Peter's Enemy

I don't know if it was because he stayed in the cave for too long before, but now that he is in Central Plains, Fan Qing feels that the temperature is a bit cold.

Dealing with Jin Shiyu and the others during the day, he deeply felt that the road to restoring the country was not easy.The depth of the night forced the air out of the coolness, Fan Qing pulled up the corner of the quilt, and rested his hands under his neck.His mind was recalling what happened during the day, and he was thinking about how Xu Zeqing dealt with Jin Shiyu.Xu Zeqing, Yu Yingcheng, and even Jin Shiyu, each of them has a different taste and wisdom in their speech, but these things have not been reflected in him now, and he still cannot gain a foothold in this chaotic world.After all, he used to live in a cave for ten years and rarely had contact with others.He also remembered the humiliation he suffered when he first stepped into the Central Plains. Those were all his experiences. At least now, he would be more wary of this world.In the past, he was protected by Zhongli Muchuan, and now he is covered by Xu Zeqing's wings. He knows that he is still weak, but he secretly determined that one day he must stand on his own.

In order to prevent others from being suspicious, Fan Qing and Xu Zeqing decided to go to Duliu City first instead of following Jin Shiyu's large army.The two parties agreed to meet again in Fengtian Pavilion in Duliu City, and Jin Shiyu's birthday banquet was scheduled to be held in Fengtian Pavilion.

When Fan Qing came to Duliu City again, he felt an uncomfortable and even sinful sense of familiarity. When he walked two streets with Xu Zeqing and the others, he suddenly remembered that this Duliu City was the place where he was abducted.

Several people were not familiar with the city of Duliu. Seeing that the night was getting dark, the night market was bustling with crowds of people.

"My lord, why don't we find an inn to stay in first, and we'll inquire about the whereabouts of Fengtian Pavilion tomorrow." Seeing the crowd, Xu Zeqing became confused.

Fan Qing turned around, "Alright."

Xu Zeqing and his group turned around one after another, preparing to go back to find the inn they just passed by.

Fan Qing was about to follow, when suddenly someone pressed his shoulder and pulled him back.He turned his head in surprise, but before he could scream, he found that this person was known to him, and he was considered a half-benefactor.

"Ji Nu! I'm not mistaken, why did you appear here? I thought it would be hard to see you in this life." The speaker had heavy makeup on his face, a slender waist, and the corners of his eyes were especially charming. Wearing red and purple long sleeves.

Fan Qing paused for a while, "It's me, I didn't expect that I would see you again. The kindness of that day will be repaid in the future." Fan Qing arched his hands.

The man covered his mouth with his sleeve and said with a smile, "At that time, I was just a momentary kindness, but if it is useful to your place in the future, I will naturally not be polite."

"Ah."

"Then why are you back now? It took half your life to escape back then. No way, it's not easy to make a living outside, so you want to go back again!" The visitor spoke with a bit of charm. .

"No, I heard that there is an annual faction competition in Duliu City these few days, so come here to join in the fun."

"Join the fun" The man was pushed forward by the crowd and fell forward. "I remember that you were not a fun-loving person before."

"That was in the past, I didn't have the heart to join in the fun."

"That's right," the man said angrily after being bumped again, "Why are these people bumping into me?"

"Do you know where the Fengtian Pavilion in Duliu City is?"

"Fengtian Pavilion, you have to go forward through the cross alley, and then cross the Inai bridge to see it."

"Thank you. It's just that I came with my companions, and I have to find them, so I can't bother you any more."

"That's right, I also have other arrangements. You go." The man waved his sleeves, "If you need anything, come to Jixiang Building to find me."

It turned out that the building he stayed in was the Jixiang Building.

"Then what's your name?"

"Everyone in Xianglou calls me Lord Suo. If you go to find me, report my name as Master Suo." Master Suo smiled and waved his sleeves and turned away.

At night, bright colored lights are hung everywhere in the street market, and the crowd is bustling, but no one can see where they are going, except Master Suo's back—the place he went to was the place Fan Qing tried to escape from at the beginning.

The smell of incense powder dissipated in the crowd, Fan Qing turned around and searched all the way, and vaguely heard someone's voice coming from above the noisy boiling market, "My lord——"

Fan Qing followed the prestige, "Li Jin!"

The two passed through the crowd and met each other, "My lord, why did you disappear, making it easy for us to find you?"

"Where are Master Xu and Yi Chen?"

"Mr. Xu is in the Tathagata Inn, let him be resolute"

"My lord!" Li Jin half turned his head and heard Yang Yi's deep voice before he finished speaking.

"It's all here, let's go to the Tathagata Inn."

