The clear moonlight shines all over the ground, and the autumn evenings are especially refreshing. Zhu Ping'an didn't have this feeling anymore, and his mind was full of nervousness and apprehension that he had never felt before. Zhu Ping'an knew his own ink, although he had followed the enlightenment of Old Master Mu that day, but after many years, the subset of scriptures and histories that he had memorized and chanted back then had forgotten a lot, and Zhu Ping'an had a headache when he thought of facing Lu Zhenfei's examination.

Wang Jinfa had already set off early this morning, and at this time, the leader of the guards beside Zhu Ping'an was only Zhang Ergou left. Since Zhu Ping'an spared him and stopped caring, Zhang Ergou has become a lot more silent, he does not hesitate to do errands and things, and when he receives merit, he ranks last, his temperament is a lot calmer, and his previous babbling personality has completely disappeared.

These days, he also took the initiative to participate in Qiu Ze's recruit training, saying that he wanted to boil his body and strengthen his muscles and bones. For this change in him, Zhu Ping'an is also happy to see it.

After experiencing some setbacks, he can mature, which is the mental journey that every man must have. It's just that there are many kinds of setbacks, and everyone's attitude towards setbacks is also different, so the effects are very different.

Zhang Ergou's growth and change is relatively normal, and it is completely different from Hong Fatzi, Yue Jinfeng, Zhu Ping'an, Cao Wuxian and others.

The Ming Dynasty paid attention to the curfew system, and the kind of bright lights that were common in later film and television works were brilliant, and men and women shuttled among them, and occasionally saw the scene of the children of the gentlemen taking the opportunity to ** women from good families, but it is rarely seen in reality.

Only on some traditional festivals, such as the Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival, will the government suspend the curfew. At other times, people are basically forbidden to wander the streets as soon as the time comes, but exceptions can be made for diseases and funerals.

At every unitary hour, the city gate will be closed, and all traffic arteries will also be erected fences, guarded by the soldiers and horses patrol and the officials of the yamen, and no free passage is allowed. If you violate, you're going to be spanked.

However, Zhu Ping'an is obviously no longer within such restrictions. He is now the commander of the high-wall guard, a real military attache of the fourth grade, plus the waist card issued by Lu Zhenfei himself, naturally he is unimpeded all the way.

When they arrived at the back door of the governor's yamen, there were already servants waiting here, leading Zhang Ergou and other soldiers to the side courtyard to rest and wait, and an old family member invited Zhu Ping'an directly to Lu Zhenfei's study.

Lu Zhenfei has a good official reputation and is honest and honest. After arriving in Fengyang, he has been living in the backyard of the governor's yamen, which is a large mansion with three entrances and three exits specially prepared for successive governors. But Lu Zhenfei only brought a few family members to take up his post, and his family members still stayed in the capital. Clear-eyed people know that with Lu Zhenfei's holy family, this is the precursor to great use, and the next step may be where to be a feudal official.

Lu Zhenfei was wearing a cloth coat and a turban to tie his hair, and he was reading at night in the study, when he heard the footsteps, he knew that it was Zhu Ping'an coming, so he didn't look up, and pointed straight to the opposite side of the desk.

The small table in the study was obviously just put here, Zhu Ping'an entered the room with a bitter face, and gave Lu Zhenfei a deep look. Then he put a package in his hand on Lu Zhenfei's desk.

Only then did Lu Zhenfei raise his head and look at which package, "What does this mean?" ”

Zhu Ping'an's forehead was already sweating, and he shook it again, "If you go back to your lordship, this is the six salutes of the bundle!" ”

Lu Zhenfei suddenly smiled, put down the scroll, and opened the package, which turned out to be six neatly bundled gifts. There is no shortage of celery, lotus seeds, red beans, longan, dried lean meat strips, etc.

"Haha!" Lu Zhenfei laughed heartily, and even the old family members who followed Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but smile.

"It seems that you really put in a lot of effort! Why, do you still plan to give this official a ceremony? But the Japanese officials haven't prepared anything like incense cases or gold basins here? ”

Zhu Ping'an was dumbfounded. Before coming, he humbly consulted the only intellectual under his command, the glorious master of the Yin Shigang. Yin Shigang pondered for a long time before he remembered such a etiquette. Zhu Ping'an doesn't even have the identity of a child, and it is obviously inappropriate to apprentice as an enlightened child, the poor old man Yin can only come up with such a way, the right to be Zhu Ping'an is a child, and to visit Lu Zhenfei in accordance with the etiquette of the child's schooling, it is finally in line with the etiquette system, and it will not be rude.

Looking at Zhu Ping'an's embarrassed expression, Lu Zhenfei suddenly felt very interesting. It's not been a day or two since I met this young man, and it's the first time I've seen him deflated. That's right, that's what a fifteen-year-old boy should look like!

Lu Zhenfei suddenly thought of his eldest son who was studying far away in the capital, and he and Zhu Ping'an were also the same age. When he went out to work, he lacked the opportunity to get along with him for personal teaching, and when he saw Zhu Ping'an, Lu Zhenfei's heart couldn't help but be full of warmth.

"That's it!" Lu Zhenfei waved his hand and beckoned Zhu Ping'an to sit down. The old family brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, put it in front of Zhu Ping'an, poured a cup of tea, closed the door and retreated.

