Yu Linwei of the Three Guards gambled once, and Chu Zhi Xia checked the gambling house once; prostitute once, and Chu Zhixia copied the Qinglou once.

The jade fangs with the fragrance of fat powder were made to a commotion, and the ministers of the imperial capital invariably received a letter - "Who is the surname of Yulin Wei Sanwei, who is the surname of Yulin Wei Sanwei, and he prostitutes or gambles on a certain day."

The content is detailed and accurate to the extent of winning or losing in gambling, how much is it worth for the girl to enter the scene overnight, how many times a month to sleep in the willows, and the prefix also has to bring the official position of his ancestors, the official rank of his father and brother in the court, and he looks so good that people can't see it at a glance.

"Guangling Fan's family, Fan Dan, the grandson of Fan Ren, the former Honglu Temple, won a total of one hundred and thirty-nine taels of silver and lost three hundred and seventy-two taels in Hongshun Gambling House on the third day, the ninth day, the fourteenth, the thirteenth, the twenty-first, and the twenty-fifth."

"Longxi Li family, Li Xinke, the second son of Cheng Li in Taichung, the first day of the first month, spent thirteen taels; On the fourth day of the first month, you can enjoy a gold silk twisted ruby bracelet with a market price of 60 taels ......"

"Don't read it." The regent dropped a chess piece and stopped reading the letter to his staff.

The staff closed their mouths knowingly, and asked instead, "Chu Moxue is trying to threaten us?" ”

"It's a warning, don't let her catch these people's pigtails again." The regent snorted, "Otherwise, tomorrow, the streets and alleys of the imperial capital will be plastered with these things." ”

Most of the people in the Sanwei House come from a certain prominent family, even if they have gradually become indifferent to their own family, they still rely on the prestige of the family to study, get promoted, and do business. is arrogant and domineering like Chu Zhixia, and he has to be afraid of the background of this group of gentlemen.

This group of people is a hot potato, the emperor does not allow her to throw it down, and the family does not allow her to kill.

Even if you just want them to share in peace, it's a luxury.

"For a hundred years of the Great Zhou family, the most important thing is 'reputation'." The regent twisted a chess piece and didn't fall for a long time, "Chu Zhixia turned around and threw this hot potato to the confidence behind the Sanwei Office. ”

What's more, the shocking figures on this letter are simply not something that these people can afford in their families. Eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are small, and if someone takes the opportunity to poke the word "greedy ink" on the table, it will be terrible.

"We don't care about the three guards?"

The regent snorted indifferently, "A group of young master soldiers, what about giving it to her?" Just in time for our Majesty to get a good night's sleep. ”

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Outside the city, Yulin Guard School Field.

The weather was hot, and the feather forest guards were shirtless, and the sweat of the stream rolled down the flesh that never had a muscular contour. Each of them had a horn bow and repeated the drawing of the bow with difficulty, but there was not a single arrow on the bowstring.

Chu Zhixia's personal guards were selected from the army in the clouds, and all of them were good at archers and horses, and they pointed out Yu Linwei's posture and movements sharply.

The Yulin guards were all young masters who walked sideways, where did they receive this kind of reprimand, but they had to swallow their anger.

Without him, the father and brother in the family would have already reprimanded them.

Someone couldn't stand it anymore, so he threw his bow to the ground and said coldly, "What else will Miss Chu do besides relying on the official to suppress people?" What bow and arrow do you know? ”

The guards were furious, regardless of the fact that this person was a nobleman of the imperial capital, and they stepped forward to whip him, but they were stopped by Chu Shixia.

Chu Zhixia picked up the bow he threw down on his tiptoes, picked off a feather arrow from the weapon rack with his backhand, and pointed the bow at the blue sky. The bowstring made of cow tendon tanning was pulled with a soft sound, and then with a "boom", the arrow broke through the air.

A black shadow fell from the sky and smashed into the center of the school grounds, sending up a small cloud of smoke and dust.

It was a goose passing over the school grounds.

"Convinced?" Chu Zhixia put down his bow and looked at the man lightly, "After taking it, go back and stand up, and continue to practice." ”

The Yu Lin guards were exhausted, and they all stood still, looking at her in silence.

