Chapter 69: Break

The golden sunshine comes in the morning, sprinkling deep in the courtyard.

After three consecutive days of hazy drizzle, the clear weather finally came. The early morning air was particularly pleasant. The birds sang in the forest, the flowers danced in the wind, the duckweed in the pond, and the green willows on the shore showed a graceful look, swaying with the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers.

Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling both practiced in the open space by the pond with their arms bare hands.

Xiong Kuohai rolled a dark, heavy round iron ball on his back and arms. Wherever the iron ball passed, his muscles trembled strangely, and they stuck to the iron ball in a very compatible way. Sweat rolled through his bronze skin, and in the sun, it shone brightly.

His breathing was quite rhythmic. With one breath and one breath, a strong air flow was produced, and the sound of wind and thunder was faintly emitted.

"Ah Leng, catch it!"

Xiong Kuohai suddenly shouted, his muscles trembled, and he didn't see any movement. The heavy iron ball bounced up and flew towards Kan Ling.

Kan Ling went out to sea with a dragon. After catching the iron ball with one hand, he leaned over and rolled on his back along his arm. Just like Xiong Kuohai's movements just now, he condensed his energy and trained his strength. However, compared with Xiong Kuohai's movements, Kan Ling's movements seemed a little awkward. The fit between the iron ball and the muscles was obviously very unfamiliar. Occasionally, he jumped up and smashed it down, barely holding on.

The kung fu of this Hunyuan Ball was learned from Mount Emei.

It has been hard for three years since Kan Ling started learning after returning to Gong County.

This set of kung fu is most conducive to condensing energy and nourishing power, but it is necessary to abstain from asceticism. Kan Ling, like Xiong Kuohai, is both a strong body and a natural divine power. It is most convenient to practice this set of kung fuhai. However, at the beginning, when Yan Qing asked Xiong Kuohai to teach Kan Ling, Kan Ling was a little reluctant. In his opinion, this set of kung fu is not difficult and there is no need to learn. But once he started, Kan Ling knew the difficulty.

Hunyuan Ball not only nourishes strength and condenses energy, but also has extremely high requirements for the control of muscles and the use of strength.

Kan Ling practiced for a whole month before she could barely master the trick. Two burly men practiced by the pond every day. After about one stick of incense, Kan Ling's breath became a little unstable. She shouted loudly and returned the iron ball to Xiong Kuohai, adjusting her breathing aside.

"What a couple of guys."

In the pavilion, Li Shimin and Li Xuanba stood side by side, sighing.

"Liuhu'er, can you practice it?" Li Shimin asked in a low voice.

After more than ten days of pill treatment, Li Xuanba's complexion has improved a lot. A hint of rosy began to appear on his pale face.

He whispered: "If Brother Yan Qing can cure my illness, it should not be a problem.

Second brother, Brother Yan Qing’s subordinates are all good players... These two heroes, and the cavalry general who controls Yuan Conghu Guard, are very skilled. I heard that Brother Yan Qing’s butler is also a good player, but I don’t know how powerful it is.

There is such a warrior, no wonder Brother Yan Qing can return to Liaodong from Goguryeo."

Li Shimin smiled slightly, "There are so many warriors in the world. Among the 300,500 army, there are countless capable people and strangers.

Why is Banyuanjun able to fight for the bloody path? In my opinion, it’s not just that he has the help of these warriors, but more importantly, it’s here.”

He pointed to his head and said enviously: "A such a brave man is loyal to the Lord. How clever is his method?"

Li Xuanba nodded slightly, and his slender eyes were almost connected together, and he unconsciously narrowed into a slit.

It has been more than ten days since he came to Gong County, and Yan Qing was not in a hurry to use medicine for Li Xuanba. On the contrary, he invited local doctors to treat Li Xuanba with him. During these ten days, Yan Qing focused on recuperation of Li Xuanba's body. Relying on the elixir recipes given to him by Sun Simiao, Li Xuanba's body bones gradually became stronger. In fact, when Sun Simiao treated Changsun Wugui, he started to recuperate from physical care. After laying the foundation, he then erased it with fierce medicine, so that it did not damage the root cause and not damage the vitality.

Mrs. Dou was not very relieved at the beginning.

