Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Foolproof Appointment

As soon as he got home, Zhang Shihua walked straight to the new house, the lights were still on in the new house, obviously his wife Guo Weier had not fallen asleep yet, and was still waiting for him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Zhang Shihua gently pushed open the door of the room, but the sound of the door still woke up his wife who was lying on the table. Guo Wei'er saw that it was him, a smile appeared on her face, and she said to him: "The official is back, have you eaten dinner, do you need the slave family to do something for the official?" ā€

Zhang Shihua first gently closed the door, and then said to Guo Weier: "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, I have something to do tonight, let you rest early, you don't need to wait for me." The wind is cold at night, you are like this again, what if you catch a cold. As for me, I've already had dinner at the shop, so you might as well get some rest now. ā€

Although it is a reproach, the words are full of care. So after Guo Weier heard this, she also nodded obediently, and then served Zhang Shihua in a wide coat first, and waited until Zhang Shihua was lying on the bed in pajamas, Guo Weier blew out the candle next to the bed before falling asleep.

This is not that Zhang Shihua is macho and willing to be served by his wife, but that it was the custom in ancient times. When couples were resting, unlike now, generally men slept inside, while women slept outside. It is said that when a woman gets up at night, stepping over a man will bring bad luck, anyway, this is the case with husbands and wives all over the world at this time, so Guo Weier will wait for Zhang Shihua to sleep first.

After the husband and wife lay down, Zhang Shihua habitually hugged his wife's waist, and the husband and wife were very close, but then Zhang Shihua didn't do anything. Then Guo Weier turned over, and the husband and wife were face to face.

Although it was dark in the room, the husband and wife could still see each other's faces. Guo Weier looked at her husband's face, stroked her husband's chest with her hand, and said softly, "Sleep." ā€

After Zhang Shihua heard this, he kissed his wife's forehead lightly, and then fell asleep.

He never told her what he was going to do tomorrow tonight, not because of anything else, but because he was afraid that she would worry. But he forgot that as a pillow person, how could she not notice his changes, but like him, she didn't ask anything, not for anything else, just afraid that he would be distracted.

But what the husband and wife, no one knows, are asleep, and they both hug each other tighter.

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Early the next morning, a servant who asked to see came outside the door of Zhang's house, and after the official arrived at Zhang's house, he said to a subordinate of Zhang's family: "Quickly inform your lord that Lord Yin of the county has something important to discuss with Zhang Dianguan and Zhang Dashao." ā€

When the subordinates heard this, they didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly ran into the courtyard, found Zhang Shihua, who was exercising in the courtyard, and informed Zhang Shihua of the matter. When Zhang Shihua heard this, he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Just look for my father, how can you find an idler like me." ā€

But Zhang Shihua didn't think much about it, and after sending his subordinates away, he informed Guo Weier, then changed his clothes, and walked to his father.

When Zhang Shihua arrived at his father, his father had just gotten up, and then Zhang Shihua waited outside the door for a while, and waited until Aunt Xue and Daddy were dressed before entering the house. After entering the house, Zhang Shihua first saluted his father and Aunt Xue, and then told his father about it.

Zhang Liewu heard his son's words, thought for a moment, and then said with a little sarcasm: "If you are in such a hurry, you have to invite our grandfather over, it seems that our Lord Feng really has no choice." When Zhang Shihua heard his father's words, he also reacted violently, and someone sent a pillow if he really wanted to fall asleep.

