"When we were studying art together, he wasn't very good." Lu hugged his legs and shrunk in the corner of the carriage, leaning against the wall of the carriage, and as the carriage advanced, the earrings in his ears shook gently. She didn't look at Liu Xiu, but looked outside through the gap in the window curtains. Maybe she didn't look at anything, she was just distracted. Her voice was also a little erratic, with a bit of memories of the past and a bit of sentimentality.

"Later, after the master entered Wawu Mountain to subdue the python demon, the Tao was successfully revealed, feathered and ascended to the immortal, and left me to wait." Lu Shi turned his head and quietly wiped the corners of his eyes, "At that time, the heir was still young and the Dao Fa had not yet been completed, but most of the senior brothers supported him as the successor of the Heavenly Master. Only Zhang Jiao objected, but his Taoism was not as good as that of the senior brothers, and the opposition was fruitless, so he abandoned the door and left, and from then on he had nothing to do with my Heavenly Master's Dao. ”

"Wait." Liu Xiu interrupted Lu Shi's words, "You just said that his Dao skills are not outstanding among you, why did he fight your Heavenly Master Dao sages alone with the power of one person last time when he discussed the Dao in Bishan?" ”

Lu Shi glanced at him and stretched out his hand to point at Liu Xiu's hand. Liu Xiu touched the ring on his ring finger and narrowed his eyes slightly: "You mean...... His Dao skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and it has something to do with this ring in my hand? ”

Lu Shi nodded: "Also, he has an extra nine-section scepter in his hand." ”

Liu Xiu heard Zhang Ming say that Zhang Jiao had a magic weapon in his hand called the Nine Scepters, but Zhang Jiao had been in Luoyang for so long, and he had never seen any Nine Scepters in Zhang Jiao's hands. Of course, Zhang Ming said this, he definitely wouldn't lie to him, since the nine-section scepter is a magic weapon like the green ox horn, of course, it is a secret.

"It's because of the Nine Scepters that he surpassed you?"

"How much a magic weapon can play a role in a Taoist priest, people outside the Taoist can't imagine." Lu Shi looked at Liu Xiu with burning eyes: "You don't believe that the knife is an artifact, it's because you haven't realized its true power yet." ”

"You know?" Liu Xiu asked rhetorically.

"I don't know." Lu Shi shook his head, "However, I have already drawn that talisman, and when the master comes back, I invite him to take a look, and he will naturally understand everything." ”

"Then I'll wait for good news." Liu Xiuhun said nonchalantly. He saw Lu Shi looking at him with shiny eyes, knowing what she was thinking, he looked down at the ring and said, "What do you want to see in this ring?" ”

Lu Shi nodded: "If you are fortunate enough to be given, the concubine is grateful, and the Heavenly Master Dao will also owe you a favor." ”

Liu Xiu's eyes flickered, and he pondered for a moment. Although the strength of the Heavenly Master Dao is not as good as the Taiping Dao at the moment, the strength of the Heavenly Master Dao in the Bashu area is very strong, and Zhang Lu can dominate Hanzhong for thirty years, not empty words. If he can make friends with Heavenly Master Dao, even if he fails to compete for hegemony in the future, there will be no problem in retreating to Bashu.

"Can I ask a question first?" Liu Xiu raised his head and looked at Lu, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. Lu Shi was a little uneasy by him, but he still nodded. Liu Xiu chuckled, took his eyes off Lu's face, and looked at the ring in his hand at the moonlight. "I'm sure you know about this ring, you should have heard about it from Zhang Jiao, what I want to ask is, since he knows that the ring is in my hand, why didn't he come to ask for it?"

Lu Shi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, his face was a little crimson, he looked away unnaturally, calmed his emotions in the sound of sparkling wheels, and then continued: "The people in the Dao Sect believe in the will of heaven the most, and since the ring fell into your hands is the will of heaven, how dare he come to ask for it?" ”

"Providence?" Liu Xiu pursed his lips and disagreed.

