Deng Yuan was an earl, known as Taixingbo, and was the first generation.

Although the whole mansion is not as good as Jia Hui's mansion, it is already considered big in this Jinling City.

According to social conventions, after Deng Yuan took Jia Hui to visit the garden, he took him to the martial arts arena to watch Deng Yuan's two older sons practice.

The martial arts of the eldest son, Deng Jie, can also rank in the upper middle of the Northwest Frontier Army, and the second son is a little worse, but it also exceeds the qualification standards of the Frontier Army.

I have to say that the Deng family's tutor is very good. It's that Deng Yuan is too old-fashioned, so that his sons are not close to him.

Maybe Deng Yuan didn't care much about this.

"Hahaha, yes, yes. The martial arts of the eldest prince and the second prince can also occupy a place in the northwest border army! Jia Hui stroked his palms and laughed.

"Whereever, most of the governors praised it. The puppy is still lazy, and it can't compare to the governor of the capital! Deng Yuan hurriedly said modestly.

"Too modest, Brother Deng, like me, how many years will it take to produce one?"

"This..."Deng Yuan didn't expect Jia Hui to say such a thing.

"Hahaha..."Jia Hui saw Deng Yuan stunned in place, turned his head to look at the two people on the martial arts field, and ignored Deng Yuan.

The two teenagers who had finished the sparring ran over.

said that he was a young man, but in fact, the eldest son Deng Jie was only three years behind Jia Hui, and the second son was four years old.

"Governor, father!" The two knelt on one knee and looked at Jia Hui and Deng Yuan, waiting for instructions.

"Heh, Brother Deng, I can see that my hands are a little itchy, why don't you and I also come to play, how about it?" Without waiting for Deng Yuan to answer, Jia Hui turned his head to look at the two of them who were excited when they heard that Jia Hui was going to end the game in person, "How is it, do you want to see it?" ”

Of course I want to see it!

The two young men of the Deng family didn't dare to say it, but the expressions on their faces betrayed them.

"Father—" The two looked at their father expectantly.

"Dadu Governor, this..." Deng Yuan looked embarrassed, as a military attaché, he was the chief officer of a field army to fight with the Dadu Governor of the Left Army, one of the apex of the military attache road of Daqi, which always made him feel guilty.

But as a martial artist, he also wants to challenge the highest glory of a military general, the Great Sima General, from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing the eager flame in Deng Yuan's eyes, Jia Hui took the lead in entering the martial arts arena and picked up his weapons.

A stuffy gourd like Deng Yuan is only suitable for passivity, and he has to take the initiative to guide him to do things. Otherwise, nothing can be done.

Taking out a few ropes from his arms and tying them around the cuffs, Jia Hui thought for a moment and took out a pair of copper whips.

It's lighter, but it's not unusable.

Seeing that the general had already left the field and began to choose weapons, Deng Yuan couldn't help it anymore, strode to the other side of the weapon, and chose a pair of steel shovels.

Deng Yuan was born as a foot general, and his military achievements were ten turns, and he had to be named a general.

More than ten years ago, when he was still a young general, he started during the suppression of the She rebellion, and finally made ten turns. After traveling around for more than ten years, he finally returned to the old army and became the chief officer.

Minyue is a place full of mountains, and he was forced to become a foot general who had good riding skills.

Deng Yuan also found a few ropes to tie his sleeves and waved a steel shovel to warm up.

"General, do you want to go down to find a few pieces of protective gear?" At this time, Deng Yuanna was a little scared again, what if he hurt the general?

"If you want to wear it, just wear it, a certain family doesn't need it!" Jia Hui hung the big hat on his head on the weapon rack, leaving only the small golden crown on his head and the two dragons playing with beads wrapped around his forehead to wipe his forehead. Holding the copper whip, he drew two circles with his wrist, and came to the center of the martial arts arena without looking back.

Seeing this, Deng Yuan stopped talking and also came to the center of the martial arts arena.

The martial arts arena has long been surrounded by the soldiers of the two families and the maids and servants who rushed to hear the news.

It's the business of the ladies and ladies who don't show their heads, what does it have to do with us maids?

When the two of them stood still, the whispers around them disappeared instantly, for fear of affecting them.

