At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Lu Zhi stood in front of Guo Peng, holding a knife in one hand, with an unmoving posture.

Guo Peng walked around Lu Zhi's side for several times, but did not advance to attack. Zhiyan was quick with his hands, leaned back, and blocked with a horizontal knife.

Guo Peng missed a hit, and immediately changed the path of the knife, instead swinging the knife from bottom to top, grabbing Lu Zhi's chin, Lu Zhi pressed the blade down, blocking Guo Peng's knife.

Guo Peng attacked several times in a row, specifically picking the places that Lu Zhi had to defend, but he didn't give Lu Zhi a chance to attack, relying on his quick moves to force Lu Zhi to defend, Lu Zhi blocked from left to right, There was some surprise in my heart.

Guo Peng attacked again with a knife. The expression on his face did not look like a sparring at all, but a real battle. Lu Zhi had some guesses in his heart, so he blocked and said, "This is not an ordinary fighting style. , this is clearly the way of actual combat! Where did you learn it?"

"There is a veteran in Cao's family who has been on the Liangzhou battlefield for 35 years!"

"I see!"

Lu Zhi looked at Guo Peng's eyes with a stern look, and with a loud snort, he actually fought with him, and for a while he was on a par with him, then jumped away suddenly, and in a flash, he swung his knife sharply forward, focusing on his lower abdomen. , and tricks are aimed at the key points.

Lu Zhi decided not to simply defend, but to attack with a knife. Guo Peng felt the pressure suddenly increased, but not only was he not afraid, but his fighting spirit soared.

Lu Zhi saw that Guo Peng's fighting spirit had skyrocketed, and he was very interested. He couldn't help but feel some fighting spirit.

However, Guo Peng managed to dodge several times in succession. After that, he even attacked behind him with a big turn. Lu Zhi, who slashed over, used Su Qin's back sword to block the attack.

Turning back again, Lu Zhi saw that Guo Peng's eyes even gleamed fiercely, and he felt very familiar.

"You killed someone?"

"Yes!"

"Several people?"

"six people!"

"Why?"

"Last May, on the road to Luoyang, I encountered a robber who wanted to rob and kill, so the student had no choice but to kill him."

"How to kill?"

"Knife kills one person, arrow shoots five people."

Lu Zhi took a deep breath.

"Last year, you were only 12 years old."

"If I hadn't killed someone, Yingchuan Guopeng would have died at the age of 12."

Guo Peng's face was full of fighting intent.

Lu Zhi looked at Guo Peng deeply for a while, then sighed and dropped the wooden knife.

"Okay, this is the end of the second class, Xiao Yi, I am very satisfied with the teacher."

Guo Peng was a little confused and didn't understand what Lu Zhi meant.

"Bo Jie said that you are suitable to be his disciple, but he is still a little skeptical. Now, it seems that Bo Jie has long decided that you are not suitable to be his disciple. talent."

"........."

Guo Peng frowned.

"Just like being a teacher."

Lu Zhi added another sentence.

Guo Peng suddenly realized.

"Although I learned the classics from Master Ma, I was also very interested in the art of war. I was in the frontier, and I often encountered Huns such as the Huns and Xianbei who went south to loot. My hometown parents and villagers were keen to practice martial arts, and I also practiced martial arts since I was a child. Learn the art of war with your elders, and learn the scriptures from Master Ma only when you are an adult. Speaking of it, it takes longer to learn the art of war."

Lu Zhi sat down with Guo Peng, and slowly recounted his past events, his mental journey of leading an army to fight for the first time, and so on.

"Conquest is by no means a good thing, but it is also a matter of last resort. The teacher is unwilling to go to war, but has to go to war. Xiaoyi, as far as you are concerned, do you want to learn scriptures or the art of war?"

Guo Peng thought for three seconds.

"I want it all."

Chapter 33 The Banquet of Subjugation

Hearing Guo Peng's answer, Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"The kid is greedy, and he wants to learn everything! You are not afraid that you will not be able to learn it yourself? The classics and books are difficult to learn, and the art of warfare is also difficult to learn. Do you believe that you can learn all of them?"

"Study and study hard during the day, fight with lights at night, study hard in summer, study hard in winter, there is so much knowledge and boundless, students will use diligence to deal with it."

Guo Peng expressed his determination.

"Is hard work really that important?"

Lu Zhi asked with a smile, and seemed very satisfied with Guo Peng's answer.

"The mountain of books has diligence as a path, and there is no end to learning. In order to learn the knowledge taught by the teacher, there is nothing that students can't do!"

When Guo Peng said this, Lu Zhi was taken aback.

Not only am I surprised by Guo Peng's strong desire to study, but I also find it quite interesting for the two words he said.

"The mountain of books has a path of diligence, and the sea of ​​learning has no end to work hard. These words, when chewed carefully, are really meaningful..."

