Yuan Yao looked at Huang Zhong as if he were looking at a billion-dollar lottery ticket.
"Ahem, cough, cough," Yuan Yao said with a smile: "Speaking of which, General Huang and I are also members of the same family..."
"He is my brother-in-law!" Huang Yi said directly, interrupting Yuan Yao who was about to get married.
Yuan Yao couldn't finish his prepared words, he was furious and glared at Huang Yi.
Huang Yi, who had always lowered his eyebrows and was gentle, this time looked at Yuan Yao with his nostrils provocatively. It was obvious that he had found a backer.
With Huang Zhong present, Yuan Yao did not dare to do anything to Huang Yi. I can only bear this breath.
"Oh...it's your brother-in-law!" Huang Zhong nodded and didn't take it seriously at first. It took a while before he realized what he was saying.
"You are my nephew's brother-in-law, so my nephew will marry your biological sister."
"If I remember correctly, my nephew was married to the second daughter of the Yuan family in Runan. Could it be that you are Yuan Yao, the eldest son of Yuan Shu?"
Yuan Yao was about to respond when he heard the words, but saw Huang Zhong shook his head fiercely again.
"No, no, I have seen Mr. Yuan from a distance. He indulged in wine and sex, and his steps were frivolous. He is far worse than you!"
Huang Zhong shook his head at Yuan Yao, then turned to Huang Yi:
"Nephew, isn't it enough to marry a young lady from the Yuan family? Which lady have you married as your concubine in the past few years?"
Huang Yi was speechless for a while, thinking to himself, I would like to have three wives and four concubines, but I have to be destined to marry them!
After marrying Yuan Xuan, Huang Yi had long been isolated from other women for the rest of his life.
Yuan Yao's mouth twitched when he heard this.
"Well, General Huang, I am Yuan Yao!"
Yuan Yao simply revealed his identity.
Huang Zhong's eyes widened and he looked Yuan Yao up and down again, as if he couldn't believe it.
As if aware of what he had just said, Huang Zhong smiled and said: "Hey, Mr. Yuan, a few years have passed and your body has become much stronger!"
"It's not as weak as before!"
Yuan Yao had heard Huang Yi mention it before. His uncle was good at everything, but he was lacking in worldliness.
But Yuan Yao didn't expect Huang Zhong, the famous Five Tiger General of the Three Kingdoms, to be so loyal and upright.
He already almost knew the reason why Huang Zhong was summoned by Liu Sheng as a general early on, but did not have the opportunity to rise to prominence until the late Three Kingdoms period.
In a word, it depends on your character!
It's no wonder that after Huang Zhong followed Liu Bei, even though he made great achievements in killing Xia Houyuan, he still had bad relations with Guan Yu and others. Guan Yu angrily scolded him: "A real man will never be ranked with the veterans."
Of course, Guan Yu's arrogant and proud character is the main reason. However, Huang Zhong's character made it difficult for him to have a harmonious relationship with Guan Yu and others.
But Huang Zhong is not completely upright and brainless. He himself is also aware of his shortcomings in character.
So after finishing this sentence, Huang Zhong also knew that he would make mistakes if he said too much, so he quickly gave Huang Yi a secret look and asked his nephew to smooth things over for him.
This kind of occasion was a common occurrence for the uncle and nephew in the past.
In the past, Huang Yi was not a peaceful master. If he got into trouble, he would seek protection from his uncle Huang Zhong, who was senior and strong in martial arts.
Huang Zhong was too loyal and upright, and often suffered losses on certain occasions. At such times, the eloquent Huang Yi often stood up to defend him.
The two uncles and nephews complement each other in their strengths and weaknesses, and their relationship is very deep.
So after Huang Yi entered the Yuan family, he immediately recommended Huang Zhong to Yuan Shu. However, Yuan Shu, who had many mediocre people under his command at that time, was only willing to give Huang Zhong an official position in a small school. However, in order to snatch talents, Liu Biao directly offered Huang Zhong the official position of Lieutenant General.
But what Huang Zhong didn't expect was that before he had a chance to show off his martial arts and superb archery skills to Liu Biao, Liu Biao assigned his nephew Liu Pan as his subordinate.
Huang Zhong is tenacious and firmly believes that his own abilities will always come into use.
But as luck would have it, Liu Pan was famous for his bravery and fighting skills. Every time he fought, he would charge to the front, leaving Huang Zhong, who looked mature and steady, to guard the rear camp.
Therefore, although Huang Zhong served as a general for four years, he had hardly made any achievements. But despite this, Huang Zhong remained determined and practiced diligently every day.
Perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for several years, Huang Yi and Huang Zhong had no tacit understanding for a while, and Huang Yi didn't react for a while.
Huang Zhong was very embarrassed, scratching his head, searching for words to remedy the situation.
Yuan Yao didn't take it seriously at all and said with a smile: "General Huang is right, I did indulge in drinking and sex in the past, and I almost broke down my body!"
