"Pick up the pot?"

Zhao Lanjiang asked.

Tang Xie said impatiently, "In two days, there will be more people who will participate in the competition, and the steward is afraid that there will not be enough food in the Zhuangzi, so he will get a few pots and cook a big pot of rice when the time comes." ”

"What's the matter, do you still take care of the food when you recruit relatives in martial arts?"

"Nonsense, anyway, our Tang family is the first family in Shuzhong, this time the competition recruits relatives, so many people have come up in the rivers and lakes, and it is inevitable to have a three-day flowing water banquet, otherwise it won't make people laugh out of their big teeth?"

This is true, when Xiao Jinyan broke the temple in Suzhou in the past, his favorite thing was the auspicious day of the zodiac, whenever there was a red and white affair at home, the opening of the business, etc., he went to eat and drink, the meal was not good or bad, the key was to be full, if he was thick-skinned, he could also pack.

Zhao Lanjiang nodded, "Okay, got it." ”

immediately picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly, which annoyed Tang Xie for a while, "Lao Tzu is here to let you work, not to report to you." You've got something wrong with your brain, right?"

Li Tingcheng's eyes widened, "Then you have to have a brain first." ”

The few people who had been beaten at the door hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Boss Tang, otherwise let's go, we will be idle anyway." ”

"No!" Tang Xie replied categorically, his subordinates did not move under his own orders, so how could he still mix in the Tang Mansion in the future, even if there was an introduction from the chief steward, it was a wooden handyman, not an invited guest.

"The three of them must go today, if they don't go, I will give the chief steward and expel them from the Tang Mansion. ”

Zhao Lanjiang heard the noise, and kicked him out of the door with a kick, Tang Xie grinned in pain, and walked in again, "Do you go or not." ”

Zhao Baojiang said, "Don't go!" and kicked out of the door again.

The rest of the family said, "Boss, let's go if it's okay, don't be ashamed! We were beaten just now, and it was much heavier than this." ”

When Tang Xie heard this, he said to everyone, "What do you know, this is the rule of the house, this is the dignity of the Tang family, how can they let the three outsiders trample on it? Today, the three of them have to go, and if they don't go, they have to go." Look at me!" he said, stepped inside, and closed the door with his hand.

Zhao Lanjiang smiled, "What, those two feet are not enough?"

Tang Xie threw himself on his knees with a flutter, "Three big brothers, give me face, I'm also the chief of the miscellaneous servants here, you three do this, so I won't be able to manage people in the house in the future." My family is miserable, my father died of tuberculosis when he was nine years old, and now I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old son, and I am still waiting for my husband to buy rice. ”

Zhao Lanjiang laughed when he heard this, "Your mother can really give birth." ”

Tang Xie said, "We are also people with a hard life, three big brothers, anyway, you won't be able to work in the Tang Mansion for long, so you should be kind." ”

"Then we have ten taels of public expenses?"

"There must be no one missing!"

Zhao Lanjiang looked at Xiao and Li, and the two had no opinion, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I should do you a favor!"

Tang Xie kowtowed and thanked him, stepped forward to help the three of them up, came to the door, pushed open the door, and said loudly, "You three, if you don't go and go backwards, you have to take out the rules of the Tang Mansion to teach you a lesson, and you don't go to work!"

The three of them smiled and obediently followed him out. Tang Xie glanced at the family members proudly, and all the family members looked admired, "The boss is worthy of being the boss, even the three of them have done it." ”

Jia Ding said: "What do you know, our boss has also learned Tang Sect kung fu with Tang Qi Young Master, and if you show two tricks a little, the three of them are not obedient?"

Tang Xie was so embarrassed that his face turned red when he heard this, but fortunately, the three of them didn't make a sound, and even breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the courtyard, there are three huge iron pots on the car, about half a zhang in size, it is said that it is custom-made by the Li family, a blacksmith in Shuzhong, one is a red oil pot, a clear soup pot, and one is a mandarin duck pot.

The groom drove to the front yard to perform martial arts.

Three days later, the competition will be held in the martial arts arena. The martial arts arena is about 100 zhang in size, divided into the competition area and the viewing area, in the middle is a martial arts ring, the ring is square, one zhang high, ten zhang long, all are made of golden silk nanmu, brushed with gold lacquer, carved dragon painting style, very atmospheric.

Xiao Jinyan said, "It is worthy of being the first family in Shuzhong, and this ring is much more magnificent than that of the Imperial Sword Villa." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Nonsense, can the iron struck be compared with the arms sellers?"

"I don't like to hear what you say, what about Li Chengcheng's family? What does his family sell?"

