"Compare, of course compare!" Zhu Rong had already preemptively replied for Liu Xin, "Mr. Shan, no, no, Mr. Xu, you are a weak Mr. who has no power to restrain a chicken, and you dare to challenge my brother, aren't you holding an egg and hitting a stone?" ”

Liu Xin heard that Xu Shu was going to compete with him in swordsmanship, and was worried that he would jump off the wall in a hurry and use some tricks, so he hurriedly pulled Zhu Rong behind him, and said: "Rong'er, you are wrong, he is not a weak Mr. Wen who is powerless." He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, is good at fencing, and has killed people because of injustice, and he can be regarded as a good man. ”

Xu Shu didn't expect Liu Xin to know his past so clearly, but he was a little surprised. He gave up martial arts and followed literature back then, but his swordsmanship did not fall, but he changed from a killing method to a physical fitness technique, so he was still very confident in defeating Liu Xin.

Seeing Liu Xin's solemn face, Xu Shu was even more confident, and shouted: "So, you don't dare to compare." If that's the case, throw in the towel. ”

At that time, the main role of the saber was to make ornaments, rarely used in actual combat, and more as a symbol of status, so read more and wear a sword with you, and Xu Shu had a good sword hanging from his waist. Liu Xin also has a saber, but he uses knives, guns, bows and arrows more on the battlefield, and his saber is rarely unsheathed, and now it is handed over to Jia Xu as a token, and he simply doesn't even have a saber on his body.

If you compete in swordsmanship alone, Liu Xin knows that he will definitely lose, he doesn't know any swordsmanship at all, except for seeing the Olympic broadcasts on TV in the past, he basically hasn't seen fencing, and it is the only few broadcasts, he can't understand it very well.

However, Liu Xin is not a person who easily admits defeat, in the face of the aggressive Xu Shu, he didn't even frown, but said lightly: "The sword has no eyes, Liu Mou rarely fights with people, and he doesn't know the severity of his shot." I am accompanying Rong'er back to my parents' house this time, if I hurt you here, everyone will not look good. In this case, I will fight you empty-handed. ”

Xu Shu said angrily: "Liu Xin, you dare to despise me!" ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Liu didn't despise you, it's just that Liu has never liked to dance with knives and guns." You do it first, I'll let you have three swords! ”

Although Xu Shu has abandoned martial arts, he is in a weak crown, his blood is strong, and the chivalrous spirit in his bones has come out again, wanting to take the opportunity to kill Liu Xin, so as to remove a harm for the big man.

Hearing only the sound of "poof", Xu Shu had already drawn his sword in his hand, twisted a sword trick in his left hand, held a sword flower in his right hand, and stabbed Liu Xin straight without saying a word. Liu Xin was not in a hurry, and with a slight force of his left hand on Zhu Rong's waist, he pushed Zhu Rong out flat. With a slight twist of his body, he flashed Xu Shu's sword. Who knows, Xu Shu's sword is just a false move, he didn't wait for the sword style to be old, his wrist flicked, and he slashed at Liu Xin. Liu Xin leaned back, as if his whole person had been broken into two pieces, and the sword brushed against his face.

Xu Shu is worthy of being a master of swordsmanship, he still has room for this second sword, and with a flip of his palm, he has already slashed down in the air, taking Liu Xin's throat. But he used all his strength to use this sword, and he was as fast as thunder, and he was bound to win.

If ordinary people would never be able to dodge this sword, even Zhu Rong, who was full of confidence just now, closed his eyes and didn't dare to look at it again.

However, the scene of blood bursting in Xu Shu's imagination did not appear, and Liu Xin's body twisted into an incredible angle, which was able to dodge his sword, and Liu Xin's feet did not move a step from beginning to end. When Xu Shu was stunned, Liu Xin had already smiled and said, "Xu Shu, come and don't be rude!" ”

Liu Xin said that he moved, and his palms flew over. Countless figures suddenly appeared around Xu Shu's body, I don't know which one is true and which one is false, the sharp palm wind rushed to his face, and it made Xu Shu breathless, and he even forgot to dodge. In fact, he didn't know where to dodge, so he had to stay where he was like a log.

I only heard Liu Xin laugh and said: "Accept!" Concession! ”

Xu Shu felt that the pressure on his body suddenly lightened, and only then did he realize that in just this moment, his clothes were already soaked, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly, but he didn't understand what Liu Xin meant by saying this, he was still standing here, why did he think he had won. Xu Shu raised his sword and pointed at Liu Xin, wanting to invite him to fight again.

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of "clanging", and his saber had broken into more than ten pieces, and fell to the ground one after another, leaving only one hilt in his hand. Xu Shu was taken aback, pulled back and hurriedly retreated, suddenly felt a cold in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw that many strips of cloth had fallen from his robe, leaving four big words "willing to gamble and lose".

Xu Shu couldn't help but be ashamed, threw the hilt of the sword in his hand, lowered his head and said: "Xu's skills are not as good as others, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it!" ”

There was silence all around, and everyone was stunned, in their opinion, in the face of Xu Shu's sword, Liu Xin won a big victory with only his bare hands, and his martial arts had reached the point of reaching the peak. In fact, only Liu Xin himself understands that he still took advantage of this competition, if he insisted that he also hold a sword to duel with Xu Shu, he would never be as handy and free as he is now, even if he relies on his internal strength and flexible footwork, he will not lose to Xu Shu, but the scene will be very embarrassing.

