The pawn who shouted thought he had heard it wrong, digging his ears and raised his head and asked, "What?"
"I said, no." The man on the tower stood with his hands behind his back, and said slowly, "Today, the first-tier cities are under martial law, and people of unknown origin are not allowed to enter or leave."
Choked by these words, the pawn was so angry that he rode his horse back to Jia Liang, and said emphatically, "My lord! There is a young man on the tower who said that his status is not enough, so he won't let you go." City gate!"
Jia Liang, who was smiling, suddenly changed his face: "What?"
The pawn said angrily: "That man didn't even wear any armor. He was wearing ordinary clothes. His skin was soft and tender. He looked like a face! He was holding a chicken feather as an arrow. It was clear that he didn't take adults seriously!"
"It's worth it!" The deputy general behind said angrily, "My lord has an imperial edict!"
Jia Liang squinted to look at the tower in the distance, and could vaguely see a figure in a light-colored robe. He sneered: "I don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth. I have to make him kneel down and admit his mistakes today!"
"My lord is mighty!" The guards behind him shouted in unison.
With so many people supporting the battle, Jia Liang straightened his waist, clamped his horse's belly, and stepped forward with his personal guards to stand under the city gate.
"Hey—" Qianjun yelled, and countless arrows were aimed at the top of the tower. Jia Liang held the reins and said contemptuously: "Being raised by a woman, do you really think that you have two points of ability? What about the person who just said that his status is not enough?" ? Why don’t you dare to take the lead?”
The people behind kept booing, and Jia Liang was not polite: "I have eaten too much soft food, and I don't have the strength to open the city gate?"
The banners were fluttering on the tower, and there were quite a few people standing there. The pawn who announced the news looked at it, pointed to the green robe and said, "My lord, he is there!"
Looking in the direction he pointed, Jia Liang was about to continue to sneer, but when his eyes met the man's, he froze.
Why do you look familiar
With handsome eyebrows and slender eyes, he is cold and not like a mortal, and the jade crown is upright, awe-inspiring like a heavenly posture. Jia Liang met Ziyang Jun in the court before, and secretly praised him for being unique in the world, and he couldn't find a second one. Now when he saw this person, he stayed for a while, and after realizing who it was, the corners of his mouth twitched .
The pawn didn't see his expression, but when he saw the man standing on the edge of the wall, he pointed at him and said, "The imperial envoy is here. If you have the guts, don't open it! Let's see what will happen to you..."
field.
Before the last word was uttered, someone hit the back of the head severely. The pawn stopped his mouth in pain, and turned his head in puzzlement, and saw Master Jia, who had a domineering face just now, was dripping with cold sweat, shaking his lips and scolding him: "What are you yelling for!"
"Big... my lord?"
Pressing the saddle and slipping to the ground, Jia Liang looked back at the army behind him, hesitating for a moment. After all, he went forward to salute.
"Your official, Jia Liang, have met your majesty!"
As soon as he bowed, the soldiers who booed behind were dumbfounded. There was only one person standing on the city wall who seemed so weak at first glance, the lord said "shoot the arrow" and the custodian shot him into a hornet's nest, why are you still afraid of him
Jiang Xuanjin looked at the people below calmly, and said the same words: "The first-tier cities are under martial law, and the city gates are not open. If your lord has something important..."
After a pause, he raised his eyes to look at the soldiers and horses behind him who were ready to move, "Then why don't you try?"
How provocative these words were, Jia Liang could bear it, but how could the group of lieutenant generals behind him be able to bear it, booed one after another, and stomped their horses' hooves back and forth on the sand.
"Don't act rashly!" Jia Liang hurriedly said, "Get off your horse!"
Several lieutenants turned over reluctantly, unconvinced no matter how they looked at it.
If the man standing on the tower was a murderous general like Xu Xian, they still thought they could give way, but what is this in front of them? People who have no momentum at all, why let so many of them back down
The first-tier cities are already in jeopardy. They followed Jia Liang to suppress them in order to have a drink of soup in the city. Everyone knows how much oil and water they can get in the process of eliminating them. Otherwise, how could they support Jia Liang all the way
Right now it's good, he has already reached the gate of the city, but he has the intention to back down.
"The people below don't have long eyes, and they don't know that the king is here, offended!" Without looking at the people behind him, Jia Liang wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "I don't dare to force it, but the officials brought the imperial edict, and the king The boss must put down his official position and enter the city."
