Chapter 281 Assembly
Bai Yuting is very beautiful, with a delicate face like a young girl, which is a killer for most girls.
But Yaoyao and Kunkun didn't feel anything.
The main reason was that their master, Lu Sen, was not inferior to Bai Yuting in appearance, and compared with Bai Yuting, Lu Sen had more of a "literary" temperament, as well as a special temperament nurtured by a broad vision and a large pattern.
If it were when Lu Sen had just traveled through time, Bai Yuting could still be on par with Lu Sen in terms of charm.
But now, after more than five years, what Lu Sen has learned in the information age, and the level of people he has come into contact with, are completely different from Bai Yutang's, resulting in a huge "gap" in their temperaments.
When Lu Sen dared to point fingers at officials in the court and even curse the royal family, Bai Yuting was still controlled by ordinary county officials.
Not to mention a figure like Bao Zheng, even Ouyang Chun, the leader of the martial arts world, can restrain him.
So the temperaments of the two people became different.
Lu Sen gives people a feeling of being majestic and tall, like the blazing sun.
Bai Yutang is like... a twinkling star!
Besides, Lu Sen's family also has two foxes and a shikigami. With these things that transcend the level of human life for comparison, Yaoyao and Kunkun have seen them so many times that they don't think Bai Yuting is so beautiful or attractive.
While other female warriors were looking at Bai Yuting with lustful eyes, the twin sisters behaved very calmly. They were so well behaved because Bai Yuting knew their master.
"To answer Uncle, we two sisters came here not because of our master's order, but because we wanted to come here on our own." Yaoyao lowered her eyebrows and replied, "I heard that Uncle was holding a martial arts conference, so I came to take a look and broaden my horizons."
"Is this a training? Does your master feel comfortable letting you two little girls run around everywhere?" Bai Yutang was a little surprised.
After all, Yaoyao and Kunkun don't seem to have much deterrent power.
"Master gave us the means to protect ourselves," Kunkun explained.
"That's fine." Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief: "Since Master Lu wants you to experience the mortal world, I won't trouble you any more. Once you arrive at Xiankong Island, it will be like being at home. Don't be polite. If you have any questions, just tell me."
"Thank you, Uncle Bai."
The twin sisters bowed at the same time.
Bai Yutang was very satisfied to see how well-behaved they were.
These two little girls are so polite, unlike their master who sometimes says things so infuriating that they make you choke.
Bai Yuting is actually a typical person who doesn't know his own business. When it comes to the ability to swallow people to death, he is much better than Lu Sen.
After Bai Yuting left, the female warriors present looked at the two girls with some curiosity, and then a female warrior who was good at making friends came up and talked to them.
While flattering them, he was trying to find out the background of these two young ladies.
Of course, there wasn't much ill intention, I just wanted to avoid danger for myself so that my family and relatives wouldn't get hurt in the future without me knowing it.
Bai Yutang returned to the main hall and said to Lu Fang who was waiting, "Brother, there is no need to send our nieces to serve them. Master Lu asked them to come out to gain experience. If we serve them too well, it will be bad."
"Experience." Lu Fang didn't find it strange. Many big sects also have traditions in this regard. "In that case, let's keep an eye on them in secret."
"That's good."
In this way, Yaoyao and Kunkun settled down on Xiankong Island temporarily.
They usually chatted and laughed with the female knight, and absorbed a lot of "knowledge" that Marshal Mu would not teach them, such as how to look at men, how to see through the true face of scumbags, etc.
Occasionally, I would go out to sea by boat and enjoy the fun of fishing at sea with a group of female warriors.
After a few days, the anti-traitor conference on Xiankong Island was officially held.
Lu Fang was the 'spokesperson' of the conference.
"Master Lu has conquered Dingzhou and is trying to clean up Helan Mountain. But as far as we know, Helan Mountain is quite troublesome. Large and small groups of bandits are roaming around. They flee when they see a large army and attack and harass scattered soldiers. They even sabotage the towns conquered by Master Lu, making it very difficult for Master Lu to carry out his internal affairs." Lu Fang stood on the high platform and roared, "And among them, there are actually some of us who have lost our conscience and betrayed our ancestors for fame and fortune, defected to Xixia, and became accomplices to the evil, making it even more troublesome for Master Lu to recover the lost territory. Friends in the martial arts world, do you think this is right?"
