Chapter Twelve Dedicating Loyalty to the Army
Xianzhong bid farewell to his master and returned to Liushujian Fort alone. His father had been waiting at home for many days. Seeing that he came back alone, it was expected to be bad, so he did not mention Yuzhen.
The next day, after taking Wang Jiayin's letter of recommendation, Xianzhong went straight to Fushi County Prison to look for his master's cousin Wang Guozhong, but in vain. It turned out that he had met a noble man and was promoted to Yan'an Prefecture as a policeman.
Xianzhong went home depressed, and his father came forward to persuade him: "There is no good way to make a living right now, why don't we sell some dates?"
Xianzhong's eyes lit up. He just went out to sell dates, and he also went out to Yan'an Prefecture. Why not try his luck in Yan'an Prefecture?
"Dad, just stay at home. I'll go out and find something to do. I'll support the family from now on. You don't have to worry."
Dad saw that he spoke so decisively and couldn't persuade him even if he tried, so he obeyed him.
Xianzhong took the letter of recommendation to Yan'an Mansion and found Wang Guozhong. Facing the black-faced man, he knelt down on one knee and handed over the letter of recommendation with both hands: "Uncle, my master ordered me to come to you.
Please reward me with a bowl of rice."
Wang Guozhong took the letter and found that it was indeed recommended by his cousin. He asked with a smile: "Do you know martial arts? How many years have you practiced?"
Xianzhong replied: "I practiced it for fun in the past few years. Recently, I learned Tiger Boxing from my master and I have just improved a lot."
"You know Tiger Boxing? Let's practice it and see," Wang Guozhong said with great interest.
Xianzhong stood up and punched the Tiger Fist on the spot, as if a whirlwind was blowing, and the sky was darkened. Even though Wang Guozhong had been in the world for a long time, he was impressed by Xianzhong's kung fu.
"Okay, okay, okay. With your skills, you should have no problem eating this bowl of rice. Come with me. I will take you to the Yamen tomorrow. Please ask the boss to keep you."
The next day, Xianzhong successfully entered the government office and became a police officer, following Wang Guozhong in handling cases.
He didn't know that Wang Guozhong didn't just look at his master's face, but that he came at the right time, when Wang Guozhong needed help the most.
Wang Guozhong also has martial arts skills and is good at wielding a sword. He usually handles things cautiously, but he has gotten into trouble recently.
He has strong case-handling abilities and is willing to help his colleagues whenever they have trouble. One of his colleagues, Li Wen, has been chasing a fugitive for several months. The day before yesterday, he was chasing a fugitive on the street again, and he happened to be met by Wang Guozhong.
So we went to chase him together.
Wang Guozhong was very good at light kung fu, so he ran ahead and quickly got into touch with the fugitive. After a few rounds, he captured the fugitive and handed him over to Li Wen to bring him to justice.
However, this scene was seen by the government official. In front of the government officials, he praised Wang Guozhong, but he also meant to criticize Li Wen.
Li Wen was furious. He had worked hard for so long, and now his credit was easily taken away by others. Wouldn't it be useless?
He blamed Wang Guozhong for meddling in other people's affairs, so he ordered his brothers to block the yamen gate every day to vent his anger on him.
Wang Guozhong was unwilling to confront him and disdained to argue with his subordinates, so he asked someone to negotiate an agreement.
Li Wen threatened, "He wants me to calm down. It's as simple as a martial arts competition to calm me down. I won't fight him alone. Each of us will find two helpers and we will fight together. No matter we win or lose, from now on, he and I will
All grievances will be wiped out."
Li Wen was a local, and he quickly found helpers, all of whom were skilled in martial arts. Wang Guozhong was an outsider, and he only had two colleagues who were usually close to him, and neither of them wanted to offend Li Wen.
Now that Zhang Xianzhong was there, Wang Guozhong was prepared to not call anyone else and fight 2 to 3 in order to give way to Li Wen. Li Wenzheng wanted to take the opportunity to teach Wang Guozhong a lesson, so of course he agreed.
Less than ten days after Xianzhong became a policeman, he was dragged into the fighting arena by Wang Guozhong.
On this day, Wang Guozhong repeatedly warned him to stop offering his loyalty, but the other party came with a menacing attack, forcing the two of them to fight back.
One of them had very good kung fu on his legs. Xianzhong received two blows on his shoulder, grinning in pain.
Despite this, the opponent still struck hard and pressed forward step by step. The tiger spirit of Xian Zhong was so strong that he let out a roar, used his tiger fist, and a strong wind blew up.
