Shu Chen

Chapter 48
The night is dark, the moon is bright and the stars are rare.

The bright moonlight, stroking the countless flowers and trees that have fallen leaves, gently comforts Mu Qiu's chill.

And some tenacious insects are the last cheers and unwilling to wither mourning, rippling in the bleak autumn wind.

In the study room of the small house, in the bronze incense burner, the sandalwood incense gleamed red and dimmed, and smoke curled up, filling the cramped space.

Zheng Pu knelt in front of the case, resisted the protests from his eyelids, and wrote a letter to his elder brother Zheng Yan and his mother Lu Shi.

He was going south, and the date of his return was unknown, so he naturally wanted to send a letter to his family.

However, while writing, I couldn't help but glance at the edict on the corner of the case, and then let out an inaudible sigh.

The emperor Liu Shan, in the form of an edict, sent Fu Yi to come to worship him as his teacher!

I am only a book assistant, how can the emperor know that I am evil! ?

Besides, if you know me, why did you send Fu Xian to worship me as a teacher! ?
I myself have not reached the weak crown, and I am not a great scholar or a veteran in the army. An Neng preached and taught the profession to solve the evil spirits of the loyal and loyal! ?

Don't be afraid that I will mislead you! ?
This matter, Rao is Zheng Pu racking his brains, also can not understand.

As a result, the anger in the chest, the heart is difficult to calm!
It's not that I want to refuse, I'm not the teacher of Fu Yan.

Since ancient times, you have no jokes.The emperor's edict has been issued, and if Zheng Pu is reluctant, there is no room for manoeuvre.

It was Fu Yan, a ten-year-old child, who already had a fatherly style!

Well, it is this son who is stubborn and stubborn!
Originally, after reading the edict, Zheng Pu received Fu Yu's apprenticeship ceremony, and then he told about the matter of being ordered to go to Nanzhong the day after tomorrow, and asked Fu Yu to return to the palace tomorrow until he returned from Nanzhong. , to teach again.

Unexpectedly, when this son heard the words, he opened his mouth and said, "Sir, Your Majesty has an order, saying that, except for the affairs of Mr.

When Zheng Pu heard this, he became angry for a while.

It’s enough to forcibly apprentice, and follow you like a shadow?
Moreover, now that he will go to Nanzhong, he is leaving because of his military position, and he may not be on the front line to fight!

Can An Neng go away with a ten-year-old child?
Fighting on the battlefield, standing on the edge of the sword, the arrows are flying, if Fu Yan is injured, wouldn't he become the aftermath of the cruelty?
The most important friendship in the army!
If he bears this reputation, can he still serve in the army in the future?

Not to mention being ostracized by his colleagues, even the soldiers at the bottom would be filled with righteous indignation and despise him after ignoring the whole robe!

call.
Take a long breath.

Zheng Pu forbeared the helplessness in his heart, and spoke softly to Fu Yan, such as "the battlefield is dangerous and not playful, maybe His Majesty doesn't know that he will go to Nanzhong, and the army cannot bring young people into the camp" and other reasons. Fu Yumo was stubborn.

Who knows, even though Fu Yan was very polite, his answers were always unrelenting.

For example, when he was in the palace, he also stayed in the guard camp. He had learned riding, archery, etc., and was familiar with the laws of the army. He would never become a burden to Zheng Pu when he traveled south.

At the end of the story, he spit out a sentence, "Sir, I dare not disobey Your Majesty's order."

Uh.
Immediately, Zheng Pu felt sad and angry.

He also did not dare, contrary to the order of the Son of Heaven.

He could only hold his head up to the sky, put his hand on his forehead, and sighed aloud.

In the end, as night fell, Fu Xian was sent to another house to rest.

Well, when it comes to apprenticeships, the emperor Liu Chan is quite self-reliant.

When the imperial guard was sent to bring Fu Yan, he not only brought all the things that Fu Yan wore.He also gave Zheng Pu a lot of property, claiming that half of it was to worship the teacher and repair, and the other half was for Fu Yi to eat in the future.

