miscalculation

For the next six months, Xiao Liang studied martial arts with Ji Lan, and only occasionally went to learn riding with He Xu, but he was quite inattentive.Ji Lan was a little strange, so he asked: "Brother He's riding skills are all learned from their ancestors' horseback riding during repeated battles, and Yun Zhao's sword skills are much more exquisite than mine. Feng Mian, don't you look for me?" Yun Zhao learns swords, but he refuses to concentrate on riding horses with Brother He, and only willing to learn from people like me who are not as good as them, what's the reason?"

Xiao Liang said with displeasure: "Hmph, I don't want Yun Zhao, a little attendant, to teach me. As for He Xu, don't mention it."

It turned out that Xiao Liang did ask He Xu to learn riding at first, but he didn't expect that one day he only learned with He Xu for an hour, and then he heard a girl's laughter.

He looked up, but saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl laughing loudly on a horse, and said to He Xu: "Brother, you asked for leave instead of patrolling the city, and came here to teach people how to ride horses, so you won't be afraid that your father will blame you if you find out." Huh? Besides, how did you find such a stupid apprentice?"

After hearing this, He Xu reprimanded him: "The fourth younger sister is so rude, this is His Royal Highness King Qin."

The girl was not afraid, but obediently got off her horse and bowed, saying: "He Yunxiang doesn't know His Highness, she offended you just now, and she hopes to make amends!"

He Xu also interjected: "This is Weichen's fourth sister. I hope His Highness will not take offense at the rudeness just now."

Xiao Liang saw that although she saluted, she had no regrets, knowing that her riding skills were really bad, it was no wonder she made a joke, so he said: "Miss He Si, please forgive me."

He Xu took a closer look at Xiao Liang, and seeing that he was not angry, he turned his head to He Yuanxiang and said, "I told you earlier, girls don't show their faces every day, and they always find someone to compete in horseback riding and archery. Even if it's boring, You should also wear a hood to cover it up. Today I came out to mess around again, and even bumped into His Highness King Qin, so hurry back to the mansion."

He Yuanxiang stuck out his tongue, and left.Xiao Liang saw that she was on horseback, with a beautiful figure, and secretly hated himself for not being able to compare with a woman.Thinking of He Yuanxiang's words just now, and knowing that He Xu had asked for leave to teach him, he was even more ashamed. From then on, he never asked him to learn riding skills, and only asked people to go to the Marshal's mansion to give gifts as a reward.

Xiao Liang naturally never told Ji Lan about such embarrassing things, and He Xu didn't dare to say more.Ji Lan could only teach Xiao Liang how to ride horses and swords by himself, which was much more tiring than him teaching a team of people.

Although Xiao Liang is quite serious, but his foundation is superficial, so he practiced quite hard.As a teacher, Ji Lan is extremely respectful to Xiao Liang and handles things prudently, but she doesn't relax her demands on him because of his status.Whenever Xiao Liang was lazy, he always punished him, and he himself punished himself even more severely for the crime of lax teaching.

Xiao Liang was most afraid of hurting others. Since he was a child, his father, mother, concubine, and brother were worried about his illness, and the imperial physician executed several of them.Although he was not afraid of punishment, he didn't want Ji Lan to be like this, so he could only practice martial arts with all his might.

After eight months, Xiao Liang's martial arts were able to compete with ordinary soldiers.Xiao Yilong's heart was very happy, he didn't ask for this child's ability, as long as he didn't get sick every day, he would be satisfied.

This year, both the northern and southern borders have armed forces, but the situation seems to be quite tense.The Dian Kingdom is powerful, and Gu Zhao and Ji Ze have repeatedly reported success, but there is no sign of a truce.He Xu's father, Generalissimo He Tingyu guards Dongling and the borders of the Northern Region, but sends a message saying that the Northern Region is in chaos, and asks whether to wait for an opportunity to capture it.In the court hall, Xiao Yi was also worried about this matter.

On this day, Xiao Cheng had just returned from Dian Kingdom, feeling unhappy, so he vented his anger directly at the King's Training Racecourse.Just because of the Jiaonu incident last year, he was left out in the cold, unable to lead the army and horses, and only took over the task of escorting food and grass.He had just arrived at the racecourse when he heard that Xiao Liang was also there, so he went to look for him.

Xiao Liang was very happy to see Xiao Cheng, the two chatted happily, and forgot to run fifteen laps of the training ground for a while.He and Xiao Cheng rode back together, and saw Ji Lan running around blankly.There was thunder in the sky, and it was about to rain. Ji Lan was soaked, and he knew that he had already run a lot.

Xiao Liang shouted: "I don't dare to be lazy in the future, Jingbo, stop quickly."

Ji Lan only replied: "The humble minister is not strict with his guidance, which is why the King of Qin is like this, please..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Cheng had already jumped out, drew his sword and rushed forward, saying: "If you can defeat this king, this king will forgive your sin, what do you think?"

