When Shen Qiyu was fifteen years old, he suddenly jumped up from the height he had never grown before, and the whole person grew into a tall and thin young man. His mind has also become unfathomable, his ambition is lofty, and he is no longer willing to be confined to this peaceful capital and be his idle son.

Just when the border of the country was disturbed by the war, Shen Qiyu privately begged the emperor to allow him to go to Shangzhou to serve the country. The reason used by this kid is "you can only practice swords with a master who will not hurt you all day long, and when you reach a certain level, you will stop", showing a look of being obsessed with swordsmanship and obsessed with a certain way, thinking that the emperor would be moved by this, so he allowed it without much thought

I don't know how capable he is, but he brought his swordsmanship master to ask the emperor together. "Putting theory into practice is natural and extremely valuable" nonsense.

The emperor asked, "Is swordsmanship important or is your life important?"

Shen Qiyu was speechless, he thought to himself, of course life is important. But if he did, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

The emperor asked again: "What can you do when you go?"

"I can do what the soldiers can do. ”

"The soldiers you can do have done it for you, what else are you going to do?"

Shen Qiyu felt a little rebellious of young people in his heart: "I can do better, maybe I can even beat the enemy back." It's just that his young man and old man held back these words, and had to show an unconvinced look on his face.

The emperor asked again: "Why do you want to go to the border to fight, wouldn't it be good to study and learn swords in the palace?"

Shen Qiyu heard such words of contentment, or from the mouth of the king of a country, and the expression on his face was distorted.

He replied categorically: "That's not good." Shen Qiyu straightened forward the upright posture that was already kneeling, a high-spirited posture. "The minister is no longer a drooping child, I am grateful to the emperor and the king of the south for taking care of me, and I know that for the country is for the emperor, and I went to the border to repay you, but also to serve the country. ”

The emperor waved his hand: "You and Brother Nanwang, what kind of favor can you repay? It's also you, your family has a favor first." ”

Shen Qiyu felt that what he was in front of him was not a wise and martial emperor, but like a "short-sighted" parent who didn't care about his children's ideals.

Shen Qiyu gritted his teeth, as if he was a little embarrassed, but said: "When the minister goes to the border, he also wants to go to his own ideals." What is the purpose of studying and practicing swords? Isn't it for the purpose of serving the country with what he has learned? Who doesn't want to make meritorious contributions, defend rivers and mountains, and serve the monarch? ”

"It's not this way, you're in the royal ......"

"I don't want that. It doesn't help either. ”

The emperor not only has to deal with big things, but also has to worry about a young man's affairs, which is really a headache. But what Shen Qiyu said was really good.

It has been six years since Shen Qiyu entered the palace, and although the court has gradually accepted him, whispers still exist.

The emperor said, "Then you go and ask the king of the south." He just agrees. ”

Shen Qiyu was really happy on his face.

The emperor sighed slightly in his heart: He values my opinion so much. I thought that he might really have his own ambitions.

Shen Qiyu left the study and went back to his dormitory first.

He himself wanted to ask the emperor's will directly, so that he also had some confidence on the side of King Nan. Unexpectedly, the emperor threw his will to King Nan again.

Nan Wangzhi is more like a father and brother to Shen Qiyu, so in addition to respect, he also has some unspeakable fear and restraint, and always wants to show his good side. Maybe it's just that some words are only said to the people closest to you.

Shen Qiyu is a little stubborn, this may be unique to young people. Decide on one thing and go to him without hesitation, or go to him regardless of whether you will regret it or not - this is also the courage of young people.

He sat in the dormitory for a while, and before he felt that his courage was about to disappear, he straightened his clothes and went to ask Concubine Yan for a token to leave the palace.

Since the thirteenth year of Li Ping, after Li Lin was crowned the king of the south, the palace of the king of the south was built outside the palace. It's just that King Nan was very busy during that period of time, and King Nan's Mansion has been neglected for three or four years.

Until King Nan marries a concubine, no matter how he should have his own mansion.

Originally, Shen Qiyu lived in the palace of King Nan, so Xiu Shen Xuan was left to Shen Qiyu.

Shen Qiyu walked to the Nanwang Mansion and looked at the willow trees in the imperial city. In summer, the imperial city is very hot, and the shade of the willow trees is not large, but the willow color of the city brings a cool breath to the eyes.

The three juniors in the royal family have a good relationship, and after Nanwang moved out, Shen Qiyu and Yuyun often went out of the palace to play in Nanwang's mansion, but none of them were as difficult as now.

