When Ju Zizhou woke up, he saw Ying Zheng resting his head on his arms, lying on top of the silk book, sleeping soundly.

He glanced at the silk book, and Ying Zheng's face was right, which was the part of the second volume of the silk book that talked about the economic situation of the low-level rangers.

See this......

Ju Zizhou frowned, stretched out his hand and patted Ying Zheng's cheek.

Ying Zheng didn't react at all and continued to sleep soundly.

Ju Zizhou pursed his lips, seeing this, it would be impossible for Yingzheng to sleep!

This was not quite what he had expected—he expected that Ying Zheng would be shocked by the contents of his Handan Investigation, which gave him a glimpse into the daily lives of ordinary people in Zhao and the means used by the aristocracy to restrain the commoners.

With his temperament, he should be so excited that he can't sleep!

But why sleep so dead?

Ju Zizhou was uneasy.

"Meow~"

Suddenly hearing the voice, Ju Zizhou was startled.

Looking towards the source of the sound, a snow-white fat cat jumped into the house lightly through the window, with a graceful body and a charming demeanor.

"Meow~" The cat boy glanced at Ju Zizhou, then jumped to Ying Zheng's side, leaned on Ying Zheng's arm, and nested in a ball on the silk book, ignoring Ju Zizhou at all.

It is the cat raised by Yingzheng's mother Zhao Ji, Ju Zizhou pouted.

Ying Zheng's mother and son live in Handan, although it can be said that they are in an enemy country, but in fact, the standard of living is not low.

Zhao even invited four teachers for Ying Zheng to teach him etiquette, imperial chariots, archery, and Shang Junshu.

As a noble girl, Zhao Ji doesn't have to take care of her children herself like an ordinary village woman, so she has a lot of leisure. In her spare time, a single woman would raise some small pets or go to a banquet with the nobles of her son.

This cat named "Aoji" is one of Zhao Ji's favorites.

"Go aside." Ju Zizhou stretched out his hand and swept the fat cat down from his silk book: "Don't make trouble!" ”

"Meow!" The fat cat was swept off the silk book by Ju Zizhou, turned over and landed smoothly, glared at Ju Zizhou, and barked.

Ju Zizhou rolled up the silk book, pinched the back of his neck and woke up Ying Zheng: "Qin Zheng, wake up quickly." ”

"It hurts!" Ying Zheng was awakened in a daze, and the pain was anger: "What are you doing?" ”

Of course, Ju Zizhou also knew that Ying Zheng would be angry to get up, so he pointed to the fat cat on the ground: "It has nothing to do with me, I saw that the raccoon slave was biting the back of your neck." ”

Ying Zheng touched the back of his neck with his backhand, although there should be no bleeding, but it hurt.

He then kicked away the fat cat that was glaring at Ju Zizhou: "Get out, dare to bite me!" ”

The cat was kicked, but it was not injured, but only meowed a little aggrieved.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng stepped forward, and the cat immediately jumped out of the window and escaped

"Does it still hurt? Let me see if there is bloodshed. Ju Zizhou said.

"Probably not...... This raccoon slave is really underwhelmed ......" Ying Zheng touched the back of his neck and turned around: "How is it, is there a wound?" ”

"There is no wound, probably because the cat wants to be close to you, and when she sees you ignoring her, she made a little joke with you." Ju Zizhou smiled, pointed to the silk book spread out on the table, and asked, "How are you reading?" Is there anything you don't understand? ”

"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded, and recognized the raccoon slave's joke with him: "I don't understand many places." ”

"Oh?" Ju Zizhou raised his eyebrows: "Tell me what you don't understand, and I'll solve your doubts." ”

"Hmm...... I can't find what you said about interest and violence. Ying Zheng weighed his words, and was a little embarrassed: "I don't understand why you write about the lives of so many rangers and civilians...... It has nothing to do with us what those people eat and how they make money, right?"

Ju Zizhou was stunned.

I don't understand it at all!

In addition to being stunned, he was a little relieved: "I see, you haven't been able to understand my intention in writing this......"

Yes, yes, yes.

