Chapter 847

The 74th dragon scale (3)

Xu Yuanji lived to be in his twenties. With both the old general and the young general, he marched and fought for so many years. He went out hunting countless times, with his toes, but he met such a stupid prey for the first time! What's the matter with the animals in this secret place? Not afraid of people? Go straight to pick it up and take it away without tying it?

Some people go hunting while others brush their horses on the beach. The horses have been friends with their hearts for many years. They have been rough and bumpy all the way. The horses are bleeding all over and have many wounds. Two of them have even broken their legs. At present, Su Ji checks one by one, and Zhuge Shang takes people to clean the horses' fur with lake water, Obviously, the cool lake water was very comfortable for horses. Several naughty horses also snorted and sprayed water on their owners' heads and faces.

Su Ji, who was checking them, couldn't escape. He looked at his clean and now wet clothes and was quite helpless: "what's the trouble? The clothes are dirty. Where can I find another one?"

The horses screamed twice. Maybe they had just gone through a life and death chase. They also knew that their masters were more tolerant to themselves, so they became more and more mischievous. When Su Ji checked them, they were more and more uncooperative. Zhuge Shang took someone to clean their fur. They would kick their hair if they were all right, A scholar and a doctor are angry, but you lose your temper. The horses have become elite. I know you're not really angry.

Until Linglong comes over.

The originally arrogant horses immediately bowed down. It was a command and an action. Su Ji did whatever he asked, and he didn't kick or snort. He was so good that people couldn't believe it.

When Linglong comes near, they will be more obedient. Look at that posture, it's like seeing natural enemies.

Su Ji was giving medicine to a jujube horse. The guy had a cut in his belly. Fortunately, he didn't hurt his internal organs, but he also shed a lot of blood. He was taking medicine. He found that his belly trembled under his palm and couldn't help laughing: "what's the matter? Suddenly he didn't make trouble?"

It's better to be alive than to lie still.

Zhuge merchants were surprised to see Linglong and the horses that were not good enough. They should know that their horses were famous and brave. They were not afraid of tigers and lions. Powerful old horses could even break the belly of wolves! These horses have experienced many battles. How can they see this girl and be scared like this?

With Linglong on the side, the horses dare not fool around. They are honestly washed, drugged and completely released!

They couldn't get out of the secret place. Xu Chengbi decided to get off the saddle and let them wander around in the secret place. The grass here is much more delicious than outside. It's tender and fragrant. The horses who are used to dry rations are excited. They even start to swell in the back, nibble on the tender grass here, take a bite of the budding flowers, and lose a bite, They gnawed everywhere, and the flowers and plants in the secret place grew very fast. They were almost gnawed off the day before and grew well the next day.

Xu Yuanji, Mao an and others also returned with full loads. Then they began to clean up in full swing, remove fur and skin, boil water in a pot. After running away for so long, birds faded out of their mouths. They were refreshed after soaking in the water of the secret land lake. Their stomach was so hungry that they could swallow it even if they gave it to a cow!

Linglong shook her feet and sat on the big tree on the fire by the lake. The little squirrel held walnuts and bit beside her. Xu Yuanji was an upright man. He quickly roasted a hare, and then waved to Linglong on the tree: "little sister-in-law! I baked you a hare! My craft of roast rabbit is a lever! "

As soon as the little sister-in-law came out, a group of old men began to clap wildly, scream and whistle. Xu Chengbi just came over with cleaned strings of fish in his back basket. He heard his face black: "don't talk nonsense!"

Linglong jumped down from the tree. Her red skirt formed a beautiful arc in the air. She came to pick up Xu Yuanji's roast rabbit, took a bite and commented, "it's really good."

Xu Yuan Keaton grinned with big white teeth, and then he said, "our general's roast fish is also unique! Little sister-in-law, you have to taste it later! "

Xu Chengbi: "... Xu Yuanji!"

"Here!"

"Shut up!"

"Yes!"

Linglong was amused by the two people. Xu Chengbi's heart beat like thunder, but she didn't seem to dislike her sister-in-law's name. She was a little sweet, but it was quickly covered up by bitterness. He has a deep blood feud and a broken arm. How can he deserve such a fairy? He only took Xu Yuanji to a place where there were few people and asked him to stop talking nonsense. He remembered to call her Linglong girl instead of a little sister-in-law.

Xu Yuanji honestly agreed, and then asked, "general, you've lived with your little sister-in-law, Linglong, for so long. Such a beautiful girl is so spiritual. I've never seen such a strange girl. The general really doesn't mean anything to her?"

