In the following days, Qin Mubai felt like a piece of stubborn iron, first thrown into the furnace and burned red, and then beaten by Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie, two savage old blacksmiths, like crazy.

Martial arts practice on the school field, marksmanship and ...... To put it nicely, it's actually a beating!

was beaten by two top martial artists in the Tang Dynasty!

Every bone seemed to be shattered, there was no place on the body that was not injured, and a blue nose and swollen face were commonplace, which made Qin Mubai often have the illusion that he had gained weight.

However, after thousands of quenching, the stubborn iron finally has a little "steel" feeling. Under the crazy training of Qin and Cheng pulling seedlings and cramming, Qin Mubai's spearmanship, riding and archery and other horse kung fu have improved by leaps and bounds. Now, he can even use Qin Shubao's newly created "Tai Chi Marksmanship" to fight with Cheng Zhijie in more than ten or twenty rounds on horse, and he will not be knocked off the horse so easily.

As for riding archery, archery was originally Qin Mubai's specialty. After he became proficient in equestrianism, his skills improved even faster. In the end, Qin Shubao and Cheng Zhijie had to admit - "This kid's current archery skills, not to mention the first in the world, are at least the pinnacle of excellence, which is very incomparable." We two old guys, no better than him. ”

The imperial court held a celebration banquet of "pacifying Tuyuhun" as scheduled, and Qin Shubao was invited to participate. Qin Mubai was not qualified to go to such a high-level place to ask for a piece of soup, but he heard that the emperor used the "Qin Immortal Wine" brewed by himself to entertain guests at the banquet, which caused a great sensation for a while.

Qin Shubao came back from the banquet, and he was in a very good mood, as if he was a little younger in an instant, and his illness was a little better. It turned out that the emperor not only displayed the "Qin gun" he used at the banquet as before, but also specially praised the San Lang of the Qin family in public - "versatile, filial piety and benevolence; The door is a tiger, and it does not disgrace the court. ”

Obviously, the emperor deliberately took the initiative to resolve Qin Shubao's heart knot, and dissolved some of the unwarranted beams that he had formed because of Wu Meiniang before.

"San Lang, the emperor's mind is really not something we can imagine! Instead of hating you, he praised you in public. Qin Shubao said to Qin Mubai comfortably, "He praised your piano skills and winemaking, which are all secondary." But he specifically mentioned that you are a 'general's tiger', is this a hint that you should not drill into the camp music and wine and other deviations, but concentrate on fighting the military and prepare for the emperor's army selection in the near future? ”

"Possibly." Qin Mubai replied, "But the king's heart is unpredictable, whether the emperor is really relieved, or wants to cover the mountain and shock the tiger, we don't know." In short, the child himself will be careful. If the emperor has this kind of hint, it just reflects that in his heart, he is indeed a little unhappy with Wu Meiniang. ”

"Oh, how do you say?" Qin Shubao asked with some surprise.

"If the emperor is really hinting that I am going to participate in the military selection, doesn't he want me to leave Li Ke?" Qin Mubai said, "That means that he is a little dissatisfied with the incident that I mixed with Li Ke this time, and he doesn't want me to be with him again in the future." Father, what do you say? ”

"Hmm...... Makes sense. Qin Shubao nodded suddenly, stroked his long beard and said, "You are still careful." Since the emperor has hinted at it like this, you have even more reason to leave the Wu Wangfu and go to the emperor's side to find an errand. Let's get ready to practice martial arts. If nothing else, when the New Year arrives around the Lantern Festival, the emperor will do this thing. There are still more than 20 days left, so you have to hurry. ”

"Yes, father." Qin Mubai agreed to the promise, but his heart was a little nervous: The great god Yuan Tiangang approved it, my father's end of life is the seventeenth day of the first month, and there are only more than 20 days left! But when I look at him now, he is refreshed and his body is getting better, what will happen when the time comes? I'd rather believe that it's a fool of people in this kind of unpredictable calculation......

There are only a few days to go before the New Year. In Chang'an, the imperial capital of the peaceful and prosperous era, there was a bit of relaxed joy. From time to time, you can see people from all walks of life, returning home with a large number of New Year's goods purchased from the West Market. The sound of firecrackers is often heard in the streets. What made Qin Mubai feel even more interesting was that in the entire Chang'an City, except for the Qin family, almost every household had two door god paintings pasted on the gate - Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong!

