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Chapter 44
Qi Jiguang said: "It's Qi, is it Lu Guerrilla in front?" The officers and soldiers of the team ran close, and a general with a mustache looked at the two of them, and said in surprise: "Why are you so embarrassed? The others What about it?" Qi Jiguang sighed and told about the annihilation of the entire army.

Lu Guerzilla sighed, "General Qi, it's your fault. You knew that it was Mao Haifeng who came, and among the four bandits, he was the most powerful bandit soldier. Why did you still catch up? You were just as dumb as everyone else. Just in town."

Qi Jiguang said: "It is Yuan Jing's responsibility to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while to destroy thieves and bandits. If I stay in the city and do nothing and let him go, wouldn't it lead the war to other cities? What's more, if I let him go This gang of thieves and bandits swept past all the way, and I don’t know how many people’s homes were destroyed and their wives were separated?”

Lu Guerzilla was very bored, and said with a sneer, "Okay, we all don't keep our duties, and you are the only one who is the most powerful general. Hmph, now the entire army has been wiped out, and Lord Hu knows about it. Let's see how you explain it."

Qi Jiguang couldn't help being silent, Lu Guerzilla gloated and went swaggeringly.Lu Jian couldn't help but said angrily: "What is he doing out of the city now? The Japanese pirates have all disappeared. Could it be that he is going to ask the people to cut off their heads to ask for credit?"

Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "This man is very timid and has no ambitions. He neither disturbs the people nor fights wars. He is nicknamed 'a ground-drilling mouse'. When he sees Japanese pirates, even if there is a crack in the ground in front of him, he can immediately slip in."

He spoke in a serious manner, and Lu Jian laughed when he heard it, and then said worriedly: "I heard from him, it seems that something is not good for the elder brother to lose the battle."

Qi Jiguang smiled and said nothing, entered the barracks, explained the battle situation to the supervising army, and asked the army doctor to bandage the wound.After eating, the two made two cups of tea and sat quietly in the tent. Qi Jiguang was silent, holding the teacup, as if he had something on his mind.

Not long after, there were hurried footsteps outside the tent, Lu Jian felt ominous, stood up abruptly, and suddenly saw the tent opened, striding into several officials, and the one in the lead sternly said, "Where is Taizhou General Qi Jiguang?"

Qi Jiguang was already prepared, put down his tea, got up and said, "I am." The officer said sharply, "Take it down for me."Lu Jian was furious, took a step forward, spread his hands apart, and hit two iron chains, the two officials felt a strong force coming from the iron chains, they couldn't help but staggered, and both fell sideways.The officer in charge yelled loudly, but Lu Jian's figure flickered, and he pinched the back of his neck with his right hand and shouted, "Why do you arrest people?"

Qi Jiguang didn't wait for the official to answer, and said: "Lu Jian, don't be presumptuous. I lost my teacher and humiliated the country, so I should be punished by military law." Lu Jian was stunned, and murmured: "This will also be punished. Who will dare to lead troops to fight in the future?"

"Brother, you don't know something." Qi Jiguang sighed, "The general uses troops, but he must win. Once he loses, he will kill many people. If I am not punished, how will I face those soldiers who died?"

Lu Jian was stared at by him, helplessly, and gradually let go of his right hand.Seeing him discouraged, the official officer had no color on his face, and suddenly became domineering again: "Okay, Qi Jiguang, you dare to lead the crowd to resist arrest!"

"The poor man's words are serious." Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "My foster brother doesn't know the rules, so I hope you will forgive me." The officer sneered and said, "You can forgive me." Then he stretched out his hand and shouted, "Bring it here."

Qi Jiguang was stunned, and said: "What?" The officer glanced at him, and said coldly, "Are you an elm head? Do you have to tell me the truth?" Qi Jiguang suddenly said, "How much do you want?" The officer laughed "If you become a general, the official is not small. In addition to salary, you usually scrape off the wealth of those poor people. The savings in your pocket are not only a thousand but also eight hundred. I don't want more. A hundred taels is enough."

Qi Jiguang frowned, turned around and entered, took out a wooden box, and when he opened it, there were only a few pieces of silver. He couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Qi has only these few taels of silver in his hand. The poor man likes it, so take it all."

The officer's face changed, and he knocked over the wooden box with his hands, spilling the broken silver all over the floor, and said sharply, "Qi Jiguang, you are so bold, you dare to bribe the officer even if you lose your teacher, humiliate the country, openly resist arrest, and dare to bribe the officer. When we arrive at Master Hu in Nanjing, I want you to look good..."

