Return to the Central Plains 20
Xie Tong raised the Mu Feng Sword and stabbed three swords in a row at Wu Zhiting's sword path, each sword sealed Wu Zhiting's sword path, so that his sword moves could not penetrate Xie Tong's defense, and if he ventured, he would only have to fight hard, but whether it was in terms of strength or internal strength, Wu Zhiting was too much inferior to Xie Tong. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xie Tong didn't want to hurt him, he just wanted him to retreat.
However, Wu Zhiting has never been a person who is easy to defeat, he wields his sword and meets Xie Tong's moves without hesitation, without fear.
At the moment when the swords of the two sides touched, Wu Zhiting suddenly changed his move, and he ignored Xie Tong's stabbing long sword, and turned to slash at Xie Tong's left abdomen.
This is a life-for-life move, Xie Tong can clearly feel that Mu Feng Sword will inevitably take a step ahead of him and stab into Wu Zhiting's chest, and Xie Tong is more confident that the moment Mu Feng Sword stabs into his chest, he can dodge Wu Zhiting's attack.
After all, Wu Zhiting was too slow, how could he not be Xie Tong's opponent.
Xie Tong's heart softened suddenly, he quickly brandished the Mufeng sword, and stabbed it shallowly in Wu Zhiting's chest, which happened to cut through his clothes, but it didn't hurt him at all, and then the sword quickly came to the rescue, and at the moment before Wu Zhiting pierced his lower abdomen, a sword knocked Wu Zhiting's sword away.
This knock, he used all his strength.
Wu Zhiting couldn't hold his strength, the sword was instantly out of his hand, and he himself was knocked out by Xie Tong's powerful power.
After Wu Zhiting landed, he took five or six steps back before he could stop his figure.
At the same time, the battle on Murong Longcheng's side had ended, and several black-clothed people were all kicked out of the room by him, lying on the ground wailing.
Wu Zhiting clutched his chest in horror, he knew that Xie Tong's subordinates were merciful, but he didn't know why Xie Tong did this.
Murong Longcheng looked coldly at everything that happened in the field, and all the enemies who came to attack were knocked to the ground except for Wu Zhiting. He smiled at Xie Tong and said, "The master is safe and sound!"
There was a rush of horses' hooves outside the house, and there were dozens of people just listening to the sound, and this time it was the rescuers who came.
Wu Zhiting's body suddenly trembled.
Xie Tong said, "While it's still too late, Childe should leave quickly!
Wu Zhiting didn't hesitate anymore, took his men and horses, ran straight from the backyard, and before the figure disappeared, he coldly threw down a sentence and said, "See you at the table!"
With that, he disappeared into the night.
Murong Longcheng said with a questioning expression, "Why did you let them go!"
Xie Tong smiled and said, "Brother, I have time to talk to you, let's go to the door to meet General Sima first!"
Murong Longcheng also heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard, and he said suspiciously, "Why did they come so quickly?"
Xie Tong said, "Of course, the two girls in the house went to ventilate and report the news, otherwise we will die, and Sima Xiangru may still be sleeping!"
Xie Tong walked straight to the door of the mansion and opened the door, at this time, Sima Xiangru had just dismounted.
As soon as he saw that Xie Tong was safe and sound, Sima Xiangru seemed to be relieved, and he was so busy that "how is the master!"
Xie Tong only thought of Shi Jingjiao, only to see Shi Jingjiao walk out of the room at some point, and was sitting on the stool at the door blankly, and said in a low voice, "I'm fine, don't worry about the general!"
Sima Xiangru said viciously, "You dare to do such a thing under the nose of this general, you deceive people too much, does Brother Zhao know who did it?"
Xie Tong hesitated for a moment, and said, "They are all masked, and I don't know who it is?"
Sima Xiangru said to himself, "I have already guessed who it is, hey, fortunately, you are fine, Xiangru is relieved, this time it is all careless, so that you are frightened." If you don't mind, please move to the house to ensure your safety."
Shi Jingjiao shook his head and said, "I live here and don't go anywhere."
Sima Xiangru didn't dare to scold him, and hurriedly ordered, "Come on, immediately strengthen the guards here, if the master hurts a hair, this general will clean you up fiercely!"
Shi Jingjiao did not answer Sima Xiangru's words, but returned to the house without saying a word.
Xie Tong knew that he hadn't recovered yet, and if it weren't for Murong Longcheng's timely appearance, he would most likely have died here.
Xie Tong saw Sima Xiangru's embarrassed face, and hurriedly said, "General, please go back, I am here here, and there will be no trouble."
