Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1688 Overwhelm the others

Qing Luan was furious: "No! I have nothing to do with him."

"So what brought you here tonight?"

"I am following my wife's orders."

"That's right. Madam Wang loves her son-in-law and wants you, a servant, to protect his family."

"If you mention the word slave again, I will kill you."

Xiao Qiu was really ignorant and fearless. She let go and challenged him: "Go ahead and kill him, go ahead and kill him."

Qingluan was seriously injured, but he just sat down limply.

Xiao Qiu chuckled and carried Qing Luan on her back: "You are lucky. I have only carried a young lady in my life."

This was also the first time that Qingluan was carried on someone's back. She was taken in by the Madam when she was very young. The Madam was very strict with her and she had no friends. Even Yu Baiyi was not considered a friend.

I don't know why, but the word "friend" popped up in my mind at this moment...

On Gu Xuan's side, he ordered Qing Linhu to bring Yun Woxue back to Gu Mansion. Qing Linhu still respected Yun Woxue in his heart for defeating him so easily. The prouder a person is, the more humble he is in his heart, so he specially arranged a sedan chair to come over.

Gu Xuan's eyes fell on the bodies of Du Gong and Hai Ze: "Zhi Duohu, they are both heroes. Bury their bodies."

The group of golden-armored warriors who had taken off their armor looked gloomy and were still immersed in sorrow.

Gu Xuan looked around at the golden-armored warriors and said, "As for you, just consider that you all die here tonight. I will give each of you a sum of money, and you will go far away. From now on, you are not allowed to contact your family again."

Someone shouted, "Third Master, you might as well kill us."

Gu Xuan smiled faintly: "It's not impossible. Whoever wants to die, stand up."

"Fast Knife Tiger!"

A big knife came out from Kuaidaohu's wrist. The knife was heavy, with a wide blade, a slightly curved back, a protruding tip, and a curved handle with a ghost head carved on it. It was quite sharp.

This knife is called the Ghost Head Sword, the sword of death penalty. When it is chopped down, the prisoner will not feel any pain at all.

The man who responded just now stood up, and then, amidst the conflict and hesitation, more and more people stood up, until there were so many people that 70% to 80% of them chose to die.

Gu Xuan was surprised, but at the same time he also felt a bit of admiration. He most admired the masculine character of someone who was ready to face death head-on.

Kuaidaohu was sharpening his knife, ready to take action. He could chop off more than two hundred heads in half a quarter of an hour.

Gu Xuan did not give any orders, but pointed at the dozens of obedient people and ordered: "Wu Yuhu, take them down, give them a sum of silver every day, leave marks on their bodies, and if they dare to have secret dealings with family members in the future, kill them!"

After Wu Yuhu left, Gu Xuan looked at the more than 200 men in front of him. To be honest, if he really killed them, he would not be willing to do so at this moment. It is easy to find military generals, but it is difficult to find heroes.

These more than 200 people are all available.

He smiled and said, "Anything else you want to say?"

The guard who had just responded said with masculine energy, "Third Master, if you want to kill me, just kill me. Why waste your words?"

The others looked at each other in bewilderment, and one of them said, "Third Master is kind and righteous, and people admire and respect him. Although I know that Third Master looks down on me, I still want to follow him. I wonder if Third Master can give me a chance."

Gu Xuan said simply: "Okay!"

The two hundred people suddenly became excited and started whispering to each other.

Gu Xuan interrupted loudly: "Who else!"

About 200 people hesitated and paused for a moment, then shouted one after another: "We are willing to follow the Third Master."

"Okay! But there is one thing I want to tell you in advance. You still need to pretend to be dead tonight. Then I will bring your family to live with us."

"Thank you, Third Master!"

"Kuaidahu, put away your sword and take them down to settle down."

Someone asked, "Third Master, can we put on the armor again?"

"The armor can no longer be worn."

