"The old man's leg injury is indeed very serious, but since he has resumed his position as a general, he has to go to Liaodong even if he takes a carriage, otherwise his comeback will be meaningless."

The voice next door was not loud, but Zhang Xuan heard it clearly, he nodded secretly, it seems that Chai Shao is right, Yang Guang is really going to launch the third battle against Goguryeo.

At this time, he heard a hoarse voice asking, "What happened yesterday?" The old man actually refused the request of the officials to interview the eldest son, this is a good opportunity for the eldest prince to make a comeback! Doesn't the old man want the eldest prince to be an official? ”

"Lao Jiu, are you stupid? The eldest prince went to the Turks, how could he go to the ministry for an interview? ”

Zhang Xuan thought 'Bang! 'One jump, Yu culture and go to the Turks, why? He immediately thought of himself, was it really just a coincidence that he was going to the Turks by mistake?

I only heard the Taibao next door say angrily: "Old Five, don't say this again, beware that the wall has ears, Fourth, you go next door and have a look." ”

Immediately after that, there was the sound of pushing the table open, and Jang Hyun hurriedly looked to both sides, and he saw a window on the east wall, and rushed to the window.

In a moment, the door squeaks! As soon as it opened, someone came in to take a look, and closed the door again, and Zhang Xuan moved in from the window, and stuck to the wall to listen to the movement next door.

The detective returned to the room and said with a smile: "On the left is a few women talking about the pain of having a baby, and on the right is an empty room with no people." ”

The head Taibao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said in a very unhappy tone: "The old man has repeatedly told me that the whereabouts of the eldest prince are top-secret information, and it is not allowed to mention it on any occasion, the fifth child, I will warn you first, if you dare to talk nonsense about this matter again, you are not welcome!" ”

There was silence in the next room, and after a moment, someone laughed and said, "Don't be so serious!" Actually, everyone is very interested in that incident, let's not mention the eldest prince, can you tell us what those things are? ”

Perhaps because he felt that he was too harsh, the chief Taibao softened his tone and lowered his voice: "I really can't say what that batch of things is, but I got the news that Wuchuan Mansion also sent people, and I guess the Northern Qi Society will not stand idly by." ”

Although the voice next door was very low, Zhang Xuan could still hear it clearly, something seemed to have appeared on the grassland, so that the major forces were involved in the competition, he faintly felt that this matter was related to him, and even pricked up his ears and pressed against the wall.

But at this moment, the door suddenly opened, and the bartender came in with a pot of wine, he was afraid of being reprimanded by the group of masters next door, so he walked over lightly, but he happened to see Zhang Xuan putting his ear against the wall, and he suddenly shouted in surprise: "Childe, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Xuan was shocked, he knew that something bad was going to happen, and he almost didn't think about jumping towards the east window, he just found that under that window was the tall Nanshi city wall, and the windows were only five feet away from the city wall, 'Bang! With a loud bang, Jang Hyun slammed the window and ran along the high wall in the direction of Nanshi.

At this time, the Yuwen Taibao next door had already heard the bartender's screams, and they rushed over like a violent wind, led by the second Taibao Wei Wentong, who pinched the bartender's neck with his big fan-like hand, and shouted and asked, "Is someone eavesdropping?" ”

The wine jug in the bartender's hand fell to the ground and shattered, he pointed to the window in pain, Wei Wentong threw him away, rushed to the window in a few steps, and saw that under the bright moonlight, a black shadow had jumped off the city wall and ran to Nanshi Street.

Wei Wentong was furious, "Follow me!" ”

He jumped out of the window and ran away, and the nine people behind him also jumped out of the window, ran along the city wall, and jumped into the street.

Zhang Xuan turned around and saw more than a dozen people chasing after him, and at this time, Fengdu Street was very empty, most of the shops were closed, and there was no hiding place.

Fengdu City has a chessboard pattern, with three main streets in the north and south, and hundreds of small streets to divide countless shops to form a row of streets, but no matter how they are divided, the streets are spacious and neat, unless they are hiding in the shops, it is difficult to have a place to hide.

At this time, Zhang Xuan found that someone seemed to be waving to him at the mouth of a deep alley next to him, he turned around and did not hesitate to get into the alley, and after a while, Wei Wentong also led the other Taibao to chase to the mouth of the alley, "This way!" He pointed to the alley and led the crowd into pursuit.

The alley was very deep, leading directly to the northwest gate of the market, and everyone could no longer hear Zhang Xuan's footsteps, so they had to continue to chase in the direction of the northwest gate.

At this time, inside a black lacquered door at the entrance of the alley, Zhang Xuan leaned against the door, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief when he heard the footsteps chasing him gradually disappear.

He hurriedly bowed to the man in black who saved him, "Thank you for saving him in time!" ”

"Jang Hyun, don't you know me?" The man in black said coldly, it turned out to be the voice of a young woman.

