Chapter 27: The Last Day
On October 9, the twenty-first year of the reign of King Qin, there was only one day before the day of the Great Competition, and the South Gate School of Anlu County, Shi Changyuan Bai of Jiashi was restless.
He just had the mentality of giving it a try that day, and used to stimulate Heifu, and if Heifu was afraid of refusal, he could just laugh at it.
Unexpectedly, this stupid man from the countryside actually agreed to come down! There was also such a big bet! This time, the good-faced Yuan Bai had no way to retreat, so he had to take the move.
But in hindsight, he still felt that he would definitely win, and in his opinion, Heifu, the 17-year-old who served for the first time, would be able to take the first place in the assessment with all the soldiers? Kaki didn't believe anything like this could happen.
He had already planned that as long as this black man couldn't get the first place, he would lose face, and he would have to go to his own house for two years to work as a tenant farmer, and he would have to squeeze him well.
At that time, Guishi was indeed stagnant in training, and his morale was low, but Yuan Bai never expected that in just four or five days, Guishi had undergone earth-shaking changes!
The first is the training progress, which is different from the first few days of standing in place, crouching, turning left and right. On October 6th, the people finally began to walk around the school grounds, practicing "walking and stopping", and their way of practicing was still so different: those people walked with their left feet untucked, one high and one low, not to mention how funny.
This comical scene caused the people of Jiashi to laugh incessantly, but on October 7, they could not laugh......
It turned out that relying on the good foundation laid a few days ago, after a day of practice, the people of Guishi were already able to step on the right left and right feet without taking off their left shoes - once someone made a mistake, Wu Chang Dongmen Leopard, who was following behind, would step forward and whip it hard with the bamboo stick in his hand!
Shi Changhefu walked in front with a thick bamboo pole, shouting "left and right, left and right, left and right" as he walked, and the people behind followed him, shouting the same words in their mouths.
By the eighth day, the marching procession had become more regular, and they were able to shout left and right in the same rhythm during the jog, and everyone moved like the left and right feet of a centipede, looking very regular.
When Heifu shouted to stop, everyone would stop in unison, and they all raised their right feet and stepped heavily on the ground, and the sound of stomping their feet made Yuan Bai tremble.
Of course, he didn't know that the reason why the people of Guishi were able to maintain high morale was thanks to his four thousand dollars, which were placed in front of everyone as a painting cake by Heifu. After receiving the promise of Heifu's "share of the gold", even the three who were the most passive in training, Ping, Ke, and Can't, began to try to keep up with the team's rhythm.
Drive it with profit, tie it with righteousness, push it with grace, and use it with might...... Heifu skillfully exercised these methods, and with the assistance of Ji Ying and Dongmen Leopard, he gathered the whole thing that was originally like a plate of loose sand.
"If it goes on like this, maybe he can really get the first ......" Yuan Bai began to panic, although his family was rich, four thousand yuan was not a small amount after all.
"Well, I have an idea."
The Wu chief of Jiashi came over and said in Yuanbai's ear: "I and Xiao Tao of Guishi are fellow villagers and fellow villagers, this son is a stammer, his family is poor, and he is also cowardly and deceitful, as long as he threatens a little, and then promises him a little money, let him deliberately fall behind in the big competition, Guishi will not be able to get the first!" ”
"That's great!" Yuan Bai's eyes lit up, and he asked the chief of Jia Shiwu to quickly find a way to find Xiao Tao.
So, during the day's meal, Xiao Tao, who went to the toilet alone, was blocked outside the Xuan Xuan by three or four people including Yuan Bai and Wu Chang of Jiashi......
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As the Jiashiwu chief said, Xiao Tao was a thin and short young man, who was forced to tremble in the corner by everyone, and Yuan Bai stepped forward with a smile and began to coerce and lure him......
"I ...... I ......"
After Yuanbai Dao made his intentions clear, Xiao Tao's face turned red, and he was almost speechless, and he didn't know whether he was angry or afraid.
"Just take it!"
Yuan Bai stuffed the cloth bag containing a hundred coins into Xiao Tao's hand, grabbed his shoulders and promised: "If you can deliberately fall down and fall behind during the big competition tomorrow as I said, after the matter is completed, I will give you another hundred yuan!" ”
The chief of Jiashiwu also clenched his fists and threatened: "Otherwise, when you return to the village, you will have your good fruit to eat!" ”
Xiao Tao's eyes were full of horror, and he looked at the handful of money in his hand blankly.
His family was poor, and his mother contracted leprosy, and was taken to the village by the neighbors, sentenced to death, and drowned by the river. His father was a cowardly and incompetent person, and he didn't dare to say anything about it, and the brothers and sisters in the family had already married each other, and no one cared about him.
