total war broken

Chapter 435 Blackmailing with familiarity

At night, the moonlight was very cold and cold with bright white, a piece of devastated stars, beautiful like a dream, the air seemed to be able to smell the vague smell of blood outside the city, and the retreating bandits were twenty miles away from the city. Camped somewhere inside and outside, and did not leave for some reason, which also made Xiao Chuan very strange.Sitting in the carriage, it was still very cold. Leah beside her was wearing a long white dress and white gloves. On the back of the gloves, there was a shawl with a white flower and long golden hair.She shivered coldly.Said: "Why is it so cold today." She regretted following Xiao Chuan out.He glared at Xiao Chuan.

"Hey! It's you who wanted to come out to the banquet with me!" Xiao Chuan waved his hands a little dissatisfied. Liya was really disobedient and insisted on letting him bring her out, but she was still so disobedient.

"It's cold, let's warm it up!" Xiaochuan chuckled and pulled her down into his arms. Lia immediately started struggling, her face was red but she didn't dare to make a sound, and said: "Let go, what are you going to do!" Madam Chu was outside, she naturally didn't dare to make a loud noise, but she just gritted her teeth and it really warmed up a lot.

"Does it feel much warmer! There are even warmer ones?" Xiaochuan whispered in Liya's ear, and she blushed, and said suddenly, "No!" Madam Chu blushed, and continued to look at the dark place in front of her. A faint voice can be heard in the ears of the night.The carriage vibrated more violently.

After getting out of the carriage and arriving at King Zhou's mansion, Xiao Chuan got off the carriage looking refreshed and stretched his waist without feeling cold anymore. Liya behind wiped her long skirt with a handkerchief and sprayed it on. Only after the perfume diluted the strange smell, she stroked her somewhat disheveled blond hair with reproach on her flushed face, stepped on her high heels with some difficulty, and said, "It's all your fault," she snorted.

She seemed to be struggling a bit when she was walking, only to feel that her legs were sore and numb, and her body was weak for a while. Only with the support of Mrs. Chu could she walk normally. The two walked like sisters supporting each other. Mrs. Chu smiled and said, "Xiao Chuan, what if someone sees you at the banquet after you treat Liya like this!" Liya touched her crystal nose and said, "Don't worry, I won't suddenly I fell!" She said so, trying to resist the discomfort.

She stepped on her high-heeled shoes and made a sound of trampling. Xiaochuan smiled and said, "Okay, it won't be like this next time. Who asked you to complain about the cold first!" Xiaochuan rubbed his nose and glanced at Liya because Just finished the battle with him, the flame in his heart was suddenly magnified.

So they took the two into the house, and a servant led Xiao Chuan and others in. Unlike the crowds of hungry people on the dry and cracked land outside, there was an incomparably luxurious courtyard inside, and the moonlight reflected in the lake in the courtyard. The mottled white shadows have a dreamy beauty, and there are bursts of fragrance of flowers and plants on both sides.

The very well-built Da Nei Zhong in the inner hall is already full of guests. Among them, the king of Zhou is sitting in the main seat, and on both sides are his city commander-in-chief Chen Yongfu, and a guard from both sides. In history, this Chen Yongfu surrendered to Li Zicheng. Xiao Chuan suspects that he and Li Zicheng secretly negotiated the song. As for He Renlong and the others, it is completely unnecessary. They are too greedy and will not make deals with thieves. This will bring no benefit but will cause trouble for themselves. Because the thieves themselves can't eat enough to wear warm clothes, where can they get the money to bribe officials, unless they really believe that they are dissatisfied with the government and have a sense of justice!Obviously, He Renlong and the others are completely different!

The patriarchs of the aristocratic families on both sides stared at the man who walked in Xiao Chuan and defeated Li Zicheng's army, but some people had a different color in their eyes, resentful and disdainful, and Li Zicheng retreated. An Ding was naturally not happy to let them spend money to feed such a large army. They whispered to each other and didn't know what they were talking about.

Lia struggled to hold up the table and sat down, then glanced at Xiaochuan hatefully, and then she was ready to look at the delicious food on the table with an inexplicable color in her eyes. Originally, a woman like her was not qualified to sit and eat. Yes, but He Renlong left a place for Lia in order to please Xiaochuan. Lia thought He Renlong was a good person, but she drooled looking at the food in front of her.

Zhou Wang stood up with an inexplicable color on his face, looked at Xiao Chuan and said: "Haha, my lord, Kaifeng was besieged by the thieves this time, thanks to you fighting the thieves and saving the people of Kaifeng!" A glass of wine to drink.Everyone applauded and praised him for his good drinking capacity, but Xiao Chuan was a little confused. This guy's wine glass is very small and the quilt is thick, so he will be praised for his good drinking capacity after drinking such a small amount of wine!

He Renlong came to flatter him, and came to toast to express his respect and gratitude to his boss.King Zhou wiped his eyes, could it be that this person is He Renlong?Chen Yongfu asked strangely: "When did He Renlong become so polite?" Just now he was talking nonsense and asking those patriarchs for money and food, but now he has become an obedient general who can be used as a model like a different person.Why did Qin Xiaochuan convince such a brave general?

