Just as Hong Linying was thinking, he suddenly saw the curtain of the tent below the platform was lifted, and a man walked out.
Hong Linying looked carefully, and found that it was not the boy who had just entered, but Ji Wenhe who walked out first. Only after he came out and stood at the door did another person follow him out.
"Hmm? What is this?"
Hong Linying was stunned for a moment, then she sat up straight, her eyes suddenly opened, and then she slowly relaxed her body and her expression returned to calm.
At this time, below the stage, Advisor Ji also turned sideways and looked up at the podium, then saluted from a distance, bowed slightly, clasped his hands in his sleeves, and spoke loudly.
"Your Excellency the Marshal!"
Hong Linying slowly stood up and replied in the same loud voice.
"Oh, I came to see how the Guards recruitment is going. If we can recruit enough today, we will have to arrange for generals to be responsible for the training of the new soldiers later.
"Military Advisor, are you going back home? Did you gain anything today?"
After hearing this, a hint of subtle mockery flashed across Strategist Ji's eyes, but he still had a smile on his face, and he casually pointed at Li Yan behind him.
"Your Excellency is thoughtful. Haha, it finally came out after much anticipation. It was really not easy."
After saying that, he gently shook his head, looking relieved.
"Have you found the person you were looking for? Congratulations to Master Ji. You are really good at sifting through the waves. But I wonder how this person compares to the one you found last time?"
Marshal Hong said with a genuinely happy look.
Hearing this, Advisor Ji's pale face darkened a little, but soon returned to normal.
He didn't want to let Li Yan know about what happened with his disciple last time right away. If he knew too much, Li Yan would have doubts and it would be hard to say whether he would still be willing to practice.
You can't force others to practice, and if Li Yan doesn't want to, no one can stop him.
When Hong Linying said this at this time, he was not congratulating her as he appeared to be, but was harboring evil intentions.
Advisor Ji Jun nodded, put his hands behind his back, and showed a look of satisfaction.
"This boy is well-versed in the classics, and his aptitude is very much to my liking. This is destined by fate. Compared with the last time, he is much better. Wen He thanks you for your concern."
Without waiting for Marshal Hong's reply, he turned around and said to Li Yan.
"Li Yan, why don't you come forward and greet the Marshal!"
After Li Yan came out of the tent, the surprise in his heart had not yet faded and he couldn't extricate himself. Today's adventure still made him in a daze.
My mind kept thinking about what had just happened and fantasizing about what would happen in the future.
Today, not only did he join the army, but he also became a disciple of the famous military advisor Ji. The monthly salary he received was far beyond his imagination.
In this way, wouldn't I be able to go home and take care of my parents in a few years? But then I thought, what if the teacher doesn't let me go
Should we buy a house in the city, bring our parents and third brother over, and have the whole family reunited? That would definitely be a wonderful thing.
Also, I will go to see Li Yu and Li Shan in a few days, they will definitely be envious...
"Well, I'll tell Uncle Guo Xin about this when I go out, and ask him to go home and tell my parents first. I wonder how happy they will be. My third brother and fourth sister will also be very happy..."
For a moment, he stood there and thought about all sorts of things, his face showing changes from happy to sad, his thoughts in a tangled mess.
Just as he was daydreaming like this, he suddenly heard a shout in his ear. He suddenly came to his senses, looked up and saw the teacher looking back at him. He was dazed for a moment.
In fact, he did hear some of the conversation between Marshal Hong and Strategist Ji just now, but he was thinking about his own things in his mind and did not think about the content of what the two talked about.
Now that the teacher was looking at him, he quickly thought about why this happened. Just now the teacher seemed to have said "Marshal or something..."
Marshal Hong also said something like, "The people we recruited last time were... "
"Li Yan, hurry up and greet the Marshal!"
There was another shout, with a hint of dissatisfaction in the voice.
Advisor Ji saw that he had asked Li Yan to come forward to pay his respects, but he was standing there in a daze, as if he was thinking about something and pondering secretly in his heart.