I didn't know Zheng Pu said a word, so he directly put Fu Yan in the small house.

Moreover, I do not know what to think, but also ordered Zheng Jiahu to follow Zheng Yi, and not to disturb Zheng Pu in the military camp with this matter.

Claiming that apprenticeship is a private matter and should not disturb the public affairs of Zheng Pu's office.

In this regard, Zheng Pu was full of anger.

How can there be any evil in the family of heaven!
However, after being indignant, he fell into pondering again.

He was already full of flies and dogs, and he also thought more deeply: the emperor sent Fu Yan to come, perhaps, it was really not a private matter.

For example, perhaps the emperor Liu Shan had a discussion with the prime minister Zhuge Liang to let Fu Yishao urinate with him, so that he could be given command of the army in the future.

After all, when he can be given independent command of the army, Fu Yan's age will be enough to serve as his deputy.

The country uses talents, and use them carefully, so that they will be long-term.

Forget it, maybe the Son of Heaven also knows about my southbound trip.

With this thought in mind, Zheng Pu also dismissed his resignation to seek Ma Zhong or the Prime Minister tomorrow, and not to settle Fu Yan.

He also personally went to the Liuyin Courtyard in the adjacent house and borrowed a Dian horse to travel with Fu Yan.He was only ten years old, and no matter how little he practiced martial arts, he could not keep up with the pace of the athletes in the army.

It's night, no more words.

Three days later, the army barracks in the east of the city, a group of six hundred armored soldiers, rushed out in silence.

Among them, one hundred soldiers were the squires of the Liu family.

The head of the Liu family and the elders of the clan learned that after the prime minister Xu Liuyin had raised his own scriptures with his family resources, he even gave Liu Yin a hundred private soldiers, and urged him to do his best to serve the court.

As for whether to serve the court for the lintel of the Liu family or for the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, it is impossible to say clearly!
However, Liu Yin forgot about it after hearing it, and focused on Zheng Pu's previous sentence, "But I want the history to be famous."

Therefore, on the grounds that he had previously traveled to Bashu and was familiar with the terrain, he automatically invited Ying to lead the headquarters to the front, and took care of the scouts to scout, explore the way, and choose the campsite.

In this regard, Zheng Ju and the two are naturally indispensable.

He has always been heroic and straightforward, and when he saw this, he also took over the Her Majesty to supervise the transportation of trivial matters such as grain and chariot.

Let Zheng Pu stay in the Central Army, with leisure and nothing to do, as if this march was an outing.

However, in his leisure time, there is no one to criticize or despise him.

On the contrary, when the soldiers looked at him, their eyes were full of kindness and love.

Especially the five hundred barbarian savage, the closeness in his eyes, circulated endlessly.

Because of the time spent in the military camp for nearly a month, the happiest moment for the soldiers was when they sat around the school barracks after dinner, listening to Zheng Pu explaining the strange animals and the stories in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

And Fu Yan, who was casually beside Zheng Pu, smiled knowingly when he was glanced at.

This kid is leading the Dian horse with only one hand, holding only a bamboo slip, and has a clear voice without distractions.

Marching and reading, without delay.

It was the "Biography of Zuo Shi in the Spring and Autumn Period" that Zheng Pu threw to him, and he warned: "The skill of the industry is diligent, but the idleness is idle; A waste of time. If you don't want to study books and biography, you will go back to the capital, don't let me carry the reputation of being a misunderstood son."

Although Fu Yan was young, he was very stubborn.

Hearing this, he complied with the promise, and began to hold the scroll.

Before noon, he led the Yunnan horse carrying his clothes, books and other soft things on foot, and read along with him.

From time to time, he would find out something he didn't understand, and turn his head to ask Zheng Pu for advice.

At sunset, and before waiting for the evening meal, Fu Yan would find a space by himself to practice martial arts with a sword and a spear.

The knives and spears used have been edged, but they are half smaller than those used by the lieutenants and soldiers. At first glance, it can be seen that they were custom-made by craftsmen taking into account the strength of their wrists.