So Zhang Shihua said to his father: "Father, shall we go now?" ā€

When Zhang Liewu heard this, he glanced at his son meaningfully, and then said: "It was he who begged us, let's find something urgent, wait until breakfast is over." ā€

About half an hour later, Zhang Shihua and his father walked to the county government together. On the way, Zhang Liewu looked at the extremely depressed streets, and the hateful eyes projected by many low-level people to him, a court official, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Perhaps, this time I was really wrong." ā€

So he turned his head to look at Zhang Shihua, and said in a voice that could only be heard by their father and son: "Bochang, since you have decided to do it, you must never be a woman's kindness, do you understand?" ā€

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he also said to his father with a firm expression: "Father, the child understands. ā€

"If only you understood." Hearing his son's firm words, Zhang Liewu seemed to be relieved, but then he said to his son: "This time Feng Fule, please go to the county government together with our father and son, and the eight achievements are related to resisting the White Lotus bandits." If your father's guess is right, Feng Fule will definitely hope that you will be in charge of the defense of our county in the next few days, after all, Bochang, you are the most knowledgeable person in our county, and there are a hundred experienced patrol archers under him, and it is only appropriate to hand over the defense to you. ā€

"If you want to do it, don't miss this opportunity. You don't need to say this for your father, Shihua, you also understand. ā€

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he nodded and said softly: "Father, don't worry, the child will definitely do his best in this matter." ā€

Hearing his son say this, Zhang Liewu sighed as if he was emotional. Then he took Zhang Shihua and strode towards the county office.

The father and son arrived at the county government and saw Feng Fule, and everything that happened next was really what Zhang Liewu guessed. Feng Fule greeted them with great enthusiasm, and he was not angry at all because the Zhang family father and son were more than half an hour late.

After seeing their father and son, Feng Fule first said a lot of words "sincerely", and only after the foreshadowing was almost foreshadowed, Feng Fule proposed to the Zhang family father and son, hoping that Zhang Shihua could be responsible for the county's defense in the next few days. Of course, it is indispensable to write a lot of empty checks to Zhang Shihua that cannot be realized now, such as: "After resisting the White Lotus bandits, I must ask the court for credit for the Zhang family." ā€

And for his so-called benefits, the Zhang family father and son don't care at all, after all, these things are meaningless to the Zhang family in the future.

But no matter what, Zhang Shihua still accepted this appointment, after all, as long as he has this appointment, Zhang Shihua can blatantly transfer all the archers who follow him into the county seat, and he can also justifiably arm the archers, and even take this opportunity to take out a piece of this armor from the county's arsenal for his own use.

Therefore, when Zhang Shihua received the letter of appointment stamped with the seal of the county official from Feng Fule, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but think in his heart: "With it, it is really foolproof to raise troops by yourself." ā€

And if Feng Fule knew that Zhang Shihua thought of it in his heart, it is estimated that he would definitely be angry.

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I have to say that after experiencing this series of things, Feng Fule finally clearly realized that he was a complete layman in military affairs. Therefore, when Zhang Shihua was appointed as a temporary city defense officer, Feng Fule directly handed over the command of the only officers and soldiers in the county to Zhang Shihua. Anyway, there are not many officers and soldiers left in the county.

As for the county lieutenant Liu Qian and the remaining two hundred household officials, after the great defeat a few days ago, the prestige of these three who took the lead in escaping among the officers and soldiers had already dropped to the freezing point. Coupled with Feng Fule's exclusion and suppression of them these days, now these three goods are completely three balls of air, which will not have any impact on Zhang Shihua's plan at all.

And Zhang Shihua was extremely convinced by the fact that he had accumulated a deep reputation when he was a patrol officer in the past, and he was from a local clan. Of course, this also has a lot to do with Zhang Shihua's regathering of the hundred elite archers in the afternoon.

After all, the total number of officers and soldiers is less than 100 now, and when they see that Zhang Shihua has such an elite force with more people than them in his hands, they will naturally instinctively feel afraid.

And since Zhang Shihua is a city defense officer, he will naturally not be stingy with the archers under his command, what armor, swords, spears, and shields, they must all choose the best to equip those archers who follow them, and those dozens of officers and soldiers did not express any dissatisfaction with Zhang Shihua's extremely partial approach, after all, they are just a group of defeated generals.

The big defeat a few days ago has already made them all arrogant, and now they are a group of sheep, facing Zhang Shihua, who is stronger than them, where do they dare to be dissatisfied.