burning nations

Chapter 10 It's been half a year since apprentice Qi Qi

"Brother Mingshan, words are like faces.

It has been ten years since we parted from the imperial capital. My brother originally wanted to travel all over the world, seeing all the scenery and mountains of the empire. He didn't want to be unpredictable. When he traveled to Qizhou, Henan, he met a young girl who lived in the mountains and taught herself without a teacher. His archery skills are not inferior to Huangfu Yizhen, his courage is comparable to Zhang Qingquan's, his bravery is not inferior to that of Mingshan's younger brother, and Qi Da and other seven people's strength against the sixth one can be called a talent.

This woman is the Zhang family of Qizhou, a descendant of Tian Fazhang, a famous general of the ancient empire, named Zhang Cai.This woman is extraordinary, and she has been adopted as a righteous daughter, but my brother has worries, her heart is quite high, her ambition is high, she has the ambition of a man, her heart is stronger than that of a man, I don't know if it is right or wrong.

This woman is intelligent and has a high level of comprehension. She didn't know a word at the beginning, but now she can read without any obstacles.My brother taught her my Qi family's sword technique, which has about sixty percent power; taught her my Qi's family boxing, and she has almost finished learning; most of the books my brother brought have been read by her.Brother is now wondering, what else can I teach her?She spent half her life as a soldier, and she has already learned most of her skills.Brother Mingshan, do you think you want to teach her how to defeat thousands of troops with "Mandarin Duck Army Formation" and "Ji Xiao's New Book"?
Qi's Pingbo"

Qi Qi wrote the letter with emotion and sent it away, and came to the martial arts arena, where a young girl was wearing a tight suit, wielding a horizontal knife, chopping and sweeping, every move and style without jerk, blossoming metal knives The flowers blew through the sky and danced with the graceful figure of the girl, playing an intoxicating movement
It is now the autumn of the 38th year of flattering Zhangwu, and half a year has passed since Qi Qi first met Zhang Cai. During this half year, Qi Qi lived in Zhangqiu County, living in the big villa provided by Zhang’s family for free. The old man regards teaching Zhang Cai as the greatest joy in life , the secondary fun is to write letters to old friends and casually call a few other children.

It's not that Qi Qi has never taught others, his biological son Qi Xing, and many juniors have given advice, but for the first time he thinks it's really fun to teach a girl doll.

Likewise, he greatly admired Zhang Cai's talent.

In the past six months, Zhang Cai has been like a cow. After learning this and that, she never stops.

Zhang Cai was illiterate, and the first lesson Qi Qi taught was to read. He used "Genesis" as an enlightenment reading material, one by one, one by one, and one by one. Lacquer collection of books.

Qi Qi saw that it was okay, the stinky girl has time, so the literacy class stopped, and she walked all day long in the morning, and boxed at noon and afternoon.Then Zhang Cai memorized the number of Qi's parents boxing in a few days, and she treated her as a gymnast for strengthening her body. She beat it whenever she had nothing to do, and continued to steal Qi Qi's books to read at night.

Seeing this, Qi Qi taught Zhang Cai the Qi family's sword skills. The sword skills and boxing skills are used together. When Qi Qi designed this set of martial arts, he was still in the southern border, fighting against the elusive forest people, in order to enhance the individual combat ability of grassroots soldiers And designed, the combination of the two can be a killer move.Then Zhang Cai spent a month figuring it out, and even found a shield to practice.After that, Qi Qi basically had nothing to do. Zhang Cai made his own arrangements for breakfast, boxing at noon, sword practice in the afternoon, and reading books at night.

That's why Qi Qi sighed, what else can I teach?
When Qi Qi's thoughts diverged, he had already finished playing Zhang Cai Dao in the martial arts arena, and ran to Qi Qi's body dripping with sweat.

"Daddy, how is your child's sword skills?"

Seeing that Qi Qi didn't respond, Zhang Cai deliberately increased the decibel: "Father! What are you thinking?"

