"Lady Lu, do you think someone could beat me in a round?"

"Possibly." Lu Shi said without thinking: "It's completely possible. ”

Liu Xiu raised his head in surprise and looked at Lu Shi with a serious face, and the smile on his face became a little sneering. Ever since he saw fierce generals like Lu Bu and Guan Yu, he has always felt that even if he is not the number one master today, he can still rank in the top three, how can anyone still beat him in one move?

"My lord, I heard that you and Lu Bu played against each other, and it only took one round." Lu Shi said unhurriedly.

"That's for a lot of reasons, not exactly the level of martial arts." Liu Xiu shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "If I play against Lu Bu now, although the chance of winning is big, it is basically impossible to win against him within a round." ”

"No, even if there are only slight differences in the realm, the competition may be completely different situations." Lu Shi pointed at Wang Zhi and Wang Ying and said: "The two senior brothers cultivated under the master sect together, and they also started to practice swords almost at the same time, now the third senior brother can produce thirteen swords within one breath, and the fifth senior brother can only produce twelve swords within one breath, it seems that there is no difference, but if the two of them fight, the third senior brother has a seventy percent chance of winning within one round." ”

Liu Xiu thought about it and somewhat understood what Lu meant. Chess is high, don't move with your hands and feet. This master competition is not the same as ordinary people, ordinary people fight, even if they take one or two punches, as long as it is not a fatal part, it will not lose combat effectiveness, and the master is different, basically as long as it is fatal, it may be fatal, at this time, it depends on who can hit the opponent in the first time, the so-called gap may only be in the blink of an eye.

"I haven't seen Sandalwood Acacia, but the grassland is respected by force, and he can unify the tribes in such a short time, and he can't do it without great skill." Lu continued: "What's more, I heard that he killed more than a dozen horse thieves alone when he was a teenager, so it can be seen that the force is definitely not low. ”

"He has a good teacher." Liu Xiu sighed. It's probably impossible to be self-taught with such martial arts, but I don't know which monster taught such a student, it's just torture.

"Yes, to be able to teach such a person, in addition to the person's talent, it is also very important to have the guidance of the Master." Lu Shi glanced at Wang Zhi and the others, "I don't think this person's realm is below the master." ”

Wang Zhi and the others nodded in agreement.

"So how can you defeat such a person?" Liu Xiu didn't care about that magical teacher, he only cared about how to get this sandalwood acacia. As long as Tanshi Huai does not die, even if the Xianbei people are beaten to the ground, it cannot be said that the northern Xinjiang can be stable.

"There are two ways." Lu Shi raised a finger, "One is to find someone whose realm is above him." Seeing Liu Xiu shook her head, she raised another finger, smiled and continued: "The second is to find many people whose realm is not as good as him, but not much different, to besiege him together, and use the number of people to make up for the gap in the realm." ”

Liu Xiu blinked, thought about it carefully, and felt that this was more feasible.

"Either way, the higher the cultivation level of the adult, the greater the chance of success. After all, we don't know how high the cultivation of Tanshi Huai is at the moment, and how many people will be able to make up for it. If the gap is too large, even if there are more people, it may not be effective, then it may be necessary to mobilize the army, but the army is slow, and it is not easy to catch him. ”

Liu Xiu admits that this is true, no one can be strong enough to deal with an army, but it is easy for a master to flee for his life, and mobilizing a large army is not as simple as a few people acting together.

"How does Madam think I can improve my cultivation?" Liu Xiu pinched his nose in embarrassment and asked the core question. In fact, Lu Shi didn't say it, he could guess the answer, because the most secret thing about Heavenly Master Dao was the Fang Zhong Technique, but when he thought of the possible problem, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"As I said, the Wind and Snow Girl is a good tripod." Lu Shi said lightly: "As long as you follow my method, it is completely possible for the cultivation of adults to improve a lot." She was silent for a moment, and then said: "I know that adults are very dismissive of Dao Arts, and I am also ashamed that my Dao Technique realm is not enough to explain to adults what Dao Techniques are all about, but I hope that adults can temporarily give up their doubts and experience the mysteries of Dao with their own hearts, rather than simply rejecting them." ”

Liu Xiu scratched his head, this is not the set of "if you believe in it, if you don't believe it, you won't be in the spirit".

