treacherous world
Chapter 234
"Nightmare?" Seeing the Queen Mother's strange expression, Bai Yutang was a little puzzled, "What nightmare?"
"Oh..." The queen mother flicked her sleeves lightly, causing the left and right to step back, and beckoned to Bai Yutang, Gongsun and Pang Yu, and let them enter the room to talk again.
Everyone followed the Queen Mother into the room and took their seats. Concubine Pang took Xiangxiang and the fourth son to the room behind the screen, and wanted to listen too, as if the matter was of great importance.
"Bai Shaoxia, Mr. Gongsun, do you usually dream?" The queen mother just sat down, and suddenly asked a very inexplicable question.
Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Very little."
Gongsun thought for a while, "Occasionally."
"Then... have you ever tried making your dreams come true?"
Bai Yutang smiled lightly, "I understand that the dream come true seems to have nothing to do with dreaming."
Gongsun looked at the sky, thinking that he had dreamed of being with Zhao Pu for a long time, so it really was a long time... Is this a good dream or a nightmare?
The queen mother nodded, "Most people think that they don't dream for no reason. Dreams always carry some kind of omen. Happy dreams are auspicious and auspicious, while bad dreams are ominous. Just ignore them."
Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and listened patiently, not quite understanding what the Empress Dowager wanted to express.
"It happened 40 years ago." The Empress Dowager said, "I heard what the late emperor said. At that time, he was still young. There were murders in the palace one after another, and there were even maids and eunuchs who went crazy and committed murders, so people panicked."
Bai Yutang calculated that 40 years ago was when the palace was in chaos, so he could understand it.
"The reason was found out later." The Queen Mother whispered, "It turns out...it was because of a strange dream."
"Dream?" Pang Yu was surprised when he heard this, "Does dreaming drive people crazy?"
"Yes!" the queen mother said, "One year, there was a thunderstorm in Kaifeng, and the lightning struck many houses, which later burned down and killed many people."
Gongsun nodded, "There are records in various history books."
"That year, lightning struck a dry well. It is said that when someone found it, there was only a stone jar left in the dry well, and the lid of the jar was split in two. There was a strange symbol spell on the lid. In the middle of the seal of the article, there is a big word '惊'."
It was the first time Bai Yutang heard of such an evil thing, he was a little puzzled, "Isn't there something sealed there?" Exactly! "The Queen Mother looked serious, "There is a kind of monster sealed there, called Nightmare. "
"The jar was split open, does that mean Nightmare has escaped?" Pang Yu was puzzled.
"After that, strange things started happening again and again. Everyone started to dream, and after the dream, they went crazy and became more and more chaotic." The queen mother shook her head, "I just heard that the first emperor was still young, and it is said that the whole of Kaifeng was panicked until one day. A Taoist priest surnamed Gu appeared and once again sealed that nightmare."
"Then where did you put the succubus later?" Pang Yu was curious, "Oh, this thing is too dangerous, so it should be guarded heavily."
"The point is that the Taoist didn't tell anyone where the Dream Demon was sealed, except Taizong." The Queen Mother said here, and sighed, "and after Taizong died, no one knew where that thing was anymore."
When Bai Yutang heard this, he saw the worried look on the Queen Mother's face, so he comforted him, "But so far, there have been people who killed themselves in dreams, and there has never been a case where others were killed because of dreams."
"The maid just now..."
"The queen mother is too nervous." Gongsun also comforted, "It's better not to mention this matter again, otherwise..."
"The Ai family understands." The queen mother nodded again and again, "At this time, the world will be in chaos."
The Empress Dowager is not an old woman who has never seen the scene before, knowing that she can't talk nonsense at this time, people are panicked, she lost her mind for a while, but soon returned to normal.She called the old maids and told them not to mention the nightmare.
Bai Yutang and Pang Yu left the other courtyard. Originally, Bai Yutang decided to send them back and then go back, but now they should not be able to leave. The safety of the Queen Mother and Concubine Pang cannot be ignored.
"Oh, Mr. Gongsun." Pang Yu crossed his arms with a curious expression on his face, "What is a nightmare? A god or an evil monster?"
Gongsun frowned and pondered for a while, "Nightmare, it should be similar to the succubi recorded in the ancient annals of gods and monsters. It is a demon that resides in people's dreams for many years and influences people's minds to achieve their own goals."
"That's just a legend." Bai Yutang never believed in ghosts and gods.
Gongsun nodded.
At this moment, I saw the fourth son coming out from the other courtyard, holding a soup cup in his hand, and said to Gongsun, "Daddy, Auntie Fat seems to have a reaction, she can't eat anything."
Gongsun frowned, "Tsk... Concubine Pang has been frightened a lot these days, and she seems to be in a bad mood recently."
Pang Yu sighed, "She doesn't know what's wrong. When she first found out about Youxi a while ago, she didn't know how happy she was, but these days she suddenly became depressed."
"It's because of Huanghuang's dream." The fourth son put down the soup cup, took out a hair comb, and grabbed a stone to comb his hair.
"Concubine Pang told you?" Gongsun was a little worried... It doesn't matter if it's a nightmare or a nightmare, it doesn't matter if it makes trouble, but if Zhao Zhen's mind is fascinated and he makes random decisions, it's no small matter.
"Yeah." The fourth son was quite unhappy, "Auntie Fat said, the emperor has been dreaming for the past two days, or the Jiujiu Mutiny happened, or a catastrophe came, or there were assassins who attacked the palace secretly." The fire burnt out... In short, it is unknown. So she is worried whether someone will say that the fetus in her belly is unlucky, and there will be some gossip at that time."
Bai Yutang understood the real reason why Zhao Zhen sent Concubine Pang here.If you are just worried about having nightmares, you can sleep in a separate room, and you are sent here to stay away from the palace—could it be that Zhao Zhen had already predicted that there would be troubles in the palace in the near future?
"Who is buried in the unnamed stele outside?" Bai Yutang couldn't help asking Pang Yu.
Pang Yu hesitated for a moment, then said, "General Wu Ming."
Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, "Wu Ming... I seem to have heard of this name before."
"I've heard of it too." Gongsun nodded, "Zhao Pu also mentioned it before. It is said that in addition to literary and martial arts, he also knows whether he is a god of divination? It's a pity that he died early, and he committed suicide."
Pang Yu smiled, "My sister and Wu Ming grew up as childhood sweethearts. Wu Ming is the son of a woodcutter and works as a servant in my house. Because he has a lot of strength, my father asked him to be my sister's follower. Keep her safe."
Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly... What else?
"My sister was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she has a very aggressive and domineering personality. Basically, everyone in the mansion is afraid of her, but Wu Ming, who obeys her words, fascinates her. But the two identities are too different. Wu Ming wants to be able to be with her sister. The name is right, he joined the army, worked very hard, and climbed very fast. In fact, my father was very optimistic about him in the early years, thinking that he would become a great weapon, but later my sister went to the palace for a walk and let the emperor take a fancy to him Yes, when the two met, they were not very young, so they fell in love with each other. Later... Wu Ming was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and sent to the border. When he came back, he would kneel down and call my sister the princess."
Gongsun and Bai Yutang looked at each other——Zhao Zhen must be playing dirty, transferred his rival away, and embraced the beauty himself.
"Wu Ming could tell that my sister really loved the emperor, so she didn't force her, and waited silently. A few years ago, the emperor was attacked while on patrol, and Wu Ming rescued him and died. There was only one request before his death, not to write his name on his tombstone. He was originally nameless, but the name 'Wu Ming' was given to him by my sister when she was a child. Burying him on the hillside outside the gate of the mansion will protect my sister for the rest of her life... This other courtyard was originally rebuilt from Wu Ming's General's Mansion."
Bai Yutang secretly raised his eyebrows—he is still an infatuated kind, even if Zhao Zhen is magnanimous, but men will always be a little jealous, he will take the initiative to send Concubine Pang here to live temporarily, could it be that he really expected a big disaster, borrow Wu A heroic soul protecting Concubine Pang's mother and son?