The little guy in the mansion and Shen Qiyu are also old acquaintances, and when they saw him come to Nanwangfu again, they saluted him. There was no need for anyone to guide the way, Shen Qiyu went to the study with a familiar car.

It's just that Nanwang is not in the study as usual.

Shen Qiyu walked out again, pulled a servant and asked, "Where is King Nan now?"

The maid's face was full of joy: "Hui Gongzi, in the princess's inner room." ”

The maid didn't say anything, just told Shen Qiyu to hurry up and find King Nan.

Shen Qiyu, who used to go in and out of Nanwang's Mansion like his own home, didn't know when he learned to scruple, and when he arrived at the door, he sent someone to report.

But no one thought anything unusual, and King Nan happily came out to pick him up and said, "Pray for rain, come in and sit." Let me tell you, your sister-in-law ...... her" He was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Shen Qiyu saw Princess Nan sitting at the table, looking at the visitor with a smile: "The prince is like a child today, and he is startled, and he can't speak." ”

King Nan pinched Shen Qiyu's shoulder, the strength in his hand was amazing, and he was facing him with a pair of curious eyes: "Your sister-in-law is happy." ”

Shen Qiyu was startled, and then joy rushed towards him like a storm, and he cast an inquiring glance at Princess Nan: "Sister-in-law......"

The other party nodded with a smile.

"I have a nephew. I have a nephew. Shen Qiyu couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and he said again: "It may also be a niece." ”

The king of Nan on the side also stared at Princess Nan, looking at each other and smiling.

"What a fuss, I haven't seen the world in the face. King Nan smiled at Shen Qiyu, as if it wasn't him who had just said something unfavorable.

Shen Qiyu had forgotten why he had come to Nanwang. The three of them sat down around the table, and Shen Qiyu asked, "Did you get a diagnosis today?" Do you need to ask a doctor to come out and take the pulse?"

"Your brother Wang has already called a dozen doctors to come over. Princess Nan smiled.

"We were expecting to surprise you when we enter the palace tomorrow to greet the queen mother. However, I didn't expect you to come over today and let you know the news first. However, you have to keep it secret after you return to the palace, but don't tell your father, queen and mother first. ”

Shen Qiyu nodded: "I want to surprise them." He also said: "Concubine Yan will definitely be very happy." ”

The three of them understood and laughed at the same time.

Nanwang asked, "Why didn't Yuyun come today?" ”

After all, you have to face it, and you have to say it.

"I'm not here to find my eldest brother today. Shen Qiyu paused for a moment and said with difficulty: "Qiyu has something to discuss with the eldest brother." ”

"Oh?" said Nanwang unconsciously sat up straighter, "What's the matter?"

"I think, I want to go to Shangzhou, station, guard the border. ”

King Nan's brows furrowed, and Shen Qiyu felt that his next sentence was to refuse.

Princess Nan said: "Military life, many hardships, can not be compared to the palace. ”

"I know. Shen Qiyu felt that his impulse was almost exhausted, and he lowered his head a little tiredly.

In fact, there is no need for him to go to the border, because from the age of nine, his future is destined to be bright. But he knew that the light had been stolen. Every inch of silk and silk he wore in the palace, and every bite of wine he ate, was not what he deserved.

He's not hard-hearted, and it's impossible not to feel the gossip. The young man's temperament made him unconvinced, and he was not the kind of person who just talked about it.

So he did, he chose the border guard.

His sword training in the past six years was not in vain, but he was trained to be tough and brave. He had to find a place for these braves to be released.

King Nan spoke, and it was unexpectedly decisive: "Okay." ”

Shen Qiyu looked up in disbelief: "Big brother?"

"Do you want me to say yes or don't you want me to say yes? King Nan couldn't help but laugh, "It's always good to go out and practice, and it's not good for you to stay in the palace all the time." Pray for rain, although you have some aura in the article song. But in swordsmanship, maybe you don't know it, when practicing swords, you can be described as high-spirited and full of confidence. ”

When Shen Qiyu walked back to the palace, he was a little complacent in his heart. After hearing such praise and appreciation, who can still be still? Who can not be moved when receiving such a bosom friend?

King Nan's words still rang in his ears: "You were born to be a martial artist, your world should be vast, and it should not be limited to the palace." We hope that you will become a pillar, and it should be a solid wood, rather than a waste wood that will be broken by the wind. Then why don't I agree with you going?"

