However, at this moment, Zhong Yao's uncle Zhong Yu stood up in embarrassment and said, "General."

"Do you recognize Xu Shu?" Gongsun Xun was curious for a moment.

"Yes!" Zhong Yu replied awkwardly. "If the general mentioned a single name, I would never dare to think of it, but the general said he was young, Xu Shu, Xu Fu, a prodigal, and not from a rich family... then there is only one person!

This person is a son of the Shan family in our county, who was named Xu Fu when he was young, and his real name is Xu Shu. He lost his parents when he was a child and was misdisciplined. At the age of fourteen, he carried a sword and committed crime all day long, stealing chickens and dogs... He didn't even read a few books before he learned.

I have never seen him, but it is a pity that his mother is well-educated and has worked hard to educate him since he was a child... I know his mother, so I know."

Gongsun Xun let out a long sigh and could only wave his hands helplessly: "I will give him more money then, and you will give him a hundred gold for me. Just say that I hope he can study hard and make progress every day!"

Zhong Yu also quickly saluted and said yes.

"Therefore." Gongsun Xun looked at Zhong Yao boredly. "Yuan Chang, is there really no one with you?"

Zhong Yao had no choice but to salute sincerely and said: "Return to the general, according to the general's request, there is really no one left."

"It seems that you are still a step ahead of Xun Wenruo." Gongsun Xun shook his head helplessly.

"That's the case." Zhong Yao's heart moved, and he saw that either his family members or Yi Cong officers brought by Gongsun Xun were around him, so he couldn't help but said on the spot. "General, why don't you go to Yingyin and his party? Xun Wenruo and Xun Gongda are taking refuge at home.

, and four of the Eight Dragons of the Xun family are also there... Even if the prince does not demand Xun Wenruo and Xun Gongda's service, it is okay to ask them to recommend some talents, right? "

Gongsun Xun hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head slowly and stood up: "Forget it, let's end it today! Thanks for your hospitality, I will go and rest."

The Zhong family did not dare to neglect, and quickly led the other party to the specially vacated courtyard to rest, and stopped outside the courtyard knowing the opportunity.

Gongsun Xun walked into the hospital with Lou Gui, Han Dang and several guards. He looked kind before, but suddenly stopped in front of the room, and his expression suddenly became dull.

"Your Majesty is still angry?" Lou Gui said immediately.

"I don't want to work hard for several years, but the scholars in the Central Plains still regard me as a warrior in the border counties." Gongsun Xun looked neither happy nor angry.

"Perhaps it was reported that the prince forcibly recruited three thousand of Li's descendants that day." Lou Gui tried his best to persuade. "They have misunderstood."

"To put it this way, it seems that I can't distinguish between the powerful and the nobles." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sneer. "How could I use that method to force away the core disciples of their Yingchuan Zhong family? However, the other generation's pretentiousness,

It almost aroused my murderous intention. At that moment, I really wanted to kill my clan members if I didn’t want to kill them!"

"Your Majesty." Lou Gui sighed and advised him sternly under the starry night. "The rules in this world may not be reasonable, and the morals in this world may not be right. This is why the Lord wants to punish the world.

But if you can't take power to whip the world, the kings and princes will have to follow the rules of this world... The Yingchuan clans like Xun, Zhong, Guo, and Chen are intertwined, so if you really have to use force, you're afraid

We really want to lose the hearts of the scholars in the world. And without the scholars, how can the children of the Han family really govern the country by relying on the powerful? There may be many people in that generation who are turbulent, but 80% of the real figures come from that generation.

Senior."

Gongsun Xun smiled awkwardly and said: "Why don't I understand this truth? These are things you, I and Zi Heng are used to saying every day. It's just that today I was so courteous and virtuous to Mr. Zhong, but he still looked at me like this. It's really a bit strange.

Angry."

"You don't have to worry, sir." Lou Gui said slowly. "In my opinion, one is due to the party's imprisonment, and the other is the local customs of Yingchuan. Most of the nobles here have a wise and self-protective mentality. In addition,

After all, the virtue of the monarch is still in Hebei. There is only power here, so it is normal for them to be afraid."

Gongsun Xun nodded slightly, but couldn't help but think of Jushou, Tian Feng, and Jusuke's younger brother Juzong, who went to Zhongshan by themselves, and this guest who got along quite happily took the initiative to resign... If virtue is really in Hebei, why should he?

What about this?

Is it this virtue that I have always felt that I am lacking? But what is virtue? And how can I obtain it?

