Mu Mingtang was embarrassed. Although Xie Xuanchen was scheming, Mu Mingtang still felt that he would not lose. She nodded and replied, "Okay. But it must be as I said just now, but it's up to me to decide."
Xie Xuanchen nodded lightly: "Okay."
Mu Mingtang is also energetic, poor and rich in martial arts, she has not seen the real eighteen weapons. There were many weapons standing there, and she didn't know their names.
Mu Mingtang wanted to look in front of the weapon rack, but she stood up and planned to go around behind the railing, but was picked up by Xie Xuanchen by the waist. Mu Mingtang was startled, and instinctively hugged Xie Xuanchen's shoulder, the world was spinning, and the golden leaves in the sky seemed to be circling. Before Mu Mingtang could react, her feet had already landed on the ground, and Xie Xuanchen's tone was very indifferent: "What are you doing around the long way, it will come down soon."
Mu Mingtang was a little dizzy, she calmed down and said, "Why are you so sudden, you startled me."
Xie Xuanchen said leisurely, "If you come a few more times, it won't be sudden."
Mu Mingtang glared at him and ran away quickly. Xie Xuanchen followed slowly, and when he saw Mu Mingtang wandering in front of the rows of weapon racks, he couldn't make out his name.
Xie Xuanchen explained to Mu Mingtang at the right time: "This is the yue, this is the hook, and these two are the trump card."
Mu Mingtang nodded slowly, and followed Xie Xuanchen to look over. At the end, she was skeptical: "I only saw you use a single soldier before, but you have practiced with two-handed weapons?"
"It doesn't count as practice, I got started with gesturing a few years ago." Xie Xuanchen said, "I was in the military camp during the twelfth and third years. I knew a lot of people, and I wanted to try everything. There was one person who was famous for his ancestral skills and stunts. It's very big. I'm curious to fight with him a few times, and I almost learned the trump card. The other two-handed weapons in the back have also been integrated."
Mu Mingtang doesn't believe this, Xie Xuanchen can learn the secrets passed down by his ancestors after reading it several times? Mu Mingtang smiled and asked deliberately, "Really?"
"Of course. But after I learned it, he was no longer the best man in the army."
"Okay." Mu Mingtang nodded and gave him the opportunity to perform, "Then you come."
Mu Mingtang originally expected that Xie Xuanchen would not lie. He could indeed use these two-handed weapons, but not necessarily how well they used them. Unexpectedly, Xie Xuanchen changed his style immediately after getting started, which was completely different from when he used the sword.
Two-handed weapons are not the mainstream, the most important thing is to cooperate with both hands. Xie Xuanchen's left and right hands turned naturally, and it was airtight, and the mace was originally suitable for people with strong strength. If such a heavy and square mace touched his body, he might bleed on the spot. Mu Mingtang stood by and watched for a while, somewhat believing that after Xie Xuanchen's former master taught Xie Xuanchen, he was crushed by his apprentice.
The lethality is really scary.
Mu Mingtang was convinced, and after Xie Xuanchen took the weapon, Mu Mingtang pointed to the gun again. Knives and mace are close-range weapons, but spears and sticks are long-range weapons, which is a completely different system. Mu Mingtang doesn't believe it, Xie Xuanchen can really cover everything.
Afterwards, Mu Mingtang was beaten in the face, which was very painful.
Xie Xuanchen demonstrated everything on the weapon rack. He sweated slightly, perhaps because of the exercise, he was in high spirits at the moment, and his eyes were astonishingly bright: "Are you convinced?"
Mu Mingtang was speechless. She originally felt that winning or losing was up to her own subjective judgment, so it was up to her to say good or bad. But when a thing is really done to the extreme, even a layman can't say it well.
Xie Xuanchen's rare activities opened his muscles and bones. At this moment, he was in a very good mood. He looked at Mu Mingtang's eyes with a bright smile, and his expression was high: "Would you like to admit defeat?"
Mu Mingtang's face slowly turned red, but he forced himself to calm down and said, "Okay, I'm willing to admit defeat."
Xie Xuanchen was in high spirits all day, but when things came to an end, he found a... very fucking accident.
He is so strong that he can't feel it normally, but when he is more excited, he can't control his strength.
This problem has accompanied him for many years. When people are excited, they will automatically increase their strength. This is the body's natural protection mechanism. However, ordinary people increase their strength to protect themselves. It's a disaster.
