5: County Chronicle

After more than half a month, just after dinner on this day, Uncle Liu, the village head, came to Lin's house to inform: "The county magistrate sent someone to pass the word: I want all children over the age of six and under the age of eighteen in our village, regardless of gender, to report to the county seat!

Father Lin was puzzled: "Uncle Liu, what's going on?"

Uncle Liu said: "I don't know, but I don't want to come to the county master to embarrass the children, right?

Early the next morning, Lin Qingxuan, Xiao Nier's brother Liu Dazhuang, and Zhao Bifu carried the beast furs accumulated in the past, and followed Uncle Liu with a few eight or nine-year-old children, all the way to Changle County.

Lin Qingxuan carried the largest and heaviest bundle of fur on his back, and carried Xiao Nier away from time to time, but he still acted as if nothing had happened. When Xiao Nier was tired of walking, she sat on Lin Qingxuan's back to rest, talking, laughing, and having fun along the way.

The rest of the children weren't so lucky. It is difficult to go out of the long house, at first they are happily jumping and jumping, and after an hour, they all complain bitterly, crying and making trouble and refuse to leave.

Uncle Liu had no choice but to scold, coax and cheat, and promise to buy delicious food when he arrived in the county, so he finally rushed to Changle County in the afternoon.

When I entered the city, I saw the streets coming and going, and there were soldiers in armor and helmets everywhere.

Everyone was puzzled, so they found a steamed bun shop on the street and sat down, asked for a few steamed buns, and asked the shopkeeper for the reason.

The boss said: "The children of all the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of our Changle County have to come to report, and the county master is afraid that there will be more people and chaos, so he sent the army to maintain order!"

Uncle Liu smiled and said: "I see! No, the children in our village are also here! May I ask my brother, are you reporting in the county office?"

The boss said: "There are so many villages and towns in our Changle County, and there are hundreds of people who have come with their families this time! Where can the county government accommodate it? They all report to the barracks!"

Uncle Liu thanked him and asked again, "What is the county master looking for so many children to do?"

The boss smiled and said: "It's a great thing! I heard that it was the whim of the old man of the national teacher who moved the idea of accepting apprentices! That's why he sent someone to us to look for someone who is destined!"

He said mysteriously: "I heard that we have already found many places, and many young men and women have been selected to go to Yujing City! Brother, if there are children in your village who are favored by the national teacher, isn't it that the whole village is developed?"

Hearing this, Uncle Liu suddenly smiled, and said again and again: "Thank you boss for your good words!"

While talking, a team of sergeants also walked into the steamed bun shop, asked for a dozen steamed buns, sat down and ate them.

One of them suddenly asked, "Are you selling these furs, do you have tiger skins?"

Uncle Liu smiled and said, "There is one." ”

The sergeant said, "Show it to me!"

Uncle Liu had no choice but to open the leather bundle, pull out the tiger skin, hold it in front of the sergeant with both hands, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, please see, this is a good leather product!"

The sergeant said "um", stroked it up and down, and said with a smile: "Not bad! Not bad! The county commander is an old man with cold legs, and this tiger skin can just be given to his old man to make a mattress!"

He took out a piece of broken silver, about a tael or two, threw it on the table, and said, "Oh!

Seeing this situation, Uncle Liu was immediately shocked and angry, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Master Jun! This skin is worth at least more than ten taels of silver! Master Jun will add a little more!"

The sergeant slammed his palm on the table and shouted, "My lord has taken a fancy to your skin, and that's your blessing!

Liu Dazhuang said angrily: "There are more than 100 people in our village, old and young, all counting on these skins to exchange for some cloth, oil and salt!

Hearing this, the sergeant immediately became furious, and shouted: "I see that you gang of roe deer rats must be a group of thieves! I don't know where these skins were stolen from? Brothers, all of you, take them down and ask for a reward!"

The dozen or so sergeants suddenly agreed, and they were about to rush forward with their swords, and several children were immediately frightened and cried.

Lin Qingxuan couldn't bear it anymore, and pounced on him in a flash, his body was like flowing water, interspersing in the crowd, punching and kicking, and one person fell to the ground. In a matter of moments, several sergeants were knocked over.

In the midst of the chaos, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Stop!" and all the sergeants hurriedly retreated.

Lin Qingxuan took a few steps back, protected in front of Uncle Liu, stared over, and saw a burly officer in armor and helmet striding in, shouting, "What's the matter?"

The leading sergeant was bruised and swollen, and he stood in front of the officer babbling about to speak.

The officer waved his hand, pointed at Lin Qingxuan and said, "You come!"

Lin Qingxuan immediately explained and understood: how the sergeant bought and sold by force, and how he drew a knife to commit murder!

The leading sergeant hurriedly shouted: "Your Excellency, don't listen to his nonsense! These people are obviously a gang of thieves who rob houses and houses, and they have been discovered by the younger ones, so they resist arrest and hurt people!"

The officer sneered, "What about these children?

The sergeant was speechless.

The officer turned his head to look at Lin Qingxuan again and said, "You said that you are a hunter from Xiaogang Village, so how can you have such good kung fu?"

Lin Qingxuan said: "My lord said that he was laughing! I just met a Taoist priest when I was a child, and I once learned boxing and kicking from him for a few days!"

Liu Dazhuang and Zhao Bifu glanced at each other and thought, "Why haven't we heard of this?" No wonder Qing Xuan's skills are so powerful!"

The officer nodded and said, "I see, come with me, I will give you a good job, and you will be rewarded for doing it well!"

Lin Qingxuan and the others had no choice but to follow him.

The officer took them to the gate of the county office, and told them to wait outside, and he himself went into the office.

Liu Dazhuang said: "I don't know what is going on with this official master?

Lin Qingxuan shook his head and said nothing, secretly running the magic technique, and suddenly his hearing became ten times sharper, and he heard the officer telling what happened in the bun shop.

I only heard him smile at the end: "That Orion's skills are so good, I'm afraid that more than a dozen people can't get close, and with him to protect Miss, it can be said that it is foolproof!"

A person next to him said happily: "In that case, you go and tell him, if you finish this matter, I will reward him with three hundred taels of silver!"

The officer immediately came out again and smiled at Lin Qingxuan: "The son-in-law of the county magistrate of this county has been favored by the national teacher and has been accepted as a disciple, and she will soon go to Yujing City."

Originally, I also called a dart bureau escort, but the kung fu of those dart masters failed, and the adults were worried about the safety of the lady on the road, so they couldn't travel for a long time. Now I heard that you have some ability, and I specially ordered you to escort you all the way, if you do this errand well, the lord will reward you with a hundred taels of silver!"

Lin Qingxuan looked at the officer speechlessly: In the blink of an eye, three hundred taels has become one hundred taels?