Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 177
Chapter 177 Fight Between Dragons and Tigers
The three men drank. Xue Rengui used to be from a poor family, so he didn’t drink much. However, he couldn’t help but drink a cup of Qin Xianjiu with Qin Clan’s father and son. It was so hot that his face immediately turned red and went straight to his neck, as if he was Duke Guan.
After Qin Shubao’s body started to recover, even his alcohol tolerance began to recover. It was truly a massive amount. Even the strong Qin Immortal Wine could drink a jin or two without changing its color and heart, and it was still talking and laughing freely. Xue Rengui could only secretly sigh in admiration. Just at Qin Shubao’s heroic aura, he was now sighing in admiration.
Just as he was drinking, a guest suddenly came from the mansion. From afar, I heard a burst of heroic and unrestrained laughter, “Haha, this daddy smells a good wine fragrance! It really isn’t as good as coming at the right time!”
“Uncle Cheng!” Qin Mubai was delighted and hurriedly walked out of the lobby. Sure enough, the burly Cheng Zhijie was jumping off his horse, followed by his son, Cheng Huaibi.
“Uncle Cheng, Brother Huai Bi!” Qin Mubai stepped forward to greet him, “What kind of immortal wind blew you two here today?”
“Haha, stinking brat!” Cheng Zhijie laughed and slapped him on the shoulder. “It’s been a year since we last saw each other. You’ve completely transformed! It’s not some immortal wind that blew us here. It’s the wine worm in your uncle’s stomach that forced me here!”–Jiro, why don’t you hurry up and pay your respects to your Uncle Qin? ”
“Yes!” Cheng Huaibi smiled at Qin Mubai, and then Uncle entered the hall to greet Qin Shubao.
Qin Shubao hurriedly ordered his servants to hold a few banquets and introduced Xue Rengui and the Cheng father and son. The banquet was filled with five people, making it even more lively.
It turned out that in recent years, most of the officials of the distant prefecture had the annual leave to return to their hometowns to save their relatives for the holidays. Cheng Zhijie returned to Chang’an yesterday evening, and today he came to Qin Shubao’s mansion to get drinks. This pair of old brothers, who had lived and died, were even closer than their own brothers. Normally, it was rare to see her last time all year round, and after the reunion, she was exceptionally intimate. The friendship between them was like aged wine, and the longer they lived, the more delicious it became.
After three rounds of drinking, Cheng Zhijie chatted with Qin Shubao about Xue Rengui. Then, he suddenly slapped his thigh excitedly, “Little doll surnamed Xue, are you really as powerful as Qin Sanlang said?”
“No, Senior Cheng, don’t mishear General Qin’s praise. I’m just a mountain villager. I’ve practiced a few tricks in my spare time. I can’t stand on the stage.” Xue Rengui clasped his fists and replied.
“Hehe, the more modest a person is, the more talented they are, just like I, Old Cheng, used to be.” Cheng Zhijie laughed heartily. His eyeballs turned left and right and he said, “Come on, I did some muscle exercises when I was training Qin Sanlang. It’s been almost a year since I’ve fought with anyone. Today, I’m quite interested. Little boy surnamed Xue, come and accompany me, Old Cheng.”
“How dare I!” Xue Rengui hurriedly cupped her hands and refused.
“Brother Xue, there’s no need to decline.” Qin Mubai was already a little excited. He advised from the side, “You probably don’t understand Uncle Cheng’s temperament. If he decides who he wants to compete with, he won’t be able to escape. Thinking back then … I was dragged onto my horse by him and beaten up a hundred or eighty times.”
“Scared! Is Old Cheng so unreasonable? Qin Sanlang, don’t ruin your uncle’s reputation!” Cheng Zhijie drank some wine and took advantage of the wine to shout, “Xue Rengui, if you are really afraid of me, I will spare you. If I don’t fight with you, I will pick Qin Sanlang and test his martial arts progress!”