Jiang Xuanjin nodded in a reasonable manner: "My lord wants to come to announce the decree, one person can enter the city, and the rest will be stationed outside."
"This..." Jia Liang choked, how dare he enter the city alone
"My lord!" Someone whispered behind him, "Didn't you say that even if Mr. Ziyang is in this city, he is helping us?"
Jia Liang still wanted to know what was going on! Didn't everyone say that Lord Ziyang broke with the eldest princess? It was rumored that the person who claimed to be the eldest princess had offended the emperor, and the emperor ordered the border town of Ziyang to be sealed off and all communication with Danyang to be cut off.
But in this situation, no matter how you look at it, it's not right.
"My lord, let's rush in." The lieutenant said in a deep voice, "Who cares about Lord Ziyang or not, can he stop our thousands of troops by himself? After we enter the city and wipe out the traitors, we will fight with him again." It's not too late to apologize."
"Yeah, you can't give him such a big face, so many brothers have to explain."
Talking all over the place, Jia Liang was very flustered, he waved his hands and said, "No, no."
The lieutenant general became impatient: "If your lord dare not, then the humble officer will take the lead, and you can go and rest later."
Said, waved someone to help him away.
Jia Liang complied half-heartedly. After all, he also wanted to enter the city, but he didn't dare to offend Lord Ziyang. If he doesn't show his head right now, after entering the city, he can still act good in front of Lord Ziyang and push the lieutenant to take the blame, and the Lord can't blame him.
Thinking of this, Jia Liang pretended to be embarrassed, struggled twice, and hid behind the army.
"Enter the city!" Facing the gaze of the young man in Tsing Yi, the lieutenant raised his saber arrogantly.
The people behind responded, got on their horses, and came towards the city gate. At the same time, the archers got the order, and all the arrows were fired, and they hit the wall like rain.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" someone shouted from the tower.
Jiang Xuanjin stared intently at the arrows from bottom to top. The arrows were not too strong, and he could pinch two of them with one hand.
"The accuracy is really bad." He commented objectively.
The ladder climbed up the city wall, and the lieutenant general also studied the art of war, so he wanted to capture him first without saying a word. He walked over the ladder a few steps, and his skills looked very vigorous. Climbing over the wall is like a tiger going down the mountain, trying to catch him by the throat.
Chengxu and Yufeng were standing beside them, they didn't intend to help when they saw this, instead they held the long pole and pushed down the ladder he stepped on.
The hand was in front of him, and it was not washed well, and the nails were full of mud. Jiang Xuanjin frowned, turned her head to avoid his grasp, slammed into the hollow of his elbow, twisted his hand by half an axis, and pressed it behind her.
After eating and drinking, the general counterattacked him and broke free from his shackles. Jiang Xuanjin let go of him, retracted his legs to avoid the sweep, and then stepped on the man's ankle.
With a "click", the lieutenant turned pale.
This person obviously doesn't have much strength, how could he strike so hard
His whole body was numb from the pain, the officer couldn't get off the stage, he gritted his teeth and fought hard, drew out the knife and wanted to lay it across his neck.
Jiang Xuanjin's reaction was faster than his. As soon as the knife was out of its sheath, he kicked the man's hand cleanly. Utilizing strength, he leaped over and caught the knife, a kite turned over and fell back to the original place, with the knife pointing at the lieutenant general's throat.
"Is that what you mean?" he asked.
Extremely fast, because he is not wearing armor, he is much more flexible than him. The lieutenant general felt the coolness on his neck, and finally changed his face: "You... how can you know martial arts?"
Shouldn't Mr. Ziyang be a literati
Jiang Xuanjin said coldly: "I know a little bit."
When he said this word, he thought of it, so he smiled slightly, and added: "It's two points better than ordinary people who know a little bit."
"Ah Choo!" Jiu Wu, who was leading the people to cut off the support in the direction of Pingling, sneezed suddenly, shocking the horses under him.
"What's going on?" He muttered, rubbing the tip of his nose and said, "Perhaps His Highness is thinking of me, everyone, hurry up!"
"Yes!" The mighty army followed behind, cutting across the southeast, and was about to meet Pingling's reinforcements in the canyon ahead.
There was a strong wind blowing on the tower, and the lieutenant turned around and found that he was the only one standing on the tower, the ladder was broken, and there was no guard behind him.
