Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

A few days later, Bai Yutang's sword wound was almost healed, and the other four mice also returned to Xingkong Island. Bai Yutang stayed in the capital because of the entrustment of the Eight Sage Kings, and then pestered Zhan Zhao every day. , Zhan Zhao patrolled the streets, and he also strolled along with him. When Zhan Zhao returned to Kaifeng Mansion, he also followed him to have a meal. It was the guest room, but after staying for one night, I changed to Zhan Zhao’s room for various reasons, such as uncomfortable, unaccustomed, and unhappy. If you want to live, you can live there. As long as Zhan Zhao has no objections, so will everyone. , but these two people are not at peace, they are both sleeping on the bed and still have to compete and learn from each other. Kaifeng mansion is also restless and lively in the middle of the night...

After a few days, Kaifeng Mansion has never been clean. At the beginning, everyone was worried that the two enemies would make trouble out of control. Occasionally, they were not afraid of death and ran out to persuade them. Later, everyone came out to watch the two people's martial arts competition. Give it a good applause, and there are people like Gongsun Ce who move a bench to make a pot of tea, lick melon seeds and raise their legs, and go back to wash and sleep when they are tired... In the end, everyone is no longer surprised, see When the two fight, at most, they will give way, borrow a way or something, and they are used to it. Anyway, the two of them can't tell the winner after a long time...

On this day, when the king of Xixia finally had an audience with Emperor Song, Zhan Zhao dragged Bai Yutang to choose a private room facing the street of Deyue Tower to sit in. The street facing Deyue Tower is the only way to enter Beijing, so here You can have a clear view of anyone who comes to Beijing. The two have been here many times, and the shopkeeper Lu of Deyue Tower is also somewhat friendly to the two, and every time he leaves the best viewing position for them.

"Mao'er, what do you think of Xixia's military strength?" Bai Yutang held the teacup and looked at the person beside him who had been leaning forward and looking out.

"I'm really not sure about this, but in terms of strength, it's definitely not as good as my Great Song." Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao suddenly frowned, "It's just..."

Bai Yutang put down the teacup: "Just what?"

"It's just that I heard from the Eighth Prince that our Great Song Dynasty has always valued culture over military affairs. Since the founding of the country, the superiors have always restricted the generals too much. The generals have no ambitions and no military power. Song Wen is strong and military is weak. Over the years, Liao’s soldiers are strong and horses are strong. From time to time, small troubles disturb the border areas between the two countries. We have to give them old money every year to ensure the stability of the border. The Eighth Prince said that these are big hidden dangers. Now Xixia has not yet grown. , still paying tribute to us every year, and bowing to us, but if things go on like this, I am afraid that Xixia will be like the Liao Kingdom, and my Great Song Dynasty will really be in dire straits..."

Bai Yutang sneered and said, "However you gain the world, you are naturally afraid of losing it."

Zhan Zhao said: "Right now, the only one with real power in the court is Ninth Brother... Cough, Ninth Prince, although the number of the Ninth Prince's Zhao family army is not dominant, it is definitely first-class elite, and those foreign enemies are also afraid of it." The Zhao family army of the Ninth Prince dare not offend my Da Song lightly."

Bai Yutang said: "This Zhao family is too wary of their own world being stolen, even their own people. Although the Ninth Prince is good at fighting, it is only a one-man effort after all. If it is true as the Eighth Prince said, when the Liao Kingdom , the rise of Xixia, Song Dynasty can only beg for mercy."

Zhan Zhao smacked his lips: "Fifth Master is really merciless when he speaks. There are probably not a few people who were ashamed to death by Fifth Master."

The two were chatting, when they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums at the gate of the city, and the voices suddenly became louder. Zhan Zhao looked out hastily, and saw a row of Xixia costumes marching into the gate, the leader was a strong man He is not very handsome in appearance, but he can be seen as a Lianjiazi, and his clothes are very luxurious. Behind him is a beautiful sedan chair. Although he can't see who is sitting in it, he must be rich and powerful. People, the long line after this is full of rare treasures.

Zhan Zhao looked at it for a while, and said, "Looking at the clothes and age, the leader should be Li Yuanhao, but he doesn't look as good as the Eighth Prince said..."

Bai Yutang asked amusedly: "What do you think the cat looks like to be considered a god?"

"Of course you can grow into a heavenly beauty like Bai Wuye!" Zhan Zhao replied happily, "With your appearance, Wu Ye, you can be a god if you don't care about it!"

Bai Yutang nodded expressionlessly: "It's rare for someone to judge people by their appearance to the point where you can still feel at ease as a fourth-rank guard with a sword."

Zhan Zhao ignored Bai Yutang's words, looked at the team for a while, and suddenly beckoned Bai Yutang to come over: "Yutang, Yutang, look quickly, there are a few people riding horses behind that sedan chair..."

Hearing this, Bai Yutang leaned over to Zhan Zhao's side to look out, and said with a light smile, "It's a bit famous."

