Yan Qi didn't know much about the person of Third Young Master Yan, usually he acted very low-key, not even as conspicuous as Miss Yan Liu, the two sisters and brothers of Yan Qi had been low-key enough before, but Third Young Master Yan was even more than them.

The impression that the third young master gave to Yan Qi was that he was calm, introverted, and observant, a quiet person all day long, but he had a certain degree of understanding of the preferences of every member of the family, saying that he was indifferent, it was indeed not very similar, he was very scheming, but this was not a mistake, a concubine wanted to survive better in such a big family, and there was no point that the city government was afraid that he would have been stepped into the dust, and there was no obvious indication that he had any ulterior intentions.

However, Young Master Yan Jiu said that during the spring hunting, Third Young Master Yan had very vaguely persuaded - or rather instigated him to go to Yan Zichen to separate his relatives.

"If you think about it on a more despicable level," Young Master Yan Jiu looked at Yan Qi coldly, "This person always seems to be 'following the trend' to encourage the family members to go in unpredictable directions. ”

"Maybe he's just just throwing in what people like and thinking about what people think?" Yan Qidao, "This kind of thing is not suitable for a concubine, maybe this is just the way he uses it to protect himself and gain a foothold." ”

"It's not impossible to say that. Young Master Yan Jiu slowly stretched out his hand, took a hazelnut pulp from Xiao Eleven's little hand, and put it in his mouth elegantly, "But I can't help but assume that the third brother is ...... What if you know where you come from?"

Xiao Eleven looked at his palm, opened his mouth and raised his head, looking at his brother in a daze.

"Even if he knew, what reason did he have to encourage the Yan family to do dangerous things? Shouldn't he be grateful to the uncle?" Yan Qidao.

"Are you putting a head around your neck just to make yourself look taller?" said her brother with merciless contempt.

"Ask for the abused IQ. Yan Qi covered his heart.

"Aunt Yang's mother and son are the step family, the step family is the outer family of King Shou, King Shou is suspected of rebellion, the emperor is stepping on the throne of King Shou, and the uncle has the merit of following the dragon, and he is a firm royalist. "Young Master Yan Jiu's speed of speech is unusually fast.

"Are you saying that if the third brother knew his background, he might be angry with the uncle?" Yan Qi looked at him.

"Not really. Young Master Yan Jiu said lightly.

"Uncle has raised their mother and son for more than ten years. "Yan Qidao.

"People are always not satisfied. Young Master Yan Jiu smiled sarcastically, "It is much better to be the prince's foreign family, and maybe even the emperor's foreign family, than to be the son of a courtier, don't forget, they have been begging for more than ten years directly under the Sui family's hands, and their grievances will not be less." ”

"Maybe I don't have a backache when I stand and talk," Yan Qidao, "I can't think of how much resentment there is, even the life-saving grace and nurturing feelings can be worth it." ”

"If all men are tolerant and reasonable, there will be no grievances and disputes in this world. Young Master Yan Jiu said.

"However, these are just speculations," Yan Qi looked at him, "don't jump to conclusions easily, it's easy to hurt people." ”

"You say it?" Young Master Yan Jiu raised his hand and patted Yan Qi's brain.

The first comprehensive martial arts after the start of school was canceled, because there was a respected old lady in the palace, and it was said that it was good to the emperor back then, so the people temporarily banned all entertainment and competitive events.

In fact, the entertainment program could not sweep away the haze in the hearts of the people since June, and the rebellion of the Tu family made everyone's mood very heavy, and a large number of students surrounded the bulletin board outside the college every day, and the people from the propaganda department of the college would copy and post the latest newspaper and war report in large characters.

Yuan Chang is also one of the people who pay the most attention to these news, he has to stand in front of the bulletin board for a while every day before entering the door, Yan Qi can always see him, as well as Wu Ting, Xiao Chen, Fourth Young Master Yan, and even Kong Huiqiao, who has no spirit.

Until this day, Yan Qi saw a disturbance in front of the bulletin board from a distance on his horse, and the students gathered there were either shocked or angry on their faces, got off the horse and leaned over, and asked Wu Ting, who was standing there with a frown on his face, "What's the matter?"

