The strategist had not touched the wine on the table, and had only taken two bites of the dishes. From the beginning of the welcoming banquet until Shen Tang called his name, he had been quietly lowering his head. He did not say a word, and his presence was extremely weak.
He raised his head when he heard that.
Revealing a warm and kind face.
Yes, gentle and kind.
It was as if the corners of his eyes and eyebrows had been carefully polished, rounded without any edges. He had a carefully trimmed short beard, was handsome and elegant, and had a steady temperament. At first glance, he looked like a well-read middle-aged handsome man with a scholarly air.
In simple terms -
If this guy appeared in a TV drama, he would definitely be decent!
The only drawback is that this person is not tall and majestic, and because of his harmless temperament, people even think that he is a bit fragile. Whether it is his appearance, temperament or figure, he is not the type that Lu Junshou likes.
With the reckless temperament of the Lu County Magistrate, he would never allow someone who is not to his liking to take the second-in-command position.
I am still confident about this.
Without waiting for the middle-aged man to react, Shen Tang turned around and asked the governor of Lu with a smile, "Could Lord Lu help introduce me?"
Lu County Magistrate: ""
He looked at Shen Tang and then at the man.
He moved his lips but didn't speak.
For some reason, the atmosphere became inexplicably tense.
There is also a hint of solemn and dangerous atmosphere.
Shen Tang laughed and said, "Why is Lord Lu so stingy? I was just asking, and I didn't intend to steal anyone from you. As for these treasures, you didn't even want to introduce them to me."
The Magistrate of Lu County curled his lips.
But he still said nothing.
For some reason, the subordinate who was enthusiastically entertaining everyone had a slightly blue face and sweat on his forehead. Beads of sweat oozed out from under his skin and rolled down. Some of them hung under his chin, dripping and wetting his sleeves, and some slid into his neck.
The Adam's apple rolls tensely.
While everyone's attention was not on him, he turned around and wiped the sweat off his face. When he came to his senses, he found that he was sweating all over and even his breathing was disordered.
At this moment, the middle-aged strategist spoke.
Even his voice is as elegant as his appearance.
He said, "My name is Jiang Sheng, and my courtesy name is Xiandeng."
Shen Tang seemed not to notice the subtle atmosphere just now, and asked him with a smile: "But the first to climb and seize the flag? Mr. Jiang, this name is well chosen, but it doesn't quite match your temperament. It sounds quite murderous."
The middle-aged strategist asked Shen Tang: "What is my temperament?"
Shen Tang kept talking, acting very familiar: "Mr. Jiang is handsome and elegant, making people happy and friendly. When I see you, I feel that you should hold a scroll in your hand, look at the moon in the wind, and not be involved in worldly affairs."
As soon as these words were spoken, the smile lines at the corners of the middle-aged strategist's eyes deepened, but the smile did not reach deep into his eyes.
The expressions of the Magistrate of Lu County and his subordinates were slightly gloomy, and they looked at Shen Tang as if to say "When did you become blind?"
Jiang Sheng picked up the wine and wanted to drink it, but he put it down again as he remembered something: "Not interested in worldly things? Shen Jungao, I think that even if it is a character in the storybooks of the market, what you see with your eyes is just a stinking skin."
"If the skin stinks, is this person still alive?"
Shen Tang's eyes were full of sincerity, as if these words came from his inner doubts rather than sarcasm.
Middle-aged strategist: ""
Shen Tang looked at the middle-aged strategist with burning eyes.
He turned his head and said to County Magistrate Lu, "The more I look at Mr. Jiang, the more I like him. County Magistrate Lu, can you give him up?"
The governor of Lu sneered: "Do you want to die?"
Shen Tang curled his lips: "If you don't want to cut it, then don't cut it. It's just a joke. How come you can't even take such a joke?"
The governor of Lu seemed to be hesitant to speak.
In the end, I swallowed back what I wanted to say.
He gulped down his tea, and judging from his stinky face, he was in a very bad mood at the moment, as if there was a sign on his face that said "Whoever messes with me will die".
Shen Tang held his chin and watched the singing and dancing for a while.
She started finding fault again, looking for trouble.
Asked: "Is this the dancer Le Ling that you keep in your house?"
The Lu County Magistrate said unhappily, "So what?"
Shen Tang said: "They don't dance well. Their steps and postures don't match the music. It hurts my eyes."
Jiang Sheng seemed to be interested.
"Mr. Shen is also proficient in music theory?"
Chu Yao, who was quietly eating, suddenly froze up. Zhao Feng noticed his abnormality and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yao quickly recovered as normal.
It’s just that the frequency of picking up chopsticks has increased a lot.
He said, "Nothing."
There is a strange little secret in the Heyin government office - the music theory of its own County Magistrate Shen has the magical effect of slimming the body.
Anyone who smells it will lose their appetite for three days.
