Chapter 5: Razing the City
In the middle of the night, on the wall of Pingyi City, there were still large groups of soldiers and horses patrolling back and forth; The city was much more lively than before, and merchants from the northern and southern dynasties or the Western Sea tribes, because the wasteland was too chaotic to leave, stayed in the city, waiting for the end of this turmoil.
Pingyi City is a military town under the command of King Zuoxian, mainly used to guard against the rebellion of the Gouchen Department and the northward movement of King Liang, and at the same time, it can also gallop to the Tianmen Gorge Pass in Yazhou on the middle line, and the intelligence department of the Zuoxian Palace's south-facing is also set up here, but the identity on the surface is the anti-theft division of the White Owl Battalion, and from the outside, it is an ordinary yamen.
In the dead of night, in a squad room on the side of the yamen, two spies who were responsible for collecting intelligence were reporting the situation:
"There are a lot of thieves from the rivers and lakes who have come up from the Liaoyuan, but they are all relatively peaceful, and there is no sign of a large number of movements towards the royal city......"
"How is the situation over there Tian Wuliang?"
"The wind is calm, it seems that I just want that snow lake flower, and I should leave ...... if I take it."
"Humph! The people who dare to kill my white owl camp, if it weren't for the severity of the current situation and the fact that he couldn't get out, the old man would have to lead someone to destroy the old horseman......"
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Jia Shengzi sat at the front of the desk, holding a pen to record all kinds of news.
In the few rooms in the front yard of the yamen, there are the elites of the White Owl Battalion who are on standby at any time, and they are also chatting with each other about the situation outside.
Xu Tianying, as Lu Jieyun's descendant, although he inherited the 'Running Kui' is a bit unworthy, but his martial arts attainments are indeed top-notch in the Baixiao camp, and the residence for this purpose is also more luxurious, and a single courtyard is specially arranged to live, and he usually does not need to go out to run errands, and will only come forward to do things when necessary.
Because Jia Shengzi and others are still in the stage of returning to the country, they can't go back to the Xihai Protectorate, and there is nothing to do.
Cao Aning was also in the study, and his expression was obviously a little more sad than before.
Cao Aning has been in the imperial city since he can remember, and was accepted as a righteous son by Cao Gonggong, although Cao Gonggong has a meticulous personality, almost no personal feelings, and is not a loving father, but the kindness of martial arts is placed here.
Cao Aning has never denied that he is a villain who is greedy for power, who is strong and who mixes with whom, there is no exact position at all, last year he robbed the dungeon of the black ya, and even used his father-in-law to test the depth of the empress.
But at that time, it was because she knew that her father-in-law was still useful, even if she was bent on death, the empress would not kill her.
And now it is different, the empress has the night Yama King, the righteous father has lost the meaning of existence, and now let the righteous father come out, is to let the righteous father have a beginning and an end, and die a proper place, as the head of the inner house, to complete the last thing for the Dongfang clan before his death.
Cao Aning is a eunuch with no father, no mother, no wife and no children, and when his father-in-law is there, he still has a way in life.
And as soon as his father-in-law died, he completely became a wanderer, no one knew when he was alive, no one cared about when he died, just like a wild dog wandering in the countryside, no matter how magnificent this world is, what does it have to do with him?
Cao Aning does not necessarily regard Father-in-law Cao as his father, but Father-in-law Cao is indeed the only person in the world who has an emotional connection with him.
Gonggong Cao took a few people and went to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate to grab the snow lake flowers, and he was destined to have no return.
Cao Aning couldn't dissuade or turn the situation around, so he paced back and forth in the teahouse at this time, sometimes looking at the north and sighing softly, he had been speechless for a long time.
Xu Tianying was implicated by his master, from the pride of the rivers and lakes of the Great Wei to the hidden stake of the enemy country lurking alone, deep down in his heart he was actually aggrieved, seeing Cao Aning sighing for a long time, he opened his mouth to persuade:
"Cao Qiansui guarded the imperial city of Yijiazi, and he never made any mistakes in his life, and he was old enough to be able to finish the last game vigorously in this northwest enemy territory, which can be regarded as a good beginning and a good end. This kind of heroic character, if he really died silently in bed, it would be a real pity......"
