There seemed to be a villain in Shen Leng's body who would wake him up on time, he woke up naturally at this time every day, moved his limbs and put on his clothes, and stomped his feet on the ground, the injured leg was already healed, as Meng Changan said, even if he didn't have Mr. Shen's elixir worth a thousand gold, he should be almost fine.

When he went out, he didn't see Meng Changan, that guy lived in the same courtyard, and he would get up a little earlier than Shen Leng every day to practice the knife, the knife technique taught by Mr. Chu was fierce and domineering, and he didn't change their knife habits, but only changed the direction of the knife, the angle, the timing of the knife, and the coordination of the eyes and the knife, and the two of them practiced the most in the first two months was the reaction.

Mr. Chu asked them to see the moment the knife must also arrive, this is easy to say, but you can really know how difficult it is to practice, after the human eye sees it, the head gives a command, and then the hand makes a movement, this time cannot be completely erased, even Mr. Chu can't, what you want to practice is to try your best to shorten this time.

Shen Leng and Meng Changan can already do knife splitting arrows, Mr. Chu added a difficulty, he asked people to find baskets of stones, he sat on the steps and hit Shen Leng and Meng Changan with stones, and the two of them split the stones with knives.

The stones shot by Mr. Chu were much faster than the feather arrows shot by ordinary soldiers, and it was not a level at all.

Anyway, in the first two months, almost every day, the two of them were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces.

Shen Leng couldn't help but ask, why use this inhumane way, Mr. Chu said that there are two reasons, the first is to let them adapt to the speed they can't react to, and when they don't get beaten so badly, they can avoid the blow of the peerless master.

He didn't say the second point for a long time, and Shen Leng asked curiously what the second point was.

Mr. Chu said that it was quite fun to beat the two of you.

Two months later, Shen Leng and Meng Changan were able to split almost every stone that Mr. Chu punched, Mr. Chu began to teach them the angle and timing of the knife, and for another month, the two of them improved their knife skills, and then Mr. Chu said goodbye one night, or got up earlier than Shen Leng and Meng Changan in the morning, and when the two of them went to knock on the door, they found that the person had left.

It's really a dragon that sees the beginning but doesn't see the end.

Shen Leng practiced his knife for a while and didn't see Meng Changan come out, he also went to knock on the door, no one answered in the house, pushed open the door and looked, the bed was still open, obviously people were in a hurry, he went out and asked the soldiers on duty, the young man who looked like a tiger said that General Meng left more than half an hour ago, Shen Leng asked if there was any urgent military situation and did not tell him, the soldier shook his head, saying that the two ladies were escorted by the Qianban Fang Baijing of the Tingwei Mansion.

Shen Leng suddenly realized.

He looked at the stout young man: "When did you start following General Meng?" ”

The young man replied shyly: "It's been more than a year." ”

"Where's home?"

"Yuyang County, Liaobei Province, surnamed Bai."

Shen Leng thought about it, the Bai family in Yuyang County is also a big surname, and has nothing to do with the Bai family in Xiangning, and few people from the Bai family in Yuyang County have entered the office, it is said that the business is very big, and the Bai family buys mountain ginseng and other medicinal materials produced in Liaobei Province and sells them to all parts of Daning, and the Shen family and the Bai family have business dealings.

"Hmm."

Shen Leng just asked casually, and when he turned around, he asked again: "What's your name?" ”

The young man was even more shy: "When I was born, the ten acres of lilies planted in my family's medicinal field were blooming, so they named me ......"

Of course, Shen Leng could guess: "Bai Bai......"

Before he finished speaking, the young man had already given the answer: "Ten acres of white." ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Very connotative......"

Shen Leng returned to the courtyard to continue practicing knives, and suddenly thought of why the two wives of Meng Changan, who was in the cold winter, came with their children? I didn't think much about it just now, I was worried when I thought of this, and I went out to look for it, and I didn't go far before I saw Meng Changan come back.

"What about the two siblings and the children?"

"Gone."

Meng Changan smiled: "I sent someone to ask Fang Baijing to send them back to Chang'an, there is going to be a big war in this place, they are just worried about me, so they take a detour to take a look, I am also more down-to-earth after they take their children back to Chang'an, but the general of the Black Martial Arts North Courtyard Ye Tu brought an army of 360,000, and no one knows how long this battle will last...... They are actually not safe in Baishan Pass, and it is better to go back, even if it may not be a fight, it is better to go back. ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Fang Baijing is also okay?" ”

"Alright."

Meng Changan let out a long breath: "When you first said that you were fighting Sula City, you knew that the black warriors would not be good at resting, but did you think that there would be hundreds of thousands of troops coming to us for comment?" ”

Shen Leng shook his head: "The situation inside Heiwu is changing rapidly, and I didn't expect so many people to come." ”

Meng Changan: "Worried." ”

Shen Leng: "Well, with the same sorrow, hundreds of thousands of people, if there are too many prisoners, there is no place to detain." ”

Meng Changan smiled and took out two talismans from his arms: "Your sister-in-law went to ask for it, and I asked for two, one for you and me." ”

Shen Leng: "Hehe, thank you two sisters-in-law...... Phew, brother and sister! ”

Meng Changan shrugged his shoulders, and after returning to the courtyard, he practiced sword skills with Shen Leng, and after half an hour, the two of them were already sweating, and when they were resting, Shen Leng asked, "Is there any news about Pei Tingshan?" ”

"Nope."

Meng Chang'an said: "I don't think this battle is actually easy to fight, Yetu led hundreds of thousands of troops to come, once it really starts, His Majesty's Northern Expedition plan will be advanced, Heiwu is more passive than us, Your Majesty has been planning for so long, we don't need to worry about food and grass at all, even if we fight for five years, we don't have to worry, there are water divisions for logistics and supply, three roads in Northeast Xinjiang, three roads in Northwest Xinjiang, and the army will not be too slow to assemble, besides, it ......"

