Lintao County, the county seat of Longxi County.

In the west of Lintao County, there is a mountain named Mabit Mountain, which is more than 10,000 feet high, and is the highest peak of Longxi Plateau. The mountainous area of Mabit Mountain is cold and humid, and every year except for midsummer, there is often a snow-covered roof, which is a wonder.

Mabit Mountain is the northwest gateway of Longxi County, located in the traffic artery, so there is a large carriage and horse post station under the foot of the mountain, which is taken care of by the post man who does not enter the stream.

At this time, people inside and outside the post station were noisy and noisy. Many top-notch caravans and dart bureaus are not in a hurry to hurry, and they give a few more copper coins to the little two of the tea shops outside the post station, refill a pot, and look at this rare scene in front of them.

Outside the gate of the post station, there is a large wooden plaque, written in white script "Trial Registration Office", which is easy for ordinary people to identify, and can be seen from afar. There are two rows of officials on both sides of the stand, and it seems that it should be a strong people. Before the plaque was erected, there was a long wooden table, behind which sat two clerks, who had prepared pen, ink and paper, ready to register at any time.

The sundial on the table, every time the shadow needle moves a scale, more than a dozen or even dozens of teenagers come to register, or on horseback, or on foot, all of them are about fifteen or sixteen years old, and they look like dusty people, all of them have rushed from nearby county towns.

Just as the sun was getting west, a rider, a man and a woman, hurried from a distance, presumably knowing that there was actually a deadline for registration for this trial. After today's time limit, as the official document says, "outdated does not wait", if you wait until the next starfall, it will be delayed for at least three or two years, and you will miss the best age to wake up.

The girl was originally walking in front, and the young man on horseback naturally caught up with him unhurriedly. It's just that just when he was about to cross the girl, the young man turned his head and looked behind the girl, and actually got off the horse, led the horse on foot, and fell behind the girl, which is really incomprehensible!

At this time, the visitors of the tea shops outside the post station have changed several batches, and now these people sitting on the bench are basically returning to the county seat, and they are not bad at this moment, so they want to see if these two belated young boys and girls can successfully sign up. When there are many people, it is inevitable that the meeting will be discussed.

"I can't understand this, I don't understand....... You say, why doesn't this boy ride a horse, but follows the girl?"

"Maybe it's because they have taken a fancy to someone else and want to marry home to be a daughter-in-law? I heard that in some villages, they are already parents at their age. ”

"I don't think this girl's body and appearance seem to be the softness of the daughter of a big family, but she is heroic, even if she marries home in the future, I'm afraid she is also a tigress!"

The crowd burst into laughter. Looking at the girl's dress, she looks like she was from an ordinary family, but she is wrapped in layers of gray cloth behind her and I don't know what kind of big thing it is, which is a bit special. At this time, the girl had already walked to the registration office, turned her head and glanced in the direction of the tea shop, ignored it, took out her own guide, and handed it to one of the clerks. Another clerk looked at the young man who was getting on and off the horse by the bolted horse pile, and suddenly said that he was urgent, and walked directly into the post station, probably going to the back to find the thatched house.

The young man who had tied up his horse scratched his short black hair, and in desperation, he could only stand at the long table and wait.

Poof!

At this time, a middle-aged dart master sitting alone at a table in the pantry finally couldn't help it and laughed.

The caravan guards who were just talking about it probably couldn't get used to this fellow dart master for a long time, so they asked, "What's so funny?"

Naturally, the other spectators also turned their gaze.

"Traveling south and north, guarding the caravan, the most exquisite eyesight, don't offend people and don't know it! The reason why I get paid more than you is at least my eyesight is higher than that of you. The dart master looked at the several guards who were muttering in his mouth, and took advantage of the time when the girl was signing and drawing, and said eloquently: "The girl signs and draws, the second knuckle of the left and right fingers is obviously different from the other parts of the palm, and the color is fairer, so she must be a good hand who can open the bow left and right." Behind her was wrapped in a long strip of gray cloth, and inside it should be a quiver and a bow bag. Looking at the size and shape, it should be a two-stone recurve bow. Concealing his fingers, bows, and arrows must be just unwilling to swagger. The small bamboo tube hanging on its waist is engraved with a single ink-colored 'six' character on the outside, and the inside is supposed to be the string wax produced by the Six Materials Alliance. The surface of the leather wrapped in the bamboo tube is shiny, and it should have just finished maintaining the bow. I believe that the liquor in the small flask hanging on the other side of my waist is not for drinking, but for wiping the bow blades, and I can smell the smell of burning knives on the cotton cloth wrapped in the flask, and I can smell it from ten miles away. A good archer needs at least four to five years of hard training to become a master, and a person who can open a two-stone strong bow left and right, if he has mastered the archery skills of rapid-fire arrows such as white arrows, senlian, and sangzhu, coupled with the rational use of terrain and tactics, almost no one can get close. Hehe, of course, except for Xingjun!"

