Chapter Twenty-Six Talents Beginning
Su Qing cleaned the floor very seriously. Not only did she clean the inside and outside the courtyard, but she also drew water to wipe all the doors, windows and corridors. Zhuqueju was more than ten times bigger than the small courtyard she lived in before. Her old wounds had not healed. Before she had time to clean the room, she felt the wound ached slightly. She thought, she had to rest for a while!
Su Qing thought this way and walked to the stone bench under the peach tree to sit down. She rubbed her shoulders, which were a little sore, and looked at the closed door opposite. The vermilion door was cleaned, and she felt a whole new look. Beneath the doors and windows, there was a totem that symbolized Vermilion Bird, which made the red more enthusiastic. In the Vermilion Bird Hall, such totems were everywhere. When she first came, Su Qing also asked Mu Qing about this. Mu Qing told him that the leader came from a Taoist sect when he was young and was deeply influenced by Taoism. Therefore, in the Xuantian Sect, in addition to the four great venerables coded by the four divine beasts, the mechanisms in the sect are mostly the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams!
Su Qing thought, and couldn't help but look up to the north. The Su Bird on the top of Wuliang Palace looked at her directly through the interlaced peach blossoms, which made Su Qing shudder in her heart. This Xuan Bird that could be seen anywhere in Zhuque Hall always made her feel uncomfortable, just like her every move was always being monitored by it!
Su Qing put aside her thoughts and stood up and was about to clean the room. There was a soft sound of footsteps behind her. She was delighted and turned around. Sure enough, she saw Chu Tianyao slowly walking in from outside!
"Su Qing meets the Lord!" Su Qing bowed in a regular manner!
Chu Tianyao looked at her sweaty and slightly pale face, and his eyes turned to the basin of sewage on the stone table and said, "Why are you cleaning, where is Ah Huan?"
Ah Huan should be the maid she saw this morning. Su Qing thought and replied, "I asked Ah Huan to leave. I think that since I live in Zhuque Residence and the Venerable does not like outsiders in the future, then all these things can be left to me!"
She said, with a smile on her face and said, "Don't worry, whether it's cleaning or washing clothes or cooking, I'm fine!"
Chu Tianyao frowned slightly after hearing her words, but didn't say anything. He walked forward and handed the bag in his hand to Su Qing, saying, "This is what Mu Qing asked me to give you, what you dropped on her side!"
Su Qing took it and opened it in confusion. She realized that it was the military book she read when she recognized her words. At that time, Mu Qing wanted to teach her to recognize words, but she didn't know where to find this book. At first, she was very painful, but the meaning in the book was obscure and difficult to understand. Later, she gradually grew up. She read the book over and over again, but she liked it more and more. She thought about reading it on weekdays and thought about reading it. She always felt that every time she read it again, she would have a new understanding of the military strategy and strategies inside. Compared with the fighting and killing and simulated marching operations in the world, it was much more interesting for her!
Chu Tianyao looked at the book with a moment of surprise. When Su Qing was about to put it away, he took the book and did not open it. He just gently stroked the word "Wei Gong's military strategy" and whispered: "All those who are good at using military forces are righteous and strange, making the enemy unpredictable. Therefore, both righteous and strange are victorious!"
Su Qing was shocked and looked at Chu Tianyao and said, "Honor has read this book, too?"
Chu Tianyao looked at her and asked, "Su Qing, what is the main soldier? What is the surprise soldier?"
Su Qing didn't understand why he suddenly asked her this, but answered according to her own thoughts: "All soldiers are in the front direction as the right, but later they are strange. The soldiers face the enemy head-on, and the strange soldiers are flanks, which can attack them unprepared, and can also lure the enemy into deep. There are many changes on the battlefield. The soldiers may become strange soldiers at any time, and the strange soldiers may also become regular soldiers at any time. It depends on how the person leading the soldiers turns the virtual to the real, and the real to the virtual. Any general, if the general is upright and without strange, can only be the guard general. If the strange but without righteousness, can only be the fighting general. A true good general must be both strange and righteous!"
After she answered, she looked at Chu Tianyao carefully. Seeing that he was just looking at her quietly without saying anything, she felt a little nervous and said, "Honor, am I wrong?"
Chu Tianyao looked at her and said, "Come with me!"
As he said, he took Su Qing to the study room. When he opened the door, Su Qing opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She never expected that there would be so many books in Chu Tianyao's study room. She thought that people in the world loved fighting and killing, and there were not many people who liked reading books. Just like Mu Qing, who had never given her any other books except for throwing a book about Wei Gong's military arts to recognize words. She did not expect that there would be cabinets of books in Chu Tianyao's study room. Have he read all of them?
Chu Tianyao didn't care about her surprise. He led Su Qing to the last row of bookcases and stopped, took out the book on the top, and handed it to Su Qing and said: "This is Sun Tzu's Art of War. In this cabinet, all military books are military books. Compared to learning martial arts, you may have much more talent in marching and fighting!"
Su Qing was shocked and thought Chu Tianyao was mocking her for not studying martial arts seriously and not doing her job properly. She took a step back and said in a trembling voice: "Honor, I know I am wrong. I will practice martial arts well in the future and will not be distracted anymore. I know that fighting is a man's business, and I shouldn't read these books."
Chu Tianyao's face darkened after hearing her words. He looked at Su Qing and said coldly: "Su Qing, do you think we are blaming you for not reading military books? Also, who told you that women cannot fight? Princess Jingpingzhao led thousands of troops and was as good as men. In the end, she was buried with military courtesy, becoming the glory of the entire empire. Women are not only able to take care of their husbands and children at home."
Su Qing stared at him in a daze, but she didn't expect that he would say such words. This was the first time she heard that there were princesses who went to the battlefield to fight. She murmured and asked, "Who is Princess Jingpingzhao?"
Her question made Chu Tianyao suddenly come back to his senses. He had a feeling that Su Qing couldn't understand, and his voice said with fatigue: "I shouldn't tell you this. You go down first. If you don't want to read military books, I won't force you. Xue Fei will come to help you see your body later. You don't have to clean up these days, so you will take care of your body first and then say something else."
Su Qing looked at his current appearance and felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. She responded respectfully and saw that he put Sun Tzu's Art of War back. She wanted to speak but stopped, and didn't say anything, and quietly left the study.
Sure enough, not long after Su Qing returned to her room, Xue Fei came to see her. He helped her take her pulse and adjusted the prescription and said, "Su Qing, after tomorrow, take the medicine according to my newly prescribed prescription. After another two or three days, your body will be well!"
Su Qing nodded, looked at him, and couldn't help asking, "Xue Fei, do you know Princess Jingpingzhao?" She wanted to know what the woman who made Chu Tianyao praise was like.
Chapter completed!