Meng Changan looked at Shen Leng: "There is also the Northwest Tang family." ”

The people all say that Daning has four arsenals for military training, but in fact there are five arsenals, and the Tang family is also counted as one.

The Tang family is a very special existence, although there are not many people in the court who hold heavy power, even if the one who can be mentioned now is really on the stage is a Tang Baobao, a Tang Shouhe, there are two young generals in the north who have shined in the past few years, one is called Tang Wen and the other is Tang Ding, but it is not a descendant of the Tang family, it is a branch of the people.

And the female devil.

That woman, even Meng Changan had palpitations when she mentioned it, and after arriving in Northern Xinjiang, she changed her original very feminine name and forced others to call her Uncle Tang.

She changed her name to Tang Ruthless.

"It's not that the black warriors don't know if they can't win."

Meng Changan looked at Shen Leng: "So, have you thought about it carefully, what are the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Northern Courtyard doing here?" ”

"If you can, you can fight, and if you can't, you can grab the territory."

Shen Leng said: "After thinking about it for a long time, I probably thought of the battle between the Black Martial Arts Master Xin Fengyue and Samburu, the people who can be used by Samburu are all in the South Courtyard, and Xin Fengyue can divide half of the country by transferring the army of the North Courtyard." ”

Meng Changan snorted: "So they don't want to fight at all, they just bluff." ”

Shen Leng: "But we want to fight." ”

Meng Changan laughed, and there was some expectation in his eyes.

There are a few young people in the Daning Army who are not war maniacs.

At the same time, Chang'an City.

His Majesty the Emperor has talked to Concubine Zhen twice and wants to make her the queen, but Concubine Zhen is just hesitant, once she really becomes the queen, how many courtiers will talk about her background, she thinks, but she has to consider it more for His Majesty, now Concubine Yi has two princes, and Concubine Yi is humble and has a good character, and she is the best candidate for the queen.

When the emperor looked for her, she mentioned Concubine Yi, and then every time the emperor kept silent.

There is a saying that the emperor wants to say...... What I want for you is for you, not for others.

East Warm Pavilion.

Lai Cheng looked at the emperor with an innocent face: "The minister also knows that it is time to rest after scolding for a few months, but Your Majesty also knows that the minister also endures humiliation...... If you don't let the civil and military officials feel that the minister and His Majesty are not of the same mind, it is not easy for the minister to inquire about some news, right? ”

The emperor snorted: "You bear the burden of humiliation? You're scolding, isn't it? ”

Lai Cheng: "How dare the minister, every time the minister scolds His Majesty and goes home, he will slap himself hard." ”

Emperor: "Really? ”

Lai Cheng: "It's true! ”

Emperor: "Pump yourself, it's hard for you." ”

Lai Cheng: "It's all for Your Majesty." ”

Emperor: "I'll just come and smoke it in the future, I can't let you work so hard." ”

Lai Cheng: "......"

He looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers, not just to slap the ministers, right?" ”

The emperor glanced at Lai Cheng: "From tomorrow onwards, you will participate in Pei Tingshan every once in a while." ”

Lai Cheng was stunned: "This ...... Why, Your Majesty. ”

"If you want to participate, you will participate, one small ginseng in three days, one big ginseng in five days, the more ruthless the better."

Lai Cheng asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is going to take out Pei Tingshan?" ”

"Just do what I tell you to do."

Lai Cheng nodded, but he still didn't understand what His Majesty suddenly thought of, when His Majesty went to Dongjiang, it was the best time to take out Pei Tingshan, and now there is no point in participating in a few books, for so many years, there are not three hundred but two hundred and eight to participate in Pei Tingshan.

After leaving the East Warm Pavilion, Lai Chengcheng went to the Yanta Academy, and only the old dean could solve his doubts.

When I was about to arrive at the academy, I felt a little embarrassed to come to see Mr. empty-handed, so I bought some mutton and white tofu, and when I entered the small courtyard of the dean, I saw that the door was open, Lai Cheng called out to Mr., and when I entered the door, the old dean was sitting at the dining table, and the copper stove on the table was already boiling, but there was nothing on the table.

Lai Cheng was stunned: "How did Mr. know that the students would buy something to eat the copper pot?" ”

"As soon as you left from Your Majesty's, Your Majesty sent someone to tell me, saying that you will come, and you are a stingy person, and you will probably buy some white tofu."

The old dean glared at him: "Could it be that I don't prepare a copper pot and prepare some shallots to mix your tofu?" ”

Lai Cheng smiled: "Since Mr. knows, please explain your doubts." ”

The old dean smashed his mouth: "There is no wine." ”

Lai Cheng: "Students, go out and buy it." ”

The old dean shook his head: "It will take you more than half an hour to go out and come back, it's too delayed, you pay for it, I'll find someone to buy it." ”

Lai Cheng took out the money bag, and wanted to count out three or two taels of silver, but after thinking about it, he put the money bag on the table: "Mr. just let people buy it." ”

The old dean picked up the money bag and opened it and looked at it: "It's okay." ”

Then he pulled the drawer open, put the money bag in, got up and got back with a jug of wine and sat down.

Lai Cheng: "......"

The old dean smiled: "Don't you want to know why Your Majesty wants you to participate in Pei Tingshan?" ”

He pointed to the other side of the board: "Go and cut the meat and white tofu." ”

Lai Cheng hurriedly got up and went to work, and glanced back at the old dean: "Why?" ”

The old dean smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, I want to make a big show." ”