Zhao Yi went to the study to see his father-in-law Jinghu, and deliberately took a detour to avoid Jinglan's residence.

Returning to Jingfu from the Chu Palace, Zhao Yi had seen Jinglan three times in total, and he felt a little embarrassed every time he met, and the most important thing was that he didn't know what to say when he faced this girl again.

Therefore, it is better to see it or not to see it.

But things in the world are so strange and coincidental, the more you want to avoid people, the easier it is to meet.

There is a saying: Enemies in the past life, husband and wife in this life.

It can be seen that there are many things in this world that cannot be avoided, let alone two people who live in the same courtyard wall.

In the corridor leading to the study of the West Courtyard, Zhao Yi, who was in a hurry, bumped into a person head-on, and when he felt softness in his shoulders and heard an exclamation in his ears, Zhao Yi knew that it was too late.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Zhao Yi hurriedly beat Gong Zuo to admit his mistake, which was faster than the speed of his knife.

Jing Lan's face was flushed, the look on her face seemed to be angry, and a pair of eyes like autumn water stared at Zhao Yi tightly, after a while, she held back the anger in her heart and said calmly: "Why don't you look good at the road?"

Zhao Yi saw that the little maid behind Jinglan was snickering, and felt even more embarrassed, and said, "I was thinking about going to the barracks tomorrow, so I didn't pay attention to it." ”

The two were silent for a moment, but Jinglan broke the silence: "Where are you going?"

"That...... That General Jing asked me to meet him in the study. ”

In front of Jinglan, Zhao Yi didn't know how to call the future father-in-law, and finally popped out of his mouth with a decent military title, anyway, it would not be wrong to call it so.

Jing Lan blushed and nodded, and finally said softly: "When you get to the battlefield, take care of yourself." ”

Zhao Yi bowed his head and said, "I know." ”

When Jinglan and the little maid walked away, Zhao Yi stood up straight again and let out a long breath.

From afar, I heard the little maid say, "Uncle, a big man, is so shy and blushing." ”

Zhao Yi smiled bitterly, he Ning Xianglan showed hatred for him as before, and called him a bad boy as soon as they met, and it was better to beat and scold him than to be gentle and embarrassed now.

In the study of the west courtyard, Jing Hu was staring intently at a black knife resting on the weapon rack, the special features of this knife are that the handle is coiled by a double dragon, and the other is that the texture of the knife body is complex and chaotic, and it is difficult to identify.

When Zhao Yi walked into the study, Jing Hu's eyes did not take his eyes off the knife.

"Zhao Yi has seen General Jing. Zhao Yi bowed.

When Jing Hu heard Zhao Yi's voice, his eyes reluctantly moved away from the knife, and when he turned his head to look at Zhao Yi, a smile already appeared on his face.

"Yi'er, you're here. ”

After Jing Hu finished speaking, he laughed to himself twice, and said, "Actually, I really want you to call me my father-in-law." ”

Zhao Yi saw that this future father-in-law was not polite at all, and his heart was calm, and he changed his words: "Father-in-law." ”

Jing Hu suddenly laughed, and his mood seemed to have become very comfortable because of Zhao Yi's "father-in-law".

"Yi'er, come here. Jing Hu beckoned to Zhao Yi.

When Zhao Yi walked to his side, Jinghu pointed to the knife on the weapon rack and said, "You come to see this knife, what do you think?"

After being reminded by Jinghu in the future, Zhao Yi paid attention to the knife, only to see that this knife didn't feel anything unusual at first glance, but after Zhao Yi looked carefully, he suddenly felt a murderous aura coming out of the knife body.

Zhao Yi looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "Back to my father-in-law, my son-in-law can't see the special features of this knife. ”

Jing Hu glanced at Zhao Yi with one hand, and then smiled: "You can say that it is special, it is already very good, this knife is called Taibai, and you know from the name that it is a knife of main killing." ”

Zhao Yi nodded and said honestly: "The son-in-law did feel a shocking murderous aura from it. ”

Jing Hu walked two steps around the weapon rack, sighed, and said with some emotion: "This Taibai has had two masters, the demon god Chiyou in the ancient period and the war god Bai Qi during the Spring and Autumn War. ”

Hearing that this Taibai turned out to be the saber used by the demon god Chi You and the god of war Bai Qi, Zhao Yi was in awe, for the soldiers, these two people are the two insurmountable mountains in the soldiers' families, and they are the two "soldier saints" in the minds of many soldiers' disciples.

It's just sad that because the two military saints killed too much, in the temple controlled by Confucianism, which has always advocated benevolence, righteousness and morality, the divine position of the two saints has never been able to enter the martial temple.

Jinghu bowed to Taibai on the weapon rack, and put Taibai into a brown scabbard engraved with tiger lines.

Then he turned around and pulled Zhao Yi to the side of the desk and sat down.

