Fang Tian's painted halberd is extremely difficult to use. Those who use it well will eventually become top generals. Those who use it poorly will basically become honor guards and use Fang Tian's painted halberd as a ritual weapon.
Fang Tian's Painted Halberd has both offensive and defensive capabilities and comprehensive functions, but it requires abundant strength. The higher the strength, the greater its power.
Lan Ji's height and strength were far superior to those of his peers, but in the eyes of the strict Guan Yu, he felt that it was not enough. The two men fought dazzlingly in the field, and the generals and guards who watched the battle kept cheering.
Lan Tian, who was watching the battle, felt that Gao Shun beside him was not in the right mood. When he turned around, he found that this unsmiling man actually had tears in his eyes.
"Boping, what's wrong with you?" Lan Tian asked softly.
Gao Shun realized that he was losing his temper and shook his head repeatedly, "No... no... just seeing Zhong Ling use the halberd so skillfully reminded me of General Lu..."
Lan Tian stroked Gao Shun's back and comforted him: "The deceased is gone. If my uncle knew about it, he would be very pleased."
"Sir, you are right. How many people in the world can be recruited by General Guan? Zhongling is even luckier than Boyang." Gao Shun shook his head with a smile.
Lan Tian smiled slightly and said: "It's enough for Boyang to have you to support him. Whether he is practicing martial arts or studying, he has to rely on himself. The influence of external forces will not be so great. But Zhong Ling's performance still surprised me. After all, he is better than Boyang." He is still two years younger, but he can actually wield Fang Tian's painted halberd with style."
"It must be talent." Gao Shun guessed.
Thirteen-year-old Lan Yuan was as tall as Lan Tian. Lu Lingqi felt that this child could already use real weapons, so she asked Gao Shun to customize weapons for him at the military workshop in Guangzhou.
When Gao Shun followed Lu Bu in Chang'an, he met an old blacksmith because he wanted to make a sword. The old blacksmith told him that adding metals other than copper and iron might make the weapon more tough and rigid. Therefore, Gao Shun, who was extremely self-disciplined, had The hobby of collecting minerals.
Over the decades, Gao Shun either bought or seized trophies, and obtained dozens of ores, including two very precious black stones, which were rumored to be solid stones that fell from the sky.
Gao Shun regarded Lan Yuan and Lan Ji as his own, and when he was making weapons for them, he decisively took them out and watched the goldsmiths smelting and forging them.
The gold craftsmen forged it according to the shape of Fang Tian's painted halberds, and the final appearance of the two painted halberds shocked the craftsmen.
One of the two-moon halberds was dark red, no matter how polished it was, the other was silver-white and shiny, just like an ordinary halberd, but the tip of the spear glowed with a light cyan light when it was swung.
Gao Shunxin said that the old blacksmith would not deceive me. He left it to the knowledgeable Lan Tian to name them and asked Lu Lingqi to assign weapons to the two children.
Based on the characteristics of the two painted halberds, and referring to the names of the constellations and the main stars of Dou Shu, Lan Tian named the two weapons respectively the Suzaku Xuanyue Halberd and the Canglong Pojun Halberd.
After thinking about it, Lu Lingqi gave the Vermilion Bird Black Moon Halberd to Lan Yuan, leaving the Canglong Broken Army Halberd for Lan Ji who was far away in Jiangling.
Taking advantage of Xu Shu's invitation to Lan Tian to discuss matters in Jiangling, Lu Lingqi asked Gao Shun to bring the Canglong Broken Army Halberd to Lan Ji in advance.
After Lan Ji got the weapon, he couldn't put it down, and in the end, he saw Guan Yu pointing out his future son-in-law.
Guan Yu and Lan Ji competed with each other for hundreds of weapons, and roughly understood where Lan Ji's shortcomings were. Guan Yu finally threw the Qinglong Dao into the crowd, and Zhou Cang took it steadily and carried it on his shoulders.
Guan Yu took Lan Ji's hand and walked to Lan Tian, "Zhong Ling may be using this halberd for the first time. Although he is proficient in the halberd, he is not fluent in using it. His strength also needs to be strengthened. I will train him specifically in the future. Ziyu, you should You won’t feel bad, right?”