"If I can believe in Taoism, then what are you going to do?" Liu Xiu rubbed his hands awkwardly, "I mean, how are you going to pass on the secret technique in this room to me, and use the wind and snow well." He remembered the legend of those women who became honest scum after being picked, and couldn't help but shudder: "Will it cause any harm to her?" ”

Lu Shi smiled, "It seems that the adults have a deep misunderstanding of the room technique. In fact, you can't blame adults, the cultivation of the room in the art is extremely demanding, the vast majority of people have finally embarked on the evil path of the barren silver, and there are even more people who use the name of the room in the art to swindle and deceive, and the people who can really benefit from the cultivation of the room in the room are rare now. She shook her head, "But it's not the fault of the atrial technique itself, it's just the fault of those who have misunderstood the true meaning of the acupuncture technique." There are people who have benefited from it, such as me, and naturally there are people who have suffered from it, so needless to say, adults must have seen a lot. ”

Liu Xiu had to admit that if the Lu clan was really able to maintain it so well because of the cultivation of the room technique, then the room technique was really a bit of a doorway. It's just that he is a little strange, Zhang Heng has been dead for two years, how can this Lu clan still cultivate?

Lu Shi calmly explained to Liu Xiu some basic knowledge of atrial surgery, and she said to Liu Xiu that atrial surgery is a set of many Taoist systems including massage, guidance, qi, and eating, and the couple's intercourse is just one of them. In terms of the way of intersection, there are twenty-four steps in the complete way of intersection, and the joining of the body is only one of the links, of course, it is also a very important link, but if there are no other links as an aid, and the focus is completely on the intersection, then it is expected that the atrial technique will become a silver technique.

Because the so-called way of intercourse can also have certain benefits for the human body if the purpose is correct, many people specialize in the way of intercourse and study it as a real intercourse technique. But after all, the way of intercourse is not a real room technique, so for people who really know how to practice room in the room, those are all side doors, small insect carving skills.

Liu Xiu's eyes rolled when he heard this, the atrial technique that Lu Shi said was too far from the atrial technique he knew, what kind of atrial technique is this, it is simply a huge and complex Taoist system, it is not as simple as taking off his clothes and fighting hand-to-hand, and of course it is not something that can be covered by a few postures. In terms of different postures, it is necessary to cooperate with different breathing styles to be effective, and the slightest mistake can have very different effects. What makes him more difficult to understand is not what breathing, but not being emotionally involved during intercourse, which is a bit too difficult, there are a few people who can keep their minds calm like water in that situation, even Aunt Dongfang and Uncle Yue can't do it.

Lu Shi said that this is the reason why many people are not suitable for cultivating the atrial technique, and only those who can do this can truly appreciate the beauty of the atrial technique, otherwise they will lose the essence of the atrial surgery and can only complete the most basic functions such as the preservation of the family.

In a word, Xuan, very Xuan. Liu Xiu now somewhat understands why he will transform into an evil art after the operation, because it is too difficult, and it is not something that ordinary people can practice at all.

"I probably won't be able to practice either." Liu Xiu's face was flushed, and he shook his hand again and again: "I don't have a surname like that." ”

Lu Shi smiled, and his face was a little crimson. "Because of this, I said that the wind and snow girl is a good tripod, of course, this is only for adults, if you change someone else, there is no value in the second, maybe you will become a disaster star, and it is possible that your cultivation will be ruined."

"Why?" Liu Xiu was surprised, there was such a thing?

"It's related to the physique of adults." Lu Shi explained, "Adults are born with fire, and the girl with wind and snow is born with Xuanshui, and only when you cooperate with cultivation can you blend water and fire, and then achieve both water and fire." If someone else is changed, a little life fire is likely to be suppressed by her Xuanshui, which will ruin her cultivation at least and ruin her surname at worst. ”

Liu Xiu was skeptical, this set was a Five Elements Theory that he was not very convinced of, but at this moment, he was not easy to refute Lu. After all, the Lu clan knew more about the Fang Zhongshu, and she herself was a person who had achieved cultivation, so she had more say than him.