Xiao Liang knew that elder brother Huang wanted to compete with Ji Lan a long time ago, so he didn't try to stop him.Xiao Cheng is good at fighting, but Ji Lan is the most promising handsome talent in the dynasty. Not only is he superb in martial arts, but he also deploys troops in formations.He wrote letters several times to advise Ji Ze, but he became famous all over the world without leaving the capital.

In the past few years, Xiao Yi was afraid of Ji's family's achievements, so he only appointed Ji Ze as the ever-victorious general, but only gave Ji Lan the idle job of teaching soldiers to patrol the city, and let the eldest son of the emperor, Xiao Cheng, send troops many times in order to accumulate military merit for him. .Now Xiao Cheng can't be reused, and Ji Lan is becoming more and more like a civil servant, both of them are unwilling.

Seeing Xiao Cheng coming fiercely, Ji Lan turned around, took the red-tasseled spear beside him, and started fighting with him.You must know that the Hongying spear is longer than the knife, it is enough to deal with Xiao Cheng's several moves, and ease his fatigue from running just now.The two of you come and go, it's so lively.Xiao Liang is no different than last year, he already has similar martial arts skills, so he naturally knows the danger.

Xiao Liang was afraid that they would be serious, and was thinking of how to persuade the two to stop, but Ji Lan's red-tasseled spear suddenly dropped, and Xiao Cheng's knife was already on Ji Lan's neck.

"Brother Huang, stop!" Xiao Liang was shocked and hurriedly shouted.

"You are really cunning, no matter what, today is the king's victory." Xiao Cheng retracted his saber and said.

"Although I ran several laps in a row, my physical strength was exhausted, and His Royal Highness Zhao Wang had a hard journey and was exhausted by the storm, so he was evenly matched. Since you were defeated by me." Ji Lan cupped his fists and apologized.

"Okay, okay, you can say whatever you want. I just don't know if this king has the face to ask for three days off for my seventh brother. We haven't seen each other for a long time. I hope you, a strict teacher, will be accommodating."

Xiao Liang was looking anxiously at the bloodstain on Ji Lan's neck, and looked at Brother Huang with some complaints: "Second brother, why did you cut his neck with a knife, it's so dangerous!"

Ji Lan gently pushed Xiao Liang's hand away, and said: "King Zhao has an order, how dare I refuse to obey, and allow me to retire."

Seeing him walking away, Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Seventh brother, are you so nervous about him? I saw you wrote several times saying that he was strict. I wanted to teach him a lesson for you, but you didn't appreciate it, but you even showed your face Show it to Brother Huang?"

"Hmph, I don't have one." Xiao Liang said, but Ji Lan's figure had disappeared.

"Actually, it's for his own good that I asked for leave for you." Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

"What's the reason? I never made things difficult for him." Xiao Liang asked in bewilderment.

"I heard that Mrs. Ji is looking for a suitable family for him and setting up a marriage. I guess he must want to choose a beauty at home, but now he wants to practice martial arts with you every day. Isn't he depressed?" Xiao Cheng said.

"He's getting married? Why haven't I heard of it?" Xiao Liang suddenly felt sore in his heart. Although Ji Lan has been very respectful and strict with him this year, he actually cares about him very much.The last time he walked away in anger, he was startled and sat down on the Maxima. He rolled down the cliff with himself in his arms.Ji Lan's arm was broken, and he only cared about asking him how he was doing.Father Huang also fined him three months' salary for this matter. If he hadn't pleaded for mercy, he might have changed his master long ago.

"Who will tell you about such things?"

"How did the emperor know?"

"If a threat has a weakness, of course it must be known immediately."

Xiao Liang didn't ask any more questions, just lowered his head and followed Xiao Cheng on horseback.Xiao Liang sighed and said: "Father also bestowed a marriage on fourth brother last month, but unfortunately the journey is far away, so I can't personally congratulate him."

As soon as he had spoken, he regretted it.Regarding the Jiaonu matter, even though Xiao Cheng had already developed a grudge against Xiao Zheng, it would be inappropriate to mention Xiao Zheng at this time.He hurriedly said: "I don't know how the eldest brother is recuperating in Lizhou, how is it going now, second brother, you will definitely pass by when you come back, did you go to see him?"

Xiao Qian went to Jiangnan for six months, but on the way back, he caught wind and cold, and seemed to be unacclimatized.He was going to drag his illness back to Beijing, but he didn't want to be seriously ill and had to stay in Lizhou to recuperate temporarily.Xiao Yi sent the imperial physician there, but he didn't see any improvement, and only said that he would take a rest for a few days.Such a delay, but it has been delayed for two months.Xiao Cheng rhymes with grain and grass to go to the border, and he must pass through Lizhou on the way back to Beijing, so Xiao Liang asked this question.

Xiao Cheng said casually: "I have already visited my eldest brother, but I only heard that his condition is recurring, which seems to be quite troublesome, so I dare not disturb him."

What he didn't tell Xiao Liang was that Xiao Qian was not sick, but poisoned.