Lu Zhi twitched his beard and nodded slowly: "Xiao Yi, your will is understood by the teacher. Since you want to learn everything, the teacher will not be stingy with what you have learned. You can teach as much as you can. How much you learn, how much you learn, and how little you learn, is all up to you."

"Thank you teacher!"

Guo Peng bowed to the ground.

From that day on, Guo Peng followed Lu Zhi to learn scriptures and the art of war as a disciple of Lu Zhi, and went to Dongguan to proofread books with Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi also pays great attention to training Guo Peng's martial arts, knowing that Guo Peng does not have to worry about food and clothing, and his nutrition can keep up, so the training is very strict, and there is quite a set of rules.

The specific method is to let Guo Peng practice martial arts while letting him recite the scriptures and explain the meaning of the scriptures to him.

According to Lu Zhi, it means that the two are correct, and it is indeed not a delay.

Lu Zhi likes to let Guo Peng practice the basic skills, that is, to exert his strength and practice the lower plate. Guo Peng often stands still with heavy objects, and then listens to Lu Zhi's lectures, and he is not allowed to be distracted. It is really painful.

On a hot day, sweating profusely, he was so tired that he collapsed to the ground several times. Lu Zhi used the method of the army to wake Guo Peng, and then he continued, without letting up, with a Spartan-style iron-blooded education method.

"Since you want to learn everything, you have to pay double the pain!"

Lu Zhi taught Guo Peng a lesson like this, and he didn't let him breathe at all.

Guo Peng's suffering, I am afraid that few people can understand, others can't see Guo Peng's suffering, but only see the benefits he has obtained and a bright future in the future.

To be able to become Lu Zhi's disciple, in the eyes of many people, is tantamount to ascending to the sky, including Lu Zhi himself, who was asked by some friends why he accepted Guo Peng as a disciple. Don't you know Guo Peng's identity?

Lu Zhi said that he did not look at his identity, but only his will and talent. As long as Guo Peng himself conformed to his wishes, he would be willing to impart his knowledge. As for the future, it all depends on him.

On the other hand, Zang Hong and a group of people who knew Guo Peng were pure envy, jealousy and hatred, especially Zang Hong, who often saw Guo Peng returning to the Taixue residence sweating profusely, looking at Guo Peng with envious expressions on his face , ask him what knowledge he has learned today, can you pass it on to him, etc.

Guo Peng was too tired to talk to him, so he stayed cheeky and didn't leave. He even watched Guo Peng take a bath, saying that he wanted to take a bath with Guo Peng, and also said that he would rub Guo Peng's back. Was driven out by Guo Peng intolerable.

Guo Peng is indeed tired, but he also knows that it is a great good thing for him to be able to take Lu Zhi as his teacher.

Therefore, those people almost rushed over to express their envy and compliment themselves, and even some children of the nobility who were not seen in the past came to compliment themselves, probably hoping to form a good relationship or something.

Guo Peng is very clear about this, and he is not proud of it at all. He treats everyone rationally, which is no different from usual. Although he has become the focus of attention, his daily life is no different.

This kind of behavior was immediately touted by a group of people as "the style of famous people", "strict teachers and high apprentices" and so on.

Anyway, it was touted with Lu Zhi, but mainly Guo Peng was touted.

For a while, Guo Peng's name was spread in the capital again. This time, it was not with Cai Yong, but with Lu Zhi, and a clear teacher-inherited relationship was established.

If the relationship with Cai Yong was not so clear before, so others even laughed at Guo Peng's brazenness, this time he was really speechless and stunned.

Why did Lu Zhi accept Guo Peng as his disciple?

Envy, jealousy, doubt, puzzlement, anger, incompetence and rage, and so on.

Don't talk about these people, the family is the same.

Cao Song and Cao Chi were even more ecstatic when they heard about it. If Guo Peng hadn't stopped them, they would have all planned to give gifts to Lu Zhi.

After Cao Cao learned about this, he also wrote to Guo Peng to express his envy, jealousy and hatred, and said that the beggar chicken in the recipe Guo Peng gave him was really fragrant.

Guo Peng wrote another letter to report the incident to his father Guo Dan. Guo Dan was very excited, and the letters he sent back were filled with extreme joy.

He wants Guo Peng to study hard, refuses sensual dogs and horses strictly, and studies with Lu Zhi wholeheartedly. Although he is isolated from sensual dogs and horses now, he will grow up and become a high-ranking official in the future. Naturally, there is no shortage of these.

He hoped that Guo Peng would have enough self-control to control himself.

In fact, there is no need for him to explain like this. Guo Peng's future plans and goals are much clearer than him. Guo Peng has an extremely strong self-direction. For the sake of future safety, he will give up everything he can give up.

