Chapter 17: Separation (I)
After a day and a night of sobering up, Ergou and Shen Dayou finally recovered and made dinner, Shi Sheng just caught up, and after the meal, Shi Sheng still took Ergou to Ziyuan Stone to cultivate, and the days returned to the previous track.
The next day, the harrier has reached the perfection of raising qi, try to build the foundation, Shi Sheng is overjoyed, personally protect the Dharma, to the afternoon, the harrier successfully built the foundation, several brothers rejoiced, said to go to hunt a few game, to the harrier to celebrate.
Suddenly, I heard a person shouting: "Ergou, Ah Sheng, Ergou, Ah Sheng......" Ergou heard Shen Dayou's voice, hurriedly greeted him, and responded: "Dad, we are here!" Shen Dayou hurriedly ran over, saw Shi Sheng, didn't say a word, pulled Shi Sheng and left, and said as he walked: "Ah Sheng, come with me, the messenger is here!" Da Niu and several people also followed.
Shi Sheng said as he walked: "What envoy?" Shen Dayou smiled and said, "It's the envoy of the county guard camp, they sent someone to repair the plank road, and made a special trip to test your 'exceptional' qualifications, and they have already arrived in the village!"
"So fast!" Shi Sheng's heart was shocked, he originally thought that he would have to wait at least another month or two before the messenger arrived, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and he hurriedly said to a few people as he walked: "When the test is later, I will only show the strength of the foundation building period, Uncle Shen, don't break it!"
A few people were puzzled, and Ergou said: "Big brother, weishenme, don't you want to be selected?" Shi Sheng nodded and said: "I have my troubles, I don't want to be selected into the county guard camp for the time being, you must keep it secret for me!" Ergou said: "But ......"
Shen Dayou sighed: "Ergou, you just listen to Ah Sheng's words, he must have his own opinions in doing this." Ergou nodded, although he didn't know what Shi Sheng was thinking, but since Shi Sheng spoke, he had to obey, and the same was true for Da Niu and Harrier.
Several people rushed back to Fufeng Village, but saw three tall horses standing at the entrance of the village, many villagers stood in the distance to watch, did not dare to step forward, immediately rode two knights, one of them is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old blue-clothed young man, embroidered with a crane on his right chest, bent neck and tail into a circle, a red "Luo" character written in the circle.
The young man in blue looked arrogant, and he didn't look at the villagers with his eyes, and his expression was very impatient, and the other knight was an old man in a green shirt, with a withered and expressionless face.
The village chief waited on the side, talking to a middle-aged man, and Shi Sheng recognized it at a glance, this middle-aged man was Cao Chong, who declared "exceptional" for Shi Sheng.
Seeing the situation in the village, Shi Sheng's brows furrowed slightly, the young man in blue and the old man in green shirt were too rude, so they let the village chief wait by the side, but they didn't get off the horse.
When the village chief saw Shi Sheng and his entourage walking into the village, he breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly beckoned them over, pulled Shi Sheng to the blue-clothed young man's horse, and arched his hand: "Lord Messenger, this is the young Shi Sheng who applied for an exception in this village, you ......."
The young man in blue said coldly: "Okay, don't talk nonsense." Saying that, he looked at Shi Sheng coldly, domineering, very arrogant and rude, and suddenly frowned, and said coldly: "A group of soil buns, the waste of the foundation realm also dares to apply for an exception, causing me to run in vain." As he spoke, he turned his eyes to Cao Chong and said, "Cao Chong, how did you become a county guard?"
Cao Chong's heart jumped, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, such rural resources are scarce, this young man can cultivate to the foundation building realm alone......"
"Bastard!" the young man said: "Waste is waste, such a rural untouchable, there is no bloodline at all, even if he is given resources, what is the use?" Cao Chong saw sweat on his forehead, his heart was worried, and Nuo Nuo said: "What the adults said is true." ”
Seeing that the young man was so insulting, Da Niu was angry, and he was about to step forward, but Shi Sheng stretched out his hand to stop him, telling him not to be impulsive.
