The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Chu Shangshu gloated and asked Shen Jia: "Shen Langzhong, I wonder who you plan to find to form a team with you? It is not uncommon for civil servants in the court to pick out all-round talents in civil and military affairs, but there are not many who want to surpass generals." Ah, I don’t know who is willing to play with you, it’s not ashamed to lose anyway.”

Shen Jia cupped his hands at him and said with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your concern. I don't know who to turn to for a while, so I can only ask. Time is urgent, so I won't talk to you."

He turned and left, the first target was Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, whose surname was Jiang. He heard that he was going to be the number one scholar in martial arts, but his family did not approve of him joining the army. generation.

Jiang Shilang glanced at Shen Jia, and said flatly: "It's useless if you invite me, and I can't win. The Tatar Warrior is not the weak chicken you imagined."

Shen Jia nodded, "I know, but there is no loss in the competition, and there is no shame in losing. What if you win?"

"Hmph, self-confidence is a good thing, but it's a pity that I don't have this confidence. You can find someone else." Jiang Shilang didn't agree, and most of the people stared at them. Seeing that Shen Jia didn't even convince Jiang Shilang, they each started to mock.

"This young man is very courageous. He dares to say anything and do anything. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers."

"Hehe, what's the use of being brave? They're not at the same level. It's good for him to figure out how a civil official can compete with a general in hunting. He has a thick skin and is not afraid of losing. There may not be any civil servants who are willing to play around with him. "

Yes, in the eyes of most of the courtiers, Shen Jia's behavior was like a child's playfulness. If his official position was put aside, there was nothing to say about Shen Jia's aggressiveness at this age.

Shen Jia asked a few more civil servants, all of whom were well-known talents in both civil and military affairs, but unfortunately everyone rejected him.

One of them said it very bluntly, "You, Shen Jia, are protected by the emperor, so naturally you can do whatever you like. We still have to face. Losing is not terrible, but it is even more terrible without self-knowledge."

After Shen Jia asked this round, there was no disappointed expression on his face. It seemed that he had expected this to happen. Even Zhao Zhang asked him curiously: "Who did you plan to form a team with?"

Shen Jia winked at him and said, "Of course it's someone who shares the same goals with me."

"It's a pity that there don't seem to be such people. Would you like me to appoint some for you?" The emperor went out, and the other party had to go up even if he didn't want to. It's just that in this way, I was afraid that Shen Jia would not be able to carry out his plan.

"No, no, no, I know." Shen Jia turned around and walked aside after speaking, with a clear goal, and pulled out a young man from the crowd, "Just you, count as one, go and change clothes."

"No, no...how is it me? I can't do it...Master Shen..."

Everyone's eyes fell on that face that was younger than Shen Jia's, and they asked doubtfully, "Which one is this?"

"Look at the position he was standing just now, he should be a child of whose family, if he didn't become an official."

"Is this Shen Jia crazy, and randomly recruited someone to make up the numbers?"

"I know, I know, that kid is the youngest son of the University of Wu, named Wu Jing, if he can't do it, he can't do it, he's very worthless, Shen Jia probably really went blind looking for him."

"Ha, is he all right?"

Wu Haiqing's friends also advised him one after another: "Hurry up and stop him, your child will not be tricked."

But Wu Haiqing laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, isn't it just young people playing around, don't care about them, let's just watch it as a fun."

"Aren't you afraid that your son's reputation will be ruined?"

"How can this be a bad reputation? The worst thing is to lose the competition. My youngest son has never done such a brave thing since he was a child. As long as he dares to do it, I will secretly laugh."

This is true. When Wu Jing was pulled out, he refused in his heart. It was not because he was afraid of shame. He had done too many embarrassing things, but he knew that his level was not enough to make up for it.

Shen Jia comforted him and said, "You should just help me. Wouldn't it be more embarrassing if I couldn't find anyone?"

Wu Jing thinks about it too, everyone is watching, it would be shameful if they can't even find their teammates.

"Okay, but let me explain in advance that I can't even hit the target accurately when I shoot an arrow."

Shen Jia happily pushed him to change clothes, and then looked for the next target, probably because his behavior of catching blind just now was too appalling, whereever his eyes went, everyone avoided him.

At this time, a person stood up on his own initiative, wearing a bright riding outfit, holding a long whip in his hand, and asked with a smile: "I wonder if I can join?"

Shen Jia's eyes fell on his face, and she raised her eyebrows, "Master Cao is willing to help, Shen can't wait for it."

