Until all the guards in dark red flying fish robes left, Fang Xie still didn't relax completely. After arriving in this world, the first thing he did to practice the theory of the previous life in this life was not to trust anyone easily. Especially, a stranger who suddenly appears in front of you.
The person called Mr. Zhuo by Meng Wudi and others seemed to know what Fang Jie was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's human nature, after all, it's hard for anyone to believe a person who suddenly appeared in front of him, especially this person and those who chased him down. My own people also come from the same place.”
He touched Fang Jie's heart, but the key is that Fang Jie didn't say a word!
"Mind reading?"
Fang Xie couldn't help asking.
"Mind reading?"
Mr. Zhuo repeated one side, then couldn't help but nodded and said: "This name is also good, but I have always called this ability as a spy before."
Fang Jiexin said, are you an endoscope or an outsider
But when he thought of this, he stopped immediately, lest this guy who could read people's hearts would see through his thoughts again. He couldn't help but asked Mr. Zhuo: "Is your ability a talent or cultivation?"
"There are many people with high cultivation in this world, but their abilities are just more capable of fighting. But those with different talents have different abilities. The world is big, and there are many unremarkable people who may have amazing talents hidden in their bodies. ... supernatural powers? How did you come up with such a word?"
Mr. Zhuo didn't do research on these four words, but smiled and said: "But if I don't want to read, I can't read anything. But you know, peeking into people's affairs is always addictive , It took me a full ten years to allow myself to control this desire at will."
"If it were me, I'm afraid I would have lost my life if I hadn't made a mistake and gone to jail."
Fang Jie sighed with emotion, but Mr. Zhuo's expression changed slightly. He walked slowly towards the clear spring, squatted down, took a sip of it with his hands, and sighed: "If I can have such awareness at your age , I'm afraid I won't take so many detours. It seems that I have experienced such things as near death several times. As for going to jail... I realized that I should control my desire to pierce people's hearts, and it took me so much to do this. Ten years were spent in prison."
He smiled and said, "It's a very strong and deserted prison."
Fang Jie was stunned, but didn't know what to say.
"Let's go."
Mr. Zhuo stood up and said: "Since I have followed you, it's time to return to the imperial capital. I haven't been out and about in these years. After I left the prison, I was greedy for the vastness of the imperial capital, and I almost lost myself after leaving that majestic city. Seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers, I had the idea of settling here several times, and I didn't want to go back to the imperial capital. After ten years of purgatory, I still can't let my desires be sent and received freely, I am ashamed."
"If anyone could send and receive their desires freely..."
Fang Jie turned over and jumped onto the red horse, shook his head and said, "Then he must be a saint."
This time it was Mr. Zhuo who was stunned, then nodded and said: "It is true."
Fang Jie made a gesture of invitation and asked, "You and I ride together?"
Mr. Zhuo smiled and shook his head: "I have my own horse, but it's different from good horses like you. It can't go far in a day, and its temper is not small. If it refuses to go, I can't help it. So If you walk slowly after you get on the road for a while... don't worry."
Fang Jie couldn't help guessing, "Is it a donkey?"
Mr. Zhuo couldn't help laughing: "You are an interesting young man, and the three of you are all interesting people. This trip is not in vain just because I got to know the three of you."
He took out a flute from the old whitish gray cloth robe as if by magic, and played it softly by his mouth. Not long after, a cry came from the dense forest on the other side. It's very special, Fang Jie couldn't recognize what kind of animal it was at the first time, but it was definitely not a donkey.
When that thing slowly came out from the woods, Fang Jie and the others couldn't help being surprised.
Mr. Zhuo's mount turned out to be a pig.
wild boar.
A wild boar that looks big and has a violent aesthetic. The two fangs in the pig's mouth are two feet long, as sharp as Sui's standard horizontal knife. The body of this wild boar looks bigger than the old scalper, and it walks slowly, but every step is majestic.
It is as if the king of the forest is patrolling his own territory.
"It's time to go back."
Mr. Zhuo said to the wild boar.
But the wild boar didn't seem to care about him, but the other party was interested in understanding the three of them. And at the moment when this huge wild boar appeared, even the Beiliao horse, who was used to seeing wild beasts, trembled slightly with fright. The scarlet horse that Fang Jie sat on was better, but seemed a little restless as it hoofed back and forth. The other two white horses were so frightened that they leaned together and dared not move.
Scared the three horses, but the wild boar didn't feel any sense of accomplishment. It snorted twice from its nose, as if telling the three horses that it had no interest in them. Especially the way the chin is raised, the arrogant expression is so clearly expressed like a human being.
Mr. Zhuo smiled embarrassingly and said: "As I said just now, Xiaohua is a bit disobedient."
He clumsily climbed onto the back of the wild boar, and then naturally grabbed a strand of the wild boar's mane. It's a bit awkward for a person to ride a pig, even if it's a wild boar.
Fang Jie suddenly thought, is riding a pig more comfortable than riding a horse
"What did you say it was called?"
The big dog looked at the huge wild boar warily and asked.
Mr. Zhuo smiled proudly, and then seriously replied: "Xiaohua, her full name is Zhu Xiaohua."
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Except for Fang Jie's scarlet horse who dared to walk not too far away from Zhu Xiaohua, the other two horses chose to follow behind obediently. The faster the pig walked, the faster they walked. If the pig walked slowly, no matter how much Big Dog and Mu Xiaoyao urged them, they would not dare to pass.
Fang Xie couldn't help secretly praising him in his heart, saying that this little pig was the one who leaked his bastard spirit. If it doesn't go, other animals dare not go. It walks, other animals dare not not to walk.
"Mr. Zhuo, you just mentioned that His Majesty also knows me?"
