"Old Wei, if you want to bet, bet big!" At this time, there was a shout from the gate. Wei Daxun turned around and was happy. It turned out to be his best friend. Lin Jin, the agent of Xiaodu Tong, rushed over and was standing at the moment. Looking over at the steps at the door, he was different from Wei Daxun. He was about 1.8 meters taller than Chen Xiaomu. He was in his early twenties and had a handsome face. He was wearing a plain white all-over robe with a black mink cover. He wears a short leather jacket and looks elegant.
When Xiao Cheng's soldiers surrounded the scholar soldiers in this big house in the morning, Lin Jin didn't take it seriously at all. He estimated that some scholars in the scholar camp were causing trouble outside and causing trouble in the city. The common people gathered again to the garrison general's house to complain. Perhaps the garrison Wang Yun was annoyed by the entanglement, so he asked Xiao Cheng to lead his troops to seal them in the big house and not let them out for the time being, until they could avoid the limelight. , the soldiers surrounding the big house naturally evacuated.
Even though he was like this, he didn't intend to give in, for fear that Wang Yun would get started and seal them up in this big house at every turn. Therefore, he asked his best friend Wei Daxun to take the lead and lead the crowd to attack the blockade set up by Xiao Cheng's soldiers. He hinted that when Wei Daxun's troubles came to a critical moment, even if he killed three or two soldiers from Hubei, he could still bear this responsibility!
It wasn't until the scholar soldiers at the door came in to report to him that Wei Daxun had been arrested by the other party. The scholar soldiers who made trouble at the door had injured seven or eight people, two of whom were seriously injured and died, did he feel that something was wrong today and hurriedly He brought more than a dozen followers to see what was going on. When he arrived at the gate, he happened to hear what Chen Xiaomu and Wei Daxun were saying. Especially when he heard Chen Xiaomu asking Wei Daxun to compare what he was good at with him, he was afraid. Wei Daxun was timid and frightened by Chen Xiaomu, and did not dare to make a big bet with Chen Xiaomu, so he shouted anxiously.
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand to the soldiers surrounding the gate to move out of the way and let Lin Jin and his entourage over.
Lin Jin walked up to Chen Xiaomu and stared into Chen Xiaomu's eyes with sharp eyes, trying to give him a first blow. He usually used this trick first when teaching his subordinates in the camp, so that people would first feel timid under his eyes. , he almost never failed with this move, he even used this move in front of the guard Wang Yun, but after a short time, Wang Yun looked away and stopped looking at him.
But this time he was greatly disappointed. Chen Xiaomu not only did not avoid his look, but also looked back at him with a smile. As time went by, Lin Jin himself felt bored. He turned around and ordered the followers around him, "Hurry up. Centurion Wei, help me up!"
Chen Xiaomu chuckled and cupped his hands towards Lin Jin, "I haven't asked you the name of this brother yet?"
Lin Jin tilted his head and glanced at Chen Xiaomu, and said arrogantly, "Go back and call Wang Yun to talk to me. You have no one to talk to here!"
"Lin Dutong, this is Military Advisor Chen sent to the General's Mansion by Marshal Han. I heard that you were making trouble, and the Lord of Guards specially asked him to come over and take a look and deal with it." Seeing Lin Jin's appearance, Du Fengxian hurriedly came over to greet him. Lin Jin introduces Chen Xiaomu’s identity.
"Oh, so you are the person sent here by my cousin!" Lin Jin looked Chen Xiaomu up and down and nodded lightly.
"Did my cousin capture Tianquan County?" Lin Jin suddenly asked Chen Xiaomu.
Chen Xiaomu shook his head and replied, "Not yet, but it will be soon!"
Lin Jin's face suddenly sank again, "Xiao Cheng ordered his subordinates to kill and injure many of my subordinates. What crime should he be punished for?"
Chen Xiaomu sneered and said, "I asked the soldiers to fight him. This has nothing to do with Xiao Dutong!"
"You are so brave. Do you know who they are?" Lin Jin pointed at Chen Xiaomu, his fingers trembling. In fact, he had already heard from his subordinates that it was Chen Xiaomu who asked the soldiers to beat him. He only heard Du Feng introduce it first. , knew that Chen Xiaomu was the person close to his cousin, and was afraid that his cousin would be in trouble when he was held responsible in the future, so he could not be cruel, so he deliberately found a way for Chen Xiaomu to step down and put the blame on Xiao Cheng, who had no background. Who would have thought that Chen Xiaomu was so ignorant of praise that he just put the responsibility on himself, leaving him at a loss as to what to do.
Of course Chen Xiaomu also knew what Lin Jin was thinking, but he just felt funny. If Lin Jin knew his true identity at this moment, he would probably feel regretful in his intestines.
"No matter who he is, he is a soldier in the military camp, and he must obey orders and obey the command! Otherwise, military law will be violated!" Chen Xiaomu immediately dismissed Lin Jin's accusation with a cold face.
"Okay, okay, you're very good, don't you want to make a bet? I'll bet with you now!" Lin Jin was speechless by Chen Xiaomu, and suddenly remembered the bet he just made.
"Okay, I remembered it too. Lin Dutong, didn't you just say you wanted to bet big? So what do you want to bet on? Tell me." Chen Xiaomu patted his forehead gently with his hand.
"Okay, listen up, I'll bet your and Xiao Cheng's heads!" Lin Jin gritted his teeth and pointed at Chen Xiaomu and Xiao Cheng.
