Approaching noon, the warm winter sun sprinkled on the earth without reservation, nearly ten miles south of Lanyan City, in the middle of the two small towns, a rich manor towered on the territory of Lanyan City, at this time there are constantly carriages entering the manor, all of them are nobles from Lanyan City, and even some of the wheels of the carriage are embedded with golden purple flowers.

There are four entrances to the manor, the main gate faces west, two golden goddess statues glow dazzling golden light in the sun, these two stone statues are gilded, symbolizing wealth and dignity, under the stone statues, a carriage runs in, the master's house is greeting, it is a person in his 30s, looking like a roe deer, but wearing a brocade robe embroidered with gold edges, rich and extraordinary, it is the person who once wanted to kidnap Qin Yin in the dragon hunting forest - Liu Jun, the big dragon head of the copper dagger gang!

Several private soldiers in armor stood behind Liu Jun, with long swords at their waists, with fierce expressions, facing a group of nobles, even if they laughed, they looked very stiff, perhaps they were more suitable for angry expressions.

"Wheels...... ......"

A carriage embroidered with tiger stripes entered the manor under the protection of nearly a hundred guards, Liu Jun hurriedly stepped forward, his face was full of smiles, and said: "General Weiyuan, everyone comes to the cold house, and Liu Jun is not welcome!"

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a military general with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked down, it was Tang Xiao, the general of the imperial Weiyuan, Tang Xiao, as the son of Tang Lan's cousin, had already been promoted to a high position, as a second-grade Weiyuan general, he was also famous in Lanyan City, and he was in charge of nearly 30,000 troops in Qihai City, which was famous far and wide.

"Lord Liu Jun is polite. ”

Tang Xiao smiled faintly and said, "Since it is Lord Liu Jun's birthday, then how can we Seven Seas Tang Sect not come to congratulate it, but unfortunately His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas is too busy with official business to come, so let me, the little General Weiyuan, come to congratulate on my behalf, come on, give Lord Liu Jun a birthday gift." ”

Several soldiers quickly came over carrying a huge wooden plank, the things on the wooden board were covered with a red cloth, Tang Xiao smiled and said, "Don't you see what His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas has prepared for you?"

Liu Jun stepped forward with a smile, and after pulling off the red cloth, he found that it was a gold cast Pixiu, weighing at least hundreds of catties, which was already worth a lot of money, not to mention that the carving was very fine and lifelike, and its value was even more incalculable.

Tang Xiao laughed: "Why should Lord Liu Jun be so polite, we are a cooperative relationship, and the King of the Seven Seas has a sentence that he wants me to bring to my lord." ”

"Oh, what?"

"Recently, the demons and the Boxers are about to move, and the life and death of the empire are at stake, so His Royal Highness decided to expand the army and recruit warriors in the province, which requires more food and grass, blades and military salaries and other materials, so His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas has decided that all the restaurants, gambling houses, workshops, etc., which our Tang family cooperates with adults, will increase all the commissions by one percent, and I hope that Lord Liu Jun will focus on the overall situation of the country. ”

"This ......"

"What, can't you?" Tang Xiao asked with a smile squinting his eyes.

"Okay, naturally, His Royal Highness the King of the Seven Seas has spoken, a trivial matter, please report to His Highness, this extra income of one percent, from this month onwards, will be sent to the Seven Seas King's Mansion together, please Your Highness He can rest assured." ”

"Good. Tang Xiao patted Liu Jun on the shoulder and laughed: "My lord is far-sighted, and he will definitely have a lot to do in the future, so I ...... Shall we go in for your birthday wine?"

"Please come in!

Looking at Tang Xiao's back, Liu Jun couldn't help but clench his fists, his face was full of iron blue, and he said in a low voice: "This group of vampires, the business was not good in the first place, and they actually increased the commission, alas, ......"

A private army leader behind him said: "Boss, this is also a matter of no way, how can people not bow their heads under the low eaves, half of Lanyan City is under the control of the Tang family, the Tang family does not protect us, I am afraid that more than half of our stores will not be able to open at all, and this income should be to fill the appetite of the king of Hades." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it. Liu Jun gritted his teeth and asked, "Have all the people from the six departments arrived?"

"The people from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Punishment have all arrived, and they are basically officials at the level of squire to congratulate you on your birthday, but ...... The people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are still nowhere to be seen. ”

"Xue Ling, the secretary of the Ministry of War, selected three maids from us as concubines last month, you can rest assured, he was eaten to death by us, and it is impossible not to come. ”

"Hey, Boss Wise!"

In less than a few minutes, the neighing of the war horse came from outside the manor, and the people from the military department really arrived, and nearly two hundred people came, and the first person wearing war armor was Xue Ling, the secretary of the military department, who actually came to celebrate his birthday in person, giving enough face!

Liu Jun hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his fists and laughed: "Lord Shangshu is here to make the humble house shine, it is really too much for me Liu Jun to save face, please come in, please come in!"

Xue Ling grabbed the reins and didn't get off the horse, rode his horse and led his entourage into the manor, turned to look at him when he passed by Liu Jun, and said with a smile: "Boss Liu is so pompous, I'm afraid this kind of birthday banquet can already be comparable to the birthday of princely etiquette!"

