"Uh... In the end, I had nothing to do in the near future, and I read "The Art of War". Qiao Rui smiled awkwardly.

Yuan Shu nodded affirmatively: "For the general, Tao strategy first, courage second, Sun Bofu is only twenty years old, he is already so able to fight like this, if you don't improve in time, it is easy for the junior to catch up." ”

"The last general is stupid and doesn't dare to compare with Sun Bofu."

Qiao Rui hurriedly clenched his fists modestly, and then changed the topic: "General Wu, he..."

"It's just that because the meeting was initially decided, Sun Ce asked Wu Jing to ask for money and food to raise the army, but now Ji Ling is using troops in Xiaopei, and the dowry for Lu Bu is..."

Seeing this, Qiao Rui hurriedly bowed down on one knee, and his tone was very sincere: "The last general was ineffective, resulting in the burning of the grain ship, and I came to ask the lord for guilt." ”

"Why are you here again? Why don't you hurry up? The sin is not on you, didn't you say that you would wait for Long Xiang to return before you were convicted? Yuan Shu frowned.

Qiao Rui knelt on the ground, hugged his fists and replied: "Return to the lord, the sin general Long Xiang has returned, and the last general has come to ask for instructions." ”

Yuan Shu was a little surprised, and said in his heart that after half a month, this guy finally returned to Shouchun?

He saw that the sky outside the window was dark, so he got down and helped the bridge up, and said: "It is getting late today, take him to the palace tomorrow morning, let the ministers discuss it, and then make a decision." ”

"Long Xiang made a big mistake, the last general has already performed military law in front of the generals in the afternoon, and his flesh and blood are blurred by twenty military sticks, and now Long Xiang only has half a life left, I'm afraid that he may not be able to explain much tomorrow..."

Qiao Rui observed Yuan Shu's face as he spoke, and when he saw the other party's expression of regret, he knew that Long Xiang had a door to this matter.

"And say that His Majesty is not effective? I remember the kid was only a teenager, right? ”

"Sixteen years old this year, his father was the captain of the last general, a few years ago in Fengqiu, in order to cover the retreat of the main force, he led his troops to die in battle, leaving such an only son..."

Yuan Shu understood now, Qiao Rui turned around and pleaded with the general, so he asked: "I heard that this son is in the rear in every battle, and he has not yet won any military merits?" ”

"The last general felt guilty about Long Yuan, and he was raised at home for two years as a nephew, and later I was worried that Long Xiang was young and desperately tried on the battlefield for fear of injury, so he was incorporated into the rear army, and he had no chance to get military merits." Qiao Rui lowered her head in embarrassment.

Yuan Shu said with a serious expression: "The so-called beloved son is like killing a son, you have to learn from Sun Jian on this point, and see how powerful Sun Ce is now?" The mammoth will be fed with blood. ”

"The end will know what is wrong." Qiao Rui clenched his fists and said goodbye.

"It's also blamed for me for listening to Han Yin, making an exception to promote Long Xiang as the military commander, it seems that this kid is almost a general, he should be a good person, if he is not worthy of virtue, there will be disasters, the ancients will not deceive me..."Yuan Shu shook his head with emotion.

Qiao Rui didn't know what it meant, so he raised his head and whispered: "How to deal with Long Xiang, please publicize it..."

"Based on Han Yin's letter, it should be that Chen Yu has been planning for a long time, Long Xiang himself has few soldiers and little experience, and the capital crime can be avoided if he is not properly handled, plus this person is an orphan of a loyal minister, and he was beaten by you with twenty military sticks, so forget it..."

"Forget it?"

Qiao Rui's eyes were wide open, and she didn't believe her eyes.

I saw Yuan Shu nodding and adding: "The mud can't support the wall, it seems that the military Sima is not competent, and most of the soldiers in the department have also been lost, so how about being a Quhou?" ”

"Thank you for your kindness, and the general will definitely train well in the end, and cultivate it into a cultivable material in the future."

Qiao Rui was overjoyed when she heard this, and said in her heart that it would be very good to be able to save her life, and it didn't matter if she had a military position or not.

