Hearing this, the old protector looked at Zhou Gu, and looked at him carefully, wanting to see something from his face, but he found that his grandson, had gone to Jiangning County for a trip, and seemed to have grown up, so that he couldn't see his inner thoughts.

He raised his eyebrows and said deliberately, "Don't that little girl don't take a fancy to you, right?"

"How is that possible?" Zhou Gu retorted.

"Oh? Why is it impossible?" The old protector asked rhetorically.

Zhou Gu opened his mouth and wanted to say, "She still wants me to hug her that day." , but looking at the old face of the old protector, he wouldn't say it, but said, "Anyway, she just can't look down on me."

The old protector scolded with a smile, "What kind of precious golden pimple do you think you are? I don't have to be fancy to you, in my opinion, girls say that they are not in a hurry, but they don't like you so much, and if they do, they should all hate to marry."

Zhou Gu straightened his face, "She's different from other women."

"How is it different?" The old protector asked.

"She's not your average boudoir girl." Zhou Gu naturally couldn't tell the old protector how out-of-line Su Rong's actions were, and how different his thoughts were from ordinary women, at least the daughters in Jingzhong would never ask him how many people he fought alone when they knew that he and Xie Lin were robbing women, and they were more concerned about him fighting, and told him that if there was such a thing in the future, she would help him.

Therefore, with her temperament, she is not in a hurry to marry him, and she doesn't want to be bound by the Gaomen compound early, which is reasonable. After all, at first, he said that his grandmother and mother were very well-behaved, and he told her to back down.

Later, although I got along with him as usual, I didn't necessarily want to be bound by the high walls of the Protectorate Mansion.

The old protector sat up straight and said to him, "Tell me carefully, let me hear it too, why is she different from ordinary boudoir women?"

The old protector didn't think about how deviant Su Rong was and how out of line he was, what he thought about was that Su Rong inherited the county lord Zhenmin, the county lord Zhenmin was a weak and weak person back then, silent, but a person who did big things.

"There's nothing to say, it's just that her thoughts are different from those people, not the kind of people who hate to marry." Zhou Gu said vaguely.

The old protector didn't understand anything after hearing this, and saw that Zhou Gu was not willing to talk in detail, so he didn't force him to ask, "It doesn't matter if you don't hate to marry, it's true that she's still young, she's just reached the end of her life, and it doesn't matter if she waits for two years, so what do you think?"

Zhou Gu said, "I'm not in a hurry."

The old protector nodded, he didn't hear Zhou Gu say not to marry, he understood in his heart, Zhou Gu no longer resisted this marriage contract, he was very relieved, stroked his beard and said: "Your golden autumn is about to end, since this is the case, this year will focus on your scientific examination, as for your marriage, you can let your mother and the Su family discuss it first, and then talk about it next year."

Zhou Gu pinched his fingers, and finally asked, "Grandfather, what if I don't want to end up this year?"

He was still struggling, but since Su Rong said that he was not in a hurry, he had nothing to worry about, since he didn't have to deal with the marriage, he could not be in a hurry, and he didn't have to stay in the capital, he could travel. Anyway, she said there was no hurry.

The old protector frowned, "You don't want to end up this year? So what do you want to do?"

"I want to travel and take the expedition in three years." Zhou Gu still said what he thought.

The old protector unexpectedly did not veto, but frowned and asked, "How did you have this idea?"

When Zhou Gu saw that there was a play, he immediately sat up straight and said to the old protector: "Grandfather, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. I still want to go out for a walk before entering the court as an official, to observe the people's conditions, and to understand the people's livelihood, so that I can know what the people need, so that I can better make decisions for the people in the future."

The old protector didn't speak.

Zhou Gu looked at him, "Didn't you teach me since I was a child, saying that the Protector Mansion is to protect the family and defend the country on the battlefield, but when you come to me, I have three elder brothers, all of whom grew up in the army, and there are many people to support the Protector Mansion, so I won't need to go to the battlefield in the future." It was because my father and uncles were in the army and all died on the battlefield that you discovered that sometimes, to protect your family and defend the country, you don't necessarily have to fight with real swords and guns on the battlefield, but you encounter a strong enemy of the Great Wei Dynasty

At that time, the opponent's soldiers were strong and strong, and the national strength was strong, and if there was really a war, it could only spill blood on the battlefield, but could not save the country. Just like sixteen years ago, didn't Da Liang save the country by the county lord Zhenmin by himself? The county lord of Zhenmin is just a weak woman, although she sacrificed herself and ruined her life, but with the strength of one person, she made Dawei sign a peace treaty for thirty years. On the whole, it is still the national strength of the girder back then. If a country wants to be strong, how can it be changed by a mere warrior? It must be an auxiliary minister who can be good at civil and military affairs, assist the lord, rejuvenate the people, benefit the people's livelihood, make the country rich, and make the army strong. One day in the future, even if Great Wei comes to attack, he won't be able to help me."