Sima Xiangru let out a long sigh and left in a huff.
Time flies, and a few days pass in a flash.
Tomorrow is the day when Xie Tong and Wu Zhiting will duel off at the gambling table, and the location of the decisive battle has been chosen, and it is the Jin family gambling hall of the Sima brothers.
And this matter has spread all over Luoyang, and the market is talking about this duel to determine the ownership of Luoyang's future casino, and everyone is excited about this matter.
Xie Tong thought of tomorrow's gambling game, and he really couldn't raise a trace of interest in his heart, although he was the one involved, he had a feeling of being used, and staying in Shi Jingjiao's mansion all day long was really boring.
Before noon, Sima Jinyu suddenly came.
Xie Tong was tired of this unhurried guest, but he still received him with a smile.
Sima Jinyu said breathlessly, "Brother Zhao, please accompany me to the mansion!"
Xie Tong was puzzled, "What happened, why is the second son so anxious!"
Sima Jinyu said, "My father is here from Chang'an, brother, please get to know him!"
Sima Xuan actually came, and this news really shocked Xie Tong.
Xie Tong's first reaction was, what is this treacherous and cunning captain here for!
Sima Jinyu saw that Xie Tong was stunned, and thought that he was afraid, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Zhao doesn't need to be nervous, my father is not as serious as the legend says."
Xie Tong pretended to be shocked and said, "Is it Lord Taiwei who wants to see me?" Hey, the villain has never seen such a big official, how can he not be nervous! I don't know what Lord Taiwei is talking about during this trip to Luoyang!"
Sima Jinyu smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Zhao, my father's trip is for my brother's marriage, since Li Zheng mixed up the marriage between my brother and Princess Murowei, my father has been worried about my brother's marriage."
Xie Tong asked, "I don't know which family's daughter is so blessed?"
Sima Jinyu said with a smile, "It's not convenient to disclose this for the time being, but you'll know it then, let's go quickly! Don't let my father and brother wait in a hurry."
Xie Tong said, "Please wait a while, the contemptible person will inform Mrs. and come when you go."
Xie Tong returned to the house, and Hong Shan and Cai Wei were chatting happily. When he came in, he stopped abruptly.
Hong Shan smiled and said, "Why is Brother Tong so flustered, sparing me and Cai Wei's interest!"
Where is Xie Tong still interested, he hurriedly said, "Sima Xuan came to Luoyang and summoned me to see him, you must be fully prepared to deal with all kinds of crises!"
Hong Shan stood up in horror and said, "What should I do then?" Sima Xuan is cunning and cunning, wouldn't it be dangerous to see your identity when he sees out. Brother Hitomi, why don't we leave now!"
Xie Tong looked at the panicked Hong Shan, knowing that after he lost his father, he was her only sense of security. He hurriedly smiled and said, "Shan'er don't be nervous, I'm confident in my disguise technique, wait for my news!"
With that, he turned around and walked out of the door and got into the carriage that Sima Jinyu had prepared in advance.
After less than half an hour of turbulence, Xie Tong and the others finally arrived at the mansion where the Sima brothers lived.
Sima Xiangru's mansion was extremely quiet, so from this point of view, Sima Xuan's trip was extremely low-key and unassuming.
Xie Tong followed behind Sima Jinyu, walked into the door of the mansion, and went straight to the meeting room.
Before entering the hall, Xie Tong saw Sima Xuan sitting in the center of the hall, although he was still majestic, he was already old.
Sima Xuanzheng was talking with an extremely wealthy businessman, this person Xie Tong had seen, if he remembered correctly, it should be the richest man in Luoyang, Shen Kaitai, who was engaged in the salt and iron business.
The two were talking and laughing.
Sima Jinyu smiled and said, "Father, I'm back, oh, it turns out that Mr. Xu is also there."
Sima Xuan choked slightly, and his gaze fell directly on Xie Tong behind him.
Xie Tong pretended to be trembling and walked into the hall under the gaze of several people, and before Sima Xuan could speak, Xie Tong said in a loud voice, "The villain has seen Lord Taiwei?"
Sima Xuan said coldly, "Similarly, is this person the gambling honorable Zhao Wuyang you mentioned?"
Xie Tong said cautiously, "It's the villain."
Sima Xuan stared at Xie Tong for a long time, and said with a straight face, "Bet on Zhao Wuyang?"
He continued to repeat the name, which made Xie Tong puzzled, Xie Tong didn't know what Sima Xuan meant. He hurriedly said, "The villain doesn't dare?"
Sima Xuan sneered: "I don't know what Mr. Zhao has about the competition for the casino, do you know anything about the situation in Luoyang?"
