8. Self-trust is not a morale

When the drama wife returned to the camp, she happened to see Xi Zhicai with a cloudy face, as well as bamboo slips and books scattered on the ground.

This is also unimaginable in the past.

But the drama wife did not move, she slowly walked to the bookshelf, bent down, and carefully began to pick up the bamboo slips.

Xi Zhicai saw his wife's move of rearranging the bamboo slips, and felt a little guilty and pity in his heart, he tried his best to control the anger in his heart, and said slowly:

"Don't pick them up, it's good to spread them on the floor."

When the drama wife heard Xi Zhicai's words, she smiled faintly, knowing that he was talking angrily, and she didn't listen to him, so she continued to pick up the scattered bamboo slips.

"When people praise talented people, they often like to praise their talents by God. But don't you also say on weekdays that where there is a person who is gifted by God, the qualifications may be outstanding, but the talent in the womb needs to be tireless in learning and accumulated bit by bit. You have few and no famous teachers, but you can learn with a mind, don't you rely on your hard work on weekdays and read all the books? ”

"So how can you throw away these bamboo slips and books in order to vent your anger for a while, you need to know that the sage Confucius, who was already famous for his erudition when he was young, but when he read "Yi" in his later years, he was still diligent in learning, and Wei compiled three uniques!"

The tone of the drama wife is soft and indifferent, and the words she says are like a spring breeze, refreshing and thought-provoking.

In the past, when he was in Yangcheng, Xi Zhicai was also cynical and self-pitying because of his own talents, but every time his wife was able to be empathetic, a few words resolved the resentment in Xi Zhicai's chest.

This time, after listening to his wife's words, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but smile bitterly, and he hurriedly walked over and worked with his wife to put the bamboo slips scattered on the ground back on the bookshelf and tidy them up one by one.

After finishing the last bamboo book, Xi Zhi suddenly reached out and grabbed his wife's hand, and smiled apologetically at her inquiring eyes.

"I just decided, now go to the captain's tent and offer Yan Jun the strategy of pacifying the thief and reassuring the people!"

The wife's clear eyes blinked, her lips opened slightly, and after half a ring, she finally spoke.

"Is it because of my business today?"

"It's not!"

Xi Zhicai did not hesitate, and quickly replied, he let go of his wife's hand, stretched out his arm to wrap his arms around his wife, and let her delicate cheeks rest on his shoulder, and then continued softly:

"Li Si of the Qin Dynasty once said when his fame was not revealed, 'Criticism is greater than humility, and sorrow is worse than poverty.'" For a long time in a lowly position, in a difficult place, not in the world but for evil profit, self-trust in inaction, this is not a gentleman's feelings'. ”

"I have passed the age of standing, but I still have achieved nothing, although I am fortunate to marry such a good wife as you, I rely on you not to give up, and have been running the household for me, but as a seven-foot husband, how can I continue to do nothing like this, and be ridiculed by the villains in the market?"

"Therefore, after seeing the military disasters in Yangcheng and Xingyang one after another, as well as the suffering of the fleeing people in Hedong, I have been thinking about it these days, and now I have finally made up my mind, and I will serve in the army and make plans for Yan Jun to help him pacify this land east of Hedong!"

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, the drama wife was still a little worried in her heart, thought about it, and said:

"You once said that if there is a great chaos in this world, you want to choose a master to serve and carefully assist him, so as to become the king of the king's hegemony. Now, the world may be in chaos, but is Yan Jun in this army the master? ”

"Although this person is humble and courteous, and treats you as a guest, but the Xiliang soldiers are wreaking havoc on the remnants of the people, and they are also angry with the people, and the world is turbulent, and they are all here to ask for Dong, have you thought about it?"

What Xi Zhicai is most worried about is that because of her humiliation today, Xi Zhicai lost her reason and patience to weigh the current situation, and rashly gambled her life and future.

And this is by no means what the drama wife wants to see.

Xi Zhicai could feel the worry in the heart of his wife leaning on him, and in order to alleviate his wife's anxiety, he stroked his wife's hair and began to think about the wording.

In the end, he simply smiled and said:

"You don't have to worry, although the world is raging now, they are all here to please Dong, but Cuihan is dangerous, Xiliang is a soldier, and Dong Zhuo's momentum cannot be eliminated, and Yan Jun and his people, I often have observations, high ambitions, high talents, good and decisive, and faintly have the posture of a hero, so I have to seize the opportunity in time and actively make suggestions to be able to show my life's ambitions."

When Xi Zhicai spoke, he said it in the ear of the drama wife, and the nose wind blew to make the ears of the drama wife itch, and when the drama Zhicai finished speaking, the drama wife's face had turned slightly red, she lowered her head shyly, beat the chest of the drama Zhicai, and then said slowly:

"I'm not as wise as you, and since you've thought it through, I'm a little woman, and I'm not going to say anything more, well—since you've made up your mind, go ahead, I'll make a meal at home later, and I'll wait for you to come back!"

Xi Zhicai, who was beaten on the chest, deliberately said "ouch", slowly let go of his arms, and after listening to the words of his wife, he laughed and moved his steps, and began to move and said:

"The love of the fine gentleman is remembered for the husband. But the evening twilight eclipse is not to wait for me, I went here, is to wait for me to wait for the future Zhong Ming Ding food, if you can't say that Yan Jun can be moved, he has to get up and move the table, invite me to have a twilight meal, and then hold a candle to talk for a long time, all night to discuss, then the husband will not have the face to come back to see you! ”

After finishing speaking, Xi Zhicai laughed, waved his sleeves, and walked out of the tent. Listening to the laughter of Xi Zhicai, the drama wife couldn't help but smile, but after laughing, the faint worry in her heart never dissipated.

