Chapter 987: A Shootout That Didn't Break Out
Bai Sheng played such a two-handed trick in front of the civil and military officials of the Liao State in the Imperial Garden, and it was by no means intended to grandstand, let alone deliberately pretending.
He had come to protect his father-in-law's safety from his wife's plea, but his father-in-law was already suspicious of his motives, not only suspicious, but had not yet given him a chance to explain and clarify. In such an embarrassing situation, where is he in the mood to pretend to be a saint?
He did this only to intimidate Wu Yanguang, He Chongbao, and all the Liao civil and military forces present who were hostile to him.
If you don't deter, you can't do it, others may think that Bai Sheng is omnipotent, better than anyone in the world with any specialty, but Bai Sheng can't be a little bit of force in his heart, isn't it? No one is perfect, no god is perfect, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry. How could he be superior in all things to the rest of the world?
He knew that He Chongbao was using a spell, but was He Chongbao only using this kind of spell? Obviously not. If there is only such a drinking spell, then how can you help your own soldiers defeat the enemy in front of the two armies?
What's more, it was also clearly written in the Water Margin that He Chongbao was appointed as the deputy commander of the army under the command of Marshal Wuyan of the Liao State, who was able to defeat 10,000 people, and did good deeds of demon law, and once went out to fight with Guan Sheng, and was defeated after 30 rounds of the battle. used demon magic, called clouds to confuse Song Jiangjun, and once trapped Lu Junyi's troops in Qingshiyu. Fortunately, Gongsun Sheng arrived in time to break it with Taoism. He Chongbao, whose spells were restrained, was cut off by Huang Xin in the chaos, and was stabbed to death by Song Wan, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu and others.
What Bai Sheng was worried about was what he would do if He Chongbao called out a cloud of mist or used other spells? Not only could he not crack such a spell, but he couldn't compete with the other party even if he wanted to, because he had never practiced the cultivation of the true cultivation method at all.
Calling for wind and rain, sprinkling beans into soldiers, Gongsun Shengxing, Fan Ruixing, Qiao Daoqing are also good, but Bai Sheng knows that he can't.
Therefore, playing two dazzling tricks to suppress He Chongbao and make him dare not compare the idea is the most important thing at present.
And on the other hand, if he doesn't show this two unique skills, ice and fire, the people of Liao will say that your Bai Sheng's ability to drink is indeed powerful, but it is just the same as Wu Yanguang and He Chongbao, and this result can only be regarded as a tie.
What's more, he didn't know what kind of skills the Liao people in the Liao Kingdom were good at? What if another one popped up to compare him with some strange thing, what if he couldn't imitate it and surpassed?
The reason why he dared to say such wild words in the Juyi Hall in Shuibo Liangshan was because he knew the characters in the Juyi Hall, and he knew what each person had abilities, even including personality traits and personal habits. But when you come to the Liao Kingdom, an environment that has not been described in detail in the Water Margin, you can't replicate the miracle on Liangshan.
Facts have proved that his approach is right, Wu Yanguang and He Chongbao looked at each other, and no longer dared to say anything, and most of the rest of the Liao civil and military forces were also frightened, dispelling the idea of challenging Bai Sheng again.
People can drink so strangely, what else can't he do?
However, there is no absoluteness in everything, among the hundreds of Liao Wenchen military generals, there are those who do not believe in this evil, and this person who does not believe in evil is Yelu Guozhen.
Bai Sheng smiled and asked who else was going to drink with him, but no one dared to answer, but when everyone was silent, Yelu Guozhen, the young man with a silver gun, stood up.
I saw Yelu Guozhen walk into the arena with a gun, poke the silver gun in his hand into the field, and said: "Brother-in-law, your drinking ability is indeed extraordinary, but at the moment, we are resisting the Jurchen rebels, but we can't drink back the enemy by drinking, they all say that brother-in-law, you are omnipotent, presumably marksmanship is also wonderful, brother, I don't accompany you to drink, I just want to ask you for a lesson in marksmanship, I don't know if you are willing to teach?"
As we all know, the northern people like to drink on the bonfire under the vast dome of the sky, but just the bonfire drinking is not enough fun, in the process of drinking, there is often a unique northern characteristics of the program, this program is a competition.
Usually at the bonfire party, when the wine is drunk halfway, there will be a martial arts competition program, some are wrestling, some are more than horses, and there are archery, and among these Liao soldiers who know martial arts, they are most willing to watch the program is to try martial arts weapons.
Yelu Guozhen's proposal is understandable, but most people think that he is too reckless, and Bai Sheng can even grab the wine jar in the air, so he can't snatch your silver spear in the air?
