The Empire and the Kingdom

Guan Chong reassured the general, "The Guan family has fought on the battlefield for generations, and if they can wrap their bodies in horse leather, they will be considered worthy of death. I really want to die here, and you don't have to tell my father. How can there be anyone who survives on the battlefield? The Guan family is already used to it."

The guard looked at Guan Chong's leaving figure, circling around anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.If Guan Chong was killed in battle, of course Duke Anguo's government would not embarrass him, but the Guan family army has 30 troops, and most of the generals at border gates in various places are from Duke Anguo's army, so how can I hang out in the army in the future?

The guard thought of this, so he had no choice but to send more troops to follow Guan Chong, and no matter what, he had to let the prince of this small country come back in full!

When Guan Chong led his men and horses into the mountain pass, he saw the silence in the mountain. He knew that the enemy must have an ambush, so he asked people to be vigilant and move forward slowly.

As a result, when all their troops entered the mountain pass, the trees and mountains at the pass suddenly changed. When everyone turned their heads, they found that they could not find the way in at all.Everyone turned their heads and looked forward again, and found that the situation was different from what they saw before. Immediately afterwards, rolling logs and boulders fell from the hillsides on both sides, and some people put arrows on them.Guan Chong thought that the other party had an ambush, but what is this kind of ambush that instantly disappears the road?Juggling?

Relying on his high martial arts skills, he commanded his troops to approach the nearby forest. The dense forest here can temporarily resist the rolling logs, boulders and flying arrows on the mountain.However, just as the group settled down, before they had time to catch their breath, a group of people suddenly appeared in the woods, armed with a crossbow, and a row of arrows was fired at them, knocking down all their troops.After all, Guan Chong was a veteran general who commanded his men to find places to hide. The shield soldiers rushed forward, and the archers behind them began to fight back.

This wave of attack had just stabilized, and a large piece of green smoke appeared in the distance and drifted towards this side.This kind of thing is poisonous without even thinking about it. Guan Chong has already realized that the famous people in this formation just don’t show their faces, so it’s useless to bring as many people as they want. This battle.

It's just that it's a bit redundant to think about it now, how to survive is the most important issue.At this time, the way of retreat has disappeared, the road ahead is shrouded in poisonous smoke, and there are high mountains on the left and right, really falling into a dead end.

In an emergency, Guan Chong could still maintain enough calmness. He led his troops to retreat as far as possible, to see if he could find the secret of disappearing in the way of retreat.It is definitely not possible to break the formation right now, it would be nice to be able to withdraw.

The people behind searched for a long time but couldn't see where the way out was, and the smoke in front was about to drift over. At a critical moment, the people behind suddenly cheered. Guan Chong looked back, and somehow, the entrance to the mountain appeared up.

"The back team becomes the front team, withdraw!" Guan Chong gave an order, and the team withdrew at an incredible speed.Guan Chong, who was the last to go out, looked back at the smog that was just around the corner, wondering if the smog would harm the people of Fenglei Pass once it came out, but it turned out that the smog stopped blowing out when it reached the mountain pass, which is also miraculous.

The soldiers who survived the catastrophe all let out a sigh of relief.Guan Chong asked who found the mechanism to open the door. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one found it. Yamaguchi appeared by himself.

Could it be that someone is helping them?Guan Chong looked up and looked around, but still couldn't find anyone.Today's temptation can only go so far, and the trapped soldiers inside are probably in danger.Thinking of this, Guan Chong reorganized his team and returned to Fenglei Pass.

At night, Guan Chong secretly climbed over the wall and left Fenglei Pass, and rushed to the mountain pass alone.He understands that this formation can only be outsmarted and cannot be attacked by force.He didn't want the soldiers to suffer more casualties, and it was safer for him to come in and explore the formation by himself.

He didn't move after entering the mountain pass, so that if there was any movement behind him, he could spot it immediately.There was no change behind him, and the road ahead was also quiet, none of the attacks he encountered during the day.

Is the enemy asleep?He rubbed his head, or did he say that his target was too small for the enemy to notice?

He continued to walk in cautiously, and after a few more steps, there was still no movement behind him.He walked like this for a while and stopped for a while to observe the situation.I have been going out far, far away, so far away that the mountain pass is almost invisible, and there is no change.

