Chapter 45: Winning by Skill, Playing with Fire

The winter wind blows like a knife on a person's face.

There was silence in the stables, save for the occasional snort of the horses.

In the silence, Old Man Lin's words were particularly clear.

"It's not impossible to win by skill."

"It's a pity that there is more dexterity than enough, and the strength is insufficient, even if you continue to practice, it is difficult to win."

Seeing that the old man pointed out the shortcomings pointedly, Yun Jiuxi no longer had any contempt for this time.

There are indeed many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the military camp, and I can't imagine that this mediocre-looking old man Lin is so powerful.

At the moment, he said respectfully: "Please also ask Uncle Lin for more advice." ”

"It's simple, you just have to remember four words."

"Those four words?"

Old man Lin put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "The dexterity is the body shape, the important thing is to take it!" ”

"What you have to do is use all the ingenuity you can to get into."

After speaking, without waiting for Yun Jiuxi to ask questions, the person turned around and left slowly.

I didn't seem to say it.

Yun Jiuxi scratched his head, unable to understand.

He continued to circle around the stable, pondering Lin Laohan's words as he turned.

Suddenly, she stopped, jumped up, kicked her feet on the pillar and rolled down.

The blow was successful, and the corners of Yun Jiuxi's mouth showed joy, and he laughed: "Hahaha, I know, I know." ”

Inside the tent, the corners of Old Man Lin's mouth, who heard her laughter, turned over and continued to sleep.

The next day, the stone monkey who got up with a yawn saw Yun Jiuxi with big dark circles under his eyes, and was shocked: "What's the matter with Brother Yun, you didn't sleep last night?" ”

Yun Jiuxi touched his face and said, "I couldn't sleep last night and practiced for half a night." ”

The stone monkey leaned up and asked, "How are you doing?" ”

Yun Jiuxi didn't want him to worry, so he said vaguely: "It's okay, hurry up and get to work, don't wait a while, Master Li is here again." ”

As soon as Li Mazheng was mentioned, Shi Monkey immediately scolded: "It's best not to come, if he comes again this time to find fault, I will protect you even if I fight for my life." ”

"He won't do anything to me, it's just a matter of flesh and skin."

Thinking of the phoenix behind Li Mazheng, Yun Jiuxi had a headache.

If the stone monkey knew that he was going against the prince, he didn't know if he could scold it.

This year's cleaning of the horse body is much smoother than yesterday, but there are too many horses, even if Yun Jiuxi doesn't dare to stop for a moment, by noon, he has only cleaned up hundreds of horses.

"Brother Yun, it's not okay to go on like this."

The stone monkey was full of sadness: "This Li Mazheng is obviously targeting you, usually so many people clean up, but now only one person is given to you, even if you die, you can't finish it." ”

Yun Jiuxi nodded: "I have to think of a way to govern this Li Mazheng." ”

Hearing this, the stone monkey's eyes lit up, and he looked at Yun Jiuxi and said, "Brother Yun, have you already thought of a good way?" ”

"It's not a good idea, but it's okay to make him a little ugly."

At night, Yun Jiuxi and the stone monkey lay outside Li Mazheng's tent and stared at it.

The stone monkey covered his face red from the cold and muttered, "Why don't you take a bath this old thing?" ”

"If this continues, the patrolling soldiers will come."

Yun Jiuxi sighed: "Don't worry. ”

Inside the tent, there were many people, and Li Mazheng could be seen talking to people.

Just when Yun Jiuxi was in a hurry to wait, the people in the tent left, and Li Mazheng began to call for people to prepare hot water.

The two of them were shocked and stared at the tent.

Soon, an attendant brought water, and he could see that inside the tent, Li Mazheng's body moved towards the bathtub.

The two of them met each other and acted separately according to the agreement.

The stone monkey sneaked into the tent quietly, and after entering, he hid in the corner, and his eyes just happened to see Li Mazheng who was taking a bath.

Li Mazheng closed his eyes and hummed a little song, soaking in the hot water, looking like he was enjoying it.

The stone monkey cautiously approached a few points, took out the wooden stick in his hand, and quietly stretched out towards his clothes.

A little bit of picking up clothes.

The clothes swept over Li Mazheng's head, and at this time, Li Mazheng, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes.

Frightened, the stone monkey quickly stopped, and the stick and clothes stopped in mid-air.

Just when the stone monkey couldn't hold on, Li Mazheng shrank into the bathtub, closed his eyes and narrowed his eyes again.

The stone monkey broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to pull the stick back.

Soon the clothes fell into his arms, and when he saw it, the stone monkey did not dare to stay for a long time.

Holding his clothes, he carefully shrank out along the same path.

When she went out, she happened to meet Yun Jiuxi, and when she saw the clothes in the stone monkey's arms, she knew that she had succeeded.

Then he nodded to the stone monkey, who put down his clothes and walked towards the tent without saying a word.

Yun Jiuxi leaned down and approached the edge of the tent and opened a hole.

picked up the fire fold and lit the straw in his hand, stuffed the straw into Li Mazheng's clothes, and quickly stuffed the smoking clothes into it.

The stone monkey in front of the tent saw a puff of smoke coming from the tent, lifted Jin Qiang, hit it hard, and shouted loudly: "Oh no, it's on fire, it's on fire." ”

"On fire?"

"That is on fire?"

All of a sudden, the guards who heard the sound ran in a panic towards the shouting.

Seeing that many people were rushing here, the stone monkey picked up the golden qiang and slammed it towards Li Mazheng's camp.

"Master Li, come out quickly, your tent is on fire."

Li Mazheng, who closed his eyes and recuperated, heard the voice and opened his eyes violently.

At this time, I found out that at some point, there was wolf smoke in the tent.

He squinted, reached out and fumbled for his clothes, only to find that they were missing.

Outside the tent, shouts and shouts shook the sky.

Inside the tent, it was difficult to breathe because of the thick smoke.

He didn't care about anything else, and ran out of the bathtub and ran outside.

Outside the tent, many patrol soldiers had already arrived, and when they were about to rush into the tent to put out the fire, a slick man burst out.

Everyone looked at it and was happy, isn't this Lord Li?

Li Mazheng covered his lower body, shivering from the cold, and when he saw the onlookers, he was suddenly angry, and said sharply: "Where is the fire, where is the fire?" ”

"My lord, the fire came from inside your tent."

Looking back, I saw the smoke rolling, but I didn't see a trace of fire, Li Mazheng said angrily: "Then why don't you hurry up and put out the fire, what are you doing here?" ”

Seeing that he was angry, all the guards hurried into the camp tent.

Someone brought clothes to Li Mazheng, and after Li Mazheng got dressed, he felt that his hands and feet were numb from the cold.

A short time later, a guard came out with a half-burned garment.

Handed it to Li Mazheng and said, "My lord, this is from the tent." ”

As soon as he saw something, Li Mazheng was furious and smashed his clothes on the ground.

Angry and shouted: "Check, give me a good check, who is behind the ghost!" ”