At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"This is a good idea." Li Shiji and Shen He nodded, then took out two more lists of questions, and wanted to introduce to Ren Hao some talented people who had answered the four questions correctly.

But Ren Hao waved his hand without even looking at them. As the Minister of Revenue, did he need to know them or their names?

All they need to know is themselves and their own names.

"Okay, you are Lord Sikong and you have the final say." Li Shiji put away the inscription and asked Ren Hao when he would bring all these people into the palace.

"Tomorrow." Ren Hao thought for a moment, and then ordered Cai Lun to take out two hundred taels of silver from the silver cellar.

These one hundred taels of silver were distributed to those talented men from outside Beijing who took the exam but failed, so that their trip was not in vain.

As for the remaining one hundred taels of silver, Ren Hao asked Li Shiji and Shen He to take people to a restaurant to have a good meal so that everyone could get to know each other and they would be colleagues in the future.

"What about you?" Li Shiji looked at Ren Hao who was sitting on the mat. His expression seemed to be saying, as Lord Sikong, why don't you go with us?

"I still have something to think about, you guys go by yourselves." Ren Hao found an excuse to get rid of Li Shiji, then picked up the apple on the plate and started eating it.

Seeing this, Li Shiji and Shen He had no choice but to give up and leave.

Not long after Li Shiji and Shen He left, Qingzhu came into the room and reported, "Master, someone wants to see you."

"Who wants to see me?" Ren Hao sat up and asked.

"He said his name was Xu Qing." Qingzhu replied.

What! ! !

Ren Hao threw away the apple in his hand and ran towards the gate without even bothering to put on his boots.

"Master, you haven't put on your boots yet!!!" Qingzhu picked up the boots on the ground and chased out the door.

Ren Hao ran to the door barefoot and saw a tall and strong young man with a resolute face.

This person is the Young Marquis, Xu Qing.

He is also Xu Yating's second brother.

"Brother Wu." Ren Hao greeted him warmly and subconsciously opened his arms towards Xu Qing.

"Brother Ren Hao, oh no, now you should call me Lord Sikong."

"It's been a long time since we last met. I hope you're all right." Xu Qing smiled jokingly, and then gave Ren Hao a hug as a symbol of friendship.

"What's the matter with Sikong or not? That sounds too strange." Ren Hao patted Xu Qing on the shoulder.

But Xu Qing looked painful at this time and frowned.

"Are you injured?" Ren Hao asked in surprise.

"Just some..." Xu Qing wanted to say that it was a minor injury, but he started coughing violently before he could finish his words.

Then, a mouthful of blood came out of Xu Qing's mouth.

"Brother Wu, what kind of injury did you suffer?" Ren Hao helped Xu Qing with great concern and helped him into the house.

"It's just... just some minor injuries. It was these minor injuries that caused my hidden disease to flare up, which put me in such an embarrassing situation." Xu Qing took a breath, sat down and said.

He often led his troops out to fight with the Wei army at Zhanshen Pass, and his body was covered with external and internal injuries.

This external injury is easy to treat but the internal injury is difficult to treat.

He returned to the capital from the God of War Pass this time to recuperate.

Afterwards, Xu Qing took off his long robe and exposed half of his chest.

I saw that his left armpit was wrapped like a big dumpling.

Ren Hao could smell the smell of pus mixed with herbs from a distance.

"A few days ago, a general from the Northern Wei Dynasty led his troops to surrender. I was afraid it was a trick, so I went out to meet him on behalf of the Marshal."

"So there's something fishy going on here?" Ren Hao interrupted and asked.

"Yes, this Northern Wei general is pretending to surrender in order to assassinate the Marshal."

"But fortunately I saw through his plan, but he also stabbed me in the shoulder." Xu Qing nodded and tore off the sackcloth on his shoulder.

I saw a big wound on Xu Qing's left arm.

The sutured wound not only showed no signs of healing, but was constantly bleeding, and the surrounding flesh had turned black and appeared necrotic. The pus smell emanating from the wound was even stronger and more pungent.

"Brother Wu, your injury is not a minor one, it's a serious one!!!" Ren Hao exclaimed, then walked to Xu Qing with a serious face and sat down.

The reason why casualties were so heavy in ancient times was because medical technology was not well developed.

It was obvious that Xu Qing's wounds were caused by the deepening infection of the rust poison, but the doctor did not find out what it was and thought that Xu Qing's deteriorating health was due to the outbreak of a hidden disease.

They just sutured the wound and put some plaster on it, and dealt with it in a hasty manner.

"Brother Ren, is my... my injury really that serious?" Xu Qing still didn't take it seriously, thinking that Ren Hao was joking with him again.

"I'm not kidding you."

"You are lucky to have come back to see me in time. Otherwise, in another week, not to mention your arm, even a god wouldn't be able to save it."

Ren Hao pointed at the blackened wound with a serious face, and then told Xu Qing that the reason why his wound could not stop bleeding for a long time and the wound was still festering was due to the rust poison infection.

"Brother Ren, you... don't scare me. I am now in my prime and it is time for me to serve the Emperor loyally. I... I can't die like this!!!" Xu Qing was sweating profusely at this time and was obviously scared.

"Do I look like the kind of person who would scare you?" Ren Hao said seriously.

"Then... do you have any way to save me?" Xu Qing asked nervously.

"Yes, but your arm will be in danger."

"In order to prevent the infection from spreading to your body, your arm must be cut off."

"From now on, you will be a one-armed marquis." Ren Hao pretended to be serious, and with a threatening joke, he gestured a few times on Xu Qing's arm with a meat-cutting knife.

These gestures scared Xu Qing a lot.

This requires him to have one arm, and will make him a one-armed marquis?

It would be better for him to die on the battlefield.

"If that's the case, I have to go back to the God of War Pass now and kill more Wei army generals for Your Majesty, otherwise I won't have any chance in the future." Xu Qing stood up and said with a fearless attitude.

Seeing Xu Qing's serious expression, Ren Hao immediately waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, don't think about dying on the battlefield for His Majesty. I was just joking with you."

"If your sister knew that I cut off one of your arms to save your life, she would come back home at night and fight me with a knife." Ren Hao continued with a smile.

Seeing Ren Hao say this, Xu Qing was completely relieved and sat down again, asking: "Brother Ren, can I really save my arm? Are you sure you are not lying to me?"

"If I say you can, then you can definitely do it, but the other thing is whether you can hold it in." Ren Hao said seriously.

"As a real man, I'm not even afraid of death, so why should I be afraid that you can't cure me?" Xu Qing raised his eyebrows.