Time moved forward a few hours slightly, and about half an hour after Zhu Cheng left, Xi Zhong also returned home. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He didn't go to the Qinglou or the wine shop, he was born in a poor family, unless he was recommended by the township, otherwise he would not be qualified to study in Yingchuan Academy, even so, he was only an auditor, and he was responsible for cleaning the academy as the price of auditing.

What is called an auditor is that he can only listen to other people's lectures and listen to others' questions, and he himself is not qualified to ask questions. Fortunately, Xi Zhong is talented, and there are several good friends of Guo Jia and Xun Yu who are willing to help him solve his doubts in private, which can be regarded as a success.

Today, he finished cleaning in the academy before returning home. The academy is closed, but the hygiene inside still needs to be maintained, and he promised to maintain the hygiene of the academy unless he graduates. Therefore, even if the college is temporarily closed, he still has to clean it on time.

I went out early in the morning, and now I have only come back, and I have been busy for almost a morning, Xi Zhong just wants to go home and get something to eat, so that he can deal with the morning food.

Unlike Guo Jia, Guo Jia will also have a subsidy from Yang Zhai Guo every month, and the family also has some fields that can be rented to tenants for farming. The annual income is enough for him to go to the Qinglou or the wine shop, but the latter will not go without a purpose, and will only go when he is feasting or meeting friends, which is the norm of this era.

"Zhicai, an adult came to you just now, and he left a famous thorn and a gift. You weren't home before, so you left it with me, so take it back now! When the neighbor saw Xi Zhong coming back, he handed him the things.

Xi Zhong is also very strange, who will come to visit him, a poor scholar? took a look at the famous thorn, only to find that it turned out to be Zhu Cheng, the captain of the thief school, and he was also an acquaintance, although he had only met once at the banquet!

However, that night, Zhu Cheng's two poems shocked him a little, especially "Men's Walk", which had a strong killing intent between the lines. After mixing with Zhu Cheng's explosive killing intent, I don't know if it's an illusion when I read it, as if the temperature of the entire hall has dropped a bit.

"It's a character!" At that time, he and Guo Jia commented.

After opening the gift, Xi Zhong couldn't help but flute a little. After all, it's not a mundane thing, it's six or seven books. From the basic Analects to Guan Zhong, and even the Art of War. Especially in "The Art of War", the book of war has always been strictly managed by the imperial court, and the people are absolutely not allowed to sell it privately, otherwise it will be razed by the three clans.

Most of the books on the art of war are placed in Lantai, and only those who have meritorious service are qualified to go and read them, but they are only allowed to read them, and they are not allowed to copy or retrieve them. Therefore, it is the greatest honor of all generals to go to Lantai to read the book of soldiers.

In fact, most families will have some military books, even if they are fragments. For a family like the Xun family, there will naturally be no shortage of books on the art of war. Of course, as long as they don't spread the word, then no one can trouble them. In every big family like this, there will be someone who will study the military book and teach it to the children of the family.

The attainments of the children cultivated in this way in the art of war are not much higher than those of ordinary officers and soldiers from poor families, and with the help of their own clan or allied families, the road to promotion has naturally become easier.

Therefore, in the army of the imperial court today, the generals of the family account for the vast majority, and there are very few outliers like Zhu Jun. If Sun Jian hadn't been promoted by Zhu Jun and made contributions to the crusade against the Yellow Turban and the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou in the future, he would not have been able to serve as the Taishou of Changsha. It must be known that before this, Sun Jian had only become a county official.

"Did you leave any words for you?" Xi Zhong asked his neighbor anxiously.

"It doesn't seem to have left any words, but when I left these things, I sighed with emotion, 'Zhicai is also a rare handsome man in the world, but I don't want to miss it', I feel that he was really sorry at the time." Seeing this, the neighbors could only carefully recall the situation at the time, and then learn Zhu Cheng's tone to say it.

The neighbor didn't know why, but Xi Zhong heard it, Zhu Cheng was obviously here to recruit him, who knew if he missed it.

Is he just willing to take refuge in Zhu Cheng? Or is he worth taking refuge in? Xi Zhong asked himself like this!

Touching the book in his hand, Xi Zhong felt that no matter whether Zhu Cheng had the ability to be worthy of his own defection, he really valued himself, otherwise he would not give him such things as military books.

In fact, Xi Zhong didn't know that Zhu Chengcheng learned that he was the mastermind under Cao Cao, so he thought about giving him the military book, who knew that this unintentional move would cause such an illusion.

However, Xi Zhong is really a little excited now, after all, the person who is willing to look up to him in the first place is worth dating. The second is that Zhu Cheng is not a white body, it is said that he has raised filial piety, and at the same time he is also a captain of the Han Dynasty against thieves, although he is a miscellaneous name, he is also a big official of 2,000 stones.

Taking the military route seems to be a bit of a misdirection for scholars, but it may not be a way out for the children of poor families. Xi Zhong was obviously moved at the moment, so after putting his things at home, he went out to look for Zhu Cheng.

Who knew that it was difficult to find the barracks, only to find that someone else had already been promoted. In despair, he subconsciously passed by Guo's house and was seen by Guo Jia, who had just returned. Seeing that his friend was so depressed, Guo Jia naturally wanted to ask the reason, but after knowing the whole story, he groaned.

