After Yitianhang drove away Xu Yanshan, it was almost noon when he arrived at Lijia Village, and as soon as he entered the village, he saw the chickens and dogs jumping in the village, and Gongsun Zizi was being chased by a group of villagers.

Yi Tianhang rode into the village, Gongsun Zizi stood on the roof, saw the savior at a glance, and hurriedly shouted: "Look, Yi Xiaoyou is back, how can the old man owe you money, won't he just eat a few of your chickens?" They all went to Yixiaoyou to ask for silver. ”

When the villagers heard this, they were still at ease around Gongsun, and said in a gossipy manner:

"Okay, you old man, did you eat a few chickens? The chickens and ducks in the whole village are about to be eaten by you, if you didn't want to steal cattle today, and you were caught by Aunt Sun, I would still take into account that Yi Shaoxia's face is not good to reason with you. ”

"Yi Shaoxia? Yi Shaoxia, you are finally back, this toad senior is really out of tune, you have only been gone for a few days, and he has already caused the whole village to be plagued. ”

"Nonsense, the old man only eats a few chickens and ducks from you? How can it be possible to eat all the chickens and ducks in the village in a few days, alas~ Yixiaoyou, say a few words for the old man. ”

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Yi Tianhang saw that Gongsun was arguing with the villagers, and he really had a headache, so he had to shout: "All the uncles, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters-in-law of Lijia Village, go to the village well in two quarters of an hour, and compensate for your losses in full. ”

When the villagers heard this, they quieted down and went home.

Gongsun Zizi saw that the crowd was dispersed, so he came to Yi Tianhang and said: "A group of Diao people, since Yi Xiaoyou compensated those families with silver last time, the whole village is red-eyed, the old man has only stolen a total of three chickens and two ducks to roast to eat in the past few days, how can they say so much, it is nonsense to say that the old man stole the cow, such a big cow, the old man can eat it, and he doesn't have the kung fu to slaughter it." ”

"Okay, senior, this matter has been revealed, has Qingshuang ever returned?"

"What do you say, I came back a few days ago, pulled a face, the old man asked her to borrow dozens of taels of silver to make the envoy refuse, and when she came back, she taught Tiezhu martial arts every day, and Tiezhu Nawa would also coax, and in less than half an hour, she coaxed the little girl to smile."

"Let's go, go to Blacksmith Li's house, and see my apprentice."

Li Blacksmith and his wife had already gone out to greet them, and a few people went back to the blacksmith's house, drinking tea and chatting without mentioning, Ling Qingshuang had never had a good face, and after a while, Li Yaochen returned from the selfish school, and when he entered the door and saw Yi Tianhang there, he was extremely happy, and walked to Yi Tianhang and saluted respectfully: "Apprentice to meet Master, Master has been bumpy all the way, hard work." ”

Seeing that this little baby was so sensible, everyone praised it, and the Li family and his wife were even more overjoyed.

Yi Tianhang nodded and asked, "The teacher has been absent for a few days, have you ever been lazy?" ”

Li Yaochen was about to reply, but was preempted by Ling Qingshuang: "You say that everyone is like you?" Yaochen studied hard every day, practiced martial arts with me in the early morning and evening, and was extremely diligent. ”

Yi Tianhang knew that Ling Qingshuang had emotions for him because of the affairs of the Tang Sect, and he couldn't help it, he was extremely bad at men and women, and he only regarded Ling Qingshuang as a sister, and Tang Yixue was the only one in his heart in this life.

Although it has been spring, but there is still some cold in this mountain, Yi Tianhang and Gongsun Zizai and Ling Qingshuang nested in this small mountain village, in addition to teaching Li Yaochen martial arts on weekdays, it is to practice the trick of washing the dust and understand the combination of swords and swords.

Gongsun is free to steal chickens and dogs as always, and often steal chickens and ducks to roast to satisfy his hunger.

Ling Qingshuang was as usual in a few days, probably regaining her confidence again, wanting to compete with Tang Yixue, and practicing her sword diligently every day.

And so on for several months, until midsummer May.

Li Yaochen has a very high talent in martial arts, he has already mastered the "breathing and breathing method" in this small half a year, the true qi in the body has just begun, and the basic fist and foot kung fu is also very familiar, and now he has been practicing light skills and swordsmanship for many days, Yi Tianhang looked at this apprentice is more and more fond of it, just wait for this apprentice to master all these basic kung fu, and then teach him the Liuhe sword technique.

