How could Xue Liangchen not hear the meaning of the other party's words, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Xianggong is the great benefactor of our Xue family, although we are not as good at shooting as noble servants, we can also shoot strong bows and ride inferior horses." If you don't think we're vulgar, the villain should run under the door, but I don't know how many people are needed around this time? ”

"Then thank you Liangchen?" Han Xiaoxuan saw that Xue Liangchen knew the opportunity so well, and his title immediately changed: "We are the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State also sent elite soldiers to escort it, just in case, there are two people!" ”

"Two?" Xue Liangchen stood up, lowered his head and thought for a while, and thought secretly: "This is a good opportunity, why don't you let the fourth brother and Ah Ping go, although the fourth brother is only seventeen years old, but he can shoot left and right, bayonet guns and dance knives, and he can be counted in the county; Ah Ping is my Lang party, although his martial arts are not as good as the fourth, but he is capable, thoughtful, and can write, and the two of them can take care of each other together. Thinking of this, Xue Liangchen turned around and beckoned to Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu, then turned to Han Xiaoxuan and said, "This is my fourth brother and Lang Dang Zhou Ping, let these two go with the prime minister!" ”

"These two?" Han Xiaoxuan looked at Xue Liangyu and Zhou Ping, he didn't have any opinion on Zhou Ping, after all, in the victory document, it was Zhou Ping who shot and injured the thief's head; It's just that although Xue Liangyu's body is vigorous, his face has not yet opened, and he looks like he is only a half-old child, Han Xiaoxuan couldn't help but be unhappy when he saw it, and secretly thought: "I want you to give me two guards who are skilled in martial arts to protect my safety, but you sent a half-grown child over, do you think this is a good opportunity to get acquainted with each other?" Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Good minister! Do you know, in recent years, Liao's internal affairs have been in turmoil, and after the Jin people's soldiers, most of the elite soldiers were transferred to the north, and thieves were quite rampant in the country. ”

Before Xue Liangchen could explain, Xue Liangyu on the side was annoyed when he heard it, he was the youngest son in the family, and Xue Zhangren was nearly fifty years old when he got him, so he was naturally spoiled, and he was top-notch in his peers since he was a child, so he thought very highly of himself. But I didn't expect that this time in the matter of the thief, Zhou Ping was overwhelmed by a Tianke, this is not enough, I didn't expect that listening to Han Xianggong's words, I felt that I was inferior to Zhou Ping. Thinking of this, he didn't care about etiquette, stepped forward and said loudly: "Han Xianggong is not believing in a certain family's martial arts, not a villain boasting, let Xianggong send one person to compare with me at will, if I lose a move and a half, I should be a virtuous!" ”

"This-" Han Xiaoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's okay, the martial arts of this dynasty are based on bows and arrows, but I don't know how many bows you can drive?" He saw that Xue Liangyu was young, and felt that he would only open a bow of six or seven buckets at most, after all, the middle-class and low-level archers of the Northern Song Dynasty Forbidden Army at that time only opened seven bucket bows.

"I usually say that with a bow with one stone and two buckets, two bows, two pots of arrows, and a horse, I gallop left and right, and even one or twenty people can't get close!" Xue Liangyu replied loudly.

Han Xiaoxuan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Really?" No wonder he was so surprised, in ancient times, the first important martial art among Chinese horsemen was riding archery, and normal people generally hold a bow in their left hand and pull the string in their right hand, so they can only shoot the enemy at 180 degrees to their left when they are on horseback, and a few warriors who are particularly good at riding and archery can shoot their bows left and right, attacking the enemy without dead ends. Warriors like this are very rare and rare, so they are often specifically mentioned in history books, such as "Three Kingdoms. Dong Zhuo's Biography records Dong Zhuo: "At the end of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the son of a good family in the six counties was Yulinlang. Outstanding talent, less brigade strength, double belt and two sheaths, left and right gallop shooting, for the military Sima. ”

Xue Liangchen on the side was afraid that Xue Liangyu would bump into Han Xiaoxuan when he spoke, so he hurriedly replied: "Exactly, although my fourth brother is young, he is better than our brothers in terms of riding and archery kung fu, so I let him follow Xianggong!" ”

Han Xiaoxuan nodded: "Sure enough, you are a hero, but I underestimate you, since this is the case, it is the two of you." Liangchen, let's get here tonight, you two will clean up when you go back, and set off with me when I return to Bianjing!" ”

"Yes, Han Xianggong!"

After the banquet, Xue Liangchen arranged for Xue Liangyu and Zhou Ping to go home overnight to pack up and prepare to go to Bianjing with Han Xiaoxuan. Xue Liangyu was even more radiant, looking smug, only Zhou Ping looked sluggish, looking like he had not recovered from the sudden joy.

