Chapter 100 Chapter 22

Before stepping into the central hall, a burst of hearty laughter came out, Chu Qiao stopped immediately, and frowned slightly.Zhuge Yue cautiously turned his head to look at her. Although he couldn't see her expression under the thick veil, he was keenly aware of her hesitation.Zhuge Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at her suspiciously, but did not continue walking. At this moment, hearty laughter came out from the room. The young man was wearing a royal blue robe with the finest brocade embroidery. Brother, you don’t even know me when you get to Wupeng, it’s so embarrassing!” Jing Han was still the same, with a perpetual smile on his face, evil mouth corners, and a high nose. He opened his arms and was about to embrace Zhuge Yue, like an old friend, very affectionate.

Zhuge Yue's complexion remained unchanged, he stepped back without showing any traces, not letting Jing Han get close, nodded slightly, and said with a faint smile not far or near: "It turns out that the little prince has arrived." Jing Han flinched, but didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a smile: "It's been two months since we left that day, brother Zhuge is still so handsome." "Isn't the little prince radiant with heroism?" Jing Han laughed when he heard the words, and walked over slowly, his eyes rolled around Chu Qiao's strange attire, then he stretched out his hand, punched Zhuge Yue on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Okay Zhuge Si, I said I didn’t know me, so I fell into the land of tenderness, I couldn’t believe it when that old boy Tian Rucheng told me just now.”

When he punched, Chu Qiao immediately frowned, the dagger tied to her forearm sank, and she was almost about to strike on the spot, because the punch he just hit happened to hit the wound on Zhuge Yue's shoulder. However, the fourth young master of the Zhuge family, who had always been well-clothed and well-fed, did not respond at all. He cast a slanted glance at him, and said in a neutral tone, "Since you know, pull me up late at night." "Aren't I curious?" Jing Han looked Chu Qiao up and down, narrowed his eyes like a cat, and said puzzledly: "I want to see what kind of beauty can fascinate you? It must be It is heavenly fragrance and national color."

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her hand to pick up the veil on Chu Qiao's cheek. "Even if a fairy descends to earth, it has nothing to do with you," Zhuge Yue decisively knocked off Jing Han's hand, and said with a smile, "Who told you to come a step late?" "The two of you should stop standing on the porch. Tian prepares some food and drinks. When the two old friends meet again, they should have a drink." Tian Rucheng stood at the door with a big belly, his figure was no longer as heroic as before, and became bloated and obese.Jing Han put one hand on Zhuge Yue's shoulders, smiled at Tian Rucheng and said, "I said, Lao Tian, ​​if you have a beautiful woman, you should keep it to be filial to the four young masters, and forget about me."

Tian Rucheng was obviously very familiar with Jing Han, he didn't feel nervous when facing Zhuge Yue, and said with a smile: "Your Prince Jing is looking for a beauty, do you still need me?" Everyone talked and laughed all the way into the central hall, Chu Qiao was always by Zhuge Yue's side, Tian Rucheng was obviously a little surprised when he first saw it, he never thought that the female slave he arranged would be so favored by Zhuge Yue.Seeing Chu Qiao nodded slightly, it seemed to approve. There are three seats in the spacious middle hall, there is no distinction between primary and secondary, but around a round table, on which is a huge roasted whole lamb.

Jing Han said with a smile, "Lao Tian is getting bolder as he gets older. I thought people in Bian Tang ate like people in Huai Song Dynasty. Ninety bowls and eighty dishes, and shredded pork was picked with toothpicks." "Haha," Tian Rucheng laughed and said, "Young Lord, I forgot that I was on the side of Da Lu Shu back then, and I still have half of Da Xia's blood." "Come on, everyone, have a taste." Tian Rucheng first poured a cup of bamboo green wine for Zhuge Yue, and greeted him, "This is the way the gangsters eat in the Pinggui Wasteland. In order to learn their ingredients, I specially sent my men to join the gangsters. It took more than two months to learn this cooking method."

Jing Han said with a smile: "I heard that the business groups of Bian Tang and Huai Song spend a huge amount of wealth every year to suppress the gangsters. You have worked so hard to arrange a spy but only to sneak into the back kitchen and become a cook. The king of Tang knows I have to pull out your skin." "What can it do? Except for the regular army, the bandits on the Pinggui Wasteland dare not even provoke local officers and soldiers. Me? Let's forget it." "Hey?" Jing Han raised his eyebrows slightly: "Brother Zhuge, why don't you eat it?"

