Crossing the Sword

When Jingwei saw him coming, she stood up in surprise and walked around her a few times before saying, "I can't believe that you recovered so quickly. Even with the help of the Shennong Ding, it should take two or three days to fully recover." It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but with the help of the Shennong Ding, it can be healed in two or three days, and that's without using any internal energy to heal the injury. It shows how abnormal the Shennong Ding is!

Yao Ji, who was sitting next to him, chose to answer Ye Shisan's words: "My sister was telling me a story just now. It turns out that monsters can be so infatuated. That white snake is so pitiful. And that Taoist priest named 'Fahai' is so abominable. He actually sealed up such a good monster." Needless to say, it must be the "Legend of the White Snake" that Ye Shisan adapted and told to Jingwei.

Jingwei on the side said: "I haven't finished yet. By the way, this story was also told to me by Thirteen. He must have many more stories. Why not let him tell us?"

Without waiting for Ye Shisan's answer, Yao Ji shook her head and said, "No, you should take your Tianya to see Baihu Hou first." Hearing the words 'your Shisan', Jingwei blushed and glanced at Ye Shisan. Unfortunately, Ye Shisan didn't seem to notice that there was anything wrong with this name.

"White Tiger Marquis?"

"Yes!" Jingwei was reminded by Yao Ji and also said, "Yes, Baihu Hou returned to the capital today. As soon as he came back, he went to your mansion to look for you. After hearing that you were injured, he came to the imperial palace. And you were practicing martial arts, and my father didn't want to disturb you, so he asked me to tell you that I hope you can come to the mansion for a gathering after your injury is healed."

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The architectural style of the White Tiger Marquis's Mansion is somewhat different. The thick walls and the buildings inside the mansion lack softness. Most of them are blue-gray in color. Although they are not lively enough, they look very solid. What's more exaggerated is that most of the servants in the mansion are dressed as soldiers, giving people the feeling that they are not in the mansion of a court official, but in a fortress at the front of the battle.

In the center of the courtyard is a huge white tiger statue, which is carved to be majestic and lifelike.

Seeing the scene inside from outside the gate, Ye Shisan said to Jingwei beside him: "Just looking at this mansion, we can tell that Baihu Hou must be a person who particularly likes fighting."

"Haha! Lord Ye is indeed a thoughtful person. I have heard along the way that Lord Ye is very smart. After meeting him today, I find that hearing about him is indeed better than seeing him in person." With a heroic voice, a big man in armor who looked to be only in his forties walked out quickly from the mansion. After coming in front of the two of them, he clasped his fists to Jingwei and said, "I, your old minister, meet Princess Jingwei!" Although he mainly invited Ye Shisan today, Jingwei must be given priority in terms of etiquette.

After Jingwei returned the greeting, she smiled and said, "My Lord, are you planning to talk to us here?"

Baihu Hou smiled and said, "I am sorry for the impoliteness. Princess Jingwei, Lord Ye, please come in quickly!"

After entering the mansion, you can see that the training grounds on both sides are much larger than the martial arts training grounds in the imperial palace, occupying almost one-third of the mansion. Many soldiers are still training hard, including Jianyi, the grandson of Baihu Hou, whom Ye Shisan had seen before.

Seeing this, Ye Shisan said sincerely: "My Lord is really professional. He even decorates his home in a battlefield style. I really admire him." But in his heart he was thinking that the lecher Jianren was also a master. It was really hard for someone who grew up in such an environment to become a playboy.

The supervisor said: "I have followed Emperor Yan all my life, guarding the Western Fortress. I don't know how many years have passed. For me, only on the battlefield can I feel the passion in life. I have made my home like this, and I also hope that my descendants can inherit my will, become real soldiers, and real men! It's a pity that my family has misfortune..." At first he spoke very heroically, but at the end, his expression became a little depressed.

Seeing the look on Baihu Hou's face, Ye Shisan wanted to say something to comfort him, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips? How to comfort him? Tell him that it was not his fault, and that it was all because Jianren did not strive for progress and fell into depravity? If he comforted him like this, if the guard didn't get mad, he would probably even scold him for being lazy!

"Ah..." The guard sighed and said, "Let's not talk about that useless brat. To be honest, I really have to thank Master Ye a lot. If it weren't for Master Ye exposing the true face of that bastard Shan Zhong, I'm afraid I would have treated him as my own."

Ye Shisan thought to himself: As expected, this guard has both love and hate for his disappointing grandson.

As they were talking, the guard had already brought the two to the main building. The style of the building was also similar to that of a small castle. There was a couplet next to the gate. The first line read: If only the Heavenly Dynasty could use tiger generals; the second line read: No powerful people are allowed to step on the border. Above was the name of the building: Guard Building.

The couplet is quite impressive, with a bit of the style of "As long as the flying general is in Dragon City, the Hu horse will not be allowed to cross Yinshan Mountain", but in comparison, the term "talent" does seem a bit...

When Ye Shisan saw something he didn't understand, he asked, "The Marquis's couplet is indeed magnificent and makes people's blood boil. But the word 'awesome man' at the end, does it refer to the Jiuli tribe?" In his impression, "awesome man" should refer to "awesome people", but it didn't make sense, so he asked questions without hesitation.

Jingwei explained, "Of course. The core of Jiuli Kingdom is the 72 brothers of Chi Clan headed by Chi You. When they transform into fighting state, they have the image of a bull's head and a human body. It is very appropriate for the Marquis to call them Bull Men."

The three of them had already come upstairs, but there was no tea, snacks or fruit as they had thought of before. In the center of the second floor, there was a clay strategic map with some small flags on it. Ye Shisan smiled bitterly after seeing it, thinking that this supervisor was really a fan of the army, and the war had even been brought to his home.

Jingwei looked forward with interest and said in surprise: "Isn't this the 'Battle of Two Cities'?" No wonder Jingwei was surprised, it turned out that this was a battle that Jianbing personally led to a defeat fifty years ago. In that battle, his army of 200,000 was beaten badly by the enemy's 170,000. In the end, he had to retreat with 50,000 personal soldiers, and the rest were all annihilated by the enemy. For Jianbing, a commander who had more victories than defeats, this was simply a shame in his life. Therefore, others never mentioned this battle in front of him. Who would have thought that this battle would be brought up at home?

The supervisor smiled and said, "I did suffer a terrible defeat that time, but I don't want to avoid this fact. A defeat is a defeat, so I have often come to watch this battle over the years to sum up the lessons of failure. Lord Ye, what do you think?" Then he turned his gaze to Ye Shisan.

Jingwei also looked at Ye Shisan curiously. In her opinion, it was impossible for Ye Shisan to understand the strategic map.

Ye Shisan looked at it and said, "Since there are two cities, why don't they split the troops into two groups and attack them simultaneously? From the map, it seems that the forces of both sides are concentrated on fighting for one city, while the other city is quite idle."