Chapter Twenty-Four: Astuteness

Empress Dowager Xu was silent. Qian Hongzuo said coldly: "Rats touch dogs and thieves? You hold your own jewelry, when did Xie Xiangcun steal your things, and when did he tease you? You are a martial arts student, don't you know that he deliberately let you do by agreeing to keep your feet and compete with you? It's only because you are the marshal's daughter that he is extraordinarily polite. As an officer of the forbidden army, it is okay for him to perform for the queen mother's birthday, but if he performs for the minister, he will not lose the dignity of the royal family. ”

The hoopoe man said: "He insulted me in public, didn't you hear it?" ”

Qian Hongzuo sneered: "He only knows how to dance knives and guns on weekdays, he doesn't know how to read and learn etiquette, and he speaks vulgarly, which is not as good as the ladies in the hall." ”

The hoopoe man still wanted to argue, but the Empress Dowager Xu had already said: "Holy Lord, Miss Dai is very reasonable, this child is young and ignorant, does not know how to count etiquette, and really needs to be taught well." In case he learns some kung fu in the future, he doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and he gets carried away. You arrange for your husband as soon as possible, teach him the etiquette of reading and being a courtier, and teach him what to say and what not to say; What to do and what not to do. ”

Qian Hongzuo bowed down and responded "yes".

Many scheming ladies and ladies in the hall heard that Empress Dowager Xu's words already contained the meaning of admonishment to the hoopoe man. The hoopoe man himself also had some feelings, but he didn't know how to respond, so he was silent for a while. Empress Dowager Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Dai, please take a seat, you can open this Fengming bow today, and the mourning family is quite appreciative." If you ask for the Seven Star Sword, the mourning family will definitely consider it seriously, and it will be too late to talk about it in the future. ”

The hoopoe man walked back to his seat speechlessly, his original arrogance was suppressed without a trace, full of chagrin, and he could only be depressed.

When the birthday banquet was dispersed, Qian Hongzuo first helped the Empress Dowager Xu to leave the table. Everyone stood up one after another to give gifts, and then the ladies and ladies of each house, accompanied by the guidance of the palace maids, left the imperial garden and were sent out of the palace by a special person in a sedan chair.

When Qian Hongzuo helped the Empress Dowager Xu leave the imperial garden and walked to a small pavilion, the Empress Dowager Xu signaled to enter the pavilion to rest, and instructed Xuan Xie Xiangcun to see him.

When everyone retreated, and only Empress Dowager Xu, Qian Hongzuo, and Xie Xiangcun were left in the pavilion, Empress Dowager Xu asked Xie Xiangcun: "The mourning family did not pass the order to you, how do you know that I didn't really let you perform in Dai's mansion?" ”

Xie Xiangcun bowed and said: "The villain was summoned to the back of the Cherish Flower Hall, and when she heard the hoopoe man's rude words, how could the public allow her to be presumptuous?" And the saint is hindered by her identity, and it is inconvenient to teach her martial arts. The saint and the villain have never competed in martial arts, and I heard the Queen Mother talk to me about martial arts, so I know what the Queen Mother means. ”

Empress Dowager Xu nodded and said, "What a smart boy." Then he asked: "You don't know the martial arts of the hoopoe man, why do you dare to bet with her?" ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "The gift of the saint is so precious to the villain!" I just put it in a handkerchief for the hoopoe man to see, and while we were still haggling for the gambling game, the flower was no longer in the handkerchief. This is the hand color of our Liyuan Line, and it is impossible for Miss Dai to take Hua Tian away. It's just that the villain didn't expect her to be impetuous, only caring about grabbing things, regardless of her own defense, so she took the opportunity to pull out her step, but she was really fooled. ”

Empress Dowager Xu smiled at Qian Hongzuo and said, "The saint is really discerning. The mourning family is tired, I will go to rest first, you are good to arrange this child, don't let him go back to live in the imitation pear villa, so as not to cause any trouble, the things he belongs to let the imitation pear villa be sent to the Luocheng forbidden army. ”

Qian Hongzuo immediately agreed. When the Empress Dowager Xu walked away, Qian Hongzuo grabbed Xie Xiangcun's hand and couldn't wait to pick him up. Xie Xiangcun was restrained and didn't dare to be rude, so he grabbed Qian Hongzuo's hand and turned Qian Hongzuo's affectionate hand into a rather respectful and humble support. Qian Hongzuo never needed to be helped when he walked, but seeing that Xie Xiangcun was already a little shy, he thought about it, then put his hand on Xie Xiangcun's hand and said, "The flowers in the imperial garden today are blooming exceptionally beautifully, you can accompany me to enjoy the flowers first." ”

Xie Xiangcun bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”

On that day, Qian Hongzuo, who has always been serious, was unusual, having fun in the imperial garden, laughing and laughing, and the waiters and palace maids who served him were also full of interest from him, and the imperial garden was full of laughter.