Rulai Inn is located in this busy city, and there is a very wide avenue in front of the inn.Fan Qing was a little dazed when he saw the street where the Tathagata Inn was located, as if he had seen himself fleeing from the street in front of the Tathagata Inn overnight.

"Sir, it's here."

Fan Qing followed into the inn and met Xu Zeqing.

"came back."

"En." Fan Qing sat in front of the round table, Xu Zeqing followed, Li Jin and Yang Yichen stood on both sides.

Fan Qing poured himself a cup of tea and drank it, "Mr. Xu, I saw Master Suo today."

"Master Suo"

"The one who let me go before."

"It's him." Fan Qing told him about the Xianglou before, "What did he tell you?"

"Just chatted a few words. But I asked where Fengtian Pavilion is."

"Then let's go to Fengtian Pavilion tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

Seeing that Fan Qing was absent-minded, Xu Zeqing said, "My lord, some things should be let go. Only by cutting off the past can we truly have a new tomorrow with infinite possibilities. It is meaningless to immerse yourself in the vortex of yesterday. do you understand?"

"En." Fan Qing had let go of the past a long time ago, or thought he had let go, but the past still haunted him.

On the second day, Fan Qing took Xu Zeqing and the others to Fengtian Pavilion early.They walked across a small bridge over the flowing water. The small bridge was full of potholes, as if it hadn't been repaired for many years. The other side of the bridge was lush with trees, and there was only one Fengtian Pavilion that seemed to be hidden in the woods.

"No wonder this Fengtian Pavilion is so hard to find, it turned out to be hidden." Li Jin said.

"However, you can see that the Fengtian Pavilion is almost as high as the tree. It really has the feeling of our Zhongshan Tower." Yang Yishen continued.

"What you said, I really feel like a tower." The two chatted later.

"How about Zhongshan Temple?" Fan Qing asked.

"It's a good word. You can take the lord there in the future." Li Jin followed.

"Okay." Fan Qing smiled lightly.

Several people arrived at Fengtian Pavilion, where a plaque was hung high on Fengtian Pavilion, and a golden phoenix about to fly was carved on the plaque.

Entering the door of Fengtian Pavilion, there is a small counter on the left, and directly opposite the door is the stairs leading to the upper floor.Standing in front of the counter is the shop waiter, who is dressed in brocade clothes, looking orderly.

"Little Er, can we stay in the hotel if we want?" Xu Tianze stepped forward and asked.

The shop waiter stood and fiddled with the abacus, and only raised his eyes when someone spoke, "The guest officer must be an outsider. The three factions have competed in the past few days, and General Jin is going to celebrate his birthday. He has already taken over Fengtian Pavilion. If you stay in the shop , go to the street over there."

"Xiao Er, you see so many rooms, so what can we do if we accommodate one room?" Xu Zeqing took out a bag of silver and put it on the counter, and the silver hit the table and made a rattling sound.

The waiter curled his lips and smiled, "Do you think General Jin didn't give you enough money? Hey, it's not that I'm not flexible, it's the official's business, and if I make a slight mistake, it will cost my life? You'd better go back Bar."

Seeing such a situation, Xu Zeqing couldn't say anything more, so he had to put away his money, and they left Fengtian Pavilion in disappointment.

"It seems that we can only wait for news from Yu Yingcheng at the Tathagata Inn."

"Ah."

Fan Qing and his group went back to Tathagata Inn to wait, always paying attention to the movement of Fengtian Pavilion.In the afternoon of the second day, the Inai Bridge next to Fengtian Pavilion was crowded with people, strictly speaking, they were all soldiers.At the head of the bridge, there was a row of nearly ten soldiers standing upright with their spears in their hands.

Fan Qing and the others were sitting in the teahouse diagonally opposite the Inai Bridge, drinking tea while watching the grand occasion of the crowd.

Fan Qing watched the orderly steps of the armored queue, and felt quite touched in his heart. He picked up his teacup and drank it down, "When will I have such a strong team?"

"My lord, look, it is Yu Yingcheng and Jin Shiyu who rode across the bridge."

Looking at the head of the Ina Bridge, a brown horse was slowly crossing the bridge behind the queue.

But what surprised Fan Qing and Xu Zeqing was that Yu Yingcheng and Jin Shiyu were riding the same horse.

The horse was bumping on the Ina Bridge, Jin Shiyu put one arm around Yu Yingcheng's waist, and held the rein loosely with the other.Yu Yingcheng was wearing white clothes and a white cloak as usual, while Jin Shiyu was wearing silver armor.

Xu Zeqing knew he couldn't make it through, so he had to wait for Yu Yingcheng to turn around and see them.But the crowd pressed the crowd, gradually the figures of Yu Yingcheng and Jin Shiyu were also submerged after dismounting.

