Chapter 7, Inspection and promotion

As expected by Zu Zhao, in just two days, the heroic pursuit of horse thieves spread in Xu Wu County.

First, the county magistrate of Xu Wu County sent the county magistrate to visit the county lieutenant, and then even the officers and soldiers stationed in Luronse came to express their condolences. The ancestral family is Xu Wu's family. Many elders in the clan are officials at home. Zuju, the patriarch, was once the Sima of other departments under the command of Zhang Huan, the former general of Duliao. Rongwu has accumulated military achievements for more than 20 years. Whether it is the county magistrate or Lulongse generals, he must give him a three-point face. What's more, this time, Zu Zhao only led more than 20 horses to break through nearly 100 horses, and even seized some trophies. Naturally, he came to praise him sincerely.

Zu Ju did not know the specific situation of Zu Zhao's encounter with Huma in advance. He just took advantage of his martial arts and a good horse to defeat dozens of horse thieves by chance. In fact, he did not expect that the real situation would be much more dangerous. So on the morning of the third day, he specially set out to visit the rescued Lu family and ask the Lu family for the exact news.

Zu Ji and the children of more than 20 ethnic groups who accompanied Zu Zhao to hunt that day have made a lot of efforts to publicize Zu Zhao's destruction of the horse thief. In their opinion, as long as the eldest son can shine, he can be more or less glorious. Because of this, the incident of Zu Zhao's breaking of horse thieves increased a lot of drama. For example, the number of horses changed from double digits to three digits, and for example, it became more and more mysterious to say that Zu Zhao's three arrows hit the enemy.

No matter what, Zuju treated his grandson with great new eyes. Although he knew that Zu Zhao had insisted on practicing martial arts and horses every day for the past five or six years. He had a solid foundation in equestrianism, shooting and fencing. At the age of 13, he chased an adult stag on his own, but he had never had any actual combat experience. Not only in his impression, I'm afraid that the whole family will only see the gentle and polite side of the big prince, but he never thought that he would still have a brave side in battle.

In the past few days, although Zu Zhao has been paying attention to rumors from the outside world, he has been calm from beginning to end. He still reads and practices martial arts regularly every day, as if nothing has changed. During this period, my grandfather and the elders of the clan came to ask about this matter. When the Luronse garrison sent people to express their condolences, they were specially asked to be present to answer. In this regard, he showed concise words without adding any jealousy. Instead, he couldn't wait to summarize it in one sentence.

The more cautious you are, the more praise it will be. Whether it is his grandfather or the county magistrate, they all believe that Zu Zhao is not only heroic and talented, but also modest and elegant. In particular, the passionate and heroic words of "but make the dragon city fly, do not teach Humadu Yinshan" are spreading throughout the county.

The Lu family rested in Zujiazhuang for a few days until the housekeeper Hu Bo gradually recovered, even if they set out to say goodbye. After hearing the deeds of Zu Zhao's heroic rescue and settling down Miss and his party, Hu insisted on going to the village to thank Zu Zhao regardless of his health. Zu Zhao naturally treated each other with the courtesy of his elders. When he learned that the Lu family planned to leave in recent days, he did not say much, but only ordered the children of the Zu family to prepare the winding and carriage. Hu Bo was very grateful and promised that he would repay today's great kindness every day.

Three days later, the Lu family officially paid their respects to Zuju and Zu Zhao, and Zuju gave them a carriage and several coils as the head of the family. Zu Zhao asked Zu Ji to gather more than ten young people from the village, equipped them with their own riding horses, and escorted the Lu family out of the county. It has been sent more than ten miles away, close to the county, and then I said goodbye.

On the way back, Zu Zhao looked thoughtful. He has been planning a plan for a long time, which is to find an opportunity to form his own army before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It has to be said that it is an excellent reason to save the Lu family from the horse thief this time. The border land is originally not peaceful, and with the approach of the "theft season", both the barbarians and other thieves are ready to move.

In previous winter, the county will organize counties to "prepare thieves", and the county will arrange strong men from each pavilion to form a guard to be responsible for the county's public security, and disband after the beginning of spring. Earlier, Zu Zhao was still young, and every year, Zu Zhao's grandfather was a corvée. Zu Zhao's grandfather had five patriarchs. As a rule, he could be exempted from his own male Ding's corvée, so he had never joined the guard.

Now he is no longer a child and is qualified to join the team to prepare for theft. As for corvée, there is no need to worry at all. The children of the nobles can lead by example, which can add some righteous reputation. At present, the county is rumored to have defeated Huma with outnumbered people. The brave reputation he sought is as real. As long as he gets the support of his family, it will not be difficult to lead the guard this year.

"Zu Ji, come here." When he was about to arrive at the county, Zu Zhao leaned sideways and greeted his cousin.

"Big son, what can I do for you?" Zuji quickly followed the front and stretched out his head to ask.

"From tomorrow, you can find more leisure children from the clan to practice horses. The more the better." Zu Zhao said.