Cao Aning turned around at the window and frowned:
"You're talking lightly. If I can really start the role and exchange a death for Jiazi's deeds, it will be too late for me to be happy; But Cao Gong has been locked up in the dungeon for ten years, and he is only good at defending and not attacking, so what is the difference between running to trouble King Zuo Xian and sending him to death? β
Xu Tianying had seen King Zuo Xian's domineering, if it weren't for Xue Baijin's sneak attack, he wouldn't necessarily lose one against three. No matter how tough Cao Qiansui's physique is, he can only be beaten passively when he encounters it, the difference is that he lasts longer than ordinary martial artists, and he has no winning point at all.
Xu Tianying thought about it for a while: "Cao Qiansui shouldn't be reckless, as long as he manages to sneak into the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, steal the Snow Lake Flower, and let his subordinates desperately break through, Cao Qiansui sacrifices his life to stop King Zuoxian, there should still be a chance." β
"King Zuo Xian is not alone, there are still a lot of masters under him, what can Gong Cao do if he holds King Zuo Xian alone?"
After Cao Aning put his hands on his back, he said with some annoyance:
"This night the Great Yama is the same, when he didn't want to see him before, as long as he turned his head, he would stand behind him and scare people half to death. It's good now, it's been half a month since the news was sent, and I was looking forward to the stars and the moon and looking forward to him, but I didn't see anyone when my neck was broken. β
Xu Tianying wanted to answer, but Yu Guang looked out the window, his body suddenly sat a little straighter, and his expression was a little strange:
"Then you come the other way around, try not to see you?"
"Why am I coming the other way around? I can't always say behind my back that the Night Yama is the same as the girl, and as soon as he turns his head, he ...... Hissββ! β
As Cao Aning spoke, he instinctively looked back, wanting to try his great summoning technique.
The result was good, and when he turned around, he found that outside the window behind him, there was a grim man in a black robe, wearing a hat and holding his hands behind him, and his eyes like ten halls of Yama were looking at him.
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Cao Aning's face turned pale as if he had hit a ghost, his legs were weak, and after reacting, he looked at Xu Tianying again:
"Your Dog's Day......"
The Night Terror Hall had just come from Liaoyuan, because he was in the branch of the White Owl Camp, he couldn't be too public, so he still raised his hand slightly to signal that he was not impatient, and then entered the tearoom:
"I just came from Jiangzhou Qianli urgently, and it was indeed a bit slow, so I made you wait for a long time."
Cao Aning just said bad things about Lord Yama behind his back, and King Yama came to the door directly, not to mention how embarrassed he was, and hurriedly said:
"It's not slow, it's going to be soon, it's just a joke just now, and please don't blame the Yeguo Gong......"
How could Night Terror put this kind of joke in his heart, came to the tea table and sat down, and got straight to the point:
"Can you find out where Cao Gong is at the moment?"
Although Cao Aning couldn't go back to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, he must have been paying close attention recently, so he hurriedly picked up the teapot and poured tea for the Night Terror Hall:
"The location of Cao Gong is not yet clear, but according to my private inquiry, there should be a batch of dry snow lake flowers at noon tomorrow, sent from Tianlang Lake to Hudong Road, Zuoxian Wangfu asked me and others to pay close attention to the movements of the people in the rivers and lakes around Pingyi City, so as not to make mistakes on the road.
"Cao Gong's combat strength is not as good as that of Ye Guogong, and he doesn't have many subordinates, so it's impossible to storm the prison, I estimate that he will probably do it on ......the road."
Night Terror Hall motioned for Cao Aning to sit down as well:
"How many snow lake flowers are there? Who is with you? β
Cao Aning sat opposite the tea case and thought about it carefully:
"As far as I know, the box encapsulated by the Snow Lake Flower was originally made by the Great Liang Dynasty, and the material was Yashan jade, and a box of half a catty was used to reward the vassal states; Later, the Northwest Royal Court also used this thing to decorate snow lake flowers as a national gift to the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
"Snow Lake Flower is a medicinal material, and it will be stored for decades, and I dare not make a mistake, this method of packaging has not gone wrong for several dynasties, and Beiliang will definitely not dare to change the specifications. If you want to send it for this, it should be one or two boxes, and then there should be two or three teams going separately to confuse the public......"
Snow Lake flowers are used in medicine, and two or three dollars are considered generous, and half a catty of dry Snow Lake flowers is enough to practice a Tianlang pearl, and the number is definitely a lot.
Night Terror pondered for a moment, and then asked:
"Do you know the exact route and the identity of the escort?"
Cao Aning shook his head: "I'm afraid the route will not be determined until the time of departure, and no one knows at the moment." As for the escorts, the Northern Liang Poison Saint Master Daoyu must be among them, as well as several commanders of the White Owl Battalion and recently recruited Jianghu masters, as well as elite cavalry ......"