Xue Rengui’s heart was filled with warlike heroism. With a frown, he cupped his fists and said, “Since Old General Cheng doesn’t give up, this junior will take the courage to ask for advice!”
“Alright, that’s more like it, haha!” Cheng Zhijie laughed and waved his hand, “Let’s go to the backyard polo court!”
“Bite Jin, dare you treat this place as your home?” Qin Shubao stood up and scolded with a smile, “My guest, you dare to bully me.”
“What? Are you still unhappy? Isn’t your home already my home? Haha!” Cheng Zhijie laughed heartily and swaggered towards the backyard.
Xue Rengui and Qin Mubai walked side by side. At this moment, they couldn’t help but laugh and say, “General Qin, this old general Cheng is truly heroic and unrestrained. He is a straightforward person!”
“Then don’t underestimate him because of this. He is an old man who can pretend to be stupid if he is wise and foolish.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “If you treat him as an ordinary reckless man, you will suffer a great loss.”
“I will remember.” Xue Rengui nodded and smiled.
The group of people arrived at the backyard and picked out horses first, then weapons. Cheng Zhijie was good at using horse slimming. He casually picked up a good horse slimming that was two zhang long and asked Xue Rengui, “Little Xue Clan doll, what kind of weapon do you usually use?”
Xue Rengui frowned in embarrassment and cupped his fists. “I’m here today as a guest, but I don’t have any weapons … I don’t know if I have any weapons in the Duke Yi’s mansion. If not, please allow me to go home and retrieve them.”
Cheng Zhijie laughed loudly, “That’s what the Xue Clan’s little boy said. Although Qin Shubao is poor and has nothing, there is no shortage of good horses and armor in the manor. You don’t need to see what he does. The soldiers’ three treasures, the soldier’s vest, are all weapons! There are eighteen weapons in his manor. Tell me, what are you doing?”
“Fang Tian’s painting halberd!”
“Haha, isn’t there only twelve Fang Tian Painting Halberds inserted outside the Qin Clan’s main gate? Go, pull out one!”
“Haha!!” His words caused everyone to laugh loudly.
Qin Shubao scolded angrily, “You old bastard, three cups of horse piss will cause trouble. The Halberd of the Xun Sect was gifted by the Emperor and can be pulled out as a weapon? Xue Rengui, there is the weapon you want in the weapon storehouse. Go pick it out!”
“Thank you Duke Yi!” Xue Rengui cupped her fists and thanked him before entering the room where the weapons were piled up. When she saw it, she was shocked and opened her eyes wide. As Cheng Zhi Jie had said, the eighteen weapons in this room were not lacking, and they were all high-grade goods. Ever since he entered, he had discovered that the famous Qin Shubao Mansion was not as magnificent as he had imagined. Even the mansion of an ordinary wealthy merchant from Chang’an was more luxurious than the Qin Mansion.
It was just that there were many high-grade weapons in this world, and other than the Qin Manor, there probably wouldn’t be many left! Just the Fang Tian Painting Halberd that ordinary martial artists rarely used, there were three or four in this room, and every single one of them was a high-grade item that was difficult to obtain for a thousand gold coins. In the middle was Qin Shubao’s famous weapon, the Tiger-Head Golden Spear. It emitted a cold aura that was as awe-inspiring as a divine weapon!
Xue Rengui picked out a handy Fang Tian painting halberd and walked out of the weapons room. Qin Mubai took his Fire Cloud Horse and exchanged it for a horse that Xue Rengui had picked himself. “Brother Xue, horse warfare takes horse power first. Uncle Cheng is very strange. He picked my father’s best BMW and can’t let him take advantage of it for nothing. I, the Fire Cloud Raging Horse, am just in time to help you!”
“Eh! Eat inside and steal outside, Qin Sanlang!” Cheng Zhijie angrily shouted, “I love you for nothing!”