Lan Tian smiled slightly: "Yun Chang, what are you talking about? Zhong Ling is also your son now."
"You two join forces and don't give outsiders a chance..." Xu Shu pretended to complain.
Guan Yu stroked his beard and raised his eyebrows and said: "Yuanzhi, you can't blame us. Who told you not to work harder in the early years? Did Mrs. Xu know that she is pregnant with a boy and a girl?"
"We don't know yet..." Xu Shu's cheeks felt slightly warm.
After Xu's mother got the prescription from Lantian, she supervised her son's taking of the medicine and supplements every day. In the end, it actually had a miraculous effect, and her daughter-in-law's stomach soon started to move.
"You have experience in diagnosing the pulse of men and women. I heard that your children have all been diagnosed correctly?" Guan Yu asked curiously.
Lan Tian nodded and replied: "I really had a very miraculous experience. The pulses detected by Mr. Zhongjing are all sons, and the pulses detected by Mr. Yuanhua are daughters..."
After hearing this, Guan Yu quickly shook his head: "It's more important to continue the family line. Don't go to Jiaozhou for Yuan Zhi's first child. Your wife's family also values male sons, but it's true that daughters cannot imitate Sun Quan..."
Xu Shu said solemnly: "I don't plan to find someone to diagnose my pulse. God will give me the best arrangement. If she is a daughter, I will take good care of her, so I won't follow Sun Quan's example of getting married everywhere."
"Is there any final news about that matter?" Lan Tian asked curiously.
Xu Shu smiled bitterly: "Originally, no one in Jingzhou made any announcement. It was Zhuge Ziyu's entourage who accidentally spread the word. There must be people with ulterior motives in Jiangdong. They are checking the general's words, 'My daughter will not marry a son of power. Becoming a "tiger girl does not marry a dog's son" made Sun Quan lose face in Jiangdong, and Zhuge Ziyu was demoted because of this. He always explained the original words to everyone..."
"It's better to defend the people than to defend the river. What's the matter with complaining and ridiculing the people who are living in poverty? Sun Zhongmou's move is making a mountain out of a molehill."
Lan Tianxin said that Zhuge Jin would not become Xianglin's wife, right? With Sun Quan's narrow-mindedness, he would definitely avenge Guan Yu. How could this second master still attract hatred?
"I have brought you what you want, Ziyu. Can you find a place for Zhang Zhangyan later?" Xu Shu asked, patting his chest.
Lan Tian nodded, "That's fine."
Seeing this, Guan Yu waved everyone away and said, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the side hall and sit down and chat slowly."
At this time, Guan Ping came forward with Fei Shi, clasped his fists and saluted Lantian: "General, this is Fei Sima from Yizhou. He came to see you on the order of his uncle."
Fei Shi bowed his hands and saluted everyone: "General Guan, General Lan, and Military Advisor Xu, I am Qianwei Fei Shi."
"Does Fei Sima have something important?" Lan Tian asked curiously.
Fei Shi nodded and said, "As ordered by the lord, I will borrow a person from General Lan."
"who?"
"Song Chen."
Lan Tian couldn't understand Liu Bei's operation, but he still waved and said: "Fei Sima is going to the side hall with us, and I happen to have something to trouble you."
"Wei." Fei Shi answered with her hands raised.
Since the matters to be discussed were relatively secretive, only Guan Yu, Lan Tian, Xu Shu, and Fei Shi were left in the side hall, while Guan Ping pestered Lan Ji to compete in martial arts.
After Fei Shi told the story of Zhang Fei's military capital, everyone in the palace fell into deep thought.
Guan Yu was the first to speak: "Although the third brother has a bad temper, almost no one can subdue him. Isn't the eldest brother too worried?"
Xu Shu shook his head and explained for Liu Bei: "My lord, he will be confused if he cares. But fortunately, Colonel Song is currently in Jiangling. Your luck is really good."
"Seriously? That's great." Fei Shi's face was full of surprise.
