Chapter 640: Pacifying Sibao County (Forty-Two) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Gong Xi Chou, I curse your ancestors!

I curse your ancestors!

**Your ancestors!**

Qiu Cheng's hoarse roar echoed over Xiaocheng, lingering for a long time. In his rage, he used a refined tone, making his voice carry extremely far, so that both armies could hear the content of his passionate rant. Regardless of whether the content was elegant or not, or whether it suited his noble family background, the anger was genuine; just by listening to the voice, one could imagine Qiu Cheng's ferocious facial features.

He was truly furious!

"What are you all standing there for? Do you think they'll just die on the spot if you stand there? Keep shooting! Kill these two treacherous dogs!" Qiu Cheng roared, then took a breath and turned to see the unanimous expressions on the faces of his subordinates. He was so angry that he wanted to stomp his feet. He even grabbed a bow and arrow and quiver from a guard, nocked an arrow, and aimed at Gong Xi Chou's head below the city.

Gong Xiqiu's previous blunder successfully caused Qiu Cheng's dislike for him to skyrocket, allowing him to overtake Shen Tang.

At the same time, Gong Xichou, who had been rolling wildly on the ground due to the arrow's momentum, finally stopped, his bare hand, which had caught the arrow, a bloody mess. Fortunately, his martial armor's scales still protected his gauntlets; otherwise, catching a mid-to-high-level martial artist's martial energy arrow with his bare flesh, it would have been questionable whether he could have saved his hand. He glanced in Shen Tang's direction, where the latter was also looking at him.

Gong Xichou exerted force and snapped the cold arrow in two with one hand.

Although Gong Xi Chou lost to Shen Tang by a narrow margin, a loss is a loss, and he was not one to be a sore loser. However, Qiu Cheng took advantage of the situation and attempted to kill the victor with a sneak arrow, something Gong Xi Chou's pride would not allow.

Shen Tang can die naturally.

She could die by her own hand, by the hand of another opponent, even choke on water, slip and fall while walking, or die from a cold… but she could never be killed by a villain's sneak attack. Such a death was hardly honorable for a martial artist, even a disgrace. Her opponent, Gongxi Chou, naturally could not suffer such an end.

He bent his elbows to support himself and staggered to his feet.

Exhausted of both physical strength and martial energy, he experienced "weakness" for the first time, but this weakness did not diminish his imposing presence. When his eyes met those of Qiu Cheng, whose arrow was already on the bowstring on the city wall, his eyes still gleamed with a killing intent that made Qiu Cheng tremble.

Upon seeing this, Qiu Cheng's fingers trembled.

Release your grip, and the arrow will leave the bowstring.

puff--

This era revered strength, and the scholars of Wenxin were all proficient in the Six Arts, possessing exceptional archery skills. Qiu Cheng's archery was also quite remarkable. At such close range, he was confident of hitting the bullseye every time. And indeed, he struck Gongxi Chou squarely in the face with a single arrow.

However, the shot hit the target but not the person.

Only wisps of unfamiliar literary atmosphere remain in the same place.

【graft】.

The arrows fired by the others at Shen Tang also missed their mark.

Clearly, Shen Tang had also been tricked into leaving the palace, and it was the same scholar from Wenxin who had done it. This move was truly outrageous, and Qiu Cheng, deeply provoked, once again passionately spoke up.

As he roared, the veins on his forehead bulged and throbbed. He showed neither the demeanor of a scholar nor the refinement of a scion of a noble family, but no one objected. They could understand Qiu Cheng's feelings.

The enemy leader was just a hair's breadth away from falling beneath the city walls, but Gong Xi Chou, whom they had hired at great expense, stepped in at that moment to shield him from a fatal blow. To betray them at the crucial moment, and even to betray them while still receiving payment, followed by their rescue and the utter defeat of the two, it would be strange if Qiu Cheng didn't break through their defenses.

Of course, this is not the most difficult problem.

The most troublesome thing was that Gongxi Chou lost the duel.

It's still a decisive duel.

If Gongxi Chou hadn't stepped in to fight, Qiu Cheng could have continued to hide and defend Xiaocheng, waiting for the good news that his allies had captured Longwu County. At that time, the situation would have been completely different.

