Chapter 67: The Imperial Court Grants a Title

  On the second day after Wang Xu woke up, Huangfu Song's army returned to Changsha. When the generals in the army heard that Wang Xu had woken up, they immediately came to visit him one after another!

  Among them, the one that caught Wang Xu's attention was Cao Cao. However, at the age of 29, he unexpectedly did not have the kind of villainous character. After several visits and exchanges, he gave Wang Xu a rather heroic feeling, and his literary talent and knowledge also left a deep impression on Wang Xu!

  As for Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Wang Xu did not see them again because they were sent back by Huangfu Song on their way back to help Lu Zhi fight against Zhang Jiao in Ji Province!

  The army rested in Changsha for a full ten days! On the fifth day, a new order from the imperial court also arrived by fast horse. Let Huangfu Song lead the army to immediately pursue Bo Cai and pacify the Yellow Turban bandits in Nanyang and Chenliu.

  At the same time, along with the military order, came the first reward! However, this time the reward was only given to two people. One was to seal Huang Fu as a marquis of Douchang, and the other was to give Wang Xu a formal official position - Canjun Xieyi.

  As for others, it is said that they will temporarily retain their original positions and be rewarded again according to their merits after the Yellow Turbans have been pacified!

  However, these were all within the expectations of the people. After all, they had just finished their first battle, and Huangfu Song, as the commander-in-chief, was justified in being rewarded once. But it was still too early to calculate the merits of others. Wang Xu was also because he had made great contributions, but he himself had no formal official position, so he was given a not-too-big-or-small title of Canjun Xunwei!

  After this battle, Huangfu Song also valued him more highly, completely relying on him as his left and right arm, and even allocated 2,000 of his personal troops to him. For a miscellaneous officer like Canjun Xunjue, this was already a very biased arrangement!

  Wang Xu was much more delighted to have obtained the two thousand men than he would have been at receiving an official title from the imperial court. Moreover, he acted very quickly and immediately petitioned Huangfu Song to formally transfer Gao Shun and Wang Fei over to him as soon as he received the news.

  Huang Fu considered the command issue and agreed to his proposal, without appointing other mid-level officers. Under Wang Xu's recommendation, combined with the merits established in the Changshe battle, Gao Shun was temporarily promoted to Military Marquis, in charge of 500 people from one curve. Wang Fei was reassigned as Military Sima, serving as Wang Xu's deputy, also directly commanding troops from one curve.

  Originally, Gao Shun and Wang Fei's merits were almost the same, but Wang Fei was Wang Xu's older brother, a noble-born son of a prominent family, so he naturally received preferential treatment! However, this is not all, when Zhu Jun came to visit, Wang Xu immediately seized the opportunity to strongly express his desire for Xu Ming.

  He thought that someone like this would at least have some hesitation, but who would have thought that he would simply agree, and it was even more strange that Wang Xu would want such a person. Of course, Wang Xu couldn't possibly tell the other person that Xu Ming's real name was Xu Huan, and that he would definitely make a big splash in the future! He just made up an excuse that the two of them had fought side by side until death, so it was hard to part with him.

  It wasn't until Zhu Jun left that Xu Shu told him the reason for Zhu Jun's generosity. It turned out that it wasn't because Zhu Jun had too many talented people to use, but rather he didn't know about Xu Huan's abilities at all. Even Xu Huan's brothers only found out after that night's battle, and everyone who returned was asked by Xu Huan to keep his secret. Although no one knew why, they were brothers who had been through life and death together, so there wasn't a problem.

  So Xuhuang was also properly transferred under Wang Xu's command, but because he didn't have enough military achievements, it was impossible to promote him as a unified army officer. In the end, Wang Xu thought of a compromise, which was to form a hundred-man scale guard and then use force to select the leader among them. Under Wang Xu's coercion and temptation, Xuhuang finally had no choice but to obey!

  Although doing so, Xu Huan's official position is still not high, but as the head of the Imperial Guard, it has the meaning of representing Wang Xu, and at critical moments, he can still command the army to go to war. Wang Xu temporarily did not think about really wanting to form a personal guard!

  Of course, all of this was planned by Wang Xu while lying in bed. His injuries were too severe, and when Huang Fu's great army went west to pursue Bo Cai, he could only barely get out of bed and move around...