Behind the gorgeous sedan chair, there were four riders following unhurriedly, three men and one woman. The woman had a coquettish appearance, a plump figure, and scantily dressed clothes. Naturally, riding a horse in the street attracted a lot of attention. Not only was she not annoyed by those fiery gazes, but she also enjoyed laughing and teasing the three men beside her from time to time, not minding being judged at all.

"Luohua Shangyue——Liu Tangling." Zhan Zhao smacked his lips, "The chief disciple of Luohua Palace is good at hidden weapons. People in the world are called Shangyue Fox Demon. His martial arts are average, but his hidden weapons are unmatched. And, she is a ruthless hand, but her reputation is not very good, I didn't expect her to take refuge in Xixia."

"How do you know she is Liu Tangling from Luohua Palace?"

"But everyone in Luohua Palace will have a tattoo of Loveflower on their body. The higher the status, the more complicated the color of the tattoo. This woman has such a complicated tattoo of Loveflower on her body, she must be a high-ranking member of Luohua Palace. I heard that Luohua The palace chief Liu Tangling is not only good at concealing weapons, but also likes to use whips, seeing that this girl is also wearing an ivy whip, it must be her."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhanzhao: "I didn't expect you to be in the court, and your heart is still attached to the world, and a character like Liu Tangling would know about it."

Zhan Zhao snorted and said, "Naturally, I not only know her, but also who are the three people beside her."

"Oh?"

Zhan Zhao pointed to the three people beside Liu Tangling: "Li Zixu, the thousand-gold saber, is good at wielding heavy blades, and his strength is boundless. It is rumored that he can lift a thousand catties; Jiang Kui, the autumn water fan, is also a master. It is really not easy to use the weapon handy, and I heard that he created his own moves from poems, which are romantic, freehand, fantastic and treacherous, and extremely difficult to deal with; as for the other one, Du Xiaofeng, the Lingbo boy, I heard that he is born with defects He is still only as tall as a ten-year-old boy even though he has already passed his thirties, but his lightness kung fu is so good that few people can match it... There are also rumors that his ancestors were tomb robbers, and he himself is a good hand..."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows: "I really underestimated you, a cat."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin: "These people can be regarded as prominent figures in the Jianghu, why did they all take refuge in Xixia..."

"Cat," Bai Yutang looked at the four of them and said, "Do you still remember that the Eighth Prince said that Xixia built a first-class hall to recruit talents and train his own warriors?"

Zhan Zhao said: "You mean, they might all be from Xixia Yipintang?"

"Yes."

The two were discussing, when suddenly there was a burst of laughter from downstairs, and only a delicate female voice said: "Hey, the two handsome brothers upstairs, could it be Nan Xia Zhan Showa who has caused a lot of trouble recently and caused a sensation in the whole capital city?" Chinchilla Bai Yutang?"

Zhan Zhao looked downstairs, and saw Liu Tangling smiling so flatteringly towards them, the people next to her stared straight at her.

Zhan Zhaoke waved his hand at her politely, and responded, "Miss Liu, I have admired you for a long time."

Bai Yutang at the side gave him a cold look, but didn't say anything.

The Liu Tang Ling Yao laughed: "Surely being so polite is definitely not the cold and difficult Bai Yutang in the rumors. It seems that this little brother is Nan Xia Zhan Zhao. He looks really good. I like you the most. Such a fresh and tender man, after your elder sister Liu finishes her business, can I come to play with you?"

It was then that Zhan Zhao remembered that although Liu Tangling looked very young, she was actually a woman over the age of three, and besides, she had a romantic nature and a penchant for beautiful men... Cough cough, thinking of this, just as he was about to reply, the But Bai Yutang said coldly: "If you say one more nonsense, believe it or not, I will immediately take your Luohua Palace?"

That Liu Tangling laughed harder: "Oh, Mr. Bai is jealous?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Yutang flicked a cup and hit the horse she was riding on the head. The horse started kicking wildly as soon as it hurt, Liu Tangling turned pale and hurried to stabilize her horse. Du Xiaofeng, a boy from Lingbo, flew behind her and helped her stabilize the horse. Then he said to Zhan Bai and the two: "Women are ignorant, why should Bai Wuye?" Getting angry with a woman? Hey..."

Bai Yutang glanced at him, then at Zhan Zhao, and continued without saying a word.

But this moment also alarmed the entire Xixia team. Li Yuanhao, who had been leading the team, rode over and stopped in front of the sedan chair for a while, then walked towards the four people and asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Kui shook his autumn water fan and said leisurely, "It's okay, it's just to say hello."

Li Zixu, who was on the side, also said: "Young master, those two upstairs are Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, you have always recruited talents, you don't know the names of these two?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanhao looked in the direction of Deyue Tower, and said with a contemptuous smile, "I still think it's some great big shot, but they're just two little dolls. What's the matter..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden coughing sound in the sedan chair, and then a slightly old voice sounded: "Yuan Hao, don't be rude, hurry up and organize the team, don't delay the time to enter the palace... "

Li Yuanhao seemed to be very afraid of the voices in the sedan chair, and he stopped looking at the others, and went straight back to his position as the team leader. Under his leadership, the team began to move towards the palace again...

Zhan Zhao watched the team leave, sighed twice, and said, "It's really strange!"