"This shouldn't happen." A group of gangsters shouted loudly.
"So the purpose of this anti-traitor meeting is to select a leader to lead us to Xixia, to Helan Mountain, to snipe those unscrupulous gangsters, to recover the lost territory for Master Lu, and to do our part for the court and the common people." After Lu Fang finished shouting, he clasped his fists and said, "As for the selection of the leader, we, the Five Rats of Xiankong Island, know that we are not prestigious enough to take the position, so let all the friends in the martial arts world choose one, and we, the Five Rats, will not participate in the nomination."
After saying that, he bowed and walked off the stage.
More than two hundred martial arts masters below were discussing the matter, and soon someone stood up and suggested that someone was qualified.
Then the proposals came one after another.
Anyone who thinks he has the ability will ask his subordinates or disciples to nominate him. On the one hand, they really want to go to the north to do their best and contribute their efforts.
On the other hand, I also have my own little thoughts.
The commander-in-chief in Xixia this time is Master Lu. If I can be the leader and help suppress the bandits, and if I happen to catch Master Lu's eye, then even if I can't become successful in the future, at least I can establish a good relationship with him.
Such a great thing, who wouldn’t be happy about it?
Then the whole scene became lively and the atmosphere was extremely hot.
In the end, no one could convince the other, so they just went on stage to challenge each other one by one until the other agreed.
Yaoyao and Kunkun were quite shocked and thought, is this the world of martial artists?
So 'straightforward'.
It took another two days to finally select the leader, who was the 'Xuancheng Taoist' from the Zhenwu Sword Sect.
This person is quite prestigious in the martial arts world, his internal energy is as strong as fire, and his age is just right, forty-eight years old. From the perspective of martial arts people, he is in his prime, not too conservative, nor too reckless.
Afterwards, these two hundred or so people from the martial arts world set out and headed towards Dingzhou.
Before setting off, Lu Fang specifically sought out Taoist Xuancheng and quietly told him the identities of the twins. Taoist Xuancheng had a habit of stroking his long beard when talking to people, and he was so frightened that he almost pulled his beard out.
Xiankong Island was "rich and powerful" and used more than a dozen river boats to transport more than 200 people from Songjiang to Xi'an by water, and then headed north and soon arrived in Dingzhou.
This took about seven days.
At this time, Lu Sen was meeting a few guests.
"Master Lu, we are descendants of Yan and Huang, and also descendants of the Han family. Why do you have to be so cruel? Please give us a way out."
"Master Lu, what you did is unfair. We don't accept it."
"That's right, Master Lu, your punishment is so cruel, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven?"
Listening to the chaotic voices, Lu Sen looked at these gray-haired or middle-aged men with dignified faces and said calmly: "The evidence is conclusive. They have committed a crime. Why can't they be punished?"
"They have no choice." An old man cried, wiping away tears, looking extremely pitiful.
"You can't help yourself?" Lu Sen sneered. "Bury someone in the ground, pour mercury into their head and peel off their skin? Abduct a woman, cut off her breasts and steam them when you get tired of her? Cut off someone's legs and hands, put them in a basin and use them as human sticks, and call it 'raw flowers'? Haven't they done enough similar things?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the old people's faces changed.
One of the old men leaned on his cane and roared: "That was all forced by the Xixia people. They didn't want to do it. If they don't do this, they will die, and we will die too!"
"If you were forced to do it in the beginning, the Xixia people didn't force you that much later. Instead, your nephews and nieces got used to doing it." Lu Sen stared at the old and middle-aged people. "You can sit here because you didn't do these disgusting things yourself, but you are also to blame for not disciplining me. I didn't punish you because you are old. If you continue to cause trouble here and confuse right and wrong, I will arrest you too."
The faces of these people changed drastically. An old man stood up, tremblingly walked towards Lu Sen, raised the cane in his hand, and roared: "You are so young and don't listen to the old man's advice. I will beat you to death..."
Then Yang Jinhua, who was standing next to him, swung a silver whip at him and knocked the crutch out of the old man's hand.
The old man was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
Lu Sen said to the soldiers around him, "Catch this old man and put him in jail for assaulting an official. Throw out all the others. If they dare to resist, they will also be imprisoned."
Two soldiers came out and dragged the old man away from the ground. The old man's cursing gradually faded away.
