Guan Yu showed a look of disdain and said disdainfully: "Nonsense! Who is my elder brother? How could he do such a thing!"
Liu Bei stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My second brother understands me, so how can I tell the truth? I should congratulate Tao Shijun."
"Congratulations!?" Guan Yu and Jian Yong were both shocked.
However, Jian Yong quickly understood, raised his hands and said: "What my lord said is absolutely true, I will make arrangements right now. Not only do I want to congratulate you, but I also want to give you a generous gift."
Guan Yu's face was full of astonishment and he asked: "Brother, what do you mean by this? I'm a little confused."
Liu Bei chuckled and said: "Second brother, you don't have to worry about this. Xianhe will handle it. Let's go to the backyard. Brother, I haven't seen you wield the sword for several days."
Guan Yu respected Liu Bei the most, and he would obey everything Liu Bei said unconditionally. Besides, Liu Bei was also very kind to him. He left such a beautiful wife in the room and basically didn't touch him. He spent all day with him dancing with swords and guns.
Even when sleeping, he had to fight against him. Although he still didn't know what was going on, he still nodded and followed Liu Bei to the backyard.
Liu Xin was also sweating profusely in the backyard, dancing like a windmill with a square-shaped halberd, which was really impenetrable to needles and water.
Liu Xin started practicing in the afternoon. This time he was in danger in Nanzhong, which made him completely sober. There must be many masters hidden in the world, and there must be many masters hidden among the people. Liu Xin had no intention of becoming enemies with them, but he had good martial arts skills that he could use from
Protection is essential. The Meng Jie we met this time is not good at using weapons, but who knows whether the Zhang Jie and Li Jie we will meet next time like to use weapons? Liu Xin cannot control others, he
Just train yourself well.
The basis of his halberd training was naturally based on the halberd method presented by Yan Rui. However, because there was no guidance from a master, and the records on the halberd method were not clear, so Fang Tian's painted halberd danced in Liu Xin's hand. Compared with Lu Bu
It's completely different. However, Liu Xin is very strong and has several boxing skills as a foundation. In addition, he usually pays attention to the martial arts of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, so he can dance quite decently.
Liu Xin practiced this for more than an hour before slamming the halberd in his hand on the ground and wiping the sweat from his head.
Zhu Qian, who had been waiting nearby, hurried over and said, "Master, you are tired, please drink some water first."
Liu Xin took the porcelain bowl, raised her neck, "gurgled, gurgled," and drank it all.
Zhu Qian said distressedly: "Master, you are now the general manager of the four states, there is no need to work so hard. Come, sit down quickly, I will help you pat your shoulders."
She originally wanted to take the Fangtian Painted Halberd from Liu Xin's hand, but the painted halberd was too heavy and she knew she couldn't lift it, so she had to give up.
Liu Xin smiled and raised her hand, and the halberd flew out and was inserted into the weapon rack without any bias. Few people could match her accuracy alone. Liu Xin handed the porcelain bowl back to Zhu Qian.
Holding her hand, she said with a smile: "Qian'er, how long have you been practicing now? I will still have to practice fighting on a war horse in the future. There is still a long way to go."
Zhu Qian said coquettishly: "Then I can't become fat in one bite. If I'm exhausted, my wife won't be able to take care of my concubine."
"Okay, sir, I'll just listen to Qian'er once and take a rest." Liu Xin gently hugged Zhu Qian's slender waist, kissed her on the cheek, and suddenly said, "By the way, this halberd curling method is strict."
My wife gave it to me, mother and daughter are fine now."
The look on Zhu Qian's face became strange. When Liu Xin hugged her just now, she thought Liu Xin wanted to have some intimacy with her and was in a dilemma. Although Zhu Qian was a remarried woman, she also came from a wealthy family.
Xuanyin had an instinctive resistance to such things. But without Liu Xin, she would not be where she is today. If Liu Xin proposed it, she would not dare to refuse. But at this moment, Liu Xin actually asked about another woman,
How embarrassing is it for you to call Zhu Qianqing?
Perhaps it was because of the almost identical experience that Zhu Qian always had an indescribable feeling for Yan Rui. When she entered the Prefecture Mufu, she also brought her seven-year-old daughter with her, and her daughter later became Liu Xin's stepdaughter.
Now beside Yan Rui
He also has a seven-year-old daughter. Liu Xin recognized this girl as her adopted daughter more than a month ago. The only difference is that she came to Xiangyang to escape the Yellow Turban Rebellion, while Yan Rui and her daughter were Liu Xin during the war.
prisoners captured.
Zhu Qian is not a jealous woman, and she doesn't think she is qualified to be jealous of other women, so the look on her face just flashed and she tentatively said: "They are very good, if the master wants to see them
If so, I will ask someone to invite them here."
Liu Xin's hands gently squeezed Zhu Qian's weak waist. It was soft and soft, which was completely different from Zhu Rong's elasticity. She didn't pay attention to the expression on Zhu Qian's face at all. She just nodded casually and said: "Yes.
Okay. I promised that little girl Lu Lingqi that as long as she practices martial arts well, I will give her a gift. Now that there is nothing to do, you can ask someone to bring their mother and daughter here. I will take the test myself.
