Lincheng Huamo Chapter 12: Waiting for the autumn wind to rise
Sitting next to Zhong Xihou, the thin monkey Muschen looked at the clouds and mist, nuzzling snacks, and said stupidly: "No, this is not the commander-in-chief..."
Xiaoliang coughed a few times, thrust his guns into the ground, and the carp rolled again. He stood up and patted the dust on his body. Blood began to slowly flow out of the corner of his mouth. He vomited a few times, and it was all covered with blood. Look again.
He himself walked towards Marquis Zhongxi and knelt down on one knee as if nothing had happened, as if waiting for Marquis Zhongxi's order.
Zhong Xihou put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "No, it was Xiaoliang who lost. He is indeed the best warrior in Gubuye City."
Xiao Liang clenched his fists tightly and did not dare to refute.
Musi Chen, who was still enjoying the snacks, walked up to Qu Tianao and looked him up and down. He was surprised, why did Qu Tianao say that he lost?
"Commander, what's wrong?"
Seeing Qu Tianao's eyes turned towards him but his body remained still, the silly boy was also stunned. He didn't understand the situation, so he slapped Qu Tianao on the back so hard.
Seeing that Qu Tianao was unsteady, he staggered a few steps before he regained his balance. He immediately covered his neck and cursed: "You damn bastard, I even got a cut on my neck. I just got lucky enough to stabilize myself.
You fucking shook it open with one slap..."
Mu Sichen didn't understand. When he looked at Qu Tianao's hand covering his neck, there was blood flowing out through the seam of his hand.
Marquis Zhongxi asked Xiaoliang to get up, poured a glass of wine and handed it to him. He first teased Qu Tianao, then looked at Xiaoliang and said: "Although we are not of the same race, after all we live in the same land in the west. Whether it is a wolf or a bear,
Well, if the hunter sets up camp here and the wolf den is gone, how can the bear den continue to be safe and sound in the end?"
He patted Xiao Liang's shoulder lightly and continued: "Although Tian Ao is a big boss, his ability is not something you can just brag about. Even if you are alone, you cannot defeat him easily."
"Oh, I recognize it..." It was the same Musichen who kept causing trouble. He pointed at Xiaoliang and said emotionally, "He, he is not the Yan Hu who defeated the city lord in the sword debate the year before last."
The son of the De family?"
Everyone opened their eyes wide, including Qu Tianao, but Zhong Xihou looked calm and didn't seem to care at all. Another soldier slapped the man's head hard and scolded "What are you talking about?" Musichen looked at it innocently
The expressions on everyone's face made Zhong Xihou laugh out loud again, and he nodded and said: "Yes, Yan Hude Liang, the young master of the Yanhude tribe, will also be the wolf king of three kingdoms in the future.
!”
"Wolf King?" Qu Tianao muttered in his heart. It turns out that this boy is the Wolf King. No wonder he always felt similar to the three cubs when he saw this boy. It turns out that this boy is the Wolf King.
After a moment of silence, Qu Tianao walked over and patted Xiaoliang's shoulder hard. At that moment, Xiaoliang's body tilted a lot to one side. After hearing his rough voice and laughing a few times, he jokingly said: "It's awesome.
, I just said that Xiaoxi has no ability, so I think it’s a good loss..."
"Qu Tianao, what did you say just now?" Zhong Xihou said sharply.
Qu Tianao opened his eyes wide, blinking and stammering: "Huh, uh, uh, uh, I heard it wrong, I heard it wrong, I heard it wrong..." Qu Tianao rolled his eyes and immediately
Changing the topic, "City Lord, this guy Yan Hude is so powerful, why haven't we seen him show up before?"
Zhong Xihou can naturally see and understand that this guy Qu Tianao is talking nonsense again. Doesn't this guy still know who he has under his command? Even if he has never seen it, he doesn't believe that he reported the word "Wolf King"
, Qu Tianao still doesn’t know who this Xiaoliang is.
"What about him? He is very busy traveling among the capitals of Jingzhou and other countries. Musichen, Musichen..." Zhong Xihou shouted several times, but no one responded. Qu Tianao
I couldn't help it any longer, so I gave the soldier who was messing around and causing trouble a hard blow on the head.
The man called Musi Chen was also depressed. Why did everyone like to beat him today? He hurried over and looked at Zhong Xihou eagerly.
"When I leave the city tomorrow, tell Lao Zha that I will take care of all the big and small matters. By the way, there will be no need to cut down trees in the ancient forest this year."
Musichen seemed to be still thinking about things, a little absent-minded, and just replied "Hey."
Zhong Xihou couldn't stand it anymore. He bent his fingers and was about to hit his forehead. Muschen ducked back and said: "No, I was thinking, City Lord, Aha mentioned someone to me before.
The more I feel that this person is Yan Hude, is there any reason?"
"Aha, are you, General Po Feng, Mu Si Chen Ji Tian?" Yan Hu Deliang asked suddenly. Mu Si Chen nodded vigorously, and Xiao Liang said calmly, "Then everything he told you is true."