"You are either famous in your ancestors or have military merits, so naturally you are not willing to be subordinate to me. If you have a backbone, kick me down from this position, and I still respect you as a character. Chu Zhixia threw the bow back on the man and stood with his hands in his hands.

"Otherwise, if I'm here for a day, you'll have to follow my rules."

The scorching sun hung high, and the sand and gravel on the school field were "steaming". Chu Zhixia circled around them a few times, and when he saw the figure in the heights from a distance, he couldn't help but be stunned. The man smiled and beckoned to her, motioning for her to come over.

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"You'll also lead troops, which is not what I expected. The Chu clan in the clouds is really heroic, I didn't expect this group of arrogant Yu Linwei to be trained so well by you. "The emperor in the green robe only brought a eunuch who served with him, and he looked very approachable.

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, this is far from good." Chu Shixia paused for a moment, and looked down at the Yulin guards who were standing in a row, learning how to draw their bows.

It is difficult to change people, and more than ten years of pampering have made Yu Linwei lose his blood. Even if Chu Zhixia practiced every day, it was not enough for them to go to the battlefield, let alone deal with the palace changes imagined by the emperor.

"Strengthening their bodies can only keep them from going out to fool around and harm the people for the time being. Compared with the Jinggi Guard, Yulinwei is just a paper tiger, and it can't be compared with the heavy soldiers who support Xueguan. Chu Zhixia shook his head and said.

The emperor seemed to hear what she said, "Then what does Chu Qing think?" ”

"If Your Majesty wants an elite army, you must abandon the forbidden army and the Yulin Guard. These people rely on the shadow of their ancestors to eat military salaries, but they can't protect the palace ban, they are just moths. Chu Zhixia lowered his voice and said.

The military household system of the Great Zhou Dynasty has rotted to the roots.

Those who relied on the military exploits of their ancestors were full of military registration, but they did not have to go to the battlefield. In the army, there are either old units of this family or friends of that family, and the interests are intertwined, but the combat effectiveness is insignificant.

Ordinary people can't be soldiers, which makes military families even more fearless.

The armies of the Great Zhou except for Yunzhong have already made these people eat away little by little.

"But Yunzhong also follows the military household system, Chu Qing's words are biased." The Emperor frowned and said dissatisfied.

"That's because there will be war in the clouds, and if they don't, they will die. Under the deterrence of life and death, the military households in the clouds will not be lazy. Chu Zhixia said calmly, "But the emperor is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, prosperous and quiet, and there is no battle to fight." ”

At least not on the surface.

The Emperor still shook his head, "I hate these fools too. But Mo Xue, you must know that they are not only themselves, once a country is only a hundred years, but the family gate valve lives longer. I can't lose the heart of the family. ”

Chu Zhixia was dumbfounded.

The problem of Yu Linwei is deep-rooted, and it cannot be solved by whoever leads the troops.

Chu Zhixia offended so many people, because he was determined not to break or stand, scrape the bones and cure the poison. But the emperor looked forward and backward, not only wanting Chu Shixia to dance on the tip of the knife for him and seize military power, but also unwilling to take the risk of offending the family even a little bit.

is really strong on the outside and dry in the middle, and the cowardice in his bones annoys people.

Chu Zhixia lowered his eyelashes, hid the disgust in his eyes, and groveled, "It's the minister's gaffe, Your Majesty atons for your sins." ”

"It doesn't matter, you have the ambition to serve the country, and you can be forgiven for being young and ignorant." The emperor said hypocritically, "You have suffered a lot of grievances about Yu Linwei, but what reward do you want?" ”

Chu Zhixia didn't want anything, when she saw this dog emperor, she thought of Chu Mingxiu, who had been given death in her previous life, and was so upset that she wanted to smash his front teeth with one punch.

"There's nothing you want."

