Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 231 This Is My Pro-Apprentice!

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha walked out of Yan Bo's courtyard hand in hand, and braved the heavy snow to go to the main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, which was the courtyard where the old Duke and his wife lived.In this courtyard, there is a very mysterious place, even if it is the people of the Duke's Mansion, few people know about it.

Walking into the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors of the Shen family, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha respectfully kowtowed to the tablets of the ancestors, burned incense, then turned around the spiritual tablet, and came to the back door of the ancestral hall through a secret passage.Open the back door and enter another yard, as if you have come to another world.

This courtyard looks deserted and unpopular, but in fact it should be the most heavily guarded place in the entire Zhen Guo Mansion. Once outsiders enter, they will surely die.

Although this courtyard is very large, there is only one room, or only one warehouse, which is the legendary arsenal of the Duke's Mansion that houses hundreds of varieties and nearly a thousand pieces of magic weapons.

Although the description of the magic weapon is a bit exaggerated, each of the nearly one thousand weapons has a great background, with the painstaking efforts of several generations of Zhen Guogong, and even paid a high price.

Except for a very small part that was rewarded by the first emperor and Song Jue, most of them were spoils of war, all of which were taken from Liao and Jin generals, and some of them were relatively high-ranked famous weapons in the weapon list.And this arsenal was also built for them.

Those in charge of guarding the arsenal are the private soldiers of the Duke's Mansion. Because they wear armor and masks all the year round, everyone is used to calling them armored guards.There are a total of 100 people in the armored guards here. They are the best soldiers among the best soldiers, and they can achieve excellence in every assessment.Anyone can fight against a hundred, unless there is a particularly urgent battle that requires their support. Most of the time, their responsibility is to guard the arsenal.With them around, it's hard for even a fly to get in.

"My lord, General!" The four armored guards in charge of guarding the entrance of the armory saw Shen Haolin and Shen Cha and knelt down on one knee to salute.

"Everyone, please rise." Shen Haolin raised his hand, and together with Shen Cha, handed over their tokens to the armored guards for inspection.

The little leader guarding the gate took two tokens and walked to the left and right sides of the gate, and put the tokens into the dark slots on both sides respectively. When the gate opened slowly, the little leader took out the two tokens and respectfully held them In front of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha.

"My lord, general, please put it away!"

"Thank you for your hard work!" Shen Haolin took back the two tokens and looked at Shen Cha, "Let's go!"

The entire arsenal is divided into the ground floor and the basement floor. The ground floor is empty, and only two weapons are placed in the most conspicuous positions. The Zhangba Snake Spear of the old Duke's wife.

Everyone in Daxia thought that although the old lady was born in the general family, she didn't learn the kung fu passed down from her family.People who think this way are actually all wrong. The old lady's kung fu is no worse than that of the old lady, and she dances like a snake and spear like a tiger.She followed the old man to fight in the north and south, and later garrisoned Jiaping Guancheng for many years, and killed many foreigners. However, the old man's wife has always been low-key and doesn't like to be in the limelight. On the body of the old man.Both Emperor Xian and Song Jue were very clear about this point.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha knelt and kowtowed in front of Xinyue Zhan and Zhangba Snake Spear again, then walked to the side of Xinyue Zhan, gently turned a wolf head sculpture on the shelf, the wall on the left slowly moved from the middle Separated, revealing a mysterious secret passage.

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha walked into the secret passage, found another wolf head sculpture in the door, twisted it, saw the secret door slowly closing, then turned and left, followed the downward stairs to the basement level of the armory .

Although the downward path was a bit dark, when we actually reached the basement level of the armory, our eyes suddenly opened up. A hundred lamps were lit inside, illuminating this place as if it were daytime.

"My lord, general!" The leader of the armored guard saluted Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "What do you two want to see today?"

"I'm here to pick up something like that today!" Shen Cha smiled, "Take us there!"

"Yes, both of you, please follow me!" The leader nodded clearly, "This way please."

"Unknowingly, the arsenal has already collected so many things." Shen Haolin pulled Shen Cha, walked all the way to look, and said with emotion, "The more weapons we collect here, the more foreigners we kill. many."

