426 Outside of Mianshui County, in a forest, inside a shack...
Nan Batian was holding a steamed bun in his hand and using two branches to scoop out wild vegetables stewed in the medicine pot. He was disheveled and looked extremely miserable.
It's been seven days, seven whole days, and you have no idea how he spent these seven days.
He was even worse than a beggar. His injuries had not healed and he dared not even leave the shack too far. He could only eat hard steamed bread and bitter wild vegetables every day.
The leader of a gang has turned into a beggar.
Nan Batian ate the steamed bread in his hand, looked out through the gap in the shack, and stared at the woods. Today was the seventh day, and his senior sister should be here soon. After all, today was Chen Jiusi's inauguration ceremony.
If you want to counterattack, today is the best day.
As he was thinking this, he suddenly saw a cloud of dust flying in the woods. Nan Batian frowned and stood up.
With a steamed bread in his mouth, there was alertness in his eyes, but he was not very panicked, because his strength had recovered a little. Although there were cracks in his meridians and dantian, he could still exert the strength of the Hua Jin level.
Although there is a gap compared to before, it is enough for him to protect himself.
He stared at the woods, and then he saw several horses running into the woods, followed by a beautifully dressed woman on a chestnut horse rushing into the woods. Seeing this woman, Nan Batian immediately relaxed. It was his senior sister, his senior sister was back.
I saw the woman coming into the woods and dismounting in front of the shack. The woman was radiant, wearing exquisite clothes and with delicate makeup on her face. It seemed that she had lived a good life these days.
When he arrived in the woods, he saw the dishevelled Nan Batian and pinched his nose.
With a wave of his hand, two subordinates came up. They were both handsome and strong young martial artists. Each of them was holding a set of clothes and some toiletries, and the other was holding a roast chicken wrapped in brown paper.
"How did you get into this state, so unkempt and dirty?"
The senior sister frowned and looked Nan Batian up and down with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
Nan Batian said with a bitter face: "Senior Sister, I haven't left this shack for seven days..."
"Alright, alright. I know you're miserable. I've bought you a roast chicken. Eat it quickly. After you finish eating, take a shower and change your clothes. The town commander is here. Come with me to see him later."
"The garrison commander is here, good."
When Nan Batian heard that the garrison commander was coming, he immediately became alert. Whether he could fight back depended on the garrison commander.
Thinking of this, Nan Batian grabbed the roast chicken beside him and started eating it in big mouthfuls. When the delicious meat flavor bloomed in his mouth, he even felt a little touched in his heart. It must be that my senior sister has me in her heart, otherwise how could she have known to bring me a roast chicken to satisfy my craving.
"Huh? Why does this roast chicken have no wings?"
Nan Batian looked at the roast chicken in his hand, wondering where the wings were. Yu Maner, who was standing beside him, said with a look of disdain, "Eat quickly."
"Hey, don't worry, Senior Sister, I won't delay your work."
Nan Batian responded, and Yu Maner turned around and went to rest in the woods not far away without looking at Nan Batian. As for why she brought roast chicken to Nan Batian, the reason was very simple - it was leftover!
Yu Maner likes to eat roast chicken, but she only likes to eat chicken wings. When she had dinner today, she ordered three roast chickens. After eating, there was only one roast chicken without wings left. If she didn't eat it, she would have to feed it to the dog. Then she thought, hey, my junior brother should really need it, so she brought it here.
Nan Batian really needed this roast chicken. He gobbled it up in ravenous mouths and even wanted to swallow the chicken bones.
After eating and drinking, I found a clean river to take a bath and changed into new clothes.
"Senior sister."
Nan Batian washed up, changed into new clothes, felt better, and looked at his senior sister with a smile.
Yu Maner glanced at him and said, "Get on the horse, the garrison commander is coming soon, we have to go and greet him."
After hearing this, Nan Batian said, "Oh, yes."