Jing Hu lifted the copper kettle from the stove next to him, poured boiling water into the teapot on the desk, and after a while, Jing Hu took out two more pottery teacups, then picked up the teapot and poured two cups, and put one of the cups in front of Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi, who was born as a prince, what kind of tea set, what kind of tea making method, what kind of precious tea leaves, he has seen it, and this scene in front of him, whether it is from the tea set or Jinghu's way of making tea, is the most vulgar and simple Zhao Yi has ever seen.

However, before I even tasted it, I could already smell the aroma of tea, which is good.

"Thank you, father-in-law. Zhao Yi thanked him, and then respectfully picked up a cup of tea.

After all, he is the future father-in-law, and no matter how good the boy is, he has to leave a good impression, so in front of Jing Hu, Zhao Yi is careful every word he says and makes every action.

Jinghu took a sip of tea, put down the cup, looked at Zhao Yi and said: "Yi'er, you will join the army tomorrow, I don't worry about your skills, I heard Lan'er say that you once killed a snake with the power of one person, and it is rare to have such a martial arts cultivation at your age." ”

Zhao Yi straightened his waist and sat upright, listening carefully to the teachings of his future father-in-law.

Jing Hu continued: "But the battlefield where the two armies face each other is not something that can be won by oneself, of course ......"

Jing Hu sighed and said, "If you are a military saint who has reached the Earth God Realm, you may be able to turn things around with the power of one person, but in the current Hongchen world, I don't know if there are such characters." ”

"Therefore, Yi'er, you must know that on the battlefield, the requirements for a general, in addition to bravery, also need to see, decisiveness and the ability to improvise. ”

Jinghu didn't know that Zhao Yi had three years of military experience, and he didn't know that Zhao Yi had been an infantry captain in a state's army.

But Zhao Yi didn't show a trace of arrogance.

As if a student had listened to the teacher's teaching, he said sincerely: "Yi'er has been taught." ”

Jing Hu nodded with satisfaction, and began to fill the cups of the two with tea.

"Yi'er, tell me about the current situation that our Chu State is facing. Jinghu said.

Zhao Yi bowed his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "The current Chu State is located in the land of four wars, and the danger from the three parties hangs over the head at all times, there is the covetousness of the East China Sea King in the northeast, the Rong State in the north can go south at any time, and the King of Chengdu in the west occupies the upper reaches of the river, and he will go down the river at any time." ”

Zhao Yi saw that Jinghu's tiger eyes were burning and staring at him tightly, so he took a deep breath and continued: "On the other hand, my Chu State, all the land of the two states is separated by the big river. ”

Zhao Yi saw that Jing Hu's face was as usual and did not change in the slightest, so he secretly gritted his teeth and continued: "This is the geographical weakness of my Chu State, therefore, if we want to turn the Chu State from danger to safety, we must eliminate the geographical danger. ”

Jing Hu bowed his head slightly and asked, "Then what do you think my Chu State has to do to make up for this geographical weakness?"

Zhao Yi arched his hand and said: "After this crisis of the King of the East China Sea is resolved, my Chu State should find the right time, and suddenly send troops to capture Liangzhou in the west with lightning speed, and connect it with the current Jingzhou, so that I will have room for maneuver in Jiangbei." ”

Jing Hu's burning gaze stared at Zhao Yi for a long time before he nodded slowly, with a look of relief on his face.

"If you have such an opinion, as the prince of the Chu State, you are basically qualified. ”

Zhao Yi let out a long breath, facing the torture of his future father-in-law, he was really a little nervous, for fear that the class would be suspected of getting an axe.

Although he Zhao Yi is already a general who has experienced a hundred battles, he still can't resist this custom, and usually when he faces a big enemy, this kind of tension has never been there.

Jinghu stood up, walked quickly to the side of the weapon rack, picked up the Taibai with both hands, and then walked back to the table, sent the knife in his hand to Zhao Yi, and said solemnly: "Yi'er, this Taibai will be given to you, it is a gift from your father-in-law." ”

Zhao Yi looked shocked, but he didn't reach out to pick it up, nor did he speak, just looked at Taibai in Jinghu's hand tightly.

"Don't shirk, I hope you can take Taibai and give us a better future for the Chu State. Jing Hu said in a firm tone.

Hearing Jing Hu say this, Zhao Yi did not hesitate anymore, changed his sitting to kneeling, stretched out his hands to catch the knife, and the look on his face was as if he was kneeling in front of the ancestral spiritual seat and praying, solemn and solemn.

Taibai's hand was extremely heavy, and a murderous aura penetrated through the muscles and bones.

"Thank you, father-in-law, for the knife. Zhao Yi thanked.

Jing Hu's face, which was accustomed to seriousness, bloomed with a bright smile, and he was happier than the one who gave gifts than those who received them.

It's just that he inevitably has some sighs in his heart.

He has always kept this "magic knife", and he has not even passed it on to his son.

Things in the world are unpredictable.

He actually passed this Taibai, who was more important than his own life, to Zhao Yi, who had only known him for a month and had only been his son-in-law for a few days.

Maybe it's because Zhao Yi is the prince of the King of Chu, but Jing Hu seems to believe in another reason in his heart.

Man chooses the knife, and the knife chooses the man.