Xu Chengbi was silent for a moment. Fang said, "I'm physically disabled and wandering. I'm not sure when I'll live in the future. Why bother to harm other girls? What's more, women's reputation is important. You call her little sister-in-law in front of so many people. It's really bad for her. I don't deserve her. "

If General Xu had the courage to make love at the beginning, he might have had the courage to make love, but when he was intact, he had an engagement, even if he loved him, he would not be menglang. He had his responsibilities and obligations, and he would restrain his love. But now he is reduced to this point, and he doesn't know where to go in the future. Xu Chengbi won't show his mind. What he says is exactly what he thinks. He doesn't deserve it.

Xu Yuanji stared blankly at his general. When the general was a major general, he followed him. He had never seen such a lost color on the general's face. He thought that the exquisite girl's position in the general's heart was unusual. She only hated luck and people. In the end, it was a bad time to meet.

So Xu Yuanji honestly apologized to Linglong. Linglong didn't care. "It's a piece of cake. I really want to apologize. Bake me some more rabbits."

There has been no one in the secret place for a long time. Linglong is too lazy to eat by himself. The animals in the whole secret place are fragrant and tender. Everyone is full of oil and cheery. In particular, the two barrels of golden wine with bubbles that Linglong asked people to carry out are called... Beer, yes, beer! It's great to roast fish with barbecue! Great!

The secret place was as warm as spring. After eating and drinking, they simply slept on the ground. Only Linglong, Xu Chengbi, and Su Ji, who was gentle and clean, went back to the bamboo building with Zhuge merchants. There were several empty rooms on the first floor, clean and free of dust.

People have been resting in the secret place for several days. It's like a legendary paradise. People are really reluctant to leave, but they still have a lot to do after all, and they can't stay too long.

In just ten days, the seriously injured men and horses jumped up and down. Not only that, the meat and water in the secret territory completely dispelled their old wounds. Xu Yuanji felt that he was full of strength now, even more than when he was 17 or 18!

Xu Chengbi led the crowd to say goodbye to Linglong in person. Linglong looked at him with a smile. When she was alone, she didn't even comb her hair. Her long black hair was blown up by the breeze. It was so beautiful that people were intoxicated. Rao was that others had no evil thoughts about her and couldn't help looking crazy.

"Take it with you. It will be useful."

Xu Chengbi took over the little squirrel stuffed by the girl. His face was dazed. The little squirrel held a half bitten walnut and chirped at Linglong. Then his hairy tail rubbed Linglong's fingers and jumped all the way to his head along Xu Chengbi's left hand. Xu Chengbi sat with high toes. Xu Chengbi was very helpless and said to Linglong, "it's dangerous outside."

"It will help you. You can let it do anything that human beings can't do." Linglong teased the little squirrel, "your strength is not enough. I don't know when to open the secret place next time, so it's best not to rely on the secret place and avenge yourself."

Xu Chengbi looked at her deeply: "great kindness and virtue..."

Before he finished, he was ruthlessly interrupted: "don't say anything. Wait for the next life. I don't want your next life."

She waved her hand and turned around. The red skirt looked more and more beautiful and warm, "come back alive."

Xu Chengbi looked at the girl's back and gritted his teeth: "let's go!"

This time, Xu Chengbi didn't come back for a long time, and Linglong didn't count the time. It's roughly estimated that he has been dead or alive for more than a year.

Linglong wants to go out, but she has given the secret place to Xu Chengbi. Naturally, where Xu Chengbi is, the secret place is. If Linglong goes out, she will appear beside Xu Chengbi out of thin air.

So the scene was a little awkward.

In a flash of golden light, a beautiful girl in red suddenly appeared, resulting in the sudden silence of the originally lively banquet. The beauties dancing in the hall also stopped one after another. Everyone looked at Linglong, and Linglong looked around, recognized Xu Chengbi wearing a mask, and happily grabbed his sleeve: "Why are you wearing a mask?"

Xu Chengbi never dreamed that the person he had missed for nearly two years would suddenly appear next to him. He was still young and charming. He was surrounded by Zhuge merchants who were also wearing masks. Seeing Xu Chengbi's excitement, he quickly whispered, "master, calm down."

"Dragon, dragon master, this is..."

The questioner was a middle-aged man. According to his clothes, he should be a rich businessman. He was staring at Linglong with a drooling face. He also held a half faded beauty in his arms. When he looked carefully, he found that the guests in the banquet were all beauties. On the contrary, Xu Chengbi, who was sitting on the throne, was naked. Except for a few attendants, there were only Zhuge merchants.

Seeing the beauty appearing out of thin air hiding behind the dragon master, all the rich businessmen are ready to move. After all, compared with the girl in red, they hold these in their arms, which are almost mediocre fat and vulgar powder.

"Do I need to answer you?" Xu Chengbi asked softly.