There are also a few people who listen more carefully, thinking that Yelu Guozhen only wants to test marksmanship with Bai Sheng, but does not involve internal strength and other martial arts, if Bai Shengken agrees to such a comparison, then he can only rely on marksmanship to win. But even so, judging from Bai Sheng's experience of drinking and defeating Wu Yanguang and He Chongbao, I am afraid that Bai Sheng's marksmanship must also be good, and Yelu Guozhen basically has no possibility of winning.
This time, the Liangshan soldiers no longer watched the excitement, Teng Tengteng stood up several times, glared angrily at Yelu Guozhen, and said one after another: "What qualifications do you have to compete with our Bai Shuai?"
In the world, not every white-robed young man is called Bai Sheng. At this age, the only one who can have the world's martial arts and subdue the Quartet is Bai Sheng, do you think that you can be arrogant when you are young? Our Bai Zhai master is powerful, what are you relying on? Only with a suit of clothes and a face?
Bai Sheng looked over there, and saw that it was Dong Ping, a double-gun general, Chi Sunli, a sick lieutenant, and others who stood up and spoke, all of whom were masters of guns, and their marksmanship was by no means weaker than Lin Chong, second only to Lu Junyi, the jade unicorn who had not yet joined the gang.
Seeing that these subordinates who made the gun wanted to stand up for themselves, Bai Sheng was more satisfied, but because of this, he thought of Xu Ning, the golden gun general who had also not yet joined the gang, and Li Ying, who had also been in the sky, and even thought that if Li Ying was here, then no one would know him when Zhu Biao entered the imperial garden just now.
The generals of Liangshan did not mean Yelu Guozhen in words, and after only reprimanding one sentence, they looked at Bai Sheng, just waiting for Bai Sheng's words, whoever assigns will end up fighting with the Liao general, even Lin Chong stood up hesitantly, considering whether he should go out and compete with this Liao general.
Of course, Bai Sheng is willing to let his subordinates show their faces, and there are no weak soldiers under strong generals, on the other hand, strong soldiers will be stronger, and strong generals will be stronger.
He knew that Yelu Guozhen's marksmanship was not weak, and in another time and space, he had fought with Dong Ping, one of the five tiger generals of Liangshan, for fifty rounds, without winning or losing, if it weren't for his younger brother Yelu Guobao inexplicably Mingjin after the battle to divide his god, he would not have been stabbed under the horse by Dong Ping's shot.
Considering that it may be difficult for Dong Ping to win quickly against Yelu Guozhen, he planned to let Sun Li play in this battle, Sun Li's marksmanship is almost Lu Junyi, and the most important thing is that Sun Li's body hides a tiger's eye steel whip, which has a surprise effect at a critical moment.
But this choice is also problematic, since it is a competition rather than a fight, it is a violation to suddenly draw a steel whip to hurt someone on the premise of a gun competition, so that even if the other party wins, the other party will not be convinced.
So he was a little hesitant, Lin Chong's marksmanship was naturally good, but he really didn't want Lin Chong to fight, he wanted to sharpen Lin Chong's cowardice again, and wait for everyone else to make a contribution, and then see what kind of reaction Lin Chong had.
Just when people wanted to see how Bai Sheng dealt with Yelu Guozhen's challenge, they heard a "snap" sound next to them, but Zhuge Wuzhi slapped the table and stood up, angrily reprimanding Yelu Guozhen and said: "Nonsense!" The ministers of the Liao State were suddenly startled, and they all looked at Zhuge Wuzhi, what's the matter, why are you still anxious about Yelu Guozhen?
Because of Emperor Tianzuo's appreciation, Yelu Guozhen has the same existence as the future of Liao, in addition to Emperor Tianzuo, Zhuge Wuzhi in the Liao government and the opposition dare to do this, and other people, even Yelu Dashi and Wu Yanguang have a lot of complaints about it, and they dare not be so direct and angry in public.
I only heard Zhuge Wuzhi say: "The white horse turned out to be a guest, and before the wine was drunk, you pulled him out of the competition, is this the way of hospitality? If you want to put out a show, can't you practice a set of marksmanship by yourself and ask the white horse to evaluate it? Besides, what is this marksmanship like? The white horse led the troops and killed 50,000 Jurchens in front of the battle, what about you Yelu Guozhen? Killed a few? As long as you kill 50,000 and one golden soldiers, even if you have excellent marksmanship!"
Yelu Guozhen's face was red and white when he was said, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound. If this was replaced by someone else treating him like this, he would have gone back a long time ago, but the other party is Zhuge Wuzhi, this is a character that even his father, who is the brother of Emperor Tianzuo, dare not provoke!
In fact, Zhuge Wuzhi has already seen that Bai Sheng has the intention of letting his subordinates play, once Bai Sheng's subordinates are on the field, in case they are angry and turn the competition into desperate, I am afraid that Bai Sheng will take the opportunity to make trouble, then this imperial garden will immediately become a battlefield.