Looking at the enemy troops whose morale was rising steadily below the city, the various siege weapons that were formed in an instant, the enemy army formation advancing towards Xiaocheng in a neat and uniform manner, and the overwhelming murderous aura... all of this successfully made Miao Shu's pretty face turn pale. Her hands in her sleeves were clenched into fists without her noticing, her nails digging deep into her palms.

She had a vague premonition that Xiaocheng could not be defended.

"My lord, do not be reckless."

Liao Jia returned Shen Tang's purse to her.

He immediately unleashed two [Transplantation] techniques.

They successfully rescued their lord and "captured" Gongxi Chou.

Gu Chi was supposed to take the lead, but he was so frightened that he was almost pale, so Liao Jia took the job instead. Gu Chi caught his breath and weakly advised Shen Tang, "We will definitely take Xiaocheng today. It's not very meaningful for you to participate in the battle in your condition, my lord."

Shen Tang defeated Gong Xi Chou, but only by a narrow margin.

She cultivates both literary and martial arts, possessing both a literary palace and a martial arts hall, theoretically giving her twice the endurance of someone at the same cultivation level who cultivates only one. Gong Xichou's disadvantage lies precisely here: at the most crucial moment, his mana bar was depleted, while Shen Tang still had a tiny bit left…

This tiny bit isn't much.

But it can unleash a barrage of firework-like projectiles at close range.

Gongxi Chou cannot escape.

Therefore, he is the one who lost.

Shen Tang, still catching her breath, managed to stand up and looked around. Jiang Sheng and Xun Zhen had gone to command the three armies and cooperate with the veteran commander to attack the city, while Gu Chi and Liao Jia were still here. She glanced at Gong Xi Chou, who was sitting on the ground recuperating, and asked Gu Chi a question.

Who fired the sneak attack?

Gu Chi said, "Lu Jue, Lu Shousheng."

"Who gave the order?"

Gu Chi said, "Gu Chi, Gu Wangchao."

Gong Xichou, who was meditating, opened his eyes and glanced at him.

Gong Xiqiu knew Gu Chi.

At that time, Gu Chi followed Shen Tang to Yiru to see Zhang He.

However, Gongxi Chou's impression of Gu Chi was merely that he was "a sickly scholar under Mama's tent" and "didn't look like a good bird."

Looking back now, I'm sure my hunch was right.

It's definitely not a good bird.

"My lord, this matter..."

Liao Jia opened his mouth, wanting to say a few good words for Gu Chi. The reason he was still here was because he was worried that a conflict would break out between his lord and Gu Chi. The fact that Gu Chi had deflected a fatal arrow for his enemy Gong Xi Chou on the battlefield was enough to show that Gong Xi Chou had a special relationship with his lord.

Gu Chi will definitely be held accountable.

But Shen Tang didn't give him a chance to speak.

“Wangchao, my opponent, will only die by my hand. From the moment I defeated Gongxi Fengen today, I am confident that he can never beat me again. If he survives today, he will be my defeated opponent again when we meet again in the future.”

Shen Tang has this confidence.

Gu Chi's answer was perfectly within the scope of her knowledge. Even a fool could tell that Gu Chi was the most suspicious of the four scholars accompanying the army. But Gu Chi's frankness surprised her and also angered her: "It is dishonorable for a warrior to die by a cold arrow, and it is equally tarnishing for a scholar to kill the enemy with a cold arrow."

Why don't you cherish your reputation?

Gu Chi remained silent for a long time.

The wind around him couldn't reach his heart, nor could the war drums and battle cries around him. Only his lord's words were clearly audible. He said, "My lord is more important. The wise man that Gu Wangchao follows is more important than Gu Wangchao. That's all."

Gong Xiqiu, who was still meditating, glanced at Liao Jia and said bluntly, "You wearing flowers, don't you think you're superfluous?"

A story of three people, with no fourth person allowed to interfere.

Liao Jia: "..."

_(:з」∠)_

Haha, the title of the next chapter should be ready by now.

P.S.: I washed my hair today; it's not easy to wash your hair during postpartum confinement. The feeling was... ah, so refreshing, it felt like I was elevated!

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