Jun Song returned to Jiangnan from Yan'an Wei this time, accompanied by 20 family guards, and as soon as he said, "Take my big knife", there were family guards who carried the thick-backed big knife weighing 80 catties.

Juniper lifted up his robe and tucked it into the hemp rope around his waist, held the knife in both hands, stared at Mu Jingyan, and said in a deep voice: "Let me see if your spear skills can be used in actual combat-", the voice was raised sharply, and he shouted, as if spring thunder exploded, and at the same time, the heavy big knife in his hand drew a sharp arc and slashed at Mu Jingyan's head, as fast as lightning, like thunder-

Mu Zhenzhen stood beside Zhang Yuan, and when he saw that this juniper knife was so powerful, his heart rose sharply, and he couldn't help but shout: "Dad-"

Zhang Yuan took her hand and took a step back.

Mu Jingyan saw that Juniper's knife was fierce and vicious, if he parried with a single-hook gun, the gun would lead people to be split in half, and immediately dodged his body, dodged this knife, and was hesitating whether to fight back with a gun, "bang" sounded, Juniper's second knife came again, and he still couldn't resist, only dodged-

Mu Zhenzhen on the side was shocked, every knife of this juniper was extremely ruthless, as if she was going to cut her father into two pieces before she stopped, she was so nervous that she grabbed Zhang Yuan's hand.

When Juniper's fifth knife fell, Mu Jingyan retreated backwards, and the handle of the gun suddenly hit the courtyard wall behind him, and suddenly changed color in shock, Juniper's knife was too powerful, he dodged with all his strength, and he didn't think that he had retreated to the courtyard wall, and there was no way to retreat now-

Jun Song put away his knife, glared at Mu Jingyan, and said, "I can kill you with the next knife." ”

Mu Jingyan was ashamed, bowed down and said: "The villain's martial arts are low, and he is not a general's opponent. ”

Jun Song snorted coldly, handed the knife to the guard, turned around and asked Zhang Yuan: "Gongzi Zhang, do you really want to hand over Mu Jingyan to Du?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "If General Du thinks he is available, ask General Du to take him to the border army." ”

Juniper said again: "Gongzi Zhang, let me ask again, from this time on, Mu Jingyan is my juniper's family, yes or no?" ”

Zhang Yuan knew that most of the generals of the border army raised their families, from Li Chengliang to Wu Sangui, the family was its most elite pro-army, and the most reliable thing to rely on during the battle was their family ding, the armor, weapons, horses, and treatment of these family members were the best in the border army, and the so-called raising soldiers was used for a while, and it was these family members who were raised, and the border generals who raised the family were deformed products in the context of the military and political corruption of the late Ming Dynasty. Therefore, although the army claims to be one million, in fact, less than one-tenth of it can really fight, although Zhang Yuan knows these drawbacks, he can't do anything now, and nodded: "Exactly, let Mu Jingyan follow General Du in his later life, just to make military merits and earn a background." ”

Juniper nodded, looked at Mu Jingyan again, and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Mu Jingyan knelt down and said, "The villain is willing to follow General Du to the death." ”

Juniper shouted, "Okay." Turning his head, he said to the family guards beside him: "Take down Mu Jingyan and beat the twenty military sticks." ”

Two wolf-like guards stepped forward and buckled Mu Jingyan's arms again, Mu Jingyan didn't dare to resist, and was pressed to the ground.

Mu Zhen was really anxious, shaking Zhang Yuan's hand and shouting, "Young Master, my father-"

Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, Mu Jingyan is now Juniper's family, and he has no right to interfere if he wants to beat or scold him, but why did Juniper do this, Juniper can not take Mu Jingyan in, there is no need to scold Mu Jingyan in front of his old master!

The two stick-wielding family members glanced at Juniper before the execution, Juniper took a small step out with his left foot, the two family members knew in their hearts, the execution was neither light nor heavy, the twenty military sticks came down, Mu Jingyan's buttocks saw blood, and Mu Zhenzhen on the side couldn't stop crying, whimpering-

Juniper opened his mouth and said, "Mu Jingyan, do you know why I want to beat you?" ”

The two sergeants holding Mu Jingyan had already stood aside, and Mu Jingyan knelt up and said, "The villain's martial arts are low, and he should be punished." ”

Juniper shouted, "Wrong! How can I punish you for your low martial arts, your martial arts are not low, but your surname is cowardly, hesitate when you should fight back, if you are on the battlefield, this hesitation will lose your surname, what use do I have to come to you cowardly! ”

Mu Jingyan lowered his head and said: "The general is punished, and the villain must be changed." ”

Juniper changed his tone and asked, "How old are you?" ”

Mu Jingyan said: "The villain is thirty-six. ”

Jun Song said: "If you talk about joining the army, you are not young at this age, if it is not for the face of Zhang Gongzi, I will not take you in, your martial arts are not weak, you are willing to listen to my orders in the future, as long as the court has to use me, there is a chance for you to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you are Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, if you do not die on the battlefield at the age of fifty, I will let you return to your hometown, and then you will be indispensable to your five-grade and thousands of households." ”

Mu Jingyan kowtowed and said, "Thank you to the general for taking me in, thank you for the general's support." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded secretly, this juniper is just a military general with no knowledge, but he is also proficient in the art of control, these twenty military sticks can be regarded as dismounting, and then promise a good future, grace and power, to subdue Mu Jingyan, otherwise it will be difficult to call in the future-

Zhang Yuan's right hand has been grabbed by Mu Zhenzhen, and at this time, he pulled it out, moved his fingers, and said to Mu Zhenzhen: "The finger bones are about to be broken by you, what are you in a hurry, your father has arrived at General Du's door, so he naturally has to obey General Du's orders." ”

