Ninety-seven, Baoqing Palace Night Battle

At noon that day, Zhou Xuan invited the four countries to fight insects and their entourages at the largest restaurant in the Xingwang Mansion, "Sihaifang". The Sichuan and Song entourages refused to come. Zhou Xuan went to the post house to invite him. Zhou Xuan was generous and hospitable, and he loved to make friends the most. The guests on the seat were always full, and the wine in the jar was not empty. This was Zhou Xuan's life ideal. The Shu and Song entourages felt Zhou Xuan's sincerity. The people who were so dignified in the county were all friends of the insects, so how could they bring their entourages with them without any kindness?

The wine was drunk until the evening. Zhou Xuan was drunk. Sanchi and Lin Ji brought him on a carriage and returned to the inn. Xiaoqi wiped his face and washed his feet, and served him to rest without mentioning it.

At the beginning of the Xu hour, the yellow gate minister Li Tuo personally gave the silver for the coconut shell mask. Lin Ji told the Duke Zhou Jun that he had been drunk and had already rested. Li Tuo felt regretful and sat up at a low price and said goodbye, "I'll come to visit Duke Zhou Jun again the next day and ask General Lin to pack the 4,500 taels of gold. Li knew that Duke Zhou Jun traveled from afar, and the 45,000 taels of silver was too heavy and not easy to carry, so it was converted into gold and delivered."

Shortly after Li Tuo left, Chen Yanshou came to the door. He was anxious. Li Tuo was obviously giving Zhou Xuan a big gift. However, Zhou Xuan was drunk and could not come out to see him, so he had to leave in a bad mood, indicating that he would come back to see Zhou County Duke early in the morning.

The three cynical and four cynical were admiring the white-backed cricket, which was originally named "Snow Lion King" and is now renamed "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba", and is amazed.

Sichi remembered that the night in Xiapu Mountain Village Zhou Xuan once said that if he could win the championship in the Five Kingdoms War, Sichi would have to promise him something. What was going on?

The four ignorant were unhappy, wondering what rude requests Zhou Xuan would make? Then she thought, if Zhou Xuan made rude requests, she could refuse them at all, and Zhou Xuan often cheated on him anyway.

But what kind of rude request would Zhou Xuan make? When he thought of this, Sichi felt a little irritated, but he couldn't say he was particularly disgusted. It felt very strange.

Zhou Xuan slept until dawn, got up and took a bath and finished his combing, put on a clean autumn shirt, Xiaoxiang helped him comb a simple bun, put on a jade hairpin, put on a square scarf and tied a silk fish bag—

Zhou Xuan asked: "Qunnel, how much gold and silver have we won this time?"

Xiao Xun said happily: "I bet four times, and I won a total of 2,600 taels of gold. Last night, the Li Huangmen also sent 4,500 taels of gold to sell coconut shell masks. This is not the money that General Lin and the Fenghua soldiers won. Son-in-law, we are rich!"

Zhou Xuan said: "This time, there are 100 Jinwu Guards and 50 Fenghua Prefecture soldiers who come to the Southern Han Dynasty. Six of them unfortunately died. When they return to Jinling, they will have to pay more pensions to their families, and others will also give them rewards."

Xiaoqian's little girl's house was quite stingy and said, "When you go back, you will be rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress. Why do you need your son-in-law to pay for it yourself!"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said lightly: "You don't have to worry about this, little girl, don't be troublesome."

"Son-in-law, now the fight against insects is over. Are we going back?" Xiao Xuxiang looked at the smiling national face of the son-in-law in Xuan Jing and asked softly.

Zhou Xuan asked: "Does Xiaoqian miss home? Who do you miss the most?"

Xiaoqian said: "Xiaoqian misses Miss Zhiruo the most——"

Zhou Xuan said "Oh", and a tenderness surged in his heart. Yes, his baby daughter must have been born safely, it was almost full moon, but he, a father, was still thousands of miles away, and said, "We will go back in a few days and take a sea boat back to Jinling."

Xiao Xuxiang asked, "Didn't my son-in-law go to Jiangzhou to marry Miss Lin Er?"

Zhou Xuan said: "It's still early to marry Hanyun. Is it going to happen in the first month of next year? It's important to go back to Jinling to see Zhiruo first."

Xiaoqian said happily: "That's great. Xiaoqian really wants to see Miss Zhiruo and son-in-law, when will we set off? Xiaoqian can't wait for a moment!"