“Haha!” Everyone laughed out loud. Qin Shubao said, “Old devil, if you are not honest enough, don’t blame Sanlang for helping Rengui. Cut the crap and start fighting!”
“Pfft, pfft!” Cheng Changjie spat twice into his hand and laughed loudly like thunder, “Little Xue Clan doll, let your horse come over! I, Old Cheng, will not bully you with big moves. I’ll let you do three moves first!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Zhijie clenched his horse’s belly and stabbed a gun at Xue Rengui!
Qin Mubai was speechless as he cursed in his heart, “This old fellow is truly shameless!”
Qin Shubao also chuckled, “Old Cheng, old Cheng, this face has also grown with age. It is truly shameless!”
“Drink–”
Hearing a clear roar, Xue Rengui’s reaction was extremely fast. He twisted his body and dodged the sharp spear that Cheng Zhijie stabbed at him. A beautiful horse pulled out turned around and fell backwards, removing the remaining power of Cheng Zhijie’s spear.
Xue Rengui’s defense seemed to be restrained and polite, but it made it exceptionally exquisite.
Qin Shubao couldn’t help but squint his tiger eyes and mutter to himself, “That’s right!” Sure enough, he had some skill!
“Roar–”
Cheng Zhijie used his spear to sweep through the army. At this moment, Xue Rengui pulled out her saber and turned around, revealing an empty door behind her. If this spear was swept, it would definitely fall from its horse in pain. Back then, Qin Mubai had been chopped off his horse countless times by this move, but he had suffered a lot.
Seeing that he was about to be hit, Xue Rengui looked like he had eyes behind his head. Without turning his head, he suddenly twisted the wolf-waist ape’s arm lightly. The heavy Fang Tian Painting Halberd was as dexterous as his arm. He used the “Return Horse Spear” with extreme precision and used the Lunar Sprout Blade of the Fang Tian Painting Halberd to block the spear that Cheng Huaibi had swept over.
With a loud bang, the wrought iron spear head smashed heavily into the Moon Sprout Blade, sending sparks flying everywhere!
“These two are both very powerful!” Qin Mubai said.
Cheng Huaibi said in surprise, “Brother Qin, although my father is nearly fifty years old, his strength is still more than twice that of a fool.” When my foolish brother and my father fought, they would often be unable to withstand his forceful attacks. Just like this spear that swept through a thousand troops, even if this fool managed to barely hold on, his arms would still be numbed and even his tiger’s mouth would shatter. Sometimes, he would even be directly dismounted from his horse. This Xue Rengui is truly born with divine power. He actually used such a heavy Fang Tian painting halberd to unleash the dexterous path of the spear technique-the Return Horse Spear. He casually accepted this sweeping army! “What an amazing sight!”
“Haha, let’s see. The good show is still ahead.” Qin Shubao smiled indifferently.
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Zhijie and Xue Rengui had already fought for the third round. Cheng Zhijie had used horse slimming all his life. His spear technique was obedient, domineering, and fierce and exquisite. Did he defeat a thousand troops? He instantly changed his moves and shot six or seven consecutive shots at the empty door behind Xue Rengui. He was extremely fast like an illusion.
Xue Rengui, on the other hand, only defended and did not attack. He calmly and leisurely used his Fang Tian Painting Halberd to create a cloud of spear shadows and saber clouds behind him. It was like an unbreakable strong shield made of refined steel, neutralizing Cheng Zhijie’s fierce offensive.
“Sure enough, it’s amazing!” After watching these three moves, Qin Shubao couldn’t help but blurt out, “Xue Rengui only defended but didn’t attack. He actually let Old Monster Cheng do three moves! The afterlife is terrifying! I’ve known Old Monster Cheng for nearly 40 years and have fought alongside him for a lifetime. I haven’t seen anyone who can let him do three moves!”
“Father, can’t even you?” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but ask.
“Me?” Qin Shubao chuckled, “Then it’s not a question of whether or not I can do it. If I do this … he will curse at me.”