Upon hearing this, a group of people mounted their horses and headed straight for the official road outside Mianshui City to wait. About half an hour later, they saw a group of people coming up the road, there should be more than 200 people, leading them was a middle-aged fat man riding on a tall horse, with a stern face, especially a black mole between his eyebrows.
He looks intimidating without even getting angry.
This man was the garrison commander of Huangzhou Prefecture, Lord Batan, who was born into a noble family in Mulan.
"Mr. Garrison Commander."
Seeing the group of people approaching, Yu Maner immediately took Nan Batian and his group over and shouted.
Batan looked up and saw Yu Maner, and immediately waved. Everyone stopped, Batan dismounted, and Yu Maner and her group also dismounted to greet them.
Batan opened his hand at this time, and Yu Maner fell directly into Batan's arms.
Nan Batian watched from the side, frowned, and wondered in his heart how could this be possible.
But I still comforted myself: "It's okay, it's okay, hugging should be the etiquette of the Mulan tribe, it's reasonable."
After hugging his senior sister, Batan did not let go of Yu Maner, but put his arms around Yu Maner's waist.
Nan Batian clenched his fists: "It's okay, it's okay, coincidence, coincidence."
But what made Nan Batian even more unbearable the next moment was that Batan actually put his hand on Yu Maner's buttocks and started rubbing it.
Nan Batian felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had collapsed in his heart. The goddess in his heart actually...
Batan's hands became more and more presumptuous. At this time, Yu Maner stopped Batan and said, "Sir, my junior brother is still here. Let me introduce him to you."
Batan frowned and said, "Maner, I haven't seen you for half a month. You..."
Yu Maner said, "Business is more important, sir."
Batan reluctantly let go of his hand after hearing this, turned his head and looked at Nan Batian who was standing there with a dark face and said: "You are Nan Batian!"
"Junior brother, come quickly and meet the master."
Yu Maner said, after hearing this, Nan Batian mechanically took a few steps forward, not wanting to salute, after all, this man treated his goddess senior sister as a plaything!
Nan Batian searched for his enemy in the void and directly regarded Batman as his love rival.
But he was the garrison commander, so even if Nan Batian was humiliated, he could do nothing but bow and salute: "Greetings, Lord Garrison Commander."
Battan waved his hand and said, "Well, no need to be polite. He is Maner's junior brother, so he is my junior brother. But I heard from Maner that the leader of your fishing gang was raped? What happened?"
Nan Batian's face darkened when he heard this: "Raising a tiger brings trouble. My subordinates rebelled. I was not careful for a while and was framed by the villain. Later, the county Darughachi accused me of secretly communicating with Zoroastrianism and hunted me down throughout the county!"
"Having secret dealings with Zoroastrians, this is a serious enough crime!"
Battan said, and then looked at Nan Batian and said: "Okay, I understand, let's go, follow me to Mianshui City."
"Sir, I am still wanted!"
Nan Batian said in embarrassment. After hearing this, Batan looked at Nan Batian and said, "Haha, a county darughachi knows what it means to have secret dealings with Zoroastrians. I say you don't have it, so you don't have it. Come back to the city with me and take back your position as the leader of the gang!"
"Ah, thank you, sir."
After hearing this, Nan Batian said excitedly, after hearing this, Batan said nonchalantly: "Don't thank me, you are Maner's junior brother, helping you is helping Maner, right Maner."
"Your Excellency is absolutely right."
Yu Maner said with a smile.
After hearing this, Nan Batian tried to raise the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.
After saying this, Batan turned around and looked at Yu Maner and said, "Maner, how about you explore the Medicine King's treasure?"
After hearing this, Yu Maner said, "Sir, we have almost finished the exploration. It is estimated that in half a month at most, the treasure will definitely appear in the world."
After hearing this, Batan said, "Very good. This treasure is very important. As long as I get the herbs inside, I will be rewarded by the King of Qi and my position will be promoted. So this time, I must not make any mistakes!"
