Since ancient times, there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, and most of them are icing on the cake.

Ten days gradually passed, and in the afternoon of this day, Chai Shao came to Wuchuan Mansion, and he bowed in front of the master's room, "The master, it's here!" ”

"Come in!"

Chai Shao walked into the door quickly, only to see the master Dou Qing sitting on the table, looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See the master!" ”

Dou Qing smiled and asked, "Is there any news from your father-in-law recently?" ”

"Returning to the master, two days ago, I wrote a letter to my father-in-law, talking about my father-in-law, saying that my father-in-law has been very busy recently, and he is always out to inspect, and it is rare to see him."

"Yes! Although his position is enviable, it is also very hard, Sichang, you should take your wife to your side. ”

Chai Shao's face flushed slightly, "Jiayue said the same, I also plan to buy a house in Luoyang this year and move my family here." ”

"That's a good thing."

As soon as Dou Qing changed the topic, he got to the point, "How is Zhang Xuan doing these days?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, he is relatively quiet during this time, practicing riding and archery during the day, and reading and writing at night, very hard, it is said that King Yan has promised to send him to the military palace as an official."

"Is he still planning to practice martial arts?" Dou Qing asked with a smile again.

"Of course!"

Chai Shao nodded without hesitation, "Luo Shixin gave him a roll of guns, and yesterday he also lamented to me that his strength was not enough, and he couldn't practice Luo Shixin's overlord marksmanship, but it was a pity that there was no way to learn martial arts." ”

Dou Qing took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and finally took a wooden box from the table and handed it to Chai Shao, "This is Zhong Jian's cohesion technique, which can be practiced the day after tomorrow, it is very suitable for Zhang Xuan, you transfer it to him." ”

Chai Shao was surprised, Zhang Zhongjian's cohesion technique is the secret transmission of Ziyang Zhenren, except for Zhang Zhongjian, no second person has ever learned it, Zhang Zhongjian values it more than his life, how can he be willing to take it out?

Dou Qing didn't tell Chai Shao the reason, he made a deal with Zhang Zhongjian, canceled his agreement to extend it for one year, and Zhang Zhongjian gave Dou Qing the technique of cohesion.

Chai Shao hurriedly took the wooden box, feeling very heavy, he opened it and took a look, it was a bluestone slab, that's right! It's this thing, it's called the Qingshi Sutra, but it's a pity that he can't practice anymore, Chai Shao sighed secretly in his heart.

Dou Qing said to him again: "This exercise can't be given to him directly, let alone let him know that this is Zhong Jian's exercise, you have to find a way to let him get it himself, in a word, I don't want him to know that Wuchuan Mansion is paying attention to him for the time being." ”

"My subordinates understood."

Chai Shao put away the wooden box, bowed and hurried away, at this time, Zhang Zhongjian slowly walked out of the back room, he looked at Dou Qing with blazing eyes, "The master of the meeting has long planned to give him the bluestone scripture, and even after he hunted Yang Xuangan, he had this idea, right?" ”

Dou Qing stroked his silver beard and smiled: "You are very smart! ”

Zhang Zhongjian asked casually: "My matter, can the master speak?" ”

Dou Qing didn't answer him, as if his mind was still on Zhang Xuan, Dou Qing pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Your master once told me that if you want to practice the Qingshi Sutra, you must go north to the Turks, is that true?" ”

"Master is right, because he needs this."

Zhang Zhongjian took out a vial and handed it to Dou Qing, who looked at it, and there was a small half bottle of purple slurry inside.

"This is the most precious purple insect jade chrysalis in your master's collection!"

"It's it, this is also the most critical and important medicine for practicing the bluestone scripture, but unfortunately there is no one in the Central Plains, only in the extreme north, this medicine is too little, but the master can transfer it to him."

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhongjian looked at Dou Qing sharply, "The meeting master hasn't answered my question just now. ”

Dou Qing put away the vial, pondered for a moment and said, "As long as you find the Turkic supplies, you will be free." ”

"Good! So when do I go north? ”

"I got the news, Yu Wenhua set off three days ago, and yesterday Pei Ju also took people north, it must be for this batch of goods, the time is very tight, I hope you set off overnight."

"What about Jang Hyun? Didn't the master give him the bluestone scripture just to lead him north? So when did he leave? ”

Dou Qing laughed, "You don't have to worry about this, I have other arrangements." ”

Zhang Zhongjian sighed secretly, the master's scheming was too deep, I am afraid that he had thought about this step since Zhang Xuan hunted Yang Xuangan.

