At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 55
Hearing Yang Qiu's question, Zhou Qi said with shame: "The ancestor was the founding general of the great Han Dynasty. He was granted the title of Marquis Jiang, and the official worshiped the prime minister. However, when it was passed down to the family ancestors, the number of people has already been thin, and it has been reduced to a small branch."

"Fortunately, there is a legacy of family learning, including archery and horse martial arts, military books and strategies, and scriptures and laws. I am not talented, and it is only through the shadow of my ancestors that I have the opportunity to dabble in these books."

"However, I have little talent and learning, and my martial arts are not good. I am far inferior to my ancestors. On the contrary, I make you laugh."

Hearing this, Yang Qiu couldn't help being awed.

Isn’t Zhou Bo the founding general of the Great Han Dynasty, who was granted the title of Marquis Jiang, and who was appointed as the prime minister?

The Zhou family has been prominent for two generations. In addition to Zhou Bo, there was also Zhou Yafu who also worshiped the prime minister. Unfortunately, he was cheated by his own son in his later years, and the family fell into decline.

However, centipedes are dead but not stiff.

The heritage accumulated by the two generations of the Zhou family finally allowed the Zhou family to survive that period of downturn, and finally began to grow continuously. This is how the Lujiang Zhou family is now so prominent.

Compared with the Zhou family of Lujiang, the Zhou family of Peiguo is obviously much worse, but they can be regarded as a giant.

Yang Qiu asked: "So, you are considered to be from the Zhou family of Peiguo."

Zhou Qi smiled bitterly and said: "My lineage has long been reduced to a minor branch. Only during the annual ancestor worship, my eldest father has the opportunity to come into contact with the Zhou family of Pei Kingdom."

"The rest of the time, there was never any contact between the two."

Yang Qiu nodded slightly, and was not surprised by Zhou Qi's words. Those big clans with a long history had already spread out and moved around.

Many times, apart from having the same ancestors, they have no other relationship at all.

Even so, Yang Qiu also looked at Zhou Qi with admiration.

Even if it is a branch of the Zhou family, after all, it is the descendant of a famous family, and it also has a complete family inheritance. As long as Zhou Qi is given a chance, this family may not be able to rise quickly.

However, Zhou Qi would never have had such an opportunity if it was an ordinary time.

Yang Qiu was born in a rich family with a long history. He is a famous family in Yuyang, and his family power is the most powerful in Quanzhou.

He naturally has a natural sense of superiority towards the eunuchs in the court, local powerful people and the heads of poor families in Guizhou, but he is a little closer to Zhou Qi, who is also from a famous family.

Of course, Yang Qiu is not someone easy to fool.

Although he already knew Zhou Qi's talent and learning just now, he still wanted to take the school exam to see if the other party really had a family background.

If the family education is intact, Yang Qiu doesn't mind promoting this young man whom he likes very much.

If Zhou Qi is just talking big, but does not have a complete inheritance of family education, or his own knowledge is not good, he will not be taken seriously by people like Yang Qiu.

Thinking about it, Yang Qiu immediately said: "You have the Confucian classics from your family, and your grandfather is a villager who is in charge of litigation and taxation. Then I will test your knowledge carefully. Do you dare to accept it?"

The reason why the school was tested first was because the Sili captain Yang Qiu served as was also involved in many cases in this area.

Zhou Qi was naturally not afraid at all.

He has integrated the original memory of this body, coupled with the three years of secret penance, and is very familiar with all aspects of litigation and taxation.

Next, Yang Qiu assessed Zhou Qi from various aspects and angles.

At the beginning, it was only a superficial content, but Zhou Qi answered every question fluently, which aroused Yang Qiu's interest.

He gradually increased the difficulty, and even conducted the test from a very tricky angle. Zhou Qi, who had the memory of two lives, and the old stingy man's earnest teachings, naturally strolled around the court and answered Yang Qiu's questions fluently.

Later, Yang Qiu even began to test Zhou Qi's arithmetic.

It's utterly haha.

When Zhou Qi faced the arithmetic of this era, he could draw inferences from one instance and even easily solved several problems of this era, but left Yang Qiu stunned on the spot.

Yang Qiu failed to stump Zhou Qi in what he was good at. He felt a little dissatisfied and immediately said: "Your ancestor was the founding general of the Han Dynasty. He was proficient in martial arts and skilled in bow and horse. I wonder how much you have learned."

Zhou Qi cupped his hands and said, "Although he is not as good as the envoy, he is still practicing diligently."

Zhou Qi didn't talk big. Most of the literati in this era practiced the six arts of a gentleman. Many of them were able to stabilize the country when they got on their horses, and they could stabilize the country when they got off their horses. They should be proficient at bowing horses.

Zhou Qi's ancestors were also military generals. Even though this lineage had already fallen into decline, he did not dare to lose his martial arts skills.

This is why Zhou Qi's father dared to travel with his sword when he was alone.

Zhou Qi's predecessor also practiced martial arts since childhood.

After traveling through time, he knew that troubled times were coming, and he didn't dare to let go of this life-saving skill. Although it was not comparable to those famous historical generals, it was not inferior to ordinary soldiers in the army.

Yang Qiu laughed several times and shouted to the door: "Bring me the sword!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier appeared in everyone's sight and handed over a sword respectfully.

Yang Qiu threw the sword into Zhou Qi's hand, and said: "Just let it go, if you have real skills, I don't mind helping you take care of Wang Ji."

Yang Qiu's words were full of strong confidence. Obviously, Zhou Qi's assassination of Wang Ji was not taken seriously by him.

Zhou Qi was overjoyed, took the sword, and performed a sword-holding salute to Yang Qiu.

Yang Qiu did not raise his head, and returned the courtesy with a low expression. Then the two of them drew their swords almost at the same time, then squatted down and shifted their center of gravity downwards, and began to wander around the room.

They didn't rush forward with a sword and yell to deal violent output like in later TV series.

On the contrary, both of them were very cautious and did not attack rashly.

Xiang Hong and Mizuo backed away, almost standing at the door of the cell, staring intently at their sword competition.

After the two of them wandered for a while, Yang Qiu seemed a little out of breath and suddenly stepped forward and stabbed Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi's expression was solemn, he did not dodge or dodge, and used his sword to exert force, preparing to have a head-on attack with Yang Qiu so as to gauge the opponent's strength first.

The expected double-sword clash scene did not appear, but Yang Qiu suddenly slid sideways when the swords in their hands were about to collide, and the sword turned around and stabbed at Zhou Qi's right arm .

Zhou Qi felt awe-inspiring, but luckily he had left three points of strength just now, so he narrowly and embarrassingly escaped Yang Qiu's tricky attack.

never thought.

After Yang Qiu took the lead, he changed his cautious and tricky style of fighting. Instead, his sword power became extremely sharp, and his moves went straight to Zhou Qi's vital points.

Zhou Qi lost the opportunity. Seeing that the opponent didn't give him time to breathe, he had to deal with it hastily and retreated steadily.

"Good swordsmanship!"

Standing at the door of the cell, Xiang Hong watched Yang Qiu's interlocking and fierce offensive, and couldn't help but praise him.

Even with Xiang Hong's martial arts, he was amazed at the brilliance of Yang Qiu's swordsmanship.

"Clang clang clang!"

Zhou Qi tried his best to resist, but he didn't have the time and mood to praise Yang Qiu's swordsmanship. Instead, he complained secretly in his heart.

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