A month ago, Ling Qingshuang was called back to the Qingcheng faction by Ling Yijun, and Yitianhang was also quieter, without anyone to control him, practicing the trick of washing the dust is rain or shine, a few days ago, he felt the faint breath change between heaven and earth in the rare pouring rain, there are raindrops hitting the earth without hesitation, there are birds rushing to the rain in the desperate recklessness, and the tenacious vitality of the green grass everywhere under the rainstorm, the dust washing trick finally broke through the bottleneck and went to a higher level, and the internal force has also improved a lot.

The combination of swords and swords according to Qi Rong's method is at a loss, dismantling the two sets of martial arts moves is easy, but the combination is extremely difficult, and the Liuhe sword method qi goes to the yin vein, the six chong sword method qi goes to the yang vein, the two luck methods rush to each other, although there is a mixed yuan gong can adjust yin and yang, but it is far from an overnight effort, its difficulty is no less than the creation of a superior martial arts, and Tianhang can not grasp the essentials, can only be done for the time being.

Gongsun Zizi has been in this mountain village for half a year, and he has long been bored, arguing all day long to leave, but he is penniless, so he can only rely on Yitianhang.

Yi Tianhang is indeed rich, and he got more than 1,000 taels when he looted Tang Guanjie, and now he still has seven or eight hundred taels, but he doesn't lend it to Gongsun Zizai, at this time, Yi Tianhang's heart has changed greatly, thinking that this Gongsun Lao is not cultivator, he can't allow him in everything, he has to let him have some blood, such as the peerless light Gong Yan Plunder.

Yi Tianhang thought very well in his heart, stayed in this small mountain village and practiced hard, and then walked the rivers and lakes after a little success, but unfortunately the world is impermanent, yesterday there was someone from the Hou Mansion of the Ditch, and I don't know how Jiang Baihua learned that Yi Tianhang was here.

It was Ding Ci who came, bringing the official uniform of the supervision envoy and the Yulu of the past few months, as well as a letter from Jiang Baihua, the Marquis of Danqu:

"Brother Yi, you have gone too far, you have not been seen for a few months, and you have not reached the above-mentioned position in Benhou's Mansion, and you are too much to deceive people, but Lord Benhou does not care about you a lot, and asked Xu Yanshan's fool about your whereabouts, and specially asked Ding Ci to bring you the official uniform and the money of the past few months, don't be grateful to Benhou. Well, let's get back to the point, the barbarians in southern Xinjiang have moved frequently since the beginning of spring, and there are many barbarians in Dishan and Tangting Mountain, a few days ago, Mu Ziyu got an urgent report from the spies, and there are actions in the six caves and villages in Nanban, but I am afraid that the war is imminent, and I hope that when the country is in danger, Brother Yi can come forward. Alas~ Ben Hou's words are all here, and I hope to meet my brother as soon as possible. ”

Yi Tianhang also wrote a letter for Ding Ci to bring back, the letter reads:

"Brother Jiang, the Marquis of the ditch, has been practicing martial arts for several months, forgetting about the matter of supervising the envoys, and looking at Brother Jiang Haihan, as for the changes in the southern barbarians, please rest assured that when the barbarians knock on the side, it is the day when they join the army. In addition, there is another thing to entrust in the next, Tang Sanyi was seriously injured in the Xia, and he has been bedridden for two years. ”

Five days later, Zizhong City, the Shu General's Mansion.

Jiang Baihua opened Yi Tianhang's reply, looked helpless after reading it, and said to Mu Ziyu on the side: "Alas~ This Yi Tianhang is completely different from the rumors before, such an important matter between the supervision envoy and Nanban actually understated Ben Hou, but for Tang Yixue, Ben Hou wanted Ben Hou to save Tang Sanyi, and he said it rightly, I really thought that Ben Hou would agree to him. ”

"Hou Ye's hands and eyes are all over the sky, and it is not difficult to find a famous doctor to treat Tang Sanyi, but Ben Jiang didn't expect that Hou Ye not only turned his rivalry with Yitianhang into a jade silk, but also had a great friendship." Mu Ziyu was scheming, and he could see at a glance that this Dangquhou admired Yi Tianhang very much, and at this moment, he slapped a sycophant without missing a trace.