Zhu Ding was very guilty about the situation that had evolved into today, if it weren't for the fact that he deliberately concealed that Zhu Rong and Liu Xin had a three-year gambling contract in order to take advantage of Xu Shu, maybe Xu Shu would not have insisted on staying in Zhu's house. For more than a year, Xu Shu has really done his best in teaching Zhu Jie's homework, and Zhu Ding was really worried that Liu Xin would execute Xu Shu in a fit of anger, so he couldn't help but take a step forward and said, "My lord......"

Liu Xin didn't have to guess, he also knew that Zhu Ding wanted to intercede for Xu Shu, so he waved his hand and didn't let Zhu Ding continue.

Brothers are like hands, wives are like clothes, most people in that era held the same view as Liu Bei. But Liu Xin is different, when he didn't want to accept Zhu Rong, it was just that, now that Zhu Rong has become his woman, he can't allow others to beat Zhu Rong's idea anymore, of course, if Zhu Rong wants to leave him, it will be another matter. So at the beginning, Liu Xin was really angry, but when he knew that Zhu Rong's mind had not changed in the slightest because of Xu Shu's outstanding talent and demeanor, he couldn't help but feel good, and he forgave Xu Shu by the way.

Liu Xin glanced at Zhu Rong, who still hadn't recovered from the shock just now, turned his head to Xu Shu and laughed, and said, "I will neither kill you nor kill you, but only punish you for one thing." ”

Xu Shu has been chivalrous since he was a child, and he has a breath of rivers and lakes, although he has abandoned martial arts and literature in recent years, but those things hidden in his bones cannot be changed for the time being, listening to Liu Xin's words, he straightened his chest and said loudly: "Since he lost to you, Xu has nothing to say, you draw the next line, and Xu will follow." ”

"It is worthy of Xu Yuanzhi, responsible!" Liu Xin nodded with a smile and continued, "Liu has just appointed Lord Zhu as the ambassador of the five counties of Nanzhong, and the plenipotentiary representative Liu is responsible for the government affairs of the five counties of Ke, Yizhou, Jianning, Yongchang, and Yue. The situation in these five counties is complicated, and Lord Zhu still lacks an assistant, according to Liu, Yuan Zhizheng can take on this important task. ”

Xu Shu couldn't believe his ears, and asked repeatedly, "What did you say?" ”

Liu Xin put away his smile and said, "Xu Shu, this is not a gift to you, but a punishment for you." I now appoint you as the deputy envoy of the five counties in Nanzhong to assist Lord Zhu for a period of five years. Five years from now, if the people of these five counties are living a good life, then the grievances between you and me will be written off and you will be left to your own devices. If five years later, the people of the five counties are still living in dire straits, hum, don't blame Liu for turning his face and being ruthless! ”

Xu Shu lowered his head and was silent, looking like he was difficult to choose. Although Liu Xin is also a member of the Han family, Xu Shu does not regard him as the orthodoxy of the Han family, and he is still on Liu Xie's side in his heart.

Liu Xin sneered: "Don't you want to regret it?" ”

Losing people is not reasonable, Xu Shu is a person who talks about faithfulness, and if he says that he will dispose of it, there is naturally no reason to regret it. Although Liu Xin's disposal method was somewhat unexpected by Xu Shu, Liu Xin still had room for it, five years, gritting his teeth and passing, as long as the five counties in Nanzhong were well governed, he would still be a free body at that time, Xu Shu was still very confident in this. Thinking of this, he suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "Okay! I promise you! ”

The reason why Liu Xin and Xu Shu set a five-year period, instead of three years, eight years, or ten years, has his own considerations. Liu Xin knew that Xu Shu was actually a very powerful figure, and his wisdom was not under Zhuge Liang and others.

Historically, Cao Cao detained his mother in order to control Xu Shu, and the filial Xu Shu had no choice but to defect to Cao Cao, but he refused to offer a plan, and Cao Cao did not embarrass him very much, because Cao Cao's purpose was only to put him under house arrest and not use it for others.

Liu Xin knew that Xu Shu had a straightforward temperament, if he was unwilling to work for himself, it was useless to force it, he couldn't give Zhu Rong away in order to entrap him, Liu Xin would never be able to do this kind of thing, not to mention that Zhu Rong would not agree. Therefore, Liu Xin also adopted a strategy similar to Cao Cao's, since Xu Shu could not be used for his own purposes, he could not be allowed to help his enemies.

It's just that in terms of specific methods, Liu Xin is still different from Cao Cao, Liu Xin doesn't want to raise him in vain, but wants to squeeze some value out of his might, and it is best to let him help Zhu Ding at this time.

And the five-year period is also the most appropriate, which can not only allow Xu Shu to see the hope of freedom and work hard, but also use these five years to attack all the princes in the world. At that time, even if Xu Shu is free, he will not have many places to go to, after all, there are many princes who cannot enter Xu Shu's eyes.

Hearing Xu Shu's promise, Liu Xin stroked his palms and laughed, and said, "Okay, this matter is settled." However, there is one more thing that comes to it! ”