Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 3
Zhong Yao was sent to the military camp by his father Zhong Lin at the age of five and became the youngest cook in the history of the Yueguo military camp. Then he was transferred to the reconnaissance team at the age of ten, entered the shield camp at the age of 15, and officially joined the front line at the age of 15. , he has won many military exploits, and was promoted to the leader of the Shield Gun Battalion when he was only 20 years old. After the Battle of Ghost King Mountain, the new army was secretly established. Zhong Yao, who was only 20 years old, was ordered to train the new army. It has been ten years in a blink of an eye. .

On the day of Zhong Yao's birth, the side courtyard of Zhong's mansion caught fire for no reason, and disasters inevitably happened wherever Zhong Yao went since he was a child, whether houses collapsed or walls collapsed, or fires and floods occurred. As soon as they heard Zhong's parents and sons, they backed away, for fear of getting bad luck.

But looking back at Zhong Yao's military career, it was a different situation. Not only did he not experience any disasters, but he also achieved extraordinary achievements many times, which led to his current situation.

What situation?That's because the army's style is very high, and the folks are afraid that they won't be able to avoid him.

Everyone stepped forward to help unload the prey. Uncle Fu went over to have a look, and found a lot, including hares, deer, wild boars, and an eye-catching tiger.

"Young master, why did this eye-catching beast run to the top of the mountain?" Uncle Fu walked up to Zhong Yao and asked.

Zhong Yao unloaded his bow and arrow, and laughed: "This guy was shot in the abdomen by Xiang Zheng, and fled up the mountain in fright, and it took half a day to catch him!"

"It seems that these boys can have another meal tonight."

"That's right, the boys' appetites are getting bigger and bigger, and they are tired of eating ordinary pork and beef, so I have to make a fuss and give them some wild food."

After speaking, Zhong Yao walked quickly to Zhong Lin, bowed and saluted: "Father, why are you here?"

It has been ten years since the cavalry of the new army was secretly formed, and my father came here when the camp was first established. Although he had asked about the new army many times in the past ten years, he had never set foot in the camp. If he came here suddenly today, there must be something wrong.

"Yaoer, Your Majesty has agreed to send troops to Jinxi." Zhong Lin looked back at Zhong Yao and said slowly.

When Zhong Yao heard this, he couldn't suppress his excitement, and he touched the mole on his forehead unconsciously with his left hand. This is his habit, and he always does this when he is in a good or low mood.

"Really? That's great, these guys can't stand it anymore!"

Zhong Lin then shook his head and said, "No, your new army will not participate in this dispatch."

When Zhong Yao heard this, his excited expression dimmed immediately, and he said with displeasure: "Father, the boys are all orphans in Jinxi. The purpose of these ten years of hard training is to break the Sanyuan and regain Jinxi one day. Why don't they let them go to Jinxi this time?" join?"

"I don't need to explain to you to make arrangements for my father, you just obey." Zhong Lin stared at his son coldly.

"Father asked Zhong Yao to strictly train the new army for ten years. What's the point? They sent troops to Jinxi but didn't use the new army. Isn't their training for ten years in vain?" Zhong Yao's tone was full of excitement and resentment.

Zhong Lin showed a hint of displeasure, and said in a more serious tone: "Remember for your father, they are not only orphans in Jinxi, but also soldiers of Yue State. They were not born just to retake Jinxi!"

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the father and son, Uncle Fu hurried over to smooth things over: "Young master, don't be impulsive, this is what the king meant."

Zhong Yao suddenly understood, and said with a sneer: "Hehe, no wonder, when hundreds of thousands of people returned to Yue, the king refused to save him."

Zhong Lin turned his head and scolded Zhong Yao angrily, "Stop talking."

"What are you afraid of?! Is the king worthy? Construction projects, palace repairs, and surname taxes have been increased several times. Look at the lives of the people under the surname Wang. That is the misfortune of the country!"

There are two types of national taxes in Yue, one is the land tax, such as the Jinyue area, which belongs to the Zhong family, and the land tax is handed over to the Zhong family.The other is surname tax. The three surnames Zhao Zhonglu, as the surname of Yue Guo Jianguo, all have the right to receive taxes.For example, the surname of Yue Wang Zhao has Cui, Zhang, Chen, Li, Liu and other major surnames under his jurisdiction, and the surname clan under the Zhao surname pays a surname tax to the Zhao family every year according to the population.

In recent years, the taxes of Zhong and Lu's surnames have been lowered, but Yue Wang and Zhao Yan's surname taxes have been increased several times, and the people under the Zhao surname are unavoidable. I dare not do anything wrong, I can only sigh my own life.