"Mo Xue, don't shirk." The emperor thought for a while and said, "You live alone in the imperial capital, and you are lonely. The finch I sent to the clouds before is dead, so I might as well give you another one! ”

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There is an extra golden wire cage in the Autumn Leaves Mountain House, and the birds in it drag their emerald and purple tail feathers, and turn a pair of black glass-like eyes to observe the people in the house.

Chu Shixia held his cheeks, his eyes seemed to fall on the chest of the finch, and he wanted to pierce it, as if he was looking at something else through the finch. Chu Mingyan taught her that the more angry she was, the more she had to be quiet, which was unpredictable.

Her kung fu cultivation was perfect, and Yuzhu stood aside and didn't dare to come out.

"Take this thing away," Chu Shixia turned his head with a sad expression, "Tomorrow I will bring a raccoon slave back to raise it." ”

"Yes."

Yuzhu said in his heart that even if he brought a cat back to raise it, he couldn't eat this royal bird! But she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only withdraw with the finch in her arms.

"Where's the sinking boat?" Chu Zhixia asked behind her.

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Sunset.

Shen Zhou lay on the ridge of the roof with his long sword on his pillow, his eyes closed, and as the afterglow was gradually taken away by the night, the halo of blood in front of him gradually faded.

It was the center of the entire Akiba Mountain House, and he could hear the maids' silk shoes brushing the floor, the tea cups on plates clashing, and the vendors outside the house hawking. Countless chaotic and noisy voices converged in his ears and rumbled through them.

Shen Zhou has long been paralyzed by hearing far beyond ordinary people, and his heart is like water.

"Brother Shen Zhou, Brother Shen Zhou!"

"Don't mess around."

Shen Zhou opened his eyes and saw Deng Mian and Cheng Yuan rubbing awkwardly along the ridge of the roof.

He didn't even bother to play sign language, he just tilted his head, meaning: "Something? ”

The two of them couldn't understand his sign language, let alone the meaning of the action. Deng Mian came over heartlessly, and stuffed a thick book in his hand into his hand as if offering a treasure.

"I heard from the descendants of the Autumn Leaves Mountain Residence that you were raised by the Chu family." Deng Mian said with a sad face, "I am like a god, I guess you are the child husband raised by the Chu family for Chu Zhixia, right?" ”

A nameless and pointless young man, he accompanies Chu Zhixia all day long, and his words and deeds, appearance and demeanor are not like ordinary people. Deng Mian thought that this conjecture was seamless.

Child husband, this statement is novel.

Shen Zhou lifted his eyelids to look at him and asked him to explain.

"What the child husband means is that the Chu family raised you just to let you marry...... Oh no, married the eldest lady. Although Cheng Yuan felt outrageous, there was a trace of weird reasonableness, so he came to wade into this troubled water.

Shen Zhou's heart moved, and instead of denying it, he nodded.

"Then this thing, you have to put it away." Deng Mian vigorously patted the book stuffed into Shen Zhou's hand, "These are all secret skills that are not passed on, serve a good lady, you can only have a good life in the Chu family!" ”

Shen Zhou casually turned a page.

The human figure with red stripes on his eyes resembles a white snake intertwined. The painter is skilled in fine brushwork, and depicts the folds of each skin and the meticulous eyes of the people in the painting, which are as vivid as real people, making people's blood and blood surge.

Deng Mian was complacent, thinking that his horse was on the right path, but he didn't see Shen Zhou's harsh and cold eyes slicing across the paper, almost piercing the thin pages.

Shen Zhou didn't think about it, he just looked at the skin on the human body, the joints of the limbs, and subconsciously recalled where the least blood would flow out if it was punctured, but it could be fatal with one blow, and where the gaps in the bones could be easily inserted by a thin blade.

Cheng Yuan sensed that something was wrong and immediately took a few steps back.

In the next second, the book of the drunken spring was slammed upside down on Deng Mian's face, and there was a "snap".

Shen Zhou's eyes clearly wrote two words - "dirty".

"How can this be considered filthy?" Deng Mian defended himself, "It's clearly a matter of two hearts, you and I want to." ”

Shen Zhou's eyes lowered and landed on his crotch.

Deng Mian felt a chill in his crotch, clamped his legs, and didn't dare to speak.