Regardless of whether the theory is right or not, practice is the only truth to test the theory, so Liu Xiu asked the most critical question, what to do next.

Lu said that although the Fengxue girl was born with Xuanshui and practiced martial arts, she also had a certain foundation for guiding qi, but her foundation was not solid, and she had to return to the furnace to build a foundation. She will personally tutor and ensure that within three months, Fengxue will adjust to the realm where she can cultivate with him.

"As for the way of teaching the Fang Zhong Shu...... Lu Shi hesitated for a while, and finally raised his head and said to Liu Xiu: "The inheritance of the Fang Zhong Shu in the Dao Gate is usually taught by words and deeds by men and women, that is to say, the male master leads the female disciples, and the female master teaches the male disciples. The status of an adult is noble, and he cherishes the Snow Girl very much, so he must not tolerate the Snow Girl coming into contact with other men, so ......"

Speaking of this, Lu Shi was very embarrassed, and a red glow flew on his face.

Liu Xiu was stunned, stammering, and looked at the shy Lu in a daze, but Tang Yingzi's sly smile appeared in front of him. Lu Shi was restless by his direct eyes, coughed, and said with a stammer: "This matter will be talked about later, and the most important thing at the moment is to take care of the body of the Wind and Snow Girl first." ”

Liu Xiu was also very embarrassed, and hurriedly interrupted: "Dare to ask Madame, do you have any tricks to lose weight?" ”

Lu Shi was stunned for a moment, thinking of Wang Chu, who was a little blessed, and said in his heart that this Lord Liu still cares about a woman's figure, although Wang Chu is a little fatter than before, but it is still very good compared to others, is it necessary to lose weight specifically?

"Yes, Bigu."

…… Yuan Shao was recalled to Luoyang by an edict, and the first thing he did was to discuss with Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui and He Hao how to deal with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and the core question was whether he could win the battle and complete the Son of Heaven's eager willingness to win.

Yuan Shao was very sure of this, he analyzed the situation in the frontier, and said confidently that the Xianbei people looked very strong, but there was a large part of it that the frontier guards exaggerated the strength of the Xianbei people in order to cover up their incompetence. Really analyzed, the real advantage of the Xianbei people is in two aspects, one is that they are mainly cavalry, and the other is that they are all soldiers, and even women can carry bows and horses when necessary, and the strength of the army is not a problem. The biggest problem of the Han Dynasty now is the lack of troops, and the reason for the lack of troops is that the imperial court does not have enough money and cannot afford to raise so many soldiers.

In other words, as long as there is enough money, you can recruit enough soldiers, and if you have enough troops, you can defeat the Xianbei people.

"Cavalry is not a foot soldier, where will so many knights be recruited in a while?" He Hao has been working as a Sima in the Tun Cavalry Battalion, and he has a personal experience of this, it is easy to train a foot soldier, but it is much more difficult to train a knight, even if there are stirrups to help now, it is not an easy task.

"Of course you can't train from scratch." Yuan Shao smiled slightly: "But we can levy the Huns and Wuhuan people." The northern part of Bingzhou is already the territory of the Huns, and Youzhou is the grazing land of the Wuhuan people, if you can buy off those Wuhuan adults and recruit Wuhuan knights in an all-round way, I dare not say that 50,000 horsemen are more than enough. As for those Wuhuan adults, as long as they have money, they are willing to do anything. ”

"Fifty thousand?" Yuan Feng frowned: "Is it enough?" Xianbei people are known as controlling 100,000 strings. ”

"Absolutely enough." Yuan Shao said confidently: "As I just said, the Xianbei people are all soldiers, and there are not many real warriors. And most of them are using leather armor, less than thirty percent can wear iron armor, and most of the weapons used are also very inferior, and our Han army's sophisticated ordnance is not the same, as long as the equipment is complete, in terms of combat effectiveness, we can completely one enemy three, 50,000 people are equivalent to 150,000 Xianbei people, we have enough advantages. ”

Yuan Kui twisted his beard and pondered for a moment: "How much does it cost?" ”