However, looking at Li Xuanba's body, he felt better every day and his cough was relieved. He felt so happy that his confidence in Yan Qing also strengthened. After hearing Li Yuan's mention of Yan Qing's incident, she also knew that there was a father-son relationship between Yan Qing and Li Ji. However, this relationship was not broken for a day, and Mrs. Dou would not tell others. There were not many people in the entire Li family who knew this relationship. Among the second generation of children, in addition to Li Jiancheng, even Li Yunxiu and Li Shimin were not cleared.

Therefore, in Mrs. Dou's eyes, Yan Qing is her son and nephew.

In the morning light, Yan Qing came over from the forest path with two mastiffs.

A white short jacket added a bit of elegance to him. His short jacket was different from the short jackets of ordinary people, but was similar to the style of Tang suits in later generations. There was no other reason. Yan Qing always felt that wearing the short jacket was too troublesome. Moreover, in mid-spring, it was the time to be full of vitality. The clothes should not be too close to the body, but it was uncomfortable to wear a long gown, so he made a set of Tang suits.

Anyway, it just looks casual when you wear it at home.

Li Shimin looked at Yan Qing in a "strange costume" and was quite funny.

He stepped forward and said, "Brother, are you going to 'morning exercise' again?"

Yan Qing stopped outside the pavilion, moved his limbs, and stretched his muscles and bones. "Morning exercise" was also a matter of self-cultivation. Morning exercise was called morning exercise. However, Yan Qing's morning exercise method was a bit unique. He always jogged in the forest for half an hour before he started practicing. In his words, jogging can adjust his breathing, strengthen his qi and blood, and stretch his muscles and bones, and then practiced with half the effort.

But Li Xuanba disagreed, "What is the difference between running slowly and walking?"

Yan Qing heard it and just smiled faintly.

"Xuanba, how is your body today?"

He stepped up to the pavilion and reached out to take Li Xuanba's vein. Li Xuanba did not try it out like the first time, and reached out his hand very cooperatively.

"I'm going to go to the government office to handle some chores today.

The body of the Lion and Hu'er has recovered almost the same, and it is time to use medicine. When I finish everything, I can start using medicine."

Li Shimin raised his sword eyebrows, "Brother, have you considered it clearly?"

After living in Gong County for more than ten days, the conflict between Yan Qing and the Zheng family intensified, and Li Shimin also heard the news.

Li Shimin was quite dissatisfied with the Zheng family's actions. However, he also knew that among the great sects, things were not considered simply by right or wrong. Most of the time, they were also related to face and reputation... Perhaps in the eyes of the Zheng family, Yan Qing, as a child of the Zheng family, did not care about the face of the Zheng family at all, was simply a rebellious and unforgivable person, far more than Zheng Xing did.

However, Yan Qing used such means to fight back...

"Is there anything clear or not? A real man does something and does not do anything.

If someone bullies me, should I swallow my anger? Anyway, I have already torn my face and there is no room for transformation. Since that's the case, why should I endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens? Erlang, I have decided on this matter. At most, what is more hardships in the future?"

Li Shimin nodded repeatedly, "Since my brother has made a decision, I won't repeat it.

If you need any help in the future, it doesn’t matter. As long as I can help, I will never refuse.”

After this period of contact, Zheng Yanqing discovered that Li Shimin did not have the legendary "horror and domineering spirit". He was very smart and generous. However, the so-called open-mindedness in historical books is like Emperor Gaozu of Han and Emperor Wu of Wei, but he has not seen it yet. Even his idea of ​​taking the Sui Dynasty and replacing it has not yet been formed, which is quite different from the image of a genius and ambition in literature and history.

More often, Yan Qing would feel that Li Shimin was more like a big boy next door.

Maybe he has become more mature, maybe he has become more steady, maybe he has become smarter... But after all, he is just a precocious big boy.

In contrast, Li Xuanba is more direct.

"If someone bullies his brother, Shihu'er will never forgive him."

Yan Qing couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

In February of the ninth year of Daye, Jingzhe had passed and Qingming Festival was approaching.

In the north, the war rekindled. Emperor Yang of Sui attacked Liaodong again, set out from Zhuo County, and advanced towards Goguryeo. Before leaving the army, Yang Guang killed Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo County, in Zhuo County, to sacrifice to the flag, and vowed: If he was not upheld Goguryeo, he would not withdraw his troops. For a time, the storm in Liaodong rose again.

Regarding the Battle of Liaodong, two obvious sounds appeared in the government and the country.

