While waiting for the feast to begin, King Yi said to Meng Yishan, "I know you want to leave those troublesome soldiers behind. However, Fantai and Luoyang Mansion have jointly informed the royal palace to purge these people. ”

Lao Meng hurriedly said: "These people mutinied because Liu Like withheld military salaries. In this way, I am afraid that the army will not accept it. ”

Zhu Zhanlong's eagle eyes closed, and he said in a deep voice: "The military salary, the court will make up for it." The Harrier soldiers must be disbanded, and all officers from the small flag and above will be killed! He was about to borrow their heads to straighten out military discipline. ”

Lao Meng saw that King Yi had a firm attitude, and he didn't dare to speak directly, the turmoil he had offended the prince had just passed, and he spoke again, and he didn't eat mutton and got fishy, it was unlucky.

He turned to be very worried and said: "If you do it like this, it will affect the morale of the army!" ”

King Yi looked at Meng Yishan, and said in his heart Isn't this what you made a fuss, originally several adults were ready, and the army pushed over and annihilated all the harrier soldiers without leaving any ground. Unexpectedly, Lao Meng made them surrender, and now they are killed, and several Wenchen will not be able to get rid of the name of killing and cruelty.

But what does this have to do with the palace, it is not a lonely army, the fewer elites in Luoyang, the better, the prince is happy to see jokes in his heart.

Meng Yishan continued to persuade: "It is better to separate these harrier soldiers from the guard, disarm these thousand people, organize another household, and raise another forward battalion, and use them as a precursor when fighting." After a few battles, he almost died. ”

"In the name, it might as well be said to be to let them make meritorious contributions for their crimes, so that it also shows that the court is merciful and the prince is benevolent."

Zhu Zhanlong pondered, can this thousand elites be used to take the lead in battle? His mind instantly came alive.

Meng Yishan hurriedly got up and bowed, and said to himself: "Old Meng is willing to be the commander of this pioneer battalion and help the prince take care of the harrier soldiers!" ”

King Yi raised his eyes to look at Meng Yishan and asked, "Can you subdue these warriors?" ”

Lao Meng held the sword on his waist and said toughly: "Whoever disobeys will be killed!" There is no other ability to be lowly than to be ruthless! ”

Zhu Zhanlong stroked his forehead with his hand, weighing the pros and cons of this matter repeatedly in his heart, stood up after a while, paced a few steps in the room, waved his hand and said, "Let this king think about this matter again." ”

Meng Yishan knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, as long as the prince would consider this proposal, he would not execute the harrier soldiers for the time being, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

On the side of Fan Tai and Master Li, he still has to run to plead his case. Save the thousand people as much as possible.

Then the two began to gossip, mentioning that Meng Yishan went to the White Horse Temple every day to practice martial arts with the abbot of Guangqin. The prince grabbed Lao Meng and asked about Xiao Zhu'an's living situation in the temple, how used to it, and other trivial things.

I heard that the old abbot treated Zhu An like a grandson, and taught him to practice literature and martial arts every day. The prince said yes again and again with satisfaction, so happy that even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes softened.

At that moment, Zhu Zhanlong lost his usual majesty, just an apologetic father.

Meng Yishan saw it in his eyes and thought, "The prince's life is not very good." The prince was unwilling to inherit the throne, so the second son led the army to rebel against him, and the younger son sent it to the temple with his own hands. It's really lonely, and it's boring. ”

At this time, there was an inner supervisor outside the door: "First class uncle, the commander of the Honor Guard Division, General Wu Chang and General Wu Jin." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Zhanlong immediately got up to greet him, and Meng Yishan also stood up.

A person walked in from outside the hall, dressed in a light crimson official uniform. He is tall and straight, with a square face, a short beard on his lips, and a pair of eyes that are shining, quite dignified.

After the man came in, he saluted King Yi and said, "Wu Chang has seen the prince Chitose. ”

This Wu Chang has a great background, he is the founder of the country after Wu Zhen. Among the fathers who followed Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world, Wu Zhen, the Duke of Haiguo, was a general in the army at that time, especially good at water warfare, and once led the boat division to defeat the Japanese on Ryukyu Island.

