Chapter 158

General Qin Yuantang has two sons, the eldest son Qin Ji is twenty-seven years old, and the second son Qin Lv has just turned twenty.

The tiger father has no dogs, Qin Ji and Qin Lv are both handsome, and have already made military achievements. Judging by their bearing, they seem to be better than blue.

Chen Tingjian really appreciates these two young people from the Qin family.Civil officials are selected through imperial examinations. Every year, there are so many good candidates waiting for the court to select, but it is difficult for a real general to pass several exams. Although the imperial court also set up military examinations, people with good skills may notPeople who can lead troops and are familiar with the art of war may panic when they really go to the battlefield, just like the phrase "talking about war on paper."

He purposely let the brothers of the Qin family sit on the side of Qin Yuantang, very close to Emperor Yuanyou and their five elders.

During the conversation, Chen Tingjian stroked his long beard, smiled and praised the brothers of the Qin family.

As a result, as soon as he boasted, Qin Yuantang immediately praised Chen Jingzong back, saying that he had heard about the military exploits made by the son-in-law when he put down the rebellion of King Yu, and he had heard about it in Ji Zhou!

Chen Tingjian: ...

He really doesn't need Qin Yuantang to be like this, as if he wanted to flatter his fourth son by throwing bricks at him!

As Sun said, Chen Tingjian has been praised by people around him since he can remember. When he was young, everyone praised him. Later, his official position became higher and higher. Not only his colleagues praised him, but also his eldest and third sons.All praise.Chen Tingjian was used to all these things, and dealt with them calmly, but at this moment, Qin Yuantang, a mighty God of War, was so eloquently praising his brat who had only fought once in his family, Chen Tingjian couldn't help but want to embarrass his son., Embarrass yourself!

Fortunately, the seven consecutive days of exhaustion made the Chief-of-Staff's face look haggard and darker than usual, and it was hard to detect even a slight redness.

Qin Yuantang boasted a lot, consciously giving the Chief-of-Staff enough face, and finally stopped.

Chen Tingjian waved his hand, with a helpless attitude of "it's okay not to mention it", he dared not be humble anymore, for fear that if he was modest, Qin Yuantang would boast another forty sentences.

Emperor Yuanyou smiled and ate his meal slowly.

He Qingxian looked at Qin Yuantang, then at Chen Tingjian, and suddenly smiled and said, "Just listening to your empty words, it's hard to tell the brothers of the two young generals. Why don't we ask them to compete after the banquet, and let me see the young people's feelings?"Good work?"

Chen Tingjian and Qin Yuantang looked at him at the same time.

Before the two of them could open their mouths, Emperor Yuanyou said: "I also have this intention."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Chen Jingzong who was a few seats away: "My son-in-law, do you dare to compete with the brothers of the Qin family?"

Chen Jingzong was drinking with his colleagues next to him. When he heard the words, he put down the wine bowl, got up from the table, and looked directly at the brothers of the Qin family who were sitting side by side: "Dare to dare, but the second son of Qin is too young.Compare."

Qin Lu showed displeasure, he was twenty years old, how could he be called "too young"?No man likes to hear others say that about himself.

Qin Ji stood up and cupped his hands towards Chen Jingzong: "Since that's the case, I will ask my son-in-law to enlighten me later."

Chen Jingzong saluted him back, and after getting the approval of Emperor Yuanyou, he sat down and continued to drink.

After eating and drinking enough, the competition between the two became the highlight of everyone's anticipation.

Chen Tingjian said to his elder brother in a teaching tone: "You are proud of your marksmanship, and today I will show you what it means to have people beyond others and mountains beyond mountains."

Qin Yuantang immediately said: "Ge Lao's words are wrong, how can a dog compare with a son-in-law?"

Chen Tingjian: ...

Speaking of which, he was in Capital City, and Qin Yuantang was either on the coast or at the border. In short, the two of them mostly exchanged letters, and there were not many opportunities to actually deal with each other face to face.

