lcionline Chapter 624: Bragging
Chapter 624: Bragging
Wang Qiang just treated the nonsense of inviting the host as a joke.
If one day Li Cunxi and his party really came back with treasures, he would not dare to come out for Li Cunxi's return banquet.
At this moment, in Wang Qiang's cognition, Li Cunxi and his gang are people who value money over life, and even the emperor is not taken seriously by these people.
With this thought in mind, Wang Qiang became quick-witted and decided to discuss with the Qianwei Paladin Wei'er to see if he could recruit these bandits.
There is one less Holy Envoy in Black. Isn't Li Cunxi just the right person to serve as the Holy Envoy in Black?
The more she thought about it, the more Wang Qiang felt that she was smart and alert.
Li Cunxi was standing nearby. Seeing Wang Qiang's dreamy expression, he guessed what she was thinking and continued:
"Master, we are causing trouble in the Great Zhou, and we cannot stay in the state capital for long."
"Let's rest at your house tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will rush to Liangzhou City and sell the carriage at a low price."
"Even if the carriage cannot be sold, we must find a way to get some money and then go back to invite the owner."
"After this, we will have to leave Liangzhou. The vast desert, with alternating temperatures between day and night, is unbearable for us. We should go somewhere else."
His determination to leave was evident from his words.
Li Cunxi waved his sleeves lightly and calmly glanced at the small room on the second floor.
"Where will the master place us?"
Wang Qiang came back to her senses and said quickly, "Dear guests, please follow me. I will accommodate you."
Following Wang Qiang's footsteps, everyone went to the second floor accompanied by Wei'er. Wang Qiang was very generous and allocated five rooms for everyone to live in.
Everyone was given a room, two people in each room, except Hu Jinghui, who had a room all by himself, and then they all put down their bags.
Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao were assigned to one place and began to pack their bags, revealing their gold and silver jewelry. They did not avoid Wang Qiang and openly placed the gold and silver items behind their pillows.
Wang Qiang looked down upon the gold and silver, and turned to instruct Wei'er to ask the maids to light a fire and cook to entertain Li Cunxi and his party.
Soon, a banquet table was set in the reception room of the castle.
Wang Qiang came in personally to invite everyone, and then they all sat down in the reception room.
"The host is really too polite."
Li Cunxi sighed, then he and Wang Qiang sat down as host and guest.
“As the saying goes, it is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar.”
"A little wine, just to welcome you."
Wang Qiang picked up the wine glass with a sincere expression.
He seemed to have forgotten the fact that Li Cunxi and his group killed the Black-Clothed Holy Envoy, and his mind was extremely open.
"My dear boy Xi Ze, thank you for your kindness, my master."
Li Cunxi also picked up the wine glass and drank it full.
He was not afraid at all that Wang Qiang would poison the wine, after all, the "immune to all poisons" buff had never been turned off.
Wang Qiang said loudly: "Your Excellency is truly a bold and forthright person."
After saying that, Wang Qiang also drank a full glass.
Afterwards, Wang Qiang poured another glass of wine and said to everyone, "Everyone, drink a full glass."
Li Cunxi also had his cup filled by the maid, and everyone stood up together and drank a full cup with Wang Qiang.
After two glasses of wine, Li Cunxi remained calm, thinking that this crappy wine really irritated his throat. Only Wang Qiang drank it with gusto.
The maid came forward again and poured more wine for everyone. Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Qiang said to Li Cunxi:
"Just now, I heard the honorable guest say that he wanted to go somewhere else. What does this mean?"
Li Cunxi immediately entered into acting mode, saying nothing but drinking to relieve his sorrow.
Wu Yanhao on the side hurriedly bowed and said, "Master, my brother is just in grief for a moment, please don't blame me."
"May I know who the distinguished guest is?"
"It's Xi Ze's cousin. My name is Wu Hao."
"So that's how it is, but I wonder if there are any other reasons behind it?" Wang Qiang suddenly became very interested.
Now he only wanted to find out the origins of Li Cunxi and his group. The more tragic their life experiences were, the more hatred they had towards this country.
As long as the hatred reaches a certain level, he can tell Wei'er, and the two of them can discuss it, and then extend an olive branch to this group of people.
Wu Yanhao sighed and said, "This is a long story, so I'll make it short."
"We have been robbing merchants everywhere, and our reputation is already bad. If we are caught by the government, we will surely die."
"Therefore, after much consideration, we brothers decided to leave this chaotic Great Zhou and flee to the Western Regions."
"I heard that the 19th thief Bai Helin fled to the Western Regions and is still alive and well. We also plan to go to the Western Regions to seek for a chance to make a fortune."
"It's fine to sell the carriage at a low price when we go to Liangzhou City this time, but if we can't sell it, we'll have to do two more big deals."
"The master just doesn't know that no one dared to let us stay overnight while we were fleeing."
"Just an hour or two ago, we were in Liangzhou and were turned away by a group of villagers. My cousin was so angry that he started a big commotion in the village and even killed quite a few people when he stayed in a temple."
"Including the lives of those who died tonight, at least 1,800 lives have been taken by our brothers."
When Wu Yanhao said this, he showed a helpless expression.
He raised his glass and drank some cheap wine, looking extremely lonely.
"Master, you are the only one who let us stay overnight. Although my brothers and I have become bandits, we are not people who don't know how to repay our gratitude."
"In a few days, we will do some great things and give the master some money and goods. Please remember that no matter who comes to ask, the master must not say that he knows us. Just pretend that he doesn't know us."
Wang Qiang was deeply moved at once.
Although these people from Lizhou are all bandits and fierce gangsters, they are still quite nice people.
They actually know how to repay kindness.
If the King in Black came personally to accept them into the Black Society, wouldn't they be grateful and serve the Black Society wholeheartedly?
Wang Qiang, who was quick-witted, immediately burst into laughter and said loudly:
"Why do you say that, sir?"
"Your Excellency treats me as a friend. How can I pretend not to know you for my own selfish interests?"
"Don't worry, everyone. As long as you are willing, I will definitely treat you well no matter how long you stay here!"
A fire of hope lit up Li Cunxi's eyes and he turned to look at Wang Qiang.
Lu Dayou, Hu Jinghui, Li Yuanfang and others also cheered up a little, as if they had hope for life.
Wang Qiang and Wei'er saw the whole scene.
"Friends, let us raise our glasses and celebrate our gathering together tonight."
"I, Wang Qiang, don't have any other abilities, but protecting you is easy for me. No one can take you away from me!"
"Done!"
Li Cunxi stood up suddenly and said loudly: "My dear boy Xize, thank you for your help. As long as I have a bright future, I will never forget your help!"
Wang Qiang said sincerely: "Brother Xi Ze!"
Li Cunxi: "Brother!"
"Brother Xi Ze!"
"Big brother!"