The devil is coming

Chapter 991 Showdown between rivers and lakes
The tavern in Zhaodi has a special feature. The tavern only sells wine without accompanying food;
Zhao people are good at wine, and they believe that drinking is just drinking. Those who want to accompany wine and food usually don't understand wine.
There is a story that has been circulating in Zhao land. The king of Zhao invited the regent of Dayan to drink;
The regent saw only wine and no food in front of him. He couldn't help but wonder: Where is the food?
The leader of Zhao State firmly said that if Zhao State drinks wine, there will be no food. To serve food, the wine must be removed;
The regent was unhappy and said: I want to have some food and wine!
The leader of Zhao State insists that the rules cannot be broken;
The regent slapped the table angrily: Serve the food to me!
The leader of the Zhao Kingdom then shouted: Once you enter the land of Zhao, you must follow the rules of the land of Zhao. In our country of Zhao, the rules for drinking are greater than those of the emperor!
The regent finally gave up and drank three glasses of wine with the king according to Zhao's rules before taking the wine away and serving the food.
This story is widely circulated among the people in Zhao. The people of Zhao are talking about it. Every time they talk about it, they unconsciously raise their necks and their faces light up.
Although, anyone with a little knowledge of the situation can actually understand that this story cannot be discussed at all;
First of all, the current leader of Zhao State rebelled against his father when the Yan army besieged the capital, and he came to power with the support of the Yan people.
Does he have the courage to stand up to the regent of Dayan?
Not to mention shouting at every turn, Zhao's rules are greater than those of the emperor. Do you really dare to say this? Do you believe that the regent will slap you to death and replace him with someone else as the leader of Zhao?
But ordinary people like to hear this and tend to believe it.
In fact, since ancient times, even in history books, there are many records of famous ministers scolding enemy monarchs face to face, and they were written with such arrogance that they can be described as flying into the sky. Among them, the example of Qian Guo is the most common.
Well, most of the monarchs who were scolded were also monarchs of the Yan Kingdom. The result was that the monarchs of the Yan Kingdom often felt ashamed in front of the awe-inspiring righteousness of the envoys of the Qian Kingdom, and were defeated again and again in front of the literati character and etiquette of the Qian Kingdom scholar-bureaucrats. .
In its heyday, those who had never been on diplomatic missions to foreign countries and had never demonstrated their awe-inspiring righteousness were too embarrassed to sit in the court and be the minister-in-law.
There are many guests in the Zhaodi tavern. The small town where this tavern is located is regarded as the only way for business travelers to go to Nanmen Pass to enter Jindi, so it has always been popular.
The tavern does not sell vegetables, but outside the tavern, there are many small vendors selling some snacks ranging from preserved fruits, melon seeds and peanuts to cooked food. The guests enter the tavern, order wine, occupy a table, and then send one of their companions outside. Just scan around and buy some drinks, and the tavern won't say anything.
To put it bluntly, the atmosphere of the Zhaodi tavern originated from the fact that Zhaodi was a place of the Fourth War a hundred years ago, and the people lived a miserable life. At that time, the tavern had a cloth cover and a few stools and two old jars. After the rice wine was opened, there was really no time to tinker with other food and environment. Everyone gradually developed a similar habit of "joining the table". After a long time, it became a custom.
On the second floor of the tavern, a woman in white held a bottle of wine in her hand and drank it down happily;
There were many powerful men at the tables nearby and even downstairs, all paying attention to this scene.
I just feel that this woman's temperament is extraordinary, and her drinking posture is also eye-catching.
Opposite the woman, there was a girl sitting, who was concentrating on eating glutinous rice balls.
One large and one small, the two women look so much alike that they should be a mother and daughter.
The public security in Zhao is not very bad, but it is not that people pick up lost items on the road. Especially since the regent of Dayan massacred the capital of Liang in anger, a large number of Liang people moved into Zhao, causing some small businesses to make a living in shady ways. Gangs sprung up;
But no one would be so stupid as to tease a mother and daughter sitting there alone.
Those who travel in the world should pay attention to two things;
First, the clothes should not be gorgeous, otherwise they will be easily regarded as fat sheep; second, the accompanying female relatives should not be too conspicuous and beautiful, otherwise they will easily arouse evil intentions.
This is the principle of long-distance travel that ordinary people know. Coupled with the frequent wars and unrest in the world in recent years, ordinary people have become bolder and thieves have increased in number;
Therefore,
Those who dare to show their faces openly without covering up most of them are really confident.
There is a storyteller in the tavern, who is bald, fat-faced and short in stature. The person next to him who is helping to play the strings is his daughter, who looks like a tiger girl;
The storyteller's surname is Zhou, and he is talking about the war in Chu.