The joining of Cao Ruiwen is undoubtedly like a drop of water falling into the frying pan. Everyone is more interested in watching the excitement. The Cao family is from military generals. It can be raised higher.

After he stood up, his follower Cui Xiuzhu also stood up reluctantly, raised his chin and said, "I only helped you for Brother Cao's sake, don't be too complacent."

The two couldn't get along when they were in the Imperial Academy, and Shen Jia was ready to ignore him, so she heard what he said and asked, "Since you join my team, you have to follow my arrangements throughout the whole process. If you don't want to, you don't have to come."

"Why do you listen? Shouldn't Brother Cao lead the team?"

Shen Jia smiled and said nothing, Cao Ruiwen pulled Cui Xiuzhu away, and said to him: "Since it's Master Shen's team, naturally listen to him."

There are already four of them, and quite a few young people are a little moved. Most of them have no official position, or their official position is low, and they have no chance to make their mark on weekdays. Although joining Shen Jia's team will definitely lose, at least they can show their face in front of the emperor. ah.

A young man stood up and asked, "How does Master Shen look at me?"

Shen Jia didn't know him, so she asked his name, and then asked, "What do you know?"

The boy faltered and shook his head, and whispered amidst everyone's laughter: "Nothing, just know how to make some gadgets."

A person next to him shouted loudly: "Master Shen, he is just a carpenter, he can do nothing but handwork, you have to think about it."

Shen Jia's eyes lit up, and she asked, "You really know carpentry?"

"Yes...some."

"Okay, it's just you." Shen Jia happily accepted him, and then asked someone to give him a set of convenient riding clothes for him to change into.

Seeing this, everyone shook their heads, "Sure enough, this Shen Jia is always willing to come, there is nothing to see."

Shen Jia continued to search for teammates in the crowd. In fact, he didn't care what kind of team he was, as long as he was obedient. He naturally knew many people in the officialdom, and he had a lot of close relationships, but not many people could be pulled out at this time.

Most of the officials with high official positions are too old to fit the personality of this team, and the young ones do not have enough official positions or their family backgrounds are too low to even enter the hunting grounds.

People like Wu Jing and Cui Xiuzhu can only come here by relying on the elders in the family.

"I, I, I...Master Shen, let's join the lower officials." It was Zuo Jiangyi who ran towards him. Others might reject Shen Jia. This kid is Shen Jia's loyal, even if he dies with Shen Jia, he is willing to die. of.

"Okay, you count as one."

"Master Shen, I wonder if I can join you?" A young man with a clear and bright appearance came out. He was wearing a white shirt and hadn't put on a crown yet. He was clearly under twenty, and he couldn't have looked more frail.

"Bai Yan, come back!" Xu's eldest son scolded, wanting to prevent his son from embarrassing himself with Shen Jia.

Bai Yan ignored it and asked again.

Shen Jia knew him and knew that he was the grandson of Xu Shoufu's family, so she only said: "First of all, you need your family's consent."

Bai Yan smiled and shook his head: "I decide on my own affairs, and I don't need to ask others."

Shen Jia smiled, and sure enough the young man he was optimistic about was stable, "Okay, come on."

As soon as Bai Yan joined, several of his friends stood up and expressed their willingness to fight together. They are all people who study and play together on weekdays. Seeing that Bai Yan has joined, they have nothing to dare.

The ten people were all together soon, and Shen Jia invited them to the side camp to discuss countermeasures.

"Come on, can we start?" The other teams had already made their preparations, and only Shen Jia's team was a temporary team, which wasted a lot of time.

General Xu presided over the competition, asked the emperor for instructions, and then shouted loudly: "The competition begins, the scope cannot exceed the hunting ground, and the time is at [-] o'clock in the afternoon. If you do not return after the expiration date, it will be regarded as abandonment!"

In the tent, Cui Xiuzhu asked impatiently: "This is the beginning of the competition, why don't we just sit here? It's too ugly to lose, right?"

Shen Jia laid out a map on the table, which was a very detailed topographical map of the entire hunting ground. He asked Zhao Zhang to come through the back door.

"Sharpening a knife is not the same as chopping firewood. As far as the level of our group is concerned, it is absolutely impossible to win by force, so why waste time hunting?"

"Then what do you mean? Are we going to sit here for a day and then take the initiative to admit defeat? Isn't this too embarrassing?"