Wu Men has been passed down for several generations, and can be called a military family, and by Wu Chang's generation, he no longer attacked the Duke of Haiguo, and only got a first-class uncle.

King Yi cordially took Wu Chang's hand and said, "General Wu, you can let this king wait." The prince pointed to Lao Meng and introduced, "This is Captain Meng Yishan Meng." ”

"Uncle Wu." Lao Meng smiled and arched his hand. He felt guilty, so he was very polite.

Wu Chang's eyes flashed, and then he calmly replied, "Lord Meng." ”

The three of them were seated, and several dishes and fine wine were immediately put on the table, and the prince held up a warm bottle of wine and said, "Come, everyone have a drink." ”

Wu Chang and Lao Meng both drank it all, and King Yi picked up the wine jug and poured it for the two of them personally.

Meng Yishan and Wu Chang didn't dare to say anything, King Yi raised his glass again, and said: "Meng Inspection, General Wu, you all help this king to create a great cause, and you are all talents in the world." I'll give you one more glass. ”

The two drank again. At this time, King Yi glanced at Lao Meng, Meng Yishan stood up and picked up the wine jug, poured a glass of wine for Wu Chang, and said, "Brother Wu, let's stir the horse spoon in a pot, and get closer in the future." ”

"Hmm!" Wu Chang nodded and drank the wine. His face was calm and unwavering, and he didn't see any joy or anger.

Meng Yishan said in his heart: "This guy is a little difficult. ”

Lao Meng stubbornly spoke: "Today, my subordinates killed Brother Wu's soldiers by mistake, this, it's really unexpected." ”

He raised his glass again with an apologetic face, "With this glass of wine, Lao Meng admits his mistake, and hopes that Uncle Wu will have a lot of them, and forgiveness will be one." ”

Wu Chang stood up and drank the glass of wine again, looked at Meng Yishan and said slowly: "Wu will give Lord Meng a face, as long as the murderer is handed over, this matter will be revealed." ”

Meng Yishan's smiling face froze.

From Wu Chang's standpoint, although it is reasonable to ask for the murderer to be handed over, it is impossible for Lao Meng to hand over Mo Kui. For this reason, he didn't even dare to buy the prince's account, let alone Wu Chang.

"Uh, haha" Lao Meng smiled awkwardly and said in disguise: "This murderer is too muddy, damn!" Brother Wu, don't worry, I will deal with him heavily. ”

Wu Chang got up and looked at Lao Meng, and said in a gloomy tone: "Please Lord Meng hand over the person." ”

Meng Yishan's face trembled slightly, and he said with an angry smile: "You count that garlic!" ”

Zhu Zhanlong saw that the two of them were about to stiffen, so he immediately ordered them to sit down, and the prince said: "This matter Meng Patrol Inspection did not do right, I have already told him." He will deal with the people, and then pay five hundred taels to the family of the dead soldier to take care of the funeral. Would it be nice to solve it like this? ”

Lao Meng said very happily: "I must pay for it." ”

Wu Chang didn't agree, he straightened his chest and said in a strong voice: "Lord Wang! If the murderer is not punished, the soldiers of the Honor Guard Division may not accept it. ”

Old Meng snorted angrily and said, "Did I say that I would not punish you!" To-morrow will bring you the murderer's head. The heart said, "Find a death row inmate, cut off your head and send it." ”

"Does Master Meng think Wu is perfunctory?" Wu Chang said slowly: "I'm going to see the big man who made the green steel staff today. ”

Meng Yishan was annoyed and replied: "Lao Tzu said that tomorrow will be tomorrow!" ”

Wu Chang said angrily: "Don't play tricks! The murderer must be handed over today! ”

Meng Yishan said in his heart that the prince will not be held accountable, am I still afraid of you? He sneered and said, "Why did I give it to you as someone from the Inspection Division?" ”

The two are at loggerheads and don't give in to each other. made King Yi feel a big headache, if he used authority to subdue the two, he might obey orders on the surface, and I was afraid that he would cause trouble in the future. There was no way to persuade peace for a while.