Jia Hui relaxed, kept shaking the copper whip with both hands, and walked around Deng Yuan leisurely, as if he didn't care that Deng Yuan would sneak attack him.

In fact, Deng Yuan really didn't dare to sneak attack.

He wasn't worried about hurting Jia Hui, but Jia Hui's seemingly random flick was actually able to defend and counterattack in an instant when he attacked at close range.

It is worthy of being a great general Sima who can make three consecutive twelve turns in less than a weak crown year, even standing there can bring great pressure to himself, a veteran who has been fighting for half his life.

Time passed minute by minute, Jia Hui was still circling Deng Yuan, but Deng Yuan still refused to attack.

"Two young masters, the general is creating pressure on the old master, attacking the heart..."Seeing the anxious and impatient looks of the two young masters, the old soldiers on the side came up to explain to them.

"However, you can do it when you are alone, if you are on the battlefield, you don't have so much effort to attack the heart!" The pro-soldiers, who were worried about the crooked crookedness of their young masters, still gave an order.

"Are you still fighting..."

Seeing that Deng Yuan was reluctant to attack, Jia Hui stood still, hung down his double whip impatiently and scolded, and the middle door was wide open.

Opportunity!

If the confrontation continues, sooner or later, Deng Yuan, who will be crushed by the pressure of his mind, doesn't care if this is a flaw, he instantly bullied himself and smashed it with his left hand!

Clang!

The copper whip knocked open the steel shovel smashed by Deng Yuan's left hand, Deng Yuan suddenly felt a shock from the tiger's mouth, and the steel shovel in his hand almost came off.

Before he could react, Jia Hui stabbed another copper whip, if this stab was solid, the sternum would have to be shattered!

Deng Yuan hurriedly reversed with the steel shovel in his right hand, barely struck away the copper whip that almost hit his chest, and quickly retreated to distance himself from Jia Hui.

Jia Hui retracted his posture expressionlessly, and resumed his leisurely stroll.

That is, Deng Yuan did not have any protective gear on his body, so Jia Hui would use this action. If you wear armor, it's a different way to play.

"Hoo ......"

Deng Yuan, who quickly completed the actions of attacking, blocking, defending and retreating in a few seconds, re-put his posture, breathed heavily, and looked at Jia Hui in front of him vigilantly.

He was nearly forty years old and experienced in dealing with the enemy, but physically he was not in his twenties. Through the temptation just now, he knew that if he dragged it any longer, he would be dragged down by Jia Hui, and he had to fight quickly.

There was no more confrontation, Deng Yuan swung straight up at Jia Hui, Jia Hui was no longer passive, his left hand pulled away the attacking steel mace, and his right hand slammed into the steel wedge that Deng Yuan's left hand was about to swing.

Deng Yuan was caught off guard and had to change his moves, and reluctantly blocked the copper whip according to his inertia, only to hear the sound of a huge collision of gold and iron, and almost didn't hold the steel shovel in his hand.

But Jia Hui didn't give him a chance to breathe, and a more intensive attack struck, Deng Yuan could only hold the steel shovel desperately, tense his mind and wave two steel shovels to meet it...

For a while, the entire arena was filled with the sound of gold and iron colliding, sometimes dull, sometimes crisp. The two figures in the center came and went, their feet constantly changing their pace, attacking each other at high speed.

But it was obvious that the shorter figure had changed from going back and forth at the beginning to a non-stop defense, and the speed began to slow down, and it was about to lose.

At this moment, Deng Yuan was ruthless in his heart, and he opened the copper whip for the last time, took the initiative to abandon his defense, and bullied himself to the middle door of Jia Hui.

Neither side has pierced armor, but they have sparred. It was his business that he gave up his defense, but he didn't care about giving him a copper whip and smashed him half-paralyzed, that was his own business!

Deng Yuan was waiting for Jia Hui's opportunity to retreat, and his hands instantly held the steel shovel high at the same time and smashed towards Jia Hui from right to left.

"Beautiful!"

Deng Yuan's sacrificial blow was really wonderful, even Jia Hui couldn't help but praise it, and the copper whip of both hands also drew a semicircle from the bottom right to the top left, hitting the steel wedge of Deng Yuan's right hand hard, and the steel wedge of his right hand was also hit by this huge force on the steel wedge of his left hand, driving Deng Yuan to stumble to the left and almost fell to the ground.

