C25 Three imperial swords

Shen Lingmei's eyes widened when he heard this. Siblings? If you were going to talk about siblings, this Yang Xiao would talk a lot of nonsense.

"Ah …" "This …" The old and second master seemed to be in a difficult position, but borrowing the light from the lantern, his heart softened when he saw the young and beautiful Shen Lingmei. "It's not impossible to stay overnight, I'm just worried that you guys might be spies, sigh …" The old man sighed, "Now that the war is so intense, I wouldn't dare to take anyone in. It's raining so heavily, you two siblings are definitely not spies outside the city, so come in first." The old man stuck his head out, looked around, and nervously pulled the two of them to a side room. He opened the door.

"Thank you, Second Master. We will be leaving after a night. We will think of something tomorrow." Yang Xiao's mouth was so sweet, Shen Lingmei stared at him with his eyes wide, as though he did not recognize him, since when did Yang Xiao become so sophisticated in life?

"Ai …" "This is the only room left, I'll have to inconvenience the two of you." The old man bowed his back and carried the lantern as he left. Yang Xiao felt that this was very rare and that this old man was being too kind, not even bothering to ask him who he was, he had already let him live. Of course, the heavy rain tonight was also a place where he could be at ease.

One room? Yang Xiao laughed secretly in his heart. He entered the room and lit the lamp, only then did he realize that there was only one bed in the room. Yang Xiao was even more pleased, and acted as if he was saying it, "Ling Mei, look at this … Let's sleep together. "

"Ah?" That... How can that be? " Shen Lingmei could see that this room only had a single bed. Although the conditions were a little lacking, they were currently in the enemy city, it would be good if they had a place to stay. She thought about the love between the two inside the cave, she was worried that Yang Xiao would not be obedient sleeping on the same bed, what should she do? She hesitated before saying, "How about this? You sleep on the bed while I sleep on the floor. My body is fine, so I'll be fine."

"Ah?" That... How can I be embarrassed? " Yang Xiao knew that he still had a knot in his heart, and was unwilling to sleep on the same bed as him. He said: "It's better if you sleep on the bed, I'll sleep on the floor, I'm a man, how can I let a beauty like Ling Mei sleep on the floor?"

"You … "Fine." Shen Lingmei thought, and this was the only way. Because she had entered the city through the water route, she did not wear any armor, but only wore the clothes of a normal person in Chu State. She sat on the side of the bed and saw a blanket on the bed, so she threw a quilt to Yang Xiao, "Yang Xiao, it's cold underground, so this quilt is yours."

"Ah?" That... Ling Mei, what can you do? It's freezing you up, but I still feel pain in my heart. " Yang Xiao looked at Shen Lingmei's beautiful figure under the lantern light with a drooling face, and her vision blurred a little.

"Don't talk so much. I still have things to do tomorrow, so I might as well take the opportunity to rest." Shen Lingmei's face turned cold. Towards her temporary feelings, she felt regret in her heart.

"Oh." Yang Xiao unfolded the blanket and just as he was about to lie down, he suddenly thought of something: "Aiya, it's bad. I forgot to ask, where is the toilet here?"

"You …" Shen Lingmei was helpless, this Yang Xiao was too good at tormenting others. It was already the middle of the night, he could not wake the old man up and ask where the toilet was. The more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was going to piss. He crawled up from the bed, walked around the room a few times, causing Shen Lingmei to be extremely nervous: If this guy climbed onto the bed, I … Should I chase him away?

Yang Xiao pulled open the door and went out. It was still raining outside, so he reckoned that it was not very likely for him to find a toilet. He decided to just wait outside the room, opened his pants and peed.

In the room, Shen Lingmei's hearing was simply too good. The patter of rain and the sound of Yang Xiao urinating was obviously different, furthermore, the sound of the water splashing was extremely pleasant and stopped shortly after. Yang Xiao then pushed open the door and entered. Shen Lingmei felt that her heart was beating like a drum, and imagined Yang Xiao's position. The more she was afraid of listening, the more the voices penetrated her ears, causing her heart to become even more chaotic.

