Xu Chu was appointed, and was first arranged to live in an ordinary mansion not far from Taishou Mansion.

After sitting at home for a day, Xu Chu was confused, what was the situation? Didn't you let me be a military marquis, why did you hang it here and no one cared about it? He's a posterity, and he's a game otaku, so it's strange if he can understand.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for the border counties, the rest of the counties rarely set up the post of captain, but gave the military power to the Taishou and the commander. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, in order to quell the thieves as soon as possible, the Taishou was even given the right to recruit soldiers, although this was very helpful to pacify the Yellow Turbans, but it also caused the consequences of the Taishou's self-respect in the later period.

Yingchuan Taishou Yin Xiu is a native of Nanyang, and he uses the children of local wealthy families as subordinate officials, and those wealthy families will pay money and people to form a decent army for him. At this time, the imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, and if it wanted to govern and defend the water and soil of the side, it could only rely on these big clans.

"The prince of the palace said that he would give us five hundred soldiers to command, but these soldiers were actually levied by the big families in the county, how could they be easily handed over to others? If you want me to say, they just fell in love with the eldest brother's ability and wanted to use the eldest brother with a knife. Chen Yi's knowledge is limited, but he can see things clearly, and his words speak out of heaven.

Xu Chu thought about it along this line of thought and understood. Those people gave him the title of a military marquis, so that he could serve when there was a war, and when the time came, he promised that Chu could nominally take the soldiers on the expedition, and in fact he would definitely arrange for someone to accompany him, and the person who accompanied him would have the real command of the troops.

At this time, someone outside the door asked to see him, Xu Chu went out to greet the guests, only to see two groups of people coming.

One was sent by the thief Cao Peng Duyou, who sent a set of armor; The other group was the people from Xun Yu's mansion, who brought some gifts.

Xu Chu was sulking with these old fritters in officialdom, and accepted it unceremoniously. The Xun Mansion also handed over some money to Xu Chu, saying: "Xun Jun knows that the military marquis has just arrived, and these money and property are used for emergency needs, so the military marquis laughs at it." ”

Xun Yu still has a bit of a conscience.

Xu Chu thanked them one by one, and the two groups of guests were in a hurry to go back to recover their lives, and they left without even entering the courtyard gate. Xu Chu and Chen Yi took their things in, and saw that the three brothers of the Gong family and Zifan were idle and were honing their martial arts. Xu Chu smiled bitterly: After doing it for a long time, all he could rely on was these four loyal brothers.

So step-by-step, with the flow, Lao Tzu crossed over, what can he do.

Xu Chu found a place to sit down in the courtyard and began to think nonsense. Suddenly, I had a flash of inspiration, why don't I learn some lessons from the rise of heroes in the late Han Dynasty?

Since it is necessary to emulate, it must be emulated, and the most successful one is the founder of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. And he still knows a little about the deeds of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian.

After thinking about it roughly, Boss Cao's path will definitely not work for him. First, the identity gap is too big, although Cao Cao is always criticized as the grandson of the eunuch after the eunuch, but after all, he was raised to filial piety at a young age, served as an official in Luoyang, and led troops to participate in the war to pacify the Yellow Turban. Second, Boss Cao's reputation among the family is not comparable to that of Xu Chu.

Looking at Sun Jian again, Xu Chu searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, counted Sun Jian's experience, and found that Sun Jian's path was not something he could easily imitate. Although Sun Jian was born in a poor family, the history books record that the Sun family has been an official in Wu for generations, so it happened that Sun Ce swept Jiangdong and contacted the family in Wu County to gain a firm foothold.

In the end, it was Uncle Liu Huang.

Xu Chu touched his head and compared Liu Bei with his own conditions one by one.

Liu Bei's surname is Liu, and Xu Chu's surname is Xu; Liu Bei can hang out the signboard after King Jing of Zhongshan, Xu Chu can't, this Xu Chu is completely defeated. As soon as Liu Bei came out of the mountain, he was followed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two fierce generals who could be called ten thousand enemies, and Xu Chu came out of the mountain, with the Gong brothers, Zifan and Chen Yi....... Brothers, it's not that the eldest brother despises you, I have lost even more miserably. Liu Bei once studied with the great Confucian Lu Zhi, and had a very good classmate Gongsun Zhan, my old Xu ......

It's not comparable, it hurts self-esteem too much. Xu Chu hung his head and was depressed for a while, and fell to the ground with his head up.

"Big brother (lord), what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" The brothers came to inquire.

"Hey, I have nothing to do all day long, my chest is stuffy, and I lie on the ground, don't guess." Xu Chu replied.

When everyone heard this, they were silent, and their faces were gloomy.

