Chapter 13 Qiba Eunuch

"Princess, he's coming." When the lion man saw Chu Tianya coming back, he said respectfully.

"It's all said, don't call me like that anymore." Xiao Linglong scolded lightly and turned around.

"Yes, master..." The lion man immediately changed his words.

"Princess? ..." Chu Tianya was somewhat surprised when he heard this. He stepped forward and arched his hand, "Miss Xiao came here to find me. What's the matter?"

Xiao Linglong looked at Chu Tianya faintly, with a cold and arrogant expression as usual. She said in a routine tone, "Big brother ordered me to follow you. First, it's convenient to contact, and second, I want me to protect you."

"Protection?" Chu Tianya couldn't help laughing, "This is not necessary!"

"Whhhhhh whether it's your business or not, I will do what the eldest brother tells me." Xiao Linglong turned around again, looked at the osmanthus above her head and said, "These two are my followers. The short one is Yelu Luda, and the tall one is Lian Ri Nu. They are all Khitan people. You can call them Ada and Anu. In the future, they will listen to you and wait for punishment.

The lion man Lien Ri Nu and the short man Yelu Yuda saluted Chu Tianya with a blank face.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I really don't need it." Chu Tianya said, "Because I am not in prison now, but have joined the Shengjie Army as a mule military envoy, and I will stay in the barracks day and night. It will be very inconvenient for them to follow me. It is feasible for Miss Xiao to stay in Taiyuan City to communicate with each other.

"The envoy of the mule army?" Xiao Linglong flashed her smart eyes a few times, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly. She smiled secretly. Then she turned around and looked at Chu Tianya and said with no expression, "Your hands and feet are very fast. Are you going to Tong Guan's side?"

"I haven't seen Tong Guan yet, but everything is going on according to my plan. I'll hurry up." Chu Tianya said, "If you want, Miss Xiao can live in my house. But if you have something to do, you can contact me at any time.

"I dare not bother." Xiao Linglong answered faintly, "If you have something to do, go to Fuxing Inn to find Xiao Wuniang from Daming Mansion. Ada Anu, let's go."

With that, she took the two strange-shaped servants and turned around and left.

Chu Tianya looked at the backs of the three people, shook his head and smiled: A woman with a quite personality is a little cold, but she does things freely and neatly without any dragging, which is more straightforward than a man. By the way, how did Qixing Mountain send a woman to "protect" me as a big man, or Xiao Linglong, who looks at me from left and right? ...It's so depressing!

As soon as Xiao Linglong left, Uncle He came back.

"Is the young master going back to the barracks to take up his job?"

"Well, let's go. It's been a while." Chu Tianya laughed at himself and said, "Although I'm just a mule army envoy, I have to be a monk and hit the bell for a day!"

"There is one thing I have to remind the young master." Uncle He said, "Although Tong Guan is a eunuch, don't treat him as that kind of bloodless eunuch. He is not only powerful, but also has martial arts skills.

"Oh, is there such a thing?" This Chu Tianya feels novel when he hears it.

"This is actually not surprising." Uncle He said, "Think about it, can an eunuch who has no power to bind chickens hold the military power of the Song Dynasty for nearly 20 years? Leading troops to war, even in a high-ranking capital school, there are times when they are determined to come to the battlefield in person. Tong Guan can roll on the battlefield for 20 years and is still alive, which has a lot to do with his martial arts.

Chu Tianya nodded, "Is Uncle He trying to remind me not to act rashly against Tong Guan?"

"That's right." He Bo said, "Tong Guan is in a high position and has military power. People often pay attention to his power and soldiers, but it is very easy to ignore his own ability. In fact, Tong Guan's skills are not weak at all. The master who taught him martial arts was Zhou Dong, the famous 'iron arm' in the world.

"No way?" Chu Tianya was really surprised.

Who doesn't know Zhou Dong's name? He is mentioned in countless romance novels. In Water Margin, Yu Qilin Lu Junyi, Leopard Head Lin Chong, as well as Shi Wengong, Sun Li and Luan Yanyu are all his apprentices. In addition, he has also instructed Wu Song and Lu Zhishen.

