Runaway Flounderers

2. I'll Get This Man Under Me

About two weeks passed with the usual hassle. Wen Kexing had been out and about, strengthening the defense at border, looking out for spies and traitors, treating patients, discussing the upcoming army recruitment and promotions with the king and somehow made some time to go see his mother as well.

For a man in his twenties, Wen Kexing was indeed quite responsible and looked after many major kingdom affairs. He used to be naughty and playful as a child, but thanks to a near death experience the royal family suffered due to an assassination attempt by their trusted brothers, that Wen Kexing had become extremely diligent to become powerful .On the other side, he had completely lost the ability to trust anyone and would always be on guard.

But for the king, to have such an ambitious son, wouldn't that be a delight? So he had called Wen Kexing that day to say that he should also take part in deciding the suitable member for the higher miliatary ranks. Wen Kexing naturally had nodded his head in agreement and now was in the royal chancery, going through scrolls with list of candidates with their qualification details.

As time passed, the mountain of scrolls had slowly shifted from one side to another, and Wen Kexing was growing more wary with increasing ranks. Not only were the shortlisted candidates barely crossing the criteria, but the ones listed for higher important positions who should've been well known for their profiency, were instead ones he'd hardly ever heard of.

Ofcourse,the king would've already noticed these misconduct occuring and thus had sent Wen kexing to rectify them. Wen kexing opened the next scroll, sighing in boredom but abruptly stopped it midway on seeing the name. He let out a small chuckle in surprise.

"So he is in my army? haha interesting" he thought while looking at the scroll named 'zhou zishu, troop commander'.

Maybe he wouldn't have been so surprised like this if he had spotted him in the drill, but after flapping through so many unknown names, it was pleasant to see a somewhat familiar one.

Zhou zishu was listed for colonel. "Not bad, he must be skilled to be placed at this level. If I find him proficient in the selection round, I'll get him directly under me", thought wen kexing and placed his scroll along with the ones listed for general.