The others were driven out of the government office by the soldiers. Many people were still thinking about something, but seeing Lu Sen's gloomy expression, they had to shut up and leave disappointedly.
After these people left, Lu Huiqing came out from the back. He walked in front of Lu Sen, bowed and said, "Thank you, Shangguan, for helping me out."
Lu Sen looked at him and said with a smile, "Just do as you did before. No matter if he is from Xixia or Song, he is under our jurisdiction now. As long as he has done something bad, we will deal with him according to the law, especially those wealthy families. We will investigate them one by one, slowly. I have plenty of time."
"I understand." Lu Huiqing agreed, and then asked, "But I think that if it is to scare the monkeys, this is enough. If there are more, it may cause a civil uprising?"
"Civil uprising?" Lu Sen stood up, opened the window, and pointed outside. Because of the wall of the government office, only a few tall buildings with blue tiles could be seen. "Doctor Lu, how many people in high positions are there in the city? Why don't you allow us to deal with them after they do something bad? I don't mean to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. I just want to dig out these abscesses that are harmful to people. If you, Doctor Lu, can't do it, I can ask others to do it for you!"
Lu Huiqing took a deep breath and said, "I understand. I will do my best to get things done right away."
After saying that, he bowed and left.
Lu Sen sat back in the main seat. There were no outsiders around. Yang Jinhua smiled and said, "Master Lu was so domineering just now. I was deeply impressed by him."
"Are you making fun of me?" Lu Sen said with a smile after taking a sip of tea.
"I'm telling the truth..." Yang Jinhua's face turned slightly red. She looked at Lu Sen with watery eyes, and the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.
But at this moment, a guard came in from outside, clasped his fists and said, "Master Lu, a group of people from the martial arts world have come to the government office and want to come in to pay their respects."
Gangsters? What are they doing here at this time?
Lu Sen thought for a moment and asked, "Are there a lot of people?"
"There are quite a lot of people, probably around two or three hundred."
"Then ask them to send three or four people in to explain the situation."
"yes."
Not long after, Taoist Xuancheng came in with Bai Yuting, Yaoyao and Kunkun.
It was not surprising to see Bai Yutang and Lu Sen, but he was a little surprised to see Yaoyao and Kunkun.
As soon as the two of them came in, they walked over quickly, bowed, smiled with tears in their eyes and said, "Master and Madam, Yaoyao (Kunkun) misses you so much."
Lu Sen asked curiously: "Why are you here?"
"Uncle Bai brought us here."
Lu Sen looked at Bai Yuting next to him and got a nod in response.
Then he said to Yang Jinhua: "Take them to the backyard to talk and ask about the situation."
After the three women left, Lu Sen clasped his fists and asked, "Sorry, I'm sorry for being so inconsiderate. What's the name of this Taoist priest?"
Taoist Xuancheng immediately clasped his fists and bowed his head and replied, "No, no, I am the head of the Zhenwu Sword Sect, my Taoist name is Xuancheng, and I am honored to meet Master Lu."
Lu Sen is a "real person" and nominally the highest "leader" of Taoists in the world. Most Taoists have to be polite when they see him.
"So why did you, Jianghu people, gather in Dingzhou?"
Then Taoist Xuancheng explained the whole story.
After listening to this, Lu Lin pondered for a while and said, "Indeed, your arrival can add some strength to our battle. But there is also a problem, that is, you don't have a fixed identity. If you encounter our soldiers, the two sides will have misunderstandings and start fighting, which will be bad."
Lu Sen's concerns are reasonable.
And the enemy can also impersonate them and blend in with them.
"What should we do then?" Taoist Xuancheng was also very smart and immediately understood what Lu Sen was worried about.
Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "You have come from afar. If you are asked to go back home, it will dampen your morale and hurt your feelings. How about this, you form an independent army?"
"This!" Taoist Xuancheng was shocked and asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"
"I plan to create a new army, which will be used to kill the enemy's elite and conduct infiltration operations." Lu Sen smiled confidently, "Of course, you will also receive professional guidance, such as the teachings of Marshal Mu and Lieutenant Yang, so that you can understand how to survive on the battlefield, how to fight, how to lurk, how to collect intelligence, etc."
Taoist Xuancheng thought about it, shook his head and said, "I think my fellow martial artists may not agree."
"I won't force you, but I'll give everyone who joins a precious sword and some very interesting protective treasures. How about that?"
