Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Seeing Li Xu glanced at the group of beauties with no expression on his face, and even the slightest change in his eyes, Magistrate Qiao knew that this trick would not work.

He laughed and said: "My lord, don't get me wrong, these are all servants serving the adults for dinner today, they are not worth mentioning, take a look at these, do you like them?"

Following him, Li Xu turned his gaze to the table in the middle, and saw a whole row of wooden boxes on top of it. Each wooden box was very delicate and arranged in a row. It was not difficult to imagine how precious the things inside were.

Li Xu opened the first wooden box out of curiosity, and saw that there were gold nuggets neatly stacked inside, a total of ten pieces, and the weight was around 100 taels by visual estimation, which was definitely a huge sum of money.

As soon as the second wooden box was opened, Li Xu's eyes lit up. It turned out to be a whole box of pearls of the same size. They are all used for pressing the bottom of the box, or strung into bead curtains, or sewn directly on the skirt as decoration, it is a waste of money.

In the third wooden box were twenty pieces of deeds of prostitution. Without thinking, Li Xu knew that they belonged to the twenty boys and girls in this room. Did he want him to die on the bed by sending him so many beauties at once?

The things in the fourth box are relatively normal. They are dolls played by little girls, but the dolls are either wearing gold or silver. They are very delicate. It seems that this fat county magistrate has two brushes, and his level of flattering people is quite high. .

The fifth box contained an exquisite short dagger. The handle of the dagger was inlaid with gemstones of various colors. The dagger looked flashy. Li Xu picked it up and gestured. Not cut.

Li Xu put the dagger back with a sullen face. He thought that the fat county magistrate was kind enough to give him a self-defense guy, but it turned out to be a fake.

Seeing his movement, the fat magistrate explained embarrassingly: "This is made by the minister, it's a collectible, hehe..."

Li Xu asked Liu Shu to take all these things, and looked at the other party with a smile, "I haven't asked your surname for your name yet." After giving him so much money, he deserves to leave his name.

"My surname is Qiao and my name is Rui."

"Jorui, what a good name." It's just a waste of such a good name.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your appreciation, this name is..."

Li Xu interrupted him, touched his stomach and said, "Is it time to eat, my king is hungry."

"That's right, the minister didn't take good care of me, so I asked someone to bring food and drinks."

Soon, more than a dozen tables of banquets were set up inside and outside the hall. The tables were filled with delicacies from mountains and seas, delicious food and wine, and there were beauties pouring wine. It was definitely the most enjoyable meal Li Xu ate along the way.

Liu Shu gave Magistrate Qiao a chopstick for every dish, and then put the bowl and chopsticks in front of Li Xu in front of him, and said with a smile, "Master Qiao will use it first. You are a local parent. The prince is sympathetic to your hard work. Take the trouble to entertain my lord, you have done a lot of hard work."

County magistrate Qiao naturally knew what he meant, and said, "Don't dare to bother father-in-law to bring food for the lower official, the lower official can come by himself." As he said, he really ate all the vegetables in the bowl.

Li Xu secretly praised Xiao Liu for his proper handling of affairs, and asked him to sit beside him and enjoy the delicious meal together.

After eating and drinking enough, Li Xu rubbed his stomach and thought: This sugar-coated cannonball is so powerful, I don't even want to leave after eating it.

I also know that after arriving in South Vietnam, he couldn't live such a luxurious and affluent life for a long time. When he thought of eating soil in the future, Li Xu wished to take away the unfinished food and drinks on the table.

He Zun came over, leaned over and said something next to Li Xu's ear, Li Xu's face remained unchanged, but he just nodded.

At this time, a beautiful maid came in with a wine jug, Qiao county magistrate took it, poured a glass for Li Xu and himself, and said: "My lord, try the local Yuhang wine, which is made from glutinous rice. It can't compare to the fine nectar and jade dew in the palace, but it can barely be eaten." After speaking, he did it first as a respect, and showed Li Xu the bottom of the cup.

Li Xu stared at the glass of wine in front of him for a few seconds, and a warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I'm not fit for drinking, County Magistrate Qiao should drink it for me."

Li Xu brought the wine glass to Qiao Rui, tilted his head and asked, "Magistrate Qiao..."

Qiao Rui laughed awkwardly, and the smile was a bit forced, "Then... then I will thank the lord for the wine." After finishing the drink, Li Xu frowned, picked up the jug and refilled it for him One cup, "Magistrate Qiao is good at drinking, drink more."

Qiao Rui seemed to be taken aback, the wine glass shook and spilled half of it, he said fearfully: "Don't dare, how can I bother Your Highness to pour wine for my ministers."

"You're welcome, drink it." Li Xu stared at him closely, with a faint smile on his lips, as if he could read people's hearts clearly.

On a cold day, County Magistrate Qiao dripped down a drop of cold sweat. Just as he was about to find an excuse, he saw Li Xu grabbed the hand of a young man beside him, and pulled him into his arms.

The young man thought that Li Xu had taken a fancy to him and was about to get close to him, but Li Xu reached out and squeezed his chin, handed the wine glass to his mouth, and said softly, "Since Magistrate Qiao refuses to drink, then I will give you a drink."

