Daily life of captives

After sending away the Chidi people who didn't get any benefits, Changsun Boyi and his party packed up and left Yunzhou.

Before leaving, Changsun Boyi told Tao Wujing about the war between Xizhi and the Far West, and Tao Wujing immediately decided to readjust the defense of Yunzhou, so as to spare some troops that could be mobilized at any time.

On the way back, the temperature dropped sharply, and when we arrived in Taiyuan, we happened to encounter the first snow of this winter.

I don't know how long this snow will last, fearing that the snow will get bigger and they will be blocked in the barren mountains, so Changsun Boyi decided to temporarily station in Jinyang City.

Most of the accompanying officials were housed by the Fu Mu of Taiyuan Mansion, while Changsun Boyi, Li Shao and Xie Jun's family lived in the Jinyang Hou Mansion, which had been idle for a long time.The Yulin army was divided into two groups, some went to the garrison camp of Taiyuan Mansion to snatch the barracks of local soldiers, and the other small part followed Changsun Boyi to live in Jinyanghou Mansion.

"General, young master, please come inside!" Huanzhi was always excited when he finally found his own territory, he jumped up and down in the front, leading the way for eldest grandson Boyi and his party.

"Qingyu, slow down," Mrs. Xie smiled like a flower, but she was afraid that the snow would be slippery, and Huanzhi would jump and fall like this, so she kept telling Huanzhi to be careful, "Why are you running?"

Huanzhi turned around, walked backwards and waved at Mrs. Xie: "Don't worry, Fifth Sister, I'm going to play it safe!"

Seeing that Huan Zhi was still in good spirits, Mrs. Xie was a little anxious: "Shut up!"

"Qingyu," Xie Jun called out to Huanzhi, "don't make trouble with your sister."

"Oh." Huanzhi immediately calmed down and walked properly.

Mrs. Xie shook her head and laughed: "I really don't know who is his blood relative, but your words are more effective than mine."

Xie Jun held Mrs. Xie's hand and said with a smile: "It's because he's a blood relative that he loves to tease you. If you ignore him, he'll be honest."

And Mu Ran, who had been in the Yulin Army for a long time, also changed back to normal clothes now, and got together with Yan Xin to talk nonsense.

After entering the Marquis of Jinyang's Mansion, the stewards of the mansion arranged accommodation for the group of people.

Li Shao walked around the house where he and grandson Boyi were going to live, because they decided to live here temporarily, so even if they were notified in advance, the stewards of the Jinyang Marquis Mansion had no time to prepare everything in detail. Well, it is inevitable that there will be places that have not been tidied up in a room that has not been lived in for a long time.

Li Shao didn't care about it, he just asked Wei Ze and Wei Feng to deal with it, and after everything was done, Li Shao found that his eldest grandson Boyi was missing.

"Where's Boyi?"

Wei Ze pointed to the north and said, "The Marquis of Jinyang came to look for the general just now, and my subordinates saw them go north."

"North?" Li Shao raised his eyebrows, "I'll look for it."

The Marquis of Jinyang faces south, so going north from their residence should be a place like the back garden, right?What did Qingyu ask Boyi to do in the garden?

"My lord," seeing Li Shao walking out, Wei Feng quickly grabbed the cloak beside him and put it on Li Shao, "The snow hasn't stopped yet."

"Thank you," Li Shao raised his hand to press the cloak, thought for a while and said, "Find me one... two more."

"Yes." Wei Feng rummaged through their luggage again and found two cloaks.

Li Shao took two heavy cloaks and walked towards the north of Jinyang Marquis Mansion. The more he walked, the wider his eyes opened up. When he reached the northernmost point, he saw a martial arts arena. There are weapons, knives, guns, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, everything, it looks like the old Hou Ye's collection, probably because Huan Zhi wanted to show off to his eldest grandson Boyi, so he asked someone to take them out.

Looking at the elder Sun Boyi who was playing happily on the ring, Li Shao walked to the edge of the ring lightly.

Yan Xin is not good at martial arts, so she can only watch the fun beside the ring, seeing Li Shao coming, Yan Xin bows to Li Shao.

"My lord, give me this cloak."

"No need," Li Shao smiled lightly, "Not sinking."

Yan Xin scratched the corner of her mouth, and said with an embarrassed smile, "That... I'm cold."