Yuan Shao had already calculated, but the number was too huge, and he didn't dare to guarantee that it would not scare them. Under the urging of the adult's gaze, he subconsciously licked his lips, slowed down his voice and said: "If it can be fully equipped in place, I estimate that it will take four billion, plus the rewards after the war, the total amount will be between seven billion and eight billion." ”

Yuan Kui and the others gasped, looked at each other in shock, and Yuan Shu laughed out loud: "If you can have eight billion, do you want to fight?" I heard Liu Xiu say to the Son of Heaven that if you want to defeat the Xianbei people in an all-round way, eight billion is enough, you are good, eight billion is just a victory and a good face. ”

Yuan Shao glanced at him and was unmoved, but Yuan Feng glared at Yuan Shu and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about, get out!" ”

Yuan Shu was trained by Lao Tzu to roll his eyes, but he didn't dare to talk back, so he had to leave the table angrily.

Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Feng quietly, and then at Yuan Kui, "Two uncles, if you talk about the use of soldiers alone, I don't dare to say how much stronger than Liu Xiu, the reason why Liu Xiu didn't dare to undertake this task, but could only give me this opportunity was because he couldn't take out so much money." Although it is necessary to compare the ability of the generals in a war, in the final analysis, it is a comparison of various strengths, especially the savings of money and food. Whether it is the Wuhuan people or the Huns, they will not work for us for no reason, they want money, if there is not enough benefit, how can they work for us. ”

Yuan Kui was the first to come back to his senses from the shock, waved his hand, and motioned for Yuan Shao to stop talking. "Eight billion is not a small amount, it is far more than we expected, and I have to think about it again."

Yuan Shao was a little disappointed.

"Originally, if you went on an expedition, did the five schools of the Northern Army need to go together?"

Yuan Shao thought for a while: "I think I should go, take advantage of this battle to train the other four battalions, and at the same time select some talents, which will be of great benefit to the future." I have been fighting in northern Xinjiang for half a year, and I have the deepest understanding of the difference between whether or not I have experienced actual combat. ”

"In that case, you and Boqiu will go to Changshui Camp to see if Cao Ying can be on our side." Yuan Kui said quietly: "If we can pull him over, we will occupy three of the five battalions, and it will not be a big problem to control the other two." ”

Yuan Shao frowned, a little dissatisfied with Yuan Kui's arrangement, but he had always been in awe of this uncle, didn't say anything, saluted, and went out with He Hao. The two Yuan Kui brothers sat motionless opposite each other, and finally Yuan Feng couldn't help but open his mouth: "Ciyang, this is too much." ”

"It's a lot. But we can snatch this opportunity away, isn't it because we have money, and the Son of Heaven has no money? Yuan Kui stretched out his hand, picked up the white porcelain wine glass on the case, squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully: "I'm not worried about money, I'm worried about whether I can achieve the expected purpose if I spend so much money." ”

He smiled and said, "I was right at the beginning, in the end, isn't it just who has more money and food." With money and food, you can also become a famous general, without money and food, whether it is Duan Cheng or Zhang Huan, you can only be helpless. Why is it said that martial artists are useless? The reason is here, they only know how to fight on the battlefield, but they don't know that the most cruel and dangerous battle is in the court. ”

Yuan Feng smiled bitterly: "But these eight billion ......"

"With so much money, we must ensure that we win everything, and we can't afford to make any mistakes, otherwise, even our Yuan family won't be able to withstand it." Yuan Kui's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but Yuan Feng heard his caution. Eight billion, equivalent to the entire income of the Han Dynasty for three or four years, is far from what the Yuan family can afford, in addition to mobilizing the protégés of the Yuan family to collect in various counties and counties, it is inevitable to borrow from many wealthy families and even the Ziqian family (usury). If you win, it goes without saying, but once you lose, this account can make the Yuan family fall into ruin. At that time, no matter how good the friendship is, it will turn around and force debts.

Of course, it's too early to think about that step, and it's hard to say whether you can borrow money or not.

In the backyard, Yuan Shu pinched Ma Lun's shoulders while muttering and complaining: "Uncle, do you think he is nonsense, eight billion, there are eight billion who will not fight this battle, and if you smash it with money, you can smash Tanshi Huai to death, and you still use him?" I can do it, what are you going to do with him back? He didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and he didn't know that his uncle had sweated a lot to raise two billion......"

