Along the way, Ji Changze said, "No, no, I don't want to be the accountant." He also didn't forget to ask them, "You two really think that with my appearance, the general can let me be the accountant after seeing me?"
The two soldiers looked him up and down in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Looking at you talking, aren't you very smart?"
Ji Changze spread his hands helplessly, showed them the blood stains on his body, and pointed to his face:
"With this look on my face, some people say I am a beggar. They all say that a gentleman is well dressed. With this look on me, let alone a general, even a random passerby would not believe that I am a scholar."
What he said was reasonable and his facial expression was very appropriate.
The two soldiers looked at each other.
"Brother, I think what he said makes sense."
"I feel so too."
After they finished their discussion, one of them looked at Ji Changze with an expression that said, "You have a lot to do." "Then what do you think we should do? Let me tell you first, we won't let you go."
General Hou is a high-ranking general in the imperial court, either in the Northern Expedition or in the Southern Expedition. As his soldiers, they will have to go to the battlefield sooner or later.
Originally, both of them were very clear about their destiny. As small soldiers like them who grabbed a lot of soldiers in the military camp, their mission was to be at the forefront every time there was a battle.
They are the ones who will die the fastest.
But as this person said, having some military merit is very different. With military merit, at least you don’t have to be cannon fodder.
It's strange that the two of them were willing to give up this opportunity.
They all looked at Ji Changze warily, fearing that he would run away.
Ji Changze didn't have this idea at all. He just shook his sleeves and said pleasantly: "I still need a new set of clothes. It's best to have good materials. It's best to change these shoes. In addition, put on a tie on your hair." It’s also dirty.”
Both of them looked like "you're just dreaming" on their faces.
"Do you know how much new clothes and shoes cost? We only ask you to be the accountant in the military camp because we think highly of you. You can't live up to your expectations."
"My little brother, since he knows the word "make every move within an inch of his life", he must have read a little bit of books. I dare to ask, little brother, you two are recommending an accountant to the general. For the general, when he sees that the person you recommend is a man whose clothes are stained with blood, like a disaster victim, he will It seems that the accounting office was randomly picked out from the pile of dead people. Will he think that you two are working hard?"
The two soldiers looked at each other.
"Aren't you the one we pulled out from the pile of dead people??"
Ji Changze waved his hand: "This is not important."
"Think about it, how easy it is to pull someone out from the dead. But what if the accountant you recommend is well-dressed, spotless, and speaks elegantly? You can tell the general that you can invite this accountant to serve the army. You spent so much time talking, and [with great difficulty] you persuaded this gentleman who seemed to have no shortage of money, that is, he came to the military camp to work as an accountant. Will the general feel that you two are loyal and think about the military camp all the time? Woolen cloth?"
He spoke slowly, but his enunciation was clear, and every word reached the ears of both people smoothly.
Both of them looked thoughtful as they listened.
"Brother, what he said seems to make sense. If we dress him up and bring him to the military camp, if he is well-dressed, we can invite him here and it will be a credit to his face."
As they spoke, they looked at Ji Changze again.
Ji Changze nodded with a smile: "That's right, little brother, you are very knowledgeable."
The two of them muttered again, finally agreed, and straightened up again.
"Okay, we'll take you to buy clothes, but you have to pay for it yourself."
Ji Changze waved his sleeves, with an innocent look on his face: "I have nothing to offer, and I have no money to carry around."
"Who are you lying to? Just now you took away the coins from the two of us, which we worked so hard to pull off from the dead."
"Yes, we saw it with our own eyes."
Ji Changze said calmly: "That's for buying straw mats. After all, it's an event in the same village. Naturally, we have to bury the person properly."
With blood stains on his face that had dried but still looked scary, he smiled gently at the two of them: "Or are you telling me that what you said to me about going to collect their corpses was all false? You turned among the corpses? Turn it over, do you just want their money?"
Just as they finished speaking, a gust of cold wind happened to blow between the three of them.
