The business of the restaurant is getting better and better, and several tables are full of drinkers, which makes the proprietress smile. This is an uncommon scene in the past. While yelling and serving wine and meat, there is a small calculation in mind, and I made a profit today. A few pieces of silver and a few coppers, thinking of the youngest child of my family who was studying in a private school, always clamoring to buy pens and inks, where can I afford the expenses at home, otherwise any good woman would come out to show her face, not all I would rather face the loess with my back to the sky, and now I can finally let the child get his wish. The table was full of people, but there were still people begging for drinks, and they didn't intend to leave immediately. The proprietress had to move out a few stools. Big bowls of drinking and large pieces of meat, in the past, the men who settled down in the wine shop would look at the proprietress and make fun of them. The women in Beiliang are bold and strong, and they are not inferior to men. As long as those men are not good at hands and feet, the proprietress will pinch them when delivering drinks If you pinch it, you won't turn your face, but today those drinkers all glanced to the east of the post road, as if they were waiting for someone. Not long after, there were no less than 20 people gathered at the restaurant, so that guy Jun who monopolized the table looked particularly eye-catching. At first, it wasn't that someone wanted to share a table to drink, but for some reason, seeing that After the young son's appearance became so angry, he subconsciously avoided it. Now that the proprietress saw more and more drinkers coming, and there were more rich and noble families wearing silk and satin, she was a little worried about the young man. What, there is a saying in other places that a word does not match a fight, but here, everyone is tempered by the wind and sand like a knife, and whoever takes a second look may fight, the proprietress is not She didn't care about the young man's loss of a few pots of wine and a few catties of meat, but she was afraid that he would get into trouble and suffer a loss. If such a good-looking handsome brother was beaten up with black nose and swollen eyes, she would look down on him.
The proprietress was about to smile and talk to the young man, she was not afraid of anything, when a group of burly men with knives on their waists stared at the table with three seats vacant, the woman was really afraid of that The young man doesn't know the dangers of the world, he is afraid that if he loses his face, he will export and hurt others. At that time, the sword will have no eyes, even if he has a little family background, so what. After so many years in Beiliang, in which year has he never heard of a few scholars being beaten to death? ? In Beiliang, which is no different than Liyang, people wearing Confucian shirts are not good at all, and only young people wearing swords can frighten people in the Jianghu. However, the proprietress has also heard about it. It seems that our young King of Beiliang issued a "sacred decree" "Nowadays, even the general's children don't dare to wear sabers privately, and it's even rare to see anyone riding a horse in the downtown area. The proprietress doesn't understand worrying about the country and the people. She just thinks that the world in Beiliang is indeed better. The proprietress breathed a sigh of relief, because the young man looked young and had a lot of experience in the world, so he took the initiative to chat with those vicious men, and then smiled and asked her for an extra ten catties of green ant wine. The five middle-aged men who don't seem to be earning a living in a serious business actually smiled a little more when they saw the young people's wit and wisdom. When they went out, as long as they weren't those grandchildren of generals, no one would dare to draw their swords in Beiliang It's provocative, not to mention that the seed brothers are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. How many officials and soldiers the fathers have, each determines whether they are domineering in a county or can show off their power in a state. For people in the Beiliang Jianghu Almost everyone has experienced the suffering of those generals, and sometimes someone will be targeted for no reason, and they will kill them if they find a lame reason, and report to the government afterward. How can we, as the descendants of the generals and school of Beiliang cavalry, disgrace our family tradition and draw our swords to help when we see injustice on the road. Officials force the people to rebel, and the people have to rebel, but rebellion is a dead word. In the three states of Beiliang under the rule of Rentu back then, apart from the Wudang Mountain, which is the place where immortals and real people practice Taoism, they are still famous in the court and the public, which is enough to be regarded as a martial arts martial arts sect. So, isn't it all for the scourge of the general family? Those who are really strong and skilled in martial arts are all hired to be watchdogs, and in turn they work as pawns to suppress unidentified people from the rivers and lakes. There is a Sun family in Youzhou who is from the same hometown as the Spear Fairy Wangxiu. He got a good gun, but because he didn't want to join the government and general sect, when the patriarch of Dinghaishenzhen died, he was quickly killed by the enemy's family who was attached to a general. It is said that the whole family of more than forty people escaped Go for two or three people.
