Shang Cheng never expected that he would wait for more than a month in Yanzhou Mansion, and finally "wait" for such a result. And this is not a formal appointment, it is a "false position", that is, he is acting command......

If he had a choice, he would have been reluctant to accept the mission. But he didn't pick and choose. He had just arrived at the Wei Mansion, and before he saw the official of the Gong Examination Division, the official document company stamped with the commander's seal and the nameplate indicating his identity as the captain of the military camp had already been handed to him, and he was no longer happy in his heart, and he did not dare to disobey the military order.

It seems that he can only go to the border army for a while first. Fortunately, the official document and the nameplate were handed over to him by the official of the Weifu Examination Division, and he said words of encouragement to him for a long time with a pleasant face. This shows that Wei Fu still values him more, and it more or less comforts his lost mood.

Stone didn't react to his pretense of duty. He is Shang Cheng's personal soldier, and he follows Shang Cheng wherever he goes, there is nothing to say. Bao Kan was still a little excited. Compared with the well-disciplined guards facing each other from the camp and the outpost, although the border army was treated poorly, it was not so restrictive. He felt that he would definitely be very imposing, because in the entire Ma Zhichuan, there could be no officer with a higher rank than Shang Cheng's rank, and he could walk sideways in a long river road; Maybe he doesn't have to rely on Shang Cheng's shadow, he can play a majestic mile, one by one, he is an upright and upright lieutenant of the ninth grade.

When Sun Zhongshan heard that Shang Cheng had gone to Mazhixi Village to be a commander and was also a battalion captain, he immediately said happily that he and one of his sentries were in Mazhixi; Among them, Shang Cheng also knew that they were all old brothers who came down from Guangpingyi, and Shang Cheng went to be their battalion captain, which was a good thing that could not be desired. He patted his chest and assured Shang Cheng that wherever the captain's fingers went, he and his people would definitely hit them.

Regarding Sun Zhongshan's hints, Shang Cheng just smiled to express his appreciation and gratitude, and did not say much. In fact, he didn't want to be the captain of the border army of this Laoshzi at all. Fortunately, the official document of the Wei Mansion did not mention a specific date for his appointment, so he decided not to be busy on the road for the time being, and waited in Yanzhou first to see if there were any temporary changes in things. The reason he found for himself was that the military horses of Ma Zhixizhai had not yet been collected; When he had gathered forty horses, he set out on his way.

For several days, he ran towards Weifu every day under the guise of urging horses, hoping to bump into a boss he knew and spoke effectively, so that he could pour "bitter water", maybe Shangfeng sympathized with his plight and could say a few good words for him, so that he would not have to go straight to the horse.

But he went in and out of the Wei Mansion for several days, and in the end he couldn't find anyone willing to do something for him. In the past few days, the bosses I met met two or three or five times, but they all stood and exchanged pleasantries with him, saying a few words of encouragement that were not related to him, and before he could express his distress about the "fake job", they all looked for excuses to send him away. In addition to being disappointed, he also felt that there was something wrong with the whole thing, it stands to reason that he is a new officer who has no roots and has just emerged, and he is also the number one "brave general" in the guards, even if these people do not deliberately recruit themselves, they should not push themselves outward, could it be that there is another article behind the fake post in the border army?

The more he thought about it, the more strange it felt.

But who would have trouble him? In half a year, in addition to fighting and recuperating from his injuries, he also stayed in the post house every day when he came to Yanzhou to work, and he rarely even stepped through the door of this small courtyard in his spare time, who else could he offend? Not only did he not offend anyone, but he also brought a lot of benefits to the people around him, the people who followed him into battle were promoted to become rich, and even Li Shen, who returned to Beijing to recuperate due to "illness", was rewarded by the imperial court for his contributions, and he really couldn't think of anyone else who would come to stumble on him.

In the end, he didn't bother to use his brain. The border army is the border army, the fake post is the fake post, what should be done, maybe the Wei Mansion arranged it like this, it is really for his good? After all, his days in the army were too short, and he rose too fast, he didn't really lead two days of soldiers, and he lacked experience in military affairs......

Now that he had made up his mind to go with the flow, he no longer worried about his future, so he no longer ran towards the Wei Mansion but stayed in the post house every day, waiting for the notice of the herding superintendent, while passing the time in reading and chatting.

The person who chatted with him was usually Sun Zhongshan. Sometimes Bao Kan will come over to interject a few words, and Shi will seize the last chance to stay with his lover, often staying all day without staying in the house.

