The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 94 Wei Hu’s Heart
Yacheng, Yajun camp.

Inside the camp, Wei Hu held a piece of cotton cloth dipped in tung oil and was carefully wiping his steel knife.

Wei Hu's sword is the most authentic Tang Hengdao style. The blade is narrow and straight, and the light is cold and shining. At the connection between the blade and the handle, two vague inscriptions are faintly visible: Shence.

This knife was obtained by Wei Hu when he followed Shi Kuangwei near Chang'an. The steel is of high quality and the workmanship is excellent. According to this calculation, it is very likely that the former general Zuojian made it specifically for the Shence Army, the main force of the Beiya Forbidden Army.

Nowadays, the shape of knives has mostly changed from a narrow and straight square blade to a shape with a sharp front and an oblique back, with a hand guard, and the large oblate ring and bird and animal decorations on the handle have been removed.

This short-handled hand knife is also called a simple knife, which is more conducive to exerting force and cutting.

Wei Hu, however, prefers the tough Hengdao. He is tall and strong, and his arms have hundreds of kilograms of strength. He is also more comfortable when slashing the Hengdao.

Wei Hu wiped the blade with an oilcloth. He seemed a little distracted. The pad of his left index finger passed across the sharp edge, instantly opening a bloody gash.

Wei Hu frowned, sheathed his sword, put down the oilcloth, and watched the blood dripping down his fingertips.

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old tooth soldier entered the tent with a teapot in hand. Seeing blood dripping from Wei Hu's fingers, he quickly found gauze to bandage him.

Wei Hu looked at him and smiled: "Manwa, how are you guys doing these days?"

Manwa grinned innocently, with a few freckles on her cheeks particularly obvious: "Okay! Mr. Hu, you also know that our tooth army is the first in the Zhangyi Army. The handsome man is facing us, and the food and cloth are tight against us. Yes, for winter today, each person was given an extra sheepskin mattress.
Originally, the handsome man also said that he would give us new military uniforms, but the brothers also know that life in Zhangyi Town is not easy, and the handsome man has no money
Brothers, you can sympathize with Master Handsome’s difficulties and just want to have enough to eat. When Handsome Master makes a lot of money in the future, he can just give the brothers a few more meals hehe~~”

Wei Hu said: "How do you know that handsome master will make a lot of money in the future?"

Manwa laughed and said: "Master Hu is testing me! Yangjinchuan built a salt factory and stocked tens of thousands of kilograms of white salt. Our Ya Army rotated the garrison in batches. Brothers who went there said when they came back, it was a golden mountain. Are you still worried about running out of money in the future?"

Wei Hu smiled and said, "Have you been to Yangjinchuan too?"

"No! It's not my turn yet, but it will be soon~"

Manwa replied while cleaning up the tent.

There was an imperial chair placed behind the desk. Wei Hu walked over and looked at it for a moment, then sat down with a golden sword, twisted his body and leaned back, nodding secretly. It was indeed more comfortable than sitting on the bed.

"Who is responsible for arranging the rotation of Yajun garrison in Yangjinchuan?" Wei Hu asked casually.

"Of course it's Vice Ambassador Zhu!" Manwa said without looking back, holding up a broom to clean the cobwebs in the corners of the tent's ceiling.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Hu, the chair you are sitting on was also sent by Deputy Ambassador Zhu. There are commanders in the Yajun army, including chief and deputy commanders. We call it the general chair! Deputy Ambassador Zhu said, sit on the general chair. In the future, You can definitely become a general!"

Manwa looked envious. He was only the deputy commander now. If he wanted to be promoted to deputy commander, he still had to make a few solid achievements.

Wei Hu patted the armrests with both hands, was silent for a moment, and said calmly: "The handsome man has appointed Zhu Xiu as the deputy commander of the Yanei capital. What do brothers think?" "That's a good thing!" Manwa wrung out the rag neatly and prepared to put the candlestick bed Wipe the rack once.

"Although Deputy Zhu is young, I heard that the master who taught him is an old immortal who lives in a secluded mountain! Deputy Zhu is very knowledgeable, and there seems to be nothing he doesn't understand! He is also in charge of the salt factory, and will be The God of Wealth in Chang Yi Town!

The brothers all said that letting Mr. Zhu Shaolang serve as the deputy envoy of our dental army is because the handsome man shows favor to our dental army!In this way, if the salt factory makes money in the future, can Deputy Zhu treat his brothers badly?The salt factory has also become the property of our army, and the brothers are particularly attentive when they go to garrison."

Talking about Zhu Xiu, Manwa kept talking nonstop: "Despite his young age, Deputy Commander Zhu is very grand in his work! He is a learned man, and he is very polite to us Qiu Ba, no matter how much the handsome man dotes on him. He, he doesn't put on any airs in front of us.
Every time I went on a mission with Deputy Zhu, the brothers could get some reward money. Last time I went to Liangyuan, I was blocked in the county government office by a group of local soldiers, and several brothers died. Deputy Zhu came to greet them one by one, leaving behind a group of brothers. He also gave her a small amount of pension money and helped the women in the family find work so that the man's death would not cut off the family's livelihood.
Deputy envoy Zhu is generous and generous, and treats our Yajun brothers very much, and the Yabing brothers are very convinced by him, and they all like to follow him!These days, people are killed in battles everywhere, and human life is worthless. Our Zhangyi Ya army has accumulated good deeds in our past lives. Master Shuai, Master Hu, and Deputy Ambassador Zhu are all good to our brothers and treat us as human beings."

Manwa muttered and quickly cleaned up a tent.

"Master Hu, please rest." Manwa walked out with a basin in his hand and a towel on his shoulders, smiling.

Wei Hu got up and walked around the military tent, looking around. It was the same as when he left half a year ago, but there seemed to be many differences.

Shi Kuangwei left him a private courtyard in Jiedu Mansion. In the past, he would live in the mansion most of the time when he returned to Anding.

But when he came back this time, he didn't want to live in Jiedu Mansion, so he found an excuse to move to the Yajun camp.

Wei Hu opened the curtain and looked outside. After making sure no one was disturbing him, he returned to the desk and sat down, taking out a letter from his lapel.

The letter had already been opened, and there was no signature on the envelope.

After Wei Hu read it, he knew who wrote it.

He laid the letter flat in front of him and stared at it coldly with his deep eyes.

The letter was written to him, but his name was not mentioned throughout the letter. It only provided a detailed analysis of the current situation facing Zhangyi Town, plus the general environment of the Kaifeng court.

The name that appears most often in the letter is Zhu Xiu.

"Hmph~ Xue Xiuming, do you really think you can guess my thoughts?" Wei Hu sneered contemptuously, slowly crumpling the letter into a ball and holding it in his palm.

"You are trying to sow discord with just a few words? You underestimate me, Wei Hu!"

Wei Hu shook his head and sneered at Xue Xiuming's little trick.

He didn't take the hint of alienation in Xue Xiuming's letter to heart, but he could not help but think of Zhu Xiu.

"You stepped into Sandu, took charge of the secretary, and now you have become the deputy commander of Yanei. It seems that you really want to hand over the Changyi Army to Zhu Xiu."

Wei Hu leaned back on the chair, his face uncontrollably gloomy, his ferocious wolf eyes flashing with strange light.
(End of this chapter)