Chapter 5 Wishful Thinking
I was overjoyed after hearing this and said, "It's so great, just as Xiuxun said."
Shang Xiuxun smiled shyly at me, and then said coldly to the people in the ranch behind me: "Liu Zongming, I ordered people to clean my 'Tingzhu Water Pavilion' for rest for Brother Long and his ladies. In addition, I cleaned out a few rooms around him for the use of the eighteen heroes."
Liu Zongdao was already used to the coldness of Shang Xiuxun. He was about to agree to leave, but he heard me interrupt and said:
"Wait, Xiuxun doesn't know. Can you please let Brother Liu clean out a few more rooms? If you don't have enough room?"
After hearing this, Shang Xiuxun looked at me in confusion. Shang Zhen smiled happily and said, "Young Master is prepared for the people in the four carriages behind? Haha, I have been wondering just now that the first carriage of the young master is extremely luxurious and spacious, enough to sit down the young master and his ladies. Why are there four carriages behind? Haha, I think there must be other people following you."
Shang Zhen’s heart was all tied to me just now, and he didn’t pay attention to anything else. He let it go and then had the opportunity to look at my accompanying person and the vehicle I was riding. Although he said this, when he saw the carriage I was riding, he was shocked: “The most mysterious person in the world today is this ‘Xiaoyaoke’ Long Tianxiao. He just debuted for less than two years and was already known to everyone in the world. He was obviously the number one master in the younger generation. His martial arts are said to be unfathomable.
But now it seems that not only has his superb skills, he must have an unknown organization with absolute strength. The eight horses he used to pull a cart are also rare BMWs in my Pegasus Ranch. Unexpectedly, he is just used as a cart. When watching the eighteen riders, they are majestic and shiny in their eyes. Obviously, none of them have superb martial arts skills. Even if I am probably inferior to three points. Until now, the wise man Long Tianxiao shows a powerful mystery everywhere. It seems that my Pegasus Ranch will definitely escape this festival this time. Haha, it is necessary to determine the future of the Pegasus Ranch when it depends on the development of the situation. The so-called 'good birds choose trees to live on'..."
I smiled and said, "Haha, the butler is right. Shang Lie, letting the women in the carriage come down to move their muscles and bones, which made them suffer along the way, but we have finally arrived at the destination now."
Shang Lie respectfully agreed and called out the women in the four carriages one by one.
Under the astonishing eyes of everyone, twenty-two outstanding women walked out of the car one after another, and then stood timidly beside the car to face us. Although these women were not silk and satin, each of them had some coarse cloth clothes, this exuded a simple and moving texture, which made people feel pity.
Shang Xiuxun turned his head and looked at me in surprise and said, "Brother Long, these women are..."
Everyone in the ranch looked at me for no reason, and they all had a common question in their hearts, "Are these beautiful women all his maids? But don't you think about them wearing them? Hehe, let's see what he says."
I smiled and explained, "Don't get me wrong. These are the miserable women I rescued from the Baling Gang on the way. Their families were all killed by the Baling Gang and then plundered them. Seeing that they were all helpless people, I brought them all here. They will temporarily live in the ranch. In a while, I will send someone to pick them up, hoping that Xiuxun will arrange a residence for these women."
Shang Xiuxun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So that's it. Haha, this matter is easy to deal with." Then he said to a maid beside her: "Xiaojuan, find a few clean rooms for these women, and then take them to bathe and find some clean new clothes to change them. Tao Qian, you ordered people to unsad these horses, brush them and feed them some good fodder."
Xiaojuan and Tao Qian Yingnuo said, "Yes, Miss."
Shang Xiuxun continued to smile and said, "Brother Long, let's go into the house and talk." Then he turned around and ordered, "Uncle Second, let's go down with me, everyone else, prepare for the banquet."
We came to the house and sat down. At first we just chatted for a while, and slowly we got to the point.
Shang Zhen said in a deep voice: "How did the young master know that my Pegasus Ranch has been surrounded by people?"
I said, "When I came, I didn't know that the ranch had been surrounded. I only knew about it when I got here. But I always had a bad premonition in my heart, and now it has finally come true, that is, for the group of enemies outside the ranch. By the way, Xiuxun, when did you know that the ranch had been surrounded?"
Shang Xiuxun said: "We are not sure about the specific time of the ranch being surrounded, but it will not be four days earlier, because we knew about this three days ago. Due to the particularity of the ranch, we also have many sentinels in the woods outside the ranch. It is not specifically used for keeping watch, but for monitoring horses placed in the field, so as not to be lost in the woods when they are placed in the field.
This method is very effective. The pasture has never lost a horse in this woods for many years. But just three days ago, our horse whistle clearly saw a maroon stalk walking into the woods, but when we harvested the horses in the evening, we could not find the maroon stalk. Instead, we accidentally found many complicated footprints in the woods, and it was speculated that a large number of enemies might have been ambushed in the woods.
To confirm, we sent a few more people to investigate the next day. This time, we discovered many outsiders dressed in different dresses. Each of them had sharp weapons, with at least a few thousand people, and they were scattered in the woods outside the entrance. I guess this was just a team used by the enemy to ambush, and there must be more enemies used to directly attack the pastures."
I suspected: "Did Pegasus Ranch not notice such a large-scale deployment of troops?
Old Shang Zhen blushed and said, "To be ashamed, we overestimate our strength. When did the other party appear around the ranch? How did it appear around the ranch? The intelligence personnel we sent out all knew nothing. I really don't know who the other party is and how great it is to have. Such a large-scale mobilization can be unaware of it."