Zhou Xuan said: "I am an envoy to send a marriage to the marriage. No matter how you say you want to meet the emperor of Han, but this emperor has not summoned me yet-"

The postmaster came to report out of breath: "Monday Duke, the Prince's Palace has come down."

The Snow Pig Prince came to meet Zhou Xuan early in the morning with Chen Yanshou and Li Tuo, and discussed the battle between "The Insect King Lu Bu" and "The Overlord of the Western Palace Li Yuanba".

Zhou Xuan asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liu knows that I am good at betting, and you can fight insects. You must be able to afford to bets that will make me moved."

Prince Xuezhu straightened the green hat and said, "The shopkeeper of the Tang Kingdom has already lost to you. It's a bit difficult to give up the bet that will make you moved. You're going to bet, what should you bet? Let's bet on silver--" turned his head and asked Li Tuo: "Li Huangmen, is it okay to pay 45,000 taels of silver to Duke Zhou?"

Li Tou bowed and said, "I have been sent to my subordinates of Zhoujun Duke yesterday to hand over."

Prince Xuezhu said: "Then bet on silver, and each side places a bet of 45,000 taels of silver. How about it?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Liu is really a profiteer. Before my money is heated up, you just want to win back. Do you want to leave me, the five-country worm war champion, empty-handed?"

Prince Xuezhu looked at Zhou Xuan with admiration and said, "As long as Zhou Keguan is willing to stay in Prince Xing's Mansion, then no matter what wins or loses, all the money will be yours."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Just bet for 45,000 taels, and the gold is delivered, otherwise it will be too heavy and I will take it back to work hard."

Prince Snow Pig looked back at the Southern Han Fighting Envoy: "Did you hear that, if the 'Insect King Lu Bu' loses, I will peel you."

The fighter insect sent Feng Su to say, "I understand." He wiped his sweat and looked at Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan frowned and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, you are terrifying me in person. I am a kind-hearted person. If I know that I will kill this insect fighter if I win, then I would rather not bet."

Prince Xuezhu shook his head and said, "Forget it, just follow Zhou Keguan, no matter how you win or lose."

The fighting insect envoy looked at Zhou Xuan with gratitude.

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Don't be grateful to me, I want to use a trick to win this 'Insect King Lu Bu'. If you implicate your life, then your buddy will always feel a little sad." He said: "Then it's settled. May I ask Manager Liu, when will the war start?"

Prince Xuezhu said: "Tonight, at the Wanzheng Hall of Baoqing Palace at 3 o'clock, I will send a palace car to pick up Zhou Keguan into the palace. My father and fairy ladies will all watch the battle."

Zhou Xuan said: "So grand! Isn't it said that His Majesty the Emperor of Han is in peace?"

Prince Xuezhu said: "It has not been cured yet, but it's okay to see the fight insects."

It was agreed that Prince Xuezhu would bid farewell to the palace. Chen Yanshou and Li Tuo wanted to stay behind and talk to Zhou Xuan for a few words, but when they saw that the other party had the same meaning, they all left awkwardly.

Zhou Xuan crossed his legs and asked Siqi: "The fourth brother, have the insect concubine of 'Insect King Lu Bu' been fed?"

Siqi was both curious and funny, nodding and said, "Feed well - last year in Hongzhou, before the decisive battle with "Tiger Crazy Xu Qian", the master asked me to buy the Tiger Crazy Concubine, then pulled off a piece of the wings of the worm concubine and wiped the worm blood on the 'Tiger Crazy Concubine. After the fight, the 'Tiger Crazy Xu Qian' did not dare to attack the 'Tiger Crazy Concubine, and eventually lost. This is really strange. The master never told me the reason. This time he would use the same trick again?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Liu Jixing tried his best to make money. The Southern Han country is rich and the people are poor. I will win more of this ill-gotten fortune. But I think the "Insect King Lu Bu" is really a very powerful insect king. Even if the "Tianbao General" is not injured first, it will be difficult to defeat it. Although our "Li Yuanba" has unfathomable strength, even if we win, we will be seriously injured. The battle between the "Insect King Lu Bu" will never end. The fourth brother, are you willing to let our "Li Yuanba" die or be injured?"

The Sizi said, "Of course I can't bear to bear it, but now the master should tell me this secret, right?"

The Three Crazy were also very curious. He had not guessed Zhou Xuan’s strange tricks for a year and the Four Crazy.

Zhou Xuan asked with a smile: "Which fighting insect has ever seen that it can fight with the three-tailed female insect?"

The four cynics said: "Everyone knows that male and female do not fight each other."

