Vol 4 Chapter 32: Dog Day's Jade City

Vol 4 Chapter 32: Dog Day's Jade City

On the city wall, beside Xia Jinhua, a tall figure was standing side by side with her. Under the reflection of the firelight, that face showed a somewhat deep shadow. The curved water chestnut was clearly the face of Sikong Jue.

The city lord of Duancheng under the city wall was stunned. The intelligence showed that Sikong Jue was clearly still in the Panlong Pass, besieging Wu'an Kingdom. How could he appear here?

Is he really back?

Not to mention the city lord of Broken City, even the defenders of Xiacheng above the city wall were stunned. When did the city lord come back?

Next to Sikong Jue, there was Xia Jinhua and a group of guards, it couldn't be fake.

I don't know who exclaimed: "The city owner is back!"

Xia Jun exploded, and they all looked around. Sure enough, they saw Sikong Jue's face, and they were overjoyed.

With Sikong Jue here, Xia Cheng seemed to have an invisible layer of protection. Only with him, it was impossible for the Duancheng army to do anything to Xia Cheng, and the army would stabilize!

Because, he is the **** in their hearts, the **** of Xiacheng!

For a time, the morale of Xiacheng was like a rainbow, and the news spread into the city, and the people rushed to tell each other.

The news of Sikong Jue's return quickly spread throughout the city, and the depressing atmosphere in the city seemed to be swept away.

Sikong Jue just stood there, it was an invisible encouragement, it was like a stimulant, the whole Xiacheng was on fire.

Xia Jinhua stood by Sikong Jue's side, still dressed in men's clothes, looking at the Xiacheng army under the city wall preparing to attack the city, and gave an order decisively.

"Fire!"

More than a dozen trebuchets were put out. The trebuchets used the principle of leverage and could project weapons farther. Only after hearing Xia Jinhua's order, countless black stones flew into the night sky and fell under the city wall. Falling into the dense crowd of soldiers who broke the city.

Xia Jinhua hurriedly covered his ears, "Sikong Jue" glanced at him, and covered his ears too.

As soon as he covered it, he heard a loud noise from under the city wall, and the black stone that was projected just now turned into an unknown weapon. Fei, after the loud noise, there was a group of mourning people and horses running everywhere.

Sikong Jue was stunned, and he was dumbfounded. Xia Jinhua stepped on him suddenly, and he returned to his unfathomable appearance. He stood beside Xia Jinhua solemnly and continued to watch the battle.

The army of Duancheng was in chaos, and the city lord's horse was so startled that he didn't know where it ran. The city lord of Duancheng fell off his horse and was almost trampled into meat sauce by the chaotic soldiers. At this time, he stood up embarrassed and looked up. To the pair of people above the city wall.

Could it be that this Sikongjue really has the ability to manipulate unknown forces?

This city lord of Broken City doesn't believe it, if that's the case, how could he be beaten up like that back then!

He picked up the gun again, retrieved the horse, and ordered the army to start forming a new formation to attack the city.

After a while, the Duancheng Army formed another formation and rushed towards the Xiacheng city wall.

Various trebuchet siege ladders and battering rams were carried out.

The commander shouted, and countless huge stones flew towards the city wall of Xiacheng.

Sikong Jue was shocked and said, "The boulder is here!"

Xia Jinhua was indifferent, "Don't panic, my city wall was opened by an immortal, and it is impossible to attack with this offensive!"

Sikong Jue slapped his face—if the jade pendant can be consecrated, can this city wall be consecrated?

But the city wall was as if the light had been turned on. The boulder smashed up, but there was no movement at all. At most, two marks were smashed. The soldiers on the city wall were all hiding away. After the first wave of offensive passed, go up to the city wall. Come, roll the boulder, push it down the city wall, and return it.

The stone that came up didn't cause any major damage, but the stone that went down smashed the broken city army to the point of crying and screaming. All of a sudden, there were roars and groans under the city wall.

Someone was smashed into meat sauce on the spot, and there were unknown stumps and broken arms everywhere at the foot of the city wall.

Seeing that scene, Xia Jinhua still frowned, a little unbearable, but this is war!

If she does not use all means to protect Xiacheng, tomorrow, the people of Xiacheng will end up worse than the meat sauce under the city wall!

