The streets of Chudu are very deserted, with only a few stalls and some coolies walking around.

Lin Qingwan's carriage grunted slowly on the street, and when the curtains were lifted slightly, she saw the deserted streets on both sides.

Emperor Chu fled south and took away many people, and some were people who fled and left before, and most of the people who stayed behind were poor people who could not afford to flee south and people who were reluctant to leave their homeland, so the streets were very deserted.

A little further on, there are quite a few restaurants and teahouses, only a few open, but there are people sitting on them.

The carriage slowly stopped, Yi Han pointed to a teahouse and said: "Well, it's them, every day when General Xiang passes here, they will stop the car and insult them, General Xiang ignores them, and always waits for someone to finish scolding before driving away." ”

"He can bear it." Lin Qingwan lowered the curtain.

"As General Xiang, whatever he says is wrong, and forbearance is the best way." Yi Han asked, "Do you want to go to the teahouse to sit?" ”

"How long will General Xiang come?"

"As usual, it will be less than two quarters of an hour."

Lin Qingwan thought for a while, and said, "Let's not go to the teahouse, let's go to the restaurant opposite, today's lunch will be used outside." ”

Yi Han knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the coachman parked the carriage under the restaurant.

When the restaurant guy saw a dozen or so riders escorting a carriage over, he knew that it was a distinguished guest, and hurriedly came over to help lead the horse.

Yi Han jumped out of the carriage, put down the stool, and helped Lin Qingwan get out of the carriage.

The people in the teahouse opposite looked over one after another, but because Lin Qingwan was blocked, they didn't see anyone, and naturally they didn't know who it was.

But his gaze swept over the guards, and when he saw that they were not familiar, he looked away.

Most of the magnates of the Chu State are gone, and now most of the guards who can use this kind of travel in the city to ride horses are people from the Liang State.

The guy was startled when he saw Lin Qingwan, and when he saw the gauze on her hand, he hurriedly lowered his head, hunched his back and invited her in.

There was no one in the restaurant, and the guy explained in a low voice: "Forgive me, it's not time to eat, but the chefs in the restaurant are ready at any time." ”

The guards swept across the lobby with sharp eyes, nodded to Yi Han, and the guy breathed a small sigh of relief.

Recently, there have been many assassins who have infiltrated the city, whether it is Lin Qingwan, Xiang Shan, or Lu Zhen, they have all been assassinated, although the assassins have never approached these three people, but there has never been a shortage of searches in the city.

This restaurant has also been investigated, so when the guy saw the doubt in Lin Qingwan's eyes, he immediately explained, for fear that he would misunderstand because there were no guests in the building.

Lin Qingwan smiled at him, went up to the second floor with Yi Han, and found a box facing the street to sit down.

The shopkeeper heard that there was a distinguished customer, so he personally brought the menu.

Lin Qingwan flipped through it and said with a smile: "I have never been to Chudi, and the chefs in the house used to cook Huaiyang dishes, since we are eating outside today, let's order some famous dishes from Chudi." ”

Lin Qingwan handed the menu to the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper is in charge, come with some dishes that your restaurant is good at." ”

The shopkeeper took the menu, bowed down and smiled, and introduced: "There are three best dishes in our store, one is goldfish and lotus, this dish pays attention to knife skills, sour and spicy and fresh, squid is crisp and tender, and the lotus canopy is smooth and moist......"

"Oh?" Lin Qingwan leaned over slightly and sat up straight with interest, "What else?" ”

Seeing that Lin Qingwan was interested, the shopkeeper was even happier, and his body was more bent, "This second course is rock sugar Xianglian, the new guests may not know, our Chudi white lotus is round and white, the powder is glutinous and fragrant, and the big Chu of our restaurant only makes three dishes a day, because it is few, so it is ranked second, if you talk about taste, it is slightly better than goldfish and lotus." ”

Seeing that Lin Qingwan's eyes were shining, the smile on the shopkeeper's face was even bigger, "This third dish is the five-yuan fairy chicken, which is a big dish, and the soup and fresh meat are also very delicious." ”

Lin Qingwan bowed, "Then let's serve all three of them, and then choose some side dishes." I also have a guest, and the dish is not in a hurry. ”

"Yes." The shopkeeper was about to bow down when he heard another commotion downstairs, and his face changed slightly, and he finally remembered why he was always uneasy in his heart, as if he had forgotten an important matter.

Didn't he forget the important thing, he forgot that this was the section of the road where the group of people liked to block General Xiang.

Yi Han had already pushed open the window, and Lin Qingwan walked to the window to look down.

Xiang Shan's frame was parked downstairs, and across a group of guards, there were three scholar-like people blocking in front, pointing to the frame and scolding.

Lin Qingwan glanced at it and said with a smile: "No wonder Xiang Shan can't kill him if he is blocked and assassinated, who arranged these people?" ”

Xiang Shan's guards in front and behind add up to nearly a hundred, and with this posture, the assassin can't get close to him even if he comes, even if his frame is stopped.

Yi Han said: "It was arranged by Lu Duhu, and he specially told him before leaving, General Xiang must not have an accident." ”

Yi Han glanced at her hand, "His life was saved with great difficulty." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, and when she heard that the people below had already pointed to the frame and scolded Xiang Shan for being disloyal and unfilial, the smile on her face faded slightly, and she said lightly: "Since it was finally saved, naturally it can't be insulted like this." ”

Lin Qingwan turned around and pulled out Yi Han's sword with her left hand, lifted it and walked downstairs.