"Go back, don't be too reluctant, remember that your son is like a murderer." Yuan Shu advised again.

"Yes."

Qiao Rui nodded solemnly, and said in his heart that since the lord's attitude, Long Xiang may have no hope of being promoted in the future, and he will be persuaded after he recovers from his injury, maybe he can come out on a different path.

When Qiao Rui returned home, it was already dark, and Chen was busy with the back kitchen to prepare the meal, and called the children who had already eaten to accompany Qiao Rui to talk and eat.

"The general is back, you haven't been at home for the past few days, and the concubine always feels empty."

Chen poured wine while his eyes motioned for his children to speak.

The eldest sister Qiao Wei was the first to speak: "The child saw his father's brows stretched, should Long Xiang have handled the matter?" You have been worried about this person for a few days, and it is reasonable to beat twenty military sticks. ”

"Twenty military sticks? The skin and flesh must not be broken? Qiao Wan swallowed.

Qiao Wei said disapplausively: "Li Huwei said it lightly, presumably his own people are not ruthless, and twenty military sticks can beat blood?" ”

When Qiao Rui heard this, he sent the cup up, swallowed the wine and looked solemn.

"I don't know, when I enforced the military law for Long Xiang, I invited the general of another battalion to watch the ceremony for my father, and the twenty military sticks not only did not cheat, but the strength was heavier than usual, and now Yunqi's back cloth is connected to the meat, and it is estimated that there is no good meat..."

"Huh?"

Qiao Wan put her hands away when she heard this, and immediately had a picture in her mind, and the younger brother Qiao Ling next to her swallowed violently, obviously also receiving a lot of surprise.

I vaguely remember that Long Xiang accompanied him at that time, and followed Qiao Ling silently every day, why did there be such a big change in just a year apart?

Among the three sisters and brothers, only the eldest sister Qiao Wei was the most calm, although her heart throbbed after listening, her pretty face did not change.

"That's also his own fault, if he had practiced his skills before, how could he have caused such a disaster? On the contrary, my father was frightened..."

Qiao Rui pointed to his forehead after hearing this: "The matter has also passed, Yunqi, this kid is almost in command, but his brain is extremely flexible, you don't know that the twenty military sticks are actually his own request, right?" ”

"Ask for a fight yourself? He's got a bad brain? ”

Qiao Ling scratched her head and looked puzzled, while the two sisters looked at Qiao Rui in unison, because they wanted to find out why.

Qiao Rui smiled slightly: "Yunqi was punished first, and his life experience is lonely and pitiful, how can the lord bear to be punished heavily?" Just descend back to Quhou and give up..."

"The lord is so easy to talk to?"

Chen's face was full of doubts, and he said in his heart that with Yuan Shu's person, how could he be sympathetic to the martial artists at the bottom? Could it be because of her husband?

"I'm a little surprised by my husband." Qiao Rui nodded slightly.

Chen didn't want Qiao Rui to waste more affection on Long Xiang, so he picked up his wine glass and gently advised: "Longyuan used to cover for death battles, and the general took off the capital crime for his son today, and the past kindness will be written off, and the general only needs to be treated as an ordinary general in the future, and there is no need to be as attentive as before..."

"Why?" Qiao Rui frowned.

Chen Shi pressed Qiao Rui's chest and explained softly: "A person's heart is so big, the general has to allocate one more point to outsiders, and the concubine and children will have one less point, just like these days and nights have not returned home, we are all very worried about the general, and the other Ling'er is gradually getting older, and we have to think more about his future..."

"Mrs. Hard takes care of her children, and her husband will pay more attention in the future..."

When Qiao Rui nodded in response, the afterglow fell on the young son Qiao Ling, and instantly remembered Yuan Shu's sentence 'Loving a son is like a killing son', and immediately beckoned to Qiao Ling.

"Yun Qi was seriously injured by the rod, so tomorrow I will take some ointment from the house and visit him in the camp with my father."

"Huh?" Chen and Qiao Ling exclaimed at the same time.