"I heard you're literate now? Not only literate, but also learned a lot of words? Yunxi asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Lijie replied.

"You used to be an Orion, and in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, I was chased and killed by the Mongols when I led my troops to patrol along the Great Wall, and it was you and the people of the same village who saved my life; At the beginning of the second year of Jianye, you followed Uncle Nineteen to the capital, and I rewarded your fellow villagers with money and grain and that piece of mountain. Then I saw that you and your countrymen were skilled in martial arts, so I decided to stay with you as a guard to this day. Yunxi recounted Chen Lijie's experience.

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's what happened to the minister." Chen Lijie agreed.

"I remember when you first came to me, you didn't know how to read. I'm a little curious, why do you want to learn words? "Yun Xi has a lot of things to do, and he is too lazy to spend too many brain cells on a guard.

But Yun Xi saw that Chen Lijie didn't speak, and couldn't help but be even more curious, the reason for learning words is still a secret? So he asked repeatedly. Chen Lijie didn't dare to disobey Yun Xi's order, so he could only tell the reason.

It turned out that Chen Lijie had a childhood sweetheart when he was in his hometown, and the two grew up together, he had affection for others, and they were also interested in him, and the elders in the family did not object. After he came to the emperor's side as a guard, the family was more willing, and he was left in the capital to be a guard and couldn't return home, so the family thought about sending their daughter to the capital to get married, and it was already about to be decided.

But at this moment, his childhood sweetheart's brother was admitted to Xiucai, and then he was lifted again, trembling, and felt that although Chen Lijie was a guard in the capital, he would not have much future as a guard, not to mention that he had a sense of superiority as a scholar after he was promoted, and he opposed marrying his sister to Chen Lijie and wanted to marry her into a scholar's family.

Because the eldest son was moved, the family listened to him in all matters and listened to him, and listened to his opposition to the matter, so they gave up. The man also chose a man from Yongping Mansion among the scholars in the province to be engaged to his sister.

Of course, Chen Lijie's childhood sweetheart was reluctant to marry someone he didn't know, but since her parents agreed, she didn't dare to disobey her parents' words, so she could only secretly ask people from the same village to send him a letter to see if he had a way.

When he received the letter, he was stunned and didn't know what to do. Because he was a guard by Yun Xi's side, and his home was far away from the capital, he couldn't ask for leave to go home, so he could only write to his parents to persuade him. And the final result was naturally that the family refused to marry their daughter to him and became engaged to the people of Yongping Mansion.

This incident gave Chen Lijie a lot of stimulation, he took several days off on the grounds of illness, and never left the house every day in the public rental house except for buying some wine and food. The people who came to the capital with him as a guard were very worried about him, and one day they came to visit after being on duty, and unexpectedly saw that the house that was originally quite tidy had become messy, and there was still the smell of leftovers; But when they walked into the back room, they were dumbfounded: because Chen Lijie was actually reading and reading in the house.

Everyone couldn't help but ask. Chen Lijie said: "The reason why her brother wants to marry her to a lifter is because their family has also become a scholar and looks down on martial artists? Then I will also be a scholar, and in the future, I will also be promoted to a person or even a jinshi, so I can marry her? ”

"But there is still a year before she gets married, and in a year, you ......" The man didn't finish his words before he was stopped by another person. In addition, the person noticed that although Chen Lijie spoke in a normal tone, there was a strange look on his face, and he immediately understood that he had not recovered from the heavy blow, just like a scholar who numbly himself with words such as 'the book's own golden house' and 'the book's own Yan Ruyu', and rashly broke it, which was likely to make Chen Lijie completely crazy. Anyway, reading and literacy is not a bad thing, so let him read and write. The man thought about it, and after leaving Chen Lijie's public rental house, he warned everyone: "At any time, you can't talk about her marriage date in front of Lijie." I also had to write a letter to Uncle Chen, telling Uncle Chen not to write in the letter to Lijie. ”

Since then, Chen Lijie has been on duty every day, not going anywhere, not daring to do anything, except for practicing martial arts, which is to read and write, and he knows that he is still the same the night before being questioned by Yunxi.

Yun Xi listened to Chen Lijie's narration - of course, Chen Lijie's narration did not include the words of his fellow villagers - and immediately felt a little pity for him. In his opinion, Chen Lijie is equivalent to using the act of reading and literacy to create an illusion for himself and escape from the unacceptable reality.

"If you talk to me, I will definitely stand up for you." Yun Xi couldn't help but say. This is a good opportunity to buy the hearts of the guards.

"Your Majesty was in Guangdong at that time, how could the minister send a letter to Your Majesty requesting this?" Chen Lijie said. At that time, some fellow villagers persuaded him to ask the emperor or others to help, but Yun Xi was in Guangdong at that time, the crown prince was young, and he had never contacted several princes, let alone ask the queen or princess for help, so he had to give up.

"Fortunately, it's not too late now, you study hard, take the exam, or enter the national prison or the martial arts hall, and when you become an official in the future, you can let the family cancel the marriage contract with that person." Yun Xi comforted. Nor was he going to puncture the illusion.

Yun Xi comforted him a few more words, and asked him to step down. But just as Chen Lijie saluted, a word he had just said suddenly flashed in his mind, and he suddenly said, "Wait!" ”

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Chen Lijie was stunned for a moment and asked.

"You just said that I was in Guangdong when this happened?" Yun Xi said as he stared at his face.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Lijie replied.

"It took you less than a year to recognize so many words?" Yoon-hee was surprised.

He originally thought that this happened four years ago, and although it was difficult for an adult who could not read a single word in the past to know so many words in more than three years, it was not impossible to achieve; But now I know that it took him less than a year! This shows that he is not only very persevering, but also very talented in reading.

Yun Xi suddenly fell into love. Chen Lijie knows martial arts again, and he has such a talent for reading, he is his ideal talent.

However, how to arrange it, Yun Xi thought about it for a while, and did not come to a conclusion. The most suitable person for such a person is obviously to guard the side, but he can't directly appoint a guard to guard the side.

"Chen Aiqing." Yun Xi said.

"The minister is here." Chen Lijie agreed.

"It's the first time I've seen a guard like you who likes to read, if only those princes all liked to read as much as you." Yun Xi smiled, "I am determined to transfer you to my side as a guard, are you willing?" ”

"The minister is willing!" Chen Lijie immediately bowed and saluted. Of course, he knew that if he was a guard by Yun Xi's side, he would be sent out as a general in the future, and that would be the real official. If he becomes an official, even if he is only a military general, he will have a higher status than whether he can be an official or not, and he may make the family change their minds and promise to marry their daughter to him again. If he hadn't been on horseback at this time, he would have knelt down and saluted.