"Does Zhicai think Zhu Cheng can work?" Guo Jia is only 14 years old this year, but there is no doubt about his talent. Speaking of which, it is precisely because he started visiting Qinglou at the age of fourteen that he also won the title of 'Yingchuan Prodigal Son'.

"What does Bonghyo think?" Xi Zhong also had no idea.

"This person has been promoted to lieutenant in a few months, and there should be something extraordinary about it. It's just that Guo can't understand that since he is talented, why he doesn't take a career in the army instead of joining the army, what is his purpose......" Guo Jia saw something else through Zhu Cheng's deeds.

With Zhu Cheng's talent, although he has not directly tested the ability to govern the school, his talent in poetry can actually show his skills in on-the-spot adaptation and cultural heritage. Such a talent, even if he serves as a county official, he will inevitably be able to rank in the court after Zhu Jun's help, but why would he rather join the army than be a lang official?

And it happened that not long after he became an officer, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and he took the opportunity to be directly promoted to the captain of the thief school, which is really a step to the sky. Ordinary people show filial piety and honesty, and they must first be an official for one year before they can arrange positions. But he became a lieutenant with a rank of 2,000 stones in less than three months, which is really incredible.

It feels like an unpredictable prophet who predicted that the Taiping Church would rebel in a few months. Of course, generally speaking, this can also be explained by vision or judgment, but Guo Jia feels that Zhu Cheng obviously has some deeper secrets!

"Bong-hyo doesn't approve of a certain serving him?" Xi Zhong asked rhetorically.

"Haha, since Zhicai already plans to serve him, what if Guo doesn't object? I just feel that Zhu Cheng is not simple, the plan must be not small, and Zhicai will definitely be able to soar into the sky with him, but it is also possible that he will never recover...... Do you have the guts to take a gamble? Guo Jia laughed, and then asked very solemnly.

"Hey, I'm a lonely person, and I've only survived since I was a child with the help of the villagers. If a cheap life can be spelled out to soar into the sky, it will naturally be earned! Even if you end up in a situation from which you will never recover, you will not lose anything! Xi Zhong replied.

"So what are you waiting for? Take advantage of the fact that others haven't gone far yet, chase after them quickly! Guo Jia smiled faintly, and his donkey was sent to Xi Zhong's hands.

"Fengxiao, what are your plans in the future?" The gentleman has the righteousness of wealth, and Xi Zhong is naturally not polite to Guo Jia. It was only when I got on the donkey that I turned around and asked.

"Jia Shang is still young, and he will study hard in the academy for a few more years!" Guo Jia shook his head, in the past, Gan Luo became the prime minister at the age of twelve, and although he Guo Jia is fourteen years old this year, he has no intention of becoming a leader.

One is that the situation in Dahan has changed too much now, and he needs to see it clearly, and the other is that he is indeed too young and needs more time to accumulate knowledge. The descendants look down on him, if it weren't for the clan rules, I'm afraid that even his monthly rules would be deducted, and even force him to split the family, what he wants to do is to let the sect family take a look, and his side line will also soar!

Xi Zhong didn't force it when he heard this, and rode out directly on a donkey, and everything around him darkened at night. Xi Zhicai is nutritionally deficient, so naturally he can't see anything. Fortunately, he probably knew the direction in which the army was heading, so he just continued to move in that direction. Although he couldn't see anything ahead, he believed that if he continued to move forward, he would meet Zhu Chengbu.

Finally, a light appeared on the horizon, and in a short time a camp appeared in his eyes. Through the light, he finally saw the soldiers on duty outside, and in the center of the battalion commander, there was a military flag with the word 'Zhu' written on it.

"Who's coming?" Seeing this, the soldier on duty immediately stopped him, even though he knew that the person in front of him was just a scholar.

"Yang Zhai is loyal and wants to serve Captain Zhu!" Xi Zhicai arched his hands and shouted.

Zhu Cheng was settling Chen Yao at the moment, and initially arranged for Chen Yao to be the chief bookkeeper to help him deal with daily chores. And Xun Cai was arranged in the medical team, after all, she was a woman, and it was not suitable to be arranged in the barracks. As for the traces of Chen Yaolai, he had already asked Yang Lang to eliminate them. The Xun family has not chased after them so far, and it obviously worked.

was about to rest, but he didn't want a burst of shouting outside, and he thought he was stunned when he heard it, and then ran out directly.

Others may not matter, but that's a drama talent! In the early days, he was Cao Cao's most important mastermind, and there was no one! However, now, such an existence actually intends to take refuge in himself, how can Zhu Cheng not be excited? !

"Haha, to be able to get the help of Zhicai, a certain is really like a tiger!" Zhu Cheng laughed and walked towards the outside of the tent.

At this moment, he had already taken off his armor, and even took off one of his boots, but he didn't want to bump and run out, this was wearing underwear, one foot was wearing boots, and the other foot was only a sock, how funny it looked.

But Xi Zhicai didn't think it, he only felt that Zhu Cheng really valued himself, and he was very excited. So he stepped forward and said solemnly: "The play is not talented, and I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses!" ”