The infinite heavens start from the red building

Chapter 8 1.8 The first glimpse of Xiangyun's martial arts prowess
Chapter 1

1.8 Martial arts show power, see Xiangyun for the first time

"Hahaha, Brother Wei really deserves to be the descendant of Uncle Zhongyong. This swordsmanship really opened our eyes!" After a while of embarrassing silence, Jia Lian forcibly scrubbed the ground with an embarrassing expression.

The saber on Wei Xu's waist is naturally not ordinary.

In the entire weapons room of the martial arts academy, after the jade pendant appraisal, only five pieces are considered good, and the others are all good-looking, including this saber.

The overall length is slightly more than three feet, which is more than seventy centimeters when converted, and the handle is nine inches long. It is a standard eight-sided Han sword shape.

The whole body is made of a whole piece of meteoric iron, although it is not as good as the two halberds mixed with black iron, but it can be called extremely sharp.

But if you want to split the white porcelain wine glass without leaving any traces, you need absolute speed and accuracy, combined with the sharpness of the sword.

As we all know, ceramics are brittle, easy to smash, but difficult to cut. Wei Xu can split with a sword and have a flat cross section. This hand control is beyond the grasp of ordinary people.

Although the swordsmanship in the study is all "dancing skills", the technique of exerting force is unmistakable. With the synthesizing explanation of the jade pendant, he has also developed a solid foundation.

Now that he had earned enough face, he stopped being obedient, smiled lightly, poured a glass again, got up and took the wine and signaled to Jia Lian and Liu Dong one after another, and then he killed it without saying a word.

"Brother Wei is a good drinker, let me have a drink with you!" Still in the dead silence, Niu Ben suddenly stood up and drank the same drink, acting as a peacemaker.

"Brother Wei is good at swordsmanship!" No matter how angry Liu Dong is, it's not convenient to explode at this time. After all, he provoked the matter, and he has already lost, so he can't lose again, or he will lose too much.

"Brothers, why don't we have a toast together? It's a thank you to Brother Wei for letting everyone gain knowledge!" At this time, Jia Lian, who is a landlord, wants to come forward.

"it is good!"

"Come on, come on, pick it up—"

Unfortunately, it didn't work out well.

"Thank you for the hospitality today. My brother is a bit too drunk, so I'm leaving!" Liu Dong gulped down the wine in his glass with a sullen face, turned around and left the banquet hall regardless of Jia Lian's persuasion.

"Haha, brother Wei is refreshing!" Even before Liu Dong walked out of the gate, Niu Ben got up and patted Wei Xu on the shoulder, and picked up the wine glass again, ignoring Liu Dong's face.

This aura is normal. Judging from the seats of the two, we can see that Li Guogong Liu Fang and Zhen Guo Gong Niu Jizong belong to the core force of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes group. It is strange that there is no conflict.

Not long after Jia Daihua's death, Jia Jing was selected as a Jinshi. Although he now has only one way to become a monk, on the surface there is no problem. The Jinling Jia family is still at its peak and is the core of Hachiko.

Immediately after were Liu Fang and Niu Jizong, and then came the other members of Hachiko, and finally the non-core personnel and even the purely peripheral forces such as the Wei family of Zhongyong Bofu.

As for the four kings, the situation is different. After the unification of the Dashun Dynasty, the problem of losing borders has not been relieved, so they had to station heavy troops on the border just in case.

Among them, the direction of Baishan Heishui is the remnants of the late Jin Dynasty, with [-] troops stationed on the border, and the military power is in the hands of the Mu family of Dongping County. Because it is mainly defensive, the main force is heavy infantry and crossbowmen.

In the reality of the Great Northwest, in the direction of Xinjiang provinces, Qinghai Lake at this time is called "West Sea", and the battlefield is often called "Xihai Yanzi", and the enemy here is the Galdan tribe.

Because it is also mainly defensive, but the terrain here is relatively open, so the choice of troops is mixed with infantry and cavalry, and the [-] troops are in the hands of the Wu family, the king of Xining County.

As mentioned above, there are [-] troops stationed in the direction of Qianxiang Kingdom. Because of the bad terrain in southern Xinjiang, these are elite mountain infantry, and the military power is in the hands of the Liu family of Nan'an County King.

Because of the conflict with Jin Wang Li Dingguo when the country was founded, the Dashun Dynasty and the Qianxiang Kingdom were at odds with each other, so the offensive defense was adopted here, and conflicts broke out between the two sides from time to time.

In the direction of the prairie in reality, the enemy is the remnants of the Tartars, and [-] elite cavalry are in the hands of Prince Shuijia of Beijing County. This is also an offensive position.