"The ring has been in Taiping Road for several years, Zhang Jiao has tried his best, and he has never been able to use the ring, and he can only get the Taoist technique in the ring through the holy woman. But as soon as the ring is in your hand, it will obey you, this is an artifact to take the initiative to recognize the Lord, in addition to the will of heaven, what other reason can there be? Lu smiled slightly, and seemed to be a little gloating about Zhang Jiao's misfortune. What's more, although you are not a person in the Daomen, but you have three major artifacts, if such a person is not favored by the heavens, who can believe it? ”

Liu Xiu was a little stunned for a while. The heart knife was snatched from Huai Zong, and the green horn was snatched from the fire fox, and I vomited blood for it, and as for the ring, it was given to me by Yingzi. Why can't I use Zhang Jiao? Because Yingzi didn't like him, but trusted me, and was afraid that Zhang Jiao would pester him again, he transferred the authorization to me, and that's it.

Authorization, it is estimated that you can't make it clear to you, and there is no need to make it clear to you.

In this way, Zhang Jiao didn't dare to ask for it, it was really providential? Liu Xiu's face remained calm, but his heart changed a lot of thoughts in a very short period of time. Lu Shi took the initiative to invite him to join the car, probably not so simple as random, her eyes have been looking at the ring intentionally or unintentionally, and she should also have taken a fancy to the Taoist technique in the ring. But those Dao techniques ...... It's more like a martial arts movie, it's good-looking to fly around, but if you really want to practice, probably don't think about it in this life, anyway, he only learned the Mozi Five Elements Technique, and among the many Taoist techniques in the ring, the Mozi Five Elements Technique is the lowest, but in his opinion, it is also the most reliable.

Of course, practice has proved that Mozi's Five Elements Technique is at least a very beneficial boxing technique, but with Liu Xiu's level, he can only be regarded as a boxing technique now.

Liu Xiu was not as dismissive of Dao as he was at the beginning, but it was impossible for him to accept it all, even believing in the existence of gods. If he were to say that he would rather believe that it was another traverser's cheat, it was just that luckily this plug-in fell into his hands.

"And what do you want from me?" Liu Xiu sat up straight and said with a smile: "Look? ”

Lu Shi nodded, his eyes shining a little in the dark. Liu Xiu hesitated, and when the ring came into his hand, Yingzi turned the original Yellow God Messenger in ancient costume into a maid with a bumpy figure and revealing clothes according to his preferences.

Liu Xiu scratched his head: "Then when I return to the Dao Hall, when it is convenient, I will let you take a look?" ”

Lu Shi looked at him for a moment, his eyes gradually dimmed, Liu Xiu had just agreed to her, and now he was delaying, it seemed that he didn't want her to understand the Dao technique in the ring at all. She sighed, "Do as your lord orders." When it is convenient for adults, concubines listen to the teachings. ”

Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed, he estimated that Lu Shi had misunderstood, but he was embarrassed to explain. He coughed dryly and changed the subject: "By the way, your spells are very exquisite, how are your spells?" He paused, and waited for Lu Shi to look at him before he continued: "If you are interested, I can lend you the green horns for a while." ”

Lu's eyes flashed, then his eyes widened, and he sat up straight: "Is this true?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded solemnly: "It's not a joke, it's useless for the green horns to stay by my side anyway." He smiled, and then continued, "You know, I don't have a two-piece artifact on me anyway. ”

Lu Shi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said enviously: "Yes, my lord's providence, any of the three artifacts he brings are hard to find, which is really eye-catching." ”

"Yes, the puppet is not guilty, but he is guilty. With these three artifacts, I couldn't sleep well, for fear that one day I would be hacked by a cultivator. Liu Xiu sighed very hypocritically: "I'm tired of living." ”

Lu Shi smiled, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The lord is very gracious, and the concubine is toothless and unforgettable." Dare to share the worries of adults, and are willing to arrange for a master in the sect to accompany the adults, and it is convenient to contact them in the future. ”

Liu Xiuzhong was in his arms, and hurriedly hypocritically excused: "How dare you do that." ”

Lu Shi knew that he would not really refuse, so he insisted for a while, and Liu Xiu accepted it half-pushing. In order not to make others suspicious, they agreed to deal with this matter in a low-key manner and not to make it known to passers-by. Lu Shi responded one by one. After returning to the gym, Liu Xiu immediately handed over the green horns to her, and Lu was grateful and thanked her repeatedly. Liu Xiu found a place where no one was around, and re-set the maid as an old man in ancient costume, and then invited the Lu family to watch the Taoist skills. After seeing it, Lu Shi was amazed and inexplicable, felt that he had gained a lot, and was even more grateful.

