Chapter 245: Li Luoyan wants to recruit a son-in-law
The journey from Lanzhou to Xingqing Prefecture was neither far nor close. It snowed heavily all the way, and it was hard to stop until it approached Shunzhou. At this time, seven days had passed since the day Xu Zizhen escaped from Jincheng Pass.
The heavy snow stopped for the first time, and the earth seemed to be covered with a thick layer of white velvet. Xu Zizhen actually spent the first New Year's Eve after coming to the Northern Song Dynasty on the run. This was somewhat depressing for him, but now his
He was in a good mood, even very interested, because he was riding a horse and walking slowly under the ancient Great Wall outside Shunzhou City.
This section of the Great Wall was built during the Han Dynasty. The long history has made these city bricks show a dilapidated appearance, looking vicissitudes of life and simple but still spectacular, like a entrenched dragon lying quietly.
Xu Zizhen walked and looked around. To the west of this section of the Great Wall was the Tengger Desert, and not far to the east was the Bronze Gorge of the Yellow River. The desert could not be seen, but he could vaguely hear the roar of the Yellow River water. He couldn't bear it.
Zhu praised: "Great place, really a great place!"
Daye looked around and wondered: "What's so good here? I can't even find a single wild boar. I...we haven't had any meat for three days."
Xu Zizhen laughed and spat: "I just know how to eat. Although this place is a little desolate, it is more majestic. You know...I'll go! Here we go again!"
He stopped abruptly in the middle of his words and turned into a helpless tone. At the same time, he turned his head away from a dead branch as thick as the mouth of a cup, and the other end of the dead branch was held in the hand of Zhuo Ya who was following behind him.
Zhuo Ya missed the blow and stopped continuing. She just still held the dead branch she picked from nowhere and stared at him fiercely.
Xu Zizhen reached out and grabbed the dead branch, weighed it in his hand, and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Auntie, are you done yet? How many times have you plotted against me along the way? Tell me for yourself?"
Zhuo Ya gritted her teeth and said: "I have already said that I will kill you. If you don't want to die, then kill me first..."
Xu Zizhen said angrily: "Please be serious if you want to kill me? Either hit me with a stone as big as an egg, or hit me with a wooden stick that breaks easily. Do you think I am a mouse?"
"After saying that, he threw away the dead branches and continued moving forward.
In the past few days, Zhuo Ya has been thinking of ways to get revenge, but she has never practiced kung fu and has no strength to tie a chicken. Just like Xu Zizhen said, she can only pick a small stone to hit him when he is not paying attention, but every time
Xu Zizhen found out about Huidu first, and his revenge plan has not yet come to fruition.
Xu Zizhen was both angry and funny about this. He had kidnapped Zhuoya and originally wanted to secretly send her to meet Duoqi Zhuoma when no one was following her. However, the temper of this princess was unexpectedly stubborn. What could she say?
She also refused to leave, insisting on revenge. Xu Zizhen could not beat or scold her, let alone kill her. He could only take one step at a time and bring her down first.
After coming out of the Gaolan Mountains, Xu Zizhen found a small village and bought a horse for Zhuo Ya, which saved her from having to ride with him all day long. Firstly, his white horse couldn't stand it, and secondly, Xu Zizhen himself couldn't stand it either.
There is no way, Zhuo Ya is known as the goddess of the snow mountain, her face and temperament are natural, and her figure is also very good. Xu Zizhen had already realized this when he accidentally touched her that day.
Such a beauty, who can be called a peerless beauty, was sitting in front of him, and she was rubbing against him with every bump. Xu Zizhen was a healthy and normal man with a strong blood, how could he withstand it?
It was already dark when we arrived in Shunzhou. Xu Zizhen walked ahead and found an inn. He asked for two rooms and stayed there. After throwing his luggage into the room, he returned to the lobby on the first floor and chose a corner to sit down.
I ordered a few dishes and a barrel of rice, and let Daye and Zhuo Ya eat first, while I ordered a pot of wine and drank it slowly.
Shunzhou is not the capital of Dazhou, but it is the only place to go from the southwest corner to Xingqing Mansion. Not long after Xu Zizhen sat down, many more guests came in one after another. They were sitting in twos and threes drinking and chatting. Xu Zizhen pinched with one hand.
He drank from the cup one sip after another, thinking about the next plan in his mind.
Xixia people are unruly and unrestrained, and they don’t care about anything after a few glasses of wine. The lobby quickly became lively, with some bragging and spanking, and some drinking and punching. Zhuo Ya, who was used to being quiet, was annoyed by the noise.
He frowned, ate a few mouthfuls of food, then stood up and prepared to go back to the room.
At this moment, the conversation between some men at the next table attracted her attention.
"Hey, let me tell you, have you heard? Our Princess Yuping of Daxia is going to recruit a consort in a few days."
"Princess Yuping? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Hush... She is the daughter of the Concubine Yun whom Your Majesty sent to death a few years ago. Her name is Luo Yan."
"Oh? So it's... who is the prince-in-law?"
"Mo Diying, the son of Lord Mou, the envoy to the Privy Council."
Zhuo Ya's footsteps suddenly stopped because she clearly remembered Xu Zizhen saying several times along the way that he was going to the Xixia Palace to find his Luo'er. Since the Song Dynasty didn't want him, he would go to Xixia to be a consort or something.
Is the Yuping Princess Li Luoyan mentioned by these people the one Xu Zizhen said?
Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked back, only to see that Xu Zizhen's face was full of anger. Before she could say anything, Xu Zizhen had slammed his wine glass on the table. He stood up and walked to the next table. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the person who spoke first.
He stood up and said viciously: "Who did you say wanted to recruit the consort?"
Those people were all dressed in martial arts attire, with knives hanging from their waists, but Xu Zizhen seemed not to notice, and grabbed the man's feet off the ground, unable to get away.
In a daze, they all stood up and pointed several knives at Xu Zizhen at the same time.
"What are you doing? Let go!"
Xu Zizhen didn't even look at them, only stared at the eyes of the man in his hand: "I ask again, who wants to recruit a consort?"
The man felt as if there was an iron hoop around his neck, strangling him so hard that he could hardly breathe. He was also a martial artist, and he knew that Xu Zizhen's skills were beyond his own ability. A good man did not suffer the immediate disadvantage, so he hurriedly struggled and said: "Yes...
…It’s Princess Yuping Li… Li Luoyan.”
With a bang, the man fell out with such force that he knocked over several tables before stopping. He lay on the ground with a bloody head and was unable to stand up for a while.
The rest of the people were shocked. They were not stupid. From Xu Zizhen's throw just now, it was obvious that his moves were clean and powerful. They were definitely not matchable by the ordinary guarding martial arts masters. This tone could only be suppressed.
Inside, no one dared to make a sound. They looked at each other and went to help the person who fell out.
Just when a few people were about to turn around and say a few words to regain some face, Xu Zizhen's loud shout made them speechless again: "Oh Ye, let's go with me and kill that Mou Diying! You dare to steal your wife from me? Damn it!"