In the past, when he was fighting with people, he would often be unable to restrain himself, and he started a little harder, and the other person often had some bruises. However, there was no blood, Xie Xuanchen didn't care, and the other party didn't care either. He went back and applied some medicine to nourish him. After three or four days, he was a hero again. On the contrary, not leaving behind each other is the real learning from each other.
From childhood to adulthood, the number of furniture and utensils destroyed in Xie Xuanchen's hands and bruised by Xie Xuanchen are countless. If something is broken and replaced with a new one, the other party is injured and compensates for the injury and goes back to support him. Xie Xuanchen has always felt that this is not a big deal, because when he is excited, it is often when he is facing the enemy, and it doesn't matter if he is stronger.
He had no idea at all that one day he would be stuck in another thing.
This kind of thing about a round house is also close physical contact, and people's mental state is also very excited. Xie Xuanchen realized that he had used a little force, and Mu Mingtang cried out in pain. Sure enough, there was blood bruise where she was being held by him.
Xie Xuanchen was very depressed and irritable for several days. It's really retribution. In the past, when he practiced strength and was invincible because of his strength, he didn't expect that one day he would be equally troubled by his strength.
Xie Xuanchen cursed a foul language in his heart.
Xie Xuanchen was in a bad mood, and he trained frantically for half a month. This time, he did not practice extensive heavy weapons, and only practiced light weights, especially focusing on fine control of strength.
Mu Mingtang felt amused and embarrassed, but she couldn't tell, so she could only pretend that she didn't understand his intentions.
Strange to say, it was a golden autumn a few days ago. After the rain, it suddenly turned sharply and the weather became extremely cold. It was only the end of September, and I was going to wear quilted and fleece clothes.
This autumn cold came quickly and quickly, many people were frozen to typhoid fever, and the palace also changed into winter clothes overnight.
However, this year's winter not only came early, but also came cold. In October, it snowed unexpectedly. Tokyo is not far from the north, and it rarely snowed in winter in previous years, but now the snow flakes fell from the sky, melted from side to side, and finally fell to the ground and turned into water. When it freezes overnight, the next day is full of sharp ice.
Mu Mingtang wore a vermilion ru skirt with a purple long-sleeved shirt, and the collar and cuffs were embellished with fine fluff. She stood in front of the window, looking at the white ice and snow outside, unable to hide her worry.
"It's only snowing, but it's still so cold that it freezes on the ground. How many people will freeze to death this winter."
Xie Xuanchen came from behind and looked up at the gray sky: "Not more."
Mu Mingtang turned back and looked at him puzzled: "What?"
Xie Xuanchen's profile was reflected in the snow, and the bridge of his nose seemed to be coated with a layer of cold light: "It's not just us. The snow that falls from the grassland will not melt. They are far worse than us."
Mu Mingtang suddenly took a breath. The Central Plains is based on agriculture, and it is common sense to store grain in winter, regardless of the wealthy households. However, the nomadic people of the grassland rely on hunting and grazing. In such a cold weather, many sheep were frozen to death, saying that there would be no food without food.
Mu Mingtang was speechless in surprise. After a while, he probed in a low voice: "You mean?"
Xie Xuanchen looked at Luoxue outside the window and did not speak, only his thin lips were tightly pursed.
Beginning in November, all places are asking for disaster relief. Not only the boundary of Gyeonggi, but also Jiangnan has ushered in a major cold wave that has never been seen in a century.
However, at this time, Tokyo was too busy to take care of itself. The snow fell on and off for two months. Ice was hanging on the streets, roadsides and eaves. The price of charcoal in the capital skyrocketed. More and more people could not afford to burn charcoal. Frozen people.
Tokyo's business is prosperous, and most of the people have small savings. If this is the case, some people are frozen to death. The cities outside the capital can be imagined.
The officials of the early court were impassioned every day, worrying about the country and the people. Nowadays, disaster relief has become the general trend, but how to do disaster relief, how to solve the cold disaster in the capital, and how to balance the disaster situation across the country is a big problem.
The emperor frowned all day long, Xie Xuanchen's crisis had not yet been resolved, and civil strife broke out in the country, which really made him exhausted. The emperor felt more and more that he was getting old and his energy was low. Even if the courtier didn't say it, he knew that he should prepare an heir.
The emperor looked at the courtiers who were arguing endlessly in the hall, and Xie Xuanji who was standing on the side without saying a word, and suddenly sighed in his heart.