Night Terror Hall was slightly puzzled: "King Zuo Xian has recently recruited masters of the rivers and lakes?" β
Cao Aning nodded: "The people from the rivers and lakes who come to Tianlang Lake, the biggest appetite is to ask for two pairs of medicine Snow Lake Flowers, King Zuo Xian can afford it, and he has recently recruited a lot of fierce people from the rivers and lakes, the most powerful of which should be Xie Jianlan." β
"Xie Jianlan?"
Night Terror frowned and thought about it, he hadn't heard of this person.
Seeing this, Xu Tianying interjected: "In the past, he was the young master of the Xie family in Langzhou Mansion of Northern Liang, who was born in the door and was good at making halberds, and became famous in Northern Liang at the age of seventeen or eighteen. βγ
Xie Jianlan was not a small name back then, but unfortunately she retired from the rivers and lakes at the age of twenty because of emotional injuries, and she did not show up for nearly ten years, and suddenly arrived at Zuoxian's Mansion a few days ago. According to the people in the White Owl Camp, King Zuo Xian personally came forward to entertain guests, and there was no conflict between them, I guess he came to ask for medicine, and the two sides talked about it......"
When Night Terror Hall heard this, he couldn't help frowning secretly, feeling that this character was a bit tricky.
There is an old saying in the rivers and lakes, called 'Rather step on the old immortals, don't bully the young', which means that walking the rivers and lakes, it is better to offend those successful old heroes than to easily offend the good seedlings who have just emerged.
Because the old heroes who have achieved fame, such as Xuanyuan Dynasty and Lu Jieyun, their talents have exploded when they are young, and it is difficult for their martial arts to climb significantly, even if they are offended, they have a number in their hearts and know how far to hide.
Young people are different, their potential is immeasurable, just like Jiang Zahu, Liu Qiansheng had a feud back then, and he didn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, even if he is Bakui? Jiang Zahu came back ten years later, and Liu Qiansheng, who still beat him, had no temper at all.
And the most significant example is the night terror hall itself, Shuiyun Jiantan did not have long eyes to provoke him, and now Zhou Huaili's tomb has moved out of the ancestral tomb, and the Zhou family is worried all day long, for fear that the night terror hall will suddenly come to the door.
Xie Jianlan was able to be compared with Hua Ling ten years ago, and her talent was definitely not bad, because she retired from emotional injury and was not secretly injured, if she had been concentrating on martial arts in the past ten years, it was impossible to predict how far she would grow now.
There are actually such people in Dawei, such as Xuanyuan Tiangang, who was ranked first among the three heroes of Yunze thirty years ago, and he was not injured, if he reappeared in the rivers and lakes, maybe he would be more powerful than his Laozi Xuanyuan Dynasty now, just because of his father-in-law, Xuanyuan Tiangang was already disheartened by the rivers and lakes and did not want to go out of the mountain again.
Night Terror pondered for a moment and asked:
"Since Xie Jianlan washed her hands in a golden basin, why did she go out of the mountain again?"
Xu Tianying shook his head and said: "This is not clear, this person should be more difficult to deal with than Shi Daoyu, Lord Ye should be more careful; In addition, there are a lot of deep-water kings on the rivers and lakes, even if they have a weak follow-up with a secret injury, the blow of sacrificing their lives should not be underestimated......"
When Cao Aning heard this, he also nodded and said, "That's right." When I came back, I met Tian Wuliang, the former overlord of the Heavenly Dao, in Liaoyuan, and he was brilliant with a thunder stick in one hand, and I am afraid that he already had the level of Wu Kui......"
Night Terror Hall raised his hand slightly: "Just subdued, go to Tianlang Lake to help me rob the caravan." β
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Cao Aning opened his mouth, held back for a long time and didn't speak, then nodded:
"That's good, it's a lowly job......"
There are indeed a lot of deep-water old kings on the rivers and lakes, but most of the people who can come to grab the snow lake flowers are Liu Qiansheng and Tian Wuliang, who are lost in the rivers and lakes with dark diseases.
A master of the world, such as Sun Lao Sword Saint, who took the initiative to retire after becoming famous, would not come to participate in this kind of affairs at all, and he was actually not afraid of it now when he came to the Night Terror Hall.
And people like Xuanyuan Tiangang and Xie Jianlan are very few after all, and there are not many in the north and south rivers and lakes combined.