"Oh." Pang Yu curled his lips and waved his hands again and again, "I said you must not mention Wu Ming in front of my sister, she must be in a bad mood."
Both Bai Yutang and Gongsun nodded.
Speaking of this, I saw the fourth son squatting in front of the tombstone and looking at it, "It's the tomb of the great general. Is the official rank as big as Jiujiu?"
Pang Yu was overjoyed, and knelt down to poke his fleshy cheek, "Little Si, do you still know the size of the official rank?"
"I know!" The fourth son rubbed his face, "Jiujiu said on the day that there is no need for the imperial mausoleum and underground palace, and that he will be buried under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree on Xiaoyao Island with daddy in the future."
Gongsun hurriedly covered the fourth son's mouth to stop him from talking nonsense.
Bai Yutang looked at the manor, "This used to be Wu Ming's home?"
"Yeah." Pang Yu nodded, "The study is still there, do you want to go and have a look?"
Gongsun also nodded, "That's right, if Wu Ming is proficient in divination and divination, it's really worth seeing."
Pang Yu went to get the key, showed Bai Yutang and the others around the mansion, and went into the study to have a look.
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At this time, the palace was even more lively, and the meeting time was very short.There have been a lot of things going on recently, and it can be regarded as a small ordeal. All the officials worked together to overcome the difficulties, especially Zhao Pu, Bao Zheng and Pang Grand Master who were in charge of this westward trip, and Zhao Zhen gave them awards.
In addition, Zhao Zhen also did two unexpected things:
First, Zhao Cong was canonized as General Shaoqi, serving in the Zhao family army, and the specific position was arranged by Zhao Pu.
After Zhao Zhen finished rewarding one letter, Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were almost overjoyed, the Eighth Prince was elated, Zhao Cong was a little dumbfounded, and Zhao Pu was speechless.He looked at Zhao Zhen helplessly, and Zhao Zhen held back a smile with a serious face... But it was clear that the problem was entrusted to him. Being excluded has nothing to do with Zhao Zhen, everything is pushed to Zhao Pu.
Another thing is to ask the Grand Master and Bao Zheng to help him temporarily act as Minister of the Ministry of War for a period of one year. During this year, he will find a suitable candidate.
Everyone knows that the Kaifeng Mansion is entangled in important cases, and Mr. Bao is also the prime minister and a bachelor of Longtuge, so he has no time to distract himself from the affairs of the Ministry of War. I gave it to Taishi Pang, and Bao Zheng was brought along to avoid suspicion.Anyone who understands knows that Concubine Pang is pregnant, and no matter whether she has a boy or a girl, she is already the second blood of the royal family... This has made a great contribution to the already dying Zhao family dynasty. Zhao Zhen is changing the way to reward her. Grand Master Pang.Although Zhao Pu holds great power, the position of minister of the Ministry of War has little power, but it is a position of real power.Grand Master Pang's promotion this time can be regarded as a little bit of competition for Zhao Cong's military power, and it was Zhao Zhen who played a balancing act.
Grand Master Pang was naturally overjoyed, and after thanking Zhao Zhen, he turned around and said goodbye to Bao Zheng.
Bao Zheng stroked his beard, raised his eyebrows slightly at him, and signaled—congratulations.
Grand Master Pang smiled even more.
At the same time, Yeluqi and others attacked Miansheng, and sent countless gifts of thanks. After a few words of politeness, it was getting late, and Zhao Zhen gave the order—a grand banquet in the Royal Garden for all the officials.
Zhan Zhao stood in a daze among the crowd, it wasn't like singing and dancing in the palace, it was just that there were many bureaucrats in the court, and when he stood with Master Bao and Zhao Pu, he could see the people in front of him.
Zhao Pu also received a reward this time, and it seems that a few more titles have been added to the long list, anyway, no one except Zhe Ying remembers the long list.
At this time, the two people who attracted the most attention in the audience were Zhao Pu and Zhao Cong.
Zhao Pu's military power is in his hands, and the emperor doesn't seem to want to seize his power... and the uncle and nephew have a deep relationship and trust each other, so the ministers rushed up to flatter him.What's more, Bao Zheng and Pang Yu, two important ministers, were beside him. For a while, people who came to greet him lined up.
Zhan Zhao was really bored, so he went to the table and sat side by side with Xiao Liang.
Although Xiao Liangzi was young, he looked like an adult. He stared at Zhao Pu in front of him expressionlessly, as if he was afraid that someone would sneak up on his master.
Zi Ying peeled chestnuts for him and stuffed them into his mouth, "Xiao Liangzi, don't be so serious! Smile!"
Xiao Liang chewed the chestnuts and immediately smiled at Ziying, then turned around and continued to monitor Zhao Pu seriously, making Ziying and Zhan Zhao dumbfounded.
Not far away, there were many people around Zhao Cong, most of them estimated that Zhao Cong might gain power, so they came up to make friends.The other group of people were those alien races who came from afar. The crowd, headed by Yeluqi, seemed to be sizing up.
While holding the lamp, all the officials were still chatting, Zhan Zhao and Xiao Liang suddenly held their chins together and let out a long sigh.
What Zhan Zhao was thinking at this moment was - it's really boring, Yutang doesn't know what he's doing.
What Xiao Liang thought was - it's so boring, if he didn't come because he had to look at the master, Jin'er doesn't know what he is doing now.
Just when the two of them were almost unbearable, the bell rang three times, and the emperor arrived.
Zhao Zhen appeared in front of the crowd in casual clothes, and signaled to the ministers that they don't need to pay too much money, just enjoy themselves today, and then there will be singing and dancing, good wine and good banquets.
When Zhan Zhao saw the best pear blossom wine and plump autumn crabs delivered to him, he felt better.
All the ministers were busy drinking and he was busy eating crabs. He thought the taste was good, but compared with the crabs in the empty island, it was far worse.Zhan Zhao poked at the crab's cover and pried it open. Although Bai Yutang was clumsy and couldn't cook, he was pretty good at peeling the crab.
Xiao Liang watched Zhan Zhao compete with a crab, and couldn't help poking him, "Brother Zhan, it's faster to peel from the back."
Zhan Zhao blinked, turned around and snapped! ——Sure enough!
Xiao Liang handed over the handkerchief, and when Zhan Zhao ate, he was like the fourth son, with a childish accent, eating and playing for a while.He was just thinking it was fun, Zhan Zhao wiped his face with crab roe, "You are the kid!"
Xiao Liang took the handkerchief and wiped his face awkwardly.
"Hey."
At this time, Ziying quietly nudged Zhan Zhao with her elbow, motioning him to look ahead.
Zhan Zhao raised his head, and saw that among the group of people from different races opposite, General Bayan was holding a wine glass, talking to Yeluqi, and a young man stood behind Bayan.This man looked a bit like a mixed race, half Liao and half Han, his appearance was very outstanding, his tall and thin figure looked very capable.
"Who is that?" Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled.
"Ba Yan's apprentice, the number one warrior in the Western Regions, Long Ge.
"Longge?" Zhan Zhao felt that the name seemed familiar.
"This kid is amazing. He fought with Bayan when he was a teenager. When Bayan was almost captured alive by the prince, fortunately he rescued him. He is a wolf cub just like Xiao Liangzi." Zi Ying curled his lips, "The prince thought he was a talent back then, so he didn't kill him."
"It's a talent and it's from a foreign race." Pang Ji shook his head, "Tsk tsk, the prince is too kind."
"No, the lord is planning to let him grow up and become stronger, which is more fun." Ziying kept shaking her head, "and the lord is a generation older than him, so how can the lord bully the younger?"
"What are they talking about?" Zhan Zhao knew that Ziying was proficient in lip language, and knew that he must have understood something, so he called himself.
"That boy Bayan played tricks and asked Longge to challenge Zhao Cong." Ziying told Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "That kid Zhao Cong's kung fu can't beat Longge's at all."
Zhan Zhao looked at the young man and asked, "Is he very powerful?"
