On the second day, after Zhao Tong took Yue Fei to see little Zhao Xi, they went to the martial arts field.
There is no need to compete in infantry combat. The main thing is to compare the troops immediately. The two fought for several rounds. Zhao Tong found that Yue Fei's martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds compared with a few years ago.
He smiled and said: "Junior brother, this gun will probably have few opponents on the battlefield."
Yue Fei said: "Senior brother, please don't praise me. I should get carried away with myself."
Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "What's the point? People say you have to become famous early. Junior brother, haven't you ever thought about taking part in the imperial examination?"
Yue Fei thought: "Not at the moment. I feel that my literary talent is average, but my martial arts skills are still lacking. I still need to practice more diligently."
Zhao Tong nodded. People like Yue Fei have their own way. He doesn't want to interfere and impose his will on the other party, which will only stifle the other party's growth.
Take Han Shizhong, for example. The night before the army set off in Suzhou, Zhe Kecun came to meet him. Zhao Ta talked with him for more than an hour, and finally let him go. He did not force him to recruit him, but rewarded him with a large sum of money. silver jewelry.
Han Shizhong already knew that when he was robbed of credit by Xin Xingzong in Bangyuan, it was not Zhe Kecun whom he met by chance, but Zhao Tong who told Zhe Kecun to pay attention to him, and he was found. Although he did not know why Zhao Tong favored him, he was summoned again. Naturally, I am grateful for the reward.
At this moment, Han Shizhong had not yet met Liang Hongyu. Originally, when Tong Guan's squadron returned to the court, he led the Western Army to the Jingkou of Runzhou and summoned prostitutes to have a banquet. Liang Hongyu and other prostitutes came to serve, and they recognized Han Shizhong at the banquet.
Because Han Shizhong was worried about his future, he seemed gloomy alone amidst the cheers and drinks of many generals boasting and boasting, which attracted Liang Hongyu's attention.
Liang Hongyu was a singer, but she was born with a dashing and handsome appearance, and was not vulgar. Three generations of her family were Jiangnan military commanders, and they had practiced kung fu since childhood. Her grandfather and father missed the opportunity to fight against the Fang La rebellion and were defeated, convicted and killed. As a The female family members were sent to Jingkou to work as prostitutes.
However, she is an anomaly. She can dance a sword and walk a rope. She has supernatural powers, can draw a strong bow, and is sure to hit every shot. She is also proficient in calligraphy, which is extremely rare among women. This naturally attracted Han Shizhong's attention, and then the two of them communicated attentively. , cherish each other, and finally become a family.
Zhao Tong didn't want to stifle their growth. After all, he was still stuck in Tokyo and couldn't give future famous players such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Da Wu Xiaowu a training space to broaden their horizons and gain experience, so he didn't do much. What a solicitation, just a good relationship.
At this time, Zhao Tao and Yue Fei exchanged weapons to spar again. Zhao Tao held the sacred spear of King Yu. Yue Fei saw that the spear was heavy, so he went to get a double-sided painted halberd. This painted halberd was not a light thing, so he "Ping" "Ping Pong Pong" played together again on horseback.
After stopping for a while to rest, Zhao Tong sat on the stone pier and said, "I forgot to tell my junior brother that I recently accepted a disciple."
Yue Fei wondered: "Senior brother, recruiting disciples is a big deal, why hasn't the outside world heard about it?"
Zhao Tong smiled and shook his head: "We didn't hold a banquet to celebrate, we just went through the ceremony and performed the master-disciple etiquette."
Yue Fei said in confusion: "Senior brother, you are a little too low-key. This is another happy event. There is no reason not to celebrate. I wonder which family the child is from, but he is in Tokyo now?"
Zhao Tong said: "My name is Gao Chong, he is a descendant of a noble family. I will call him later to show my junior brother."