In the letter, Qin Yuantang was really in awe of him, claiming to be a "dog and horse under the door", and gave him some gifts every year. At first, it was gold, silver and jewelry, but Chen Tingjian returned them and severely criticized him.Tang will send some rare local products instead.Chen Tingjian was also a smart person, he guessed that Qin Yuantang wanted to find a backer in the court, if he continued to refuse, Qin Yuantang might focus on standing in line and delay the military affairs.

Therefore, Chen Tingjian took the local products from Qin Yuantang, and repeatedly told him to train troops to consolidate the border and not to worry about anything else.

This is the kind of friendship between the two of them, whether it is deep or shallow, after all, Chen Tingjian admires Qin Yuantang very much.

Just met each other, why did Qin Yuantang behave like this?It really gave him a headache.

Chen Tingjian secretly glanced at He Qingxian, he would rather confront He Qingxian every day than be supported by Qin Yuantang.

He Qingxian took pleasure in stroking his beard while watching a movie. Who made Chen Tingjian like being a Chief-of-Staff? Being touted by others is also one of the benefits of being a Chief-of-Staff.

Chen Tingjian didn't answer Qin Yuantang's words, so Qin Yuantang asked his son to let Qin Ji observe the son-in-law's marksmanship with an open mind.

Qin Ji looked humble: "Yes."

Chen Jingzong snorted heavily.

In front of everyone watching, his son was so rude, Chen Tingjian became angry again, and asked Qin Ji: "You just use all your skills and let him learn the lesson."

Qin Ji smiled wryly: "Grandma Ge is flattering the younger generation."

Chen Jingzong said impatiently: "Are you trying to learn marksmanship with me, or with him?"

Chen Tingjian: ...

Chen Jingzong had already turned around and walked towards the yard.

Qin Ji laughed, bowed to Emperor Yuanyou, and followed.

Emperor Yuanyou led the crowd to the corridor.

Both Chen Jingzong and Qin Ji had an extra wooden spear used by ordinary soldiers. They were quite similar in age and figure, but one was full of vigor and the other was steady and restrained.

In a real fight, Chen Jingzong naturally wanted to win, and Qin Ji wanted to give Pavilion Elder Chen face, but he only wanted to lose too obviously and too quickly, which would lose the prestige of the Qin family's marksmanship.

Qin Ji's plan is to use six successes.

However, as soon as they fought against each other, feeling the sharpness of Chen Jingzong's marksmanship and the majestic power coming from the gun, Qin Ji was shocked to find that this son-in-law did not get his name because of the glory of Pavilion Elder Chen.If you go, you may lose within ten strokes.

When he met his opponent, Qin Ji fought Chen Jingzong seriously without fear of being overjoyed.

The two young and tall military officers, both with long arms and long legs, looked like tigers and leopards while jumping and moving, and their moves were sharper and more agile than the other. They didn't deliberately play tricks, but the two long spears were like two dragons seizing pearls, which attracted everyone's attention.Dazzled, even reluctant to blink his eyes, lest he miss the crucial moment to decide the outcome.

I don't know how many rounds passed, and as Chen Jingzong leaped in the air with a spear in his hand, he slashed at Qin Ji from above. Qin Ji couldn't dodge and could only raise his gun to block, but when he heard a crisp sound of "pop", the two guns broke off at the same time.up!Chen Jingzong's half of the gun barrel hit the ground heavily, and Qin Ji took a few steps back to avoid the sharp tip of Chen Jingzong's flying gun.

Chen Jingzong put away his gun and stood up straight, looking at the broken gun in his hand with regret.

Qin Ji also came to a steady stop, threw away the two broken spears, and cupped his hands towards Chen Jingzong, saying, "My son-in-law is good at marksmanship, and I'm willing to bow down to you."

Chen Jingzong didn't appreciate it, and said coldly: "A tie is a tie, let's compete again if we have a chance."

After speaking, he looked at Emperor Yuanyou.

Emperor Yuanyou was in a good mood, he didn't want Chen Jingzong to win because of Qin Ji's deliberate humility, and he didn't want his brother-in-law to lose to Qin Ji.

