In front of a mountain rock in the backyard, Shi Qingyi was closing his eyes, holding the red silk obliquely to draw a knife, the wind blew very lightly, and the slightest line crossed Shi Qingyi's cheeks, Shi Qingyi's breathing became slower and slower, until finally, it was almost nothing. Then in the next moment, the knife flashed, Shi Qingyi was already facing the mountain stone, pulled out the knife and cut it, after the sound of "poof", Shi Qingyi's knife had been returned to the sheath, Shi Qingyi sighed, turned around and walked back. The preparation time is too long, so that it can't be used in actual combat at all, although it is indeed a top-notch sword skill, but if you don't use it, you really can't use it. Behind Shi Qingyi, the mountain stone had already been jammed, and as Shi Qingyi swung the knife, the cut surface became two pieces and fell to the ground.

Shi Qingyi has been living in the Gao family for a while, in the Gao family, Gao Shuyun naturally has slaves and maids to take care of, no need for Shi Qingyi to bother, but let Shi Qingyi relax all of a sudden, in addition to often going to the Jingnian Zen Monastery to find the eldest grandson Wurong and tell her stories, the rest of the time, Shi Qingyi is practicing his martial arts, so that his martial arts can be improved.

Gao Shuyun is quiet, so he rarely goes out, but the eldest grandson Wuji can't stay, he can be honest in the first few days, and then he is stable, and his restless temperament is revealed, it should be that he is born in a noble martial arts family after all, and he was born with that restless heart in his character, at first he only went out once in a while, and later, he went out every day, and often came back very late, which made Shi Qingyi very dissatisfied.

Shi Qingyi didn't know that at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji had successfully caught up with the noble children of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and became a member of a group of noble teenagers in Luoyang City, and because of his tragic experience, he won the sympathy of most of the members, causing this guy's status to rise in a straight line among a group of little brothers. Punishing the strong and helping the weak is always the favorite topic of these idle and sore young people, of course, the eldest grandson Wuji himself is also from an aristocratic background, so he can integrate into this circle without being excluded.

Li Shimin deservedly became the head of this circle, his extraordinary ambition, strong character, and uneven personality made him the leader of this circle, although his martial arts are a little worse, but he has a super capable younger brother, so the position of the boss is as stable as Mount Tai. Although the eldest grandson Wuji is not much older than Li Shimin, but the tempering of life has made him far beyond his peers, and he can see much more clearly, a natural leader like Li Shimin will only be more outstanding when he becomes an adult, if the eldest grandson Wuji wants to take back what belongs to him from his brother, then with the help of this person's strength, it is essential, especially, this person is still his future brother-in-law, and it is necessary to have a good relationship.

Because of this, the eldest grandson Wuji began to deliberately get close to Li Shimin, Li Shimin was proud of his youth, and he would never look at ordinary things, but on the contrary, the eldest grandson Wuji had such a thing that could attract Li Shimin's interest. The family heirloom of the eldest grandson's family, the treasure bow coveted by countless riding and archery families - the overlord bow.