The proprietress, who has seen a lot of drinkers coming and going, actually occasionally thinks that it is not easy to make money selling wine like her, and it is probably even more difficult for those gangsters who usually look proud and dry.
Looking towards Youzhou in the east, I saw a cloud of dust rising from the end of the post road. The proprietress just glanced at it lightly. There are often Beiliang cavalry passing by on the post road. She has already figured out the way to go. , That is, the posture of more than a hundred riders, which is really nothing in Beiliang, where we are rich in cavalry and horses. The proprietress saw that no matter whether they were sitting on chairs or stools inside and outside the wine shop, they all stood up, their eyes were hot, and they were more fascinated than seeing a woman having fun together. This made the woman a little puzzled, could it be some big man coming ? She is just a country woman who can only sell green ant wine, whether it is in the rivers and lakes or in the temple, even if she hears many things, she never remembers them in her heart, a woman who is satisfied with counting such a small pile of copper coins every day People, do you still want to worry about the great cause of the military and the country for the King of Beiliang? During this period of time, she heard a lot of drinkers nagging about the sword tomb of the Wu family, and she just ignored it. She stared at all the drinkers who left their seats, for fear that they would take the opportunity to rub their feet and escape with the money for the drinks. The proprietress had just been busy for a long time, and finally she was able to take a breather, and she was thinking about looking at the young man who ordered a lot of green ant wine. She pursed her lips and smiled, who said that only men are allowed to look at the beauty, women also like to look at it more After a few glances at the handsome man, the man also stood up at this time, standing under the shade of the big locust tree next to the wine table by the post road, with his hands wrapped around his cuffs, she looked at his side face, and envied him for his pair of hooks. People's eyes, and when looking at her, they don't have the eyes of ordinary men who want to eat people. They are clean, just like the old well in the village. The water from the well is very clear all the year round. It's good to quench your thirst with a ladle, but it's better to use it to make wine. The woman couldn't help laughing when she thought about it, she felt that she didn't know which auntie was so lucky to be able to stare at such a handsome little brother every day, and she would be willing to eat less Meals, save money to buy that never used rouge gouache to smear on the face.
The lady proprietress had expected that a hundred riders were indeed going from here to the territory of Liangzhou, but even a woman like her, who never knew what Jianghu was, could see that the hundred riders were unusual. Knights are all sword-wielding men, they are neither armored and crossbow like the cavalry of Beiliang, nor bright clothes like the retinue of the big man, everyone's face is as hard as a stone, and many swordsmen look like seventy At the age of next year, when riding a horse, the waist stick is like the army's spear standing upright, and the spirit is definitely not what the old people in the village can have. Especially when the hundred riders looked at the wine shop almost at the same time, not only she, the proprietress, backed away in fright, but almost everyone retreated, but for some reason, the leader of the hundred knights rode their horses without looking sideways. After running, they didn't even stop the horse. The proprietress felt relieved, she had better not stop, otherwise she really didn't dare to charge them for the drinks.
He put down his arm to the young vassal prince who was deliberately neglected by the Wu family's Baiqi, but in the end he still didn't make a sound, which was a bit embarrassing. He, Xu Fengnian, of course knew more than everyone else present, and if he rode Wu Liuding in the first place, he would turn a blind eye, and the sword slaves after that could only follow the sword crown. Xu Fengnian was not annoyed at all, he sat down and continued to order half a catty of green ant wine from the proprietress, anyway, he got his wish, it doesn't matter if the leader of the Wu family Baiqi doesn't appreciate it, he can't just put his hot face on his cold ass, right? If it wasn't for the sake of that grandpa of the Wu family who had only met once, he wouldn't have waited at the border of Liangzhou. Since Wu Liuding wants to put on airs, let him put on airs, and Xu Fengnian won't put on little shoes for him.