Yue Fei scratched his head and said, "It's time to call me nephew. Unfortunately, I don't have any greeting gifts with me. I'll go outside for a while and see if I can buy anything suitable as a gift."
Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "What a greeting gift, junior brother, you don't have to be so polite."
Yue Fei said: "You have to get it, you have to get it. Since you are an elder, how can you not give me a greeting gift?"
Seeing that he was serious, Zhao Tong said: "This boy doesn't like other things. He only likes to play with knives and guns. Junior brother, it's hard to buy weapons outside. I have some good blades in my library. Junior brother, go and choose one." Give it away."
Yue Fei hesitated: "Isn't that taking advantage of senior brother again? And it doesn't mean that this is a gift from senior brother?"
Zhao Tong touched his chin: "Junior brother, if you think so, then just keep some money."
Yue Fei said awkwardly: "Although it's good, I still took advantage. The weapons accumulated by senior brother are not commonplace. I'm afraid I won't be able to buy one even if I wear them all."
Zhao Tong smiled and said, "That's a lot of nonsense. Junior brother, come with me."
The two of them talked as they walked, and it didn't take long to arrive at the palace's armory. There were not too many things in it, only a few dozen.
Most of these weapons were items from Taizong's arsenal that came out of the palace when Zhao Tao left the palace to open his mansion. A small part of them were war-torn items collected during the battles between the Huaihe River and the Liangjiang River.
He did not move out all of Taizong's arsenal in the palace, but took out the ones that were intact and still usable. The remaining ones that were improperly preserved and of little value were left untouched.
As for the two battles against Wang Qing and Fangla, not only the battlefields were searched, but also the local warehouses were searched, and some good things that caught their eye were brought back.
Yue Fei looked left and right in the library, touching this one and picking up that one. He couldn't put it down. Zhao Tong said: "Junior brother, if you like anything, just pick one."
Yue Fei blushed when he heard this, and just shook his head vigorously, saying: "Although I am happy to see it, it is not practical for me. Thank you, senior brother, I will not choose it."
Zhao Tong smiled and said nothing. After a while, he saw Yue Fei pick out a dark golden copper whip.
This whip is made of gilt copper and is solid, with a total of 18 sections. It looks simple and elegant, and seems to be old.
Zhao Tong recognized the bronze whip as something from Taizong's arsenal. At that time, the page next to it was written as Yang Xingmi's weapon.
Yang Xingmi, whose original name was Xingmin, was a general in the late Tang Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period and Five Dynasties. He was once granted the title of King of Wu. According to rumors, he could lift hundreds of kilograms and walk hundreds of miles a day. He was a fierce man.
This whip was made after he was crowned King of Wu. It is made of excellent materials. It is rare wind-milled copper, and the outside is gilded. Not to mention the weapon, the single object is extremely valuable.
"Senior brother, this is it!" Yue Fei weighed the weight of the copper whip in his hand and said, "Isn't it too heavy?"
Zhao Tong bared his teeth and said happily: "It won't sink, it won't sink."
Gao Chong is born with divine power and is extremely powerful. Why should he be afraid of sinking? I'm afraid it won't be able to play without the weight.
Then the two of them left the arsenal. Zhao Tong watched Yue Fei run back to his room to get the baggage, and then went to the palace accountant to pay for the gift. He didn't say how much, and Yue Fei didn't ask. But when he came back, the original baggage was only There is only one layer of cloth left.
Then in the afternoon, Zhao Tong thought about asking someone to call Gao Chong, but before he could send someone out, the housekeeper from the front came over and reported that Gao Chong and Zhao Gou had arrived together.
The two of them were waiting in the martial arts arena, and soon they saw Gao Chong, Zhao Gou, Zhao Mo, Zhao Yan, and Fu Jin walking over with Zhao Huer.
Zhao Tong smiled and said, "How could it be such a coincidence that you, Gao Chong, met them again?"
