In the early morning of the next day, the snow beads that had fallen all night actually stopped, but the sky was gloomy, the clouds were dense with yin wind and angry, the water was splashed into ice outside, and the sky and the earth were diffused with a bone-chilling air.

After Chu Tianya got up, he pushed open the window and saw a bunch of ice pomegranates on the bare osmanthus tree in the yard. Xiao Linglong had just practiced marksmanship, and was washing her face by the well, her body steaming.

"Are you awake?" Xiao Linglong wiped a handful of water droplets from her sideburns, her face was flushed, and her beautiful eyes were full of energy.

Chu Tianya nodded, "You got up so early, did you sleep well?" ”

"There's no time for me to waste." Xiao Linglong said and picked up the spear leaning on the derrick again, "I must practice all the marksmanship routines in the shortest possible time!" ”

Chu Tianya raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Uncle He has already passed on all the marksmanship paths to you?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Linglong clenched the gun, and there was a whistling sound in the air, and the sword eyebrows were slightly twisted, showing a hint of embarrassment, and said, "This set of marksmanship is too complicated and difficult to practice. Without more than ten or twenty years of hard training, it is difficult to profound. But I only learned a few superficial things, and I picked out Yelu Yu with a single shot - this set of marksmanship is really amazing! ”

At this time, Uncle He, who was wearing a heavy cotton coat, walked out of his ear room slowly, and said with a smile: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, don't be in a hurry." Girl, although you have some kung fu foundation, the martial arts you practiced before were too many and too miscellaneous. After that, you just practice this set of marksmanship. If you can practice four or five colors, there are very few people in the world who can compete with you. ”

Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong couldn't help but be slightly taken aback—how could this set of marksmanship be so powerful?

"Then what if you meet the descendants of the Yang family?" Xiao Linglong asked.

"Hey, hey!" He Bo smiled, "In fact, there is no invincible martial arts in this world, only stronger martial artists." Even if it is the simplest set of kung fu in the world, if you can practice it to the depth, you are a master. Therefore, it is better to be greedy than to be refined, and it is better to know everything than to be fresh. For example, Jiao Wentong, he specializes in archery; Xue Yu, unparalleled knife skills. Even Xiao Fei has practiced the escape kung fu of flying eaves and walking on the wall with one hand to the best. ”

"Good! Then I will specialize in marksmanship from now on! Xiao Linglong was greatly encouraged, and said with a smile, "If I can compete with Wuqu in marksmanship one day, it will not be in vain for me to practice hard!" ”

"Wuqu?" Chu Tianya's curiosity rose, and he pushed open the door and walked out, "County Lord, there are seven leaders in your cottage, and I have only seen four of them today. There are also greedy food, martial arts and broken troops who have not been masked. What kind of character is this Wuqu you are? ”

"Actually, I've only met him three times, and I've just arrived at the cottage. Seeing that he was like a god of marksmanship, I begged him to teach me a few tricks. At first, he still refused, but fortunately, the second brother Jiao helped me intercede, and he finally taught me the shortest formulas - later I learned that it was actually the Yang family gun, no wonder he cherished himself and refused to pass it lightly! Xiao Linglong said, "Soon he said goodbye to everyone and went down the mountain, and there has been no news so far." ”

"Descendants of the Yang family?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be slightly taken aback, "Since it is a martial arts, presumably martial arts are extraordinary?" ”

"That's right......" Xiao Linglong took a breath and said seriously, "I may not be able to understand how high his martial arts are." But Second Brother Jiao said something that shocked me very much! ”

"What did he say?"

He said that the seven leaders of Qixing Mountain have their own merits. If you talk about martial arts alone, the eldest brother is the first class, and the second brother Jiao and the third brother Xue are the second class; I and Po Jun are second, and the fourth brother Bai Xu is a scribe. ”

"There is no ranking of martial arts?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Yes." Xiao Linglong smiled slightly, "Actually, I know that if it weren't for the situation, my martial arts would not be enough to compete with the broken army, and I should be the worst one, and I would be able to bully the fourth brother Bai of Congwen." When Second Brother Jiao ranked martial arts, he also delineated a realm for the world's martial artists, that is, martial arts, a generation of grandmasters, first-class masters, second-rate masters, and so on! Second Brother Jiao even said that the sum of the five leaders of my Qixing Mountain except Bai Xu may not be Wuqu's opponents! ”

"So powerful!" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be stunned!

