I, the wanderer of the universe, love making friends

Chapter 179: Time Management Master is also very tired

There is a grand banquet at Pegasus Ranch tonight.

Shang Xiuxun led several of the ranch's most important subordinates to attend.

Because the person who came was Li Xiuning, the daughter of King Li Yuan of Tang and sister of Li Shimin.

In addition, Shen Lang, Queen Xiao and Princess Nanyang were all invited to attend the banquet.

When Li Xiuning saw Shen Lang present, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah!"

Shang Xiuxun and several of his deacons had originally focused their attention on Shen Lang and his companions. When they heard the cry, they couldn't help but look at Li Xiuning in surprise.

Li Gang and Dou Wei, who accompanied Li Xiuning, did not recognize them. Seeing that Li Xiuning, who was always gentle and quiet, actually cried out to a young man, they were also confused.

Li Xiuning's surprise flashed across her face, and she said a little embarrassedly, "Please forgive my impoliteness, Xiuning. I didn't expect to meet an old friend here."

"Xiuning, long time no see, how are you?" Shen Lang asked with a smile.

Li Xiuning quickly regained her usual graceful and elegant demeanor and smiled, "Thank you for your concern, Brother Shen. Xiuning is doing well. I didn't expect to meet Brother Shen here. It's really unexpected."

Li Gang was a shrewd man and saw that Shen Lang had an outstanding appearance, which was rare in the world.

Among the people I know, only Li Shimin can be compared to him.

He probed, "This brother's surname is Shen, and he's so handsome, humble, and polite. May I ask if he is Shen Lang, the one who stopped the conflict in Dongping County and buried the Sui Emperor in Yangzhou?"

Shen Lang chuckled: "It's me, I didn't expect you know me."

Dou Wei said, "I didn't expect it to be you. Brother Shen's reputation is well-known, and I've long wanted to make friends with him. I'm truly honored to meet you today."

Shen Lang said, "I was originally planning to look for Yu Wenhuaji, but due to wars in many places, the people were displaced and I couldn't find a place to stay. I accidentally stumbled into this place and was fortunately taken in by the mall owner."

Li Gang nodded and addressed the group, "When the world is in chaos, the common people are always the first to suffer. For example, the rampant illegal minting of coins is causing great damage to the people's livelihoods. Originally, one thousand coins weighed two kilograms, but now, a thousand coins weigh less than one kilogram. Even iron sheets and parchment are being used as copper coins. If this situation continues, I wonder what the outcome will be."

Liu Zongdao interrupted, "As long as the Tang Emperor can unify the world, he can eliminate the evils and bring peace to the world."

Li Gang laughed and said, "This still requires the help of the owner."

Shang Xiuxun didn't rush to agree. She smiled slightly and said, "Brother Shen, let me introduce you to some capable people at the horse farm. It's all thanks to them that the horse farm has grown so big."

Li Xiuning and others knew that she was changing the subject, but they didn't know what to say.

The other four stewards of the horse farm, apart from Liu Zongdao, include the chief steward Liang Zhi, who is short and about forty years old, but has a beautiful black beard, his eyes are flashing with lightning, and his temples are bulging. Just by looking at his appearance, you can tell that he is a master who has both inner and outer skills.

The third deacon, Tao Shusheng, was a tall, middle-aged man with a pair of goat-like eyes, which made his appearance unpleasant.

On the contrary, the fourth deacon Wu Zhaoru was young and handsome, with a complexion as effeminate as a girl, but compared with Shen Lang, he immediately looked extremely vulgar.

There is also a butler named Shang Zhen or something like that.

After she finished her introduction, Li Xiuning also introduced the people she brought to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang ignored what he heard and only thought about whether he should sleep with Li Xiuning or Shang Xiuxun tonight.

It was a bit difficult to make a decision for a moment.

But after careful consideration, he decided to sleep with Li Xiuning.

A long absence is better than a new marriage.

Because there were outsiders present, Li Xiuning did not reveal the relationship between the two.

And there are many things I can’t say.

After eating and drinking, Shen Lang said goodbye to them first.

He returned to the house and took out the six-fruit liquid he had obtained from Lu Miaozi.

"My two beauties, this is a good wine that I have worked so hard to get. Let's drink it to our heart's content tonight."

As he spoke, he poured three cups. Empress Xiao sniffed and said, "What kind of wine is this? It smells quite good."

Princess Nanyang also said: "It is indeed a little special."

"This is no ordinary drink." Shen Lang boasted about what he had heard from Lu Miaozi, and then said, "This is something that even business owners can't drink. Come, let's have a drink first."