"You have misunderstood what this official meant. The official didn't say that he would accept you as a disciple, so why did you have to make so many false gifts? Lu Zhenfei said slowly.

Zhu Ping'an stood up, "Although the lord said so, after all, he was pointing out peace, and peace could not be repaid, so he had to serve the lord with a teacher!" "The implication is to make it clear, no matter whether you Lu Zhenfei accepts me Zhu Ping'an or not, anyway, I treat you as a teacher, no matter what happens in the future, I will report your name if there is trouble!

Lu Zhenfei smiled, he didn't expect Zhu Ping'an to say such a thing, but there was a faint meaning of coercion. Lu Zhenfei was not disgusted, but admired Zhu Ping'an's quick wit.

"In this way, this official has no choice!"

"It's just a peace of mind, and it's all cultivated by adults!"

Lu Zhenfei nodded, but he didn't dwell too much on this matter. A night conversation with Duan Xinian, he fully understood a lot of private things in the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yujian's tragic experience made him look sideways, and at the same time, he sincerely admired his courage.

Zhu Ping'an's courage and courage in the recent period of time are also something he particularly admires. What's more, Zhu Ping'an's enlightenment teacher is still his best friend Mu Yanzi, and too many secrets are shrouded in the young man in front of him, attracting Lu Zhenfei to explore all the way.

Based on these reasons, Lu Zhenfei made the decision of Professor Zhu Ping'an.

was in a trance for a while, and he didn't even notice that Zhu Ping'an had changed his name.

"Sir, where do we start?"

Lu Zhenfei came to his senses, thought about it for a while, and decided to start by touching Zhu Ping'an's foundation.

Zhu Ping'an followed Mu Yanzi to study for several years. During the period, it started from enlightenment textbooks such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", and "Thousand Character Text", and the foundation was quite solid, and in the face of Lu Zhenfei's questions, the answers were finally decent.

After that, it is a subset of scriptures and histories such as "Analects" and "The Mean", these books, in later generations, Zhu Ping'an studied them attentively when he was in college, plus the professor of Mu Yanzi in the present world, it can be said that he understands more thoroughly, and Lu Zhenfei's examination school is not profound, and the two complement each other.

Half an hour later, Lu Zhenfei thought about it carefully, pushed away the books such as the subset of scriptures and histories in his hand, and instead pulled out two books from the shelf. Zhu Ping'an glanced at it and found that it was "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training".

Lu Zhenfei brushed off the dust on the two books, and said to Zhu Ping'an with a smile: "This is still a hand-engraved book in the Wanli period, which I found in the old bookstore when I went to Beijing to take the exam. Come to think of it, you are a martial artist, but it means nothing to you. This official has a lot of experience in military affairs, so you and I will start with these two books and discuss with each other! ”

Zhu Ping'an knew that Lu Zhenfei was indeed not a pure civil official.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Lu Zhenfei was ordered to patrol Huaiyang, and the governor Caoyun. At this time, it was the last moment of the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and the appointment of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Cao Yun, to control the two Huai, shows Emperor Chongzhen's trust in him.

At that time, Huaiyang, as an important grain-producing area in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, had become a battleground for soldiers. In order to protect Huaiyang, Lu Zhenfei recruited stragglers in Lianghuai and formed a local armed force called the "Volunteer Army".

At the same time, a large number of Confucian students took off their Confucian clothes and changed into military uniforms under the call of Lu Zhenfei, becoming a member of the Volunteer Army. Launched a series of fierce battles with Li Zicheng's subordinates, and finally secured the important area of Huaiyang.

Even after Li Zicheng conquered Beijing and Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and martyrdom. Lu Zhenfei still led the army to the Huaiyang area, completely annihilated Dong Xueli's headquarters under Li Zicheng's invasion of Huaiyang, and publicly executed the rebel generals Lu Bizhou and Wang Fu, expressing his determination to persist in resisting.

After the establishment of the Hongguang Imperial Court, Lu Zhenfei strongly advocated the Northern Expedition, which was incompatible with the ruling Ma Shiying and his ilk, and was excluded. Soon after the Hongguang court persisted, Nanjing fell, the good situation created by Lu Zhenfei was lost, and the volunteer army was disbanded.

Even so, during Lu Zhenfei's stay in Dongshan, he also organized volunteers to fight against the thieves and robbers who came to fight, and won successive battles, and his reputation spread far and wide. Although he later died of illness on the road of following Zhu Yujian, he still left the words of "the rest of his life as a minister, death as a ghost, a little loyalty, and return to heaven and earth". Later, he was given the nickname "Wenzhen" by Zhu Yujian, and the world felt that he was "upright and square", and praised it for eternity with the eight characters of "candle treachery and delusion, no party and no a".

This also proves that Lu Zhenfei is not the kind of pedantic civil official that can be seen everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, but an official who is good at both government affairs and military affairs. Being able to get his guidance and seriously appreciate the war strategy left by Qi Jiguang is simply a blessing that Zhu Ping'an can not seek.

"Volume 1, Shuwu Chapter. The selection of soldiers is still in place, and it is different from time to time, and it is difficult to choose one ......."

Lu Zhenfei's suppressed reading voice spread faintly from the study.

A bright moon slowly rises up the treetops, soft and delicate, refreshing. Reflected on the paper window of the study, two faint figures appeared.