Musichen became even more puzzled. He wanted to say something else, but Qu Tianao pushed him away.
What a shame! They obviously grew up in the same clan and in the same place, but they are only ten years apart, but Qu Tianao looks like a bear, and he looks like a monkey.
Marquis Zhongxi no longer paid attention to Musichen's various doubts and continued to give instructions: "Qu Tianao, Hailasu, Guan Cheng, and Musichen, don't forget to tell the elders after you go back that the autumn wind has passed.
Come on, it’s time to hunt the falcon.”
Musichen glanced at it, but he had not noticed it before. It turned out that the seven people surrounding Zhong Xihou in the north of the martial arts arena today, including him and Qu Tianao, were all the younger generations of the four major families. Instinct allowed him to
It felt like the city lord was going to Lincheng to do something big. The young man from Fanbang's blood was suddenly ignited, and he was the first to respond: "Hey!"
After Qu Tian'ao returned home, he started talking nonsense at the dinner table. Fortunately, General Qu was a good soldier. He immediately hit Qu Tian'ao with his chopsticks and shouted: "You can't say anything when you eat or sleep!"
Seeing that the old man was angry, Qu Tianao stopped talking.
Qu Tianao just walked out of the room and was about to go for a walk on the street, or go to find Musichen or Mo Chang. After having a few drinks and enjoying himself, he would consider which place his wife would go to give birth to the baby tonight. That little girl
Sister Qu Tianqin had long been blocked at the door. This time Qu Tianqin couldn't come up with anything. Someone beat her to it. A servant was ordered to ask Qu Tianao to go to the old general's room and say that there was something important.
No matter how hard Qu Tianqin pressed him, the servant's teeth were so hard that he couldn't pry them open.
Qu Tianao went to General Qu's place as if he had escaped disaster. Before he entered, the old general stared at him fiercely again, and Qu Tianao was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground.
"When will your mouth be as strong as your lumpy flesh? When will the city lord prepare to get up and come to the city?"
"Ming, tomorrow..."
"Gone?"
"Sir, something is strange today..." Qu Tianao was about to stand up, but when he saw General Qu's eyes, he immediately knelt down again, "Today Xiaoxi actually killed Musichen and three members of the Hailasu family.
The boy and the slave Guan Cheng and Guan Cheng were all called to the martial arts arena."
General Qu suddenly had something in his eyes. That kind of look did not look like that of a man who had lived for almost a hundred years. He immediately asked: "What did the city lord say when I called you and other juniors?"
"What, the autumn wind is coming, it's time to hunt falcons. Do you understand..."
"The autumn wind is blowing, it's falcon season. This wind has been blowing for so many years, and it's time to blow to the city that never sleeps."
"ah?"
General Qu took a sip of tea and said, "Get up."
Qu Tian'ao responded stupidly, stood up and sat aside, eating snacks while waiting for General Qu to continue. General Qu looked at his grandson who was only tall but not brainy, and couldn't help but feel
It's funny, but also a bit bitter.
His wry smile was because he felt sorry for Zhong Xihou. He especially remembered that it was strange that there was snow falling in the desert. Although it was not a few feet thick, it allowed him to build a snowman and have fun like when he went to Wanfeng City when he was young.
But after all, this is a city that never sleeps in the West. It is snowing and windy, and almost no one wants to walk outside.
He accompanied Zhong Nanyan, who was less than forty, back from the south with a camel and a horse. He actually saw fire and smoke in a nearby village. In this way, one master and one minister, one sword and one halberd, killed all eighty-seven bandits.
, in the end, only one living person was found, a doll that was thrown into an empty wine vat. The cry was so pitiful that even the two of them, who had been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, couldn't help but feel distressed.
On a snowy night, accompanied by a full moon like a glass plate, the master and his ministers returned to the West. Zhong Nanyan, whose head was covered with snow, looked at the baby wrapped in a robe in his arms, and said softly: "Son,
We're home."
Zhong Xihou was born in the city that never sleeps and is a native of the city that never sleeps.
"Since the autumn wind is here, it's time to let you know. What do you think is the connection between Tian'ao, Qu family, Musichen, Hailasu and Guan family?"
Qu Tianao thought hard, shook his head, nodded again, and said: "We all have money..."
As soon as these words came out, the old general was so angry that he immediately hit Qu Tianao with a cake. After calming down, he said: "Our four families are the gate of the city that never sleeps. We are indispensable. If one family is disloyal, the city will perish. Likewise.
Yes, if the four families work together, they can force the palace to give up the throne. I am the leader of the Qu family, the Musichen family has many ministers or elders, and the Helasu family is rich enough to rival the country, but their wealth is just a cover-up. Their warehouses and city lords
Although the mansion is separated by four streets, it is accessible from below."
"Ah? Why didn't the road collapse?"
Old General Qu is so angry. He obviously has several brothers and a few boys below him who are all capable of literature and martial arts. How come that in Sun Tzu's generation, even Qu Tianao, who is in charge, is still a bigot?
If you don't understand the words, it doesn't matter, just teach them slowly, that's all.