The war is still going on, the trebuchets above the city wall have already started to operate, and the Lux has placed the iron cannonballs on it, and threw one round at the bottom of the city wall.

There was another burst of ghosts and wolves, and the Duancheng Army suffered heavy losses!

Seeing that everyone was paying attention to the situation under the city wall, 'Sikong Jue' quietly moved his steps to the trebuchet, and saw that baskets of 'black stones' were constantly being brought up from below.

The black stone exudes a strong pungent smell.

And there is also a rectangular iron cylinder.

What are those things?

'Sikong Jue' was extremely curious. He guessed that what Xia Cheng called immortals descended to earth is nonsense. These baskets of things are the secret weapon of Xia Cheng's victory!

So, he took the rectangular iron cylinder and looked left and right, and when he saw a ring on it, he pulled it curiously...

A pull, incredible, actually smoking!

Suddenly, someone slapped him on the shoulder, and behind him, the tower-like Iron Man put his rough palm on his shoulder, his face was extremely serious, he grabbed the iron cylinder in his hand, and went to the forehead. After a knock, he swung his arms and threw it under the city wall.

boom--

That thing blew up again, and although it was not as powerful as the iron cannonball just now, it also blew up a few people, making 'Sikongjue' turn pale on the spot.

If that thing was in his hands just now...

Suddenly shivered, unable to imagine.

But when he saw what had just exploded, he could smell a lot of fireworks.

No wonder Xiacheng has been buying fireworks materials in large quantities, and it turned out that this thing was created.

It is often heard that fireworks workshops have been bombed by fireworks due to improper production.

It seems that Xia Cheng's research is how to transform fireworks into today's weapons. Obviously, their research has been successful.

The soldiers in the broken city had been bombed to the point of being unable to resist, and after only a few rounds of artillery shells, they began to flee across the board.

'Sikong Jue' knew that the 'improved fireworks' was not really that powerful.

In the middle of the night, the people of Duancheng were beaten with no strength to fight back, and there were countless casualties. The city wall could not be breached, and the city gate could not be approached. As soon as they walked in, they were bombarded by the mysterious weapon. The city lord of Duancheng had to order the retreat.

Not even the injury was taken away.

When the dawn began to smudge from the horizon, the fire of war had been extinguished, and there were cheers inside and outside Xiacheng.

Under the leadership of the wise city lord and deputy city lord, they once again defeated the enemy's attack.

But people in the know know that the city lord just stopped there and did nothing, and all the battles were directed by the deputy city lord.

Xia Jinhua still has a very thorough analysis of fighting, knowing when to drop a cannonball can cause the most damage to the enemy, and use the least resources to achieve the greatest success.

At dawn, Xiacheng opened the city gate. At this time, the outside of the city gate had become a sea of ​​blood and meat sauce. Xiacheng soldiers carried stretchers, and the field doctor led a team to rescue the outside of the city. The person who got it back, if it can't be saved, it can only make up for it.

Xia Jinhua has returned to the City Lord's Mansion, rectified it, and started to deal with the City Lord's Mansion again.

She only slept for a while last night and was pregnant again, so she couldn't help but feel exhausted.

But he still haunts the city lord's mansion in high spirits, inspecting the arsenal, checking the arsenal and so on.

** is the key to Xia Cheng's victory now, and must not be sloppy.

In the city lord's mansion, 'Sikong Jue' was sitting in the city lord's dormitory, being stared at by several pairs of eyes at all times. If the martial arts practitioners were present, they could immediately sense that the city lord had no inner strength at all!

Of course it wasn't Sikongjue.

Cheng Tanyue felt sultry and panicked, her forehead was covered in sweat, and when she wiped her face, she wiped off some bronze-colored powder.

Last night, he was picked up by Iron Man, and without saying a word, he changed his clothes and wiped his face with a box of powder, and it turned into such a bronzed appearance.

Then he brought it to Xia Jinhua.

Xia Jinhua looked him up and down and said, "Not bad, if it's at night, you can hardly recognize the truth from the false!"

Cheng Tanyue didn't know anything, but Xia Jinhua told him that he wanted him to pretend to be Sikongjue.

Cheng Tanyue was startled, he had never seen Sikong Jue, let alone what he looked like and how to pretend?

