Qiu Liang's expression darkened, and he put the wine cup in his hand aside. The beauty was squatting between his legs, holding something in her hands, but he pushed her away.
"Hey, that's what I said." He stood up and straightened his skirt.
Wei Ning looked stern on the side, holding the handle of the knife in his hand, watching him stand up warily.
"Why are you so angry?" Qiu Liang stretched, walked outside the tent, and stood side by side with Wei Cheng. His fat body stood next to the man with broad shoulders and narrow waist, which was particularly contrasting.
The beauty on the ground realized that she had bumped into the noble man, and knelt on the ground shivering. It was cold in the north, and her thin clothes were draped on her body. Under the thin clothes, her skin was red from the cold. Qiu Liang felt very distressed when she saw it. Get up and help the beauty up.
"Don't bring people to my place." He glanced at the fat pig next to him with a smile, "Forget it today."
Qiu Liang touched his nose, and was a little embarrassed by the murderous intent in his eyes. He said "Huh" and suddenly a voice came from the tent. Qiu Liang looked back. He clearly remembered Wei Cheng's Chinese army tent. , except for the man named Wei Ning, no one else was waiting.
"What's the sound?" Qiu Liang looked around.
Wei Cheng frowned, glanced at Wei Ning, turned around and entered the inner tent.
Qiu Liang subconsciously raised his foot to follow, but was blocked by Wei Ning. When he raised his head, he was facing Wei Ning's expressionless face. When he lowered his head, Wei Ning's right hand was still on the saber at his waist. He curled his lips and could only He took a look reluctantly.
Shen Yinxiao had actually been awake for a while.
She had been thinking last night that if they had to break camp and march today, she would have to get up early today. Sure enough, she woke up early in the morning.
Indistinct chatter came from outside, disturbing her from her lucid dream.
I was tired for half the night last night, and I was still sleepy. I saw people outside lingering, so I wanted to take a nap for a while. It smelled like powder and was as lively as a brothel.
She covered her ears and nestled under the quilt, but she could still hear those thin rustling sounds. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she got up, washed and dressed.
She didn't know when the wooden barrel from last night was gone and replaced it with a basin of freshly heated hot water. She found bamboo salt and rinsed her teeth. She picked through the shelf next to the screen and found a relatively new cloth towel. It was stained with water, so she took it off and smelled it. There was no smell, so she was going to wipe her face with it.
I just accidentally touched the bed on the ground. After a while, I heard footsteps coming from far to near.
She was startled and the handkerchief fell into the water.
"What's wrong?"
The man walked around the lacquered wood screen and came in. He was wearing the same outer robe that he wore under his armor last night, a crimson round-neck robe with dark patterns of mountains and rivers and flying cranes. He had a leather belt around his waist, a pair of black leather soap boots, and no extra jade rings. , the whole person is refreshing and neat.
"Is the water cold?" He put his finger into the basin, and the water on his fingertips was not too hot. "If it's cold, I'll have someone change the basin with hot water."
After saying that, he turned around and called someone.
"No need." She took his hand.
Wei Cheng seemed to be in a good mood. He held her hand with his backhand, pulled her into his arms, lowered his head to smell the fragrance of her neck, and whispered in her ear: "Why don't you sleep more? You get up so early?"
When I woke up in the morning, the woman in my arms was sleeping soundly and snoring softly, like a sleeping orange cat, much more well-behaved than when she was awake.
"I thought you were going to leave today, so I wanted to get up early." This was not a lie, she replied in a low voice.
He rubbed her head.
She always looked cautious even after being with him for so long. Others thought she was treating her harshly.
"I'm not leaving today. If you're sleepy, just get some more sleep."
He wrung out the handkerchief soaked in water and spread it on his hands. He held the back of her head with one hand and wiped her face with the other.
Suddenly, I felt like I was raising a child.
From when she was fifteen to now nineteen, from her fleshy face with cheeks to her current oval face with a pointed chin, she was not raising a child.
He had never thought about having children. One Shen Yinxiao was enough for him. If he had another child, it would be troublesome just thinking about it.
After wiping his face, he threw the handkerchief into the basin, splashing a few drops of water, and pointed to the heating pot on the kang table beside him, "There's breakfast warm in it. Eat quickly. After eating, stay here and rest. Don't come out." , I’ll take you out for a walk when I have time.”
She said oh and opened the steamer. There was a bowl of yellow millet porridge, a plate of pickles, which looked like a cold dish made from shredded chicken and bamboo shoots, and a boiled egg.
She pulled over a bed and sat down on the low bed table to drink porridge in silence, with her back to Wei Cheng.
He looked at her back, deliberately turning her back to him, because she was still angry.
He didn't pay much attention and turned around to go out.
Outside, Qiu Liang had been holding the beauty in his arms and waiting eagerly for a while. Seeing that she finally came out, he said meaningfully: "General, is this the beauty hidden in the golden house?"
Qiu Liang stroked his moustache and chuckled: "Where is the beauty that makes the general stay by his side when he goes on an expedition? No wonder he looks down on the vulgar beauty here."
Wei Cheng glanced at him: "Let's get down to business."
Qiu Liang coughed and pointed to the crossbow that had been set up in front of the tent, "Please take a look."
It was a completely black copper crossbow, glowing with a faint golden color in the sunlight. Although its appearance and structure were the same as those of today's common crossbows, with an outer outline, hanging knife, ox, pivot, mountain and teeth, it was The size is much larger.
The copper outline of the crossbow is one foot and six inches long, and the total length of the hanging knife is nearly nine inches. The usual ratio of crossbow machine to crossbow arm is 1:4.5 to 5.8. The length of the wooden crossbow arm installed with this large crossbow machine is at least about 7 feet 8 inches to 9 feet 8 inches, and the crossbow used is, The length is nearly 18 feet 6 inches to 23 feet 4 inches.
Wei Ning, Guo Yan, Suo Ye, Chen Zhao, Qiu Xiaoping and others all felt numb after seeing this.
Throughout the ages, such a huge crossbow machine has never been put into the battlefield. If such a crossbow machine is released on a large scale, it will give everyone an unforgettable surprise.
Wei Cheng smiled: "I just don't know how effective it will be?"
Such a huge crossbow cannot be opened and fired by one person. It seems that it can only be opened by installing it on a bed and using a winch or other methods.
Qiu Liang said: "I have something to tell the general. The blueprint given by the general is set to fire ten arrows in a row, but our people have tried it and can only fire five arrows in a row. General, look at this..."
Wei Cheng waved his hand: "No problem."
He was very satisfied if he could make it. The rest was done slowly. He couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
Qiu Liang nodded, that would be easy to say.
"In this way, I will show the general the power of this divine crossbow." Qiu Liang smiled, preparing to show off his masterpiece with great pride, and raised his hand: "Get the armor!"
Wei Ning looked at Wei Cheng, and until Wei Cheng nodded, Wei Ning ordered someone to bring a set of armor. Qiu Liang took the armor and put it on the beauty in his arms.
"Come on, come on, stand at the camp gate." He pushed the armored beauty until she stood under the camp gate.
The beauty vaguely understood something. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the prime minister who was still in the same room with her this morning. She wanted to pull his sleeves, but the soldiers on both sides held her arms, preventing her from moving.
"Master Xiang..." The beauty's eyes widened and she shook her head helplessly.
Wei Chengleng watched as he walked with small steps to the crossbow machine where the iron arrow had been set up. The cold edge of the iron arrow was pointed directly in the direction of the beauty.
