(At the beginning of this chapter, the protagonist changed his name to Zhu Kui. Hai Piao’s deceased cousin was named Zhu Kui, in order to keep his brother alive in his heart.)
Zhang Jian named him, and Zhu Kui thanked him and accepted the order.
After leaving the study, he met Uncle He who was washing the dishes and told him about his apprenticeship. At the same time, he would be living here in the future, so he would be in trouble.
"I would like to congratulate you, sir."
"Uncle He, the call of "Langjun Langjun" sounds very awkward. You call me Sanlang, which is more pleasant to my ears!"
"Okay then, Saburo, come with me, and I will make a room for you."
Uncle He stood up, wiped his hands on the linen, led Zhu Kui to the room, and gave a basic introduction to the living conditions of the villa.
Zhang Jian is a descendant of Zhang Er, the king of Zhao in the early Han Dynasty. Shortly after the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang eliminated kings with different surnames in order to consolidate his power. The Zhang family slowly declined. What remains today are just ordinary nobles.
But even if they are ordinary nobles, the Zhang family is still very wealthy. Meihua Villa was built by Zhang Er in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Er had already discovered that Liu Bang had the intention of killing the rabbit and the dog, and left a way for him to escape, but it was a pity that he was useless.
King Zhao died of illness in the second year after he succeeded to the throne. His son was also useless, and no one from subsequent generations lived in it. Occasionally, descendants repaired it and used it as a summer retreat, so it was abandoned for more than 400 years.
In the year, Zhang Jian, the great-great-grandson, was finally put to use.
The two masters and servants have lived in the house for more than half a year. On weekdays, Uncle He went down the mountain to buy daily necessities, but he always had nothing to eat. Therefore, in the backyard of the villa, Uncle He cultivated some vegetable plots as much as he could, intending to live a self-sufficient life.
During the Han Dynasty, wealthy families were able to have three meals a day, and dinner was usually called a feast. When Zhu Kui knocked on the door, Zhang Jian and Uncle He had just finished their meal, so they were delayed for some time.
As a result, I had to wait for a long time before the door opened.
Zhu Kui didn't have much luggage, just a parcel and a dagger. After everything was sorted, Uncle He remembered that Zhu Kui might not have eaten yet, and since he hadn't prepared three portions in advance, he went to cook for him again.
"Uncle He, you don't have to do these things. I will take care of the food myself." Zhu Kui declined. It was not that he was embarrassed to bother Uncle He, but he wanted to go out to hunt game and barbecue.
At the same time, he did not consider that Zhang Jian agreed to become his apprentice on the same day, and he did not prepare all the etiquette things. Fortunately, Zhang Jian did not have strict requirements just now, and the master and apprentice just accepted it, so he suddenly had a whim.
If you want to make a barbecue and serve it as a supper for Zhang Jian, maybe he will never have a supper in his whole life.
After coming out of the villa, Zhu Kui quickly put his mind together and went back to the name of his previous life. Although he was a little excited and confused, but since everyone had come here, even if the name followed him, it would only be a good thing, not a big deal.
Breathing in the breath of the night sky, Zhu Kui wanted to hunt game and was not prepared to go far. He was just outside the plum blossom forest. He was born in the mountains and knew very well that traveling deep into the forest at night was ten times more dangerous than during the day.
In the afternoon, when I was looking for Plum Blossom Villa in Plum Blossom Forest, I found many hares jumping around in the grass, which Zhu Kui remembered in his heart.
The method of hunting rabbits is very simple. It is a unique skill that Zhu Kui has practiced for many years. In the past, when he was in the village, he often did it in the fields. He would just throw it with a hatchet and behead it in the air. After many years, it has become like fire and pure gold.
Now using the dragon scale dagger to replace it, I think it will be more convenient and there will be no false starts.
At night, there were naturally less traces of hares than during the day, and Zhu Kui was wandering back and forth around the villa.
Zhu Kui calmed down and suddenly made a new discovery. When he went into the forest to look for the villa, he only focused on identifying the direction and looking for traces of the villa. He did not pay attention to the array of plum blossom trees. After wandering around, he suddenly felt that these
Plum trees grow regularly.
"Three!"
"Six!"
"Five!"
Step by step, start from the wall on the left, keep counting until you reach the wall on the right, until you have completed a full circle.
"Three trees form a circle, or six trees form a circle, and most of them have five trees forming a circle." Zhu Kui secretly calculated in his heart, and then suddenly realized that the array was forming a circle after another, forming an interlocking ring.
, if people enter the plum blossom forest, they will get lost entirely because this arrangement is so overlapping that people's line of sight can never penetrate in a straight line, so they feel like they are walking in a straight line. In fact, when you enter another circle of plum blossom trees,
, it is easy to change direction unknowingly. After several consecutive circles, the route has already been twisted and deviated, or even returned to the original path...
"Five, three, six, isn't this the number of common petals of plum blossoms?" Another discovery made Zhu Kui's interest greatly increased. He didn't know whether this large plum blossom forest was artificially planted or the miraculous work of nature. The former
, the person who planted it may be like Zhuge Liang in the novel, a scholar of heaven and earth, a formation comparable to the Bagua Stone Formation.
Of course, for the latter, if you can understand some mysteries and apply them, it will be a great benefit.
Zhu Kui observed for a while, vaguely remembering some of the patterns. After a while, he noticed the appearance of a rabbit shadow, approaching silently, under the pale yellow moonlight, like a dragon scale dagger and a silver snake, condensing energy to attack,
The snake was like lightning, and it bit the rabbit shadow in one go. It kept shaking and squeaking a few times, but it couldn't get up.