Shen Qiyu returned to the palace and went to Concubine Yan to return the token used to leave the palace, and it happened that Yuyun was also playing with Concubine Yan.

Princess Yuyun is already eleven years old, and she is more than a head behind Shen Qiyu, and the baby fat on her face has faded, making her facial features more prominent, less childish, and more beautiful.

Shen Qiyu looked at Concubine Yan and Princess Yuyun, and the events of the past six years came to mind. There was a kind of reluctance to leave home in my heart.

Shen Qiyu hid all his emotions under his face, and desperately squeezed out his usual casualness.

He has not yet learned how to behave, but he has learned how to pretend to be a man.

As soon as dinner was finished the next morning, a palace person informed King Nan and Princess Nan to enter the palace to say goodbye.

Sure enough, after learning that Princess Nan was pregnant, Concubine Yan was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut. Yuyun also jumped around happily, Shen Qiyu smiled on the side, and thought a little bitterly in his heart: "There is a good thing ahead, and my departure will be more acceptable." ”

The emperor and the king of the south went to the court, and Concubine Yan and the princess of the south chatted in the dormitory. And Yuyun and Shen Qiyu were called to study.

Yuyun tried to resist, "early in the morning", "easy to get sleepy after reading" and so on were all drowned in Nanwang's stern gaze.

Shen Qiyu still remembered that King Nan said: "The sword you practice keeps you alive, and the books you read make you have a strategy to achieve your goal - this is the premise of gong." Whether it is a rule or martial arts, you have to keep your life. ”

Shen Qiyu thought that he might not have the opportunity to study well in the future - he couldn't go to the border with a stack of books on his back, and there could be no library like the library in the palace in the army, so he was different from Yuyun and was very happy to read.

People don't have that distraction when they concentrate on doing things, and so does Shen Qiyu. When he was studying or practicing swords, he didn't have to think about anything, he just focused on this one thing. Although reading books and practicing swords is not a labor-saving thing, this is the most relaxing moment for him.

Before you know it, it's noon. Shen Qiyu estimated that the emperor had already gone down to court, so he straightened his clothes and went to the imperial study.

Sure enough, the emperor and the king of the south were there.

Shen Qiyu hesitated a little, didn't let the palace people report for the time being, and lingered at the door for a while.

Wouldn't that seem too anxious? But if you don't know the result, you feel uneasy.

He clenched his hands into fists, clenched them tightly, as if encouraging himself, and said, "Please report to Gonggong Li." ”

After a while, Gonggong Li came out and asked Shen Qiyu to go in.

It was a little quiet inside, and I couldn't hear King Nan and the emperor discussing. Shen Qiyu crossed the threshold of the inner room and received two glances from the King of the South and the Emperor.

As soon as Shen Qiyu knelt down and saluted, the emperor said, "King Nan has already told me." He muttered, "Since the king of the south has agreed, and you have no jokes, then you can go." ”

Shen Qiyu thanked him.

The emperor said: "Now I am talking to the king of the south about the military affairs of Shangzhou, since you happen to be here, listen to it too." ”

The emperor raised his hand and motioned to the king of the south and said.

"Counting the news just came back, it is already nine defeats and one victory, and the situation is indeed not optimistic......

Shen Qiyu interrupted him and said, "Nine defeats and one victory, it is not impossible to win. ”

King Nan looked at him: "Do you know how this victory is calculated? On that day, they wanted to burn down the granary, but they didn't know how they moved, and the granary was full of hot oil, but as soon as the fire started, it rained heavily, and Jiang Guo was the loser and I was the winner." ”

"Then if we are defeated by the nineth, will we still have border defense?"

"You're right. In Shangzhou, there was no large-scale war between the two countries, but the invasion of Japan and Japan disturbed the border soldiers and soldiers, which caused the people of Li to be unstable, and consumed our country little by little, which was not a long-term thing. ”

"Jiang Guo does not have the ability to break through the border defense in one fell swoop, even if he captures Shangzhou, he does not have the strength to fight inside, and he doesn't know what the emperor of Jiang Guo has in mind. On the other hand, we can't repel them in one fell swoop, we can only consume them first. After Shen Qiyu finished speaking, he cast an inquiring glance at King Nan, with some expectations.

Nanwang smiled and nodded.

