Li Zhang

For several days, He Qing took care of Li Zhang carefully.Li Zhang was in a bad mood and didn't like to talk, and He Qing also kept silent, but always took good care of the details.Li Zhang was grateful in his heart, and the young man was so curious, so he chatted slowly and asked about the affairs of the palace. He knew that the few young masters who entered the mansion earlier were similar except for Mr. Aiyu who died of illness last month. They are all top romantic figures at different ages, and each is good at their own strengths.Li Zhang was a little distracted when he heard it, and felt that he was treated like this because he was inferior to others, and he had nothing to say for a while.

Aiyu was the first person Sima Yi took into the palace, and He Qing followed him all the time. Although she was young, she was no longer ignorant after seeing too many falling flowers.But no matter how much jealousy there is in the harem, the third prince has always been gentle and elegant, and he has never heard of any habit. All the concubines and concubines can only rush to the front, and are not afraid of falling behind.Mr. Li Zhang Li is really a special case.

After being so quiet for half a month, Li Zhang's injury has long since healed, and his face is still rosy.

On this day, Manager He came over to send a message, asking Li Zhang to report to the guard camp the next day, while He Qing remained in the small courtyard to wait on him.Although Li Zhang was surprised when he heard the words, he was greatly relieved.It turned out that Sima Yi was really training him like a bodyguard.

The palace guard camp is a major feature of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The Great Wei Dynasty was not a country that the Sima family conquered immediately.During the reign of Emperor Taizu, the generals were governed by their own mercenaries for self-government. He was a puppet emperor after all parties compromised.It wasn't until the astonishing and talented Emperor III succeeded to the throne that he took the real power back to the imperial court.

When Emperor Lie was the prince, he set up a guard camp in the mansion.In addition to the ordinary bodyguard functions, he was also trained and selected according to the requirements of the army generals. Later, he served as the mainstay of the imperial army when the vassal was withdrawn to suppress the rebellion, laying a solid foundation for the victory of the war.Since then, all the princes had the tradition of setting up guard camps in their mansions after they opened their mansions, but they rarely surpassed the achievements of Emperor Lie's previous guard camps.

Sima Yi's guard battalion has always been strictly selected, and a powerless person like Li Zhang only knows what the land of tigers and wolves is after entering.Although he had learned some basic self-defense methods from Ling Yuncong, it was far from real practice. On the first day he entered, he was beaten until he was covered in bruises, and he felt that he was about to die.When he was beaten hard, Li Zhang would still habitually want to beg for mercy, but he was despised by everyone even more, and his attacks became more ruthless.So he knew that this place was no better than home, and begging for mercy was useless, but it aroused the stubbornness in his bones, and he secretly made up his mind to stay here.

Li Zhang is very smart, with a photographic memory and a high level of comprehension, but his mother is weak, and he is naturally weaker than others when he is burdened. It is really difficult for him to fight hard. Even if he trains hard, his endurance and physical strength will always be weak. is difficult to keep up.So even though he held his breath in his heart, he was still far behind everyone in terms of physical fitness.What's more, everyone else has the foundation of kung fu practiced since childhood, but he is a complete rookie. This difference is really not 01:30.

Li Zhang couldn't guess the purpose of the third prince throwing him into the guard camp, but he remembered clearly the blatant contempt in Sima Yi's eyes.What's more, he was really afraid of going to bed that night, no matter how hard the guard camp was, he gritted his teeth to hold on, and even wished that Sima Yi would forget him, so that he could only be a guard from now on.

In this way, Li Zhang stayed in the guard camp for three months, and was trained to be paralyzed into a pile of mud every day. If He Qing hadn't stayed to serve him, he might have fallen ill several times.But he insisted that he never shed a tear, and never begged for mercy again.