The girl had already signed and finished the drawing, and simply asked the clerk a few words, and before entering the post station, she slightly hugged her fist in the direction of the dart master and saluted, presumably admiring the other party's eyes like torches and discerning.

The short-haired boy thought that it was finally his turn, stepped forward, took out the guide, and was about to hand it over, but the document looked at it twice but did not answer, but asked, "Why did you register on the last day?"

With triangular eyes, a mustache, and a male duck voice, the appearance of this clerk is really bitter.

"Because the county government of Baima Town did not receive the official letter from the government, I delayed for two more days before leaving. The boy replied truthfully.

"Nonsense! The county keeper obviously gave the following to Baima Town, and the road may have been delayed for some reason! I want to teach you, an ignorant young man, that the following was sent by my hand-stamped painting! I still have the receipt document of the county magistrate in my hand, but it is inconvenient to show it to you. The clerk scolded.

"What receipt does this adult carry with him?" the young man keenly grasped the slightest suspicion and asked.

"The hour has passed, please be early next time!" the clerk pretended to look twice at the sundial, and then waved his hand to chase away.

The starfall on the Starfall Continent is not a temple fair fireworks in the New Year after all, and it is not every year. The next time the stars fall, it will be at least two or three years later, and even the spectators of the teahouse will look at each other and taste a trace of unusual taste.

The young man looked up at the sun, and then said aloud: "The hour has not passed, it's just that your table is uneven! When I was three years old, I already knew how to measure the sun's shadow through the sundial, and I was naturally the most authoritative in this aspect of the Star Palace. This clerk, do you dare to ask me for advice from the two Star Monarch examiners in the middle of the mountain?!"

"There is indeed at least a quarter of an hour left before the deadline. On that point, I can vouch for it. The girl didn't go far, and when she heard the sound of argument, she turned back, took out a wooden token from her bosom and showed it to the clerks, the officials, and the young man, and said, "The trial is a grand event for the country, don't let the two Star Monarch examiners see our jokes!"

The token in the girl's hand had the words "Gong Society Qin Lan" on it.

Although the Bow Society is only a non-governmental association in Xifeng, many of them serve in the army, and the appeasement side can be regarded as an invisible force. Moreover, the one who has the token is at least the record of the society, second only to the head of the society and the deputy of the society, and he is slightly better than the clerical officials who are not in the stream, and he has some confidence in saying that.

"Good!"

"Well said!"

Everyone in the pantry cheered.

These caravans are all people who have traveled from south to north, and the people standing behind them may be a high-ranking official and nobleman who lives in a temple, or they represent a force in the rivers and lakes that should not be underestimated. It is obviously impossible for a small clerk to make so many people pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The girl Qin Lan accepted the token and walked into the post station with an expressionless face, which made the young man who was about to thank him a little at a loss.

"Name?" Naturally, the clerk did not want to offend the public, so he went about his business.

"Wu Xing. The short-haired boy replied.

Then, the clerk repeatedly asked Wu Xing about his parents, ancestral hometown, and so on, and then he used a seal on the road guide and gave him an iron number plate of "107".

When the formalities were finally completed, the young man led the horse through the side door into the stable, and bowed slightly in the direction of the pantry as a sign of gratitude.

"This kid knows very well that it is not easy to be an archer, and the courtesy just now has made the chick of the Bow Club feel good, so he helped a mouth. It can be regarded as a response to that sentence: good people have good rewards. A caravan guard said.

"Yes, among the trial students who have passed through the official route, they are extremely girly. The dart master also sighed.

Now that the dart master has proved that he has a unique eye, and he has made things difficult for the young man through a small paperwork, everyone has been estranged from each other. Several guards exchanged glances, and someone summoned Xiao Er to serve a pot of good tea and sent it to the dart master's table, which was a disguised apology.

Seeing this, the owner of the caravan gave everyone a holiday in advance, and he took two retinues back to the county seat first. The afterglow of the setting sun stretched their figures long, and it wasn't long before it was getting dark.

At this time, the clerk who borrowed urine came out of the post station, whispered a few words to another clerk with a gloomy face, and then asked some servants and people to go to the tea shop, apparently preparing to take the opportunity to find fault. Although these officials are divided into extra-class and in-class classes, most of them are some scoundrels in the market, and it is still easy to get some disgusting people. This unfriendly behavior naturally interrupted the conversation of the dart master and the others.

Xiao Er was about to light the few dead wind lamps with the oil lamp in his hand, and when he saw this scene, he was at a loss for a while.

Bang!

The dart master threw a money bag directly onto the table with a heavy, muffled thud that nearly crushed the old wooden table, and four old arms and legs creaked there. It sounds especially harsh in dimly lit environments.

The money bag doesn't look big, and it is estimated that it can hold a few taels of silver. But a few taels of silver obviously can't cause such a movement!