"Although I have given up drinking and sex now, my body only looks stronger, but compared to General Huang, it can only be said to be superficial!"
Huang Zhong scratched his head, thinking that Yuan Yao was mocking him. He wanted to show his kindness and explain, but he was afraid that he would make mistakes if he said too much, so he could only look at Huang Yi as if asking for help.
Huang Yi finally received Huang Zhong's eyes and was about to speak when he saw Yuan Yao staring at him with a fierce look.
Huang Yi shut up immediately, not daring to disturb Yuan Yao's good deeds anymore.
"I have heard for a long time that General Huang is brave enough to be worthy of all men. If you can teach this junior a thing or two about swordsmanship or archery, I will definitely be grateful!"
Huang Yi also understood it instantly, and secretly thought that Yuan Yao really dug in when there was a gap and climbed when there was a pole.
As a prince of a famous family, you don't have to do this to win people's hearts!
Although he secretly slandered, Huang Yi still spoke to help: "Uncle, for the sake of my brother-in-law's sincerity, just teach him a move!"
"Don't look at how tall he is. He may not even be able to defeat an ordinary soldier! Just teach him whatever you want, and it will be enough for him to enjoy endlessly throughout his life!"
Hearing what his nephew said, Huang Zhong also understood that this Yuan Yao was not in a quarrel with him, but was sincerely asking for advice.
It's been a long time since I've met someone who speaks so directly and frankly.
Huang Zhong was in a good mood. At this time, it was not just the joy of seeing his nephew again after a long absence.
"Young Master Yuan is a humble gentleman. Since you have something to ask for, I will definitely give it to you!"
Yuan Yao was overjoyed. Could it be that he could establish friendship with Huang Zhong so easily, or even become a master-disciple relationship?
"But neither sword skills nor archery skills can be mastered overnight! In this way, I will teach Mr. Yuan the basic moves and techniques first!"
"If Mr. Yuan can be like me, practicing Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, and practice diligently in the morning and evening, then you will definitely achieve something in three to five years! Then we will practice to the next level!"
Yuan Yao sweated, this Huang Zhong is really straightforward.
With that said, Huang Zhong raised his bow and wanted to explain the essentials of archery directly to Yuan Yao.
Upon seeing this, Huang Yi waved his hand quickly: "Three to five years, as good as today!"
"This is not the place for talking. Let's go to the camp and talk slowly and teach slowly!"
Huang Zhong is a simple person, and Yuan Yao only needs to use the simplest way to get along with him, and talk honestly and sincerely.
This night, Yuan Yao and Huang Zhong got along very happily.
Huang Zhong was not familiar with the world and did not realize that Yuan Yao was deliberately trying to recruit him. He just focused on explaining to Yuan Yao the essentials of using a knife and archery, and taught Yuan Yao a few entry-level moves.
But when Yuan Yao asked tentatively whether Huang Zhong had set up the camp and how Huang Zhong was doing, Huang Zhong remained silent.
Fortunately, with Huang Yi, his nephew, Yuan Yao was not impatient and could confirm his guess sooner or later.
It wasn't until late at night that Huang Zhong suddenly woke up when the watchman in the army passed by with the sound of bamboo.
Huang Yi then passed Huang Zhong's words to Yuan Yao. It turned out that there was an order in the army not to allow outsiders to stay overnight!
Even if it was Huang Yi, his nephew, Huang Zhong would not let Huang Yi stay overnight without informing the general Liu Pan.
Yuan Yao and Huang Yi said goodbye to Huang Zhong and led people out of the Jingzhou military camp.
Returning to his camp, Yuan Yao immediately made arrangements.
First, let Lu Dai send more scouts and spies during this period to monitor the movements of the Jingzhou Army and Zhuge Xuan at any time.
Second, Huang Yi was exempted from all affairs. During this period, he only had one task: to establish a good uncle-nephew relationship with Huang Zhong!
The third is to win over Nanchang officials and nobles, such as Chen Li. Yuan Yao has a good impression of him and feels that he is someone he can win over.
The next day, at dawn, Yuan Yao ran around the camp seven or eight times.
He has developed the habit of running in the morning. Sometimes when he gets up early, he will check the sentry post.
Feng Fangnu also got up early and boiled hot water in the main tent. Yuan Yao loved to be clean. After taking a bath, he would always ask Feng Fangnu to pour it on his head and rinse it off when he was covered in stinky sweat.
The tent curtain was opened, and Yuan Yao walked in, covered in sweat and steaming from his body.
Feng Fangnu just tested the water temperature, turned around and smiled sweetly: "Sir, the water is ready, do you want to rinse now?"
Yuan Yao looked at a brand new ring-shou sword beside him and shook his head.
"Sorry, I asked you to adjust the water temperature in vain today!"
"I forgot to tell you, after I finish running, I have to practice swordsmanship and arrows for a while!"
Yuan Yao picked up the Huanshou sword, pulled it out of its sheath, and nodded with satisfaction.
Lu Dai indeed chose a good knife for himself.
