The two talked until midnight, and Montenegro sent Wu Bufan away. Montenegro sighed that Teng Yue, the county guard, was doing the thing of being a loyal minister with the blood of the Korean people and the royal family, but he had to carry the infamy of betraying his friends and betraying the lord of surrender and judging the country. What about Han Wangan? There are ideals, ambitions, platforms, and the best and most loyal two talents in the world, in the end, one was personally sent to Qin by him to be killed, and the other surrendered to Qin according to his requirements. Han Fei is the worst, he could have been a groundbreaking legalist like Shang Ying, if Shang Fei's law is suitable for the Warring States to compete for power, then Han Fei's law is suitable for the world after the unification. He had an inseparable heart for his homeland, but he had the ambition of the Legalist world to unify the world, and walked on the Huangquan Road with impatience and regret.

Montenegro thought that he was about to become a soldier, so he said to the teacher: "Teacher, I have already proposed to the county guard to join the army, and I just need to wait for the county guard to arrange it and set off." ”

"You are too anxious, you can realize your ideals by studying, why do you have to go to the battlefield to risk like a horseman?" The teacher helped the glasses that Montenegro gave him and said.

"There are some things that can't be learned in the study, when Sun Bin used the army, he couldn't command the Qi army without Tian Ji, I see that the trend of the unification of the world is clear, I don't want to lose the opportunity to make contributions." Montenegro replied.

Meng Zhao saw that Hei San had made up his mind, so he put down his glasses, entered the warehouse, and after a while, he took out more than ten books, and said: "In the past few days, you have concentrated on reading some military books, these "Wu Qi Art of War", "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Xinling Jun's Art of War". It was all copied by the teacher himself. ”

In this era, the military books are very precious, and the teacher took out so many at once, Montenegro was very moved. I gave a big salute to the teacher. said: "Teacher, the world will be unified, I read the "Book of Shang Jun", and I feel that if he is used to govern the unified country, it will definitely not be suitable. The teacher is very knowledgeable, why not recruit a few smart and studious disciples to find a great strategy for governing the country for the unified empire? ”

"You have only been reading the book for half a year, it is rare to have such a vision, after the unification of the Qin State can make good use of "Lü's Spring and Autumn", combined with the "Rule of Law" in "Han Feizi", no matter how big the world is, it is not difficult to govern!" Meng Zhao replied.

"The disciple also wants to read these two books carefully, I don't know if they are in the library?" When Montenegro heard the teacher comment on these two books, he was also curious.

"When you can come back from the battlefield alive, let's talk about it!" Meng Zhao didn't seem to want Montenegro to read these two books so quickly.

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and one morning, Montenegro and the teacher were reading in the study, and the housekeeper Chen Bolai reported: "The county commander, the captain, the Cheng and several others came to visit the young master, and they are already in the front hall. ”

The teacher asked Montenegro to go for a while, but he didn't leave. Montenegro knew that the teacher was living in seclusion and didn't like to be disturbed. So he came to the front yard living room alone.

"Three adults, why do you need to come to the door in person and ask someone to call the little people." Montenegro bowed to the three of them.

"How dare you, thank you to the Montenegrin brothers for saving their lives." The three of them also saluted Montenegro and said, "If it weren't for the help of the three black brothers to solve the case quickly, the county guard would have been assassinated under his rule, and the arsenal would have been burned, and the three of us would have been killed." ”

"Three adults, please sit down and worship tea!" Hei San stretched out his hand, please.

The three of them did not sit down, and the county magistrate took out a roll of wooden slabs, saying that he had congratulated Montenegro first, and then opened the wooden slips and read: "Zhang Heishan Meritorious Soldier of Zhangjia Village, Dahe Township, Tongbai County, Nanyang County, assisted the government in capturing six assassins and 17 Koreans in the assassination of the county guard and the second case of the attempted burning of the arsenal. The first meritorious, promoted to the fourth level according to the law, worshiped the doctor, gave 14 acres of land, 3 acres of house, and 20 overflows of gold. ”

I took the plate of golden bread, which was about thirty pounds now. The county order also asked people to help Montenegro recomb a bun with the center facing up, take out a plate crown, and help Montenegro bring it. The crown of the board is a two-inch-wide and three-inch-high blackboard erected in the front, with a red groove in the middle and a circular cloth cover behind it, which can be inserted into the bun with a wooden hairpin.

