Chapter 287 Let’s talkIn the City Lord's Mansion of Liang City, Xu Jinglu walked like the wind to the garden behind the City Lord's Mansion and found the City Lord Gu Wanggui.
"Boss Gu, something bad has happened. I saw people from Yangzhou!" Xu Jinglu said in a panic.
He and Gu Wanggui were originally from Mianyang City in Jingzhou, and Gu Wanggui was even the lord of Mianyang City.
A few years ago, Xu Jinglu went to Ancheng, Jingzhou for a meeting. The meeting was naturally meaningful and productive, but it made him see clearly that Jingzhou was like a pile of loose sand.
What is more meaningful is that when he arrived in Jiangling, Jingzhou, he saw that the city lord of Jiangling, that person, was captured alive by the people of Yangzhou and put on public trial.
This really made him sweat profusely, and he ran back to Mianyang City overnight to inform the Mianyang City Lord Gu Wanggui.
Gu Wanggui, who loves fishing, heard carefully about Xu Jinglu’s meeting, so he packed up and went to Liangzhou.
Their Mianyang City was originally close to Liangzhou, and no one knew how it happened, but Gu Wanggui suddenly became the lord of Liangcheng.
The operation involved astounded Xu Jinglu.
Only then did he realize that the old fox Gu Wangui had been operating in Liangcheng for many years.
Who says that a real warrior can only manage one city?
Those who are capable and resourceful can naturally take charge of more cities.
Gu Wanggui was half lying on a stone chair, holding a fishing rod in his hand and wearing a straw hat covering his face. It was unclear whether he was fishing or taking a nap.
He heard Xu Jinglu's shaking words and said, "Hey, I just fell asleep and you woke me up again."
"I saw people from Yangzhou! They are going to attack Liangzhou! Let's run quickly!" said Xu Jinglu.
"Run, where else can you run to?" Gu Wanggui took off the straw hat covering his face, sat up and said, "Why didn't they come two years later!"
"Would the city lord have a way to defend against the enemy two years later?" Xu Jinglu said.
"No, I would have died two years later, so I wouldn't have to worry about this." Gu Wanggui shook his head.
"..."
You old bastard are quite long-lived!
Xu Jinglu naturally knew what Gu Wanggui meant. He had always known that Gu Wanggui was not young, but he did not expect that he was so old.
In Mianyang City, Gu Wanggui has no family. In Liangcheng, everyone calls him grandpa and ancestor, and no one knows how old he is.
"When the people from Yangzhou come, we will all be put on trial!" Xu Jinglu said, "I don't want to be trapped there and be beheaded."
"I know you are very anxious, but don't be anxious. Tell me who has come from Yangzhou." Gu Wanggui said.
"I saw a master wearing Yangzhou clothes eating mutton noodles on the road." Xu Jinglu said.
Gu Wanggui looked at Xu Jinglu and said, "And then?"
"Then I came back." said Xu Jinglu.
"..."
Gu Wanggui was speechless. What does it mean to see enemies everywhere? That’s what you are doing!
He said, "So you came back just because you saw someone eating noodles!"
"I can't tell that person's cultivation level, but he must be a master!" Xu Jinglu said seriously.
After a few years, he still had the Zhoutian cultivation level.
He couldn't tell a person's cultivation level. Either that person had no cultivation level, or that person was a warrior above the level of a real person.
Considering that Liangzhou is not very friendly to people from Yangzhou and Jingzhou, there will definitely not be any weaklings coming to Liangcheng, so the other party is at least a real warrior.
Can it be a good thing for a real warrior to come to Liangcheng? Gu Wanggui obviously thought of this, and he said, "What if he just comes to eat a bowl of noodles?"
"Could he just come here to eat a bowl of noodles?" Xu Jinglu asked back.
"Then he shouldn't just be passing by to eat noodles." Gu Wanggui said: "But since he's eating noodles, he might as well have a meal! Since he's having a meal, I might as well treat him!"
"Well, you go and invite him to the banquet and tell him that I want to treat him to a meal." Gu Wanggui looked at Xu Jinglu and said.
"Attending the banquet?" Xu Jinglu pointed at himself with his index finger and said, "Me?"
"Yes! Could it be me? Or my disappointing descendants?" Gu Wanggui said.
"..."
Xu Jinglu racked his brains, but couldn't think of an excuse to refuse. He said, "Boss Gu, I'm still single, and I haven't saved enough money to marry a wife. I won't be beaten to death by the people in Yangzhou, will I?"
"If you like my great-granddaughter, just tell me. I will arrange for you to get married right away!" Gu Wanggui said again, lying on the stone chair.
"That's not a good idea. We have no emotional foundation." Xu Jinglu declined.
If you marry an old bastard's daughter, you will work for him all your life.
"Heh... I haven't seen you go to a brothel to discuss any emotional foundation." Gu Wanggui turned his back to him and continued to sneer, "Go ahead. I've studied the people in Yangzhou, they won't kill people for no reason."
"But they killed a lot of people!" Xu Jinglu said. He was frightened by the scene in Jiangling that year, and he often dreamed of that person and the scene of heads flying off in recent years.
A real warrior was publicly tried and executed!
How shocking!
"They all kill people in public trials, rarely in private. Go ahead, it's okay!" Gu Wanggui said with his back to him, "Let's do it tonight."
"So... I really went?" Xu Jinglu also remembered what Gu Wanggui said. Killing people in Yangzhou is very methodical, unlike in the martial arts world, where it all depends on personal preference.
"Go! It's noon now. It's a bit late to invite people to dinner in the evening." Gu Wanggui urged.
So Xu Jinglu left the City Lord's Mansion of Liangcheng again and walked towards the mutton noodle stall.
At this moment, what he was thinking in his mind was that the man from Yangzhou should leave Liangcheng as soon as possible so that he would not be found and the mission would be accomplished.
It's not against the old bastard's order, but it also gives an explanation.
It’s not that I didn’t try, but others have long legs and can run by themselves!
Unfortunately, just as he arrived near the mutton noodle stall, he saw Shi Feizhe sending away a few bamboo craftsmen.
Oh, my luck is really bad!
Gritting his teeth, Xu Jinglu bowed to Shi Feizhe from a distance and said, "Brother, please stay!"
"Oh?" Shi Feizhe looked at Xu Jinglu and said, "You are..."
"I'm Xu Jinglu. Our city lord would like to invite you to a banquet!" Xu Jinglu couldn't help but tell the truth as soon as he opened his mouth.
He still wanted to say a few words.
Wouldn't this be too direct?
"Why did you invite me to the banquet?" Shi Feizhe looked at him and continued to ask.
"Maybe I want to find out the purpose of your coming to Liangcheng, and see if we can have a chat." Xu Jinglu originally wanted to say something like fate or some other messed up excuse.
Finally, he told the truth.
This is so fucking wrong!
How could he know that he was now at the Zhoutian level of cultivation and had to reach the Zhenren realm before he could resist Shi Feizhe's "Eye of Truth".
"What are you talking about?"
Xu Jinglu spoke the truth again: "I don't know either, but I guess we should talk about whether Yangzhou can spare us."
We can talk too!
(End of this chapter)