"Brother Zhou, it's not easy to be Han Xianggong's side this time! He said that the green clouds went straight up, and asked Brother Zhou not to forget the little brother, and to bring it up! ”

"Brother Tai smiled!" Zhou Ping couldn't remember that this was the first person who came over tonight to talk about the relationship, and in order to force a smile, the muscles of his cheeks twitched a little. But even so, the man in front of him, who looked more than thirty and forty years old, still made himself a little sick to his stomach. At this time, Zhou Ping couldn't help but think: "Who said that the ancients were simple and heavy, didn't they pounce on them without face and skin when they saw a star and a little opportunity?" ”

"But do you really want to follow that Han Xiaoxuan to Liao?"

The wry smile on Zhou Ping's face disappeared, although after some persuasion from the Supreme Zen Master, he had gradually dispelled the idea of running away after saving enough entanglement, but it was another matter to follow Han Xiaoxuan to Liao. He knew very well that the current situation of the Liao State must be very sinister, the reason is very simple, the destination of the envoys of the Song State this time is Youzhou, although the Jin army's troops have not yet reached the Han land of the Liao State, but they have won consecutive battles in Liaodong over the years, in order to escape the war, a large number of defeated soldiers and Liao people will definitely flee to the relatively stable Shannan Prefectures. With the administrative capacity of the Liao State at that time, it was certainly impossible to arrange the lives of these refugees in a short period of time, and the powerful and lawless people among these refugees would inevitably be coerced to do evil in order to live, and this kind of example is really common in history. Secondly, if you are not mistaken, in history, the Northern Song Dynasty got the information of the Liao-Jin War from the fugitives of the Liao State very early, and had a plan to attack the Liao State with the Jin Alliance and recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun. Against this backdrop, the mission will certainly have a secret mission to gather information for the center to make the right decisions, and there may be further tasks. As an outsider, he is involved in this matter, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will end up in pieces.

"To go or not to go?" At this time, Zhou Ping's figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and a smile suddenly appeared on his majestic face, and he nodded slightly to Zhou Ping, as if encouraging him.

"If he is in my position, even if he knows that there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he will not retreat!" A hint of gloom appeared on Zhou Ping's face: "It's a pity that I'm not him." ”

At this moment, only a bang was heard, and the door was slammed open. Zhou Ping raised his head in surprise, only to see Xue Liangyu staggering in, his face flushed and his mouth full of wine. Zhou Ping hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked, "Xiao Langjun, why did you drink so much wine-"

"You let go of me, I'm not drunk!" Xue Liangyu broke away from Zhou Ping, waved his arm violently, and said loudly: "Second brother said that I should listen to you more this time, as if I wanted you to be the master of the two of us." Ah Ping, tell me why the second brother values you so much, are you his brother or am I his brother? ”

"Naturally, Xiao Langjun is the brother of the inspection!" Xue Liangyu looked at the other party's drunken face, and couldn't help but feel bored for a while, he was worried about how to find an excuse to shirk at this time, but he ran out of this half-old child to bother.

"Then why did he let me listen to you more than for you?" Xue Liangyu took a step forward and asked loudly.

Zhou Ping tried his best to endure the surname and replied: "The inspection is cautious, this is for you and me to discuss more with each other, and it is naturally Xiao Langjun who makes the final decision!" ”

"No, it's not!" Xue Liangyu waved his arm violently, he was already seven or eight points drunk, he stood unsteadily, sat on Zhou Ping's bed, and shouted loudly: "Don't think I can't see it, Ah Ping, you didn't take this incident seriously at all, don't talk about this incident, in fact, no one can look down on it in your heart, even that Han Xianggong may not be in your eyes!" It's not that my second brother named you, I'm afraid you won't go through this at all! ”

Hearing Xue Liangyu's words, Zhou Ping couldn't help but be taken aback, he never expected that this reckless Xue Shilang would inadvertently expose his old bottom. As a traverser, Zhou Ping instinctively had an inexplicable sense of superiority over all the ancient people in his heart, and always felt that he had more knowledge than them, and the current situation was only temporary. Even the emperor Lao'er in Bianjing City, in Zhou Ping's eyes, is just a prisoner sitting in the city of the Five Kingdoms more than ten years later. But he didn't expect that although he tried his best to cover it up, he still leaked it out in his words and deeds, and if someone with a heart would naturally find out, maybe it would cause death. Thinking of this, a cold sweat was already oozing from Xue Liangyu's back, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Xiao Langjun, you are joking, Han Xianggong is a Jinshi, how dare I, a grass-like person, look down on him, I just heard the news all of a sudden, and I fainted with joy, please forgive me for the rudeness, just say it to you and me in private, don't-"

When Zhou Ping said this, he suddenly stopped, only to see that Xue Liangyu was already lying on his back on his bed and snoring loudly, daring to be already asleep. It seems that those words were also unintentionally said by him, and if he was allowed to say them when he was sober, he might not be able to say them. Zhou Ping walked to the bed, looked at Xue Liangyu's child-like face in his sleep, and couldn't help but sigh. Zhou Ping carried his right leg on the edge of the bed onto the bed, covered him with the quilt again, and then turned around and walked out of the door, sat down on the steps, looked at the moonlight in the courtyard, and couldn't help but ponder.

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