It's not even a battlefield to become a battlefield, the most headache is that after becoming a battlefield, the losing side is Liao nine times out of ten!
Zhuge Wuzhi has always been calm and spicy, and since he accepted the commission of Emperor Tianzuo, he has tried to kill Bai Sheng with one blow, how can he let the situation evolve to an uncontrollable point? That's why he stood up and angrily denounced Yelu Guozhen, but the truth in his mouth was true.
No one has ever seen Zhuge Wuzhi angry, and under his anger, not only Yelu Guozhen did not dare to fight back, but even the ministers of the Liao State were also silent, and the leaders of Liangshan and Bai Sheng could only watch from the sidelines, and it was not good to intervene in this topic again.
Even if Yelu Guozhen bowed his head to admit his mistake, Zhuge Wuzhi did not stop there, but showed a look of residual anger and said: "Could it be that your marksmanship is not suitable for use on the battlefield to resist the Jinren, but it is suitable for practicing in this palace?"
This sentence was said very seriously, even Wu Yanguang and He Chongbao changed their faces, Zhuge Wuzhi taught Yelu Guozhen such a lesson, why didn't he teach all the generals of the Liao army at the same time? Of course they didn't know that although Zhuge Wuzhi had ostensibly replaced Emperor Tianzuo to protect Bai Sheng, he had already had a murderous heart for Bai Sheng.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhuge Wuzhi turned to look at Bai Sheng, and said with an apologetic smile: "The inferior and his subordinates don't know the general situation, regardless of the overall situation, let the white horse smile, and ask the white horse to go to his heart." ”
Bai Sheng said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuge is serious, Marshal Wuyan and General He came over to toast is a good intention, and General Yelu is the brother-in-law below, why can't he let me, who is a brother-in-law, play a game of marksmanship for him? Mr. Zhuge should stop being angry." ”
Zhuge Wuzhi's heart was dark, the more Bai Sheng was so calm and light, the more he felt that Bai Sheng was deep and terrifying, and he really couldn't figure out how this person could have such a deep city at such a young age, and how could he have such a calm bearing. At the moment, he said: "The white horse is not only a world martial artist, but also a sea of alcohol, no wonder he is so generous and tolerant, and he is deeply admired by Wuzhi." ”
As he spoke, he looked at the wine glass in front of Bai Sheng, and said: "Just now the concubine said that the wine in our Liao country is not as good as that of the Western Xia, this is really said in the heart of the unwise, it just so happens that the unwise family still has a large jar of the Western Wind Brew of the Western Xia, and it has been cellared for twenty years!
Zhuge Wuzhi didn't lie, he did have a twenty-year-old Xifeng brew at home, which was still a good wine brought back by Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dao Sect when he sent him to Xixia to kill Empress Xiaoliang more than ten years ago.
Speaking of this, regardless of whether Bai Sheng agreed or not, he turned his head to look at Yelu Taripo, and said: "I heard that your husband and wife have formed a friendship with Bai Juma, well, please go and bring the jar of wine in person, so that I can rest assured that the house will not be stolen, and Bai Ju Madang can also rest assured that there is no problem with the wine, so I will work hard for you to visit this Tianshou princess, how about it?"
Don't look at Zhuge Wuzhi is tone of negotiation again, in fact, he has already given an order, and the answer is Xiao Feng's class, but Xiao Feng is Zhuge Wuzhi's apprentice and successor, so whether it is public or private, the answer is not qualified to refuse Zhuge Wuzhi.
What's more, Zhuge Wuzhi's residence is not accessible to ordinary people, it is full of organs and traps, only the masters of the crossbow camp like Xiao Feng or Da Lixiao are qualified to enter, and only the two of them and Wu Yanguang know how to enter and exit.
It is definitely not appropriate to let Wu Yanguang give Bai Sheng wine, because he is afraid that Bai Sheng will be suspicious, and chooses to let Da Lixiao go to get the wine, Bai Sheng has no possibility of suspicion, will Da Lixiao harm her couple's life-saving benefactor?
The jar was mixed with colorless holy water, which had not been used for twenty years, and today it finally came in handy.
Poisoning the enemy with those closest to them has been tried and tested. The first time was when he secretly went to Western Xia on the order of Yelu Hongji, and that time he asked Somba to poison the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang with this colorless holy water, and the second time, Yelu Hongji's Mu Guifei asked Ah Zi to give Xiao Feng the colorless holy water, and this idea was the idea he Zhuge Wuzhi came up with!
The facts are here, the first two times were successful, and the two great masters of martial arts were poisoned by this soft tendon holy water and had no internal strength. And today he asked Ta Lipo to get this jar of wine, which is the third time, and this time the person he wants to poison is, of course, Bai Sheng.