Spring is always short, it passes in a blink of an eye, the weather gets hotter, and summer is coming.

In the two months of spring, Liu Yi also spent most of his time practicing martial arts in the house, and he was still thinking about making some things in private, occasionally going out, not running far, and going out with two entourages, what he wanted to do most now was to practice his martial arts better, and combine some modern fighting techniques in later generations with the martial arts of this era, so that his skills could be further improved, and he could also use them in case he went to the battlefield to fight one day.

On this day, Liu Yi's eldest brother Liu Mai returned to the house.

Liu Mai was the chief of Shang Yuan at that time.

Shang Yuan Zhichang belongs to the officials of the Shang Yuan Bureau under the palace province, and is the seventh product, in charge of the public opinion chariot and the fan, which is in charge of the emperor's chariot ornaments when he goes to the court or sacrifices, and the fan behind the emperor, as well as those pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things that are provided to the emperor, to put it bluntly, he is a member of the noble family who is doing miscellaneous work around the emperor.

It's just that although the official rank of Shang Yuan is not high, and the things he does are all miscellaneous things, because he is by the emperor's side, the honor is extraordinary, so most of these personnel are the children of the powerful lord's mansion, and most of these personnel live in the palace, and they are generally not allowed to return to their own mansions to live.

Since Liu Yi came to this world, he also saw his eldest brother for the second time, the first time was when he just woke up after falling into a coma, and then this time. The second brother Liu Yuan has seen it a few times, but the second brother is like a nerd, he is also in charge of book proofreading in the Hongwen Pavilion, and he holds a book all day when he returns to the house, and he is not very interested in martial arts, and he likes poetry, but under the compulsion of his father Liu Zhenli, he has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, but he is not careful, but his skills are the worst among the three brothers, and he seems to have prejudices about Liu Yi, so he doesn't pay much attention to it.

Compared with the second brother Liu Yuan, Liu Yi naturally has a sense of intimacy with the eldest brother Liu Mai, presumably this eldest brother is also good to the previous Liu Yi, Liu Yi first saw the eldest brother when he just woke up, at that time he was stunned and didn't understand who this handsome young man was, now Liu Mai returned to the mansion, Liu Yi had the opportunity to take a good look at his eldest brother and talk about something.

According to Liu Yi's follower Liu Ben, grandfather Liu Dewei and father Liu Xianli are both handsome people, and the three brothers all look quite similar to Liu Xianli, looking handsome, but the youngest Liu Yi is the most handsome.

The first thing Liu Mai did after returning home was also to care about Liu Yi's body.

"Third brother, are you doing well now?" Liu Mai asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, the younger brother is already intact," Liu Yi puffed out the muscles on his arm and smiled at the eldest brother.

The care revealed in Liu Mai's eyes made Liu Yi very useful, and when he came to this world, his mother's love and eldest brother's care made him feel very warm.

"That's good, the eldest brother didn't have time to go back to the house during this time, and I heard my mother send a message saying that you are already well, so I can rest assured!" Liu Mai paused as he spoke, squinting his eyes at Liu Yuan, who was standing on the side and didn't say anything, "Second brother, the eldest brother will be going out in a few days, and you will have to take care of the affairs of the house!"

"Big brother, little brother understands," Liu Yuan had to respond.

Liu Mai is already twenty-five years old, and his tone of voice is somewhat irrefutable, and Liu Yuan, who is three years younger than him, has to only agree to Liu Mai's orders.

"Big brother, where are you going?" Liu Yi asked puzzledly, if you don't become your eldest brother, you have to go on the expedition?

Liu Mai looked at the idlers on the side, pulled Liu Yi aside, and said in a low voice: "Big brother tells you, you can't talk nonsense, the emperor and queen are going to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer, and big brother must go..."

"Big brother, the little brother understands, the little brother won't talk nonsense!" Liu Yi listened and nodded.

History records that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was very fond of going to some of the palaces built outside Chang'an to escape the heat in order to resist the scorching heat of Chang'an in the summer.

"I heard my mother say that you have been diligent in practicing martial arts in the house during this time, and you have worked harder than before?" Liu Mai asked while holding Liu Yi's shoulders.

"Big brother, the younger brother is idle and has nothing to do, unlike the eldest brother and the second brother, who have something to do, and can only practice martial arts in the house!" Liu Yi was a little helpless, he was a little bored like this, he was a little bored in the house, he didn't have any friends to come and go, and his mother Zhang didn't let him go out to play, which is really not like what a traveler should do.

Liu Yuan, who was silent on the side, was obviously a little dissatisfied with Liu Yi's words, and snorted with his nose.

Liu Yi was slightly stunned, but Liu Mai didn't care, and continued to say to Liu Yi: "Although the third brother was naughty in the past, the eldest brother knows that you have never wasted yourself on martial arts, and you want to practice martial arts and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy like your father, and the eldest brother is also happy that you have such an idea!"

"Big brother, but every day like this, when will I have the opportunity to kill the enemy like my father!" Thinking of the bloody killing scene in the era of cold weapons, Liu Yi frowned slightly, according to his previous way of acting, he liked to act in secret, and he was not very interested in this kind of frontal war behavior, not to mention the cold weapon warfare of killing with a knife and a gun, but his father led the troops to fight, as a son, he always had to worry about his father, not to mention that Liu Xianli was not young anymore.

"Third brother, if you want to join the army, there may be a chance within the year, you can try it," Liu Mai said mysteriously, "The emperor has sent Cao Huaishun, the general of Jin Wuwei, to recruit warriors in Henan and Hebei respectively, both civilians and officials can apply, and a batch has been recruited in Guannei Dao last year!" The eldest brother heard that after the emperor returns to Beijing from the summer, it is very likely that a meeting will be held in Chang'an to select warriors, and my excellent Han family sons will be selected to fight for the country, and the emperor and the queen will personally preside over it to drum up the morale of the army!"

"Wuju?!" Hearing Liu Mai say this, Liu Yi asked with some surprise, he vaguely remembered that the Shi Zaiwu Juren system was created by Wu Zetian after he became the emperor, which was used to select outstanding martial arts and train them as excellent generals to meet the needs of the war, but that was after Wu Zetian became the emperor, could it be that because of the arrival of his traveler, history changed?

"Wuju?" Liu Mai was also stunned when he heard it, and then understood, "The meaning is almost the same, this selection is not only about the martial arts of the school, but also about the art of war and military strategy, the eldest brother thinks you can give it a try, with your martial arts, the eldest brother dare not say that there is no opponent, but there are few people who can match you... At least there are not many opponents among the children of the official family in Chang'an! It's just that the specific situation, the eldest brother doesn't know very well!"

Liu Mai is not talking big, the Tang Dynasty has been established for 70 years, and the military equipment is also a little relaxed, after some famous generals, they don't pay much attention to martial arts, they know pleasure all day long, and they are unwilling to practice martial arts hard, and the overall martial arts level of the descendants of the heroes has degraded.

"Yes, big brother, little brother understands!" Liu Yi heard a little excitement in his heart, if it was really a martial arts from now on, then if he took off the "champion" of this first martial arts, it would also be a famous thing in history, and his father would definitely be surprised when he came back from the expedition...

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