The emperor praised him: "The insight is good. It seems that you have a lot of potential to go to the border. ”

Nan Wang continued: "But after so many battles, we probably have some understanding of this Shen Zeyun, which can be summed up as being able to plan and kill the enemy." After speaking, he glanced at him meaningfully.

In this eye, there is encouragement and expectation.

Shen Qiyu's heart shook, and he secretly made up his mind: "I want to be stronger than that Shen Zeyun, defend Shangzhou, defend Li Guo, and definitely not live up to the trust of my eldest brother." ”

When dinner was eaten in the evening, five people, including Princess Nan, arrived.

During this period, the emperor mentioned the matter.

Concubine Yan was a little stunned and asked, "Is this what she wants to go to by herself?"

Shen Qiyu nodded.

Concubine Yan asked the emperor again: "Your Majesty, have you agreed?"

The emperor said, "Yes." ”

Concubine Yan stopped talking. It was Yuyun, she sat in the seat next to Shen Qiyu, pulling Shen Qiyu's clothes: "Are the second brother and Yun'er not having a good time in the palace?

Yuyun has actually grown up, and she rarely spoils her father and brother anymore, but at this time, her voice trembled a little, and it sounded like she was coquettish.

Shen Qiyu said: "It's raining, you have to go out and practice." ”

Concubine Yan said: "Men are ambitious in all directions, and border defense is a good place to temper people, but you have to spare your life." ”

Nanwang smiled: "That's it, don't have a good brother who has passed and come back with missing arms and legs." ”

No one can laugh out loud.

In order not to see tears, Shen Qiyu only informed the emperor, so he got up early in the morning and went to the palace gate to wait.

Young people are in good health, and they can stand the rush for days.

Shen Qiyu barely stopped on the road, and found the military camp three days later.

Fortunately, no matter how fast Shen Qiyu was, he was just one person and one horse, and the emperor's letter arrived here first through the post station. This saves Shen Qiyu more words.

When Shen Qiyu first arrived in Shangzhou, he also felt that Shangzhou was a good place. The ground is not yellow sand and stones, but red soil. There is no one to grow food on the red soil, so the weeds grow wildly.

Shangzhou can be regarded as the south of Lidu. Over the years, the wind and rain in the country of Li have been smooth, so Shangzhou is relatively humid. It's just that such a good place, which should be a place for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, is now deserted and lonely. Every now and then, it gets bloody.

Shen Qiyu changed into armor and came to the commander's camp.

General Zhao Zhi sitting above was about his early forties, although there was no wind and sand, but there were many chores in the army, and the troubles one by one seemed to be engraved on his face, outlining one deep ravine after another.

In contrast, the emperor's face looks much younger, which may be related to people's state of mind.

The country has not been disturbed by war for decades, and gradually, there has been a tendency in the DPRK and China to emphasize civility over military force. There is no place for military attachés, and there are fewer people who specialize in martial arts. Therefore, these generals may just be pulled out of the shackles, and their abilities are not necessarily outstanding.

Zhao Zongbing said: "The emperor's edict has arrived, and he said, I can't give you any idle official position, look at it, what do you want to do?"

Shen Qiyu replied: "Do a position that can defend the country." ”

Zhao Zongbing sneered: "You said that the soldiers here, which one of them can't protect the family and defend the country." You take it for granted. ”

Zhao Zongbing saw Shen Qiyu standing below, his posture was upright, his eyes were looking directly at him, and he also had some good feelings in his heart. So for the time being, he suppressed all the rumors about Shen Qiyu and treated him as an ordinary person.

Although this "ordinary person" is not small.

He said: "First of all, I will arrange for you to be a guerrilla general and lead a team of people to patrol around the barracks. ”

Shen Qiyu suddenly thought: "Why haven't we taken the initiative once?"

Mr. Zhao replied: "We didn't want to provoke disputes, so how could we take the initiative to stir up trouble." ”

Shen Qiyu didn't know where the courage came from: "So we were put in a situation of being beaten passively." ”

Fang Cai's good feeling has disappeared without a trace: "What do you know." Maybe he felt that it was not good to talk to the emperor's family like this, and said: "It's not too late to wait until you find out the situation." ”

Shen Qiyu saluted: "Yes." ”

"Go to your tent and rest first, and then pick up your gun and go into battle tomorrow. By the way, what weapons do you use?"

"Longsword. ”

"Hmm, did you bring a sword?"

"Nope. ”

"And what did you bring?"