It turns out that this custom has been formed since the time of Zhenguan.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin, who had just ascended the throne, often fell asleep and had nightmares (probably the psychological shadow left by killing his brother and killing so many innocent little nephews), so he thought that the palace was haunted. As a result, Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong, the two fierce generals who had killed countless people in the founding state and had the most vigorous blood and fearless ghosts and gods, guarded the emperor's dormitory all night. Li Shimin slept peacefully at this time.

Later, because Li Shimin was sympathetic to his subordinates, he couldn't bear to let these two generals stay outside the palace all night, so he first left Qin Shubao's famous iron spear, inserted it outside the palace to suppress it, and later ordered the painter to draw a portrait of the two and paste it on the door of the dormitory to ward off demons.

Whether the emperor really slept soundly after that, it is not to be seen. However, the trend of upward and downward effects has always made the emperor's move quickly popular among the people. A few years later, Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong, two living people, actually became the door gods of the people!

Compared with the lively and festive outside, Wu Wangfu seemed a little silent. This almost isolated place is now like a pool of stagnant water, and it is difficult to stir up any waves. Li Ke didn't go out all day, and he didn't know if those beauties had made him aesthetically fatigued, and whether he was tired of appreciating those songs, dances, and dances.

Qin Mubai thought to himself, on the surface, it seems that Li Ke is planning to keep his light and become a peaceful prince who has no quarrel with the world. I just don't know what kind of thoughts exist in his heart?

By chance, Qin Mubai and Li Ke talked about Princess Wu when they chatted. It turned out that Princess Wu Yang, because she had just given birth to a daughter, was weak and tired from the journey, so she still stayed in Anzhou to recuperate and did not follow Li Ke to Chang'an. The people who listened to the gossip in the house said that Li Ke, the king of Wu, and the princess came together because of political marriage, and they could not talk about affection or indifference, and could only be described as "respecting each other as guests". In other words, it's a bit of a "dissensibility".

On this day, the palace issued a New Year's benefit, whether it was a general official or a pawn servant, each of them issued a batch of mutton cloth and other New Year's goods, a joyful scene.

Qin Mubai was distributing things to his military academy, and Yin Yang, the brigade commander who was responsible for guarding the gate of the prince's mansion, hurriedly came to report that someone came to the mansion to name and ask to see Qin Mubai, claiming to be the personal maid of the second lady of the martial arts family of the Yingguo Mansion.

"Wu Meiniang is looking for me at this time, what will happen?" After thinking for a while, Qin Mubai came to the door and saw the little girl.

As soon as the little girl saw Qin Mubai, she cried her nose, and shouted pitifully and anxiously: "Uncle, go over quickly!" The second lady is miserable! ”

"What's going on, don't cry, make things clear!" Qin Mubai was in his heart and asked.

"Woo woo, my uncle doesn't glance at the Wu family these days, Brother Wu Yuanqing bullies the second lady and them all day long, and the beating and scolding is still light, this is about to kill people!" The little girl was crying so sadly.

"What? Is there such a thing? Reversed him Wu Yuanqing! Qin Mubai saw that this little girl was crying sadly, and she didn't dare to deceive herself, so she was a little angry for a while.

It happened that Yuwen Hongtai came over, and when he heard Qin Mubai's low voice, he immediately shouted angrily: "Boss, I'll call a few brothers, hang that Wu Yuanqing up and beat him, skin him and pump his tendons!" It's really the other way around! ”

"Shut up!" Qin Mubai stopped him with a low snort, stared at the little girl ring, saw her scalp tingling and shrunk backwards, and said in a snort: "Aunt, aunt, why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"If you dare to lie to me, then you will be doomed." Qin Mubai snorted coldly. At this moment, although he was a little annoyed, he still did not lose his mind. Logically speaking, it is impossible for Wu Yuanqing to dare to bully Wu Meiniang's sisters, mother and daughter.

"Don't you dare, don't you dare!" Xiao Yahuan looked at a group of fierce men in armor and knives in horror, and threw down a sentence of "Uncle, you have to come quickly" with a little trembling, and ran away.

"Hmph, little girl, although her acting skills are not bad, but this kind of brainless trick also wants to deceive me? I want to see what Wu Meiniang is trying to do when she tricks me into the past. Qin Mubai couldn't help but sneer.

"Chief, what should I do? Do you want me to call some brothers and clean up the foolish goods surnamed Wu? Yuwen Hongtai was in a hurry, and kept asking and urging.

"What are you supposed to do, what are you going to do. I'll just go to Wufu alone. Qin Mubai drove him away, so he didn't bother to take off his armor, and rode directly to the Yingguo Mansion.