Gao Chong said: "Master, that's not the case. It was Zhao Gou who came to my house to find me and said he wanted to come to the master's place. The last time the master taught me the marksmanship, I didn't study it thoroughly. The disciple also wanted to come and ask the master. So we got together.”
Zhao Tong glanced at a few people, especially Zhao Gou, who felt his heart tremble and murmured: "Second brother, what's wrong?"
Zhao Tong smiled faintly and nodded to Yue Fei next to him: "I would like to introduce you to a guest. This is my junior brother Yue Fei, whose name is Pengju."
Gao Chong rolled his eyes, stepped forward and knelt on the ground, calling him uncle.
Those few were stunned. They didn't know that their second brother and his junior brother appeared out of nowhere.
Yue Fei hurriedly helped Gao Chong up. He knew that Gao Chong was a noble queen, but he didn't know if he had a title. He couldn't ask at this moment, but he felt that it was hard for him to be worshiped, so he hurriedly took out the gilded copper whip. Make a meeting ceremony.
Gao Chong took the golden whip and liked it. It was a horse weapon, and it needed to be steady and powerful. Moreover, the material of this whip was extraordinary, and its workmanship was also fine. It was a treasure as soon as you touched it.
Gao Chong thanked him again, and Yue Fei helped him up again. Then he looked at Zhao Tao, then at Zhao Gou and others.
Yue Fei is white, so he must be polite to princes and daughters like Zhao Gou.
This is no different from Gao Chong and Zhao Gou. Gao Chong has the hereditary title of founding duke, and the nobility class is a very complex group, and is inextricably linked to the royal family. Therefore, Gao Chong does not observe any etiquette, and even He was still fooling around and wouldn't comment too much if others saw him, but Yue Fei was different.
Zhao Tong thought for a while and felt that it was necessary to introduce them one by one, so he started with Zhao Yan, then Zhao Gou, Zhao Mo, and finally Fu Jin and Zhao Huer.
Yue Fei greeted everyone generously, and everyone looked at him curiously.
Zhao Gou pretended to be mature and said: "Pengju, since you are the younger brother of the second brother, you don't have to be so polite. You can teach me my skills when you have time. The second brother is very stingy and refuses to teach me martial arts, so why don't we?" Climb a senior fellow apprentice and shout."
Yue Fei didn't know what he meant, so he hurriedly looked at Zhao Tan, who waved his hand: "Don't listen to his nonsense. He is not good at writing or martial arts. He will know how to talk in a day."
Zhao Gou said: "Second brother, this is what's wrong with you. If you don't teach me, why don't you let others teach me?"
Zhao Tong said: "The sect has its own rules. If you want to learn martial arts, just go to the Yuquan Hall and become a teacher."
Zhao Gou said: "The current masters in the imperial boxing gym are not good. They are all showboats... Hey, fifth sister and thirteenth sister, what are you two looking at?"
Fu Jin looked at Yue Fei from time to time, and then whispered something to Zhao Huer. Zhao Huer also looked at Yue Fei, then covered his mouth with his hand, and the two of them whispered.
Zhao Tong frowned when he saw this: "What are you two doing? Isn't it rude to whisper to each other?"
Seeing that Zhao Tong was angry, Zhao Huer opened her mouth and said, "Fifth sister said, Yue, Junior Brother Yue..."
She didn't know how to address Yue Fei, so she imitated Zhao Tong and called her junior brother.
Zhao Tong's lips trembled, but he was speechless.
At this time, Fu Jin covered Zhao Huer's mouth and said with a red face: "Second brother, I mean Senior Brother Yue..."
She didn't know how to address him. It was not appropriate to call him sir. It was rude to call him by his first name. She didn't know who the other party was or how old he was, so she had no choice but to call him senior brother according to the relationship between Zhao Tong and the other party.
"I said that of Senior Brother Yue's two eyes, one is bigger and the other is not that big..." At this point, Fu Jin lowered his head in shame, wishing he could crawl into the cracks in the ground.