Moreover, the moves go back and forth, all of which are slashing, slashing, teasing, wiping, and cutting; spear thrusting, stabbing, sweeping, picking, and drilling.

Simple, yet practical.

It is the old soldier in the army, who advocates practice makes perfect.

Recalling that when he said that he was in the palace, he spent the night in the guard barracks.

Such diligent study also made Ju Fu, Liu Yin, and their respective soldiers greatly increase their affection for him.

Jufu directly sent an incomparably majestic barbarian to teach him the fighting skills of sword and shield attack and conflict sharing; while Liu Yin chose a ranger-born squire to teach him light evasion and archery.

Along the way, he is the most tired person.

If there is no Yunnan horse to travel, perhaps he has been pushed away on the carriage.

Due to the fact that the soldiers were mainly Banzhen barbarians who grew up in the hills of Bazhong, were very good at walking, and climbed the mountains and mountains like walking on the ground, and this place was the heart of Bashu, so there was no need to be too vigilant. Zheng Pu and his party marched quite fast.

According to common sense, the normal marching speed is about seventy Hanli a day.

But they actually marched more than eighty miles every day.

Gu Fu also sighed, if there is animal power to carry grain and luggage, it would not be difficult for his subordinates to travel a hundred miles a day.

Well, Bashu has little animal power.

Cattle are expensive, not for military use, and pack horses are extremely rare.

Their group's baggage and rations were all carried or carried by manpower, which greatly delayed the marching speed.

The only thing fortunate is that the first half of their marching route was along the Zouma River, passing through Guangdu, Wuyang, and Peng Shiju to Nan'an County (Yufujin), and then turned east to enter the Bo Road, which is also the same. At the beginning of one of the main roads from the east of Shudi to Nanzhong: Nanyi Road (Wuchi Road). 【Note 1】

Previously, the road was quite smooth, and there were many post stations along the way to replenish clean water sources, and also to replenish grain in the county town with the warrant of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Therefore, the grains that Jufu and others carried were only enough for five days.

Greatly eased the suffering of the soldiers.

In the second half, it follows Nanyi Road from Bo Road, goes to Nanguang County, turns southeast, enters Zhuti County in Nanzhong, and goes to Nanchang County, where the Governor's Mansion is located.

This journey is almost a trek in the mountains and mountains, which are extremely cramped and rugged.

It is also densely covered with water, and there are many poisonous miasmas, snakes and insects, making it difficult for people and horses to travel.

Fifty miles a day can be called super speed.

However, although the road is difficult, the military order has been issued, and the delay will be executed. Zheng Pu and the three did not dare to neglect, and travel as many miles as possible every day.

Fortunately, at the turn of autumn and winter, the weather was high and the air was crisp, which made the march less harsh.

Just as Zheng Pu and others were trekking southward, there was a raging crowd in the capital, Chengdu.

The Liu family in Chengdu, hinted by a small official, "unintentionally" revealed in the chat that the court allowed Liu Yinke to become a family member and raise funds by himself.

In an instant, the major wealthy families moved upon hearing the wind.

Please entrust or self-recommend, and ask the court to make their descendants and nephews "serve the country" wholeheartedly, and swear to be a fan without regrets!

Naturally, he was suppressed by the Prime Minister's words, "It's not yet time, don't be impatient."

Let those wealthy clans sit in vain, and they are afraid of losing them and falling behind others.

Inevitably, the elders of the clan frequently gather for discussion.

Inside the palace, the emperor Liu Shan and his servant Guan Xing looked at each other and were speechless.
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[Note 1: In 220 BC, Qin Shi Huang, who unified the six kingdoms, took Xianyang as the center and ordered the construction of Chidao connecting all parts of the country.However, affected by the terrain, the road is only five feet wide (about 1.2 meters) at the narrow place, so it is also called the five-foot road.In order to control Wuchi Road to Annanzhong, the Han Dynasty built four counties of Bodao, Nanguang, Zhuti and Weixian, so the front section of Wuchi Road was called Zhuti Road. 】

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