Xu Fengnian drank the wine with a calm face, considering and weighing the combat power of the Wu family's Baiqi in his heart. Wu Liuding and the six or seven behind the second cavalry, Cuihua, are all top-notch masters. At the critical moment between the lines, who can stop this hundred horses and swords from going straight into the flat line where the enemy general is? Tuoba Bodhisattva doesn't need to think about it, as long as this Martial God of Bei Mang is on the battlefield, he doesn't need anyone to escort him. Hong Jingyan should be able to handle it, and Murong Baoding probably will also suffer. However, when the two armies confront each other, this kind of legend of taking the head of a general among thousands of armies is very rare in the Spring and Autumn Period, especially with the appearance of several easy-to-assemble and amazingly powerful crossbows, it is difficult for anyone to be as powerful as the Romance In the novel, the feat of cutting through the battle formation and even entering and exiting several times is achieved. One must know that a piece of yufu crossbow stepped out by several elite soldiers is so powerful that it is hailed as "half a hundred flying swords" by the world. That is, within a range of fifty feet before the Yufu crossbow's castration has weakened too much, a Yufu crossbow is like a sword fairy's flying sword! It is difficult to avoid, let alone confront it head-on.
If Wang Xianzhi hadn't broken Gao Shulu's physique... Xu Fengnian thought of this, and laughed at himself, there is nothing if in the world.
Xu Fengnian let out a breath, those guys who came here to try their luck at the wine shop, after feasting their eyes, came and left on a whim. Many people paid more money for the wine seller when they paid the bill, and the wine shop left soon Before leaving, those strong men carrying knives did not forget to say goodbye to Xu Fengnian, who was having a drink. Xu Fengnian still sat down and drank softly. Although he chatted with the woman about the crops and harvests from time to time, he naturally didn't have any unreasonable thoughts about the proprietress, and the woman who still had a charming charm was not so naive as to think that there was something wrong with this young man. Daydreaming, with the help of Huatou, she didn't have any business to serve at the moment, so she sat across the table, carrying a jar of green ant wine and a few dishes of homemade appetizers, saying it was for him to drink, and it was not worth a few copper coins anyway. While the two were chatting, three more guests finally arrived, one old and two young, all carrying their bags and carrying wooden poles, and sat down at the table next to Xu Fengnian. They were not rich, and the old man only wanted half a catty of green ant wine. The two teenagers could only smell the aroma of the wine, and watched helplessly as the elders in the family squinted their eyes and drank intoxicated.
A burly young man with a faint scum on his chin asked in a low voice: "Grandpa, are the swordsmen we saw just now really swordsmen from the Wu Family Sword Tomb?"
The old man nodded.
Another young man with delicate features was not vulgar, with red lips and white teeth, he looked like a woman. If those general seed brothers who liked masculinity had the misfortune to meet them a few years ago, they would really be worse than death. Fortunately, there are many people in Beiliang today. In the prison of Zuozhou County, there are still many domineering children eating prison food. Compared with the previous Beiliang, there are too many rules. Besides, many rich people have moved out of Beiliang. Today there is an extra Liuzhou. The Beiliang Road in the north is really a rare peace in the world. After the proprietress greeted the three cash-strapped guests, she sat back in her seat, glanced at the handsome young man, and subconsciously turned her head to look at the young man across the table. Well, this one in front of her was much more handsome. I was caught by the son, and the woman seemed helpless when she saw him. She couldn't help laughing, and there was nothing embarrassing about it. They are all women who are about to have a daughter-in-law. They are so thin-skinned. The woman smiled straightforwardly. Said: "My lord, you look better than the prettiest girl in our village. Your parents must be good-looking too. I'll take a few more glances at you. Don't be angry, my lord."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Miss Boss, you can just look at it, I can't help but look at your eyes, but can I omit the change of copper coins when I check out later?"