Dou Qing glanced at him, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and said lightly: "The world will not fall pies for no reason, I, Dou Qing, am not a good person, I practice martial arts for him, he has to do it for me, this is my deal with him." ”

"Then why didn't the lord tell him directly?"

Dou Qing laughed and said meaningfully: "It's not interesting if you explain everything thoroughly, I like to deal with smart people, and from his recent performance, I believe he will understand my deep meaning." ”

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Zhang Zhongjian said goodbye and left, and Dou Qing slowly walked to the window, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on his long snow-white beard, dyeing them golden red.

Nearly a month has passed since Yang Xuangan was killed, and Dou Qing has been observing this young man named Zhang Xuan, his uniqueness, his decisiveness and ruthlessness, and his foresight have left an extremely deep impression on Dou Qing.

It wasn't until this Tiange Temple incident that he finally believed that his judgment was correct, this was likely to be a young man who was making waves in the Great Sui, and the secret news from the palace that he had been regarded by Yang Guang as the future assistant minister of the emperor's grandson Yang Qi.

But his origin has always been a mystery, no one knows where he came from, where he lived before he appeared in Luoyang, he was like suddenly out of this world, and it was for this reason that Dou Qing hesitated.

However, at this time, Dou Qing had a new idea, if he invested a certain amount of capital in this young man, maybe one day, he would get a rich return.

Many times, politicians are businessmen in another sense at the same time.

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The sound of horses' hooves in the school yard of Yanwangfu was like thunder, and the yellow dust was permeating, and Zhang Xuan was practicing riding and archery with dozens of guards.

Riding and archery is also a basic skill necessary for a general, and it is also a hurdle that Zhang Xuan can't overcome.

A few years ago, he had been training in Qinghai for half a year, mainly to practice riding, and it was in that half a year that he practiced excellent riding skills, which was no less than today's superb riding skills.

But riding and archery is blank for him, Zhang Xuan has deeply realized that in high-speed running, only use his legs to control the horse, pull the bow and release the arrow must be done in one go, just maintain the balance of the body is already extremely difficult to do, not to mention hand-eye coordination, one arrow hit the target, that is even more difficult to add.

But no matter how difficult it is, he has to face it, ten days of Zhang Xuan's hard practice of riding and archery, making rapid progress, at the beginning, he almost fell off the war horse several times, but gradually, he got the hang of it, and began to shoot an arrow while running.

With the first arrow, there is a second arrow, and in practice after practice, he finally passed the level of shooting arrows on horseback, and the next step is precision, if the riding is not accurate, it is meaningless.

But riding requires thousands of accumulations, even if there is a high talent, there must be a process, fortunately, Zhang Xuan is not only talented, but he himself is a sharpshooter, what he has to do is to run in marksmanship and archery, which also takes time.

"Guard Zhang, do it again!" A dozen guards shouted.

The guards were all amazed, they witnessed the progress of Zhang Xuan's cavalry archery, from the beginning it was difficult to shoot arrows with a bow, to now he can shoot arrows smoothly, he only took ten days to reach the level that others can only achieve after half a year of hard training, it is simply a genius.

Zhang Xuan held the eagle bow in his hand, took a deep breath, clamped his legs, and the war horse galloped out quickly, galloping towards the archery area fifty steps away, the war horse ran faster and faster, the yellow dust rolled under the hooves, his eyes narrowed, and he squinted at the straw man arrow target thirty steps away from the side.

At the moment when the war horse rushed into the archery area, he sat up straight, held the bow in his left hand, and drew the last wolf's tooth arrow from the quiver on his back with his right hand. The arrow hit the straw man in the left shoulder.

The war horse galloped past, and the guards on both sides erupted in applause, "Good shot!" ”

Zhang Xuan gradually slowed down his horse's speed, and his heart was also very excited, and at the moment of archery, he seemed to catch a feeling, very subtle, as if it was guiding his arrow to point.

He needed to find the feeling again and again, and solidify it, and one of the guards ran up and handed him a pot of arrows, "One more time!" ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan saw Chai Shao waving to him in the distance, he turned over and dismounted and smiled: "You guys shoot first!" I'll come back later. ”

He threw the reins to Ma Tong and walked quickly towards Chai Shao, who was standing on the edge of the school yard.

"Sichang, is there something wrong with me?"

Chai Shao smiled mysteriously, pulled Zhang Xuan to a secluded place, and whispered to him: "I got an item, which may be related to your martial arts practice." ”

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Please speak!" ”

Chai Shao looked to both sides, "Follow me!" ”