After talking a few times together, Shang Cheng learned something about Sun Zhongshan. Sun Zhongshan is a native of Weiping, Dingjin, his family has been farming for generations, because there are 100 acres of good land, so his family is very good, although he also farms, but he has also read a few years of books, "Thousand Words" is finished, and he can know some words. When he was seventeen years old in the second year of the Eastern Common Era, his family said a family for him, his distant aunt and cousin, seeing that the best time was approaching, how did he know that he was happy and sad that he actually broke into a disaster and became a friend one by one, he drank two more glasses of wine and was a teenager, and he took the opportunity of the cave room to secretly crawl under the bed while people were not paying attention, and did not climb out until the dead of night, and used ink to stain his face and pretend to be a ghost to scare the newcomer, and the friend was scared to death by him...... The family used countless sums of money to ensure that he was not sold as an official slave, and finally sentenced him to two months of shackles and eighty canes to fill the army Yanshan.

Speaking of his absurdity back then, Sun Zhongshan couldn't help but burst into tears: "...... I've been gone for 16 years, and I've never heard from my family, and I don't know what the family is like now. I don't ask for blessings or blessings, I just ask God to pity my sincerity as a sinner and give me a chance to honor my father and mother......"

Shang Cheng was angry with him and pity him, and was silent for a long time before asking him: "You haven't been in touch with your family for so many years?" ”

It's not that Sun Zhongshan doesn't want to contact his family, it's that he has no face and is not qualified to contact his family. On the day his case was decided, his father removed his name from the household, and when he went on the road, no one in the family dared to send him, but it was his mother who told an aunt who had always spent money on the road. The copper coin has long been clam gone, in order to keep a memory, he replaced the fine hemp rope that strings the money, and it is still treasured in his personal pocket......

In addition to chatting about the past, the two also talked about some military affairs. Shang Cheng doesn't know much about the rules and regulations of the border guards, what seven prohibitions are cut fifty-four, what infantry army drill code Ma Jun drill code and "Five Army Strategy", he is all black-eyed, and the people around him can't help one by one, needless to say, it's worse than him, Bao Kan can't say clearly, he knows that Wen Gu Yu is not allowed to make loud noises in Wen Jin's retreat from the army, and when he asks again, he squints at Shang Cheng and answers, "I listen to the captain", and often makes Shang Cheng so angry that he can't find a place to spread the evil fire in his belly...... Fortunately, he met Sun Zhongshan, who was literate and hyphenated, and after two days of tossing, Shang Cheng finally memorized the ban of fifty-four slashes, and the infantry army and horse army drill also knew a rough outline.

Shang Cheng also focused on inquiring about the situation of the forts in Zhichuanli, West Malaysia. Because Sun Zhongshan has not been transferred for a long time, he can't talk about many things, but he just said a general idea: the West Malaysia direct garrison border army said that it was a battalion, but in fact there were only four unsatisfactory outposts, with a total of no more than 400 people; The three big military villages are respectively guarded at the three key crossings of the eighty-mile Sichuan Road, of which the lower village is the largest, and the middle village is the smallest, but the popular Mazhi West Village is the middle village. From Shangzhai to the north foot of Yanshan, four beacon towers were set up along the way, and each beacon tower was sent to a soldier. There are also two villages on the south side of Sichuan Province where the families of the border soldiers gathered, and the immigrants from Tuntian in the early years also built forts, most of which were close to the lower villages......

While waiting to receive the horses, Shang Cheng also went to find Wen Mu.

He didn't have this plan at first, but after thinking about it, it didn't hurt to get to know one more person, and he had promised people before, so he still took the time to visit this friend of the camp commander.

He had come to the military camp of the Right Army outside the west gate of Yanzhou before, and he had also stopped to look at the camp Zhibing Division, which left him with the impression that it was very ordinary, ordinary courtyards, ordinary gates, ordinary houses, and even no plaques. If it weren't for the two soldiers standing at the door, he would almost have thought that this was an ordinary, wealthy family.

But when he went back, he saw something completely different.

The courtyard is still the same courtyard, the gate is still the same gate, and there is still no plaque, but the soldiers standing guard at the gate have become eight. There are not only six more guards standing with spears here, but also an extra officer on duty with a waist knife, and the officer's attitude and expression are meticulous, with a businesslike appearance, looking at the seriousness, it seems to be greater than the grandeur of the officer at the gate of the Wei Mansion. If the people who go in don't have official documents, then I'm sorry, even if the Heavenly King comes, they can't get in.

Shang Cheng is not the king of heaven, but he has a cloud pattern jade pendant, he can rely on this small object hanging on his waist, in and out of the yamen everywhere in Yanzhou City, as long as it is not a particularly important place, he can come and go freely. However, today, his jade pendant did not come in handy, and although the officer on duty in the camp was respectful to him, he did not want to enter without an official document.

Shang Cheng told the officer of his intentions. He came to find someone, not to do business, how could he carry official documents with him?

No matter how he explained, the officer just didn't get in the oil and salt, and he couldn't say good things again and again. However, the officer still kindly told Shang Cheng that Captain Wen was not in the camp now, and he had gone with the envoy to greet General Zhuguo, the deputy head of the Gyeonggi camp and the counselor of the camp the day before yesterday.