Gongsun Xu stood on top of the Boiling City's city gate tower and looked outside. The city moat was rippling and his line of sight was an emerald green. A light breeze blew in from the air and brought along the fragrance of wild flowers from outside the city. The setting sun in the sky was lazy and warm, not too hot nor too cold when shining on a person's body. It gave one a drowsy feeling.
"Let's go and take a walk in the city. If we continue to stay here, we'll fall asleep." Gongsun Xu yawned and took the lead to walk down the city gate tower.
The Army of Heishan in the city was still busy, but because Qu Yi and the others had been completely annihilated, the entire Army of Heishan was extremely confident. Furthermore, the army of Youzhou was about to arrive, so the fortification for the wall stopped. Under Zhang Yan's arrangements, over a hundred thousand people were busy constructing barracks and houses, preparing to make their preparations before Gongsun Zan's army arrived.
Gongsun Xu took a detour around the busy street and specially went to the alleyway to check on the situation of Army of Heishan and his family members. The result was disappointing. Forget about the days of White Horse Camp's family, even if they were compared to ordinary people, Army of Heishan was simply too poor. After walking a large circle, Gongsun Xu lost the interest to continue observing and returned back to the main street to walk as he pleased, as he was thinking about how to arrange these people.
"After defeating Yuan Shao, it is impossible to keep all of the Army of Heishan in the Jizhou, but if someone instigates them, a second Tao Sheng will inevitably appear, so they have to split up and settle this group! The best way is to choose young men and join the army, while the others would be sent to different places to farm. I don't lack money right now, so even if I raised them up for a year, they would still be able to survive.
"Catch her!" A sudden shout interrupted Gongsun Xu's train of thoughts.
Gongsun Xu looked up in dissatisfaction, only to find that he had actually run into the legendary woman robbery. A few steps away, seven or eight grey robed servants under the command of a young man wearing a scholar's robe surrounded a ragged woman. The woman kept retreating with her head lowered. Gongsun Xu couldn't tell her age or appearance, but from her figure, she should be a girl.
The girl kept backing away until she reached the wall of a shop where she had nowhere to run to. She said coldly, "Don't push me too far or don't blame me for being impolite!"
"Haha!" The leading teenager laughed loudly and said, "Your words aren't small at all. Do you know who I am? If you dare to make a move, I guarantee that you will suffer a miserable fate! Be more honest and return with me. If you serve me well, I guarantee that you won't have any problems eating until you're full and dressed warmly! "
"Who are you?" The woman hesitated for a moment before raising her tender and delicate face to ask the youth.
Gongsun Xu's eyes could not help but light up. This girl was extremely beautiful, with an extremely elegant and tranquil temperament.
The young man's face was filled with pride as he laughed: "I am the son of General Pinghan, Tao Dameng. In this Boiling City, there is nothing that I am not capable of doing!"
It turned out that this youth was Tao Dameng, and was leisurely strolling around. He never thought that he would run into this young lady on the street, and in a moment of lust, chased her all the way here.
'This brat is actually Tao Sheng's son? ' Gongsun Xu was slightly shocked. Compared to Tao Dayong, this fellow was clearly a good-for-nothing good-for-nothing.
"Who is General Pinghan?" The young girl asked curiously.
"I've never even heard of my father's name?" Tao Dameng's face was full of shock, but after a moment he reacted and asked with a smile: "You must be from a foreign land?"
The girl said coldly, "So what? I'm warning you, quickly let me go, otherwise everyone will lose their face! "
Tao Dameng laughed coldly: "I am not boasting, in this Boiling City, who dares to meddle in my affairs? If you honestly follow me back to the manor, you will inevitably suffer a little! "Come on, bring this lady back to me!"
Indeed, it was as Tao Dameng had said. Even though the passersby saw that it was an injustice, when they realized it was Tao Dameng, they couldn't help but avoid him.
The girl looked at Tao Dameng with an extremely disgusted expression. She stroked her waist with her right hand and a soft sword that was flickering with a ghostly light appeared in her hand.
Gongsun Xu was startled, a flexible sword was very difficult to learn, those who dared to use a flexible sword against an opponent were mostly sword experts, he never expected that this lady who had an orchid like temperament and was weak to be able to use such a weapon.
"Aiyo, I didn't expect you to be so aggressive, I like you more!" Hold her down, I want to tie her up myself! " Tao Dameng did not know how to learn, so how could he know the profoundness of the flexible sword?
The girl let out a light sigh. The flexible sword in her hand suddenly trembled, and its body immediately became straight. With a few flashes of sword lights, the three servants' arms that had pounced forward were all slashed by the sword's edge.
Tao Dameng turned pale with fright and quickly dodged backwards. While shouting, he said, "Attack together, this young master does not believe that a group of men cannot deal with a weak girl!"