Just as he was thinking wildly, Lou Zibo next to him couldn't help but said again: "Yingchuan's literary spirit is such that it is natural for the monarch not to want to enter Baoshan and return empty-handed. Since he feels inadequate because he only has two people, why not be like that Qian Yuan

Chang suggested going to see Xun Wenruo again? Didn’t the Lord say that his ability to recognize people is better than that of Qi Yuanchang? I am also quite curious about this person. He is young and everyone praises him..."

Gongsun Xun was about to speak but he suddenly remembered something. He was suddenly stunned and laughed out loud: "I know why Yuan Benchu ​​respected me but avoided me! He actually regarded me as Xun Wenruo.

!”

Lou Gui was confused. No matter what you do, Gongsun Xun is not the same as Xun Yu, right?

How could it be confused?!

Turning to the other side, Zhong Yao returned to his room dripping with sweat. The first thing he did was wash his hands and wipe the sweat. Then he sharpened Webster's ink himself, took out Zhang's pen, and spread Gongsun's ink.

Paper... Yes, for Qian Yuanchang, the siege of the city by hundreds of thousands of yellow scarves and the unbearable heat are always more important than being able to calm down and write a few words.

In other words, as long as he is allowed to write a few words, he can always calm down. Moreover, Zhong Yao has a skill, that is, for half a quarter of an hour after he finishes writing, he has no desire or desire, and his mind is always full of energy.

He is extraordinarily sober, and when he thinks about things, he can hit the nail on the head... The so-called sage is understanding, nothing more than this.

Zhong Yao picked up the pen without saying a word and wrote in his own hand. It started with a string of names...from Gongsun Xun to himself, from Zaozhi to Xi Zhong, from Xun Yu to Xun You, from Huangfu Song to Wen Taishou, from Zhu Jun to

Sun Jian, from Guo Jia to Xu Shu, seemed to want to write down the names of everyone he saw, heard and talked about today; but suddenly, he no longer wrote the names, but concentrated on writing Gongsun Xun's official position, name, and apprenticeship.

, place of birth, nickname, experience, and it was as if he was writing a resume for Gongsun Xun; and in the end, seeing a large piece of paper filled to the brim, he pondered for a moment, but wrote eight words: "Study hard and make progress every day."

The words fit neatly onto the entire paper.

"How is it?" Seeing his nephew writing on the case, his uncle Zhong Yu, who had a good relationship with Zhong Yao, couldn't help but step forward to ask.

"This General Gongsun is indeed not a warrior, he is just a man of Hebei's pride." Zhong Yao looked at his handwriting with his hands and said calmly. "We have indeed misunderstood. Moreover, he is quite cultivated and self-aware, so he should not

What will happen to our Zhong family because of what happened today... Uncle, there is no need to worry."

Zhong Yu let out a sigh of relief.

"It's not just that." Zhong Yaofu sighed again. "This man has great ambitions and really wants to achieve something. He abandoned me and asked Han Su to be a private servant. It's not that he doesn't like me, nor does he think that I am

It’s hard to control, but I know that his fame and power cannot win my heart at this time, so I don’t force him... Uncle, I am really tempted by such a pragmatic attitude."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhong Yu looked serious. "The three brothers of our generation have all wasted half of their lives because of the party. Now your father (Zhong Di, the party is not an official), and your second uncle (Zhong Fu, the party is not an official)

They all went away in depression. Only a loser like me is still struggling to support the family, and you are the only one who can succeed in the next generation! Now that you have finally managed to survive the party's liberation, how can you be allowed to follow some general from Liaoxi?

? Even if someone like him is really possible, he is extremely dangerous. It doesn't matter if you die, what will happen to us, the Zhong family of Changshe?"

Zhong Yao didn't answer in silence.

"If you are really serious, then with your talent and virtue, when he succeeds, you will also become successful and famous, and it will not be too late to date him again!" Zhong Yu earnestly advised him again.

Zhong Yao gave a bitter smile and finally nodded slowly.

"That's good." Zhong Yu breathed a complete sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his head and walked straight out. "I'll let my family entertain those Yicong... Fortunately, the wars are frequent and he won't be able to stay long.

, otherwise the fodder and food alone will make us poor."

Zhong Yao smiled more and more bitterly, then he spread out a piece of paper again and started practicing calligraphy again. He continued to write until midnight, still working hard until his wife sent someone to urge him, then he had no choice but to give up his pen and take a bath and go to bed.

sleep.

