excellent medical skills, and among the women in the rivers and lakes, their talents are unmatched. The princess of the Song Kingdom, who has the relationship between Chu and Song, and has to write a letter from King Liu of the Song Dynasty to recommend her to be on the list, so naturally she must be on the list.

Small, if you want to be free in the rivers and lakes, you will marry the girl of the Xue family, and she is the best match for you. If you want to lean the power of the world, you will marry a princess who has the origins of Chu and Song, and you will definitely be left and right. If you choose the former, you follow your mother's wishes, and that's good. It's good that you chose the latter, it's your own wish. ”

Liu scratched his head and looked at King Zhao, who was still bathing with his eyes closed, only to see him smiling, and the scars on his cheeks were already shaky.

Liu suddenly didn't know where to ask, so he had to say: "The scar on His Highness's face ......"

King Zhao still closed his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Oh, I forgot to take this thing off all along." Bother His Royal Highness King Qi to help me remove this ugly disguised cowhide. ”

Liu got up and walked in front of King Zhao, and gently tore off the "scars" floating on King Zhao's face, only to see that King Zhao's thin face was very smooth.

King Zhao opened his eyes and looked at Liu happily.

Liu Dunjue King Zhao's face was so familiar that it seemed familiar. After a moment of surprise, I only heard King Zhao say: "Xiao, compared to your mother, in fact, I think you look more like me." Without waiting for Liu to react, King Zhao picked up the Huaiwang sword that was lying on the bath barrel and handed it to him, "My sword should be given to you." ”