The two soldiers trembled, and then they remembered that they had been frightened by Ji Changze just now, and then heard what he said about Mr. Accountant. They hurriedly dragged the people away, and actually forgot to collect the bodies of the dead people. .
When they looked at the scholar standing there in front of them, with blood stains on his face, both of them couldn't help but swallow.
The feeling in my heart that "I am a soldier and you are a citizen, of course you have to be humble in front of me" is gone.
In this barren mountain, this man couldn't really be a ghost.
"Then, let's do as you say. We will buy clothes for you with our own money, and then buy some straw mats to bury everyone."
Seeing that the two of them looked frightened, Ji Changze did not clarify anything, nodded and smiled, and took the lead in walking in front.
The two soldiers looked at each other. Although they were a little scared, they still couldn't bear the military glory and followed cautiously.
When they arrived at the market, they saw people coming and going. With so many people there, they felt more confident.
When they entered a shop and saw that Ji Changze specially picked out the expensive ones, they couldn't help it.
"Aren't you spending your own money like this? It's just a piece of clothing, why does it have to be so expensive?"
Ji Changze looked at the materials and styles without looking back: "I originally thought that the more expensive the clothes are, the more the general will think that you two have contributed more. If you don't want me to wear expensive clothes, I will just choose the cheaper ones. Scholars are not particular about what they wear.”
As he said that, he turned around and headed towards the cheaper side.
"Hey, hey, no, no, no, no."
After what he said, the two of them saw that he was going to look at cheap clothes, so they hurriedly stopped him.
“If you buy something expensive, buy something expensive!”
"Is there something wrong?" Ji Changze looked back at the two of them, with a shy and embarrassed smile: "I think I'd better buy the cheaper one. You two are also good people. After all, you saved me. How could I let You spent a lot of money, and I thought that if I really became a bookkeeper in the military camp, I would repay you well."
The two of them had no hesitation at all now.
They also came back to their senses.
Nowadays, soldiers are easy to find, but scholars in the military camp are not available at all.
In fact, it was easy to find civil servants in the military camp at the beginning. However, there have been a lot of wars in the past few years, either with the rebels or with the Zhao State next door, and from time to time with the neighbor next door.
Literati don't like to move very much, and their bodies are relatively weak. They are not as strong and strong as tough guys like them.
It's like their military camp.
Stationed in another place, the weather is too cold, the accountant will die.
The war was won, everyone celebrated, drank too much, and the accountant died.
The enemy made a sneak attack and shot arrows at their military camp. The accountant died.
It is said that the names of other generals are not so miserable, at least not like their accountant. He will die at will. If he dies, no one will dare to apply for the job again.
Being a bookkeeper has become a dangerous profession.
It was always difficult for the general to find an accountant. They were members of the imperial court, not bandits, and it was difficult to forcefully kidnap an accountant.
But everyone who took the initiative to vote died miserably. It is conceivable that in the short term, no accountants will be willing to come to the military camp.
At this time, if they bring a gentleman who is well-dressed and well-spoken to recommend him, then the credit will be a recommendation.
Ji Changze was still refusing: "Forget it, I'll just buy something cheap. It's just a piece of clothing. In fact, I don't choose it."
"If you don't want us to choose, shopkeeper, hurry up and take out the most expensive scholar's clothes in your store and show them to our brothers."
"No, no, no, it's too expensive."
"Hey, what's the waste? You scholars are just grinding away. Shopkeepers, please hurry up."
Ji Changze: "But my body is covered with dust, and my face is covered with blood. Even if I change my clothes, I probably won't look good."
This is a problem.
"Shopkeeper, where is the bathhouse?"
So in the end, when the three of them came out of the bathhouse together, Ji Changze seemed to be a different person from beginning to end.
He was wearing a brand-new and elegant gown, and the uppers of his shoes were white and clean. He also scrubbed his body clean to remove the dead skin and dirt on the outside, revealing the fair skin on the inside.
The two soldiers had expressions of confusion from the moment he started washing his black arms into white ones. They were even more confused when Ji Changze changed his clothes and put on his hairband and stood in front of them again.