When asked by Xu Chengbi, the middle-aged man seemed to realize what the occasion was and how dangerous the man in front of him was. He was drunk and thought the deal was a certainty, so he paid more and more. He saw that they invited singers to drink and have fun. Lord long didn't say anything, but forgot what cruel means the man in front of him was to do business with him, It's going to be peeled off.

Most of them woke up and didn't dare to say more. Linglong sat beside Xu Chengbi, took the chopsticks in front of him and ate impolitely.

The banquet ended quickly because of her appearance. Xu Chengbi was obviously not in the mood to entertain these rich businessmen again and asked Zhuge businessmen to send them off. Then he hurried back to find Linglong. Linglong had just eaten a plate of cakes. Seeing him coming in with a mask on his face, he came over curiously to help him pick it. His thin fingers touched the cold mask and took it off, I found that Xu Chengbi was a little thinner, but his eyes were brighter and seemed to burn an unquenchable flame.

Compared with the last meeting, he should have found a way to live.

"You seem a little haggard. Haven't you met any danger since I haven't seen you for so long?"

Xu Chengbi looked at her and replied, "it's not worth mentioning."

There must be dangers, sometimes critical, but no one will need to enter the secret place to preserve their final strength as before. Xu Chengbi will not allow himself to fall into such a situation again. He has nothing and can no longer destroy the pure land in his heart.

"What kind of business were you doing when you were drinking?"

Xu Chengbi didn't hide it from Linglong. They sat down face to face. He told her, "I bought two iron mines six months ago. These two iron mines are owned by wealthy businessmen. The Imperial Court banned private mining. He had a ghost in his heart and had to sell them to me. Zhuge also pressed down a wave of prices, which was quite cost-effective. "

"Xu Shao is now in charge of the Xu family army. He took refuge in the emperor, broke up the Xu family army and dispersed it to various barracks. My people have been secretly contacting them and are willing to follow us. Now almost all of them have converged, so they are no longer as weak as they were two years ago. In addition, we also do food and grass business in border states. First, we use the escort agency as a cover, escort openly, secretly store food and grass, and then resell them. We quickly accumulate gold and silver to keep healthy. If I can, I don't want to start a war. My Xu family has been loyal for generations. In order to protect the battlefield where Daliang people died, I will never deprive any Daliang people of their lives, I just ask the Xu family to clean up their grievances and make the Xu family's name reappear in the world. "

He said it lightly. Everyone knows that it must not be as casual as his light floating words. It's hard and dangerous. I'm afraid it's difficult to express in words. Linglong smiled: "Lord long, huh? When did you change your surname to dragon? "

When she came in just now, she found that not only Xu Chengbi changed his surname to dragon, but also many landmark items in his study were engraved with dragons.

"I don't know, miss. When we founded the escort agency, we were all thinking about what name to call. I argued with Dr. Su endlessly. Mao an and Yuanji also had their own preferences. Seeing that they were about to fight, the general said it was called Jinlong escort agency. Later, we learned that the original girl not only had long in her name, but also her surname was dragon."

Zhuge merchants came back after sending the merchants. Just hearing Linglong's question, they helped Xu Chengbi answer: "over time, people outside will call the General Lord long. Those in the escort agency will either call him lord or master. We can only call him in private."

Then he bowed to Linglong: "I haven't seen you for two years. The girl is still shining and beautiful as usual."

Zhuge merchants are really good at talking. They have a beautiful face like a spring breeze and don't hesitate to praise Linglong. Who would hate such a good-looking person with a sweet mouth and a sincere heart?

Seeing Linglong chatting with Zhuge merchants, although Xu Chengbi was silent, the air pressure around him was getting lower and lower. Seeing that the situation was bad, Zhuge merchants hurried to leave so as not to stay and be cleaned up by the general. He is just a weak scholar with no strength to bind chickens. The general can't let him do any physical work. He will kill people!

All he has to do is shake his fan, talk and taste tea!

As soon as Zhuge merchants left, Su Ji heard that Linglong appeared and rushed to meet. Next, mao'an and Xu Yuanji, and even other soldiers who had followed them into the secret territory, rushed over and met one after another. Xu Chengbi couldn't bear it. He slammed the door of his study and no one was allowed to enter.

"Why did you come out of the secret place? It's dangerous outside. When will you go back? "

"I'm not going back." Linglong said unhappily, "I'm tired of staying inside, so I want to go out for a walk. Why, don't you want to take care of me? Then I can go out and play myself. "

"No!" Xu Chengbi refused without thinking, "you can't go everywhere."

"Why?"

Xu Chengbi said earnestly: "now the world is in chaos. After the dissolution of the Xu family army, the emperor had some ambitions. Unfortunately, he overestimated himself."

Why does he think his seat is so stable?