Mu Yan, the commander of the guard battalion, looked at him coldly for three months. Although he didn't know why the lord put such a weak young man into the camp, he felt a little fond of Li Zhang's stubbornness.He was originally the instructor of the imperial guards, so he knew people well.Li Zhang has excellent comprehension ability. He has no boxing skills. In just three months, he has mastered several sets of boxing, foot and sword skills. Yes, and even find an opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

However, Li Zhang's trickery violated the big taboo in the camp, and the system of clear rewards and punishments made those who were outmatched by his cleverness hold grudges. As Li Zhang's martial arts improved, he suffered more and more serious injuries.Mu Yan couldn't criticize the ethos of speaking with strength that he had always followed, and felt that it was too wasteful for Li Zhang to fight for the long with the short, so he started to practice the formation.

It has been six generations since the Great Wei Dynasty was passed down to Emperor Jing, and the tradition of the guard battalion has survived, but there are very few who are truly like the guard battalion of Emperor Lie.There is no other reason, lack of education and learning.Therefore, the bodyguard battalion after Liedi was basically just a real bodyguard team.

But Mu Yan is definitely not an ordinary guard instructor.It’s just that during the Wei Dynasty, those who practiced civil and martial arts separated their families, and those who practiced martial arts disdained studying literature, while those who practiced literature admired Mr. Pian Pianjia, so even if the selected guards came from aristocratic families, most of them were simple-minded and only recognized martial arts, which made him the most proud team. The study of law is always difficult to put into full play.

However, Mu Yan didn't really start his plan until half a year later, and it still stemmed from an attempted assassination.At that time, the third prince was ordered to search the treasury and was assassinated in Huai County.The accompanying guards resisted with all their strength, and killed the assassin after suffering heavy casualties, but the third prince was still poisoned.

It was this incident that strengthened Mu Yan's determination to let the guards join forces.

At the beginning of the formation, the guards were still not very interested. Under the pressure of Mu Yan, they reluctantly started from the most basic three-person formation, but they often ignored cooperation and just wanted to fight by themselves.Mu Yan then set the rules of the competition, the person who came last three times in a row was kicked out of the guards and was not allowed to serve as the prince's personal servant.There will be a competition ranking every three months, group competitions, and points ranking.

Only then did everyone start to get serious, forming groups according to their preferences.Li Zhang and the other two unselected groups started to practice bumpily.

Wu Zijun and Zhang Yu are the other two outliers in the guard camp besides Li Zhang.

Wu Zijun is very handsome but has a bad temper, and Zhang Yu is a well-known "coward" in the camp.

The Zhang family has been in the army for generations, and Zhang Yu naturally learned martial arts from an early age.But he couldn't even deal with the enemy ruthlessly, which made his colleagues look down on him.As a new junior, Li Zhang naturally didn't have the chance to speak, but Wu Zijun and Zhang Yu had one eye higher than the other's, and they didn't seem to cooperate at all after several days of practice.Li Zhang had no intention of winning at first, but Wu Zijun was not a person willing to bow down, the more chaotic he became, the more irritable he became, and in the end he hurt Li Zhang and Zhang Yu with his hands.

Zhang Yu's "timidity" was just that he didn't want to hurt others, but he wasn't really afraid, so he couldn't submit, not to mention that Wu Zijun didn't understand that the key to the formation was just to fight brutely.Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more quarrelsome, Li Zhang had no choice but to stand in front of the formation, and the sword in his hand diverted, leading Zhang Yu's airtightness to make up for Wu Zijun's fierce self-care, and the three swords immediately Qi is circulating, and it is suitable for both offense and defense.Wu Zijun and Zhang Yu felt relieved, following Li Zhang's sword intent, they advanced and retreated freely, cooperating as one.Zhang Yu couldn't help being overjoyed that the cooperation was successful. Although Wu Zijun was silent, he also recognized Li Zhang's eye position. Afterwards, they practiced more and more smoothly, and they won the first place in the first competition, which made everyone feel happy. Surprised.As a result, Mu Yan's array training finally started in the guard camp.