"Hmm...how should I put it?" Zi Ying curled her lips, "If you say that Xiao Liangzi is a wolf cub, but grew up beside the prince and has human nature, as far as I know, Longge is different. For meat-eating wolves, whether they are powerful or not is second, the key is to be ruthless!"
Zhan Zhao frowned.
Sure enough, after drinking for three rounds, Bayan said he would find someone to compete in martial arts to cheer him up.
Zhao Zhen was very relaxed, and said in his heart, you compare, Zhao Pu and Zhan Zhao are both here, compare how you like.So he nodded and said yes, and asked who would go out.
Bayan stood up, "Emperor, we can't beat Zhao Pu, and now you and I are better, so we don't have to fight Zhao Pu anymore."
Zhao Putting his chin, he thought to himself that you, a savage, are still stammering when you speak.
The ministers also felt that Bayan spoke directly.
"I have a successor." Bayan patted Long Ge, "I heard that the Ninth Prince also has a successor, why don't we let the two of them compete to see who is the best!"
Zhao Zhen was stunned, "Uncle Jiu's successor?"
Bayan raised his eyebrows, "Emperor, we've heard all the way that it's the young master named Zhao Cong... The emperor was attacked that day, and he saved you. Now he is regarded as a general, he must be very powerful!"
Zhao Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and thought that Zhao Cong only needed to call "Guardian" and it was Dead Leaf who helped beat the assassin away.
Everyone present looked at Zhao Cong, but Bayan turned to Zhao Pu, "Ninth Prince, to be your successor, martial arts must be very strong, help me teach Longge."
Long Ge came out and glanced at Zhao Cong.
Although Zhao Cong is not as weak as he was when he was a child, his kung fu is still quite good, at most above the average level, and it would be courting death for him to fight Long Ge.He never expected that the people from the Liao Kingdom would give him a big blow as soon as they arrived... But wouldn't it be embarrassing if he just sat still at this time?
The ministers are also a little bit interested in watching the show... especially those generals.For one thing, Zhao Pu's army has been in the army for many years, relying on strength to win, and the whole army is convinced.But this Zhao Cong is new here, just because his surname is Zhao, he wants to be the next successor of the Zhao family army?There are quite a few generals who are highly skilled in martial arts, but they are only the same age or lieutenant generals so far. Zhao Cong has become a general without any merit.
But it was the Eighth Prince who was most anxious at this time.
He naturally knew that Zhao Cong was not good at martial arts, so he quickly waved his hands, "Oh, General Bayan misunderstood, although Cong'er is Ze Lan's nephew, it is not a successor relationship, those are just rumors. Ze Lan is still young, Who said he was leaving?"
Zhan Zhao saw that Zhao Cong's expression was slightly dark, sure enough, in the son's mind, the father's opinion is the most important.The Eight Kings also had Lord Cheshire protect him since he was a child, but in his opinion, it might just be a kind of contempt.Now that he is back, the Eight Kings and the princess feel guilty towards him and treat him better.But there is one thing that cannot be changed, that is, in their minds, Zhao Cong is not as good as Zhao Pu... At least, Zhao Cong thinks so.
When the Eighth Prince said this, a large group of foreigners on the opposite side were collectively discouraged - originally thought that Zhao Zhen was worried about Zhao Pugong Gao Zhenzhu so he deliberately cut his power, but it was just a rumor.Gotta... Everyone spread their hands, there's no point!
Bayan frowned, "That's okay, why don't you find a younger general and fight Longge to learn something. Longge, who do you want to fight with?"
After all, Bayan is a rough person, and he speaks straight to the point. Longge turned to look at Zhao Pu, "You!"
Zhao Pu was drinking with his chin in one hand, thinking about the stakes in it... At first he thought that Zhao Cong would have something to do with foreigners, after all, he had traveled to many places over the years.But now it looks far from the case, who is supporting him and giving him so many people to help?
"Why don't I let my followers try?" Zhao Cong felt ashamed, so he wanted to save some of the dead leaves.
Long Ge looked at him and said with disdain, "I am the general's apprentice, your bodyguards are only worthy of competing with my bodyguards, if you have the courage, you can do it yourself."
Zhao Cong turned pale and was about to go up, but the Eighth Prince grabbed his hand.Zhao Cong was very annoyed, and always felt that the eyes of the officials had changed when they looked at him, with a bit of contempt.
Longge pointed at Zhao Pu, "Zhao Pu, come here!"
Zhan Zhao took a crab leg to watch the fun, and thought, this banquet is much more interesting than expected, but it's a pity that Bai Yutang didn't come.
Zhao Pu looked up at Longge, looked him up and down, smiled, and asked Bayan slowly, "Is he your apprentice? His kung fu seems to be better than yours."
When Bayan saw Zhao Pu open his mouth, he knew that nothing good was going on, so he was vigilant, "The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead..."
"You're running really slow."
"Pfft..." Zhao Pu's words made many generals laugh.
Ouyang Shaozheng gnawed a chicken leg and looked at Longge's displeasure, and asked him, "Hey, shall I fight you?"
Longge turned his head and saw that it was Huo Qilin, raised his eyebrows, "You can."
But before Ouyang stood up, Zhao Pu said, "You are an adult, what's the point of competing with a little boy, I, Zhao Jiajun, are not used to beat milk babies."
Zhan Zhao listened to Zhao Pu's words, and thought to himself, Zhao Pu, you practiced a poisonous tongue with Gongsun, that's why the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and you call them Naiwazi when you are over 20...
"Zhao Pu, you dare to insult me!" Long Ge's face turned red.
Zhao Pu smiled, "I'm not interested, you're not good-looking enough."
Zi Ying curled her lips beside Zhan Zhao, "Look, Mr. isn't here, he's talking nonsense again."
Zhan Zhao is also funny.
Longge drew out his knife, obviously annoyed, "Zhao Pu, no matter who it is, you choose someone to fight with me! Or you come in person."
Zhao Zhen and the officials held teacups to watch the fun, Zhao Cong's face was uncertain.As expected of Zhao Pu, he has seen it before. No matter how unreasonable the other party provokes, he can deal with it without being surprised, and he has the upper hand without knowing it.
Bao Zheng also whispered to Zhan Zhao, "The Ninth Prince is really a supervisory scene, and you can still talk and laugh in this situation."
The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, "My lord, he's just playing a hooligan..."
The shadow guards on the side nodded and nodded.
Zhao Pu put down his teacup, "Xiao Liangzi."
"Master." Xiao Liang beside him couldn't bear it long ago, and looked at Long Ge very unpleasantly.
"You go." Zhao Pu said slowly, "It's too far away for a guest, let him order."
As soon as Zhao Pu spoke, everyone was dumbfounded... Everyone knew that Xiao Liang was Zhao Pu's apprentice. Anyway, this child was always raised with the fourth son in Zhao Pu and Gongsun's house, so he was considered a son.But no matter how you look at it, he is just a child who is a few years older than the fourth son.
Zhan Zhao nodded, this is the real baby boy.
Xiao Liang took off his outer clothes, walked into the room, looked at Longge, "Are you better than fists or feet?"
Long Ge froze on the spot, looked at Xiao Liang for a while, and asked, "How old are you?"
Xiao Liang raised his eyebrows, "You don't care how old I am, I'm weaned anyway."
Zhan Zhao Fu's forehead, the little Liangzi who used to have a good root, instantly has the same virtue as Zhao Pu!
Bayan and the others shook their heads secretly—sure enough!This mouth is exactly like Zhao Pu.
Long Ge's face turned red, "How dare you come up to the martial arts competition as a child? I have learned martial arts at least twice as long as you! Change!"
Xiao Liang slowly rolled up his sleeves, "My master is not only twice as strong as your master, he taught me one day that you and your master can't learn in a year, so stop talking nonsense and gossip."
Yeluqi sighed lightly, "As expected of Zhao Pu's apprentice."
Many generals in the army who don't know Xiao Liang also find it interesting, isn't this just like a little Zhao Pu!
