Xue Lengxiang frowned and looked at Xia Shang, obviously she didn't want to accept a disciple.
"You can tell, right? This sister doesn't seem to want to accept you as her apprentice." Xia Shang said to Jiang Liu'er.
Jiang Liuer turned around and knelt in front of Xue Lengxiang: "Sister, I will be obedient. Please accept me as your disciple."
"You are still young and don't understand how many difficulties you have to go through to practice martial arts and how hard it is."
"Liu'er is not afraid of hardship or tiredness."
"This is not just what you said."
Hearing that Xue Lenxiang refused to change, a child really had no way to deal with it and looked at Xia Shang for help.
"The most important thing in martial arts training is perseverance. Let's prove our perseverance first."
"how to prove?"
"It's up to you to think about it yourself."
Jiang Liuer seemed to understand but reluctantly left.
"Master, do you really want me to take that apprentice?"
"It all depends on your mood. You can accept it whenever you want. If you don't want to accept it, don't accept it."
A few people didn't dwell too much on this issue. After all, a child is not an important role.
Another day passed.
Xia Shang and others got up early and were about to call their apprentices to start daily practice. They found that the yard had been cleaned cleanly by someone.
These tasks were originally handled by Yu Nu, but Yu Nu got up later than Xia Shang.
Xia Shang thought for a while and estimated that Jiang Liuer should be the one to do it.
This kid probably wanted to use this behavior to prove his perseverance.
This matter is harmless and there is no need to worry about it.
After finishing today's study, I went home and saw an extra black horse under the stable next door.
This kind of dark horse is rarely seen in the central area of Beijing, and it is naturally unusual for it to appear in such a small mountain village.
While he was wondering, Yu Nu saw Xia Shang opening the door and welcoming him out. Then he walked to Xia Shang and whispered: "There is someone coming from the capital."
It turns out that someone from the capital is back!
Xia Shang was overjoyed when he heard this. The long-awaited response from the capital finally came.
After a while, a young man slightly older than Xia Shang came out of the house. He was dressed in simple clothes, but he looked clean and capable, with a straight waist and a heroic spirit between his brows. He seemed to be from the army.
"The lower-ranking officer, Qin Yuan, the commander of the left camp of the Xuzhou Army, is here to see the chief minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
The other party's voice was sonorous, powerful and very steady.
Xia Shang smiled: "Keep your voice down, I don't want to reveal my identity."
The captain outside the capital originally wanted to leave a good impression on the First Lord, but he ended up feeling a little embarrassed.
"I have come here to summon new troops on the orders of the Queen."
"Call a new army?" Xia Shang was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know what he meant for a long time.
Seeing Xia Shang's confused face, the young general Qin Yuan also had some doubts: "Are you really the chief minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
Xia Shang frowned and asked, "Since you said personally that you were following the Queen's order, you must be loyal to the Queen?"
"Naturally. Otherwise, the Empress would not let the official come here to negotiate with the First Lord."
Xia Shang nodded and took out his waist badge.
Seeing the first waist badge, Qin Yuan's worries disappeared and he took out another thing from himself: "This is the thing that the queen ordered me to give to you."
Xia Shang took it and took a look and found that it was a gold medal.
"This is the imperial order. When local officials in Dahua see the imperial order, they will see the emperor with their own eyes. Regardless of their rank or position, they must obey the imperial envoy."
"So, I have become the imperial envoy?" Xia Shang smiled and accepted the imperial envoy's order without any politeness.
Qin Yuan didn't seem to care about this and asked: "Your Excellency, the reason why I came here is because the Empress said that there are thousands of new troops around you. I am here to mobilize these new troops to Xuzhou to deal with the recent activities."
pirates."
"Wait...why can't I understand?" Xia Shang frowned and scratched his head, "Let's go inside and talk in detail."
After entering the room to talk in detail, Qin Yuan told the whole story, and Xia Shang finally knew the whole story.
General Qin Yuan was originally stationed in Xuzhou, but recently a large number of pirates appeared on the southeastern border of Xuzhou, harassing the fishermen on the border of Xuzhou.
At first, the Xuzhou Army thought it was not a big deal and sent troops to suppress it as usual.
Unexpectedly, the pirates seemed to be conducting an organized operation this time. The Xuzhou Army encountered a counterattack from the pirates for the first time and lost hundreds of soldiers due to lack of preparation.
Later, these pirates became more and more arrogant and often clashed with the Xuzhou Navy, causing the Xuzhou Army to suffer heavy losses.
Currently, the Xuzhou Army has serious vacancies.
However, the prefect of Xuzhou and several garrison generals of the Xuzhou Army
Worried that the court would punish him, he did not dare to report the real situation.
He only asked the court to send troops for reinforcements, but did not indicate the seriousness of the matter.
Under such circumstances, the imperial court would naturally not take any big action and not take the matter seriously.
General Xuzhou also realized this, so he asked Qin Yuan to lead a small team to Beijing to ask for people in person.
Qin Yuan is the queen's cousin and has a relatively close relationship. In addition to the recent changes in the current situation in the capital, all major forces in the capital have become quiet. On the contrary, the queen is more active. On the excuse that the emperor is unwell, the queen should
Together with the prince, he is in charge of the affairs of the court. However, for some unknown reason, the prince claimed to be ill and has been hiding in the prince's residence unwilling to see people. This resulted in the situation in the Dahua court where the queen had the final say.
Xia Shang didn't know about these things at all. He didn't expect that in just a few days, such a big change would happen in the Dahua court. This woman Qin Zheng's steps were so fast and big that it was incredible.
Qin Yuan originally thought that after seeing the queen, it would not be difficult to order the soldiers to go back, but he did not expect that the queen kept delaying, which wasted a lot of Qin Yuan's time.
In the end, it was Qin Yuan's repeated requests that led the queen to ask him to come to the Chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. She also said that the Chief had a group of new troops with him, a large number of them, and she asked him to take them back by himself.
Qin Yuan was very excited when he heard the news. He thought that the new army in the Queen's mouth was an elite force within the Twelve Divisions of Jingmen, so he came non-stop to find Xia Shang. He did not expect it to be in such a remote mountain village.
Where could soldiers come from such a desolate village? Qin Yuan didn't understand this.
But he still waited patiently until he reached the first master, but when he saw the first master's expression earlier, his heart sank to the bottom.
Knowing this, Xia Shang realized that the woman Qin Zheng had brought the trouble to him.
Before, I thought Qin Zheng could help me solve the problem, but in the end, I lost another bigger problem to myself.
But when I thought about it, Qin Zheng seemed to have no other options now. She must be under tremendous pressure behind her boasting so much, and she obviously couldn't be distracted from doing anything to help Xia Shang.
It seems that this matter can only be solved by oneself, but Qin Yuan came over and was regarded as a well-known teacher, and things took a turn for the better.
Qin Yuan kept asking where the new army was, and Xia Shang also told the truth.
It seems that now is the time to discuss with Qin Yuan how to control the Haisha Gang and send them safely to Xuzhou.