Chapter 162: Rivers and Lakes (Thanks to Jiang Fan for the 20,000 Award)
Early the next morning, Ouyang Zheng went to see the emperor. His eyes were red when he came back. Although Xu Jie didn't ask much, he knew that Ouyang Zheng should have cried bitterly.
When this old minister met the old emperor again, I don’t know whether it was joy or sadness.
Ouyang Zheng entered his wing room and soon he used officials from the Ministry of Personnel to send several sets of government officials, including court uniforms, regular clothes, etc., to cooperate with the jade belt official hat.
Ouyang was wearing it, Xu Jie was serving him, Ouyang Wenqin was wearing it himself, and Ouyang Wenfeng was also helping him.
Ouyang Zheng opened his hands, stood straight, with his head raised and his chest raised.
"Wen Yuan, follow me to the Ministry of Justice's Office later. How about following me and making a document first?" Ouyang Zheng said. It means asking Xu Jie to follow me to be a secretary, get to know more people in advance, get familiar with the operation of the yamen in advance, etc.
Xu Jie is not qualified to be an official, so this document is obviously not an official, probably an errand like a young secretary. However, Ouyang Zheng's intention to promote him is already very clear, and he is even preparing for Xu Jie's future career. Ouyang Zheng has already thought that Xu Jie will definitely rise and fall in the court in the future.
In Ouyang Zheng's view, Xu Jie is suitable for being an official and for the country and the people.
When Xu Jie heard this, he was silent for a moment, and after helping Ouyang Zheng tie the jade buckle belt, he said: "Teacher, the student is going to Hebei, maybe he has to go to Yanyun and go to Xuanfu for a while."
Ouyang Zheng looked down at Xu Jie and asked, "I know what I am going to Hebei, but why did I marry Yan Yun? Xuanfu is fighting, but it is not peaceful."
Xu Jie looked serious and said, "Your Majesty asked Xie Zhongcheng to pay attention to the mutiny of the Xuanfu. Xie Zhongcheng was obviously helpless. There was no need to say much about the dirty things, but if the truth was revealed, it would be necessary to go to Xuanfu. The student thought for a long time and felt that he should go to Xuanfu. This would be considered as a return of Xie Zhongcheng's favor."
Xu Jie really thought so. Xie Fang did these things for Xu Jie and even offended Li Qiming. Although Xie Fang only said it was a small matter, how could it be a small matter? Xie Fang said this in front of Xu Jie. The only thing Xu Jie thought that could help Xie Fang was to do this for Xie Fang.
People always have to repay such kindness, and Xu Jie is willing to do this for Xie Fang.
Ouyang Zheng was silent after hearing this. After a long time, he sat down until Ouyang Wenqin put his official hat on Ouyang Zheng. Ouyang Zheng, who stood up again, said, "It is a great blessing to have a disciple like you."
Ouyang Zheng knew what kind of favor Xu Jie wanted to repay Xie Fang. Ouyang Zheng couldn't say anything thankful, but he felt warm in his heart, and even felt that he owed him, and he owed this disciple Xu Wenyuan.
"Having a teacher like you is also a great blessing for students in this life." Xu Jie replied.
Ouyang Zheng knew that Xu Jie had extraordinary martial arts skills and had the courage to kill people. What ordinary people could not do with Xu Jie? He even saw Xu Zhong with one leg and killing all directions. Dozens of powerful men in the world seemed to be nothing under Xu Zhong's sword.
Ouyang Zheng was not very worried about safety, but Ouyang Zheng still said: "If you really want to go to Xuanfu, you should bring a few good horses. Only then will you be safe."
If you have a good horse, you can escape even if you encounter a large group of people.
Xu Jie nodded and replied, "Well, teacher, don't worry, you can buy the Northland Martial Market in the Beijing market."
Ouyang Zheng suddenly thought of something and shook his head and said, "I will be familiar with my colleagues later. There are good horses in the Ministry of Justice, so I won't buy them. I borrow a few horses from the Ministry of Justice. My seal has arrived and I will write you a document. If you go north, there will be documents from the Ministry of Justice. If you need it, it may play some role. Just think that it is to go to the north to handle the work for the Ministry of Justice."
Although Ouyang Zheng is just a new official and takes office, this little thing is nothing.
Xu Jie did not refuse when he heard this, but said, "Teacher, you are dressed neatly. It's getting late now. Are you still going to the yamen? It won't take long to pay the yamen."
Ouyang Zheng nodded and said, "Go, as long as you take office, you should perform your duties conscientiously, major national affairs, country, and people. Everything is important, and you should not neglect it at all."
Ouyang Zheng is like an education, and Ouyang Zheng does this too. He also hopes that Xu Jie will do the same in the future.
"The students have been taught." Xu Jie gave a gift.
