The reason why Tang Jiusheng asked Xiong Wenzhao to leave Captain Wang, who was guarding the city gate, was because he saw that this captain could still remain calm and deal with it without being humble or arrogant when King Wei arrived, which was really rare. Isn't it a pity that such people don't need to be used? The forty-nine horse bandits wearing armor and carrying bows and crossbows on their backs finally had the appearance of officers and soldiers. Following Tang Jiusheng's car, he headed north.

Wang Changlong, the captain of the city gate of Zijunzhou, never dreamed that because of his official business, he was taken by His Royal Highness King Wei, and he was directly asked to leave from Lord Xiong. The job that Tang Jiusheng gave to this Captain Wang was to have time to help train these temporary guards who had just been born from horse bandits. Of course, Wang Changlong was only responsible for training, and this team was also managed and led by Lu Fangping.

Tang Jiusheng sat on the wheel, driving the carriage, chatting with Wang Changlong and Lu Fangping, who were on the left and right. Last night, Tang Jiusheng and Lu Fangping had a long talk, and said a lot of heartfelt things, saying that they would reuse Lu Fangping and others, and Lu Fangping had a reassurance, so he decided to follow Tang Jiusheng with all his heart. Lu Fangping also told Tang Jiusheng about his life experience.

The Lu family was originally a third-rate scholar clan in Yingshou County, Central Plains, Lu Fangping has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he has also read thousands of books, studied and done a show, and is a figure who is both civil and military. Later, when his father Lu Zhengli, who was an official in the court, gave advice, he offended Yin Ao, the king of Zhou. Two years later, when Lu Zhengli returned to his hometown, Yin Ao used the excuse of the Lu family to communicate with Daxia and beheaded the Lu family, and only Lu Fangping escaped with the help of his father's old friend Cheng Hong.

Since then, Lu Fangping has been incognito, living on the rivers and lakes, and later encountered horse bandits at the foot of Zijun Mountain, Lu Fangping was not convinced, drew a knife to fight, but because of his strength, he was tied to the cottage by the horse bandits. thought he was going to die, but Lu Hanzhong, the owner of the horse bandit village, saw that his martial arts were good, and he had the intention to accept him as an apprentice and inherit his martial arts, so he tried his best to persuade him to fall into the grass. Lu Fangping's family died tragically, and he was disheartened by the court, so he fell into the grass and became a horse bandit.

Lieutenant General Lu Han taught him martial arts, Lu Fangping also studied hard, looking forward to one day being able to take revenge, in three years, Lu Fangping entered the four-grade realm from the five-grade realm, and stayed at the peak of the four-grade realm. Last winter, when Lu Hanzhong took a group of brothers to rob Jiangdong Road, he was seriously injured by the Rakshasa ghost crying at night, and died of injuries shortly after returning.

Sun Laosi, the owner of the second village, was not convinced, thinking that he had worked hard and had high martial arts, so why did he let Lu Fangping become the master of the village in his later life? Therefore, Sun Laosi and Lu Fangping started to fight, and as a result, the two fought for more than 30 rounds, and Lu Fangping was superior in skill and defeated Sun Laosi. Although Sun Laosi was not convinced, his skills were not as good as others, so he could only admit it. Lu Fangping then sat on the position of the lord of the village.

Last night, the masked man sent them information, and when they robbed Tang Jiusheng today, Tang Jiusheng gave Lu Fangping a dismount and easily snatched his knife. Lu Fangping is a cautious person, he has always been unwilling to kill innocents indiscriminately, and he is even more afraid that Tang Jiusheng is a master, so he doesn't dare to mess around, saying that he wants to save Tang Jiusheng's life, but in fact, he wants to give himself a step.

Sun Laosi was not convinced, and had to fight Tang Jiu, but he was slaughtered by Tang Jiusheng with one move. Lu Fangping secretly rejoiced that if he had been as arrogant as Sun Laosi at that time and had to do it, he would definitely be the one who died! People, sometimes leaving a way for others to survive is also leaving a way for themselves to live.