Guan Chong continued to walk forward, turned a corner, and he saw the camp ahead.Turn on the lights, and there are still people talking. This is obviously Anguo's army.

He took a few more steps forward, and suddenly his feet softened. He realized that something was wrong, and the person had already been flying in the air. At this time, a net was placed over the hood, and arrows were fired in all directions.Guan Chong was in mid-air at this time, with a net above, a pit below, and arrows around. There is no way to go to heaven or to go to earth.Suddenly there was a cold light, and the net above was split in two. Guan Chong took the opportunity to rush out of the attack range of the random arrows.When his body jumped to the highest point, a flagpole appeared in the air. Guan Chong stepped on the flagpole to borrow strength, and jumped up two feet abruptly. At this moment, he looked down and finally saw clearly the dotted tents below. What shape is it.This is like a chessboard, the tent is like a chess piece, and the position he was in just now is a place of Qi.Because the tents are all the same color, he can't tell how the game is going.

His figure has fallen, but the place where he landed is exactly between the other camps.He knew someone was helping him, and he already knew who it was.

After he landed, he only felt the temperature behind him suddenly rise. When he looked back, he saw the flames soaring into the sky.Many Anguo soldiers ran out of their tents, ready to fetch water to put out the fire.I don't know what mechanism they triggered, Guan Chong only felt that the surrounding mountains were different when he moved his feet.The original water source is gone, leaving only an open space.The soldiers saw that the fire could not be saved, so they ran out quickly.But they ran very skillfully, running in circles, always out of a certain range, as if there was danger outside.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no way to save it.Only then did Guan Chong understand that those staying here were simply a group of soldiers, without generals.Having experienced many battles, he understands that this is simply impossible. No matter how small a battle is, someone must lead the army. Even if the chess game is powerful, it is impossible for a group of soldiers to guard here, and the general will go out to rest.Then the only explanation is that the general has been killed.

When the fire was raging and there was no room for the soldiers to run around in circles, there were several loud noises in the middle of the camp. Guan Chong heard the sound of the noose turntable under his feet. Turning his feet, the mountain in front of him changed back to its original appearance.The soldiers really had nowhere to hide, so they finally tried to go outside, and found that no mechanism was triggered at all, so they scattered in a crowd, and all fled in the direction of An Guo.

Guan Chong didn't quite understand that he was too inconspicuous?None of the soldiers attacked him, they just wanted to run for their lives.

The fire had spread to a place very close to him, but he still didn't run away, he was waiting for someone to come out.

"The fire is imminent, why don't you run away?" A woman's voice appeared.

Guan Chong shook his head, "If I leave you here, my father will kill me when I get home."

"Cut!" A woman in yellow clothes walked out of the flames and looked at him with a smile on her face, "I saved you all, remember to credit me when you go back, brother."

Guan Chong laughed and said, "Naturally, you are the strongest in our family."

The people who can make Guan Chong so hard to let go are of course the Guan family.And the person who can break the chessboard array is of course Guan Xuejing who just came down from Feiyejin and rushed to the border to help because of Feng Jingsu's letter.

With Guan Xuejing, the chessboard formation was broken, and the troops trapped before were rescued. The Anguo army automatically retreated to the territory of Anguo, and the border troubles were relieved.After inviting the emperor, Guan Chong led his troops back to the court.

After hearing Guan Chong's story, the emperor smiled and said, "An Qing, I used to say that all your sons and daughters are fierce generals, but I didn't expect your daughter to be so powerful now."

An Guogong said with a smile: "Your Majesty is absurd, the little girl is messing around, and His Majesty is laughing."

"You can't say that." The emperor waved his hand, "Yun Yi is also studying at Feiyejin Academy, so he is not a fool."

"How can my little girl compare to Princess Yunyi?" Duke An hurriedly humbled.

At this time, Guan Xuejing, who was no match for Princess Yunyi, was drinking tea in Shenhe Palace.

"Didn't you come to thank me?" Feng Jingsu asked.

Guan Xuejing stood up, adjusted her clothes, and bowed to the ground, "My daughter, Princess Xie Yunyi, reported the letter, so that my daughter can rush to the border in time to save my elder brother."

"Call me senior sister." Feng Jingsu smiled.

Guan Xuejing immediately leaned over, "Senior sister, I'm back, what can I do?"

