"Zhang Zongqi, Zhang Zongqi, wake up... Is there something on your mind? Did anything happen after you left yesterday?" Liu Sheng asked, seeing that Zhang Feng was holding a water bag but not drinking and staring blankly into space.

  "What? Yesterday, yesterday..." Zhang Feng was taken aback, recalling last night at the Drunken Cloud Building.

  "Hey, Bun Face, are you really my brother-in-law's personal guard?" The voice of the green-shirted girl rang out like a silver bell, as clear as a flowing spring.

  Zhang Feng stared at her spoiled appearance and was stunned, staring straight ahead without responding.

  That girl was stared at like that for the first time, her cheeks slightly red and looking a bit embarrassed. This made the two burly bodyguards beside her widen their eyes even more, thinking to themselves that this little guy seemed to be flirting with the lady, wondering if they should take him down directly.

  Two big men exchanged a glance, nodded silently, and were about to take action. The girl couldn't help but ask for the second time, only this time her tone was no longer rude, but instead had a hint of shyness.

  "I'm asking you a question, why are you staring at me like that..."

  Huo Wei's heart was broken, these young masters usually fawned on the young lady, and he had never seen her embarrass anyone before. What if she took a liking to this foolish kid? No way, not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of one in ten thousand, we brothers must do something, otherwise the young master will skin us alive.

  Just as the two guards were indulging in wild fancies, Zhang Feng came back to his senses and heard the girl's second inquiry. He immediately cupped his hands and said: "We are under the command of Huo Fuqian, the commander of the Yan Mountain Guards. The Yan Mountain Guards are the personal bodyguards of the King of Yan. I don't know who this young lady's brother-in-law is? This is my waist card, please take a look." Zhang Feng still foolishly took off the small flag waist card from his waist and showed it to the girl.

  The girl looked at them hastily and said: "Oh, you are indeed my brother-in-law's personal guard. Li Quan, don't you hurry up and apologize!"

  The girl turned around and changed her tone, restoring her overbearing attitude, scolding Li Quan.

  "Ah! Let me apologize, I..." Li Quan, who was pushed aside, didn't like the sound of it and just as he was about to retort a few words, he heard the girl let out a cold hum, which scared him so much that he immediately shivered.

  It wasn't until now that he realized this person was not to be trifled with, so he might as well give in. He could only think of Chen Hua and the others, apologizing in a low voice with an unwilling expression.

  Chen Hua had a way out and didn't hold on to it, they just exchanged a few pleasantries and that was the end of it.

  The two bodyguards also quickly took the young lady away, afraid that something else would happen between the two of them. The girl waved goodbye to Zhang Feng as she left.

  "Goodbye, little bun!" Zhang Feng watched as the girl left, still standing in his original position.

  Chen Hua came over and pulled him back to continue drinking, but Zhang Feng seemed a bit distracted. Lao Gu had experienced a lot and could tell that Zhang Feng had some good feelings towards the girl. This couldn't be called love, it was just the naive feeling between young men and women, which would fade away with time.

  Zhang Feng came to the second day's school martial arts competition with this feeling.

  Zhang Feng and Liu Sheng first had a bare-handed fight, and were resting while drinking water. Liu Sheng was feeling strange about his performance today, yesterday he was clearly superior in footwork, not allowing himself to be hit by even one knife, but today his footsteps were chaotic and he made mistake after mistake. Just then, seeing Zhang Feng dazed, he came over to ask him, which led to the previous scene.

  Zhang Feng came back to his senses and glanced at Liu Sheng without speaking. Liu Sheng knew that Zhang Feng might have something on his mind, so he was absent-minded. He wanted to help, but the master didn't say anything, so he couldn't force it. He could only pat Zhang Feng's shoulder and say:

  "Director Zhang, since you have concerns, there's no need to continue the comparison for now. Let's spar again when we have time in the future."

  Zhang Feng said apologetically to Liu Sheng: "Liu Baihu, forgive me, I don't know what's wrong with me either..."