The next day, the old official woke up especially early. The sky was still dark, he had already woken Yang Xiao and Yang Xiao up, and even said quietly to Yang Xiao: "Big brother, you two stayed here tonight, I left it here on my own accord. Take advantage of the fact that the sky is still dark, quickly leave.

Of course, Yang Xiao understood the difficulty of a sect official, he quietly gave the second master a few taels of silver.

"Ai …" "Big brother, I think you two are too pitiful. Why don't you two stay at my house for a while? My son died in battle, my wife remarried, and there's only the old granny and I in the house." The old gatekeeper reminded him kindly.

"Okay, thank you, Second Master." Yang Xiao knew that his two taels of silver had worked. Seeing that he was a good person, the second master decided to keep him, "Ai … My house has collapsed, so there's nothing that can be done about it, brother and sister. "

"I know, my surname is Zhao. Wait for me outside for a moment, I'll be off now. I'll go back with you guys immediately." Old Zhao passionately sent Yang Xiao and Old Zhao out of the door. After Old Zhao returned, Yang Xiao and Shen Lingmei could only wait at a distance, this was Yang Xiao's intention to not cause Old Zhao any trouble.

"Second Master Zhao, your home is pretty close to this Ma Mansion, hur hur." As Yang Xiao and Old Man Zhao talked, Shen Lingmei followed closely by their side. Suddenly, a horse galloped over, like a whirlwind, it approached Old Man Zhao, and charged straight at Old Man Zhao! Yang Xiao only had enough time to cry out, "Hey!" before the horse bumped into Old Man Zhao!

Just at that moment, Shen Lingmei grabbed Old Man Zhao's shoulder and pulled fiercely. Old Man Zhao staggered on and was about to fall to the ground, but Yang Xiao supported him and with their tacit understanding, they were able to prevent Old Man Zhao from falling to the ground after being hit by a war horse.

"Heavens, this is how Fourth Young Master Ma likes to ride! "Sigh …" Old man Zhao wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead. He still had lingering fear in his heart and his face was slightly pale. At his age, if he bumped into one, he would have to lie on the bed for a year or so.

"Fourth Young Master Ma? Is he a panther? " Yang Xiao of course, did not recognize these four brothers and asked.

"Of course it's him. He likes to ride like this. He has knocked down countless people. It's fortunate that you two are here today. Ai …" I, the old man, am unable to thank you for saving my life. Old Man Zhao pulled Yang Xiao and entered his own courtyard.

Yang Xiao observed that besides the four halls, there were four side rooms in Old Man Zhao's house. The old couple lived in the side room, which was just right for him and Shen Lingmei to live in. Yang Xiao was planning about the beautiful thing between him and Ling Mei.

Actually, the biggest benefit of living with this old couple was that they wouldn't notice him going out with Shen Lingmei at night.

After making the necessary arrangements, Yang Xiao went out to buy some vegetables and meat for the old couple to make lunch. He returned to the side room, where Shen Lingmei had already tidied up both their beds and had Shen Lingmei put on man's clothes.

Arriving at the main street, Yang Xiao looked at Shen Lingmei who looked like a young master from an unfathomable world, and laughed: "Young Master Shen Clan, you are truly like a jade tree swaying in the wind, and as beautiful as Song Yu. You seem like Pan An, I wonder which young lady from other families would fall for you, haha."

"Young Master Mu, you're quite good-looking and have a tall and sturdy figure. I wonder how many girls have fallen for you." Shen Lingmei was actually not a shy little girl, she immediately responded when Yang Xiao joked with her.

"Haha, that's exactly what I was hoping for, but … I might not fall for them, but the person I am interested in is the young master of the Shen family. " Yang Xiao looked at Shen Lingmei's face that was badly blown, with a fiery look in her eyes.