"Aha, where is Lord Shangshu, please inside, please inside!"

Seeing Xue Ling leave, Liu Jun's face became even more ugly, and the leader of the private army behind him said angrily: "What an arrogant Xue Ling, he didn't get off the horse at all, and he didn't take us in his eyes at all!"

Liu Jun turned around and looked at him coldly: "He is the secretary of the military department, holding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, we are the underground ruffians of Lanyan City, why does he take us in his eyes? ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. ”

Liu Jun turned around and looked at the avenue outside the manor, and said, "The people from the Ministry of Industry will probably not come, and I don't have much friendship with Ouyang He, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"The time is almost up, boss, let's go into the main hall to prepare the birthday ceremony, don't keep the guests waiting for a long time. ”

"Okay, let's go. ”

......

The main courtyard of the manor, its luxury is not inferior to the Zetian Palace, the huge pillars are carved with unicorn patterns, and there are ancient patterns engraved on them, and the patterns are shining and shining, and many guests come to see that they are actually inlaid on the stone pillars of all kinds of precious gems of great value! The wealth of the copper dagger gang has reached the point where it can reach half a province!

The hall is very spacious, a girl wearing a looming gauze skirt holding a fruit plate, wine, etc. through the crowd, these girls are at least in the middle and upper posture, the copper dagger gang made a fortune by trafficking in human beings, naturally there is no shortage of beauties, how many beautiful women have been bred in the fertile soil of the Great Qin Empire, but now they have been collected in this kind of place, wearing revealing clothes, allowing the guests to rub the oil but dare not have any resistance.

Liu Jun slowly walked up to the main hall, holding the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "Everyone, be quiet." ”

The master spoke, and the crowd calmed down from the noise.

Liu Jun continued: "I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you for coming to my Liu Jun's birthday in the midst of your busy official duties, and as a thank you, each of the guests who enter the hall today can choose one of the maids around you to take away. ”

Suddenly, there was a burst of jubilation in the field, and many guests had already coveted the maids around them, and now Liu Jun said such words, it was simply too extravagant!

As a result, many people have begun to compete for the maids around them.

At the beginning of the banquet, everyone sat down, Xue Ling, the secretary of the military department, Tang Xiao, the general of Weiyuan, and Su Yong, the commander of the Su family, were all arranged at a table, accompanied by Liu Jun himself.

At this moment, a tiger-headed member with a copper dagger pinned to his waist walked in, and Liu Jun said: "Longtou, something is wrong, there are traces of the imperial army on the avenue, all the cavalry, there are people in the four directions of the manor, east, west, north and south!"

"What!?"

Liu Jun trembled: "Which army is it, don't they know that the military department is here?"

"Yes...... It is Lin Muyu's gentian legion. ”

"How many people came?"

"Countless. The face of this member of the Tiger Head Copper Dagger Gang turned blue, and he said, "Boss, do you want to use our private army to protect the manor?

"Protect the manor?" Liu Jun sneered, "Do you plan to let that rabble resist the Imperial Regular Legion?"

"What then?"

"Let me think about it. ”

Liu Jun looked at the people in the banquet, suddenly clenched his fists, and said, "Adults, generals, villains have a reluctant request. ”

"Oh?" Xue Ling smiled slightly: "Boss Liu can say anything directly." ”

Liu Jun said: "One of the corps stationed in Lanyan City, the Gentian Legion is approaching the villain's manor, the comer is not good, the villain is a serious businessman, if ...... If Commander Rain has any troubles, please be able to call the shots for the villain!"

"Lin Muyu is here?"

Xue Ling gritted his teeth and said, "He'll come in a while and see what he says, Boss Liu, you don't have to panic." ”

"Yes, thank you, Lord Shangshu. ”

Tang Xiao, Su Yong and the others also stood up one after another, and when they heard that Lin Muyu was coming with the Gentian Camp, the drunkenness of a group of people instantly sobered up a lot.

......

There was a heavy and dense sound of horses' hooves outside the manor hall, and soon after, the sound of footsteps trampling on marble came, and a group of Gentian Legion generals in military uniforms walked in with dense soldiers, Lin Muyu walked in front in white robes and royal forest armor, followed by Tang Xiaoxi, Wei Qiu, Situ Sen, Situ Xue and others, and then a group of soldiers with longbows in their hands, white diamond arrows glowing with a terrifying cold light in the sun.

Liu Jun rushed forward without even seeing the people clearly, knelt on one knee, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiaomin Liu Jun, see Commander Yu, I don't know what happened to Commander Yu coming to the cold house with heavy troops today?"

"You look up first and look at me. Lin Muyu's voice was indescribably calm.

Liu Jun raised his head, and the more he looked at this kid, the more familiar he felt, and muttered, "Are you ...... You are ......"

"Have you forgotten about Du Yiming, and the girl who wanted to be stunned late at night? Have you forgotten the first qiē in Chapter 223?"

"You ......"

Liu Jun crawled back on the marble like a ghost, and said, "How could it be you, how could it be you?"