Chapter 2 The Imperial

More than a month later, as Lin Xiao said, Hou Zijian kept his promise to repay all the gambling debts he owed, and never mentioned being ambushed by Lin Xiao and others.

It's over. Although there must be hatred in Hou Zijian's heart, but Lin Xiao's rule has always been that there is only gambling and no feud. Things on the gambling table are major. As long as Hou Zijian pays off his gambling debts, he hates himself or not. Lin Xiao doesn't care.

Of course, if the monkey boy doesn't have eyes and dares to do some small moves behind his back, he doesn't mind giving him a few more old punches to wake him up.

The city called White Night City, where Lin Xiao and others are stationed, is located on the border of Chu. A hundred miles west of the city is a mountainous area, adjacent to the north-south direction and across the Longmian Mountains across the eastern land. Despite such a poor mountain and evil place, the State of Chu built a city here and sent defenders here.

There are two reasons.

One is that there are many savage tribes in the deep mountains of the West, who often come together to harass the border.

One more important reason is that 500 miles north of White Night City is the enemy of Chu and the border of Yan, and the two countries often have some friction. The recent border war took place four years ago, and it was also in that war that 14-year-old Lin Xiao was recommended to go to the capital of Chu to participate in the military martial arts school because he made great achievements and accumulated enough military achievements.

Only a small number of troops of the border army stay in the city, and most of the other soldiers are arranged in the thirteen camps outside the city, and the usual exercises are carried out in the camps.

And most of the higher-level officers in the border army, such as generals, * belong to those who stay in the city. These generals spent the whole day in the city when there was no war. When they were drunk, they stayed in the city, and they didn't expect to come to the camp for a tour.

Of course, there are still several relatively upright people among these generals, including Lin Xiao's immediate superior, veteran Pei Qian. This person is also Lin Xiao's most troublesome person. According to Lin Xiao's past achievements, he could have gone further. But it was it that he had been pulling Lin Xiao's little braids to gamble and refute Lin Xiao's proposal to promote him many times in the military meetings of the border generals that Lin Xiao could only be a small centurion at the bottom until now.

The villain is in the way and blocks the way to get rich. Most people will be reported when they encounter this situation; or they don't dare to do anything, they can only drink every day to relieve their worries and sigh that they will not meet; or change their past and wrongs, cater to their superiors, and be inspirational. But Lin Xiao is neither. He still bet on him and doesn't seem to matter whether he will be promoted or not.

Many people will lament that Lin Xiaozhen is free and easy when chatting with Lin Xiao, and they don't care about their inability to be promoted at all. Imagine how many soldiers have worked for the position of a general all their lives. And Lin Xiao can actually say no.

Lin Xiao's answer is whether he doesn't care, because promotion is not what he wants. If he encounters something he really wants, he will probably draw a knife and fight with the people in the way.

Those people asked him what exactly he wanted, money? Beauty? Power? Status?

Lin Xiao said that he had not thought about anything else except gambling, and he didn't know what he wanted for the time being.

What Lin Xiao said is true.

Pei Qian, who was so upright that he had a headache and came to visit the camp every morning, noon and evening, was left by the officers in the city to hold a birthday banquet for him. Therefore, there are fewer restrictions in the camp today. Lin Xiaoye set up a gambling table in his tent and gathered some officers at the bottom to gamble in the barracks. Except for the soldiers on patrol at night, most of the soldiers gathered in Lin Xiao's tent to gamble and surrounded a small tent.

All kinds of scolding and gambling are endless, and the whole barracks are full of voices.

Also noisy is the Drunken Moon Tower, the largest restaurant in White Night City.

The whole three-story pub was wrapped up by the generals of the garrison in White Night City. In the lobby on the second floor, a row of banquets were arranged in turn, with gray hair, but the red-faced Pei Qian sat high. Everyone toasted him in turn. Pei Qian responded one by one, and he felt very happy.

In the bustling crowd, the door of the banquet hall on the second floor was suddenly pushed open, and then a young general in silver lion armor and pure white crane came in.