Seeing the expressions of the golden-armored warriors come to an end, Gu Xuan responded and added, "As I said just now, just consider that you are dead tonight. If you put on these armors, you will be alive again. Besides, the warriors of my Gu family don't need these things."

The golden-armored warriors immediately understood and happily responded, "Thank you, Third Master."

Gu Xuan waved his hand: "Okay, go down."

Zhang Shiyi looked at the golden armors in the yard. He could tell that these golden-armored warriors usually cherished their second lives very much and stacked them very neatly.

His eyes sparkled as he said, "Third Master, I will be responsible for cleaning up these scraps of copper and iron."

Hu Diquan's eyes naturally lit up as he thought about how to get a piece of the pie, how to send his father and son into battle, and how to settle accounts with his brothers.

One of his men shouted angrily, "You are such a jerk, Zhang Shiyi, how dare you say that."

Hu Diquan pretended to scold: "Don't be so presumptuous!"

Then he apologized to Gu Xuan: "Third Master, I failed to discipline my child well. Please forgive me." But he was intentionally taking the opportunity to get to know him.

Gu Xuan found that this person looked familiar, so he asked directly, "What's your name?"

"I, Hu Diquan, have been to the Rudong Garden Parade Ground once. At that time, Third Master was far away and didn't pay much attention to me. But in my eyes, Third Master is like the sun in the sky!"

Seeing Hu Diquan and his men covered in blood, Gu Xuan couldn't help but show admiration. The courage they had to fight against the golden-armored warriors was worthy of praise, and the fact that they were able to survive was even more extraordinary. Besides, protecting Tan Tai Mansion was equivalent to protecting his, Gu Xuan's, face.

Gu Xuan was arrogant and looked down on everyone, but at this moment he was generous with his praise: "Hu Diquan, you and your soldiers are very good."

Hu Diquan was delighted: "Thank you for the compliment, Third Master. These are just part of my job."

"My job? By the way, why are you and your soldiers here?"

"I used to be Mr. Xie's servant, and I have always been well taken care of by Mr. Xie and Miss Tan Tai. I originally came to visit Miss Tan Tai tonight, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this. How can I stand by and watch when my mistress is in trouble? I will fight to the death to repay her."

Hearing that it was Xie Fu's men, Gu Xuan chuckled: "Both loyal and brave, loyalty and bravery are commendable."

This was not the first time Zhang Shiyi had dealt with Hu Diquan. He knew that Hu Diquan was treacherous and deceitful. He looked like he wanted to take all the 300 sets of Mingguang armor for himself. He immediately became anxious and stepped forward, wanting Gu Xuan to see that he and his brothers had fought hard and put in a lot of effort. What was the purpose of winning a battle? It was to win the spoils.

But Gu Xuan's attention was all on Hu Di, and he didn't even look at Zhang Shiyi.

Hu Diquan said with a smile: "Third Master, can you give me these scraps of copper and iron as a reward?"

Zhang Shiyi was really anxious when he heard this. Gu Xuan's words were as good as gold. If he really agreed casually, he would never take it back. It was a done deal. He immediately said, "Third Master, look at my brothers. They are wearing tattered clothes and don't even have a decent armor."

Gu Xuan glanced at Zhang Shiyi and his brothers, and they indeed looked even worse.

Naturally, I also understand that both of them are thinking about these Ming Guang armors. When wearing these Ming Guang armors, except when encountering martial arts masters, they will be invulnerable to swords and guns on the battlefield and invincible.

"These are just junk in my eyes. You can take them if you want."

The two of them responded at the same time: "Thank you, Third Master."

The two looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking. Zhang Shiyi said, "Hu Diquan, tonight you and I are fighting side by side. I won't compete with you now. You pick first, and the rest will be mine after you pick."

"Zhang Shiyi, you have a good plan. You know I only have a hundred people, but you want to take the majority." Zhang Shiyi thought to himself, if you hadn't saved my life tonight, I wouldn't have given you any of them. He laughed and said, "Can one person wear two pieces of armor?"