Xie Xiang lived in the camp in front of the Yulin Palace, where the guards with swords in front of the palace lived in Luocheng, and soon settled down in the forbidden army. At the beginning, he did not serve as an errand, but was trained by a special instructor, including standing, walking, sitting and lying, and talking had to learn, which was called learning rules in the forbidden army. Qian Hongzuo and Empress Dowager Xu respectively found Wen Minghui, the commander of the forbidden army, and told him to properly settle Xie Xiangcun, but the content was very different. Qian Hongzuo explained that he wanted to make small-sized and well-fitting guard clothes for Xie Xiangcun, carefully match the food on weekdays, clean the house he lived in, and have someone to help wash and wash his life, etc., which was extremely delicate and warm; Empress Dowager Xu told Wen Minghui that Xie Xiangcun's martial arts are already quite rooted, and if he practices martial arts in other people's ways, he is afraid that it will be difficult to make any progress, and told Wen Minghui to find an opponent with strong martial arts, accompany Xie Xiangcun to practice, and can be besieged by many people, so that Xie Xiangcun's martial arts must be improved as soon as possible, and Xie Xiangcun is obviously more strict. The guards in the camp in front of the palace were all selected from the best of the forbidden army, and they were selected from the competition of real swords and guns. It can be said that everyone has a good kung fu. Wen Minghui saw that Xie Xiangcun was young, and originally thought that it was already good for him to be able to fight against one or two people, but he didn't expect that after trying, as Empress Dowager Xu said, it would be difficult to help him improve his martial arts if he didn't use multi-person siege-style training. In this way, Xie Xiangcun became a target-like figure for a while, and many guards with knives in front of the palace came to him to learn martial arts, not to mention, he didn't care about how much he bullied, Xie Xiangcun was shrewd, good at observing, and saw so many different martial arts paths, just like rice paper that absorbs water, in the camp in front of the palace by learning martial arts, learning from others.

Since Xie Xiangcun lived in the Luocheng Forbidden Army, Qian Hongzuo began to frequently summon him into the palace to accompany him, or Qian Hongzuo deliberately accompanied him because he was worried that Xie Xiangcun would leave his master Qu Liuyu and just arrived in a strange environment. Qian Hongzuo was originally a teenager who was the most reluctant to have fun, in the past, after going to court, in addition to sleeping, he only engaged in two kinds of homework, practicing martial arts in time other than studying, and reading in time other than practicing martial arts, in his opinion, there is nothing more shameful than wasting time. But the arrival of Xie Xiangcun has made a great change in him, he began to like to enjoy flowers, rowing, playing swings, feeding fish, playing polo and other pastimes that he would never engage in before, and he felt unprecedented joy from it, in fact, as long as Xie Xiangcun is around, what he does does not seem to be very important, everything seems so interesting and cute. The happiness that Qian Zuohong owed in his childhood seems to be making up for it through these plays. But soon, Qian Hongzuo found that Xie Xiangcun was often injured, and his body was often blue and purple, and even his face and neck sometimes had obvious scars. Qian Hongzuo asked if someone was bullying him? Xie Xiangcun said: It's just a bump in martial arts, and no one bullied him. Qian Hongzuo was afraid that Xie Xiangcun would join the forbidden army at a young age, and the old officer would bully him and deliberately hurt him by practicing martial arts, but Xie Xiangcun said that it was better and easier to practice martial arts well. If the officers who studied with him showed mercy to his subordinates, they would not learn anything. Qian Hongzuo realized that he relied on the guidance of the master to learn martial arts, while Xie Xiangcun paid more attention to actual combat when learning martial arts. Instead, please ask the two masters who guide themselves to practice martial arts, and see how Xie Xiangcun's martial arts can be practiced, so that they can suffer less losses and fewer injuries. For Xie Xiangcun, Qian Hongzuo likes and feels distressed; And Xie Xiangcun respects and worships Qian Hongzuo, Qian Hongzuo is two years older than Xie Xiangcun, and his eldest brotherly affection for Brother Wang has never been aroused by Xie Xiangcun.