Li Shao burst out laughing, and gave Yan Xin a cloak, Yan Xin exaggeratedly thanked her a thousand times, then put on the cloak with a smile.

"Young master, can the general know how to use the weapons above?"

He came here with Marquis Jinyang and the general. He stood by and watched for a long time, and found that the general can play tricks twice no matter what he picks up, but he just puts it back after playing casually. He doesn't understand. Among them, it is impossible to tell whether the general is really good at it.

"Yes," Li Shao smiled, "Bo Yi has been in and out of the barracks with the old general since he was a child. The old general didn't have time to watch him all the time, so he always let someone who was free in the army accompany him, but there was no one in the army. He can take care of children, but he is the son of an old general. They are afraid that he will sue the old general when he returns home from being bored in the camp. Those soldiers like to teach him some kung fu to pass the time.

At first, it was just boxing kung fu, and then he was taught to use weapons. Later, Boyi's martial arts continued to improve. Those people didn't want to lose face in front of children, so they all took out housekeeping skills to teach him. Long, naturally everything can be done. "

"What is the general best at?"

"Knife."

"Knife?" Yan Xin was a little surprised, "Why is it so ordinary? Since the general knows everything, why don't you practice something special? No one else can do it, so enviable!"

"What's the use of being envied?" Li Shao chuckled, "Bo Yi is a general who wants to inherit the mantle of the old general and go to battle to kill the enemy. The weapons that are easy to use are the best that can be seen everywhere on the battlefield. In case your own weapons break If you lose or lose it, you can pick up a handful from the ground and use it.”

Yan Xin thought about it carefully, then nodded in admiration and said, "That's true."

If you break your weapon when going into battle, you probably have met your opponent. If you use an unsuitable weapon, your chances of winning will be even smaller.

"What about the young master? What is the young master good at?"

Li Shao curled his lips and said, "There's nothing I'm good at or bad at. I only learned swords."

Yan Xin's eyes lit up, and she said with a flattering smile, "Then you can teach me when you are free?"

"You want to learn?" Li Shao looked at Yan Xin with twinkling eyes with amused expression.

"I want to learn, I want to learn!" Yan Xin nodded hurriedly, then suddenly stood up straight with her head held high, and deliberately boasted, "My lord, look at my handsome appearance, if I hang a long sword on my waist, When encountering an enemy, you pull out your sword and "swipe" a few times, isn't it particularly romantic and suave?"

As Yan Xin said, she also used her folding fan, which never left her body, as a swordsman, gesticulating back and forth.

Li Shao was amused, and echoed: "Ji Cheng was born well, no matter what he asks, he is suave."

"Really?" Yan Xin smiled smugly, "I have always thought so, and now even the young master thinks that I am suave, so it must be true."

"Who says who is suave?"

A deep voice suddenly rang in his ears, and Yan Xin took two steps back in fright, staggered and almost fell, but fortunately, Li Shao gave him a hand.

Looking at the eldest Sun Boyi who was squatting beside the ring with eyes full of smiles, Yan Xin complained with a mournful face: "General, do you not make a sound when you walk?"

Changsun Boyi looked at Yan Xin with a smile, then turned around and asked Li Shao, "When did you come here?"

Li Shao curled his lips and said, "I just walked around the room and you disappeared. I heard from Wei Ze that you were here for a private meeting with Qing Yu, so I secretly followed to see."

Accustomed to Li Shao's serious nonsense, Changsun Boyi only gave Li Shao a blank look, but Huan Zhi approached him with a serious expression.

"My lord, be careful, you can't talk nonsense, what should you do if people misunderstand you?"

Li Shao looked at Huanzhi with a smile, and said, "I didn't misunderstand, who else would misunderstand?"

Huan Zhi raised his chin: "Brother-in-law is here."

Li Shao turned his head to look at Jie Jun who was walking slowly, and asked curiously: "Is Qingyu so afraid of your brother-in-law?"

Huan Zhi immediately made a bitter face, and said: "You don't know that, young master, if my brother-in-law starts to train people, he can train people from evening to dawn the next day, without stopping in the middle, hey, don't mention how annoying it is. "

"It's quite annoying." Changsun Boyi felt the same about this.