Zhao Pu nodded appreciatively, "Well, Xiao Liangzi has begun to understand my essence!"
Zhan Zhao turned his head, and a group of shadow guards gathered together to reflect deeply—what's wrong with a good kid!He is obviously very well-behaved at ordinary times, but he immediately becomes a hooligan on the battlefield.
Long Ge's face changed color, and he looked at Xiao Liang with a fierce look in his eyes, "Boy, you are courting death yourself, no wonder I am."
After finishing speaking, he clasped fists at Xiao Liang with his bare hands, and Xiao Liang clasped his fists as well, and Chen Banban said, "The contest begins."
Zhan Zhao rested his chin and took a closer look. Long Ge was indeed a master of martial arts, and he was endowed with great strength.
At first, Xiao Liang was just telling him to dodge left and right like a civet cat.Everyone was dazzled by seeing it, and several old officials were so dizzy, they took the medicated oil and rubbed it directly on their temples.Long Ge was very angry, what's the matter with this child, he was entangled like a ghost and couldn't catch him, he had nowhere to use his strength.
Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly—Xiao Liangzi learned from Bai Yutang and followed him everywhere.Although he was still immature, but he was smaller than Longge, so Longge couldn't catch him.
Zhao Pu drank tea resolutely, while Grand Master Pang was a little worried, "My lord, Xiao Liangzi is still young after all, will something happen..."
Zhao Pu waved his hand, and said indifferently, "I know how to flirt, it's not young."
"Ahem..." Bao Zheng choked on a sip of tea, Zhan Zhao shook his head, luckily Gongsun was not there.
Long Ge grabbed Xiao Liang for a long time, and finally stamped his feet, "Do you want to fight or not?!"
At this time, Xiao Liang had already figured out his martial arts routines and shooting habits. Seeing that he was also anxious, the corner of his mouth twitched - this is the way he and Zhan Zhaoxue fight. But you can't figure it out, and then I will give you a powerful look.
"Isn't this here?" Xiao Liang changed from defense to offense after speaking.Speaking of which, Xiao Liang likes to use Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's martial arts routines in close combat, because they fight very chicly and look good.Zhan Zhao was flying all over the sky, his moves were not lethal but incomparably exquisite, three moves were used in one move, Long Ge was bluffed by Xiao Liang, and his heart was shaken...Why is this kid so good at kung fu? !
Zhao Pu nodded secretly, Xiao Liang is not only good at kung fu, but also good at thinking.This is the way to fight against the enemy. You must first grasp the opponent's weakness, attack him unprepared, and shake his army's morale!
Seeing that he was wavering, Xiao Liang immediately changed to Bai Yutang's kung fu.Bai Yutang is slightly different from Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao has a gentle personality and is full of feline nature. When fighting, he will try his best to tease you, but he is rarely serious.Bai Yutang was extremely lazy, his few moves were fatal, and all his moves were scaring to death.Xiao Liang also learned three or four points, but it was enough to scare Long Ge who already doubted his ability.
Longge's feet were a little confused, thinking what kind of kung fu routine this person is, why did he change so much?
Zhao Pu continued to nod his head, pressed on every step of the way, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and had a brain!
In the end, Xiao Liang saw that the fire was almost ready, so he used Zhao Pu's palm technique to subdue him.Zhao Pu's kung fu is suitable for fighting on the battlefield, and it has something to do with his personality when fighting, he is aggressive and aggressive.Longge couldn't hold back, as soon as he stepped back, he was about to lose. Bayan suddenly drew a knife behind him and threw it at him.
Seeing this situation, all the officials were dissatisfied.
Pang Yu curled his lips, "How shameless is that kid, how can his boxing skills be equal? Even if I don't know kung fu, I think Xiao Liangzi is much better than him!"
Bao Zheng nodded again and again, "That's right!"
After Longge got the sword, he slashed and counterattacked, Xiao Liang avoided it in time, but the place here is relatively narrow, and Xintinghou would easily hurt others if he played it.And Xintinghou's knife is crazy, if he opens his mind, it will be over if he hurts any courtier.
He was at a disadvantage against Longge's sword with his bare hands, so Zhan Zhao suddenly said behind him, "Xiao Liangzi, take the sword."
Zhan Zhao raised his hand and threw Ju Que out.
As soon as Xiao Liang received the sword, he turned back to block the knife that was approaching him.
A treasure is a treasure, as soon as Ju Que received it smoothly in his hand, he heard a "click", and a part of Longge's weapon was cut off.He took a step back in a daze, and saw something flying past his eyes together with the giant tower, as if... It was a crab.
Xiao Liang was also taken aback for a moment, when he heard "Aiya".
Everyone looked again, and saw that General Bayan was hit head-on by a crab and fell on his back.
Yeluqi beside him turned his head helplessly and looked at Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao reached out and took a handkerchief to wipe his hands, "Oh, I missed my hand, I was so anxious that the crab and Juque flew out together."
Bayan pushed the crab away and sat up, took a look and found that it was Zhan Zhao, who was famous all over the world, he couldn't help being angry, since he couldn't beat him anyway, what can he do with anger?He guessed that Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied because he helped Longge just now.
Zhan Zhao said to Xiao Liang, "Xiao Liangzi, keep going."
Xiao Liang smiled slightly, an idea flashed in his heart... In addition to avenging him and teaching Bayan, Zhan Zhao also meant to remind him.
In fact, Xiao Liang didn't know how to use a sword very much, because what he learned from Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang were all swords.A knife is a single-sided edge, and a sword is a double-sided edge. There is a big difference.Every time Xiao Liang used the sword, he couldn't do it well, mainly because it was very troublesome to fight the enemy head-on and work on both sides.
That time when he practiced swords, he got angry, and the fourth son gave him an idea, let him fight at the side, wouldn't it be one-sided?So Xiao Liang used the sword technique learned from Zhan Zhao sideways, as if striking sideways.
Just finished practicing, he beat Zhan Zhao and startled Zhan Zhao——Xiao Liangzi made his handsome swordsmanship look like a crab, but the power was astonishing.
So this set of swordsmanship was named Crab Swordsmanship by Xiao Sizi. This set of swordsmanship is invincible in Kaifeng, because whoever sees it will laugh and lie down first.
Xiao Liang knew that Zhan Zhao reminded himself to use the crab sword to finish him off, so he made a move.
This time Coke hurt a lot of people, because the action was really funny, Longge was so awkward that he didn't know how to retaliate, and he didn't dare to touch Zhan Zhao's giant sword, the sword was too fast, and the blade became shorter and shorter.
In the end, Xiao Liang left a handle for him, jumped out of the circle and put away his sword, "It's better to be evenly matched, the master said, I'm a guest from afar, and my weapons are cheaper."
Long Ge stood there dumbfounded, Xiao Liang could put himself on all fours with one more move just now, then he would definitely make a big fool of himself, but he didn't.He frowned secretly, this kid has such a bearing at such an age, he is really worthy of a famous teacher and a great apprentice.Although Long Ge was a reckless man, he also admired heroes, and he bowed his hands to Xiao Liang, "You won."
"Clap clap."
Zhao Zhen put down his wine glass and clapped his hands, "Very good, very good, the hero is a boy, both of them are very good."
Xiao Liang returned to sit beside Zhao Pu, and Long Ge also returned to Bayan in frustration, "Master..."
Bayan waved his hand lightly, indicating that it's okay, and looked at Zhao Pu again, "Congratulations to the Ninth Prince, a famous teacher has produced a high-ranking apprentice, and there will be successors in the battle in the future."
Zhao Pu lightly raised his eyebrows, held a chicken leg for Xiao Liang, and touched his head with his hand, "Children, killing and killing is second, being happy is more important."
Xiao Liang smiled and gnawed on the chicken leg.
Zhan Zhao rested his chin and fiddled with the remaining crab with a chopstick, but he was looking at Zhao Cong opposite him... It's hard to describe what kind of expression Zhao Cong has now.
Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of a sentence that Bai Yutang often said, "What a person is suitable for is innate, don't force it."