Xie Tong shook his head and nodded again.
Before Sima Xuan came to Luoyang, Sima Xiangru brothers could be said to be struggling, and they could only fight each other by competing for the casino, but now it is different, Sima Xuan's arrival has undoubtedly increased him more chips. Through the marriage with the Shen family, the strength of the Sima family has soared, and it has greatly surpassed Wu Zhou's side in terms of momentum.
In other words, Xie Tong is no longer important to them. This was a very important message, and Xie Tong immediately grasped the key to this matter.
This was enough to ruin the partnership he had just established with Sima Xiangru, which was an extremely dangerous sign.
Thinking of this, Xie Tong decided to take the initiative, otherwise, everything he had worked so hard to build would immediately fail. He hurriedly said, "Back to Lord Taiwei, according to the villain, before the adult came to Luoyang, the general was passive, and the Wu disciple was aggressive, which had made it difficult for the general to move an inch, and this defect was infinitely expanded in the operation right of the casino."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was moved, especially Sima Xiangru's brother, the two had never told him about it, but Xie Tong knew everything and analyzed it very appropriately.
Sima Xuan's face did not change, and he said, "Go on."
Xie Tong saw everyone's reaction and knew that what he had guessed was correct, and Sima Xuan asked him to continue, thinking that he was very interested in his remarks, and he wanted to seize this only opportunity.
He continued, "Although the other party has been restrained because of Lord Taiwei's visit to Luoyang, the foundation cannot be shaken, after all, the other party does not violate the criminal law, and second, does not openly shout, but relies on the laws of the empire and the rules of the rivers and lakes to deal with us. ”
Xie Tong's analysis was very good, and everyone who listened expressed their approval.
Sima Xuan continued: "Then what is Mr. Zhao's good plan!"
Xie Tong smiled, "Since the other party plays the rules with us, we will follow the rules and play with the other party in the casino to the end until they can't play anymore." The general has made a war with the other party, and decided to win or lose in a bet, and the losing party will withdraw from the gambling industry in Luoyang and never interfere in Luoyang's casino business, while the villain will fight on behalf of the general, which can not only make the other party lose without temper, but also conform to the rules of the rivers and lakes, and no one in the market will talk about us, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone."
Sima Xuan nodded approvingly, and said with a smile, "Mr. analyzes the head of the way, and he thinks about it thoroughly, the old man admires it, but what makes the old man puzzled is that Mr. is just a venerable person in the gambling world, why does he know everything about politics, who are you?"
Xie Tong's heart was cold, his performance was too conspicuous, so that it aroused Sima Xuan's suspicion, but when he thought of digging up Cao Gong's treasure, he could only take a risk in this matter. He was not shocked and said, "Lord Taiwei, although the villain is a gambler, it is not worth mentioning in the eyes of adults, but adults should not forget, the villain can become a venerable person in the gambling world, relying not only on excellent gambling skills, but also on the thinking and analysis ability beyond ordinary people, adults doubt villains, villains understand, but I hope that adults don't want to distinguish between enemies and enemies, I am not a spy sent by the Wu family."
He said this loudly, and others were admirable.
Sima Xiangru hurriedly interjected, "Father, you once taught Xiangru not to trust any strangers, but Xiangru dares to guarantee that Mr. Zhao is definitely not the other party's person." ”
Sima Xuan snorted coldly, "Zhao Wuyang, you are the Venerable of the gambling world, and the old man is the Venerable of Luoyang, don't let the old man find any signs of misdeeds in you, otherwise, no matter how strong your martial arts are, it will be easy to take your life, retreat!"
He didn't boast that he was indeed the most powerful person in Luoyang City.
Xie Tong pretended to be angry and said, "Lord Taiwei, I read that you are the pillar of my Tang Empire, so I can speak of respect, but Taiwei is too disappointing to the villain, in the eyes of adults, although the origin of the villain is unknown, there is a good saying, Shi can be killed but not humiliated, I, Zhao Wuyang, would rather die here than be disrespected by adults."
After saying that, he stood proudly in the center of the hall, glaring angrily at Sima Xuan, with an expression of looking at death as if he were at home.
Sima Xuan was not angry, but laughed out loud, and after a while, he said, "Mr.'s arrogance is indeed admired by the old man, do you know that as long as the old man says a word, the old man will be immediately pushed down and beheaded."
Xie Tong puffed up his chest and said proudly, "If I was afraid of death, I wouldn't have said this, if the Taiwei wants to kill him, he will kill him, but if he wants someone Zhao to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, he can't!" )