"Zhong Ming Ding eats, it is not the concubine's wish, I only hope that you will go this time, and finally get the master, and show your ambitions, even if the concubine continues to eat coarse and light food, she is also willing in her heart."

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Xi Zhi didn't know his wife's last thoughts, and Yan Xing didn't know that Xi Zhi would come so quickly.

Hearing the report of the big cow outside the tent, Yan Xing, who was in the tent, was stunned for a moment.

According to Zhou Liang's plan, although he has already planned something, Xi Zhicai is also a resourceful person, so he can act slowly and not urgently, steadiness is the best, and the most avoid impatience, as little as ten days, more than half a month, Xi Zhicai will definitely come to see Yan Xing and offer the talent and strategy in his chest.

Unexpectedly, it was only a day later, and Xi Zhicai came to the door, thinking of the demure and dignified wife of the drama and the intelligence of Xi Zhicai, Yan Xing couldn't help frowning slightly.

Could it be that Zhou Liang acted too quickly and caused some big trouble, or the plan was directly seen by Xi Zhi.

After a hundred thousand thoughts turned in his heart, Yan Xingcai gathered his thoughts, quietly picked up a roll of bamboo slips, and then gave an order to let Da Niu release the drama before coming in.

"See the captain below!"

As soon as Xi Zhicai changed his image of not being informal, stepped into the tent, and saluted Yan Xing seriously.

Yan Xing slowly lowered the bamboo slip, his eyes still fell on the bamboo slip, and said with a smile:

"Xijun is a rare guest, why did he have leisure today and come to my account?"

"I heard that the captain is sick, and I came here to treat the captain!"

"Haha, nonsense, I have two buckets of rice in eclipses, and I can open a two-stone bow with my strength, get on my horse and kill the enemy, as usual, if I am sick, then what healthy people are there in this world?"

Yan Xing sneered when he heard this, scolded Xi Zhicai, and casually threw the bamboo slip on the desk.

"The illness of the lieutenant is not in the body, but in the chest, it is a disease of the heart!"

After Xi Zhicai was reprimanded, he still refused to give up, and still believed that Yan Xing was sick.

It's just that after hearing the word "heart disease", Yan Xing didn't say anything more to scold, and quickly put away his sneer, and instead stared at Xi Zhicai with bright eyes, and asked seriously:

"What heart disease?"

Facing Yan Xing's serious expression, Xi Zhicai was still calm, and he smiled indifferently:

"The root cause of the captain's heart disease is that he is anxious to beg the thief and the people, and if he acts too quickly and does not plan well, he will become seriously ill, not only will he fall short, but he will also worry about his life!"

"Oh? Where does this begin? ”

When Yan Xing heard Xi Zhicai's words, he knew that he had guessed his mind through those account books. Yan Xing didn't care about Xi Zhicai's alarmism, he slowly got up, came to Xi Zhicai's side, and asked softly next to him.

Xi Zhicai's face was still indifferent to Yan Xing's coming to his side, smiled lightly, and began to say:

"The priority of the thief is to settle the people. If the people are not able to live in peace, they will turn to the thieves, and then the white wave thieves will be exterminated and reborn, expelled and returned. ”

"In the land east of the river, there are not many soldiers and horses, and the soldiers are not refined, but why Niu Zhonglang can't pacify the thieves and retreat can't hold the city, it's not because everyone's eyes only see the white wave thieves, but they don't see the millions of fugitive people behind the white wave thieves, they just want to drive the soldiers and horses to exterminate the thieves and robbers in the battle array, but they don't govern the people who lack food and clothing."

Therefore, Guo Taibaibo's followers often ascend to the heights and shout, and there will be thousands of homeless people who have nothing to rely on for thousands of miles, and then coerce the people, up to 100,000, gather in the mountains and forests, and conquer the city. The soldiers and horses of Hedong fought with it, and won many battles, but the men and horses were tired and there were many casualties, while the white wave thieves, who were defeated again and again, were more and more elite. ”

"Under the elimination of the other's strengths, there is a situation where today's white wave thieves are raging in Hedong, the situation is very difficult to control, and the court kings are inferior to others, so they have to protect themselves. The captain knows the situation of the army and the people, so as soon as he arrives in Jiangyi, he will observe the people's livelihood and want to calm the people and eliminate evil, but... ”

"But what?"

Xi Zhi's words just now really reached Yan Xing's heart.

Before Yan Xing rushed to the aid of Hedong, he had already thought about the war in Hedong in detail.

Why are the Xiliang soldiers who are strong and strong, and who are rampant on the right side of Longyou, but they are invincible against the white wave thieves who cut wood as soldiers and uncover poles as banners, and they also lose their soldiers and generals, and even lose important cities such as Linfen and Pingyang.

Just because Niu Fu is not good at military affairs, the answer is obviously more than that.

After careful consideration, Yan Xing finally came to the conclusion that the root cause lies in the livelihood of the people in Hedong and even in this world.

The cities in the northeast of Hexi are in ruins, and the situation in the neighboring counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang is only barely self-preservation, not to mention Shangjun and Xihe, most of which have fallen into the hands of Qianghu.

In this case, the white wave thieves, who can easily coerce a large number of people, have been repeatedly requisitioned and suppressed, but they have revived, and they continue to sit large, which has become a trend that cannot be lost today.

Therefore, Yan Xing, who realized this, was in a hurry to get rid of the thieves of the remnants of the people and stabilize the livelihood of the people in this city and place as soon as he arrived in Jiangyi.

But just now, Xi Zhicai not only said what he was thinking, but also said that he was in a hurry, acted too quickly, and did not plan well, and there were already signs of serious heart disease.

At that time, you will not only fail, but also worry about your life!