Chapter 1: Snow
"It's snowing, Ruixue is a good year!" The maids in the yard shouted happily, and the crisp sound was like a magpie's annunciation, which made people feel extra comfortable to listen to.
Xue Chongxun put on his coat, opened the door and took a look, only to see that the goose-feather-like snow was falling all over the world, and the yard and the roof seemed to be covered with a white patch in an instant. This is the first snow in Luoyang this year.
He additionally noticed that in the blink of an eye, it was already the moon...... Jingyun's second year, is it going to pass like this?
I can't tell what it's like, worry, fear, fear, depression and confusion? When he was still in the second year of Jingyun, he could at least have a concept of time, changes would not happen this year, and there would be nothing wrong this year; But once you enter Jingyun for three years, when will it happen? Hovering between the foreseen and the unforeseeable, wandering between the certain and the uncertain, the invisible and untouchable hands of fate make people feel like a man's back.
What can I do? A mortal, facing the tide of history, is like standing alone in the turbulent river, how many flutters can make the river flow backwards?
However, a voice sounded in his heart: never accept fate!
Sadness and sorrow will only make people weak; Long sighs will only make people depressed; Looking left and right can only make people slow down! Only maintaining strength and self-confidence is the most useful.
"God has no difference between love and hate, he treats all things as dogs tied in grass, and his fate is in his own hands!" Xue Chongxun said to himself, I heard that autosuggestion can adjust the mentality.
At this moment, the Dong family, who had a butterfly birthmark on her face, came over from the corridor with a basin of steaming water, and she looked at Xue Chongxun with loving eyes and said softly: "Lang Jun, it's cold outside, go in first, I'll wait for you to wash." ”
This woman is very easy to satisfy, Xue Chongxun just doesn't dislike her, gives her good food and clothes, even if her status is very low, she is very happy all the time, and Xue Chongxun is the only one left in her eyes.
There was a warm fire burning in the house, and the warm breath was behind it. Xue Chongxun said coldly: "I don't need hot water, bring a stool to the yard." ”
"Lang Jun......" Dong said with concern.
Xue Chongxun strode to the middle of the courtyard, repulsed the maids and slaves on the left and right, and when he stretched out his hand, he watched the snowflakes floating in the palm of his hand. Dong couldn't disobey him, so he had to move a low stool out as he said. Xue Chongxun walked to the well in the corner of the courtyard and began to pull out the clothes on his body.
Dong was shocked, at first he thought he was going to jump into the well, but immediately felt that it was unlikely, so he had to look at him with discoloration, not knowing what he was going to do. Xue Chongxun quickly took off his coat and jacket, and finally pulled out the dirty clothes, and his upper body was exposed.
The wind was very cold, and a layer of goosebumps immediately appeared on his skin, and despite the gurgling of his teeth, he turned back to Dong and said, "Fetch water from the well, wait for me to take a bath, wash it every morning in the future, and then go to practice martial arts." ”
Dong's face turned pale, and he hesitated and said, "What if Lang Jun is sick?" ”
"Do whatever I tell you to do, don't talk nonsense, no one will punish you." Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth and said, "Come on!" ”
Xue Chongxun always said this to her, she would do whatever she was told to do, she was used to obeying him, although she was very reluctant to let Xue Chongxun suffer such a hardship for no reason, but she still used a bucket to fetch water.
Xue Chongxun said: "Drenched from the head, it's okay, it's good to survive for a while, I have washed it in winter before, it feels good, and the lazy habit is gone all of a sudden." ”
Dong gritted his teeth after hearing this, and poured a bucket of cold water off Xue Chongxun's head with a "bang". Xue Chongxun snorted and said with a smile: "Refreshing! Again! ”
At this time, Sanniang just walked in from the outside, and saw Xue Chongxun sitting there naked, and she was also stunned for a moment, but she didn't speak, just stood quietly under the eaves and watched him flush the cold water.
Buckets of cold water poured down, and it was indeed a little difficult when the cold water first touched the skin, but at that moment, I didn't feel how uncomfortable it was. Every time his brain is a spirit, it is very useful, because to resist the impact of the cold, the potential of his whole body seems to float up, full of power.
Xue Chongxun found Sanniang under the eaves, and when he was not careful, another bucket of cold water was about to come down, he couldn't help shouting, and then sang loudly: "Where there is a will, it can be done, the cauldron is broken, and the one hundred and two Qin Passes belong to Chu after all!" ”
After taking a cold shower, Xue Chongxun entered the door and changed his clothes, his spirit was very refreshing, and he immediately had "seven things" on his waist and took his family to the school martial arts field.
Originally, I thought that today's heavy snow, the Flying Tiger Regiment would suspend the exercise, but unexpectedly, when they arrived on the field, three hundred bamboo armor soldiers were standing motionless in the snow, and the snowflakes fell on their bodies, making people look like a respected snowman. Tang Chaoren shouted: "Don't move like a mountain, move like a hungry wolf!" ”
Using the analogy of a vicious wolf made Xue Chongxun suddenly a little funny, but he soon found that there was a cage in the distance, and there was really something in it that I didn't know if it was a wolf or a dog!