"Shut up!" Zhong Lin yelled, and slapped his right hand hard.

"Pa" Zhong Yao was stunned by the sudden slap, but he became sober in an instant. Feeling the burning pain on his left face, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

This slap was not only unexpected by Zhong Yao, Fu Bo beside him was also startled, and hurried up to dissuade him: "My lord, don't do it!"

Zhong Lin glared at Zhong Yao, and said sharply: "You know, if this word gets out, the entire Zhong family will face destruction!"

"All the people present will not say a word, and my son dares to guarantee it with his life." Zhong Yao retorted with the last trace of stubbornness.

"You..." Zhong Lin pointed at Zhong Yao and was about to yell again. At this moment, the vigilance of soldiers for many years flashed in his mind, and he slowly turned his head to look at the camp behind him.

The soldiers in the entire camp stopped their movements from that slap, the cavalry rode their horses and stopped practicing, and the soldiers in hand-to-hand combat also stopped fighting, and even the cooks in the camp stood upright. What's scary is that they all stared at Zhong Lin with serious expressions. The atmosphere of silence permeated the entire camp. Even the sounds of forest birds that came occasionally seemed to be infected by this atmosphere at this time, and there was no sound at all.

Zhong Lin, who has always been so calm, showed a trace of panic unconsciously on his face, and he was completely unaware of a drop of cold sweat falling from his forehead. After so many years of battlefield, Zhong Lin clearly knew that those were not angry eyes, but murderous eyes.

Zhong Yao also found that the atmosphere was not right at this time, and he raised his eyes to look, also startled.

Unable to think too much, Zhong Yao quickly stepped forward to protect Zhong Lin behind him, glaring at the recruits in the entire camp and shouting, "What are you going to do?"

A group of recruits were still staring at Zhong Lin and seemed to be approaching, Zhong Yao roared like a bell and tried his best: "He is my father! Get back!"

The word father obviously had an effect. As if awakened from a dream, the recruits slowly withdrew their murderous eyes, a trace of shame appeared on their immature faces, and then they turned around silently and continued to do their own things.

The mountain road down the mountain is not difficult to walk. Zhong Yao silently followed behind his father with a trace of guilt. Uncle Fu looked at Zhong Yao from time to time. The scene just now was still circling in his mind. It should be what it should be at this age.

When the three of them and several guards came to the foot of the mountain, Zhong Yao discovered that rows of carriages had been waiting for a long time, and the carriages were firmly packed with supplies.

Zhong Yao looked at his father puzzled: "This is father?"

"This is the food and grass for your expedition. After all, the new army belongs to our Zhong family. It is normal for the king to be afraid. Although you can't go to Jinxi this time, the bandits on Chibei Mountain in Youling District in the south can be handed over to you. Let them try it first."

Hearing his father's words, Zhong Yao's gloomy gloom dissipated a lot, recalling the impulse on the mountain, he felt even more guilty.

"Father, what happened just now..."

Before Zhong Yao finished speaking, Zhong Lin raised his hand to interrupt him: "It's over, don't worry about it."

Zhong Lin paused for a while, then continued: "Those recruits care about you very much. This is a good thing, but it's not a good thing either."

"Isn't it a good thing?" Zhong Yao looked at his father puzzled, trying to get an answer.

But Zhong Lin obviously didn't intend to explain, and walked towards his carriage with his hands behind his back.

"Young master, the old slave is afraid after thinking about what happened just now, these children are like a piece of white paper, the young master must teach them strictly." Uncle Fu said earnestly before leaving.

Zhong Yao nodded and said, "I see."

When Zhong Yao returned to the camp on the hillside, all the soldiers of the new army knelt down neatly at the gate of the camp, and they knew they were waiting for Zhong Yao.

"What are you doing?" Zhong Yao's anger had long since disappeared, and he came to the front of the team and asked in surprise.

The first one in the first column is Xiang Zheng, the commander of the first battalion. He lowered his head and roared with guilt on his face: "I don't know that the old man is Brother Yao's father, Senior Zhong Lin. He was motivated to kill, and he deserves everything." die!"

"Get up, those who don't know are not guilty." Zhong Yao didn't blame them, indeed, as Uncle Fu said, they are a blank slate, and the responsibility lies with him. He only knows how to lead them to train, completely forgetting that they are just children .

But the soldiers still had no intention of getting up, and Xiang Zheng continued: "Brother Yao, please punish us."

Zhong Yao shook his head: "I said I won't punish you, get up."

"No, it's disrespectful to commit murder, and you must be punished!" Xiang Zheng retorted loudly again.