Mullen closed her eyes slightly, and listened silently, as if she were asleep, only the fluttering eyelids from time to time revealed her shock at the moment. Seeing that she didn't react, Yuan Shu was a little anxious, turned to her, and pushed her arm: "Uncle, you have something to say, otherwise not only our Yuan family, but even the resources accumulated over several generations will be taken up by him, what else can I do in the future." ”

"Shut up!" Ma Lun suddenly opened his eyes, and his sharp eyes swept over Yuan Shu's face, so frightened that Yuan Shu immediately closed his mouth. "Highway, why don't you grow up?" Ma Lun hated that iron could not be made of steel and poked Yuan Shu's head, Yuan Shu was weak-hearted, and sat on the ground with a buttocks. "You don't want to think about it, will your father and your uncle be child's play with such a big matter? Eight billion, if there is not enough certainty and not enough benefits, will our Yuan family invest such a big capital? ”

Yuan Shu rolled his eyes: "Do you want to rob the world." ”

"Shut up!" Ma Lun stretched out his hand and twisted Yuan Shu's cheek, twisted it fiercely, and Yuan Shu screamed in pain, he broke free of Ma Lun's hand, covered his face and jumped to his feet: "Uncle, it hurts." ”

"How can you remember your last name if it doesn't hurt?" Ma Lun glared at him, pulled him over again, looked at the place where he was twisted just now, and said distressedly: "Can you say this kind of thing casually, if someone hears it, our Yuan family will be finished." ”

"I'm not going to talk about it outside." Yuan Shu muttered.

"You can't talk about it or think about it inside or outside your home." Mullen raised his voice and shouted. Yuan Shu was startled and nodded again and again. Ma Lun eased his face at this time, stroked the sore spot on Yuan Shu's face, and said softly: "You don't want to think about it, originally for the Yuan family, you came in the ice and snow in the northern Xinjiang, your sister suffered so much in the palace for the Yuan family, and your eldest brother has to deal with those celebrities and rangers every day for the Yuan family, what about you?" You know that if you eat, drink, and make trouble, you can't share the worries of your father and uncle? ”

"Why don't I have any worries, I play with those tiger Benlangs, don't I just want to win them over, and in the future, these people will be released, and it will also be the help of our Yuan family."

Ma Lun sneered: "Then let me ask you, how did the tiger servant shoot Jia Xu?" ”

Yuan Shu was speechless, thought about it, and then argued: "That Han family's knowledge is average, and his martial arts skills are even worse, what kind of talent is it." ”

"You don't take it seriously, but when he was in the palace, the Son of Heaven trusted him. As soon as he arrived in Northern Xinjiang, he made Liu Xiu's long history, such a person is not a talent, what is a talent? Ma Lun said angrily: "Is the Son of Heaven a stupid person, is Liu Xiu a fool who doesn't understand anything, they all value Jia Xu so much, even if this Jia Xu is really an ordinary person, it is not an ordinary person." ”

Yuan Shu also felt that there was some truth, and he was embarrassed to mention this topic again, his eyes rolled, and he said, "I did a good job in that matter." ”

"It was a good event." Ma Lun couldn't bear to hit Yuan Shu again, and pointed at his head affectionately, as if looking at a doting child: "But the highway, it's not enough to just be able to do things, you have to use it more often, and if you can come up with such an idea, then it's called Gao Ming." Uncle hopes that you can be a resourceful and wise man like Ah Hui, not a rough man who can only swing his fists. ”

Yuan Shu laughed dryly.

"If you can make the trip this time, don't be idle, follow him to the northern frontier to fight." Ma Lun patted Yuan Shu's head, "Didn't you keep saying that you didn't have a chance, this is a good opportunity." Fighting tiger brothers, fathers and sons, no matter how big the contradiction is, you can't show it in front of others. Whether or not they can win this battle is very important to the Yuan family. ”

Yuan Shu smacked his lips, and seeing that Ma Lun had a serious face, he didn't dare to refute, and responded honestly.

(To be continued)