Why is this person so different before taking a shower and after taking a shower
He indeed looked like a scholar, a bit like the young master from a wealthy family they had seen when they were children in the city. His temperament made him look very gentle, but they did not dare to approach him at all.
Ji Changze smiled at them, and both of them were so laughed that they dared not say a word.
They thought that this might be the reverence for scholars.
In awe of the scholars, they returned to the village and dug a hole in the sky for a long time before finally asking: "Why don't you come down and help?"
Ji Changze stood on the edge of the pit and looked at them who were busy inside, and replied warmly: "I'm afraid that my clothes will be stained, and then it will be in vain."
That makes sense.
The two of them were thinking about it when they saw the scholar above him making a move to come down: "Seeing that you are very tired, why don't I come down and help you."
"No, please don't. If the clothes you are wearing are dirty, you will have to buy them again. We don't have the money to buy them."
Ji Changze was dissuaded, so he could only stand by the pit and said in a good manner: "Then I will stand here to encourage you."
Waiting for the corpses to be carried in one by one, wrapped in straw mats, the two of them gathered together and looked at Ji Changze, who had changed into a set of clothes and turned out to be a scholar. He stood by the pit and threw down a handful of soil in his hand. .
"What are you doing?"
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Once they come to this world, someone must send them off."
Ji Changze patted the dirt on his hands, looked at the two of them again, and said with a smile: "Now that everything has been dealt with, let's go to the military camp."
The two of them followed him; "Don't you want to go to the military camp?"
"You two are kind and will never harm me."
The two soldiers felt guilty.
They wanted to use Ji Changze as a military exploit, but in the end, this man actually thought they were kind.
"Ahem, cough, cough, actually, all the accountants in our military camp are a little short-lived."
"If it's short-lived, it's their life."
"Aren't you afraid that your life will be short too?"
Hearing this, Ji Changze turned around and smiled at them: "The short-lived life is in the hands of others, but mine is in my own hands. How can it be short-lived?"
Two people: "???"
"Brother, what is he talking about?"
"I don't know either, but it probably means that he is not afraid of a short life in the accounting office, so he still wants to go to the military camp."
"Then he is such a good person that he is willing to go like this."
"When we get to the military camp, let's try to take care of him. By the way, what's his name?"
Ji Changze, who was wearing the clothes they bought for him, happily accepted their evaluation of him as a "good person" and exchanged names by the way.
These two soldiers turned out to be brothers. The older one was called Wang Da and the younger one was called Wang Er. Their names were very easy to understand.
After Ji Changze understood this, he asked again: "Do you have younger brothers and sisters in your family who are named according to their rankings?"
The two nodded; "I don't have a sister in my family. My parents gave birth to younger brothers. There are seven brothers in total. When I left home, my mother still had one in her belly."
Ji Changze didn't ask their parents what they planned to name the baby in their belly.
In short, it should not be very friendly to this old man.
On the way to the military camp, he asked what civilian jobs were available in the military camp.
Then I got the answer that among the literati in the military camp, only the military advisor is still alive.
Others died for various reasons and could no longer die.
It's quite unlucky anyway.
As a result, every time they wanted to recruit civilians in their military camp, no one dared to come.
Everyone speculated that the reason for the military advisor was that he grew up with General Hou. When he was a child, he was General Hou's book boy. When he grew up, he went to war with the general. His body was somewhat stronger than those literati.
Only then can I survive until now.
Wang Dawang Er felt that Ji Changze was indeed a good person, and he didn't hide it from him. He made everything clear to him. If he was afraid and didn't want to go, they wouldn't stop him.
But the clothes and shoes had to be returned to them, which cost a lot of money.
Ji Changze didn't even think about leaving.
Shunshun Dangdang arrived at the military camp, he was waiting outside, and the two of them went to report first.
After a while, Wang Da came out and asked him to go forward.
Maybe there is really a shortage of scholars in this military camp, maybe General Hou is just free and wants to take him to see the general.
Ji Changze didn't have much surprise on his face, he dusted off the non-existent dust on his body and followed.
