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The next morning, it was just dawn. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 When Zhong Kexi ran up to the city tower panting, the 200,000 Yan army had already surrounded Jinan City like an iron bucket. Under the tall city walls on all sides, the black pressure pressed a Yan army like a mountain, neatly and uniformly, and the momentum was violent.

Shen Ruoyu looked at the Yan army below who was determined to win, and under the towering Yan character in front of the battle, the Yan King who was immediately majestic with a horizontal sword, only felt that his heart was noisy; The unquenchable mixture of love and adoration and growing hatred and suspicion made him feel a little divided. He was absent-minded, his eyes looked at the formation of the Yan army, but he didn't seem to see anything, and only looked for Lu Jiang in vain in the black oppressive army.

Black clouds overwhelmed the city, but there was no hurry to rain. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, watched safely as his second son Zhu Gaoxu jumped out of his horse, crossed in front of the army, raised the longbow in his hand, and with a whoosh, a long arrow jumped up to the city tower.

Yan Wang opened his unique low and mellow voice, and said calmly:

"Jinan City listened: this king is in trouble with heaven, just to avenge my father's revenge and protect my country. All my loyal subjects and obedient people are my friends of the martyrdom; All the enemies of our Yan army are also the enemies of the Ming Dynasty! Now two hours with you, lead the people of the city to open the city gate to welcome the surrender, do not follow the foolish loyalty of the faint king. Two hours later, if the city gate is opened from the inside, then the officials and soldiers of Jinan and the people of Jinan are the same as our Yan army, and the king of our Yan guarantees that the army will not commit any crimes in the autumn, and the people will share their joys and sorrows; If the city gate is not opened, under the heavy artillery attack of the 200,000 army, it will be broken before sunset, and under the cannon fodder, the jade will not be distinguished, and our Yan army will have to be the same party as the traitors of the whole city of Jinan and the traitors of the court, and will want to punish them. Or if there are officials and generals who defend the city and are traitors and thieves, the soldiers and civilians should be bound and sacrificed to the city gate to show their loyalty. Think about it. ”

A soldier on the castle tower had already picked up the arrow and handed it to Tie Xuan. A paper tube is attached to the shaft of the arrow. Tie Xuan took it down and unfolded it, it was a letter of persuasion, and the content was being recited to the people of the city by the deep voice of King Yan.

Tie Xuan looked down at King Yan below, shook his head and smiled, turned his head and asked:

"Lord Shen, I heard that your archery skills are accurate?"

Shen Ruoyu frowned: "Who did you listen to?" Zeng Gong? ”

Zeng Gong was the home of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties, and once served as the prefect of Jinan and was deeply loved by the people; The Nanfeng Temple on the shore of Daming Lake was built for him, and it still exists. Many people in Jinan compare Tie Xuan with Zeng Gong.

Shen Ruoyu then carried Zeng Gong out to make a joke about Tie Xuan; He picked it up at the right time.

Picked up the right person too. Tie Xuan is so elegant and elegant. What's more, comparing him with Zeng Gong, Shandong's political participation is like drinking honey in his heart. He didn't care at all about the 200,000 Yan troops under the city, and what the invincible Yan King in front of the army thought of him.

He laughed, "yes; Zeng Gong told Tie that Xiao Li Guanghuarong was reborn in the world, so it's time to call you Xiaohuarong? -- 300 steps outside the city of Cangzhou, the arrow pierced through the pillars of the city tower. If there is something, then Jinan has this flying general, and there is no need to retreat from the enemy. ”

Shen Ruoyu never expected that the matter had been rumored to such an outrageous extent. He smiled helplessly:

"The three of them became tigers, and it was true. Does Brother Zeng Gong want me to shoot this arrow back to King Yan? It's not that Xiaohuarong is incompetent, it's just that the Son of Heaven has an order, don't hurt the four emperor uncles, and kill the uncle's name. ”

Tie Xuan smiled calmly, "It's okay. I didn't want to do such a boring thing. Here is another arrow, the arrow of our real Great Tomorrow Army. I want you to give this arrow to King Yan, can you do it? ”

He handed over the long arrow; A letter had also been tied to the shaft of the arrow.

"This ...... So fast? ”

Tie Xuan said, "This was written last night; I expected that King Yan would have this set today. Now, how you shoot this arrow is up to you. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at the black and oppressive Yan army under the city and the Yan King in front of the battle, pondered for a moment, took the arrow from Tie Xuan's hand, took the longbow behind him, jumped lightly, jumped on the battlement, stood high on the battlement, and looked down at the Yan army below.