Yan Xin rolled her eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Master Xie, the Marquis of Jinyang said you are annoying!"

"Yan Xin, you!" Huan Zhi was startled, and without thinking, he threw himself down from the ring, just in time to throw Yan Xin to the ground, and the two began to wrestle.

"What?" Jie Jun stopped next to Li Shao, with a confused expression on his face, "What are you talking about? Are you getting together to speak ill of me?"

Li Shao and grandson Boyi smiled at each other, and said softly: "Why, Ji Cheng and Qing Yu are just playing around."

Seeing the two boys rolling around in the snow, Xie Jun smiled and said, "Fortunately, the young master gave Ji Cheng to me. After Ji Cheng came to Jiefu, Qing Yu found a playmate."

Li Shao glanced at Jun and said, "I didn't ask you to take Ji Cheng away because I wanted him to play with Qing Yu."

"By the way." Jie Jun turned his head to look at Huan Zhi and Yan Xin who were still rolling in the snow, and frowned involuntarily, "Qing Yu."

"Hey!" Huan Zhi immediately kicked Yan Xin away, quickly got up from the ground, and ran to Jie Jun's side, "Brother-in-law."

Xie Jun didn't say anything, he just raised his hand and patted the snow off Huan Zhi's body.

The eldest grandson Boyi looked at Yan Xin, who was left alone, and waved: "Ji Cheng, come up."

"Ah?" Yan Xin looked at Changsun Boyi blankly, and then at Li Shao, "What is the general going to do?"

Yan Xin walked slowly to the edge of the ring, and climbed up clumsily.

Unable to understand Yan Xin's clumsy movements, the eldest grandson Boyi lifted Yan Xin up by his collar, and slapped the snow off Yan Xin's body: "Anyway, you are the one chosen by the young master, don't be beaten by others all the time. , Disgraceful."

Yan Xin rubbed her nose shyly, but pretended to be wronged and said, "It was the Marquis of Jinyang who bullied me, a weak scholar."

"Come here, I'll teach you." After patting Yan Xin on the back of the head, Eldest Sun Boyi walked towards the center of the ring.

"The general wants to teach me in person?!" Yan Xin was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed.

Who is the general?He is the number one brave general in the later Chu Dynasty, with high martial arts skills. People in the army who want to ask for advice from the general can line up from the east of Chang'an City to the west of the city and make a circle. How lucky is he!

Xie Jun looked at Yan Xin's cheerful back, shook his head and sighed, "Ji Cheng is miserable."

Li Shao nodded, expressing deep agreement: "Well, I don't know if the Dieda wine in Jinyang Hou's Mansion is enough."

Huan Zhi, who was about to climb up the ring to learn something, stopped immediately, turned to look at Jie Jun and Li Shao: "What do you mean?"

"Don't go up," Jie Jun tore off Huan Zhi who was halfway up, "You'll know when you look at it here."

Huan Zhi obediently stood beside Jie Jun, watching the scene on the ring full of curiosity, but when he saw Yan Xin being knocked down for the eighth time, Huan Zhi sincerely felt that the advice of the first general of Hou Chu was still worthwhile. Not everyone can afford it.

General, is this teaching people or beating people?

Yan Xin was lying on the ring, but she couldn't tell whether Changsun Boyi really wanted to teach him or just wanted to beat him up.

"General, the young master just praised me for being suave, you don't want to take revenge on me like this, do you?" Yan Xin decided to lie on the ground and not get up.

Changsun Boyi frowned and said, "It's because you are not stable, get up quickly."

"I don't!" Yan Xin huddled up and lay on the ground, "My lord, help me!"

"Ji Cheng has never practiced martial arts, so how can he be stable?" Li Shao jumped onto the ring, pulled up Yan Xin who was lying on the ground, and sent him off the ring, "If you are full of energy and have nowhere to vent, just follow Qing Yu Make gestures, Qingyu also uses knives."

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi looked Huanzhi from head to toe: "Just his small body?"

Knives are heavier than Huanzhi, right?

"General, I can't listen to you anymore." Huanzhi stared dissatisfiedly. "General, wait here. I'll take the knife and wait for me!"

Before the words fell, Huan Zhi had already run away.

Changsun Boyi asked puzzledly: "Isn't there a knife here? He can't fight with others without his own knife?"