With a grin on his face, he walked over and pulled out the dragon scale dagger. Blood immediately flowed out. The hare struggled twice and stopped moving. Zhu Kui picked it up and returned to the villa.
He found Uncle He and showed off his prey.
"Sanlang is really good at it. This rabbit is quite fat. You want me to help you deal with it."
Uncle He was not surprised that Zhu Kui came back from hunting a hare so quickly. He knew that Zhu Kui came from a commoner's family and was very good at hunting. It was a survival skill that was passed down from generation to generation among the common people.
"Uncle He, you are an elder. How can I let you do it? Just wait and I will let you try my craftsmanship later."
"Then I'll be waiting for Saburo!" Uncle He replied with a smile.
After begging for soy sauce, salt, dishes, and writing brushes, Zhu Kui carried the hare to the only well in the villa, picked up the water, removed the hair, guts, and washed it. He was no novice at all and handled it neatly.
Start a fire, skewer the rabbit meat on plum branches, place it next to the fire, mix soy sauce and salt to taste, and use a brush to spread the juice evenly.
At the same time, a small pit was dug not far away to bury all the internal organs and fur and let it rest in the ground.
The fire was jumping and flickering. Zhu Kui held the brush over and over again, basting the rabbit meat with juice. As the meat slowly cooked, the meat became looser, allowing the juice to gradually penetrate in, ensuring that it was delicious.
On the other hand, Zhu Kui was still thinking about the formation in the plum blossom forest. Suddenly, an inspiration came to him. In the formation, if every three people are in a group, it is a small formation, and every five or six people are in a large formation.
, back to back, shaped like a plum blossom, fighting together in coordination.
Under the large army, the plum blossoms are stacked on top of each other, so that after the enemy enters the formation, one's own team can not only surround and kill the enemy's soldiers as a group, but even if the enemy's troops are gathered in a group, the plum blossoms can also rotate and kill them.
The attack seems to come from all directions, dividing the enemy's forces.
Can it be said that flowers and leaves can also hurt people? Zhu Kui chuckled.
Unfortunately, when I was a soldier in the army in my previous life, I only took a quick look at the war cases of the cold weapon era, and found that more of my thoughts and interests were on the tactics of hot weapons. I vaguely remembered that there seemed to be generals in similar battle formations in history.
Hey! I wonder if I remembered it wrong.
Haha, my ideas for the Plum Blossom Formation are just random thoughts. It’s too early to talk about it, and it’s meaningless. Now I am just a child, and I don’t even think about it. When a new military formation is formed, I must not only perfect the idea, but also
You need a large number of soldiers and horses to practice for you, and finally you have to pass the test of many wars. Only then can you say that this idea is usable, feasible, and can be spread throughout the world.
It's so whimsical, where are the soldiers and horses for you to test? Zhu Kui laughed at himself.
During this dazed moment, the rabbit meat was already golden and juicy without realizing it. I wiped the dragon scale dagger with my sleeve, and with a bang, I took out three portions of rabbit meat and put them on a porcelain plate, one for myself and one for myself.
Uncle He, one portion was sent to Zhang Jian's room as a midnight snack and as a gift for repairing.
After knocking on the door and reporting in, Zhang Jian still held the letter and looked at it with concentration. These Confucian scholars have only two hobbies in their lives, reading and writing books, and nothing else. This has been the case since childhood.
In the era of information explosion in later generations, it is very simple and easy to learn, with universal education. However, the easier it is to obtain knowledge, the more people stop studying hard and do not cherish it. Is this called the opposite?
When Zhang Jian saw Zhu Kui coming, he put down the letter in his hand and moved his nose. There was a strong smell of meat. He stretched his neck to explore and asked, "Zhu Kui, what's in that bowl?"
?It smells so good."
Putting the plate of rabbit meat in his hand on the table, Zhu Kui said: "Sir, the etiquette must not be discarded. Students perform the apprenticeship ceremony. Although there is no dried meat, this plate of rabbit meat is for students to practice. I hope you will accept it."
Zhang Jian looked at the serious look on his disciple's face and the rabbit meat with residual heat, and said with a smile: "You have a heart, and I understand it. It's just that I already ate at night, and there is no need to eat anymore now."
"Sir, this is a late-night snack. Don't be in a hurry to eat it. You can eat it with rabbit meat while reading. I feel that these cheeks move from time to time and it is not easy to get sleepy from reading. This is what I have gained from reading over the years.
Techniques." Zhu Kui explained with a smile.
"Opportunistic! You have to concentrate on your studies and don't have distracting thoughts. You must never do this in the future." Zhang Jian said with a straight face: "Do you understand?"
"Students will definitely remember it if they know it."
Zhu Kui was stunned for a moment in embarrassment, and then he suddenly realized that he had violated a very important rule as a scholar, which is to study without distracting thoughts. In ancient times, this would be very admonished by the master.
"You have traveled a long way and are tired. Go back to your room and rest early."
"Yes, students resign!"
After watching Zhu Kui leave, Zhang Jian picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of rabbit meat, put it in his mouth, and chewed: "It tastes good, but I don't think he is a good cook."
"Late snack, this name is very appropriate." Zhang Jian suddenly felt that after eating these few bites of rabbit meat, his mouth moved, and he really felt a little energetic.
You must know that he is getting older and his energy is not as good as when he was young. He would often fall asleep unconsciously after reading a book for a while, so this late-night snack is quite useful.