When King Yan and Zhu Gaoxu saw Shen Ruoyu, they were both taken aback. There was immediately a commotion in the entire Yan army. When he saw King Yan, he immediately raised his hand, stopped Zhu Gaoxu's hand holding the bow and arrow, turned around and shouted: "There is no lonely king's order, no arrows are allowed!" ”

Yan Jun quickly quieted down, and looked at Shen Ruoliao in gold armor and red robe on the high city wall with some surprise; The light of the summer morning sun hit his whole body without hesitation, clearly illuminating his smiling face, as if it was still the dusk of the winter in Beiping, the dusk of the Chinese New Year's Eve, on the Duanlimen Square, in the flying snowflakes, a big red groom on the big red wedding platform.

At this moment, the bridegroom was still in the same place, except for the strange words that came out:

"His Royal Highness King Yan has worked tirelessly to travel more than 800 miles from Beiping to Jinan, which is really unnecessary. Jinan City is as solid as a rock and as solid as gold, His Royal Highness He Lao is so aggressive, and he doesn't dare to bother His Highness to wait for two more hours. The answers of the military and civilians in Jinan are all here, please take a slow look. ”

He stretched out his hand, and took two more arrows from among the arrows, and together with the arrows that bound the letters, they placed them side by side on the bowstring, and drew the strings to the fullest.

The people in and out of the city stared at him nervously, not knowing where the three arrows would go.

Shen Ruoyu held his breath and paused for a long time, as if a solidified statue stood on the high city wall of Jinan. Then, he jerked loose, and at the same time the last finger was gently pulled inward. The bowstring was empty. A horse's neighing broke through the air; Before everyone could react, the Yanzi Daxu, who had just been imposing and arrogant, suddenly shrank and fell from mid-air to the ground, and the frightened soldier instinctively let go of his hand and ran away with his head in his hands; The stout flagpole then fell down with Da Xu, and the surrounding soldiers fled one after another, and the flagpole slammed to the ground. And Yan Wang Zhu Di's dragon horse is jumping and scurrying like crazy, fortunately, Yan Wang has practiced an extraordinary horse kung fu since he was a child, and he has been fighting outside all the year round, and he did not fall off the horse, and soon stopped the horse.

The dragon colt quieted down, and everyone saw that the dragon foal was wearing a long arrow on his forehead, firmly pierced on the bronze seat with red tassels between his ears. The cluster of arrows poked forward far away, pointing squarely at the chest of Yan King Zhu Di.

The entire Yan army was stunned, and they all stared blankly at the Daxu on the ground and the arrow at the head of the Yan King's horse, helpless. The Jinan defenders on the city tower were also silent.

Yan King Zhu Di was the first to react, sighed quietly and secretly, and said to Zhu Gaoxu:

"Go, bring me that arrow."

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment: "Which ...... Which arrow? ”

King Yan glanced at him sternly, and Zhu Gaoxu instinctively shrank under that gaze.

"Of course it's the one on the big one!"

Zhu Gaoxu and the soldiers on both sides lifted up the big curtain that covered the ground, and couldn't help but be stunned. The entire Yan army was stunned. On the large brocade surface of densely woven gold thread, a long arrow is inserted; Although the double brocade is padded with a thick lining, it is still soft, but the arrow only wears out the arrow cluster, and the tail rod hangs downward.

Before he stretched out his hand, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, had already stepped forward, looked at all this, did not make a sound, just stretched out his hand.

Zhu Gaoxu took the arrow and handed it to his father.

King Yan took the arrow, led the horse back to its original position, facing the center of the city tower, and looked up at Shen Ruoliao, who was still standing on the city wall.

"He is worthy of being the close guard of the Son of Heaven and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army; It's a pity that Lord Shen's archery technique was only comprehended for the first time today. ”

He removed the letter from the shaft of the arrow, and scanned it quickly, and a hint of surprise jumped up the dragon's eyebrows; He looked at it carefully from the beginning again, then folded the paper again and handed it to Yao Biao behind him.