Although newspapers often publish illustrations of Sikongjue, they are illustrations, not photos. They were painted by the master with a brush and watercolor. In any case, it is impossible to draw Sikongjue like a real person, so Cheng Tanyue does not know about Sikongjue. 's appearance.

But when she thought that the other party wanted her to pretend to be Sikongjue, Cheng Tanyue felt confident.

"You're imprisoning Cheng for so long for no reason, do you think Cheng will surrender to you?"

Xia Jinhua was straightforward: "If you don't do it, just throw it off the city wall!"

"Hmph, do you think being someone is the kind of person who is greedy for life and fears death?"

"Take it off and throw it away."

"Ok……"

Today's Chengtan Yue's inner strength is completely sealed, and there is really no resistance, so he can only succumb to Xia Jinhua's orders and do Sikong Jue for one night.

But this is top-secret news. Even in the city lord's mansion, most people don't know the truth. Only Xia Jinhua's personal guards know about it, and he is being held in prison at this time.

In that room, he had food, drink, and someone to serve him, but he was still able to pass, which was better than that in prison.

After noon, Xia Jinhua finally came back. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Cheng Tanyue's small mirror in the research room. The mirror was privately used by Xia Jinhua, and it was very beautifully made.

Cheng Tanyue originally wanted to buy the mirror in the cosmetics store, and went back to Yucheng to study it, but was rejected, and then she thought of stealing it.

Seeing Xia Jinhua coming in at this time, he hurriedly asked, "When will you send me away?"

Xia Jinhua hurried past, took something and went out again: "You stole my ancestral glazed mirror, do you still want to run?"

Cheng Tanyue: "..."

But he still ran away. On the second day, Iron Man came to report that the city lord's mansion was suddenly attacked by an unknown person, and Cheng Tanyue was rescued. No casualties were caused, but the other party walked into the room. glass mirror...

Although Iron Man and the others resisted desperately, the other party's martial arts skills were too high, and they almost disappeared without a trace. A gust of wind blew, and Cheng Tanyue disappeared.

Suddenly I heard Cheng Tanyue's hurried cry: "Liu Li Jing!"

So, another gust of wind blew, and the glazed mirror disappeared...

For this matter, Xia Jinhua never blamed her. She also knew the strength of Iron Man and others, and the forces behind Cheng Tanyue.

The Jinyun Villa behind Cheng Tanyue is the leading force in Chanzhou. If they tear up their face now, it will be bad for Xiacheng.

But that Cheng Tanyue not only followed a mirror, but also had a few grenades missing in the arsenal.

This made Xia Jinhua a little worried.

But now it can't be taken into account. The biggest enemy at present is the broken city.

Duancheng failed to siege the city twice, and the casualties were extremely heavy. The most important thing was that the army was unstable. The army is even more imposing, and can't touch the city wall at all.

After being besieged for half a month, the food in the city was abundant, and everyone was united.

However, the walls of Miao City are no softer than that of Xia City, and the city is still the No. 1 leader of the Green Army. That is, Wang Yanqiang, the ever victorious general of Wu'an Kingdom, also used trebuchets and cannonballs. Entering the city, they withdrew.

I lost a lot of people, but I didn't even get any cheap money. I recruited a large number of strong men to come here, and I missed the spring plowing. This time Duancheng is really worth the loss!

There were cheers in Xiacheng, Miaocheng and Yancheng.

The victorious people looked back again, but found that the city lord had disappeared, and only Xia Jinhua was standing there alone.

She just said: "The city lord rushed back to Panlong Pass overnight."

In fact, Sikong Jue never came back.

Xia Jinhua knew the situation over there, so even if she needed him just when she needed him, she couldn't force him to come back!

She just wanted to silently guard the country they laid down for him, that is, Xiacheng and Miaocheng.

Xiacheng was like a new life. As soon as the closed city gate was opened, fresh air poured into Xiacheng, and the city cheered and danced for victory.

However, it is a pity that the spring ploughing outside the city has been affected to some extent. Xia Jinhua is busy sending people out of the city to carry out emergency repairs, as much as can be recovered.

Xia Cheng seemed to be calm again, and the war with Duan Cheng was over for the time being. Then Duan Cheng also knew that Xia Cheng was a thorn that was hard to deal with, so he didn't dare to pay attention to Xia Cheng for the time being, but turned his gun on him. Another city, Hongcheng, was approved, and a months-long war between the two cities began, resulting in the displacement of a large number of people and flocking to the surrounding cities such as Xiacheng and Yucheng.