The appearance of the general's tent was no different from that of others, except that it was a little bigger. Wang Da led him to stand outside. The soldiers guarding the door looked Ji Changze up and down to make sure that he looked like an ordinary scholar and not threatening. , then went in to report.
Waiting until he was called in, Wang Da then led Ji Changze in cautiously.
As soon as he opened the curtain, he was greeted by a wave of warmth.
It's probably not the general who is afraid of the cold.
Ji Changze looked at the strong man who was shirtless and just put the long gun back in his hand, and he was very sure of this.
"Is this the person you said can be the accountant?"
There is still sweat on the strong man's body, which shows that he is very hot. He is good-looking. At a glance, he can be said to be heroic.
General Hou, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a strong body, bulging muscles, and an air of valor all over his body, stepped forward and looked Ji Changze up and down, and asked directly: "Where are you from? Why are you here in our Hou Family Army?"
Ji Changze lowered his eyes slightly, raised his hands in salute, and his attitude was quite indifferent; "My surname is Ji, my given name is Qing, and my courtesy name is Changze. I was originally a scholar with no fame in Hu County. On the way to seek medical treatment for my parents, my money was robbed, and I was transferred to Ke County to be raped by my wife. He was rescued and married to his wife, but now she has been kidnapped by the rebels and has come to seek refuge with the general. He also wants to follow the army to destroy the rebels and retrieve his wife."
This twists and turns made General Hou look back with interest at the man in the warm tent who was wearing a big cloak and writing something at the table: "Strategic Advisor, what do you think?"
Ji Changze looked over and saw that the military advisor was pale, wearing heavy clothes, and had no beard. His appearance was not good-looking, he could only be described as ordinary, but his eyes were very bright.
He glanced casually and saw that Ji Changze was still looking at him with a calm expression, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Since this gentleman is willing to be the accountant, the general will keep him."
"Okay, from now on, Mr. Ji will be our accountant here, and the rules will be as given by the previous accountant. Well, your name is Wang Da, right? Take Mr. Ji to the accountant's residence."
Ji Changze cupped his hands and followed King Wang Er out of the tent with a happy face.
The two of them were very happy: "Sir, you are lucky. The monthly payment of the superior accountant is the highest among all accountants in the past. Moreover, he lives in a separate tent, right next to the general's tent. Don't forget it in the future." My two brothers."
Ji Changze smiled and nodded: "Definitely, definitely."
He turned slightly sideways, glanced at the tent behind him, and touched a handful of hair that was still wet.
"This military advisor of yours is quite thoughtful."
The two of them were stunned: "Huh?"
Ji Changze smiled slightly: "It's nothing. Now that we've settled down, let's go."
Inside the camp, the general waited for them to leave before asking, "How is this? Can this person be trusted?"
The military advisor coughed a few times and said: "His eyes are clear, but he doesn't look like a treacherous person. The clothes he wears are from this town, and the uppers of his shoes are white. He must have just bought them. His hair is not dry yet, and he has just taken a shower. Those two soldiers Be very careful when touching his clothes. You should know that the clothes are newly bought. More likely, they bought them with money. They acted like this because they wanted to leave a good impression on the general. If they were spies, they would not do this. .”
"Then this person is trustworthy?"
"80% credible. Wait until I check the household registration and make more contacts... cough cough cough cough."
The general nodded, picked up the hot water on the table and drank a few more sips: "Just wait, I heard that there is a doctor in Wuxian County. We will be chasing the rebels in a while and they will pass by there. Then I will ask you Come to this famous doctor and he will surely cure you."
"It doesn't matter. I'm just weak. No one will die for a while. But the internal affairs of the army still need to be handled by others. Since Mr. Ji is here, let's leave it to him for the time being so that we can explore his true identity."
"good!"
The general drank several more sips of water.
"It happens that you want to cultivate yourself. Even if it is found out that he is a spy, I will not kill him for the time being."
In the tent next door, Ji Changze, who was watching Wang Er diligently helping him make his bed, moved his ears slightly.
It seems that I can pay attention to the famous doctor in Wuxian County.