Wu Chang's eyes flashed, and he said: "Lord Wang, the last general heard that Meng Inspector has outstanding martial arts, and I am willing to compete with him." If he loses, he has to hand over the man. ”

King Yi thought that this was also a solution, and glanced at Lao Meng inquiringly, how could Meng Yishan show weakness, and said happily: "Compare it!" Although he agreed, he muttered in his heart, and he couldn't see the depth of Wu Chang.

A master who is born with success, unless he takes the initiative to show his momentum, is just like ordinary people.

Lao Meng is really not sure about the opponent who can't figure out the details, but he also has a good idea and is ready to fight to the end. The competition is to try his best, even if he loses, he will not hand over Mo Kui, and he will hand over the people tomorrow, hide the iron bear tonight, and then tell Wu Chang that the murderer ran away that night.

Wu Changna knew Lao Meng's flowery intestines, and eagerly pleaded with King Yi again: "Please allow the prince!" ”

King Yi said slowly: "Okay! Just use the competition to determine the winner. Win or lose, don't provoke it in the future. ”

In the open space in front of the main hall of the palace, a five-zhang square circle arena was marked, and Meng Yishan and Wu Chang stood in the circle, staring at each other.

Not far from the field, King Yi sat on a Taishi chair, looking at the arena. Behind the prince stood the great eunuch Wang He and the chief instructor of the guard, Xi Wang Fu'er, and these two masters came to witness this competition.

Meng Yishan regretted it as soon as he came on the field, that Wu Chang held a long sword in his hand, Yuan Yu Yue Li, a pair of eyes were shining, and the overall momentum was like a sharp sword out of the sheath.

If Lao Meng hadn't already practiced the innate true qi, I am afraid that he would be suppressed by the opponent's sharp spirit before he made a move.

"A certain family hasn't seen anyone from the Wu family for ten years, and Hai Guogong's electric sword technique can be called a unique in the world!" Wang He said in his characteristic shrill voice.

Wu Chang glanced at Wang He with great dissatisfaction, complaining that the eunuch Wang had drunk his martial arts

Source. As the name suggests, the electric sword technique is a kind of fast sword, which pays attention to the momentum like lightning and surprises. If the other party is on guard in advance, it will be difficult to be effective.

Eunuch Wang stood there expressionlessly, ignoring Wu Chang's angry gaze. He clearly showed that he was favoring Meng Yishan.

Lao Meng has Wang He's mention, and he has a bottom in his heart. Slowly raised his hand and pulled out half of the broken saber, and said: "Brother Wu be careful, Lao Meng has a treasure knife in his hand." ”

He was not above board, but said it so that Wu Chang would not dare to make a move with all his strength because he was afraid of the sharpness of the treasure knife in his heart.

"Lord Meng, don't worry, this sword of mine is given by Taizu! The name of the sword is Godless, and it is also a blade that sharpens iron like clay. ”

Wu Chang shook the long sword in his hand, and the spine of the sword made a buzzing sound, as if he was eager to drink blood.

"The joust begins!" King Yi said with a solemn expression.

"Brush!" A sword light was like thunder and lightning across the sky, and Meng Yishan's broken saber whistled towards Wu Chang's neck, and he sent a knife to attack in order to make the opponent's fast sword unable to shoot.

"Dang!" Wu Chang reversed the sword and turned back to Ichigo, knocking the broken saber out. With a twist of the wrist, the sword is as fast as the wind! Stabbed Meng Yishan's shoulder blade.

Lao Meng's heart sank, and he turned sideways and slashed at the opponent's long sword, "Hum! With a loud bang, the force of the sword collision threw the two of them away, and they flew several steps away.

After two moves, Lao Meng had already tested Wu Chang's strength than him. The blade is heavy, the sword is light and agile, and the two blades do not take advantage of each other, which shows the solidity of the opponent's internal strength.

Meng Yishan raised the broken saber with a solemn expression, drew the knife and cut off the water, and swept Wu Chang's waist!

General Wu used the sticky word trick, and the long sword quickly slammed down, pressing down the blade that was pressing. Leaned over, took advantage of the situation, and the immortal pointed the way, stabbing Lao Meng's throat. This sword was as fast as lightning, Meng Yishan hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and the tip of the sword rubbed against his neck, and the skin on his neck immediately shivered.