The woman laughed and said, "What's the matter? I'll give you a jar of good green ant wine. After a while, the price of the wine will not be less than a copper coin. If you can let me feel and pinch it twice, I can do it." Consider it."
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Miss Boss, you do this business, and you really don't lose anything."
The woman smiled openly and heartily, Xu Fengnian looked at her smiling face and laughed too. Compared with the women who grew up in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the women in the Northwest frontier naturally lack the tenderness and tenderness, but also have more heroic spirit that can only be cultivated by this side of the water and soil. Xu Fengnian likes the woman in front of him like this Smile, just like he likes Beiliang. For Xu Fengnian who grew up in Beiliang, Liaodong, where his ancestral home is located, has never been called "home".
Listening to Xu Fengnian's conversation with the woman, the handsome young man next door frowned a little. The tall young man secretly glanced at the proprietress's chest that "hit" against the edge of the table, and swallowed. The old man sitting side by side with Xu Fengnian had a calm expression, holding a wine bowl, closing his eyes and smelling the aroma of the wine before taking a sip. If you look carefully, you can see that the old man and the two teenagers have thick calluses on their palms. Obviously because of touching too many objects. Naturally, Xu Fengnian had already seen it, but he didn't want to go into it. Those three people who are poor in literature and martial arts are clearly trained guns all the year round. As for why they are so shabby, even the barrels used to practice shaking their guns are the most inferior ash sticks. Don't you have a hard-to-read scripture book at home that you don't want to open again
The delicate young man lowered his voice, gritted his teeth and said, "Grandpa, I heard that the Xun family has moved to the Central Plains, and the devil surnamed He must have followed. What shall we do?"
The old man's eyes were complicated, he lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, then raised his head and said in a calm tone: "Practice your spear skills first, even if he stands in front of you now and asks you two to shoot a hundred shots, you will not be able to hurt him at all. .”
The boy froze for a moment, his eyes moist.
The robust young man whispered, "Why did I hear that the man surnamed He joined the Yulong Gang? He even got a helmsman, which is more difficult to mess with than he was in the Xun family."
The old man glared at him, and the burly boy immediately fell silent. The handsome boy's eyes lit up, and the old man said in a deep voice, "Whether you go to the Central Plains or join the Fish and Dragon Gang, your most urgent task is to practice your guns well. As long as Grandpa is not dead, you will Whoever dares to sneak away to seek revenge on him, I will drive you out of the house!"
The tall boy muttered in a low voice: "The moon stick can be used for a lifetime of spears. With my talent, I can't master a spear well in ten lifetimes."
The old man slapped the wine bowl and said angrily: "Nonsense! Back then, Wang Xiu had only practiced spears for forty years, and he was one of the four masters who were as famous as the sword god Li Lao! Yearly sword? Gu Jiantang practiced for a year and became the world's use The number one swordsman? Our prince who succeeded Wang Xianzhi to the number one throne in the world..."
Speaking of this, the old man was at a loss for words, because the old man suddenly realized that the young feudal lord didn't seem to have practiced swords for many years.
The tall boy secretly smiled, and even the handsome boy was amused, and the gloom on his face faded a bit.
The old man shook his head and continued to drink.
"Grandpa, we have cold swords, as well as the scimitars of the northern barbarians, and the waist swords of Yanchi Wang Dajun in the southern border, and they are also called the three famous swords in the world. How about you?"
"Practice your gun! No matter how good the famous knife is, it belongs to others. Even if you only have a wooden gun, it is in your own hands."
The tall young man was very curious, and he was full of dreams about the Jianghu of the Central Plains. He said aggrievedly, "I won't lose a piece of meat if I talk about it."
The other young man from the North and the Prime Minister of the South wanted to keep his own place, so he just asked: "Grandpa, last time you said that our Northern Liang Army's gun training method is not right, why is that?"
The tall boy laughed and said, "Grandpa is bragging. There are two spear masters, Xu Yanbing and Han Laoshan, in our Beiliang army. It's not our grandpa's turn to make irresponsible remarks."