Shen Lang hugged Nanyang and sat her on his lap. He felt that she was soft, gentle, charming and pitiful, as if she couldn't even hold a cup. He was very happy.

Empress Xiao said, "Nanyang and you, the Queen, are of the same lineage. A beautiful woman's appearance is truly rare, just like this six-fruit liquid."

Empress Xiao said, "It is indeed rare! My lord, you must drink."

Although it wasn't his first time, Nanyang was still a little embarrassed and said, "Since this wine is hard to come by, why not let Mother drink a few cups first to see if she gets drunk."

Empress Xiao was slightly displeased when she heard this and said, "Nanyang, I've treated you well, so why are you plotting to get me drunk behind my back?"

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood me," Nanyang explained. "My Master said this wine was hard to come by, so he wanted you to have a couple more cups."

Empress Xiao was still somewhat displeased. She said, "You two just returned to your room and you're already cuddling each other. I didn't give a damn, and I didn't say a word of objection. But you, Nanyang, wanted to get me drunk!"

When Nanyang heard this, he knew that his mother was jealous.

Thinking that my mother actually tasted my food, I suddenly felt a little weird.

But then he thought of how his mother had dragged him down so many times, so he said, "If she doesn't like it, you can sit over here."

Seeing the two of them jealous of each other, Shen Lang suddenly found it interesting, but he didn't let them continue to be jealous because there was something very important to do in the evening.

Then he said, "Queen, please do not accuse me wrongly. In fact, Nanyang never said anything about you."

Empress Xiao said angrily, "I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes. Are you going to deny it, Nanyang? If you think I've ruined your happiness, I'd rather go first. If I don't go and just wait until I'm drunk before leaving, it would be too boring."

After saying that, he actually stood up and was about to leave.

She seemed really angry.

Nanyang hurriedly said, "Mother, please calm down. How dare I speak ill of you behind your back? Only the sun and the sky can reveal my feelings. I hope Your Majesty will carefully examine my feelings."

He poured another cup, stood up and knelt, and presented it to Empress Xiao, saying, "I have committed a crime, and I hope your Majesty will forgive me."

Empress Xiao hurriedly pulled him up and said, "I misheard for a moment and have failed to live up to Nanyang's kindness."

He gave another glass of wine and everyone drank it together.

In order to avoid Queen Xiao from getting jealous again, Shen Lang simply hugged one of them and scented them one by one.

It made the two of them smile happily.

Her delicate body went limp again and again.

If we talk about the level of their posture, Queen Xiao is better than Princess Nanyang.

Moreover, during the entire driving process, she acted as Nanyang's co-pilot, guiding Nanyang's driving skills, which greatly improved the latter's skills.

To upgrade from manual transmission to automatic transmission, Shen Lang only needs to clap his hands to understand its meaning.

Moreover, during long-distance driving, Xiao Hou can also serve to liven up the atmosphere and make the entire driving process more fun.

This is why a novice driver needs to be accompanied by an experienced driver when he goes on the road.

It is:

If the husband is not lustful, the wife will not be jealous;
Lust has the same heart, jealousy is also a lack of grass.

If the mother neodymium is of the same heart, it can cut off semen.

I don't hear any trivial matters, only the sound of puffing.

Done.

A bang.

Shen Lang pulled Queen Xiao aside.

Empress Xiao muttered, "What's wrong?"

"There's something going on outside. You guys stay in the room and I'll go out and take a look." Shen Lang said, and covered him with a blanket considerately.

Get dressed and go outside.

He actually wanted to meet Li Xiuning in private.

It was a dark and windy day, a good time for a private meeting.

Just as he flew over one of the houses, he saw a dark shadow slanting up from the ground to the top of the outer wall of the inner castle.

Although the city wall was at least fifty feet high, the black shadow used the flying rope to easily climb over the wall.

Shen Lang originally wanted to meet Li Xiuning first, but he thought that he might be able to use this matter to develop a deeper relationship with Shang Xiuxun, so he followed her.

Due to the dangerous geographical situation of Pegasus Ranch, the defense is only concentrated on the periphery, defending the outside but not the inside, so the defense of the inner castle is not strict. As long as you know how to avoid a few watchtowers with guards and have first-class physical skills, you can enter and exit freely.

Shen Lang just made a slight move, then followed the black shadow silently and followed it out.

Outside the city walls is a vast pasture with tents everywhere and the neighing of horses and sheep.

The shadow disappeared into a small courtyard and never reappeared. Shen Langteng climbed down the wall and headed towards where the shadow had disappeared.

He flew across the back garden of the mansion, passed through a long corridor, and came to the patio between the front and back entrances. He stood up and quietly moved to the shadow under the west window of the house, just about to peek out to take a look.

