It was almost evening, but the city of Liangzhou was still full of traffic, and it was very lively.

Since Guo Yan conquered Lianzhou and won a great victory, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city has been greatly boosted, and at the same time, it has also attracted people from other surrounding state capitals to come and defect.

This brings the already prosperous Liangzhou City to a higher level.

In addition, Guo Yan lifted the curfew in a timely manner, which made the business of the whole city more and more prosperous, even if it was close to night, all kinds of shops, especially restaurants and green buildings, were constantly attracting customers to come to the door, and several bustling streets were also full of people.

The carriage that Sun Ning was riding in followed slowly among the many carriages and horses, but it didn't show anything special.

From the outside, this carriage is also very ordinary, and it is slightly wider than other carriages.

However, the interior decoration is luxuriously tight, the feet laid underneath are all the finest felt, the wine jugs and cups and saucers placed on the low table are also made of sterling silver, and there are many hidden compartments on the inner wall of the carriage, from which many preserved fruits and dried meat can be taken out, or other food.

Sun Ning sat opposite Guo Chong at this time, leaning on the soft satin cushions of the top fabrics in the south of the Yangtze River, and the whole person looked listless.

Guo Chong on the other side was not much better than him, even in the face of all kinds of exquisite dishes on the table, he didn't have the heart to put a chopstick.

And a little away from them, near the carriage door, Zheng Chaoan was sitting there, his waist was straight, although his eyes were closed, but the hands that were constantly curled up and opened, half as wide and longer than ordinary people, and the bone joints were extraordinarily thick, but people could clearly feel that he could burst out at any time.

Because of the previous assassination, this time, he, the personal guard specially arranged by Guo Yan for the emperor, didn't care about any etiquette, and directly shared a car with Sun Ning, thinking that it was all right.

After a long sigh of relief, Sun Ning picked up the cup in front of him with magnetic force that could be adsorbed on the iron low table, so as not to make the wine shake out, and took a sip: "Good wine......

This time, Guo Chong didn't answer his words, but smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you are too nonsense today." If my father knew that I actually let you go to the execution ground to eat meat, you must teach me a good lesson......"

"Hehe, what, do you still mind what happened just now? Looks like I'm really scared! ”

"Afraid? I...... I really can't accept it, and I think it's the same for others......"

Guo Chong wanted to fight for himself, but in the end he admitted that he couldn't stand it.

"It's just a kind of exercise for your own psyche. Now that the troubled times have come, if you don't even have the courage to do so, what will you do to protect yourself in the future? Sun Ning looked at the other party with a smile and said.

"Can this exercise the mind? If that's the case, I still don't want this kind of heart, it's disgusting. ”

"But if it weren't for this, you wouldn't be able to defeat those opponents today."

"Having said that, after all, it's a best-of-three game, and it's up to them to solve the problem next, so we still don't have a good chance of winning."

Seeing Guo Chong's worried look, the corners of Sun Ning's mouth twitched again: "Do you have no confidence in yourself, or in all your friends?" ”

"All of them. Your Majesty, do you know that Cheng Jizong and others have always prided themselves on being Liangzhou Junyan, and they are indeed much better than those of us who only know how to eat, drink and have fun.

"No matter what topic we came up with before, the martial arts, that is, the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, were not their opponents. This time is no exception.

"So even if you win one game first, I'm afraid you won't be able to win in the end."

"I don't think so, there's always something they can't do, or they're not good at."

"But we can't find it, we can't let them eat meat with you again, right?"

Guo Chong smiled bitterly, and then said: "And if my guess is right, they will definitely try their best to embarrass us this time." For example, compared to riding and archery kung fu, we are really not good at these things. ”

"Riding and shooting?" Sun Ning raised his glass and took a sip, but he used this action to block the flickering changes in his eyes.

Guo Chong really didn't pay attention to this, and only said to himself: "Yes." All of them have been trained in the barracks, although they are not as good as my second brother, but their kung fu and archery skills are not small. ”

"But where did you come from in Liangzhou City for you to do such a competition? You can't really borrow the barracks, right? ”

"Of course I won't go to the barracks, if it's really better than these, it will naturally be out of the city."

"Aren't they afraid that they will encounter any danger if they leave the city?" Sun Ning asked again.

He didn't say this casually, because the current situation is indeed chaotic, and the ability of local governments to control local areas is shrinking rapidly, resulting in strongmen and bandits from all over the country constantly popping up.

Among these people, there are people from the original green forests in various places, as well as robbers and bandits who have only recently appeared.

They may not dare to fight the idea of a city garrisoned by soldiers and horses, but the people outside the city are another matter.

Even if it is as strong as Liangzhou, Guo Yan will not be able to sweep away the surrounding mountains, and can only turn a blind eye to those bandits.

Moreover, the existence of these bandits also helped him to a certain extent, forcing those merchant families with small wealth to take refuge in Liangzhou City and seek refuge. That would naturally make his strength quite replenished.

So now, although the city of Liangzhou is prosperous, outside the city, it is not so peaceful.

Guo Chong naturally understood this, but he could only smile bitterly: "Everyone's courage is not small, and each of them has guards accompanying them, so those ordinary bandits don't dare to fight us." ”

"I see, no wonder......" Sun Ning nodded.

As he spoke, he casually lifted one side of the curtain, glanced out a few times, and then naturally shouted, "Stop!" ”

The coachman outside immediately stopped the car and waited for orders.

Guo Chong in the car looked puzzled: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm hungry, and I see that Liuxiangju over there seems to be a newly opened hotel, so let's go there and get something to eat."

Following the direction of Sun Ning's finger, Guo Chong really saw a new hotel opened over there, there were some guests sitting in it, and some guys were serving the wine and food, which seemed to be really good.

However, he didn't have much interest, and after watching today's Ling Chi torture, he was afraid that he wouldn't have much appetite to eat in a few days.

But Sun Ning didn't think so, and said in his mouth: "I didn't eat anything just now, but I vomited, and now my stomach is really hungry." Since you have encountered it, let's eat it first. He had already gotten up and walked towards the car door, and soon got out of the car.

Seeing this, Guo Chong could only follow, and said: "Brother Sun, I really admire you, you can still eat at this time......