"Hey, hey!" He Bo also smiled and said, "Jiao Wentong never exaggerates, you better believe it." ”

Chu Tianya said in surprise and curiosity, "Then who is his name?" ”

Xiao Linglong smiled slightly, "You can ask the old man!" ”

"Uncle Ho also knows this?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but laugh, "Uncle He, won't it be your apprentice again?" ”

"Of course not." He Bo smiled, "However, he does have a deep relationship with the old man. Do you remember what I told you, an old man asked me to teach me a full set of Yang family marksmanship? That's right, the old man has been searching the world for more than 20 years, and finally let me find such a rare martial arts wizard among the descendants of the Yang family ten years ago - so I taught him the Yang family's marksmanship! In fact, before I taught him marksmanship, he was young and talented, and his kung fu was already amazingly strong. In addition, I learned the Yang family's marksmanship...... Tsk, after ten years of hard training, it is estimated that the old man may not be his opponent now! ”

Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong couldn't help but be surprised, "Even you are not his opponent?" ”

"What's so strange about this, I'm old after all, and I have a crippled leg." He Bo smiled, but shook his head again, "It's a pity! Why didn't Qixing Mountain keep him, but let him go? ”

"Filial piety comes first, and the eldest brother and the second brother have no choice." Xiao Linglong said, "At that time, Brother Yang's mother asked someone to bring a letter to find her son, saying that the heavy illness urged him to return to his mother. Brother Yang was anxious at the moment, and immediately went down the mountain to his hometown in Jizhou, and has not returned yet. ”

"I'm afraid of fraud!" He Bo pouted and shook his head, "In the area of the Huai River in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a grass thief Cao Cheng who gathers and roars, and the raids on the prefectures and counties are huge. Yang Zaixing's hometown of Jizhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, which is Cao Cheng's sphere of influence. The side of Juxiao is lacking a fierce general like Yang Zaixing. It is very likely that his mother was used as bait to trick him back to his hometown, and then coerced and lured him to recruit him. ”

"Yang Zaixing?!" Chu Tianya was taken aback, "Uncle He, are you saying that the name of Wuqu is Yang Zaixing?" ”

"yes!" He Bo blinked in confusion, "Could it be that the young master knows him?" ”

"I don't know ......" Chu Tianya smiled slightly to cover up the past, but he was excited in his heart: I couldn't imagine that in the little-known Seven Star Mountain, there was a tiger general like Yang Zaixing...... It's a pity that he is no longer in the mountains. If he follows the progress of history, it is very likely that he will join Cao Cheng as a general under Cao Cheng as He Bo said, and gather in the Jianghuai area.

"Actually, my eldest brother and second brother also thought of this layer at first. But Brother Yang is a dutiful son, and when he heard that his mother was seriously ill, he would rather believe in him than believe in his no, and his mother was anxious to return, so we had to let him go. Xiao Linglong also sighed and said, "This time, I don't know when I will see each other again." If Sixth Brother Yang is here, with his invincible bravery, he can have an extra chance of winning against Jin Bing! ”

"Everyone has his own life, you can't force it!" Uncle He smiled indifferently and said, "Against Jin Bing, one more Yang Zaixing and one less Yang Zaixing, in fact, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, but only my young master cannot be missing." ”

"Uncle He, you really lift me up." Chu Tianya couldn't help but laugh

The three of them were chatting, and the courtyard door was slammed, and Wang Xun was heard shouting loudly outside, "Brother Chu, open the door quickly!" ”

"Wang Xun is here, maybe there is something important." Chu Tianya stepped forward to open the door in person.

When I opened the door, Wang Xun was standing behind the door in full clothes, and a team of soap-clothed catchers and heavily armed armor soldiers were lined up outside the courtyard.

"Brother Wang, what's wrong?" Chu Tianya asked.