Mrs. Chu and Liya in the back attracted the attention of everyone. Mrs. Chu's noble temperament and beautiful face are like a fatal poison to men. Liya behind is wearing a white dress with a different kind of exotic style. It made everyone feel refreshed, but her horrible eating made them not have a good impression of her.Mrs. Chu kept coughing beside her, but she ignored it.All the patriarchs cast contemptuous looks.

A patriarch in bright clothes had an inexplicable color on his face, he stood up and bowed to Xiao Chuan first, and said, "My lord, the old man would like to ask, when will you go to war with the rogues outside the city!"

"When will General Qin go to war with the bandits, what are you worrying about?" He Renlong snorted.

"Yes, I heard that the Duke fought with this bandit on the road and won a great victory! Naturally, if we go out of the city and fight fiercely, we will definitely win a great victory." All the clan leaders stood up and said one after another.

The generals behind Xiao Chuan had a bad face. Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "The rogue cavalry is extraordinary! Don't go out of the city wolf station!" Nonsense, I just came and drove us away, how could Xiao Chuan be happy.

"Yes, the main force of the thieves outside the city is still there. If you go out rashly now! I'm afraid you will be ambushed!" Wang Yanchen also said that some aristocratic family heads are not good-looking, they think you can defeat the enemy on the road, and your combat power is so strong , since the field can be won once, why not win the second time.

"I understand the strength of General Qin's army, so it's not a problem for mere thieves!" said the patriarch, with a thin figure and an inexplicable coldness on his face.

King Zhou coughed to ease the embarrassing atmosphere, but he didn't expect that this group of patriarchs would directly open their mouths to drive people away. The patriarch below said, "My royal family has received this severe drought and used thousands of taels to support the army. My lord, please forgive me. Respect." He clasped his fists and said, all the patriarchs sneered, saying that they would no longer provide money and food to support the army, and wanted to cut off the food and grass of Xiao Chuan and others. Xiao Chuan and others were furious. There was not much food and grass left in the army. Cutting off food and grass is forcing them to go out of the city to fight with the bandits.

All the patriarchs echoed in this way, expressing that they had no money and food to support the emaciated old man who was the leader of the army, and said: "My lord, it's better to fight the bandits as soon as possible."

Xiao Chuan laughed out loud, and the group of patriarchs still used the same routine, saying, "Okay, we will leave Kaifeng in a few days!" Behind Cao Bianjiao and others were shocked, and said: "My lord! Not good! Our army lacks cavalry and it is difficult to capture them. Rogue!"

All the patriarchs were overjoyed and thought that their threat had worked, but Xiao Chuan sneered and said, "The whole division will go north to Shaanxi to fight against Zhang Xianzhong!"

"My lord, where is Luoyang?" The king of Zhou stood up immediately, crying, and said, what should Luoyang do like this!
All the patriarchs turned pale, but they didn't expect Xiao Chuan to do this. Wouldn't Kaifeng be besieged by thieves again like this!Bai Guang'en behind Xiao Chuan said: "I heard that every time Li Zicheng enters a city, he will first destroy the noble families in the city, and distribute their wives and daughters to the soldiers! I heard that they will be cooked in a pot, if they are like Mr. Wang! They I like to eat meat like yours the most, so please do your own thing. If Bai has a sword, he will give it to Mr. Wang for self-defense!" He sneered.

The royal patriarch's face turned pale and trembling with horror, watching Xiao Chuan and the others swallow, and seeing the other party's disdainful expression, he said, "You, how could you be like this?" All the bronze wine bottles on his table were knocked to the ground, and sprinkled The ground's fine wine, the candlelight shining on the pool of fine wine on the ground, against his pale face, what if a thief enters the city? .

"I still have some money and food at home," some clan leaders have already relented and started to say this.

The King of Zhou wiped the sweat from his face and said, "I still have ten thousand taels of silver in my house, general, let's use it to reward the army." A retainer behind him was shocked and said, "My lord, there are so many!"

"Nonsense! It's important to save your life," he said through gritted teeth. Li Zicheng conquered a city, who is the unluckiest?Family? No, of course they are the children of the clan, but they are the worst. Even if they are killed, sometimes even the ancestral graves will suffer. It would be the worst if they are made into a blessing banquet. After hearing what Xiaochuan said, this week King Zhou is the first One took out his own money.

Xiao Chuan glanced at the people in front of him coldly and said: "All families, the Lun family wealth, is divided into upper, middle and lower grades. The upper grade family has [-] silver, the middle grade has [-], and the lower grade has [-]!" Wang Yanchen behind him was a little surprised. Said: "This? Has it passed!"

"Hmph, what's wrong with the bloodletting of these moths!" Cao Bianjiao felt indifferent, so he said so.

All the clan leaders were shocked. They were angry at this naked threat. One clan leader said angrily, "You! Why are you threatening me and other people like this!"

"Oh! Those who don't want to pay can choose to leave the city on their own." Xiaochuan snorted coldly. The clan leader turned pale and quickly said that he would pay. Wang Yanchen said worriedly: "They are afraid that they will impeach us!"

"Humph, you think you don't do this! They won't be fooled." .

(End of this chapter)