"General Liu, defeated. Wu Ting said in a deep voice.

General Liu, a talented man who sat on the position of a third-grade general at a young age, is both civil and military, brave and strategic, that is a real ability, a few days ago, he led the army to Hexi to quell the rebellion, but he didn't think about it...... It was also defeated.

"I heard that the weapons equipped by the rebels have never been seen or heard of," a male student next to him said, "there is an iron pipe that shoots bullets, which is simply the nemesis of cavalry, even if you have a shield in your hand, you can only protect people and horses, and that thing has a long range, you can shoot people from a distance of 1,800 steps, and the two sides look at each other, and before we can enter the firing range, the opponent's bullets have already swept over, and the cavalry's horses are all wounded and disabled in a short time, and they can't ride at all." ”

"That thing is really scary," another boy leaned over and said, "Even if it is our heavy crossbow, the shooting distance is only four hundred paces, and the heavy crossbow is not easy to carry, and it takes several people to work together to open the crossbow, but that thing is very light, not much different from carrying a thick-backed broadsword, it can shoot far, and it can shoot in a row, and it can shoot thousands of steps away, and our soldiers and horses can't press forward at all!"

"Can't you use infantry without cavalry?" someone asked, "with a larger shield, could it be that the thing could even shoot through the shield?"

"The rebels have trebuchets! Do you think that the soldiers can still be able to hide from the stones flying down from the sky with big, thick, and heavy shields? And the hateful thing is that the rebels will also throw fireworks balls, first throw the smoke balls into our army's formation, and when the smoke disperses, and then use the stone throwing machine, our army's vision is blocked, and there is no way to hide!"

"Don't talk about that yet—and tell me what happened to the Willow Ginseng!

"I don't know, the battle report didn't say ......"

"The news of the defeat has only come back this morning, and if you want to know more details, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer. ”

Wu Ting didn't want to listen anymore, turned around and walked out of the crowd, Yan Qi also followed, and the two stood by the gate to talk.

"Liu Shen shot Tu Mi through the throat with an arrow. Wu Ting grimaced a cold face and whispered these words from between his teeth.

Yan Qi was silent, although he had no dealings with General Liu Shen, but that person could easily impress people, young and heroic, with the unique vigor and rigidity of a soldier, but he also lost his sensitivity and calmness. He is the best among his peers, and even many senior generals are difficult to beat, and Yan Zichen has praised him privately more than once, saying that his future is limitless.

Such a young talent and future pillar died with an arrow through the throat.

An arrow through the throat, it's very smeared. It's just such a cold and sharp way to make his opponent seem so small and vulnerable, do you think he's doing it for a quick get? No, it's not. He just wants to humiliate his opponent, he just wants the opponent to know before he dies that he wants to kill him as easily as crushing an ant, he wants to let his opponent go down with a humiliation that can no longer be erased, so that his opponent can't forget this feeling even if he is a ghost.

Is that all? No, not yet. He not only wants his opponent to go down to the Yellow Spring with humiliation, but he also wants the other party to leave a humiliation in this world, he wants to let the other party's relatives, friends, and subordinates who worship him as gods all see and know - he is such an arrow that kills the respected person they care about, and he makes this person die like an ant.

"Now that Da Mo has heard that there is a civil strife in my court, he also has the heart to move," Wu Ting looked into the distance with cold eyes, "My father wrote yesterday that the strength of Da Mo on the border is increasing, and there is a fear that there will be a fierce battle in the near future. ”

"Hearing you say that, suddenly we seem to be in a storm. "Yan Qidao.

"Things must be reversed, and if they are too peaceful, there will be trouble. Wu Ting said coldly.

The two of them were talking, but they saw that Yuan Chang also retreated from the crowd and came towards this room, with no expression on his face, and only said to Wu Ting first: "I won't come to the academy to take classes for a while, but I will still participate in the comprehensive martial arts competition, and leave me a place." Without waiting for Wu Ting to answer, he said to Yan Qi again: "As usual at noon, I will come again." With that, he stepped into the academy.

Wu Ting withdrew his gaze from his back and glanced at Yan Qi: "He is probably the hardest of all of them. ”

"Yes, Tu Mi and every action is like a knife cut in his heart. "Yan Qidao.

