Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Contest

Liu Guifei didn't speak for a long time, and Xiaoxiang knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up. www.biquge.infoSuddenly, Liu Guifei said, "Get up, comb your hair for the palace." ”

"Yes......" Xiaoxiang got up from the ground, carefully picked up the comb, and combed Liu Guifei's hair, but her eyes didn't dare to look at Liu Guifei in the mirror.

"In your opinion, who is better to choose in this palace?" Liu Guifei suddenly asked.

Xiao Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly took over and said: "Everyone in the palace says that among His Majesty's biological sons, His Royal Highness King Qing and His Royal Highness King Yan are the best, but the slaves and maids don't know who is better."

"You're right, this palace should think about its own future, but this matter of seizing the heir is unusual, if you stand in the wrong camp and help the wrong person, it will be a catastrophe."

"What Niangniang said is exact, I think, Niangniang will choose between King Qing and King Yan."

"This matter is important, and this palace should think about it carefully."

"Yes......" Xiao Xiang closed her mouth with interest and stopped talking about it, because this matter is very important, and you can't be in a hurry, if you persuade Liu Guifei to choose King Qing now, it will be a little abrupt.

After Shi Min returned to the barracks, he felt strange when he saw that all the soldiers looked at him differently. This was the case for several days, and everyone seemed to be more respectful to him than before, and many of them nodded and smiled when they saw him.

Shi Min finally couldn't help it and asked Li Chang: "Second uncle, why did the soldiers look at me with strange eyes after coming back this time?" ”

"What do you say? Before, they just thought that you and the general were a little close, but a few days ago they all knew that you were the son of the general, what kind of eyes did you say they would look at you? ”

"But when they saw that I was respectful, they did not dare to communicate with me, but because of my father, how could I make them convince me of me?"

"If you want others to convince you in the army, first, you must be superior in force, and second, you must be virtuous. If you can do these two things, the soldiers will be willing to surrender to you. ”

"The New Year is approaching, the soldiers will not go home for the New Year, those soldiers who have already gone home to visit their relatives will also come back around Chinese New Year's Eve, I wonder how the second uncle plans to arrange for the soldiers to spend this year?"

"How else can I live? That's it. Li Chang poured water again and again, and said.

"How did you live like this?" Shi Min asked suspiciously.

"Let the Huotou Army kill a few pigs and improve the food for everyone, and it will be the New Year." Li Chang drank the water and looked at Shi Min.

"That's it?"

"What else can it be? Alcohol is forbidden in the army, and unless rewarded by His Majesty, I can't take you to a bar in violation of military orders? ”

"An invincible army must always maintain the vigorous combat effectiveness and fighting consciousness of the soldiers, and the year is approaching, the soldiers must be homesick, and the training will inevitably be slack. I have an idea, I don't know if the second uncle is interested in hearing it. ”

As soon as Li Chang heard Shi Min's words, he put down the tea bowl, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "What you kid said is the Tao, come, tell the second uncle what you think." ”

"At present, our army is resting, and there is nothing to do except boring training every day, but as a soldier, what you need is to have excellent killing skills. I propose that we hold a competition, so that the soldiers can show their respective skills, such as riding and archery, throwing, martial arts and formation confrontation, etc., one can stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and the other can kill the boring training time, what does the third uncle think? ”

"That's an interesting idea, let me think about it." Li Chang listened to the clouds, scratched his head and said.

"What are you two discussing?" Wang Shicheng saw Shi Min and Li Chang standing together and muttering, and walked over.

"The third child, you came just in time, Xiao Min gave me an idea, I think it's okay, how about you listen to it?" Li Chang beckoned Wang Shicheng over, and then said to Shi Min: "You tell your third uncle, he has a better brain than me." ”

Shi Min briefly explained the suggestion to Wang Shicheng just now, Wang Shicheng listened to it, nodded silently, and then said: "Your idea is good, but you must inform the general of this matter first, so that he can inform him of this matter." ”

"It also makes sense, then send someone to repair the book and send it back to the house to see what my father means."