Li Chengcheng said disdainfully, "I can't say what to sell, you have to ask, what my family doesn't sell." ”

For a family like the Li family, which has existed for hundreds of years, the industry has long extended to all aspects of the entire Ming Dynasty, and even the Northern Zhou and Western Chu have their industries.

The carriage stopped in front of the three-seater stand, and Xiao Jinyan asked, "How do you cook such a big pot?"

Zhao Lanjiang said, "This is a hot pot, just throw the ingredients in, and whoever eats it will catch it himself." ”

Tang Xie pointed to the three pots, "There are three big brothers, if there is not enough manpower, I will find a few more people." ”

"That's not necessary. Zhao Lanjiang walked to the carriage, raised his hands, drank "up", an iron pot was lifted, placed on the stand, and then held his hands in front of his chest, looking at Li Tingcheng and Xiao Jinyan.

Tang Xie gasped, this pot costs at least a few hundred catties, Zhao Lanjiang settled down without much effort, and couldn't help but rejoice, it was a wise choice to kowtow and beg for mercy just now, otherwise it would be a meatloaf if he slapped him on the head.

Li Chengcheng came to the second pot, sank his shoulders slightly, carried his internal force, suddenly kicked the pot up, pushed the pot with both hands, and settled the pot, so he looked at Xiao Jinyan for a long time.

Xiao Jin Yanxin said What are you two showing in front of me, do you think that my peerless divine fist is practiced for nothing, and it is just a broken pot, and I will get it for you in minutes. He came to the third pot, found a good angle, sank his shoulders, kicked the ground, punched, and did it in one go.

While!

Xiao Jinyan punched the iron pot out of a hole the size of a bowl, and then, the cracks on the iron pot were vertical and horizontal, and with a slight push, it was broken into three or four pieces.

Xiao Jinyan's face darkened, "The quality of this pot is not."

Okay, did something go wrong on the way here?"

Ma Fulian waved his hand, "Don't frame me, I won't carry this pot." ”

"Donald, you won't let us lose money, will you?"

Tang Xie's heart is dripping blood, this time the competition recruits relatives, he begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, only to share the purchase of three cauldrons with the second steward, more than 100 taels of silver, he spent 30 taels to set three pots, cutting corners is inevitable, but after three days of running water, this pot is useless, who cares about this? Who expected that before it could be used, it was destroyed by Xiao Jinyan, even if it was re-customized, it was too late in time.

But on the contrary, these three people know martial arts again, so they have to admit that they are unlucky, "No, no." Isn't there two mouthfuls left, it's really not good, when the time comes, put more salt in one bite and more spicy in the other, and you can deal with the past. ”

Xiao Jinyan looked grateful, "Boss Tang, you are too good to us." ”

Tang Xie Xin said, it was your fists that were too good to me.

Zhao Lanjiang shook his head at this moment, "With your current strength, you can smash a pot with one punch, and I have deep doubts about the quality of the pot." ”

With that, he stepped forward and knocked on another pot.

Syllable.

Another iron pot shattered, "Look, I said it was a quality problem." ”

Li Tingcheng said that I will try my bite too.

Tang Xie's intestines were all green, he knew that there were so many idlers in the miscellaneous courtyard, so he just called a few people over, now it's okay, and the goods are all exposed. Thinking of this, he saved Li Chengcheng, "Big brother, spare me, if it breaks the affairs of the house, I can't afford to pay for smashing the pot and selling iron." ”

"I've already smashed the pot for you, you can go and sell iron. ”

Not far away, there was a humanitarian, "The chief steward is here." ”

Tang Yuanbing appeared in the martial arts arena with two thistles coiled, and all the family members saluted one after another, but he ignored it and rushed over to the three of them.

"What's going on?"

Tang Xie's face was blue, and he trembled, he had the heart to push the pot to Xiao Jinyan and the others, but he didn't dare, standing there, he couldn't say anything.

The chief steward glanced at it and said unhappily, "Who made you make such a big pot, let's say that the Tang Mansion is marrying a daughter, not the village head Li Laohan marrying a relative, make it like this, what kind of system, all replace it with a small stove!"

Tang Xie listened, nodded again and again, and ran away.

Tang Yuanbing looked at this pot, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, he stepped forward is a kick, and when he snorted, the third pot was also broken, Tang Yuanbing said in his heart, when did my martial arts become so high.

The three of them hurriedly saluted, "The big steward is good." ”

Tang Yuanbing looked at them and said, "What's the matter, I've been in the house for a long time, but I still get used to it?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "It's good, the Tang Mansion is like a spring flower to the subordinates, the three of us must follow to the death and go all out." ”

The chief steward frowned, "What a mess, behave well these days, if the old lady is satisfied, then you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds." ”

"Thank you, Grand Steward. ”

"Three days later, you come to me, I have a task to do. "Anyway, the head won't go away.