"Could it be that he has some thoughts about what Hong Linying said just now? It's really annoying that he has such intentions. I have to help him untie this knot when I go back. This Hong Linying is really annoying!"
Thinking of this, a hint of anger appeared on Ji Jun's face, and then he shouted at Li Yan again.
However, in the eyes of Li Yan, the soldiers beside him, and Marshal Hong on the stage, this anger was caused by Li Yan's disobedience to his master.
Seeing that the teacher looked unhappy, Li Yan suddenly became nervous. He quickly took a few steps and walked to a place a little in front of Master Ji, then knelt down and bowed to Hong Linying on the stage.
"I am honored to meet Marshal Hong. I hope you will punish me for my impoliteness just now."
Within half a day, Li Yan had already met with the two highest-ranking local officials. This was not something that ordinary people could do. Seeing the dissatisfied look on Military Advisor Ji's face, he hurriedly paid his respects.
Marshal Hong on the stage focused for a moment and looked at Li Yan who was kneeling down, thinking to himself.
"This kid looks a bit stupid."
He didn't know that Li Yan was not stupid at all, he was just overwhelmed by great joy.
With such an experience, not to mention a young boy from the mountain village, even an adult would not be able to get out of the great joy in a short period of time.
Seeing this, Hong Linying waved his hand.
"Get up, is your name Li Yan?"
He just heard Division Master Ji calling the dark-skinned boy's name.
Li Yan lowered his head, stood up and answered respectfully.
"My name is Li Yan, and I am from Lijia Village in Daqing Mountain."
"Oh? Then your home is not too far from here. Our military advisor has been searching for him everywhere, but he is so close to us that he just can't find him. Haha..."
Marshal Hong had a smile on his face, and he also looked carefully at Li Yan who had stood up.
Li Yan had a dark complexion, ordinary looks, and a thin body. He looked very ordinary, and his steps were not very solid. He did not even have a trace of internal energy... The conditions for selecting disciples by the military advisor this time were really beyond his comprehension.
Suddenly, Hong Linying tapped the bluestone table with her toes and leaped out into the air.
Li Yan was currently looking down at what Marshal Hong had just said, when he suddenly felt a strong wind pressing down on his head, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Li Yan raised his head quickly and saw a flash before his eyes. His left wrist was tightened and was firmly grasped by the person who came.
At the same time, a stream of heat suddenly rushed into the body from the wrist meridians, then quickly rose along the arm meridians and traveled into the body.
Li Yan was suddenly startled and instinctively wanted to pull back his arm, but his arm was like being cast in an iron clamp. Not only did it not move at all, but his body also staggered.
Li Yan's face changed continuously. When he tried to pull back his arm with all his strength, he felt his arm loosen. He staggered backwards again and almost fell to the ground.
The person who came had let go of his arm, and the heat that had just flowed through his body quickly disappeared without a trace.
What happened just now was done so quickly and swiftly in just a few breaths, leaving Li Yan no time to react.
Li Yan hurriedly looked carefully and found that the person who had grabbed his wrist just now was Marshal Hong. He didn't know how he got here from the high platform in the distance in a moment. He was as fast as thunder.
Li Yan looked at Marshal Hong, then turned to look at his teacher, feeling uneasy for some reason.
But from beginning to end, Military Advisor Ji had been standing not far behind Li Yan, his face calm, as if he didn't see it.
At this time, Marshal Hong had already retracted his hand, and bowed to Strategist Ji with a loud laugh.
"Military Advisor, please don't be surprised. I am just curious. The Military Advisor has been selecting disciples for several years, and there are only two people who can catch the Military Advisor's eye.
Hong just wanted to know what kind of person with extraordinary strength and talent could be so lucky. I was impulsive at the moment. Military Advisor, please don't take it to heart."
At this moment, Division Ji suddenly showed an expression that was neither a smile nor a smile on his face.
"Then what difference might your Excellency have noticed about this inferior disciple?"