The shopkeeper's cold sweat broke out, and he wanted to follow but didn't dare to follow.

Yi Han and the guards immediately followed.

As soon as Lin Qingwan came out of the restaurant, she appeared directly in front of the three young people, they were scolding and cheering, usually everyone watched the excitement on both sides, and few people would come up.

Suddenly a person came up, and they were still slightly stunned, but when they saw the sword in her hand, their faces changed, and then they saw the wound on her right hand changed dramatically, obviously they had recognized her.

Emperor Chu, who was far away in Shaozhou, probably didn't know how Xiang Shan surrendered, but everyone in Chudu knew.

Even if they didn't see it with their own eyes that day, Lu Zhen didn't restrict the news after that, and even in order to make the people in the city obedient, he also publicized what Lin Qingwan and Xiang Shan said that day, in order to tell everyone.

Although they broke through the Chu capital, they did not have malicious intentions, and they were willing to share the world with the Chu people.

In addition, the 20,000 soldiers felt sorry for Xiang Shan, and they kept greatly publicizing the fact that Xiang Shan tried to commit suicide but was rescued, so the people in the city knew that Xiang Shan had wanted to commit suicide, but he was saved by the Lin County Lord of Liang State holding the blade.

Now in Chudi, Lin Qingwan's name is even more prosperous than Lu Zhen, after all, she persuaded Xiang Shan, who was impossible for Ji Yuan to persuade to surrender, and it is said that the peace talks with the Liao State were also negotiated by her, and now no one dares to despise her.

Lin Qingwan walked up to the three of them, and saw that they were choked on the spot as if they were being choked by someone, so she asked softly, "Why don't you scold?" ”

The voice was very soft, but the three of them heard the killing intent.

The three of them couldn't help but shake and shrank their necks, but when they saw that the people on both sides were looking at them, they suddenly became embarrassed and boldly asked, "Isn't Liang Guo allowed the people to speak?" ”

"Of course, that's why don't you scold?" Lin Qingwan asked coldly, "Didn't you scold a lot just now?" Now go on. ”

The three of them blushed, and one of them said boldly: "The county lord is holding a sharp blade, isn't it forcing people to be speechless?" Could it be that this is how the officials of the Liang State watched the people speak? ”

"Oh, you mean the sword?" Lin Qingwan raised her sword and said with a smile: "This is not to see you scolding, this is for you." ”

After saying that, he handed them the sword, and said with a cold light in his eyes: "I heard it upstairs, thinking that the three are loyal and patriotic people, so Tete took the sword to fulfill you." ”

Lin Qingwan looked at them and said: "I destroyed your country, attacked your city, and killed your soldiers, now I am standing here and handing you the sword, you can kill me, with your own loyalty and patriotism." ”

The trio's eyes widened.

Lin Qingwan handed the sword in his hand forward, and the three of them took a step back in fright, "What, scared?" ”

Lin Qingwan sneered: "I heard what you said just now, and I thought you didn't know what to fear." ”

"You...... You're trying to kill us! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lin Qingwan said: "Didn't you scold Xiang Shan for failing to fight to the death, so he was disloyal, unrighteous and unfilial?" Now that I am standing here, I have given you the opportunity to be faithful and righteous, why, don't you want it? ”

"Will you stand and let us kill?"

"Then do you think I'll stand and let Xiang Shan kill?"

Three people choked.

Lin Qingwan smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiang Shan kills me, my Liang soldiers will kill him to avenge me, and will not implicate his family, and you are the same, so if you want to kill me, my guards will only kill you, and will not implicate your family, so don't worry and boldly take the sword." ”

The three of them were so frightened that they stomped back, and they didn't dare touch the sword.

Lin Qingwan lowered her face coldly, and said step by step: "Aren't you loyal to Emperor Chu and loyal to the State of Chu?" Now that your enemies are standing before you, why don't you kill them? is so greedy for life and afraid of death, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, it is simply in vain! ”

The three of them were forced to retreat again and again, and one of them was unsteady under his feet, and he almost fell to the ground.

Lin Qingwan sneered: "I heard that someone is here every day to stop General Xiang and insult him, I thought what kind of loyal and righteous man he wanted to recruit for my big beam, but it turned out that they were just three cowardly and incompetent people who sold their reputations." ”

Lin Qingwan handed the sword in his hand to Yi Han, glanced at the people around, and said loudly: "I know what you are thinking in your hearts, no matter who Xiang Shan was before, today he is indeed a Touliang, from the perspective of the monarch and ministers, he betrayed Emperor Chu." ”

"Maybe you can't see Emperor Chu's bad treatment of him, but I want to tell you today that the monarch and the minister are not only respectful, but also a cooperative relationship. If you treat me as a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman; You treat me as a passerby, and I repay you as a passerby; If you treat me with a mustard, I should repay him with revenge," Lin Qingwan turned around, pointed to Xiang Shan's frame and asked the people around, "How did you Emperor Chu treat General Xiang, don't you know it in your hearts?" ”

"But no matter how Emperor Chu treats him, Xiang Shan has fulfilled his duty as a minister, and he lowered the beam, not for himself, but for the 20,000 remaining soldiers, and even more for the people of this city," Lin Qingwan asked sharply: "Can't you all see that he killed himself with a knife that day?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads, and the three people who were directly confronted by her were hot.