1152: Diamond Ring, Biographies of Famous Ministers and Scholars (Part Two) [Monthly Tickets, Please]

This really was Biographies of Famous Ministers and Scholars!

Was he not on the list because he didn't want to be?

Wei Shou knew he'd hit Qian Yong where it hurt. A brief flicker of awkwardness crossed his face before he tried to console him. "Ahem, Old Qian, don't sell yourself short. We're still important figures, after all. Our turn will come eventually."

Qian Yong's status and treatment in Kang were rather special.

Before he submitted, he had been a warlord in his own right. Afterward, he hadn't been sidelined out of suspicion. Not only had he escaped suppression, Shen Tang had even returned Qian Yong's remaining former troops to him. He'd continued training soldiers and fighting battles as before. After the kingdom was founded, Shen Tang had also put Qian Yong in charge of helping Chu Jie, the cultivation fanatic, manage the Tianshu Guard, giving him authority to deploy some of its troops. How many generals throughout history could have lived as comfortably as he did?

By seniority, Qian Yong had every right to make the list.

Qian Yong said, "That's true enough."

He wasn't especially talented in other respects, but his self-awareness was far better than most people's. He had a good disposition, too. He'd never expected to make the list in the first place, so naturally, he wasn't disappointed. The two generals, who could kill without batting an eye on the battlefield, sat shoulder to shoulder on the curb, enjoying fine wine and the midsummer sun.

"Old Wei, want to guess who'll be in the first volume?"

Wei Shou asked, "Is there a prize if I get it right?"

"Tsk. What kind of prize do you want?"

Wei Shou said, "If I guess correctly, you put this month's wine on your tab."

Life in the military camps