Chen Xiaomu was stunned, pointed at his head, and asked in disbelief, "Are you going to bet on this thing?"
Lin Jin nodded fiercely, "That's right, there's no point in betting on anything else!"
"Then how do you want to bet?" Chen Xiaomu asked Lin Jin.
"I will play three top links first. If you can match the bottom link, you will win. Then you will play three more top links. If I can match the bottom link, we will be considered a tie!"
"What happens after the tie?" Chen Ruomu asked.
"We will compose poems from now on, each of us will compose three poems. When I compose a poem, you will come up with the title, and when you compose a poem, I will come up with the title. This goes on and on until the winner is determined!"
"This is not possible." Chen Xiaomu shook his head.
"Why not?" Lin Jin asked hurriedly. He was afraid that Chen Xiaomu would retreat at this time. He had a strong desire for revenge and was afraid that he would miss this opportunity and let Chen Xiaomu retreat completely.
"Why would you bet your head on mine and Xiao Dutong's, and both of our official positions are higher than yours!" Chen Xiaomu said plausibly.
"Lin Dutong, count me in your bet!" After hearing Chen Xiaomu's words, Wei Daxun in the crowd hurriedly stood two steps forward. Of course he couldn't back down because of him, and what's more, these big-headed soldiers know what pairs and poems are. , I would never dare to fight in a battle, and pairing, and composing poems are all my strengths. There is no doubt that I will win this bet! He also took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve his reputation in the scholar camp and his status in Lin Jin's mind, so as to lay some foundation for his future ability to govern.
"Do you think Centurion Wei and I can do it?" Lin Jin looked at Chen Xiaomu, "Although our official positions are not as high as yours, our backgrounds are much deeper than yours!"
Chen Xiaomu still shook his head and waved his hands, but it still didn't work.
"Commander Chen, what is wrong with you? You must tell me today!" Lin Jin was really anxious. The more Chen Xiaomu retreated, the more Lin Jin was sure that Chen Xiaomu did not dare to compete with them.
Chen Xiaomu spread his hands and said helplessly: "There is no middleman for this pair of poems. Who will judge whether the pair is good or bad? Who is the good poet and who is the bad one? You have to find someone. Let’s judge, right? Besides, who will be the one who will be responsible for the beheading of the loser? They will definitely have to write a life-and-death document or something like that! This is all a matter."
Lin Jin tilted his head and thought about it, and felt that Chen Xiaomu's words were not unreasonable, but it was really a problem to find someone to judge and chop off the head. However, in his heart, he always thought that what Chen Xiaomu said was just bragging. He bowed his head and found an excuse for himself. It was important to save his head.
Seeing that Lin Jin was silent, Chen Xiaomu cupped his hands, said "goodbye" and turned around to leave.
Lin Jin was so anxious that he raised his hand and yelled "Slow down". He suddenly thought of one person, that is, the servant of Zheng Guo who retired from old age and returned to his hometown. Although his group occupied his house, he didn't dare to favor the other party. After all, In his eyes, both sides are now Chu troops, both invaders of Zheng. However, his group is just here to gild the front line, and their hands have not been stained with the blood of Zheng people. But those on the other side, that I have never had the blood of Zheng Guoren on my hands!
Chen Xiaomu turned around and looked at Lin Jin in surprise, only to see Lin Jin say slowly, "Since Military Master Chen doesn't dare to compete, I can understand, but the soldiers who killed and wounded our people must be handed over to pay for their lives. We can also cancel it." This competition!”
Chen Xiaomu sneered: "Am I afraid to compete? It's because we don't have the conditions to compete now."
"What if I want to solve all these conditions?" Lin Jin stared at Chen Xiaomu and asked.
"Then let's compare." Chen Xiaomu pretended to be helpless.
"good". What Lin Jin wants is these words from Chen Xiaomu,
"How about we ask Wu Shilang, the former Minister of Rites of Zheng State, to be the judge of both of us?"
"Lin Dutong, if you could find Wu Shilang as your judge, I would be happy to accompany you. But it's already late, where is Wu Shilang?" Chen Xiaomu said with a sneer.
Lin Jin looked at Chen Xiaomu, raised his hand and waved in the air, "Here, go and invite Minister Wu over."
As soon as he finished speaking, several scholar soldiers ran out from the entourage behind him and disappeared from people's sight in the blink of an eye!
About half an hour later, several scholar-soldiers came back pushing a wheelbarrow. Sitting in the cart was an octogenarian old man who was full of energy and had bright eyes. He was quite impressive. The demeanor of an immortal!
Lin Jin saw this and hurried over to greet him. Before the scholar-soldier pushing the cart could stop, Lin Jin clasped his hands in his fists, bowed to the end, and saluted Wu Shilang who was sitting in the cart, straightened up and said , "I'd like to trouble Mr. Wu to come and judge Military Advisor Chen and I. What do you think, Mr. Wu?"
Wu Shilang was sitting on the wheelbarrow. He didn't even raise his eyelids, but muttered, "I'm here now, shouldn't I be able to do it?"
Lin Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly waved to a few scholar soldiers to take Wu Shilang out of the car. The scholar soldiers had already moved a desk and several imperial chairs from the big house and placed them in the open space in front of the door. At this time, a few more scholars came up. He helped Wu Shilang sit down on the master's chair behind the table, held a cup of tea, and spread out pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Wu Shilang.
