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The flames swayed back and forth in the sea breeze, and the water in the pot kept boiling.

The man known as Uncle Dong, when he heard the words of the young man, Uncle Dong grabbed the young man's arm with an eager face and said, "Really? Did my brother come back from Beijing to take the exam? ”

The young man was a little dizzy by Uncle Dong's shaking, and after stabilizing his mind, the young man said intermittently: "Really...... Really, we're heading here! ”

When Uncle Dong heard this, he let go of the hand of the young man he was holding, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Luo is back!" It must be high school! Hurry, hurry up. ”

The entire Ming Dynasty is a civil and martial artist, not to mention that Zhang Gui has a meritorious reputation, even if Uncle Dong is Zhang Gui's father-in-law, on a formal occasion, he must bow to Zhang Gui and call him a master.

Hearing Uncle Dong's words, several sons and daughters-in-law all surrounded him one after another, and asked gossipingly, "What ......?"

"Brother-in-law is really in high school? Isn't he an official now? ”

At this moment, Zhang Gui's own wife also found Uncle Dong's family in the crowd.

Zhang Gui did not look down on Uncle Dong's family because of his fame, and bowed to Uncle Dong as soon as they met.

Uncle Dong smiled straight at this time, but he couldn't see his eyes, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Zhang Gui and his wife, who were giving gifts, and asked kindly: "The way to Beijing to take the exam is far away the previous time, and I must have suffered a lot of crimes!" ”

Before Zhang Gui could speak, Uncle Dong's sons and daughters-in-law gathered in front of Zhang Gui, and you asked word by word: "Brother-in-law, I heard that you passed the exam?" Is it true? ”

"Has my brother-in-law become a big official? Why don't you take me with you! ”

Zhang Gui will not lie, hearing everyone's words, he said with an embarrassed face: "I can't hide it, I didn't pass the exam this time, I fell ill in the inn the day before I entered the examination room, and when I got better, the autumn was over, and I owed a lot of money to see the medicine and the food account, and I had no choice but to sell calligraphy and paintings on the street." ”

When everyone heard this, although they were a little disappointed, they were still talking about the east and the west with a smile on their faces, but they didn't mention the matter of the imperial examination.

Uncle Dong smiled and said, "It's good that people are safe, if we don't succeed this time, we will take the test again next week." ”

Zhang Gui looked disappointed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law has been disheartened by the imperial examination, and he no longer plans to step into the examination room for half a step. ”

This time, Uncle Dong's face changed instantly, and he accused Zhang Guidao: "Alas! What is this word? With your talents, if it weren't for these unfortunate things, it would be impossible to fail high school, why say these frustrating words, how many people want to have a reputation like you can only be a dream, and you are ......"

Speaking of this, Uncle Dong sighed and said: "That's it, if you really don't want to rush for the exam, a few days ago I heard from Lord Qianhu that the county government is lacking a literate and hyphenated literary history, come to help the county order sort out the official documents, why don't you try it tomorrow." ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Dong pulled Zhang Gui's arm and said, "Okay, don't talk about this!" Let's go, I salvaged a few fish a few days ago, and I went back to stew, and everyone drank fish soup tonight. ”

As soon as they heard that they were drinking fish soup, Uncle Dong's sons and daughters-in-law smiled for a while, and they began to open their mouths before they drank the fish soup.

Mrs. Zhang, who had been chatting with her mother on the side, heard her father's words, smiled, stepped forward and bowed to Uncle Dong: "Daddy, although Lang Jun has never been in high school, he is now a six-grade official of the imperial court, which is even older than the county order!" ”

"Older than the county commander, my obedient ......"

Zhang Niangzi's words were not salty or light, and almost shocked the little hearts of several people.

They were all taken aback for a moment, Uncle Dong first recovered from the surprise, looked excited, grabbed Zhang Gui's arm tightly and asked, "Really...... Are you sure? ”

The shopkeeper nodded slightly and said: "Back to my father-in-law's words, my son-in-law accidentally met the guards with knives in front of the four ranks, and the flying eagle guards were all commanded by the envoys. ”

As soon as Zhang Gui's words fell, the young man who had reported to Uncle Dong before was so excited that he ran on the beach and shouted: "Oh! Uncle Dong's son-in-law, Zhang Dacaizi, is an official, and he is an official who is bigger than the county commander......"

As the young man shouted, on the beach, the people who were smoking turned their eyes to Uncle Dong's family, and after making sure that Zhang Gui was also following him, they all surrounded him, hugged their fists and congratulated: "Congratulations to Master Zhang, congratulations to ......Master Zhang."

"Master Zhang, you are an official, but you want to help us!"

……

After Zhang Gui returned the salute to everyone one by one, he cleared his throat and said, "That! This time, I fell in love with adults, and the main purpose was to select 1,200 strong men......"

You are the purpose of General Zhang Gui's trip, as well as the treatment of the Flying Eagle Guard, and explained it in detail to the people present.

Not to mention that this is okay, but when it is said, even the old man with gray hair is a little impatient to become a soldier.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it's not that they all want to be soldiers, but the treatment of the Flying Eagle Guard gives them a glimmer of hope, that is, the hope that they can live with a full stomach.

In these days, the people's demands are not very high, as long as they can eat enough, they are already satisfied.

And Uncle Dong's sons, when they heard Zhang Gui say this, immediately became interested, and they all gathered around Zhang Gui tightly and said, "Brother-in-law, you tell the adults and choose all of us!" ”

"That's it, that's it, one or two or five dollars of silver a month per person, how much salt do you have to boil!"

"One person is one or two five a month, eighteen taels a year, and we have six brothers, so it's not one hundred and eight taels a year!"

