It was already after three o'clock when he returned home from a banquet in Tong's Mansion. But when Sun Tu entered the house, he found that there was still a faint light coming from the crack in the door in the middle room. After gently opening the door, he saw Ya'er's slightly... The thin figure was lying on the table, asleep. But when he opened the door, the alert little girl woke up immediately. After turning her head and looking around, a look of surprise appeared on her face: "Third brother, are you back?"
"Ya'er, why don't you go to bed so late?" Sun Tu scolded with some distress after entering the room. Looking at Ya'er's appearance, he knew that she must have been holding on just now, but in the end she still couldn't withstand the sleepiness that invaded her, so she Will sleep on the table.
"Third brother must have been selected for the shooting test today. I will naturally wait for you here. Are you hungry? There is still hot food in the kitchen." Ya'er said and stood up. He was about to walk out, but was stopped by Sun Tu: "You silly girl, I'm late, just sleep. It's not too late to congratulate me tomorrow."
"It's different. I just want to congratulate the third brother as soon as possible. The third brother came so late. He must have passed the exam, so he is celebrating with others outside, right?" Ya'er sniffed her nose as she said it, and immediately I smelled the smell of alcohol on the other party.
"Yes, I did pass the exam. Your third brother will be an official soon." Sun Tu touched her hair with some emotion: "I didn't think about it. I didn't expect you to be waiting for me at home all the time." , I hope you won’t be angry with me.”
"I don't know how. It's a good thing for my third brother to be an official. It's also appropriate to socialize outside." The little girl shook her head and said. Then he said with some worry: "And from today on, the third brother will be an official. Ya'er is afraid that you won't want me by then."
"How is this possible? We are a family. If I don't want you, no one will want you. Unless you want to get married, we will always be together."
"I'm not getting married. I'll always stay with my third brother and take care of you." Ya'er said, her pretty face blushed slightly, and she glanced at Sun Tu secretly, only to find that the other party just smiled indifferently and didn't notice her words. The meaning in it made her feel relieved and a little disappointed at the same time.
Sun Tu didn't dwell on this matter for too long. He just patted her on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's talk about anything else tomorrow. What you have to do now is to go back to your room and sleep quickly. Otherwise, I'll be exhausted." Distressed."
With his words, Ya'er naturally wouldn't insist anymore, and after giving instructions, the steamed buns were still hot in the kitchen and went back to the room. Sun Tu stood there smiling and shaking his head. This little girl has become more and more caring recently, which really moved him and felt pity for her.
But it's not a problem all the time. When you become an official, you should hire some servants to go home. You can't always let a little girl take care of you and run the housework.
A night of silence.
After dawn, Sun Tu made a big pot of noodles for himself and Ya'er. After eating, he planned to go out to find Lin Chong and tell him the good news that Tong Guan was willing to help. By the way, he could also tell him that he had passed the military attaché exam. The news was told to two friends, Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen.
But just when he got out of the door and walked towards the entrance of the alley, he saw a person standing under the big tree at the entrance of the alley, looking at him intently. After a closer look, he remembered that this person was the examinee named Zhou Jin who had spoken to him in class three yesterday.
Zhou Jin also saw Sun Tu at a glance, and immediately walked towards him. When he came closer, he looked straight at him and said, "Sun Tu, I am here to challenge you today."
"Ah?" Sun Tu stared at the other person in surprise, not sure what he was thinking. This is not a martial arts world, and the two of them are not ordinary Jianghu people. Why did they raise a challenge
But what Zhou Jin said next quickly made him understand: "Yesterday you were just lucky, so you were appreciated by the emperor. In my opinion, your martial arts are not better than mine. It was only because the emperor was not around when I performed. You get an advantage. I want to prove it, so you won’t dare to compete with me, right?"
"Brother Zhou, why bother? Even if we can decide the winner between you and me, it won't change the outcome, so why bother?" Sun Tu shook his head and refused to accept the challenge. He has long passed the age of being brave and ruthless. , at least the psychological age is like this.
"No, even if nothing can be changed, I still want to prove that I am better than you!" Zhou Jin insisted: "Unless you say in front of everyone that you just had better luck yesterday, but you are actually not as good as me, then I can let go Just take a step back." As he said this, he took a step forward aggressively.