When Wang Guozhong and Li Wen came to their senses, the two helpers fell to the ground, groaning. One had his left eye blown out, and the other was covering his crotch.
Seeing this scene, Xianzhong was dumbfounded. He learned Tiger Fist by himself. He had never fought with anyone before, so he didn't expect it to be so powerful.
Li Wen grabbed Xianzhong's collar and said, "You beat them to a point of disability and wait for them to go to jail for the rest of their lives!"
Wang Guozhong pretended to rush forward to rescue the injured, and when Li Wen was not paying attention, he winked at Xianzhong. Xianzhong understood and ran away.
He ran to Fugu County, found his master among the border troops, and told him what had happened.
Wang Jiayin said angrily: "My cousin is so dishonest! You have to take the blame. Forget it, if you continue to follow him, you don't know what kind of disaster you will cause."
Xianzhong insisted on joining the army with his master. Wang Jiayin shook his head in embarrassment. After thinking about it again and again, he couldn't find a good way.
His adjutant reminded him, "Isn't Yansui Town recruiting people?"
Wang Jiayin slapped his forehead: "Why have you forgotten this? The officer who recruited the people is still a good friend Wang Ziyong." He immediately revised a letter and gave it to Xianzhong, repeatedly telling him: "In these peaceful days, don't use Kung Fu easily.
To avoid getting killed."
Xianzhong took the letter and ran all the way to Yansui Town.
Wang Ziyong is the commander here, and he fell in love with him as soon as he saw him. This boy is full of intelligence and strong stature. It would be a pity not to be a soldier. Although he is not tall and powerful, he is smart and capable.
, he looked like a martial arts practitioner at first glance. His eyes were burning, as if he had thousands of powers.
Wang Ziyong told him that there was no problem in keeping him as a soldier under the tent, but he had better fortunes.
The soldiers were recruited, and a small flag was set up for every 10 people, and a general flag was set up for every 30 people. Wang Ziyong was a man who was good at leading troops, and he appointed people based on merit. He thought of a way to select officials through a competition.
When Xianzhong heard that there was such a good opportunity, he was overjoyed, gearing up, and jumped into the arena. After learning from the previous lesson, he did not dare to use the Tiger Fist easily. Even so, almost no one was his opponent, and he was quickly defeated.
Twenty or thirty people.
Wang Ziyong watched the battle from the side, and the more he watched, the more he liked him, so he chose him as the captain of the personal soldiers. Xianzhong was very grateful to him for his kindness and worked extra hard.
After a year, the two got along very well. Wang Ziyong taught Xianzhong a lot of experience in dealing with people and leading troops in war, and Xianzhong finally found a place to use his skills and a place to settle down.
Occasionally, Wang Jiayin came to spend a few days with them to teach Xianzhong in martial arts. From then on, Xianzhong fought in the army every day, and secretly practiced martial arts. His riding, shooting and martial arts skills were almost unrivaled in the world.
The life of the frontier soldiers is getting more and more difficult. The court's military expenditures are mainly used on the Liaodong front line. Even if they occasionally allocate some, they are exploited by the superiors. At the level of the king's personal use, it is already a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to distribute it to the soldiers.
It was even more difficult. Shaanxi had been experiencing a severe drought for a year, and people had almost no food in their homes. The soldiers not only wanted to feed themselves, but of course they also wanted their whole family not to be hungry. If they could not receive pay for several months, there would be commotion.
Wang Ziyong tried many times but came back empty-handed. He couldn't help but feel anxious. He only walked in circles in the camp and sighed. Xianzhong not only had personal interests, but also sympathized with the soldiers, and even wanted to share Wang Ziyong's worries.
One night, he took two soldiers and went to see General Qian to ask for pay without Wang Ziyong's back.
He also knew how to be polite before fighting. He knelt on the ground and lamented the hardships of his brothers and Wang Ziyong's helplessness to General Qian, praying for some pay at least to appease the soldiers and avoid trouble.
After hearing this, Mr. Qian became furious and said, "Who are you? How qualified are you to talk to me? Wang Zhi used this useless thing. If he couldn't deal with it himself, he asked a soldier to make noise!" After that, he stepped forward and gave Xianzhong two coins. slap.
Zhang Xianzhong has been a man who has always been willing to obey the soft but not the tough since he was a child. He was slapped twice, but he could bear it. Seeing Mr. Qian's toes following him, he ducked slightly, swung his arm, and "click", Mr. Qian's leg was broken. He fell to the ground and groaned.
Chapter completed!