The brawl soon calmed down, and apart from a little regret for what happened to Qin and He, people didn't leave too many traces in their hearts. The tribulations of a person's youth are easily forgotten, but the extent to which those tribulations affect the path of one's life is unknown to others other than the person concerned.

It can be said that they don't know each other without fighting, but after the turmoil, the relationship between the grain guards and the government soldiers became intimate. In particular, the exchanges between generals have changed from the original lack of contact to frequent movements

The change happened in a matter of days. Liu Hongji, Li Xu, Wang Yuantong, Qin Ziying and others often became guests in the camp of Zuo Wuwei's tiger greedy general, Qian Shixiong, Meng Jincha, Mai Jie and other generals of Zuo Wuwei, and they were also treated as guests in the camp of the grain protection army. Liu Hongji is easy-going by nature and likes to socialize with Haojie, and his temperament has also influenced Li Xu. Both of them are good drinkers, no matter where they go to gamble on wine, they will return with a big victory, and after a long time, they have also broken out of the reputation of a drunkard in addition to martial arts and courage.

Occasionally, Liu Hongji couldn't get out of his body, and Li Xu could only go to the banquet alone. At this time, he tried to talk less and eat more, and listened to the generals pointing out the country in front of him. The positions of Qian Shixiong and others are much higher than Li Xu, and the topics they talk about are indeed secrets that he has never heard of. In this case, it is normal for him to not be able to interject.

"General Mai wants to invite you to drink a glass of water and wine tomorrow night, I wonder if Brother Zhongjian can enjoy it?" One day after the banquet, when the drunken Qian Shixiong was sending Li Xu out, he suddenly grabbed his arm and asked.

"Old General Mai Yiyi!" The wine in Li Xu's stomach suddenly woke up for a while, and he asked. After looking around, no one was paying attention, and he added in a low voice, "Just ask me to be alone?" Where's Brother Liu?"

"General Mai only ordered me to invite you, Hongji, I don't know very well!" Although Qian Shixiong is a military general, he is very skillful in answering Li Xu's words.

Li Xu didn't ask anymore, this day would come sooner or later, and when he shot the iron armor on Qian Tuxiong's head, Liu Hongji had reminded him.

"General Mai is very talented!" Liu Hongqi, who is open-minded and familiar with things, once said that as for how Li Xu should deal with it, Liu Hongji did not give advice, he insisted that people have to choose many paths in this life, and others usually cannot overstep their responsibilities.

For a sudden dinner, Li Xu prepared painstakingly. General Zuo Wuwei is in the middle of the court, and his invitation is not something that a small brigade leader can refuse. And whether the grain guards and the government soldiers can get along with each other depends on the mood of the old general in many cases.

The old general looked easy-going when he was not wearing a military uniform, he was from Jiangnan, not too tall, but he looked extremely sturdy. The complexion is slightly darker, and the pure black eyes and snow-white beard are contrasted. Everyone sat down, and some beauties stepped forward to dance, a few songs were relaxed, and the wine gradually became stronger.

"Boy, do you know why the old man invited you?" Mai Tiezhu poured himself a glass of wine, held it in his hand and asked. A maid slowly stepped forward to make vegetables for him, but he waved his hand and drove him out.

"I think it's the old general's heavy drinking, and he can't find an opponent in the army, so he specially ordered the kid to hold the cup!" Li Xu replied with a smile. "But the old general may have been deceived by the boy's false name, I drink very little, but I am bold enough to drink!"

has had a lot of experience behind Liu Hongji, and now Li Xu is no longer as restrained as he used to be in the process of interacting with senior generals. Occasionally, you can make some innocuous jokes and sloppy about embarrassing questions that you don't want to answer.

But this trick obviously didn't work against the wheat iron staff, and the old general was older and had fewer scruples than others. looked at Li Xu with a smile, and praised in a low voice: "You are not as honest as you seem to be in this life, but it's okay to be honest in these years." The old man invited you here, first of all, to thank you for advancing and retreating properly that day and not embarrassing the old man!"

"I dare not accept this praise for my humble position." Of course, Li Xu knew what day the wheat iron rod was raised, so he arched his hand in the seat and replied.

"Boy, in front of me, in fact, you shouldn't be called a humble position," Mai Tiezhu glanced at Li Xu again, and said with a sigh.

This sentence was a bit abrupt, not only Li Xu was a little confused, but Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha, who came to the banquet together, were also a little confused. The scale of tonight's banquet was not large, there were only four of them, so the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

The beauties dancing below also felt the change in the atmosphere, the dance steps slowed down, and the sleeve flowers brought by the rotation of the body were also scattered. With a wave of his hand, the beauties stopped spinning, gave a salute, and walked backwards.

