Brutal touch

Chapter 21 The three arrows in the Military Temple harmonize with the Prime Minister, and the Protector Palace fights with one word

"This is not a good thing to begin with, so just give it away." Although Nan Qin said this, she knew in her heart how the fifth young master would react if he saw this thing. Right now, the Fourth Young Master is just trying to choose the lesser of two evils.

"I want to keep this thing because it will be of great use, but with Lao Wu's ability, it is not difficult to find this thing. If I give it away now, I can keep this thing, otherwise it will only be destroyed." Si The young master stroked the bed crossbow that he designed himself and couldn't help but sigh.

"Then who are you going to give this to?" Nan Qin asked.

"Tongma, the only way to keep this thing alive now is to bring him to the front line to kill those savages." The Fourth Young Master said.

"That's good too. It just so happens that you are going to Baiyun Peak to serve as a supervisor. It can be regarded as a contribution to yourself." Nan Qin said with relief.

"How is it possible," the Fourth Young Master said with a bitter smile, "How is it possible that they would let me perform meritorious service?"

In the Military Temple, Tongma looked at the map of the front line with a sad expression. In recent years, the expenses of the Military Temple have been reduced again and again due to various reasons. There are already many conflicts within the Military Temple. According to the weather, this winter will be colder than in the past. If the soldiers can't stand it, the savages can't stand it either. If they can't survive outside the pass, they will invade. Now the Fourth Young Master is going to be the supervisor of the army again, and it is still an important place like Baiyun Peak. No matter what the Fourth Young Master is, the front line really cannot afford such changes.

Here Tongkui took back the account book, which dampened Buji's enthusiasm. Just as he was overjoyed and quickly returned to the Military Temple, he saw Tongma and said with a smile: "Brother, now that Baiyunfeng's handle has been solved for us, then Nan Buwen will not There is no way to humiliate us with this."

Tong Ma suddenly kicked Tong Kui over and said angrily: "Do you know that even if the soldiers of Baiyun Peak are supplied with enough military rations, they can only eat eighty cents full. It's so cold that if you don't have enough food, you will die. Yes." Tong Kui got up, dusted off the dust on his body, and said: "I know you are angry. I don't need to take the money. The question is, can those who handle it not take it? Nowadays, the military temple is high and low. Life is miserable, so why not give up on a place like Baiyun Peak?"

Tongma said seriously: "Confused! If you abandon Baiyun Peak, you will lose the geographical advantage. The savages can pass through Baiyun Peak to attack the border in multiple ways. Then there will only be more strongholds to defend!"

Tong Kui said helplessly: "Brother, you were born at the wrong time. Now that the national treasury is empty and everyone is trying to reduce expenditures, where will the money come from to expand your territory? If you were born in a prosperous age when the country is rich and the people are strong, , With my brother’s ability, he still can’t seal thousands of households and leave his name in history. Oh no, I’m wrong again, why is it not a prosperous age now? Isn’t it a prosperous age? "

Tongma didn't want to pay attention to Tongkui at this moment. Tongma knew that his clan brother was not a bad person. What's more, the military temple had to rely on Tongkui's difficult planning and help to overcome the difficulties in the past few times. This time, the money and food were withheld. The expenditure is far less than the money Tong Kui has spent over the years, but he should not go to Baiyun Peak to collect food at such a critical moment.

Suddenly, the general manager came to report, "The fourth young master asked to see you. He brought several followers and three cars. The cars were covered with black cloth, so you can't tell what they are from the outside."

Tongma sighed and said: "After all, we have to see what kind of character this Fourth Young Master is. Today's Huguo cannot afford any changes."

Tong Ma changed his clothes and took Tong Kui to greet him outside the palace. Tong Ma cupped his hands and said, "What do you think of the Fourth Young Master coming from afar?" Tong Kui just stood behind Tong Ma with lowered eyebrows and said nothing.

The Fourth Young Master smiled and said, "I heard that the border is tight, so I came here to find a way to defeat the enemy."

These words aroused Kirima's curiosity. The problem of savages has existed since ancient times. Neither Juzhe nor Nanbuwen nor the famous figures of the past can solve it once and for all. They can only temporarily overwhelm the opponent by relying on force. , the only way to solve it is to win. Now that a person who cannot practice Qi has a solution, it is inevitable that he will be suspected of trying to please others.