Now there is no time to cultivate an heir who is willing to be everywhere, the emperor can only support Xie Xuanji and let him join the center as soon as possible. Even if Xie Xuanji was not a very suitable person to be an emperor, even if the emperor knew that his decision might make the Ye Dynasty, which had finally stabilized, fall into turmoil again, but at least that was what happened after the emperor's death.
The throne is still in the hands of his descendants, and from generation to generation, there will always be one who can become a Mingjun, regain lost ground, and return to glory. If the throne falls to Xie Xuanchen, then nothing will be left.
At this moment, everyone in the court did not know what decision the emperor had made, and they also did not expect that the regulations for disaster relief had not been discussed, and they suddenly received an unexpected letter.
It is no exaggeration to say that it was unexpected, because this book was written by King An Xie Xuanchen, and the content above still reminded everyone to beware of Beirong. What's more, he asked the emperor to transfer troops now and relocate to the border of Yerong.
When the courtiers saw this memorial, they immediately blew the pot. This summer, Beirong and the imperial court just signed a contract. The two countries are brothers, and they withdraw their troops on the border and open a mutual market. If the troops are dispatched at this time, wouldn't they go back on their word and openly breach the contract
Civil servants who grew up reading sages and sages quit their jobs immediately and wrote brilliant parallel essays to demonstrate the importance of faith and righteousness. Xie Xuanchen had long thought that these nerds couldn't turn their heads, but when he really saw this day, he was still angry.
Xie Xuanchen made a special trip to change his court clothes and went to Zaochao to wake up these nerds. Mu Mingtang sent him out early in the morning, and then waited in the palace until noon, when the servants sent word that the prince had returned.
Mu Mingtang greeted him immediately, Xie Xuanchen strode from outside, and the little servant who held the umbrella for him couldn't catch up with him when he ran with small steps. In just a moment, a layer of falling snow accumulated on Xie Xuanchen's shoulders.
Mu Mingtang sighed slightly, knowing that this morning might not be smooth.
Xie Xuanchen saw Mu Mingtang standing at the door, walked up the steps quickly, and stopped her movement to come out: "It's cold outside, you haven't changed your clothes, what are you doing out?"
Xie Xuanchen took Mu Mingtang into the room, and the maid in Yulintang immediately stepped forward to help them both untie their cloaks and change their clothes. Mu Mingtang didn't go out and kept wearing home-made clothes. Xie Xuanchen's court clothes were wet in some places and had to be changed.
After Xie Xuanchen changed into his normal clothes again, Mu Mingtang sent the maid down and walked to the West Hall with Gu hot soup. She put the soup on the table, and when she looked up, she saw Xie Xuanchen staring at the ground, not knowing what she was thinking.
Mu Mingtang lifted the lid and slowly stirred the cold-dispelling soup. The heat was thick, blurring her brows and eyes: "Do you still think about the outside world?"
Xie Xuanchen heard a snort, and his tone was full of ridicule: "A bunch of idiots, what do I think they are doing."
Mu Mingtang raised his eyebrows and said nothing. She took a sip, and when she saw that the temperature of the soup was almost the same, she put it in his hand.
"What's the matter, what did they say today?"
Xie Xuanchen couldn't help but sighed: "They said that there is a contract, Bei Rong has just signed the contract, and they will not go back on their promises. Even if they really break the contract, they will not break the contract in only half a year. If the Ye Chao transfers troops now, it will be a small one. People's actions will provoke disputes between the two countries, and they will be blamed, and one country will be disgraced."
Mu Mingtang didn't quite believe it. The Mu family was a business family, and Mu's father would tell Mu Mingtang when he was a child that there were no brothers in the shopping mall, and it was necessary to guard against others. Businessmen value the most credibility, but as long as the interests are large enough, there are old partners who turn against each other every year.
Not to mention that these are two big countries, and there have been many frictions and old hatreds in the past. Pinning his hopes on a contract is to make a big gamble with his entire net worth, betting on Bei Rong's conscience.
Of course Xie Xuanchen couldn't rest assured.
But this kind of thing cannot be done with a will. The sixteen states of Youyun are splendidly occupied by Beirong. Over the years, all literati have been greedy for life and fear of death. Does no one want to conquer their homeland? Is it because the soldiers of the Ye Dynasty are all weak, is it because the Ye Dynasty has no commanders and no generals
neither. There is never a shortage of people who are willing to throw their heads and blood for the country, and the voices calling for the Northern Expedition have never ceased. It's just that the people above don't want to hear it.
Mu Mingtang sighed deeply.