It was said that the coach of Fancheng was the reincarnation of the barbarian king. He led an army of tens of thousands of barbarians and forcibly defeated the Xie Jiajun of the Xie Zhu Kingdom of Great Chu;
It was said that Prince Jingnan and Chen Xianba, the beloved general of the regent, each led a group of iron cavalry to strangle Xie Zhuyang and almost failed to return to Guyue City;
It is said that the regent of Dayan, standing alone in front of the army, holding a black cliff, fought against the eighteen military commanders and instructors of the Imperial Imperial Army of Chu, beheading seventeen of them, leaving only one person who was frightened and allowed him to escape;
It is said that the Yan army not only used ferrets to charge into the battle, but also used ferrets to pull carts and transport food. The millions of Yan cavalry, with just one order, nearly pierced the sky of Chu State directly. A hole...
There are many flaws in this eloquent narration, and there are many things that are difficult to explain, but the storyteller did not give the listeners below a chance to raise objections. Wave after wave, round after round, various descriptions were used. It's like flying sand and stones, stirring everyone's emotions;
At last,
Tang Mu took a shot,
Let out a sigh:
"Zhi Niang thief, this 800-year-old Chu Dynasty, I am afraid that this time I will have to ask for it."
then,
He picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.
His daughter put down the strings, picked up a large sieve, jumped off the table, and began to beg for money.
After listening to the "battle report", the drinkers began to shout to themselves:
"This big Chu is over, which one will be next?"
"Hey, the Chu Kingdom hasn't been destroyed yet, isn't Ying still there?"
"Half of the three-thirds of an acre of land at home has been dug away. How much energy is left?"
"Is it possible that we are going to attack Qian Country?"
"The Yan people are not invulnerable. I look at them. Even if they don't have three to five years to cultivate their health and rest, the Yan people won't be able to defeat them."
"That's it."
"I think the Yan people are likely to continue fighting. The regent has captured half of the Chu Kingdom. This territory is not inferior to other countries. If he has no choice, he will directly attack Yanjing City and let the emperor take his seat. , let someone else sit down."
"Fuck you, you've been talking about the Regent's rebellion for so many years. Did he do it? Did he do it? When my wife was not pregnant, she said that the prince was going to rebel. Now I and my son can both do it. You are still saying that they are going to rebel, so I feel that the prince is the loyal and good man of the Yan Kingdom!"
"That's right, the regent is a person who cares about the overall situation. How could he do such a thing as fighting among each other?"
The State of Zhao was once ruled by the Yan people. Even if the Yan people do not station troops in Zhao State now, the State of Zhao is already a subordinate state of the Yan people. Although the Zhao people have suffered military disasters due to the appearance of the Yan army, after all, the military disaster has passed, right? , Besides, it was the former ruler who foolishly wanted to fight with the Yan people, but was taught a lesson by the Yan people. This cannot be blamed on the Yan people, but on the stupid first ruler.
Therefore, many people in Zhao land already regard themselves as "Yan people" spiritually, and they also respect the regent very much.
"It's a pity that I have a young family. Otherwise, I really want to go to Jindong with a knife and join the regent prince, and join the army to gain a family background. I can only serve under the prince in Jindong, no matter what clan I am from, no matter what clan I am from, No matter which country you come from, you can always make a difference!"
Another long-bearded man wearing a sword gloated: "Hahaha, you can't go, but I can go. I'm about to go to Nanmen Pass to go to Jindong via Jindi."
said,
He looked at the sword-wielding heroine sitting next to him with an extremely heroic look.
Road:
"I don't know where this heroine is going. If she comes along, Guan can take care of her."
The Guanxing Ranger had already noticed the young swordsman sitting at the table next to him drinking and eating noodles alone;
This beautiful face, this figure... tsk tsk.
The ranger didn't mean to use force or have any other evil intentions, but wasn't it reasonable for the two of them to take a chance together?
At that time, the regent once joked with the sword master about this world, saying that half of the children of this world travel around the world to draw swords to help when encountering injustice, and the other half do it to date.
I always feel that I can find my other half in the world and become a couple of gods and gods;
If it doesn't work, you can taste different customs in the red tents in various places.
To put it bluntly, in a world, the sword masters are the top ones, and the following group of heroes from various sects are also a minority. The most numerous ones are the young heroes and heroines who are pursuing the distant future, and they have nothing in common with the free-spirited young people of later generations. difference.
Faced with this knight-errant’s flirtatious glances,
The heroine glanced at him coldly and ignored him.
But this contempt stung the ranger's heart, and the ranger immediately shouted:
"I wonder if we will be able to serve as generals under the prince in the future. When the time comes, you will also be able to..."
"Is being with that bastard worth bragging about?" the heroine asked.
"..." Ranger.
"What did you say?" At this time, a big man at the other table stood up.