As the Fourth Young Master spoke, he ordered someone to remove the black cloth covering the car. Three huge bed crossbows were displayed in front of Tong Ma. Tong Ma was startled by these things. He changed his appearance and asked the Fourth Young Master, "What's this?" What is it?" The Fourth Young Master smiled and said: "This is the bed crossbow I designed to relieve the difficulties in Baiyun Peak."

Tongma carefully looked at the structure of the bed crossbow and basically understood how it worked, so he ordered the people from the Military Temple to carry it to the backyard.

In the backyard, there were Tongma, Tongkui, and several close associates of the Military Temple. Tongma stood among the three crossbows and said to several of his associates: "You guys, follow the Fourth Young Master's method and use this thing to attack me. Let me test how powerful this thing is for myself."

The Fourth Young Master thought to himself: "Tongma was born in the military. He has always been at odds with Buji and others, but his methods are the best among the ten philosophers. However, Tongma sometimes thinks too simply. I haven't yet I've already done what I wanted to do by persuading him, so why not, let's see how the thing I designed performs in front of the No. 1 Ten Chess." The subordinates of the Military Temple have always known the level of Tongma's methods, and they are not worried about this. The thing could really hurt, so they each took their positions to operate their crossbows. Tongma used his skills to block, and the first arrow suddenly came. Tongma subconsciously caught it, but was also frightened by the power. The jump is "heavier and faster than expected." Kiruma thought to himself.

The second and third arrows followed, and one arrow came towards Tongma's shoulder. There was just a clang, and the whole arrow hit Tongma's shoulder and fell, piercing the brocade silk on Tongma's body. Tongma's shoulder was white. He hit a piece, and the second arrow came towards Tongma's abdomen. Tongma secretly admired: "It takes so much to block the first arrow. Although the second arrow can't hurt me, the energy of the body protection is no longer enough to be dispersed." Protect your clothes."

Tong Kui who was on the side was even more shocked when he saw this scene, and thought to himself: "My clan brother and I have both practiced the iron spear skill passed down from our families. Protecting clothes is not a requirement of the iron spear skill to protect the body, but it is a clan requirement." Brother Tongma has already mastered this skill to the extreme, so he made it an extra requirement for himself to kill the enemy without getting hurt and in a well-dressed manner. Unexpectedly, when he reached the level of Tongma with the second arrow, he could not stand it anymore. If my clan brother and I were to change places, this crossbow wouldn't be able to hurt me, but my situation would definitely be much more embarrassing."

When Tongma saw the third arrow approaching in an instant, he shouted loudly and tried to catch the flying arrow with both hands. With both hands, the crossbow arrow went straight to Tongma's abdomen. Tongma held it with great strength. live. He secretly wrestled with the flying arrow, and finally stopped it within an inch of his abdomen. Several guards in the Military Temple watched happily and cheered. But only Tong Ma and Tong Kui could see how hard it was to catch the third arrow.

Although Tongma was not injured, he was frightened by the three arrows and became confused. Unconsciously, beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He thought to himself, "The power of this thing is really powerful. Fortunately, it's me. From the perspective of Tao Kokuga, There are many Qi practitioners who can't catch an arrow. I was wrong in treating Fourth Young Master too lightly."

So Tongma changed his appearance and said to the Fourth Young Master: "Good thing, if this thing can be placed in Baiyun Peak, no, no matter which of our strongholds on the border is placed, it can cause the savages to suffer a lot, but I don't know how many of this thing are left." .”

Seeing Tongma's appearance, the Fourth Young Master sighed in his heart: "The power of this thing has reached its upper limit. We can't continue to increase the power by making the bed crossbow bigger. But with this, it can't hurt Shi Zhe at all. Maybe It's because Tongma is too strong among the Ten Philosophers, and he practices this head-on method, but fortunately, we can see that Tongma is clearly struggling to pick up the second and third arrows, so maybe we can start with the quantity." Still smiling: "There are only these three at the moment, but it is easy to build more of them. I think if the Army Temple can help, it will not be a problem to make hundreds of them to support Baiyun Peak in the short term."

