Chapter 3 He Cao (Part 4) "If General Qian hadn't shown mercy, Li would have been defeated within three encounters. How could he have had the chance to shoot the general?" Li Xu said modestly, not daring to think that he had won the contest.
Qian Shixiong was wearing iron armor, and an arrow shot on his body could not make him lose his combat effectiveness. He shot him in the face or on his horse regardless of the cost, and could not resist his merciful kindness. Therefore, Li Xu thought that his shot of the arrow was purely opportunistic.
, there is nothing to brag about even if you barely win, why not admit defeat openly?
Seeing how humble he was, Qian Shixiong did not dare to admit that he had won. He waved his hand and said loudly: "If you hurt me with an arrow as soon as Fang gets on the horse, there will be no chance for me to stab the first spear. If you win, you win."
, I am not the one who cannot afford to lose!"
The two of them pushed each other, and neither of them wanted to admit victory. When they were regretting each other, the messenger sent General Zuo Wuwei's order, ordering the two of them to go to the general station to question Li Xu and Qian Shixiong.
And laughed, led the war horse, held the iron helmet, and walked side by side to the general stand.
At this moment, the brothers around the school grounds were so lively that they started to stir up trouble. Although everyone had their supporters, no one expected that the competition would end like this. Although the food guards were proud and elated, the government soldiers were also laughing so hard.
The rules of martial arts in the army are that when comparing cavalry, the one who dismounts first loses. As long as one party dismounts, the other party cannot pursue and kill him even if he intends to do harm. Therefore, when General Qian Shixiong had the upper hand, he repeatedly asked the other party to dismount and surrender, so that he could then
He stopped and the young boy riding the black horse actually made money and shot the general with an arrow, and then ran to the general and dismounted. This win or loss was indeed inexhaustible.
Everyone pointed at each other and said that General Qian was unlucky. After fighting for half his life, he was deceived by a young boy. As for the grievances between the two parties, they had long been forgotten at this moment.
On the general stage, General Zuo Wuwei Mai Tiezhang, General Zuo Yiwei Yu Wenshu and others were also overjoyed. Everyone has seen people firing cold arrows to hurt people on the martial arts field, but they have never seen cold arrows fired like Li Xu.
I have never seen an upright person who could push his opponent off the horse just by taking one step forward, but he jumped down and admitted defeat. He laughed for a while, and Mai Tiezhang ordered someone to bring Qian Shixiong's helmet up, looked at it again and again, and stood
He stood up, walked to the general stage, and asked Li Xu: "Boy, you obviously won this battle, why did you admit defeat again?"
"General Qian has been merciful from the beginning. How could I not know what's good for me? Besides, if it were a life and death battle, who would give me the opportunity to bluff again and again!" Li Xu cupped his hand and answered politely.
This answer was in line with Mai Tiezhang's heart. The old general secretly praised the young boy in front of him for knowing how to advance and retreat. He nodded, turned to Qian Shixiong, and asked: "Xiao Qian, can you admit defeat in this battle?"
"The general is incompetent and has lost the face of the general. I am willing to accept the punishment!" Qian Shixiong blushed and cupped his hands and replied.
"Obviously Zhong Jian dismounted first, how can General Qian be considered a loser?" Tang Gong Li Yuan, Liu Hongji and others also came forward and humbly backed down.
In front of the formation of the two armies, the important thing is not to give in in person, and no one would dare to deliberately stab Qian Shixiong with his hands raised, and Li Xu's practice of continuously playing open strings would be even more impossible.
The two of them fought to the death as soon as they came on stage. The outcome of this contest was indeed unpredictable.
"Shu De, you don't have to be polite. It's obvious that this little brother under your command has won. How can this old man be the one who can't afford to lose?" Mai Tiezhang became more open-minded at this moment, arched his hand towards Li Yuan, and said
Li Yuan's position was far lower than that of Mai Tiezhang. He quickly clasped his fists and said "You Tang Gong" to me and "Old General" to both sides. For a moment, we were as close as if we had reunited with old friends who had not seen each other for many years. He threw all the unhappiness behind his head.
