It was already evening when Cao Zhi, Li Ru and others walked out of Li Ru's ancient dojo. Cao Zhi said: "Since we drank at Li Ru's place and I'm not very hungry, I won't go back and go directly to Lu Kang."
Already."
Everyone naturally obeyed what Cao Zhi said. Cao Zhi asked Xiahou Yuan to take Li Dian, Xu Chu, Cao An, and Li Ru back to the military camp first, and he took Wang Ping to Lu Kang's Lujiang Prefecture.
When I arrived at the county government, it was still busy. People were coming and going in a hurry. It seemed that the military situation was still busy. The people and servants of the county government were already very familiar with Cao Zhi, and there were people who passed on Cao Zhi.
After a while, the servant turned around and said: "The prefect, please meet me in the study."
In the past few days, Lu Kang mainly appeared in two places in the county government office: the meeting hall and his study. These two places were almost the main places where Lu Kang lived, drank, and worked.
Cao Zhi and Wang Ping straightened their clothes a little, and then went in to meet the prefect along with the servants who led the way. After Jiangxia Man and Zheng Bao's army retreated, in the following period, no large-scale attacks were organized again, and they just kept sending out
A small group of troops carried out harassment. A large group of troops gathered their armor dozens of miles away. At this time, Wancheng was still tightly surrounded. Lu Kang and his men did not dare to rest. They were busy counting casualties and deploying to various places.
Bing Yong heard that Cao Zhi was coming and hurriedly called them in.
When Cao Zhi and others walked to the door of Lu Kang's study, he suddenly heard loud voices coming from the study, which sounded like the voices of Lu Kang and Lu Jun. The father and son seemed to be quarreling about something.
Cao Zhi didn't mean to eavesdrop on other people's whispers, but now they were close, and the two of them were talking loudly, so it was too late for Cao Zhi to avoid them.
I just heard something like Lu Jun saying loudly: "Father, how can this be allowed? He is a guest from afar, how can we let him take such a risk? Let the child go!"
Then a deep voice came: "My father has made his own decision. I don't want you to talk too much. Go back to your defense zone."
That was Lu Kang's voice, and Cao Zhi could recognize it right away. Then Lu Jun might have argued something, and finally it seemed that Lu Kang was annoyed, and Lu Kang roared: "Get out!"
After a while, Lu Jun opened the study door creakingly and walked out of the study with a livid face. He looked up and saw Cao Zhi. The two of them smiled awkwardly. Lu Jun cupped his hands and said, "Captain Cao!"
Cao Zhi and Wang Ping also responded at the same time: "Lu Sima!"
Lu Jun seemed to have something to say to Cao Zhi, but after thinking about it, he unconsciously glanced towards the back study room, nodded to Cao Zhi, but still didn't say anything, then said goodbye and hurried away.
Already.
Cao Zhi didn't think much about it. He looked at each other, smiled at each other, and started walking towards the study.
"Yangzhou Captain Cao Zhi and Wang Ping paid a visit to the Grand Administrator."
"Oh! Captain Cao is here, please come in quickly."
Following the voice, the door to the study room, which had been ajar, was opened again. A housekeeper stood out of the door and extended his hand to invite Cao Zhi and Cao Zhi in.
After Cao Zhi and Wang Ping entered the room and saluted Lu Kang, they looked up and saw Lu Kang sitting upright behind a book. His face was not very good, perhaps because he had not recovered from the dispute between father and son just now.
But now he is still very polite when meeting Cao Zhi. This may be because Cao Zhi did his best to protect Anhui City, which greatly improved Lu Kang's impression of Cao Zhi. After Lu Kang invited the two to take a seat, Cao Zhi first introduced Wang
Ping, and briefly told Wang Ping that he stepped forward in time on the East City to help Cao Zhi and the city guards repel Zheng Bao. He knew that this matter, big or small, in Wancheng could not be hidden from Lu Kang, so he did not hide it.
After that, he told the truth, and explained Wang Ping's origins and the whole story of coming to Wancheng to Lu Kang according to Li Ru's compilation, and finally told Lu Kang that he had accepted Wang Ping as the captain of his personal guard.
Lu Kang seemed overjoyed. He clapped his hands and praised Wang Ping. He also looked at Wang Ping with special eyes. He also told Cao Zhi that there are mountains beyond the mountains and sky beyond the sky. The sea water is difficult to measure and people cannot be judged by their appearance. It should be noted: "Hanhou, Meng Zheng and other ancient people
There were times when great men were in trouble in the past, and heroes did not care where they came from. Cao Zhi was told to reuse Wang Ping in the future and not to waste such talents.
Cao Zhi originally thought that Lu Kang would be a little unhappy. Wang Ping was at least under Lu Kang's rule now, but not only that, Lu Kang seemed to be quite happy that Cao Zhi had gained a talent. Cao Zhi didn't understand him.
Why is Lu Kang so happy to have accepted a personal guard? But on the surface, he still said yes.
Lu Kang went on to say that Wang Ping was hiding his secrets, and indeed he had some real abilities. He had always been committed to being a common man, and he took the opportunity to praise Cao Zhi for being a hero who can recognize the heroes with a sharp eye.
It was so gratifying that he could not catch up with him. Today, he defeated Zheng Bao again and made great contributions to the army and people of Wancheng. It was really gratifying and congratulatory. His boss Chen Wen heard about it and he would definitely reuse him in the future. He also said that Cao Zhi's golden career is just around the corner.
Lu Kang then praised Wang Ping again and rewarded him with a lot of money and gifts. Seeing that his hand was injured, he asked him to go back and have a good rest. Wang Ping finally showed some skills in front of others. Although it was not a proud moment, it was still inevitable.
Secretly proud.
As he spoke, he came to the door of the study. Although it was late at night, the enemy troops were tightly sieging the city. The whole city was heavily guarded. The county government was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. It was impossible to sleep well at night. Lu Kang ordered his servants to send the king to him first.
Ping went out, but left Cao Zhi behind. He said he had something to discuss with him, and then dismissed the servants and led Cao Zhi to the back hall.
The two of them walked along a snow-covered path until they reached a courtyard. Lu Kang stopped, pointed at the snowflakes that were still falling in the sky, and asked Cao Zhi: "How is the snow falling, Lieutenant Commander?"
Cao Zhi didn't understand what Lu Kang meant by asking, but he just replied truthfully: "Since the beginning of the war, it seems that the snow has never stopped. I wonder if it will cause a disaster if it continues to snow."
"Yes, definitely!" Lu Kang replied firmly.
Cao Zhi looked at Lu Kang's expression when he said "yes". He didn't seem to be worried about the snow disaster at all. He was looking forward to the snow disaster soon. Could it be that he, Lujiang's soldiers and civilians, were not the first to be unlucky after the snow disaster?
?
Cao Zhi asked curiously: "Why is the prefect so sure?"
Lu Kang turned to look at Cao Zhi and said: "Jiangxia was hit by rain this summer, but there was nothing in Lujiang. I later asked many old people who knew about farming. According to past experience, there will be a scene in Lujiang in winter."
Snow disaster.”
After Lu Kang finished speaking, he looked at Cao Zhi's puzzled look and continued with a smile: "It has been snowing continuously these days. Several mountain passes in and out of Jiangxia will gradually be blocked by snow. Not to mention the barbarians, they are the locals."
It is very difficult for people to find their way to Jiangxia."