Give her a test."
Zhu Qian thought she had guessed what Liu Xin was thinking, so she waved to a maid, whispered a few instructions, and then accompanied Liu Xin back to the room.
After a while, the maid returned to the door. She probably guessed that there was some embarrassing scene in the room. She didn't even dare to raise her head and said softly: "Master, Mrs. Qian, mother and daughter Yan are here."
In fact, there was nothing shameful in the room at all. Liu Xin lay on the chair with her eyes closed, and Zhu Qian stood behind him, gently squeezing his generous shoulders. After hearing the maid's report, Zhu Qian said without thinking
Said: "Please invite them in quickly."
Following Zhu Qian's instructions, three people came in from outside the door and said in unison: "I'm here to see you, sir."
Liu Xin opened her eyes and saw that in addition to Yan's mother and daughter, Diao Chan was also among them.
In fact, the three of them cannot be regarded as slaves in the Prefectural Mufu. Except for Lu Lingqi, who is regarded as the adopted daughter by Liu Xin, the identities of Yan Rui and Diao Chan are not embarrassing. Diao Chan was bought back by Cai Yan in exchange for a box of porcelain.
But she did not stay with Cai Yan as a maid. Although Yan Rui was a prisoner of war, Liu Xin had promised her freedom.
But Yan Rui didn't think so. She followed Lu Bu from Bingzhou to Luoyang, and then to Chang'an, and saw too many things. People like Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si, including Lu Bu, were all cruel and inhumane.
Human life is like a piece of grass. Just say Lu Bu, it is wrong to rob women from good families and return home.
It's a common thing in the family. If these women dare to resist and don't let him abuse them, they will only die. Therefore, Yan Rui repeatedly warned her daughter not to regard herself as a lady of the Liu family at any time. She can only call herself a slave. Now she is under her influence.
, even Diao Chan changed her tune.
Liu Xin couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked: "Miss Diaochan, why are you here too?"
It turned out that just now the maid had said that Liu Xin was going to take the test on Lu Lingqi, and Diao Chan couldn't help but sweat. Teaching Lu Lingqi to dance was the first job Diao Chan took after coming to Xiangyang, and she was really dedicated. But after all, Lu Lingqi didn't
For the basics of dance, many things have to be taught from scratch, especially some basic skills. If you don't practice well, you will be easily injured in the dance process in the future. Diao Chan was very worried that Lu Lingqi would mess up her exam, although Liu Xin did not
He called her, but she still followed her. To be honest, she was more nervous than Lu Lingqi now.
Diao Chan bowed and gave a salute, then hesitantly said: "I was with Lingqi. When I heard the master calling me, I hurried over. I think I misunderstood. It turns out that the master didn't call me."
Although she said so, she didn't say a word about leaving. Liu Xin just wanted to test Lu Lingqi's martial arts. Even if Diao Chan was watching, it wouldn't be a hindrance, so he ignored her and smiled at Lu Lingqi.
Said: "Lingqi, what have you practiced recently? Show it to dad."
Lu Lingqi agreed, leaned back, and performed a lowering movement. In the past month or so, she had only practiced basic skills such as leg press, splits, lowering, and leg pulling. She had not yet had time to learn the complete dance movements.
There was nothing to perform. Children's bodies are inherently soft, and Lu Lingqi practiced very hard. This series of basic movements was really done to a standard.
Liu Xin nodded and said approvingly: "Flexibility is good. However, if you want to go into battle to kill the enemy, flexibility alone is not enough. You must also pay attention to the training of strength and skills. You must not relax in bowing, horse riding, and shooting. Wait for me.
Ask someone to go to Xiliang to choose some ponies, you..."
Before he finished speaking, Yan Rui fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed as if pounding garlic, and said repeatedly: "Please spare us, Master. Lingqi will never dare to disobey Master in the slightest."
"
Lu Lingqi was a child after all. She was confused by Liu Xin's words. Before she could understand what they meant, she saw her mother knelt down and was stunned. Yan Rui quickly pulled her armor and dragged her
She knelt down together. Although Lu Lingqi didn't know what happened, she knew that she kowtowed "dong dong dong" along with her mother.
This made Liu Xin a little confused. She hurriedly stood up from the chair, took a step forward, stretched out her hand to pull Yan Rui and her daughter up from the ground, and saw that the foreheads of both mother and daughter were already bruised.
Liu Xin himself is also the father of several children, and he especially loves those daughters. Now seeing traces of blood oozing from the forehead of Lu Lingqi, the adopted daughter, she can't help feeling a little distressed, and reproached: "Ms. Yan, please let your children follow you properly.
What are you kowtowing for, look what you did to the child. Qian'er, go to the medical school and call someone to take care of it."
Diao Chan was not only unparalleled in beauty, but also very smart. She soon understood what was going on, and also figured out what Yan Rui was afraid of. She hurriedly said: "It turns out that the master wanted Lu Lingqi to learn martial arts, but we all
I heard it means learning to dance. The difference between this word is really..."
"Dance? Martial Arts?" Liu Xin jumped up in surprise. Although "Martial" and "Dance" have the same pronunciation, the gap is too big.