"In this case, in my opinion, even if the two sides are tied, I don't know what General Mai Lao and Tang Gong will do?" General Zuo Yiwei Yu Wenshu saw that there was no hostility in everyone's hearts at this moment, and they simply went along with the flow and acted as peacemakers.
"General Yuwen is really good at talking. If I continue to be polite, he will become that stingy person!" Mai Tiezhang turned around, glanced at Yuwenshu with a smile, and said
"General Yuwenshu's judgment is fair. Thank you very much, Li, for your kindness!" Li Yuan also turned his head and expressed his heartfelt "thank you" to Yuwenshu!
All the generals laughed together. They all saw a wonderful competition today. Qian Shixiong's achievements in the bow were astonishing, and the black horse boy's bow skills were also extraordinary. After admiring for a while, Mai Tiezhang turned around again and said: Looking at Li Yuan, he said: "It was my brothers who caused trouble today. For my sake, I hope Mr. Tang will not care about it."
Things have developed to such a result, which has far exceeded Li Yuan's expectations. As a fifth-grade governor who is in decline, how can he say a few serious words to a third-grade general who has a heavy army, and his discipline is not strict, resulting in subordinates? He used the courteous words of pampering and arrogance and revealed the matter with a smile.
At that moment, Li Yuan called Liu Hongji and ordered him to apologize to the old general. Mai Tiezhang avoided it. He took Liu Hongji's arm and said: "Old lady, you are so stupid that I will inevitably give you a whip. Wang Shi Nephew, please don’t take it to heart.” After saying that, he ordered someone to bring him a large horizontal sword that had been tempered for thousands of times as an apology to Liu Hongji.
Liu Hongji couldn't refuse again and again, so he had to put away the knife and the wheat iron staff and called Qian Shixiong. He thanked him for participating in the competition for him and then ordered someone to take twenty condoms and handed it to Qian Shixiong. He ordered in a low voice: "When everyone disperses later, you and Hongji go to the Qin brother's house and pay for all the things that the bastards broke. If the money is not enough, you can ask the treasurer to join the army to withdraw money and tell the Qin family's little brother Brother, from now on, if any of the soldiers from the government come to harass his house, they will not give me face so that he can use his sword or arrows when he should, and don't care about my feelings!"
As soon as these words came out, the four Zuowuwei people were shocked that they had to pay for being beaten, which was equivalent to fully admitting that what happened today was their fault. Li Yuan saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to thank him, but Mai Tiezhang refused to explain what he said. He took it back, and as a general, forced Liu Hongji and others to accept the money. Then, he pulled Li Yuan with one hand and Yu Wenshu with the other, and said with a smile: "Without the commotion of the bastards today, we would have few opportunities to gather together. Now that we are here, If you are in our army, why not go and have a good time together? As for the younger generations, let them do what they want!"
The generals laughed loudly, and the storm disappeared in the laughter. Naturally, there were no seats for low-ranking military attachés like Li Xu and Liu Hongji at the banquet of senior generals. The two looked at each other and saluted Li Yuan, Mai Tiezhang and others. Saying goodbye, Qian Shixiong had a mission on his shoulders, so he immediately took off his armor and followed him with his horse.
In the battle just now, Qian Shixiong gave in brightly and lost honestly. When the food guards saw him, they were naturally more polite. Liu Hongji first arranged for two brigades to lead the brothers back to the camp, and then called Qin Ziying at the edge of the school field.
In front of Qian Shixiong, I told him what Mai Tiezhang meant, hoping that he would stop worrying about today's incident.
"How can such a small gate be worth so much money! Besides, General Mai didn't hold us responsible for injuring his soldiers. Qin is already grateful, how dare he ask for compensation again!" Qin Ziying stepped forward to talk to Qian Shi.
Xiong saw the gift and replied calmly
He was from a good family, and he didn't care about the damaged things at first, but Mai Tiezhang's insulting words today left a heavy shadow on Miss He and his marriage. Qin Ziying deliberately repaired the house and door at that time.