After leaving the woods and turning to the official road, Fang Jie, who couldn't hold back his curiosity, still asked. In fact, Mr. Zhuo said a lot in the woods, the one that caught Fang Xie's attention the most was the sentence, His Majesty already knew about this young man... For Fang Jie who wanted to gain a foothold in the imperial capital, this sentence was undoubtedly very attractive force.
"Yes, His Majesty knows you."
Mr. Zhuo replied lightly.
"How did you know that?"
Fang Jie asked persistently.
"I don't know either. I just heard a few words from the governor. His Majesty seems to appreciate you very much. It seems that you took the exam for the Yanwu Academy after making 21 military exploits in Fan Gu? You must know that you have made 10 military exploits. You are qualified to recommend to the Ministry of War, and then select the most suitable candidate after layers of selection. You have made 21 military exploits before reporting to the Ministry of War. There is no need for a second selection. You should be able to get the approval of the Ministry of War to participate directly. Exam."
"ah?"
Fang Jie was taken aback for a moment, and then scolded Li Xiaozong, you bastard.
Mr. Zhuo asked: "Li Xiaozong? Fan Gu Frontier Army General?"
Fang Jie nodded bitterly and said, "That guy told me that if I want to take the exam at the Academy of Martial Arts, I have to accumulate at least 21 military merits!"
Mr. Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "I thought it was you who could withstand the temptation and didn't go to the screening, but just doubled the credit in exchange for the chance to go directly to the hospital for the exam."
Fang Jie smiled wryly, and asked again: "What else did Your Majesty mention about me?"
"Not to mention..."
Speaking of this, Mr. Zhuo kindly reminded: "Don't think that His Majesty mentioned your name once in the Imperial Study Room, and that it is a certainty that you will take the exam at the Academy of Martial Arts. Your Majesty has a lot of things to deal with every day. It's complicated and trivial. I'm afraid I will forget your name the next day, and maybe I won't remember it again in the future."
Fang Jie sighed and said, "It's been hard work to manage everything."
Mr. Zhuo asked, "What do you mean?"
Fang Jie naturally refused to explain, smiled and changed the subject and asked, "Mr. Zhuo, do you think I can be admitted to the Martial Arts Academy?"
"Why are you obsessed with the gate of the Martial Arts Institute?"
Mr. Zhuo said: "Since you are from the military, even if you fail the entrance examination, you still have to go back to the army. With your ability to make 21 military exploits at such a young age, His Majesty mentioned it in the Imperial Study Room A chance for your name, even if you fail the exam, will it be difficult for you to walk in the future?"
"Didn't you say that His Majesty might forget it the next day?"
"Your Majesty can forget..."
Mr. Zhuo looked at Fang Jie and said seriously: "But do you think the adults in the court would dare to forget? Even if His Majesty just mentioned your name casually in the imperial study, the officials at the Ministry of War will definitely call you It is very important. Because they will be worried that if His Majesty mentions you again, they will do nothing. Of course, if you don’t remind His Majesty of your ability from time to time, then sooner or later you will disappear from all living beings, and you may die without knowing it. How did you die?"
Let His Majesty think of you from time to time.
Fang Xie kept this sentence firmly in his heart.
"Kaowuke, you have no advantage."
Mr. Zhuo suddenly said something.
Fang Jie nodded, he knew that he could not cultivate, and it was indeed the most fatal flaw for a place like Yanwuyuan, which selects generals in the army.
"Then think about it, what else do you have?"
Mr. Zhuo stretched out his fingers and counted one by one: "You don't have an advantage in martial arts, so in such subjects as strategy, art of war, astronomy, geography, human heart, and arithmetic, is there anything you are good at?"
Fang Jie originally thought that he had the foundation of his previous life, and arithmetic should not be a problem, but when he thought about the size of the Sui Dynasty and the number of strange people, he lost his confidence. So after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Mr. Zhuo's eyes, but he still didn't give up: "Even in Danqing, it is okay to have attainments in calligraphy, and the staff in the army have to draw pictures during marches and battles, and they have to record the itinerary of the army and wars, etc. If you can draw well and write beautifully, you will also have the opportunity to become an aide, and becoming an aide is also a good way out for promotion."
Fang Jie thought about it carefully, then shook his head again. As I thought before, Da Sui is too old, and the people who take the exam are the elite among the elite. I have some basic skills in painting, but I can barely get started. As for the handwriting... Even my own name is neatly written, but it's really not beautiful.
"I'm not good at it, so what do you think the Academy of Martial Arts wants you to do? And why do you want to be admitted to the Academy of Martial Arts?"
Mr. Zhuo asked in surprise.
"for… "
Fang Jie didn't continue talking, but looked at Mr. Zhuo and asked seriously: "You didn't spy on my mind now, did you?"
Mr. Zhuo rolled his eyes at him and said, "It's not an easy task, it requires concentration. Do you think I'm watching what you're thinking anytime, anywhere?"
Fang Jie heaved a sigh of relief when he got this answer, then sat up straight in the red horse, looked at Mr. Zhuo with a serious expression and said in a loud voice: "I want to be admitted to the Martial Arts Academy to increase my ability. It is better to be loyal to His Majesty, to the Great Sui! As a soldier, you must always remember your duties!"
Mr. Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, then sighed and said, "You look down on me too much."
Fang Jie was puzzled: "No, I respect you very much."
Mr. Zhuo looked at Fang Jie with disdain and said, "Don't you think that as long as I don't read my words, I won't be able to understand how false what you just said?"
He took a closer look at Fang Jie and sighed: "It's a pity that the Academy of Martial Arts is not a brothel and does not accept young masters... You have a good appearance with thin skin, tender flesh and good features. Many people like young masters more than young ladies." some."
Fang Jie didn't speak.
But Mr. Zhuo said angrily: "No cursing!"