"Awn."

"My niece has seen my uncle."

"Okay, okay." Mao Qin raised his arm, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and nodded at Achu again and again, his words were quite polite. While panting, he walked to the railing, looked at the red figure in the distance, and said faintly: "This son is only exposed, I'm a little worried." ”

"Worried he's not the horse thief's opponent?" Mao Yan heard Mao Qin's worries, frowned, and said with a smile: "Is my father a little worried?" This Gongsun Chan can use a spear with both hands on a horse, even if that horse thief is notorious, he may not be able to be better than him, right? Taking a step back, even if Gongsun Chan is not his opponent, we may not lose to him, with the strength of Wu Junhou, can we still lose to him in foot combat? ”

"Wu Junhou?" Mao Qin glanced back at him: "Wu Jun is sick and can't fight." ”

"Huh?" Mao Yan was shocked, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"This Gongsun Zan is indeed good, but Yan Rou has been crisscrossing the desert for more than ten years, how can he be easy to match? If he wasn't so proud and could hide his strength, maybe when he fought against Yan Rou, he would still be able to have a miracle effect, and now he is showing off like this in the valley, even if he has great ability, he will be exposed in front of Yan Rou. Mao Qin shook his head, no longer glanced at the distance, and couldn't hide the worry between his eyebrows: "Sister, I still think that this time is a bit risky." ”

Mao Yan nudged Mao Qin's arm with some dissatisfaction: "Ah Weng, you are here again." ”

Seeing this, Achu also frowned his slender eyebrows slightly, looking a little unhappy. She knew that Mao Qin was blaming Mao Yan for inviting Lu Zhi to come to Taogu as an apprentice this time, and this matter was specially rushed here from Zhao State on the order of her father, if it weren't for the fact that her mother was the Mao family, her eldest father wouldn't have done much about it, and Mao Qin still doubted this decision, which really made her unhappy.

She also heard Mao Yan say that Mao Qin had always advocated leaving Zhuo County, and he had sent his younger brother Mao Jia to the Central Plains to find a suitable grange, and prepare to move his family to avoid the attack of the Xianbei people. It is said that things are going well and that Mao Jia has found a place in Hanoi and is negotiating a price. At this time, Mao Qin was certainly not willing to waste his precious money on these things.

If it weren't for the fact that Sister Mao was reluctant to give up the family business here and was unwilling to leave Zhuo County, where she had lived for decades, she insisted on inviting Lu Zhi to come as an apprentice, and naturally there would be no current situation. In her and Mao Yan's eyes, this is a rare good opportunity for Ximao, but in Mao Qin's view, this is a waste of money.

Mao Qin seemed to feel Achu's unhappiness, didn't say any more, pondered for a moment, and said, "Achu, is your eldest father okay?" ”

"Thank you uncle for your concern, my eldest father is in good health, and he can get on the horse and draw the bow."

"Hehe, your eldest father, like your grandfather, is a civil and military all-rounder." Mao Qin lifted his beard and laughed, his round face was full of joy, and he seemed to be in a good mood. He continued: "It's a pity that my Han is now in charge of the government, loyal and good are retiring, and the eunuchs are in charge, and people like your eldest father can only end up in the position of the general of the five senses." ”

Achu wanted to speak and stopped. She was born in a family of eunuchs, although she knew that what Mao Qin said was the truth, the current Son of Heaven is indeed not a Ming monarch, and most of the ministers in the court are also people who rely on people, and most loyal and upright people like her eldest father are excluded and cannot be reassigned, but she can't criticize the government without fear like Mao Qin.

Mao Yan saw that Ah Chu was a little embarrassed, so she took over the conversation and asked, "Why is Wu Junhou sick?" If he is sick, who will be able to fight in his place? ”

"I don't know." Mao Qin patted his thigh and said helplessly: "He just sent someone to say it, and then he disappeared, and even I don't know where he went." Alas, this thing ......"

Mao Yan's face was a little heavy. Originally, in her plan, Wu Junhou had absolute certainty to win the foot battle, so whether Gongsun Chan could win in the cavalry battle was not so important, of course it was better to win, and if he lost, he would not be defeated, at least he could maintain a draw, the Mao family was not too embarrassed, but now...... Gongsun Chan couldn't lose.

And after listening to Mao Qin's words just now, she was also a little worried about whether Gongsun Chan was Yan Rou's opponent, after all, Yan Rou was not a nobody, and it was definitely impossible to come and go freely on the territory of the Xianbei people, without any real skills.

Mao Yan was a little breathless: "What's the matter with Wu Junhou, wasn't he fine yesterday, how can he say that he is sick?"

"I don't know." Mao Qin blinked his old eyes that were a little dizzy, and said whimsily: "Maybe it's inconvenient to say that there is something unavoidable, so I have to say that I am sick." ”

Mao Yan snorted angrily, turned around angrily, slapped the railing hard, sulked for a while, and suddenly said: "Let people look for it, if you really can't find it, then I will go down and compete with Yan Rou." ”

"Sister......" Achu was startled and hurriedly dissuaded. Of course, she knew that Mao Yan was good, but after all, she was a woman's hair, and she competed with a horse thief in the public court, what would it become.

"Sister, don't worry, we border sons and daughters are not as particular as you Central Plains people." Mao Yan interrupted Achu's words, turned around to prepare the armor, and walked in a hurry, the corner of the skirt hung on the railing, and a long opening was torn open with a "squeak". Mao Yan was already in a bad mood, and when she saw that her beloved dress was torn, she was even more annoyed.

"Okay, okay, just change it, why be angry." Ah Chu hurriedly persuaded him softly and accompanied Mao Yan to change clothes.

When the morning sun leaped over the highest mountain, the valley gradually returned to calm, but there was no reason for more peace. More than 200 Mao family guards set up a formation on the flat ground between the valleys on the west side of the Jingshe, and under the leadership of Mao Zong, they practiced with a clear eye. The guards have been notified, knowing that today's drill is not an ordinary drill, in addition to the head of the Mao family, Mao Qin, and the great Confucian Lu Zhi in the house, there are also people sent by Lord Thorn Shi, and the strange man with an indifferent face was sent by Lord Thorn Shi to see if they have the strength to resist the Xianbei people, so they shook their spirits one by one, exerted twelve points of strength, and showed their skills, and drilled a two-hundred-person step formation with full momentum, and they had a bit of a feeling of elite soldiers.

Mao Qin accompanied Li Ding and Lu Zhi with a soft smile, so polite that he almost bent his waist to ninety degrees, although Lu Zhi did not smile on his face, he did not show any displeasure, but Li Ding kept frowning slightly, looking at the Mao family protector who was practicing with a critical gaze, and leaned over from time to time to discuss a few words with Yan Rou softly.

Yan Rou's face sank like water, neither showing appreciation nor disdain, just looking at it lightly, and asking Li Ding for advice with a little flattery, and only said a few words casually. Mao Yan looked at his immobile appearance from a distance, and she was even more annoyed, she put on a leather armor, stood with her waist crossed, her fingers caressed the scabbard inserted in the belt, and kept flicking, it seemed that she might pull the knife out of the sheath at any time, and cut Yan Rou's calmness to the ground.