The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 479
After Mu Xu finished speaking, he looked around, and when he saw the bows and crossbows equipped by his personal soldiers, he couldn't help but ordered people to bring ten hard bows, and said to everyone,
"This is a bow made of one stone, so let's try it out. I don't know who else is willing to try it?"

When everyone heard this, they all cast their eyes on Lin Chong and Wu Song at the same time. Lin Chong waved his hand and refused with self-knowledge,

"Xiao Ke is good at weapons, strength is not my forte, but Erlang can kill a tiger with his bare hands, maybe let him try."

Mu Xu was also a little curious about the strength of hitting Hu Wusong. Hearing this, he immediately said, "Erlang, don't be shy, come out and try it out, and see how many hard bows you can draw."

Seeing that Mu Xu had opened his mouth, Wu Song naturally had no reason to refuse, so he walked to the open space next to him, picked up a hard bow and tried it out.After he knew it in his mind, he stopped at the seven hard bows amidst the applause of the crowd.

Mu Xu patted Wu Song's shoulder with a smile, encouraged him a few words, and then made a gesture of please to Niu Gao.

With Mu Xu's permission, Niu Gao came to the arena happily. After trying it out, he finally stopped at nine sets of hard bows.

"Okay, the strong man is really strong!" Amidst the clamor of everyone, Mu Xu praised him sincerely. You must know that in Song Dynasty, one stone weighed about sixty catties in later generations. That is to say, Niu Gao didn't brag, he really had the strength of a thousand catties .

Seeing that Wu Song and Niu Gao were going through the motions, Chai Jin and others encouraged Mu Xu to open their eyes to everyone. Mu Xu was not pretentious, and came to a pile of bows with a smile, and picked them all up in one hand. , easily pulled it to a full moon.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into applause, and Niu Gao's performance was even worse. It was the first time he saw someone stronger than him, especially Mu Xu's face was as usual, and he was so light-hearted. Not at all.

Niu Gao stood there blankly for a while, and couldn't help asking a question that everyone was concerned about, "How strong is the master, can you tell the villain?"

Mu Xu shook his head and said, "You really caught me, I don't know how much strength I have."

Hearing this kind of words that are not showing off, but are better than showing off, everyone was speechless for a while, and after holding back for a long time, they all complimented Mu Xu.

Mu Xu didn't bother to pay attention to these guys, and looked at Niu Gao who was still standing there, throwing out the intention of soliciting, "Brother Niu has the strength of a thousand catties and is good at archery, why don't you follow me to the frontier of Yunzhou and fight for a wife?" How is Yin Zi?"

Niu Gao had the idea of ​​joining the army a long time ago, but firstly, he had no connections at home, and secondly, he was worried that his family would be left alone.It's a pity to see, I don't want to meet Mu Xu by chance today, and then he got the favor from others, so there is nothing to say, he bowed three times immediately, and officially joined Mu Xu's command.

Mu Xu was very happy to receive a general. Not only did he personally pay a visit to Niu Gao's mother and wife, but he also presented a greeting gift to his daughter and son who were under six years old. Niu Gao was even more moved, and secretly vowed to repay Mu Xu is grateful for his kindness.

In the eyes of many friends who have read "Shuo Yue Biography" and other works, the stereotype of Niu Gao is that he is a reckless man who did not intercede for Yue Fei when Yue Fei was killed, so he is not considered a hero.

In fact, this kind of thinking is completely wrong. According to the records of Song Dynasty, before joining the Yue Family Army, Niu Gao was quite famous for organizing the people to fight against the gold. After that, he served as Yue Fei's deputy commander for many years.

During this period, he led the army alone, captured the puppet Qi general Wang Song alive, recovered Xiangyang, quelled the Yang Yao rebellion, and repelled the Jin invasion many times, which can be said to have made repeated military exploits.

As for Niu Gao not interceding for Yue Fei, that is even more nonsense.The fallacy of this statement can be seen from one incident, that is, after Qin Hui killed Yue Fei, he was very afraid of Niu Gao's revenge for Yue Fei, and worried that Niu Gao would spoil his plan to bow his knees to the golden man, so he ordered someone to poison Niu Gao to death. Gao.

Closer to home, it is said that when Mu Xu took Niu Gao, he would inevitably have the idea of ​​looking forward to Shu, and he was even more eager to get Yue Fei into his pocket.

And the most important thing is that Yue Fei has reached the age of fifteen at this time, and he was considered an adult in ancient times, so it is the best time for Mu Xu to come forward to recruit him.

With such an idea, Mu Xu naturally wanted to find an excuse, so when chatting with Lin Chong and Wu Song later, he deliberately brought the topic to Zhou Tong, saying,

"I have always admired Zhou Tong's martial arts and character. I will pass by Xiangzhou in a few days, and I will go to pay a visit. I wonder if the two brothers would like to introduce me?"

Lin Chong and the two of them had no doubt about him, so they quickly agreed.

So on the next day, after the group crossed the Yellow River Ferry, they headed straight to Xiangzhou without stopping.

Because they didn't hide their whereabouts during this trip, they were not far from Xiangzhou City. Li Hao, the Zhizhou who got the news, came to greet him with a group of officials.After all, Mu Xu is not only the military envoy of Dingxiang, but also the future son-in-law of Emperor Zhao Ji, how dare these people offend him?

Mu Xu didn't bother to deal with these people, he only said a few perfunctory words, and took people to Tangyin County in a hurry, choosing to go to Xiangzhou instead of entering, on the grounds that he wanted to visit the Shaanxi hero Zhou Tong.

After arriving in Tangyin County, he inquired clearly about Zhou Tong's residence. Mu Xu sent Lehe and Wen Huanzhang to rest with a group of personal guards. and go.

When they arrived, Mu Xu was about to order someone to call the door, when he saw a middle-aged woman coming out of the door with a bamboo basket in her left hand and a child in her right hand.

Seeing Mu Xu and others suddenly, the woman was startled, and Fang wanted to ask about the origin of the group.Seeing a big man with his head bowed, he said in his mouth, "Master's wife is always nice, Lin Chong is so polite!"

The woman was Zhou Tong's wife Wang Shi when he was the instructor of the imperial army in Tokyo. She also had a relationship with Lin Chong a few times in the past. Call Lin Chong to stand up.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, Lin Chong pointed to the boy and asked, "This is?"

Mrs. Wang touched the top of the little boy's head, and said lovingly, "This is the old man of your master and me, named Zhou Yunqing. Yunqing, come and greet the senior brother!"

But Lin Chong raised his hand to stop it, and said to Wang, "Don't worry, see the distinguished guest first."

After speaking, he introduced several people in turn, especially emphasizing the identities of Mu Xu and Wu Song.

Hearing that the noble young master in front of him was so virtuous, Wang was somewhat at a loss what to do, it was Mu Xu who took the initiative to salute, and then pulled Wu Song to let him meet his wife, and then said,
"So Madam knows, I'm passing through here, and I've come here to pay a visit to Hero Zhou, and Madam please pass it on for me!"

Seeing that Mu Xu was so courteous, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel relieved, and said back, "The woman has met the general. My master is teaching martial arts to his apprentices in the school grounds. You just come in!"

After all, he led the way ahead and led everyone to the courtyard.

But Mu Xu, who was following behind Wang, had only one thought in his mind at this moment, could the apprentice Wang was talking about be Yue Fei?
(End of this chapter)