There are many people in this tavern who admire the Prince Regent.
The heroine wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, placed half a piece of broken silver on the table, and replied loudly:
"Zheng Fan, he is a bastard!"
"You, I will teach you a lesson for the prince!"
In any era, there are irrational admirers. They will fight for their idols even when the person involved does not know and cannot know about them.
The heroine reached forward with her fingertips, and the man immediately froze. The heroine walked past him and kicked him, knocking the big man to the ground.
Subsequently,
The heroine raised her head slightly, glanced at the mother and daughter in white sitting on the second floor, and then left the tavern.
"Swordsman," the woman said.
"Fifth grade." The girl said, "But it seems to be more than that. It should be higher than the fifth grade."
The woman nodded and said: "The sword energy is very pure, beyond the comparison of ordinary swordsmen."
"She has a grudge against the regent." the girl reminded.
"Yes."
"Let's go and get to know each other."
"Where's the other one?" the woman asked, "the fucker."
"Call him together."
"it is good."
The girl stood up, and the woman also stood up and left the tavern.
……
The heroine galloped northward, and after nightfall, she stayed in another inn.
I took a shower in the guest room and came out to fill the water. When I came back, I found that a new group of people had arrived below.
The man was pushing a cart, and two women, one large and one small, were sitting in the cart.
This pair of women, dressed in white, look like mother and daughter.
The heroine's eyes lingered on the man pushing the cart for a while, and the man pushing the cart also looked at her.
After briefly meeting each other's eyes, the heroine returned to her guest room.
Outside, there was some faint movement, and the waiter was taking the guests to check in.
The heroine lay on the bed, closed her eyes, folded her knees, and spread her hands, as if sleeping or meditating.
But this quiet atmosphere was soon destroyed by a knock on the door.
The heroine didn't speak.
The door opened;
The girl came in with a piece of food, placed it on the table, and then jumped onto a chair very obediently.
The heroine sat up, and the older woman came in carrying a bottle of wine.
The door was not closed, and a man with a cart was sitting on the threshold, just smiling innocently.
"I don't know you." The heroine said.
"We know each other now," the woman replied.
"Why do we need to know each other?" the female hero asked.
"Because we probably have the same enemies."
The sword beside the heroine is unsheathed. It is an ordinary sword without any fancy tips. It can be bought in a blacksmith shop in an ordinary county town. It is not even exquisite;
But at this moment, a sword energy rushed over directly.
The woman waved her hand to block it, and quietly neutralized the sword energy.
"sit."
Perhaps, this is the way people in the world greet each other, by shaking hands first to determine whether you are qualified to sit at the same table as me.
The heroine stood up, walked from the bed to the table, and sat down.
"Are you mother and daughter?"
"Yes and no." the girl replied.
"What about him?" The heroine pointed at the middle-aged man sitting on the threshold, "Is it your father or her husband?"
"A friend, a friend you met on the road, before you." The girl replied.
"friend?"
"Yes, she and I both sprained our feet and couldn't walk, so he pushed us along. He is a kind person."
"My feet are sprained, can't I walk?" The heroine felt ridiculous.
The girl's eyes are extremely clear, not the clearness of ordinary children, but a kind of deep and mysterious look. Not surprisingly, she should be a Qi practitioner, but she doesn't know how to "rejuvenate her youth".
As for this woman, when she resolved her sword energy earlier, the surging energy and blood showed that she was a very powerful martial artist.
They have sprained their feet, they can’t walk on the road, and they need someone to push the cart in order to move forward?
"He wants to sleep with you?" The heroine looked at the woman.
The woman shook her head and said, "I would rather do it."
The heroine looked at the girl again and said, "Could it be you?"
"Hahaha." The girl sneered and said, "I'm just a good-hearted person."
"Oh, he's quite a weirdo."
"Indeed," the woman agreed.
The girl picked up the jug and started pouring wine: "We two just came from Chu. We thought the Chu people could stop the Yan people, but who knew that we were killed by the Yan people and fled in a rout."
"You escaped too?"
"Escaped. Before escaping, I helped Xie Zhuyang to be rescued." The girl replied.
The woman picked up the wine glass and said, "I was almost able to kill the prince of Jingnan, the nominal eldest son of the regent, in the midst of the chaos."
"Almost?" the heroine asked doubtfully.
"He is much stronger than I thought. I made a sneak attack but failed. I only hurt him a bit, but I was afraid of being surrounded, so I couldn't continue to attack."
The girl said: "I can't figure out why he appears there with the Yan flag."
The female hero smiled and said: "I know that man, his father is the King of Jingnan, and his adoptive father is the regent. Isn't it only natural that he carries the black dragon flag to fight for the Yan army?"
The girl shook her head and said, "It's a mess."
