"I heard that you can read now? Not only can you read, but you also know many words?" Yunxi asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Lijie replied.
"You used to be an Orion. In the 28th year of Hongwu, I was hunted down by the Mongols when I was patrolling along the Great Wall with my troops. It was you and the people from the same village who saved my life. At the beginning of the second year of Jianye, you came to the capital with your 19th uncle.
, I rewarded your fellow villagers with money and grain and the mountains. Then I saw that you and your fellow villagers were skilled in martial arts, so I decided to stay with you as a bodyguard until today." Yunxi recounted Chen Lijie's experience.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is my experience." Chen Lijie agreed.
"I remember that you didn't know how to read when you first came to me. I'm a little curious, why do you want to learn how to write?" Yunxi has many things to do and is too lazy to spend too many brain cells on a guard.
But when Yunxi saw that Chen Lijie was silent, he couldn't help but become more curious. What secret was the reason for learning calligraphy? So he kept asking. Chen Lijie did not dare to disobey Yunxi's order, so he could only tell the reason.
It turns out that Chen Lijie had a childhood sweetheart when he was in his hometown. They grew up together. He had feelings for him, and they were also interested in him. The elders in the family did not object. After he came to the emperor as a bodyguard, the family became more willing, and he
Being left in the capital as a guard and unable to return home, the family considered sending their daughter to the capital to get married, and it was almost decided.
But at this moment, his childhood sweetheart brother passed the scholar examination, and then passed the imperial examination. He started to tremble. He felt that although Chen Lijie was a bodyguard in the capital, he would not have much future as a bodyguard, not to mention that he had won the imperial examination.
Later, she developed a sense of superiority as a scholar, and objected to marrying her sister to Chen Lijie, and wanted to marry her into a scholar's family.
Because the eldest son was elected, the family listened to his advice on all matters big and small, and after hearing his objection, they gave up on the matter. The judge also selected a judge from Yongping Prefecture among the scholars in the province to be engaged to his sister.
Chen Lijie's childhood sweetheart was of course not willing to marry someone she didn't know, but since her parents agreed, she didn't dare to go against their parents' wishes. She could only secretly ask people in the same village to send him a message to see if he could do anything.
He was confused when he received the letter and didn't know what to do. Because he was working as a guard next to Yunxi, and his home was far away from the capital and he couldn't ask for leave to go home, so he could only write to his parents to persuade him. The final result was naturally
The family refused to marry their daughter to him and became engaged to a member of the Yongping Mansion.
This incident greatly stimulated Chen Lijie. He took several days off on the grounds of illness and never left the public rental house except to buy some food and drinks. Those who came to the capital with him to work as guards were very worried.
He came to visit after work one day. Unexpectedly, he saw that the originally tidy house had become messy and smelled of leftover food. But when they walked into the back room, they were stunned: because Chen Lijie was actually there.
Reading and literacy in the house.
Everyone couldn't help but ask. Chen Lijie said: "The reason why her brother wants to marry her to a civil servant is because their family has become scholars and looks down on martial artists? Then I will become a scholar, and in the future I will be a civil servant and even a Jinshi.
, can’t you marry her?”
"But she will get married in one year. In one year, you..." Before this person could finish his words, he was stopped by another person. The other person noticed that although Chen Lijie's tone of voice was normal, there was a look on his face.
There was a strange look on his face, and he suddenly understood that he had not recovered from the heavy blow, just like a scholar numbing himself with words such as "the book has its own golden house", "the book has its own beauty like jade", and rashly broke it, and soon
It might make Chen Lijie go completely crazy. 'Anyway, reading and literacy is not a bad thing, let him read and write.' This person thought, and after leaving Chen Lijie's public rental house, he warned everyone: "Don't do anything in front of Lijie at any time.
Talk about her wedding date. She also needs to write a letter to Uncle Chen and tell him not to write it in his letter to Lijie."
After that, Chen Lijie went off duty every day. He didn't go anywhere or dared to do anything. Apart from practicing martial arts, he just read and read. This was still the case the night before he was asked by Yun He.
After listening to Chen Lijie's narration - of course, Chen Lijie's narration did not include the words of his fellow villagers - he suddenly felt pity for him. In his opinion, Chen Lijie was equivalent to using reading and literacy to create an illusion for himself, escaping difficulties. Accept the reality.
"If you tell me, I will definitely stand up for you." Yunxi couldn't help but say. This kind of thing is a good opportunity to win over the guards.
"His Majesty was in Guangdong at that time, how could I write to your Majesty to request this matter?" Chen Lijie said. At that time, some fellow villagers advised him to ask the emperor or others for help, but Yunxi was in Guangdong at that time, and the crown prince was young, so he never I have not contacted several princes, and it is impossible to ask the queen or princess for help, so I can only give up.
"Fortunately, it's not too late now. You should study hard and pass the imperial examination or enter the Imperial Academy or the Martial Arts Hall. When you become an official in the future, you can ask that family to cancel the engagement with that judicial person." Yunxi comforted him. He didn't intend to expose this illusion either.
Yunxi said a few more words of comfort and was about to ask him to step back. But just as Chen Lijie was saluting, a word he had just said suddenly flashed through his mind, and he suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"
"What's the matter, Your Majesty?" Chen Lijie was stunned for a moment and asked.
"You just said that I was in Guangdong when this happened?" Yunxi said, staring at his face.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Lijie replied.
"It took you less than a year to recognize so many words?" Yunxi was surprised.
He originally thought that this happened four years ago. Although it would be difficult for an adult who could not read a single Chinese character to know so many words in more than three years, it was not impossible. But now he learned that he only used It took less than a year! This shows that he is not only very perseverant, but also very talented in reading.
Yunxi immediately became interested in talents. Chen Lijie was good at martial arts and had a talent for reading. He was exactly the talent he dreamed of.
But Yunxi thought about how to arrange it for a while and still didn't come to a conclusion. The most suitable person for such a person is obviously to guard one side, but he can't directly appoint a guard to guard one side.
"Chen Aiqing." Yunxi said.
"I'm here." Chen Lijie agreed.
"This is the first time I have seen a guard who likes reading like you. It would be great if those princes all like reading like you." Yunxi smiled and said, "I am determined to transfer you to my side as a guard. You Are you willing?"
"I am willing!" Chen Lijie immediately bowed and saluted. Of course he knew that by serving as a bodyguard next to Yunxi, he might be sent out as a general in the future, and that would be a real official. If he became an official, even if he was just a military general, he would If he had a higher status than Juren, who was not sure whether he could become an official, he might be able to get the family to change their minds and agree to marry their daughter to him again. If he hadn't been on horseback at this moment, he would have knelt down to salute.