The two clerks looked at each other in horror, and hurriedly shouted to stop the group of officials, and then walked quickly to the edge of the tea shop and bowed to the dart master, accompanied by a smile. When the dart master said "roll" with a nasal voice, everyone retreated to the post station in a gloomy manner, and even the stands, tables and chairs did not have time to clean up.

Everyone in the pantry laughed, a little bit of hatred, and then the topic naturally turned back to the place where the dart master was interrupted before. Xiao Er quickly lit a few angry wind lamps for everyone, barely illuminating the tea shop.

The dart master took a big sip of tea, shook his head and laughed at himself: "Coarse people are still used to drinking coarse tea, and they can't taste what is good about good tea." ”

This caused a burst of good-natured laughter, and many people echoed it.

"Brother, why is there a very young girl among the trial students who have passed through the official route?" said someone from another caravan.

"If you want to wake up and become a Wenqu star, you must first learn the inscription, and if you want to wake up and become a martial arts star, you must first learn martial arts. Neither path is easy. The dart master said, "If the children of the star monarch have the potential to become the star king...... Hmm, in short, Xingjun has a secret method that can predict it. They will send their children directly to study in the outer house of the Star Temple or even in the inner house of the Star God Temple, and arrange to send them to the trial after completing their studies, and the rate of first awakening is extremely high. Of course, this may be because the people sent for further study are originally extremely talented, and the rate of initial awakening is naturally high. And those powerful people would rather spend more than send their children to the Star Hall as companions, even if they can't become Star Monarchs in the end, they can also establish good connections with their classmates through the process of studying schoolwork, and the chances of doing business or becoming officials in the future are also greater. ”

"And the children of ordinary families can only take the way of the government to participate in the trial, if they wake up and become a star monarch, there is a lot of room for choice; one of the ways is that the expenses of subsequent cultivation are basically undertaken by the government, and the matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king. Imagine again, ordinary women usually yearn for a peaceful life in a small family, and the family has to smash pots and sell iron to provide for the large expenses before waking up! Rather than the bamboo basket in the end, it is better to paste the money as a dowry, and it is more practical. ”

"Xingjun's cultivation and promotion, in addition to being affected by talents, opportunities, exercises, and other factors, a large number of pills, demon beast crystal nuclei, and even some heavenly and earthly treasures are indispensable. When they reach the high grades, they usually choose to enter the extremely dangerous Great Rift Valley to seek an opportunity to advance. People who have woken up Wenqu Xing and Wuqu Xing are usually called Xingjun. In fact, the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades are the star kings, the sixth, fifth, and fourth star monarchs should be called star envoys, and the first, second, and third star monarchs are called star honors. The reason for this distinction is that the Wuqu Star Envoy has cultivated the 'Star Soldier', which can be turned into a variety of divine weapons, while the Wenqu Star Envoy has mastered the 'Star Thought', and the thought is accessible and incomparably mysterious. After being promoted to Star Venerable, Star Soldier and Star Nian have the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, which is an unimaginable realm! Then, it may already be the realm of God. ”

Just when everyone was fascinated by what they heard, the dart master suddenly untied the money bag and took out a few pieces of broken silver and put them on the table, then got up and made a square gesture to everyone, saying, "It seems that those two have recognized the identity of so-and-so." This place should not be stayed for long. Mountains and rivers have met! Everyone, farewell!"

Everyone noticed that there was a servant at the entrance of the post station who looked in the direction of the tea shop, and they didn't know what kind of calculation they were playing.

The master left two words and about a tael of broken silver and floated away, and soon melted into the night and disappeared.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"You say, that old man, is it .......?" someone asked tentatively.

"It is rumored that our king has set up a new army in addition to the forbidden army, and he will be a full-time civil collector to observe the people's feelings; or in response to the new policy, he will make secret visits to collect relevant information and supervise hundreds of officials. Most of the new army are little-known martial arts stars, who eat the king's fortune and are loyal to the king......."

"The new army is all born in the army orphans, and there is no number or battle flag, just a general call for 'Ruishi'......"

After you piece together a general outline with every word, everyone's thoughts of continuing to sit down naturally faded. Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult. Everyone left the tea shop one after another, and the tea shops had no customers, so they rolled up a cover, extinguished the fire in the shop, and closed it.

No one expected that the dart master was now sitting cross-legged on the branch of a big tree not far from the post station, squinting his eyes, and muttering: "The county guard here in Longxi has served as an official in Baima Town, and it is said that he has made meritorious contributions to defending the city, and he was promoted to the county guard for the first king...... Later, my king ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and this county guard seems to have made a contribution to the dragon...... It's just that Wu Xing's parents happened to fall in the battle of the barbarian invasion and siege of the city...... A sixth-grade martial arts star monarch and a seventh-rank Wenqu Xingjun couldn't get out of a war in which the total number of troops invested by both sides was less than 10,000 people, this water is a little muddy......"

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