Wang Dalu and everyone rested for another night at the inn in Jingbian City.
The next day, the sun rose three poles.
Maybe it’s because everyone had a great time swimming yesterday and it’s already noon when we wake up today.
After Li Shishi woke up in Wang Dalu, he proposed to leave Jingbian City as soon as possible and go to the border of Naluyang Houchao.
Yesterday, Wang Dalu ordered his three children to find the detailed work that Li Jinbao had placed in the city.
Not long after, Sanxiao'er led two short men in black clothes with alert eyebrows into Wang Dalu's room.
At that time, Master Nie Zi and Master Li were all in Wang Dalu's room. After listening to what was said in detail, he realized that those young masters were all famous dignitaries in Jingbian City.
The wretched fat man named Hua Shao, his father was in charge of more than 10,000 garrison troops in the city, and he was a Taoist master with a level of one foot.
This Jingbian City is no better than Wolong City in Wang Dalu's hometown.
There is not only a noble viscount at the Ningxu Five-Zhang Realm, but also three masters at the Ningxu One- and Two-Zhang Realm, each in charge of these tens of thousands of sergeants.
Wang Dalu heard what Master Li said today and felt that he should leave early.
If a conflict occurs in the city and it is difficult to deal with the aftermath, it may affect the future itinerary of several people.
After he expressed his thoughts to Nie Zi, he agreed that a group of eight people would stay at the three poles in Japan, and then leave Jingbian City and go straight to Wuxia Pass, a border city of Luyang Hou Chao, which is more than a hundred miles ahead.
When leaving the city, the sharp-eyed defenders hurriedly reported to Hua Zizhang's house.
In the south of Jingbian City, where the rich and powerful live, there is a residence called General Ningyuan.
There were six soldiers patrolling outside the house. When they saw someone coming and reported something to Mr. Hua, they followed the steward's guidance and went outside Mr. Hua's concierge.
The butler was in his early fifties or sixties, with half-white hair and old eyes, looking at the attendants on both sides.
The attendants all shook their heads to show that Mr. Hua had not gotten up yet.
The old housekeeper raised his head and glanced at the sun above his head, thinking that his young master must have had another night of indulgence.
He walked to the door and shouted softly into the room.
After calling a few times but still no one responded, I explained my purpose, and then I heard a few whispers and the sound of getting dressed inside.
Not long after, a young girl opened the door and let the old housekeeper take the person who informed him in.
Inside the house is a pink tent and a large square bed, which is still roomy enough to sleep six or seven people.
Mr. Hua lazily sat up and dressed under the service of the two girls.
His eyes were sleepy, as if he had some difficulty controlling the women last night, but his lustful hands were still moving around on the women who were serving him.
It wasn't until the person who informed him carefully stated his purpose of coming that Hua Shao opened his round eyes and urged the maid under him to hurry up. He also hurriedly ordered the old housekeeper to find his father's confidants and lead people to intercept him first and not move rashly until others arrived.
When I first heard that there were eight passers-by from the other side, including an old man, a young man, and two weak women, Hou Lian, the strong general in the mansion, patted his chest in front of Hua Zizhang and promised to catch him.
He had done this kind of thing a lot with his lord's precious son, who was already familiar with it, and shouted to his two hundred brothers.
"Brothers, there are gangsters escaping outside the city. I have been asked by Master Hua Zizhang to arrest the gangsters. I will give you a reward when I come back."
"Set off!"
More than 200 people, including men and horses, traveled all the way in an extremely domineering manner.
Twenty miles outside Jingbian City, Wang Dalu and others had been walking on the road for a while when they suddenly heard the sound of horses neighing and people screaming behind them.
The eight people turned around and saw a puff of dust and smoke rolling in the far distance of the road, with vegetation and trees flying, and about two hundred people on horseback galloping toward them, shouting.
These two hundred people may seem frivolous and arrogant, but their horse-riding skills are really extraordinary. They are very agile, stopped their horses suddenly, and circled them several times.
Wang Dalu didn't panic when he saw this, he just felt that Jingbian City was really an important city, and the ordinary soldiers in the city were so skilled that they were worthy of the name.
Following the order from Hou Lian, the armored man at the head, the two hundred people were able to dismount. The eight people on Wang Dalu only formed a human wall of several tens of feet and made no other moves.
Everyone actually sat on the ground, took out the wine, wine and dried meat from their bags and started chewing loudly.
Hou Lian saw two young women among the crowd, especially one of them who was very well-dressed and must have been the one Hua Shao had taken a liking to.
