As the saying goes, "a thousand armies are easy to get, but one general is hard to find", Xue Rengui, a victorious general who made great achievements in the Tang Dynasty's war to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje, was promoted to the general of the right Weiwei after the Tang army pacified Goguryeo and Baekje five years ago, and was also the protector of the capital of Andong, commanding 20,000 Tang troops to defend it, but the empress Wu Zetian, who was actually in power, squeezed out Xue Rengui, a victorious general loyal to the Li Tang royal family who was single-handedly pulled up by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and was alarmist to Emperor Li Zhi.

"The Tang Dynasty has already conquered Goguryeo and Baekje, and Xue Rengui, who can fight well, should withdraw to Chang'an, where there is no place for him, if he guards Goguryeo and Baekje for a long time, the concubines are worried that he will support his own army, divide Goguryeo and Baekje, and establish himself as the king. Goguryeo and Baekje are isolated overseas, and the people have not been educated by the Central Plains for a long time, and they do not know the name of the Central Plains Emperor, but the name of Andong Protector, once Xue Rengui establishes himself as the king, the hearts of the people of Goguryeo and Baekje will not be directed to us. We can't keep tigers! ”

Li Zhi has always listened to Wu Zetian's words, and after Xue Rengui served as the protector of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate for a year, and governed the people of Goguryeo and Baekje obediently, he transferred Xue Rengui back to Chang'an, and let him work in the position of the general of the Zuowei Guard Army for another year, and then let Xue Rengui stay at home, retain his military status, and continue to serve in Fenglu.

Xue Rengui has been idle at home for the past three years and has nothing to do, to study the art of war, practice martial arts and educate a pair of children to relieve boredom, life is leisurely, but not free, his heart is always empty, he is only forty-three years old, it is the golden age of generals, but because he is too good at fighting, the credit is too great and the emperor and queen are suspicious, retired early, and feel aggrieved!

In recent years, the eastern and western borders of the Tang Dynasty have not been peaceful, and the Eastern Border Tang Dynasty spent the blood of countless soldiers to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje to become independent, and the Tang army was expelled from Goguryeo and Baekje with the secret support of Silla.

It can be said that Wu Zetian attacked the famous generals and good generals who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and inserted the incompetent nephews of the Wu family and the sons and nephews of the Yang family into the army and occupied high positions, which had seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, and the Tang army, which was unstoppable and invincible in the Taizong Dynasty, suffered repeated defeats.

Xue Rengui was so worried that he wrote a book of 10,000 words and submitted it to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi.

Li Zhi has been in poor health for a long time, so he handed over the emperor's power to Wu Zetian, and let Wu Zetian govern the country instead of him, resulting in the rapid expansion of Wu Zetian's power, it has been many years, nine years ago, Li Zhi secretly planned to abolish Wu Zetian's empress position with the support of Prime Minister Shangguanyi and others, but unfortunately the palace was full of Wu Zetian's eyeliner, Wu Zetian knew Li Zhi's plan to abolish the post-abolition in advance, while secretly mobilizing the army, while pretending to be weak, crying and begging Li Zhi to forgive her for her strength, to ensure that she will be a gentle and virtuous woman in the future, Be a good helper to Li Zhi.

On the one hand, Li Zhi was deceived by Wu Zetian's weak appearance, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the royalist forces and Wu Zetian's forces would fight, and there was no chance of victory, and Wu Zetian's forces would become even stronger after they won, so he retreated from the battle and ignored Wu Zetian's revenge on the royalists led by Shang Guanyi.

After Wu Zetian executed Shangguanyi, he killed Shangguanyi's comrades and friends, degraded officials, and exiled, and came to a great purge of Tang Dynasty officialdom, Wu Zetian's power and status were more stable, and she was even stronger in front of Li Zhi, and she did not fulfill her promise to Li Zhi at all.

It's too late for Li Zhi to repent!

Xue Rengui said that he would use a good general who was idle at home, in order to quickly pacify the frontier, calm people's hearts, and recast the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi forwarded it to Wu Zetian to see, Wu Zetian disregarded the interests of the country for his own selfish interests, and opposed the use of good generals who were idle at home, the reason is very good, "I would rather pacify the frontier slowly, than raise tiger relics." ”

Li Zhi had no choice but to let General Liang stay idle at home and read the border battle report from time to time.

