On the second day, there was no heat in the August summer, but it made people feel cold on their backs.

When I walked down the street, I saw all the cotton shirts and black boots, which were similar to when I went out in winter. Even at the Yanqi garrison outside the city, the sergeants felt that they couldn't stand the cold, and they couldn't hold the cold iron guns during the drill, and the formation was crooked, completely living up to their resounding name of "Yanzhou Tiger".

On the vast school platform, Meng Xuan was dressed in light armor to fit his slender figure, and his waist was tied with an inch-wide reed belt, which made people more and more like a sword of Qingfeng, and he was the most deterrent king in the world.

Yitong saw Meng Xuan's thick eyebrows tightly locked, and put displeasure on his face, so he persuaded in a low voice: "Why should the prince be angry with them? These are just flowing soldiers cut from the hands of King Yan, and they are not the northern soldiers of our Meng family, come with their left hand and go with their right hand - since they can't manage it for a few days, they don't train well to pull it down! ”

Meng Xuan didn't say anything, just glanced at Yitong.

Yitong observed his words and looks, and felt that Childe was persuaded by him to be more angry, to be precise, the temperature around Childe today was much lower than usual!

Yitong smiled dryly: "You call this anger." I know your thoughts, a small half is here, and the other half has flown to the county lord's side, but there is a sentence that I don't like to listen to, and I have been holding it in my heart for a long time. Son...... Would you like to hear it? ”

"Say." Meng Xuan's dark eyes flashed.

Yitong pondered the words, and said euphemistically: "Although the county lord is witty and more interesting than ordinary women, her thoughts about her son are not as good as your thoughts about her. I watched the past six months coldly, and felt that among the three aunts in the family, Aunt Zi and Aunt Bao were more interested in their sons. ”

"How so?" Meng Xuan frowned.

The name in Yitong's mouth, he has long been left behind dozens or hundreds of miles away, two women who have no intersection at all, how can they talk about whether they are interested or not?

Yitong said calmly and coldly: "The county master has a wide range of faces, and there are many people who are concerned, unlike Zixiao, who only revolves around Gongzi all day long. ”

"Those people are just a few vases in the room, which my mother chose to put there," Meng Xuan pointed out coldly, "and I never paid attention to them, and I couldn't feel what was good about their hearts." ”

Yitong said with a surprised face: "No, son, the family has made a fuss for you, and the master has ordered you, 'Take care of your own woman, don't let the backyard catch fire', you actually said you don't know?" "Is there anyone in the world who is more sluggish than him? Or is it that a He Angelica is blind, so that the son will not see Mount Tai?

"What's going on at home?" Meng Xuan looked at the team of soldiers who were lazy and slippery under the school field, and asked lazily.

"What else," Yitong didn't want to be a mouthful of eight princes and eight women, but this time she couldn't hold it back, "Since He Angelica...... Uh, since the county lord's 'stepmother' Zeng brought her daughter He Shangyu to the door to confess her relatives, the right and wrong in our family have never been broken, and you haven't heard anything about it, son? ”

These days, Meng's family is very lively, and the eldest lady is very angry!

Meng Xuan said lightly: "These things that are not related to Qing'er are the insidious means played by the He family, who want to climb the Meng family for the Sun family and use civil and military forces to contain the saint." The so-called 'recognition of relatives' is just an excuse for the He family. ”

Yi Tong hurriedly denied: "I'm not blaming the county lord, but pinching my heart for the Meng family." Once the words of 'civil and military alliance' spread and reach the ears of the Son of Heaven, even if it is just a rumor, it will be very unfavorable to the Meng family. Childe, do you think that the Meng family, which holds military power, and the Sun family, who are the center of the palms, are the Son of Heaven more afraid of the latter, or the former? ”

"Rumors stop at the wise." Meng Xuan pursed her lips and said, "As for the status of the Meng family in the eyes of the Son of Heaven and the people, my father will handle it properly." If I am not in his position, I will not be in his position, and I will have to worry about those things when I am in his position. ”

Meng Xuan threw a black flag from behind the general's platform, and the red-clothed flag officer who picked up the flag hurriedly reorganized the formation and let the sergeants run around the field.

Running laps? No way!

General Meng's black order flag is eighty laps, and one lap runs down at least half a mile. In such unusually bad weather, running more than 40 miles in a row in heavy armor is simply torture!

The soldiers were full of complaints, some cursed the flag officer in a whisper, and some compared Meng Xuan to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, saying that Meng Xuan was a cruel and unkind general, who only relied on his family background and did not know how to sympathize with the soldiers. You must know that the former King of Yan was a sun-like existence in the minds of the Yanzhou Iron Cavalry, rushing to the forefront on the battlefield, but when he shared the credit, he counted the credit on the people below, and he was grateful and admired from top to bottom. What does Meng Xuan compare to King Yan?

On the stage, Meng Xuan and Yitong's ears are not bad, what "the Meng family's little fox is a fake tiger", "can only play prestige at us", "even a personal entourage of His Royal Highness King Yan can't catch up"...... Cover your ears.

Where did Yitong hear others say bad things about Meng Xuan, and when he was angry, his eyes were bloodshot, and he clenched his fists and wanted to beat people.

