After being away from the capital for several months, Zhang Chen and Zhu Er were now walking side by side with Zhang Shou on the wide avenue of Xuanwumen Street in the inner city. Zhang Chen was full of confidence and Zhu Er was looking complacent. But soon, the two of them did the same action at the same time, which was to turn around and look at Ah Liu who was following them slowly.
As for the other guards who followed closely... how could they compare with this strange yet powerful boy, Ah Liu
"Isn't Sixth Brother angry?"
After asking almost the same question at the same time again, Zhang Chen and Zhu Er glared at each other. Zhu Er, who spoke first, mocked: "When you just said that Sixth Brother gave bad advice, you were so confident. Now you are afraid? Hey, when you were showing off that you knew everything, why didn't you restrain yourself? You made Sixth Brother seem ignorant!"
"Stop flattering me calling Sixth Brother, kid. Everyone knows that you say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs?" If Zhang Chen could not kick Zhu Er's butt while on horseback, he would have kicked him right away.
After cursing, he didn't bother to pay attention to Zhu Er, and rode straight to catch up with Zhang Shou, who didn't look back or answer, and said awkwardly, "I just wanted to follow up on what you said, young master, to scare Cao Wu, not to mock Ah Liu. Cao Wu is a smooth talker, a warrior without any backbone. Not to mention compared with Ah Liu, even guards like me and Zhu Er seem to be more strong-willed than him."
Zhang Shou almost laughed out loud at Zhang Chen's adjective. He turned around and said to Ah Liu, "Ah Liu, did you hear that? Zhang Chen said that you and the young men from the Duke of Zhao's and Duke of Qin's mansions are strong and unyielding!"
"My ears are fine." To prove this, Ah Liu even picked his ears and said calmly, "If Cao Wu knew, he would definitely ask, how much is iron bone worth?"
Zhang Chen was a little embarrassed by what Ah Liu said, while Zhu Er was laughing so hard that he couldn't help laughing. At this time, Zhang Shou smiled and said, "How do you want him to show his integrity in front of you, the eldest son of the Qin State?"
"Point at your nose and scold you? You are not a playboy who harms the people. Show off your outstanding skills and spar with your guards, knock them down, and show off your skills? Who with a brain would do that? As for him not coming when you called him for something, and saying bluntly that I am not a servant of your Zhang family, are you sure you wouldn't be furious at that time?"
Seeing Zhang Chen getting more and more embarrassed, Zhang Shou shrugged his shoulders and said, "The character of iron-willed is suitable for warriors who are indomitable and brave enough to face challenges; it is suitable for those who fight alone and fight to the death even if they are defeated and captured; it is suitable for those true ministers who are willing to offend the powerful and even the incompetent monarchs for the sake of the country and the people; it is suitable for those talented and ambitious people who are willing to die to repay the kindness of their benefactors."
"It's not that there aren't people with backbone among the people of all walks of life, it's just that most of the time they won't show it, so of course you can't see it. Because whenever they need to show the iron backbone hidden under their hunched backs, which they almost forget, it's usually a very dangerous moment."
"Think about Xian Yunhe and the others."