Chu Zhuoming swallowed nervously. If he hadn't closed the sword in time to block it, the domineering force would have passed directly through his neck. In that case, it would not have been a big sword that split into two. Only a master can release the force at will.
And he has no chance of winning in front of the master.
At this time, the only thought in his mind was to escape.
Chu Zhuoming grabbed the horse's rope with all his strength, turned around and ran towards the path leading to the deep forest, without even looking back, for fear that death would catch up with him.
Li Yu had already opened his mouth. It turned out that this was the strength of "Ning Guo's number one military general". He suddenly came back to his senses and reminded loudly: "Commander Su, he has escaped, hurry up and chase him."
Su Ling shook her head and reiterated: "The lower official's duty is to protect the prince."
On the hillside in the distance, when the masked man saw that Su Ling did not chase him, he put the poison dart in his hand back into his sleeve and said in a cold voice: "I'm not even chasing him. He is indeed an old fox."
In this way, because Chu Zhuoming fled without fighting, and the fierce offensive of the Yunxiao Army and the guards of Prince You's Mansion, the bandits were quickly defeated and finally fled.
Su Ling ordered his men to clean the battlefield, doubts flashed in his eyes. He also thought that there would be people who were not afraid of death rushing out on the road, but he did not expect that there would be so many people, and they were still in Huaizhou. He always felt that there were other conspiracies.
, but after thinking for a moment to no avail, he didn't think any more, and raised his hands to Li Yu and said: "Your Majesty, let's continue on our way. We will reach Lei County in two hours."
Li Yu felt a little depressed, nodded slightly and returned to the carriage.
After a while, the team reorganized and accelerated towards the north.
...
In the dense forest, Chu Zhuoming was sitting on a stone in shock. When he saw others coming, he stood up suddenly and kicked the masked man down angrily: "You clearly know that there is a master in King You's team, but you still let me
Take your brothers to die!"
It's a good thing that the opponent didn't chase him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to chop off ten heads.
The masked man got up again, and no longer gave the other party a good look. He said displeasedly: "That is Su Ling, the number one military commander in the dynasty. I wanted to remind you just now, but you didn't give me a chance to speak."
"Humph, anyway, I won't go to death again. I will kill whoever I want to kill King You. Our cooperation ends here." Chu Zhuoming habitually fumbled for the big knife, but he remembered that the big knife was useless, so he let go and took it with him.
Everyone turned and left.
The masked man deliberately raised his voice and shouted: "What about the weapons and silver I gave you?"
"I've lost so many people, don't I need compensation? If you keep pestering me, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Chu Zhuoming got back on his horse, spat and galloped away.
Looking at the backs of the bandits leaving, the man raised his mouth slightly, took off the silver-white mask on his face, and revealed a handsome face with fine features and beautiful features. He murmured: "Although the idiot is an idiot, he is also an idiot.
It has some use value, I hope it won’t disappoint me, otherwise it will be a waste of so much money.”
The bandit team galloped for a distance. After the speed slowed down, Zhu Mang asked: "Brother, what should we do next?"
"The original plan was to postpone it for one day, waiting for King You's team to move farther away to prevent them from counterattacking, but we must also prepare our brothers." Chu Zhuoming reminded in a deep voice.
The bandit leaders following him clasped their fists one after another: "Yes!"
...
The next day, Ji Ran stayed.
After Li Yu left, Tang Ji's ears finally became clean.
The income of the bookstore in September redeemed Jiang Ran, and the income in October was given to Li Yu to make up for the debt for the purchase of Jiran's residence. However, as a shareholder of Jiran Bookstore, Li Yu should have received the 20% of the income that belonged to him.
Haven't given it to him yet.
In other words, Tang Ji still owed Li Yu a lot of money, plus he had promised in Niujia Village to help the villagers pay taxes next year.
Therefore, there is only one thing he has to do now, and that is to make money!
At this moment, Tang Ji was sitting in his study, writing furiously.
Jiang Ran walked in with a dark red wooden tray and placed the freshly brewed tea on the table. Seeing that the ink in the inkstone was drying, he picked up the ink stick and lightly inked it for a few times. Then he found that he would beat his shoulders from time to time.
Slowly walked to the chair and started massaging Tang Ji: "You, the injury on your arm is not healed yet, you should pay attention to rest."
Tang Ji smiled calmly and replied: "It's just a skin injury, it doesn't hurt much anymore."
Since practicing martial arts, his physical fitness has improved a lot. Not only is he as strong as an ox, he is also very strong.
But having said that, he felt exhausted just by copying the content in his mind with a brush. I wonder how those Internet writers in later generations were able to write tens of thousands of words a day. They killed people and set fire in their previous lives, so they will become authors in this life.
Bar!
After Jiang Ran pressed his shoulders, he walked straight to the piano table beside him, knelt down on the soft table, and gently twirled the strings. The elegant and cheerful sound of the piano soon came out.
After Tang Ji heard this, he felt a little relaxed. The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and continued with what they were doing.
Before the song ended, Uncle Xu appeared outside the house: "Sir, the county magistrate Mr. Yan is here to visit."
Hearing this, Tang Ji slowly put down his pen and raised his head with some doubts. If Yan Jiong was not staying at the county office at this time, why did he come to see him?
"Invite him to come in and wait for me in the main hall." Regardless of the reason, the visitor was a guest, not to mention that the other party was an official. After giving the order, he stood up and stretched, moved to the piano table, and waited for Jiang Ran.
After playing the song, he stretched out his hands and applauded: "Okay, sounds good!"
Jiang Ran raised her eyes and glanced at him, retracted her jade hand, and stood up slowly.
Tang Ji raised his brows slightly and continued: "Oh, this man is proficient in chess, calligraphy and painting. How come I got this beautiful woman who looks like a fairy?"
"You're here again!" Jiang Ran replied shyly, glanced outside the room, and added: "Master Yan, isn't he looking for you? Don't keep people waiting, go quickly."
Tang Ji nodded slightly, touched her head, turned and walked outside the house.
The main hall of Jiranju was designed by Tang Ji himself. It is an imitation of Persian carpets. The curtains on both sides are made of jade beads strung together. Many green plants are placed on high shelves. Tables and chairs are all made of
Made of high-quality mahogany... the overall look is very spacious and spacious.
Tang Ji walked out from the back. When he saw Yan Jiong, he quickly greeted him with a smile: "Master Yan."
"Young Master Tang!" Yan Jiong replied politely.
Tang Ji ordered the maids to serve tea, then raised his hand to signal the other party to take a seat, and asked curiously: "What kind of wind brought Master Yan here?"
Yan Jiong picked up the teacup, took a sip, sighed, and turned to look at him: "Actually, I am here to apologize to Mr. Tang today."