I knew that he had already said this, but I was afraid that I would not offend Prince Xu, so I offended him first, so I said: "Your Royal Highness has an order, how dare Hanbai disobey." I'm afraid that I've mastered my riding skills, but I'm still not the opponent of His Highness Xu. ”

Lu Dingyu heard that I agreed, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I will come to practice with you." Before you knock him off the horse, poke him in the right shoulder with a chalk gun! ”

Lu Dingyu said, reaching out and poking me on the right shoulder. He poked a little painfully, and I didn't dare to complain, so I had to say with a smile: "Yes, yes." "But my heart is bright. It must have been Prince Xu who didn't dare to poke him off his horse when he was practicing with him, but he also poked him in the shoulder. Lu Dingyu wanted to take revenge, but his ability was too far worse than that of Prince Xu, so he wanted to use me to take revenge.

It seems that even in Mingxin Temple, it is not easy to offend anyone.

In the afternoon of this day, Mingxin Yuan was dismissed. Because I can live in Mingxin Courtyard according to the prince's example, I have to go home every day to accompany my study. Because he got acquainted with the Wei brothers a lot, he sent them out. Wei Tianjing was so talkative that he couldn't stop making noise even when he went out, and he almost wanted to report to me the family background of the eighteenth generation of his ancestors. He is the grandson of Wei Guozhang, the emperor is his aunt, and Wei Guozhang is the generalissimo title, although he has no real power, but his status is noble. Prince Xu didn't even buy his account, I was a little strange, and asked: "Prince Tianjing, have you offended His Royal Highness Xu, why does he seem to bite you and not let go?" ”

Wei Tianjing sighed and said, "It's all my grandfather's fault." My grandfather said that we were the sons of the generals, and we could not be pampered. Guns and horses are fundamental, so I specially greeted a few teachers of the imperial class and asked them to guide us more. ”

I was stunned. When I was in Wuyangcheng, the school sometimes talked about the empire in the north, but there was basically nothing good to say, always saying that the empire was autocratic, and the officials bullied people and made a fortune on the heads of the people. But it seems that even officials such as Wei Guozhang are not very powerful, and even the children of the Wei family brothers have to practice guns and horses so strictly, if they really say it secretly with those teachers, sooner or later there will be a war between the Great Qi Empire and the Republic Government of Wuyangcheng, I really can't think of how Wuyangcheng can fight against this powerful empire in the north. Could it be that it is just based on the rhetoric of "the republic is better than the monarchy"?

After sending the Wei brothers away, I first went to take a bath, washed away the stinky sweat and mud on my body, and wiped some of the bone-setting wine that Wei Tianjing gave me, and saw that the bruises had dispersed a lot, and it seemed that it would completely disappear tomorrow. Changed into a new dress sent by the Shangyi Bureau before, but it was much more energetic than the clothes at home. Thinking of Mei Niang from the Shangyi Bureau, I itched to go and see her, but when I thought of Sha Gonggong's face, I didn't dare.