"Thank you, gentlemen!" Montenegro thanked the three adults! It feels weird all over the head. "Wangwang" two dog barks, it turns out that Xiao Hei doesn't know when he came to Montenegro, as if he is boasting, you are so angry. Montenegro squatted down, touched Xiao Hei's head and said, "You also have a big share of this credit, and I will make one for you when I go back!" A few childish words caused everyone to laugh.

"The doctor has a noble status, and he should have filled the vacant official position in this county! But you are not yet 17 years old, and you will fill the gap next year, what do you think? The prefectural magistrate asked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Xiaomin has promised the county guard that he is going to train in the army for a period of time, and the matter of being an official will be talked about when I come back!" Kuromi replied.

"That being the case, according to Qin's law, the government will send five servants to the doctor's mansion to listen to it, and the construction of the doctor's mansion will be assisted by several craftsmen and engineers sent by the county workshop! When do you think it's time to start building? The prefectural commander asked again.

"I will hand over the matter of the field house to the two brothers, I see that I can start building after the spring is busy, thank you for your concern!"

"In the future, if the doctor needs to use this county, please let me know. Let's take our leave. After the county order was finished, everyone waved their hands and saluted each other, and Montenegro sent them out of the gate to return.

"Uncle Chen, may I ask, how much is this gold worth? How much does it cost to build a doctor's mansion? ”

"Congratulations to the young master, twenty taels of gold are four hundred and eighty taels, one tael is worth one thousand two hundred Korean iron coins, or two and a half of Qin two or eight hundred yuan, and twenty of two and a half of gold is worth two and a half of Qin and a half of two three hundred and eighty-four thousand yuan. The doctor can build two mansions, which costs about 200,000 yuan. If the county sends engineers, it can save 20,000 or 30,000 yuan in wages. "Uncle Chen has been in charge of the family for decades, and he is very aware of these things about money and food.

"Then I'll leave half of it for the academy for daily use, and take the other half home to build a house!" Montenegro thought that he had eaten and lived for nothing, and it had taken him more than half a year to wear white clothes, and now that he had money, he should also leave some money for the academy, so he divided half of the gold and handed it over to Uncle Chen.

"No need to stay", it was the teacher who spoke, he just came over, and when he heard Montenegro say this, he was very relieved, "When you go to the army, bring more money, and serve in the army with five masters, you can be a thousand-commander, and there will be a lot of places to use money." Teachers are not short of this money. ”

The spring rush has begun, and Montenegro estimates that he should join the army after the spring busy, so he resigns to the teacher and wants to go back to the village to say goodbye to his family first.

Montenegro is now the same as when he first arrived in Tongbai County more than half a year ago. Now he is seven and a half feet tall (175cm), and although he is still a little darker and thinner, he is very strong. In addition, he wore a doctor's crown for the first time and wore a brand-new Ge robe, and he was already a majestic young man. Montenegro took Xiao Hei and sat in the bronze car rented by Uncle Chen for him, set off in the morning, and arrived at Dahe Township Pavilion in half a day. Feed the horses in the pavilion! The black-clothed old man in the pavilion went to arrange it after checking the inspection and passing of Montenegro.

"Pavilion Master, Xiaomin has saluted you!" Montenegro saw Pavilion Changzhong and saluted him!

Pavilion Changzhong enlisted in the army for several years, cut off two heads and worshiped Shangzao, before going to Dahe Township to be the pavilion chief. See a young doctor saluting himself! Hurry up and make a big gift! said: "It turned out to be the little brother of Montenegro!" Don't dare to be a big gift! Your name, Dahe Township can't fit anymore. Zhong thought to himself, is this still the dark, thin, tattered kid of eight months ago?

"Thank you, Master Ting, for the recommendation letter that my eldest brother wrote at that time!" After speaking, Montenegro saluted the pavilion chief again.

"I'm a rough man who has been a soldier, and it's annoying to be polite and annoying, and it's my honor to be able to help you! You sit inside, let's have a drink! How? Zhong said very boldly.