But Deng Yuan was trained as a horseback in his early years, even if he stabilized his figure. But it was still too late, a copper whip stopped on top of his head, and his hands were already trembling with Jia Hui's huge force, and he couldn't hold the steel shovel.

"The great general's martial arts are world-famous, and the lower officials... Admire! ”

Just after Deng Yuan said this, his hands could no longer grasp the double hammer, and he fell to the ground weakly. Jia Hui hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Deng Yuan's arm to prevent him from falling to the ground.

"Father!" "Sir!"

The two young men of the Deng family and their own soldiers, who had been waiting anxiously on the edge of the martial arts arena for a long time, hurriedly ran over and took over their master from Jia Hui's hands.

"I'm fine, it's just that my arms are sore!" Seeing the concerned eyes of the people around him, Deng Yuan said weakly with the corners of his mouth.

Although I lost, this battle was really enjoyable, and my whole body was transparent!

How long has it been since there been such a hearty fight?

Deng Yuan was in pain and happy.

。。。。。。

took the cool towel handed by the maid of the Deng family, wiped his face, took off the sweat-soaked forehead, handed it to his own soldiers, and took out a red forehead embroidered with cranes from the small bag held by the soldiers, and tied it to his head.

Compared with the net scarf, Jia Hui prefers to wear a forehead wipe. The ability to wipe the forehead to block sweat and absorb sweat is stronger, and the key is that it looks much better.

He took the hat from the weapon rack and did not put it back on, but handed it to his soldier and asked him to carry it for himself.

"It doesn't matter, right?" Jia Hui came to Deng Yuan's side.

"It's okay to go down to the official, let the general take care of it..."Deng Yuan was saying, Jia Hui pinched Deng Yuan's extremely sore arm, so that he didn't say everything.

"Well, depending on your reaction, you have to ask a few good massage hands, let them give you a good press, don't leave any dark wounds."

“… Be. Deng Yuan didn't want to say anything anymore.

Jia Hui nodded, and turned to look at the two Deng family teenagers.

"How, what can you see?" Jia Hui asked.

"I don't know much, I seem to see it, but I don't seem to see anything..."

"Yes, I fought too fast, and I saw that my father was able to make two moves with the Metropolitan Governor at the beginning, and then he was beaten by you..."Deng Jie also blurted out.

Didn't notice Deng Yuan's darkened face.

。。。。。。

In a gazebo in the backyard of the Deng Mansion.

This pavilion seems to have a name, but Jia Hui didn't pay attention to what it was called. The two of them were sitting opposite each other on either side of the stone table, chatting with each other.

The main reason is that Deng Yuan has not recovered well yet, and he doesn't have much energy to talk to Jia Hui. Weak, two arms are sore.

Even when I was just eating, I asked the maid to come over to help.

The young masters of the Deng family were also also practiced by Deng Yuan on the martial arts field, in order to prevent them from being lazy, Deng Yuan also deliberately let the soldiers stay, five people watched one, and they were not allowed to eat if they did not practice well.

A maid brought a pot of tea to the stone table, smelling the smell, it should be Longjing.

After pouring the first cup of tea, I consciously left the place.

Since the lord chose the pavilion instead of the main hall to entertain the Grand Governor, it was to talk about some private matters.

After seeing the maid's strength, the two turned their heads to look at each other.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Jia Hui picked up the teacup, carefully smelled the fragrance of Longjing, put it to his lips and took a sip, revealing a smile.

"Whew, this aroma and taste... It's probably the West Lake Longjing tea on Shifeng Mountain, which people often say, right? Jia Hui looked at Deng Yuan.

"The Metropolitan Governor is so knowledgeable, it is the newly produced Ming Qian Longjing by the West Lake this year, if you like it, there are many more here in Xiaguan..."

In view of the old man's arm, after obtaining his consent, the maid brought a bowl and served him tea.

"That's not necessary, a certain family drinks tea and drinks a taste, and can barely distinguish what is Longjing and what is Tieguanyin. As long as the tea is not too bad, whatever you drink is almost the same for a certain family.

It's a pity to drink such good tea for a certain family..."Jia Hui laughed at himself.

"The Metropolitan Governor is too arrogant..."Deng Yuan responded with a smile.

There was silence again in the gazebo.