"Hey, why are you still dressed like this?" Wang Xun glanced at Chu Tianya up and down, and saw that he was wearing a cotton robe, so he said, "Father has ordered me to lead the Xiang army and civilians to step up the construction of city defenses, and let you take people to take charge of the city's security and security." Here are a hundred officials of the state capital yamen, and the two hundred Shengjie infantry troops I have selected, all of which are under your command. ”

"Oh, I see." Chu Tianya glanced at the three hundred catchers and sergeants outside the door, pulled Wang Xun into the courtyard, and whispered, "When is Governor Zhang's Mansion going to publish a document and tell the whole mansion to defend against the Jurchen invasion of the south?" ”

"It's a little tricky." Wang Xun frowned tightly and said, "Before I saw a single soldier of the Jin soldiers, I had to move away the people and clear the wilderness, and Governor Zhang hesitated. After all, such a thing is a great disapproval of the world, in case the golden soldiers do not come, it will be a capital crime of killing the head and hurting the people and money, and vainly provoking the border; Moreover, if we make too many moves and alarm the Jurchens, they temporarily change the battle plan and let all our preparations fail, then the prefect Zhang can't afford to be guilty. ”

"At a critical time, it is this kind of civil official who looks forward and thinks backwards, greedy for life and afraid of death!" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be a little annoyed, "The Jurchen going south is already a historical necessity, and no detail can change this stereotype!" Now that the time is extremely urgent, the prefect Zhang Xiaochun is still looking ahead and backwards, cowering and delaying time, once the Jin soldiers call us but we are still not well prepared, we will add countless casualties and losses - he is worried about his own black yarn, but he wants us people and the people of Taiyuan to pay for his life! What is the use of such a faint official?! ”

Wang Xun grinned and inhaled cold, and said in his heart that my brother even Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing have cleaned up happily, where would I be afraid of killing more Zhang Xiaochun?

So he hurriedly said: "Brother, don't be in a hurry, in fact, Zhang Xiaochun is a good official who is diligent and loves the people." The reason why he hesitated was not only for his own sake, but also because he was worried that the people would be displaced and lose their homes and livelihoods. ”

"That's better than being slaughtered by the Jin people, robbing all of your property and food, and ruining your family from now on!" Chu Tianya twisted his eyebrows, "Wait for me to meet that Zhang Xiaochun!" ”

"Hey, don't worry!" Wang Xun was anxious, for fear that Chu Tianya would do something out of the ordinary, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "My father is negotiating with Governor Zhang, no, Governor Zhang has promised to send people to you in advance, so that you can take charge of the security in the city and start collecting grain from the rich households?" This matter has to come step by step, if it is too hasty, causing panic among the people, and the whole army and people fleeing together and becoming homeless, it will also be a bad thing! ”

"When the interruption continues, it is chaotic. It seems that Zhang Xiaochun and Lord Lingzun have discussed and discussed, and before they can discuss a result, it is already a big disaster! Chu Tianya's face sank, his eyebrows tightened, "I'll listen to your persuasion and press it for the time being." However, if you still don't see the yamen Zhang Bang out of the text tomorrow...... I have another opinion! ”

"Okay, good! In fact, I'm in a hurry like you, so I'll be limited to tomorrow. Wang Xun was finally a little relieved, "Having said that, after all, Zhang Xiaochun was not directly involved in this matter, and he was not very clear about the situation in front of him, so he wanted to give him a little time to accept the reality." In fact, my father is also in a hurry, and he can't wait to start migrating the people and clearing the wilderness today. But those who are in office...... Literati, after all, are literati! Wen Tun is hesitant and indecisive, not as straightforward and decisive as our martial artists. But they are good at such things as governing and reassuring the people, and they can't do without them. So, be a little patient! ”

Chu Tianya nodded and was silent, raised his eyes to look at the dense clouds in the sky, and said in his heart, it doesn't matter if I have patience or not, I am afraid that the situation will change rapidly, and the fighter plane will be fleeting. At this last juncture, those who go along will prosper and those who will rebel will die, Zhang Xiaochun had better get acquainted with each other, don't have illusions or ambitions, and habitually resort to the common methods in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty - to use the life and death of the people to pay for his own selfishness

Otherwise, he will be the next Tong Guan!