One hundred and sixty chapters, Hongmen Banquet
"Why is it so slow, ten horsemen without horses are so tricky?" said the general, his face beaming with joy, and his mouth still reprimanded.
However, when the door was opened, the scene outside the door confirmed that this Qianniu Longwu general, who had seen the sea of corpses and blood, was in a cold sweat.
I saw that the door that had just been knocked on was no longer alive when it was opened in a blink of an eye, and on the ground in front of the general, round human heads were staring at him with unwilling eyes.
And the right-hand man he sent out, who was good at using poisoned arrows, was holding a bamboo tube in his mouth and staring at him with the same resentful eyes, as if he was reprimanding General Qianniu Longwu who killed them.
The general screamed and fell to the ground, and then he didn't have the courage to collect the body, struggled to get up from the ground, jumped out of the private room of the restaurant through the closed window on the side, and fled.
Standing on the roof of the restaurant, Lin Zheng and Wang Zixuan climbed into the restaurant through the window that the general had slammed open, Wang Zixuan closed the door of the private room, and sat at the table very comfortably, enjoying the celebration banquet prepared by General Qi for the assassins.
Lin Zheng just sat at the table, watched Wang Zixuan eat some vegetables and drank some wine alone.
"Don't like it?" Wang Zixuan asked Lin Zheng, he didn't eat anything in Zhao Mansion Lin Zheng, so he took Lin Zheng into the private room, but he didn't expect Lin Zheng to still take a bite.
"The dishes of Qi are not used to eating. Lin Zheng signaled that Wang Zixuan didn't have to worry, he just didn't like Qi Guo's dishes.
"I'm going to fry you a plate of your favorite food. Wang Zixuan put down the wine bottle, patted his clothes, looked good, and turned around to push open the door of the private room.
Lin Zheng turned around and looked at the street below from the window, the pedestrians in Qi costumes were talking about the general who had fled in the wilderness, and no one noticed the heads of people all over the ground outside the private room.
Lin Zheng looked up at the bright moon in the sky, but felt that this moon was different from usual, Lin Zheng couldn't help laughing at himself, where did he come from the mind of being a stranger in a foreign land?
After a while, Wang Zixuan showed his true face and put a plate of steaming dishes in front of Lin Zheng: "Dongpo elbow." ”
"Got a plate of elbows so quickly?" Lin Zheng asked as he poked out his chopsticks and raised his eyebrows.
"The restaurant has a good elbow, and I processed it. Wang Zixuan glued the thin noodles to his face and said, "I borrowed the kitchen with my true face just now, although the accent of the Zhou Dynasty people was heard, no one would recognize us. ”
Lin Zheng nodded, what Wang Zixuan said was not a matter at all, Zhao Lu suddenly had more masters around him, and the general would definitely guess that it was from the Zhou Dynasty, and the two of them would definitely make the other party throw a mouse.
Lin Zheng picked up the wine jug and poured it for the two of them: "The wine of this Qi country is not bad." ”
Wang Zixuan took the wine bottle with a smile, he was worried that Lin Zheng was homesick before, but now he is just a little uncomfortable, so he is not worried.
The two of them were drinking here, and General Qianniu Longwu had already fled to a vast mansion called Lingbo Mansion, this mansion was very large, and there were six people in the gatekeeper alone, these six people obviously knew General Qianniu Longwu, and when they saw the general so panicked, although they were surprised in their hearts, they did not stop it.
General Qianniu Longwu was also familiar with the road, and came all the way to the outside of the main house and said loudly: "My lord!
After General Qianniu Longwu finished speaking, the door of the main house suddenly opened by itself, and a calm voice came from it: "Come in." ”
General Qianniu Longwu hurriedly ran into it.
"Your Excellency. General Qianniu Longwu saw a middle-aged man in civilian clothes in the main house and gave a military salute.
"Zhou Kui, you have been with me for so many years, why can't you do this little thing?" The middle-aged man was wearing civilian clothes, but he was not angry and arrogant, and he scared Zhou Kui to his knees with just a few words.
"My lord, there is a reason for this, you listen to me. Zhou Kui knelt on the ground and carefully finished the whole thing.
"Oh?" After listening to what Zhou Kui said, the middle-aged man in civilian clothes looked at Zhou Kui kneeling on the ground with interest: "You mean, Zhao Lu's kid has a half-immortal around him?"
"It's true!" Zhou Kui nodded vigorously: "My subordinates really can't think of anyone other than half-immortals who can quietly put so many heads outside the door of their subordinates." ”
"The Zhou Dynasty is still martial, everyone is proud of practicing martial arts, there are many sects in the country, there is a lot of anti-pressure on the government in the rivers and lakes, it is not surprising that there are a few half-immortals in this rebel army, why do you want to surround Zhao Lu?"
The middle-aged man in civilian clothes had a thoughtful look in his eyes, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't guess that Wang Zixuan was just playful for a while.
While the two were talking, a man in black whose face he couldn't see clearly appeared in the room.
The man in black saluted the middle-aged man in civilian clothes: "I've seen General Zuo Qianniu." ”
"Get out. The middle-aged man in civilian clothes suddenly said when he saw the man in black.
