Chapter 74 - A Tough Start (1/2)
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Although Ling Zhang could take advantage of Yuwen Tong’s power, he never relaxed himself at all. After dinner, he went back to his study and studied how to arrange the twelve guards in the most appropriate position in the Trap and Kill Formation of Twelve; after looking at the several options he had previously considered, he was trying to make more plans.
The Trap and Kill Formation of Twelve had twelve different variations, each of which could turn into a new one; these formations looked completely different, but in fact, they were all connected with each other and they were also flexible. Now even Ling Zhang found it difficult to apply and grasp this formation completely, so it was impossible for those guards to do the same. They could only practice it one by one.
The problem was, in addition to the most basic formation, which formation should he choose for the guards to begin with?
Once Ling Zhang immersed himself in his thinking, he would forget the pa.s.sage of time.
“Marshal, the light in the childe Ling’s room is still on.”
The guard of Green Bamboo Mansion squatted on the wall between the two courtyards, turning his head to shout toward the Green Bamboo Mansion.
Yuwen Tong didn’t sleep either. On his desk was a map of Tanyang and some detailed topographic maps of each county of Tanyang, which were collected in special ways by Yaoyi these days. One of them was a topographic map of Qi County, which was located in the southwest of the Tanyang city. This map was specially marked with a big red circle by Yuwen Tong.
Hearing the guard’s words, Yuwen Tong put the map aside, and glanced at the water clock. It was already in midnight.
He had wanted to get up but gave up the idea after some thought. Ling Zhang was no longer a child and had his own way of handling matters. So he couldn’t decide everything for Ling Zhang. He thought that it was hard for Ling Zhang to have a good sleep before getting rid of Zhang Chong. Why not let him do what he wanted? Maybe keeping busy would make him feel a little at ease.
In the early morning of the next day, Ling Zhang showed up at the residence of the guards on time. w.a.n.g Dashan had expanded the original training ground according to Ling Zhang’s orders, and he had removed all the sundries around the ground.
“Young master, are you still going to train our cooperation today?”
“Yes.”
In order to follow Ling Zhang’s instructions, the guards did nothing else but continue to practice the cooperation with each other. It was not until evening that their practice worked a little.
For the next two days, Ling Zhang continued training the guards’ ability to cooperate with each other.
Yuwen Tong was not in the Mansion these days, and Ling Zhang didn’t know and hadn’t asked where he had gone. Yunwen Tong would tell him if he wanted to. Since Ling Zhaowen was almost framed last time, now there were more than three attendants accompanying him to Yamen every day. He was quite safe under the protection of these attendants these two days.
On this day, Fu Caiwei came to tell him that Jiang’s Herbs had sent those two herbs here and all the herbs he needed had been collected.
Yuwen Tong was not here, so Ling Zhang was not in a hurry to start the medicine bath. “Aunt, I am really sorry to trouble you. In a few days, I will visit Jiang’s Herbs and express my grat.i.tude to them in person.”
“That’s a good idea. Well, Lord Yuwen is away lately, do you know where he’s gone?”
Fu Caiwei looked at Ling Zhang with her probing eyes.
Ling Zhang knew what his aunt was thinking. He knew that she was wondering if the relations.h.i.+p between he and Yuwen Tong had developed in a good way and if Ling Zhang might change his mind to break the engagement. Instead of exposing her, he replied, “He doesn’t tell me, and I didn’t ask him, either. But the guard said he will be away for a few days.”
Ling Zhang’s answer almost perfectly avoided what Fu Caiwen wanted to know, which made her feel a little disappointed. She was quite satisfied with Yuwen Tong; she thought her nephew, Ling Zhang, was good enough, too, and only a man like Yuwen Tong could deserve Ling Zhang; however, she also understood that it was all Ling Zhang’s choice to make.
Fu Caiwei left with disappointment. Ling Zhang stood for a while before going to the residence of the guards.
Xia Feng had come back from Yanzhou the day before. He checked Liu Yi’s background and found nothing suspicious.
So they were officially going to start practicing the Trap and Kill Formation of Twelve.
However, things did not go as smoothly as Ling Zhang had expected. It took Ling Zhang half a day to explain the Trap and Kill Formation to the twelve guards. If he wanted them to keep every position in mind, he needed to impart some basic knowledge about formations to them.
Ling Zhang pulled a long face the whole morning. And the guards were silent with guilty.
“Young master, we are all uneducated boors who know nothing about formation. Please don’t be angry with us. I will urge them to practice hard and grasp the knowledge you taught us as soon as possible.” For fear of provoking Ling Zhang, w.a.n.g Dashan said cautiously.
Ling Zhang knew that it was all because of his own thoughtlessness. After taking a deep breath, he said, “Suspend the afternoon training. I’m going to teach you the basics of orientation discrimination, location selection, terrain identification and distance measurement. I was too hasty today in this matter, so it’s not all your fault. Have a rest now. I will come again this afternoon.”
The guards felt a sense of relief. Qiu Bing scratched the head, saying, “Young master, do we need to bring brush and ink?”
Other people were concerned about it, too. Compared with practicing martial arts, reading and writing were more difficult for them!
“No, I will tell you what to do.”
“Got it, young master, we’ll study hard this afternoon.”