"A couple of military books. ”

Mr. Zhao thought to himself: "This person still has some ambitions. He said: "There are many good swords in the army, but there are not many famous swords, most of them are their own personal property." If you want a famous sword, you can get it yourself. ”

Shen Qiyu replied: "The sword is a dead thing, it is nameless, what you look at is the hand holding the sword." ”

I'm afraid that's not what a fifteen-year-old would say.

Mr. Zhao also had no intention of discussing with him on the famous sword or not, so he waved his hand and ordered him to retreat.

Xu is a little east of Shangzhou, and Shen Qiyu feels that the morning here comes very early.

A group of people sat on the floor around a large cauldron, eating a very simple breakfast. Although Shen Qiyu was a general, he parachuted in, and he didn't want to be rumored, so he tried to make a gesture of "suffering with the people", and ate cabbage with little oil and water with the soldiers.

Simply Shen Qiyu did not have a pampered son, nor did he have any discomfort.

Most of the people in the army are in their teens and twenties, and it is relatively easy to get along with. Soon, Shen Qiyu mingled with them.

This group of people is far away from the border, and they have no contact with anything new, and they are almost isolated from the world. At first glance, such a person from Li Du surrounded him and wanted to hear something new, but Shen Qiyu was also a person who "didn't hear anything new", and old things might be new to him. So after saying a few, everyone laughed and scolded him for being boring.

I don't know who first provoked the topic, a group of people shouted and poured out of the tent and came to the training ground to start the competition.

A soldier took a sword chosen by Shen Qiyu and exclaimed, "This sword is quite heavy. Do generals usually use swords of this weight?"

Shen Qiyu nodded.

The crowd was amazed.

The next moment, this heavy sword flew lightly and dexterously in Shen Qiyu's hand, which was even more admired by everyone.

The soldier with the sword was facing each other with a gun. The long tassel spear had the advantage of distance, but Shen Qiyu was dexterous and couldn't stab far or near. The soldier still had a move before, and he had a routine move with Shen Qiyu. But Shen Qiyu's swordsmanship teacher often fed him all kinds of weapons, and Shen Qiyu naturally advanced and retreated with ease.

The soldier stabbed back and forth, and he couldn't even rub Shen Qiyu's clothes, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. So his man's moves were faster, but Shen Qiyu had already found the rules for this person's moves, and with the next sword, he pinned the spear.

There was a round of cheering.

Shen Qiyu arched his hand to the soldier, who was older, so he patted him on the shoulder like a brother and said, "General Shen's swordsmanship is really good. ”

To say that many people originally wanted to compare with Shen Qiyu, but now looking at his strength, no one wants to be bored anymore.

Shen Qiyu asked, "Is there any brother who has come up to teach Qiyu some moves?"

Everyone pushed and shoved, and they all laughed and pushed others forward. Few of these people are serious people who have learned weapons, and they know that they will lose, so no one is still interested in challenging them.

Who knows, pushing back and forth, it really pushes a person forward.

After seeing the person who came, everyone let out a burst of laughter: "Oh, Ah Chen has come to ask the general for advice." ”

The young man was thin, and he didn't know how old he was, a little lower than Shen Qiyu. His head was slightly bowed, not daring to look at people, which made him look even lower.

Xie Chen was pushed to the side of the weapon rack, so he had to take a gun and face it at Shen Qiyu. A competitive posture, except that the hand is a little unstable.

Xie Chen has never learned weapons, and he doesn't have much strength, so he doesn't know if he has been on the battlefield or not. Therefore, stabbing from the beginning.

Before the people around him could start laughing at his clumsiness, they were stunned by Shen Qiyu's reaction.

It turned out that this Xie Chen was not only unsteady with a gun in his hand, but his eyes were probably not very good. The spear was originally aimed at Shen Qiyu rushing over, and at this speed, Shen Qiyu could easily dodge it. However, this Xie Chen was lame, and when the head of the gun was still three feet away from Shen Qiyu, he suddenly retracted it and turned off his head.

Shen Qiyu reacted too quickly, and sometimes it is not a good thing to react too quickly. So he froze in the air as he jumped sideways, he couldn't balance and almost fell.

As soon as he got it, Xie Chen's gun came over again. So, under Xie Chen's disorderly stabbing, Shen Qiyu was a little caught off guard. It took a while to slowly seize the initiative.

After a fight, everyone rushed forward, and before they could say a word, a horn sounded all the vigilance of everyone.