"No, it's true," Li Shao smiled lightly, "Qingyu's narrow knife is three fingers wide."

"Strange," Jie Jun looked at Li Shao suspiciously, "Why does the young master seem to know Qing Yu better than me?"

"Well... why is that?" Li Shao looked at Jie Jun with a smirk.

After a while, Huanzhi ran back with his narrow knife, jumped up onto the ring, and landed firmly in front of Changsun Boyi.

"The general has a great reputation. It is said that there is no one in the post-Chu army. The general should be merciful."

As soon as he saw Huan Zhi's posture holding the knife, Changsun Boyi knew that Huan Zhi was an expert, and he was also a good hand.

The eldest grandson Boyi became interested: "I have always used a knife, but I have never compared it with a narrow knife. Today I have to learn how to teach it."

Before the words were finished, Changsun Boyi pulled out the only nine-ring knife from the weapon rack, and after turning it around, he held it firmly in his hand.

Huanzhi narrowed his eyes, his eyes were sharp, and suddenly he gently tossed the narrow knife in his hand, grabbed the handle of the knife, drew the knife out of its sheath, and ran towards Changsun Boyi very quickly.

Huan Zhi just drew his knife and ran again, but Xie Jun was dumbfounded.

It turns out that Qingyu's movement of drawing the knife is so decisive, it turns out that Qingyu can run faster than the wind, it turns out that Qingyu can cut people without hesitation...

Xie Jun himself is not good at martial arts, but he has been with Changsun Boyi for so many years, and he has seen too many people who practice martial arts, so he has a pair of sharp eyes. Just by looking at him, Xie Jun can guess the opponent's strength Although his strength is not very precise, there will be no big difference. Although Huanzhi's sword technique is not as sophisticated as Changsun Boyi's, he is full of murderous aura.

He didn't know Qingyu like this...

"Who did Qingyu learn his sword skills from?" Xie Jun could only ask Li Shao.

Unexpectedly, Li Shao also shook his head: "I don't know about this either, it's probably an old man around the old master."

The only thing he taught Qingyu was how to hide his strength and bide his time in a chaotic situation, and he couldn't get involved in other things.

"There are so many sword techniques in this world, why do you have to teach him these?" The couple just hoped that Qingyu could spend his life safely.

Li Shao turned his head to look at Xie Jun, and then noticed Xie Jun's slightly sad face.

Li Shao secretly sighed, and said: "Ever since Sejong gave Qingyu the status of 'Marquis of Jinyang', Qingyu has been inextricably linked with the imperial court, it's not that if he says quit, others will let him go his.

What's more, you have a high position and power now, and Yong Ning is Bo Yi's right-hand man. He is a high position and can protect his family, but he is also on the cusp of the storm, with his family's life tied to his waist.

Before you return to Beijing, rather than saying that I was protecting Xie's family, it would be better to say that Qingyu was protecting Xie's family. Qingyu him... You should ask yourself those things. "

When Li Shao talked to Jie Jun, Changsun Boyi and Huan Zhi had already gone through dozens of moves, and Changsun Boyi rarely looked like he was ready for battle. Facing Huanzhi's fierce offensive, Changsun Boyi seemed completely relaxed. Get up, but it's just not easy anymore, Changsun Boyi is still sure of winning.

Frowning, Changsun Boyi suddenly said in a deep voice, "Don't use brute force."

Huan Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly took two steps back to widen the distance between him and Changsun Boyi. He swung his saber and rushed forward again, but this time Huanzhi followed Changsun Boyi's prompt and changed the method of using the saber.

Deliberately blocking Huanzhi's blow with a horizontal knife, Changsun Boyi said again: "Side knife, sweep across."

Huan Zhi acted according to his word, and the tip of the knife could barely pass through Changsun Boyi's throat.

"Sweep in reverse immediately."

Huan Zhi, who was about to finish this move, immediately stabilized his figure, turned his wrist, and the tip of the knife slashed across Changsun Boyi's abdomen again.

"Beautiful!" With admiration, Changsun Boyi took half a step back to prevent his clothes from being scratched.

Huan Zhi retracted the saber, with a gloomy expression on his face: "General, you are too relaxed, aren't you?"