She had never said such rude words, but that was the fact. One of Senior Brother Yue's eyes was big, and the other was a little small.
Zhao Tong's eyebrows jumped when he heard this. Yue Fei was indeed like this, but it was not born. He had also asked before. This was a problem caused by the uneven force of his eyes when practicing archery and aiming.
In fact, he always squints his eyes, which is also a problem left over from practicing archery. Once he gets into the state, he is too focused and doesn't care about the consequences of the practice method.
Yue Fei's eyes are recorded in history. During the Shaoxing Peace Conference, Weishi passed Linping on his way back to the Song Dynasty from the Jin Kingdom. He asked one by one about the famous generals of the Song Dynasty who were often talked about in the Jin camp at that time, and said: "How about Po Han Wu?"
The following reply: "I have resigned from my post and been granted the title of Duke of Tan Kingdom."
Webster was silent for a while and then asked: "How about General Big Eyes?"
Next he replied: "Yue Fei has died in prison."
Wei Shi was extremely angry with Zhao Gou and did not talk to Zhao Gou for a long time. He thought about his encounter in the Kingdom of Jin and planned to become a monk. From then on, he wore Taoist uniforms all his life and left a portrait of him.
As for Po Han Wu and Big Big Eye General, these are what Jin soldiers often call them in the army. They are even known to Jurchen folk and market people, and naturally Wei Shi and others also know them.
Zhao Tong looked at Yue Fei and smiled and said: "It's all caused by falling arrows while practicing. Junior Brother Yue's eyes are not called big and small eyes, but dragon and phoenix eyes. If I often squint now, it is also from practicing arrows, then it is called red and phoenix eyes." !”
When everyone heard this, they laughed together. Fu Jin looked at Yue Fei's eyes again and couldn't help but laugh.
Yue Fei scratched his head and laughed.
Then Zhao Tao held a banquet, which was full of fruit wine. Yue Fei was concerned about his dignity and did not want to sit down. Zhao Tao pulled him to sit down. Zhao Gou said: "Pengju, please sit down. I also want to ask about your martial arts."
Everyone was young, and after a while they started changing glasses. The fruit wine was not very intoxicating, but it was a bit exciting.
Zhao Gou and Gao Chong kept arguing about their skills with guns and sticks, while Zhao Mo asked Yue Fei mysteriously: "Brother Yue, can you beat my second brother?"
The corner of Yue Fei's mouth twitched, he shook his head and said: "I can't beat him, I can't beat him."
Zhao Yanze and Zhao Tong were full of bitterness, saying that it was difficult to open a bookstore. They didn't expect that it was so difficult to make money, and they had too many things to worry about every day.
Zhao Tong said calmly: "Why don't you do it?"
Zhao Yan hurriedly shook his head like a rattle: "Do it, do it, it's just idle time anyway, I don't believe you can't even run a bookstore."
Zhao Tong smiled and said, "If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask General Lu."
Zhao Chu said: "I didn't ask him, but he doesn't understand either. He wants to steal from other bookstores."
Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Then he has some ideas."
Zhao Chu said: "I saw that he was recorded in the book when he came back, and I didn't bother to ask, so I just let him take care of it."
Zhao Tong thought for a while: "Since he is the shopkeeper, he will naturally do these things. You are the boss, control the overall situation and make big decisions."
"I..." Zhao Yan felt a little guilty when he heard this: "The big idea... Okay, I know the second brother."
Zhao Tong nodded and looked at Fu Jin and the other two, who were only focused on eating and drinking, not looking at him.
Zhao Tong thought for a while and saw that it was still early outside, so he couldn't help but said, "How about going out for a walk later?"
Zhao Huer immediately raised her head after hearing this: "Okay, okay, I'm going to Daxiangguo Temple!"
Zhao Tong smiled and said: "Then why don't you eat quickly and leave as soon as you finish eating."
(End of chapter)