Lu finally told Liu Xiu one thing, Zhang Jiao was in front of the Son of Heaven to inquire, when it came to the issue of the displaced people, many of his ideas were praised by the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven has awarded him the title of Guanglu Doctor, attendant left and right, the next time the court meeting, he will discuss state affairs with the ministers in the court. Looking at it that way, if he debates well, the Son of Heaven may reuse him, and it is possible to let him read the "Taiping Sutra" hidden in the palace.

Liu Xiu quietly thanked the Lu family for the reminder, and persuaded the Lu family to exert more influence when the queen mother and queen were around the palace, and then sent her out. He had been prepared for Zhang Jiao's official sealing, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. Doctor Guanglu is subordinate to Guangluxun, although he has no staff, he is just a servant officer, but his rank is very high, more than two thousand stones, and it is not wrong for the Lu family to say that the Son of Heaven values him very much.

If Zhang Jiao had become an official in the imperial court, would he still rebel? Liu Xiu leaned on the case, deducing all kinds of possible situations, and he didn't even notice Wang Chu walking in.

"What is the husband thinking? Laughing so happily. Wang Chu put a pot of tea on the table, poured a cup and handed it to Liu Xiu, and glanced at Liu Xiu: "When Mrs. Lu went out just now, she was also smiling." ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he was immediately vigilant, and glanced at Wang Chu with slanted eyes. Wang Chu lowered his head embarrassedly. Liu Xiu tried her best to snatch her out of the palace again, although she is now a concubine, not a wife, but she is very satisfied. It was precisely because of her satisfaction that she felt that she should not have any restrictions on Liu Xiu, but she felt that although Mrs. Lu was good-looking, she was a widow with a son, and if Liu Xiu was not involved with her, she would inevitably be laughed at, and it would be inconvenient to reach the ears of the eldest princess, so she beat the side drum to remind Liu Xiu.

"Where do you want to go?" Liu Xiu reached out and pinched her nose, took her into his arms, and roughly explained the situation just now. When Wang Chu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, twisted Liu Xiu's shirt and asked softly, "Does the husband want to use the Heavenly Master Dao to balance the Taiping Dao?" ”

"It's not my Achu who is smart." Liu Xiu replied softly: "Zhang Jiao's ambition is too big, I'm worried that I won't be able to control him in the end and lure the wolf into the room." ”

"Checks and balances are important, but the most fundamental thing is that the husband himself has the strength to do it." Wang Chu raised his head from Liu Xiu's arms, raised his slightly red face and looked at Liu Xiu: "Husband, the concubine heard Mrs. Lu say that the most brilliant thing in Taoism is the double cultivation technique, and the concubine is not sensitive, so I want to ...... Want to ......"

Liu Xiu was stunned, then smiled and hugged Wang Chu into love, gnawed two bites fiercely, and the two wolf claws were not regular. "I can't ask for it, ma'am, when are we going to start, should we start practicing now?"

Wang Chu's face was flushed with shame, he hid his face in Liu Xiu's arms, refused to show his face, and said repeatedly: "Wrong, wrong, it's not like this......"

…… After listening to Liu Xiu's announcement, Yuan Shao's face became very ugly. Liu Xiu is also the captain of Changshui, his hope of being in charge of the Changshui camp has been disappointed, and the Changshui camp is going to be expanded, the Son of Heaven has given the establishment of four Simas in one go, he is only one of the four Simas, and he may not stay long, and it is a foregone conclusion that the Changshui camp will fall into the hands of Liu Xiu. It seems that the Son of Heaven is also eager to hold the Northern Army in his hands, and refuses to let him get involved, so he made such a big move.

But what could he say? Liu Xiu didn't kick him out now, he was already counting it as giving him face. Now that Liu Xiu is the captain of Changshui, he can independently designate the candidates for all the officers in the Changshui battalion, and the Taiwei Mansion will definitely not give Liu Xiu face.

"At the beginning, do a good job, you Yunwen Yunwu, and I will rely on your support in the future." Liu Xiu's expression was very sincere, but Yuan Shao felt that it was more sarcasm, and he refused to withdraw from the Changshui camp like this, since Liu Xiu still had to talk about face, he might as well wait and see.