Feng Jingsu asked her to sit down, "Xuejing, this is the last time I ask you, are you really determined to help me? Your Guan family has a large army, and any behavior of standing in line is a taboo for my father." Feng Jingsu must Make the stakes clear, although she knew Guan Xuejing was clear enough.

Guan Xuejing accepted the joke, "Princess, I have thought very clearly for a long time, my position does not represent the Guan family, so the help I can give you is limited, but I am very sure of my position, from the beginning In the end, nothing changed."

Feng Jingsu shook her head, it was really their academy's way of doing things, not relying on the family, not relying on the husband's family, a group of women working alone, I don't know if Yun Guo can be replaced by a woman in power?

"Okay." Feng Jingsu reached out her hand, and Guan Xuejing reached out to pat her without hesitation, and the two officially formed an alliance.

"Is there anything going on in the academy recently? Yi Guo and Li Guo are at war, and the head of the academy won't be indifferent." Feng Jingsu is not in a hurry to arrange Guan Xuejing to do things, and it is only in the preparation stage at present, so there is no rush.

Guan Xuejing frowned at the mention of the director, "The director doesn't go out much recently, and the news we got was from Master Jiang. She said that the director cuts paper figures in the room every day."

"Paper figurine?" Feng Jingsu sounded fresh, why didn't she know that the head of the courtyard also has a hobby of paper-cutting?

Guan Xuejing nodded, "Keep cutting and cutting. It is said that it is for self-cultivation and control of anger. Then I heard that sometimes when I can't control it, I will cut all the paper figurines in half with a scissor." Guan Xuejing raised her right hand , made a chopping action.

"Hiss..." Feng Jingsu felt her back hurt when she heard it. "It seems that the headmaster is very irritable."

"Isn't that right, now the academy is well-behaved from the master to the disciples, and they don't dare to provoke the head of the school at all. Master Zhou personally cooks the dishes for the head of the school, and everyone is afraid that the head of the school will go down the mountain in a fit of anger. Senior Sister of the National Gang beat Senior Sister Hanyou." Guan Xuejing spoke vividly, and Feng Jingsu could feel the current low pressure in the academy just by brainstorming.

"Then my master..." Is it a real apprentice, or is he most concerned about his unreliable master Jiang Fengmin.

"Master Jiang is of course the worst. You know that she stays in Feihua Xiaozhu every day, and she doesn't know how to restrain herself when she sees the headmaster being irritable. She even provokes her every day, and she will be beaten by the headmaster." Guan Xuejing Spread your hands. "However, if there is no shot from the head of the academy, I always thought that the academy said that the martial arts of the head of the academy is good to show respect." Guan Xuejing recalled, these two were really gods fighting, she felt that Jiang Feng was pitiful. His martial arts are really high, if it were him, there would be no scum left.However, the fight between the two actually happened for real, and the masters in the academy were still very calm, not even a single one wanted to fight.

After hearing this, Feng Jingsu didn't know whether to cry or laugh. "My master did it on purpose. The head of the school will always be angry, and being bored in the heart is not good for your health." The person who knows the head of the school best in the world is definitely Jiang Fengmin, and she did this only in the hope of the head of the school. Don't just sulk.

When Guan Xuejing heard the words, "Bah bah" twice, "They've been abused again, they are real!" After realizing that she had been fed a mouthful of dog food, she quickly picked up her teacup and took a sip, "Senior sister, if you If there's nothing else, I'll go first."

"So anxious?" Feng Jingsu smiled slyly, "Do you want to go to Feng's house?"

Guan Xuejing, who hadn't swallowed the tea in her mouth, was choked by the tea and coughed for a long time before she stopped. She took the handkerchief Feng Jingsu handed over to wipe her mouth, and said, "Senior sister, don't talk to the masters. Same, specifically inquiring about this kind of gossip, I was going to trick relatives."

"To cover up the obvious." Feng Jingsu said with a smile.

At Feng's house, Feng Qianzi is studying chess records. She loves to play chess. In the past, when her brothers and sisters were together, they often played chess together for fun. Now everyone has something to do. Even the third brother Feng Wanji has to go to school every day , she was the only one left, but she couldn't even find a chess player.