Tongma suddenly said seriously to the Fourth Young Master: "Fourth Young Master, people say that as a person who cannot practice Qi, you only do not do your job every day and make lies to confuse the public. Many people have spread this rumor. To be honest, I have believed it a lot. From the rumors, it was revealed today that the Fourth Young Master pretended to be the one who wanted to touch the country. The treasure he presented now really solved the military temple and solved the urgent need to touch the country. After all the things in the past, Tongma, as the head of the ten philosophers, is really ashamed. ."

After listening to Tongma's heartfelt remarks, the Fourth Young Master felt very ashamed and said to himself: "I made these things just to have a secret competition to see if people who can't practice Qi can use other methods to compete with people who can practice Qi." Gao Shang, I didn't actually think of this. Now I dedicated it to the Military Temple. I just knew that if Lao Wu found these things one day, they would all be destroyed. I just wanted to use the power of the Military Temple to preserve these things. I don't want to. Now that Tongma is treating me like this, it really makes me unable to live with myself." So the Fourth Young Master made random excuses to leave. Tongma wanted to stay with the Fourth Young Master for dinner, but the Fourth Young Master firmly refused and wanted to give the Fourth Young Master jewelry. The young master refused to accept it, so Tongma had to personally send the fourth young master out of the military temple, and then walked a long distance before giving up.

Someone from the Protector Hall had long ago reported to the Fifth Young Master that the Fourth Young Master brought three suspicious cars to the Military Temple. The Fifth Young Master was also thinking at this time. It seems that the Fourth Young Master's crossbow arrows have been widely spread. What is the purpose? Don't report to King Hu, send an order to ban all these crossbows. At present, the things of the Fourth Young Master will not cause much trouble in Huo country. If a large prison is built because of this, it may not be conducive to the current situation, but the example of the barbarian country is right in front of us. According to intelligence, Sure enough, soon after the crossbow arrows were spread, people who could not practice Qi gathered together and used crossbow arrows to attack and kill those who practiced Qi. It's a pity that the people of the barbarian country don't know the seriousness of the situation, and they still want to use their own skills and crossbows to show off to see how far they have reached. There are very few people like Ruji who realize the seriousness of the problem. Since no one listens to her suggestions.

After hearing the information, the Fifth Young Master's mind went blank, thinking, "It's over, something worse has happened. The Fourth Young Master has not only developed this gadget, but it seems that there is something more powerful over there. It must be a guess." When it comes to what I want to do, I dedicated something to the Military Temple overnight. This thing may be able to relieve the temporary pressure at the border, but it will definitely develop into a weapon for civil strife in the future. I just hope that the Military Temple has not realized the power of this thing. , go ahead and destroy these things in time before it’s too late, you must be in time.”

The Fifth Young Master hurriedly passed the order and said: "Hei Er, Hei San, the order is sent to all the subordinates in the royal capital. Except for those who are unable to leave their posts because of the secret order, all the others must gather and follow me to the Military Temple."

Hei San took the order without saying a word. Hei Er said: "Fifth Young Master, I'm afraid so many people are going to the Military Temple."

The Fifth Young Master said: "There is nothing bigger than this now, and it is not convenient to tell King Chu now. Now I just hope that this formation can scare the people in the Military Temple. Go call people and pray."

After seeing off the Fourth Young Master, Tong Ma hurriedly mobilized all the craftsmen to imitate the bed crossbow. He took Tong Kui back to the side hall and said: "I am ashamed to say that the savages are also people who practice Qi. They used to compete with each other by means of their own methods, and each has his own strength." Its owner, there is nothing to say, and now he still feels a little guilty for using this thing to deal with the savages, but for the sake of the overall situation of the country, he can't care so much."

Tong Kui said: "Brother, you are too polite. The Fourth Young Master is a person who cannot practice Qi. By chance, he has a little cleverness, and he praises it to the sky. In the future, it will be spread to others about how we should behave."

Tongma said sternly: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. Could anyone look down on you because of this? You have been at the border for many years. Don't you see the value of this thing?"

Tong Kui said: "This thing is a good thing, I admit it, but I can't stand it. Why did the Fourth Young Master make it?"

While he was talking, the chief clerk of the Military Temple suddenly opened the door and reported: "Lord Tongma, there are people from the Protector Palace from all directions. They have surrounded the Military Temple!"

(End of this chapter)