The sky is still dark, the bright moon is setting in the west, the morning star hangs silently, and Yejiazhuang has woken up in this sky.
Lu Shangjing entered the garden and saw four private soldiers standing there. She was secretly surprised. When she got to the door, the maid invited her inside and said, "Mr. Lu, the young master is waiting inside."
This is a study room. There are volumes of documents on the bookshelves and a wooden couch. Ye Qing has just finished combing his hair and puts on a crown. When he sees Lu Shangjing coming in to salute, he smiles and reaches out to support him.
, said: "Sir, there is no need to salute. I invited you early in the morning. I feel embarrassed——"
"You are the lord, so the etiquette must not be neglected." Lu Shangjing smiled: "In normal times, you can do it at will, but the lord has to travel, so this etiquette cannot be delayed."
After saying that, he still bowed deeply. Ye Qing was moved for a while, and then calmed down for a moment, saying, "Why is this necessary? Just know it in your heart."
He stood up and said: "This time I will go to the imperial capital. The journey will take about one and a half months, and the trip will take three months. In addition to the exam, if I pass the exam, I will have to be inspected by the imperial court and the heaven. I won't be able to come back in half a year."
"This clan has a patriarch who presides over it, and there are many people in the inner courtyard at home. All other important matters are left to the master." After saying that, he shouted: "Come in."
"Yes." Zhou Feng, Jiang Chen, and Ye Jie came in. Their faces were solemn and they were all wearing armor, giving them a chilling air.
"Zhou Feng is in charge of the rural patrol station, and Ye Jie and Jiang Chen are the generals of the rural soldiers. You will train separately. I hope you will at least have soldiers that can fight when I come back. During this period, you should listen to the clan leader first and then Mr. Lu."
Ye Qing's simple and clear command.
"Yes." The three of them all saluted Lu Shangjing together, their armor leaves clanking: "I'll take your orders."
Lu Shangjing received this gift, her face flushed, and she bowed deeply to Ye Qing: "My lord, don't worry, I will honor your orders."
"Well, although you can request funding from the clan for various expenses, it's still convenient if you have the money yourself." Ye Qing took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and handed it over.
Lu Shangjing glanced briefly and saw that they were all one hundred taels of silver notes that could be redeemed on sight. This stack was probably thirty thousand taels, and she was suddenly shocked: "This is really too much. My lord also needs money when he goes to Kyoto."
"I have ten thousand taels, which is more than enough." Ye Qing waved his hand: "Don't be pretentious, thirty thousand taels of silver is really not too much to deal with this stall."
When Lu Shangjing saw someone driving a bullock cart outside, she put the banknote into her sleeve and said, "Yes."
Ye Qing didn't want to talk too much. The departure time was an auspicious time calculated by the clan and could not be delayed. Although Ye Qing was not very fond of this auspicious time, it was the clan's wish.
So he got on the bullock cart and drove out. When he arrived at the gate, Ye Qing heard the sound and lifted the window curtains. He was startled when he saw only dots of lights and numerous figures.
Almost all the clan members spontaneously came out to see each other off, including the old, weak, women and children, and everyone looked at him with earnest eyes.
Ye Qing got out of the car in silence, and his third uncle stood up with his daughter in his arms. The five-year-old Lolita who had just lost her mother seemed to have matured a lot, with some melancholy in her big eyes. She held a glass of persuasion wine in her small hands and smiled hard: "Uncle,
I want to win the top prize.”
The tribesmen around him wanted to laugh, but also felt a little sad.
"Little dear," Ye Qing leaned over and rubbed her forehead, then drank the glass of wine with her hand. The taste was mellow, just like the taste of Yejia wine.
Considering the cold weather, the patriarch forced the old and weak women and children not to be sent away. This time he was an exception. At the age of eighty, he was sent straight to the short pavilion in Sanli. The second cup of persuasion wine said everything: "I will support you at home."
Come on, take the exam well.”
In just two sentences, the words are sincere, and there is a hint of hope in the old and muddy eyes. Who doesn't want to be a Jinshi, and whose family doesn't want to be a Jinshi?
A simple banquet was preset in Wuli Pavilion, hosted by Ye Zifan. A thick curtain was drawn around the pavilion to allow the few people who were about to set off to use it briefly.
With the third cup of wine to encourage people to leave, the farewell crowd dispersed one after another.
Ye Qing's position is becoming more and more stable. Lu Shangjing, Qian Qian, and Jiang Zinan are all becoming more powerful. The clan members are all squinting and do not dare to watch the fun seriously, so they are specially given time to get along with each other.
Cao Baijing insisted on staying. When she saw her father jumping hurriedly from a distance behind, and seeing that Ye Qing was not paying attention, she felt a pain in her heart and felt a little hopeless.
When she turned around and left, she suddenly saw Ye Qing waving goodbye to her, making a hidden gesture.
I was startled, and then I recognized my actions when the results were announced last year - don't forget the appointment.
When I saw his meaningful eyes again, I immediately blushed and followed Cao Hushan away with complicated emotions. I listened to my father's teachings, but my eyes were full of energy.
"It's been a year in the blink of an eye..." Ye Qing suppressed his sigh, looked back at the people in front of him, and finally said: "I'll leave it to you all at home."
"My lord, have a good journey. With Xiangtian Hall here, you will surely be surprised when you return." Lu Shangjing saluted, emphasizing the word "surprise".