These four frontier armies were named according to the direction of adding the word "town", that is, the Zhendong Army, the Zhenxi Army, the Zhennan Army, and the Zhenbei Army.

To put it bluntly, the four kings of the counties have become Emperor Yongzheng's heart disease, but because of the border defense problem, it is difficult for him to do anything even if he wants to.

Therefore, it is said that there are "four kings and eight princes". In fact, the eight princes are indeed "one loses, one loses, one prospers, and both prosper." It is really hard to say about the four kings.Especially as time went by, the four kings always firmly held military power in their hands due to border problems, and their status was actually very stable.

But the eight princes continued to decline, especially after Prince Yizhong's rebellion, Emperor Yongzheng almost suppressed the nobles in the capital with all his strength, and the eight princes were the first to bear the brunt.

As a result, the gap between the "Four Kings" and the "Eight Dukes" has become wider and wider, and it is now an insurmountable moat, and the relationship is naturally becoming increasingly distant.

Taking today's banquet as an example, three of Hachiko's current successors came, plus two from Jia's family, most of them arrived.

The banquet hall where Wei Xu is located is all the second generation within the group, and all the families of the Eight Dukes come from the next generation of heirs. In the special case of the Wei family, Wei Xu was sent.

Moreover, after he arrived, no one asked Wei Ruolan's whereabouts from the beginning to the end. Obviously, they knew it well, which made it even more intriguing.

But the four kings just sent a nephew at random to fool them, and the people who came basically didn't talk and only drank, so the sincerity can be imagined.

Judging from the ending of the original book, when all the leaders of the eight princes in Jia's mansion were ransacked, it turned out to be the king of Beijing Jing who came, which is really very particular.

Considering that the Zhennan Army was defeated in the battle with Qianxiang Kingdom, and even the king of Nan'an County was captured, so he had to trick Jia Tanchun into getting married in order to exchange for the prisoners. Between the so-called "Four Kings", I'm afraid it's already full of filth.

If there are no surprises, King Beijing should have deviated from the camp of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, and the King of Nan'an County was probably betrayed, but the King of Dongping County and the King of Xining County did not show any problems in the original book.

Of course, these questions are too far away, and they are not something that Wei Xu can consider at this time.

"Brother Niu is too famous." Although Wei Xu didn't want to fall out with anyone, he was not interested in backing down at this time. Considering the situation just now, he could only keep up.

If there were no accidents, based on the conflict between him and Liu Dong just now, plus what Niu Ben said, if he leaves Jia's house, he will probably be assigned to the Niu's camp.

Wei Xu didn't want to stand in line, but he had no choice. Fortunately, he was not worth much. It is estimated that Niu Ben was just using him to save Liu Dong's face; it is unlikely that the Liu family would target him for this matter.

After another hello and hello, Wei Xu found an excuse to leave the banquet hall, and found a small garden behind, so he took the opportunity to find a small pavilion and sit down for a change of air.

Looking around, Wei Xu smiled lightly. This should be the back garden of Rongguo Mansion, which is the garden occupied when the Grand View Garden was built.

In this way, the banquet hall just now should also be in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion. When he came in just now, he followed the servant who led the way for a while.

While walking around watching, Wei Xu faintly heard sobbing, he was slightly taken aback, because the voice just now was a female, mainly considering whether it was suitable for the past.

But after a few minutes, when the sobbing still didn't stop, he decided not to think about it, and strode straight to the sound.

A childish-looking little girl, wearing a red dress with light yellow willow leaf patterns and two festive buns, is facing away from him at this time, squatting in a field of winter jasmine and sobbing non-stop. The shoulders also shake from time to time.

"Little sister, why are you crying here alone?" Looking at the little girl's attire, she must not be a maid in the house, but her exposed neck has traces of spring ringworm. Wei Xu is a little thankful for the cloak that he brought when he went out just now to deal with the cold spring. .

"Ah—" Feeling the cloak on her body and the unfamiliar male voice, the little girl cried out in fright.

"Don't cry, is there any grievance?" Wei Xu's comforting pat on the head stabilized the little girl who was crying a lot.

"Aunt...Auntie only cares about my cousin and doesn't care about me. I...I'm not full." The little girl cried again with a "wow".

"Huh?" Wei Xu's heart moved, he looked at the little girl's worn women's clothing, touched her head and asked distressedly, "Don't cry, I'll find you something to eat, what's your name?"

If such a small child is at the women's and children's table without the help of adults, it's not surprising that they can't get food, and it's more normal to be hungry.

"I—" The little girl hesitated for a moment. Ancient women could not just tell a strange man their name, "My name is Shi Xiangyun."

Wei Xu knew he had guessed right.

PS: The author knows that, if nobilities are allowed to appear on the stage, someone should have a good mouth.

(End of this chapter)