On the one hand, they were in charge of the war and strongly demanded the dispatch of troops. Among them, the military generals who had just been released and demoted to the General of the Right Guard, the cavalry, were the most intense. They wanted to use this to send troops to wash away the shame of defeat last year. This desire for war was very strong; on the other hand, they were mainly civil officials, and suggested that the domestic situation should be pacified first, the bandits in various places should be wiped out, and then the conquest of Goguryeo.

The battle with Goguryeo made the domestic situation even more chaotic.

Bandits from all over the country are emerging one after another.

In the first month of the ninth year of Daye, the Lingwu man Bai Yuso raised an army and seized the official horses. He joined the Turks in the north. He was tens of thousands of people, known as the "slave thief".

In February of the ninth year of Daye, Meng Haigong, a native of Jiyin, rebelled...

In February of the ninth year of Daye, Meng Rang, a native of Qi County, gathered a group to cause trouble and joined forces with Wang Bo...

In February of the ninth year of Daye, Guo Fangyu, a native of Beihai, rose up...

In February of the ninth year of Daye, Hao Xiaode gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel with Pingyuan, and formed a coalition with more than 100,000 troops of Wang Bo, Sun Xuanya and other troops...

Ge Qian Uprising; Sun Xuanya rebelled...

For a time, the rebels continued, as if they were agreed, and at the same time they were in chaos. In Qi County, Jibei, Donglai and other places, bandits were rampant and wolf smoke rose.

These situations made the quarrels in the court even more intense.

In the same month, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui issued an edict, ordering Li Yuan as the ambassador of Shanxi to stay in Taiyuan. Regardless of Chang'an and Luoyang quarreled, Yang Guang was unwavering and decided to start a war against Goguryeo. Yixue was defeated last year. Perhaps in Yang Guang's view, the reason why so many rebels appeared was because he did not defeat Goguryeo. As long as he could flatten Goguryeo, everything would automatically quell.

However, at this moment, a piece of news came from Gong County that was not eye-catching.

The former Yunqiwei was famous in the Shilin City. He once wrote poems such as "Qingming" and "The Road to Shu" and created a unique style of chanting goose, and wrote classic articles such as "The Original Way". During the Battle of Goguryeo, Bai Yuanjun, the Prince of E, who had outstanding military achievements, reported to the Gongxian Government Office and changed his original surname. Zheng Yanqing no longer had the Zheng surname, changed his name to Li Yanqing, and vowed to cut off his connection with the Zheng family.

After this news came out, it did not cause much sensation in the court.

What is the matter if a "Former" Yunqiwei changed his surname? Most of the ministers in the court were attracted by the Liaodong war. However, in Shilin, this news surprised countless people. Zheng Yanqing cut off relations with the Zheng family? Why!

Not long after, news broke out in Luoyang: it was not that Mr. E wanted to cut off his relationship with the Zheng family, but that Mr. E was to open Mr. Gee.

Suddenly, Shilin was in an uproar...

Your Zheng family is not right first, even if Mr. E is a little more intense, it is understandable.

Moreover, they don’t even want to make a huge contribution, just to get justice. Your Zheng family is thinking about expelling them? In this way, does it mean that Zheng Xing should not die, and he is half-destined to be bullied, framed, and humiliated by your Zheng family?

All kinds of remarks came from all directions, causing the Zheng family to fall into an embarrassing situation.

Obviously, the Zheng family was not prepared for this.

I originally wanted to worship my ancestors on the Qingming Festival and announced the launch of Zheng Yanqing in public, but now I took the lead and cut off relations with the Zheng family.

Even, he did not hesitate to change his surname and restore his ancestors' surname.

Even if your Zheng family announces that it will start Zheng Yanqing, it will have nothing to do with your Zheng family for a long time. Who has lost his face?

Without waiting for Zheng Shanyuan and others to react, Cui Zhiren, the head of the Cui clan of Guancheng, had sent someone to come to ask for a meeting.

"My Zheng, is it so worthless?"

Cui Zhiren sent a letter, leaving only this sentence in his heart.

Zheng Shanyuan blushed and didn't know how to answer.

Who leaked the news and actually asked that boy Zheng Yanqing to take the lead? It is one thing to start the trade, and it is another thing to leave. If he was an unknown boy, it would be fine. But he just came back at the beginning of the year and was at the forefront of the storm because of disrespect for the order. He made this happen now, and he pointed all the spearheads at the Zheng family.
To be continued...