In this era, it is an opportunity for a military general, and it is also a tragedy.
In the whole dynasty, only Xie Xuanchen led the battle, and no one responded. Others were still accusing Xie Xuanchen of disregarding the righteousness of the country for their own selfish interests. Some even suspected that Xie Xuanchen wanted to take the opportunity to seize power and make Xie Xuanchen angry. Xie Xuanchen simply claimed that he was ill, and no longer cared about the bad things outside.
Mu Mingtang woke up suddenly at night and found that Xie Xuanchen was not there. She was startled, and her drowsiness dissipated immediately. She got up and saw that there was no figure of Xie Xuanchen in the bedroom, she reached out and touched Xie Xuanchen's quilt, and found that it was cold.
It looks like he has been gone for a long time.
Mu Mingtang didn't disturb the maid, and quietly put on her clothes and went to the ground. Xie Xuanchen was very vigilant and didn't like to be around at night, so they never had a maid to watch the night, and the entire Yulin Hall kept no one. Mu Mingtang walked around the entire hall, but Xie Xuanchen was nowhere to be seen.
Strange, where did he go
The maid who was on duty outside at night vaguely saw the lights in the hall, and quietly stopped outside the door and knocked on the door: "Prince, princess, are you awake?"
Mu Mingtang didn't want to make a sound at first, but when he saw that the people outside had woken up, he no longer concealed it. He simply opened the door and replied, "It's me. Where's the prince?"
The maids on duty at night were very surprised, and only then did they know that Xie Xuanchen was gone. Seeing their faces, Mu Mingtang knew there was nothing wrong, and if Xie Xuanchen really wanted to go out, even if someone was sleeping at the foot of the bed, he could leave quietly. Mu Mingtang, the person by the pillow, doesn't know anything.
The maid followed Mu Mingtang to find a circle, and was also afraid: "This servant will wake up the others."
Mu Mingtang suddenly thought of something, raised his hand to stop the maid, and said thoughtfully, "There is no need to recruit teachers. I should know where he is."
The maid didn't know why, so she quickly wrapped a cloak around Mu Mingtang and followed Mu Mingtang with a lamp. Mu Mingtang's white cloak doesn't look thick, but it is actually the fur under the fox's armpit. After Mu Mingtang went out, he went straight to the west side of the martial arts field. Sure enough, they had just approached when they heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
The two maids looked at each other, and even if they didn't see it, they knew that the person inside must be the prince.
Mu Mingtang took the lantern in the hands of the maids, waved at them, and said, "I'm fine here. You go back first, don't disturb others, the prince and I will be back in a moment."
How dare the two maids have any objection, bow their heads and salute: "Yes."
Mu Mingtang, wearing a white cloak and carrying a palace lantern, slowly approached from the corridor. At this moment, in the martial arts field, Xie Xuanchen was standing in the snow to practice swordsmanship.
It's not like practicing swords, it's more like venting.
Mu Mingtang did not disturb him, and accompanied him silently with the lamp. The sword is a gentleman in the army, but in the hands of Xie Xuanchen, even the gentleman's sword has an unstoppable murderous aura, and the agitation of opening and closing.
No wonder when Mu Mingtang asked if the sword technique was his stunt, he said no. It turned out that he was good at many weapons, but the most unique is swordsmanship.
Such a sword is worthy of the king of all soldiers.
After Xie Xuanchen practiced a complete set of swordsmanship almost ventingly, he withdrew his sword and strode towards Mu Mingtang.
"It's so cold, why did you come out?"
"I didn't see you when I woke up. I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came out to look for you." Mu Mingtang sighed and said, "Don't put everything in your heart, the current imperial court... is not yours alone. It can be reversed. Maybe, it doesn't have to be that bad."
Xie Xuanchen smiled when he heard it, he walked fast, and when Mu Mingtang spoke, he had already walked to the edge of the corridor. He casually threw the scabbard onto the wooden steps, reached out and picked up a jar of wine.
"I hope I'm unfounded." Xie Xuanchen didn't seem to be in a good mood. He leaned on the railing, opened the wine jar, and poured wine directly into his mouth. Mu Mingtang looked worried, put the lamp on the corridor, lifted the corner of her skirt, and sat with him on the railing: "I can understand that you are not feeling well. But your body was raised by me. I won't allow you to spoil your body."
Xie Xuanchen finally smiled when he heard this: "Okay, I'll keep it for you."