Zhang Xuan didn't see the appearance of the man in black clearly because he was in a hurry, and after hearing what the other party said, he looked up and down at the man in black who saved himself.

I saw that this woman in black was tall and slender, and under the moonlight, her skin was like clotted white jade, she slowly took off the black scarf on her face, and Zhang Xuan recognized her at a glance.

"It's you!"

This person is the young woman who entered the Wuchuan Mansion for the first time and scolded him for trespassing on the forbidden land, and it is also the leader of the fire phoenix who killed Yang Qi in the Yang Martial Arts Pavilion, and they met for the third time in the sugar shop, and today is the fourth time, but there is another time that Zhang Xuan does not know.

"I can't think of it!"

Zhang Chuchen sneered, "It's really a narrow road, we meet again." ”

Zhang Xuan held the handle of the knife vigilantly, looked at her pretty face and said, "I don't think it's that the road is narrow, but that you are following me!" ”

"Humph! I didn't expect your straw bale to grow a little. ”

Zhang Chuchen's pretty face was cold, and he pulled out a slender willow leaf sword, and the cold light flashed, and the sword had reached Zhang Xuan's throat.

"I saved you to kill you with my own hands, and suffer death!"

Zhang Xuan didn't expect her to turn her face so quickly, so ruthlessly, she was shocked, and in a hurry, she turned sideways and flipped back, and at the same time, the long knife came out of the sheath, sealing the attack route of Liu Yejian.

But Zhang Chuchen's willow leaf sword was as fast as lightning and unpredictable, and it actually stabbed diagonally from an unimaginable angle, breaking through Zhang Xuan's defenses.

Zhang Xuan only felt a hot pain in his legs, and Zhang Chuchen's sword blade cut through his leg muscles, and a wisp of blood flowed down his calf.

Zhang Xuan leaned his back against the courtyard wall, endured the stinging pain in his legs and asked, "I have no grievances with you, why do you want to be so vicious?" ”

"No grievances?"

Zhang Chuchen sneered, his face condensed, "If I really poisoned him, can you still stand there and talk to me?" Your little martial arts don't deserve to lift my shoes, and you still want to fight me? ”

Zhang Xuan quickly felt it, indeed, the blade of the sword only cut his muscles, and did not hurt his muscles and bones, and he was shocked by the accuracy of the opponent's attack.

"What the hell are you going to do?"

Zhang Chuchen glared at him fiercely, gritted his silver teeth and said: "You killed Yang Xuangan, and I have a grudge against the sky, today I will let you go for the time being, but sooner or later one day I will take your head!" ”

Her figure flashed, like a black cloud floating on the wall, and disappeared in an instant, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, he leaned down to inspect his injuries, fortunately, only cut a half-foot-long blood trough.

He was very surprised in his heart, this black-clothed fire phoenix obviously also participated in the hunt for Yang Xuangan, and hated Yang Xuangan deeply, but he wanted to settle the account of killing with himself, what kind of truth is this!

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In the study of King Yan's Mansion, Yang Qi picked up the pen and signed his name on Zhang Xuan's prescription, and he asked in a deep voice, "Have you already decided?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, he thought about it all night last night, the lowliness of martial arts made him deeply stimulated, although he has rich experience in martial arts, but this is useless, in front of a real master, he can only become a fish on someone else's chopping board.

His martial arts are low, he was almost killed by a woman, and in the end he could only escape death by relying on the mood of the other party, this feeling of his life in the hands of others is really difficult for him to accept, in the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the big fist is the truth, this is a lesson that makes him feel painful.

Moreover, whether he wanted to take the initiative to participate, or was guided north by the Qingshi Sutra, he decided to go to Saibei, he had a wonderful feeling, as if this trip to the north was a fate arrangement in his dark.

"I've decided!" Although Jang Xuan's voice was low, it was extremely firm.

Yang Qi handed him the prescription and said with a smile: "Two months is too short, you are too late, I will give you half a year of long vacation to fulfill your wish." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhang Xuan took the signed prescription, and he was deeply moved by Yang Qi's tolerance.

Yang Qi sighed softly, "Actually, I also want to learn martial arts, but the emperor's grandfather is not allowed!" ”

"Why?"

"He said that I can get fit by riding a horse, and that learning martial arts is what an eagle dog does, and that I should learn how to control an eagle."

Although Yang Guang's words were ugly, they were the truth, Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness's grandfather's words are very right, Your Royal Highness is the emperor's grandson, and he may be the Son of Heaven in the future, so there is no need to learn martial arts." ”

"What about you?" Yang Qi looked at him and asked with a smile, "Why don't you learn strategy and become a falcon?" ”

Zhang Xuan was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Strategy determines fate, but martial arts determines life, and you must control your own destiny, but you must also firmly control your life in your own hands!" ”

"You're right, martial arts determine life!"