"The car and the horse are tired, let's go to rest first, there will be more opportunities in the future."

"yes!"

All the officials sent Emperor Yuanyou to the post house, and watched Emperor Yuanyou enter his other courtyard with their own eyes. Chen Tingjian and other Beijing officials who followed him dispersed.

Chen Tingjian looked at his fourth child, not wanting He Qingxian to go over first, and said concernedly: "Did the son-in-law get hurt in the competition just now?"

The two young generals were ruthless enough, and they gave each other a few blows. Such a long gun hit the shoulder and back with great force, and it was almost like being whipped.

Chen Jingzong shook his head, seeing that the old man was also coming, he said calmly: "Mr. Ge, go slowly, the next official will go first."

After speaking, he strode away.

The others had almost dispersed, and He Qingxian teased Chen Tingjian as he walked: "If the son-in-law didn't look like you, I would have thought he was your adopted son picked up from outside, and his good kung fu is really not something you can teach."

Chen Tingjian: "My grandfather also learned martial arts well, and the fourth child has inherited his old man's talent."

He Qingxian: "Now you are boasting, why did you blindly praise the two boys of the Qin family just now? Fortunately, General Qin also praised the son-in-law, otherwise the son-in-law would be embarrassed."

Just as Chen Tingjian was about to speak, he saw Qin Yuantang standing in front of the Moon Cave Gate. His eyes lit up when he saw him, obviously he wanted to talk to him alone.

Chen Tingjian smiled, and said to He Qingxian in a low voice: "I'll just talk about you and I have something to discuss later."

He Qingxian smiled without saying a word.

In this way, Chen Tingjian sent Qin Yuantang away directly, and did not get along with Qin Yuantang alone for a while.

On the other end, Chen Jingzong came to Hua Yang.

Hua Yang took a comfortable bath, and was almost finished at the moment. She was awakened by the sound of Chen Jingzong entering the room. She opened the gauze curtain and met Chen Jingzong who had just turned the screen.

Before Hua Yang could speak, Chen Jingzong began to take off his robe.

His face didn't look like he was about to do anything, so Hua Yang watched indifferently until Chen Jingzong showed his strong chest, and when he threw his robe on the screen sideways, two red bruises on his left shoulder and back were clearIt clearly appeared in Huayang's eyes.

Hua Yang's expression changed: "Who hurt it?"

Chen Jingzong said angrily, "Old man."

Hua Yang: ...

What did Chen Jingzong do to make his father-in-law so angry that he beat his own son with a stick on today's occasion?

Having said that, with such a frail body as the father-in-law, does he have the strength to beat Chen Jingzong like this?

Hua Yang subconsciously doubted the truth of this statement.

Chen Jingzong came over, hung the gauze curtains on both sides, looked down at the bruises on his arms, and asked her, "Is there any medicine?"

Hua Yang called Chaoyue.

The maid wanted to come in, Chen Jingzong lay down on the bed behind her, and pulled the quilt to cover his back.

It's just that he didn't cover it too tightly, revealing a narrow waist, and Hua Yang helped him cover it up.

Chaoyue quickly found the plaster for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis from the medicine box, handed it to the long princess with lowered eyebrows, and then quickly withdrew it.

As soon as the door closed, Chen Jingzong threw off the quilt, tilted his head and looked over: "The injury is on the back, can I trouble the long princess to take care of it?"

Hua Yang looked at the stick-shaped bruise that almost ran across his entire back, frowned and said, "Tell me first, how did you get hurt?"

Chen Jingzong complained to the old man emphatically. If the old man hadn't praised the brothers of the Qin family so much, this incident would not have happened.

Hua Yang listened silently, wiped a wet towel to help him wipe the area on his back where he was beaten, and began to apply medicine.

The cool and gentle touch fell on the wound, and Chen Jingzong groaned.

The voice was so thought-provoking, Hua Yang paused, seeing that he was still obediently lying on his stomach, facing the head of the bed, and continued.