The two of them continued to chat jokingly as they walked towards the government offices in the city. Yang Xiao's goal was to clearly see the arrangement of the Xing Yang City's forces at a closer distance so that they could adapt as they pleased. The summer's rain came and left quickly. Last night's rain had washed the entire Xing Yang City and the inside of the Xing Yang City was especially fresh. The roads in the city were mostly stone roads, so after the heavy rain, the roads could still be walked and were basically unaffected. Xing Yang City seemed to have been through this rain for a long time, the locals already had a way to defend themselves.

Yang Xiao wandered around with Shen Lingmei for an afternoon, and naturally the gains were not small. He wrote down the arrangement of the troops in the city on a silk cloth.

Inside the Ma Mansion, Ma Tianhua sat in the middle of the marshal's hall. He was lined up on his left side and his horse was lined up on his right.

"Our army has only fifty thousand soldiers, and they are all ordinary soldiers. There are too few elite soldiers, and their fighting strength is too weak. Song Army's fifty thousand elite soldiers are more than one hundred and fifty thousand. Ye Zichen analyzed with a dark face.

"Yes, Song Army has been training outside every day, it has disturbed the morale of the soldiers in the city." Ma Tianhua frowned, "Song Army is powerful, we cannot retreat from the enemy for now, what plans do you have?"

"Uncle, we need to lure the Song Army to attack the city. We have the advantage and it is more than enough to drain the elite soldiers of the Song Army." Young Master Ma San made a plan.

"But, the Song Army did not attack the city, if they did it in a circle, how could we attract them to attack the city?" Ma Tianhua still frowned.

"Father, why not let me bring a group of elite soldiers to fight with the Song Army, and test their strength?" Ma Long came out of the crowd with a ferocious expression, "Wait for me to kill a few of his generals to vent their anger."

"Long'er, you can't be rash. Ever since the Song Army entered Chu, his strength has been like a hot knife through butter, our Xing Yang City is the only remaining city in the entire Chu State. Luckily, the Xing Yang City has the protection of Heaven, otherwise, if we were surrounded by the Song Army … and it's even more difficult for us to persevere. " Although Ma Tianhua was extravagant, his mind was still relatively clear.

"Then... Are we just going to watch them approach the city and do nothing? " Malone rubbed his hands together and spun in circles.

"Now... The best way is to just wait and see. The supply of food in Song Army is also a big problem, fifty thousand elite soldiers, how long will they be able to last? " Ma Tianhua's expression was calm, his fingers lightly knocked on the table, and he frowned. In truth, he knew that whether or not this lonely Xing Yang city could hold its own was still a big problem. But as the commander in chief, how could he shake the morale of the troops?

Young Master Ma San opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Ma Tianhua: "Alright, everyone remember, without my order, you are not allowed to go out to fight, if not, we will go through with it." Ma Tianhua especially looked at Ma Biao and Ma Bao. "Pay attention to guarding your own city gates, especially the north gate."

"Yes sir!" Ma Biao and Ma Bao were in charge of guarding the north gate. When they heard Ma Tianhua specially instructing them on how to defend the north gate, they were not at ease, so the two brothers came out together. The flying horse rushed to the north gate and carefully checked on the army and equipment before leaving in relief.

Yang Xiao and Shen Lingmei spent two days time to look through the Xing Yang City, figuring out the garrison's manpower and the time needed to patrol the city. After coming back, Yang Xiao drew all of the Xing Yang City's manpower on a piece of white cloth and wrote down his orders behind it: Tomorrow night, attack Xing Yang City forcefully, Ling Mei and I will occupy the city gate, then lead the army into the city! Afterwards, they tied the white cloth to the bow and arrows. Taking advantage of the dark night and the high winds, Yang Xiao and Shen Lingmei groped their way to the side of the city wall and used Shen Lingmei to shoot the arrows out of the city.