Something happened to distract He Ruomei's topic, but he didn't know what the other party wanted to express? In his eyes, the hurt left by those words of Mai Tiezhang and Yu Wenshu in Mei'er's heart could not be replaced with money.
Compensation?
For a moment, the situation became a little awkward. Qian Shixiong was here on behalf of Mai Tiezhang. I'm afraid that brushing his face was not in line with the original intention of Tang Gong and General Mai to repair the relationship. Liu Hongji had always acted with maturity, so he stepped forward and pulled him.
Qin Ziying raised his arms and suggested with a smile: "Ziying, why don't we invite General Qian to sit at home? He is the number one general under General Mai. He brings General Mai's meaning to the table. I think Miss He will feel better!"
What happened today was all because of Liu Hongji's righteousness. Qin Ziying was a well-educated and reasonable person. Of course, he had to look at Liu Hongji's face and look at the people who were very interested. He also looked at Qian Shixiong, who looked embarrassed, and had no choice but to
He showed a bit of a smile and replied politely: "There is no need to apologize. If General Qian doesn't mind, you might as well come and sit at my house to prevent someone from using his name to cause trouble in the future when General Mai is not paying attention!"
"No, General Mai has his say. If anyone dares to go to your house to cause trouble again, just don't give him face! Although my Zuowuwei people are reckless, they are not petty people!" Qian Shixiong blushed and handed over his hands, answering.
Everyone said a few words to calm down the atmosphere, then mounted their horses to kill Li Waner at Qin Ziying's house. Li Shimin and his sister liked the excitement, so they followed them to the door of Qin Ziying's house. Seeing the messy scene again, Qian Shixiong felt even more ashamed.
He jumped off his horse and bent down to clean up the debris and trees at the door.
His down-to-earth behavior made Qin Ziying feel a little embarrassed. He quickly stepped forward and extended his hand to help, and asked Huben Lang to come in first to drink tea.
"Let it go, I will dispatch some brothers from the camp tomorrow, it won't be a matter of a stick of incense!" Wang Yuantong shouted while inviting the guests into the room.
"That's right, General Mai is so polite. How can we use such money to build this courtyard?" Qi Po Ning smiled and smoothed things over. One of them was in charge of the house and camp, and the other was in charge of the armor and equipment. It was natural for them to help their friends build the courtyard.
Although Qian Shixiong has a high official position, he is not very arrogant and has a bad temper with everyone.
Everyone entered the courtyard laughing and joking, asking for tea served by their brothers and sisters. Before they could reach the door of the guest room, two servant girls who had not known where they hid during the fight came up to them with red eyes.
When Qin Ziying saw the expressions on their faces, his breathing immediately became stagnant. Regardless of the large number of guests around him, he blurted out, "Wang Ma, Li Ma, where were you just now! Where is Mei'er, how is she now?"
"Master, madam, madam, she's gone!" the two maids replied sobbing.
"You're gone, where are you going?" Qin Ziying asked abruptly, pushing away the two servants and running towards the back house.
Everyone was also stunned by the maid's answer. They didn't know what to do for a while. After a while, Liu Hongji took the lead to calm down and stared at the two maids with wide eyes and asked: "Where did Miss He Ruo go?"
, why didn’t you stop her!”
"We, we were sent out to sell vegetables by her. When we came back after buying vegetables, Miss He disappeared, and the horse she used to ride was also missing. We thought it was the government soldiers coming again, and we looked around for the master, but we didn't know that the master
Where have you gone?" The two servant girls reported with tears in their eyes.
"Have any government soldiers been here? Have you asked the neighbors?" Qian Shixiong was also a little anxious. Although his voice was low, his tone sounded like he was roaring.
"No, no! Neighbors said that they only saw someone riding out on horseback, but no outsiders came!" The servant woman was startled by him and cried loudly.
When everyone heard this, they knew that they would never get any results. They immediately took their horses and went out to search separately. They kept searching from afternoon to dark, but no results were found. The street was deserted, and no one noticed a woman passing by alone.