The three-person formation requires a balance of strength. After all, Li Zhang's skill is too shallow. Once everyone is serious and mastered, their group will not be able to take advantage of it.However, Li Zhang was still able to come up with some strange tricks by virtue of his inspiration. Although he did not win the first place again, he never fell behind.

This result prevented Wu Zijun, who had always been so bad-tempered, from swearing at others, and it also made Mu Yan firm in his opinion: Li Zhang will be the best formation organizer in the battalion.He began to let Li Zhang get in touch with more complicated formations purposefully, and Li Zhang lived up to expectations, and soon understood the essence of the transformation of formations. The position of the array commander.

At this time, Li Zhang had been in the guard camp for more than a year. From the beginning when no one could see it to the command of the formation that is now taken for granted, many people saw the hard work during the process, and the guards no longer loved this silent, gentle and beautiful boy. Belittle.He and Zhang Yu became friends in the day-to-day cooperation and battles, and even Wu Zijun, who was always violent, was quite kind to him. Although he was not as close as Zhang Yu, he was already trusting.

In the 22nd year of Emperor Jing's Anping, the embezzlement of disaster relief funds by the great prince Sima Liao surfaced with Sima Yi's investigation of the treasury at the beginning of the year.Before the trip, Mu Yan deliberately handed Sima Yi his carefully selected candidates for guards, and Li Zhang was among them.

Sima Yi knew that this trip would be dangerous, and Mu Yan was so cautious, so Li Zhang's name surprised him.Speaking of which, since Li Zhang was sent to the guard camp, he hadn't seen him for more than a year.

Smiling playfully, Sima Yi sent someone to pass Li Zhang.

In the bright sunlight outside the door, a thin young man walked quickly.

Li Zhang is more than half a head taller than a year ago. He is still thin, but he is already thin but not weak. He looks well-proportioned and agile in his movements.His fair complexion was slightly tanned, revealing a healthy and moist wheat color. His eyebrows were like black ink and his eyes were like bright stars.

Sima Yi's heart moved, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Zhang approached and knelt down, bowing his head respectfully to pay his respects, and instantly changed back to the cautious Li Zhang at the beginning.Sima Yi suddenly felt that his breath was stuck in his chest, his face turned cold instantly, and his words became harsh: "Okay! Remember that I am a slave! Since Commander Mu thinks you are qualified, I will trust you for now. However, when you go out, you are still the king's personal attendant!"

Li Zhang trembled when he heard the words, but still bowed his head in response.

Mu Yan didn't know about the festival between the two, so he couldn't understand what Li Zhang was afraid of.Although Sima Yi's subordinates were strict, he was not harsh, and rewards and punishments were clearly defined. Most of his subordinates respected him more than feared him, and at a young age, he had already established himself as a king.Mu Yan had taught Sima Yi's martial arts in the palace, and he had a good impression of the third prince, who was domineering, and he was so domineering. What's more, he was entrusted by Emperor Jing, and he had more support for him. heart of.Therefore, when Sima Yi wanted to keep Li Zhang, Mu Yan did not object, and even gave Li Zhang a good look when he left.

Li Zhang listened to Mu Yan leave in despair, not daring to ask for anything for himself.When he was in the guard camp, he took advantage of his vacation to secretly go back to visit his mother. Seeing that his mother looked good, and he really thought that he was studying abroad, he felt relieved.But when he accidentally met his father when he was leaving, he was scolded. The deep-rooted disdain in his words made him feel inferior to his identity. After returning to the palace, he was depressed for a long time, worried that his mother would accidentally hear him when he was scolded by his father again. He hardly ever came home again.

Although no one has ever explicitly asked about his identity, Li Zhang, who never sleeps in the camp and has a servant, is more or less covered with a veil of mystery in the eyes of everyone, and Li Zhang himself has never been able to truly let go. .No matter how hard he tried, the brand of the male servant has been deeply imprinted in his heart, and he is still a substitute...