I pondered for a while and asked, "Xiuxun, has Fu Gongyou from Hefei ever been here?"
Shang Xiuxun nodded and said strangely: "Brother Long, you are so amazing. How could you know that Fu Gongyou has been here? He sent people three times, and last time he even came here in person. The purpose is nothing more than to cooperate with him in Pegasus Ranch, so that we can only buy horses for them, and not allow us to trade with other forces. Hum, what a shit cooperation! It is obvious that we want to annex us and take my Pegasus Ranch for ourselves. Later I sternly rejected it."
I was stunned when I heard this. I really didn't expect that such a charming beauty could spit out the word "bullshit". Zhenzhen and others had already laughed.
Fu Junying smiled and said, "Hehe, Sister Xun is the most bold and appropriate wording."
Shang Xiuxun's face turned slightly red, and he gave Fu Junqing a glance, half-skinned and half-angrily. Then he glanced at me with a pretty face red face.
I smiled and said, "It's good to indulge occasionally, at least it can express my unhappiness. Xiuxun, when did Fu Gongyou Ranch happen?"
Shang Xiuxun thought for a while and said, "It was about ten days ago. Brother Long, what's wrong? Could it be that this matter was done by Fu Gongyou? It's unlikely that since I rejected him, I've been afraid that he would take the opportunity to retaliate, so I have been letting the ranch in the nearby secret whistle closely monitor the Hefei army's every move. If they had such a large-scale army to mobilize my people, it would be impossible for me to be unaware of it."
After hearing this, I stood up, frowned and kept paced back and forth in the hall, muttering in a low voice.
Everyone in the hall was confused by my inexplicable actions. They looked at me one by one, looked at you, looked at each other, and were confused. But knowing that I was thinking about the problem, the tactful one did not disturb me.
"How could this happen? Why is this very different from what I know about the Tang Dynasty? What happened in recent days has been something that did not happen in the Tang Dynasty or should not have happened at this time? Is it really a destiny in the dark that I changed everything that should have happened in this space because of the arrival of my uninvited guest? But why is Yang Guang's death the same as what is written in the book?... Alas, it's really a headache. Fu Gongyou? The four major bandits who besieged the Pegasus Ranch in the book, how could they be related to this bastard? Could it be..."
Thinking about what Shang Xiuxun said just now, he suddenly realized and blurted out: "I understand!"
Everyone was shocked by my sudden words. After a while, they recovered. Only Fu Junmao looked at me with a smile, just like nothing happened.
Su Su was puzzled and asked Fu Junmao, "Junmao, have you been staring at your husband just now?"
Fu Junmao seemed to know Su Su wanted to ask her like this, and nodded with a smile.
Su Su continued to ask, "This is strange. Logically speaking, you have also focused all your energy on your husband. Why didn't your husband's explosion shock you? Hehe, did you secretly please your husband and get some new ways of spiritual cultivation from your husband?"
When Fu Junying heard this, she believed it and hurriedly acted coquettishly and asked for it. She insisted on being stubborn and pestered Fu Junhua. Everyone was so amused and laughed. She was not like a young woman who had married a woman, but like a naughty girl who only knew how to act coquettishly and liked to play pranks.
Fu Junmao had to beg for mercy and said, "Haha, it's not what he said to Susu. This is a knock that I have observed after many experiences of being scared by someone. Every time my husband thinks about a problem, he frowned and squinted his eyes, but when he thinks about a problem, he will suddenly stare at his eyes wide, and his eyes are even more shiny. Haha, this is a sign of his words, so when I see this, I even take my spirit back from him and wait for my husband to speak without panic. Naturally, I won't be scared by him."
After Fu Junmao said that, he looked at me proudly, as if saying, "Hehe, I have caught your secret."
Fu Junqian suddenly said, "So that's the case. Haha, I will have to observe it carefully next time."
At this time, except for me, only Wei Zhenzhen noticed that Shang Xiuxun was anxious in his smile, so she said, "Haha, okay, don't make trouble anymore. Let's hear what your husband understand first. Xiuxun is still waiting."
Fu Junhao and Fu Junhao were aware of it and smiled at Shang Xiuxun without any worries. Fu Junhao stretched out his tongue and sat back on his seat.
Shang Xiuxun replied with a bright smile to express his gratitude to the two of them for their understanding.
I smiled and said, "It's finally my turn to speak. I thought about it carefully just now and considered the whole story of the incident. Basically, I was able to determine the identity of the enemy outside and the forces that colluded with them. However, I still couldn't understand it. According to their current deployment of troops, they had used at least 30,000 troops. This number of people could have attacked the ranch long ago. Coupled with some necessary siege equipment and strong bows and crossbows, the chance of winning is high, but why did the enemy choose to attack the ranch at this time? Xiuxun, did you just say that Fu Gongyou came here in person ten days ago? Do you still remember when he sent someone to the ranch for the second time?"
Shang Xiuxun nodded first, which was the first question I asked. Then he thought for a while and said, "I can't remember the specific time, it was about a month ago."
Shang Zhen interrupted, "Yes, Miss, remember correctly, it was a month ago. I still remember that I used the excuse of "Just spring just started, and the ranch had to free up a lot of manpower to train the wildness of the horses and consume the fat that the horses grew in one winter due to no vigorous exercise."
I smiled and said, "Haha, when the butler said this, the question I just mentioned will no longer exist."
When Shang Xiuxun and others heard what I said, they were confused and looked at Shang Zhen in confusion, while Shang Zhen stared at me for no reason. He really couldn't realize what was wrong with his words just now.
Chapter completed!