Sun Yan followed Chu Shixia's footsteps to a dilapidated alley, and the bamboo shelves erected in the courtyard were drying burlap brown clothes. It was quiet all around, except for the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, and the sun scorching the sand and gravel on the ground.

Chu Zhixia stood still in the open space, casually took out one of the bamboo poles in the corner of the wall and held it in his hand, slowly pulled away the stance, and the other end of the bamboo pole was on the ground emptyly.

"Attack it." Chu Zhixia said lightly.

Sun Yan hesitated for a moment.

The gun in his hand is Yu Linwei's armament, although Yu Linwei's martial arts are ordinary, but his armor and weapons are very willing to spend money. The seven-foot-seven-inch spear was made of solid wood, which was both flexible and hard, and the tip was sharpened with stainless steel. Chu Zhixia carried a bamboo pole to fight with him, which was tantamount to an egg hitting a stone.

"Do you know the Overlord Gun?" Chu Zhixia saw that he didn't move, so he said, "Attack with all your strength, don't let me say it a second time." ”

Sun Yan's start was a slap in the face.

This is not the fastest move in the spearmanship, but it is better to be flexible, in case Chu Zhixia can't catch it, he won't hurt anyone. But Chu Zhixia flipped his wrist, and the bamboo pole drew an arc, piercing his heart in the fleeting gap.

Sun Yan was startled, turned around and wanted to escape the blow, but he was hit hard in the chest, and his heart was beating wildly.

"Again." Chu Zhixia didn't say a word about his "humility", and said lightly.

Sun Yan retracted his mind and observed Chu Zhixia's posture and expression with full attention. Like leopards meeting and confronting each other on the grassland, the two men slowly and cautiously examined each other, stepping out of a circle around the clearing.

At the moment of breathing, the muscles of Sun Yan's whole body burst out, and the spear was like a cluster of flames rising from the ground, sweeping through the raised sand and dust and rushing straight to Chu Zhixia. Chu Zhixia's eyes didn't blink, as if he had insight into Sun Yan's every move in the flying smoke and sand.

She suddenly took a step back, and the bamboo pole slashed across the ground and slammed into Sun Yan's heart. The bamboo pole was overwhelmed and broke suddenly, and Sun Yan was also smashed to the ground, rolling several times before stopping. He fell and bruised his nose and swollen face, and he lay on the ground coughing incessantly.

"In the clouds, not everyone can learn the Overlord Gun."

Chu Zhixia threw down the broken bamboo pole, patted the reddened palm and said, "You must learn spearmanship since childhood, and only those who are eight feet tall and strong when they become adults can practice." Such people can be proficient in the posture and breath of spearmanship, and their strong physique can also exert the power of the overlord gun to the extreme. Every year, the four prefectures of northern China will select suitable children to learn marksmanship, and when they are of the right age, they will be sent to the military camp for assessment. ”

"Everyone in the Tiger and Par Rider is proficient in the Overlord Gun. They are far more familiar with this technique than they are with breathing and sleeping. ”

Sun Yan lay on the ground gasping for breath, and he realized that a great opportunity was in front of him. But his chest hurt as if it was about to crack, and he really didn't have the strength, so he had to nod desperately to signal that he was listening.

"The first trick I used just now is called 'Armor Breaking'."

Chu Zhixia explained slowly, without the slightest intention of helping Sun Yan, "The Beidi people are not good at forging and smelting, and most of their armor is leather armor, glued together with layers of sun-dried animal skins, which is better than lightness and toughness. Therefore, the cavalry of the Beidi people can run faster and move more agilely. ”

"The only weakness of such armor is in the joints, and 'armor breaking' is more like assassination, as long as a momentary flaw is enough."

But for veterans who have been learning marksmanship for many years, stabbing is not a difficult action. But how to capture fleeting flaws, how to use the most appropriate way to use force to kill with one hit, is the essence of the overlord gun.

"That'...... What about the second move? ”

The second move is infinitely close to Chu Zhixia's move of sweeping Chen Boyan off the horse in the martial arts arena, but the immediate and the horse are very different, and the parts used to exert the force are also different. Sun Yan didn't know if it was because Chu Zhixia had regained his strength, and his ribs were still intact.

"I'll tell you when you've learned the first trick." Chu Zhixia squatted down, patted him on the shoulder and said.

Sun Yan raised his head from the dust on the ground and looked at her blankly, as if he hadn't turned a corner.

"You're going to teach me the Overlord Gun?" Sun Yan looked at her in disbelief.

"What do you think is the price worthy of the world's best marksmanship?" Chu Shixia did not answer the rhetorical question.

Sun Yan's eyes were blazing and said, "Let the eldest lady drive." ”

"A thousand cuts, no resignation?" Chu Zhixia asked with a smile.

"A thousand cuts, no resignation!" Sun Yan said firmly.

"The lecture hall is about to start." Chu Zhixia took out a golden chrysanthemum seal from his belt and placed it on the ground next to his head, "How about you go to be the companion of the Fourth Highness?" ”

"Is it just a companion?" Sun Yan couldn't believe it.

"Think I'm overpriced?" Chu Zhixia was about to retract the imprint.

Sun Yan covered it, shook his head again and again, and said, "No, no, it's just ...... Does the eldest lady have any other instructions? ”

"It's a companion and a guard." Chu Zhixia poked at the door of his head, as if to warn, "Your Royal Highness is safe and sound, and you have your own high-ranking officials and a splendid future waiting for you." The Fourth Highness lost a hair, and I drank your head, do you understand? ”

——

Dead.

Sun Yan carried a spear, a pot of rice porridge on the gun, and a vegetable he had just bought in his hand and jumped away from the bright street. The cobweb-like alleys are filled with an eerie sour smell and urine smell, and there is not a single light waiting for anyone to return home.

Lamp oil and candles are very expensive things here.

Sun Yan pushed open the creaky courtyard door with brisk steps, and shouted loudly: "I'm back!" ”

The snow on the roof was dripping down, and the clay pot with a missing corner was placed in the middle of the room to catch the water. The blind old woman turned around at his cheerful shouts and promised him with a smile: "Come back?" ”

"Mother-in-law, didn't you eat today?" Sun Yan nagged and poured the rice porridge mixed with minced meat and vegetable leaves into a bowl, and said seriously, "I have made a fortune, and after paying the rent of the house every month, I can also buy some rice and vegetables." You don't have to go hungry. ”

"The money saved will buy a military book for Ah Yan." The old woman's gray eyes faced Sun Yan, and every fold was a gentle arc, "Our Ah Yan is Yulinwei, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he will be a general in the future, how can he do it if he hasn't read the book of soldiers?" ”

My mother-in-law is a woman who has never read a book.

But her husband and her son are all mixed in the army, so the titles of these military attaches are the first to be counted, and the biggest official in her heart is the general. The mother-in-law lost her husband in middle age and lost her son in old age, and in the end, there was only one Sun Yan left to rely on.

When she was young, she was driven to weavers overnight to earn money to support her family, and she was blinded by inferior lamp oil.

So when Sun Yan came home, there was always no light waiting for him.

"I will have military books to read in the future, and there will be generals who will talk about the art of war." Sun Yan comforted her, "There is a noble man who recommended me to accompany the prince to study. When I became a general, I bought a big house and lit candles every night, just like during the day. ”

The mother-in-law smiled from ear to ear, and was a little worried, "But they say that the children of the aristocracy love to bully ordinary people like us. Will the prince bully you? ”

"No, it won't." Sun Yan held her crumpled hand and fed her porridge spoonful by spoonful, "I heard that the prince is a very good person. ”