Immediately behind him is an old man whose whole body is wrapped in a pure black cloak and can't see his face. The old man can't see his face clearly, but the hair color hanging down from the brim of the cloak is silver gray. Unlike the general leading the way in front of him, the old man's pace is very light, as if he does not occupy the land and drifting. Well, the whole person's breath looks very strange.

"Bold! Who are you!? How dare you break into General Pei's banquet!" A slightly drunken officer not far from the gate suddenly stood up, pressed his hand on the sword at his waist, took a step, stood in front of the young general, and pointed to the young general and asked him.

The general in silver armor stopped when he heard the words, glanced at the general with empty footsteps, and said coldly, "The waste that can't even be refined into a golden body in the bone casting is up to you to block my way?"

"You!" Has that officer ever been insulted in public like this? His wine and anger surged up together and suddenly put his hand on the hilt of the sword around his waist, "I killed you!"

The silver armor general stared at the officer's right hand holding the sword and said coldly, "If you dare to pull out one point of the sword and let me see the light of the sword, I will waste your right hand."

"Joke!" Although the officer was not good, at least he was bathed in blood on the battlefield. With the sword in his hand, he would naturally not be scared by the words of the silver armored young man. His right hand suddenly exerted force, and the sword in his hand clased out of its sheath!

The cold light suddenly appears, and the light and shadow are dazzling!

"Ah!!" A sad scream immediately sounded, and the general's right arm and shoulder were cut off and fell to the ground. Blood splashed four or five meters at the fracture, and the ground was bloody! The officer howled even more, covered his broken arm, pedaled back, and hit the banquet behind him. Suddenly, he knocked over the banquet, and the man turned over, and sprinkled him with wine and vegetables.

Everyone was so shocked that they stood up, held their weapons together, and looked at the silver armored general.

I saw the silver armored young man holding the sword that the broken-armed officer wanted to pull out in his hand. His face looked natural, and he could not see any expression after hurting people, as if this bloody scene was not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Everyone couldn't help sinking, grabbing swords, drawing swords and hurting people from young people. This series of actions just happened between lightning and lightning, and few people present saw how the young people sold it!

How strong is this person's strength?

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, someone in the corner of the banquet hall suddenly shouted, "Are you, Brother Hou Zhan!"

When the silver armor youth heard the voice, his unchanging face was moved for the first time. He looked around and said, "Who recognized me and called my name just now?" Come out and see you!"

At this time, the officers suddenly made a crack. A tall and thin man in black quickly came out, stood in front of Hou Zhan and shouted in surprise, "Brother Hou Zhan, it's me, I'm a monkey!"

If Lin Xiao and several others were here, they would have fallen off their chins. This thin and tall man is none other than Hou Zijian!

Hou Zhan also recognized Hou Zijian at once. He laughed and stepped forward, holding Hou Zijian's shoulders with both hands, "Monkey, it's really you! I said goodbye to you in the family training camp in the past, and I didn't expect to meet you here today!"

"Brother Hou Zhan, you were the strongest among the children of the Hou branch in the training camp. Unexpectedly, you haven't seen it for many years that your cultivation has gone up again!" Hou Zijian was also overjoyed, and then asked, "Brother Hou, after leaving the training camp, weren't you transferred to the capital by the * army? Why did you come here today?

Reminded by Hou Zijian, Hou Zhan also remembered his mission. He patted Hou Zijian on the shoulder, "Brother, let's get together in private later. I'll do business first."

After he said that, he turned around and asked respectfully to the man in black behind him, "Mr. Lei, can I show them your identity?"

The man in black robe said in a hoarse voice, "Just tell them about our status as an envoy. You don't have to be provocry."

Hou Zhan nodded, then turned his head and shouted at many officers who were still in a daze: "I am the lord of the State of Chu!" This is the order of the king. Wherever I go, I can call a man and I can't disobey the order!"

After he said that, he pulled out a small palm-sized sword from behind him. The sword was decorated with various gems, imitating the bright star river all over the sky. The scabbard was golden, and a flying dragon with teeth and claws in the middle crossed the sword.

"This is the sword given by my king. Seeing the sword is like seeing my king, why don't you kneel down!"