"Maybe I should praise the song and dance!" Li Xu thought to himself. But what the singing and dancing just now, he couldn't give an exact evaluation. Those who are qualified to summon the dancing girl into the account to accompany the wine are at least high-ranking officials of the fifth rank or above in the army. With a brigade like him, even women are not allowed to be brought into the barracks, let alone dancing girls.

"You fought Shixiong that day, and the arrow on his helmet was indeed ingenious!" Mai Tie Rods drank another glass of wine, and whispered as if remembering something.

"It was General Qian who let me first, otherwise, I wouldn't have had a chance to draw my bow at all!" Li Xu accompanied the old general and replied modestly.

It seems that being in the limelight is not necessarily a good thing, at least in today's situation. In recent days, the news of his martial arts competition with Qian Shixiong has been spread all over the army. Everyone

It is said that there is a sharpshooter in the grain army who can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and in addition to admiring his archery skills, there is often a bit of regret in his tone.

"But what's more ingenious is not that arrow, it's the knives you deal with on the long frame!" Mai Tiezhu drank it dry again, his face gradually turned ruddy, his eyes widened, and he asked in a low voice, "This is it."

The second reason why I'm looking for you, can Zhong Jian tell me who taught you those knives?"

Hearing this, Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha sat up straight at the same time, Li Xu was forced by Qian Shixiong's long force to be in a hurry that day, and no one paid attention to what kind of tricks he used on the scimitar.

"It was taught by the coppersmith master of the Su Rx Department when he was traveling outside the country. He seems to have the surname Wang, but he didn't tell his juniors his name!" Li Xu saw Mai Tiecane and asked about his teacher,

According to the rhetoric emphasized by Liu Hongji and others, explain carefully.

"Is it surnamed Wang, he said it himself? Is there anyone else around? Where is the Su Q Division?" Mai Tie Staff put down the wine cup abruptly and asked very eagerly.

"The Susibu is a small tribe of the Si tribe, between the weak Luoshui and the Taimi River, and has no fixed residence. Now it is sheltered by the Turks. The master said that his surname was Wang, and that he made a living by making bronze and swords. There is a daughter and two sons. Li Xu thought about it, and in his answer, he tried his best to expand the scope of the Su Si Department to the entire area of the Si clan's activities.

"Don't worry, your master and I are not enemies. Even if it is, many years have passed, and I don't have the strength to go to the grassland to find him!" The wheat iron rod seems to remember many memories of the past, and his eyes are as deep as two pools of late autumn.

"The old general knows the coppersmith master?" Li Xu asked in surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be him. Except for him, no one will run to the grassland to live in seclusion. Mai Tiezhu nodded and said, "He also beat your long knife, is his legs and feet still neat?" How much alcohol can you drink?"

"It was the master who beat him. He is now in a very strong body, and he has no problem drinking three or five leather bags of mare's milk wine. That wine is stronger than rice wine, and it's easy to get on the hook after drinking!"

"There are no outsiders here, can you tell us more about meeting him?" Mai Tie Staff seemed to be very interested in the matter of the coppersmith, and persistently asked.

"Actually, the younger generation doesn't know much! Unconsciously, the distance between Li Xu and the wheat cane was close, and after sorting out his thoughts, he roughly explained his experience of learning from the coppersmith, Mai

The iron rod listened with relish, and kept asking about the details, many things Li Xu didn't notice at all when he was studying martial arts, and naturally there was nothing to tell him, and some things involved Li Xu's privacy, so

He also replied vaguely.

"The younger generation was stupid at the time, but I didn't expect that the coppersmith master was a great sage who lived in seclusion, so he didn't even ask his name!" Finally, Li Xu Shandi concluded.

"If you ask him, he won't tell you his real name. The surname is Wang, the surname is Xie, what can I do? Ambitious and domineering, a dream, it is the old man who is persistent!" Mai Tiezhu poured himself a drink again, and his tone gradually became a little frenzy.

Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha also accompanied them. The two of them were Mai Tiecane's henchmen, although they didn't know what the old general meant. But from the words, you can feel the deep desolation in the old man's heart.

"How long did he teach you?" After a while, McIron Staff asked again.

"About five or six months! Just practiced casually, and never taught a complete routine. Li Xu did the math and found that he couldn't remember the specific time clearly. The coppersmith master is right

My guidance is intermittent and spontaneous. If you officially count it, you can't even say that you have learned martial arts with him.

"He created the formula that day?"

"It was the master who created the broken sculpture himself, but the master said that he was not sure!" Li Xu nodded and told him frankly. If it weren't for Qian Shixiong's deliberate mercy that day, he wouldn't have been able to support the third face.

"You haven't been on the battlefield, of course you can't be sure that you can use it in your hands!" Mai Tiezhu shook his head with a smile and commented.

