Fu Song

Chapter 65 Qionglin Court

When the sky just showed a hint of fish belly white, the middle door of Xiao Mansion, which was rarely opened twice in a year, opened impressively.

Xiao Ding and his ten guards led their war horses and walked out of the wide open central door one by one.Behind them, the other ten people led a riding horse with arms and armor.

With ten personal guards, he turned around and looked at the gate.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Han, Xiao Cheng, Xiao Yan, Gao Qi and Xiao Jing came out one after another.

"Sir, mother, the child is gone!" Xiao Ding knelt down on his knees and gave a heavy kowtow to his parents.

Xiao Han's tears spilled out, and he turned his back suddenly.

Xiao Yu stepped forward to help Xiao Ding, glanced at his son, but said with a smile: "Son, go, Dad believes in you and can win!"

Xiao Ding nodded and turned to look at Gao Qi on the side.

The red-eyed Gao Qi didn't wait for Xiao Ding to speak, but she opened her mouth in front of her and bowed to Xiao Ding Yifu: "The slave family is honored to send the officials off to the expedition, and the slave family is waiting for the officials to return triumphantly."

Xiao Jing, who was still sleepy on the other side, was pinched by his mother, and he seemed to have reacted to the shock. He knelt on the ground with a thud and said loudly: "Son Xiao Jing, send the adults to the expedition, I wish you great success. Complete, triumphant return."

The milky voice made Xiao Ding laugh out loud: "Okay, okay, your father will return triumphantly, just wait in the room!"

Withdrawing his gaze from his wife and children, he looked at Xiao Teng: "Second brother, I am very relieved that the Xiao family has you, so I can fight this battle without distractions. Little San, listen to the words of your lord."

Abandoning these few words, he no longer waited for Xiao Cheng and others to make a sound, and turned on his horse for riding.

As Xiao Ding mounted the horse, the ten guards also turned over and mounted.

"Let's go!" He waved his hand at his family dashingly, and walked out with his legs tucked into his horse's belly.And the fighting horses do not need to be led, and habitually follow their respective masters and go away side by side.

"Sister-in-law, Sanniang, and Jing'er, follow me to the Buddhist hall and ask the Bodhisattva to bless me and Ding'er will return triumphantly." At this time, Mrs. Xiao Han seemed extremely strong, "Erlang, you accompany your father. Go to Qionglin Garden, Uncle Xu, take care of other things at home!"

"Yes!" Xiao Cheng and Xu Wuyan both bowed and agreed.

Xiao Han sent Xiao Cheng to follow Xiao Yu. I was worried that if something happened to his son, Xiao Yu was there and was stimulated, so he asked Xiao Cheng to take care of him. comprehensive.

Xiao Cheng was not qualified to enter Qionglin Garden to watch this competition, but it was no problem to act as his father's entourage.Thinking about it today, there must be a lot of people like myself who followed their parents to watch this fight.

For these people, this is a once-in-a-century wonder.

When Xiao Cheng accompanied Xiao Yu to Qionglin Garden, it was already too late.On the temporarily erected stand, officials of the seventh rank and above in Bianliang were already sitting on both sides, and when they saw Xiao Yu ascending the stairs, they all cast their gazes over.

In his eyes, there is no lack of pity.

In the eyes of these people, today's Xiao Ding is naturally dead and not alive.

The cruel thing was that Xiao Yu could only watch his son step by step on the Yellow Spring Road without being able to stop it.

Who made your son arrogant!
Your Xiao family has been flourishing this year, with beautiful flowers and brocade, but the next somersault will be a tragic fall.

If Xiao Ding walked steadily down step by step, he would be able to hold the position of the Imperial Guard and the post of Grand Commander in the future, but now all of this will be in vain. No matter how calm Xiao Yu is, he will not be able to stand it. Hit it hard!

In the past two years, the Xiao family has been in Bianliang, which has indeed attracted people's hatred.

One son had great military exploits, and the other son was known as the seed of reading. This year, Xiao Yu even became the Grand Chancellor of the Song Dynasty.

I hope those who watch him fall do not know Fanfan!
Xiao Yu walked up to Russell and the others without any expression, clasped his fists and said, "I've seen my husband."

Russell returned the courtesy: "Chengzhi, maybe there is a turning point."

Xiao Yu smiled, "Thank you for your concern."

He turned his head and met with Chen Gui and others. Chen Gui, Luo Song and others had a good personal relationship with Xiao Yu. Luo Song was now the family of Xiao Yu's sons and daughters. Just breath.

Today, Zhang Chao was wearing a full body, with a helmet and armor. Seeing Xiao Yu, he said, "Mr. Xiao, it's your duty."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "It's all for the sake of the country, so the captain shouldn't take Xiao someone lightly."

"A certain family naturally knows." Zhang Chao said: "If something goes wrong with Changqing today, a certain family will go to Xiao's house to plead guilty."

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "Everything is fate, the captain is magnanimous, but someone Xiao can't bear it, but if Xiaoer wins today, he will definitely let him go to the captain's mansion to kowtow and apologize!"

Zhang Chao nodded and said no more.

Both of them understood in their hearts that even if both of them knew what was going on inside, after this incident, it was impossible for the two to talk and laugh like before.