"Cousin, let's play chess." A voice suddenly came from the wall, Feng Jingsu put down the chess piece in her hand and looked up, and saw Guan Xuejing wearing a brand new dress doing the movement of climbing over the wall.

"You don't want to leave?" Feng Qianzi said angrily.

"Mo Yuan is guarding the gate." Feng Qianzi knew that this annoying spirit had returned, so in order not to let her enter the yard, she specially arranged for a maid to guard the gate every day.

"Then you climb over the wall?" Feng Qianzi frowned. What did this guy learn after ten years of studying?Learned to climb over the wall?

"Don't care about this small detail, I'll play chess with you, I'm very good at chess now." Guan Xuejing jumped off the wall, walked over with a smile and sat opposite Feng Qianzi.Just as she was about to reach for the chess pieces, she suddenly felt that her sleeves were in the way, so she rolled up her sleeves, revealing a piece of snow-white arm.

Feng Qianzi's gaze was slightly concentrated, and she subconsciously avoided Guan Xuejing's arm, "Who said I want to play chess with you?" She made a gesture to leave, but Guan Xuejing grabbed her wrist.

"Cousin, next game, don't be too polite." Guan Xuejing held Feng Qianzi's wrist and did not let go.

Feng Qianzi was angry, "Who is being polite to you? Let go!"

Guan Xuejing quickly let go, and raised her retracted paw awkwardly, "I didn't do anything, why are you angry again?"

Feng Qianzi glared at her, "Go home and don't bother me!"

Guan Xuejing looked at Feng Qianzi's back as she entered the room innocently, then turned her head and asked Bai Fang who came to clean up the chessboard, "What's wrong with your lady? Who messed with her?"

Bai Fang looked at Guan Xuejing like a fool, and shook his head, "Miss Guan San, please go back, my lady is very good, as for why you are angry, you go back and think about it yourself."

Coming excitedly, Guan Xuejing, who touched her nose and left, locked herself in her room when she got home. She couldn't figure out why Feng Qianzi was angry.Because he entered the palace first, he was not the first to see her?After thinking about it, she felt something was wrong, Feng Qianzi was not such a stingy person, did she accidentally offend her?Guan Xuejing's head was going to explode after thinking about it, but she couldn't figure out why.

An Guogong brought Guan Chong back from the palace and called Guan Xuejing to the front yard.

"Jing'er, Your Majesty said that you have made great achievements this time, and His Majesty will issue a decree to reward you tomorrow." Duke An was very happy. All his sons have become successful, even this youngest daughter can make great contributions to the country.

Guan Xuejing didn't care about the rewards, "It's good that I can help my father and brothers."

The next day, under the imperial decree, Guan Chong made meritorious deeds in defending the frontier. He was promoted to a rank of official and a rank of noble, and he was also given a large amount of jewelry, jade, silk, satin and money.Guan Xuejing made great achievements in breaking the formation, and was rewarded more than Guan Chong.After the Guan family thanked her, the Duke's wife Hou asked Guan Xuejing to send some of the rewards to her two sisters.The three daughters of the Guan family, the eldest daughter Guan Xuebing and the second daughter Guan Xueling are all descended from the concubine Luo's family.Luo Shi is delicate and gentle, and does not make trouble in this Duke's mansion. Hou Shi is also generous, and the relationship between the two is not bad, because Luo Shi has no son, and the two daughters will just accompany some dowry in the future. Guan Xuejing is not around all year round In the mansion, Guan Xuebing and Guan Xueling are very considerate and well-behaved, and they never go outside to cause trouble, so the Hou family is also very good to the two concubines.

Guan Xuejing has learned her skills. In the future, no matter whether she goes to help in the army or stays in the capital to preside over the Duke's Mansion, she will be a good hand. This kind of reward will definitely not be less in the future, but as an ordinary rich lady, there will be no Here's a chance to get this reward.

The author has something to say: Head of the Academy: Two apprentices fight, I am angry ╰_╯

Jiang Fengmin: Be good, don't get angry.

Headmaster: Cut this disobedient person to death with a pair of scissors!

Jiang Fengmin: Who is this?Hanyou?

Headmaster: Could it be Chen Xu?

Jiang Fengmin: You are really partial.

Headmaster: Are you looking for a fight?

Masters: Come on, head of the courtyard ^[-]^~ beat her up!