That night, Zhang Yan and Mi Zhen turned over the clouds and rain, making the two of them sweat and exhausted, so that Zhang Yan woke up when the sun was three poles the next day.

He opened his eyes and saw his wife Mi Zhen sitting on the dresser, combing her hair in front of a copper mirror, he lifted the thin veil covering his body, naked, walked straight behind Mi Zhen, grabbed Mi Zhen from behind, and said with a smile: "Madame got up so early today......

"It's early, it's almost noon."

"Anyway, there's nothing going on, why are you getting up so early? Ma'am, do you want us to do it again? ”

"Coming back?"

"What's the matter, ma'am, don't you want to?"

"No, I'm worried that my husband has official business to deal with......"

"What can I do ...... on official business?"

Before Zhang Yan's words fell, he heard a rapid knock outside the door, and Xu Sheng shouted outside: "Lord Qi, Xu Chu is here from Qian County, and he is asking to see him outside!" ”

Mi Zhen sneered and said: "Husband, your official business is here, let's go and deal with official business quickly, and in the evening, how about we come again?" ”

"That's all there is to it."

Zhang Yan quickly put on his clothes, and kissed Mi Zhen before leaving, Mi Zhen was a woman at the beginning, her cheeks were slightly red, and she was moisturized by Zhang Yan, her complexion was white and red, like a tempting red apple, which made Zhang Yan's heart itch.

But in any case, the business is important, and Xu Chu is here, how can Zhang Yan not see it?

Out of the room, Zhang Yan asked Xu Sheng to bring Xu Chu to the hall, and he went straight to the hall.

Now Zhang Yan has completely moved the Xuzhou Mu's office from Tancheng to Pengcheng, Chen Qun works in the Taishou Mansion, and Zhang Yan uses his own mansion as the office of the State Shepherd's Office, and vacates the front yard to leave the subordinate officials to work here, and all the big and small affairs, he entrusts all the affairs to Chen Qi.

Chen Jue also did his best, did not dare to carry the slightest, and urged his subordinates to do things well, and won the love of everyone.

Zhang Yan came to the front yard, and when he passed by the office area of Chen Qi and others, he stayed for a while, and praised Chen Qi twice, and then came to the front hall.

Soon after Zhang Yan arrived in the front hall, Xu Sheng took Xu Chu to the hall, and when the two saw Zhang Yan, they immediately bowed in unison: "See the lord!" ”

Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "No courtesy! Zhongkang, I've been waiting for you for a long time, I thought you wouldn't come? ”

Xu Chu said: "Manly husband, say yes, since I Xu Chu promised the lord, I will never regret it." After I returned to Qian County, I was delayed for a few days because of some things, otherwise I would have come a long time ago. ”

Zhang Yan sneered: "Hehehe, I know that Zhongkang will never break his word." ”

"Lord, I didn't come alone this time, I also brought four thousand strong warriors, as soon as they heard that I was coming to join the lord, they had to make a noise to come with me, I couldn't shirk it for a while, so I had to bring them with me, hoping that the lord could let them join the lord's army."

"Since it was Zhong Kang who brought him, he must not be wrong. Xu Sheng immediately arranged for them to enter the camp and distribute weapons, armor, and uniforms. ”

"Whoa!" Xu Sheng got the order and turned to leave.

Xu Chu was also very happy when he saw Zhang Yan so hearty, and he immediately said: "Lord, his subordinates have some force, but they can't train soldiers, I brought them to join the lord's army this time, I hope that the lord will not favor him because they are my villagers, so I am afraid that there will be injustice to other sergeants." I hope that the lord can be even-handed with a bowl of water and not biased towards each other! ”

Zhang Yan heard Xu Chu say this, and said with a smile: "Although Zhongkang can rest assured, I will do it equally, and the things they distribute are all what they should get when they join the army." Zhong Kang came from afar, and I haven't been able to greet him, I'm really sorry. It's almost noon, and I've got a thin wine ready for me, so how about you have a few drinks with me in a moment? ”

"Thank you for your love, Zhong Kang can't ask for it!"

So, Zhang Yan set up a banquet in the hall to entertain Xu Chu, and invited Tai Shici, Niu Jin, Xu Sheng, Chen Qi and others to accompany him.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Yan said loudly: "The heroes of Zhongkang Naihuai and Ru have led 4,000 strong men to serve me today, how can I not express it?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan paused, remembering that Xu Chu was nicknamed a tiger idiot, and he was also a tiger general, so he came up with the name of a tiger captain, and said loudly in front of everyone: "There is!" Zhong Kang, from now on, how about you being a Huwei lieutenant under my account? ”

After Xu Chu heard this, his heart was full of joy, and before he could thank him, he saw Tai Shici, who was sitting opposite him, stand up, take the first step, and clenched his fists and said: "The lord loves Xu Chu so much, and he will not accept it!" ”

"Who is this?" Xu Chu glanced at Tai Shici and asked.