Qi Jiguang raised his thick eyebrows, and anger flashed in his eyes. Lu Jian thought for a while, picked up his own baggage from the table, took a step, and said with a sneer, "Don't you want money? Take it." The official took the baggage, but He felt very heavy, opened it, and saw that there were white official silvers all over his face. He immediately smiled and handed it to his subordinates. Now, everything is easy to talk about." Turning around to greet the police, "Lock up this officer, don't lock it too tightly, loosen it a bit."

All the policemen agreed, locked Qi Jiguang and pulled him out of the tent.The front of the tent was full of soldiers, standing on both sides to watch the excitement, and when they saw Qi Jiguang coming out, they all pointed and laughed.

Seeing that these officers and soldiers had no heart, Lu Jian felt inexplicable grief and indignation, gritted his teeth, and strode behind the officers.After leaving the camp, the leader of the official mission saw that Lu Jian was still following, and couldn't help saying angrily, "Where are you going?" Lu Jian said, "I'm going to Nanjing."

Lu Jian said coldly: "The road is open to the sky, each side of the road, I'll go mine, what's in your way?" If you want to rob someone, can you guys stop it?"

The boss was furious and was about to curse, but remembering Lu Jian's skill, he swallowed back the harsh words, and suddenly Qi Jiguang sighed: "Brother, didn't you say you want to go back to your hometown? Don't follow me. "

Lu Jian shook his head and said: "I can't go back. The 100 taels of silver just now are my expenses for returning home. If I can't go back, I will go to Nanjing with you. Along the way, I can eat a few meals with the officials." His eyebrows were crooked and his eyes were slanting, wishing he could give this country boy a few mouthfuls, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he couldn't do it, so he could only sulk secretly.

But Qi Jiguang knew that when Lu Jianming said that he was free of money, he was actually afraid that his injuries would not heal, and he would suffer the secret losses of these officials on the way, so he smiled wryly and let him go.

They walked all the way, eating along the way, if there was fish, meat, chicken and duck, Lu Jian would do it first and grab it for Qi Jiguang to eat first; He also specially selected good water and good houses, and with his martial arts, he forcibly snatched them for Qi Jiguang to enjoy.

The officials were angry and anxious, and cursed loudly, but Lu Jian smiled, and waited until they had scolded before saying, "Didn't I give the poor man 100 taels of silver? The poor man is rich and powerful, why don't you buy better vegetables and open a better house?" The general knowledge of being a prisoner?"

He is not a prisoner, and his martial arts are high. The officials should not have collected the money before, and they were shorthanded. Even if he was angry, he couldn't turn his face completely.Qi Jiguang frowned and said: "Brother, even if you follow Nanjing, it won't help. Why bother me to suffer all this?"

Lu Jiandao: "Didn't my elder brother say that we shared weal and woe and shared weal and woe when we became sworn brothers? What is the hardship of the journey? I went to Nanjing to see if those grown-ups treated you unfairly. If it was unfair, I would break into it Go into the prison and rob the elder brother, and let's go to the rivers and lakes to have a good time together."

Qi Jiguang said sternly: "It is absolutely impossible. Since the founding of the country, my Qi family has six generations of generals who have received the grace of the country. They are born as ministers and die as ghosts. What's more, I have lost before, even if Mr. Hu cut me One should be beheaded and be cut. Don’t mention the matter of robbing and escaping from prison, otherwise, you and I will cut off all kindness, and we will never recognize you as a righteous brother again.”

Lu Jian heard his words being solemn, and felt speechless, all the methods of robbing people and prisons that he had set up in his mind were useless, and he thought anxiously: "If Gu Zhen is here, he will definitely be able to think of a way to kill two birds with one stone. "Thinking of how I abandoned Guzhen before the truth was known because of the one-sided words of winning Wancheng that day, I felt regretful and ashamed.

A group of people stopped and went, and they approached Nanjing in a few days.On this day, I saw a pavilion in front of me, and there was a teahouse beside the pavilion to entertain distant guests.At this moment, people in Rigao are thirsty, and it is time to think about tea. All the officials made a commotion, and hurried to the pavilion to beg for tea, water and cattle.

Qi Jiguang's hands and feet were bound, making it difficult to move freely. Lu Jian brought two bowls of tea, one for him and the other for himself.While drinking, he suddenly heard the sound of wheels, and looked in a blink of an eye, a two-wheeled cart was driving towards him, and a scholar in green clothes was sitting in the cart, with a rectangular face, a full sky, red lips and black beard, just like a person in a picture.