The three brothers stood in place, looking at each other.

"It won't be for us to poison the pot, right?" Zhao Lanjiang said, "Could it be that we guessed wrong before, your poison was not for the people in the Tang Mansion, but for the guests who came to watch the ceremony?"

Li Chengcheng said proudly, "How do I know, no matter who it is for, we are the ones to blame anyway." ”

Before dawn the next day, Xiao Jinyan got up early and practiced boxing in the yard. 10,000 punches a day is not difficult, each punch is carefully crafted, and the strength, angle, and speed of the punch need to be experienced slowly.

Li Chuntie said that the way of boxing is a mastery, and it is divided into three stages.

In the first stage, there will be routines of moves, memorized by heart, between each routine, move, so that the intention is to punch, punch to the will.

In the second stage, the punch will be changed from a conscious move to an unconscious natural reaction, so as to save time for thinking and strive for a slight difference when fighting, don't underestimate this short time difference, and when you can do it, you can change from passive to active, from defensive to offensive.

In the third stage, forget all the moves, only take the punch intent, this is also the highest level of boxing, the move is not important, the key is to be able to predict the opponent's move, so as to punch in advance to resolve.

After practicing to 250,000 punches, Xiao Jinyan has mastered the second stage, although the trick is not opened, in the boxing method, it can also bring out the punching intention, but when fighting, it is not easy to judge the opponent's moves in advance, one requires a lot of fighting, and the other can grasp the opponent's routines, without the assistance of internal force, in the martial arts, just a layman, to deal with the martial arts can barely cope with the battle, once you encounter the knowledge of the Xuan Realm, only to be beaten.

He had tried to use the string force in his body to drive the true element of heaven and earth for his own use, but it was one thing to sense the string force of heaven and earth, and it was another thing to use it for himself.

Li Chengcheng also got up to practice, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan practicing boxing, he accompanied him to dismantle. Dozens of moves down, Li Chengcheng was secretly surprised, less than a month, Xiao Jinyan's boxing method has been greatly improved in terms of accuracy and speed, if he does not use internal force, it is difficult to be his opponent, so he pressed the realm to the Wen realm and fought against him.

Sure enough, after Li Tingcheng used the internal force, Xiao Jinyan was a little struggling, he couldn't mobilize the internal force in his body, but he could sense the fluctuation of Li Tingcheng's internal force, even though the boxing technique was exquisite, but he couldn't ignore the gap in the realm.

After more than ten moves, Xiao Jinyan was beaten in embarrassment, retreated again and again, and suddenly, a thought rose from his mind.

Since my string power can't mobilize the true element of heaven and earth for my own use, then try to mobilize your true element.

Thinking of this, Li Chengcheng had already stabbed over with a sword, and the true yuan on the sword body flowed, glowing with a dark luster.

Xiao Jinyan released the string force, and captured the true element on Li Chengcheng's sword with the string force, causing resonance and tearing it around.

Li Chengcheng only felt that his true qi was stagnant, and Xiao Jinyan punched on the sword body, and the sword stabbed off.

Li Chengcheng stopped and said strangely, "How can this be?"

At this moment, Xiao Jinyan was also extremely shocked in his heart, and at the moment when Li Chengcheng's long sword stabbed him, the string force in his body unloaded his true qi, and he had a chance to hit that one

Fist. He told Li Tingcheng about the matter of Fang Cai, and Li Tingcheng was surprised again and again.

"You can figure it out, yes. ”

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that if I could practice the string force to the realm of doing whatever I wanted, although I had no internal force, wouldn't it be safe to use the string force to interfere with the opponent's internal force when I was fighting? ”

At this moment, Li Chengcheng controlled the realm in the first realm of Zhixuan, and stabbed with a sword, and the internal force was majestic, like a surging river.

Xiao Jinyan repeated his old tricks, although the string force could capture the opponent's true element, it was too strong, like a spider silk to overturn a piece of wood, it was almost impossible.

Bang!

The back of the sword slapped Xiao Jinyan and slapped Xiao Jinyan to the ground. Li Chengcheng withdrew the long sword and said lightly, "It's still almost hot." ”

Xiao Jinyan was like opening another door, his heart was ecstatic, and he was even more determined, if he could cultivate the string force of heaven and earth, if he could cultivate the string force to a certain level, even if my internal strength was not good, I would not let the opponent's internal force work, and then defeat them with the unequaled fist intent.

The two practiced for a while, and they were already sweating profusely.

At this time, Li Datong, the dean of nursing, walked into the courtyard, and the two had a good impression of this person, and even stopped to say hello.

Li Datong glanced at the two of them, "Practicing?"

The two nodded.