"Think about how you can't peek at the old man's book!"

"Dad, don't worry, you won't peek after the child finishes watching." Zhang Cai said naturally.

The corners of Qi Qi's mouth twitched upon hearing this.

Qi Qi knows how many books he brought with him, and Qi Qi can guarantee that among the 20 books, except for the art of war experience which is closely guarded by him, the rest of the books have been touched by Zhang Cai.

"Hmph, practice by yourself, don't be lazy!" Qi Qi said that he couldn't leave on his own, "Also, it's cold in autumn, so you need to add clothes after practicing martial arts."

As he said that, Qi Qi suddenly remembered something, turned his head and warned Zhang Cai viciously: "If I let the old man know that you are practicing martial arts in the field like that again, the old man will sever ties with you!"

Zhang Cai quickly said that she would never do it again.

It turned out to be summer, and one day the weather was hot, and Zhang Cai was already sweating profusely while practicing martial arts. Zhang Cai, who was greedy for cold, took off all his clothes without hesitation. On that day, Qi Qi rarely directly touched Zhang Cai , Kill me!

Watching Qi Qi go back to the room, Zhang Cai returned to the martial arts arena, took off the knife and pulled out the horizontal knife in the sheath with her forehand. Try out a knife method that suits your own feel.

But he didn't want to have a pair of eyes peeping at the other end.

Zhang Cai naturally found out, threw the scabbard and smashed it, hitting the peeper's head.

"Ouch!"

Zhang Cai walked up to him, and the voyeur smiled cheekily.

"Sister Zhang Cai, hehe, what a coincidence."

The young man who spoke was called Zhang He. As I said before, Zhang Kuang carefully selected the best children of several families to study here. They were Zhang Kuang's own son Zhang Han, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ren and the present Zhang He.How should I put it, among the four Zhang family members, Zhang Cai has no feelings for Zhang Han, and even despises Zhang Han. It's also indifferent, but Zhang Cai is willing to say a few words to Zhang He, this guy surnamed Zhang.

As for why?Because Zhang He is shameless, and because Zhang He often sticks to Zhang Cai's cold ass, Zhang Cai feels good and is willing to say a few more words.

"I thought it was a flower picker, but it turned out that Zhang's family came in." Zhang Cai said coldly, "What? What do you want me to do?"

"I have something to do, but it's not that I have something to do with you. Someone else asked me to come to you and tell sister Zhang Cai that you need something."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhang Cai stopped quickly, "To make a long story short, don't waste time."

"Someone asked me to give this to you." As he spoke, Zhang He took out a book from his arms.

Zhang Cai took it suspiciously, took a closer look, and saw three large characters written on it - "Thirteen Strategies"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Cai was puzzled.

Zhang He asked, "Do you know what the art of war is?"

Zhang Cai nodded. He didn't even know the art of war. Zhang Cai spent half a year studying it for nothing.

Zhang Cai knew that the art of war was a very esoteric subject. Almost every general and marshal of the empire had a set of art of war handed down from generation to generation.

Zhang Cai was fortunate enough to read the Art of War in the book, but it was only a few words or a sentence, but it could benefit her a lot.

For example: fight to the last ditch, cross the sea with the sky hidden, and destroy Guo by false means.

Zhang He said: "This is the art of war."

Zhang Cai turned to the first page suspiciously, and what caught his eyes was this sentence: Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be observed.

Zhang Cai seemed to feel a little bit after reading it, and looked at the author again, huh?car?

"Who is the car?" Zhang Cai asked.

Zhang Yun seemed to be prepared, and he explained slowly: "Che was a general in the ancient empire, named Che Yin, and his greatest military exploit was commanding the empire's army to capture three thousand miles of the Shajin Continent to the south, and to the west. There were two rebellions in Dongping. But you should not underestimate the car. It was just by chance that the family ancestor got the "Thirteen Strategies" written by the car, and learned the art of war of the car thoroughly. Sha Jin, establish a great military exploit."