"I am willing to serve you." Yuan Shaoqiang endured the grievances in his heart, three and two, and became Liu Xiu's subordinate, what is going on? Wang Kuang turned out to be his protégé, but now he is a fake captain of the Shooting Battalion, and he may become a real teacher one day. He swallowed and tried to make his voice sound normal: "My lord, how do you arrange that soldier?" ”

"All the existing people are under your command." Liu Xiu said very generously, and patted Yuan Shao's shoulder with a seemingly serious tone: "Your Majesty has issued an edict to recruit Wuhuan knights from all counties in Youzhou, and then hand them over to the new Sima." At the beginning, your subordinates were all acquaintances who knew each other, cooperated for many years, and were the descendants of the warriors of Emperor Guangwu back then, and now they are also the children of Luoyang, so you can't lose to those newcomers. ”

Yuan Shao was so angry that he wanted to scold, Luoyang's disciples? Can these rich soldiers be compared to the newly recruited Wuhuan people, and not lose to them? It's no wonder if you don't lose. He very much wanted to refuse in person now and quit the Changshui camp directly, but he was holding a breath in his heart, which made him unwilling to give up like this.

In order to seize the opportunity, Yuan Shao had to step up his time to train those rich and noble soldiers and train them to a hard time, and on the other hand, he cooperated with Yang Biao to spare no effort to strike at some of the remaining dark forces in Luoyang City. He found Liu Xiu and said, my subordinates are not satisfied with the members now, the compilation of four parts and ten songs, you give me two songs, I only have more than 300 people, and I am not satisfied with even one song, you assign some people to me.

Liu Xiu spread his hands, this is not simple, go to Luoyang Prison to find it. Now there are hundreds of people in Luoyang Prison, all of them are fierce and aggressive, and they are good at martial arts. You see, all of my fifty guards were found there.

Yuan Shao just knew that the fifty strong men led by Xu Yu around Liu Xiu were all found from Luoyang Prison, so he asked Liu Xiu for instructions to do things according to the rules. There were many people in Luoyang Prison who turned out to be his disciples, or they knew him, but they didn't have time to run, or they didn't believe that the imperial court would really kill them this time, so they were arrested. He couldn't watch these people die in prison, or his reputation among the rangers would be ruined.

In fact, it is not difficult to turn these people into the Northern Army, since Emperor Guangwu tried to strike the capital, there are few county soldiers in the inner county, the original military system has basically been destroyed, and now many soldiers are recruited. The reason why those rangers dare to kill people is because of the atmosphere on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also because the Han often gives amnesty, kills people, hides for a few years and waits for the amnesty to come out again, not only is there no danger of life, but also can win fame, why not. Now that they are thrown into prison, they are about to lose their heads, and there is a chance for them to see the sky again, and most people can't ask for it. Anyway, let's live first.

Yuan Shao was beaten by more than 100 people, barely enough to get together 500 people, but in fact, there was only a full number of soldiers.

Half a month later, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji rushed to Luoyang first, and they each brought more than a dozen brothers, and they knew at a glance that they were those restless guys. Liu Xiu was very satisfied, and arranged them into the Changshui Battalion, and appointed them as the Marquis of Qu Army. One song is 500 people, but the Son of Heaven gave Liu Xiu the establishment of ten songs, and the current military establishment is only 2,000 people, on the one hand, it can allow Liu Xiu to arrange more cronies, and on the other hand, it also leaves room for future expansion.

A few days later, Han Sui arrived from Jincheng, and he brought a letter from Bian Zhang, who said that he was used to the life of his hometown and did not want to come to Luoyang to be an official, but he thanked Duan Gong for his kindness, and also thanked Liu Xiu for his elimination. Although he can't come to take office, he will definitely keep Liu Xiu's kindness in his heart, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely thank Yunyun in person.

After more than a month, Zhao Yun, Zhang He and Lou Lu rushed to Luoyang with a thousand Wuhuan knights. These more than 1,000 people were requisitioned and sent from Shanggu and Yuyang counties, and they were all elites of various departments, among which half of them were Wuhuan people from Baishan, and there were 100 people from Heilingwei.

Liu Xiu rushed to the gate of the camp to greet him.

As soon as Lou Lu saw Liu Xiu, he laughed and stepped forward, opened his arms, and showed off the Xuanjia on his body and the black feather guard behind him: "My lord, how about me, I didn't embarrass my adults, right?" ”

"No shame, very long face." Liu Xiu smiled from ear to ear, and slapped the shiny breastplate at the foot of the building: "Young wolf master, I have wronged you, how about being a personal guard for me?" ”

Lou Lu blinked: "Really? ”

"Of course it's true."