Jia Hui pulled out the fan from his waist and didn't open it, just rubbing it with his fingers.

"Mr. Deng, can you tell a certain family, what are you involved with those salt merchants for?"

Inside the pavilion, only the sound of cicadas outside.

"Xiaguan... Xiaguan..."Deng Yuan's expression visibly struggled.

"Although it is said, what kind of person are you, in the archives of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the records and evaluations probably know you better than yourself."

"......" Deng Yuan fell silent.

"Still won't say? What is it about the faithful king that makes you so loyal to him? As soon as Jia Hui's words fell, Deng Yuan looked at him with a shocked face.

How will he know that I owe allegiance to the faithful King?

Seeing Deng Yuan's expression, Jia Hui also understood.

Ah, yes, this is a grassroots counterattack, I don't know the rules.

How bad is the popularity, no one told him this. can climb all the way from small soldiers to the main town, thanks to Daqi's current political clarity, there are not so many dirty. Overall, the capable are still on top.

"Don't you know?"

"What should the subordinates know?"

"Don't you know the inheritance rules of Great Qi?"

"Hasn't it always been the eldest son's inheritance?" Deng Yuan's eyes revealed clarity.

“… You have been in the army for so many years, don't you have a friend from a noble background? ”

"No, Xia Guan was humiliated by the sons of Xun Gui in his early years, and he hasn't had any contact with them since then..."

“……”

Jia Hui had indeed heard of the rise of a new force in the army called "Jiangmen".

Strictly speaking, the nobles are also generals. But this group of generals who have risen from the bottom believe that the nobles are no longer the same person as them. So in order to distinguish them, they turned the nobles into "martial artists", and these people are the real "generals".

In fact, it was the confrontation deliberately provoked by the middle and high-level officers who had not been able to get the title for several lifetimes in their ancestors and grandchildren to put gold on their faces and stand on the position of the so-called grassroots martial artists.

But I couldn't stand it, and then someone really believed it. Even if they got mixed up with a knighthood later, there are still some people who resolutely stand on the side of grassroots warriors, treating themselves as the umbrella of grassroots warriors and other things, and specifically going against the noble-born generals.

The border army is okay, what they want from fighting abroad is unity and cooperation, and the grassroots and the nobles are still very harmonious.

The domestic troops are different, there is basically no war, and the idle eggs who have passed the days are painful, and in these cases, they have become the main force of the opposition with nothing to do.

But in doing so, it also leads to a problem.

In the group of people in the "Jiangmen", there is no one who really squeezes into the upper echelons, and the highest title is an earl like Deng Yuan.

Barely able to participate in the appearance of winning the heir.

And they don't know a lot of the unspoken rules of the Great Qi Dynasty! Compared with the nobles, there is a serious asymmetry in terms of information.

For example, the most fatal one is to take the heir.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, but today I saw a real "Jiangmen" leader.

It's no wonder that I can't mix up a title in a few lifetimes, and I didn't understand the shortcut thing like taking the heir, so I deliberately caused a confrontation and a faction.

However, the nobles who really knew these things would only tell them when they were sick.

Jia Hui drained the tea in the teacup.

"The inheritance system of our dynasty is indeed the inheritance of the eldest son, but if the son-in-law is gone, it will become a virtuous person."

"Lixian? Isn't that the way to get rid of trouble? Deng Yuan was a little puzzled.

"At least for now, there is nothing wrong with the meritocracy system of the dynasty. Taizong and the emperor are all virtuous. As for His Majesty, His Majesty's situation is special, except that he was no longer an adult prince at that time, so he sat on the throne, which belonged to the Lichang.

The princes who choose to join the succession will go to various field troops or border armies to participate in training. yes, that is the faithful prince to whom you are allegiant. ”

"But I heard that His Majesty doesn't want to be ... That, didn't you also go to Jiangnan to prepare for the Japanese army training? ”

"Because the emperor, the emperor has thrown all the princes, whether they want to participate in it or not, into the barracks. So theoretically speaking, all the princes of the emperor have the right to take the heir.

You must know that in the Taizu and Taizong dynasties, all the princes who were unwilling to go to the military camp to train and participate in the seizure of the heir went to the Grand Canal to resist the big bag. ”

Yes, I, Jia Hui, am sick.

Long waiting, five thousand words

(End of chapter)