"It's not hard to understand. Wu Ting said.

This is like Wu Changdao or Wu Yan suddenly raising the flag to rebel, Wu Ting thought, at that time, he was not necessarily in a better mood than Yuan Chang.

At noon, Yuan Chang was really still waiting under the phoenix wood: "I have done a half-absence, and I usually use it to practice archery, come over at noon to teach you to practice internal skills, and then you will point out my archery skills by the way." ”

Yan Qi responded, and heard Yuan Chang say again: "I also went to find your father, I will practice archery in his camp during the day, and if he is free, he will continue to teach me kung fu." ”

"Come on. "Yan Qidao.

Yuan Chang looked at her for a long time, raised his head and took a deep breath, and suddenly said, "Yes!" As he spoke, he stretched out a big fist and handed it to Yan Qi, Yan Qi looked at it, and also stretched out his fist and touched the big fist.

The news of General Liu Shen's death in battle was suppressed by the imperial court.

The reason why Wu Ting was able to know was also from Wu Yan's news, Wu Yan has been very busy since he got married, what he is busy with, no one in the Wu family knows, if he asks him, he only says that he is helping his friends run things, but in fact, according to Wu Ting's secret observation and guess, Wu Yan is doing things for his father-in-law Yan Zike. I can't really guess what I did, but since then, Wu Ting has found that the news of Wu Yan has become all kinds of well-informed, bright and dark, public, private, official, and civilian, and even internal...... There is some news that Wu Yan will occasionally tell him, but some news is impossible to dig out of his mouth no matter what, and the news that Wu Yan can tell him is not absolutely impossible to disclose, and he knows that he will not say anything about it.

The reason why the news of General Liu's death should be suppressed is to avoid causing panic among the people and losing confidence in the imperial court, and soon, the imperial court once again sent a veteran general who has been in a hundred battles to take command of the expedition, the veteran surnamed Kang, is the grandfather of Kang Shao, the captain of the Dongxi Comprehensive Martial Arts Team, the old general is fifty and six this year, and his energy and physical strength have been properly maintained, and now he still rides a horse every day to lead the troops to practice and fight, and the old man is a wise general when he was young, and he is more good at strategy than force, and he went with Kang Shao's two uncles, both of whom are known for their courage and good fighting.

The imperial court claimed to have sent General Kang to lead his troops to help the battle, but in fact it had already issued a death order to General Kang: It is necessary to win a battle! Only after winning the battle can the news of General Liu's death be announced, so that public opinion can be eased a little, otherwise, it will ...... The announcement of General Liu's death must be postponed forever, so as not to boost the morale of the rebels.

Of course, it is impossible to keep such news hidden, even if the imperial court does not announce it, the rebels will spread the news everywhere, but in ancient times, it was not as good as in modern times, and the spread of news mainly depended on the mouth and legs, and it could not spread much for a while.

Kang Jiajun was on the road with the heavy responsibilities given by the imperial court and the expectations of the people, the officials went to the court every day to discuss the strategy of controlling the enemy, the people continued to live with worry, the students continued to study and study as usual, and cared about the national events and real-time battle reports on the bulletin board every day, Yan Qi and Yuan Chang were also quietly insisting on their respective exercises.

The time entered August, and on the first day of August, a battle report came from the war zone: Kang's army - defeated.

It was also reported that General Kang was tragically killed by Tu Mi's arrow, and two Major General Kang, one died from the fire hammer and the other died under the boulder thrown by the catapult. The news of Liu Shen's death was dispersed, and the whole world was shocked, the people panicked, the people were panicked, and the world was in chaos.

The emperor summoned all the ministers in the court to give advice, and some courtiers came out to play, and Yan Zichen, the general of the Beijing camp, took command and sent troops to defeat the Tu traitors, clean up the world, and return me to peace!

The ministers seconded the proposal one after another, and urged Yan Zichen to send troops to quell the rebellion, and the emperor finally drafted a decree: the imperial decree of Yan Zichen, the general of the Beijing camp, as the general of Zhenxi, palm the tiger talisman, the rebel thief, lead 80,000 troops, and set off soon! 166 Reading Network