Ju Zizhou suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It's not that Yingzheng's reaction deviated from his expectations, but that he set his expectations high!

The reaction he asked for was of course expected based on Ying Zheng's character, but Ying Zheng was still a nine-year-old child who was not very sensible at this time.

It is normal that he can't read "Handan Investigation".

It's like I couldn't understand Xun Wu when I was fifteen years old in my previous life......

Myself...... It's too urgent!

Ju Zizhou reflected on it and said with a smile: "It's my fault, I forgot to write you a supplementary explanation - let's eat first, after eating, let's go see if the guards were able to capture one or two rangers alive last night." ”

"Ranger?" Ying Zheng was puzzled: "Why are you looking for a ranger?" ”

"Because I want to use them to explain the Handan Survey in detail for you."

"Is that so?" Ying Zheng was thoughtful.

After breakfast, Ju Zizhou and Ying Zheng went to the guards to ask, and they really caught a few attacking rangers last night.

Ju Zizhou was overjoyed, and hurriedly dragged Yingzheng to the place where the guards were holding the rangers.

In the dilapidated wooden house, four rangers in undressed clothes lay on the ground with their hands and feet tied, like piglets waiting to be slaughtered.

"Gentleman... All four of them are here to assassinate, so it's better not to come close. The escort who led the way said, "It will not be good if you hurt the gentleman." ”

"It's okay, we're just asking a few words, if you're not at ease, you can hold your sword and stand aside." Ying Zheng waved his hand and looked at Ju Zizhou.

Ju Zizhou smiled, unfolded the silk book, and handed it to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng glanced at the part he saw last night, an account of the living conditions and economic conditions of these rangers.

"Four heroes, I have something I want to ask the four, I hope you can answer me honestly." Ju Zizhou smiled and squatted down in front of the four rangers.

After a casual glance, Ju Zizhou saw that three of the four were barefoot, and only one of them was wearing shoes, which was still the inferior straw sandals.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What do the four of you do on weekdays?" What is the income situation? ”

The four rangers were a little dazed.

They thought that Ju Zizhou would ask why they came to assassinate and who was behind the scenes.

But I didn't expect this young man to go against common sense and ask about their financial situation.

The rangers were speechless for a moment.

"I think three of the four heroes are barefoot, and their clothes are quite shabby, so they shouldn't have much money, right?"

"It's true! Naion is indeed destitute! A somewhat muscular ranger said, "What do you want to do with Naion?" ”

"Not good!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "The four of them have no serious income, but as rangers, there must be a sword, right?" ”

"How can a chivalrous man be without a sword!" Another ranger proudly spoke: "Even if my generation is ...... dead"

"If you have a sword, you have to maintain it, and the rangers need to eat wine and meat to socialize with each other, four, is that right?" Ju Zizhou asked.

"Of course! I'm a ...... of heroes," said the only ranger with shoes to wear.

Ying Zheng listened to the questions and answers between Ju Zizhou and the rangers, holding the silk book in his hand, thoughtful.

"Ying Zheng, did you hear that?" Ju Zizhou got up and asked: "These are the "low-level rangers" I mentioned in the book, most of them have no regular jobs, nor are they engaged in agricultural production, so they have no fixed income, their lives are often poor, and many shoes cannot be worn. ”

"But they still need to maintain a high quality of life that can only be satisfied by high consumption......," Ju Zizhou asked, "What will they do if they don't have money but need to spend money?" ”

"Helping, stealing, plundering, fighting." Ying Zheng looked at the silk book and replied.

"The most direct and fundamental way to meet their personal economic needs is to be a guest to the rich and powerful nobles, but this requires a certain threshold - that is, fame!"

And with fame, he is no longer an ordinary "low-level ranger", but has become ...... "high-level ranger"? Ying Zheng looked at the silk book: "So they need fame!" ”

"That's why they're here to assassinate you!" Ju Zizhou smiled: "If I kill you, they will become famous, and there will be a large number of nobles of the Zhao Kingdom who are willing to support them!" ”

"Fame is their interest!" Ying Zheng's eyes lit up, and he clenched the silk book with both hands.