Jun Song smiled at this time, asked the family to take Mu Jingyan to apply the wound medicine, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Gongzi, Du Mou's contrivance, Zhang Gongzi will not be surprised." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The general has the style of an ancient famous general, knows people and is good at decisiveness, these twenty military sticks are well beaten, Mu Jingyan's martial arts are not low, but because he is a degenerate person, he has been called for since he was a child, so it is inevitable that he is a little cowardly, but he believes in his later life that with General Du's training and training, Mu Jingyan is definitely a fierce general." ”

Juniper laughed and said, "Zhang Gongzi is an extremely smart person, with a bright future, a bright future - a few people, please." ”

Juniper saw the beautiful maid Zhang Yuan was holding hands with, and he understood why Zhang Yuan was so enthusiastic about sending a domestic servant to him, it turned out to be to let the beautiful maid's father have a good background, it seems that Zhang Yuan dotes on this beautiful maid, and now Juniper's remaining doubts have also disappeared-

Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Wang Huanru had lunch in Du Mansion, Wang Huanru said goodbye first, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan were warmly retained by Juniper, that Du Dingfang took out the eight strands of text made by Ping and asked Zhang Yuan to advise, Du Dingfang's two elder brothers are in Zhenhaiwei as the chief flag officer, this year's twenty-one-year-old Du Dingfang decided to take the road of the imperial examination, passed the county examination and the government examination three years ago, and can be regarded as smart and willing to learn, but then twice in the Taoist examination fell to Sun Shan, Zhang Yuan read Du Dingfang's several eight-strand essays, felt a little rigid, This kind of eight-strand text may have hope to pass the Taoist test in the Jiajing period, and now it is the last year of Wanli, the confluence of the eight-strand text and the ancient text is the atmosphere, and the flavor is strong, Du Dingfang's eight-strand text is afraid that it is not easy to pass the Taoist test, so he pointed out what book Du Dingfang should read, and where to work hard-

Zhang Yuan's understanding and attainments of Baguwen are far from being comparable to Wang Huanru, Du Dingfang is like a Daigo empowerment, feeling that today is and yesterday is not, I don't feel that I kneel down, I want to worship Zhang Yuan as a teacher, Zhang Yuan even said how dare he, saying that Du Dingfang is older than him, and he will never dare to be Du Dingfang's teacher-

Du Dingfang insisted on pleading: "Among the seventy-two sages, there are also those who are older than the master, and there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and the capable person is the teacher, and the gentleman must accept the disciple." ”

Zhang Yuan groaned and refused, Du Dingfang begged bitterly, and Jun Song also said: "Zhang Gongzi, my nephew is bent on gaining fame through the imperial examination, and he became a child at the age of eighteen. ”

Zhang Yuan said to Du Dingfang: "If you want to mourn, it's inconvenient to go out, so let's do it, if you don't think I'm a shallow learner, then send someone to send me nearly ten articles of craftsmanship every two months, I can comment on it for you, how about it?" ”

Du Dingfang was overjoyed, and immediately called him "student", and said: "The student is mourning, and he does not dare to worship the teacher, and two years later, he will go to Shanyin to make up for the worship ceremony to Mr. ——"

"Stupid!" Juniper shouted: "With Zhang Gongzi's talent, will he still be in Sanyin in two years." ”

Du Dingfang woke up and said: "Yes, yes, in two years, Mr. will be on the first list of high school, and students will go to Beijing to follow Mr." ”

In this way, seventeen-year-old Zhang Yuan accepted a twenty-one-year-old student.

The next morning, Zhang Yuan went to Du's mansion to resign from Juniper, and told Du Dingfang not to forget to study and make art during the funeral, and to send a letter to Nanjing Guozijian -

Du Song did not stay long in Zhenfengli, and after his brother Du Hui was buried, he would leave for Yan'anwei, and he would definitely leave in mid-June, and Mu Jingyan would accompany him to the north.

Du Dingfang Maguan mourning clothes, can not go to the dock to send Mr. Jiezi, only ordered the servant to carry a number of gifts to Zhang Yuan on the boat, Mu Jingyan is going to come to the dock to say goodbye to the old master, on the dock, Mu Zhenzhen knelt under the knees of his father Mu Jingyan and cried, Mu Zhenzhen and his father have depended on each other since childhood, before his father went out to listen to errands, at most he will come back in five days, she is also used to it, but this time is different, this time his father is going to the border city thousands of miles away, this farewell, I don't know when we can meet again!

Zhang Yuan saw that Mu Zhenzhen was crying sadly, so he said: "Zhenzhen, why don't you stay in Zhenfeng and get together with your father for a few more days, and then you come to Nanjing after your father leaves?" ”

Mu Jingyan hurriedly said: "This is not good, there will be a difference sooner or later, not in these days-" said and stroked the bun on the top of his daughter's head, and comforted: "Don't be sad, enlisting in the army is my father's lifelong ambition, and the young master of Meng Jiezi will be fulfilled, so that I can have the opportunity to follow General Du, and I will definitely be able to earn a clean background and come back, you are serving the young master Jiezi, you are by the side of the young master Jiezi, and the father can rest assured, okay, don't cry, go on the boat with the young master, and the father will watch your boat row away." ”

Zhang originally wanted to tell Mu Jingyan some more words, but after thinking about it, there are still five years left in the Battle of Sarhu, and he should still have time to play his forward-looking role, Du Dingfang is his student, and it will not be difficult to contact Juniper in the future, and it is useless to talk to Mu Jingyan now, but it will burden Mu Jingyan -

(To be continued)