"Closer
Years ago, the Helasu family continued to open stores in cities all over the world, not for money. Counting the time, it has been seventeen or eighteen years, and they have continued to collect copper and iron. Now they have accumulated in the city that never sleeps..."
"Is there going to be a war?" The door was pushed open and Qu Tianqin rushed in and asked. Qu Tian'ao was so frightened that he fell off his chair and shocked General Qu.
"You, you, what are you doing here?"
"Sir, what does the city want with so much copper and iron? Is there going to be a war?"
When Qu Tianao heard what his little sister said, he patted his thigh, stood up and said, "That's right..."
The old general looked at his youngest granddaughter, his eyes couldn't help but shine brightly, and his voice was slightly brisk, and he said: "Forget it, close the door and take you two somewhere."
When Qu Tianqin heard that her grandfather didn't mean to blame, she got excited, closed the door, and waited for instructions. The old general led the two of them into the back room, lifted up his bed quilt, and pushed down a bed board.
The whole bed was divided into pieces, and each piece sank one after another, and then spread to both sides, revealing a hole about four feet long and wide. The old general threw the quilts and pillows into it, and then people jumped into the hole. The brother and sister
The two of them also followed into the cave.
General Qu opened a stone slab on the side, and a ray of light shot out in an instant. The brother and sister instinctively closed their eyes. Slowly getting used to the light, they opened their eyes, and it turned out to be a luminous bead bigger than Qu Tianao's fist.
, the light emitted illuminates the place, and is more effective than a torch.
Old General Qu pressed down the tiger head carving on the side again, and put the bed boards back together one by one. The old general placed the pillows and quilts on the bed board one by one, pressed down the tiger head again, and the bed boards gradually rose up, and the hole was also covered.
Seal it and make it so smooth that no gaps can be seen.
Qu Tianao, the brother and sister, were dumbfounded. They really didn't know that there was such a place under the bed in the old general's room. Although Qu Tianao was stupid, he had a good memory. No matter how he looked at it, he thought this way of opening the door to a secret room.
It was similar to the secret room that Hylasu and I discovered in his uncle's room when he was a child. However, his uncle's secret room actually contained some pornographic pictures and forbidden books. Those days were really wonderful.
As the old general walked forward slowly, Qu Tianqin felt nothing, and Qu Tianao felt less comfortable. For the first time, he discovered that growing so big was not something to be proud of. He could only try his best to walk in this aisle.
Keep your arms close to your body and bend your waist slightly to ensure that your head does not touch or rub.
It was finally empty. It was an inner room, and visually it was only four feet long and wide. Fortunately, it was more than half a foot high, so it would not be oppressive. The old general put the luminous pearl into the mouth of a carved dragon head, and then broke off the dragon's claws.
A total of twelve dragon heads slowly rotated out of the surrounding stone walls. Each dragon head held such a luminous bead in its mouth, and the whole room suddenly became bright.
"Originally, this matter could only be discussed when Tian Ao became the clan leader. Since the city lord has already said that the time has come, I will tell you the same thing now. I'm afraid that tonight, the other three families will be doing the same thing as me."
Qu Tianao felt a strong sense of mission for the second time in his life. The first time was when he was awarded the title of general. This time, I am afraid it will be even more exaggerated.
"I know. I will tell you brother and sister the truth. No need to ask questions. I'm afraid I don't know what you are asking." The old general took out a bamboo slip from the stone box on the side. There were not many words engraved on it. Qu Tianao, brother and sister
But it was frightening to see it.
"The Dragon Clan is unkind and treats our country as fish and meat. Now we use the flesh and blood of our hands and feet as stones to build the city wall of the west. Gather wealth from all directions, conduct trade throughout the world, and hold the lifeline of the empire in the palm of our hand. Wait until the autumn wind blows, and it will be the falcon season."
"rebel······"
Qu Tianao's eyes almost popped out of his eyes, bloodshot eyes gradually became dense. He slapped himself several times and asked: "Master, this, this is the former city lord..."
"How could it be written by Anan? This, this is the legacy of Lord Dugu City."
"Dugu Shaohua? He, he is not..."
"A tyrant?" General Qu chuckled. He naturally understood that Qu Tian'ao and his sister would react this way. "The cruelty of Lord Dugu is not to lead troops and kill three countries. His most cruel thing is to kill.
After killing three times and nine countries, he still has to face the people whose homes he took away from him every day."
Qu Tianao didn't understand. He only knew that Zhong Nanyan, Dugu Shaohua's adopted son, personally killed his adoptive father and took over the position of city lord. He started many reforms and changes. It was this series of actions of righteousness and annihilation that led to today's harmonious society regardless of race.
A prosperous city that never sleeps.
But secretly, how could Zhong Nanyan be kinder than Dugu? He was forced to annihilate his clan and become a five-nation nation.
"If the Lord of Dugu City had not done that, then not only the three kingdoms, but also the Evernight City would have been annexed by the empire. From then on, there would be no more cities in the West, and no more oasis in the yellow sand."