"Ding Ci, the head of the Flying Pigeon Biography Duan, let the bad old man of the Hou Mansion go to the Tang Gate to take a look, Ben Hou has raised him for almost ten years, and it is time to move his muscles, arrange more master escorts, and transfer a hundred county soldiers to accompany him." Jiang Baihua instructed Ding Ci, and Ding Ci took the order and arranged to go.

"What Master Hou said is the famous doctor 'Bian Dan'?" Mu Ziyu asked.

"Isn't it, the famous doctor of the Great Zhou royal family, after the Ji family usurped the throne, this bad old man has been staying in the Northern Zhou court to do things, until ten years ago, this old man actually scolded the Northern Zhou emperor for being a chaotic minister and thief because of the poor food in the palace, and almost fell to the ground because of this. You said that the old fool has endured it for 30 years, but fortunately, my father went to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and saved him, and he has been raised in the house since then. Bian Dan, Bian Dan, this name, if you don't mention it, general, I forgot that the old man has such a strange name, haha. ”

Jiang Baihua smiled, and said with a serious face: "General, this time the Southern Barbarian matter, my brother Wang is very concerned, since the beginning of the spring, the barbarian army in Southern Xinjiang has been frequently mobilized, I don't know what the general thinks?" ”

"Lord Hou, according to the movements of the soldiers and horses of the Nanban from all walks of life reported by the sentinels, I thought that in less than two months, the Nanban army would appear in Jiawu and Jiangyang, but I am afraid that there will be no less than 100,000 people." Mu Ziyu said worriedly.

"Are you sure, general? Nanban six caves, one village and seven tribes, although there are more than 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers, but the few are only 10,000 or 20,000, this time sent 100,000 troops? Is the earth leopard in the Earth Dragon Cave crazy? Want to go to war with me? Jiang Baihua's lazy body sat up straight in an instant, and his words were full of doubts.

Mu Ziyu shook his head, sighed, and said, "Ben General speculates that its troops are much more than 100,000. In recent years, the Nanban has only invaded and harassed on a small scale, plundered the population and livestock, and the largest scale was the year before last, when the bald village poured out of the nest, and 30,000 troops invaded Jiangyang. I will infer from this that in the past few years, the Nanban caves have deliberately recuperated and recuperated, and they want to be fully prepared to take down my Jiawu City and Jiangyang City in one fell swoop, completely break away from the southern Xinjiang full of poisonous miasma and harsh environment, and take root in my Shu land. ”

Jiang Baihua no longer had a relaxed appearance, and said: "In this way, this barbarian's plot is not small!" Although I have more than 300,000 armor soldiers in Daqi, but the troops are scattered, the 150,000 army of Jianghuai guards the capital to defend the Northern Zhou, 50,000 soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River and Chu to guard the hinterland to deter South Vietnam, and the 50,000 Jing Chu army is even more untransferable, and these people and horses in Shu, the general can only call the Jiangzhou army of the Shu army and Qin Zhanxiong, and the enemy is outnumbered. ”

Mu Ziyu didn't say anything when he heard this, this old fox had his own thoughts, and the time had come for the Shu Army to expand its army.

Jiang Baihua continued: "Brother Wang and I have long intended to expand the garrison in Shudi, but we have not been able to make a decision, and now the situation is urgent, this Hou will show Brother Wang to expand the army in the past two days, the year before last, Qin Zhanxiong obtained a lot of goods in the ancient tomb, enough to expand the army, but the new army may not be able to reach the general's command." Qin Zhanxiong found a lot of property, the credit is very great, Brother Wang has been pressed without a reward to promote, he has long been dissatisfied, this time if the Southern Barbarians come to attack, I am afraid that Brother Wang is forced by the situation, I have to reuse Qin Zhanxiong, expand his Jiangzhou army, and then this Shu is the general You and Qin Zhanxiong stand side by side. ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can ensure the stability of Daqi and the border, the old man can also let him, but this Qin Zhanxiong is kind and ruthless, and the king and the marquis should consider it more."

"Well, Ben Hou knows in his heart, the military situation is urgent, Ben Hou will go back first."