Throughout the year, Xiao Tao has to be busy with his hunched father, who is less than 100 acres of thin fields at home, just to make a living. Counting up, from childhood to adulthood, Xiao Tao really hasn't had so much money in his hands!
He opened the money bag with trembling hands, and looked at the round and square half taels inside, they were full of alluring metallic luster, and they were squeezed together in layers, making a pleasant sound......
Yuan Bai looked at Xiao Tao, and a triumphant smile appeared under his beard. He felt that this son had fallen into the eyes of money, and this thing could be done. Even if Heifu surprised everyone to bring the dec to order, no matter how beautiful the orange is on the outside, it will rot from the inside.
However, what happened next was unexpected by Yuanbai.
"But, what's the long ...... Wait for me...... Not thin. ”
Xiao Tao opened his mouth, and after muttering these words, he suddenly raised the money bag high and threw all the money to the ground!
"Whoa!"
Copper coins fell all over the ground, like a rain of money.
"You ......" Yuan Bai took a half step back in surprise.
Xiao Tao's face was raised, and at this time, Yuan Bai and the others realized that his flushed face was not excitement, but humiliation; Trembling hands, not fear, but anger!
The shy young man from Yunmengxiang was so humiliated and angry, stammered, and said word by word: "You wait...... Hugh to ...... Underestimate, underestimate me! ”
Under the shocked gaze of Yuan Bai and the others, Xiao Tao raised his head and raised his chest, just like Heifu taught them, with a weak torso, standing into a straight green pine!
"I ...... I...... I will never ...... Treachery...... What's long! ”
"You little erection! I don't know what to do! Yuan Bai and the others were furious and wanted to fight!
Although Xiao Tao's mouth was very tough, he was still a little afraid, he closed his eyes tightly and protected his head.
But after waiting for a long time, Yuanbai's fist did not fall.
When Xiao Tao opened his eyes, he found that Yuan Bai's wrist was pinched by a thick hand, it was the tallest and strongest Han Mu of Guishi, who was staring at Yuan Bai coldly at the moment.
And the other three people of Jiashi were also stopped by Ji Ying and Yu who rushed over.
Heifu appeared behind them, and while playing with the short sword in his hand, he sneered and said, "What do you mean by this? If you can't do it, you want to come to the yin? You must know that you are fighting privately, you are not straight, if you are found out by the official temple, you will be condemned! ”
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding......" Yuanbai's hands were about to be crushed, and his face was distorted and he begged for mercy.
Heifu didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so he waved his hand and let Mu let go of Yuanbai.
"Yuan Boshi walks slowly, after tomorrow's big competition, don't forget the agreement between you and me!" Heifu looked at the figures of the men fleeing in confusion and waved at them.
At the end, he turned around, looked at Xiao Tao, who was silent, and didn't say a word for a long time.
"What's the length...... I ......"
It wasn't until Xiao Tao raised his head and tried to explain that Heifu smiled with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good job!" ”
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"For such a big thing, why don't you call me, if I was there at the time, I must remove one of the arms of the cypress!"
When everyone returned to the school grounds, Dongmen Leopard knew what had happened, and immediately shouted regret, and rolled up his sleeves to go to Jiashi to find trouble with Yuanbai.
"If you break him, tomorrow we will be the first, where can I find four thousand dollars?"
Heifu hurriedly held him down, and just now, it was the clever Ji Ying who found out that Jiashi's people were blocking Xiao Tao, and immediately came to inform him. Heifu deliberately didn't take Dongmen Leopard with him, this reckless man didn't know how serious he was, who knew what trouble he would cause.
On the way back, Heifu has been praising this stammering young man from the countryside, saying that he is not afraid of rape and is a good man who is mighty and unyielding.
However, this incident also sounded the alarm bell for Heifu, and he decided to train quickly in the next day, and never let anyone leave the team alone, so that others could take advantage of it.
After these days of training, the ranks of the troops have improved tremendously, although turning left and right on the spot is still a little jerky, and there are occasional mistakes. But the standing posture, the marching of the team, the squatting and standing up, and the straddle and back turn, have reached the standards required by Heifu, although they will definitely be at the bottom of the university military training in later generations, but they are already standing out from the crowd in the messy pace of the pawns.
For tomorrow's strength, Heifu is more confident!
But it was not enough, before the twilight of the day, after the others had finished their training and gone to eat, Heifu gathered all the people together, and looked at their faces of different ages, all of them standing straight, their eyes looking at their elders.
At this moment, Heifu felt a lot of emotion, as if he had really returned to the scene before the last day of military training in his previous life.
After a long silence, he said slowly:
"Today is the last day before the big competition, the last training, whether it is sitting up, walking, left and right, front and back, you have become proficient in your heart, and it is useless to review again. But here, I have to teach you one last thing! ”