Hu Diquan grinned: "Why not? One set in the morning and one set in the evening."

Zhang Shiyi immediately got angry: "Hu Diquan, don't be so mean. I'm willing to share it with you. You have to be grateful, don't you understand?"

Hu Diquan pointed at Zhang Shiyi and said, "You were the one who said we should split it equally."

Zhang Shiyi's expression froze. "Damn it! I have 2,000 men under my command, and now I can't even get all the armor. You only have about a hundred men. You want to share it with me? This is too ugly."

Hu Diquan said with a smile: "I want to split it with you. If you are not convinced, fight me. If you can beat me, all will be yours. I don't want a single thing."

Zhang Shiyi already knew that Hu Diquan was very good at martial arts, so he naturally would not act on impulse or be stupid enough to fall for this trick: "I'm going to talk to my wife." After saying this, he walked towards the mansion angrily.

Hu Diquan was hoping that Zhang Shiyi would leave now so that he could take the opportunity to move these Ming Guang armors away first. Then it would be difficult for Zhang Shiyi to pry them out of his mouth.

Gu Xuan was originally happy, but after hearing this he said coldly: "Don't bother He Qing anymore. I've made the decision. We'll each take half. If you don't agree, I'll take it myself."

They both said in unison: "Third Master, stop."

Hu Diquan took the initiative to wink at Zhang Shiyi and whispered, "I'll give you a few more pieces later."

Zhang Shiyi was afraid that Gu Xuan would go back on his word: "Since Third Master has said so, I will take the loss a little bit, half for each of us."

Hu Diquan laughed and said, "Zhang Shiyi, you are not a kind person. I saved your life, but you still argue with me."

"Hu Diquan, if it weren't for this, do you think you could get the Mingguang Armor tonight?"

"Okay, wait until my brothers change into the Ming Guang Armor, and I'll give you all the Chi Lian Armor we take off."

"That's more like it. You just said you wanted to give me a few more pieces. How many pieces do you want?"

"Just say a few, three is fine."

"I won't ask for more than that. Ten pieces!"

"five items!"

"Eight pieces, no less."

"Five! Don't argue with me. I'm going to invite you and your brothers to the restaurant for a drink."

Hu Diquan said loudly: "Brothers, take out the money that the lady gave you tonight and pool it together to treat General Zhang and his group of brothers to a drink."

Everyone knew clearly whether silver or Ming Guang armor was more important, and they all took out silver generously.

Zhang Shiyi said loudly: "Hu Diquan, I'll treat you to eight drinks, no less!"

Hu Diquan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. Eight pieces are eight pieces. I'll treat you." But he had already made a great deal.

"If you give me face, I will give you face too and let you treat me."

Gu Xuan couldn't help but smile when he saw the general of a mighty army snatching things like a child.

At this time, a Gu family guard walked quickly into the yard from the gate. It was the leader of the Chuan Guard.

There are eight divisions of Gu Family Tiger Guards, namely Hou Ying Guang Chuan Chong, Shang Da De Qi Fu, Jin Shi Wen Yi Ben, Di Shi Qi Xia Zhen, Huai Cai Yong Li Guo, Deng Zhong Zhi Shou Cheng, Wei Yong Sheng Ren Si, Yun Liang Mei Zai Gen.

There are forty guards in total, and each guard is led by a general and eighteen captains. The generals and captains total seven hundred and twenty people. Although these seven hundred and twenty people cannot be compared with the Eighteen Tigers of the Gu family, they are all talented people who are good at command and dispatch.

Each lieutenant commanded eight, twelve, or sixteen tiger guards, depending on their subordinates.

  This is Gu Xuan's capital, this is Gu Xuan's confidence,

This is why the emperor today is wary of the Nine Surnames and Thirteen Affiliations. This is why a Zhu family was destroyed and its remaining forces were eliminated, but the world and officialdom were calm and peaceful. This is why the emperor turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.

