Wu Kuai, the Taishou of Longxi County, looked at the young man who had not yet reached the age of Ding on the side seat, and was very surprised. According to the law of the Han Dynasty, after becoming a Ding at the age of fifteen, Fang has full capacity for conduct, and those who have not yet become a Ding are not allowed to join the army, and the age of initial service is relaxed to 17 years old. Unless it is some powerful and wealthy families from martial arts families, there will be children of the clan who enter the army and follow the experience of their elders. For example, Gongsun He, the crown prince, once followed his father, Gongsun Kunxie, to defend against the rebels in the Wuchu Rebellion at the age of ten.

However, this young man named Qi Shan, at a young age, turned out to be the right supervisor of Yulin in the Weiwei Mansion Period Gate School, with a rank ratio of 600 stones. It should be known that the county magistrate who is in charge of a large county with more than 10,000 people is only 500 stones, and the county order of a small county with less than 10,000 people is only 400 stones. I have to sigh that there are as many officials in front of the Son of Heaven as dogs.

After a long time, Wu Kuai pulled his eyes back to the edict in his hand, and sighed slightly, His Majesty must try his best to cooperate with this hairy boy, and he must not ask questions, let alone interfere with his actions. It's just that he thinks it's a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he can't afford to offend. Wu Kuai frowned and asked, "I don't know if Lord Qi needs the assistance of this official in any matter?" ”

"Lord Taishou can call the last general's real name Qishan, and the last general really doesn't deserve the title of 'adult'." Qi Shan hurriedly got up, bowed down, and smiled.

Wu Kuai was obviously very satisfied with his posture, and his face was slightly pale: "Well, according to your age, you are also the son and nephew of the official, so the official will call you by your real name." The official doesn't ask the reason why you came to Di Dao this time, but if there is any difficulty, even if you come to the Dao, the official will try his best to help. ”

Qi Shan's face was overjoyed when he heard this, he put down the big stone in his heart, all the way from Chang'an, he was worried that Wu Kui would bully him when he was young, and secretly had many constraints, but now that he thinks about it, he has spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. He hurriedly left the table, came to the front of Wu Kuai's seat, respectfully and deeply touched the ground, and said sincerely: "Thank you so much, my lord." ”

Wu Kuai waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and waited quietly for him to continue.

Qi Shan stood up straight and said, "The last general came this time to borrow someone from the adults. ”

"Oh? Who does Qi Shan want to borrow? ”

"The last general heard that there was a horse thief leader named Feng Yuan, who led dozens of people deep into the grassland, without losing a single person, not only wiped out the wolf tribe, but also killed the chief wolf king Gash, and now he is under the account of the adult to listen to the order, I wonder if the adult can bear to cut his love?"

Wu Kui frowned, did not answer, his face was full of reluctance. Feng Yuan is a talent, not only knows the situation of the grassland well, but also has a hand in leading the whole army, and dozens of loose horse thieves have been trained by him to be banned. Wu Kuai cherished his talent when he saw him for the first time, made an exception for him to join the army, and trained the border army.

Seeing this, Qi Shan hurriedly explained: "The adults are afraid that they have misunderstood, and the last general has no intention of robbing people, but just borrowed a little time, and Feng Yuan is still under the adult's account." ”

When Wu Kuai heard this, he thought for a moment, and then nodded and agreed: "Since this is the case, then the official will temporarily transfer Feng Yuan to your command for you to send, but don't wronged him." ”

Qi Shan promised repeatedly, and then he walked back to his seat, picked up a package on the side of the seat, slowly stepped forward, and handed it to Wu Kui with both hands.

Wu Kuai took the package and opened it to see that inside was a three-foot scimitar with a strange shape. The dark gold handle is full of spiral stripes, the surface of the scabbard is carved with exquisite patterns, there is a ring on the sheath, and the ring is decorated with a silk thread belt, and the silk thread belt has a ring at one end, which is convenient to hang on the crotch.

"Is this ......" Wu Kuo looked up and asked suspiciously.

"This is a treasure knife given to your lord by His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness has repeatedly told the last general to hand it over to your lord."

