Chapter 3: He Cao (7b)

There are still many benefits of becoming an official officer registered in the imperial court, at least when going through the formalities for the fifth child Zhang Xiu to enter the camp, Li Xu has a smooth journey outside the country. This does not include the strong assistance of Wang Yuantong, Qi Po Ning Xing and Qin Ziying. After hearing that the person who came was Li Xu's relative, one of the three of them made a special tent for Zhang Xiu next to Li Xu's tent, one allocated good armor and mounts, and the third did not hesitate to send a military letter to the grain transportation team of Shanggu County.

"He's my fifth brother, I can't use him as a personal soldier!" Li Xu was a little embarrassed to explain the right to Daqiu, every officer will have one or two cronies, and a few friends obviously regard Zhang Xiu, the fifth child, as Li Xu's henchmen who deliberately find an excuse to stay by his side.

"I can be the captain's personal soldier, I am willing to take care of my brother" Zhang Xiu, the fifth child, was not slow to react, and after learning that his cheap brother had just been promoted to captain by His Majesty the Emperor, he immediately understood what position he should stand in.

After being a Minzhuang for such a long time, he has some understanding of the Great Sui military system. A lieutenant can have three brigade leaders, and each brigade leader can lead two team leaders, of course, if he is willing to have one team leader himself, this practice is beyond reproach, but usually no one does that, which will make people feel that the pattern in the brigade leader's mind is too stingy. As a personal soldier of the captain, he will have the opportunity to contact all the officers, and in the future, once there is a vacancy in the position above the team, it will be a common practice in the army to fill the vacancy with a personal soldier. Even if there is no opportunity to fill the vacancy for a while, the treatment of pro-soldiers is much better than that of ordinary soldiers.

Zhang Wuwa saw that a bright future was beckoning to him, and he was very glad that he was bold today and dared to find his cousin's camp. is also glad that he didn't bully his cousin too hard back then, at least he didn't let him remember any hatred in his heart......

Li Xu glanced at Zhang Xiu in surprise and reluctantly accepted the other party's choice. In front of outsiders, he didn't want to refute his cousin's face, nor did he want to give people a bad impression of 'getting a little rich, that is, abandoning family affection.' Although in my memory, this family affection is not a little thicker than the frost on the tip of the grass.

"In the future, Captain Li's daily life will be taken care of by you!" Qin Ziying glanced at the two cousins with interest and whispered to Zhang Xiu. Turning his head, he turned the topic to the banquet again, "Everyone congratulates you and General Liu on the Zhuangzi of Wang Dahu at two o'clock, go early, the emperor is under his nose, we can't make trouble too late!"

Wang Dahu's Zhuangzi is the Zhuangzi that Li Xu and Liu Hongji put when they first came to Liaodong. Although his family's population and land are less than one-tenth of that of the wealthy families in the Central Plains, in the remote place of Huaiyuan Town, this person can be regarded as a wealthy man. Now that the whole of Huaiyuan Town has been occupied by His Majesty the Emperor and his Sixth Guard, these small officers with sesame mung beans in the grain guard army are not qualified to enter the city to drink again, so they have to find a clean and neat house, drop hundreds of money, and make do with a few tables to be lively. After Zhang Xiu was placed and explained to him clearly the precautions in the grain protection army, Li Xu rode out of the camp alone. It was a little late, so he rode very fast, and almost in the blink of an eye he left the camp behind, and the man and the horse melted into the brilliant sunset at the same time.

For the sleeping quarters outside the Great Wall, March is still early spring. The evening breeze was a little cool, forcing people to tighten the silk on the thin felt shoulder again and again. The sunset on the horizon with the color of salted egg yolk warms people's faces and hands, and people always have the urge to throw away all their clothes and embrace this spring color naked.

The spring breeze is proud, and it is most appropriate to use this word to describe Li Xu's current mood. At the age of sixteen, he became a school captain, and in the entire Upper Valley County, there are almost no second civilian children who can do it. In the past, he looked down on his companions, such as rushing to the door to ask for help, and that little bit of busyness was almost his own effort. Thinking of his cousin's grateful-weeping gaze, he couldn't help but get a little carried away, so that he turned a deaf ear to the violent sound of the horse bell beside him.

"Boy, do you seem to be happy?" A sour voice suddenly sounded beside him, which frightened Li Xu to shiver.