Zhou Xuan said: "Yes, the male cricket is very graceful. Even if the female worm gets angry and wants to bite, the male worm just retreats and dodges and never returns. In Hongzhou, I wiped the blood of the tiger cynical concubine on the body of the 'untouchable'. When the matchup, the 'hu cynical concubine Xu Feng' smelled the 'untouchable' body of the 'untouchable' and was very confused. This is why the 'hu cynical concubine Xu Feng' first avoided the battle, lost the opportunity, and finally lost."

The three ignorant and four ignorant were stunned. Such secret techniques were unheard of. Zhou Xuan was too treacherous.

Lin Ning sighed, "I didn't expect this cricket to be so affectionate and intentional."

Sanchi, the guy who was afraid, quickly said, "If Aning got angry and wanted to attack me, I would naturally never fight back."

Zhou Xuan and Sizi looked at each other in silence.

In the afternoon, Yang Zongbao asked for a meeting, but because he heard that Zhou Xuan's "King of Zhao Li Yuanba of the Western Palace" was going to enter the palace at night to fight the "King of Insect Lu Bu", and wanted to ask Zhou Xuan to take him into the palace to watch the battle.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Young Master Yang is willing to go to watch the battle, but you have to pretend to be my servant."

Yang Zongbao said: "Of course."

Zhou Xuan then left Yang Zongbao at the inn, and had dinner early, and waited for Prince Xuezhu to send someone to pick him up.

At the end of the Youth hour, two palace cars were parked outside the inn. Chen Yanshou personally invited Zhou Xuan to enter the palace to fight insects. Zhou Xuan brought the three scammers, four scammers, and Yang Zongbao into the palace.

On the way, Chen Yanshou talked about Li Tuo's purchase of Zhou Xuan's insect battle championship prize for a sky-high price of 45,000 taels of silver yesterday, and was worried that Zhou Xuan would favor Li Tuo.

Zhou Xuan said: "Why do you have to worry too much about Chen Huangmen? Li asked for a high price to buy the coconut shell mask to flatter the Han Emperor. What do you have to do with me? I am a transaction and I don't have to accept his affection. However, if Chen Huangmen wants to get the position of the inner tutor, he has to find a way to help Li Tuo away. A few days ago, I greeted the fairy girl Lu, and asked my crown prince of Tang to propose marriage to Princess Yuexiu, and hoped that Chen Huangmen would make this happen. Then I sent Li to the envoy to Tang State. Who else can compete with Chen Huangmen for the position of the inner tutor!"

Chen Yanshouxi said: "Thank you, County Duke. Yanshou must promote the marriage between Han and Tang Dynasties. Tomorrow I will go to Xiao Kunlun to pay homage to the fairy and talk to the county Duke."

The carriage drove into the imperial city, and the dusk was already dark. When entering the palace city, it was brightly lit and the Baoqing Palace was magnificent. Chen Yanshou came forward, and the three silly, four silly, and Yang Zongbao all successfully entered the palace.

In Wanzheng Hall, the warriors on the hall held an axe and axe, and the eunuch stood upright on both sides. A short rosewood table, a bucket bowl, and a worm jar were placed quietly in the hall.

Prince Xuezhu came over with a smile. Zhou Xuan looked up at the hall and didn't see the Han Emperor high above, so he asked, "Have your Majesty the Han Emperor not arrived yet?"

Prince Xuezhu said: "My father and Fairy Gu Lu will arrive soon. Don't be restrained. This is a private meeting. I will grandly meet Zhou Keguan after my father's dragon body is healthy."

Siqi put the insect jar in his hand on the short table, looked at Zhou Xuan, nodded, and signaled that the plasma of the favorite concubine of "The Insect King Lu Bu" had been applied to "The King of Zhao Li Yuanba of Xifu".

The eunuch at the palace whispered: "The emperor is here."

A group of eunuchs came in one after another, behind them was a pair of men and women wearing veils, a man with a yellow robe, a jade belt, and a woman in a long uterus dress, but she was combed in a Taoist bun. Judging from her figure, she was as slim and tall as a girl. Behind the woman in a Taoist bun, there was a young girl, which was Princess Yuexiu Liu Shouzhen.

Zhou Xuan's eyes were dull and he didn't feel anything strange yet. The four fools rushed Zhou Xuan's sleeves and pointed to his ears and said, "Master is a bad thing. This person is the one who whipped it on the street a few days ago!"