Wu Kuai was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was given a sword by the prince, which was undoubtedly a huge affirmation for Wu Kuai, who was born in a martial arts family, and he was more excited than sending some gold, silver and jewelry. He stood up, respectfully raised the treasure knife, and twitched it slightly, with a crisp sound, when the scimitar was unsheathed, there was a clear groan, and the cold light of the knife body trembled uncontrollably, as if he couldn't suppress the urge to devour blood.

"It's really a peerless sword!" Wu Kuai's eyes lit up, and he shouted, then grasped the blade of the knife with his hand, and with a slight stroke, a thin line of blood appeared on the palm, and bright red blood beads continued to overflow, flowing onto the blade, but it was not half contaminated, and it flowed to the gauntlet in front of the handle without stopping.

The maid on the side was shocked when she saw this, and was about to step forward to stop her, but was stopped by Wu Kuai's personal guard. As warriors, they all understand why Wu Kuai mutilated himself, the sword must see blood when it is unsheathed, and the blood made by craftsmen must be drunk when the blade is opened. (Note: Don't worry, this is not a fantasy novel, there will be no instrument spirits, just to explain the ideas of the ancients, and it is nothing more than the cadre Mo Xie who sacrificed himself to forge a sword.) ）

After a long time, as the gauntlet and the handle of the knife were gradually soaked in blood, Wu Kuai, whose face was slightly pale, took the silk silk handed by the guard, wiped the back of the knife, and put the knife into the sheath. Putting the scimitar on the table, he didn't pay attention to the injuries on his hands, but just wrapped the blood-stained silk silk around his hands at will, and shouted: "Serve the wine and food, I want to drink all night with the generals, and the whole army will step up training, and in the future, I will use the treasure knife given by the prince to cut off all the heads of the thief chieftains, make them into a Jingguan, and place them outside this Didao City!" ”

The generals gladly agreed. On the banquet, the young Qi Shan actually picked up the wine jar and drank it boldly, which was very much the appetite of the border generals, and soon became one, drunk and angry, and Wu Kuai, who was very happy, was also happy to see it and drank bitterly.

The next day, after a hangover, Qi Shanqiang fought hard and called someone to find Feng Yuan. Feng Yuan had received the military order from the Taishou early on, and had already waited at the mansion where Qi Shan was staying, knowing that he was going to see the close ministers beside the prince, and his mood was somewhat apprehensive. After washing up, Qi Shan's spirit improved a lot, and after retiring from the people, he sorted out his thoughts a little and talked to Feng Yuan in a low voice.

After a long time, Feng Yuan left the mansion with doubts in his heart. This young right eunuch actually wanted to take him as a guide and personally led the team into the grassland, and also brought a large number of livestock and a convoy. This is quite a risky thing, the Qiang people have always had no good impression of the Han people, even if they pretend to be smuggling caravans, but they have always only transported livestock from the grassland to the Han Dynasty, and have never seen a merchant who sells livestock to the grassland.

However, although he was puzzled, he didn't ask too much, and Taishou only asked him to do his best to assist the right prisoner in the military order, and also said that he would strictly keep it secret and not ask questions. As an old Jianghu, Feng Yuan knew that there must be a big secret in it, but it was not something he could know, so he didn't dare to think about it anymore, but tried his best to prepare. It is not child's play to go deep into the prairie, once something goes wrong, as long as you protect the thoughtfulness of the right prisoner, it will be a great achievement.

Fortunately appreciated by Taishou, from a precarious horse thief leader to a general in the army, Feng Yuan already felt like he was in a dream. Now that he has a relationship with the prince's close ministers, it is not an extravagant hope to shade his wife and children in the future. Thinking that he had the opportunity to be knighted and become a noble of Chang'an, Feng Yuan couldn't help but have a blood gushing, and his blood was boiling and he wanted to fight for his life.

And Qi Shan recruited dozens of Yulin soldiers to accompany him, and arranged the tasks carefully. In addition to polluting water sources and spreading plague on the grasslands, the most important purpose of coming to Didao this time was to survey the terrain and the distribution of forces in the Xiqiang tribes. Although Liu Che was able to depict maps of later generations, there were still great differences between the topography of the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago and later generations, not to mention detailed military maps. Therefore, he sent Qi Shan to lead the team, leading the best soldiers in the feather forest and the cartographers trained in the prince Zhan Shifu, to go deep into the grassland to explore the way for future military operations and fight the front station.

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