"It's the beheading of more and more foreigners with status. This is the general of the Jin Kingdom, Wan Yanlun. I still remember that when he was beheaded by his brother, he looked shocked. He couldn't believe himself. He had fought for so many years. , would be defeated by a young general." Shen Cha took Shen Haolin's hand, and said with a light smile, "However, Wanyan Lun's weapon looks weird, and I've never seen him use it before. On the battlefield, he always wields a scimitar like an ordinary soldier, how to use his own unique weapon seems to be a mystery."

"This thing is actually very similar to a mace, and it is estimated to be used similarly, but he has a mechanism. How to use this mechanism is very important. If he fails, he will hurt himself." Shen Haolin looked at the guard leader. , "When this thing was put in before, some of them used it curiously. Fortunately, they were fast and avoided it quickly, or they would have been really hurt."

"Master Guo is right." The leader of the guard nodded, and the three of them stood in front of the weird weapon. He pointed to the front and the back, "There are mechanisms on the front, back and sides, and they can shoot very thin weapons. Silver needles, press the switch once, and there are dozens of silver needles sprayed. The most important thing is that we have checked it later, and every silver needle is poisonous. Therefore, even if we are interested in it again, we will never stop. Didn't even move."

"Well done!" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha nodded at the same time, "Safety is the most important thing."

The three of them walked and watched all the way, and the memories of these years of fighting slowly flooded into their hearts. Shen Haolin and Shen Cha were a little emotional. Although they were 22 years old and the birthday was about to be celebrated, they had only a short period of twenty years. They have experienced too many things in the past ten years, the ups and downs of life, the joys and sorrows, they have all tasted it, and they feel that they are much older than their peers.

"arrive!"

After walking for about a cup of tea, the three of them finally arrived at the destination of their trip. This area is full of famous bows and arrows. There are almost a hundred bows and arrows, all of which are from Liao and Jin generals.As for Shen Haolin and Shen Cha's goal, it was the all-black heavy bow hanging in the center of the row in the middle.

"Take it down!" Shen Haolin pointed to the heavy bow made of black gold, and smiled softly, "After so many years of wandering around, this bow and arrow has finally returned to Yan Bo's hands."

"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, and stretched out her hand to take the bow and arrow held by the leader of the guards. "This bow weighs about a hundred catties, and you really can't pull it away if you don't have any strength." She stretched out her hand. Hold the bowstring, pull it to a full string, and release it lightly, and there is a "pop", and the candle placed not far away to supplement the lighting is instantly extinguished.Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but praise, "Good bow!"

"Great skill, general!" the guard leader praised, "This bow weighs one hundred and twenty catties, and half of the armored guards can't draw a full bow."

"General Jin's bow is still a bit lighter than that of Liao State General. When I was in Wuma Town last time, I weighed the bow of Old General Wanyan Zesheng. It was much heavier than this one, at least two hundred catties. I can only draw a full string." Shen Cha took the box of the guard leader and put the bow in it carefully, "Okay, it's been here for so many years, it's time to return it to Uncle Yan .”

"No, Bo Yan got the bow back then. It's just that many things happened at that time. He was hit hard and couldn't draw the bow at all. Father could only put it in temporarily. The arsenal. Now that the entanglement has been resolved, it can be returned to the original owner."

"Brother Xiaotian said that he wanted to give a congratulatory gift, so I thought of this. I don't think it's a good idea to give any amount of money. After all, Uncle Yan is not short of money, is he?"

"Yeah, I have a good heart, and I thought of going together." Shen Haolin patted the shoulder of the leader of the guards, "Busy, let's go out by ourselves."

"Congratulations to the Duke of the country and the general!"

Shen Haolin carried the box containing the black gold heavy bow, and returned to the ancestral hall with Shen Cha through two secret passages.

"Father, mother!" Shen Haolin put the box on the ground, knelt on the futon with Shen Cha, and kowtowed to the spirit tablets of the old Duke and his wife, "Today is a good day, a happy day for Uncle Qin and Uncle Yan. They have been separated for many years because of misunderstandings, leaving a knot in each other's hearts. After many years, the misunderstanding was resolved and the knot disappeared. They decided to work together to spend the last stage of life. Father, mother, please bless them Bar!"

"Father, mother, my elder brother and I decided to give this bow to Uncle Yan as a congratulatory gift, hoping that they will have a peaceful and beautiful life in the future. They are our relatives and elders, and my elder brother and I will be filial to them. You Do not worry!"