The next moment, there was a sudden sound of wind, and a large man in blue clothes came out of the window. He scanned the distance with his scorching eyes, and then jumped onto the roof.

Shen Lang was secretly surprised. Could there be someone who could know his body movements?

And noticed his arrival?

He remained silent and motionless.

The man in black also darted out from the opposite window, walked around the house and came to the west window, calling out, "Where is that person? Please stop being so suspicious, okay?"

The man had his head covered with a hood, leaving only his eyes and nose exposed.

This turned out to be a woman.

The big man landed beside her, put his arm around her waist, and said with a smile, "I'm just worried that someone might be following you. It's always better for us to be careful."

Shen Lang looked at the man carefully. He was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old. He was not tall, but had broad shoulders and a round waist. Although he was not good-looking, he had a kind of rugged masculine air.

And he had seen it when he was in Xingyang.

Li Mi's son Li Tianfan!

Li Tianfan actually plotted against Pegasus Ranch?

It seems Shen Luoyan is here too.

The woman whispered, "How dare I be so careless? Aren't you afraid of being punished like I was that night?"

The man let out a laugh filled with lewd meaning, and his hand moved from his waist to her buttocks. He said, "It's getting late. The old man will go home after the banquet, and I also need to go make a report. I need the help of Xiang Fang, Mao Cao and the other four. If this trip succeeds, I guarantee you will be rich and prosperous and enjoy endless happiness."

Shen Lang was secretly surprised that he had followed them closely but failed to hear their conspiracy.

It can be seen that these two people did not come here to discuss conspiracy, but to meet here.

The woman refused and said, "Old Ghost still has a lot of things to deal with. How can he come back so early? It's still early!"

Her tone of voice was suggestive and provocative.

Unexpectedly, the big man remained unmoved. He raised his eyebrows slightly and replied to his cold cousin with a wicked grin, "I'll deal with you later, you slut. Go back now!"

The woman complained, "You are such a heartless person! You sent me to sleep with that old ghost, making me sleepless all night long. And yet you refused to comfort me when you had the rare opportunity. Alas, it is your generosity that I prefer. I am leaving now!"

After they kissed, they flew away in two directions without stopping.

Now that he had seen through Li Tianfan, Shen Lang secretly went after that woman.

They chased him all the way to a yard, where the woman took off her black clothes and put on ordinary clothes.

After a while, an old man came back.

It was Shang Zhen, the steward of the horse farm.

"Yuan'er, get me something to sober me up." Shang Zhen said while burping.

Wan'er hurriedly helped him sit down and said, "Master, please wait a moment. I will go and prepare it."

Now that he knew the identity of the traitor, Shen Lang did not stop and went out of the city to look for Li Tianfan's whereabouts.

He found her hiding in a courtyard, confirmed her whereabouts, and was about to go back to look for Shang Xiuxun.

But he unexpectedly ran into Shen Luoyan in one of the rooms.

Just as Shen Luoyan was about to close the window, a figure suddenly rushed into the house like a ghost.

Then he was hugged by the waist.

Shen Luoyan was shocked because she didn't even realize whether the person coming was a man or a woman.

She quietly took off the hairpin on her head and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"Beauty, can't you even smell my scent?" Shen Lang whispered in her ear.

As he said this, he turned her around.

After seeing Shen Lang's appearance clearly under the light, she asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I was visiting Pegasus Ranch," Shen Lang explained simply. "I happened to see your traitor having a secret meeting with Li Tianfan."

Shen Luoyan was very surprised: "You came to visit Pegasus Ranch? Shang Xiuxun is also your woman?"

"Not even close." Shen Lang said, "You took advantage of Li Xiuning's visit to Pegasus Ranch to act. Could it be for Pegasus Ranch and to deal with Li Xiuning?"

Shen Luoyan nodded and said, "Indeed, I was planning to adopt a strategy of internal and external coordination to catch the enemy off guard. However, despite all my calculations, I didn't expect you to be at Pegasus Ranch."

Then he asked, "Since you have met Li Tianfan, do you know that Li Mi and the Song clan have joined forces?"

"I don't know yet, what's the specific situation?"

Shen Luoyan explained, "Song Yuzhi's future husband is Li Mi's only son, Li Tianfan. This marriage was arranged not long ago. As long as Li Mi conquers Luoyang, she will marry into the Li family. Therefore, Li Mi is now very wealthy."

"Song Yuzhi and Li Tianfan are engaged?" Shen Lang frowned. "So this is a political deal between the Song clan and the Wagang Army, using the north and south as a vertical to deal with the Li clan in the northwest. No wonder you took advantage of Li Xiuning's arrival to take action."

