Why are military generals coming to compete again? Do they have nothing to do?
There was Qin Qiong in front of him, and Duan Zhixuan in the back?
Muchuan doesn't have such free time!
However, Duan Zhixuan is also one of the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and his official position is higher than Muchuan. Muchuan could not offend others, so he said humbly: "General Duan, my martial arts is mediocre, so I am definitely no match for you, and I still hope you will."
forgive me."
As a result, what Muchuan said clearly made Duan Zhixuan dissatisfied.
"Lord Muchuan, you don't have to lie to me! I saw what you are capable of last time!"
Duan Zhixuan then mentioned that during the "martial arts exchange" with Goguryeo, Muchuan defeated Goguryeo's general Mochizuki Yihu with one fell swoop.
You must know that Wangyue Yihu is extremely capable and can shake mountains and rivers. There are very few military commanders in the entire Tang Dynasty who can defeat him. However, Muchuan defeated the opponent very easily. This can be seen from this.
Duan Zhixuan smiled heartily and said: "Lord Muchuan, let's compete with me! Forget it and grant me one of my wishes!"
"This...it's not impossible, but I'm busy with official duties now, so I'm afraid I don't have time for this."
When Muchuan spoke, he looked specifically at Ouyang Bufan and Mo Zhu, meaning that he wanted them to help talk quickly. He didn't want to really fight with Duan Zhixuan.
Mo Zhu is an idiot. When Muchuan winked at him, he didn't understand it yet.
Fortunately, Ouyang Bufan understood and immediately jumped over and said: "That's it! Lord Muchuan has been to the border for a long time. He came back to the Hubu Mansion today to deal with important matters. I'm afraid he won't be able to accompany the general of the country."
"Is it like this?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
Ouyang Bufan added jealously, "The affairs of the Household Department are related to the people's livelihood in the world. It is of great importance and cannot be delayed! I hope the general of the auxiliary country will forgive me!"
"In this case, there is no other way. Lord Muchuan is busy with things, and this general can understand."
Duan Zhixuan sighed heavily and his face became depressed. After all, as one of the youngest generals in the Tang Dynasty, he was looking forward to competing with Muchuan.
But even if you can't compete with Muchuan now, it doesn't mean you can't compete with Muchuan in the future.
Duan Zhixuan immediately asked, "Then I wonder when Master Muchuan will be able to finish handling important matters?
Then we will make an appointment to learn from each other."
"This... I'm afraid it won't be possible for a while. The household department has too much work."
"It's okay, just give me a time, it's ten days, a month, half a year, I can wait, General."
Duan Zhixuan spoke in a sonorous voice, and it was clear that he was very stubborn, and it seemed that he would not give up until he had a fight with Muchuan.
Seeing this, Muchuan could only reply helplessly: "General Duan, what do you think? If I have time, I will go find you. Just wait for my news."
"So good!"
Duan Zhixuan finally agreed!
In this way, Muchuan was able to deal with this trouble safely.
However, things seemed not as simple as Muchuan thought. A familiar and rough voice came from behind them.
"Oh, why haven't you started competing yet?"
Hearing this voice, everyone looked and saw that it was the tall Qin Qiong himself!
Qin Qiong laughed and moved closer to Muchuan and Duan Zhixuan: "What's wrong?
Hasn’t the competition already begun?
Could it be that something happened?"
"Contest?"
Muchuan frowned and asked, "Brother Qin, how do you know about my contest with General Duan? Could it be..."
Muchuan hadn't asked yet, but Qin Qiong had already said it. He praised: "I asked Brother Duan to come here to find you! Brother Duan is very skilled in martial arts, and even I am not his opponent, so I want him to fight Brother Mu."
Let’s discuss it.”
In this way, the truth was finally revealed. Muchuan was curious as to why Duan Zhixuan suddenly came to him. It turned out that it was Qin Qiong who drove him.
Qin Qiong was smiling all over her face now, as if she was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.
Come to think of it, he is a martial arts fanatic himself, he likes to compete and fight with others, and he also likes to watch hot contests.
Naturally, if Muchuan and Duan Zhixuan were competing against Qin Qiong, they would definitely come over to watch.
However, Qin Qiong's wishes were not going to go as planned this time. Muchuan explained with a smile: "I'm afraid it won't work this time. I haven't dealt with government affairs for a long time, and there is a mountain of household affairs. I have to deal with it first...
Therefore, this discussion with General Duan can only be cancelled."
"Is that what it looks like?
Could it be that, brother Mu, you can't spare even a little time?
This competition will take less than half an hour."
Qin Qiong said suspiciously, her tone full of suspicion.
After all, when Qin Qiong approached Muchuan for a discussion, Muchuan always refused. Even if he had time, he would say he had no time.
For this reason, Qin Qiong suspected that Muchuan was repeating his old tricks and found some excuses to refuse.
It has to be said that Qin Qiong knows Muchuan very well, and everything that Muchuan is thinking is revealed to him! But Muchuan still stubbornly said: "I'm very busy. Brother Qin, there's nothing I can do about it..."
The key is that Duan Zhixuan is not as rough as Qin Qiong. At this time, he also helped and said: "Since Mr. Muchuan is busy with official duties, we should not bother him too much. The state affairs are still important."
"No no...Brother Duan, you don't understand Brother Mu."
"Don't understand?"
"Yeah, you don't understand."
After Qin Qiong finished speaking, she looked at Muchuan with a smile and stretched out her hand to tug Muchuan's arm.
It seemed that Qin Qiong wanted to pull Muchuan to the corner of the yard to say something privately.
The two of them moved six meters away. At the wall of the official residence, Muchuan asked, "Brother Qin Qiong... what's wrong with you?"
"Brother Muchuan, it's just you and me right now. Why don't you tell the truth? Did you reject Brother Duan on purpose?"
"To be honest, brother, I really don't want to compete."
Muchuan finally told the truth, saying that the sparring was a small matter, but it would be bad if he hurt someone with his fists and feet.
On the other hand, Muchuan is really busy with official duties at this time, and he needs to focus his attention back on the work of the household department.
However, in Qin Qiong's view, Muchuan's remarks were all excuses.
"Brother Muchuan, if you are willing to compete with Brother Duan this time, we will help you solve the national debt issue."
"ah?
Brother Qin, I don’t understand what you mean.”
“Don’t you have a shortage of people to buy your national debt?
Brother Duan and I have 300,000 sergeants under our command. With just one order, the sergeants can buy national bonds! I think we can collect hundreds of thousands of taels of gold for the Ministry of Revenue."
It sounds like Qin Qiong wants to force those poor soldiers to buy national debt! Of course this won't work.
