The Great Seminary

Chapter 158 The great traitor
Zhang Rui, who accompanied Prince Zhen out of the capital to tour the imperial guards of East Guangdong Province, was a member of the Three Hundred Tiger Guards.

A family of military generals from the Ming and Song dynasties, with a truly noble family background.

More than a dozen generations ago, our ancestors were listed in the "Yellow Book of Beijing Soldiers". Although they were not rich, they were still a top-class family.

But a few hundred years ago, a gambler came into the family and in just over a decade he squandered all the family wealth, and their lives quickly fell on hard times.

When it came to Zhang Rui's turn, he was even poorer, and could only barely make ends meet.

But even then, he still had to study the "Martial Classics", otherwise his name would be removed from the military rolls, which would be equivalent to erasing his identity as a "family of military commanders".

Not only will you be sorry for your ancestors, but your social status will also drop several levels.

When the time comes and the local gangs that our parents have offended in the past take revenge on us, who knows what kind of tragedy will happen.

So he could only act like a grandson in the "Imperial Guard Training Ground" and serve as a younger brother to those soldiers in the "Beijing Soldiers Yellow Book" who had preserved their wealth.

So don't think that Zhang Rui must be a Luzhi person from a military family just because he looks big and strong and is skilled in archery and horse riding.

In fact, the opposite is true.

He has a lot of ideas.

Otherwise, even if Zhang Gui had saved him once, as an old acquaintance of Zhen Wang's clan, he would not have tried so hard to curry favor with him.

I also inquire about so many things intentionally or unintentionally
The wind howled yesterday, but the weather has been sunny and warm today.

As Zhang Rui and Lu Zhen walked side by side towards the pier, he thought to himself:
"Sun Boting is really not a good son.

The dignified General Xuanlong Zhonglang, who led three hundred tiger guards to guard the "Eastern Guangdong Province Tour".

One of the "Nine Gifts" that the court used to protect King Zhen openly and restrain him secretly.

After being frightened by Mr. Yin's few sarcastic remarks, he pretended to be sick and didn't know where he went to recuperate.

Our three hundred imperial guards, known as the "best soldiers of Ming and Song", were cut into pieces.

They were filled into the so-called 'Dragon and Tiger Shogunate' and served as officials and generals.

Just re-edit it if you want to.

Anyway, I, a ninth-rank "Little Star Captain" of the Imperial Guard, have transformed myself into a sixth-rank captain of the Barbarian Army, so it's not too bad.

After eating the pie in the sky, if you are forced to work hard, you will work hard, because the situation is stronger than you.

But even if I have never really fought in a war, I know that there is no such thing as a war method that wastes human lives.

I don't know what's going on with Prince Zhen, he needs to find someone else to rely on.

No matter whether it is useful or not, it is better than doing nothing and waiting to die.

And this Yang Longhu, at least treats the lives of his subordinates as human lives.

This is already a good superior among hundreds.

On the contrary, the soldiers who were rescued now caught more fish to eat than usual.

If this is sincere, wouldn’t you become a saint?

It's really hard to understand. It's really hard to understand.

But whether these are true or false is actually not the key.

The key is that it has the power of a demon.

It feels like on the battlefield, he can treat those below the sixth-rank heavy-armored knights as trash and strangle them.

There is absolutely no need to use us as a shield.

that's enough. "

The world is so absurd.

In fact, it is impossible for a small person without power to do much evil.

But even so, after working hard for more than ten days, if you want to take a day off, you may be told:

Being so poor, he doesn't even work hard to support his family. He really deserves to be poor for generations.

Even their existence is a burden to the world and they are doing evil!
However, those people who are able to do great things, who usually "do ten evils and do one good", will still be regarded as role models and even relied upon.

It’s really up to you!
In the distance, Zhang Gui caught a big fish near the shore, returned to the dock, and returned to his normal shape.

He came to the shrewd soldier, took off his robe and tied it around his waist.
"This smock belongs to me. How about I compensate you with three taels of silver later?" "No, no, no, I will give this smock to you as a gift."

The stunned soldier came to his senses and spoke hurriedly.

"You should only respect your parents. Anyone who tries to extort money from you is an idiot.

So I have to ask for three taels of silver later."

Zhang Gui waved his hand and said:

"As for now, why don't you find someone to pick up the fish and eat it? Do you really want me to deliver it to your mouth?"

"My parents are dead, my family is in trouble due to drought, ah, ah, I need someone to pick up fish.

Thank you, General, thank you, General."

When the soldier heard this, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes for some reason.

He didn't even know what he was muttering, and turned around to ask people to pick up the frozen fish.

At this time, Zhang Rui and Lu Zhenduan happened to come in front of Zhang Gui.

Looking at the soldier's receding figure, Zhang Rui suddenly said with emotion:
"This pawn was originally one of my personal soldiers, but because he was too smart, I ended up making him a messenger.

I didn't expect that Longhu would win over me in just half a day.

It seems that it’s not that they are too shrewd, but that I am too utilitarian.”

“No one can actually tell the difference between sincerity and utilitarianism.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be the story of the Wu general 'sucking his soldiers' that has been passed down through the ages.

But Lord Zhang Rui, as a strong man, if he were to fall to the point where he had to rely on one or even thousands of ordinary people to die for him so that he could survive.

It would be better to die early."

Zhang Gui smiled and said when he heard this.

Although the tone was extremely calm, for some reason it frightened Zhang Rui so much that his whole body stiffened.

For a moment, I could no longer speak.

"Master Zhang is, after all, a warrior, and he doesn't understand the minds of educated people.

Who would be willing to admit that his words and actions may seem kind and gentle, but in fact he is trying to tempt people to sacrifice their lives?

Wouldn't that make him a great villain?"

Standing shoulder to shoulder, Lu Zhenduan sensed something was wrong with Zhang Rui. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he coughed lightly and said,

"Yang Longhu, there's a message from the water curtain. An envoy sent by King Zhen will come to see you shortly."

"I, King Zhen, is it so grand? Is it an envoy sent by 'Xingzai'?" Zhang Gui said in surprise.

If King Zhen was the ruler of a country, "Xingzai" would be his court.

The two sides seem to agree, but in fact they are not.

Zhang Gui and King Zhen have been friends for a long time.

It felt like no matter how much Xingzai valued him, King Zhen himself always treated him like an ant and didn't pay much attention to him at all.

Why would you send an envoy at this time?
If it were in the past, Lu Zhenduan would just play dumb and pass by Zhang Gui's questions.

But this time he hesitated and lowered his voice:

"Perhaps, by chance yesterday, you helped Han Lishen a great deal, and King Zhen knew about it.

So I sent someone to ask.”

"What's the point of asking this? It's really unreasonable. Oh, could it be because of the exiled immortal Shen Ze? It can't be like this!
At this time, how could King Zhen, the lord of a small nation, still have such leisure time? "

"Longhu, have you forgotten the story of 'the light shuttle flashes, the dragon marrow arrives, and the goddess smiles and a thousand cities fall'?

Besides, His Royal Highness Prince Zhen was just asking."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhenduan recalled the behavior of Prince Zhen when he just left the capital last year. Although he could not be said to be wise, he could be said to know how to use people well and was humble and cautious. He smiled bitterly and said.

(End of this chapter)