The young man had a cold face, and thought to himself: "If it weren't for the fact that my senior brother had something to do, I wouldn't have come to this poor country to help him test what is unusual, and he is not tainted with tacky." Thinking of this, he snorted coldly, and pulled the reins of the horse and wanted to leave.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, the village chief hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Messenger, take a look again, this kid has very ...... qualifications" Before he finished speaking, the young man whipped his horse whip and reprimanded in his mouth: "Old thing, get out of the way!" Seeing that he was about to draw the village chief, Shi Sheng's figure flashed, grabbed the horse whip, and stared at the young man coldly.
The young man in blue snorted coldly, and slammed the horsewhip, Shi Sheng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his palm, and he couldn't hold it, so he had to let go, the young man pulled back the horsewhip, and when he saw the blood stains on the whip, he was furious, and a horsewhip was thrown at Shi Sheng's face, and Shi Sheng hurriedly flashed sideways.
"You still dare to hide!" The young man in blue said angrily, and kicked Shi Sheng in the air, the momentum was fast, Shi Sheng couldn't dodge, so he had to raise his arms to block, and was kicked away by the young man in blue for several feet, fell to the ground, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
The young man in blue borrowed the power of Shi Sheng's block, and jumped back on horseback, coming and going, his skills were very clean and neat, far from being comparable to Shi Sheng and others, Da Niu saw that the young man in blue injured Shi Sheng, and he wanted to step forward to fight, and suddenly heard Shi Sheng shouting: "Da Niu, stop!"
Da Niu listened to Shi Sheng's greeting, glared at the young man in blue hatefully, walked to Shi Sheng's side, Ergou helped Shi Sheng to stand up, the young man in blue looked cold, showed disdain, and said coldly: "Rural pariahs, I can't even catch a trick, and I still want to break the rules, waste." He tugged at the reins and said, "Let's go, Uncle Liao." Saying that, he took the lead and walked slowly, the old man in green shirt rode his horse to follow, and the young man gradually moved away, complaining: "This place is really dirty, I have to ask my subordinates to wash the horse's hooves well when I go back, and I won't say anything next time." ”
Cao Chongmu sent the two away, let out a long sigh, and said: "Village Chief, I'm sorry, the original messenger has other important matters, so let this evil star test it, otherwise Little Brother Shi still has a chance to be selected." ”
"That's it. The village chief also sighed and said, "This young man is so domineering, I don't know what his identity is?" Cao Chong said: "This person is Luo Yunyang, the third young master of the Luojia Qingshi County, who is notoriously arrogant and domineering, and the little brother Shi is really unlucky to meet him this time." As he spoke, he walked up to Shi Sheng and said, "Little Brother Shi, is the injury serious?"
Shi Sheng's face was pale, he endured the injury, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fainted, the two dogs and a few people suddenly panicked, Cao Chong hurriedly took out a healing pill, pried open Shi Sheng's lips, fed him to take it, after a few breaths, Shi Sheng's face gradually returned to blood, and the big bull and several people breathed a sigh of relief, and carried Shi Sheng back to the bed to recuperate.
Cao Chong said: "Village Chief, in addition to Brother Shi's exception, Cao Mou is here to take the three winners of the 'Martial Arts Meeting' back to the county guard sub-camp, and they will soon be trained in groups." The village chief hurriedly said: "Okay, Lord Cao waits, the old man will tell them to clean up ......"
Cao Chong waved his hand and said: "You don't need to clean up, there is everything in the county guard camp, and there is still money every month, so that they can follow me on the road immediately, alas, the little evil star of the Luo family does not wait for anyone, and it will be too late to go, let alone you, even I will inevitably be whipped." ”
The village chief was stunned and said, "Lord Cao, you are the county guard, how dare he punish you arbitrarily?" Cao Chong sighed: "You don't know, the Luo family is a tyrant in Sanhe County, how can the county guard camp offend the Luo family for my little county guard, just call the three teenagers over, you can't delay any longer." ”
The village chief hurriedly said "yes", called the three of Da Niu out, several families hurriedly said goodbye, Cao Chong said to the old village chief: "Village chief, when Little Brother Shi wakes up, you tell him for me, don't be discouraged, you have to cultivate hard, he has the possibility of becoming a big man, it doesn't matter if he fails to enter the county guard sub-camp, the 'Qingyun Conference' two years later is where he emerges." With that, he took the three of them with him.
