Chapter Twenty-Three: Eating the Overlord's Meal
Gu Cangsheng sat on top of the restaurant and quietly listened to the shopkeeper carefully talk about the secret history of the Moon Sinking Valley. looked at the wine and food on the table that was eaten by Nan Letian alone, and couldn't help but be speechless for a while!
"Then where we are now, which palace and which mansion's sphere of influence do we belong to?"
Gu Cangsheng thought for a while, knocked on the table and asked.
"This is the Yueshen West Valley, the boundary of Yueming Mansion! Moreover, our restaurant is the industry under the name of Yueming Mansion!"
The shopkeeper replied.
"No wonder ......"
Gu Cangsheng nodded thoughtfully and muttered in a low voice!
No wonder Liu Jianyang asked him to rush to the foot of the Moon Pot Peak! This Moon Shen West Valley is where the power of the White Emperor Palace is located, and it is just within the scope of his control...... From this point of view, the dead old man still has some memories of his life and death when he came to participate in the big competition, that is......
"What's the wonder?"
Gu Cangsheng was bowing his head in contemplation, and the shopkeeper asked curiously on the side.
"Ah, I mean, no wonder listening to your words, they are all from the position of the White Palace!"
Gu Cangsheng waved his hand and said with a smile.
"I heard that there are still a lot of giant bandits and bandits from the Chengtian Continent in the Moon Sinking Valley this month?"
The shopkeeper also smiled, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Nan Letian, who had been concentrating on eating before, suddenly open his mouth and asked!
"That's true!" he nodded, "From the Spring and Autumn Dynasty to the present, many monstrous thieves outside the valley have fled into the Moon Sinking Valley because of the pursuit and killing of the top forces of Chengtian! Later, these evil bandits and evil bandits slowly gathered together and formed a large force! Earlier, these bloody people did not dare to compete with the Three Palaces and Sixteen Mansions, and in order to survive, they often burned and looted in the mountains and forests around the Moon Sinking Valley under the banner of the Demon Gate...... The reason why Moon Sinking Valley is so famous in the outside world has a great relationship with this group of lawless people!"
"Earlier?...... Could it be that they still have the strength to compete with the Three Palaces and Sixteen Mansions?"
Listening to the words of the shopkeeper, Gu Cangsheng asked with great confusion.
"If it's against the entire Moon Sinking Valley, they don't have that much strength...... However, if one side is divided and the mountain is the king, it can barely be accepted by the three palaces and sixteen mansions!"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and replied.
"Just those flower thieves, bandits, and perverted murderers who fled into the valley?"
Nan Letian is still a little unconvinced!
"Of course they can't do it alone, it's just ......" Speaking of this, the shopkeeper suddenly paused, thought for a while and continued, "Fourteen or fifteen years ago, there was no British Alliance..... Oh, it was the organization of that group of stray criminals...... From outside the valley, a supreme master was invited back to worship! Since then, this group of lonely souls and wild ghosts have officially gained a foothold in our Moon Sinking Valley!"
"The best master...... How far?"
Gu Cangsheng was very curious.
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "The one from the Wuying Alliance who came to the Moon Sinking Valley for three days openly made an appointment to fight the two saint ancestors of the Flower Picking Palace and the You Holy Palace...... No one knows the outcome of the battle. Since then, however, the North and South Valleys have no longer restricted the development of the Alliance...... I don't think the outcome of that fight will be too bad!"
Fight alone against two transcendent and holy supreme beings!
Gu Cangsheng and Nan Letian glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the horror in each other's eyes!
Gu Cangsheng's feelings are even worse than Nan Letian!
Because his master is Liu Jianyang, he clearly knows that even with Liu Jianyang's ability to be "the best in the world", he will definitely not be able to fight two saints alone without defeat...... Otherwise, he would not have followed Gu Xiao's ship to Cangshengwu and accepted him as an apprentice!
"That's probably the situation in the valley," Seeing that the two of them were still thinking, Xiao Er said while sorting out the leftovers on the table, "If there is anything else you two want to know, you can ask directly, I think I want to know, so I'll tell you again!"
"Don't be so polite," Nan Letian quipped, "Most people don't know as much as you!"
Gu Cangsheng also smiled and looked at the shopkeeper who had been talking eloquently, but he looked at the other party a little embarrassed!
"Actually....... it's nothing, we who run the hall, then we have to see the six roads and listen to the eight directions...... To tell you the truth, it's not just you, who is here and doesn't ask?
The shopkeeper held the plates stacked high and explained with a smile.
Gu Cangsheng nodded with a smile, didn't dwell on this matter anymore, raised a finger and asked, "The last thing!"
"You say!"
"Hmm...... I mean, how can you locals who don't participate in the race avoid being hurt...... Is it hiding at home and not going out?"
"Yo! I forgot about it...... I really have to tell you both!"
When the shopkeeper heard Gu Cangsheng's question, he suddenly remembered something.
"Look at my ...... here"
Because his hands were occupied by plates, the shopkeeper had to shrug his left shoulder towards Gu Cangsheng and the others! Gu Cangsheng and Nan Letian looked in the direction of Xiao Er's finger, and saw a black pattern of "missing the moon sinking between the mountains"!
"It's ......"
