fake prince

Chapter 595 Veteran Guard

Zeng Nianzhen considered himself a private minister of the Eastern Palace, even though this order violated the court's laws, he still replied without hesitation: "I am willing!"

He said again: "It should have been like this long ago."

"You have people in Jianghu, 500 people should be able to recruit, but what I want is not only assassins, but also an army." Su Ziji looked solemn: "When it is critical, if you can pull it up, you will fight for your life."

Li Shimin was suppressed by the prince during the political struggle, and launched the Xuanwumen Incident. In the end, there were 100 desperate warriors, and another 600 people heard the news and were willing to follow.

It can be seen that having an elite army at a critical moment, even if there are only a few hundred, is completely different.

Even if he is insidious and cunning to the extreme, he still must have his own army, or it will be the prince's old way - when it is critical, neither a soldier nor a general can be mobilized.

"In the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, and the ministers of the king, if you want to train five hundred elite soldiers in the country, and still want to be undetected, that is a fool's job."

"If you go overseas, that is the blank area of ​​the imperial court."

After talking, I went to the village, but because of the importance of this matter, I kept my mouth shut.

The Sun family is at the head of the village, without asking any questions, you can see a house. Although it is not an adobe house, it also has a brick and tile structure, but it is obviously old. There is a fence around the yard, and the wall door is a wooden door. Cleaning up was fairly neat, and when people arrived, they attracted the attention of the old lady who was cleaning the courtyard.

She hurried over and asked through the fence, "Are you looking for someone?"

Before Su Ziji could answer, the door opened, and an old man in a half-worn cotton robe, who looked old but still had the look of a soldier, came out in a hurry and saw Zeng Nianzhen and Cen Rubai outside the fence. Just startled, staring at Su Ziji.

The more he looked at it, the more he felt that he was similar to the prince, so he cupped his hands and asked, "Is this the Daihou?"

"It's me." Su Ziji replied.

The next moment, the old man suddenly blushed, straightened his clothes, fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted loudly: "Sun Ping, Chen Donggong team, has seen the young master!"

As he said that, he kowtowed again and again, and the snow suddenly sagged.

"Master Sun, please get up quickly." Su Ziji hurriedly stretched out his hand to help.

Sun Ping smiled wryly: "Young Master, I'm not even considered an adult, let alone dare to call him an adult in front of Your Highness."

"It didn't count in the past, but from now on, it doesn't matter."

Looking behind Sun Ping, there are several people standing in the distance who dare not go forward, old people, women, and children. Although this family is not considered prosperous, it can be considered to have descendants.

It's just that although they can't talk about tops and naked bodies, they are actually a little disheveled, and their clothes are also patched, so they know that life is difficult.

Seeing Sun Ping's tears streaming down his face, Su Ziji looked at the people behind him and was filled with emotion. He said, "You have worked hard all these years. Mr. Sun, I have just been conferred the title of Marquis, and there is still a lieutenant in the mansion." , I wonder if you are willing to come out of the mountain again and escort me?"

"Of course I am willing!"

I wanted to say something, but looking at the earnest eyes of the young man in front of me, the words I wanted to say turned into trembling. After so many years, I finally got it.

Su Ziji said again: "Come on, let's go in and talk."

Sun Ping looked around and saw some movement in the neighbors, so he suddenly realized that he let Su Ziji into the house immediately.

Everyone entered the house.

The courtyard can still be seen to be tidy, but although the house is also clean, the area is very small, and there are green cloth curtains separated from each other. A bundle of cut bamboo strips and an unfinished kite made it look cramped when several people entered.

"This is a kite made by my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Go sell it for some money." Sun Ping was a little embarrassed and explained from the side: "In fact, Mr. Zeng and Mr. Cen have been helping us all these years, but I was sick a few years ago. , spent money on medicine, which made me look a bit down."

Su Ziji sighed: "Master Sun doesn't need to explain, I really feel bad for making you suffer so much all these years. I don't know if Master Sun can still contact my colleagues back then? I plan to ask them to come out of the mountain to help me."

The new lieutenant's face darkened, and he sighed: "It's not because the minister refused, it's just that most of the people implicated in the past are old and sick, and I'm afraid they won't be able to use them anymore, so I contacted them again, and I also contacted them. It may not be able to help you, young master, even a minister, in fact, I feel guilty for taking the post of Fuwei."

This is the former minister of the Eastern Palace.

Hearing this, Su Ziji sighed in his heart, the crown prince had been dead for more than ten years, but after the cleaning, most of the remaining old people in the East Palace still cared about the old master. Instead of complaining, I feel guilty that I am old and sick, and can no longer help the young master. It is a pity not to use such a person.

"Master Sun's words are wrong. You are all father's old servants, how can you say whether you are useful or not? The word loyalty is enough."

Su Ziji's words were indeed from the bottom of his heart, and he spoke with sincerity.

Sun Ping could see it. Originally, although he was very excited when he saw the emperor's grandson, he could still hold it back. But at this moment, the kind of joy, sadness, nostalgia, guilt and grievance suddenly came to him. My heart turned into a choked sob.

The emperor's grandson is like a prince. Their pain and persistence over the years, and their loyalty, have not been wronged!

Tears were streaming down, this time it was hard to hold back, he knelt down again while weeping, but facing the sky, he said: "Your Highness, your son has grown up, your spirit in heaven can rest in peace!"

Then two more sons were called, the older one was over twenty years old, and the younger one was almost twenty years old, they both looked young and strong, and hurriedly ordered: "Come, kowtow to the grandson!"

Without saying a word, the two young men immediately kowtowed to Su Ziji.

Su Ziji stood up and had a conversation with them.

To Su Ziji's disappointment, the two were obviously straightforward, probably because their family suffered an accident when they were growing up, and they became poor ever since. In the future, he will be an ordinary guard, and he will not have the talent to lead the army.

But then Su Ziji thought again, originally the talent to lead the army is at least one out of a hundred miles, one out of a thousand miles, how can it be so easy to meet?

It would be nice to have someone you can trust to be a soldier or bodyguard in the future.

"Sun Ping, you are entering the mansion right now. Although the Daihou Mansion is not as good as the East Palace, everything must have a beginning. When you enter the mansion, first set up the shelf of the mansion soldiers."

"As for the moving fee, I will pay 30 taels for the initial construction of the Hou Mansion."

Sun Ping wiped his tears, and quickly responded: "Don't worry, my lord, I dare not say anything else, training the soldiers is still my own job, give me three months, and I will be able to show the lord."

Because he had other things to do, Su Ziji didn't stay at Sun Ping's house for a long time, and he left soon. The 22 households didn't go.

After getting into the ox cart, listening to the sound of the wheels rolling, Su Ziji said to Cen Rubai: "There are 22 households left, and each household will be given [-] taels in the future. Please also go to the mansion to raise them."

"The affairs of the government soldiers are handled by veterans."

(End of this chapter)