Xu Chu looked at them with guilt in his heart. If it weren't for these brothers who depended on each other for life and death, it was unknown whether this nominal military marquis would be able to survive to this day. They regard me as the backbone, but I lost my fighting spirit first, isn't it the most failed traverser in history?

Thinking of this, Xu Chu jumped up from the ground, which frightened everyone.

"Ayi, you go and ask Xun Jun when he will take a break, I want to visit him in his house."

"Zifan, you go to the market, keep an eye on it, and inquire more about the big things that happen in the county."

After the order was completed, Xu Chu was not idle, and stayed at home to practice martial arts and swordsmanship with the Gong brothers, needless to say. The productivity of the Han Dynasty was not high, ordinary people generally only ate two meals at home, Xu Chu was not a real officer at this time, and the money in his hand was still relieved by Xun Yu, so he and his brothers only ate two meals a day, morning and evening. It wasn't until the sun was about to go down that the Gong brothers bought some rice to make a fire to cook, and Chen Yi and Zifan came back one after another.

Chen Yi was lucky, he bumped into Xun Yu outside the Taishou Mansion, Xun Wenruo said: "Three days later, it is just a day off, and the military marquis is going to come to the house as a guest, welcome him." ”

Zifan said: "Big brother, the younger brother has been busy all day, and he hasn't heard of any major events in the county. I just heard some idle people in the market talk about a recent murder case in Changshe County, where a son of a poor family killed someone for his friend, which caused a sensation. Later, this person disguised himself and fled to Xixiang in this county, and was bumped into by Naxi Township, and was arrested because of his suspicious appearance. ”

Chen Yi scolded with a smile: "You guy, as before, you like to inquire about these stories, how can the eldest brother have the heart to listen to such things now." ”

Xu Chu shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that in the future, this kind of thing will have to be done by the more careful Gong Su or Chen Yi. was about to invite everyone to dinner, and suddenly felt that the story Zifan told seemed to have been heard somewhere.

"Zifan, have you ever asked the name of the friend murderer?"

Zifan nodded and replied, "I asked, it's called...... It's called Xu, what kind of person is Xu? ”

Xu Chu's eyes widened and he scolded: "You kid is going to kill me in a hurry!" ”

Zifan clapped his hands and said, "I remember, it's from Changshe County, called Xu Fu." Huh? Big brother, what are you doing with your mouth wide open, do you know this person? ”

"Ah, ah, I don't know." Xu Chu's expression calmed down, but in fact, his heart blossomed: The sky will not die, my old Xu!

"Brothers, go to bed early after eating, recuperate your energy, and go to Xixiang with me early tomorrow morning."

"What are you going to do in Saigo?"

"Help!" Xu Chu's eyes lit up.

The brothers looked at each other, wondering in their hearts. It was more than half of the night, everyone was already asleep, and Chen Yi suddenly felt that someone was gently patting him.

"Brother Gongsu, it's so late, what's the matter?"

"Shhh Gong Su couldn't help but say, and pulled Chen Yi into the courtyard, the moon and stars were scarce, and the two talked in the faint light.

"Ayi, it's been a long time since the lord recovered, right?" Gong Su said.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Chen Yi felt strange.

Gong Su sighed: "My brother and I went into exile in the world, but fortunately we were taken in by the lord, and this kindness will never be forgotten." It's just that the words and deeds of the Lord have been observed recently, and the difference from the past is too great...... And when practicing martial arts in the afternoon, the lord's sword skills were obviously no longer as powerful as before, so he was confused in his heart, so he asked you to talk for a while. ”

Chen Yi looked up at the sky and said meaningfully: "Actually, when the eldest brother first woke up, I also had doubts, but ....."

Gong Su asked, "But what?" ”

"But if you think about it, what if my eldest brother forgets you and me? Brother Gongsu, do you remember what your eldest brother said to us the day before he became ill? ”

Gong Su nodded, "Yes." ”

"The eldest brother said that this mountain and this water, raise me, etc., and never abandon it; All the people in the township are compatriots, and they should be of the same heart. Although there are many thieves, only I am enthusiastic, as long as I can still carry a knife with both hands, I will use my flesh and blood to keep Xiaoxiao out of the city! ”

The corners of Gong Su's mouth curled, and on that day, the lord Xu Chu led his brothers, seven in and seven out of the thief array, killing until he was covered in blood and exhausted, but the thief was frightened and retreated for dozens of miles.

Chen Yi said again: "What if the eldest brother forgets his martial arts, he still has a bunch of good brothers." With the talent of the eldest brother, it won't be long before Xu Zhongkang, who was famous in Runan, will come back, isn't it? ”

Gong Su nodded heavily, patted Chen Yi's shoulder, and said, "Ayi, hearing you say this, my heart is much happier. Go back to sleep, and go to Xixiang with the lord tomorrow morning to save people. ”