"I've been watching it for a while, your martial arts moves are not bad, have you ever considered joining our nursing home? ”

The two hesitated.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Thank you Li Huyuan for your kindness, we entered the Tang Mansion to work for a short time, it is only an expedient measure, and when we earn enough silver, we will have to go west." ”

"Where to go?"

"Hidden Sun City. ”

When Li Huyuan heard this, he was shocked, "What are you doing when you go to Yinyang?"

"Went to visit a friend. Xiao Jinyan said, he didn't say that he was going to escort the ashes of the golden knife Li Qiuyi to Yinyang, let alone that the three of them were going west to have a good experience.

Li Huyuan shook his head, "If you insist on going, I won't say anything, it's just that the west has not been peaceful recently, and I heard that the imperial court's expedition to the west has entered a state of combat readiness, so you should be careful." ”

Li Qingcheng exclaimed, "What?"

"You may not know, two months ago, the second prince of Western Chu, Chu parted, escorted by several major families, returned to Western Chu, launched a mutiny, imprisoned the emperor of Western Chu Chu Qiu, and ascended to the throne. ”

Xiao Jinyan was also moved when he heard this.

Chu Bieli is Li Ergou of Suzhou City, you know, half a year ago, he was still selling wine with the golden knife Li Qiuyi, and he was also naïve, and he didn't expect to return to Xichu and seize the throne?

Li Dadao, "This matter is related to the past of the Western Chu Dynasty, in short, the West is not peaceful, you should be careful when you go." ”

Li Chengcheng suddenly asked, "How can Li Huyuan be so familiar with the affairs of the western region?"

Li Datong's eyes were gloomy when he heard this, and he sighed, "I'm just hearsay." ”

Xiao Jinyan saw a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

Li Datong is burly, with high convex temples, calluses on his hands, and a trace of murderous aura on his body, and he looks like he has also been in the army. Since he refused to say, it was inconvenient to ask more.

Back in the room, Zhao Lanjiang sat cross-legged with two knives between his knees. Since the failure to break through the realm, he has never pulled out these two knives again, meditating every day, to forget the sword intent of the golden knife, the mad knife, and the heavenly knife, and create his own horizontal knife method.

The two of them told Zhao Lanjiang what they heard in the courtyard, and Zhao Lanjiang skipped a trace of surprise in his eyes, "It's so good, I'm afraid it's too boring to go west." ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid a big war is inevitable." ”

Li Qingcheng shook his head, "That's not necessarily." ”

He analyzed, "With the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the war on the Western Front is more than enough to deal with the Western Chu, but the war matter, the whole body is affected, for 20 years, the Ming, Chu, and Zhou Kingdoms have been established, and the rest of the small countries such as Nanzhao and Dongyi have survived in the cracks, maintaining a balanced state, if the Ming and Chu are at war, the pattern of the world will inevitably move, once the Ming conquers the Western Chu, the next goal must be to destroy the Northern Zhou, and the Northern Zhou will naturally not sit idly by, and will definitely intervene." If it is a quick battle, it is even better, once it falls into a protracted war, it will naturally be a competition of national strength in the end, which is probably not what the imperial court wants to see. ”

Zhao Lanjiang also said, "Although the national strength of Western Chu is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, the territory is vast, the east and west are extremely deep, and there are such moats as the Chishui River, the Manlong River, and the Xiyin Mountains, and the Ming army cannot penetrate into it at all." ”

Li Chengcheng is a child of a family, and the art of war and military affairs are compulsory content, and Zhao Lanjiang once served in the army at the border, and when it comes to war, he is also the leader. Only Xiao Jinyan doesn't know anything about this.

"In your opinion, how will it end?" Xiao Jinyan asked.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "I'm afraid that the Nineteen Cities of Yinyang will be handed over to Xichu." ”

Xiao Jinyan suddenly remembered that the "letter of surrender" written by Yuwen Tianlu to Western Chu was also to send the Nineteen Cities of the Western Regions to Chu Bieli at that time, and then help him regain the throne, which can be regarded as creating chaos for Western Chu.

But now that Chu Bieli has regained the throne almost effortlessly, that promise has become something that Chu Bieli is determined to achieve.

If the Western Frontier misses, the Ming Territory will retreat to the Hengduan Mountains, although it is also a moat, but in this way, the pass to the Western Regions will be stuck in the hands of Western Chu, which will be a fatal blow to the trade of the Ming Dynasty.

"Then there's no other way?"

Li Chengcheng said, "Let's eat radishes salty and worry about it, this kind of thing, the imperial court will naturally take care of it, let's think about it first, how to earn enough money to go west." ”

At this time, a voice came from outside the door, "Where are the three newcomers yesterday?"

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