However, the civilian class is not completely without the opportunity to be an official, another system for selecting officials is the conscription system, that is, to recruit people with prominent reputations to come out to be officials, there are two kinds of emperor conscription and government, state and county conscription, the emperor is called "conscription", and the official government is called "pi", the former is mostly a celebrity with high prestige and excellent character and learning, and most of the conscripts are called "conscripts", which has nothing to do with the common people.

The state and county recruitment means that high-ranking officials such as state pastors and county guards can recruit their own subordinates and appoint them to official positions.

When Gan Ning was eighteen years old, he was appreciated by the then Shu County Taishou and recruited to serve as the commander of Shu County, but of course it was difficult for him to stay in the officialdom for a long time with his temperament.

The conquest system can be said to be completely firmly grasped by the scholar class, and the common people want to rely on this road to become a lottery ticket and win the jackpot is generally minimal, unless a lucky person like Wei Qinghuo goes to the disease and climbs directly to the emperor, otherwise even if he is lucky to be appreciated by high-ranking officials, his humble background will be a brand that he can not get rid of for a lifetime, and it is difficult to make a difference in his career.

The last way is to join the army, if you catch up with the war years, you can rely on military merits to worship the generals, but this road is not only to catch up with the right time, but also the risk is too great, and the success is even rarer.

Moreover, now the imperial court has almost completely lost its control over the locality, and the armies in various places are controlled by the local clans, and there is no big difference between the army and the officialdom.

Gan Ning defected to Jingzhou when he was only a famous person, who expected that Liu Biao was a person who sold his reputation and reputation, but he couldn't hide his disdain for himself under the surface courtesy, and he didn't ask if he threw himself into the Jiangling Navy again, and how could an outsider with no background be reused?

Therefore, Gan Ning, who is constantly being excluded and suppressed, can only spend timeless with empty stunts and ambitions.

finally met someone who really appreciated him, how did this make Gan Ning not excited?

Gan Ning took a step back, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fist in salute, and said solemnly: "Gan Ning is willing to serve the monarch as the lord and go to Jiangdong with the monarch to create a hegemony together!" ”

"Brother Xingba!" Liu Qi finally got what he wanted, stepped forward to support Gan Ning's arm, and was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"Xingba!" Guan Zhao suddenly appeared from behind him.

Gan Ning happily pulled Guan Zhaolai: "Second brother, you and I finally have to meet the master, come and meet the lord!" ”

Liu Qike couldn't get used to this title, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Xingba, Brother Shuran, we can be commensurate with brothers in the future, and we don't have to be so polite." ”

"How does this work? ……”

"Wait!" Guan Zhao interrupted Gan Ning's words with a wave of his hand, and glanced at Liu Qi provocatively: "If you have a three-inch tongue, you can't achieve any hegemony, how can you convince the public if you don't have a real chapter?" Guan was the first to disagree! ”

Gan Ning hurriedly said: "Second brother, don't be rude!" ”

Liu Qi shook his head with a smile and asked, "Brother Shuran, do you want to compete with me?" ”

Guan Zhao nodded and said: "Yes, if you win, Guan Mou will be willing to be dispatched by you from now on, and the water will come and go, Guan Mou will never say anything!" ”

Liu Qi laughed: "Okay! Just Brother Shuran! But the swords and guns have no eyes, let's not use weapons and only talk about fists and feet, don't hurt the harmony until the point, how about it? ”

Guan Zhao couldn't help but feel angry when he saw Liu Qichengzhu in his chest, and his eyes narrowed and asked, "What if you lose?" ”

Liu Qi replied: "If I lose, then I will immediately worship Brother Shuran as a teacher, how about it?" ”

"Okay, it's a deal!" Guan Zhao was afraid that Liu Qi would repent, so he immediately wanted to high-five and swear.

"Second brother, don't mess around!" Gan Ning shouted Guan Zhao in a low voice, turned to Liu Qishili and wanted to defend Guan Zhao: "The lord ......"

Liu Qi was secretly amused in his heart, even Gan Ning was not optimistic about himself, although Gan Ning's own martial arts were very superb, but when it came to his understanding of martial arts, he was really not as good as himself, so give them a little surprise!

Of course, Liu Qi will not be unsure of his strength, he has observed Guan Zhao's skills in the Linjiang wine shop, and he has already prepared in his heart, and Liu Qi has obtained the true biography of his grandfather, who was born as a scout, and has been trained by masters in his uncle's army all year round, and he often practices in the streets and alleys, although Liu Qi is a lot younger than Gan Ning and Guan Zhao, but when it comes to the knowledge and experience of fist and foot kung fu, he does not need to be less than him.

After thousands of years of development in martial arts, the changes in technique can be described as earth-shattering, just like the emergence of new weapons on the battlefield can catch the enemy off guard, and can often play a surprising role in victory.

However, the grappling skills in the army that Liu Qi learned are different from the various performing kung fu in the eyes of ordinary people, which integrates the strengths of all families, and is completely used in actual combat, without the slightest superfluous moves, and pursues to subdue the enemy with the fastest speed.

Joints, ligaments, acupuncture points, except for people who have specialized in hard skills such as the Golden Bell Hood Iron Cloth Shirt, even if the martial arts practitioner is high, these places are not much stronger than ordinary people, so although Guan Zhao's strength far exceeds his own, Liu Qi is not worried that he can't win against this guy.

Regardless of Gan Ning's dissuasion, Liu Qi insisted on high-fives and bets with Guan Zhao, and put on a posture to prepare for a contest, but Gan Ning had no choice but to prepare on the side to secretly help Liu Qi defeat Guan Zhao at a critical time.