"Huh?" Zhou Kui was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't figure out whether he was talking about himself or the man in black.
"Zhou Kui, go out. The middle-aged man in civilian clothes had no choice but to say it again.
Zhou Kui reacted at this time, nodded and hurriedly walked out.
"General Zuo Qianniu, your subordinates don't have a very bright head. The man in black chuckled.
"You don't need to be too smart to be loyal. The middle-aged man in civilian clothes shook his head at Zhou Kui's back, and turned his head to look at the man in black: "What does that adult command?"
"Not bad. The man in black nodded: "That lord knew that Zhao Lu was back, and the beauty in the mansion made trouble again, so he ordered me to inform General Zuo Qianniu that I hope that tomorrow you will hold a banquet in your mansion and invite that Zhao Lu, and don't let him leave again." ”
"There is no problem with the Hongmen banquet, but Zhao Lu seems to be followed by a half-immortal, can you help me?" General Zuo Qianniu asked the man in black in a deep voice.
"Half-immortal?" the man in black repeated when he heard this: "How can there be a half-immortal around Zhao Lu?
"It's true, I actually arranged an assassination tonight, but it failed, because this half-immortal was in the way. General Zuo Qianniu nodded in affirmation.
"General Zuo Qianniu is really thoughtful, he actually shot in advance before the order arrived, I will talk about this in front of adults, wait for my news. The man in black nodded, and left the room.
How can you survive if you don't want to be exquisite? The middle-aged man in civilian clothes snorted coldly, and no longer wanted to turn over and fall asleep.
On the other side, Zhou Kui also remembered the collection of the corpse, but he did not dare to go himself, but ordered his subordinates to go to the restaurant and bring back the heads.
After General Qianniu Longwu learned about it, he ordered someone to take the painter to the restaurant again, and got the portrait of Wang Zixuan's true face, carefully put it away, and at the same time did not forget to give General Zuo Qianniu a copy.
On the second day, Zhao Lu walked out of the house, he didn't sleep all night, just listening to the sound of fighting outside the house, after all, this was the night that decided his life and death, but listening to the sound of fighting, Zhao Lu felt that the combat power of this group of assassins was really weak, and it was simply a one-sided form.
Afterwards, Zhao Lu guessed that maybe it was not that the assassin was weak, but that the adult deliberately ordered some powerful characters to protect himself when he ordered troops that day.
"My lord, let's wash it up. Two of Zhao Lu's entourage carried hot water and towels and said cautiously.
Zhao Lu noticed the timidity of the two, frowned lightly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Your Excellency, you don't know. The entourage whose teeth were broken by Zhao Lu cautiously stepped forward and looked at the cavalry next to Zhao Lu's courtyard: "I don't know who they were last night, they cut off the heads of those assassins, leaving only the headless corpses all over the courtyard, which is extremely terrifying!"
Zhao Lu was not surprised when he heard this, but asked rhetorically: "Where is the head?"
"I don't know, but I heard rumors on the street this morning, dozens of heads were found in the private room of Hongfu Restaurant last night, and General Qianniu Longwu also jumped out of the window of Hongfu Restaurant last night to escape. Another attendant carrying hot water said.
"Really?" Zhao Lu was surprised when he heard this, this master was able to train Hongfu Restaurant, and also knocked General Qianniu Longwu back.
"It's true! A lot of people in the streets have seen it, and now it's crazy in the city. The attendant swore an oath.
Zhao Lu was silent after hearing this, and then he looked at the ten cavalry and said to his entourage: "You go and fetch some hot water and towels, and let a few of them clean them too." ”
The two attendants nodded and immediately went down.
Zhao Lu didn't leave the house all day after that, but sat quietly in the study and read.
When the retinue saw it, he quietly stepped forward and asked, "My lord, aren't we going to do something?" So many cavalry are not only protecting us, I'm afraid they are also here to spy on us. ”
"Why don't you do it? It's just that I don't need to take the initiative to do it, I'll just sit here, and the matter will come to me on its own. Zhao Lu said with a chuckle.
"Huh?" the attendant obviously didn't understand, and his face was puzzled.
"Didn't you understand?" Zhao Lu asked, and another attendant ran into the study with an invitation card.
"It's okay if you don't understand, the answer is in his hands. Zhao Lu pointed to another attendant.
"Huh?" The entourage was about to tell Zhao Lu where the invitation came from, but he was confused by Zhao Lu's words.
"This letter is an invitation from General Zuo Qianniu, right?" Zhao Lu directly said the origin of the invitation.
The entourage was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help nodding: "Yes, yes, it's General Zuo Qianniu's invitation, he is going to hold a banquet in the mansion tonight, come to the banquet for you." ”
"I know, you go and pack up, we are guests, don't be late. Zhao Lu said, closed the book, got up and came to the ten cavalrymen, clasped his fists with both hands and said respectfully: "Everyone, there is a Hongmen banquet tonight, who can go with me?"
Although he was asking everyone, Zhao Lu's eyes were always staring at Lin Zheng.