Yang Qi sighed and said worriedly: "Now the world is unstable, bandits are everywhere, and there are aristocrats like Yang Xuangan, in case there is chaos in the palace one day, if I can know a little martial arts, at least I can protect myself." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Wait for me to practice the Bluestone Sutra first, if it works, I will teach His Highness to practice martial arts." ”

Yang Qi rejoiced in his heart, "Then we will make a decision?" ”

"It's a deal!"

At this time, Yang Qi hurriedly ordered: "Take it in!" ”

Several eunuchs brought in a burden and a knife, Yang Qi opened the baggage, and inside it turned out to be ten ingots of gold from Huang Chengcheng, Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Yang Qi smiled and said: "This king promised you that he will still give you the official reward for killing Yang Xuangan, and will not let you suffer, this is part of your bounty, and you will be entangled, as for the official promotion to the third level, I will talk about it after you come back from the grassland." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your thoughtfulness."

Yang Qi smiled, picked up the knife and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "This is one of my father's collections, he has a lot of swords, anyway, I don't need it, so I found one for you, can you try to see if it fits?" ”

Zhang Xuan's knife was shot down into the river by Zhang Zhongjian when he killed Yang Xuangan, during this time he had no weapon in his hand, and he wanted to buy another one, but he couldn't buy a satisfactory knife for a while, so he could only temporarily use a very ordinary horizontal knife.

Zhang Xuan took the knife and took a few steps back, this is a ten-pound knife, the scabbard is black shark skin, not conspicuous, but when he pulled out the horizontal knife, he was really taken aback, only to feel cold, extremely sharp, I don't know how many times stronger than the original knife he bought for fifty yuan.

No wonder it was collected by the prince, it was really a rare treasure knife, and Zhang Xuan suddenly couldn't put it down.

Yang Qi saw that Zhang Xuan cared about this knife very much, and his heart was happy, so he smiled and said: "I will give you another good horse, a good horse and a good knife, I hope to help you." ”

Zhang Xuan was moved in his heart, he knew that Yang Qi was not trying to win over himself, but out of a good impression of himself, and it was a young man's friendship.

He thought about it, then took out the military thorn from his boot and put it on the table, "This is a memorial left to me by my master, unique in the world, I give it to His Highness, which can be used as a weapon for self-defense." ”

Yang Qi picked up the military thorn, he didn't know about iron tools, but he saw that the military thorn was beautiful and very exquisite, he had never seen it, and he liked it quite a lot, so he smiled happily: "Then I'll accept it." ”

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In the secret room of Wuchuan Mansion, Chai Shao was reporting Zhang Xuan's decision to the head of the meeting, Dou Qing.

"Did he really decide to go to the Turks?" Zhang Xuan's decision was expected by Dou Qing, and he stroked his silver beard lightly and smiled meaningfully.

Chai Shao didn't see the meaningful smile of the master, sighed and said: "Yes, his will is very resolute, he would rather not be a guard than go north, it seems that King Yan also agreed to him go north and gave him a long vacation." ”

Dou Qing paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, although Zhang Xuan was willing to go north to the Turks, but how to make Zhang Xuan fit in with the action of Wuchuan Mansion this time was a difficult problem.

Zhang Zhongjian had already gone north a few days ago, Dou Qing was a little worried that Zhang Zhongjian was alone, and his strength was a little weak, if Zhang Xuanken looked at the face of Qingshi Jing to help him, and the two of them worked together, then the possibility of success in this mission would be much greater.

Dou Qing had already planned everything, but he also knew that Zhang Xuan was not a paper kite, with Zhang Xuan's intelligence, he couldn't control Zhang Xuan at all, and the only way was to use Zhang Xuan's opportunity to find the purple insect jade chrysalis, and he had to find a way to let Zhang Xuan go to the place where the materials were missing.

In this game of chess, the key is to need a middleman to be the traction to fit Zhang Xuan and Zhang Zhongjian into the same road, and who is this person, Dou Qing has already thought of the most suitable candidate.

Although this intermediary is not Chai Shao, Dou Qing also hopes that Chai Shao will go with him.

Thinking of this, Dou Qing smiled at Chai Shao and said: "You also accompany Zhang Xuan to the north, I will explain you some details before leaving, in short, you just follow Zhang Xuan." ”

Things were expected by Chai Shao, the master really wanted to follow Zhang Xuan to the north by himself, he was helpless, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

Dou Qing heard the helplessness in his tone, so he smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, what you do for Wuchuan Mansion will be recorded, and Wuchuan Mansion will never treat you badly in the future." ”

"The subordinates don't dare!"

Dou Qing took out a small crystal bottle from the jade box on the table, stared at the purple slurry inside for a moment, and handed it to Chai Shao, "If Zhang Xuan can't buy what he wants in Turkic, give him this." ”

"It's .... What the? Chai Shao took the bottle and looked at the slurry inside and asked.

"This is the purple insect jade chrysalis!"