Speaking of this, Sun Tu couldn't tolerate it no matter how good his temper was. He immediately said: "Okay, then let me teach you your clever tricks. But I don't know if you want to compare your archery skills or something else?" His tone was quite unkind. .
Zhou Jin had already begun to care, and immediately said: "There is no need to compete in archery skills, but you and I are equal, just in terms of boxing and kicking skills!" As he said this, he already took a stance to invite a fight.
There were not many pedestrians around at this time, but as soon as they saw these two people trying to fight, a lot of people quickly gathered to watch the fun. Sun Tu thought for a while and decided to teach the other party a lesson - obviously Zhou Jin wanted to win with fists and kicks after seeing his proficiency in bow and arrow and felt that there was no chance of winning. This was obviously deliberate.
At that moment, Sun Tu ignored the onlookers around him and stretched out his hand to strike at the opponent, signaling Zhou Jin to attack first. He was confident that with his own ability and the improvement he had gained from fighting against masters like Lu Zhishen during this period, it would not be difficult to deal with the person in front of him.
Zhou Jin didn't know that Sun Tu's strongest point was actually his fists and kicks. He was not polite at the moment, shouted low, and stepped forward to attack with his fists. This punch was extremely powerful and very cleverly executed. It hit Sun Tu's left neck. At the same time, his other hand was already ready to strike. As long as the opponent showed a slight flaw in his retreat and parry, he would strike hard.
But his thoughts had been seen through by Sun Tu long ago. When he saw the fist coming, he just turned aside and stepped aside. At the same time, he quickly hit the opponent's arm with one hand, shocking him. Zhou Jin's arm went numb, and he realized that Sun Tuyuan was much stronger than he had judged.
But he still had confidence in his martial arts, so he immediately used his back move, saw the opportunity, and punched Sun Tu at the flaw exposed between his starting hand and block. But this time it played into the opponent's hands. Sun Tu smiled, and his other hand suddenly came forward to catch the opponent's fist. At the same time, the hand that had been parrying before also caught the opponent's fist. With a sudden hook and turn, he also grabbed the opponent's arm.
What was originally a big fight with fists and kicks suddenly turned into a small grapple. This caught Zhou Jin by surprise, and made him immediately lose his sense of control, and he quickly tried to get away with his hands. His martial arts skills were all learned in the military, so naturally he was not good at dealing with such grappling techniques.
But Shuan Zhoujin discovered that something was wrong. Even with all his strength, he couldn't break away from Sun Tu's control. It was only then that he suddenly remembered that yesterday the opponent was able to pull the three-stone crossbow that even he could not pull, so he was completely at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Only then did he realize how big a mistake he had made. He had known that he should have competed with Sun Tu.
But now there is no room for him to regret it anymore, so he can only try his best to get away and distance himself. But just when he was concentrating on his hands and thinking about getting rid of Sun Tu's control, a strong force suddenly came from his lower body. Sun Tu actually swept his leg while he was looking at his hands and kicked him on the ankle.
Zhou Jin's body immediately lost his balance, he exclaimed and leaned sideways. At this time, Sun Tu's hands that were holding him suddenly exerted force and pushed in the direction of his pulling. Immediately, Zhou Jin completely lost control of his body, and fell to the ground in an extremely embarrassing posture. He couldn't even hold it up with his hands, and came into close contact with the ground.
The onlookers burst into laughter when they saw his ugly defeat, and Zhou Jin's face turned as pale as pig liver at this time. He didn't know whether it was because he fell to the ground and lost his temper, or because of embarrassment. Not daring to stay any longer, he got up in a panic, covered his head and fled quickly, but he didn't even dare to say anything in the scene.
Sun Tu didn't bother him anymore, he just watched him leave with a sneer. Since this guy is causing trouble for himself because of his face, let him lose all his face here.
At this time, a burst of applause sounded from the side, and one person praised: "Sanlang, you are really amazing, it is really eye-opening!" Sun Tu turned around and saw Tong Mu walking over from the side with a smile.