The current sensuality is really not in his eyes.

Sometimes I go to work with Lu Zhi, or visit a certain house. At Lu Zhi's request, Guo Peng will serve Lu Zhi with him as Lu Zhi's entourage.

At such a time, Guo Peng would see those scenes of singing and dancing, seeing musicians playing gorgeous tunes, dancing girls dancing lewd dances, wine, meat, fruit, and wine on the axis, completely non-stop.

Seeing the romantic attitudes of those high-ranking officials and celebrities, and the wasteful behavior of throwing away rare ingredients after a single bite, he would feel disgust and disdain from the bottom of his heart.

In order to express his disgust, he chose to look straight ahead without changing his color, and said nothing with a straight face.

Unless Lu Zhi has something to do, he is just a piece of wood.

For Guo Peng's gesture, Lu Zhi also silently observed it in his eyes. After observing for a while, he felt that Guo Peng was not pretending, but disgusted with these things from the bottom of his heart, and couldn't help but be very curious.

So he and Ma Rong asked him why Guo Peng was so uninterested in singing, dancing and music.

"Feast of the Subjugation!"

Guo Peng unabashedly expressed his views in front of Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then his face became heavy.

"What you can see, how can you not see it as a teacher? At the beginning of this dynasty, Guangwu strictly prohibited extravagance. A lot of surplus, but now..."

Lu Zhi shook his head, stopped talking, and only sighed, but while sighing, he did not forget to encourage Guo Peng, let him not forget his original intention, and do not forget the "Feast of the Subjugation of the Nation" that he saw in front of him. It all turned into a beautiful sight.

After that, Lu Zhi paid more attention to teaching Guo Peng's scriptures and the art of war, and paid more attention to his teaching.

Chapter 34 Zhao Bao's political correctness

In September, Lu Zhi was appointed by Emperor Ling and resigned from Dongguan to serve as a servant.

For a time, Lu Zhi became a popular figure.

During the Qin Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty, the servants were only general casual officials, and they were the entourage of the prime minister.

Beginning with Emperor Wu, the servants became the emperor's close ministers, often getting along with the emperor, gradually becoming a valuable position of cronies, and it was easy to get the emperor's appointment as a high-ranking official in power.

Lu Shiwei was appointed as the Servant, so it was seen that the Emperor Ling tried to reuse Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi had no choice but to leave Dongguan to become a servant, but before leaving, he still instructed Guo Peng to stay in Dongguan to continue proofreading books, learn knowledge, and not slack.

Guo Peng got Lu Zhi's order, so he stayed in Dongguanli and followed Cai Yong to proofread the books. One month passed in a flash, and in October, bad news came.

The Northern Expedition failed, the Han army collapsed and fled, and Tan Shihuai led the army to pursue and kill all the way, and the Han army suffered heavy casualties.

In this battle, eighty-nine out of ten of the Han army's [-] cavalry were lost, and only one out of ten returned to the north alive.

The three main generals, Tian Yan, Zang Min and Xia Yu, fled back to Han with only their trusted cavalry, and the accompanying army was almost wiped out.

Tan Shihuai took the opportunity to swept across the border counties and counties in the secluded land. All counties suffered a lot of losses, and the people's property suffered heavy losses.

Originally, Tan Shihuai was going to go further into the Han region to plunder further, but in the western Liaoning county, he encountered the stubborn resistance of Zhao Bao, the prefect of western Liaoning.

Zhao Bao's elder brother was the eunuch Zhao Zhong, Zhao Bao was deeply ashamed and did not associate with him, and was an official in the bitter and cold borderlands.

This time he encountered the disaster of Chiyu, but he has always been very alert to the northern border. Hearing that the Xianbei invaded the northern expedition failed, he immediately reorganized [-] troops to attack the Xianbei.

Unfortunately, Zhao Bao's mother and his wife's family were caught by the Xianbei people on the way to western Liaoning. The Xianbei people used Zhao Bao's mother as a threat to make him surrender.

Zhao Bao made a painful choice between loyalty and filial piety. In the end, in order to protect the prefecture and the people, he led the army to cover up, sacrificing his mother, wife and family, in exchange for victory, and finally repelled the Xianbei people and prevented the Han border army from being defeated like a mountain. , turn the tide.

The Xianbei people then retreated to the grasslands and did not continue to go south. Therefore, the losses of the Han Empire did not continue to expand.

This matter reached Luoyang in early October, and the capital was shaken. A large number of officials wrote to impeach Tian Yan, Zang Min and Xia Yu for their dereliction of duty, losing to barbarians and corrupting the country's prestige. The great eunuch Wang Fu tried to set off a new round of eunuch warfare.

It was the emperor who ordered the war, but the courtiers could not pursue the emperor's fault and wanted to preserve the emperor's face, so they put all the blame on the eunuchs.