While holding the handle of the knife, Li Xu saw clearly the person next to him who was trying to ride a horse parallel to him. Slim, long waist, handsome face, long eyebrows. A pair of big eyes under the long eyelashes are sparkling and smart, which makes people know at first sight that he is a peerless wise man.

"I've seen the Riding Captain!" Li Xu gently brought the rope with a slow rope, and then bowed his hand. He remembered the name of this man, and when he met His Majesty the Emperor in the morning, this person stood at the end of the civil official ranks. In a large number of civil and military affairs, he is the most handsome and handsome. Words and deeds

The elegant smell that flowed out between the stops made Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Gong, who was known for his elegance, lose his color.

"It's not above the court, why do you call me an official!" The man gently knocked the horse's belly so that the mount could keep up with the speed of the black wind. Judging by the tip of his nose and the kind beads of sweat on his forehead, the chase had exhausted him enough. Telle Biao is a famous horse on the grassland, although Li Xu did not urge it to send out its full strength, and it is not something that ordinary war horses can easily follow.

"Lord Yuwen, do you have something to do with the end of the search?" Li Xu thought about it and asked a little guardedly. It's not a smart thing to deal with people who are too smart, and his experience over the past year or so has made him warn himself. Moreover, this smart man was born in the Yuwen family, the son of the old general Yuwen Mi, and the son-in-law of the current emperor.

"I am a benevolent person, you can call me a benevolent brother!-Ma Governor Yu Wenshi didn't care about the taste of respect and distance in Li Xu's speech, smiled, and asked.

"Don't dare, how dare the last general mess around!" Li Xu shook his head lightly and rejected Yu Wenshiji's kindness.

"You don't think you can climb high, do you?" A hint of mockery appeared in Yu Wenshiji's eyes, although it was a flash, it was still keenly captured by Li Xu.

Next, Yu Wenshiji's words stabbed him in the ear like a blade, "But you think you are the son and nephew of Tang Gong, why don't you feel that you are high?"

"Lord Captain Ma!" Li Xu pulled the rope hard and took the mount. The black wind that was running on Xing's head was strangled very unhappily by the head, and his front hooves were raised high. Immediately afterward, there was a strong protest.

"What a wild horse, I don't know who is tamed!" Yu Wenshi ignored Li Xu's angry gaze and praised himself

"If you have something to say, please tell me in person, if Li has offended the adult, Li is willing to make amends to the adult!" If the gaze could kill, at this moment, the head of Yu Wenshi and the human body had already flown into the air. The surname Yuwen must not be a good thing, since He Ruomei left that day, Li Xu has thought so. Today, Yu Wenshiji's demeanor strengthens this belief.

"You hadn't seen me before this morning, and I hadn't seen you. Just now, I was forcing a horse outside, and when I saw you running by, I suddenly remembered a question?" Yu Wenshi and said with a faint smile, "With Tang Gong Li Yuan's family background, why did he choose Ermin as his nephew." And this nephew, for the sake of the Li family, did not hesitate to cut off his own future!"

"Lord Governor of the Horse, I am from the same clan as Duke Tang, and this relationship can be checked on the genealogy, His Majesty the Emperor promoted me this morning because I have made some meager contributions to Zeng Fang, not because I am the son and nephew of Duke Tang!" Li Xu's eyes widened and he emphasized angrily.

He didn't rely on Tang Gong's power to be promoted, although Tang Gong's support was very important, but he did do a lot of things in the grain protection army. He hated Yuwen Geshi and the kind of gaze that seemed to know everything, and he hated his self-contained tone of speech, compared to these, Yuwen's disgusting surname was much more insensitive.

"Really?" Yuwentu looked Li Xu up and down, and asked in a low voice. "There are so many descendants of General Fei, why did Tang Gong Li Yuan recognize you as a nephew, don't you think it's strange at all?" "I just wonder why the Captain of the Pony suddenly cares about coming down!" Li Xu really couldn't stand the other party's cynicism, and fought back angrily. "Why did Tang Gong recognize Li's nephew, Li was not interested in knowing. I only know that Tang Gong is not thin on Li, and Li will live up to his expectations in this life! As for what outsiders think, Li really can't care about it!"

"Now you say that Tang Gong is not thin on you, who said just now that his future comes by merit?" As if he was born to embarrass others, Yu Wenshi continued to provoke Li Xu's anger.