However, after lying down for a long time, Qu Yuanchang tossed and turned and could not fall asleep. Finally, he couldn't help but sit up and asked his wife who was already sleeping beside him sincerely: "Am I really not as good as Xun Wenruo?"

Insects and frogs chirped outside the window, but no one answered.

There was no words for a night, and as soon as it dawned the next day, Huangfu Song sent Yan Zhong to invite Gongsun Xun again... As expected, Zhu Jun chased him to the bank of Qishui yesterday, and then sent people back to the city to invite Gongsun Xun and Huangfu Song together.

Cross the river and discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

Gongsun Xun didn't say much, and said goodbye to Zhong Yao directly. He took two letters of introduction from the other party and set off to follow Huangfu Song out of the city. I have to admit that Huangfu Yi Zhenru, a general of the sect, is really extraordinary. Gongsun Xun said that yesterday

Even though he was mocking him like that, he was still extremely kind and kind, which was like taking a breath of spring breeze.

However, after the two generals left the city with their ceremonial guards, umbrella covers, and staffs, they were escorted by their own personal guards and walked side by side to yesterday's battlefield. Along the way, they saw dead and injured soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army lying on the road, and the second general's personal guards even more

I kept doing last-minute hits along the way, and it was strange to feel like a spring breeze at this time.

After traveling less than twenty miles, there were far fewer corpses. Correspondingly, more Han soldiers and generals came to see them, and groups of prisoners began to appear.

By the afternoon, when the second general had marched thirty miles, the main force of the Han army had already appeared in front of him. It was Zhu Jun who led all the senior officers of the army to greet them... But what is interesting is that most of Gongsun Xun's subordinates

But the generals are not here.

By the way, when Zhu Gongwei saw Gongsun Xun at this time, his attitude was completely different from when he had not met him before... He had always had one thing to say and another to say two things. Before, he felt that Gongsun Xun was opportunistic and taking credit for his actions, but now the other party

However, he took the initiative to give up the command, gave up most of the credit, and also saved his confidant and beloved general Sun Wentai, so now he feels a little embarrassed.

In fact, Zhu Jun was quite sincere towards Huangfu Song at this time.

Gongsun Xun accepted it calmly.

Otherwise? After giving up the credit, do you still have to imitate Huangfu Song and force others to praise his virtues openly or covertly?

In this way, the three generals arrived at a hastily built tent in a friendly manner. Three tall stools had already been set up in the tent, and more than a thousand soldiers in the army also came in and bowed to greet them. The military discussion began as a matter of course.

"Gongwei." Huangfusong was the oldest and was pushed to the middle. As soon as he sat down, he asked seriously without giving in. "Did that wave of people escape Qishui?"

"It is true that he escaped." Zhu Jun spread his hands and said. "In the chaotic battle, it was all luck. There were many brave men around Bo Cai who were willing to die, but it was impossible. However, most of the men under the command of General Zhonglang with five senses were cavalry. As far as I know I know that quite a few of them from the Youyan tribe jumped on their horses and crossed the river last night to pursue them... Maybe they can be captured."

Gongsun Xun laughed for a moment, but said nothing.

Everyone in the tent laughed when they saw this... In fact, everyone knows that Yingshui is dozens of miles away from Qishui, and Yangzhai City is next to Yingshui. Bocai took advantage of the night to cross the river, and eight out of ten Jiu should be able to enter the city based on his familiarity with the geography. As for those Youzhou knights, facing layers of water nets and at night, how could they find Bocai?

However, if someone wants to pursue you, you can’t just say no, right?

Huangfu Song also smiled and shook his head: "This kind of thing depends on luck, let them do it... However, for us, we have to plan for Bocai to enter Yangdi City."

"That's right." Zhu Jun said sternly. "Yangzhai City is strong and tall, and the treasury is well-stocked. After Bocai returned to the city, he gathered the defeated troops and defended the city. I am afraid that it will be difficult to attack in a hurry. You and I need to be prepared. Of course, now we have With the army gathered, we are no longer afraid of attacking the city!"

Gongsun Xun still said nothing.

Huangfusong nodded slightly, then suddenly remembered something, and his expression became serious: "By the way, how did Gongwei deal with those prisoners? Don't kill them at this time!"

"I understand." Zhu Jun also became serious. "If they surrender at this time, the yellow scarf thieves who fled into Yangzhai City will definitely have the same hatred of the enemy, and it will be difficult to attack the city again... The so-called 'Don't push the enemy when you are poor'. Therefore, The prisoners of war were reluctantly gathered together."
To be continued...