The handsome young man said angrily, "What's wrong with our grandfather? Wu Jinling, who was stronger than Wang Xiu back then, even asked our grandfather how to hold a gun when he first practiced guns!"
The tall boy made a grimace, "God knows if it's because grandpa is bragging and doesn't write drafts."
The old man was not angry either. He drank heavily and fell into deep thought.
In the end, he came back to his senses leisurely, and said with emotion softly: "Not to mention that Wu Jinling, the spear fairy Wangxiu and Xu Yanbing Han Laoshan, who were considered the most talented in the whole of Beiliang back then, are three senior brothers. When I was young, I was much worse than them, and the gap will only become bigger and bigger in the future. There is nothing embarrassing to admit. But you have to remember one thing, no matter what weapons in the world, they are all for people, masters There are masters' methods, and ordinary martial arts practitioners have ordinary people's methods. For example, Wu Jinling entered the rank of martial arts at the age of nine, the second rank at the age of twelve, and the rank of King Kong at the age of seventeen. Endowed with supernatural powers, he can have an innate spirituality in any game, but even so, when he was fourteen years old, he still encountered a threshold. It was at that time that his grandfather casually said a few words about his experience in holding a gun. Afterwards, Wu Jinling suddenly realized and started to practice guns again, what a pity, God is jealous of talents."
Xu Fengnian, who had been listening in, smiled and said: "Wu Jinling's premature death may not be all due to God's jealousy of talents. It is not a good thing to practice martial arts too smoothly. There are old enemies in the rivers and lakes. Two people who are often hostile to each other are more likely to be able to live together. The realm of martial arts is steadily rising, no matter how fast it is, it is always advancing, probably because of the whetstone, if the Spear Immortal King Xiu hadn't gone to Beimang, he might not have the achievement of a master in the future. And I also heard People have said that in martial arts, it is very taboo to rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Practice swords or spears. He went straight to the first person in Jianghu, otherwise Wang Xianzhi would not have so many people in Wudi City who would have wanted to humiliate themselves."
The old man smiled and didn't say anything. As long as it is a family of martial arts, the old man will come here without opening his mouth. In the old man's view, those "famous teachers" with only false names are not as good as one "Master" ". Moreover, at the age of the old man, no matter how much ambition he had when he was young, it will be worn away year after year, especially when he hears those illusory words about the first and second in the world. Interested. However, out of etiquette, the old man still faced the young man with a strong tone, and raised the wine bowl in his hand as a toast, and the young man followed suit, and each drank it down.
The tall boy is a newborn calf who fears nothing and fears nothing. Seeing that this young guy has even heard of Wu Jinling, he was puzzled. After all, Wu Jinling was mentioned no more often than the Immortal Spear King in their hometown. Xiu Shao, but because of his untimely death, it was such an ignominious way to die drunk on the street, and after several decades, very few people in other places in Beiliang knew this name. The boy couldn't help asking: "How do you know about Wu Jinling?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "I heard it mentioned by a friend."
The handsome young man may have just seen this guy making eye contact with the proprietress, he was very disgusted, he turned his head and looked at the post road in a daze alone.
Xu Fengnian glanced at the three ash wood poles of different lengths, and suddenly said casually, "Old gentleman, two juniors, one should change the pole half a year ago, it is three inches longer, and the other should increase it now." It weighs six taels."
The two teenagers were at a loss when they heard it, but the old man's eyes lit up, then he quickly turned sad, and said sincerely, "I don't have any money."
Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "A penny can't beat a hero. Old man, I still have some drink money left, why don't you buy another two catties of wine?"
The woman is of course happy that the drinker drank a few more bowls of wine, especially the handsome young man in front of her. Before the old man could answer, she went to pick up the wine, which invisibly gave the old man a step down. Probably because he believed in his vision honed by years of wandering, and trusted this young stranger, he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "The old man will thank you."