Shen Luoyan said, "Song Yuzhi is from the Song family. How can she decide her own marriage? If she doesn't marry Li Tianfan, she might marry Li Shimin. Although you don't have many rivals in love, they all have bargaining chips that can make the Song family tempted."

Shen Lang said unhappily, "Looks like I have to find a chance to get rid of Li Tianfan, you little bastard."

"Go ahead. I've been fed up with that brat for a long time." Shen Luoyan smiled. "Let me calculate. You've had relationships with Shan Wanjing, Li Xiuning, and Song Yuzhi. If you can also establish a relationship with Shang Xiuxun, you'll have the advantage of financial resources, weapons, and horses, enough to fight for the world."

"I'm not particularly interested in fighting for the throne, because I'd only be a tyrant." Shen Lang shook his head and added, "But I can't let you destroy Pegasus Ranch."

Shen Luoyan looked at him in a daze: "If I let you ruin my plan, what should I do?"

"Even the palms and backs of my hands are made of flesh." Shen Lang sighed. "On my way to Pegasus Ranch, I heard about the four great bandits. They were roaming around and looting everywhere. They were wreaking havoc everywhere like locusts, raping and pillaging, doing whatever they wanted. It seems we can't keep them here tonight."

Shen Luoyan also sighed softly: "You only care about Li Xiuning, Song Yuzhi and Shang Xiuxun? What about me, Shen Luoyan? If this plan is ruined by you, I will no longer have a place to stand in Wagangzhai, let alone replace them."

"How can there be no place to stand?" Shen Lang said, "If I kill Li Tianfan, Li Mi will have no heir. Then I can kill Li Mi and pretend to be him, and pass Wagangzhai to you, right?"

"Ah?" Shen Luoyan was shocked. After careful consideration, he said, "This doesn't seem impossible. However, you don't want to fight for the world. What should my Wagangzhai do?"

"There's more to the world than just the land beneath our feet." Shen Lang said, "I'll find you a place to be the queen when the time comes. How about that?"

"To become the queen?" Shen Luoyan touched his forehead. "You're not lying, are you?"

"How can it be a lie?" Shen Lang said seriously, "As long as you have this confidence."

Shen Luoyan asked again: "Then why do you want to be the queen somewhere else instead of here?"

"Because..." Shen Lang was silent for a while before saying, "The ruler of this world is someone else."

Upon hearing this, Shen Luoyan also fell silent.

After a while, he asked, "Is Li Mi really not the man of destiny?"

"We've already discussed this topic," Shen Lang said. "You should accumulate more prestige. Then, even if you leave your hometown, you can still give high positions and generous salaries to those brothers who have worked with you."

Shen Luoyan smiled bitterly: "If that day really comes, we will make plans later."

Then he changed the subject, "Since you want to take over Pegasus Ranch, let Luoyan help you. Is the traitor you encountered a man or a woman?"

"Female, probably Shang Zhen's concubine."

Shen Luoyan said, "Then you have to be careful, because we have an insider, the third deacon Tao Shusheng. If the four bandits break in, he will guide Cao Yinglong to capture Shang Xiuxun. In addition, we have a fake Shang Zhen. When the time comes, Yuan'er will lure Li Xiuning out of the castle, and we will seize the opportunity to capture him. The operation will take place tomorrow night."

"Your plan is quite detailed." Shen Lang kissed her on the cheek and said, "I should give you credit for this."

Shen Luoyan stared at him, "Are you just giving me credit for this achievement?"

"I've kept it in mind too." Shen Lang said this and proved it with his actions.

After the first shot, Shen Luoyan sighed softly: "I really owe you this life. Go back and tell Shang Xiuxun and let her prepare early. Then you will leave a good impression in her mind."

"No, you guys act according to the plan." Shen Lang said, "If I discuss this with Shang Xiuxun, she will have made preparations in advance. Li Tianfan might become suspicious of you. You can't expose yourself."

Shen Luoyan thought about it and nodded, "Alright, I will treat Li Xiuning well then. If you kill the four bandits, remember to rescue her quickly. Helping someone in need is more memorable than adding icing on the cake."

He added, "Remember to get more blood on your clothes so that Li Xiuning will be deeply moved, just like the night we left Xingyang."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Shen Lang said, "I'll go first."

On the way back, he thought to himself: I ran out so hard in the middle of the night. If Lao Lu knew that I was going to so much trouble for Shang Xiuxun, would he give me some more gifts as compensation?

After returning to Pegasus Ranch, he did not go back to sleep directly, but went to find Li Xiuning first.

Being a master of time management is indeed very tiring.

The cannons were fired several times.

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(End of this chapter)