"Oh. So... how many people does the eldest son want to come?" Zu Ji didn't think much about why Zu Zhao wanted to find more people to practice horses, but asked about the specific number of people needed.

"It's not that. The more the better. It would be best if more than a hundred people could be called." Zu Zhao emphasized. Although there are far more than 100 young and strong people in Beiguoting, it is now in the busy farming season, and it is not bad to gather more than 100 people to train horses.

"So many people?" Zu Ji knew that his family was not as prominent as Zu Zhao, and he was afraid that he could not complete the task assigned by Zu Zhao, but he did not want to give up easily, and suddenly seemed hesitant to be embarrassed.

"Go and send a message first, just say what I mean. If the North Guoting can't call out, you can go to the nearby Anyang Pavilion for a walk. Don't you have a lot of contact with Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu from Anyang Pavilion? I heard that the Zhang brothers are also good at practicing martial arts, so they just took this opportunity to get to know each other. Zu Zhao said in a prompt.

Although the Zhang family of Anyangting is not as powerful as his ancestors, he is also a powerful person in Xu Wuxian County. Because Anyang Pavilion is close to Beiguo Pavilion, the relationship between the two families is somewhat intertual. Zhang's parents respect the ancestral military family, and will politely send people to send an invitation for weddings and birthdays. Because of his youth, Zu Zhao has not dealt with the nearby strong hope in the past few years, and now he is eager to make friends with more heroes.

"That's the case on me. Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu are the most righteous. If I ask them out, they will not refuse." Zu Ji patted his chest and responded in a straight voice.

"Vit's very good." Zu Zhao smiled happily.

After noon, after returning to the county, Zu Zhao and his party entered Zhuangzi directly from the southwest gate from the south side of North Guoting. A subordinate was waiting in the southwest courtyard. After seeing Zu Zhao's figure, he quickly greeted him. Zu Zhao turned over and got off the horse, handed over the reins to the handymen of the horse farm, and habitually sorted out his clothes.

The subordinate came to Zu Zhao, saluted respectfully, and then said, "Sir, the old master is looking for you."

Zui Zhao straightened his belt, patted his trousers and asked, "Really? What did the father-in-law say? Although he asked this question, the first thing that came to his mind was about the marriage contract with the Gongsun family of Xuandun County.

The subordinate shook his head and said, "The master didn't say anything. However, the county lord is visiting the house.

Zu Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and said doubtfully, "Really? When did Lord Chen come here?

The subordinate replied truthfully, "It's been an hour, and I'm sitting in the inner hall with the master."

Zu Zhao nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything else, signaling his servants to lead the way.

The inner hall is located in the second courtyard of the main entrance, which is usually used to entertain distinguished guests or three elders of the clan. Zu Zhao came to the front of the hall, and the attendant first informed Zu Ju, who was drinking tea and chatting with the county magistrate Chen. Then he took off his shoes and walked into the hall. Ten steps away from the teahouse, he bent down to salute the county magistrate, and then took three steps to salute his grandfather.

"I met Mr. County in the late life."

Chen County is nearly 40 years old. Although he is as thin as Zu Zhao's grandfather, he is in a smart and intelligent state, and there is no uprightness honed in the army at all. He replied with a kind face and didn't see any official prestige at all. Instead, he thought he was a kind elder.

"Oh, it's a good sentence, but it makes the dragon city fly. If you don't teach Huma to live in Yinshan, the eldest son has really grown into a young hero. I still remember that Xu Wu visited your house that year when I took office. The eldest son was still a childish childish to study, so he had to obey his old age. Chen Xianjun sighed with closeness.

"Your Excellency is laughing. In front of adults, the boy should always ask for advice with an open mind. Zu Zhao bowed and replied modestly.

"Zhaoer, come closer. Chen Xianjun came here specially for you this time. He has been waiting for two hours and won't make amends. Zu Ju said majestically.

Zuzuo walked close to the teahouse, but did not sit down. The ancients respected the etiquette, and the family style of the ancestral family was even more strict. Even as the eldest son, he could not sit in the banquet of the elders without authorization. He could see that his grandfather was just selling face to Chen Xianjun. Even so, he still had to make full of the scene, so he quickly bent down to apologize.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Chen Xianjun sat and helped Zu Zhao.

"Do you know that you repelled Huma a few days ago? Yesterday, Chen Xianjun specially reported to the county government. If not, how would the county know your name so soon? Zu Ju said in a good thing.

"Lord Chengxian loves to lift, and the younger generation dares not ask for credit for this." Zu Zhao showed sincere thanks. At this time, he had probably guessed the reason why his grandfather summoned him. Since he was not talking about the marriage of the Gongsun family, he could be more or less relaxed.

"The name of Mr. Zu's modesty really lives up to it. It's really valuable to have such righteousness at a young age, and it's worth my painstaking efforts. Chen Xianjun deliberately emphasized some tone in the last half of the sentence.

"It's autumn now, and the end of the year is the annual inspection in the county. This year, Chen County is planning to name you. Today, I came to discuss with you which subject to name it. Zuju finally told the story.