Lu Jian's heart was moved, he felt that this person seemed familiar, and suddenly remembered that this person was somewhat similar to the man in the portrait of the patriarch, except that the man in the painting had scars on his face and was very energetic, much more heroic than this scribe.

Pushing the cart was a man wearing a hat and sackcloth and straw sandals, walking side by side with an old man.The old man has a big head and a thin neck, with wrinkles on his face and forehead. He is wearing a Confucian shirt, but it has been cut in half, just like the short jacket that a servant boy usually wears, which is quite nondescript.

Lu Jian looked at these two people, and for some reason, felt uneasy in his heart, wishing to jump up and run as far as possible.After finally suppressing this strange impulse, the three of them were already getting closer.Although the scholar in Tsing Yi is handsome, he is not young, his eyes are covered with crow's tail fine lines, he can't see his feet while sitting in the car, only his long gown is fluttering, swinging with the car.

Seeing this, Lu Jian felt emotional: "This man is a good scholar, but he is a cripple with no legs?" Suddenly there was a buzzing sound, and when he looked around, the big-headed old man's lips moved and he muttered something.Only the man in sackcloth always hides behind the bamboo hat, without seeing his true colors.

The scholar in Tsing Yi came to the pavilion, breathed out and said: "I haven't returned, give me a cup of tea." The man in hemp clothes took out a pair of cups and pots from behind the car, thin white porcelain, and poured tea that looked like emeralds from the pots. Refreshing and clean, the green one is fresh, which makes people feel relieved of summer heat.

The scribe took the tea, took a sip, and said: "This Biluochun tea is still good when it is first brewed, but now it has been cold for a long time, the lingering fragrance has disappeared, and the taste is gone."

The big-headed old man bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Biluochun, also known as Dongting camellia. There was a saying in Lu Yu's "Tea Classic Eighth Out" in the Tang Dynasty: "Suzhou Changzhou grows Dongting Mountain". Contains: "There is tea in Dongting Mountain, which is slightly like mustard tea and thin, with a very sweet taste. It is commonly known as 'frightening people'. The one that produces Biluofeng is especially good, and it is named Biluochun...'"

The scribe in Tsing Yi didn't wait for him to finish, and said coldly: "I just talked about the taste of tea casually, and I didn't ask about the origin of tea." It is sweet, sweet and smooth, which is the whole taste. Only the products from Beiyuan Heyuan are combined...'" The scribe showed a look of impatience between his brows, and said coldly: "The taste of tea I am talking about is not the taste, but the taste. fragrance."

The big-headed old man interjected and said: "Still according to the above-mentioned "Grand View Tea Theory": 'Tea has a real fragrance, which cannot be imitated by dragon musk. It must be steamed and cooked and then pressed, and it must be ground for thousands of years, and it will be made after fine grinding, then it will be harmonious and beautiful. 'And the 'scented tea method' recorded in Zhu Quan's "Tea Spectrum" in this dynasty: any flower with fragrance can be used. When the flowers are in full bloom, use paper to paste the bamboo cages between the two, put the tea on the upper layer, and put the flowers on the lower layer. It should be sealed and fixed. , after a long stay, the old flowers are bloomed. After several days, the tea has a lovely aroma..."

The scribe knew that if he allowed him to do his best, he would recite the China's thousand-year-old tea scriptures from head to toe, so he smiled wryly and said, "Mo Yi, shut up, and don't say another word unless I have a question."

The big-headed old man shut up resentfully, while the sackclothed man put down the teapot, turned around and left, with just one step, he was two feet away, and another step, four feet away.At first it was walking, but in a blink of an eye it became running, from a figure to a stream of light, from thick to light, disappearing suddenly.

Everyone in the tea house was dumbfounded, only suspecting that they were in a dream, or how could they see such strange things.Lu Jian was even more shocked, thinking that even with the help of Fomalhaut, he would definitely not be able to match such strength.This person started to move, far beyond what can be described as running, even a bird in the air can't match it.

The scribe in Tsing Yi shook his head and sighed unconsciously, took a look at Qi Jiguang, and suddenly smiled and said: "You general, you look so powerful, why are you locked up, did you violate the military law, or took bribes..."

Mo Yi didn't wait for him to finish, and interjected: "Military judges were first seen in "Zhouli Xiaguan Sima Fourth", and later in "Sima Law" said..." The scribe in Tsing Yi waved his hand and frowned: "Who asked you? Already?" Mo Yi scratched his thinning hair, lowered his head and smiled wryly.

Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "I dare not accept bribes if I am corrupt. Qi failed to pursue the pirates, but was defeated by the Japanese pirates. It is a violation of military law."

The scribe in Tsing Yi said with a smile: "There is a saying in the art of war, 'Don't force the poor...'" Mo Yi hurriedly said, "This sentence comes from "Sun Tzu's Art of War: Military Struggle", Sun Tzu said, 'The method of using soldiers...'" Zheng Nong, suddenly heard the Tsing Yi scribe cough heavily, startled, shut up hastily.

Qi Jiguang waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not the poor bandits who are forced by Qi, but the elite bandits who haven't fought. It's just because none of the generals dared to send troops to fight, but just stick to the fortified city and sit and watch the thieves spread. Qi is young Sheng, the handsome commander pursued, but unexpectedly fell into an ambush, and his weak soldiers were smashed by Japanese pirates, which is really embarrassing."

When the scribe in Tsing Yi was silent for a while, he suddenly said: "The so-called 'Don't attack sharp soldiers, don't eat bait soldiers', you committed two big taboos in a row, how can you be undefeated?"

Qi Jiguang was good at martial arts all his life, but when he had spare time, he was always thinking about how to use troops. At this time, in the outskirts of the city, he met a good scholar discussing the art of war with him, and he smiled unconsciously: "Mr. In the thirteen chapters of The Art of War, although there are many words and sentences, only one sentence is used seriously."

The scribe couldn't help laughing, and said: "According to you, except for this sentence, Sun Wu's unrivaled art of war is mostly nonsense?"

"How dare Qi insult the sages?" Qi Jiguang smiled, and said in a manly voice, "It's just that Sun Wu's art of war was written not for himself, but for ordinary princes and generals. This kind of people use soldiers Talent is not very high, so Sun Wuzi is afraid that they will not understand, so he strives to be precise and detailed in his words. If he followed the art of war, set up a formation and march, even if he was a middle-class man, he would not be defeated, but he was so rigid Rigidity, but it is not a method of constant victory. Since ancient times, the generals who have always been victorious and invincible have never thought about what others did not think about, and what others do is difficult. Therefore, they can overcome every battle, and there is no fluke in victory. How can they stick to the art of war ?”

The scribe said with a smile: "That sounds nice, but I don't know which sentence you said?" Qi Jiguang smiled slightly and said loudly: "The one who can win because of the change of the enemy is a god!"

The scribe didn't have time to answer, Mo Yi had already said: "This is the penultimate sentence of the sixth chapter of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" "Fictity and Truth".

"You have a good memory." Qi Jiguang sighed, "If you really want to make a decision in battle, life and death are on the front line, how can the commander have time to think about the art of war? It's nothing more than predicting the enemy's reality and adapting to the situation. Qi's reading military books is useless. That's the only thing I really remember."

"It's a good one who can win because of the changes of the enemy, he is the god." The scribe laughed, "If you are not a defeated general, these words are touching."

Qi Jiguang couldn't help smiling wryly.The scribe laughed, looked at him and said, "What's the matter, are you discouraged? From what you said, you should be well versed in the art of war. Why can't you predict the enemy's opportunity and chase after knowing that you are invincible?"

Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "I'm talking about military stratagems with my feet. Whether to pursue them or not is the righteousness of the country. The Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeast, and they are invincible. It's not that they are so powerful, but that our Ming officers and soldiers are greedy for life and afraid of death. Fleeing, seeing the shape of a Japanese and bursting with courage. At a time when all the generals are tied up and the people are wailing, if Qi Mou cherishes his own body, defends the city and fights the enemy, and hides and raises the bandits, is he not as good as a pig or dog? Qi Mou is not a Confucian scholar, but he also Knowing that the ancient sages said: "If you shrink back, even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go." Tens of millions of people have nothing to fear, let alone hundreds of Japanese slaves?"

After hearing this, the scribes fell silent.At this moment, all the officials had had enough rest, and hurried on their way, the scribe suddenly took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Masters, take a rest, my servant has gone to fetch tea, and I will return in a moment." I want to have a drink with this general."

It's all right for all the officials to get the silver.But Qi Jiguang said: "If you don't bother to spend money, the old capital is not far away, and Qi also wants to get there quickly. Whether it is life or death, it has already been decided." The scribe smiled, pointed to the distance and said, "Look, this Isn't it here?"

(End of this chapter)