Meng Xuan warned in a low voice: "Don't be impulsive! As I said, rumors stop at the wise, even if they are in charge of the heavens and the earth, they can't control the mouths of others. ”

Yitong shouted indignantly: "But they said Gongzi to their faces, how can they bear it? ”

"Behind your back, you can bear it?" Meng Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked.

Yitong was still very angry, hearing those people say that Gongzi was a straw bale and a bad seed, which was more uncomfortable than cutting him with a knife. secretly noted the faces of several military leaders who led the complaint, and secretly made up his mind to make each other look good sooner or later!

Meng Xuan sighed lightly, knowing that it was useless to persuade him.

Yitong's unwavering loyalty to the Lord is both an advantage and the biggest disadvantage.

At this time, the person who followed Yi Yi appeared in the strange dress of the iron-headed man, appeared behind the two of them silently, and said in a deep voice: "Childe, someone is coming to visit you." People who come from home. ”

Hearing him say something strange, Meng Xuan asked, "Who?" ”

Yi Yu motioned for him to look at the tent outside the arena, where a young woman stood in an elegant posture. Although the tulle covered the face and the cotton clothes on the body covered half of the slender figure, anyone with eyesight could see that it was a handsome and beautiful woman. As soon as those dark eyes turned, the people she looked at were half numb, which was really incredible!

What did such a wonderful person do when he came to the Chinese army camp?

The sergeants slowed down their legs and feet, and six out of ten turned their heads to look at the young woman, with a sinister look in their eyes and a defiant whistle.

The woman was not frightened by this, but her eyes were a little mocking.

Meng Xuan looked at it again and again, and finally recognized that the woman covering her face was Zixiao, and couldn't help frowning: "What is she here for?" ”

Yi Yu whispered everything he knew: "It seems that the old lady personally agreed to let her come to the camp to serve the son." I heard a maid in the inner house say that since the mother and daughter of the He family came to kiss, Zixiao has made a lot of contributions, and Mrs. Su, who didn't know how to pamper, nodded stunned, admitted the relatives of the He family, and kept the county lord's stepmother and sister to live at home. ”

"The mother and daughter of the He family also lived?" Meng Xuan pondered.

About half a month ago, He Jingxian's son, the righteous son of Princess Yan, and Prince Chen, a small county of Yanwangfu, were respectfully introduced to the Meng family by the housekeeper and officially introduced to the family.

It turned out that Baoding Hou Mengshan felt dizzy after going to a banquet, and he knew that something was wrong, and he was following someone else's way. Unexpectedly, something really happened on the way back home-

A vote of beggars rushed up to beg, and one of Meng Shan's relatives threw some loose money over, but the beggars were still not satisfied, and the words in their mouths were not clean, and said, "The official master came out of the kiln after shopping, and he was so stingy that he was only willing to use copper plates to send us poor buddies?" There are also people who want to lift the curtain of Meng Shan's sedan chair and see that there are a few beautiful girls hidden inside. Qin Sui hurriedly shouted, "Hugh is rude!" ”

The two sides clashed, escalating from a verbal altercation to a fight, causing passers-by to stop and watch.

Meng Shan's relatives are anxious, once the master in the sedan chair is recognized, coupled with the beggar's slanderous words, it will be greatly detrimental to the master's official reputation! The lord is now in a high position, how many pairs of eyes are staring!

So, the entourage tried their best to drag the beggar, and the four palanquin bearers carried the palanquin back to the house. Killed the masked assassins halfway, all of them were masters, and killed four palanquin men in an instant.

Meng Shan, who did not have a personal escort, had a terrible pain in his head, and he was about to be succeeded by the assassins. At this time, Prince Dust of the Little County appeared, and with the attitude of a savior, he easily dealt with those bold assassins.

Afterwards, Meng Shan did not return to his home, but went out of the city to the mountains, and it is said that he went to find a holy monk to treat his illness and detoxify. And the little county king was treated as a guest of honor, and the housekeeper told the truth - the lord's savior. With just these seven words, everyone in the Meng family is sincerely grateful, and treats Xiaojun Wang Zichen as a great benefactor.

From this day on, Zichen was able to enter and leave the Meng Mansion at will, and several sons of the Meng family, especially the young Meng Yu, became friends with him.

And now, even the mother and daughter of the He family are stationed in Mengfu. That doesn't sound like a good sign.

Yi Yi said: "The current Meng family is very different from before, and Mrs. used to be the most willing to listen to the eldest lady, saying that the eldest lady is a female Jiang Wei, who is stronger than her son." But now Mrs. only listens to Zixiao's words, and the eldest lady and the second lady join together to persuade don't get too close to the mother and daughter of the He family, those women are not well-intentioned. didn't say a word, but the lady blamed the eldest lady for her little chicken belly. ”

"Mother blamed Xiao Jing?" Meng Xuan asked.

"Exactly, Childe, how is this good? One moment it's the mother and daughter of the He family, and the other time it's Zixiao, I don't know what I'm trying to do, and even the eldest lady is gone. The voice was worried.