Zhou Gu remembered these words clearly, and it was precisely because he remembered them that he did not resist to the end back then, and after listening to his grandfather, he no longer thought about joining the army, but followed the prince and Qin Taifu to learn literature.

Of course, he has not neglected the art of war and martial arts all these years, after all, the prince also has to practice martial arts every day.

The old protector naturally remembered this sentence, or more than ten years ago, he said it to Xiao Zhou Gu with a straight face, and at that time he also received a letter from the county lord Zhenmin, saying that she probably didn't have many days to live, and the only thing she couldn't let go of was her daughter, she would entrust her daughter to Xie Yuan and Su Xu in the future, and they would protect her to grow up safely, but her life experience was special after all, she thought about it, she was afraid that Xie Yuan and Su Xu would not be able to protect her one day in the future, so she still had to find a person to rely on, if her life experience was not discovered in the future, then her daughter, At most, it will be said that the lintel of the Mansion is too low, and she is not worthy of the son of the Protector Mansion, but the old Duke of the Kingdom should know that her life experience is not a shame for the son of the Protector Mansion, which is enough, she hopes that her life experience will not be discovered, and she has been living her life in peace, but in case her life experience is discovered, then, with the lintel of the Protector Mansion, she can always protect her one or two, so that she is not so difficult.

The old protector naturally agreed without saying a word.

At that time, there were two grandsons who were the same age as Su Rong, one was the third son Zhou Che, who was three years older than Su Rong, and the other was the youngest fourth son Zhou Gu, who was one year older than Su Rong, but Zhou Che was a concubine, and his body was not good when he was a child, so he still chose Zhou Gu after thinking about it.

Because he felt that if he chose Zhou Che, not to mention whether his health was good or not, he would wronged Su Rong. The children of the county lord Zhenmin and the king of Southern Chu should naturally be more suitable for Zhou Gu.

Zhou Gu saw that the old protector didn't speak for a long time, and asked out loud, "Grandfather?"

The old protector came back to his senses and nodded, feeling very relieved, "It's rare that you still remember what I said to you when you were a child, not bad."

Zhou Gu didn't want to hear the praise, he just wanted to know if he agreed.

The old protector pondered for a moment and asked, "You already have an idea about this matter?" Or did you just have an idea?"

"It's been there for a long time, I'm afraid you won't agree, so I haven't said it." Zhou Gu said directly.

The old protector curled his beard and snorted, "What is there about me that is not for your good? You hairy child, can you eat as much salt as I walk? Let me tell you, your grandfather and I have never missed an eye in my life."

Zhou Gu nodded in response, "Yes, yes, then do you agree?"

The old protector felt that it was rare for his grandson to be calm and willing to discuss with him, and it was obvious that he had grown up, so he asked, "Since you already have this idea, can you talk to the prince and the prince of Qin?" Mrs. Qin has high hopes for your golden autumn scientific expedition."

After all, Qin Taifu only has two students, one is the prince and the other is him, so the prince naturally doesn't have to end.

"I told the prince, but I didn't tell the prince Qin, for fear that he would not agree." Zhou Gu said.

The old protector of the country bowed his head, thought for a moment, and said: "Taifu Qin will definitely not agree to you not to participate in the scientific examination of the Golden Autumn, after all, it is said that this year's candidates are very talented, and they are all working hard to win the championship, the prince can't end the game, you are the hard work of Taifu Qin, he has long wanted to see, with those talented students from all over the world to cross the single-plank bridge, how many can you rank."

Zhou Gu lowered his face.

The old protector looked at him, and his voice changed, "I also want to see how well you have learned in the hands of Taifu Qin over the years. In this way, you still participate in the Golden Autumn scientific examination, and after the scientific examination, I will play Your Majesty, saying that you are still young and lack experience, and when the time comes, I will invite you to play, let you go out to practice for two years, and when you come back from the experience, you will enter the court again. Presumably Your Majesty will sell me a face, in you

After the scientific examination, I will leave you a temporary position, and when you return to Beijing after your training, you will report on your work."

Zhou Gu's eyes lit up, "That's fine, thank you grandfather."

He really didn't expect that this time the old protector was so easy to talk to, and he really agreed to let him go on a trip, and he also thought of a countermeasure for him.

The old protector snorted, looked at his lit eyes, and reminded unceremoniously, "Have you mentioned it to that little girl?" You'd better get her consent. Otherwise, if you go out and travel for two years, you won't stay too long in every place you go, and it will be inconvenient to send letters, so don't wait for you to come back in two years, people won't remember you and don't want to marry you."

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