Ouyang Zheng stepped out, raised his head and chest, and the frame was ready. Xu Jie stood at the door and watched Ouyang Zheng head towards the Ministry of Justice.
He was a teacher in the morning and entered the emperor's hall in the evening.
Ouyang Zheng was full of ambitions and wanted to devote himself to the country and the people, the country and the country. The emperor gave him the opportunity in person, and the two old men cried opposite the imperial study room to reminisce about the past.
When Ouyang was out of the imperial study, a word from the old emperor was echoed in his mind: "I haven't had much time, and I think about it too much during this period. When I think of the relatives outside the Han Dynasty, I also think that Tang is a military town, which is a disaster for the country. My world cannot tolerate this. Daojian, do you understand?"
Ouyang Zheng didn't say much, just nodded. Ouyang Zheng understood!
The old emperor is about to take action, the relatives, noble generals, and the old emperor can't tolerate it. Perhaps it was when there was not much time, and perhaps it was also thinking that a new king would ascend the throne in the future. If the old emperor doesn't do it, who can do it in the future?
When the new king ascended the throne, no matter who he was, he could not become a puppet of others. When the old emperor was not very old, he might have been unable to bear it, or he might have woken up, or maybe it was for the inheritance of the Xia family.
This is also the reason why the old emperor asked the Chief Censor Xie Fang to keep an eye on the mutiny of the Xuanfu, and asked Xie Fang to report it clearly and to make the truth come to light.
This is also the reason why the old emperor still listened to Xu Jie's words and transferred Ouyang Zheng to the Ministry of Justice despite his anger.
The old emperor Xia Qian, who had just ascended the throne at the age of nearly forty, had decades of ups and downs in his life, and was not stupid after all. He had also had a high spirit of enthusiasm and had a long talk with Ouyang Zheng all night and had a big fight. Although the success or failure was mixed, the court also gained a lot.
There was also a heroic Gan Yun who personally put on golden armor, carried a sword in his hand, and had hundreds of thousands of troops. Although there was still a humiliating scene, the old emperor Xia Qian was an ambitious emperor. Not to mention his ability, Xia Qian was really not the emperor without his own thoughts.
The winter in the north is coming first, and the last group of geese flying south lined up in line to cross the sky, overlooking the vast earth, bleak and yellow. The winter in the north is born with a sense of loneliness.
The four horses were two men, a man who was always dressed up. There was a powerful crossbow quiver on the horse's back, and an iron spear stuck on the groove on the side of the horse. The boy on the horse's back was a little unskilled in controlling the horse, but he also fiddled with a hard crossbow on the horse's back, and his movements seemed unfamiliar.
"Jie'er, look at the second uncle. With his feet hooked, his spear will rise up. With one hand, he can rush forward. If a group rush forward, a knife is not as good as a gun. It is one inch long and one inch stronger. You must take him down before the enemy reaches you. As long as the enemy falls, he will almost die. Under countless horse hooves, it will only be meat sauce." Xu Zhong said while doing his move.
Xu Jie looked at Xu Zhong's move of picking the spear from the groove with his feet. He felt very handsome, but asked, "In the battle formation, people will die if they fall, so why not tie themselves directly to the horse?"
Xu Zhong replied seriously: "Don't you hear that a horse will fall if it misses its front hoof. There are many things in the battle formation that can stop the horse's hoof. For example, if a horse wants to lose its hoof, people must act according to the opportunity, so that they can save their lives. Even if they step on the stirrup, they should not put their entire soles into the stirrup. You must step on the stirrup with your forefoot so that your feet will not be entangled by the stirrup and will not be able to escape from the danger. Especially for those who are just learning riding, you must quickly get out of the stirrup after falling off the horse to avoid being dragged and running backwards and extremely dangerous."
Xu Jie nodded when he heard this and subconsciously moved his soles out of the stirrup.
The sun sets, and a fierce courage comes out of the city for dozens of miles, and has missed Sutou. The uncle and nephew didn't care. They chose the place to stay at night. Xu Jie got off the horse first and walked to Xu Zhong to free the binding between his legs and waist for Xu Zhong. Xu Zhong was tied to the horse, which was helpless. One leg was really difficult to maintain balance.
Xu Zhong personally took off the urn from another horse's back and placed it respectfully on the ground. Xu Jie collected some dry firewood and lit a bonfire.
The world is full of turbid wine.
Xu Zhong blinked his lips as if he was very enjoying it. He also asked Xu Jie how much he drinks, because Xu Zhong had never drunk any serious drinks with Xu Jie, so he didn't know how much Xu Jie could drink.
Xu Jie smiled and said, "My nephew deserves to be good at drinking, and he hasn't been drunk yet."
