Chapter 20 The Duties of a Captain

　　When there is no confirmation of what connection exists between the parents and Zhang He, one can never question the injury at will, and can only side-step it slowly to find out what happened. 　　Zhou Fan pondered calmly, and a dinner soon came to an end. 　　After dinner, Zhou Fan carried a paper lantern with a small lamp charm in his hand as usual, and said goodbye to his parents, going to Lu Kui's house to learn martial arts. 　　Watching Zhou Fan carry the lantern further and further away, disappearing into the darkness, Gui Feng, who was standing in front of the door, couldn't hide the worry on her face any longer, as she said to Zhou Yimu, "Will Ah Fan's injuries recur?" 　　"It shouldn't." Zhou Yi Mu shook her head and said, "Look at the wounds that have all scarred, Ah Fan is already fine, Dr. Zhang said that only as a precaution." 　　"Why is this child of mine so bitter life, the wound is not easy to heal, and the longevity of the bundle of hair is so low ...... " said Gui Feng s eyes reddened again. 　　Zhou Yi Mu was silent and did not answer. 　　"Yimu, should we tell Fan about those two things? I mean Afan's injury and ......" Gui Feng asked again after some thought. 　　Zhou Yi Mu's face changed slightly, he looked at his wife and said sternly, "Don't mention a single word about those two things, let's not talk about the other one first, just the injury alone, what do you think you'll gain by talking about it? In case Ah Fan is just like what Dr. Zhang said ......" 　　Thinking of that unacceptable consequence, Gui Feng trembled a little and said, "I won't say anything, I just feel bad about hiding everything from Ah Fan." 　　"You can't say anything even if you don't feel good, even if Ah Fan has suspicions." Zhouyimu's voice lowered, "Ah Fan's lifespan is nineteen, there's a big possibility that he doesn't have a few years to live, so let him live a little faster." 　　...... 　　...... 　　Zhou Fan arrived at Lu Kui's house and began to study with Lu Kui. 　　"Ah Fan, did you make any progress today?" Lu Kui asked slowly as he took a sip of water from his tea cup. 　　Zhou Fan shook his head, concealing the fact that he was at the beginning of his strength like he had thought before. 　　"It's not a surprise that there's no progress, as long as you study hard and practice hard, I'm sure you'll cross that threshold one day." Lu Kui put down the tea cup and encouraged, "So are you practicing the Four Styles of Awakening in my place tonight or are you continuing to learn the last four of the Twelve Styles of Tiger Form?" 　　"I want to memorize the last four stances first, as for practicing, I can practice on my own during the day." Zhou Fan replied. 　　Lu Kui did not express any objections, but handed Zhou Fan the copy of the Twelve Styles of Tiger Form, "You can ask me anything you don't understand, I will do my best to answer you." 　　Zhou Fan carefully flipped through the contents of the last four stances of the Twelve Tiger Form Stances, and asked Lu Kui if there was anything he did not understand; Lu Kui was able to answer most of these questions, and if he could not, he also gave some of his own opinions for Zhou Fan's reference. 　　When all was clear, Zhou Fan began to memorize silently, Lu Kui did not disturb Zhou Fan, but stood up and went back to his room to chat with his wife and children. 　　When an hour had passed, Zhou Fan had imprinted the last four stances in his mind, and Lu Kui returned to the hall from his room. 　　"Thank you, Brother Lu." Zhou Fan returned the Twelve Styles of Tiger Form to Lu Kui. 　　"No need to be polite, but Ah Fan you are really a fast learner, it's even shorter than I expected, you've finished learning the Twelve Styles of Tiger Form." Lu Kui said in admiration, but he sighed again in his heart, it was a pity that such an intelligent person was without talent, I'm afraid that it would be difficult to cross the threshold of martial arts. 　　"Brother Lu, I have learned the Twelve Tiger Forms, so I won't come over regularly from tomorrow night, if I don't understand anything I will come over again to ask for advice." Zhou Fan thought about it and added. 　　The agreement was that Lu Kui would teach him the martial arts of the patrol, that is, the Twelve Styles of Tiger Form, and now that he had learned them, it would just be a waste of time to come over again. 　　Lu Kui was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Good, in fact, there is nothing more I can teach you, then you remember to say a word to Big Brother Zhou." 　　Zhou Fan nodded his head in agreement as he said, "It's still early tonight, so there are some questions that I still want to ask Brother Lu." 　　"Oh, what is it?" Lu Kui said with an interested face. 　　Zhou Fan said, "I wonder if Brother Lu can tell me a little bit about the current patrols, I mean the number of people in the patrols, the work they usually have to do and other issues." 　　Lu Kui didn't think that Zhou Fan would be interested in this, he stroked his chin and said, "You'll know about this when you join the team, but if you want to know, then I'll give you a brief explanation." 　　Lu Kui then recounted in detail, and Zhou Fan listened carefully. 　　"That's about it, if you have any questions, just ask." After Lu Kui finished his introduction, he picked up the tea cup and drank to moisten his throat and said. 　　"Brother Lu said before that as long as you cross the threshold of martial arts you are vice-captains, captains and vice-captains have favorable treatment, so what duties do you usually have to undertake?" Zhou Fan asked the question he was concerned about. 　　The reason why Zhou Fan inquired about the patrol was to ask about this in a roundabout way, after all, he was already at the beginning stage of his strength, once his strength was exposed, he would be at the level of vice-captain, he needed to know about it. 　　Regardless of that era, treatment and obligation were largely relative, especially for patrols that took on the role of defense. 　　Lu Kui was slightly silent before he slowly said, "If we encounter a strange and treacherous attack, the two vice-captains and I will have to bear most of the danger, this is our duty." 　　Zhou Fan frowned, "Brother Lu, not questioning your character, what would happen if one of the captains backed out?" 　　To this question, Lu Kui hemmed and hawed and said, "Fan, not only does the village practice the law of guilt by association, the patrol is the same, the captain who retreats from battle will be executed, and his family will be driven out of the village, and being driven out of the village is the same as death, and then there is the case where the captain doesn't retreat but the whole team retreats so that the captain is killed in battle, and then they kill the whole team members." 　　Zhou Fan's face became serious, this kind of regulation completely binds the entire patrol, and I'm afraid that no one will be able to retreat during a battle. 　　"Who will enforce it?" Zhou Fan asked with a somewhat low voice. 　　"Of course it's the village that will enforce it, the village has the Village Chief and two Rune Masters, there's no problem at all in enforcing it." Lu Kui said indifferently. 　　Zhou Fan heard and understood that although the patrol was strong, the village had the complete strength to control the patrol and was not afraid of the problem of the patrol going out of control. 　　"Are the Village Chief and the Runesmith Lord very strong?" Zhou Fan asked tentatively. 　　Lu Kui laughed a few times and said, "Fan, of course the three of them are strong, at least I can't compare to them, you'll know the specifics later."