Overlord bow, bow making material unknown, Changsun Sheng shocked the tribes of the Western Regions with this, it can be seen that the power of this bow is strong, the bow body is extremely heavy, people who are not born with divine power can not pull away, lead the bow and shoot, within 300 steps can penetrate the iron stone, Li Shimin is from a family of riding archery, and he is also a master who loves bows and arrows, and the name of Changsun Sheng's two eagles with one stone is so resounding, Changsun Wuji and his favorites, always say something about the family heirloom bow overlord bow, sure enough, just like Taigong fishing, Li Shimin also wished to take the bait. "It's a pity that such a treasure bow has fallen into the hands of mediocrity, and the treasure is covered with dust!" Drinking tea in the teahouse with the eldest grandson Wuji, when he heard that the overlord bow was now in the hands of the eldest grandson Anye, Li Shimin couldn't help but say regretfully, since he was born in a family of riding and archery, his family naturally has a collection of several famous bows handed down by his ancestors, but compared with the overlord bow, after all, it is still much inferior. Now that I heard that the heir of the world-famous treasure was a mediocre person, I still couldn't help but feel a pity in my heart. The eldest grandson Wuji thought of his father's pride in holding the overlord bow and shooting the bow, and his heart was also full of regret, himself, the late eldest brother, and even the eldest grandson Anye, who is now the master of the eldest grandson's family, did not inherit his father's superb archery skills, even if he finally recaptured the overlord bow, he could not let this famous bow reappear in its former glory. The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly and said to Li Shimin, "Although my father is excellent in archery, none of the brothers has learned the essence, but he has lost his father's reputation. "Huh." Li Shimin smiled modestly: "The archery technique under the lower level is still far from that of my father, not to mention Lord Ling Zun, thinking about the image of Ling Zun killing two birds with one stone back then, the people of the world are also very worshipful." "Li Shimin's words are not mixed with any water, and he really admires that big hero." Where, if you want to talk about it, the ancestors of the Li family are also amazing in archery, and they are not inferior to my father's. The eldest grandson Wuji said to Li Shimin, and Li Shimin smiled, "Does the auxiliary machine (the character of the eldest grandson Wuji) also know the ancestors below?" "The name of General Fei Li Guang, who doesn't know." The eldest grandson Wuji also smiled, the flying general Li Guang is definitely a master of archery who can't be a cow, and he is the ancestor of Li Shimin's family.

Hunt widely, see the grass in the stone, think that the tiger and shoot it, the stone is not arrowheaded, see it, the stone also, both know that it is a stone, more reshoot it, and finally can not re-enter the stone.

It's just that although Li Guang is so brave and outstanding, his archery skills are outstanding, but his luck is extremely poor, his youth is to join the army to resist the invasion of the Huns, and hundreds of battles with the Huns for decades, the reputation of the Huns, but has not been promoted, and later because of the key battle of attacking the Huns, because of the loss of the way and the delay of the fighter, and finally committed suicide in grief and anger. When Li Guang died, because of his exploits in fighting the Xiongnu to the death, there was no one on the border who did not cry bitterly, which was later recorded by the history of the time, so that Li Guang's reputation spread to future generations. Li Guang shot the tiger when wearing the bow name Lingbao, is also the world's well-known treasure bow, later Li Guang's grandson Li Ling with a bow out of the Saiwai, was surrounded by the Huns and annihilated, Li Ling was captured, Lingbao bow also lost a trace, in the future, never appeared again.

The Li family has no less than 100 good bows, but they are the oldest and longest. But it is made by the ancestor Li Ling, according to legend, Li Ling was defeated and just captured, there are rumors in the court that Li Ling surrendered to the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious, and he did not distinguish between the true and the false, and the family of Li Ling was full of doors, up to the seventy-year-old mother, down to the three-year-old child. Now, Li Ling is not against it, so the Hun King named Li Ling as an official, and also gave him a royal woman as his wife, although Li Ling is in the grassland, but misses his hometown day and night, so he often cries bitterly, later, Li Ling's old horse died, Li Ling then used the horse's tendons to make strings, and used birch trees to make a bow, making a "detachment" to pass on to future generations. "Liluo" is a lightweight wooden bow, light and tough, with arrows as feather arrows, with a range of 200 steps. Bows and arrows are not easy to preserve, iron tire bows should be protected from rust, wooden bows and bamboo bows need to be mothproof, bowstrings should also be properly kept, and oil and wax should be rubbed frequently to prevent moisture or too dry.

Later, the world was in turmoil, the Li family struggled in the troubled times, and the bows and arrows made by the ancestors of the past dynasties were also lost a lot, in order to continue the race, the Li family gradually intermarried with the Xiongnu and Xianbei people. In fact, the world is in chaos, the whole world is like this, at that time, all ethnic groups were integrated, you have me, and I also have you. Compared with the change of bloodline, the more obvious change is reflected in the culture, the surname of the Li family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty ruled, it could not be called the Li family, but called Daye, this obvious Xianbei surname, of course, other Han families are not immune, the biggest example is the current royal family Yang surname, at that time, it was also called "Pu Liuru".