For the next few days, I went to class every day. Although the children of the nobles in the Mingxin Academy are all nobles of the empire, the course is not easy, and it is even tighter than when I was in Wuyang City. Because there are more teachers than students, they are extremely strict. Plus God Jun has a strict discipline order, even if Lu Anyu and Lu Dingyu are honest, I don't dare to talk nonsense. Fortunately, my grades have always been good, and even if Mingxin Yuan manages it tightly, it is nothing. It's just that there is a music class taught by an old man surnamed Shi. This Mr. Shi is old, born thin and thin like a ghost, who knows that his subordinates are extremely good, and all kinds of musical instruments are exquisite. He took a musical instrument class, which was also Lu Dingyu's least loved, and he was also chatting about it in Wuyang City, but he didn't know why the emperor valued it so much. I thought that the students in the Mingxin Academy were only afraid that they were all good at musical instruments, and I was worried that I would make a fool of myself again, but when I was in class, I knew that in addition to Cheng Man and Anya Diji, there was no one else who could see it, and she was less than two, and I should be the first. When Mr. Shi heard my father's name, he was stunned for a while, and he must have recognized my father at the beginning. Cheng Man secretly told me after class that although this Mr. Shi is not amazing, he is a disciple of Hua Yuechun, one of the "Eight Uniques in the World", and at the 10th anniversary of the empire, Mr. Shi had a pipa solo, but it was no coincidence that a string was broken when he was about to play. It was too late to change the strings on the spot, and it was Cheng Man's father who was conducting the music class at that time, and he was also frightened and didn't know how to end the performance. But Mr. Shi played the song with three strings, and the audience did not notice it at all. Although Uncle Cheng has known this Mr. Shi for a long time, he didn't expect this person's skills to be so high, and he also sighed for a long time when he talked about it to Cheng Man. And every day after dinner, Lu Dingyu came to take me to practice riding for an hour. His riding skills weren't very high, but he was much taller than me. He urged me to practice more vigorously than myself, and he must be hoping that I could give Prince Xu a great taste after I finished practicing as soon as possible. Although I also want to take revenge for this, I hesitate a little when I think that if I really want to do this, it will be enough to offend Prince Xu, and it will be too bad to offend Anya Diji.

Time is fast, and it is the end of August in the blink of an eye. It's a normal day, but after today's lesson, I can go back to my uncle's house. After I arrived in the imperial capital, I wrote a letter back to report my safety, and now there should be a letter back. I couldn't help but feel a little excited when I thought that I would definitely see it at my uncle's house tomorrow.

There was another royal class in the afternoon of this day, and I was really a little afraid that Prince Xu would come to me again, and I was terrified in these two classes in the morning. When I was eating lunch, I finally couldn't help it, and asked Wei Tianjing if he had brought bone-setting wine today, Wei Tianjing was surprised: "What are you going to do today?" ”

"Isn't there a royal lesson today?"

Wei Tianjing smiled and said, "Gongzi Zheng, today is Fang Lao's art of war class, not guns and horses. ”

I suddenly realized, thinking that no wonder Lu Dingyu looked calm today, I thought that he was extremely confident in me, thinking that I would be able to defeat Prince Xu. Although I have practiced my riding skills diligently these days, I know that I will not be able to match the superb riding skills of Prince Xu, and if he wants to fight with me again, I will only hold on for a few more moments than last time...... Actually, I just got out of the saddle when he was about to touch me, and I wouldn't be so embarrassed to get down by myself as if I was stabbed down by him, right?

I've been struggling with how to cope, but now that I think about it, I can't figure it out. I've been thinking about how to defeat Prince Xu, just because I can't fight with him, and I have to be stabbed by him to bruise and purple, but I didn't expect that this matter could be solved so easily. I also smiled and said, "Me too, I was confused." ”

Wei Tianjing straightened up and whispered, "Gongzi Zheng, don't say that. Although my skills are not high, my marksmanship was passed down by my grandfather, and I can tell whether it is good or bad. Zheng Gongzi, your spear skills are by no means weaker than him, as long as you can practice your riding skills well, you will not lose to him! ”

I didn't expect Wei Tianjing to have great confidence in me, but his confidence was only to "not lose to him". I said, "I've practiced riding skills, can't I fight His Highness?" ”

A trace of gloom flashed on Wei Tianjing's face, and he whispered: "My grandfather has been back to Mingxin Courtyard once, and he has seen His Highness Xu's spear skills. He said that His Royal Highness Xu was born with divine power, and his riding skills were also extremely high, and he was a natural good gunner, even if he was in the army, he would rarely meet an opponent. ”

I was taken aback and asked, "Wei Guozhang has such a high opinion of His Highness Xu?" ”

Wei Tianjing nodded and said: "Grandpa said that His Royal Highness is the material to kill generals and capture the flag, and if he goes to the battlefield, he should be able to bravely champion the three armies." ”

I gasped. Prince Xu is very powerful, and I have tasted it myself, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful. Lu Dingyu excitedly asked me to help him take this breath, but this breath may not be so good, even if I really practice riding, I may not be able to fight the prince of Xu.