The soldiers in charge of the south gate said that they had seen a chestnut pony carrying a young man to the west two hours ago. They saw that the other party's horse was handsome and his clothes were neat, so they did not dare to question his whereabouts carefully.
"Mei'er is gone. I know she feels sad. I promised to protect her. What did I promise?" Qin Ziying stood stupidly in the courtyard, muttering. Ever since he heard the servant's report, he had lost his mind.
My son, holding a dry grass with white flowers in his hand, neither went out to find anyone nor listened to anyone's advice.
"Brother Ziying, does sister Meier have any relatives living nearby?" Li Waner, a very attentive girl, stepped forward and reminded her in a low voice.
"Everyone in the He Ruo family has been killed by the emperor, how can we have any relatives!" Qin Ziying smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at the withered grass in his hand, and shed tears again.
This is the grass that Qin Ziying pulled out from the roof tiles when the two of them first bought the compound. I don’t know what it’s called, but I just thought that this grass has strong vitality. It can actually bloom in the tiles with a little rain.
White flower, so Meier kept it and composed music with this flower as its theme
"He Ruo's family?" Qian Shixiong asked blankly. At this moment, he realized that this surname was unusual. There was only one He Ruo family that was copied by the emperor in the Sui Dynasty, and that was the family of General He Ruobi.
"She is the granddaughter of General He Ruobi!" Qi Poning replied in a low voice. Things are fickle. Who could have expected that He Ruobi, who was so majestic back then, would also end up with a broken family. Who could have expected that his granddaughter wanted to marry someone who was not a wealthy family?
Will the small Langyou family be considered a shame to the family?
Huaiyuan Town is a border town, with nearby Yan County and Liucheng dozens of miles away. A weak woman went out alone, and everything was dark. Her fate could be guessed without asking anyone, but everyone was an officer, so she rashly left the team.
It is not allowed by military law. Besides, we have already walked for two hours. Unless we send out a large number of troops to cast nets in all directions, we will not be able to catch up.
"Zi Ying, actually this is fine. Your Qin family is a famous family after all!" Zhou Wenyuan, the leader of the army, took a few steps forward and whispered to Yu Wenshu and Mai Tiezhang. Although their words today were hurtful, in fact they were not.
That's right. If Qin Ziying marries He Ruomei at all costs, not only will his family not tolerate him, but his own future will also be ruined.
"The so-called wealthy family is just a piece of rotten flesh that's rotten to the core. Brother Zhou, you were born in it, haven't you smelled its stench?" Qin Ziying suddenly burst into a bit of madness and asked with a smile.
"Ziying!" Zhou Wenyuan was embarrassed and speechless when asked.
Except for Li Xu and Samurai Xun, who were both merchants, all the people standing in silence in the cold wind could be considered to be from wealthy families. Although some people's families were prosperous, some people's families were slightly weaker. Qin Ziying's words meant that everyone was
After the scolding came in, someone immediately turned cold and said, "We have been together for so long, but we didn't know that Brother Ziying is interested in picking chrysanthemums under the east fence. We are really high-flying like ordinary people!"
"Picking chrysanthemums on the eastern fence, haha!" Qin Ziying sneered loudly, with tears on his face. "Brothers, please don't misunderstand me at this moment. I wish I was the general of the Zhu Kingdom and would be honored for generations to come!"
After that, he ignored everyone, pinched the withered weed, and walked straight to the back house.
Qian Shixiong knew that this incident was all caused by his own general, and without noticing the sarcasm on his face, he took the lead to say goodbye and everyone waited for Qin Ziying for a while. Seeing that he was hiding in the room and refused to come out, they had to go back to the camp to rest. Everyone said
Thinking about what happened today, they all shook their heads and lamented for Qin He and the two. Then they thought about what Qin Ziying said last, and they felt so sad that they finally lost interest in talking. As soon as they returned to the military camp, they immediately went to their rooms to sleep.
"I wish I was the general of the Zhu Kingdom!" Qin Ziying's last words are absolutely correct. If he were a general, even if he was a general, no blind soldier would dare to come and bully him. Thinking about the whole situation today,