"What a "Theory of Zhou Gongfu Becoming a King"! The words are sharp and the writing is brilliant. Dare to ask who is the author of the book? Judging from the style of writing, it doesn't look like the penmanship of the iron master who participates in politics. ”

Tie Xuan smiled handsomely and said, "Your Highness has lifted Tie Mou." This was written by a young scholar in the house. When this person was still in the cold window, he had no merit and no name; Shandong is full of talents, and he is just one of them. ”

"Xiao Wang is presumptuous, can you please tell me the name of this person? I am fortunate to have such a handsome man. ”

Tie Xuan said: "This person's surname is Gao, his name is Xianning, and he is twenty years old. ”

Shen Ruoyu's heart moved slightly; Gao Xianning - he vaguely felt as if he had heard this name somewhere, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

King Yan under the city smiled gracefully:

"Gao Xianning - I remember this person. Lord Tie, Lord Shen, the meaning of Jinan, Lone understood. Lonely just look at this Gao Xianning's "Zhou Gongfu Cheng Wang Treatise", slow down for a day, and you Jinan talents for a day of rest and thinking time. Tomorrow, 200,000 Yan troops will open artillery on time to attack the city, and we will meet again. ”

After saying that, King Yan waved his hand and said, "Withdraw the army and return to the camp." ”

The 200,000 Yan army, under the order of the king of Yan, retreated to the Yan army camp twenty miles away.

Shen Ruoyu jumped off the battlement, wiped the sweat on his head, and suddenly a gust of wind rose in the back of his head. He subconsciously lowered his head, and an arrow swept past the back of his head, and with a crackling sound, it shot firmly into the pillar in front of him.

Shen Ruoyu turned his head in surprise, only to see that the black-pressed Yan army was still retreating, no different from Fang Cai.

It took Sheng Yong a long time to pull the arrow out of the pillar and hand it to Shen Ruoyu.

"Maybe it was that son of King Yan who shot it," Commander Sheng said.

Shen Ruoyu played with the arrow and was silent for a moment.

"Third brother, what do you say?"

The third brother shrugged his shoulders: "It's hard to say; There are too many people in the Yan army to shoot this arrow. Not to mention that there is still that new striker general in the Chinese army. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at him coldly: "If you are still among them, it is possible that this arrow was shot by you." ”

The third brother said: "Brother, to be honest, I won't." I wouldn't have jumped to conclusions so early without knowing what you were thinking. ”

Shen Ruoxiao smiled slightly, lightly clamped his two fingers, broke the arrow into two, and threw it down the city.

"What's the difference; I was born to make enemies everywhere. ”

Tiehyun walked over and gave him a touch on the shoulder.

"Sure enough, the arrow; Just now, General Sheng also told me that this string of three arrows has different directions and strengths, and mortals can't do it. It is that King Yan has been famous for his good riding and archery since he was a child, and he was also impressed by your archery skills just now. ”

Shen Ruoyu sighed: "Lord Tie, you lift me up again." The three arrows are just carving insect skills. When I first entered Yulinwei, I didn't even shoot three arrows on target; I can have today, all of which rely on Yu Linwei's command Dong Pingshan to carefully train. As far as I know, the archery technique of the newly awarded Blue Jade Relic Son under the command of the Jinyi Guard is also far above me. Among the twelve guards, there are even more people who can kill two birds with one stone. ”

Tie Xuan sighed: "I didn't expect that King Yan would delay the attack for a day after reading the article "Zhou Gongfu Becoming the King". However, it stands to reason that he would not have done such a thing. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "By the way, Lord Tie, who is that Gao Xianning?" Why do I feel so familiar? ”

Tie Xuan said, "You shouldn't know him." He was a student in Jiyang County School and a disciple of Jiyang Sect Wang Province. At the beginning of the year, he failed to pass the examination in Beijing, and came to Jinan on the way home, I think this person is good, diligent and studious, knowledgeable, and straightforward and generous, so he got a clerical job in the house, left him to help me do some help, and taught Liu Er to read some poetry books in his spare time. ”

Only then did Shen Ruoyu remember who this Gao Xianning was.

He said, "I know when you say that, I did see him." At the beginning of the year, when I was trying in Beijing, I had a relationship with him on the streets of Confucius Temple. He also has a classmate who went to the exam together, his name is Ji Gang, we chatted very closely, I don't know if the adults have seen this person? ”

Tiehyun turned his head to look at him. Shen Ruoyu felt that his heart sank slightly. There was something strange in Tie Lord's gaze, which made him feel very strange.