"The lessons of the seniors are extremely good!" Li Xu bowed down to be taught. Judging from Mai Tiecane's performance today, he must have some relationship with the coppersmith master. Thinking of the legend in the army before the demise of Nan Chen, Mai Tie

The staff once served as a guard under the Lord Chen. Then it is not surprising that he is familiar with the two coppersmiths.

"It's not a lesson, no matter how good the tricks are, if you haven't experienced actual combat, you won't be able to grasp the spiritual essence in the end." Mai Tiezhu looked at Li Xu again, his gaze becoming more and more gentle, "Why did your master stay in the Su Si Division, do you know?" ”

"Some say he's for a woman!" Li Xu's answer was a pun. Aunt Qing, who is usually considerate and ruthless at the critical moment, appeared on him at the same time

In front of him, "But the juniors think that the master stayed in the Soviet Department, and it is more likely that it is for a promise!"

"No wonder he takes a fancy to you, you kid is indeed much smarter than he seems!" As if he appreciated this answer, he laughed and said.

Li Xu smiled lightly and took a sip of wine. The master didn't stay in the Su Q department for the sake of the woman of the Chen family, and he was very happy to be able to get the answer here from Mai Tiezhu. In his eyes, Master Coppersmith is a hero, and he shouldn't pay so much for a woman who only has hatred in his heart.

"Your master and the two of us used to be close friends, although he was born in a rich family, I am just a thief!" Mai Tiezhu recalled for a moment, and explained briefly. "It's just a matter of making people, now I'm considered rich, but he has become a field history!"

"But the master is very happy, and the old general is also living a comfortable life!" Li Xu raised his lamp to persuade.

"Indeed, what you lack since childhood, the more you want to chase. The harder it is to get, the more you can't let it go when you get older! !" Mai Tie Rod tilted his head and turned the wine cup over.

"!" The two generals, Qian and Meng, happily accompanied the booze. They don't want to care about the old past behind General Mai, they live happily with the old general, and the official promotion is real, which is enough for everyone.

The wine jar next to him was soon empty, and Mai Tiezhu clapped his hands and ordered someone to bring up a few more jars. The wine for the general tasted very good, although the strength was worse than that of his uncle Zhang Baosheng's private brewing

It's a little bit, but the feeling after the mouth is warmer and softer, and it's very suitable for people close to you to chat and drink. When the guards put down the wine jar for the third time and withdrew, Mai Tiezhu put down the cup and said: "With your skills, it is a pity to stay under Tang Gong, the big war is imminent, and the grain guards have no chance to go to the battlefield at all, even if they can share some credit, it will not be too much ......."

"The younger generation is not proficient in martial arts, and the bow technique is okay, but both sides are dressed in heavy clothes during the war!" Li Xu raised the wine cup and smiled apologetically.

General Mai Lao has the heart to win over, and he can hear it from the ordinary words of Qian Shixiong and others. But thinking about Tang Gong Li Yuan's benefits to himself, he really didn't dare to lose it.

"Zhong Jian, who caused the dispute between the soldiers of the government and the food guards that day, I think you can guess a thing or two afterwards!" Seeing that Li Xu had the intention of refusing, Mai Tiezhu reminded in a low voice.

"The juniors know. The old general must have seen that someone was secretly stirring up!" Li Xu replied calmly.

"It's not General Yuwen!" Mai Tiezhu shook his head, "Or it's not just him, %I don't mention this, I still have a few empty lieutenants under me, if you promise......"

"General Xie is kind, but Tang Gong has the grace of knowing me!" Li Xu sat up straight and replied without hesitation.

Mai Tiezhu didn't expect to hear the answer from Li Xu's mouth so quickly, he was a little stunned, and looked at Li Xu for the third time with wide eyes, and after a while, he shook his head with a smile and sighed: "Yes, otherwise."

That person will not take a fancy to you and teach you martial arts. ”

"In any case, the younger generation is still grateful to the old general for his good intentions!" Li Xu also laughed and raised his lamp in respect.

"It's done!" Mai Tiezhu laughed and picked up his wine cup, "Shixiong, if you have time to accompany Zhong Jian, you need to practice his sword skills with others!"

"Yes, General!" Qian Shixiong sat up straight and replied respectfully.

"Your Majesty is stationed in Haydn on the fourth day of the second month of Jiayin, and it is about to arrive, if you are fortunate enough to be summoned by Your Majesty, you will be able to answer!" McIron Rod reminded him inadvertently before draining the last glass of wine.

"How could Your Majesty summon a small brigade?" Li Xu thought as he drank. He concluded that he must have drunk too much and decided not to take it to heart.

The guests and hosts parted happily.

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