"This is the symbol of our entire Moon Sinking Valley!, no matter which of the three palaces and sixteen mansions is in the sphere of influence, even within the Wuying Alliance, this one is used!"
Facing the puzzled eyes of Gu Cangsheng and Nan Letian, the shopkeeper explained:
"Usually in the valley, whether you come to seek revenge or kill someone, the Three Palaces and Sixteen Mansions basically don't pay attention to it! Only in this month's time, no matter who shoots at someone with the symbol of the Moon Sinking Valley for any reason, it will be regarded as a provocation to the entire Moon City Valley......!
"Ah......h
Gu Cangsheng and Nan Letian nodded at the same time.
Gu Cangsheng saw that the shopkeeper was still looking at the two of them with burning eyes, thinking that he was still waiting for the two of them to ask questions. He smiled and waved to the shopkeeper: "Okay, thank you! We don't have anything to ask here for the time being, let's get busy with your going first!"
thought that he would be able to get a lot of reward money this time, but when he heard Gu Cangsheng's words and drove him away, the shopkeeper couldn't help but be stunned!
He shook his head, thinking that the two of them had forgotten, so he reminded in a vague loud voice: "That's it! You two ate a dish of one tael or six yuan, and drank two taels of wine, a total of three taels and six cents, you can give three taels and a half! You two prepare silver! I will send the plate over and come back to settle the account with you!"
The shopkeeper emphasized his own "expectations", and when he saw the two of them with clear expressions, he turned around and left with satisfaction!
Who knew that he had just turned around and left, and Gu Cangsheng and Nan Letian, who were still smiling on their faces, had their faces changed at the same time!
Gu Cangsheng, as the prince of the Eastern King of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if he was no longer favored, he had never been embarrassed because of eating and drinking...... How could His Royal Highness have a penny of silver on his body?
"What's that...... Brother Nan...... And all the money of the younger brother was brought with him to the servants...... Or will this meal cost you?"
Gu Cangsheng scratched his head in embarrassment and asked in a low voice!
Who knew that this Uncle Nan actually laughed and patted his upper body very shamefully!
"You're welcome, brother...... Look at my brother, I'm here...... Is there a place for the silver here?"
"What then!"
The noble and scheming Gu Dagongzi. For the first time in his life, he was at a loss because he couldn't get the money for a meal, and he screamed miserably!
"What else can I do then......
It's this Uncle Nan! That's really angry, and his face doesn't change! Picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all, and then naturally pouted out the wide window next to the two of them......
“...... Run!"
"Whoosh~"
Two ghost-like figures flew away through the window! Only the shopkeeper who came over to receive the reward was left behind, looking at the disappearance of the two of them, dazed as if he was ......!
......
Western Qin, Daliang City.
A handsome young man in a light blue embroidered robe, with a dull face, strolling through the streets of Daliang City!
Daliang City is the largest city in the eastern part of Western Qin, and it is also the seat of Hua'an County in Fuxiao Province, which borders Western Qin and Great Zhou!
Unlike the extraordinary bustling western border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is separated by a mountain, this largest city in the eastern part of Western Qin is not as prosperous as imagined, but faintly desolate!
Among the five kingdoms of Chengtian, the strength of Western Qin was not the worst originally! But there are two main reasons why the national strength is slightly declining compared to the other four kingdoms!
First, it is because thirty-seven years ago, when the advisor of the Western King of the Great Zhou Dynasty was in Yeqi County in the northern part of the Western Territory, inspecting the Tuntian garrison!
When he learned that Advisor Tian had only one brigade of Wentian Sanwei and about 3,000 people riding his own soldiers! Emperor Yao Tianzhun of Western Qin, who had a deep personal grudge against him, ignored the opposition of his ministers, and even bypassed Shang Shuge and directly issued a decree!
Since the five countries formulated the 1,000-year-old "Kip Pass Alliance," although there have been occasional frictions on the borders of various countries, there have always been reasons for them! Every time any country uses military force, it is inevitably because there is a problem that cannot be resolved by normal diplomatic means. Like Yao Tianzhun, without saying a word, the behavior of directly sending heavy troops to attack can be said to be very shameful!
Advisor Tianzheng was inspecting the defense on the front line of Xuan'an, and was completely unguarded by the 200,000 troops led by the governor of the southeast of Western Qin and blocked the western border!
Fortunately, Wentian Sanwei was the most powerful ace in the world at that time!
The defense line in the western frontier that had been built up with great difficulty was inexplicably destroyed! The annoyed and angry advisor Tian personally ordered 150,000 soldiers and horses in the western frontier in Yanyang City to meet the 200,000 troops led by the governor of the southeast of Western Qin!
As the number one wizard in the world, the three armies of the Western Frontier Horse Infantry Bow that he personally came up with are not at all comparable to the 200,000 miscellaneous armies that were temporarily put together in the southeast of Western Qin!
In Xuan'an County, the advisor took the lead in the sky, waved his troops and horses to step on the enemy camp, and in less than three days, he let the southeast governor of Western Qin Fu fold the halberd and the western border of the Great Zhou!
After driving the enemy out of the border, Advisor Tian did not stop his troops because of this! He swung his army westward, stepped through Yanhuo Mountain, and within half a month, captured 46 cities in five counties in the eastern part of Daqin!
The world is shocked!