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A high-headed horse galloped from the night, killed under the city wall, the horse's hooves were clear, he also turned over and dismounted, vigorous and fast, the city gate seemed to be ready at this time, immediately a side door opened, out of a team of soldiers in armor, bowed to the comers, and the officer who took the lead hugged his fists and said: "Subordinates ride the wind to meet General Yan Qi." ”

Yan Yan swept around with cold eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Has the city lord arrived?"

"The city lord just arrived a moment ago, and is now waiting for you on the city tower. Chengfeng said, waved his hand to lead the horse, and followed Yan Qi closely towards the city tower.

Yan Yan stepped on the city tower a few steps, seemed to think of something again, turned around and said: "I want to talk to the city lord secretly, you go and guard the neighborhood now, if it is not for my army, you must not let them approach." ”

"What if they want to break in?" Chengfeng's eyes changed several times, and he shouted as he saw Yan Qi turn around and was about to leave.

"It's not time for civil strife right now, if you can retreat, retreat. When these words were spoken, Yan Qi had disappeared around the corner, and the torches at the bend were burning in the dark night, and he looked at the flames in the wind and was stunned, and suddenly sighed, turned around and walked towards the other part of the city tower.

On the city tower, the northwest corner, at this time it was pitch black, even the torches that were burning on weekdays were deliberately pulled out, at this time there was a black shadow standing alone, facing the Tiansui City, looking at the scattered lights there, silent for a long time.

When Yan Qi walked over, he bowed down and called, "City Lord." ”

The word "City Lord" was like a thunderbolt, which shocked Li Zhihong's figure, he turned around slowly, at this time he had already faded off his full armor, wearing the cloth clothes of an ordinary old man, looking at Yan Qi, this subordinate who had followed him for decades, didn't know what to say for a while, nodded, barely hooked up a smile on his face, and said, "You are here." ”

Yan Qi raised his head, looked at Li Zhihong, and was shocked in his heart, this city lord who has made him loyal for decades, when has his face been so old, even if the night is hazy, he can see the pale of his temples, walked a few steps closer, and asked: "City Lord, why don't you go to the secret room to meet your subordinates, I want to go to the top of this city tower, the building is high and windy, not to mention your injuries." ”

"My injuries? Li Zhihong laughed a few times, this smile also had some bleak meaning, he turned around, and went to look at Tiansui City in the vast night, and asked in an ethereal voice: "Yan Qi, how many years have you been with me?"

"Back to the city lord, twenty-three years ago, the demons attacked my city tower, it was the first year that my subordinates joined the army, if you calculate carefully, follow the city lord, it will be almost twenty years. Yan Qi didn't know what he meant, and replied lightly.

Li Zhihong said: "I joined the army at the age of twelve, became a deputy general at the age of eighteen, in the past, the joint attack of the two clans of demons and demons attacked me Tian Sui, because of saving the then Yang City Lord, I was promoted to the general of Tian Sui City, three years later Yang City Lord died of illness, Tian Sui civil strife, I relied on his great military achievements to suppress the powerful at the time, with the blood and bones of countless people in exchange for the position of city lord, thirty years, I have been the city lord for thirty years, thirty years I have tried my best, just for Tian Sui to go further and stronger, but now the situation-"

"City Lord!" Yan Qi suddenly increased his tone, clenched his fists and knelt down: "My subordinates are poor children, but only because of the promotion of the city lord, I have today, no matter what the situation is, my subordinates swear allegiance to the city lord and will never be in cahoots." ”

"Haha" Li Zhihong chuckled lowly, the night wind blew his voice away, laughed a few times, but it was a violent cough, he slammed his hands against the city wall, his face was gloomy, and he regretted: "In this demon clan war, the brothers who followed me suffered the most tragic casualties, 100,000 troops, but now there are less than 40,000, you have to know how many dead souls this is! Now the total number of troops in the city is as high as 150,000, and 80,000 are in the hands of their gate lords——"

Speaking of this, Li Zhihong couldn't speak anymore, looking at the night, in the Tiansui City, he couldn't help but have moist old eyes.

Yan Qi stood up, also looked at the vast night, and said in a cold voice: "Even if my poor disciple has the last soldier left, he is bound to fight with the powerful, this Tiansui City is by no means in the bag of their gatekeepers, Tiansui City should be ruled by the entire Tiansui people!"

Li Zhihong sighed long, coughed low, and said: "When I am old, I am always easy to be afraid, I am afraid that I will never have a chance to stand here alive, and then take a good look at my age, and then look at my vast territory, it is always good to take a second look." ”

"My men in Tiansui City, none of them are of a bad seed, they are born as Tiansui people, and they are Tiansui ghosts when they die, and we will defend this territory to the death and never retreat! ”

Li Zhihong laughed, looked at Yan Qi, his eyes added a lot of warmth, and suddenly asked, "How is the situation of the ten young disciples who have been trained?"

"Both projects in the barracks and fields will be trained, and in the last two months, according to the plan, they will be sent back to Tiansui City for ideological education and cultural training. Yan Qi replied.

"How are his two sons?" Li Zhihong showed deep worry and vigilance when he said this.

"The tiger father has no dogs, not to mention that he has received excellent training and education since he was a child, and his two sons are indeed blue. Yan Qi did not hesitate to praise him, nodded and sighed.

When Li Zhihong heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper, but he said: "The tiger father has no dogs, Sima Yi is amazing, Sima Zhao is also fierce, and when Sima Yan is the little grandson, the dynasty will change, is it possible, all this will have to be repeated in my Tiansui City?"

Suddenly, Yan's eyebrows flickered, and he said, "Here, there is a subordinate who wants to introduce him to the city lord." ”

"Alone?" Li Zhihong was also puzzled and asked.