The young man stared at Li Xu dumbfounded, his cheeks flushed slightly. To be honest, they were all trained since childhood, and they knew that their future would definitely be given to some powerful person, but he never expected that he would be sent to To His Highness King Shun, and His Highness is so handsome and unparalleled, so dazzling that it makes one feel ashamed.

The young man drank the glass of wine in a daze, and just in time to say a few nice words, he was pushed aside by Li Xu. His body fluctuated from hot to cold, his face turned blue and white, and he even felt pain in his stomach. In other respects, I just feel uncomfortable because I have been played with.

County Magistrate Qiao immediately ordered someone to pull him out, "Drag him down quickly, with such a handsome appearance, so as not to obstruct His Highness's eyes."

Li Xu didn't let anyone do it, "Don't worry, I think he is very pleasing to the eye, so I will leave him to serve tonight."

The young man was suddenly elated, but this joy was quickly replaced by labor pains. He clutched his stomach and slumped to the ground, "Your Highness...Your Highness...I...it hurts..."

Li Xu looked at him expressionlessly, until he bled from all of his orifices and was completely out of breath before he slammed the wine glass on the ground, "Qiao Rui, you are so brave!"

Although He Zun told him that there was something wrong with the wine, Li Xu saw that Qiao Rui was fine even after drinking two cups, and guessed that either he had taken the antidote beforehand, or that the pot hadn't had time to prescribe the medicine, so he asked a dead ghost to try it out. Thinking of it really made him try the results.

He Zun's figure flashed, and he stood in front of Li Xu. He stretched out his sword and put it on the neck of Qiao County Magistrate.

The Yulin army rushed in, bowed their bows and set up arrows, quickly surrounded Li Xu, and looked angrily at the other people present.

"Qiao Rui, are you convicted?" Lin Zhao yelled angrily, and swept away the dishes on the table with his spear.

Li Xu hugged the little princess beside him, and asked her softly, "Are you afraid?"

The little princess was worried, her face was snow-white, but she shook her head and said: "No... I'm not afraid, I have seen Shu'er who is scarier than this." She may be talking about her mother being given to death, or she was being trafficked. , It is indeed much scarier than the current scene.

Li Xu knows that no matter how much you love her, you can't turn her into a flower in the greenhouse. She is the daughter of King Shun, and she will face more dangers in the future. There is no harm in letting her see more, but heartache is inevitable. He could only hug her tightly and give her a warm embrace.

"Do you know why Magistrate Joe poisoned the wine?"

The little princess replied without thinking: "Because he is a bad person and wants to harm the king."

That's right, Li Xu didn't even have to guess the mastermind behind him, "Because of the different positions, the higher you stand, the more people will hinder you, and the more people will want to harm you." He turned his head and said Lin Zhao said: "Commander Lin, if this king encounters such a thing, does he have the right to kill first and act later?"

Lin Zhao nodded without hesitation: "Naturally, assassinating the prince is a serious crime of beheading, and he will write a letter to clarify the truth of the matter."

"That's good." Li Xu nodded to He Zun, but the other party didn't give Qiao Rui a chance to beg for mercy, and chopped off his head.

Blood splattered everywhere, Li Xu covered the eyes of the little princess, and whispered in her ear: "Shu'er, you have to remember that when an enemy wants to harm you, you must not be soft-hearted. To be soft-hearted to an enemy is to be cruel to yourself."

The little princess nodded with a vague understanding.

Qiao Rui's death stunned the accompanying officials. They never expected that the welcome banquet turned into a murder scene, and the murderer was His Highness Shun Wang. They didn't even have the right to question.

And at the moment when everyone was stunned, a girl suddenly jumped up, pulled out a soft sword from her waist, and grabbed Li Xu's head.

He Zun's knife was still dripping blood, he swung it subconsciously, but he didn't touch the girl's clothes at all.

Seeing that the thin sword was about to touch Li Xu's neck, Li Xu hugged the little princess and rolled to the side. At the same time, a sharp arrow pierced through the air and stably stabbed into the girl's chest.

There was chaos in the hall, Li Xu hugged the little princess and hid behind the pillar, the sound of sharp arrows piercing into the flesh came from his ears, after a while, Lin Zhao's voice sounded behind him, "Your Highness, everything has been dealt with. "

Li Xu walked out with the little princess in his arms, and saw the Yulin soldiers dragging the corpses out, the hall was full of blood, and it was very pungent.

He calmly sat down on the main seat, and said to the Yuhang officials hiding in the corner: "Everyone has seen what happened today, so I don't think I need to repeat it?"

"Yes, yes..." All the officials crawled out from the corner, nodding like garlic, daring not to answer.

"That's good. After Commander Lin finished writing the memorial, he asked all the officials present to sign it as a witness. As for the members of the Qiao family, they will be detained first and wait for His Majesty's imperial edict to rule."

"Yes Yes……"

Li Xu was very satisfied with this, he glanced around, "Anyone related to Qiao Rui should be imprisoned, I don't want to experience another assassination."

He Zun swiped his sword at the surrounding waiters, no one was so frightened that his legs softened and knelt down. He snorted coldly: "Be quiet, otherwise don't blame He for being ruthless."

Lin Zhao glanced at He Zun subconsciously. He had been able to guess He Zun's identity along the way, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to say it.