After Chu Yao finished speaking, he heard the lord say very confidently: "The song is wrong, Zhou Lang Gu, it's about this level!"
Jiang Sheng actually believed it.
How dare you mess with Zhou Lang if you don't have some skills
Shen Tang glanced at the dancers and music girls, waved her hand, and signaled them to leave the stage to her! Taking advantage of the lively atmosphere of the welcoming banquet, she let everyone show off her skills.
Chu Yao was stunned when he saw it, and for a moment he didn't care that this might be the Hongmen Banquet instead of a welcoming banquet.
He tried to stop her so eagerly that he almost broke his voice.
"My Lord!"
I usually just entertain myself in the office.
For the sake of my master, it doesn't matter if my clothes become looser.
But, family disgrace should not be made public!
It’s a real performance. It won’t take long before Shangnan, Tianhai and Yiru will know their lord’s level of music theory.
They will probably be able to laugh for three years!
But Chu Yao still underestimated Shen Tang's confidence in herself. She waved her hand and smiled, "It's okay."
Chu Yao: ""
At this moment he prayed in his heart—
If God could hear his thoughts, something would happen, such as the prefect of Lu and his entourage being exposed!
Shen Tang just put the jade flute to his lips.
Chu Yao had already turned his face away in despair.
However, at this critical moment!
With a bang.
The roof was broken by a burst of martial energy.
As the debris and wood chips fell, a young man in dark brown clothes jumped down from the hole. Everyone in the hall woke up and stood on guard. The governor of Lu was startled at first, but when he saw the figure on the young man's shoulder, he slammed the table and stood up!
The figure looked thin and delicate.
Isn't she the apple of his eye
At this time, his body was covered in blood.
Among the crowd, only Jiang Sheng did not move.
Gu Xuan
Shen Tang looked surprised: "Shao Xuan?"
The person who came was Bai Su, who held a sword in her right hand and resisted with her left hand. At this moment, her face was extremely gloomy. After seeing the situation in the hall clearly, she decisively threw the person to Zhao Feng, retreated in front of Shen Tang, transformed into another sword, and said sternly: "My lord, there is a trick!"
The governor of Lu had a sullen face and did nothing.
He just stared at Jiang Sheng with eyes wide open, and asked Bai Su: "Where did you kidnap this man from?"
Bai Su seemed surprised and suspicious when she heard this.
She said, "What do you mean by 'kidnap'? It's obviously rescue!"
Shen Tang asked: "Shao Xuan, what's going on?"
Bai Su: "Just now I passed by a house and smelled blood and heard someone calling for help. I rushed in and guess what I saw? Dozens of women, children and men were killed. The only survivor was saved by his eldest brother. I rescued her and found out that she was the youngest daughter of the governor of Lu County. The seat of Luxia County has been breached."
Having said that, everyone looked at the Magistrate of Lu and asked him to give an explanation for the matter.
Shen Tang lowered his tone: "Is it true or false?"
The governor of Lu County did not utter a word.
At this moment, a huge fire broke out in the direction of the temporary camp. Hundreds of fierce men armed with knives and axes rushed out from outside the house and the back hall, surrounding everyone. Not only that, firewood was set up outside the house at some point, and hundreds of archers were ready to go. Even a blind man could tell that this was the Hongmen Banquet.
Shen Tang's expression did not change.
She tapped her palms with the jade flute with great interest.
He asked the governor of Lu: "Why has our alliance come to this?"
We came all the way here to rescue you, and this is the treatment we get
Bai Su's previous words echoed in the mind of Lu Junshou—dozens of women, children and men were killed! Only one person was left alive!
The scenery in front of me flickered several times.
He was so angry that he wanted to die, and smoke came out of his seven orifices.
His anger broke through his limit, but he regained some rationality. However, his eyes were bloodshot and covered with horrifying bloodshot, and his facial features looked ferocious like a demon under the impact of anger.
"Ah—" He opened his mouth with difficulty, his voice like an angry beast, his martial energy was out of control and spread out waves of air, oppressing Bai Su so much that her face turned pale instantly. Only when she was protected by Shen Tang's literary energy did she feel better, "You, you—accept your death!!!"
Shen Tang thought to himself that this was a mess. Just as he was about to make a move, he saw the red eyes of the Lu County Magistrate flash to the side of the subordinate, raised his palm and smashed his head. The subordinate didn't even have time to beg for mercy before he died.
Shen Tang roughly guessed something as soon as he saw it.
This subordinate most likely colluded with the enemy.
The bandits used the family of the governor of Lu or the common people in the city as leverage to trick Shen Tang and other reinforcements into entering the city, preparing to capture them all. However, if this was a normal ancient world, it would probably work.
But this world doesn't believe in science.
Each of the more than 10,000 reinforcements can fight one against five.
The bandits and the reinforcements were not familiar with the situation in the capital city, and both sides had the same starting point. Shen Tang was still on guard, which destroyed their advantage of sneak attack, and they took the initiative to give up the natural advantage of defending the city.