Meng Xuan grasped the key point at once, and asked with deep eyes: "You mean, Zixiao is very likely to have been bought by the He family, intending to harm the Meng family?" ”

"This ......" is sluggish, but it is also ...... It's not that serious. Although he hated Zixiao, he also felt that it was unlikely that she would deliberately unite with outsiders and endanger Gongzi and the Meng family. Zixiao's heart for his son can be seen by a blind person.

During the conversation, Zixiao in front of the tent in the distance had already changed his clothes, and when he came out, he changed into a soft rattan armor worn by infantrymen. The rattan armor fits the slender woman's figure, the white melon seed face, the red lips smile faintly, and the backlight looks at the past, the scene is very beautiful. Red clothes are not as good as armed, which is probably a portrayal of this moment.

Yi Tong and Yi glanced at the rattan armor in Zixiao, and then looked at the light armor worn by Meng Xuan, the same color and style, which was very different from the heavy armor of all the sergeants in the school field. No matter how you look at it, there is a kind of ...... The weirdness of Childe and Zixiao wearing couple clothes.

Yitong coughed lightly and said, "Although I don't despise Zixiao's backhouse methods, the eldest lady has also lost the trust of Madame. But it's still that sentence, in the heart of the son, the county lord is far inferior to her! ”

Yi Yu pushed him hard: "How can you compare that woman to the county lord?" Who is the county lord, and who is she? "I was angry and wanted to beat people.

Yi Tong didn't care about Yi Xuan, only looked at Meng Xuan, and said painstakingly: "The poetess of the Tang Dynasty said, 'It's easy to ask for priceless treasures, and it's rare to have a lover.'" Isn't it the same with men? Zixiao tried her best to get the consent of the old lady, just to be able to come to the camp to accompany her son. And the county lord, I heard Dai Pin say that she went to live in Liao's mansion again, and Gongzi was already tired and tired of military affairs, and he had to bear a heart for her after hearing about it. ”

Yi said angrily: "Stinky boy, don't force me to whip you!" If your brain is not clear, you can jump into the river and wash it! ”

Meng Xuan was silent for a moment, walked up to the platform, and waved his sleeves and raised his hand to throw down a command flag. Everyone stared at it, this time it was a yellow order flag, a flag, and it was to run 300 laps around the field!

Suddenly, the sergeants' laments were continuous, and some of them directly threw their weapons on the ground, refusing to run away even if they took one more step. The formation is in a mess, and it seems that it is a situation of collective chaos. If it really makes trouble, maybe you have to go back to the city to beg King Yan to put out the fire. Then Meng Xuan's prestige was really swept away!

Yitong's eyelids jumped, and he persuaded Meng Xuan in a low voice: "Gongzi really doesn't have to be as knowledgeable as the Yanzhou soldiers, they don't practice seriously, and in the end, their martial arts are sparse, and they are injured on the battlefield, and they themselves suffer losses." And now, in the face of Gongzi's disrespectful words, creating momentum and incitement, once it reaches the ears of the emperor, they feel that Gongzi's prestige is not enough, and you will be the one who suffers at that time! ”

"They are disrespectful to me, and you are angry and want to teach them a lesson; I am also very angry that you are disrespectful to Qing'er behind your back, and I want to teach you a lesson and let you learn to be obedient too. Ignoring the chaos of the soldiers in the audience, Meng Xuan said unhurriedly, a cold smile flashing in his eyes, "Yitong, what do you mean?" ”

"Huh?" Yitong was stunned, not understanding why Gongzi suddenly changed his face, and the spearhead suddenly turned to himself.

"Then, give you a chance to atone for your sins and reflect on yourself."

After finishing speaking, Meng Xuan turned his palm into a knife, and slashed at the weapon rack standing next to him with one palm, and the iron and wood shelves were torn apart, and iron filings, wood chips and all kinds of weapons weighing 100 pounds rolled down to the ground with a loud noise. The noise and power caused temporarily stopped the sergeant's riot, and the colonel's field was silent.

The corners of Meng Xuan's lips twitched, and he glanced at everyone with a smile, and the people he had seen were cold from the soles of his feet.

I only heard him say: "There is no regret in the order, eighty laps plus three hundred laps, a total of three hundred and eighty laps." If anyone doesn't want to run, pick up the weapon on the ground and fight with the general's personal follower, as long as he can make a cut on him, he won't have to run for 380 laps, otherwise he will double the supplementary training. ”

Five thousand sergeants, you look at me, I look at you, hesitate. Do you really want to do it?

Yitong was dumbfounded, what does Childe mean? If you fight alone, no one in this big school field is your opponent, right? Once the fight starts, the fists and feet hurt people without eyes, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have a grudge with the Yanzhou soldiers!

Meng Xuan slowly added: "Weapons are optional, there is no restriction on the use of hidden weapons, darts and thistles, but you are all from the army, so you can avoid using poison, oh yes, and-" Every time he said a word, Yitong's heart twitched, and after listening to the next sentence, Yitong was completely petrified.

"You can go up in a group."

Now, even Yiyi sympathizes with Yitong, but who made him stupid?

It's bad to say bad things about whom, that stupid boy!