"There have been some changes in the fields in the past few days. It's just other people. Lu Shangjing has read a lot and is personally involved in the field work. He must have noticed something." Ye Qing glanced at him secretly, nodded slightly, and they understood each other tacitly.
Zhou Feng followed him and said, "Everything about the rural patrol has been arranged without any leaks. My lord can rest assured that he will be safe."
"I can rest assured that you are doing the work." Ye Qing said nothing to him and watched him leave calmly.
After Jiang Chen and his colleagues left, he looked at Qianqian and Jiang Zinan again: "My lord..."
"If you have anything to say, just tell me."
After hearing this, Jiang Chen looked at Ye Qing sternly: "Master Ye is in charge of the village soldiers. When Chen Chu comes, he will be the deputy captain and the leader of the fire. I'm afraid it will attract gossip."
"Just now in front of everyone, I didn't dare to go against the Young Master's words. Now that there are no outsiders, I sincerely ask you to remove me from the position of Deputy Captain and only retain the position of Fire Chief. When the Young Master comes back and sees that I have trained well, I will promote you soon.
"
Ye Qing's heart moved when he heard this, and he took a serious look at this young man who was kidnapped. In his previous life, this man was a general, and he had three things - talent in martial arts, and blood in his bones. These two alone are just a brave general, and with the ability to understand the fog of the battlefield later,
Because of his special skills, he became the top warrior in the state and forced Yu Fan into danger of life and death several times, making Yu Fan hate him to the bone every time.
In the previous life, Ye Qing was just a shrimp, and Jiang Chen's subordinate general was so oppressive that he couldn't breathe, and he had no chance to face this person's oppression.
It can be said that although Yu Fan became somewhat popular, his strength among the princes in the world was relatively weak. In the end, he was defeated and died. Not only did he lose a large number of people in the invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the main reason was that he started too slowly.
The reason why it started so slowly was that it was suppressed by the governor in the early stage. The spear of the governor was Jiang Chen.
"He didn't have enough experience at this time. He didn't train on the firing line of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and he hadn't really grown up yet, but his talent in martial arts was already evident. He practiced the Great Yi Martial Arts for only half a month, and he was completely transformed."
"Understanding the fog of the battlefield is the quality of a famous general. Although the value of this precious talent has dropped a lot due to the emergence of this method, it is still difficult to find. Maybe I have seen it through my own arrangement..."
"Although this insight is still at the simplest stage. To put it simply, due to the lack of experience and key clues, it cannot be penetrated deeply, but it can be surprising...
"It's really rare to know how to advance and retreat."
But seeing Jiang Chen staring at him, wanting to check for any change in his expression, Ye Qing felt that he was a little young and reckless, and smiled: "The clan only has three fire soldiers (ten people per fire), and these few soldiers are enough."
What nonsense is there to talk about? Don’t think too much, train yourself well, and then assist Ye Jie. It’s not a bad thing to gain more experience - just go on."
Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows in surprise, nodded, returned to his dull and thoughtful look, lowered his head and left without stepping on his clogs.
Ye Qing smiled slightly and just thought in his heart: "We have generals. I remember that there were several Taoist generals who were good at Taoist fighting in the past life. Can we recruit them now?"
Qianqian was not interested in any of this. At this moment, she just looked at Ye Qing, her eyes were filled with tears, and she was speechless for a long time.
Although Jiang Zinan was a little thoughtful, she still sighed secretly and stepped forward to shake her hand: "Don't worry, sister."
Qianqian came back to her senses, her voice choked with sobs: "Take good care of the young master."
Jiang Zinan's eyes were slightly red, he nodded, and opened the curtain, only to see Zhou Ling, dressed in a black button-down outfit, straightened up with her sword in hand, glanced at her, and knelt down again.
If you don't look at her red cheeks and her white fingers clenched tightly on the hilt of the sword, she is considered a qualified guard.
Zhou Ling thought that her martial arts skills and handling of affairs were not very strong, or that the Ye family valued her more as a woman, so that she and Jiang Zinan could serve Ye Qing together. Bi Yi left for half a year...
Ye Qing finally hugged Qianqian tightly. Through the thick cotton robe, he could still feel his heartbeat resonating. This feeling was like a trance for two lifetimes.
"Girl... take care of it."
"Take care..."
Everything had been explained, so without further ado, Ye Qing got into the car and ordered to set off.
"Crack" the whip cracked, the bullock cart gradually moved away, and the lonely figure disappeared from sight. Ye Qing lowered the curtain of the cart and sighed slightly.
Before Jiang Zinan came to comfort him, Ye Qing put away his melancholy.
Being a human being in two lives, there was no indifference, or there were many regrets due to setbacks rather than smooth sailing, which made Ye Qing understand his own nature - not ruthless.
But his experience in this second life made him understand more clearly - there is no safe and gentle place in this world, and the love between children must be based on survival.
Under the great catastrophe, the longer the relationship lasts, the more hard work and traveling thousands of miles will be for this chance of survival.
"However, as long as this Jinshi passes the examination, basically all Taoist authority will be open to me, because the purpose of Jinshi is to pay tribute to the Taoist."
"This is the most important key to getting Jinshi. As for organizational power, it is actually not important during the first wave of the catastrophe. Of course, if you neglect to organize power, you will not be able to survive the second wave unless you have powerful magic.
"
"As for the third wave, I can't know." Ye Qing thought of this and felt a little sad. In his previous life, he exhausted all his strength and only struggled to reach the second wave.
The foreknowledge ends here. How to take the next road?
"That's all, I can only make all preparations and wait until then. There is always a way for me."