When Gu Xuan saw the person coming, he knew something big was going to happen. Before the leader of the Chuanzi Guards could completely stop, he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

"Third Master, there are many large armies stationed twenty miles outside Suzhou City."

Zhang Shiyi and Hu Diquan were shocked when they heard this.

"It is not completely certain at the moment. We have found out that the Zhechongfu troops of Jiangzhou, Xinzhou, Yuezhou, Fuzhou... are led by Zheng Daping, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan West Road Army, and the Zhechongfu troops of Yingzhou, Fangzhou, Xiangzhou, Jingzhou... are led by Cui Fan, the commander-in-chief of the Shannan East Road Army."

"In addition, there are troops from the Yongyang County Prince's Mansion and the Yudong County Prince's Mansion."

Hu Diquan exclaimed: "Are you trying to flatten Suzhou?"

Gu Xuan snorted coldly: "With such a small number of troops, they can't flatten Suzhou. Don't they know in their hearts that they are just trying to lure the snake out of its hole and settle the score later."

Hu Diquan was stunned. This was just a small number of troops! Almost all the troops from the outer areas of Jiangnan East Road had been transferred here.

Zhang Shiyi's expression was solemn: "Third Master, the troops mentioned just now belong to the Cavalry Guard, the Imperial Guard, and the Second Flying Guard."

The Great East State had ten guards, namely Xiaoqi, Xiongqu, Baoqi, Yulin, Shesheng, Cifei, the Left and Right Gate Guards, and the Left and Right Qianniu Guards.

What Zhang Shiyi meant was that the commanders of the three guards, Xiaoqiwei, Yulinwei and Cifeiwei, were enemies, not friends.

Gu Xuan did not respond, and asked the leader of the Chuanzi Guard, "You continue."

The leader of the Chuanzi Guard was delighted. "It just so happens that many armies have come from all over Huainan Road and Jiangnan East Road. We stationed troops in Sanli to confront these armies. The Zhechongfu troops in Guangzhou, Shouzhou, Hezhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou... are led by Yangzhou Governor Wang Zheng. The Zhechongfu troops in Mingzhou, Huzhou, Shengzhou, Runzhou, Hangzhou, etc. are led by the military commander Lu Xuan."

Gu Xuan was delighted when he heard this: "Haha, this is a matter of life and death, these bastards are not afraid at all."

Zhang Shiyi said in a deep voice: "Third Master, I will go back to the camp to mobilize the troops and I will lead the charge!"

Hu Diquan was also sharpening his knife, but he was too embarrassed to speak because he only had more than a hundred people.

Gu Xuan didn't appreciate it: "Zhang Shiyi, go do what you need to do."

Then he said to the leader of the Chuanzi Guard: "Ding Bao, pass on my order. All eight troops should leave the city and practice acting one mile away from Zheng Daping, Cui Fan, and the Prince's Mansion."

Ding Bao immediately understood what Gu Xuan meant and said happily, "I will obey your orders."

After Ding Bao left, Zhang Shiyi came closer and said, "Third Master, let me also contribute."

"You guys go drink, I'm going back to sleep."

After saying this, Gu Xuan strode away, leaving Zhang Shiyi and Hu Diquan looking confused.

Zhi Duohu approached and said with a smile: "General Zhang, this battle cannot be fought. Once the Gu family's tiger guards arrive, these people and horses will be unable to sit still."

"Then I'm really going to drink."

"Go."

The two led the two armies to leave towards the gate. Zhang Shiyi and Hu Diquan suddenly stopped at the same time. Zhang Shiyi asked, "Should we leave some people behind to guard the Tantai Mansion?"

Zhiduohu Lang said: "There is no need for you, we will stay here."

"Brother Zhi, thank you for your help."...

In the city of Chang'an, in a plain-looking courtyard, the setting sun was dim and the night was approaching.

Hongye was tied to a tree in the yard, without any clothes on, with her back facing the sky.