I used to think how strong I was, but I was beaten by the black rat in the black boxing stadium, and I could only rely on playing tricks to survive five rounds, and then I suffered losses one after another, and on the ship that came to the imperial capital with my uncle, even an old man like Fang Lao had a "knife change" to beat me, and I didn't dare to underestimate anyone anymore. It seems that I may not be able to pretend to be able to lose in fashion, and maybe I still can't escape this fall.

Because of such a pimple in my heart, I have been a little absent-minded in the afternoon in Fang Lao's art of war class. Elder Fang is talking about the Twelve Tricks today. My father told me about the "Twelve Tricks", although I heard it so-so, but I still remember some of it, it is nothing more than what can be shown but cannot, and what can be shown and what is not used. But as he spoke, Elder Fang talked about the example.

That was many years ago. At that time, two forces were dealing with a common enemy, but the two forces were still at loggerheads, even though they were allies. On one occasion, the general of Force A was ordered to cooperate with an army of Force B to attack the city, and the city was the common enemy. Because the enemy army is extremely strong, both sides want the other to attack first. However, the main general of Party B is very good at using troops, and naturally he can see this kind of thought, so Party A promised that Party B would control the city after it was captured, so as to induce Party A to consume the main force of the enemy's army.

Elder Fang said it very clearly, but I was confused when I heard it. I really haven't heard of this period of war history, the textbook of Wuyang City will talk a little more about the war between the republican army and the demon snake people, and then the civil war with the Fifth Empire will be brushed aside, and the war with the Great Qi Empire is still I heard my father say a little bit to know, and the textbook simply does not mention a word. The paragraph that Elder Fang said, I don't know which paragraph it is in comparison. It's just that the strategy he talked about is very reasonable, and my father also told me something similar, which seems to be called "killing people with a knife". But what my father said was not supported by examples like Fang Lao, and it sounded boring to me at first. But according to what Fang Lao said, this plan is indeed what his father said about "borrowing a knife to kill people".

Suddenly, my heart suddenly felt cold. Lu Anyu came to me to practice riding, and I was very grateful to him. But if you think about it carefully, he is so energetic, it is nothing more than to let me defeat the prestige of Prince Xu. However, although Wei Tianjing's grandfather Wei Guozhang only has one arm left, he heard that he was one of the most famous generals in the world in the past, and his rank was still above Fang Lao, and his spear skills must be very strong. Wei Guozhang spoke so highly of Prince Xu, which shows that Prince Xu is indeed worthy of his name. Lu Dingyu still desperately pushed me to fight with Prince Xu, to put it bluntly, he was using me as a gunman. I was able to defeat Prince Xu, of course, because I spoke for him; If I lose, I will be the one who was beaten by Prince Xu, and it has nothing to do with him.

What he used was this plan to kill people with a knife!

I used to think that the art of war was too far away from the ordinary days, and I didn't want to be a soldier, and it was useless to learn the art of war. At this time, it was suddenly saved, it turned out that the art of war can also be used like this!

Elder Fang finished the lecture, and the day's class was over. Although Lu Dingyu was the crown prince, he still respectfully led the crowd to salute Elder Fang before leaving. No other teacher has such treatment, probably Elder Fang has a transcendent status, and as the second marshal of the empire, he came to Mingxin Academy to take classes, and a prince like him would not dare to be rude in the slightest. After class, Elder Fang walked up to me and said, "Little Zheng, I've been in Mingxin Courtyard for a few days, how do you feel?" ”

Everything is good in Mingxin Courtyard, but you can't go out casually. When I first arrived, I thought it was fresh, but now it's a bit stuffy. I hurriedly greeted Elder Fang and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's care, it's all good." ”

Elder Fang squinted his eyes and looked at me, and said with a smile, "Then you can send me out." ”

Fang Lao's grandson Fang Conghui is also accompanying him, and Fang Conghui accompanied Fang Lao out. But Elder Fang asked me to send it by name, how dare I disobey. I said, "Yes, Grandpa Fang, please." ”