The lunch in the pavilion has a pot of rice, egg and mushroom soup, a stir-fried bacon, and a bowl of green vegetables. It's already the doctor's standard, and it's no longer the green vegetable porridge that I ate when I passed by before. Montenegro has a lot of food recently, in addition to leaving some rice for Xiao Hei, he poured the vegetables into the rice bowl, picked up the basin and pulled it violently, in the blink of an eye, all the food soup was clean, touch the stomach, and there are eight points full. Since entering the academy, I have to sit up straight when eating, chew slowly, and want to take a big bite, but the teacher has begun to criticize from the side, and I have never eaten out happily. The old pavilion guard who came to collect the bowl was dumbfounded, thinking that he would have to add a lot of it when he passed through Black Mountain next time.

Montenegro was about to say goodbye to the pavilion chief, but when he saw that his loyalty was heavy, he asked curiously: "Pavilion chief, who didn't have long eyes to provoke you?" I think you have something on your mind! ”

"There is nothing, the cow in the township lost one, yesterday the cowherd went into the mountains to look for it, and did not come back overnight, the cowherd's wife was worried and reported to me, and the township should have organized the township to go into the mountains to find it, but these days are busy planting seedlings, there is no manpower, and even the pavilion guards in the pavilion are mostly on holiday! I'm worried! Zhong replied.

Montenegro wanted to go home quickly, but didn't want to care. But when he thought that this Zhong had written a recommendation for Big Brother Guang, and looking for these happened to be Xiao Hei's strengths, he said, "I can help you try it, maybe you can find it?" "Montenegro is mainly to repay Tadashi for his help!

"In the vast Tongbai Mountain, all kinds of roads are like spider webs, not to mention one person and one cow, even if hundreds of people go in, they can't see anything! I'd better wait, maybe he'll come back by himself in the afternoon. Zhong replied.

"I can find those six assassins in less than a quarter of an hour in Tongbai County, which has more than 100,000 people, and I should be able to find the cowherd and his cattle in this vast mountain. It's more effective than if you were to bring hundreds of people. Montenegro replied mysteriously.

Zhong took a serious look at Montenegro, and suddenly remembered that the doctor's crown on his head was obtained by catching assassins, and he was overjoyed, and said: "As long as you can find people and cattle as soon as possible, everything else is fine, you wait for me, I will pack my things and set off immediately." ”

Montenegro put on the clothes he wore when he first entered the city, and found that they fit a lot and were quite neat. Pavilion Changzhong was also ready, with a short body, thick arms, and bulging chest muscles. He carried a bow and arrows, a three-foot iron sword hanging from his waist, and a package containing a rope and a few pancakes.

"Just go find someone and a cow, there's no need to bring so much, right?"

"Be prepared, if you encounter a beast in the mountains, you can't take advantage of it." After speaking, he also handed Black Mountain a short sword.

Black Mountain took the short sword and pulled it out gently, with a sound of the bell, the three-foot blade emitted a faint white light, which was very sharp. "We have to go to the cowherd's house first. I've got to get something to keep track of! Montenegro said.

Pavilion Changzhong explained to the old pavilion guard: "We will enter the mountain from the ancient road in the south, if you don't come back at night, you will go to the village tomorrow morning to ask ten strong people to enter the mountain, I will leave a mark on the way, remember to bring the guy!" ”

Black Mountain and Xiao Hei followed Pavilion Changzhong to the cowherd's house first. In order to vigorously promote cattle farming, the Qin State set up cattle officials in each township to be responsible for raising cattle. The cowherd's woman, with red and swollen eyes and a dull gaze, clearly showed that she had not slept all night in worry! There was a baby on his back, and a pair of fat on his chest were half drooping. Pavilion Changzhong asked her to take a piece of unwashed clothes worn by the cowherd, and comforted: "I'll go into the mountains to find it now, and you don't have to worry about it, maybe your man is driving the cow back!" Take care of yourself and your baby, or your man will come home at night and find that you have lost weight, and he will not be happy! A few words amused the woman, and she burst into laughter.