"Jun... Your Majesty, please forgive me." He softened his attitude and said, "The humble job is only to follow orders."
The handle of the knife was a bit dirty, so Jiang Xuanjin threw it away casually, and said, "Let all your people retreat."
If the knife was still on his neck, this could only be listened to, but he threw the knife and said this? A trace of cruelty flashed in the lieutenant's eyes, and he lowered his head and responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I will let them... give you a ride!"
His tone changed suddenly when he said the last four words, and the deputy turned his toes and picked up the knife on the ground and held it in his hand. He hacked toward Jiang Xuanjin.
As if expecting him to do this for a long time, Jiang Xuanjin calmly turned sideways, twisted his wrist, and kicked him in the chest.
The hand didn't let go, and the person was kicked back and held by him, his face was blue. The lieutenant wanted to fight back, but his ankle was dislocated, his movements were not sharp enough, he hesitated for a moment. The man in front of him punched him in the stomach again.
The force pierced through the armor and hit him. Before the lieutenant could react, his throat was sweet, and he spurted blood when he opened his mouth.
The people below were still attacking the city, the crumbling city gate crashed down, and shouts resounded through one side.
The lieutenant took a mouthful of blood and said with a sneer, "If you beat me to death, we won't be able to stop our people from entering the city. Surrender obediently!"
Frowning and looking at the blood stains on his sleeves, Jiang Xuanjin grabbed his armor, pulled him from the outer wall stack to the inner wall, and threw him on the wall stone.
His head was bleeding from the collision, the lieutenant raised his eyes in a daze, and saw the situation in the city.
Dark crowds filled the streets and alleys, and a row of shield soldiers at the gate of the city protected the archers behind, with sharp arrows aimed at the people entering the city.
The number of people he could see from this angle alone was already on par with the people they brought, let alone those who couldn't see behind.
"How could this happen?!" The lieutenant was shocked, "Didn't it mean that there are no defenders in the first-tier cities?"
They dared to be so arrogant because of the large number of people. If they really wanted to fight...
The soldiers rushing into the city hurriedly saw the scene in front of them, they were all dumbfounded, they stopped and did not dare to charge again. There are timid generals who directly lead people back.
"Your Majesty, I have something to discuss." Finally losing his temper, the lieutenant smiled and said, "I have been working in Pingling for a humble job. I have never known the name of the Emperor... so I don't know each other? Calm down first, let's sit down." Come down and talk?"
Jiang Xuanjin sneered.
A moment later, the lieutenant general was thrown directly from the tower.
"ah-"
There was a scream, so loud that Jia Liang behind him heard it, and asked quickly, "What's going on?"
The person coming from the front reported tremblingly: "There is an ambush in the city, and Vice General Liu was thrown off the tower, apparently with a broken bone."
Taking a deep breath, Jia Liang immediately jumped up and said, "I said I can't fight, right? You guys just don't listen! Now it's over, Mr. Ziyang is obviously annoyed! Hurry up and withdraw!"
"But what reason does Lord Ziyang not let us enter the city?" The military adviser came up and said, "We must have a reputation in everything we do. We are here to follow the order, and the lord wants to resist the order?"
Jia Liang thought for a while, and with a sliver of hope, asked someone to ask for instructions respectfully—why can't this first-tier city enter
News soon spread from the tower: "Your Majesty said that Mrs. Jun is raising a baby in the city, and she doesn't like to be disturbed."
Jia Liang's eyelids twitched.
This excuse is too fake! Who doesn't know that Mr. Ziyang doesn't value women? How could it be possible to do such a thing against the edict for the wife
Maybe there are other interests involved? After pondering for a while, he decided to wait for the reinforcements later, and stay outside the city honestly.
People on both sides of the front row still had some conflicts. Dozens of people were killed or injured, but the outside side retreated quickly, and when the time came, the gates of the first-tier cities returned to tranquility.
Chengxu followed his master back to the princess mansion, watched him wash and change, changed into a brand new robe, and then went to the main house as if nothing had happened.
Li Huaiyu just woke up, leaned lazily by the bed, and smiled when he saw him come in: "I was just asking where you were."
He lifted his robe and sat down on the edge of the bed. Jiang Xuanjin said calmly: "Walk as you please."