Where did the three of Da Niu expect that they were in such a hurry, and before they could say a few words to their families, they didn't even say goodbye to Shi Sheng, and they were about to leave, the village chief knew that Cao Chong was difficult to do, so he and several families pushed the three of Da Niu out of the village, saying that Shi Sheng would explain himself, and the three of them had no choice but to go with Cao Chong.
At night, Shi Sheng slowly opened his eyes and woke up, but he felt pain in his chest, weakness in his arms, and severe pain when he moved.
Shi Sheng's mouth was dry and his body was weak, and he called: "Ergou, Ergou......" Shen Dayou heard it, hurriedly walked into the house, watched Shi Sheng wake up, and said happily: "Ah Sheng, you are awake." He hurriedly poured a glass of water and brought it forward, feeding Shi Sheng to drink.
Shi Sheng drank a glass of water, became much more conscious, and asked, "Uncle Shen, where is the second dog?" Shen Dayou said: "The second dog and the big cow have gone to the county guard camp with Cao Junwei." ”
"What, they're gone?" Shi Sheng was taken aback, and almost sat up, but his arms were in severe pain, so he had to lie down again.
Shen Dayou hurriedly persuaded Shi Sheng to play biedong, and said: "No way, the young master of the Luo family is in a hurry, and the two dogs are in a hurry, and you are still in a coma at that time, so I didn't have time to say goodbye to you." Shi Sheng's heart was lost for a while, these stinky boys, just leave, the next time they meet, I don't know when they will wait.
Shen Dayou conveyed Cao Chong's words to Shi Sheng on behalf of the village chief, so that Shi Sheng should not be sad, Shi Sheng was quite grateful to Cao Chong for his kindness, he didn't know what the Qingyun Conference was, and even if he asked out loud, Shen Dayou explained it for him.
The so-called "Qingyun Conference" is to take the meaning of Qingyun Zhisheng, held every three years, it is a grand event that all the civilians in Sanhe County dream of, and it is very different from the martial arts meeting, which is purely held by the county guard camp, and no other shili participates.
The county guard camp is shili under the blue royal family, in addition to maintaining law and order in the counties, it is also dedicated to finding talents for the royal family, so the "martial arts exercise" held by the county guard camp is equivalent to giving priority to the selection of civilian teenagers, and then it is the turn of the Qingyun Conference.
The Qingyun Conference is divided into three steps, the preliminary round, the semi-finals and the finals, the teenagers selected by the martial arts meeting, after more than two years of training, can obtain the recommendation qualification of the county guard camp, and the various sects and families also have a certain number of recommended places, and the recommended teenagers can be exempted from the preliminary round and directly enter the semi-finals, while the teenagers who have not been recommended need to participate in the preliminary round and win the semi-finals qualification.
All the teenagers who enter the finals will be selected as a disciple by a certain shili, and the teenagers eliminated in the semi-finals, if they perform well, they also have a chance to be favored by some shili and selected as disciples, Wang Jing was eliminated in the semi-finals, but was favored by an elderly county governor and selected into the county guard camp, for all civilian teenagers, the Qingyun Conference is an opportunity for them to change their fate, and it is their grandest coming-of-age ceremony.
After hearing this, Shi Sheng immediately decided to participate, two years later, the Qingyun Conference, the three of Da Niu will inevitably participate, this event, how can Shi Sheng miss it.
Shen Dayou saw that Shi Sheng's face was full of fighting spirit and did not decline, so he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "You have been in a coma for a day, I'm afraid you're very hungry, I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you, you have a good rest." Then he went out of the house.
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