Without waiting for Lao Meng to swing his sword to fight back, Wu Chang shouted lightly, and the sword momentum burst out like a shower to hit the residual lotus, swinging more than ten sword shadows in the air, and the sword did not leave Lao Meng's vital point.

The sword momentum like the heaven and earth net came out, Meng Yishan could only swim to avoid, and the tall old Meng actually made the butterfly fly seven spins to the extreme, dodging and moving, and turning his body like flying.

Wu Chang's fast sword chased and stabbed like a shadow, Meng Yishan was forced to keep increasing his speed, surveying and avoiding a sword, and the next sword flew in a row, the sword was vicious, like lightning and wind, so that Wu Chang stabbed more than 30 swords in a row, and Lao Meng didn't have the time to return to the sword.

Meng Yishan dodged very hard, but General Wu was surprised, old Meng Neng had been under his fast sword unscathed for so long, this kind of light skill was already considered perfect.

Wu Chang's fighting spirit increased suddenly, and he no longer reserved all the sword momentum, and the people moved with the sword, and the sword shadows in the sky formed a dense sword curtain, completely enveloping Meng Yishan.

Facing the dense sword net, Meng Yishan decided to fight once, he sent his left shoulder towards Wu Chang's sword tip, and at the same time flew up his left leg and quickly kicked the opponent's knee.

If General Wu's tricks remained unchanged, when the long sword in his hand stabbed Lao Meng in the shoulder, his leg bone would also be injured by this kick. If the leg is injured, the fast sword will not be able to spread.

Wu Chang was helpless, and as soon as he retracted his sword momentum, he probed forward with his left palm, supported the prominent kick of Lao Meng's strange soldier, and threw Meng Yishan out with his palm.

As soon as the old Meng Fu landed, Wu Chang's stormy fast sword came one after another, Meng Yishan couldn't help retreating, Wu Chang grabbed the middle palace and went straight forward, chasing the electric sword sword and sword to kill him, the long sword was already making a slight sound in the air, and it was obvious that the internal force was infused to the extreme.

Master Meng retreated one after another, seeing that he took two more steps back, and was about to fall out of the circle, he shouted, picked up the knife and held Wu Chang's sword, the sword struck each other, and there was a tooth-sore stabbing sound, Lao Meng tried his best to go outward, and forced Wu Chang back two steps with his strength, and with this trick to buffer, Lao Meng's right leg was raised again, and he kicked General Wu's lower yin fiercely.

"Flirting with feet!" There are no extraneous moves included in various martial arts, Wu Chang didn't want to cut off his children and grandchildren, so he had to avoid it, he just flashed a step, Meng Yishan's left leg flew and kicked, with a whistling wind, and kicked towards Wu Chang's front door.

Wu Chang shouted angrily, stretched out his palm and pushed out! Bang! The two made a hard encounter again, shaking Meng Yishan's body backwards, and seeing that he was out of the field, Lao Meng poked the knife into the ground in shock, and stopped his body stiffly.

King Yi, who was watching the battle, stood up, thinking that Lao Meng was going to lose. Wang He said in his ear: "The two of them are both enemies, and it is too early to win or lose." ”

Meng Yishan pulled out the broken saber and flew towards Wu Chang, his sword moves were unstoppable, carrying the momentum of the violent tiger Feng He, and the strength of his whole body was poured into this blow.

Wu Chang's color changed, he raised his sword and grabbed the blade, and the moment he took over, the Zhen Qi that surged out from the opponent's breaking saber slammed into the spine of the sword, hum! Wu Chang's tiger's mouth was shocked, and he almost couldn't hold the sword in his hand under the severe pain in his wrist, and was knocked out more than a foot away. Fortunately, he unloaded most of his strength in retreating, otherwise he would have been injured in this blow.

"Hey, hey, concede!" Lao Meng held the knife in one hand, as if he had the upper hand, and ridiculed Wu Chang.

General Wu's face sank like water, and he raised the long sword diagonally, and a long rainbow rose through the sky, slashing towards Meng Yishan's face like lightning, and Meng Jian tilted his head back in shock, avoiding the disfigured sword, but the burqa on his chest was dragged back The blade of the sword cut through a hole. Makes the chest chilly.