The Night Terror Hall discussed for a while, and after understanding the information roughly, he got up and said:
"I'll take my leave. Since King Zuo Xian didn't let you go back to the Xihai Protectorate, don't get involved in this matter, and when King Zuo Xian is out of manpower, he should summon you back for emergencies. β
Xu Tianying got up to send him off, but Cao Aning hesitated a little, thought about it and said:
"I also hope that the Duke of the Night Kingdom can pay attention to the ...... of the Duke of Cao"
"I've got my own measure."
After Night Terror finished speaking, he disappeared into the room with a light jump......
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Yamen is located in the southwest corner of Pingyi City, because of the famous name of the White Owl Camp, there are very few idlers in the rivers and lakes who dare to walk around, and the businessmen who seek stability like to settle in the vicinity, so many inns and restaurants have been opened around.
Night Terrors and Ben Ben entered the city overnight, and the place where they lived was actually diagonally opposite the yamen.
After chatting about business in the night terror, he came out of the yamen and soon came to the inn, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw a big stupid woman dressed as a woman in black, standing at the window with his arms crossed and looking downstairs through the gap in the open window.
And the birds huddled on the windowsill, looking out with one eye.
Squeak~
Night Terror closed the door, went to the window, and looked outside:
"What's wrong?"
Dongfang Liren gestured to a dozen wagons full of goods in the backyard of the inn:
"That is the name of Yanjing Wanbaolou, the property of Hua Qingzhi's family."
Night Terror Hall used to be in Yazhou, and I had seen the name of Wanbaolou, and when I heard this, I looked carefully, and sure enough, I found that the carriage was hung with the sign of Wanbaolou, so I looked left and right.
Click~
Dongfang Liren closed the window and looked back at the night terrors:
"Looking for what? Miss Hua? β
Night Terror shook his head and said, "It's just a matter of seeing, Hua Qingzhi has returned to the capital, and now it is estimated that she has just arrived home, how can she come here." β
"Hmph~"
Dongfang Liren returned to the tea table and sat down, picked up the teacup, and wanted to ask about business routinely.
But when I looked up, I saw that the dignified adult walked to the hanger and began to untie his clothes......
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Dongfang Liren's sitting posture suddenly straightened a little, and his eyes were a little at a loss:
"Night Terror, what are you doing?"
Night Terror made a move, and turned his head to look at the bed:
"Sleep, or else?"
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Dongfang Liren's face turned red for some reason, he stood up and put on a serious appearance, and picked up the saber from the table:
"Then you go to sleep, this king sits here and keeps vigil, and you will call me when you wake up."
Night Terror shook his head secretly, took off his robe, and lay down on the bed in thin pants, closing his eyes:
"I have to go to Tianlang Lake to squat tomorrow, and I don't know how many days I have to squat, so I have to rest and recharge. It is okay for His Highness to keep vigil, and I will get up in the middle of the night to change shifts with His Highness. β
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Dongfang Liren saw that the dignified lord did not let her sleep, secretly relieved, sat down on the chair, put the long knife on his lap, made a serious vigil, thought about it and put the bird outside the window, let it go to the roof to sentry.
"Hoo ......"
There was no sound in the room, and the two of them sat down, and before they knew it, about half an hour had passed.
Dongfang Liren closed his eyes and meditated, his heart had not yet calmed down, and suddenly he saw Night Terror Hall open his eyes and sigh softly.
"What's wrong with you?"
"It seems that I can't sleep, tomorrow there will be half a catty of snow lake flowers from Tianlang Lake to the return, there is really something important, why don't Your Highness try to make me dizzy?"
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Dongfang Liren was stunned when he heard this-if she was in Yun'an City, then she would definitely help knock this color embryo unconscious, but this is the territory of an enemy country, and there is still Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the wasteland, and her three-legged cat's kung fu knocked the only guard unconscious, what should she do?
Dongfang Liren's eyes were slightly cold when he saw this:
"If your heart is not quiet, you can't sleep naturally, are you thinking nonsense again?"
Night Terror Hall smiled lightly, and did not deny it:
"Hmm."
Dongfang Liren saw that this color embryo was not pretended, and his eyes were annoyed:
"Then you don't have to think about it, don't you? What can this king do? Who will knock you out to defend this king? β
Night Terror Hall thought about it too, and closed his eyes again:
"Okay, I'll try not to think about it."
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The room was quiet again, and two breaths came and went.