It has been three years since Xue Mansion snubbed Kurama, and Xu Qing was the first high-ranking official to visit Xue Rengui in the past three years - Captain Du Ma was also the general of the Right Guard, and asked Mrs. Xue to cook personally and warmly entertain Xu Horse.

Xu Qing invited Xue Rengui to Xuancheng Princess's Mansion as a general, commanding 10,000 troops, Fenglu is twice the amount of the imperial court Fenglu he is now getting, and there is a bonus of 20% every month, and at the end of the year, there are red envelopes equivalent to 50% to 100% of his annual salary, and red envelopes will be issued according to his performance.

Xue Rengui fought for twenty years in the Tang Dynasty's war to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje, and was only used to being a general of the field army, galloping on the battlefield, not used to being a comfortable general, and politely declined Xu Qing's heavy gold and high courtesy.

Xu Qing didn't understand why Xue Rengui was willing to stay at home and not come out to do things, whether he was idle and lazy, or deliberately kept his distance from Xu Qing, who had a bad relationship with Wu Zetian, and left Xue Mansion stupidly, and did not eat in Xue Mansion.

After returning to the princess's mansion, Xu Qing calmed down, thinking of Liu Bei's story of visiting the thatched house and graciously inviting Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, and visited Xue Rengui again after breakfast the next morning.

When passing through the flower garden, Xu Qing saw a stunning beauty in her twenties practicing guns, and saw that her marksmanship was flawed, so she stepped forward and pointed: "The girl's marksmanship is more than fierce, and her agility is insufficient; There is more than strength, but not enough grace; It is more than heavy, not enough light, it looks majestic, but it is actually unbearable. ”

"Oh? Is it? Do you want to ask my brother for advice? "This stunning beauty is the daughter of Xue Rengui, named Xue Jinlian, who has always been self-defeating in marksmanship, unable to accept Xu Qing's criticism, unconvinced, and provocatively meaningful. When Xu Qing visited yesterday, she was not at home, she went shopping with her girlfriends, and she didn't know Xu Qing.

Xu Qing said: "I don't dare to advise, I am willing to accompany the girl through a few tricks." ”

Xue Jinlian is conceited of her marksmanship and is known as the crown of Chang'an, and she has no opponent except for her father, and she can't help but feel refreshed when she hears Xu Qing's words, and she hugs her fists and says: "Please give me advice!" ”

Xu Qing is a guest, the first move, with the palm of the sword, the illusion of the sword shadow in the sky, with a soft palm wind cover to Xue Jinlian, the action is chic and elegant, such as a beautiful girl dancing is pleasing to the eye, without the state of teeth and claws, so that Zhao Tuozhi passed on the Huashan swordsmanship he saw when he was doing business abroad, although it is pirated, but in the internal strength, light skills, martial arts profound Xu Qing came, compared with the genuine Huashan swordsmanship.

The first part writes the scene: small bridges and flowing water, spring flowers, flowers, small buildings east wind, falling flowers and colorful, autumn wind and autumn rain, all things are depressed, Huashan cold plum, smiling at Huashan;

The next article writes a love story: Encounter Huashan, the autumn wave is secretly sent, the eyebrows come and go, the love business is made, the love is deep, the love is uncontrollable, the Qing has an appointment, the stunned like a wooden chicken, and the love is broken Huashan.

"The sword points to Huashan, the sword splits Huashan, and the sword flows like a waterfall" is the Huashan faction's mastery, only the head and the head of the family are qualified to learn, ordinary disciples are not qualified to learn, these three tricks have not been circulated in the rivers and lakes, Zhao Tuozhi has not seen it, so Xu Qing will not make up the three tricks.

Huashan swordsmanship attaches great importance to sword intent, and also attaches importance to sword moves, relatively speaking, more attention is paid to sword intent, Zhao Tuozhi is not a disciple of the Huashan faction, he has seen the disciples of the Huashan faction make Huashan swordsmanship remember the sword moves when fighting with people, but he can't understand the sword intent, and Huashan swordsmanship is not very well practiced. However, Xu Qing has a great talent for martial arts, and he deduced the approximate sword intent of Huashan swordsmanship from the moves and names of the sword, which is not far from ten. Coupled with Xu Qing's own understanding, the power of the Huashan swordsmanship used is not small.