Outside the house, bowstrings were humming.
Countless rockets were fired into the hall.
Chu Yao directly raised the cultural wall.
The few people who were drinking and lying on the food table earlier also climbed up one after another. Looking at their agile bodies and their movements as fast as lightning, they didn't look like they were slowed down by alcohol at all.
"It's too small here, go out and fight!"
These ambushers armed with swords and axes were just like the heavy shield warriors before. Their faces were numb and they were brave and fearless. If they got close to them, it would be extremely disadvantageous to them. Zhao Feng and his brave warriors were even more reckless - what was so great about the enemy
They have people too!
One person can get hundreds of followers!
The Wuqi soldiers immediately formed a human wall to block the ambush troops, but the moment the two sides clashed, Zhao Feng's expression changed. The strength of these ambush troops was no less than that of a third-class hairpin.
Coupled with the desperate posture of the successive
Shen Tang split the roof with a sword.
The attacks from the ambush troops outside the house became more and more frequent.
The blazing flames instantly engulfed the entire banquet hall. The governor of Lu used a blade with powerful martial energy to split two ambushes, and then several more people came to attack. All he could see was Jiang Sheng, who was still sitting calmly.
"Jiang! Go ahead!" He roared and hacked at the seemingly endless ambush troops, "You filthy bastard!"
Shen Tang and his group have already jumped onto the roof.
She said, "Lord Lu, don't fight any more!"
But the governor of Lu County refused to listen.
The ambushers also followed.
Shen Tang directly "transferred flowers and trees" to exchange the position of one of the ambush soldiers with the governor of Lu County, and took him to the temporary camp to meet up with others. Although she was very confident in Kang Shi and his men, as long as they were on guard, the group of refugees and bandits would not pose much of a threat, but she was still a little worried about the fire.
The governor of Lu County did not want to accept this favor.
A trace of ferocity appeared on his blood-covered face, and he said fiercely and decisively: "I will stay behind to cover your retreat!"
Shen Tang said, "What's the point of cutting off the rear? Joining up with the main force to kill the bandits and recapture the capital city is the right thing to do! Fuck, I told you that you're unreliable. Since the capital city has been captured, if you had just given me a hint, we could have been much better off with the help of the inside and the outside. You're still lying to me. Is this how alliances work?"
It’s one thing to be defensive.
But it doesn’t mean you don’t care if you’re attacked.
It's just the difference in the size of the loss.
Seeing the flames of war rising everywhere and the soldiers chasing behind him, the governor of Lu said cruelly: "I am sorry for you in this matter. I will repay your kindness in the next life. If you still have the energy to escape this time, please take care of the common people in the city and my daughter - they have a grudge against me, and I will not rest in peace if I kill a few more of them!"
He fought against these bandits.
I know how difficult they are and how many of them there are.
One person must stay behind to delay the attack.
There is no other candidate except him.
After saying this, he secretly used his martial energy to retreat Shen Tang and his group to the opposite direction of the pursuers, with a dark and terrifying look on his face! The long knife in his hand cut a crack, and the martial energy and murderous intent condensed into a wall that was more than ten feet high.
He stood in the middle of the road.
"Anyone who crosses the line will be killed without mercy!"
After saying this, her cheeks flushed strangely.
Shen Tang relied on his excellent eyesight to see what this guy wanted to do at a glance - he made the same choice as Captain Yang did at the beginning, leaving no room for regret or remorse. And Shen Tang couldn't take him away like he took Captain Yang back, the only thing he could do was to integrate the troops and take back the Luxia seat!
"I wish you good luck in martial arts!"
The ambush troops didn't care about the people blocking their way.
If there is someone, kill him.
At this time, the governor of Lu County seemed to have returned to his original state. There was no trace of aggression in his aura, nor any trace of the previous anger and murderous intent. His eyes were indifferent. He just looked at the ambush as if he was looking at hundreds of insignificant corpses.
He stepped forward.
One step, two steps, three steps
He was getting closer and closer to the ambush.
As the two were about to clash, the figure of Lu County Magistrate flashed and disappeared like smoke, replaced by blood flowers, broken limbs and corpses, and ominous martial energy. In the blink of an eye, dozens of ambushes in the front row could not even scream, and took the number plate to the Yellow Spring Road.
Wherever the blade passes, the enemies will pay with blood!
However, the person that Lu Jun Shou wanted to kill the most was—
Jiang wins!
Jiang Xiandeng!
The middle-aged strategist stood on the roof, looking indifferently at the ambush soldiers who were lying in ambush like wheat waves, and the Lu County Governor who was almost turned into a bloody man. He turned his eyes away indifferently.
"Why did you betray me?"
"Why did the governor of Lu County betray Luxia County?"
His figure twisted and dissipated, rushing to the real battlefield.