Changsun Boyi also threw the knife away casually, and only heard a "clang", and the knife was firmly inserted back into the weapon rack.

"How many years have I been practicing, how can I be compared with you? Give me your knife."

Huan Zhi hesitated, but still handed out the knife.

"I won't snatch it from you." With a smirk, Changsun Boyi gripped the narrow knife tightly and began to dance, his light moves were quite different from his previous stable knife skills.

When the grandson Boyi stopped, Huan Zhi immediately clapped his hands and applauded.

Returning the saber to Huanzhi, Changsun Boyi wiped off his sweat: "It's rare to choose a clever weapon, so don't be conventional."

"I've been taught." Huan Zhi solemnly bowed to his grandson Boyi.

Li Shao jumped onto the ring again and put the cloak in his hand on Changsun Boyi.

"Is it comfortable now?" Li Shao raised his hand and gently wiped the sweat off Changsun Boyi's face with his sleeve.

"It's okay." Changsun Boyi unbuttoned his clothes.

Huan Zhi retrieved the scabbard and jumped off the ring contentedly.

Xie Jun took off his cloak and put it on Huan Zhi: "Don't catch a cold."

Huan Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then raised his face and smiled at Jie Jun: "Thank you, brother-in-law."

Seeing Huan Zhi's smiling face, Xie Jun blamed himself even more.

At that time, he didn't think much about it when he was young, and he left his family in Chang'an carelessly, and went to find his eldest grandson alone. He didn't expect that it would be ten years since he left. Qingyu was implicated.

Seeing that something was wrong with Jie Jun's expression, Huan Zhi looked puzzled: "Brother-in-law?"

Xie Jun came back to his senses, showing his face and smiling: "It's okay, let's go back."

"Okay." Huanzhi nodded, turned his head to greet Yan Xin, and then quarreled with Yan Xin again.

Li Shao and Changsun Boyi also got off the ring, and walked back slowly to their residence.

After dinner, Changsun Boyi found Jie Jun who was drinking alone in Jinyang Hou's mansion.

"Why are you here?" Passing a jug of wine to Sun Boyi, Xie Jun asked in puzzlement, "Aren't you accompanying the young master?"

"He asked me to come," Sitting on the railing of the corridor with Jie Jun, the elder Sun Boyi was carrying the wine, but didn't drink it, "What's wrong?"

Jie Jun shook his head: "It's nothing, I just suddenly feel sorry for many people."

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi couldn't help but took a sip of wine, originally he just wanted to accompany Jie Jun, and didn't intend to drink.

"How did you start feeling this way?"

Jie Jun let out a long sigh: "I'm not like you and the young master, who carry a lot of burdens and think naturally. The young master can understand everyone's thoughts clearly, and see all the causes and effects thoroughly. And I can only see the people and things in front of me clearly, but there are still people hiding from me and avoiding me."

"Qing Yu just doesn't want you to worry."

Xie Jun laughed at himself: "Ruiyan and I are childhood sweethearts, so naturally we also watched Qingyu grow up, and I really regard him as my own younger brother.

The old Marquis has passed away for many years, and the title 'Marquis of Jinyang' has long been in name only, and I never thought of making Qingyu stand out, let alone asking 'Marquis of Jinyang' to take care of his family, whether it is court disputes or I have blocked other bad things for him, so he can grow up peacefully, marry a wife and have children safely, and then live his life peacefully, but I didn’t expect that my momentary mood would make him bear the burden. He has taken on the responsibility of protecting his family, and he has turned into something I least want to see without telling me...

Huan's army, five thousand Huan's army!He only got a kit from the son, and he recruited five thousand Huan family troops intermittently by himself, and placed them in Jinyang for many years, without leaking a little bit of information. What kind of means must be used to do it? At this point, I couldn't be more clear, and how old is he this year? "

The son asked him to ask Qing Yu, and he asked, but he would rather not have asked.

Grandson Boyi remained silent.

He can understand Jie Jun's mood. When he knew what San Lang had done for him, he also regretted and blamed himself, but so what?It's a foregone conclusion, none of them can go back to the past, and they can't even give compensation, because that is not something that can be compensated.

Handing out the jug and lightly touching the jug in Xie Jun's hand, Changsun Boyi said in a deep voice, "I'll be with you tonight, and I won't go home until I'm drunk."