After finishing speaking, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha kowtowed three times to the spiritual tablet, stood up, picked up the small box and walked out of the ancestral hall.

"Shall we put this back in our room?" Shen Cha pulled Shen Haolin towards Tiger Hill, "When the time is almost up, how about we find an excuse to sneak out and surprise them?"

"Okay!" Shen Haolin smiled dotingly, "It's all up to you."

The two walked back to Tiger Hill hand in hand, returned to their bedroom, and hid the box in the secret compartment behind the bookshelf.

"Let's go, I want to see if Xiaoyun, Seventeen, and Eighteen have any good ideas to embarrass my master."

"Are you not worried about your master being angry at all? After all these years, no one dared to tease him."

Shen Cha closed the door, looked at Shen Haolin with a smile, pulled him along and said, "My master is so arrogant, he doesn't care about such a harmless joke, and, I bet you, he They will definitely play harder than us!"

"I hope so!"

When Shen Haolin and Shen Cha returned to Yan Bo's courtyard, they saw three people squatting under the eaves at a glance. When they left, these three people were squatting like this. An hour later, these three people were still squatting like this , didn't even change a pose.

"You three..." Shen Cha first pulled Song Qiyun up, threw him into the room, and then grabbed Ying Shiqi and Ying Shiba, "Don't you feel cold? What if you get sick from the cold? Yes. Alright, where is plum bamboo?"

"Sister Miaomiao asked someone to come over and say that she is short of manpower, and she needs to find sister Xiaozhu and sister Xiaolin."

Shen Cha stood under the eaves and shouted towards the roof, "Fifteen, go get some bowls of ginger soup and remember to bring your own."

"Okay, wait for me for a while, I'll be right back!"

Shen Cha watched Ying Fifteen run away, turned around and entered the house, and saw Shen Haolin bring two charcoal basins for the three brats.She conveniently stuffed the hand stove she was carrying into Song Qiyun's hand, and took two stoves from the table and handed them to Ying Shiqi and Ying Shiba.

"The three of you are pretty good, aren't you afraid of being frozen into an iceman?"

"Sister Xiaocha, we are not cold at all." Song Qiyun held the hand stove and smiled at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "We dare not get up even if our legs are a little numb. What are you two doing?"

"This is a secret, and you'll know when the time comes." Shen Cha smiled, and turned to see Ying Shiwu running in with a food box, "Slow down!" She took the food box and put it on the table, Take out the ginger soup inside and distribute it to everyone.She saw that other people were frowning and looking at the ginger soup in front of them, raised their eyebrows slightly, held their breath and drank up their own bowl, and then put the empty bowl on the table. "I'm done drinking!"

Shen Haolin was the second one to finish drinking. After finishing drinking, he took out a small purse, took out two pieces of candy, ate one piece by himself, and stuffed the other piece into Shen Cha's mouth.

When the other four saw Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, no matter how reluctant they were, they had no choice but to hold up their bowls, pinch their noses and pour down the ginger soup.

"It's so spicy!" Song Qiyun put the bowl back on the table and ate a piece of candy, "Look at me sweating, the little bit of chill just now is gone."

"The three of you squatted there for a long time, did you come up with any good idea?" Shen Cha leaned on Shen Haolin, "Don't think of anything!"

"It's just hard for us to make a choice." Song Qiyun stretched out a finger, "First, please tell the deputy commander-in-chief about the most touching thing that happened between the two of them. It's okay not to talk, but you have to drink it Three cups of hot ginger tea, dogwood tea, and garlic tea. Second, please ask the deputy commander-in-chief to make an affectionate confession to Yan Bo. Come out and carry Yan Bo all the way to Nuan Pavilion."

"Only two?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "It sounds good, but forget about the three cups of tea, my master's illness has not been cured for a long time, so don't eat such irritating things. The thing that touched them is okay, but the affectionate confession is fine. They are different from Brother Xiaotian, they are very thin-skinned, and it is impossible for them to do such a thing. It is very okay to walk to the Nuan Pavilion with Yan Bo on their backs. I agree with one point. But...you are not embarrassed enough, I have a very good idea."

"What?" Everyone's eyes were on Shen Cha.

"My master hates eating celery the most. He can't stand the taste, so..." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "We can prepare celery for him. You don't need too much, one is enough!"

"Cha'er..." Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha's arm, "You are really a pro-disciple!"

(End of this chapter)