Dongfang sat upright, his expression was as immobile as a mountain, but his heart was also turbulent, and he began to recall the scene of last night......
Crispy and numb......
She gritted her teeth secretly and warned herself not to think about it, but the more she didn't think about it, the more those pictures appeared, and her face turned red unconsciously.
After waiting for two quarters of an hour, Dongfang Liren Night Terror Hall sighed softly again and opened his eyes:
"You are a dignified eight great men, and you can't even suppress your thoughts?"
Night Terror shrugged slightly, sat up and wiped his face:
"People are not sages, and Your Highness can't suppress your thoughts. Why don't Your Highness sleep first, and I'll keep vigil. β
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Dongfang didn't feel sleepy either, and he felt that he was wasting his rest time like this.
She knew the risks of this trip, and she didn't dare to let the Night Terror Hall go out to fight and kill without resting, and after hesitating for a moment, she still put down the knife, got up and walked to the bed:
"You lie down."
"Huh?"
Seeing that Ben Ben didn't let him go down, the night terror hall was quite surprised in his heart, and he lay down again at the moment.
Dongfang Liren secretly gritted his silver teeth, took off his shoes and lay down beside him, folding his hands on his waist:
"Now you're satisfied?"
"Hehe......"
Night Terror felt that Clumsy was so considerate, so he immediately pulled up the quilt, covered Clumsy, and took her into his arms again, bowing his head and holding his red lips.
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Dongfang Liren clenched his fists, but he couldn't help it with a cheeky one, so he closed his eyes and didn't respond.
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Night Terror slowly unraveled the black skirt, took off the bracers, daggers, throwing knives, soul separation needles, etc., and placed them on the dressing table......
After a moment, Night Terror couldn't help but let go of his lips and looked at the pile of weapons:
"Your Highness, you have a little too many weapons here, and you don't need ......"
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Dongfang Liren was a little dizzy when he was kissed just now, and he was directly annoyed when he heard this, and after opening his eyes and glaring at the night terror, he wanted to get up and brush his sleeves away.
"Huh! I didn't say that Your Highness is wrong, although I don't need it in normal times, but if I am prepared, I have few weapons, and many times I can only look for weapons all over the ground......"
Night Terror apologized with a smile, pressed the stupid down, unbuttoned the black skirt, pulled it out and threw it aside, and the glittering fat head dragon's belly pocket suddenly appeared in front of him.
At this time, lying flat on the pillow, because the fat-headed dragon is indeed magnificent, you can still see the white half-arc from the side of the belly pocket, and under the beautiful vest, there are white bottoms, which are very slim, and you can see the silhouette of the seam......
And stupid because he is very tall, his posture is a must, his waist is thin but the upper and lower circumference is very full and atmospheric, the proportion is just right, with a strong visual impact, like a piece of carefully carved jade.
Dongfang Liren's face turned red and his eyes were closed, seeing that the night terror hall was slow to move, he stared at it, and raised his hand to hold his chest:
"If you rub it off, go out to keep vigil, blame yourself for not sleeping well, don't say that this king doesn't know the general situation."
"Hehe......"
Night Terror nodded with a smile, pulled his wrist away, and then flicked the fabric, and the upside-down jade bowl slid out, and he couldn't hold it with one hand.
Multiply~
Dongfang Liren's instep arched slightly, and after enduring it for a while, he found that Night Terror Hall was articulate, deliberately tossing people, and his heart was like numbness, so he simply raised his hand to hold Night Terror Hall's shoulder and pressed it to the side:
"A big man, grinding and chirping......"
"Woo......"
Night Terror still wanted to speak, but found that the clumsy and murderous came up and blocked the words, and then the body sank, and was crushed by the heavy warmth.
Stupid is two fingers shorter than him, and his body is also majestic, and his weight must not be light, but it is so pressed, and it is strangely comfortable......
Seeing that the night terror hall was ready to use what he had learned from the tears of a chivalrous woman, he didn't take the initiative at the moment, just wrapped his waist, stroked his hand along his back, and gradually slid onto the moon, and he only felt the real atmosphere in his heart......
Dongfang left the hearts of people and thought that long pain was better than short pain, and taught Night Terror to do things, but it turned out that he was obviously a little rusty when he really got started, and he was stunned after kissing him a few times.
Fortunately, Night Terror Hall was very careful, guided slowly, and finally succeeded in collecting the villain......
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It's four o'clock in the afternoon when I wake up, and I'm a little late to finish writing and can't do or2!
By the way, roll call, harvest luck:
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