Although the old man has gone through ups and downs, he still has a bold temperament. He asked the tall boy to sit on a bench, and invited Xu Fengnian to sit next to him. The proprietress added some wine and meat. Money, otherwise she would be a prodigal bitch.
The old man wiped the wine with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "This young master's views are accurate, very accurate. Can't you practice guns? Generally speaking, you don't have more than ten or twenty years of skill, but you can't really see the depth of my two grandsons." .”
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't practice spears, but there are some people around me who are masters in this way, and after a long time, they can understand a little bit."
The old man joked: "In this case, the young master should be an expert."
Xu Fengnian also joked: "It's probably a little bit tall."
The handsome young man snorted coldly, while the tall young man suppressed a smile, he had never seen such a shameless person.
The old man doesn't care too much, when he gets along with others, he is not afraid of those who show their minor problems to others, but those who are deeply scheming. The old man sighed, and said with emotion: "Don't look at how popular the ash gun is in the current Liyang army, in fact, this material has always been inferior in the gun manual, and the reputation is extremely bad. It is too soft, and the toughness is all To be honest, laymen seem to be able to shake out some beautiful guns when playing, but those selling guns on the street, what kind of guns have the throat pointing to the tip, and the gun body bends out in a big arc, which one is not a white wax gun? Let him try a Beiliang spear, dare you? Speaking of this, we in Beiliang have really spent a lot of money. The world's famous gun-making trees, the red and white two-color beef tendon wood on Guangling Road, and the sword spine wood from the old Southern Tang Dynasty are the first choice. They are all good things, such as red prism wood, and the inferior tiaotiao tea sticks, but none of them are in our Beiliang. In the end, we rarely see the ash gun produced in the Eastern Henan Plain in Beiliang, but it is in the territory of other feudal lords. All the rage, why? It’s not because the materials are cheap, the soldiers are quick to use, and they look good when performing martial arts. The old man heard that our frontier army, not to mention the heavy iron spear of the sharp warrior, is as strong as the horse regardless of riding or walking. Iron and good wood, just talking about the money, I don’t know how much real money was spent, especially if it has to be transported into Beiliang from other places to make guns, it is even more expensive, and the maintenance of a good gun is even more expensive. It’s a big deal, after all, there are so many tung oils with guns every year, it’s probably impossible to escape. So, the reason why our Beiliang cavalry is the best in the world is not just because the Beiliang athletes are born with extraordinary physical strength.”
Xu Fengnian took it for granted, took a sip of his wine, nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason."
The old man talked about his vigor, he drank quickly, and he didn't have too many scruples in his speech. He was a little dazed: "Everyone knows the impact force brought by the spear when the cavalry charges. The damage itself, if the charge of the two armies is a one-shot deal, then that's fine, but the Beimang barbarians we face in Beiliang are not the kind of easy-to-handle people, this is very particular about the cavalry when fighting with guns There are plenty of tricks, and the heat varies from person to person. There are many cavalry generals and spear masters in Beiliang who prescribe the right medicine for this, but in the eyes of the old man, it seems that they have done it well enough, but it is not really perfect. "
Xu Fengnian asked: "Old man, how do you explain this?"
The old man hesitated for a moment, as if he was afraid that he would violate the taboo of making shallow conversations, but he just thought that the two sides met by chance, so why should he be so wary? What's more, he still drank alcohol, didn't he? He continued: "The old man has seen four or five kinds of Beiliang guns by accident. The materials, weights, and lengths are different. According to the types, heights, arm lengths, and physical strength of the soldiers holding the guns, they have indeed been quite subdivided. The army on Yang's side is much better, but there are still things that can be dug deeper. For example, the bamboo spear nicknamed 'Shu Concubine', although it has been treated, is not so easy to crack. From the old man's point of view, the head of the gun should be increased by one or two halves, while the 'Iron Cicada' used by the infantry is still not enough by two inches, so it needs to be cut down so much."
Having said that, the old man stretched out two fingers and gestured lightly.