Not because of the loyal Xu family from generation to generation! The Xu family holds a heavy army and never stands in line. It is an unswerving royalist. If the emperor runs out of the Xu family first, firmly controls the chaotang in his own hands, and then crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, it won't be so much trouble. However, he is too anxious. It may be that Xu Chengbi is too dazzling, that Chang poetry and painting are too beautiful, or that he can't suppress his inner jealousy, so he shot in advance.

Because of this, as soon as the Xu family fell, the military power was quickly divided, including Chuhe, the emperor's confidant, and Huai'an Hou, the father of Chang Fei's empress, who was deeply favored after entering the palace. Everyone wanted to tear a bite from this big cake. There was a dispute among the party members in the court. All factions climbed and bit each other for their own interests, resulting in a mess. Even the harem is in a mess. The prince died today, and the concubine who is pregnant with a dragon fetus tomorrow has a miscarriage... But the emperor can't find out anything. When concubine Xu was still there, the harem was not like this.

When Xu Chengbi was still there, he was not like this in the previous dynasty!

At that time, everyone was the emperor's sweetie, loyal and obedient to him. Why did the thorn in the eye of the Xu family disappear, but those docile and loyal ministers in the past suddenly changed their faces?

The emperor couldn't figure it out.

The ministers of the court and the central government are their own camps. They only remember to bite and climb. They fight for a little interest. They have power and power. Naturally, they are not afraid. It is all the people who suffer.

In this case, the emperor wanted everyone to be used by him. It was a dream!

He soon found that no one obeyed his orders and many people obeyed his imperial edicts. He seemed unable to do what he wanted. No matter what he asked, ministers always had all kinds of reasons to refuse him. It was difficult to be a good emperor in the court!

Therefore, he can only trust the Duke of Chuhe and the Duke of Huai'an more, but if they are really innocent, they will not watch the loyal Xu family beheaded by the scribe. Huai'an Hou's residence was known only by his in laws with the Xu family. Now concubine Chang entered the palace and won the holy favor. Huai'an Hou became the national father-in-law, and the emperor trusted him very much. The existence of the Duke of Huai'an also seriously threatened the position of the Duke of Chuhe in the heart of the emperor. The two fought openly and secretly, and concubine Chang naturally wanted to help his father. The Duke of Chuhe tried every means to collect stunning beauties from the people for the emperor. No matter how beautiful concubine Chang was, the same flowers would be tired of watching for a long time, wouldn't they?

In a word, there is chaos in the court. Demons dance in disorder, and the upper acts and lower effects. Naturally, the following officials will not be good officials. Xu Chengbi took this opportunity to quickly set up Jinlong escort agency. Perhaps the matter in the court is too difficult. In the past two years, the emperor has sent fewer people to hunt down Xu Chengbi, and there has been no news in the past six months.

In addition, Xu Shao, who may have betrayed Xu Chengbi's fear and guilty conscience and now replaced Xu Chengbi as a general, paid special attention to his military power. He was afraid that Xu Chengbi was still alive and that Xu Chengbi would seek revenge, because he was still secretly tracking down Xu Chengbi's whereabouts.

These people made the imperial court muddy.

According to the spies in the capital, no matter how hard they try, they may not be able to change the current situation. The emperor has a vague idea of muddling along!

Looking back on how energetic he was at the beginning, he killed Xu Chengbi and was full of blood to be an emperor for thousands of years. Who knows that this lofty ambition has disappeared in less than three years.

It is said that now the most beloved is a folk beauty dedicated to the emperor by Chuhe Gongjin. She has the appearance of drowning fish and falling geese and closing the moon and shame flowers. The emperor was fascinated when he saw her. Even the most beloved Princess Chang in the past gradually fell out of favor. It is really sad.

After listening, Linglong suddenly asked Xu Chengbi, "is it getting hotter and hotter these days?"

Xu Chengbi was stunned.

Jinlong escort agency is located in the southwest of Daliang. The climate here is very humid. It is really hot in summer, but it is not exaggerated in previous years. The ice in the cellar of the escort agency has been used for 7788 years. Su Ji also noticed that there is a difference, because the growth of his herbs is much slower.

"It will be hotter in the future." Linglong seemed to be talking about the nice weather today, with a flat tone, "the earth will dry up and crack, the people will have no harvest, there are starving people everywhere, and corpse mountains everywhere."

Xu Chengbi always knew that she was not a mortal. What he said from her mouth made him feel cold.

drought!

The last drought in the girder was twenty years ago! At that time, when he was still young, he heard from his father that many families could not eat and had to sell their children. Later, even their children could eat. Refugees were everywhere. Many places refused to open warehouses for relief. Refugees revolted one after another and many court officials died.

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