"Oh..." The queen mother flicked her sleeves lightly, causing the left and right to step back, and beckoned to Bai Yutang, Gongsun and Pang Yu, and let them enter the room to talk again.
Everyone followed the Queen Mother into the room and took their seats. Concubine Pang took Xiangxiang and the fourth son to the room behind the screen, and wanted to listen too, as if the matter was of great importance.
"Bai Shaoxia, Mr. Gongsun, do you usually dream?" The queen mother just sat down, and suddenly asked a very inexplicable question.
Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Very little."
Gongsun thought for a while, "Occasionally."
"Then... have you ever tried making your dreams come true?"
Bai Yutang smiled lightly, "I understand that the dream come true seems to have nothing to do with dreaming."
Gongsun looked at the sky, thinking that he had dreamed of being with Zhao Pu for a long time, so it really was a long time... Is this a good dream or a nightmare?
The queen mother nodded, "Most people think that they don't dream for no reason. Dreams always carry some kind of omen. Happy dreams are auspicious and auspicious, while bad dreams are ominous. Just ignore them."
Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and listened patiently, not quite understanding what the Empress Dowager wanted to express.
"It happened 40 years ago." The Empress Dowager said, "I heard what the late emperor said. At that time, he was still young. There were murders in the palace one after another, and there were even maids and eunuchs who went crazy and committed murders, so people panicked."
Bai Yutang calculated that 40 years ago was when the palace was in chaos, so he could understand it.
"The reason was found out later." The Queen Mother whispered, "It turns out...it was because of a strange dream."
"Dream?" Pang Yu was surprised when he heard this, "Does dreaming drive people crazy?"
"Yes!" the queen mother said, "One year, there was a thunderstorm in Kaifeng, and the lightning struck many houses, which later burned down and killed many people."
Gongsun nodded, "There are records in various history books."
"That year, lightning struck a dry well. It is said that when someone found it, there was only a stone jar left in the dry well, and the lid of the jar was split in two. There was a strange symbol spell on the lid. In the middle of the seal of the article, there is a big word '惊'."
It was the first time Bai Yutang heard of such an evil thing, he was a little puzzled, "Isn't there something sealed there?" Exactly! "The Queen Mother looked serious, "There is a kind of monster sealed there, called Nightmare. "
"The jar was split open, does that mean Nightmare has escaped?" Pang Yu was puzzled.
"After that, strange things started happening again and again. Everyone started to dream, and after the dream, they went crazy and became more and more chaotic." The queen mother shook her head, "I just heard that the first emperor was still young, and it is said that the whole of Kaifeng was panicked until one day. A Taoist priest surnamed Gu appeared and once again sealed that nightmare."
"Then where did you put the succubus later?" Pang Yu was curious, "Oh, this thing is too dangerous, so it should be guarded heavily."
"The point is that the Taoist didn't tell anyone where the Dream Demon was sealed, except Taizong." The Queen Mother said here, and sighed, "and after Taizong died, no one knew where that thing was anymore."
When Bai Yutang heard this, he saw the worried look on the Queen Mother's face, so he comforted him, "But so far, there have been people who killed themselves in dreams, and there has never been a case where others were killed because of dreams."
"The maid just now..."
"The queen mother is too nervous." Gongsun also comforted, "It's better not to mention this matter again, otherwise..."
"The Ai family understands." The queen mother nodded again and again, "At this time, the world will be in chaos."
The Empress Dowager is not an old woman who has never seen the scene before, knowing that she can't talk nonsense at this time, people are panicked, she lost her mind for a while, but soon returned to normal.She called the old maids and told them not to mention the nightmare.
Bai Yutang and Pang Yu left the other courtyard. Originally, Bai Yutang decided to send them back and then go back, but now they should not be able to leave. The safety of the Queen Mother and Concubine Pang cannot be ignored.
"Oh, Mr. Gongsun." Pang Yu crossed his arms with a curious expression on his face, "What is a nightmare? A god or an evil monster?"
Gongsun frowned and pondered for a while, "Nightmare, it should be similar to the succubi recorded in the ancient annals of gods and monsters. It is a demon that resides in people's dreams for many years and influences people's minds to achieve their own goals."
"That's just a legend." Bai Yutang never believed in ghosts and gods.
Gongsun nodded.
At this moment, I saw the fourth son coming out from the other courtyard, holding a soup cup in his hand, and said to Gongsun, "Daddy, Auntie Fat seems to have a reaction, she can't eat anything."
Gongsun frowned, "Tsk... Concubine Pang has been frightened a lot these days, and she seems to be in a bad mood recently."
Pang Yu sighed, "She doesn't know what's wrong. When she first found out about Youxi a while ago, she didn't know how happy she was, but these days she suddenly became depressed."
"It's because of Huanghuang's dream." The fourth son put down the soup cup, took out a hair comb, and grabbed a stone to comb his hair.
"Concubine Pang told you?" Gongsun was a little worried... It doesn't matter if it's a nightmare or a nightmare, it doesn't matter if it makes trouble, but if Zhao Zhen's mind is fascinated and he makes random decisions, it's no small matter.
"Yeah." The fourth son was quite unhappy, "Auntie Fat said, the emperor has been dreaming for the past two days, or the Jiujiu Mutiny happened, or a catastrophe came, or there were assassins who attacked the palace secretly." The fire burnt out... In short, it is unknown. So she is worried whether someone will say that the fetus in her belly is unlucky, and there will be some gossip at that time."
Bai Yutang understood the real reason why Zhao Zhen sent Concubine Pang here.If you are just worried about having nightmares, you can sleep in a separate room, and you are sent here to stay away from the palace—could it be that Zhao Zhen had already predicted that there would be troubles in the palace in the near future?
"Who is buried in the unnamed stele outside?" Bai Yutang couldn't help asking Pang Yu.
Pang Yu hesitated for a moment, then said, "General Wu Ming."
Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, "Wu Ming... I seem to have heard of this name before."
"I've heard of it too." Gongsun nodded, "Zhao Pu also mentioned it before. It is said that in addition to literary and martial arts, he also knows whether he is a god of divination? It's a pity that he died early, and he committed suicide."
Pang Yu smiled, "My sister and Wu Ming grew up as childhood sweethearts. Wu Ming is the son of a woodcutter and works as a servant in my house. Because he has a lot of strength, my father asked him to be my sister's follower. Keep her safe."
Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows slightly... What else?
"My sister was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she has a very aggressive and domineering personality. Basically, everyone in the mansion is afraid of her, but Wu Ming, who obeys her words, fascinates her. But the two identities are too different. Wu Ming wants to be able to be with her sister. The name is right, he joined the army, worked very hard, and climbed very fast. In fact, my father was very optimistic about him in the early years, thinking that he would become a great weapon, but later my sister went to the palace for a walk and let the emperor take a fancy to him Yes, when the two met, they were not very young, so they fell in love with each other. Later... Wu Ming was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and sent to the border. When he came back, he would kneel down and call my sister the princess."
Gongsun and Bai Yutang looked at each other——Zhao Zhen must be playing dirty, transferred his rival away, and embraced the beauty himself.
"Wu Ming could tell that my sister really loved the emperor, so she didn't force her, and waited silently. A few years ago, the emperor was attacked while on patrol, and Wu Ming rescued him and died. There was only one request before his death, not to write his name on his tombstone. He was originally nameless, but the name 'Wu Ming' was given to him by my sister when she was a child. Burying him on the hillside outside the gate of the mansion will protect my sister for the rest of her life... This other courtyard was originally rebuilt from Wu Ming's General's Mansion."
Bai Yutang secretly raised his eyebrows—he is still an infatuated kind, even if Zhao Zhen is magnanimous, but men will always be a little jealous, he will take the initiative to send Concubine Pang here to live temporarily, could it be that he really expected a big disaster, borrow Wu A heroic soul protecting Concubine Pang's mother and son?
"Oh." Pang Yu curled his lips and waved his hands again and again, "I said you must not mention Wu Ming in front of my sister, she must be in a bad mood."