Zhang Cai made a sound, and continued to look down: "Therefore, the scriptures use five things, and they are collated for calculation, and they ask for their feelings: one is called Dao, two is called heaven, third is called earth, fourth is called generals, and fifth is called law. Those who make the people agree with the superiors can die with them, live with them without danger; heaven, yin and yang, cold and heat, and seasonality; earth, distance, danger, narrowness, life and death; generals , wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage, and strictness; law, music, officialdom, and mastery. All of these five will be heard, those who know will win, and those who don’t will will win. Listen to my advice and use it If you must win, keep it; if you don't listen to my plan, you will be defeated if you use it, and those who go away are deceitful. Therefore, if you can, you can show that you can't, if you can use it, you can't use it, if you are close, you can show it is far, if you are far, you can show it is near. The advantage lures it, the chaos takes it, the reality prepares it, the strong avoids it, the anger scratches it, the humble makes it arrogant, the loss makes it tired, the relatives leave it, attack the unprepared, surprise it. This strategist Victory should not be passed on first."

"Is it the beginning chapter?"

"Thank you." Zhang Cai's thank you was very rare.

After thanking, people left.

Seeing that the mission had been accomplished, Zhang He took the opportunity to slip away.

Back at the residence, they exchanged glances with the three of Zhang Han, and the four of them were unavoidably excited.

The first stepping stone for Zhang Cai and Zhang's family to settle their suspicions, there is a reaction!

It's not in vain that Zhang Kuang sent her "Thirteen Chapters"!
That's right, it was all planned by Zhang Kuang.

Next, Zhang Kuang will unknowingly make Zhang Cai feel good about the Zhang family again. After all, Zhang Cai and the Zhang family have no hatred for killing their father or family. They are all trivial matters that can be reconciled.

Although there are "Thirteen Chapters", Zhang Cai does not dislike the lack of books, and goes to peek at Qi Qi's books at night.

It's just that this time Qi Qi personally guards, waiting for Zhang Cai to come.

"Father, it's not good for you to block me so directly!"

Qi Qi snorted coldly, motioning for Zhang Cai to come over.

Zhang Cai moved the small bench cushions and walked.

"How many books in my room have you read?"

"Basically finished." Zhang Cai replied.

"Do you feel it?" Qi Qi asked.

Zhang Cai shook his head: "I can grasp some, but a lot of knowledge seems to be absent. I feel that it is by my side, but it is erratic and I can't grasp it."

Qi Qi nodded and said: "It's great to have this kind of feeling. There is an old saying: It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Books can only tell you a basic, a rough idea. The prosperity, famine, and disasters of the world are in the books You can’t see it, what it is like, you have to see, hear, and experience it yourself.”

Zhang Cai nodded. She had read some words and sentences, such as a city full of flowers, like a majestic mountain, or like a river rushing majestic but full of flowers.Is it like Qizhou City?What is towering and lofty?Is it like Mount Qingcheng?What is surging and magnificent?Is it like Qi Shui?Zhang Cai is unknown.

"Daddy, are there many anecdotes and strange things in the world? Do you know many things that my child has never heard of?" Zhang Cai asked suddenly.

Qi Qi didn't deny it.

"Then can you tell the child? It's like telling a story." Zhang Cai suggested.

"...Yes." Qi Qi suddenly realized that although the girl in front of her said she was very smart and quick to learn everything, she was still young and had no experience in the world and didn't know the dangers of the world. I could teach her the ability in this direction.

"Go back and clean up. We're going on a long trip these days." Seeing Zhang Cai's suspicious eyes, Qi Qi lovingly scratched the bridge of her nose, "Father will take you to see the world outside of Qizhou, and experience it yourself. What's the outside world like."

Zhang Caiwen nodded, Qi Qi's words aroused her curiosity.

(End of this chapter)