"My good ......"

But Zhang Gui's next sentence was like pouring a basin of cold water on them, and extinguished the glimmer of hope they burned at once.

Zhang Gui raised his hand and pressed it, and after the scene quieted down a little, he said loudly: "The Flying Eagle Guard is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and his identity is enough to be compared with the Jinyi Guard, and it is led by the emperor himself, so the selection is very strict, originally the Lord was prepared to be selected in the entire Ming Dynasty military household, a total of 1,200 soldiers, whether you can be selected depends on whether you can pass the assessment set by the adult, if you want to participate, go to the Laizhou Inn tomorrow to wait for the news." ”

As soon as the words fell, Uncle Dong pulled Zhang Gui with a smile on his face and said, "Let's go, it's rare that you can come here, let's not talk about business first, go back and celebrate our two to celebrate......

After finishing speaking, Uncle Dong said to the military households present: "Okay, okay, let's all disperse!" Waiting at the inn early tomorrow morning is ......"

There was nothing to say all night, and the rising sun rose from the east, and the fiery red light illuminated the entire Laizhou Wei red.

Laizhou Inn

As soon as Ling Yun got up, he heard a knock on the door.

"Knock Knock"

After stretching his waist, yawning, and rubbing his eyes, Ling Yun asked, "Who!" ”

"My lord, it's me, Nangong Yun."

When Ling Yun heard that it was Nangong Yun, he asked a little puzzled: "It turned out to be Brother Nangong, why did you get up so early?" ”

"Squeak!"

As he spoke, Ling Yun opened the door and walked out.

Looking at Nangong Yun with an anxious expression, Ling Yun frowned and said, "Why is Brother Nangong so flustered?" Isn't it that the salt is looking for trouble again? ”

Nangong Yun said with a bitter face: "It would be good if the salt came here, it's a big deal to chop melons and vegetables, and then kill him a dozen more." ”

When Nangong Yun said this, Ling Yun became even more puzzled and asked, "We have not offended anyone when we arrived here?" If it's not the salts, who are they? ”

Nangong Yun pointed to the door and said, "My lord, let's go and see for yourself!" The entire street has been tightly blocked by military households. ”

After Nangong Yun's report, Ling Yun came to the door of the inn to take a look, it was okay not to look at it, but when he saw it, he was immediately shocked and took a few steps back and said: "Nima! What's going on? ”

I saw a sea of people on the street, up to ninety-nine down to just go, men, women and children, you can see that their days are just one word, "poor"

Originally, Ling Yun thought that they were going to besiege him, but seeing them smiling all over his face, Ling Yun put his mind at ease, because the people who were going to beat you, it was impossible for thousands of people to still smile, after all, the smiling tiger was also encountered occasionally.

Immediately afterwards, White Lotus and others also followed, looking at everything outside the door, looking at Ling Yun with a puzzled expression, Ling Zhuang, Ling Zhi, Qian Million and others holding the handle of the knife, looking at the military households outside the door with a vigilant face.

The White Lotus came up to Ling Yun's side, her eyes were full of autumn, and she asked softly with a baby-like expression, "Lang Jun!" What the hell is going on? ”

Ling Yun also said with a blank face: "I don't know either!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Gui and his wife squeezed out of the crowd, followed by five or six sturdy young men, but their faces were a little sallow and they looked malnourished.

Zhang Gui stepped forward and bowed to Ling Yun and said, "Your Excellency, ......"

Seeing Zhang Gui coming, Ling Yun pointed to the crowd on the street and said, "What's going on!" ”

Zhang Gui looked sideways at the crowd and said with an embarrassed face: "My lord, forgive me, last night the students told them about the treatment of the Flying Eagle Guard's recruitment, and they were all waiting here early in the morning, they all came to join the army......

Only then did Ling Yun and the others understand why there were so many military households surrounding the streets.

However, what made Ling Yun difficult was that the people in front of him were actually men, women, and children, besides, the ones selected were all soldiers who could go to the battlefield, this woman and the old man......

In desperation, Ling Yun took a few steps forward, walked up to an old man with a white beard and said, "Uncle, how old are you this year?" ”

The old man smiled all over his face, stepped forward and knelt down to Ling Yun and saluted, "I don't know how old the age requirement for the adults to choose soldiers is?" ”

Asked by the old man, Ling Yun was also slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Hehe! This time, the Son of Heaven was selected to be in the army, and the age was generally between eighteen and thirty-five years old. ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the adult's words, the villain is Chinese New Year's Eve five years old today, which is just past the age of the adult to choose soldiers. ”

"Poof"

When Ling Yun heard this, he was simply amused by the old man's words, but before he could come back to his senses, he only heard the people present shouting: "I'm eighteen years old......"

"I'm thirty-five years old......"

......

Seeing that these people had falsely reported their age, Ling Yun was also a little embarrassed, and looked at the military household in front of him and said, "Nima! Those who are less than eighteen years old say that they are eighteen years old, and even eighty years old say that they are only thirty-five years old. ”

Just when Ling Yun was in trouble, Nangong Yun on the side stepped forward and smiled slightly: "My lord, the villain has a trick, I don't know if it's feasible?" ”

Hearing Nangong Yun say this, Ling Yun seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and asked impatiently, "Oh! Brother Nangong has any clever ideas, so let's talk about it! ”

Nangong Yun said with a smile: "My lord, when the villain was in the Shuntian Dart Bureau before, when the dart master was selected, in order to test his physical strength, the person who selected the dart master was asked to arrive at a certain place within the specified time with something of the same weight on his back or carry......

When Ling Yun heard this, he showed a smile and said, "Haha! I know what to do! ”