The two teenagers talked about it from one topic to another, without any scruples, the eldest grandson Wuji admired Li Shimin, and as the topic deepened, the eldest grandson Wuji finally got what he wanted, because Li Shimin had made a promise, when he grew up, he would make a career and make a career, and he would definitely stand by the side of the eldest grandson Wuji and regain what originally belonged to his eldest grandson's family for him, and the eldest grandson Wuji was happy when he heard it, because Li Shimin made a promise, since he made a promise to the eldest grandson Wuji, then he will definitely fulfill his promise, although it may take a long time to wait until Li Shimin establishes meritorious service.

The eldest grandson Wuji knew about the marriage contract between his little sister and Li Shimin, but his family is now in trouble, and if the Li family is snobbish, the marriage contract will naturally collapse. But what if they keep their word? The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin and shook his head secretly, Li Shimin likes today's holy daughter, Princess Jill is not a secret, and the circle of noble teenagers in Luoyang City is also well known, Li Shimin is such a good character, even if he has gained his friendship, if he forcibly marries his sister, he is afraid that his sister will be left out in the cold, the eldest grandson Wuji loves this little sister since he was a child, and naturally he doesn't want his sister to suffer because of this, so although he also hopes that this heroic boy can become his brother-in-law, But he never mentioned it in front of Li Shimin, hoping to go with the flow! The eldest grandson Wuji thought to himself.

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Shi Qingyi found the shadow of Bixiuxin, stayed in the Gao family and didn't want to move, the eldest grandson Wurong stayed in the Jingnian Zen Monastery for a long time to recuperate, and the eldest grandson Wuji became Li Shimin's friend, and now he is working hard to maintain his favorability with the other party. In this way, everyone was busy with their own things, and before they knew it, a year had passed.

In this year, the Holy Emperor personally conquered Goryeo, but the defeat and loss, the heavy losses of soldiers and horses are countless, the name of the saint in the first generation, naturally can not swallow this breath, so the edict to recruit the military and martial arts family into Luoyang, jointly agreed on the second expedition to Goryeo plan, as the descendant of the eldest grandson Sheng of the Western Regions, the eldest grandson Anye also came to Luoyang. Although Luoyang is big, but there are so many nobles, and they don't see what they look up and look down, so there are more meetings with the eldest grandson Wuji, although they are afraid of the group of noble children who are like wolves and tigers, and are not afraid of heaven and earth, but they still sneer at the half-brother of the eldest grandson Wuji, and speak ill of each other, making a group of noble children hate the same enemy, and retaliate a few times before stopping, in short, there is such a disgusting person in front of him, and the eldest grandson Wuji is also greatly affected, so the number of times he runs Luoyang is also less, Being able to accompany her mother Gao Shuyun more can be regarded as a gain and a loss.

In the second year, in the spring of the ninth year of the Great Cause, the saint once again personally conquered Goryeo, and the soldiers pointed directly at Liaodong, vowing not to destroy Goryeo and not return, but unfortunately this time although the foreign war was fully prepared, I didn't expect that there was chaos in the backyard again, and Yang Xuan felt that the army rebelled! The world was shaken, the two capitals were in danger, and today the son hurriedly withdrew his troops from Liaodong, and returned to the division day and night. It is a pity that the rebellion was put down, and as a result, a series of victories in the capital, which had almost reached Goryeo, had to be abandoned.

Yang Xuangan, Yang Su's nephew, Yang Su was named a prince because of his great merit and this dynasty, and he had no heirs after his death, so the title was inherited by his nephew, and the two generations of emperors of the Sui Dynasty were not righteous, so he was quite suspicious, and he was naturally vigilant everywhere for this hero who made great contributions in the struggle for imperial power, Yang Su was not willing to sit still, so he secretly prepared to rebel, but no matter how secretive he did, he would reveal a trace of clues, Yang Su's preparation was gradually noticed by the saint, in order to protect his family, Yang Su had to commit suicide to show that he had no rebellion, since Yang Su died, in order to show his generosity, the current saint naturally could not be held accountable, and also inherited his title to his nephew, but Yang Xuangan also inherited his uncle's rebellion preparations, and also waited for an opportunity that his uncle did not wait.