Xu Fengnian, who originally just wanted to chat casually with others, fell into deep thought, and did not immediately jump to conclusions. Xu Fengnian can't say exactly what the weight of the head of the Miaozhu spear should be, but as far as the Tie Chan gun is concerned, Xu Yanbing did say once that in the past this kind of heavy gun was aimed at the Western Chu cavalry with strong armored troops in the Spring and Autumn War, especially the iron cavalry. It was in the battle with the Euphorbis that he made great contributions. Almost every veteran of Beiliang who participated in the Battle of Jinghe had a deep affection for this gun. In the later period, the Xu family's army could directly use the iron cicada gun as a stick and hammer. The reason why Xu Yanbing said this was because although the Beimang army also had heavy armor, even after more than 20 years of rich countries and strong soldiers, they can only control In terms of background, it is still not as good as the Great Chu Dynasty back then, and Beimang mostly used light cavalry. The iron cicada gun does not need to be so heavy. It is just a matter of restructuring, which involves not only the inextricable interests of the frontier army, There is also the most troublesome feeling. Many cavalry veterans, in the reform of a series of specific matters in Wutongyuan, there are many people who rebounded violently. Among them is the iron cicada gun. An old general directly used "I am used to hugging" I would rather not have a plump old daughter-in-law than a light girl. Whoever likes it will take it. Anyway, none of my soldiers are willing to accept it." Such a vulgar reason strongly refuted, and there were a lot of approval documents in Wutong Court at that time. Send it to Xu Fengnian for reading. Seeing this article, Xu Fengnian still treated it as a refreshing little joke, thinking that it would be natural, and had no intention of pushing it forward at all.
As the old man talked, his words had no boundaries, and he didn't care whether Xu Fengnian was interested, so he said to himself: "This year, the old man accidentally saw "Wu Bei Ji Yao" edited by Xiao Rentu. The remnants of the volume are not expensive, only six taels of silver, but the old man still can’t afford it, so he can only look at it with the cheek and not buy it, it’s worth tens of thousands of words, it’s really a penny, it makes people look at it It's amazing, this old man, who has never been to the battlefield, looks at him, and gives people a cold air as if he is fighting against a martial arts expert. His whole body is cold, and he is a soldier in white, even His Majesty loves him The big man even has rules about where the latrines in the military camp are built, and they are all written in the book. The soldiers he brings out can do almost anything according to the rules. Bai Kui wants to say that, against this person, once you lose power, you will never regain power."
The tall boy blinked and asked, "Grandpa, what do you mean?"
The old man said with emotion: "That is to say, if you are fighting against this person, as long as you are seized the opportunity, no matter whether you still have the advantage in military strength, you can only wait to lose after that. This principle is actually the same as our martial arts competition. Yes. It’s just that you haven’t reached that level yet, so you won’t understand.”
The old man took a sip of his wine and said angrily, "How can such a majestic art of war be introduced to the people? Are you not afraid that it will be taken by the northern barbarians? How many more people will die in Beiliang?"
The old man sighed, he didn't even want to drink any more wine, and muttered to himself: "Chen Zhibao did lose to the current King of Beiliang and failed to become the Lord of Beiliang, but it's not that the Beiliang army wasted his hard work. The reason for this, we Prince Xinliang, don’t care about it? Or is there a personal grievance, deliberately doing it?! If this is the case, I will really be looked down upon by an old man like me."
Xu Fengnian's expression changed slightly. This "Military Preparation Collection" has never been deliberately banned in the Beiliang Army. Back then, Xu Xiao and Chen Zhibao had no objection to it. When he left Liang to Beijing and went to Shu to become the king, he wanted to slander Chen Zhibao's book of war. In fact, even Chen Zhibao's old department still treated him generously, and personally dealt with several incidents of intentionally suppressing the promotion of Chen Zhibao's old school lieutenant. It was only Xu Fengnian. In the past six months, there are not 10,000, but 8,000 approved documents that have been handwritten and carefully read. It is true that no one has mentioned the "Wu Bei Ji Yao" in the market. But this still made Xu Fengnian blame himself very much. At this time, he subconsciously picked up the wine bowl, took a sip of wine, and then said softly: "The king of Beiliang is really at fault in this matter."