Of course, this is just a novelist's words. The real Liangshan and Songjiang uprising is recorded in history books with only a few crosses. Moreover, after Chu Tianya crossed over, he did hear that the "rebellion" in Songjiang, Shandong Province was pacified by Zhang Shuye in about two or three years, and less than a thousand soldiers and horses were dispatched. Compared with the Fangla Uprising that hit the 52 counties of six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, Song Jiang's small fight in Shandong is no longer worth mentioning. The chaos of Fang La shook half of the Song Dynasty. It was Tong Guan who led more than 100,000 troops to calm down, which really took a lot of effort.

But Zhou Dong in history is real. He was a famous martial artist at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. In his later years, he took Yue Fei as an apprentice and taught him martial arts and military tactics. This is indeed a very clear record in history books!

"That's right, it's Zhou Dong." Uncle He said very positively, "In his early years, Zhou Dong worked in the Tokyo Imperial Boxing Hall and the son of Gongma, and served as a military attache of the Song Dynasty ** military attache and trained the forbidden army. At that time, Tong Guan had already gained momentum. Because he often went in and out of the battle, Tong Guan forced Zhou Dong to teach him martial arts in order to have more skills to protect himself. At that time, Zhou Dong had to bow his head under the eaves, so he taught Tong Guan some shallow and quick-growing fists and skills. After all, he did not teach them wholeheartedly. Later, Tong Guan spent a lot of money to hire a lot of martial arts masters to teach him martial arts. In addition, his own talent was not bad. Finally, he practiced a foreign boxing and foot kung fu, and the bow and horse were not weak. Therefore, you should be extra careful with Tong Guan. If you provoke him, even if he doesn't let the sergeant take you, he can deal with you by himself!"

"Thank you, Uncle He for reminding..." Chu Tianya stared at Uncle He and wanted to ask him how he knew so clearly? But when he thought of the tacit understanding between the two, he resisted what he said.

"By the way, no matter how powerful the fists are, they can't beat the tact and wisdom." He Borao looked at Chu Tianya with deep meaning and said, "Compare strength, people are not as good as a mule; but why are mules driven by people? That's the reason."

"I will act carefully." Chu Tianya also looked at Uncle He, and his eyes were quite complicated. He said to himself: This old man repeatedly raised his life and helped me, as if he was helping me, as if he had ulterior motives, which was really hard for a moment - the old man of the Chu family, where did he get such a mysterious old army?

Later, Chu Tianya went to Guangyang County Palace, and today is the first day officially on duty. Because the military rank is too low, it can only enter from the backyard. When I was passing by the Changshi Hall, I saw a group of officials coming out of the dress, as if they had just finished discussing things here.

The leading person was wearing a scarlet robe with fine scales and mountain armor, and the purple gold helmet was sprinkled with red silk. His figure was tall and bronze. His eyes were as bright as a torch. There were also a few slender beards under his jaws. The dragon walked forward, and there seemed to be a trace of color in his expression.

At the same time, Chu Tianya saw that Ma Yu was also following the person, with a look of distress and panic.

"You don't have to follow me!" The leader suddenly stopped and said in a thunderous voice, "If you don't go, I will send another official to go. I ordered you to lead a hundred-step bow and a hundred horse army to Xishan to fight against the bandits!"

"Your Majesty, that's not what the last general meant! ..." Ma was panicked and hugged his fist and was eager to argue, but the leader waved his hand to block his words and said in a low voice, "This is a military order!"

After saying that, the man left angrily.

Chu Tianya stood not far away and saw all this in his eyes. He was surprised and said in his heart: The man called himself 'I am the king', and Ma expanded to call him the prince. He must be Tong Guan!

"No way, a eunuch is so tall and powerful, and has a beard!" Chu Tianya couldn't help but be a little stunned: I remember that it is recorded in history that Tong Guan didn't enter the palace until he was 20 years old. I guess it was because of this that he was different from ordinary eunuchs, right? But his appearance is not too "pure man". He is really a Qiba in the history of Chinese eunuchs!

Ma Yan was scolded by Tong Guan and stood in place depressedly. The others hurriedly followed Tong Guan, but no one paid attention to him.

Chu Tianya took advantage of the absence of idle people and stepped forward and said, "Ma Dujian, what's going on?"

Ma Yu was very depressed in his heart. He looked at Chu Tianya angrily and said in a low voice, "It's none of your business. Don't ask!"

Chu Tianya frowned, hugged his fist and was ready to leave.

"Wait." Ma Jian suddenly called him behind him and followed a few steps. He whispered in Chu Tianya's ear, "See you at the same place tonight."

Chu Tianya nodded and went straight to the barracks.