"He is also one of the ten teenagers, according to the investigation of his subordinates, this person is not from my Tiansui City, because he fled and came, mixed with those little beggars to live in the broken temple in the mountains, his subordinates have carefully observed his martial arts practice for several months, and absolutely believe that he is not an ordinary child, martial arts, sword skills, mastered extremely powerful, many of them are moves that his subordinates have never seen, the royal court of the dynasty can suppress others, but it can't suppress this person, and this person attaches great importance to brotherhood, and has clashed with the instructor several times because he wants to help his brother. ”

"Even his two sons can't hold it down, there are such people?" Li Zhihong was also surprised, and couldn't help but have a strong interest in the person Yan Qi said.

"The city lord still remembers that at the time of the selection, the young man who rushed up at the last moment was him, who beat the general's nephew down and successfully entered the top ten, and he had an argument at that time. Yan Qi reminded.

"Is it him? What is his name?" Li Zhihong asked again: "Is he really not with Wang Mang and the others all the way?"

"This person's name is Shi Xiaoyi, he will definitely not be born in a nobleman, and his subordinates have also probed him a few times, and it can be determined that he has nothing to do with the general, and the subordinates think that when the two sons of the general return from school, if there is no one in the city to suppress them, this situation will be even more difficult for us. ”

Li Zhihong's eyes were also calculating, listening to Yan Yan's words, and thinking of the current situation, he couldn't help but nod and said: "You are right, such a talent, if it can really be used by me, it is indeed good." ”

"Then the subordinate can find a time for the city lord to meet this person?"

"Well, if I go to see him, maybe I will startle the snake and hurt him, and when you train one day, I will take a few glances from the sidelines. ”

Li Zhihong walked along the city wall suddenly, his footsteps were slow and quiet, and when his figure was drowned out by the night, he heard the voice of the old man: "The blood of my tens of thousands of soldiers cannot be shed in vain, and the territory of my Tiansui City cannot fall into the hands of others——"

In the dark night, the huge city gate closed again, Yan Qi's figure disappeared into the depths of the night, Chengfeng stretched out his hand to support his helmet, and commanded the soldiers on the left and right: "Brothers, cheer up tonight, don't stop, since it's our turn to be on an errand, we must not make any mistakes!"

"Yes, Commander!" The figures of the soldiers on both sides could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but the loud voice of the man made the darkness a little firmer.

Riding the wind, he silently walked out of the city gate, walked at the bottom of the corridor of the street, and suddenly sighed faintly.

At the mouth of the alley, at a lit night food stall, the old man trembled his hands and feet, picked up a string of hot dried tofu from the pot, and asked him: "Guest officer, do you want to apply sweet sauce or hot sauce, I also have spicy sauce." ”

Chengfeng frowned and replied in a low voice: "I don't want either sweet sauce or spicy sauce, I just want peach blossom sauce from Yuxi." ”

"Peach Blossom Sauce?" The old man was puzzled, raised his faint old eyes to look at him, and said with a smile: "How can there be peach blossom sauce in this bath stream, the guest officer is really good at laughing." ”

"The blood of the Yong'an Palace, that is the peach blossom sauce. The voice of Chengfeng was very low, and at this time, no one but himself might be able to hear it, and this old man with dizzy eyes might be deaf and tinnitus, where could he hear it?

The old man took out a jar of dark red sauce, a brush, and slowly smeared the red sauce on the string of hot dried tofu, the heat rushed, and suddenly there was a faint smell of blood, and he sighed in his mouth: "Guest officer, maybe you are mistaken, my lord will only sell peach blossom sauce in the world's famous buildings tomorrow morning, his peach blossom sauce is the best craft in the city! There is no peach blossom sauce in the bath stream." ”

Chengfeng said without emotion: "My lord just came to me, he wants to make a table of wine and food for the new servant in the family, I think this peach blossom sauce can't be delayed any longer, I have to buy it back quickly." ”

"My lord said, the peach blossom sauce is in a hurry, the longer it is brewed, the more it tastes. Since your lord is in a hurry to have a treat, then simply let my lord invite him on his behalf, it will be the same sooner or later. ”

"The dried tofu in the pot should be cooked, and if you boil it for too long, I'm afraid the guests won't be able to wait. ”

Chengfeng threw down a few copper coins, turned around and left, and even forgot to take the tofu skewers.

The old man didn't call him to stay, he turned around quietly and walked towards the house, where there was also a lamp, the light was faint, and he listened to the old man in the dimness: "Master, the guests said they couldn't wait, and they had to ask for peach blossom sauce for supper." ”

The middle-aged man in the dark couldn't see his face clearly, but beside him, the Qinglong Yanyue Knife that flashed cold light in the darkness felt clear, and the middle-aged man's voice was as cold as a knife without emotion, he said: "I just came back from the main store, and they all said hello over there, and the peach blossom sauce will be there sooner or later, so I advise the guests not to be too anxious, I promise them, I will do it." ”

"But the other party wants to hold a banquet in the world's famous building to entertain the new servants, no matter how late this peach blossom sauce is, I'm afraid the guests will be unhappy. The old man nodded, but he didn't dare to look up and replied respectfully.

"The world's famous building, I have ordered a plate of steamed big fish head the day before yesterday, and the day after tomorrow I will invite the newlyweds to have a meal. ”

"The master is really wise, in this way, the other party's master will be busy in vain. ”

"Hahaha-" A low laugh echoed in the dark room, and the man sang in a rebellious voice:

"The sassy west wind is full of courtyards, and it is difficult for cold butterflies to come. If I am the Green Emperor in his year, I will report that the peach blossoms will bloom together. ”