Cao Ruiwen scolded him: "Xiuzhu, don't be rude, Mr. Shen has even prepared the map, there must be a way, first listen to Mr. Shen."

Shen Jia got up and made a bow to everyone, and said, "Thank you for your support. Let me talk about my plan first. You can add whatever you want, and we can discuss it together."

Shen Jia's original plan was not to compete head-on with the Tatars in terms of the number of prey, but to outsmart them. If they wanted to capture the prey from a powerful elite army, they could only resort to external forces.

These frail scholars in front of them would not be able to last a round if they came forward to compete one-on-one, so the only way is to use traps to capture other people's prey.

"It's impossible, what kind of trap can we set up? A person with high martial arts skills can still be stumped by such a small trap? Mr. Shen is daydreaming!" Cui Xiuzhu retorted rudely.

Zuo Jiangyi couldn't bear his bad temper, and snorted coldly: "Don't gossip here, if you have a better idea, just shut up, no one is forcing you to join, you can quit!"

Bai Yan glanced at the map, frowned slightly, and asked after a moment of contemplation: "Has Mr. Shen already found the location to set the trap? We are only facing ten Tatar warriors, which are actually not many. It may not be impossible to knock down the opponent, and our goal is to capture the prey, not to kill, we can try."

"Who will set up the traps? I only know some small traps for catching birds, but I have never tried traps for people." Wu Jing said, scratching his head.

Shen Jia took out another stack of blueprints, each of which was a design draft of a trap, which showed that he was fully prepared to come.

"This... is this too detailed? Do we have time to finish this?" Wu Jing asked in amazement, and the others were also amazed. Leaving aside the issue of wrong timing, Shen Jia's traps are really too subtle. If it is used in real military, it will definitely be brilliant.

"We have one day. These few simple traps are used to deal with weaker teams. The number of prey they hunt will definitely not be too much, the force will not be too strong, and the success rate is high. The last few complicated traps It is used to deal with the Tatars, and the time is chosen on their way down the mountain. These traps should be launched at about the same time, otherwise the news will leak out, and it will be difficult for the Tatars to fall into the trap if they are prepared."

"How can we ensure that they don't know when we set a trap?" Cao Ruiwen asked.

Shen Jia said in a low voice: "The Jinwu Guards and Imperial Guards are patrolling the mountain. I have made an agreement with Commander Yao and Commander Shi. Their people will be responsible for keeping an eye on us."

"You...you're cheating!" The boy who knew carpentry said in shock.

"Shh...they didn't ask them to help set up traps, it's just a small trick, don't worry too much."

The others immediately laughed, "Okay, in this way, it is really possible to win."

"But, does the prey obtained by traps count?" the boy asked.

"Does the competition have regulations on how to obtain prey? No?" Bai Yan showed a playful smile on his face, "Setting traps to catch prey is a way of hunting, and robbing other people's prey is also an indispensable part of hunting. Means, do you think we are the only ones who will grab it?"

"Okay, let's quickly adjust the location and divide the work. I have prepared all the materials and just move it up the mountain. Xu Ran, you know carpentry, so you and I will do the last trap together. Some mechanisms must be known. Only a carpenter can install it to be safe.”

Xu Ran is that young man. He is the old man of General Xu. He was favored by his elders since he was a child. Because his elder brothers all practiced martial arts and joined the army, his family did not let him follow the path of a general. Instead, he read and wrote since he was a child. Such a talent is also an example of lack of civil and military skills.

"Okay, the drawings are so detailed, and the materials used are also available. These are not difficult. They may be completed in half a day. Then I will go to several other locations to help."

Leaving aside that this was a competition, everyone felt that this action was very interesting. They used to go hunting in the mountains and set up traps, but they were not as sophisticated as Shen Jia's design. I really want to see what it looks like.

"What if someone kills someone?" Bai Yan asked.

Although it was not explicitly stated that no one could be killed in the competition, but with so many foreign envoys present, it would be bad if someone was killed.

Shen Jia winked at him, and said innocently: "Will people who have no such ability be selected to participate in the competition? If there is a real misfortune, it can only be blamed for their inferior skills."

Speaking of this, Shen Jia specially reminded everyone: "Remember, we are just playing tricks, and we don't fight head-on with each other. If you encounter an opponent, run as long as you can, don't love to fight!"

Everyone nodded. Of course, they couldn't risk their lives for a competition. Besides, outsiders didn't think highly of them. It's no big deal to lose face because of this. It's a big loss to lose their lives.