Tie Xuan looked at him for a moment and said:

"You had a good conversation with him? What did you all talk about? ”

Shen Ruoyu didn't know what he meant, he was a little nervous, and said honestly:

"We ...... He fell off the list and was discouraged, so I comforted him a few words. Because at the entrance of the examination room, I heard him say, 'Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar Wanhu Hou', and I can see that he has some kung fu, I don't think this person is like an ordinary scholar. He talked about some personal ideals and ambitions, but he hated the difficulty of the imperial examination, wasted all his blood, and spent most of his youth. I was ...... I proposed to him, if you yearn for Lingyan's meritorious deeds, King Yan raised troops, and Shandong is a military stronghold, why not come to find Lord Tie Xuan? ”

Tie Xuan listened to him and smiled faintly.

"Ruoxiao, you are so simple and cute. Alas, I forgot that you have always been such a simple person. No wonder Liu'er likes you. If you didn't have a wife, I would love to marry my daughter to you. ”

Shen Ruoyu was greatly embarrassed, and his cheeks, ears, and neck were instantly dyed bright red.

"Iron ...... Iron Lord ......"

"Didn't you keep calling me Brother Keystone, why did you forget?" Tie Hyun smiled softly. "Fang Xizhi wrote to me that the new policy of reducing taxes formulated by the imperial court for Jiangsu and Zhejiang was obtained by you eating a hundred military sticks and kneeling for a day and night in the cold? You brought Lan Yu's illegitimate daughter to the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven listen to a Qinglou woman singing? You've always been so impulsive, you just take it for granted. At the beginning of last year, His Royal Highness King Yan went to Beijing to worship the Son of Heaven and returned to Beiping, on the way to the south, you impulsively came to see me secretly, and impulsively snatched His Royal Highness King Yan away from me, how many soldiers I hurt, not to mention your means of dealing with Liu'er. If I bother with you, have you ever thought about where you will be now? Since you impulsively left King Yan and ran to the Son of Heaven, you have been imprisoned twice in just two months. It seems that the prison of the Criminal Department is too polite to you, after all, you are still a relative of the emperor, and this etiquette must be mentioned. But the Jinyi Guard will not be polite to anyone. Although the Son of Heaven is merciful and has abolished the edict, the Son of Heaven's patience also has a limit, and the Son of Heaven also has his own temper when he is in a bad mood. If you don't change your impulses and minds, you will be a threat to yourself. They have already hurt you a lot, when will you learn a long lesson? ”

Shen Ruoyu was ridiculed by Tie Xuan, and asked embarrassedly, "Tie ...... Keystone ...... Brother, the ...... Ji Gang, what happened to him? What does it have to do with all this? ”

Tie Xuan said: "This man - yes, as you said, he is very idealistic, very ambitious - not only that, he has ambitions. This man is very ambitious, and he is extremely utilitarian. This kind of person only has a purpose in his heart, and has no boundaries between right and wrong, and can use all means to achieve the goal. This kind of person is not a talent, but a curse. So, I was very polite to him and asked him to leave. On the contrary, it was Gao Xianning, who only accompanied him as a companion at the beginning, and in comparison, he was really a Confucian with a decent heart. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "I really don't know, I couldn't see it at all." ”

Tie Xuan said, "So it's easy for you." This Ji Gang, under your guidance, failed to seek Jinan, and I heard that he went directly to King Yan's camp. You have won favors on both sides, King Yan has such a talent, and Ji Gang also has a place to use. I don't know if he will become King Yan's hard-working lackey in the end, or a poisonous snake that will one day rebel against his master. If it is the latter, then you can also be regarded as a great contribution to the imperial court. ”

Shen Ruoyu only felt embarrassed: "Brother Dingshi, I am indeed ...... I didn't expect that. At the beginning—last year—I was desperate to save King Yan; I've always wanted to apologize to you, to apologize to Miss Liu, but I don't have the guts. I only hope that it is better for her not to take it to heart and forget about it. ”

Tie Xuan smiled helplessly: "Forgot, is it so easy to talk about?" My good daughter, I know her, she's not a casual person, she's even simpler and more stupid than you, can she not take it to heart? Later, a sister of your clan appeared on the ground, and it was full of wind and rain. Whether it is a rumor spread by King Yan, it is true, I believe that just as you did to Liu'er, you have your own helplessness. But no matter what, you can't shirk the consequences you cause. At present, the country is the most important, and I have no choice; Otherwise, I will never let you take a step into Jinan. That's all I can do, try to keep her from seeing you again, and slowly she'll be fine. ”