Both Bai Yutang and Gongsun nodded.
Speaking of this, I saw the fourth son squatting in front of the tombstone and looking at it, "It's the tomb of the great general. Is the official rank as big as Jiujiu?"
Pang Yu was overjoyed, and knelt down to poke his fleshy cheek, "Little Si, do you still know the size of the official rank?"
"I know!" The fourth son rubbed his face, "Jiujiu said on the day that there is no need for the imperial mausoleum and underground palace, and that he will be buried under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree on Xiaoyao Island with daddy in the future."
Gongsun hurriedly covered the fourth son's mouth to stop him from talking nonsense.
Bai Yutang looked at the manor, "This used to be Wu Ming's home?"
"Yeah." Pang Yu nodded, "The study is still there, do you want to go and have a look?"
Gongsun also nodded, "That's right, if Wu Ming is proficient in divination and divination, it's really worth seeing."
Pang Yu went to get the key, showed Bai Yutang and the others around the mansion, and went into the study to have a look.
……
At this time, the palace was even more lively, and the meeting time was very short.There have been a lot of things going on recently, and it can be regarded as a small ordeal. All the officials worked together to overcome the difficulties, especially Zhao Pu, Bao Zheng and Pang Grand Master who were in charge of this westward trip, and Zhao Zhen gave them awards.
In addition, Zhao Zhen also did two unexpected things:
First, Zhao Cong was canonized as General Shaoqi, serving in the Zhao family army, and the specific position was arranged by Zhao Pu.
After Zhao Zhen finished rewarding one letter, Bao Zheng and Pang Ji were almost overjoyed, the Eighth Prince was elated, Zhao Cong was a little dumbfounded, and Zhao Pu was speechless.He looked at Zhao Zhen helplessly, and Zhao Zhen held back a smile with a serious face... But it was clear that the problem was entrusted to him. Being excluded has nothing to do with Zhao Zhen, everything is pushed to Zhao Pu.
Another thing is to ask the Grand Master and Bao Zheng to help him temporarily act as Minister of the Ministry of War for a period of one year. During this year, he will find a suitable candidate.
Everyone knows that the Kaifeng Mansion is entangled in important cases, and Mr. Bao is also the prime minister and a bachelor of Longtuge, so he has no time to distract himself from the affairs of the Ministry of War. I gave it to Taishi Pang, and Bao Zheng was brought along to avoid suspicion.Anyone who understands knows that Concubine Pang is pregnant, and no matter whether she has a boy or a girl, she is already the second blood of the royal family... This has made a great contribution to the already dying Zhao family dynasty. Zhao Zhen is changing the way to reward her. Grand Master Pang.Although Zhao Pu holds great power, the position of minister of the Ministry of War has little power, but it is a position of real power.Grand Master Pang's promotion this time can be regarded as a little bit of competition for Zhao Cong's military power, and it was Zhao Zhen who played a balancing act.
Grand Master Pang was naturally overjoyed, and after thanking Zhao Zhen, he turned around and said goodbye to Bao Zheng.
Bao Zheng stroked his beard, raised his eyebrows slightly at him, and signaled—congratulations.
Grand Master Pang smiled even more.
At the same time, Yeluqi and others attacked Miansheng, and sent countless gifts of thanks. After a few words of politeness, it was getting late, and Zhao Zhen gave the order—a grand banquet in the Royal Garden for all the officials.
Zhan Zhao stood in a daze among the crowd, it wasn't like singing and dancing in the palace, it was just that there were many bureaucrats in the court, and when he stood with Master Bao and Zhao Pu, he could see the people in front of him.
Zhao Pu also received a reward this time, and it seems that a few more titles have been added to the long list, anyway, no one except Zhe Ying remembers the long list.
At this time, the two people who attracted the most attention in the audience were Zhao Pu and Zhao Cong.
Zhao Pu's military power is in his hands, and the emperor doesn't seem to want to seize his power... and the uncle and nephew have a deep relationship and trust each other, so the ministers rushed up to flatter him.What's more, Bao Zheng and Pang Yu, two important ministers, were beside him. For a while, people who came to greet him lined up.
Zhan Zhao was really bored, so he went to the table and sat side by side with Xiao Liang.
Although Xiao Liangzi was young, he looked like an adult. He stared at Zhao Pu in front of him expressionlessly, as if he was afraid that someone would sneak up on his master.
Zi Ying peeled chestnuts for him and stuffed them into his mouth, "Xiao Liangzi, don't be so serious! Smile!"
Xiao Liang chewed the chestnuts and immediately smiled at Ziying, then turned around and continued to monitor Zhao Pu seriously, making Ziying and Zhan Zhao dumbfounded.
Not far away, there were many people around Zhao Cong, most of them estimated that Zhao Cong might gain power, so they came up to make friends.The other group of people were those alien races who came from afar. The crowd, headed by Yeluqi, seemed to be sizing up.
While holding the lamp, all the officials were still chatting, Zhan Zhao and Xiao Liang suddenly held their chins together and let out a long sigh.
What Zhan Zhao was thinking at this moment was - it's really boring, Yutang doesn't know what he's doing.
What Xiao Liang thought was - it's so boring, if he didn't come because he had to look at the master, Jin'er doesn't know what he is doing now.
Just when the two of them were almost unbearable, the bell rang three times, and the emperor arrived.
Zhao Zhen appeared in front of the crowd in casual clothes, and signaled to the ministers that they don't need to pay too much money, just enjoy themselves today, and then there will be singing and dancing, good wine and good banquets.
When Zhan Zhao saw the best pear blossom wine and plump autumn crabs delivered to him, he felt better.
All the ministers were busy drinking and he was busy eating crabs. He thought the taste was good, but compared with the crabs in the empty island, it was far worse.Zhan Zhao poked at the crab's cover and pried it open. Although Bai Yutang was clumsy and couldn't cook, he was pretty good at peeling the crab.
Xiao Liang watched Zhan Zhao compete with a crab, and couldn't help poking him, "Brother Zhan, it's faster to peel from the back."
Zhan Zhao blinked, turned around and snapped! ——Sure enough!
Xiao Liang handed over the handkerchief, and when Zhan Zhao ate, he was like the fourth son, with a childish accent, eating and playing for a while.He was just thinking it was fun, Zhan Zhao wiped his face with crab roe, "You are the kid!"
Xiao Liang took the handkerchief and wiped his face awkwardly.
"Hey."
At this time, Ziying quietly nudged Zhan Zhao with her elbow, motioning him to look ahead.
Zhan Zhao raised his head, and saw that among the group of people from different races opposite, General Bayan was holding a wine glass, talking to Yeluqi, and a young man stood behind Bayan.This man looked a bit like a mixed race, half Liao and half Han, his appearance was very outstanding, his tall and thin figure looked very capable.
"Who is that?" Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled.
"Ba Yan's apprentice, the number one warrior in the Western Regions, Long Ge.
"Longge?" Zhan Zhao felt that the name seemed familiar.
"This kid is amazing. He fought with Bayan when he was a teenager. When Bayan was almost captured alive by the prince, fortunately he rescued him. He is a wolf cub just like Xiao Liangzi." Zi Ying curled his lips, "The prince thought he was a talent back then, so he didn't kill him."
"It's a talent and it's from a foreign race." Pang Ji shook his head, "Tsk tsk, the prince is too kind."
"No, the lord is planning to let him grow up and become stronger, which is more fun." Ziying kept shaking her head, "and the lord is a generation older than him, so how can the lord bully the younger?"
"What are they talking about?" Zhan Zhao knew that Ziying was proficient in lip language, and knew that he must have understood something, so he called himself.
"That boy Bayan played tricks and asked Longge to challenge Zhao Cong." Ziying told Zhan Zhao in a low voice, "That kid Zhao Cong's kung fu can't beat Longge's at all."
Zhan Zhao looked at the young man and asked, "Is he very powerful?"