After finishing speaking, Jing Han took out the small silver dagger on the table, cut off a large piece of meat, put it in Zhuge Yue's bowl, then cut another piece of meat and sent it to Chu Qiao's bowl, and said with a smile: " Beauty, eat." Zhuge Yue had a shoulder injury, but his actions remained unchanged.Chu Qiao hastily stretched out her hand and gently tore off a piece of shredded meat and handed it to his mouth. Jing Han sighed and sighed at this beautiful woman, but Zhuge Yue looked down from above, then lowered his head. Opening his mouth, in a short while, his lips touched Chu Qiao's cold fingers.

A flash of panic flashed across Chu Qiao's eyes for a moment, she frowned slightly, and calmly tore the meat into pieces, but she was a little disturbed in her heart. Seeing Jing Han here really caught her by surprise.The Zhuge family and Lord Jing had always supported each other in the court and the opposition. When they first met, Chu Qiao could see that the relationship between Young Master Mu, Jing Han and Zhuge Huai in Lingnan was particularly close.However, that was because the Mu He clan was in full swing at that time, and the Wei Clan was able to compete for a day. On the other hand, the Zhuge family acted moderately, cruising outside the power vortex, and treated the vassal princes with a very friendly attitude.But now that Zhuge's family has jumped onto the political stage, how could Jing Han, who is a vassal benefit, be as close as ever to him on the surface?It is certain that the two seem to be in harmony.

However, Chu Qiao didn't know whether to take advantage of this.From a rational point of view, Jing Han really had no reason to kill her and then quickly. Yan Bei's gaining power was not a bad thing for King Jing's fiefdom.The Daxia regime is different from the history that Chu Qiao is familiar with. In essence, Daxia’s society is already very complete, and its productivity is far from the level of a slave society. Officials, laws, and troops are complete, and the population of the people is large. There is no slavery at all. soil.But there is one thing, that is the origin of Zhao's royal family.They come from the grasslands outside the pass, and their folk customs are tough. They already have aggressiveness and racial advantages, plus the cowardice of the people inside the pass and the weakness of their troops.Today's Great Xia is just like the Great Yuan regime in history, with a bloody, hegemony, and strict hierarchy, and at the same time, it is fatally unstable.