"If there is no promotion from Tang Gong, Li will not be able to enter the grain guard battalion. If it weren't for Tang Gong's recommendation, Li wouldn't have seen the emperor! This is a fact, and no one can deny it!" Li Xu trembled with anger, and his chest rose and fell. "If the Captain of the Horse doubts Li's skill, he can let the horse go. Li will not let you down!"

"What, I poked you in the sore spot, do you want to kill someone?" Yu Wenshi looked around and made a frightened look

"Don't dare, Li is stupid, I just want to find a faster solution!" Li Xu was extremely angry, but a trace of clarity appeared in his mind. Yu Wenshiji's purpose is to sow discord, and if he is not fooled, he should be angry. Therefore, no matter how many doubts there are in your heart at the moment, you must do your best to show your loyalty to Tang Gong. Only in this way can the bored person not find the crack to start, and his plot will not succeed.

"If the things of the world were solved with the mouth, instead of using the knife, wouldn't there be a lot of blood shed!" Yu Wenshi looked at the continuous military camps on the west bank of the Liao River, and his words were meaningful.

"Li hopes that the adults will dare to hold such a high opinion in front of the emperor!" Li Xu finally caught a handle from the other party and counterattacked

"The truth is the best way to tell the truth, but most of the time it doesn't sound good!" Yu Wenshi shrugged his shoulders, indifferent to Li Xu's blow. "Just like what you said in front of the emperor in the morning, and what I said in front of you tonight, they are all truthful, but they only cause trouble for themselves!"

"Li didn't dare to bully the king, besides, the emperor didn't think Li was vulgar this morning!" Li Xu didn't understand the meaning of Yu Wenshi and the first half of the sentence, so he shrugged his shoulders and retorted like the other party.

"If everybody fools one person, you tell the truth. The guy who was fooled by the guys will never be grateful to you!" Perhaps because of the lack of words, Yu Wenshiji's tone softened a little, and explained to himself.

"No matter what the adults say, Li will not be grateful to the adults, just when it is in the evening breeze!"

"What if I told you that the emperor originally wanted to grant you an official position equal to or even higher than Liu Hongji, but because you said that you were Li Yuan's nephew, you changed your mind again?" Yu Wenshi looked at Li Xu's eyes and asked with a smile.

"Tang Gong has the grace of knowing Li, the saint is the king of a country, and his bearing is very imaginable. As for the official position, Li is young, and he has the opportunity to be promoted, does the inspector think so?" Li Xu looked at Yu Wenshi lightly, his eyes as clear as a lake

No matter how shocked you are in your heart, you can't show it on your face. Xu Dayan's words echoed in his ears. Li Xu didn't know if he could do it, but at this moment, he decided to do his best.

It didn't take long for him to see disappointment on Yu Wenshiji's face.

,, man, I don't know if you're telling the truth, but you're much smarter than you seem!" After a while, Yu Shihe said stupidly.

"Adults have said that telling the truth best reveals the truth, and most cases are scary but not good!" Li Xu's answer was full of Zen wit.

"You're funny, little one!" Yu Wenshi smiled lightly, his gaze softening more and more, "I am beginning to understand a little bit why Tang Gong is trying to win you over, and why General Mai is also so kind to you!"

"It's better for someone to be nice to you than for everyone to look at you and hate you, do you think that's the case?" Li Xu also smiled, and his palm slowly released the handle of the knife. He found that it was often more effective to put a blade on his tongue against the Yuwen and such people.

"That's right, especially when you have value that people value." Yu Wenshi nodded, and his gaze turned to the city wall in the distance.

On the city wall, the sound of a painted horn was heard in the distance. Huaiyuan Town is about to close the city gates, and the nobles who enter the city later will have to stay outside the city for the night.

"I'm leaving, I'll come back to you another day!" Yu Wenshi hugged his fists at Li Xu and said.

"Be careful!" Li Dao grinned and returned the salute, the other party was older than him and had a higher official position than him, but he did not gain the slightest respect from him.

"It seems that the truth is really not good!" Yuwen Tu turned his horse's head and ran quickly towards the city gate.

"What do you mean?" Li Xu asked with a smile at the other party's back.

The sky was already a little dark, and the sunset was trying to bring a ray of light from behind the sunset through the sunset.

But the excitement is someone else's, and at this moment, Li Xu has nothing.

[Remember the URL . 三五Chinese网]