Xie Xuanchen was drinking strong wine, and Mu Mingtang knew that he could not drink enough, so he didn't drink with him at all, just sat on the side and quietly accompanied him. Seeing that the few jars of wine placed here had bottomed out, Mu Mingtang felt that the amount was almost there, and said, "It's almost there, you can't drink any more, you'll be drunk again."
Xie Xuanchen threw the empty wine jar onto the snow with a look of disdain: "How could I be drunk?"
"It's all mortal, how can you not get drunk?" Mu Mingtang wanted to stop him from drinking again, but she didn't pay attention just now. She stood up like this and found several wine jars scattered behind the stone table opposite. empty.
Mu Mingtang was very surprised, and hurriedly went to see Xie Xuanchen: "Have you drunk a lot before I came?"
"Yeah." Xie Xuanchen honestly admitted, "It was after drinking that I wanted to sweat when I was active."
Mu Mingtang took a deep breath, held Xie Xuanchen's hand without saying a word, and did not allow him to touch the wine again: "Are you crazy, drinking so much? You dare to stay in the snow for so long after drinking, be careful tomorrow. It's cold."
Xie Xuanchen still didn't feel that he was drunk, but when he stood up, he suddenly stumbled. Mu Mingtang was startled, and hurriedly went down the corridor to support him, and scolded him bitterly: "You also said that you are not drunk, does this mean that you are not drunk?"
Mu Mingtang didn't dare to let Xie Xuanchen stay in the cold wind any longer. If the heat of the wine came out, and the cold wind came out again, maybe he would have a headache tomorrow. Mu Mingtang hurriedly helped him to rest inside. Fortunately, the palace site was large, and the martial arts field was also equipped with a full set of lounges, complete with all furniture and softness.
Mu Mingtang helped Xie Xuanchen to sit on the collapsed. Xie Xuanchen seemed to be really drunk. After sitting down, he directly supported his head and murmured inaudibly, "I'm so thirsty."
When Mu Mingtang heard it, he was so angry: "I made you drink so much wine and let you be brave, now you know it's uncomfortable, right?"
Although Mu Mingtang said this, he immediately turned around to find him water. Although the furniture in Yanwutang is complete, after all, its popularity is scarce, and the tea is not kept warm all day long like Yulintang. Mu Mingtang only found a pot of cold tea, and now it was too late to pay attention to it, so he quickly poured a cup to sober him up.
Mu Mingtang spent a lot of time finding water, and when she walked back to the couch with the tea, Xie Xuanchen was already leaning on it and fell asleep.
Mu Mingtang couldn't help but lighten her footsteps. She sat on the side of the slump and said softly, "Get up and drink water first."
Xie Xuanchen didn't respond, Mu Mingtang was afraid that he was thirsty, so he reached out and shook his arm: "Drink first and then sleep."
Mu Mingtang's hand just touched Xie Xuanchen's arm, when suddenly his wrist was held, and then the sky turned and was pushed back to the ground by Xie Xuanchen.
Mu Mingtang didn't expect this at all, she was caught off guard and exclaimed, and the water in her hand naturally spilled, and a lot of it was sprinkled on Mu Mingtang's clothes, and her collar was soaked in an instant. .
Mu Mingtang was in shock, and after reacting, he immediately pushed Xie Xuanchen's chest: "What are you doing, the water has been spilled, let go!"
And Xie Xuanchen looked at her with confusion in his eyes: "Who are you?"
He was really drunk, he couldn't tell the difference between today and tomorrow, only his body's instinctive reaction was left.
Mu Mingtang slapped him angrily, and was still trying to sit up: "I'm Mu Mingtang. Get out of the way, I want to get up."
Xie Xuanchen did not move, still pressing Mu Mingtang firmly, the confusion in his eyes did not diminish: "I don't know you. What are you doing?"
When Mu Mingtang heard that he didn't know her, she choked with anger. She wanted to kick him away, but his legs were restrained by him, so she could only stare at him with her eyes: "If you are thirsty, I will feed you. Shui, you repaid your kindness and revenge, and sprinkled all the water on me. I don't care if you pretend to be drunk, get out of the way, I want to change clothes. "
Xie Xuanchen glanced back at the lonely cup on the ground and realized that his water was all spilled. He was usually very bad, but he didn't expect that when he was drunk, his reaction was slow and sluggish.
"The water is gone." Xie Xuanchen murmured in a low voice, and after speaking, he suddenly kissed Mu Mingtang's lips without warning, "There is more here."