Lou Lu touched the beard that had just come out of his lips, and said with a wicked smile: "You're not afraid that our Wuhuan people will blow up the camp, and I will slaughter you?" ”

"I'm not worried about this, what I'm worried about is that if I die, more than 9,000 of you Baishan Wuhuan will be killed." Liu Xiu said seriously, Lou Lu's eyes rolled and flattened his mouth: "You are too ruthless." Now that the official is big, it's not okay to make a joke, and he will destroy our entire clan at every turn? ”

Liu Xiu laughed: "If you are allowed to joke, I am not allowed to joke?" ”

Lou Lu shrunk his neck, looked at Xu Yu and Wang Zhi, who were not good at the back of Liu Xiu's body, and had been staring at him, and felt cold all over his body, and suddenly felt a sense of timidity, he stabbed Liu Xiu: "Who is this?" ”

"This is my personal guard Sima Xu Yu, that's my guest Wang Zhidao, don't mess with them." Liu Xiu leaned into his ear and said, "Stay away from me when you make such jokes in the future, otherwise they will be nervous and slaughter you, and you can't complain about others." ”

The corners of Lou Lu's mouth twitched, and he was skeptical. However, he could see from the body shape and eyes of these two people that it was best not to mess with them. Needless to say, the strong man Xu Yu is definitely not his opponent, and even the middle-aged man Wang Zhi, who doesn't look very strong, makes people look frightened, and his eyes are like knives.

Zhao Yun and Zhang He jumped off their horses and walked over quickly, and at the same time bowed their hands: "Meet your lordship." ”

Seeing these two people, Liu Xiu was very happy, he held one in one hand and said affectionately: "Why are you two here, what should I do with my senior brother?" ”

"Not only are you brave and good at fighting now, but you have also trained a group of people under your command, and you don't need us anymore, so you drove us to your lordship." Zhao Yun joked with a smile. Liu Xiu sighed with emotion, he knew that Lu Min definitely didn't think like this, he sent the most powerful people under him to support him.

"I hope that I will be able to conquer Xianbei soon, and then I will be able to fight side by side with my senior brother."

"Master Lu said the same." Zhao Yun said as he walked inside: "Mrs. Mao gave birth to a son last month, and the mother and child are healthy. ”

"Really?" Liu Xiu was inexplicably overjoyed, and after getting Zhao Yun's affirmation, he immediately sent someone back to Buyunli to deliver the good news to Lu Zhi. This is his eldest grandson, and it is a great event to celebrate.

Liu Xiu immediately convened a meeting of the officers of the Changshui battalion, and he introduced Zhao Yun and others to Yuan Shao and Zhang Ji, Han Sui and others who had arrived before, and then allocated troops, one hundred black feather guards were his personal guard horses, and the remaining less than 1,000 people plus Zhao Yun and Han Sui The personal troops they brought were divided into four songs, which were led by Zhao Yun, Han Sui, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan, Zhao Yun and Han Sui served as the military commanders, and also led the Qu Junhou of a song.

In order to increase the strength of the infantry battalion, Liu Xiu arranged Zhang He to partner with Xiahou Yuan in the infantry battalion, with Xiahou Yuan as Sima and Zhang He as the fake Sima. In the future, Wang Yu will find a suitable opportunity to quit the Northern Army, and he can choose one of these two people to be a captain.

After the position was properly arranged, Liu Xiu announced that all officers above the rank of military marquis in the five schools of the Northern Army could become disciples of Duan Cheng, a doctor of military science, and learn the art of war with Duan Cheng. Yuan Shao and the others were indifferent, they didn't look down on any doctor of military science at all, but Han Sui and other Xiliang people were different, they admired Duan Cheng very much, and they were very happy to be able to learn the art of war under Duan Cheng's door.

Zhao Yun and Zhang He did not express any objections, they now unconditionally supported Liu Xiu's decision, or Lu Min would not have sent them.

Lou Lu also went to listen, he studied under Lu Min in Shanggu, learned a lot of Confucian classics in Chinese, and now he is a reader. In fact, Lu Min was not an official in Shanggu, and there were many Wuhuan people in his private school, and they all learned well, except for the beard, they couldn't see the appearance of many aliens, and they were like a polite man.

With the full strength of the Changshui Battalion, the large-scale training of the Northern Army in full swing finally kicked off.

(To be continued)