"I'll send someone to deliver a message to the eldest brother in a while to see what the eldest brother's instructions are." Wang Shicheng replied.

Shi Min and Li Chang nodded in agreement.

Shi Zhan got Wang Shicheng's letter and looked at it carefully, Xu San asked curiously on the side: "General, what does the letter say?" “

"Min Er has a lot of ideas, come and see!" Shi Zhan handed the letter to Xu San.

Xu San took the letter with both hands, read it carefully from beginning to end, and said: "Childe is indeed witty and knows how to inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers. “

"You reply a letter for me, and say so, I agree to your plan, but I need to make some changes, let the centurion be responsible for recommending his soldiers to participate in the competition, and the winning soldier, the centurion and his subordinates will get two live pigs, and the failure will naturally not be. Since there is victory and defeat, there must be a reward, and as for the punishment, not having pork to eat is considered a punishment. “

Xu San silently remembered Shi Zhan's words, and then said, "I'll do it." With that, he put the letter on the head of Shi Zhan's bed, and then walked out of the room.

Qin Wan stood in front of the window in a daze, looking at the bare tree trunks in the courtyard in a daze, and suddenly there was movement behind her, and when she looked back, Qin Huaishan had already gotten up from the bed.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Qin Wan hurriedly ran over.

"I have been lying down for more than 20 days, and my bones all over my body hurt, and I want to get up and walk around." Qin Huaishan said, sat on the edge of the bed, and then said to Qin Wan, "Bring me the shoes." “

"Dad, you'd better lie down, don't get up." Qin Wan persuaded.

Qin Huaishan said with a smile: "Don't worry, Dad's body hasn't reached that point yet, I've been recuperating for so long, if I don't get up and walk again, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk." “

Qin Wan knew that her father had a strong temper, so she could only obediently take Xie, help him get dressed, help him stand up, and then asked: "You be careful, help me, if you don't have the strength to go, just tell me, I'll help you lie down." “

Qin Huaishan took a step forward and said with a smile: "Dad is not as useless as you think, you see, isn't this good?" “

Qin Wan was relieved to see that Qin Huaishan was really walking a little steadily.

"There have been several snows this year, and now those Han people who are in distress outside, it is estimated that there are not a few people who are suffering, if it weren't for the luck of our father and daughter, who met Min Gongzi, I am afraid they would have frozen to death on the street." Qin Huaishan held on to the door frame and looked at the thick snow outside.

Qin Wan stood silently on the side, without speaking, Qin Huaishan probably reacted, so he deliberately said: "Wan'er, come, help Dad go out for a walk, this room is relatively boring." ”

"Eh......" Qin Wan helped her father and walked out of the house.

The father and daughter walked slowly along the corridor of the backyard wing, and several people from the Hou Mansion greeted the father and daughter warmly when they saw the father and daughter, greeting Qin Huaishan's body.

"Lao Qin, can you get out of bed and walk around?" Xu San walked up to him and asked.

Qin Huaishan respectfully bowed to Xu San and said, "Thank you Steward Xu for taking care of me these days, please accept my worship." ”

Xu San hurriedly supported Qin Huaishan and said: "Don't don't, I can't afford this, Gongzi and Hou Ye both ordered me to take care of your father and daughter, then this is my duty, no need to thank you, thank you, you still thank Hou Ye and Gongzi." ”

"Min Gongzi is still in the barracks, I don't know what the situation is? What happened to the general's health? ”

"Oh, I almost forgot about the business, I won't tell you, I still have something to do, the general ordered me to reply to General Wang, the general is in his house, if you move around easily, you can go and see the general." Xu San said and ran away.

"Since we've all come here, Wan'er, you take me to the general's house to have a look, we have been under the fence for so long, and I haven't visited the master, what kind of system is this." Xu San pointed his finger to the front, meaning to let Qin Wan lead the way.

"This ......" Qin Wan hesitated a little.

"Don't do this and that, let's be gracious, we must be polite, let's go, lead the way." Qin Huaishan stubbornly pulled Qin Wan.