"Mr. Xu, what should we do next?" Fan Qing asked, turning the teacup on the table.

"Wait."

"it is good."

In the dead of night, the moon shines on the treetops.A white figure stood outside the door, and he knocked lightly on the door frame a few times.

"Who?" Fan Qing was startled.

"I."

Fan Qing opened the door of the inn carefully, only to see the thin figure of the person coming, slowly raised his eyes under the white brim hat, "My lord, where are the others?"

"Come in, I'll call them next door."

"it is good."

Yu Yingcheng carried a bundle and put it on the bed, then lit a lamp in the room, and the shadows in the room lighted up gracefully.

"They're all here."

"You put on these armors, and I'll take you into the Fengtian Pavilion." Yu Yingcheng said as he stood on the edge of the bed and opened the bundle.

"it is good."

After changing the armor, Yu Yingcheng walked in front and let Fan Qing and his party follow behind.

"Pay attention to your demeanor and walk properly." Yu Yingcheng turned her head and reminded.

"understood."

Several people tensed up instantly, pretending to be decent.

At night, Duliu City is breezy, and the silvery water under the Ina Bridge is very poetic.

Fengtian Pavilion was still brightly lit as soon as he entered, and Yu Yingchang had just stepped in when he saw the shop waiter rushing out of the curtain behind the counter, wearing a coat, obviously just got up from the bed.The waiter in the shop said obediently, "Master, why did you bring a few people back when you came back?"

Fan Qing and the others stood upright without moving.

"The few standing guard outside, I asked them to come back and rest."

"Well, it's getting late at night, the officials should hurry up and have a rest, just live next to the vacant room on the third floor."

"it is good."

The shop clerk was still puzzled, obviously the ten guards outside had already rested early in the morning, and he didn't know where these four were standing guard, but he didn't ask any more questions, he opened the curtain and went in after yawning. .

The narrow stairway gets darker as you go up, it seems that only the entrance on the first floor is bright.

The footsteps on the stairway should be as soft as possible, Yu Yingcheng seemed to have no sound, light and light.He pushed open a door. The room was fairly large, with six beds side by side against the wall.

"The soldiers here live in the big house, my lord, you can just settle down."

"It's okay. What's the plan for tomorrow?"

"People from the other two factions and the king will come over tomorrow, and then all the troops will move to Pingqiyuan. They will camp there at night, and they will confront each other in Pingqiyuan the next morning."

"We don't need to follow," Xu Zeqing asked.

"No, I'll send you a job tomorrow to keep watch over the kitchen and make sure the dinner party the next day is normal."

"But I want to take a look." Fan Qing looked at Xu Zeqing.

"My lord, if you want to go, Yichen and I will escort you there." Li Jin said standing aside.

"No. My lord, we are soldiers now. If we go, we will have to go to battle to kill the enemy, and no one will be able to protect your safety. This time, we still have to obey Yingying's arrangement." Xu Zeqing looked at it firmly. Fan Qing.

Fan Qing turned his head and responded.

"My lord, it's just meaningless fighting and bloodshed, it's not worth your time." Yu Yingcheng said.

"Okay, take care of yourself tomorrow."

"Ah."

On the second day, after Yu Yingcheng and the others left, Fan Qing and Xu Zeqing stood outside the kitchen.

There are six cooks in the house, all preparing their own ingredients.Looking at the kitchen, Fan Qing always felt that there was a cook who was very familiar.He saw the cook standing by the cutting board in the corner, looking around, feeling a bit sneaky, he walked over quietly, "What are you doing?"

Fan Qing saw that the man was trying to stuff a dagger into the belly of a fish, the edge of the dagger was still exposed.

The man shrank his neck in fright, and withdrew his hand, his face was blue from fright, and his eyes were dull.

Fan Qing took a closer look, "You are, you are Yuantang"

The little cook came back to his senses now, glanced at Fan Qing, two lines of tears fell down, his mouth twitched, "Big brother."

Fan Qing wiped his tears with his sleeve, "It's not convenient to talk here, you go outside and wait for me first."

Ding Yuantang wiped away his tears, pretended to be nonchalant, and went to stand outside the kitchen.

Fan Qing secretly put away the dagger and hung it under the armor on his waist before following him, "I have something to deal with."

Xu Zeqing heard Fan Qing whispering this in his ear, but he didn't know where he was going, and watched Fan Qing drag the little cook upstairs.

Li Jin was worried, and quietly followed behind, watching Fan Qing and the little cook enter the room where they lived, and then guarded outside the room.

"Yuantang, what happened?"

Ding Yuantang lowered his head and sobbed badly, then raised his head and cried, "Big Brother, Grandpa is gone. Sister Xiangxiang was also taken away. I have nothing left, nothing left."