Therefore, whether it is Yanbei, King Jing, King Ling, or King Xiling, they all have the blood of the Zhao family. Whether they are direct or collateral, they always have the illusion of inheriting the throne.What's more, now that the Daxia regime is unstable and the status of the royal family has declined, it is a great opportunity for each family to rise.Therefore, from a theoretical point of view, compared with the several major clans attached to the Daxia regime, the princes of the vassal territories have no desire to hope that Yanbei will perish quickly.On the contrary, when necessary, they will quietly help Yan Bei. Then, if Chu Qiao quietly hinted at Jing Han at this time, it would be safer to be taken away by him and stay by his side than Zhuge Yue.What's more, they had already met on the boat of Zhan's house, and a short-term consensus had been reached. But Chu Qiao didn't do this, even though intellectually she should. Compared to this smiling Prince Jing Xiao who was always incomprehensible, Chu Qiao would rather believe in Zhuge Yue who had an inexplicable grievance and resentment with her.From an emotional point of view, even though they fought against each other many times, Chu Qiao felt that Zhuge Yue would not harm her. This is really absurd and dangerous thing, but at this moment, she decided to trust her intuition.Because of this intuition, she has saved her many times. "Brother Zhuge, I met a man on the road, I think you will be very interested, so I brought it for you to see." Jing Han clapped his hands, and saw someone escorting a man up. The man was covered in blood, with one hand broken and one ear missing. He was skinny and dragged on the ground, humming continuously. , looking very embarrassed. Chu Qiao was startled when she saw it, if it wasn't for the severed hand, she would hardly have recognized it. This person was Zhuge's chief steward, Zhu Shun, who had a deep hatred with her in Zhuge's mansion back then. Good people don't live long, evil people live for thousands of years, and he's not dead yet! Seeing Zhuge Yue, Zhu Shun's face was instantly pale as paper, his whole body was trembling uncontrollably, his lips turned white, like shriveled fish on the beach, his eyes were wide open, looking at Zhuge Yue in horror, For a moment, I was so shocked that I couldn't even make a sound. Zhuge Yue frowned slightly, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's poison, suddenly the corners of his mouth moved, and he said lightly, "My lord, this gift is really precious." Jing Han smiled and said, "It's easy to say, it's just a matter of little effort." "Yue Qi, take it down." Zhuge Yue turned around, without even looking at him again, and said, "Find a place to bury it." "Yes." Yue Qi stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Shun's collar. The man only became frightened at this moment, and while struggling, he shouted: "Fourth young master! Spare this dog's life for this slave! Spare this dog's life for this slave! Let this slave go..." The shouting gradually faded away, Jing Han smiled, raised his glass and said, "I heard that brother Zhuge has been looking for him for a long time, so it's no wonder you can't find him. This guy joined a caravan on the Pinggui Wasteland, and even became a manager." , if I hadn’t been associated with that group of caravans, I wouldn’t have been able to capture him easily.” Zhuge Yue raised his glass and said, "Zhuge Yue owes you a favor." Jing Han said with a smile: "Then I've really made a lot of money, Quan Zhenhuang, who doesn't know that you Zhuge Fourth Young Master promises a thousand gold." When the wine was over, Jing Han suddenly asked casually, "Old Tian, ​​I heard that your family was assassinated today. I don't know if it's true or not?" Chu Qiao and Zhuge Yue were all taken aback when they heard the words, and listened attentively, seemingly calmly.Tian Rucheng said with a smile: "Isn't it? The public security is very poor recently, and there are a lot of migrants." "Oh? Is there any damage? Can the assassin hold it?" "There was no damage. The assassin was very skilled. He fought with Master Zhuge, but he escaped in the end." "Oh?" Jing Han suddenly became interested, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuge shot him and let him run away? Then this assassin is really extraordinary!" Jing Han's eyes flickered, and he looked at Zhuge Yue with a smile. Zhuge Yue remained calm, gently shaking the wine glass in his hand, and said calmly, "Indeed, she is very skilled." "Brother Zhuge, did you see the assassin's face? Can you tell the origin of the assassin from the martial arts routine?" "I'm stupid, I didn't have a chance to see the assassin's face, and I couldn't guess his identity." Jing Han's eyes were like a fox's, and his tall hooked nose looked a bit gloomy. He smiled and nodded: "I see, that's a pity." "Old Tian, ​​I came today to ask you something." Jing Han suddenly turned around and said to Tian Rucheng. "If there is anything I can do for you, just say it." "It's like this," Jing Han chuckled, and said slowly, "This time, I came with Zhan's boat..." "Needless to say," Tian Rucheng rubbed his temples and said, "I know what you want to say, you must have taken a fancy to the beauty of the fourth lady of the Zhan family, so you got on the boat, and now you want to stand out for the beauty, and you want to return her to me. Here's the maid." Jing Han clapped his hands with a slap, and said with a smile, "Old Tian, ​​you are really my bosom friend." Tian Rucheng smiled bitterly and said: "What's the difficulty in being your confidant? As long as you think about women more in everything, it's right. People say that Prince Li Ce is the most romantic person in the world, and I think you, Prince Jing, are not too far behind." .” "How? Are you willing to sell this face?" "You've already spoken, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that I'm going to have a hard time." Tian Rucheng sighed, Chu Qiao knew that Tian Chengshou had a fierce wife who was well-known far and wide, seeing his frown, she couldn't help being a little funny. After a while, the three women were brought up. Everyone's complexion was pale. It was obvious that they were surprised, but there were no injuries. Chu Qiao couldn't recognize which one was Cai Zi for a while, but since the matter was resolved in this way, it saved her a lot of trouble.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Jing Han, but Jing Han also turned his head to look at her, and blinked deliberately. Chu Qiao was taken aback, and thought to herself, did he recognize me?He didn't dare to raise his head again. At this moment, suddenly there was a rush of gongs outside, and Tian Rucheng, who was originally smiling, stood up abruptly, his complexion changed drastically, and he no longer had the peaceful air just now. A guard rushed into the inner room and said in a panicked tone: "My lord! The gangsters from the Pinggui Wasteland have come to rob the city!" "What?" Tian Rucheng was startled and asked hastily, "How many people are here?" "Not many, there is only one gang, less than 2,000 people." Only then did Tian Rucheng feel relieved, walked to the left wall with a bang, took down the saber hanging on the wall, and said in a deep voice, "Go! Come with me to meet the enemy!" "My lord," the little soldier tremblingly said in a low voice, "It seems that there are spies in the city, and the two thousand bandits have already rushed into the city." In an instant, violent screams sounded from outside, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see countless torches burning in the dark sky, and the entire Wu Peng City had fallen into a frenzied massacre. Tian Rucheng's face instantly turned pale. "Master!" Yue Qi suddenly ran in with frowning, and said in a deep voice, "Someone took Zhu Shun away with more than two hundred people." With a sound of "pop", a bamboo chopstick was suddenly snapped by Chu Qiao, Zhuge Yue looked down at her, even through the thick scarf, he could still feel the woman's unconcealed anger. He stretched out his hand and put it on her shoulder. Outside, the lights are brightly lit. In this era, killing always seems to be very common. There is no other way to end war with war.Some hatred is destined to be unforgettable.