There is still a gap between imagination and reality, after handing it over, Liu Qi found that it was not easy to subdue Guan Zhao easily, first of all, he became a little constrained, and most of the opponents who fought with people in the past were street gangsters who had no power to fight back, but now he can't do it freely against Guan Zhao, who is strong in martial arts, so the trick of twisting the joint that he used to use before can no longer be used.

It is precisely because Guan Zhao is so powerful that Liu needs to use a lot of strength to enable these tricks, and it is easy to shoot too the joints and ligaments and make the opponent seriously injured or even disabled, so Liu Qi can only use safer tricks, but Guan Zhao has a solid foundation and very strong leg strength, and it is difficult to succeed in ordinary tripping and falling.

And Liu Qi's killer acupuncture point grabbing is actually very unskilled, because it is not easy to identify the acupuncture points on a person's body that are as many as stars, and it is difficult to do it without more than ten or twenty years of hard work, even if Liu Qi has been instructed by a famous teacher, he has some talent, but after all, he is only twenty-one years old, and the heat is still too far away, and he can't even find most of the acupuncture points on his body, let alone others.

Only when he firmly grasped the opponent's arm could Liu Qi slowly find a few recognizable acupuncture points such as Qu Chi and Neiguan, which required a big difference in speed and flexibility between the two sides, and he could only use this trick when he could deal with it calmly.

With the lesson of the last time, Guan Zhao was extremely cautious, and Liu Qi couldn't calmly rely on acupuncture points to subdue Guan Zhao, so Liu Qi found that Guan Zhao was like a hedgehog in a ball.

However, there is a saying that character determines fate, this is very reasonable, Liu Qi is unhurried and patient looking for opportunities, but the hot-tempered Guan Zhao does not have the patience, after a few rounds Guan Zhao can't help but be a little impetuous, and Liu Qi always touches away, showing that he is very jealous of himself, so he gradually put away his care and let go of his hands and feet.

For the strength of the two Gan Ning, the big expert knows very well in his heart, Liu Qi's subduing of Guan Zhao can be said to be completely based on Guan Zhao's light enemy, if the gap between the two is extremely different in terms of strength, Liu Qi is good at flexible footwork and changeable moves, but there is no strength as the foundation, then as long as Guan Zhao fights steadily, the final winner will definitely be Guan Zhao.

However, Guan Zhao's character determines that he has great achievements in martial arts, and he can't hold his breath in less than a cup of tea, Liu Qi deliberately slowed down his actions several times and almost let Guan Zhao succeed, leading him to completely throw away the caution of the tense to the clouds, and completely let go of the attack The natural flaws were exposed, and finally Liu Qi found an opportunity to seize the elbow socket, half of his body was suddenly numb and weak, and he was trampled on his leg and knelt on the ground, and he had no power to resist.

Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief and secretly threw away the stone in his hand, and shouted at Guan Zhao with a smile: "Second brother, can you take it this time?" ”

Guan Zhao's black and red face was hot for a while, and he asked incredulously: "This, is this an immortal law?" Why is it that when you pinch me, I feel so sore? ”

Liu Qi laughed, let go of the switch, helped him up and said, "In the future, when you have time, call all the brothers, and I will teach you!" ”

Guan Zhao also understood at this moment why Liu Qi, who seemed to be weak, looked confident, this must be an extremely advanced kung fu, and he was willing to teach it to himself?

Although Guan Zhao couldn't understand why he was defeated by Liu Qi effortlessly twice in any case, there was naturally no reason to take back the words he said, so he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Guan Zhao is convinced!" ”

"Brother Shuran, please get up quickly, with the help of the two of you, great things can be done! Let's go, let's drink a few cups to celebrate! Liu Qi helped Guan Zhao up and pulled Gan Ning back to the village.

Of course, there was no wine to be found in the ransacked village, but when they learned that they could follow Liu Qi from now on, everyone couldn't help but be excited, and their respect and trust made Liu Qi feel more intoxicating than any fine wine.

After nightfall, Gao Teng finally woke up, everyone cheered, and Liu Qi increased his great confidence, after determining Gao Teng's situation, Liu Qi decided to set off the next day to take the trail to the river to find a boat to return to Qu Ren.

Two days later, everyone returned to the river and everyone was completely at ease, and there was no need to worry about the Yellow Turban Thieves attacking again, the Yellow Turban Thieves did not understand water warfare at all, and it was impossible for them to have so many ships, so they would not be bored.

But the situation along the way is very strange, the fishing boats and merchant ships that came and went in the past have disappeared, the river is extremely deserted, and the county seat near the city of Qu Ren actually saw that the warships of the navy were all moored near the ferry, and there was a large area of smoke floating in the air in the direction of the county in the distance.

Before Liu Qi could send someone to inquire about the news, dozens of warships broke the waves and surrounded them, and the sailors on board were tense and vigilantly staring at them.

Fortunately, the two teams recognized Gao Tan and Gao Jing, and they cleared up the misunderstanding and let them into the ferry.

After Liu Qi learned the reason, his heart was clouded again.

Zhao Wei, the Taishou of Guling County, wanted to unite with Zhao Di to uproot the common threat of the Yan clan under Liu Qi's threading needle, Zhao Zhen successfully persuaded Yan Yan to surrender, and took the initiative to expose Yan Zhan, the head of the Yan family in Guling, who colluded with the thief to plot rebellion, according to the plan, Zhao Wei should wave his army into Yufu to wipe out the Yan clan, and then completely eradicate the Yan clan's forces scattered all over the country.