Xia Cheng naturally accepted all of them.

The war with Duancheng is over, but the protracted war with Yucheng has just started.

Not long after Cheng Tanyue disappeared, Yucheng Daily published a sensational article in Quanzhou - Interview with Mr. Tanyue: The years I was imprisoned by Xiacheng.

The full text completely imitates the previous interview with Sikong Jue, which became his Cheng Tanyue interview, how he was unreasonably arrested by Xia Jinhua and imprisoned in the Xiacheng City Lord's Mansion, and how he was arrested by Xia Jinhua to pretend to be Sikong Jue. All said, Xia Cheng was shocked, and Chanzhou was shocked. When the City Lord of Broken City, who was deeply involved in the battle with Hongcheng, opened the newspaper and saw this report in his spare time, he was so shocked that the newspaper was photographed on the spot. A pile of ashes!

"Xiacheng is too deceiving!"

But it was too late to get out now. He struggled for half a month before taking down a small county town in Hongcheng. A large number of reinforcements from Hongcheng were on their way. If they retreated to Xiacheng now, it would definitely be worth the loss!

The people of Xiacheng were also shocked. It turned out that what they saw that day was not Sikong Jue, but Cheng Tanyue!

Doesn't that mean that Xia Jinhua is lying?

Although the people never said anything, they always felt that they had been deceived, and there was a layer of fearful sweat on their foreheads.

But Xia Jinhua doesn't care. Xia Cheng is out of trouble now, and the people will only remember her that Xia Jinhua helped them protect Xia Cheng and their happy life today. Who will remember the details?

Xiacheng Daily quickly countered and published a special article, the abstract of the article: Why was the treasure of the cosmetics store stolen for no reason? How far is the distance between a knight and a thief? Behind all the truth, whether it is the loss of morality or the distortion of human nature, please pay attention to the theme article of this issue of Xiacheng Daily "On the Degeneration of a Generation of Rich Businessmen Chengtanyue"!

So, when the truth was announced, everyone was extremely amazed. It turned out that Young Master Tan Yue was such a person!

He even stole someone's mirror!

Shameless, indecent, social scum!

However, Yucheng Daily's counterattack was also very fast, and a new issue of crusade articles was published in a few days.

Rough meaning: Liars and liars, Xiacheng is a big liar, even the city owner can find someone to impersonate, they are all liars! Don't believe them!

In addition to this special content, the back side focuses on reporting the bumper harvest of Yucheng's crayfish this year, the title is - congratulations, Yucheng's special crayfish has had another bumper harvest!

As a result, Yucheng began to advertise in various ways, and the group of masters who were poached turned the crayfish into the characteristics of Yucheng. In contrast, the crayfish in Xiacheng was no longer as brilliant as it was before.

It stands to reason that it is time for Xiacheng to fight back, and the Jixiang Restaurant should also be refurbished.

However, the crayfish in Jixiang Restaurant was still the original dish, and there was no movement. A few days later, Xiacheng Daily published a new report, and the meaning to be expressed is concise and clear-Cheng Tanyue stealing my ancestral mirror is unforgivable!

Yucheng Daily responded: I did not steal, I have no evidence, and I am not afraid of a crooked shadow!

In addition, another special page was drawn: Yucheng crayfish production reached a new high!

Xiacheng Daily: You stole my ancestral mirror! shameless

Yucheng Daily: I didn't steal, I didn't steal, I didn't steal, I have more and more crayfish!

Xiacheng Daily: You stole my ancestral mirror! Shameful indecent!

Yucheng Daily: Yucheng has outstanding people, lobsters are everywhere, delicious and cheap, everyone come!

Xiacheng Daily: You stole my ancestral mirror!

Yucheng Daily: Yucheng crayfish hit a new high.

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The two newspapers began to rip each other without limit. When Xia Jinhua got the latest issue of Yucheng Daily, and saw that there was a large-scale report on how the crayfish in Yucheng were plump and abundant, and the quality was cheap, Xia Jinhua smiled. .

The jade city of dog days, waiting for this year's absolute harvest!

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Ahem, because the network at home has not been set up recently, so I can only upload chapters to the company in the morning, and I will get better soon.

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