The woman echoed, "It's very messy."
The heroine frowned slightly, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with these two women's minds.
"You hate the regent, don't you?" the girl asked.
"Yes, he killed my master."
The girl nodded: "Want to take revenge?"
"I think so." The heroine did not hesitate.
"Hold on."
The girl put her hands in front of her eyes, slowly pulled them apart, then smiled and confirmed:
"You didn't tell lies."
"Were you spying on me just now?"
"It's just a Qi Refiner's technique. This technique is also commonly used by the Silver Armored Guards of the Qian Kingdom when interrogating prisoners, but it probably won't be used more efficiently than mine." The girl took a bite and said, "We plan to go to Jin to see Look, go to... Jindong and have a look."
"The regent is in Chu Di." the female hero reminded.
"He is protected by thousands of troops and horses, and we can't touch him," the girl said.
"So, why go to Jindong?"
"I can't move him, but I can go and see his home. If I have a chance, I can greet his family."
"Despicable," the heroine said.
"Yes." The girl nodded.
The heroine leaned forward,
Road:
"But I know that the protection of his palace is impregnable."
"We also know this, but we are not in a hurry. We just have to see if it is really impregnable. What if we can see an opportunity?" the woman said with a smile.
"Where's him?" The heroine pointed at the middle-aged man sitting over there.
"He is a Gan man. The regent has led the army to attack Gan several times. As a son and daughter of the Qian country, he should relieve the country's worries. Right? A good-hearted person."
The middle-aged man nodded.
"But as far as I know, anyone who has tried to take action against the palace, whether they are people from the court or people from the Jianghu, will not end well." The female hero reminded again.
The girl smiled "hehe" and said: "We will turn back before we get started. This is what we do in Chudi. The most important thing is to remain useful."
"What if we really get a chance?" the female hero asked.
"What you're asking is so strange. He killed your master, and you didn't even think about killing his family in revenge?"
"Every wrongdoer has his own debtor. I will settle the debt between me and him, but I will not implicate his family."
"People can't be too upright." The girl reminded, "If you look for him, you have no chance of winning, or you can capture his woman, his child, and try to force him to...submit?"
"He is a hero." The heroine reminded him.
"No, as far as I know, he values ​​friendship." The girl said firmly, "Believe me, we have our own information channels and know him better than you do."
The heroine was stunned for a moment and pointed to her nose:
"You know him better than I do?"
"Yes." The girl nodded, "We have all read the investigation about him by the Phoenix Nest Guards of Chu State, unless you have grown up around him since childhood;
Otherwise, we can safely say that we must know him better than you do. "
The heroine couldn't hold it in any longer.
stand up,
Road:
"I won't accompany you to do such dirty things."
The girl once again put her hands in front of her eyes and slowly pulled them away;
for a while,
He sighed helplessly:
"She's telling the truth again, so stupid."
The girl stood up and left her seat, and the woman also stood up and planned to leave with her.
At this time,
The heroine drew her sword,
Road:
"That's fine when I didn't know. Now that I know, I'm sorry.
Since you want to take action against his family,
Not only can I not help you,
and tonight,
I can't let you leave this inn alive. "
"Hehehehe." The girl laughed and said: "There are three of us, and you are one. We are not worried about you leaking the secret, and we have no intention of silence you. You actually said that you are going to kill the three of us?"
The heroine shook her head,
shouted:
"So, are you going to do things with them too?"
The middle-aged man sitting on the threshold slowly stood up at this time. His eyes were pure, and with a warm and gentle look, he faced this question.
He opened his mouth and said:
“You’re anxious;
I originally planned to call someone while pushing them through the south gate. "
The woman reached out and slapped the girl on the face. A clear slap mark appeared on the girl's face;
The beaten girl tilted her head.
He retorted:
"They really didn't tell lies!"
There is no problem with lie detection, the girl believes it!
But the problem is, inexplicably finding two people with no problem, they turned out to be the biggest problem.
"So?" The woman pointed to both sides, "I feel so stupid when I'm with you."
"Without me, you are even more stupid." The girl retorted, "When choosing a body, you have to rush to choose one with bigger breasts."
The sword maid pointed her sword at the woman,
Road:
"I chose her because she hurt my little brother who I watched grow up."
"I disagree."
Daxia Chen opened his bamboo hat,
He has no sword,
Faced with the choice of sword maid,
He said: "The smaller ones are easier to beat."
No matter how rich the skills and level of the Qi Master are, they are still easier to deal with in a head-on fight.
A martial artist is different.
The sword maid's eyes showed a majestic look,
reminded:
"I am Senior Sister."
Daxia Chen nodded and moved towards the girl.
Road:
"Ok."
"Honorary title." The sword maid reminded again.
"Okay, sister."
(End of this chapter)