Two people and a dog along the cowherd's wife pointed out the mountain road into the mountain, just started an hour of the road, is the main road for the villagers to go into the mountain to chop wood and hunt, an hour later there are only different forks of the sheep intestine path, Xiao Hei sniffed all the way to walk. At each fork in the road, Tadashi would slash at the tree with his sword as a visible marker. Two hours later, the ancient trees on both sides of the road are towering, and the dead leaves under your feet are thick and slippery. The cries of wild birds and beasts are approaching. While climbing a small hill, the two found the footprints left by the cow. Montenegro had a bad premonition, "The cow is lost, it won't run so far into the mountain by itself, just now I passed by many places with abundant water and grass, there is no trace of cattle grazing, there must be cattle thieves." ”

Zhong suddenly realized that it was getting late. asked Montenegro: "If you chase it any further, I'm afraid it's dangerous!" Are you scared? Or you go back and I'll go and see it alone. ”

"What are you afraid of, there are three or five gangsters, you still can't handle it? Besides, I'm back, how do you track them down? Have there been any missing people or robbers in Hongo lately? ”

"Hongxiang definitely doesn't, but this place is two hundred miles to the east and one hundred miles to the south is the boundary of the Chu State, could it be that people from there have come to commit crimes?" Zhong replied in the affirmative.

In this era, an ordinary cow is worth more than 10,000 yuan, and an adult cow is worth more than 20,000 yuan. After the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the popularity rate of cattle farming in the Qin State was the highest in all the Warring States, and the small officials of the cowherd were specially set up to raise the cattle in a unified manner to provide cultivated cattle for farmers who did not have cultivated cattle.

"The cattle were stolen in the second half of the night, and the cowherd found out early in the morning to chase in the mountains, according to the speed of people and cattle, they should have caught up at noon yesterday, that is, they caught up with the road ahead, not good, the cowherd is in danger." Black Mountain said to Pavilion Changzhong.

"That's really the truth when you analyze it! Why didn't I think so? Zhong replied admiringly.

"When we get to the top of the mountain, we should be able to see something." Black Mountain said, and the two followed Xiao Hei to the top of the mountain.

When we reached the top of the mountain, Dayang was about to go down the mountain, and I could clearly see the section of the path that I had just walked down the mountain. There was a place on the hill where weeds were lying and there was a pile of cow dung next to it, and it was clear that the thieves didn't want to hide their tracks anymore!

"What would the cattle thief do if he found someone chasing him down the hill from here?" Black Mountain nibbled on the cake while analyzing Zhong.

"They will set up an ambush in front and kill those who are chasing behind!" Tadashi also reacted, "Let's go, there should be traces of the cowherd ahead, and it will be troublesome when it gets dark in a while!" ”

With Xiao Hei leading the way in front, Montenegro and Zhong are not afraid of someone ambushing! Just a few miles away, Xiao Hei stood on the edge of a small cliff on the side of the road, whining a few times! After training in Montenegro, Xiao Hei encountered the situation exactly so lowly, instead of barking like at the beginning!

"There's someone under the cliff!" When Montenegro saw a man lying motionless under the cliff, he said, "Look if it's a cowherd!" ”

Tadashi also saw it and said, "It must be a cowherd, I recognize it!" After speaking, he took out the rope he was carrying, tied one end to the tree next to him, and the two of them slipped down the mountain along the rope! The mountain is not high, about four feet.

The two of them came to the cowherd's side, and when they sniffed, they breathed like a gossamer. "Not dead yet!" "Still in a coma." "Montenegro carefully examined the cowherd, and the right foot and supporting bone were obviously broken, and the others were just bruises!

"Pour some water on him immediately, see if you can go and hunt some game, get some blood for him to drink, I'll go find some firewood, make a fire, and freeze at night and die!" Montenegro said.

The two gently moved the cowherd to a flat place, Tadashi took a bow and arrow to the side, and Montenegro picked up the dead wood around him and made a fire! After a while, Zhong grabbed a large snake with a thick arm, and slashed the mouth of the cowherd with his sword, allowing the snake's blood to flow in. The blood of a snake drained away, and the cowherd's pale face began to redden, and his breathing gradually stabilized, and finally pulled him back from the ghost gate.