Marshal Hong's face straightened and he pondered for a moment.
"The depth of the military advisor's school makes Hong feel even more unfathomable! To be honest, Hong has observed that this boy's meridians are not necessarily wider than those of the soldiers in the army, and are even inferior to some of them.
As for the muscles and bones? Hmm... they are above average, but not excellent either. This is exactly what I don’t understand.”
Advisor Ji smiled slightly and said without comment.
"Your Excellency Marshal is very accurate, but my sect's mental method requires not only good meridians, but also several meridians in the body that are different from others.
Only in this way can we make full use of the martial arts we have learned. The reason for this involves the master's mind method, so I can't say more. "
"So what should the military advisor do next?"
Military Advisor Ji bowed slightly to Marshal Hong again.
"My inferior disciple will follow me back to the palace to practice. The Marshal also knows that my health is getting worse and worse, so I can't delay any longer in finding a successor.
So he usually spends most of his time training with me, but occasionally helps me with some military matters. As for his salary? Well... I just give him the same salary as a squad leader from my salary every month."
After hearing this, Marshal Hong laughed.
"Hahaha... That's not necessary. Since your disciple will help you take care of military affairs, he will have to work in the army, and it would be inappropriate to not have an identity.
Then you will be appointed as the deputy lieutenant of the defense department. The salary will be paid from the army. I will have someone deliver the badge to the military advisor's residence.
At the same time, the enlistment subsidy will be delivered to the village by military personnel in the next few days and will be handed over to his family after registration.”
Marshal Hong would not be stingy with such a small salary, so he simply gave out the subsidy as well.
After hearing this, Division Master Ji was no longer polite.
"Then we'll follow the Marshal's wishes. Li Yan, why don't you step forward and thank the Marshal?"
After Li Yan's wrist was captured and then released, he had been watching the conversation between the two of them and gradually understood some of the meaning.
From the words of these two adults, he understood that it was extremely difficult for him to become a disciple of Master Ji, and that this teacher of his should have been selected from the army several years ago.
Among so many people in the army, he seemed to have only picked out two people, including himself, as disciples. Marshal Hong was very curious about this, which led to his trial action just now.
When he heard about the official position given by Marshal Hong, he was even more confused. He didn't know what the position of Deputy Captain of the Defense Force was and what it was used for.
But he heard clearly what Marshal Hong said that the enlistment subsidy would be delivered to the parents in the village in the next few days. As soon as Military Advisor Ji finished speaking, he happily stepped forward to express his gratitude again.
If he knew that he had been promoted from a commoner to the eighth rank in the past half day, a large amount of clear smoke would have come out of his ancestral grave today, and the clear smoke turned into thick smoke.
You have to know how many times an ordinary soldier has to go through life and death before he can be promoted from an ordinary soldier to the ninth rank, the ninth rank, the ninth rank, the ninth rank, the ninth rank... and then he can reach the official position of the eighth rank.
With just a few words from the two big men, he had risen to fame overnight, but Li Yan was more concerned about the real money.
Seeing that Li Yan had finished his thanks, Military Advisor Ji bowed slightly to Marshal Hong.
"If you have no other instructions, I will take my leave now."
"Military advisor, please do as you please. I think your heart is no longer here! Hahahaha... I still want to congratulate the military advisor again.
Hong still needs to look at the recruitment of the Guards and arrange the training of the new army, so I will not send you a military advisor."
Marshal Hong laughed.
So, Military Advisor Ji turned around and walked towards the main gate of the military training ground under the respectful gazes of the soldiers beside him. Li Yan also hurriedly followed him under the envious and jealous gazes of those soldiers.
He could feel that those people's eyes were like knives, and cold sweat was already oozing out of his body.
Watching the backs of Ji Junshi and Li Yan walking further and further away, Marshal Hong stood outside the tent, touching his chin with one hand, and constantly stroking his short beard...
After being stunned for a while, he whispered something that only he could hear.
"Is there anything special about this kid's physique? And what's so special about it?"