"Your Majesty is here!" With a sharp voice, everyone stood up in unison, turned to face a soft curtain behind the stands, and bowed to wait for the arrival of Zhao Suo, the official family of the Song Dynasty.

Under the stage, the rows of imperial guards also entered the venue one after another, and even the big shield was brought up.

After all, today is the decisive battle of the Ma army. If a cold arrow shoots up, let alone the official's house, as long as it shoots anyone on the stage, it will be a big deal.

"Forget it, let's all be flat!" Zhao Suo waved his hand, walked straight to the middle position, sat down, and looked at the sides of the school grounds below.

The two groups of people are clearly divided.

There are only eleven people in a group, but there are a hundred people on one side, plus a hundred war horses, it is really majestic.

At this moment, the Dragon Guards had long since been dressed and rode on their horses with high spirits.

On the other side, Xiao Ding and his ten guards, although they had already put on their armor, were still slowly girding their horses and feeding them soybeans or water.

Zhao Suo didn't see the slightest nervousness on the faces of these people.

No, no, no, there should be no emotion at all.

No excitement, no fear.

It seems that what they are about to do is not a life-and-death fight, but an exhibition match by the Jinming Pool.

"Jing'er, what do you say?" Zhao Suo turned slightly and looked at the eldest son, Zhao Jing, the king of Chu, who was standing beside him.

Zhao Jing didn't like Xiao Ding, no matter how he looked at it.

This guy, but his younger brother Zhao Zhe's confidant warrior, if it weren't for this guy, the second child in the frontier, would he be able to return good news again and again?If it weren't for this guy, would the father be tempted to want to expedition the Liao Kingdom in the north?

Fortunately, this guy made a mess, and actually wanted to challenge the status of the Fourth Army?Even with ten enemies!Hahaha, blood splattered on the school grounds today, die well, die well.He passed the message to this Dragon Guard cavalry through someone, as long as Xiao Ding was killed, everyone would be rewarded.

"It's just pretending to be calm, just pretending." He said disdainfully.

Zhao Suo frowned, his son didn't like Xiao Ding, which was expected, but as a prince, when judging anything, he added his emotions into it, which was not a good thing.

Xiao Ding was not pretending to be calm, but really calm. It was just him, but his ten subordinates were only ten soldiers, and it was very rare to see it like this.

"Zhang Chao!" he shouted.

"I'm here!" Zhang Chao hurriedly moved a few steps and stood in front of Zhao Suo.

"What do you think?" Zhao Suo pointed at Xiao Ding's group.

Zhang Chao looked very solemn: "Your Majesty, there must be a hard fight today!"

Zhao Suo nodded slightly, this is what Zhong Yun said.When leading troops to fight, if you can't accurately judge the situation of the enemy and us, how can you expect the enemy to win? My eldest son is not the material.

"Bring that Xiao Ding up, I will ask him a few words!"

After a while, Xiao Ding knelt in front of Zhao Suo.

"Get up, today you can be considered an expedition, but you don't have to give a big gift because you have armor on your body."

"Many thanks to the official!" Xiao Ding kowtowed again and stood up.

"After you returned to Beijing, I originally wanted to meet you alone, but your letter has attracted so many things, hehe, it was only today that I saw the general who raised our country's prestige at the border. ."

"Fear at the end!"

"You're not afraid at all. But this is also right. As a general, if you don't have the courage, how can you kill the enemy and win!" Zhao Suo said with a smile: "Do you have a chance of winning today?"

Xiao Ding was stunned, but immediately said: "If the official asked this question, the last commander naturally said that the last commander will definitely win."

"At the moment of the battle, it's not bad to be angry, but not to vent." Zhao Suo liked this bearded general more and more, and he couldn't help but think of Xiao Ding back then. "The old Privy Councillor Xiao was the same as you, with a big beard."

Xiao Ding lowered his head, and when it comes to his grandfather, he is not easy to answer.

"If you lose, you don't have to force it." Zhao Suo waved his hand and said, "I still need you to guard the border for me!"

This is equivalent to giving Xiao Ding a reason to admit defeat, and Zhao Jing's face suddenly turned gloomy.

Xiao Ding did not thank him, but said: "Official family, if the minister loses today, he will die. Just as His Majesty said, you can be full of anger, but you can't let it out. There is no need to fight this battle.”

"You really lost, do you think your death is worth it?" Zhao Suo leaned forward and asked in a deep voice.

"It's worth it!" Xiao Ding nodded vigorously, "This shows that Xiao Ding's earlier judgment was wrong. With His Majesty's knowledge of people, as long as you are determined to attack Liao, Youyan will be restored, the world will be unified, and Xiao Ding will be able to set a note on this matter, and naturally he will die in his right place!"

What Xiao Ding meant was that if he died in battle today, he would be able to inject countless courage into the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.He Xiao Ding was able to kill the Liao people like slaughtering pigs and sheep, but the Shangsi Army killed him. After the Shangsi Army encountered the Liao people, he could naturally win the battle.

Zhao Suo nodded and stopped talking.

Xiao Ding knelt down and kowtowed again, then turned around and walked out of the stands.

(End of this chapter)