Xue Jinlian didn't dare to underestimate the enemy at all, and let out a deep sigh, showing her housekeeping skills. The shadow of the sword suddenly burst like a soap bubble. After the seventeen moves of Huashan's swordsmanship, Xu Qing's "love for Huashan" was issued, his left palm hit the barrel of the spear, the spear swung outward, Xu Qing took the opportunity to rush into front of Xue Jinlian, and pressed his right palm on his chest, not spitting out.

Xue Jinlian's face changed several times, and finally accepted the unacceptable reality, and said dejectedly: "You won, but it only means that my marksmanship has not been practiced at home, and it does not mean that my marksmanship has so many shortcomings as you said." ”

Xu Qing said: "You're right. Any martial arts, whether strong or light, masculine or feminine, as long as they are practiced to the extreme, they can be invincible in the world, and they don't care about flaws. However, ordinary people can't practice martial arts to the extreme, and if they can't practice to the extreme, there will be flaws in martial arts, and if there are flaws, they must find ways to make up for them, and strive to achieve a perfect state. Pointing out the shortcomings of the girl's marksmanship is not meant to ridicule, but just to remind the girl that she is on the wrong path. It's like a person can pick a hundred catties, he/she exercises every day, even if he or she is as strong as an ox, at most he can only pick two hundred catties, but if he uses a carriage or an ox cart, pulling a thousand catties is nothing. ”

This metaphor refers to Xue Jinlian's hard practice of marksmanship on the fierce road, and the results are very small, so it is better to try the light way.

Xue Jinlian suddenly came to her senses and said to Xu Qingzuo: "Little sister is taught." Brother Tai is really smart, no wonder his martial arts are so good. ”

Xu Qing smiled and said: "The girl has won the award, and her martial arts are earned by paying more sweat than others." ”

Xue Jinlian suddenly suddenly frowned and said: "My family's marksmanship only talks about fierceness, not lightness, and without the guidance of a famous teacher, I will never be able to practice lightness and agility, and I will never be able to climb to the highest level of marksmanship." ”

Xu Qing said: "All laws are born from the heart, the girl doesn't have to be discouraged, you yourself are your best master." ”

Xue Jinlian seemed to understand something and didn't understand anything, and said respectfully: "My qualifications are dull, please give my brother further advice." ”

Xu Qing said: "Marksmanship doesn't matter whether it is strong and light, it is necessary to distinguish between fierceness and lightness, which is also determined by people's hearts." In the same way, if the martial arts of a woman who is light and feminine are used by a strong man, they may not be able to give full play to the strength of light and feminine. This shows a problem, the so-called fierce marksmanship can make it light, the so-called light swordsmanship can also make it fierce, and the lightness and fierceness depend on your mind.

As the so-called weightlifting is light, lifting is light, and the weight is not absolute, the girl wholeheartedly believes that her marksmanship is the most fierce marksmanship in the world, so the marksmanship will take the fierce road. If you don't have this in your heart, a little more agility, a little more delicateness, and a little more change, I believe that the girl's marksmanship will be able to 'go further'. ”

Xue Jinlian suddenly realized and said, "I understand, thank you for your advice." ”

Xu Qing said: "It's one thing to understand, but it's another thing to really do it." Marksmanship is not good at the bottom, and the girl can't be given more help in marksmanship, but he is also involved in marksmanship. ”

Xue Jinlian said happily: "Okay! He hurriedly handed his spear to Xu Qing, and he changed Xu Qing's sword to exchange weapons with Xu Qing.

Xu Qing learned the famous Yang family marksmanship in the Song Dynasty and the famous Qi family marksmanship in the Ming Dynasty in the library of the Special Forces Academy before crossing according to the collection of marksmanship cheats, and traveled to the Tang Dynasty to learn marksmanship from Yang Ziyan, Nie Hu, Jia Quan and other marksmanship masters, and the marksmanship is only above Xue Jinlian, not under Xue Jinlian. What's more, Xu Qing's internal strength and light skills are better than Xue Jinlian.

Xu Qing had already investigated Xue Rengui's details, and knew that he had a twenty-two-year-old daughter named Xue Jinlian, who was as beautiful as a fairy, not yet married, and there were not many people in Xue Mansion.