The main tent has a large space. Yuan Yao recalled the key points taught by Huang Zhong yesterday. He first felt the weight of the blade and tried to hold his hand at the balance point.
Then swing it a few times to adjust the posture of holding the knife.
The posture of holding the knife must be correct, otherwise it is easy to lose the knife during chopping or injure one's jaw joint.
Yuan Yao memorized every key point Huang Zhong taught him and began to practice sword skills.
Huang Zhong only taught himself how to use the knife to chop, chop, stab and block, a total of four moves. In fact, it is very similar to what swordsmen in the army practice every day.
However, the essence of sword technique is only these four moves. As for changing moves or combos such as picking, dialing, and rowing, you must master these four most basic moves to better understand them.
Seeing Yuan Yao open and close, waving the bright ring-headed sword in his hand, Feng Fangnu was a little puzzled.
For a prominent man like Yuan Yao, who could wave his hand and have hundreds of generals fighting for him, why should he bother to practice martial arts on his own?
But she just silently bypassed Yuan Yao and walked out of the tent with the freshly prepared porridge and rice, preparing to boil water and heat the pot again.
After practicing each movement fifty times, Yuan Yao lost some strength and it was difficult to lift the knife.
It was already one hundred times less than Huang Zhong's minimum requirement.
Accidentally, he also threw away the ring-shou knife and tore open the tent.
Yuan Yao waved his hand to repel the guards outside the tent and picked up the Huanshou knife.
"Forget it, let's practice archery first!"
Yuan Yao looked at his right hand that was shaking due to lack of strength and sighed.
Picking up the bow and arrow, Yuan Yao arrived at the temporary archery target site.
It was a bit difficult for Yuan Yao to pull the weak bow of one stone at this time, so Yuan Yao shot five or six arrows without hitting the straw man.
When the quiver filled with fifty arrows was emptied, the straw man twenty steps in front of Yuan Yao only had four or five arrows inserted crookedly.
Yuan Yao felt frustrated!
At this moment, Yuan Yao secretly made a decision in his heart that he would definitely lead troops to fight in a low-key manner in the future.
After seeing Huang Zhong's shooting yesterday, Yuan Yaocai began to face up to the force of this era.
Fortunately, the opponents I had fought before were completely inferior opponents like Chen Yu and the Peng clan, which gave me the illusion that I could always be on the front line to command in person.
As long as the opponent has a serious general, even one or two levels lower than Huang Zhong, who can only shoot one against ten or fifty steps, his life will be long gone.
After returning to the tent dejectedly, Feng Fangnu, who was sitting in the tent, had already dozed off.
Since Feng Fangnu served Yuan Yao, she got up earlier than a chicken and went to bed later than a dog.
And because she had to prepare breakfast and wash up for Yuan Yao, Feng Fangnu didn't bother to put on her makeup after getting up early every morning.
But Feng Fangnu, who is naked, has a beautiful face that is more real and moving.
At this time, Yuan Yao, who was suppressing anger in his belly, finally took the bait for once.
I want to be a real man!
Yuan Yao put down his light bow and walked to Feng Fangnu.
Feng Fangnu, who was lying on the table, suddenly murmured.
"Son..."
This unintentional and seemingly intentional call instantly shattered Yuan Yao's last concern.
After a long time, with Yuan Yao breathing heavily, the battle finally came to an end.
…
Starting from the next day, Feng Fangnu no longer had to get up in the early morning to do the work of a maid.
Yuan Yao's old guards all happily took over the task of fetching and boiling water.
This time they finally only had to carry the hot water into the tent, and then they could turn around and go out.
The old mother no longer has to worry about me scrubbing and bathing the grown man.
…
At noon, Yuan Yaocai was fully dressed and stood in front of his horse.
This time, not only were his arms shaking due to swinging the sword and shooting arrows, but his legs, which had always boasted strong endurance, were also unsteady.
Just when Yuan Yao was hesitating whether to find two people to help him get on the horse, he happened to see Chen Li, the meritorious Cao of Yuzhang County, dismounting outside the camp gate and running in with small steps.
"General, don't be angry, Chen Li has something to say!"
Chen Li handed over his hand and said, "General Yuan, Lord Zhuge was drunk last night and is still awake. I'm afraid he won't be able to receive you today. Please forgive me, General!"
It seems that there is no need to embarrass yourself in front of so many people!
Yuan Yao's face showed joy: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! In that case, I can go again tomorrow!"
Although Yuan Yao was easy to talk to, Chen Li didn't dare to look down on Yuan Yao after what happened yesterday.
"If the general does not despise the fact that my family, the Chen family, is of humble origin, today I, the Chen family, can represent the people of Yuzhang and temporarily serve as General Yuan's successor!"
Yuan Yao thought for a moment and realized that his next plan indeed needed the cooperation of the powerful families in Yuzhang. Today might be a good opportunity!
It would be best if these people could peacefully accept their own ideas. If not, then I'm afraid they will have to use a backup plan!