The two of them attacked and returned, and suffered a small loss to each other. I was a little angry in my heart, and I waved my sword and slashed at the moment, and each of them rushed to attack, "Ding Ding Dong!" In an instant, the seven swords were replaced by seven swords, and after the seventh swords were split, Lao Meng returned the knife and circled! The eighth knife was swung out with a cold gust of wind.

Wu Chang calmly waved his sword to block, a crisp gold and iron attack, General Wu was even split out of five steps with a sword, Meng Yishan was close to him, and he shouted like thunder, and once again erected three swords, opened the mountain and opened the mountain, and directly split Wu Chang.

Wu Chang used his sword to split the points one after another, and the last beat sealed the three blows, his body played a role, and with each blow, his waist inevitably turned sideways, removing most of the strength on the opponent's knife. Even so, I felt that my hand holding the sword was a little unstable. I couldn't help but admire the fierceness of Meng Jian's knife technique.

In terms of internal strength, Wu Chang may still have a slight advantage, but Meng Yishan's natural strength is stronger than Wu Chang. He took advantage of the heavy blade. With these three swords with full momentum, Lao Meng had the upper hand.

The sound of swords resounded in the field, and the figures of the two of them tossed and fell, and in an instant, they had already hit a hundred moves, and they did not distinguish between victory and defeat.

Wu Chang's swordsmanship is light and smart, the stabbing points are accurate, and the dazzling flowers of a long sword dance are difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction at a glance, Meng Yishan doesn't look at it at all, no matter how many changes the sword comes, he just identifies the middle lane and slashes it, and often the subtle changes in the sword moves are not finished, and they are interrupted by a knife in the head.

This is clumsy and clever, which is in line with the gist of superior martial arts, but it is not as good as Wu Chang's ability to dodge and unload when he receives a move, and it consumes much more energy. But Lao Meng couldn't take care of it anymore, his eyes were blazing when he fought, and he swung his knife like a mad demon, and danced a set of Panwang knives freely.

Meng Yishan's sword skills were wide open, and there were flaws all over his body, but Wu Chang couldn't hand out a sword, looking for a gap, maybe he could stab Lao Meng's sword, but with the old tricks, he was powerless to defend against the attacking knife moves.

Both defeats hurt Wu Chang and didn't do it, Lao Meng's rough skin and thick flesh may not be hindered by a sword, but General Wu is afraid of Meng Jian's broken saber with a vicious wind. Cut it is either dead or disabled, although it is a contest of martial arts and not a contest of life and death, God knows if Lao Meng can stop it.

The onslaught in front of him has consumed a lot of Lao Meng's internal strength, which was more and more fought, but he didn't expect that whenever the internal strength was not continued, the "Panzhou Samadhi" true qi planted by the abbot of Guangqin for him was slowly launched, and a warm yang true power instantly flowed into the Ren vein from the Tanzhong acupoint on the chest, and trickled into every meridian around the body, gradually fiery all over the body, and the body seemed to contain endless true power, making it inexhaustible and inexhaustible.

Feeling that his true strength was more abundant than usual, Lao Meng let out a long roar, and the broken saber swung hard, dancing a long arc of light, and slashing out with the back of the slanted shoulder strap, this knife was extremely fast, but there was no sound of the wind, and the strength was restrained on the blade.

General Wu felt the danger for the first time, and hurriedly stepped forward, the sword in his hand was rounded, and he set up a "swing in all directions", "Dang!" With a loud bang, the broken saber and the Heavenly Blessing Sword sparked a dazzling spark, the two blades were hard together, and under the heavy force of the broken saber, the sword in Wu Chang's hand was finally split out of a gap the size of a grain of rice, and this Taizu imperial gift had been damaged.

General Wu hated Lao Meng very much at this moment. The free left hand slammed into Meng Yishan's chest, and he couldn't kill the enemy with one blow. Meng Yishan hurriedly put away the knife and raised his palm to fight hard. Bang! In a hurry, he was shocked out of half a step.

Meng Yishan snorted lightly and swung his knife again.