Xu Zhong smiled and said, "Like my son from the Xu family, my four brothers were in the border town, and they were famous for drinking. Even this martial arts was drunk. When they were drunk, they would agree to teach martial arts. When they got up the next day, they would regret it. The eldest brother pestered Dong Gunto. Wherever Dong Gunto went, the eldest brother followed him and followed him in the toilet. Dong Gunto couldn't resist his elder brother, so he began to teach his elder brother some skills. Later, he taught his internal skills and later taught eighteen hands. Later, Dong Gunto died, with more than a dozen guns and countless feather arrows, and he could even draw his sword to kill countless Wei cavalry. One of them stood in front of the fortress and covered us into the fortress. I went up to the wall of the fortress and looked around and saw countless Wei cavalry... "
Xu Zhong smiled and became sad again, as if everything was still very clear. The countless cavalrymen in Shiwei shouted and killed the sky, and the blood was as bright as the sea. I couldn't remember the matter of the dead. Even Xu Zhong didn't remember his three brothers, which died on the wall of the fortress, and which died on the way to retreat into Yingzhou City at night. Anyway, when he returned to Yingzhou City, the other three brothers searched for him, but they couldn't find anyone.
After defending Yingzhou for more than 40 days, Xu Zhong killed countless people. The simple catapult cart of Shiwei people threw the stones onto the top of the city. Xu Zhong's leg had become meat paste. Xu Zhong had never told Xu Jie this before, and he spoke slowly until today. The sky is above and the earth is below, and a pot of turbid wine talks about the past.
Sad to be sad, and also to be happy. I stationed in the Great Wall. Every evening, I pick up fine sand from the stream at the foot of the mountain and slowly spread it to all places outside the city wall where people can go. Early the next morning, the four brothers talked and laughed outside to see, and no matter what animal passed by the fine sand, they would leave clear steps. If they saw the footprints of people, the brothers would come out and track them everywhere, or shoot with people from afar, or fight with them in close combat, and they would always gain something and always get some insignificant rewards. The four brothers were happy.
The fire was swaying, and these stories were in front of Xu Jie's eyes. Through the fire, it seemed that some of them could be seen vaguely. At least a few brothers could be seen talking and laughing to check the fine sand on the outside of the city wall.
As they were talking, the bonfire gradually disappeared without flames, only charcoal. The uncle and nephew were sleeping on the branches. Xu Jie was dreaming, dreaming of many, dreaming of the old lady's crying eyes.
The old lady was crying in the dream. Xu Jie wanted to comfort her, but she couldn't say anything. She could only watch the old lady crying there so much that she was heartbroken.
Suddenly, Xu Jie heard a voice in his dream: "Jie'er, Jie'er."
Xu Jie suddenly woke up and saw Xu Zhong's face: "Jie'er, get up quickly, someone is coming."
Xu Jie turned over and subconsciously touched the blood-drinking knife left and right. He looked up at the sky, but it was still dark night. He asked, "Second Uncle, is someone here?"
Xu Zhong touched his iron crutch and pointed to the south.
Xu Jie stood up, put his knife on his face, raised his legs to step on the charcoal on the ground. Then he led the horse, and the horse sniffed, as if he didn't want to be disturbed during sleep.
Xu Zhong waved his hand and said, "Don't hide, wait, it's normal for someone to rush to go in the middle of the night."
When Xu Jie heard this, he stopped leading the horses, and tied the horses to the small tree on one side.
There was still Mars. Xu Zhong leaned over and picked up some thatch and placed it in it. He then collected a few large pieces of firewood and put it on it. He leaned over and blew it, and the fire started to rise again.
As expected, someone came, the horse's hooves became clearer, and more than a dozen strong horses were getting closer.
Xu Jie couldn't see the person coming clearly, but the person came clearly saw Xu Jie next to the firelight, and then heard a voice laughing: "I'll chase you so much. If I hadn't been holding back so long, I wouldn't be able to bear such pain. Xu Wenyuan, you finally left the city, but still remember me?"
Xu Jie couldn't see the person who was styling his horse twenty or thirty steps away. But Xu Jie had already heard who it was from his words. Looking at the fat body on the horse, Xu Jie became even more confident.
"Young Master Chang, why are you chasing the girls at home in the middle of the night?" Xu Jie smiled, his hand holding it on the hilt of the knife.
"Boy, I really have the determination, but I think I will be afraid of the world with those first-class methods. Killing you in the capital will be a little more disturbing. Killing you in this wilderness will make no one care." The speaker is Changsheng, the arrogant nobleman who is in Zhaixing Tower. Changsheng. There are Jindian Guards in the capital. Killing a master like Xu Jie is really inconvenient, and it will lead the masters in the Jindian Guards to come over the eaves and walls. But after leaving the city, killing someone is a big deal for Changsheng? If Xu Jie is an ordinary person, I am afraid that the Kaifeng Prefecture Office will be overwhelmed by a murder case.
Xu Jie frowned, looked at Xu Zhong, and then replied: "Changsheng, if I killed you in this wilderness, I wonder if anyone would care?"
Chapter completed!