Chapter Ninety-Three: A Turning Point
Luan Tangshan raised his head, and the sinister and cunning face could finally be seen clearly.
"I don't need your Danyang County to interfere in the affairs of Jincheng, guard your Jianye, just watch your soldiers and horses not run around, what should happen to Jincheng, I have my own plans."
His tone was cold, apparently piercing even the last layer of window paper.
Cheng Liu replied flatly: "You have tested me a lot along the way, and Xiqiang's hooks are actually your own people." When I entered the mansion today, I saw that the infantry army in your tent was deployed in the mansion, and I just asked you a simple question, but since that time, you have not told the truth. ”
"If I'm not mistaken, now the outside of the house is full of your soldiers and horses, right? As long as we completely tear our faces, they will rush in and take me down, or directly find a crime and correct the law on the spot, right? ”
Cheng Liu looked into his eyes, but Luan Tangshan's gaze became more and more sinister and cunning.
"Now that you know, dare you come in?"
Cheng Liu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Why don't you dare?" You know that I have injuries on my body, and I didn't take much advantage of fighting people twice today, and I also know that I am also sitting here now, but don't forget, if I die, Empress Dowager He will kill you directly. ”
"Hahahaha!"
Luan Tangshan suddenly laughed and said, "So, the Queen Mother is your last hole card?" The mountain here is high and the emperor is far away, and the hand of the Jingshi will never reach this side, you may not know that the people of Xiqiang have a much better conscience than those eunuchs in the Han family! ”
Cheng Liu clasped his hands to his chest and asked rhetorically: "So because of people like you, the Xiqiang war will last for so long." Let's not talk about other nonsense, if you want to kill or chop, let's do it. ”
Luan Tangshan frowned slightly, and his fingers on the table suddenly stopped.
"Cheng Taishou, why don't you finish eating?"
Cheng Liu looked down at the food, he was indeed a little hungry, and after sandwiching a few pieces of meat, he quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
"Cheng Taishou, are you really not afraid that I will poison your wine and food?"
Cheng Liu had food in his mouth and replied vaguely: "...... I'm scared to death, but I'm even more afraid of starvation. ”
Luan Tangshan laughed heartily a few times, as if he had a feeling of villain's ambition.
Sweet potato and Xia Chan were just outside the door, but they didn't know the situation inside, they could only hear the hearty laughter that kept coming out, and they thought it was a scene of a happy conversation inside.
After a while, Cheng Liu put down his chopsticks, rubbed his round belly, and asked, "Okay, if you're full of food and drink, it's time to talk about business." ”
Luan Tangshan barely ate much, but after hearing Cheng Liu's words, he still put down the dishes and chopsticks.
"Trouble Cheng Taishou to go back this time, can explain one thing."
"The Qiang people will not continue to disturb, if there is, you don't need to come deliberately, I will take the initiative to let go of the defense line of the western front, and those who can live in it, who the court sends to my Luantang Mountain will not have any opinions."
"Furthermore, I also hope that you can understand a truth, I will not kill you today, and the people outside the city who want to kill you are not sent by me, they have enough reasons to kill you, such as resentment, such as wanting your death to pay tribute to their dead soldiers on the Western Front, these have nothing to do with you, but have to do with the entire Han family."
Cheng Liu didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.
"Luan said this, not to excuse himself, about two years ago, I first met the leader of a tribe of the Qiang tribe, he brought a child, very shrewd, eloquent, clever tongue, I was captured by his fanciful rhetoric, I told him, the Western Front will not fight again, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to Xiliang's defense line to see."
"Later, they did send saucer spies, these people are free to enter and exit my mansion, I will not kill them, I just want them to know that the Han family's conquest and killing are all for a reason, but they are just self-defense."
Hearing this, Cheng Liu finally asked, "What are you telling me about this?" ”
"I know that you have entered the palace several times, and the Queen Mother must have told you some things, what will happen to the country of the Han Dynasty in the end, I am not interested in Luan, but this western front will be guarded."
At this time, Cheng Liu vaguely understood why those Qiang people wanted to kill him when he came.
It was precisely because he thought that he was a lackey sent by the imperial court, who came here to take over the military power, and directly broke through the Western Front, and invaded Xiqiang on a large scale.
This seemingly nonsensical speculation is also one of the reasons why Cheng Liu came here, no wonder, no wonder those masters came to die one after another.
Cheng Liu remembered that the two people in the inn were dying, because of the appearance of Luan Tangshan, they suddenly put down their weapons, as if they wanted to let Luan Tangshan take them away, but Cheng Liu did not give them this opportunity and killed them on the spot.
Thinking of this, Cheng Liu seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood on his fingertips.
"Those soldiers and horses outside the mansion are not to kill you, but to protect you, there are too many Xiqiang warriors who want to kill you along the way, even if I want to come forward, I don't have much chance to conclude that you will definitely be able to reach Jincheng alive, but if you enter the city, you will not die, I Luantangshan will do what I say."
Speaking of this, he got up slightly, and then made a big salute again.
"I don't know if today's meal is to your liking, but Luan has prepared a guest room, you can stay here, as for how long to stay, it's your business, Luan won't ask more. It's cold at night, so let's go back to the house and rest. ”
Cheng Liu also got up slightly, feeling that his steps were a little heavier.
When he opened the door, sweet potatoes and summer cicadas greeted him, and Cheng Liu just said two words softly.
"Go back to the house."
The night in the north was really cold, and after Cheng Liu took a hot bath, he changed into new clothes.
Sweet Potato and Xia Chan came to his room about half an hour later and gave a secret letter, and Yu Yukui arrived, but did not enter the house.
Cheng Liu thought about it, but still said: "Let her in, I tested Luantang Mountain just now, and he didn't want to kill me." ”
Sweet potatoes and summer cicadas were slightly surprised, but they didn't ask much.
Xia Cicada went to pick up the fish juveniles, and the sweet potato sat down, and asked a little unnaturally: "I always feel that Luan Tangshan is not very credible, maybe I am too suspicious of the relationship, I always feel that ...... He's not as simple as we seem. ”
Cheng Liu smiled lightly, covered the old wound on his abdomen, and rubbed it slightly before he spoke: "If you want to kill me, when you enter the city, it is the first chance, and when you eat, it is the second chance, and he didn't make a move in these two big opportunities, and I'm afraid he won't do it again after that." ”
"Isn't he afraid that Gongzi will really take away his military power?"