"Don't worry, sir. With you, me and my junior brother here, we will definitely be able to get the treasure. The Xuanbing Jin cultivated by my junior brother and the Xuanbing Jin cultivated by me will definitely be able to open the door of the Hanbingyuan in the treasure and get the precious medicinal materials inside."
After hearing this, Battan said, "Haha, OK, OK."
Okay, before that, let's go into the city first and take back the position of the leader of the fishing gang.
Nan Batian said at this time: "Sir, what about Yelu..."
Batan smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm here. Yelu is a seventh-rank county darughachi, which is nothing in front of me. I will definitely help you get your position back today."
After saying this, Battan waved his hand, and the guards came over immediately. Battan said, "Drive the carriage over here."
Soon a large carriage pulled by four horses came over. The carriage was spacious enough for people to lie down inside. Battan stretched out his hand and said to Maner, "Maner, come with me and get on the carriage."
Yu Maner said shyly, "Sir, why are you so impatient..."
The two of them boarded the carriage in front of Nan Batian, and then blocked the heavy curtain. At this time, a voice came from the carriage: "Enter the city."
The guard immediately shouted: "Enter the city."
Then everyone protected the carriage and went into the city. Nan Batian looked at the carriage and could hear the women's laughter and the men's wantonness...
Nan Batian stood there stiffly for a long time. He was beginning to go crazy in his heart and wanted to vent his anger, but when he looked at the cavalry around him and the Mianshui City in the distance, he could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger.
After a long while, he could only roar softly: "Chen Jiusi, it's all your fault, I will cut you into pieces!"
That's right, he could only vent his anger on Chen Jie. As for his senior sister and the garrison commander, he could only swallow his anger.
However, his senior sister's behavior reminded him of Huang Wan'er, and then he thought of Chen Jie cheating on him. At this time, the image of Chen Jie had been combined with the image of Batman.
These two are the people that Nan Batian hates to the core. It is you, it is you who took away the person I love the most. I, I will definitely tear you into pieces!
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West of Mianshui City!
The twelve streets in the entire West City are full of joy today, and bright red silks are hung all over the streets to highlight the festive atmosphere of today.
The main venue of the inauguration ceremony was held in the large square of the Big Vegetable Market. This used to be a big market, where vendors usually sold vegetables. But today they were not allowed to set up stalls. It was not a loss though, because all their vegetables were bought up by Baihutang.
And they not only bought one day's supply, but almost half a month's supply. The reason was very simple, because the White Tiger Hall needed a large amount of supplies for the buffet banquet.
A high platform was built in the middle of the square, and the outside was fenced with wood. At the edge of the fence were fifty large pots. There were fifty cooks, each with six assistants. They were the chefs of this buffet.
The outer perimeter of the square has been surrounded by people from the White Tiger Hall.
Xiaohu brought 500 of the White Tiger Camp's most elite guards to ensure order in the venue, and Zhou Chu led more than 1,000 White Tiger Hall disciples to serve as peripheral service personnel for the ceremony.
Si Xi was responsible for coordinating supplies, so it can be said that this conference was arranged in an orderly manner.
Those who joined the association today were all prominent figures in Mianshui County, including the Thirteen Guardians, almost all of whom were from both the black and white worlds.
Among them those with status include Darughachi Yelu, the magistrate Tang Wannian, the leader of the Cao Gang Liu Laoguai, the constable Wu Hong, the pretty beauty among the Thirteen Protectors, the oil seller, the new iron beggar Zhou Peng, and then there are the major landlords, major merchants, and representatives of various small forces in the city.
There are nearly a thousand people in total.
The entire square was filled with nearly a hundred tables, and the scene was extremely grand.
Some people commented that this should be the most grand ceremony in Mianshui County in the past thirty years.
At this time, Xiaohu, Zhou Chu, and others were welcoming guests at the door.
Bai Mosheng, a scholar borrowed from the Cao Gang, was recording the gift accounts at the door.
Only Chen Jiusi could have the privilege of having a figure of the Thirteen Guardians greet guests at the door and keep accounts of etiquette.