The other servants also followed suit. However, they already knew how strong the other person was, so they didn't dare to be careless like their three companions. They simultaneously struck out towards the young girl. One of the servant was just about to pull out his blade when Tao Dayong scolded him and took it back. What Tao Dayong wanted was a beauty, if he hurt his face and turned into an ugly thing, then everything would be for nothing.
Seeing that, Gongsun Yi asked softly: Young Noble, do you want to help?
Gongsun Xu shook his head easily: "Look again, this girl's martial arts seems pretty good. These guys definitely won't be able to hurt her." As soon as his voice fell, the remaining servants all screamed and retreated, all of them had their arms injured by the blade of the sword.
'This girl has an extraordinary aura and her martial arts skills are not bad. Furthermore, her heart is very kind. Every time she attacks, she has a sense of propriety. I wonder what kind of background she has? ' Gongsun Xu thought, he planned to inquire about the background of this girl later, she was obviously not an ordinary girl.
The young lady walked in front of Tao Dameng, raised her bloodied sword tip and pointed it at him, then said coldly: "Don't follow me anymore, otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Tao Dameng was so scared that his legs went soft, and he said with a trembling voice: "Please spare me, my little wife, please forgive me for being blind and offending my wife. As long as my wife doesn't hurt me, I promise I won't follow you!"
"Humph!" "At least you're sensible!" The girl coldly snorted and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood off her sword. With a flick of her wrist, she sheathed her sword and turned around to walk to the other side of the street.
"All of you, get over here right now!" Tao Dameng did not dare to follow him, and signaled a team of Army of Heishan s who were patrolling nearby to come over.
The group leading them was one of Tao Sheng's subordinates. Although he was unwilling, he still walked over and greeted, "What orders do you have, Young Master Tao?"
Tao Dameng pointed at the lady's back and coldly shouted: "This young master suspects that the woman is a spy, how dare she injure my subordinate! All of you go and capture her, I will bring her back to my residence for interrogation! "
The leader hesitated, "Young Master Tao, this isn't appropriate, is it?"
Tao Dameng's face sank: What's wrong with that? Do you dare to disobey my orders? I'm warning you, if you don't act quickly, you will regret it for the rest of your life! "
Tao Dameng was tyrannical, a lot of things had happened to the soldiers before, so the party could only bite the bullet and agree, with a wave of their hands, they surrounded the dozens of people. Tao Dameng called for the few people to surround himself, and then quickly followed.
The young lady did not run, but stopped and stared at Tao Dameng coldly: "Are you courting death?"
"Hehe, the little slut, the one seeking death is you!" I'll definitely let you have a good time after I catch you! Hurry and make your move! "
While that team was feeling helpless, they could only order their subordinates to prepare to capture the person.
"Hold on!" Just then, Gongsun Xu walked over and shouted loudly to stop everyone.
Tao Dameng turned to look at Gongsun Xu, and immediately became angry: "Who are you, to dare interfere with my plans?" He had never cared about the matters of the battle. When Gongsun Xu and White Horse Camp returned victorious the other day, he had no interest in going to welcome them and watch them. That was why he did not know Gongsun Xu.
The leader of the party recognized Gongsun Xu and his teeth started to chatter uncontrollably.
"Little monkey?" Tao Dameng asked in shock, "Where did these little monkeys come from?"
The team was kneeling on the ground with a thump, barely restraining their fear, they bowed to Gongsun Xu and said: "Little Rock greets General Gongsun!"
"General Gongsun?" Tao Dameng was startled, then reacted and exclaimed: "You're Gongsun Xu?"
"How dare you!" Gongsun Yi bellowed: "The name of General Gongsun, how dare you, a virgin, call me that?"
Tao Dameng trembled in fear, and quickly bowed: "Yes! It was because I was confused that I dared to call the General Gongsun by his full name. For my father's sake, General, please don't bother with me! "
"Young Master Tao, there is no need to be afraid!" Gongsun Xu smiled and said: "This general and Great Qu General Tao Sheng can be considered to have some relationship. This general has seen this matter from start to finish.
"Thank you for your magnanimity, General. I will come to apologize later!" Tao Dameng was overjoyed, he immediately cupped his hands in thanks, and waved to his subordinates who were still crying out in pain, and shouted: "Hurry up and go, you bunch of idiots!"
"This little one will also take his leave." The team bowed and left quickly with their underlings.
"Little girl, are you alright?" Gongsun Xu walked in front of the girl and asked.
"Is the general the young duke of Marquis of Ji's Mansion?" The young girl asked softly.
"That's right." Gongsun Xu was startled and asked, "Does the little lady know me?"
"I don't recognize him!" "It's just that I heard them call you General Gongsun just now, that's why I made that guess!" The young girl lowered her head in denial, a cold light flashing through her eyes.