The old protector of the country led 200,000 troops and horses. After walking halfway, he ordered Zhou Wei to set up camp and rest.
Zhou Wei looked at the old Protector and said, "Grandpa, it's still early and we can still go fifty miles today."
"I'm not leaving anymore. My old arms and legs can't bear it anymore. Let the soldiers have a rest." The old protector pounded his shoulders.
Zhou Wei suddenly felt guilty, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, I was too impatient."
"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. In this march and war, the most important thing is to avoid getting into trouble in a hurry. At any time, your mentality must be stable, otherwise the enemy will not be able to defeat you and you will collapse first." The old protector looked at his eldest grandson and patted him heavily. Patting him on the shoulder, he said, "You have been steady since you were a child. Everyone praises you for your stability. They all say that your brother is impatient and an impatient and bad-tempered person. But do you know why I have not allowed him to join the army since he was a child?"
Zhou Wei looked at the old Lord Protector, "Because my grandfather wanted the fourth brother to take a different path from the three of us brothers, and break away from the path protected by the ancestral shadow of the Lord Protector's Mansion."
"That's what I say." The old Protector shook his head, "Because I see that he is the calmest among you brothers when it comes to big things. It would be a pity if he joins the army. He clearly has the talent to be a general or a prime minister."
Zhou Wei was silent.
The old Lord Protector clasped his hands behind his back, "Are you trying to say where he is calm? Ever since he was a child, you have never been able to find a place where he is calm, right?"
Zhou Wei finally couldn't hold it in anymore, "I admit that my brother has the talent to become a general or a prime minister, but you said that he has the calmest temperament, and my grandson really didn't notice it."
The old protector of the country said: "That's because you forgot one thing."
He reminded Zhou Wei, "Do you still remember that when your brother was four years old, you brothers went hunting with the princes. That day, we encountered a group of tigers, and the guards fought desperately to save them. All of you were wearing What's more, the prince fell off his horse and sprained his foot. A fierce tiger was rushing towards him. No one around the prince had time to save him. It was your fourth brother who, at a young age, drew a bow and arrow, and shot After being hit in the eye of the tiger, the prince had the opportunity to kill the tiger with a dagger. At that time, all of you were panicked, but he and the prince were not panicked."
The old Protector continued: "Later, after the prince recovered from his injuries, he came to me and asked your fourth brother to go to the East Palace to study with him. I didn't agree at first, but he told me what happened that day. He said that if If he is put into the army, he will at most be a general protected by the ancestors of the Protectorate. But if he goes to the East Palace to study with him, then he will become a general or a prime minister in the future, a generation of famous ministers, and his name will go down in history. Talk. I thought about it for many days, agreed to the prince, secretly planned to send him to the study, and then kicked him to the East Palace."
He sighed, "No one knows that his entry into the East Palace was requested by the prince. Taifu Qin taught him with all his heart, and the prince cultivated him with all his heart. Who would have thought that a son can't help his mother when he grows up, so it would be easier to do it the other way around..."
He wanted to say, "I'm taking advantage of that little girl Su Rong," but he thought that if Daliang could keep his country under Da Wei's iron cavalry and have a stable life for sixteen years, Princess Zhenmin's only daughter was worth his compensation. I have a grandson as my son-in-law.
If you want to compensate, just compensate. Therefore, at the beginning, he chose Zhou Gu instead of Zhou Che. But at that time, he did not expect that the King of Southern Chu was actually a bastard. He did not enter the harem and had no children for many years. Su Rong only had a daughter, so he couldn't marry a grandson-in-law. Instead, he had to marry the grandson who had spent the most effort to cultivate, which really cost him everything.
He waved his hands dejectedly, not wanting to say more, "Listen to me and set up camp! Let the soldiers have a good rest."
Zhou Weiying said that he never questioned his grandfather's decision. Now that his grandfather mentioned it, he also remembered that when he was still very young, he was with his fourth brother. As the eldest brother, his father and uncles were no longer here, so he wanted to He takes care of his younger brothers, so he is almost never separated from them. At that time, the prince fell off his horse, and a fierce tiger rushed towards the prince. It was just a moment. He was frightened. It was indeed the fourth brother, at a young age, who picked up the small bow and arrow in his hand and drew the bow. He took an arrow and hit the tiger's eye. The prince seized the opportunity, drew his dagger, fought with the tiger and killed it.
Later, after the prince killed the tiger, he glanced at the small special bow and arrow, and then at his fourth brother. His face was pale, as if he wanted to say something. His Majesty and his grandfather arrived with people, and all the wounded were sent to the hospital. Back.
Later, the prince paid a visit in person, but the East Palace did not send a thank-you gift or make a big fanfare. He thought that the two palaces wanted to avoid suspicion and the matter would just go away. After all, it was so chaotic at the time that no one except him noticed that the fourth brother had saved the prince.
Until the fourth brother was dissatisfied with his grandfather for not allowing him to join the army, and was taken to the imperial study room, where he made a big fuss. The angry gentlemen went to complain to His Majesty after class every day. At that time, Taifu Qin was famous for being strict. , His Majesty was annoyed enough, and in order to test his grandfather, he thought of kicking his fourth brother to the East Palace. However, his grandfather followed the trend, shook his head and said that he couldn't control it, and obeyed his Majesty's will.
It turned out that behind his back, it was because of such an incident that he had forgotten about for many years.
He thought with shame that as the eldest brother, he was indeed inferior to his younger brother in many ways. Over the years, he has focused all his energy on the military. His grandfather said that he is suitable for the military. He can do better than his father at his age and can support the lintel of the Protector's Palace. This is enough. He has never intervened in the undercurrents of conspiracy and conspiracy in the DPRK, and there is no need for him to intervene.
After his father died in the war, when he was young, His Majesty deliberately suppressed his father's title. He stayed in the position of the crown prince for many years without taking the title. His grandfather told him that there was no need to worry. The title of the Protectorate Palace was his father's title. , sooner or later it will be his, your Majesty will give it to you, or will it be given to the new emperor when the prince ascends the throne in the future, in short, it will be given to him sooner or later.
He just needs to calm down and concentrate on training, because there will be a battle between Wei and Liang sooner or later, and he will be on the battlefield in the future. Since he will go to the battlefield sooner or later, what he should practice is his ability and Qi-nurturing Kung Fu, otherwise his wife, children, and children will be left behind by him in the future, just like when he and his brothers were young, none of his father and uncles came back. He didn't want his grandchildren to end up in the same fate.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and walked quickly. Soon, he ordered the whole army to rest where they were.
The old Protector lived in the army tent, burning sweet potatoes over a charcoal fire while studying the topographic map.
After Zhou Wei inspected the entire army, he returned to the military tent of the old protector. He smelled the aroma of burning sweet potatoes. Seeing him coming back, the old protector waved to him, "You are back just in time. Hurry, these burning sweet potatoes are here." It's probably ripe, help me pull it out."
Double monthly pass, come on, my dears! What~
(End of chapter)