Fang is old, but he can still fight with me, and his actions are still extremely agile. However, when he walked out, he always walked unhurriedly. Walking out of the Water Pavilion and walking along the stone road to the shore, Fang Lao suddenly said, "Little Zheng, have you fought with His Royal Highness Xu?" ”

Elder Fang's news was also sensitive, I didn't expect that he would hear such an inconsequential matter. I said, "Yes, I was knocked off my horse by His Highness Xu. ”

Elder Fang sighed slightly and said, "Your Highness Xu is born with divine power, it's just that Xiao Zheng's sword skills are very strong, why are your spear skills so bad?" At the beginning, Xiao Zheng was the best in spearmanship, and the world was only afraid that it would be difficult to meet opponents. ”

Although I have always been quite dissatisfied with my father, but Fang Lao also said the same, obviously Lu Anyu said that my father's spear skills are not as good as the emperor and so on. It's hard for me to say that I'm not as skilled as Prince Xu's equestrianism, not to mention that Prince Xu's marksmanship is indeed very good, and if I say this again, it seems that I can't afford to lose, so I said lightly: "It's all because I'm useless, Grandpa Fang." ”

Elder Fang heard me say so indifferently, but he was a little annoyed, and said, "Why are you so depressed, kid? At that time, if your father suffered a little loss, he would find it back no matter what, and he would never give up! ”

My heart moved. I didn't expect my father to be like this, but it seems that I actually inherited this from my father. I saw that Elder Fang was getting more and more energetic, for fear that he would say more, so I hurriedly diverted the conversation and said, "Grandpa Fang, is this battle example you said really just a story?" ”

Elder Fang heard me ask about the battle example, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Of course it's true." This was the case of the Republican Army and the Imperial Army joining forces to capture Nan'an City, but the real situation was much more complicated and not so simple. ”

My heart fluttered, and I asked, "Ah, against the snake people?" ”

Elder Fang nodded and said, "Yes, Xiao Zheng, you have a good knowledge." ”

I smiled bitterly. In fact, it is also mentioned in the Wuyangcheng textbook in this paragraph, but it does not say anything about joining forces with the Fifth Imperial Army at all, only saying that it was fought alone. If it weren't for Elder Fang, I wouldn't have known that there had been so many intrigues behind this small victory in the past. I said, "Elder Fang, wasn't it just that the two armies weren't friendly forces at that time?" How can you deal with a common enemy with such scheming? ”

Elder Fang stopped, looked at me, and said in a deep voice: "Little Zheng, in this world, friends and enemies are not immutable. Yesterday's enemies may become brothers today; And today's brothers can also become mortal enemies tomorrow. Prepare for a rainy day in order to cope with future changes. ”

When Elder Fang said this, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly sighed, speechless for a while. I didn't dare to talk much, I just stood beside him. At this time, the Wei family brothers also came over, and they all saluted respectfully when they passed by Elder Fang. After they walked over, Fang Lao whispered: "Little Zheng, the difficulties of the world and the dangers of people's hearts, you will understand when you grow up." ”

I don't know what Elder Fang meant when he suddenly said so emotionally, but thinking that Lu Anyu was already scheming towards me, he didn't feel a little bad in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Yes, I remember, thank you Grandpa Fang." ”

Fang Lao seemed to come back to his senses at this time, and said with a smile: "I'm really old and confused, what are you doing with Xiao Zheng." Ah Hui, come here, get in the car with me. ”

Fang Conghui has been following behind me and Elder Fang, and he, Elder Fang's own grandson, is like our follower. Hearing Elder Fang's call, Fang Conghui came over and said to me, "Gongzi Zheng, my grandfather and I are gone, and we will meet again next month." ”

As soon as he said that we would meet next month, I came back to my senses, it turned out that it was the end of the month, and I was going back to my uncle's house today. I hurriedly said: "Goodbye Gongzi Fang, goodbye Grandpa Fang." "I kept thinking about what Elder Fang said to me at the end. Uncle and father, the two were mortal enemies from the beginning. If my father had killed my uncle or my uncle had killed my father when the two of us were fighting each other, there would never have been me in this world. Elder Fang said that I could only understand when I grew up, but in fact, I already understood a lot.