The subordinates in the Ying Guo Mansion all knew Qin Mubai, and they all trembled when they saw his fully armed appearance. As the saying goes, it is better to provoke officials than bandits, and it is better to provoke bandits than soldiers, Qin Mubai's outfit obviously made him add a momentum that is not angry but mighty.

Qin Mubai asked someone to ask, and the next person replied that the head of the family and the second lady were playing on the backyard polo field!

"Play?" Qin Mubai snorted coldly in his heart: As expected, lie to me! Fortunately, I didn't rush over with a large number of soldiers, otherwise it would have been too big.

Originally, he was a little annoyed in his heart, but after coming to the backyard to take a look at the polo, Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile again.

Where is there any conflict in this family, it is simply a "ball of harmony"!

In the polo field, the net pocket that Qin Mubai pulled up when he came to play that day was still there. Wu Meiniang took a large group of little girls and played the game of "shooting" in a shouting and screaming. The difference is that there is one more goalkeeper today - Wu Yuanshuang!

Wu Yuanshuang is a big man, sweating profusely and nervously bent his waist, staring at the ball at Wu Meiniang's feet with a bitter face, and he didn't know which side to defend clumsyly. Hearing only a coquettish reprimand, Wu Meiniang kicked the ball over. Wu Yuanshuang screamed nervously and pushed to the side with both hands to block the ball, but the ball smashed firmly on his face and bounced away.

"Hahaha!" Wu Meiniang, the women clapped their hands and laughed. Wu Yuanshuang covered his face and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Second brother, if you didn't score, you won! Little sister loses to you the usual money! Wu Meiniang clapped her hands and grinned a little wickedly, "Come on, my little sister hasn't had enough fun!" ”

On the side of the polo field, Mrs. Yang held her third daughter, who was only a few years old, basking in the sun leisurely. The eldest son, Wu Yuanqing, was like a slave, pouring tea and water with low eyebrows beside him.

Qin Mubai frowned: Does this look like Wu Meiniang's mother and daughter are being bullied? I think it's the other way around!

When she walked over, Mrs. Yang was the first to see Qin Mubai, and hurriedly got up and greeted her with a smile: "The virtuous son-in-law is here?" I'm afraid I haven't been here for a while, right? - Yuan Qing, why don't you prepare for tea? ”

"Yes, Mother." Wu Yuanqing didn't say a word, and quickly brought the seat tea like a slave.

Qin Mubai picked the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Mrs. Yang, what's going on?" ”

"Are you asking Mei Niang?" Mrs. Yang deliberately looked at him left and right, and said with a smile, "She is playing Keju with his second brother!" She said, you taught her how to play this game, and it was fun. What a 'penalty', the goalkeeper's, I don't understand anyway. It's just that they're having fun. ”

Qin Mubai didn't ask her, glanced at Wu Yuanqing, and saw him standing obediently on the side with his head down, not squinting at the atmosphere and not daring to come out, like a eunuch.

On the other side, Wu Meiniang and the others also saw Qin Mubai, and they came over and laughed and made a noise. Wu Meiniang swaggered over with a ball in her arms and said loudly: "Yo, isn't this my Mu Bai Fujun?" Wearing such a suit of armor, he really looks like a hero! ”

"So you mean, I'm not a good guy anymore?" Qin Mubai turned around and looked at her with a smile.

"Meet my uncle!" A group of maids and maidservants fell down neatly. Qin Mubai's heart moved slightly: When did the martial family have so many maidservants, newly bought?

"Not bad, right? Mu Bai Fujun. Wu Meiniang threw the ball with a wicked smile and said, "I have bought more than a dozen beautiful Meiji in the past few days, and I have fun with me day and night, so I am happy!" Would you like to try it? ”

"Mei Niang, how did you speak?" Mrs. Yang scolded in a low voice, shook her head and smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Virtuous son-in-law, the old body will say goodbye and avoid it first, you two can talk!" ”

"Hmmm......"

After Mrs. Yang left, the martial brothers did not dare to leave, and stood neatly and obediently, like lambs to be slaughtered and bloodless eunuchs.

"Big brother and second brother, you should step back first, I'm going to talk to my Mu Bai Fujun about business. You have to arrange the dinner well, but don't neglect my husband! Wu Meiniang proudly raised her beautiful little face and said loudly.

"Foolish brother knows...... Virtuous brother-in-law, third sister, foolish brother and less accompaniment. The martial brothers agreed in a low voice and left obediently.

[Ask for a red ticket!! ]