Zhong Yao looked at the more than 3000 brothers in front of him, thought for a while, smiled slightly and said: "If that's the case, well, if you want to be punished, the punishment should be heavier."

None of the soldiers refuted, waiting for Zhong Yao to continue.

"The first punishment is to go to the Chibei Mountain to destroy the bandits, to make up for the mistakes, what's the objection?"

"No!" How could there be objections to this!After ten years of hard training, just to be able to fight the enemy, the excitement is too late.

"It's not over yet. The second punishment is that after the Redback Mountain kills the bandits successfully, one more daily training will be added, reading and writing!"

Hehe, just in time, I have arranged the matter of learning calligraphy and writing.

As soon as Xiang Zheng and other soldiers heard the reading and literacy, their excited expressions disappeared instantly, and they all looked up at Zhong Yao in horror: "No way! Brother Yao, I don't like reading!" "Brother Yao, please forgive us." Reading and literacy is so boring."

Zhong Yao ignored the protests one after another, his face became serious on purpose, and he asked loudly, "Do you have any objections?"

All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to answer.

Zhong Yao raised his voice and roared, "Any objections?!"

"No!" Following Xiang Zheng's first reply, other soldiers also replied sharply: "No!"

That night, Zhong Yao wore mid-length plain clothes and wiped the silver armor on the table in the tent of the barracks. He was leaving the day after tomorrow, so he asked his certificate to go back and report a letter to his wife.

The door cloth was lifted at this time, and the infiltrated wind made the candlelight flutter and almost go out.

A gentle and gentle female voice sounded from the door: "Husband." It was Zhong Yao's familiar voice, and every time he heard it, he could be drawn to his soul and warm his heart.

A beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes walked into the tent, her high and protruding belly was very obvious under the long brocade dress, and she was holding a dining basket in her hand, covered with a delicate dining cloth.

Zhong Yao hurriedly put down the plain cloth and armor, and stepped forward to greet them.

"Ma'am! Why are you here? You are about to give birth, you shouldn't go on the mountain road." The person who came was Zhong Yao's first wife, Cui Yingying, who was nine months pregnant.

Zhong Yao took the dining basket with one hand, and helped his wife walk inside with the other.

Cui Yingying looked at her husband with love in her eyes.

"It's okay, the family doctor also asked me to move around more before giving birth."

After Zhong Yao put the dining basket on the table, Cui Yingying began to remove the tablecloth, and brought out delicacies, such as roasted pork in honey sauce, and braised pork knuckle, a total of five or six dishes, all of which were Zhong Yao's favorites.

"Telling you to walk didn't make you come all the way from Dianzhou City. You still have to go up the mountain. What if your tire gas is moving?" Zhong Yao looked at Cui Yingying distressedly, and touched her Gao Long's belly.

Although their combination is a political marriage, they are sincere to each other.

The Cui family is the surname of the Yuezhong clan and a member of the court. The Cui family's private guard alone is no less than five thousand.

In Yue State, besides the three national surnames of Zhao Zhonglu, there are several common surnames of Cui Zhang Li Chen Bai.

The Cui family valued the power of the Zhong family in the court, and the Zhong family valued the influence of the Cui family in the middle of the country. The strong alliance made everyone happy.

At that time, Mr. Cui was also very afraid of this unlucky Zhong Yao. After all, Zhong Yao came to propose marriage for the first time, and the backyard of Cui's house caught fire. Who wouldn't feel fear?At that time, Elder Cui also thought that it would be better to give his beloved daughter to the son of the Lu family. After all, the power of the Lu family is no less than that of the Zhong family.But when he and Zhong Yao came down from the wine table, the marriage between Zhong and Cui was decided for him.

The reason for this, every time someone asks about it, Mr. Cui beats his chest and stamps his feet: Drinking alcohol is a mistake!

"I know that my husband is going to go to war tomorrow, so I can't worry about it. The military food in the camp is too rough, so I specially made some and sent it here." Like the apple of your eye.

Even Zhong Lin personally appointed a cook for this daughter-in-law, which Zhong Yao and his younger brother Zhong Xu never enjoyed.A month ago, the husband and wife had a quarrel over trivial matters. When Zhong Lin heard that his daughter-in-law had been wronged, he was furious!Rolling up his sleeves and wielding a big stick, he chased Zhong Yao for several blocks. If Uncle Fu hadn't stopped him in time, he would have designated one person to die that day, either the old one from exhaustion or the young one.

From then on, the entire Dianzhou City knew that Cui Yingying was the most important member of the Zhong family.

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