"Really?" Huaiyu looked suspiciously at Chengxu Yufeng behind him.
Chengxu Yufeng dare to say anything? He could only nod his head again and again, yes, yes, he walked around casually, frightened the army away casually, and even threw his lieutenant off the tower at random.
If the master says it's free, then it's free. No matter how much they have to say, they just swallow it in their stomachs.
"It's already this hour, why haven't you eaten breakfast yet?" He looked at the tray next to him. Jiang Xuanjin frowned.
Huaiyu smiled and lay down on his lap, saying: "I just woke up, I'm not hungry at all."
"Eat that too." Picking up the red bean soup, Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips and tried it, and said, "It's still hot."
"You feed me!" The person on the lap played tricks.
If it was before, Jiang Xuanjin would have sneered, asking someone to feed him for a meal? The hand is not broken!
But now, he looked at her belly, which was getting bigger and bigger. Without saying anything, he helped her sit up and leaned against him, scooped up the soup and fed it to her lips.
"Hey, it's not this." Huaiyu smiled ruffiantly, and nodded his lips with cunning eyes, "Use this."
The veins on the back of the hand burst, Jiang Xuanjin glared at her: "What nonsense?"
Flattening her mouth aggrievedly, Huaiyu said: "Qi Jin said, I've been emotionally unstable lately, you have to coax me a bit."
"No more coaxing..." Jiang Xuanjin said angrily, "Can't you be more serious?"
"I've always been serious, do you think I'm a qualified boss in front of them?" Huaiyu snorted twice, with a dazzling smile in his eyes, "But I can't help it when I meet you, I want to be with you You get close, think you are all mine!"
Jiang Xuanjin: "..."
Ever since he met her, he seemed to have been choked to death by her. This person didn't have a few serious words in his mouth, and he had no sense of shame, which made him speechless.
"Ah, my stomach hurts!" Seeing that he didn't respond, Huaiyu rolled on the bed, playing tricks, "It hurts, it hurts, I need Ziyang-jun to hug and kiss me!"
The blue veins on the forehead also jumped out, Jiang Xuanjin said coldly: "If you continue to make trouble, I will leave."
"Hey!" Huaiyu held the quilt and pretended to cry, "The poor mountains and rivers are desolate, and I have been abandoned for more than twenty years. I am pregnant with Liujia, no one cares about me. My life is so miserable!"
The sound of the door opening and closing sounded outside, Huaiyu's heart sank.
Is this person really going away
It was still a fake cry, but when she heard the sound of closing the door, she was really aggrieved, her eyes were hazy. He turned his head and wanted to scold.
However, as soon as he turned his head, a green robe surrounded him.
"How big of a matter is it worth your trouble?" Jiang Xuanjin turned her face away, frowned when she saw the water in her eyes, put her belly down and hugged her, then lowered her head, imitating her Kiss her eyes lightly.
"Kissed and hugged, why are you crying?"
Huaiyu blinked. Blinking again, she put her arms around his waist and murmured, "You didn't leave?"
"I made Chengxu and Yufeng retreat." Don't start, he said, "In front of them, what do you want me to do?"
"Pu Chi" let out a laugh, Huai Yu was happy, put his arms around his neck and said, "You are all confidantes, are you still shy? Follow me, even if Qingsi is here, I can press you against the wall and kiss you!"
Jiang Xuanjin said indifferently: "Do you think anyone can learn your style?"
"What's the matter with me?" Huaiyu stared and put her hands on her hips.
Jiang Xuanjin paused, closed his eyes, and said, "You are so... so chic and unrestrained, you need a very high level of style."
Not flattering the monarch when entering the court, not flattering his colleagues when leaving the palace, Lord Ziyang is famous for not telling lies, he used to think that this is a kind of character, power and wealth, nothing can make him bow his head.
But right now...
Staring at the suddenly smiling face in front of him, Jiang Xuanjin felt that there were some falsehoods, and he had to say what should be said, and there was no need to embarrass himself too much in life.
Satisfied, Li Huaiyu lay back in his arms for a while, obediently took the red bean soup and drank it by herself.
"Why hasn't the imperial envoy come to our place yet?" She asked while drinking.
Jiang Xuanjin's face was not red and his heart was not beating: "Perhaps it is Pingling's beautiful scenery, the imperial envoy decided to stay for a few more days, and is not in a hurry to come to the first-tier city for the time being."