Zhou Xuan was shocked. Didn’t Lin Ji say that Liu Ji was in his sixties? Why did he look in his forties and have good care? No wonder he refused to summon me, and now he was covered with a veil. It turned out that the fourth brother whipped the scar on his face and was unable to see anyone. He immediately whispered: "Calm down, step back, let me fight the insects. Once recognized, you will take action to capture the king."

Siqi stepped back and whispered a few words to Sanqi. The cousins ​​began to observe the arrangement of the hall. They did not bring weapons. Once the incident happened, they had to deal with the difficult situation with bare hands. The two had made an appointment to capture Liu Jixing by Sanqi, and Siqi captured the Prince of Snow Pig. Although Lu Qiongxian had a superb status, it was unknown whether it was the real or the leader of the Falcon Sect, so they should not touch him. As long as they captured Liu Jixing and his son, they should be able to escape.

Zhou Xuan believed that his clothes were different from that day, and his beard was trimmed. Now it was under the lamp again, and the light and shadow were mixed. Liu Jixing could not recognize him. He immediately knelt down with Prince Xuezhu and the Southern Han officials of the Mantan Southern Han Dynasty to welcome Liu Jixing and Lu Xiangu.

Liu Jixing covered his face with a thin layer of white veil and said, "Plain, start fighting insects now." He did not recognize Zhou Xuan. That day, Zhou Xuan once said he wanted to escape from the city. Liu Jixing sent troops to chase him out of three hundred miles, but he didn't find a few merchants with golden retrievers. He would not have thought that Zhou Xuan would live well in Xingwang Mansion Inn, and now he has entered the palace to fight insects!

Except for Zhou Xuan and the Southern Han Fighting Envoy, who were watching the battle around the Rapeli Mu Short Case, there were only four people, Liu Jixing and his son, Lu Xiangu and Princess Yuexiu. The rest of them retreated ten feet away from both sides.

Zhou Xuan put the "King of Zhao Li Yuanba of Xifu" in the insect pot into the bucket basin, and the Southern Han insect basin also put the "King of Insects Lu Bu" into the bucket basin.

Liu Jixing said "Huh": "It turned out to be a white-backed worm! It was this white-backed worm that won the leader of the five countries' insect war?"

Zhou Xuan did not dare to speak much, for fear that Liu Jixing would tell his voice.

Prince Xuezhu replied: "Yes, Father, it's this white-backed worm that won four battles. Of course, when fighting with our Han Kingdom, our Han Kingdom did not do its best and only fought with the deputy general worm. So today let the 'Insect King Lu Bu' fight again."

Liu Jixing nodded and said, "Open the gate - release the insects."

The "Insect King Lu Bu" carved from green jade is stretched out his legs and teeth, and he has a strong desire to fight. As soon as the gate is opened, he flapped his wings and roars wildly, and he stepped towards the "King of Zhao in Xifu Li Yuanba" on the side of the gate.

Zhou Xuan had such a good eye, and he knew it was not good at first sight. The insect king was always reserved and steady at the beginning and would not be so fierce and aggressive. This "Insect King Lu Bu" must have been drugged, which means that after taking stimulants, the Southern Han Fighting Insect Envoy actually knew the secret recipe!

Zhou Xuan's original determination suddenly raised his mind. The insect king was already fierce and invincible, and now he has taken excitatory drugs. Then what other crickets are his opponents when he starts to rush!

The Southern Han Fighting Insect Envoy looked at Zhou Xuan, feeling a little apologized, but thought: "Don't blame me for taking medicine, I am helpless. Although His Royal Highness won and lost, it is hard to guarantee that he will become more angry and he will settle the score with me. Your Zhou Duke lost, but he only lost tens of thousands of taels of silver."

The thin and inconspicuous "King of Zhao Li Yuanba of Xifu" supported his six legs, his two snow-white rice beards straight, his frost teeth slightly opened, and he remained motionless, waiting for the strong enemy.

But when he saw the "Insect King Lu Bu", he rushed over to the world with a domineering spirit, and the green halberd was about to cut the head of "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba", he suddenly took two steps back, looking a little hesitant.

Zhou Xuan was secretly happy. It seemed that "The King of Insects Lu Bu" smelled the smell of its favorite concubine, and "The King of Zhao Li Yuanba of Xifu" was a white-backed insect, which was very capable of confusing the opponent. I wonder if "The King of Zhao Li Yuanba of Xifu" could seize the opportunity of "The King of Insects Lu Bu" hesitating to take the lead?

But the white-backed cricket "King of Zhao, Xifu", did not take the opportunity to attack, but instead roared, shaking the basin, its wings opened and closed, and its snow-white teeth were opened and opened.
Chapter completed!