Rise From the Humble

"Ahem, are you being too harsh?" Uncle Zhu Shouren started to murmur in his heart after hearing what they said. He thought about it again. Although Zhu Pingan was honest and simple, he was also a monkey when he was a child.

"What exaggeration?! Brother Zhu, what we said is not true?! Is your nephew recognized by both the government and the public as the 'No. 1 Immortal of the Ming Dynasty'?! Has your nephew offended Mr. Yan Ge?" He was demoted to the south of the Yangtze River and then made a comeback?! There are also sacrificial ritual sites under Jingnan and Yingtian cities. Did he kill so many Japanese pirates?!"

Xia Qiang said emotionally, wanting to go up and grab his uncle Zhu Shouren's ears and pour it into his head.

"Ahem, that's the case. Even if he wants to borrow heads for training, he won't necessarily borrow our heads. There are more than 2,000 people in his camp for him to borrow. I am his uncle. In terms of closeness, He can't borrow my head. Besides, the three of us have read the books of saints and sages. We are no better than the mud-legged guy in the camp who doesn't know a single word of the two thousand words. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, he can't You can't borrow our heads. The most he can do is make a mistake and borrow the heads of a few unlucky ones from more than two thousand soldiers."

Uncle Zhu Shouren was not very worried. As he said, he thought so in his heart.

Even if the wise nephew wants to imitate Sun Wu and Cao Cao, if Er Zhurong borrows his head, he can't borrow my head.

No matter how many fellow Taoists die, as long as they don't die, it doesn't matter.

Therefore, uncle Zhu Shouren is still very calm at the moment.

"My brother Zhu, think carefully about the story about Sun Wu, Cao Cao and Er Zhurong borrowing heads?! If you think about it carefully, you won't say that!" Hu Wei silently nodded his uncle Zhu Shouren's shoulder.

"How to say?" Uncle Zhu Shouren was even more confused.

Hu Wei simply hated the fact that iron cannot be made into steel, and rolled his eyes speechlessly, "Brother Zhu, why are you still confused?! Sun Wu was training in front of the palace. There were two concubines of King Wu and hundreds of maids present at that time. Why did Sun Wu borrow The heads of the two concubines, aren't their heads important enough because of their status? Why did Cao Cao borrow the heads of the grain and grass officer but not the heads of the grain and grass soldiers? Isn't it because the grain and grass officer was in charge of grain and grass, and his heads were enough? Does it have weight?! And Er Zhurong, why did Er Zhurong lend his nephew's head instead of Xiaobing's? Isn't it because his nephew has a special relationship with him, so the head has weight?!"

"If your nephew wants to borrow a head, the first one he wants to borrow is yours! Because you are his uncle, your head is significant enough. When the soldiers saw it, Oh my God, Mr. Zhu's uncle violated military discipline. , Master Zhu reluctantly beheaded him in public, who would not be timid, who would dare not to listen to Master Zhu’s orders?! Both of us were implicated by you! Borrowing three heads is much more intimidating than borrowing one. !”

"Er Zhurong borrowed his nephew's head and built an iron army in one day that could command and forbid! Your nephew borrowed our heads and built an iron army that could command and forbid in one day! "

"In a few days, the Japanese pirates from Songjiang Prefecture are coming. Your wise nephew can lead this iron army to make more military exploits, and he can also be promoted and make a fortune! It's just that the three of us are in such good years and have not yet used all our talents, so we have become your wise nephew. The stepping stone of military training and meritorious service has made your nephew famous throughout his life in vain!"

Hu Wei became more and more emotional as he spoke, his face became paler and paler, and the fear in his heart wrapped around him tighter and tighter like a nightmare.

"No, no, I am his uncle. If he lends me my head, how will he explain to my father and his grandfather?!"

Uncle Zhu Shouren shook his head repeatedly.

Hu Wei shook his head when he heard this. He didn't understand where his uncle Zhu Shouren's foolish confidence came from, and said speechlessly, "Brother Zhu, a sluggish old son in his forties who has failed in consecutive exams and failed to pass the exam. One is a good grandson who has won three yuan in a row, is a fourth-rank official at a young age, and has a bright future. Who do you think the old man is looking for?!"

Xia Qiang also followed up and said, "That's right. Besides, history is written by the victor, at least by the living. He borrowed your head and you can't speak. He is not the only one who is right or wrong. Did someone say that?!”

"Well, these are all our guesses." Uncle Zhu Shouren hesitated, "Those mud-legged people have all become imperial officials. Although they are military attachés, they have also jumped over the dragon's gate and become officials."

He still didn't want to wake up from his dream of being an official.

"Brother Zhu, this is not a sensational speculation, but a well-founded one. Your nephew has already started working on it?!"

Hu Wei said sadly.

"What do you mean?!" Uncle Zhu Shouren's face turned pale with fright, and before Hu Wei could speak, he started to vomit out with his throat, "Oh, you mean my nephew poisoned our food? !”

But it had been a while since he had eaten, and if he pressed his throat again, he would just spit out two mouthfuls of sour water.

faint!

Hu Wei covered his head and said helplessly, "Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu, there is no poison, and it is impossible to poison him. If Mr. Zhu wants to borrow our heads, he will only summon the whole army like Er Zhurong, in front of all the soldiers." In front of us, we will be punished."

"Huh, you didn't tell me earlier, you scared me. Since you didn't poison the food, how could you start doing it?!" Uncle Zhu Shouren complained, and then he was shocked, "Is it a chronic poison?! Let's start with it?!" Don’t have the strength to resist then?!”

Hu Wei was speechless. He looked at his uncle Zhu Shouren with the same eyes as a harpy, and said word by word, "Master Zhu only needs to give an order to kill us, and two thousand soldiers will do it for him. Why bother?"

"Then why does Brother Hu say that he has already started working on it?" The uncle shook his head.

"Brother Zhu, have you forgotten our preferential treatment? We have only been here for three days, but we already received one month's salary and five taels of settlement allowance?! This is not salary and settlement allowance. This is clearly life money. !!”

Hu Wei said with a pale face.

"Also, even Mr. Zhu is queuing up to get food, but he has people deliver food to us! What he is delivering is rice, it is clearly a meal for the head!"

Xia Qiang followed closely, his voice trembling, and his face turned as white as if he had fallen into a pile of white ash.

"Damn it, after hearing what you said, I feel something is wrong. Now think about it carefully, my nephew has never taken the initiative to give me any money! Even if I ask for money from him, it almost never comes! Not to mention that he has never taken the initiative to give me money! It’s not normal to give so many taels of silver like today, it’s so abnormal.”

Uncle Zhu Shouren's face suddenly turned pale, and like a monkey that had been scalded, he jumped up and urged the two of them, "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave, it will be too late."