Xue Rengui is a famous general in the world, in the Korean battlefield when the main force of the Tang army failed, several times led two or three thousand people to fight with tens of thousands of Goguryeo army or Baekje army, defeated the enemy, and then successively attacked the city and plundered the land, turning the tide of the war.

Xu Qing's plan to conquer Goguryeo and Baekje, which was gained and lost in the Tang Dynasty, has just begun, and the plan to conquer Silla and Dongying is in the near future.

Heavy money can't tempt Xue Rengui, so start with his weakness, his beloved daughter, Xue Jinlian is as beautiful and moving as a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world, and she also has extraordinary martial arts, Xu Qing doesn't mind getting her body and mind.

Xu Qing is proficient in various marksmanship, which allows Xue Jinlian to see the different changes in marksmanship and benefit a lot.

After Xu Qing defeated Xue Jinlian with different marksmanship, Xue Jinlian knelt down on both knees and wanted to worship Xu Qing as a teacher. Xu Qing hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Xue Jinlian, and said in surprise: "I only have a little study of marksmanship, and I am not a master of using guns, so I dare not be the girl's master." ”

Xue Jinlian couldn't help it, and said: "Brother Tai's martial arts are much higher than me, and his martial arts insights are also profound and unique, which is unprecedented, which makes me suddenly, I have long regarded you as a master in my heart, but I was embarrassed to say it just now." If Brother Tai doesn't think that my rotten wood is difficult to carve and cannot be built, please ask Brother Tai to accept me as an apprentice. ”

Xue Jinlian's sincerity and respect on her face made it difficult to refuse. Xu Qing said: "I am the same age as the girl, how can I be the girl's master?" ”

Xue Jinlian said: "Age is not a problem, as long as Brother Tai has a place where I can study, Brother Tai can be my master." ”

Xu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, I'm too busy to teach you." It's better to be like this, our brother and sister are commensurate, and the master-apprentice relationship will be exempted, and after I finish talking with General Xue, I will pass you a set of swordsmanship and a set of boxing techniques. If you can integrate the swordsmanship and boxing skills that I have passed on into the marksmanship, I believe that the marksmanship will be greatly improved. ”

Xue Jinlian looked happy and said, "Okay, I thank you in advance." I don't know what to call you yet? ”

Xu Qing said: "My name is Xu Qing. ”

Xue Jinlian said in surprise: "Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang's concubines, Xu Qing, the head of the Longmen Dart Bureau?" ”

Xu Qing said: "Exactly, I don't know the girl's name yet?" ”

Xue Jinlian said: "My name is Xue Jinlian," pointing to Xue Rengui, who had been watching for a long time, and said, "He is my father, his name is Xue Rengui." ”

Xu Qing glanced at Xue Rengui, pretended not to notice him just now, shouted "General Xue", and said to Xue Jinlian: "It turned out to be Miss Xue, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Xue Rengui was impressed by Xu Qing's demeanor, and this time Xu Qing asked him to "re-emerge from the rivers and lakes", and he readily agreed.

Xu Qing taught Xue Jinlian the Huashan swordsmanship that is known for her softness, and taught a set of "inner family Taijiquan" that is not easy to pass on, hoping that Xue Jinlian can change the shortcomings of martial arts that are more masculine after practicing, and become a combination of rigidity and softness, and martial arts to a higher level.

Xue Rengui is a victorious general and a martial arts master, and he is very appreciative of Xu Qing's swordsmanship and boxing skills, especially the "Inner Family Taijiquan", which opened his eyes and respected Xu Qing.

Xu Qing talked about the plan to conquer Korea and Dongying, which made the hot-blooded soldier Xue Rengui excited, and his determination to follow Xu Qing to do a great cause was even stronger. Although Xue Jinlian is a woman, she also has a patriotic heart and looks at Xu Qing with approval. The same goes for Mrs. Xue. Xue Rengui's sixteen-year-old son even showed admiration for Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had lunch in Xue's mansion, and in the afternoon, Xue Rengui's family of four moved into Xuancheng Princess's Mansion.

The old mansion of the Xue Mansion was retained, the gate was locked, the Xue family's servants, servants and maidservants were all severance pay and dismissed, and Mrs. Xue and Xue Jinlian only retained a personal maid each.

Xue Rengui did this because he knew that if he took refuge in Xu Qing, he would become a thorn in Wu Zetian's side, a thorn in his flesh, and his Xue Mansion would not be safe.