Yang Xuangan raised troops and received strong support from a person, this person was Li Mi, who later single-handedly subverted the foundation of the Great Sui and almost became the king. Li Mi is also the descendant of the military aristocracy of Longyou, the ancestor is one of the eight pillars of the same era as Yuwentai, Li Hu Duguxin and others, and later the Sui Dynasty was established, most of the generals of the original Zhou Dynasty were promoted and degraded, transferred from the army and replaced by a very high status but no real power title, Li Mi's family is the same, for this reason, it can be said that the resentment between the former Longyou military warlord and the emperor of the current dynasty is very deep. In addition, the first emperor seized the throne and set off a bloody storm in order to consolidate the imperial power, which made the nobles and gate lords walk on thin ice one by one, lest one of them be careless and a catastrophe will come, so Yang Xuan's rebellion is just a precedent, and subsequent rebellions will continue to appear in the future.

Li Mi came up with three strategies for Yang Xuan, namely the upper, middle, and lower strategies. Unite with Goryeo, take advantage of the fact that the Son of Heaven is in Liaodong, send troops to guard the key points of Liaodong so that the Son of Heaven can not advance or retreat, advance to Goryeo, and then have us, without fighting, the Son of Heaven can be captured, this is the best policy. Went west to Chang'an, reached an agreement with the local nobles, and then slowly eliminated the influence of His Majesty, at that time, even if the Son of Heaven returned, he was helpless because of the emptiness of Guanzhong. This is the best way to go.

You can also attack Luoyang nearby, but the city of Luoyang is strong, and if you can't attack it within a hundred days, when the reinforcements arrive, we will be in danger, this is the next policy. It should be said that Li Mi's strategy is quite good, but unfortunately, his partner is a hopeless fool, Yang Xuangan neither chooses the best strategy, nor the middle strategy, but directly attacks Luoyang, Luoyang City and its majesty, eager and difficult, Yang Xuangan's troops are frustrated in Jiancheng. And now that the saint heard that Luoyang had changed again, he immediately returned to the division, and reinforcements from all walks of life arrived on the battlefield one after another, Yang Xuangan gradually tended to be at a disadvantage, and finally Qiē was indeed as Li Mi expected. Yang Xuangan was finally defeated, and he himself was killed. Li Mi began an endless career of fugitive, until he escaped to Wagang Mountain and was rescued by Zhai Rang.

During the siege of Yang Xuangan, Gao Shilian was also in Luoyang City because of official business, and was trapped in the city for several months until Luoyang lifted the siege, isolated from the outside of the city, and Gao Shilian did not know the situation at home at all, but because the war had just ended, the outside of the city was not stable, but fortunately, Gao Shilian's popularity was quite good, so he borrowed a soldier and horse from the generals of the army to escort him home. This road is really not very peaceful, from time to time there are routs and robberies, and with the continuous appearance of these things, Gao Shilian's heart is becoming more and more uneasy, he can only hope that he just thinks too much, and the family is as usual. Lady, little sister is safe. Until he saw the small city where his family lived: the faint black smoke drifted from above the county seat, and a burning smell came into Gao Shilian's nose, Gao Shilian's face changed, and he rushed to the open gate of the county seat in the first place, and the cavalry behind him followed closely and rushed in together.

The originally quiet and peaceful county town has completely changed its appearance, the broken ruins, the corpses of the dead residents, so that the original blue road surface has been covered with red blood and black smoke and dust, all telling what happened to this county, Gao Shilian's heart was violently pinched together, he didn't dare to think about what scene he would see when he returned home. There were still a few sporadic robbery routs on the road in the county seat, and when they saw Gao Shilian with the murderous appearance of the cavalry, they all scattered in a hurry, and Gao Shilian didn't have time to pay attention to them, just kept waving the horsewhip and rushed to the direction of his home.