In the former dynasty and the later Sui period, the captain of the city gate was the exclusive position of the Beijing teacher, and when he arrived in the Great Shang Kingdom, as long as it was a county town, or even a larger county seat, there was this position, but from the seventh rank to the eighth rank of the military attaché, it was really small and pitiful.

On the way, the three of them chatted casually for a while, and Tang Jiusheng found that Wang Changlong, the captain of the city gate, actually had a strategic mind, and had studied the art of war, formations, etc., but it was a pity that he only made a small city gate captain from the seventh grade, which was really a bit condescending. However, there have been no large-scale wars in the Great Shang Kingdom in recent years, and there are very few places to use troops, and Wang Changlong, who has no family background, can be regarded as the captain of the city gate, and his ancestors have already burned high incense.

The gate valve has mastered most of the way to promotion, it is difficult to get ahead without a background, Tang Jiusheng sighed, how many talents have been buried like this, from the court to the locality, most of them are corpse vegetarians, but after thinking about it, even Yin Guang, who is the emperor, is so unsatisfactory, and he is psychologically balanced. Yin Guang may not hate the gate valve, and he may not even hate the Tang family of the National Teacher's Mansion, but he has no choice, he still has to rely on these people to work!

Tang Jiusheng, who rode a bad horse and roamed the rivers and lakes alone, was injured by Du Ruo's accident and could no longer rush in such a low-key manner, and time really couldn't be delayed.

In order to prevent those small and small bandits and horse bandits from getting in the way, when Tang Jiusheng and his subordinates rushed to Caoyang County, Central Plains Province, he specially rushed to the Zhou Wangfu, and he wanted to borrow something from Zhou Wang Yin Ao. Yin Ao already knew that Tang Jiusheng had beaten Xiong Junshou, but he didn't know what Tang Jiusheng meant when he came to visit him.

Yin Ao was very surprised by Tang Jiusheng's visit, but he would definitely not see Tang Jiusheng. Before the two sides completely and openly tear their faces and meet each other, it is still necessary to maintain harmony on face. Yin Ao, the king of Zhou, is not as naïve as Yin Chun, but Yin Ao, as a prince, is willing to respect Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi, as the leader of the alliance, which is enough to prove that this person is unpredictable, and the city is deep.

When Yin Ao, the king of Zhou, heard that Tang Jiusheng was visiting, he was as happy as his life, and the entire palace of the king of Zhou was immediately lit up, and Yin Ao instructed his subordinates to set up a grand banquet in the Splendid Pavilion to welcome His Royal Highness King Wei.

Yin Ao took Princess Hong Zhiqian of Zhou to warmly receive Tang Jiusheng and his party. Seeing King Zhou Yin Ao like this, Tang Jiusheng also accompanied him to the end, holding Yin Ao's hand, one by one, Brother Zhou Wang, the sweet one called, "This time the little brother came in a hurry, and he came from afar to disturb Brother Wang, causing trouble to Brother Wang!"

Yin Ao took Tang Jiusheng's hand and laughed: "Oh, Brother Tang, don't say that! The Tang family has been a national teacher for generations, and it has a contribution to our big business! Besides, there are many princes surnamed Yin, but there is only one prince surnamed Tang! When the elder brother crosses the border, he can think of the elder brother and come to visit, which is really brilliant and gives the elder brother enough face, this is the honor of the elder brother! The elder brother is afraid that the elder brother will not come to the door when he sees the outside! Come on, come on, sit down and sit down!"

After some sensual politeness, the two sat down, Princess Hong Zhiqian of Zhou took Du Ruo's hand and chatted on the side, the little maid took turns to offer tea, and offered all kinds of cherished fruits, Yin Ao and his wife kept persuading Tang Jiusheng and Du Ruo to drink tea and eat fruits, Tang Jiusheng said with a hippie smile: "Brother Wang, in fact, I came this time, I plan to borrow something from Brother Wang, of course, it is likely that there is a loan but not a return!"

