Volume 4 The Boat Against the Current Chapter 196 A Chance to Get Ahead

There is a way, a few families are happy, and a few families are sad. When Sun Tu was proud of his fame and fortune because of this victory, his opponent, the Liao State Mission, left Tokyo City in a somewhat lonely manner.

Of course, many of these people were indignant because of the final defeat at the hands of the Song people, but Yelu Arrow was by no means among them, and even before leaving Tokyo, he specially asked people to send a gift and letter to Sun Tu, wishing him an early promotion and becoming the pillar of the humerus of the Great Song Dynasty. As an important minister of the Liao State, it is impossible for him to be depressed because of a small defeat.

The only thing that made him feel unwilling was that he failed to recruit a talent like Sun Tu into his hands. Therefore, when he led the people to leave Tokyo and went forward for more than ten miles, he suddenly stopped his horse and turned around, glanced at the majestic and majestic capital of the Song Dynasty from a distance, and secretly swore in his heart: "One day, I, Yelu Dashi, will definitely return to Tokyo again." When that time comes, I will let this city full of soldiers and civilians prostrate at my feet and become the obedient people of my Great Liao! ”

The so-called YelΓΌ Arrow is just a fake identity for him to hide people's ears, his real identity is the current Liao Dynasty Chinese Wu Quancai, the only Khitan who has passed the entrance examination, and the Liaoxing army who is most trusted by the Liao Emperor makes YelΓΌ Dashi, known as Dashi Linya in the dynasty!

If Sun Tu had revealed his identity early on and known his role in the Song-Liao War a few years later, he would probably have killed him without hesitation. It's a pity that Sun Tu didn't know this at this time, and he was explaining this time to his master in front of Zhou Tong, as if he was aware of it, he suddenly turned around, and looked at the north with a deep gaze, colliding with the gaze of Yelu Dashi, the future opponent, in the air.

Zhou Tong in front of him hadn't said anything yet, and Zhou Xiuwan, who was also fascinated by the listening, had already said eagerly: "Next, senior brother, why did you stop halfway through talking?" Can you lead someone to defeat the Liao? ”

"Oh......" Sun Tu turned around at this time, smiled apologetically at the two of them, and continued to finish what he had to say: "The disciple finally didn't disgrace you, Master, and won a victory for my Great Song." ”

These words caused Zhou Xiuwan to cheer, and then hugged Ya'er who was smiling with honor beside her: "Ya'er, your third brother is really powerful, if only I had such a brother." ”

Ya'er's face flushed, and she hurriedly said: "Wan'er and I are like sisters, and my third brother is naturally your brother." While these words made Zhou Xiuwan very happy, they also made Zhou Tong a little embarrassed, Zhou Xiuwan is his granddaughter, but Sun Tu is his apprentice, so in this way, everyone's seniority is completely messed up.

Fortunately, the two little girls soon had other ideas, and ran to the side to talk in a low voice, and then he refocused his attention on Sun Tu: "You haven't come to see your teacher for a long time this time, I don't know if you have wasted on martial arts?" ”

"Disciples don't dare to slack off, and they always take two hours out every day to practice martial arts."

"There is no basis for what you say, so let's go through two tricks with the teacher first." Zhou Tong said that he had already shaken up his clothes, and when he came to the courtyard, he put on a posture for Sun Tu to attack. Sun Tu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately gathered his spirits, wandering while looking for the flaws that the other party might expose.

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Zhou Tong's footsteps moved, and sure enough, a flaw was revealed on the left side, Sun Tu had already pounced on it with an arrow, and the fist in his left hand had hit the flaw under the master's ribs like a thunderbolt. And just when Zhou Tong quickly lowered his arm to parry this move, his right hand had already rushed to the opponent's face door first, this was Sun Tu's real killing move.

"Good!" But this move was still expected by Zhou Dong, he took a step diagonally back, and it was already easily flashed, and at the same time pointed out in his mouth: "Although you are fast when you make a move, it is still easy to be seen through before you focus your eyes, and this habit has to be changed." ”

Sun Tu replied in a low voice, and immediately ravaged his body again, and greeted the master with his fists and feet with the sound of the wind, leaving no emotion. But even if he went all out and made fierce moves, he still couldn't pose the slightest threat to Zhou Tong, and finally after attacking more than 20 moves in a row, he finally lost his strength and his moves were interrupted. And Zhou Tong immediately seized this opportunity, and suddenly made a palm lightly imprinted on Sun Tu's chest, pushing him back and back, and he didn't stop his pace until he was outside.

"Hmm, the set of Liuding Kaishan Fist you just made is also a bit hot, and it is indeed hard work to be able to thoroughly understand all the moves and turn them into their own use without being limited to the coherence between the moves. However, your fist and foot kung fu is still too murderous in the end, so you can put it away and can't take it away, so after all, you have to think about it. At this time, Zhou Tong slowly pointed out some of Sun Tu's questions just now.