"Hmm...how should I put it?" Zi Ying curled her lips, "If you say that Xiao Liangzi is a wolf cub, but grew up beside the prince and has human nature, as far as I know, Longge is different. For meat-eating wolves, whether they are powerful or not is second, the key is to be ruthless!"
Zhan Zhao frowned.
Sure enough, after drinking for three rounds, Bayan said he would find someone to compete in martial arts to cheer him up.
Zhao Zhen was very relaxed, and said in his heart, you compare, Zhao Pu and Zhan Zhao are both here, compare how you like.So he nodded and said yes, and asked who would go out.
Bayan stood up, "Emperor, we can't beat Zhao Pu, and now you and I are better, so we don't have to fight Zhao Pu anymore."
Zhao Putting his chin, he thought to himself that you, a savage, are still stammering when you speak.
The ministers also felt that Bayan spoke directly.
"I have a successor." Bayan patted Long Ge, "I heard that the Ninth Prince also has a successor, why don't we let the two of them compete to see who is the best!"
Zhao Zhen was stunned, "Uncle Jiu's successor?"
Bayan raised his eyebrows, "Emperor, we've heard all the way that it's the young master named Zhao Cong... The emperor was attacked that day, and he saved you. Now he is regarded as a general, he must be very powerful!"
Zhao Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and thought that Zhao Cong only needed to call "Guardian" and it was Dead Leaf who helped beat the assassin away.
Everyone present looked at Zhao Cong, but Bayan turned to Zhao Pu, "Ninth Prince, to be your successor, martial arts must be very strong, help me teach Longge."
Long Ge came out and glanced at Zhao Cong.
Although Zhao Cong is not as weak as he was when he was a child, his kung fu is still quite good, at most above the average level, and it would be courting death for him to fight Long Ge.He never expected that the people from the Liao Kingdom would give him a big blow as soon as they arrived... But wouldn't it be embarrassing if he just sat still at this time?
The ministers are also a little bit interested in watching the show... especially those generals.For one thing, Zhao Pu's army has been in the army for many years, relying on strength to win, and the whole army is convinced.But this Zhao Cong is new here, just because his surname is Zhao, he wants to be the next successor of the Zhao family army?There are quite a few generals who are highly skilled in martial arts, but they are only the same age or lieutenant generals so far. Zhao Cong has become a general without any merit.
But it was the Eighth Prince who was most anxious at this time.
He naturally knew that Zhao Cong was not good at martial arts, so he quickly waved his hands, "Oh, General Bayan misunderstood, although Cong'er is Ze Lan's nephew, it is not a successor relationship, those are just rumors. Ze Lan is still young, Who said he was leaving?"
Zhan Zhao saw that Zhao Cong's expression was slightly dark, sure enough, in the son's mind, the father's opinion is the most important.The Eight Kings also had Lord Cheshire protect him since he was a child, but in his opinion, it might just be a kind of contempt.Now that he is back, the Eight Kings and the princess feel guilty towards him and treat him better.But there is one thing that cannot be changed, that is, in their minds, Zhao Cong is not as good as Zhao Pu... At least, Zhao Cong thinks so.
When the Eighth Prince said this, a large group of foreigners on the opposite side were collectively discouraged - originally thought that Zhao Zhen was worried about Zhao Pugong Gao Zhenzhu so he deliberately cut his power, but it was just a rumor.Gotta... Everyone spread their hands, there's no point!
Bayan frowned, "That's okay, why don't you find a younger general and fight Longge to learn something. Longge, who do you want to fight with?"
After all, Bayan is a rough person, and he speaks straight to the point. Longge turned to look at Zhao Pu, "You!"
Zhao Pu was drinking with his chin in one hand, thinking about the stakes in it... At first he thought that Zhao Cong would have something to do with foreigners, after all, he had traveled to many places over the years.But now it looks far from the case, who is supporting him and giving him so many people to help?
"Why don't I let my followers try?" Zhao Cong felt ashamed, so he wanted to save some of the dead leaves.
Long Ge looked at him and said with disdain, "I am the general's apprentice, your bodyguards are only worthy of competing with my bodyguards, if you have the courage, you can do it yourself."
Zhao Cong turned pale and was about to go up, but the Eighth Prince grabbed his hand.Zhao Cong was very annoyed, and always felt that the eyes of the officials had changed when they looked at him, with a bit of contempt.
Longge pointed at Zhao Pu, "Zhao Pu, come here!"
Zhan Zhao took a crab leg to watch the fun, and thought, this banquet is much more interesting than expected, but it's a pity that Bai Yutang didn't come.
Zhao Pu looked up at Longge, looked him up and down, smiled, and asked Bayan slowly, "Is he your apprentice? His kung fu seems to be better than yours."
When Bayan saw Zhao Pu open his mouth, he knew that nothing good was going on, so he was vigilant, "The waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead..."
"You're running really slow."
"Pfft..." Zhao Pu's words made many generals laugh.
Ouyang Shaozheng gnawed a chicken leg and looked at Longge's displeasure, and asked him, "Hey, shall I fight you?"
Longge turned his head and saw that it was Huo Qilin, raised his eyebrows, "You can."
But before Ouyang stood up, Zhao Pu said, "You are an adult, what's the point of competing with a little boy, I, Zhao Jiajun, are not used to beat milk babies."
Zhan Zhao listened to Zhao Pu's words, and thought to himself, Zhao Pu, you practiced a poisonous tongue with Gongsun, that's why the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and you call them Naiwazi when you are over 20...
"Zhao Pu, you dare to insult me!" Long Ge's face turned red.
Zhao Pu smiled, "I'm not interested, you're not good-looking enough."
Zi Ying curled her lips beside Zhan Zhao, "Look, Mr. isn't here, he's talking nonsense again."
Zhan Zhao is also funny.
Longge drew out his knife, obviously annoyed, "Zhao Pu, no matter who it is, you choose someone to fight with me! Or you come in person."
Zhao Zhen and the officials held teacups to watch the fun, Zhao Cong's face was uncertain.As expected of Zhao Pu, he has seen it before. No matter how unreasonable the other party provokes, he can deal with it without being surprised, and he has the upper hand without knowing it.
Bao Zheng also whispered to Zhan Zhao, "The Ninth Prince is really a supervisory scene, and you can still talk and laugh in this situation."
The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, "My lord, he's just playing a hooligan..."
The shadow guards on the side nodded and nodded.
Zhao Pu put down his teacup, "Xiao Liangzi."
"Master." Xiao Liang beside him couldn't bear it long ago, and looked at Long Ge very unpleasantly.
"You go." Zhao Pu said slowly, "It's too far away for a guest, let him order."
As soon as Zhao Pu spoke, everyone was dumbfounded... Everyone knew that Xiao Liang was Zhao Pu's apprentice. Anyway, this child was always raised with the fourth son in Zhao Pu and Gongsun's house, so he was considered a son.But no matter how you look at it, he is just a child who is a few years older than the fourth son.
Zhan Zhao nodded, this is the real baby boy.
Xiao Liang took off his outer clothes, walked into the room, looked at Longge, "Are you better than fists or feet?"
Long Ge froze on the spot, looked at Xiao Liang for a while, and asked, "How old are you?"
Xiao Liang raised his eyebrows, "You don't care how old I am, I'm weaned anyway."
Zhan Zhao Fu's forehead, the little Liangzi who used to have a good root, instantly has the same virtue as Zhao Pu!
Bayan and the others shook their heads secretly—sure enough!This mouth is exactly like Zhao Pu.
Long Ge's face turned red, "How dare you come up to the martial arts competition as a child? I have learned martial arts at least twice as long as you! Change!"
Xiao Liang slowly rolled up his sleeves, "My master is not only twice as strong as your master, he taught me one day that you and your master can't learn in a year, so stop talking nonsense and gossip."
Yeluqi sighed lightly, "As expected of Zhao Pu's apprentice."
Many generals in the army who don't know Xiao Liang also find it interesting, isn't this just like a little Zhao Pu!
Zhao Pu nodded appreciatively, "Well, Xiao Liangzi has begun to understand my essence!"