  Liu Sheng shook his head helplessly and told Zhang Feng not to forget to pick up the waist card and clothes of the General Flag, and he would officially take office the day after tomorrow. Zhang Feng hastily agreed and nodded in agreement.

  Liu Sheng then left, leaving Zhang Feng alone in the school field to continue pondering. He recalled yesterday's conversation between the two of them, and that girl's brother-in-law was indeed Prince Yan Wang. He had foolishly emphasized what, was he really drunk?

  Alas! When can I see her again...

  Two days later, it was the day when 600 new recruits officially merged into the camp. A crowd of people gathered early in the school field and arrived at the large camp outside the city under Wang Zhen's leadership.

  The camp was built along the river, with walls about eight feet high made of thick tree trunks arranged in a row. According to Chen Hua, each log had to be buried half underground to make it sturdy and secure. The entrance of the camp was guarded by two rows of wooden spikes, with sharp iron tips.

  These six hundred men had just stood in front of the camp when they could feel a majestic and powerful atmosphere, and faintly heard the shouting voices of training coming from within the camp.

  Wang Zhen led them in, and the old soldiers inside the camp also gathered together, standing on both sides with a clear distinction. At this time, Zhu Neng, the commander of the thousand households, stepped up to the platform and said:

  "Today, we welcome 600 new people to our thousand households. I hope you can quickly get along with each other, old and new. Because when the King of Yan first arrived in Beiping, the attitudes of various forces were not very clear. And we are the royal guards of the King of Yan, what we need to do is to maintain the dignity of the King of Yan!"

  New recruits are excited, old soldiers are silent, and the different performances of the two teams prove that life in the military camp is not as simple as imagined.

  Chen Hua took Zhang Feng and others to meet another group of people in the camp, and both sides were very unhappy at first sight. As for Chen Hua, this old superior is no problem, knowing that Zhang Feng is also a general flag, showing respect, but it's completely different for other new soldiers.

  Xiao Liu Zi is a warm and enthusiastic person, wanting to go find the old soldiers to say hello, but he turned around in circles, basically nobody was willing to pay attention to him, occasionally there were a few who responded, but they were extremely perfunctory.

  Wang Ping's temper flared up, and he wanted to go reason with the old soldiers. Lao Gu pulled him back, shaking his head and saying:

  "Don't make a fuss about this, it's normal, they haven't accepted us yet, and things will get better slowly later..."

  Wang Ping was very puzzled, in fact, it wasn't just them, all the new recruits were confused. As comrades in the same battalion, why would such a thing happen?

  Zhang Feng was also feeling puzzled, Chen Hua walked over and explained to him: "It's like this in the military camp, new people all have to go through it. There are not many who can sit directly on the Wu Guan position like you, I was a new soldier when I came here too."

  Chen Hua sighed and recounted his experiences from back then, being ordered around, bullied, ridiculed, and even beaten by some of the more vicious old soldiers.

  Perhaps someone will ask, aren't veterans also transformed from new recruits? Why must they be targeted at newcomers. In fact, this is the difference between 'us' and 'them'. For old soldiers, comrades who have been together for a long time are considered their own people; while new recruits who have just entered the camp are 'them'.

  The veteran's credentials are a kind of power, and the new recruits want to be accepted as 'we' need to go through the same hardships; The old soldiers are willing to make things difficult for the new recruits, which means that the acceptance of the new recruits has begun. This is an unwritten rule in the army. If the new recruits don't want to be excluded, they have to start from scratch and establish a new army.

  Zhang Feng also fell silent after listening to Chen Hua's explanation, this is a convention that has been passed down for thousands of years, and it can also be said that it is human nature. He couldn't change the old soldier's way of thinking, he could only hope that Liu Zi and the others would be accepted sooner and with less trouble.

  The other hundred households, the commander looked at this scene and understood that only when they were truly recognized by the old soldiers and integrated into their system would these 600 new recruits be considered officially qualified.

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