  This day, Xu Shu cooked a thin porridge, holding the bowl with her left hand and stirring it constantly with a spoon in her right hand as she walked into the room blowing on it. But just as she lifted her head, she saw Wang Xu walking back and forth inside the house. Her eyebrows immediately rose, and a hint of annoyance flashed across her pretty face.

  "How did you get out of bed again? Weren't you told not to move around too much? What if the wound ruptures? And in this era, there's no medicine to prevent tetanus, what if it gets infected?"

  "Oh no! I'm not made of paper, how can I be so fragile? Lying in bed all day is really unbearable. I just want to move around a bit, what's the big deal? Besides, it's good for my recovery!"

  Saying that, Wang Xu glanced at his own body and nonchalantly waved his hand to continue: "As for tetanus, if I had really been infected, the disease would have broken out long ago! Where could it still be waiting until now? Besides, all the wounds on my body were caused by cold weapons and are open wounds, which aren't easy to get infected. The only thing that needs attention is the rust, which you guys have processed in various ways for N times, if I still got infected after that, then I deserve it!"

  Upon hearing this, Xu Shu helplessly glanced at Wang Xu and sighed: "But even if it's just touching the wound and causing inflammation, that's not good either!"

  "No way! I followed Master to learn medicine for so many years, although not proficient, but won't be that bad! How could it be, I have a number in my heart!"

  Xu Shu actually knew that all these were facts, but was just too worried, so she was always uneasy in her heart. Seeing Wang Xu's determination, she didn't say much more and instead said: "Alright! Hurry up and lie down, I'll feed you dinner."

  "Uh-huh! Good." He nodded, and Wang Xu slowly walked back to the bedside. Xú Shū then quickly propped up two pillows and placed them behind his back.

  After lying down comfortably, Wang Xu enjoyed the gentle service of Xu Shu. His gloomy mood due to injury also improved a lot. "Hey! Wife, seriously, why were you so impulsive that night? You actually exposed your true gender, now it's all good! All the merits you've earned are gone, if not for Huangfu Song's special kindness, you might have been sent back."

  Xu Shu's small red mouth pouted in dissatisfaction as soon as she heard this, and she glanced at Wang Xu with a blaming tone: "It's all because of you! If you hadn't suddenly fallen down, I wouldn't have suddenly shrieked and exposed my identity. Hmph! After managing to deceive even Gao Shun, you've ruined everything with your antics. Do you still have the nerve to say that?"

  Upon hearing this absurd argument, Wang Xu drank the porridge that Xushu had brought over and immediately shook his head with a bitter smile: "What are you talking about? Shouldn't I be standing upright instead? If it were really like that, I'd probably have been shot full of holes by now! Actually, if you had remained calm and composed at the time, how could you have possibly been discovered?"

  Who knew that as soon as the words came out, Xu Shu suddenly got angry. The porridge that was fed to Wang Xu's mouth was abruptly withdrawn, and in Wang Xu's stunned gaze, "Bang!" The bowl was slammed onto the table next to it!

  "Hmph! I'm calm, am I? Why didn't I just stand by and watch? Geez! And to think I still have to save you, what an idiot I am!"

  After saying a lot in an angry tone, Xu Shu seemed to have thought of something again, and her momentum suddenly weakened. In an instant, her eyes turned red, and there was still a layer of mist!

  Before Wang Xu could catch up with her train of thought, she had already choked back a sob and continued: "You just calm down! That night you even wanted to kill me, how can you be so ruthless? You actually said those words! Looking at your ferocious appearance, I reckon you really did want to kill me...... Waaahhh... Waaahhh..."

  As soon as she finished speaking, tears suddenly gushed out of those big eyes. Before Wang Xu could recover from this rapid change, she had already jumped up and ran outside!

  Seeing this, Wang Xu hastily called out: "Wife! Don't run away, I still want to eat!"

  Upon hearing this, Xu Shu stopped in her tracks, but with a hint of anger in her heart, she immediately burst into tears and scolded: "Don't you have hands yourself?"

  Wang Xu heard this, and instantly blinked his eyes innocently, smiling wryly: "I have long hands, and they're both in use, but one of them is currently under repair, so I can't use it for now..."

  "Then use your other hand!"

  "It's inconvenient to eat with one hand!"

  "Then just use your mouth..."

  "Are you kidding me?..."