He did not talk to Wang Dalu and others, and took a dozen of his followers to drink and rest on a hill in the woods not far away, waiting for Young Master Hua to arrive.
Seeing these soldiers acting like this, Wang Dalu was probably waiting for the arrival of Hua Zizhang. He gave up Xiang Guang and others' plan to kill the enemy and break out, and took a few people to sit in the woods not far away.
Hou Lian waited for a round of drinks, and after being reminded by the sharp-eyed soldiers beside him, he also felt that Wang Dalu and the others were acting strangely.
They have done this kind of thing not once or twice. There are a lot of tourists passing by in Jingbian City. Viscount Geng Zhong in the city strictly orders his soldiers to disturb the passers-by, so they usually wait for the passers-by to go to a sparsely populated area more than ten miles outside the city to do it.
Those who were targeted by them were all frightened and kept kowtowing and begging. However, they were so leisurely like these people today. There was no hint of fear in their speech and behavior towards these tough soldiers who were ruining their families.
The more Hou Lian thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Although he was a monk in the realm of Yuan Dynasty, he was so close to the Luyang Hou Dynasty that there was no guarantee that some of these people were Taoist masters or descendants of nobles from the Luyang Hou Dynasty.
He was just about to take his personal entourage over to find out what was going on. If something couldn't be done, he would rather let Mr. Hua be disappointed and scold him a few times, rather than cause another feud between the two dynasties due to his mistake.
Now the old marquis Li Guang died of a disease due to his fight with Marquis Lu Yang.
According to his family, the new Marquis Li Ziguang was very moody in the city. He was trying to hide his power and bide his time and reconcile with the Luyang Hou Dynasty. If he destroyed this temporary peace, he would die forever.
Even if you don't say anything about your own death, your family and adults will be affected.
Just when he was about to go over and interrogate Wang Dalu and several other people, dozens of fierce horses drove up not far away from the road. The leader was Hua Zizhang, who was dressed in brocade clothes and jade belt. Behind him were his friends who were also under his master's tent.
The minister’s Sun Lie.
Sun Lie was several years older than him, but his cultivation and knowledge were far beyond his own. He was already a monk in the embryonic realm.
Hua Zizhang led the people all the way, sweating profusely and complaining, but when he saw Master Li who was surrounded by Hou Lian and others nearby, he still felt that the trip was worth it.
He hurriedly dismounted, and with the help of Sun Lie, he came to Wang Dalu and others.
Before Hua Zizhang could say anything to Master Li, Wang Dalu stood up and said to him.
"Weren't there four people yesterday? Why are you the only one here today?"
Hua Zizhang looked at Wang Dalu with an unfazed expression. A pair of strange eyes glanced at him from time to time. He then looked at the other people who were eager to fight with indignation and impatiently.
He looked at Hou Lian, who had arrived a long time ago, with some confusion. Seeing that Hou Lian also looked innocent and confused, he looked at Sun Lie beside him with round eyes.
Sun Lie whispered in Hua Zizhang's ear, trying to persuade him to leave.
Because Sun Lie often had to guard the city gate, he had developed a keen eye for identifying people among the passers-by in Jingbian City over the years. He saw that everyone in Wang Dalu's group was very energetic, and a few of them had shining eyes. They must be cultivators.
Not shallow.
Sun Lie was an upright and loyal man. He didn't want to participate in such underhanded activities, but he had no choice but to protect the safety of Hua Zizhang beside him. At this time, he could only bite the bullet and speak first.
"I wonder where these distinguished guests are coming from? Our young master made a mistake yesterday and disturbed some of them. Today, we are here to welcome them back to our house and stay for a few days, so that we can entertain the distinguished guests as a landlord."
Sun Lie's posture was extremely low when he spoke, and he was so respectful that it made it difficult for Wang Dalu and others to get angry in front of him.
Wang Dalu said to him.
"We will not stay at your house any longer."
Sun Lie knew that Wang Dalu was the brains among the eight people in front of him, but he was a little confused when he heard that he spoke the Donghuang dialect without speaking the official dialect. It was not like he deliberately spoke the dialect to deceive himself and others.
At first, Sun Lie thought that these eight people were either from the imperial court or from famous families, but the people who spoke spoke in a dialect that he could not figure out.
"Did I make a mistake? The people in front of me have no background, they are just pretending to be calm."
While Sun Lie was hesitating in his mind whether to let her go or stay, Hua Zizhang got impatient and stepped forward to get close to Li Shishi, wanting to take her back to her home.
When he saw Master Li rejecting his kindness with cold words, he showed his ugly face and tried to use force to intimidate him despite Sun Lie's previous reminder.