Zhan Zhao turned his head, and a group of shadow guards gathered together to reflect deeply—what's wrong with a good kid!He is obviously very well-behaved at ordinary times, but he immediately becomes a hooligan on the battlefield.
Long Ge's face changed color, and he looked at Xiao Liang with a fierce look in his eyes, "Boy, you are courting death yourself, no wonder I am."
After finishing speaking, he clasped fists at Xiao Liang with his bare hands, and Xiao Liang clasped his fists as well, and Chen Banban said, "The contest begins."
Zhan Zhao rested his chin and took a closer look. Long Ge was indeed a master of martial arts, and he was endowed with great strength.
At first, Xiao Liang was just telling him to dodge left and right like a civet cat.Everyone was dazzled by seeing it, and several old officials were so dizzy, they took the medicated oil and rubbed it directly on their temples.Long Ge was very angry, what's the matter with this child, he was entangled like a ghost and couldn't catch him, he had nowhere to use his strength.
Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly—Xiao Liangzi learned from Bai Yutang and followed him everywhere.Although he was still immature, but he was smaller than Longge, so Longge couldn't catch him.
Zhao Pu drank tea resolutely, while Grand Master Pang was a little worried, "My lord, Xiao Liangzi is still young after all, will something happen..."
Zhao Pu waved his hand, and said indifferently, "I know how to flirt, it's not young."
"Ahem..." Bao Zheng choked on a sip of tea, Zhan Zhao shook his head, luckily Gongsun was not there.
Long Ge grabbed Xiao Liang for a long time, and finally stamped his feet, "Do you want to fight or not?!"
At this time, Xiao Liang had already figured out his martial arts routines and shooting habits. Seeing that he was also anxious, the corner of his mouth twitched - this is the way he and Zhan Zhaoxue fight. But you can't figure it out, and then I will give you a powerful look.
"Isn't this here?" Xiao Liang changed from defense to offense after speaking.Speaking of which, Xiao Liang likes to use Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's martial arts routines in close combat, because they fight very chicly and look good.Zhan Zhao was flying all over the sky, his moves were not lethal but incomparably exquisite, three moves were used in one move, Long Ge was bluffed by Xiao Liang, and his heart was shaken...Why is this kid so good at kung fu? !
Zhao Pu nodded secretly, Xiao Liang is not only good at kung fu, but also good at thinking.This is the way to fight against the enemy. You must first grasp the opponent's weakness, attack him unprepared, and shake his army's morale!
Seeing that he was wavering, Xiao Liang immediately changed to Bai Yutang's kung fu.Bai Yutang is slightly different from Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao has a gentle personality and is full of feline nature. When fighting, he will try his best to tease you, but he is rarely serious.Bai Yutang was extremely lazy, his few moves were fatal, and all his moves were scaring to death.Xiao Liang also learned three or four points, but it was enough to scare Long Ge who already doubted his ability.
Longge's feet were a little confused, thinking what kind of kung fu routine this person is, why did he change so much?
Zhao Pu continued to nod his head, pressed on every step of the way, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and had a brain!
In the end, Xiao Liang saw that the fire was almost ready, so he used Zhao Pu's palm technique to subdue him.Zhao Pu's kung fu is suitable for fighting on the battlefield, and it has something to do with his personality when fighting, he is aggressive and aggressive.Longge couldn't hold back, as soon as he stepped back, he was about to lose. Bayan suddenly drew a knife behind him and threw it at him.
Seeing this situation, all the officials were dissatisfied.
Pang Yu curled his lips, "How shameless is that kid, how can his boxing skills be equal? Even if I don't know kung fu, I think Xiao Liangzi is much better than him!"
Bao Zheng nodded again and again, "That's right!"
After Longge got the sword, he slashed and counterattacked, Xiao Liang avoided it in time, but the place here is relatively narrow, and Xintinghou would easily hurt others if he played it.And Xintinghou's knife is crazy, if he opens his mind, it will be over if he hurts any courtier.
He was at a disadvantage against Longge's sword with his bare hands, so Zhan Zhao suddenly said behind him, "Xiao Liangzi, take the sword."
Zhan Zhao raised his hand and threw Ju Que out.
As soon as Xiao Liang received the sword, he turned back to block the knife that was approaching him.
A treasure is a treasure, as soon as Ju Que received it smoothly in his hand, he heard a "click", and a part of Longge's weapon was cut off.He took a step back in a daze, and saw something flying past his eyes together with the giant tower, as if... It was a crab.
Xiao Liang was also taken aback for a moment, when he heard "Aiya".
Everyone looked again, and saw that General Bayan was hit head-on by a crab and fell on his back.
Yeluqi beside him turned his head helplessly and looked at Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao reached out and took a handkerchief to wipe his hands, "Oh, I missed my hand, I was so anxious that the crab and Juque flew out together."
Bayan pushed the crab away and sat up, took a look and found that it was Zhan Zhao, who was famous all over the world, he couldn't help being angry, since he couldn't beat him anyway, what can he do with anger?He guessed that Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied because he helped Longge just now.
Zhan Zhao said to Xiao Liang, "Xiao Liangzi, keep going."
Xiao Liang smiled slightly, an idea flashed in his heart... In addition to avenging him and teaching Bayan, Zhan Zhao also meant to remind him.
In fact, Xiao Liang didn't know how to use a sword very much, because what he learned from Zhao Pu and Bai Yutang were all swords.A knife is a single-sided edge, and a sword is a double-sided edge. There is a big difference.Every time Xiao Liang used the sword, he couldn't do it well, mainly because it was very troublesome to fight the enemy head-on and work on both sides.
That time when he practiced swords, he got angry, and the fourth son gave him an idea, let him fight at the side, wouldn't it be one-sided?So Xiao Liang used the sword technique learned from Zhan Zhao sideways, as if striking sideways.
Just finished practicing, he beat Zhan Zhao and startled Zhan Zhao——Xiao Liangzi made his handsome swordsmanship look like a crab, but the power was astonishing.
So this set of swordsmanship was named Crab Swordsmanship by Xiao Sizi. This set of swordsmanship is invincible in Kaifeng, because whoever sees it will laugh and lie down first.
Xiao Liang knew that Zhan Zhao reminded himself to use the crab sword to finish him off, so he made a move.
This time Coke hurt a lot of people, because the action was really funny, Longge was so awkward that he didn't know how to retaliate, and he didn't dare to touch Zhan Zhao's giant sword, the sword was too fast, and the blade became shorter and shorter.
In the end, Xiao Liang left a handle for him, jumped out of the circle and put away his sword, "It's better to be evenly matched, the master said, I'm a guest from afar, and my weapons are cheaper."
Long Ge stood there dumbfounded, Xiao Liang could put himself on all fours with one more move just now, then he would definitely make a big fool of himself, but he didn't.He frowned secretly, this kid has such a bearing at such an age, he is really worthy of a famous teacher and a great apprentice.Although Long Ge was a reckless man, he also admired heroes, and he bowed his hands to Xiao Liang, "You won."
"Clap clap."
Zhao Zhen put down his wine glass and clapped his hands, "Very good, very good, the hero is a boy, both of them are very good."
Xiao Liang returned to sit beside Zhao Pu, and Long Ge also returned to Bayan in frustration, "Master..."
Bayan waved his hand lightly, indicating that it's okay, and looked at Zhao Pu again, "Congratulations to the Ninth Prince, a famous teacher has produced a high-ranking apprentice, and there will be successors in the battle in the future."
Zhao Pu lightly raised his eyebrows, held a chicken leg for Xiao Liang, and touched his head with his hand, "Children, killing and killing is second, being happy is more important."
Xiao Liang smiled and gnawed on the chicken leg.
Zhan Zhao rested his chin and fiddled with the remaining crab with a chopstick, but he was looking at Zhao Cong opposite him... It's hard to describe what kind of expression Zhao Cong has now.
Zhan Zhao suddenly thought of a sentence that Bai Yutang often said, "What a person is suitable for is innate, don't force it."
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