The old man just laughed it off, how dare these ordinary people dare to point fingers at that vassal king? Tired of living? Besides, who is the most recognized person in the world after Emperor Wucheng Wang Xianzhi? Even the most ignorant and ignorant rural women and children in Beiliang knew about it.
Xu Fengnian raised his head and asked: "Mr., with your knowledge of spear skills, why don't you join the frontier army?"
The old man showed an expression of pain that couldn't be concealed, and tried his best to keep his tone light, "It's true that the old family used to use big guns, but before the family's fortunes fell, they didn't like to mess with the rich and powerful. I just hope that everyone in the family can practice martial arts with peace of mind. One day , I can carry forward my own spear skills, and never think too much about other things. The ancestors said that practicing spears is about refining the mind. If the mind is mixed, you can't practice good spears. It is tantamount to giving up on us who use guns Seek the end."
Xu Fengnian calmly said three words: "Sun Jiaqiang."
The old man, who was originally kind and kind like the neighbor's elder, suddenly changed his whole body, and even grabbed the white wax pole resting on the bench with his lower hand, his cloudy eyes were shining brightly, full of murderous intent.
The two teenagers also stood up almost at the same time, tightly clenched the wooden pole in their hands.
This startled the proprietress who was nibbling melon seeds, and she froze on the spot.
Xu Fengnian lightly held the wine bowl, not in a hurry to drink, and said with a smile: "I have no malice. Since I am an expert friend with guns, of course I know the well-known Sun family from the same hometown as the gun fairy Wang Xiu, and the old man knows everything. After so much, I’m just guessing randomly. I’ve also heard about what happened to the Sun family. Back then, a young man named He Wushu came to learn art. He didn't pay any attention to it, but after He Wushu was rejected, he had a few adventures, and he became the leader of the Xun Daniu Guarding Academy who was a general of the frontier army. After the death of Grandpa Sun, relying on the background of the Xun family and the government connections accumulated over the years, the Sun family was charged with treason and collaborating with the enemy. Of the more than forty members of the family, only six people escaped, including two In the past ten years, three of the three grandchildren in the baby's family were killed by He Wushu's gun. Two of them were inferior in skills, and one secretly betrayed the grandson's family. It was He Wushu, who was vengeful, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and shot him to death on the wall. Mr. Sun Qingqiu, old man Sun, am I right?"
The old man's face was as deep as water, he sneered, and said in a desolate tone: "Okay, okay, what a 'tiger head gun' He Wushu, after joining the gang of fish and dragons, he became like a tiger with wings, and he chased you all the way here! "
At the same time as the old man agreed, he cast his gaze at the two teenagers, and asked the two teenagers not to refuse, regardless of the meaning of running for their lives. It's just how the young man can escape at this moment, rooted in his feet and stand on the spot, not retreating an inch, which makes the old man feel happy or sad.
The Sun family gun, people can't die and the gun can't retreat.
Xu Fengnian was still holding the wine bowl, and laughed at himself: "Old man Sun, do I look like He Wushu's dog? Or do I look like a killer who came to chase you? But is there anyone in the world who invites people to drink before killing people like me?"
The tall boy said angrily: "You bastard must have poisoned the wine!"
The proprietress was not happy at the moment, she roughly heard some clues from the conversation, she didn't believe that the young man was a villain at all, who made him so handsome? She slapped the table and said angrily: "What are you talking about, does this look like a black shop?! I personally serve all of your wines. They are new wines that have just been opened. Your child's eyes saw the young master poisoning the wine. gone?"
Xu Fengnian asked straight to the point: "Old man, do you really think that you three are my opponents alone?"
The old man didn't speak a word, and he didn't relax at all, but his expression was slumped.
Walking in rivers and lakes for most of my life,