Zhang Yan hurriedly said: "Oh, look at my memory, I forgot to introduce it to you, this is Tai Shici, the captain of the Xiaocai Cavalry under my account, and he is also a fierce general, a native of Donglai, Qingzhou." ”

Xu Chu arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Captain Taishi, I don't know if you have anything to disagree with me as Captain Huwei?" ”

Tai Shi Ci said: "Now under the lord's account, in addition to me, there are nine school captains, namely Xuanyi School Captain Zang Ba, Wuwei School Captain Yu Ban, Thief School Captain Mi Fang, Zhongyi School Captain Lu Dai, Jianwei School Captain Chen Ying, Zhaoxin School Captain Deng Yi, Li Feng School Captain Niu Jin, Wu Meng School Captain Xu Sheng and Yingyang School Captain Wang Bo, among the ten of us, either because of their military exploits, or because of their military strength. What do you have? ”

"Ziyi, don't forget, Zhong Kang once killed Liang Gang with a single sword, which shows that his martial arts are outstanding!" Zhang Yan said.

Tai Shi Ci said: "Liang Gang is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and there are many people who can kill him, so it's not worth mentioning at all." ”

"Then what are you going to do to be convinced of me?" Xu Chu's face became gloomy, he glared at Tai Shici, and asked in a low voice.

Tai Shi Ci shouted: "Unless you and I have a competition, if you can beat me, or match me, I will be convinced of you." ”

"Good! Deal! Let's say it's comparative, don't regret it! ”

"Whoever repents is the turtle king bastard!"

Zhang Yan saw that Xu Chu and Tai Shi Ci were on the bar, and he had to compete, and he had no intention of fighting, because he knew that if he wanted Tai Shi Ci to be convinced, he had to have Xu Chu have a competition with him.

Tai Shi Ci is the first fierce general under Zhang Yan's account, although he has not been here for a long time, he still has a fight with many soldiers, and those soldiers also worship Tai Shi Ci, and Tai Shi Ci enjoys this worship even more.

Zhang Yan noticed that Xu Sheng and Niu Jin's emotions were also a little wrong, and it seemed that they were also dissatisfied with their love for Xu Chu.

Since this is the case, let Xu Chu and Tai Shici compete with each other, let them see how powerful Xu Chu is, and in this way, they will be convinced.

"Since you want to compete, I won't stop you anymore, but the sword and gun have no eyes, when you compete, you must stop at the point, and don't hurt the other party!" Zhang Yan said loudly.

"Whoa!"

So, Zhang Yan asked Xu Chu and Tai Shici to compete in the courtyard of the State Pastoral Mansion, Xu Chu held a knife, Tai Shici took a gun, and the two came to the courtyard respectively and stood looking at each other.

Zhang Yan, Xu Sheng, and Niu Jin all came out and watched from the sidelines.

Chen Qi walked to Zhang Yan's side, and saw that Xu Chu and Tai Shici were both aggressive, so he asked: "Lord, if the two tigers fight, there will be an injury, do you really want them to compete?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "If they don't compare, I'm afraid they will be more difficult to get along with in the future." Don't worry, I'll watch from the sidelines, and it'll be fine. ”

Chen Qi stopped talking, and stood there quietly, but he was worried in his heart.

Xu Chu and Tai Shi Ci both looked at each other with fierce eyes, both of them were full of energy, and Zhang Yan immediately asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Ready!" Xu Chu and Tai Shici replied in unison.

"Good! I repeat it again, friendship first, competition second, and it must stop at the point, you must not kill each other for the purpose, I am watching from the sidelines, if you have the slightest disobedience, you will be severely punished! Do you understand? ”

"Got it!" Xu Chu said, "Please be a witness to the lord and you!" ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Let's start!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Tai Shi Ci made a sudden move, and the spear quickly stabbed forward.

Xu Chu waved the big knife in his hand and responded unhurriedly, and the battle between the two was about to break out.

"Dangdangdang......"

Xu Chu and Tai Shi Ci raised swords and guns at the same time, and the two of them used what they had learned in their lives as soon as they were born, but they saw that Tai Shi Ci's spear was like a spiritual snake, changing and unfathomable. And Xu Chu's knife technique is straightforward, without the slightest fancy move, but every move and style has hidden power, and he was stunned to block a series of attacks from Tai Shici.

At the beginning of the competition, Tai Shici took a crazy offensive and tried his best. And Xu Chu has superb knife skills, always protects his body, and his defense is impermeable.

The two of them went back and forth like this, and soon they fought for thirty moves, but they never won or lost.

Suddenly, Xu Chu's knife technique changed, and he launched a ferocious offensive, this time it was changed to Tai Shici's defense, and the two of them fought for thirty moves, and no one could help anyone!

The two of them are fighting more and more bravely, neither of them wants to stop, they both want to be the winners, they want to defeat each other.

However, the two were evenly matched, but they won or lost.

Zhang Yan, Xu Sheng, Niu Jin and others saw it really, and they were all surprised to see the two of them fighting so fiercely, and at the same time they all put themselves in their shoes and thought about it, in that environment at that time, if it was themselves who were attacked, how should they defend?

Gradually, Xu Chu's amazing force was recognized by Xu Sheng and Niu Jin, and they couldn't help but admire Xu Chu from the bottom of their hearts.

After fighting for thirty more moves, the two of them had already fought for ninety moves, and Tai Shici's physical strength gradually couldn't keep up, and even the attack and defense were much slower.

In contrast, Xu Chu was full of physical strength, and he always stood there calmly, either attacking or defending.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan already knew the result of this battle, and if he continued to fight, Tai Shici was likely to lose to Xu Chu due to physical exhaustion.

However, Zhang Yan didn't want this scene to happen, so he shouted loudly: "Okay, okay, let's stop in moderation!" ”