books44 Chapter 523: Difficulty in Meeting
Chapter 523: Difficulty in Meeting
Sisi immediately understood and said, "Are you talking about them? They are not idle people, they are General Xuan's friends."
The silver officer surnamed Zhou laughed, bowed to Chu Xiaomu and the other two, and said, "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. My surname is Zhou and my name is Tenghu. Since the general got this title, more and more people have come to claim him as their friend. Even the guy surnamed Gao who was imprisoned in the prison and rebelled with his slaves said that the general is his friend, haha..."
Chu Xiaomu heard the thorn in his words, but he didn't take it seriously. He returned his greeting and said, "Nice to meet you." I thought to myself, I have heard of your name, Zhou Tenghu. You were involved in the massacre of the people of Sha at Yixianya Pass and Yinlingyi. Since you are so unreasonable, I won't tell you my name.
Xiaoying was furious and said, "Xiao... My second brother was originally friends with General Xuan, and they were very good friends! Do you think we came to recognize him because he became a general? Who cares?!"
Zhou Tenghu laughed and said, "That's good, but no matter how good a friend you are, you still have to wait here obediently!"
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the three people, pulled another person back to his original place, and continued talking to himself.
There were only two small benches under the pine tree, one for each of them, so Sisi, Chu Xiaomu and the other two had to stand.
The three of them just stood there. With Zhou Tenghu and another soldier present, they couldn't say many things and found it quite boring.
On the other hand, Zhou Tenghu and another copper captain named Zhu talked about everything without any scruples. They didn't even regard Chu Xiaomu, Xiaoying and Jinglan as outsiders. They talked about almost everything, including interesting things in the Jinyang City army, the military arrangements of the Jinyu Army, and the hobbies and dislikes of the generals.
Finally, the topic of selecting Jin Wei came up again.
From them, I learned that Jinyang had issued the notice for the martial arts competition to select the Jin Wei about ten days ago, and it was posted in the twenty or thirty small cities under the jurisdiction of Jinyang City. A few days ago, people started to rush to Jinyang City from other places. It was said that some of the better ones came from other cities. It seemed that this would be another major event in Jinyang City besides the Qingyang Festival.
The competition is scheduled to be held in the large square in front of Wuhuang Tower in Jinyang City. Now Jin Lier is organizing people to build the competition stage and make swords and seals.
This time, the competition to select the gold officers was open to not only ordinary people, but also any soldiers from Jinyang City, so Zhou Tenghu was also ready to take part. Although it was called the selection of gold officers, in fact, three silver officers and twelve bronze officers would be selected based on the results of the competition, which was equivalent to building another large army to deal with the possible red soldiers who might break through the pass.
The copper lieutenant surnamed Zhu said, "Captain Zhou Yin, to tell you the truth, I, Zhu Dagui, wanted to take part in the test. But since you, Captain Zhou Yin, are going to go, I won't join in the fun. Although it won't matter if I lose to you, the comments of other people in the army won't be pleasant. They will definitely say that I am ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth..."
Zhou Tenghu laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? It doesn't matter if you lose to your own brother." Then he leaned close to Zhu Dagui's ear and whispered, "Brother Zhu, I'll tell you the truth. The general ordered me to participate in this competition. He said that the Golden Guard must be in our own hands this time, and we must not let anyone from the Golden Sword Sect or Yunying Palace snatch it away."
He spoke in a very soft voice, but Chu Xiaomu still heard it clearly. He thought to himself that Xuanying was actually starting to build up his own power in Jinyang City. What on earth was he trying to do?
Zhu Da Kui also laughed and said loudly: "I understand, I understand..."
Xiaoying had been standing by for almost an hour, and her waist and legs were already aching. When she heard the two men talking recklessly, she couldn't help but get furious and shouted, "Can you two keep your voices down? It's so noisy!"
Zhou Tenghu and Zhu Da Kui seemed to suddenly understand something, and cried out "Ouch!". They hurriedly gave up two small stools and asked Sisi and Jinglan to sit on them, leaving Chu Xiaomu and Xiaoying aside.
Xiaoying was extremely angry, but there was nothing she could do.
Jinglan took out the visiting card and gave it to Sisi, asking her to ask Zhou Tenghu to pass it to General Xuan, and that the three of them could come over at any time. She thought that asking for favors was always troublesome, and she didn't expect that her friend had become a high-ranking official, and it was not so easy to meet him.
Zhou Tenghu didn't say anything. He took the visiting card and told Sisi that he would pass it on, but he couldn't guarantee when General Xuan would visit him.
Chu Xiaomu and the other two felt very bored, so they were led out of the pine and bamboo garden by Sisi.
After saying goodbye to Sisi and returning to the guesthouse, Jinglan suddenly said, "Brother Xiaomu, why don't you go and snatch this Jinwei from Jinyang City and do it for me."
Chu Xiaomu said: "How can this be possible? I am already the Central Army of Bicheng, how can I become the Golden Lieutenant of Jinyang City?"
Xiaoying said happily, "I think so! Brother Xiaomu, you are definitely better than the Jinwei and Yinwei here. None of the Meng, Zhou, and Zhu here are good and polite people!" She suddenly remembered something and said, "Sister Jinglan, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about that Zhou Tenghu!" It turned out that she suddenly remembered that Jinglan's surname was also Zhou.
Jinglan smiled and said, "Brother Xiaomu, you yourself said that your Central Army was picked up and cannot be counted, so Wang Gu, An Wenyuan and others are a little dissatisfied. Besides, there are only two or three battalions of soldiers left in the Zhongding Army now, and your Central Army is indeed a bit unworthy of the name. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether you become the Jinwei or not. You can really fight for it, let the people of Jinyang City see the real heroes in the world, and also vent our sister Xiaoying's anger."
Chu Xiaomu laughed and said, "Miss Jinglan, you are flattering me. I haven't even killed a single Red Soldier, so how can I be considered a hero? Besides, we came here to ask Xuanying to do something for us, so how can we go and destroy his business before we've even done what we asked him to do?"
Jinglan said, "Who said you haven't killed any red soldiers? I heard that you killed several bird-riding scouts of the Claw Clan near Lange Mountain?"
Xiaoying immediately asked, "Sister Jinglan, what is a bird-riding spy?"
Chu Xiaomu said, "Bird riders are scouts of the Claw Tribe of the Red Sand Nation. Their mounts are not horses, but large birds with wings that cannot fly. They make a 'ga-ga-ga' sound when they run, and their speed is comparable to some of the horses in Bicheng."
"Then compared to my Red Four, which one is faster?"
"Hong Si is a rare dragon zebra. Those strange birds are naturally no match for it..."
"Zebra? Brother Xiaomu, this is the first time I've heard of this kind of horse." Jinglan interrupted.
"This is what a beast spirit named Xiangli from the Beast Mountain told me. He said there are three conditions for the birth of a dragon spotted horse: one is 'the hybrid of different horse breeds', two is 'the gathering of the spiritual energy of the Beast Mountain', and three is 'the birth on a snowy day'. We are lucky to have got nine horses at once... It's a pity that no one knows what it is and thinks it is a monster that eats meat and drinks blood."
"Did they bite you?"
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The three of them chatted with each other, and the small guest room was full of relaxation and comfort.