Fan Qing supported Ding Yuantang to sit down, patted his back with his hands, and asked softly, "What happened, tell me slowly."

"It's that dog king," Ding Yuantang's voice became ruthless, "it was him, he destroyed the Ding family manor, killed my grandfather, and took sister Xiangxiang away. I must kill him and let him pay for his life. "

Fan Qing held Ding Yuantang's clenched fist. He really didn't expect that in less than a year, Dingjiazhuang would encounter these things, "That's why you sneaked into the chef's team and wanted to kill the king with a dagger "

"By the way, where's my dagger?" Ding Yuantang stood up in a panic, his voice trembling, "I'm going to stuff the dagger right now, I'm going to kill King Dog."

"You sit down."

As soon as Ding Yuantang sat down, he couldn't hold back anymore, he lay on the table crying, his whole body twitching.Crying came from under the table, "What should I do! What should I do! When will grandpa's revenge be avenged, and when will I rescue Miss Xiangxiang?" Ding Yuantang hammered the table hard with his hands, and his body couldn't stop Sobbing.

"Yuantang, I understand how you feel. But you have to know that this matter cannot be resolved by yourself, do you understand? If you want revenge, I can help you, but we have to think long-term."

Ding Yuantang raised his head and stared at Fan Qing blankly, with tears streaming down his face, "How can you help me?"

"Did Grandpa Ding ever tell you who I am?"

"who is it"

"Fan Qing, the young master of the former dynasty."

Ding Yuantang was stunned, with a pensive expression on his face, "No wonder, no wonder you also appear here." Ding Yuantang knelt down, "I bow down to the lord, this life of Yuantang will be yours from now on, and Yuantang will follow the lord to destroy the country of Di, Kill the dog king."

Fan Qing helped him up, "Get up."

Ding Yuantang listened to Fan Qing's plan, gave up the assassination, and returned to the kitchen to be a cook obediently.

After the competition of the three factions, the number of soldiers returning to Fengtian Pavilion obviously decreased, and they looked tired, and some were still injured.

The dinner party was set on the fourth floor, and there were about a dozen large round tables. Those who couldn't sit down stood up. Everyone spoke hoarsely and yelled, but it was obvious that the Yangui faction and the Moyu faction were much quieter.

Fortunately, the generals of the three factions were all sitting in the small private room on the fourth floor, and King Di rushed back overnight because of urgent matters in the palace.This urgent matter is Ding Xiangxiang's plan, to pretend to be sick.

Bright candles flickered in the four corners of the room. Two rows of banquet tables faced each other, with two people sitting on each side. Jin Shiyu and Xu Zeqing sat together.

"This is?" Yan Gui sent General Yan Santian to ask.

Before Jin Shiyu could speak, Xu Zeqing stood up, "My surname is Xu, Xu Zeqing. I am now working for Fan Chao."

"Fan Chao" Yan Tiantian glanced in surprise at the general of the Moyu Sect, Mosa, who was sitting beside him.Mosa's face was covered with thick white powder, and her lips were also covered with red makeup, making her look so white and impermanent.

Mosa poured the wine by himself without raising his head, the sound of the wine splashing against his sneer, "It's your young master who is still here"

"General Mo is so smart, it's true. My lord has millions of soldiers in Xiling, who can help you destroy King Di and make yourself king." Xu Zeqing stood between the two wine tables and said sonorously. .

"What's the price?" Mosa's voice came faintly, and it was very gloomy.

"Di Wang's dog's life belongs to us, and Duliu City naturally belongs to our lord."

"The city of Duliu is all yours. If we get any benefits, we might as well do it ourselves, so as to save you, an outsider, at the expense of you." Yan Santian said angrily in his heart.

"But do you have the courage? You are famous as a teacher." Xu Zeqing pressed Yan for three days.

"I," Yan Tiantian saw that he felt a sore spot, and drank a glass of wine sullenly.

"I don't necessarily ask you to help me. It's just that my lord wants to restore the country, as long as you don't obstruct him when he seizes the capital and keeps it in the city. After that, the city of Duliu will naturally belong to us, and you can form the country alone. , As for who will sit in the world in the future, it depends on each family's ability."

"Haha," Mosa laughed and stood up and walked between the wine tables, raised his eyebrows and said, "That's four parts of Di Kingdom."

"General Mo is really smart, and his understanding is first-rate." Xu Zeqing pretended to flatter.

"Okay, why don't you agree to such a good thing, General Yan, what do you think?"

Yan Santian saw that the shrewd Mosa agreed, and he no longer hesitated, "Okay. Whoever dominates in the future depends on his own ability."

"Okay," Xu Zeqing laughed, walked back to his seat and raised his glass, "Then let's drink this glass together and make a covenant."