Yin Ao's eyes rolled, and he laughed, "Oh, brother, don't say that, you will see the outside world if you say this, isn't it? Mine is yours! I am in the palace this week, except for your sister-in-law, as long as it is something that I Yin Ao has, your brother can take it away! But I don't know what my brother wants to borrow from me?"

Tang Jiusheng smiled, "Brother Wang, you also know that I have just become a prince, and I haven't gone to the fiefdom yet, so I haven't prepared for the honor guard or anything, my brother is here to borrow a royal flag from Brother Wang, so that it is convenient to travel!"

When Yin Ao heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, put his heart back in his stomach, and laughed: "Oh, it's just a flag, your brother is too polite, I thought you were going to borrow some treasure! It's simple, it's too simple! Later, my brother will take you to pick it, you can do whatever you want!"

The two were talking, and the dinner party below had been arranged, and Yin Ao stood up enthusiastically, "Come on, come on, hurry up and sit down, let's have a few drinks with the two of us!"

King Zhou and his wife, Tang Jiusheng and Du Ruo sat down, Du Ruo's eyes couldn't see, and Princess Hong Zhiqian of Zhou arranged for the little maid to come up and serve Du Ruo for dinner. Yin Ao toasted Tang Jiusheng, and both of them drank it all. Yin Ao then asked: "Brother Tang, your fiefdom is in Jiannan Dao, why don't you go to Jiannan, but go north?"

Tang Jiusheng sighed, "Brother Wang, I originally wanted to pick up my two daughters-in-law, but I didn't expect that when I passed through Renxian County, I was drugged and tied up in Wanhua Valley, and I almost didn't die in Wanhua Valley." Fortunately, Wuzhi County in Jixian County sent thousands of officers and soldiers to save me, and the little brother was lucky, so he escaped from death, which is really hard to say! That Junzhou County Shou Xiong Wenzhao couldn't send troops to save the little brother under the pretext of being sick, and the little brother had already beaten him up the day before yesterday!"

Yin Ao feigned anger and said: "This Xiong Wenzhao is really too unreasonable, he actually heard that my Great Shang Domain King was in danger and sat idly by, and when my brother waited for him, he would join him and dismiss him for investigation, so as to set an example!"

Tang Jiusheng waved his hand, "Forget it, I've already beaten him, everyone has already leveled up, this matter is over! This Du Ruo girl saved the life of the little brother, but she was poisoned, so that she is now blind, and the little brother wants to find the antidote to save her, so this is why she went north." ”

Princess Hong Zhiqian of Zhou said with a surprised face: "Tut-tut, it turns out that Sister Du Ruo is still Brother Tang's life-saving benefactor, it's rare! I said Lord Wang, do we have any good poisoners and detoxifiers in Caoyang County, please invite the two of you to come and show Sister Du Ruo's eyes." Such a beautiful sister, I can't see with poisoned eyes, I'm really distressed!"

Yin Aosha

Shaking his head, "We are in the poor mountains and remote areas of Caoyang County, how can there be any good poison masters and antidote masters? Otherwise, Brother Tang still needs to go north, isn't it?" Tang Jiusheng nodded yes, and thanked King Zhou and his wife together with Du Ruo.

During the banquet, Yin Ao and Tang Jiusheng talked and were very happy. Although Princess Hong Zhiqian of Zhou is not good-looking, she has a sweet mouth and will hurt people, and she is very happy to coax Du Ruo, if Tang Jiusheng hadn't told Du Ruo about King Zhou's situation before, Du Ruo would have to introduce Hong Zhiqian as a confidant.

That night, Tang Jiusheng, Du Ruo and others stayed overnight in the Zhou Palace.

Late at night, in the Minglu Garden of the Zhou Palace, Yin Ao and Hong Zhiqian and his wife leaned on the couch to chat, and the two little maids were fanning on the side, Hong Zhiqian asked quietly: "Lord Wang, the surname Tang lives in our house tonight, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, isn't it?" Hong Zhiqian's eyes showed a fierce light and made a gesture of cutting off her head.