Xue Chongxun was curious, and rode his horse to the side of the cage, only to see the beast staring at him, his hungry eyes cold and green. The general of the Flying Tiger Regiment who came with him said: "I have been hungry for several days, I guess I dare to eat people!" After a while, the soup ball practice will use it to check the courage of the soldiers. ”
"There's something interesting about this livestock." Xue Chongxun looked into its eyes, "Come on, open the cage and let me use it to practice my hands!" ”
"Xue Lang is expensive, don't try to take risks!" Tang Chaoren over there hurriedly admonished after hearing it.
Xue Chongxun said confidently: "With my martial arts, it is more than enough to defeat a hungry wolf. ”
All the troops were amazed, and they all looked at it. They all know that the wolf does not have the majesty of a tiger, and when he is hungry, his ferocious strength will not be lost to the king of beasts!
They are all people who practice martial arts, and Tang Chaoren is not a mother-in-law, so after a moment of silence, he beckoned the crossbowmen to stand by and protect them on the left and right, and then asked someone to prepare to open the cage. He turned back to Xue Chongxun and said, "Lang Jun is ready, I will order the cage to be released." ”
Xue Chongxun got off the horse, stood in front of the cage door, slowly pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, and said, "Let's go!" ”
The sergeant next to him opened the cage, but the beast didn't rush out immediately, just stared at Xue Chongxun with green eyes, shook the dusty and variegated hair, and the snowflakes on its body were suddenly shaken into powder and floated down.
Its front paws gently shaved the snow, and slowly walked towards the cage door, Xue Chongxun raised his horizontal knife in both hands, blocking the door, paying attention to the beast's movements.
All the troops did not dare to make a sound, and they were all watching this different "game" in the snow. After a long time, before the evil wolf attacked, Xue Chongxun couldn't help but say: "It must be eager to eat me right away to satisfy my hunger, and the interesting thing is that the beast can also hold its breath......"
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the evil wolf suddenly rushed a few steps, as if it was about to attack, Xue Chongxun hurriedly stopped talking and stared at it intently. A livestock, as if it had intelligence, heard people talking and was distracted, thinking that there was a warplane?
But the wolf ran two paces and retreated. Xue Chongxun found it even more interesting, and its gaze made a particularly deep impression on Xue Chongxun, cold, cunning, and melancholy...... Maybe that's just human speculation.
Xue Chongxun sneered, bent down with a horizontal knife and walked towards the cage door. As soon as the generals saw that he was going in, they hurriedly persuaded: "It's narrow inside, Lang Jun can't show it, that beast is not small, don't take it lightly!" ”
Xue Chongxun said: "Don't force it to be cornered, it thinks it can slowly play some tricks!" ”
The army hurriedly put their bows and arrows against the gap in the cage and aimed them at the wolf. The wolf let out a low "whin", and before Xue Chongxun could approach, he ran up, and when he was a few steps away, he suddenly jumped up and pounced. Everyone exclaimed, "Xue Lang be careful! ”
"Huo!" Xue Chongxun burst into a shout, waved his long knife, and was about to face the battle, but he only heard a string sound of "bang bang ......", and the wolf had not yet rushed to it, and had already turned into a hedgehog in the air, because of inertia and threw it softly. Xue Chongxun didn't have time to think about it, when he saw something flying, he immediately slashed over, the strong knife momentum and the sharp blade, "squeak", the wolf didn't scream, the head flew out, the body still fluttered, Xue Chongxun moved under his feet, sideways to avoid.
Xue Chongxun glanced at the wolf's head on the ground, and said depressedly: "I was shot to death by you, I am like splitting a stake." ”
Tang Chaoren said: "Everyone is worried that Xue Lang will be injured, and it will be uncomfortable to be picked up by his claws." ”
Xue Chongxun had no choice but to give up.
After a while, Tang Chaoren commanded the Flying Tigers to start a queue drill, divided into two groups, constantly practiced changing formations, and then each held a wooden stick to hedge. After practicing all morning, I began to practice martial arts again, and I fought in pairs on the school field, and the field became more lively. Xue Chongxun also followed the martial arts practice, and asked someone to use a sack of sand to practice sandbags, and beat the sack so that several were replaced.
After a morning of commotion in the school field, Xue Chongxun went back, and as for the official business of the Caoyun Yamen, he didn't care about it at all, and handed it over to Liu An and the scholars recruited by Hedong. For a period of time after that, he spent a lot of time practicing martial arts, as if he had never been so free.
With the storm coming, he believes that mentality and emotion are the most important, and maintaining a positive offensive posture and self-confidence is more important than planning and strategy...... In fact, the decision-making power is in the hands of his mother, and there is only so much he can do.
After the Laba Festival, the New Year is getting closer and closer, and there are drums everywhere, because it is customary to beat the drum to drive away the ghosts of the plague before the New Year, and it is expected that the second year will have a good start. In the sound of drums, what Xue Chongxun heard seemed to be war drums and thunder, and it was the drums that urged people to go into battle on the eve of the battle of life and death.
Occasionally, he would think of the hungry wolf whose head had been cut off by himself, and that gaze would haunt his heart...... G