These words made Sun Tu stunned when he heard this: "Isn't martial arts used to defeat the enemy, why am I not good with murderous energy?" ”

"There is murderous intent, but the heart must be like a mirror, and you can't mess up your mind because of this. It is said that for the generals, there is thunder in the chest and the face is like a peaceful lake, but if we want to achieve the highest level of martial arts, we have to do the opposite, the face is like thunder and the heart is like a peaceful lake. In this way, we can anticipate the enemy's opportunity and defeat the enemy! ”

Listening to Zhou Tong's words, Sun Tu suddenly fell into deep thought, and only after a while did he raise his head and say: "The disciple has been taught, I used to be too obsessed with appearances, and I did commit the taboo of learning martial arts." ”

Zhou Tong saw that he had indeed understood the true meaning of his words, so he stroked his beard with satisfaction and smiled: "Your understanding is indeed extremely high, often the old man can understand it with just two sentences, but it's a pity...... Your mind can't be completely focused on martial arts, otherwise you can really inherit the mantle of the old man completely. He sighed and shook his head.

Sun Tu didn't answer the other party's words at this time, but just smiled apologetically at his master. Indeed, he did not devote himself to martial arts training, because he did not consider himself a person in the rivers and lakes. Learning martial arts is just to increase his own upward bargaining chips, and for him, seeking a higher position of power is the most important thing in this life.

After all, reality is not martial arts, and it is not that you can be free and fearless with a body of martial arts. Only by holding great power and becoming an important minister of the court can he truly control his own destiny.

Zhou Tong also understood Sun Tu's ambition, so he didn't force it too much, and after only sighing a few words, he asked Sun Tu to take a stick and practice with him and give him instructions.

Throughout the day, Sun Tu stayed with Zhou Tong and practiced hard, until after dark, when he took Ya'er back to his house after eating.

And when they came to the entrance of their alley, they found that it was there

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A carriage was parked, and a few people dressed as slaves from wealthy families were guarding there, and as soon as they saw them coming back, several people hurriedly greeted them: "Sun Guanren really made the little ones wait." Even though he said that, there was no hint of complaint in his tone.

Sun Tu glanced at the lantern next to the car, and saw the big children's character, so he was a little curious: "Tong Shuai summoned the officials at night and didn't know what was going on?" ”

"My lord asked me to wait to find an official at the police station in the afternoon, but the other side said that you were not there, so the villains could only come here and wait." The head of the house slave said with a wry smile: "But the master said, you must let the official go to the house to see you today, so ......"

When Sun Tu heard this, he hurriedly apologized, so he took Ya'er home first, and after a little freshening up and changing into clean clothes, he got into the carriage they prepared for him and headed towards Tong's house. Speaking of which, today's treatment is really unusual, Tong Guan didn't send someone to pick him up in a carriage in the past.

When he arrived at Tong's Mansion, he didn't have to wait, Sun Tu was taken to Tong Guan's study. As soon as the latter saw him, he smiled and said, "Qianli, you really made the old man wait." ”

"Tong Shuai forgives the sin, the lower official committee really didn't know that you would come to summon you today, so I went to the north of the city to learn martial arts." Sun Tu hurriedly apologized.

"Oh? Qianli, your martial arts are already good, do you still want to apprentice? It's really impressive. Tong Guan smiled, but he didn't delve into the matter, after all, as his identity, he didn't care about martial arts or anything for a long time.

After waiting for the next person to send the tea and soup introduction, and the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Tong Guan slowly brought the topic into the right track: "Qianli, you have made many meritorious contributions to the imperial court during this period of time, whether it is the group of broken powder swallows, or the defeat of the Liao people on the Keju field, plus the rescue of Ambassador Chen in the Liao embassy before, although some people deliberately conceal these things, most people in the DPRK and China still see them, and the officials also understand them." That's a lot of credit to you. ”

"Tong Shuai praised it falsely, this is what the lower officials should do, since I am a Song minister, I should be loyal to the king." Sun Tu looked calm on the surface, and his answer was quite decent, but in fact, his heart was already a little excited.

Why did Tong Guan suddenly summon him and deliberately let people stay in front of his house, and now he said these words of praise? Obviously, it's time to promote yourself.

Tong Guan was quite satisfied with Sun Tu's answer, so he nodded and said: "Although what you said is reasonable, the court can't be meritorious and not reward the hearts of the people of the world." This time, the official family has made a decree for my Privy Council to consider the promotion and reuse for you, and the old man naturally wants to listen to your own meaning. Do I still remember, when you proposed to the old man that you wanted to go to the army for training? ”

"Exactly, Xia Guan had this ambition when he was young, and he also read a few military books later, and he felt that my Great Song army was weak, so he ......" Sun Tu's mood suddenly became nervous, this is the opportunity he was waiting for.

"From the fact that you can defeat the Liao team with eight people this time, the old man is really looking forward to seeing your performance when you command the army." Speaking of this, Tong Guan suddenly paused, and said with a gleam in his eyes: "But before that, the old man has to ask you a few questions." You have to think about it before you answer. ”

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