Yin Ao shook his head and said angrily: "It's really a woman's opinion! This kind of thing can't be reckless, a newly promoted prince dies in our palace, Yin Guangke has enough reason to move me! But Tang Jiusheng, this kid is really bold and thick-skinned, he dares to come to my mansion to borrow the king's flag, I think he borrowed the king's flag is clearly an excuse, and it is true to come to our mansion to check the truth." Just kidding, I'm going to leave you a handle?"

Tang Jiusheng, who stayed in the Zhou Palace, was reading at night in the Ruolan Pavilion, Du Ruo was crooked on the couch, tossing and turning and unable to sleep, his heart was sad and happy, sad that his body was highly poisonous, his eyes were blind, and he couldn't survive or heal his eyes. The joy is that it is easy to get priceless treasures, and it is rare to have a lover.

In the evening, Yin Ao sent four little maids to serve the two, but they were all sent away by Tang Jiusheng, and Tang Jiusheng said that he would personally serve Du Ruo.

In the first half of the night tonight, Lu Fangping was on duty outside the door, and in the second half of the night, the tall and strong Liu Dongbao and Wang Changlong were arranged to change shifts, Tang Jiusheng was looking at it happily, and suddenly heard a knock on the door, Tang Jiusheng was a little surprised, and they all slept.

Tang Jiusheng walked over and opened the door, only to see Lu Fangping smiling and walking in with a person wearing the uniform of the guards of the Zhou Palace, Tang Jiusheng's eyes lit up when he saw this person, and he quickly put this person into the house, after the two sat down, Tang Jiusheng gave Lu Fangping a look, Lu Fangping understood, and went to guard outside the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

Tang Jiusheng hurriedly poured tea for the guard of the Zhou Palace, and said with a smile: "Brother Leng, why are you here? I haven't seen you for a year!

It turned out that the person who came to visit in the middle of the night was called Leng Shiyuan, a ranger whom Tang Jiusheng met when he traveled, close to the Sanpin Martial Arts Realm, and the two rescued a woman who threw herself into the river in Jiangdong Road, and then talked very happily, and at first sight, they became brothers with different surnames, and they traveled together for a month before they were reluctant to separate.

Leng Shiyuan said in a low voice: "That's right, I've been here to be a guard in King Zhou's Mansion for two months, and I know that Wang Yinao is not a good thing this week, so I'm lurking in this mansion and preparing to spy on some news." A few days ago, Yin Ao sent two of his guards to Wanhua Valley to assassinate you, these two people are a pair of brothers, named He Shuangshan and Shuanglin, both of whom are in the second-grade martial arts realm. When these two brothers arrived in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, they saw that you were very brave, and they didn't dare to make a move and slipped back, but they were beaten up by Yin Ao!

Tang Jiusheng was taken aback, this Yin Ao was too insidious, look at the closeness when he received me at night! Tang Jiusheng smiled coldly, "I really didn't see it, Yin Ao is really superb in acting, you see when you received me in the afternoon, that close energy, I can't wait to cut off the flesh on my body and give it to me!"

Leng Shiyuan plucked the tea leaves in the bowl with the lid of the bowl, and said with a slight smile: "Brother, so you can't just look at the surface, it's easy to be deceived just by looking at the surface! For a person, you can't just listen to what he says, but also look at what he does! I'll keep an eye on you here in the Zhou Wangfu, if there's anything going on, I'll find a way to send you a letter." The martial arts of the He brothers are not bad, two second grades, when you are employing people, you might as well accept it!"

Tang Jiusheng nodded, and asked quietly, "These two brothers can't be a bitter trick to play with Yin Ao, right?"

Leng Shiyuan said with a smile: "Brother doesn't dare to protect this matter, so this requires your brother's vision and courage! How do you think it's appropriate, then how to deal with it! Brother, I can't stay longer, I have to go, so as not to be discovered by others!"

Tang Jiusheng didn't dare to stay with Leng Shiyuan to chat for a while, this was the Zhou Palace, under Yin Ao's nose, there were many long nights! Tang Jiusheng quietly sent Leng Shiyuan away.

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