After the first month, the time for the primary martial arts test is approaching. Fu Lei is getting busier and busier. Since the beginning of the new year, Shen Yun has stopped school. Fu Lei found him a bunch of books, including a boxing book called "King Kong Fist", and the others were all idle books such as travelogues and medicinal herbs.

There are only four people in the gym. There were no people from Liu's house on the other side to block it, the hall owner and Fu Lei went all out to prepare for the primary martial arts test, and since the third day of the first month, they almost never left the main courtyard; In good weather, the grandfather and grandson wore thick and sturdy clothes, and went to the back mountain to catch snow rabbits, which was even more fun.

In a blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of the first month.

This morning, Lao Liu Tou hurriedly came back from the main courtyard and said to Shen Yun: "A distinguished guest has come to the boxing gym. The owner of the pavilion ordered me to take you over to meet you. ”

Shen Yun was taken aback. He has been in the gym for half a year, and he has never been to the main courtyard, and even the owner of the gym has never officially visited him, so can he go out to meet distinguished guests?

"Grandpa Liu, what kind of distinguished guest is it?" he asked in fear.

Lao Liu Tou helped him comb his hair and replied: "After saying that he was the old man of the old man, he came to Shixiu County for the first time, and heard about the prestige of the old man, so he came to pay a visit. ”

I'm not a disciple of the gym...... Shen Yun was confused.

Soon, he packed up, followed Lao Liu Tou, and walked into the main courtyard of the gym for the first time.

The main courtyard is at least three times the size of the main courtyard, including the main house, the east wing and the west wing, all of which are blue brick houses. Especially in the main house: under the porch stand four identical vermilion lacquer pillars, thicker than a bucket, the carved wooden windows are newly painted with green paint and pasted with white new window paper, which is beautiful and magnificent, and the courtyard is spacious and neatly repaired.

Under the courtyard wall on the east side, there is a row of large iron shelves, on which are inserted with red tassel spears, iron rods, broadswords and other weapons. There is an old locust tree next to it, and the thick trunk of the tree requires two strong men to hug together. There are stone locks, stone plates and other objects under the tree.

His gaze swept over the row of polished weapons, and Shen Yun was envious.

Lao Liu Tou asked him to take off his shoes under the porch and wear only cotton socks.

Shen Yun noticed that there were three other pairs of shoes on the porch. All of them are grown men. Two of the pairs were ordered by him from the Guji Embroidery Village a few years ago, and he recognized: one pair of new green cloth cotton shoes that Fu Lei wore during the Chinese New Year, and the other pair was the same style, but the upper was blue satin, which was the owner's.

The third pair, the eyes are born. Whether from the fabric, or workmanship, his judgment is very valuable, in the ancient embroidery village is the existence of the best products.

These shoes should have belonged to the distinguished guest. He averted his eyes, followed behind Lao Liu, crossed the big red threshold more than a foot high, and entered the main room.

A warm air stream with sandalwood in the face hits the face.

There was a dragon burning in the house. It's so comfortable to step on the tawny wooden floor in cotton socks.

Shen Yun lowered his head, lowered his eyebrows, and didn't dare to raise his eyes to look around. As far as his eyes could see, he could only see two rows of purple-black Taishi chairs in front of him, and a gold-sprinkled scarlet felt carpet in the middle of the main hall.

"Your Excellency, Yunwa brought it. Lao Liu Touyu reported.

Shen Yun followed what he had just instructed, and hurriedly bowed to the end: "Boy, Shen Yun has seen the hall master. ”

"Yunwa, you look up. A young, gentle voice came from above.

This is the hall master talking! Shen Yun was secretly taken aback. He has admired the hall master for a long time, and has always thought that the hall owner is a middle-aged man with a big beard and a majestic style, and standing there should be the same as the golden armor fairy in the temple, and he should not climb high. No, the voice of the owner of the museum sounds so young and relatable. It's like the big brother next door!

"Yes. Shen Yun raised his head as he said.

At this time, he saw the situation in the house clearly.

Directly in front of him, there was a purple-black square table with two large blue and white bowls on the table. Behind the table hangs a picture of a tiger descending from the mountain.

On each side of the square table is a Taishi chair of the same material. There was one person sitting on each chair: the one on the left, who was slender and looked no more than twenty-three or fourteen years old, with meticulously combed hair, and a plain green silk cotton robe, which made his face a little pale, and the other was in his early thirties, with a red face, a mustache on his mouth, a white jade Ruyi crown on his head, and a gold brocade robe with a black background.

Seeing Fu Lei standing behind the young man with his hands down, Shen Yun finally determined: it was completely different from what he imagined, and the hall master was a slightly sickly young man.

said okay, as soon as you move your true anger, you will be like the "Golden Arhat" of the golden bell cover!

"Brother Li Shi, his name is Shen Yun, and he is a little guy in our boxing gym. The owner of the hall turned his head sideways and introduced to the eight-character Hu on the right, "I only enlightened half a year ago, I know about 200 words, I usually chop wood, go outside to run errands, buy some daily sundries, and I have never practiced martial arts seriously." When his grandfather was alive, he didn't care much about the distinction between good and low, so he was also a good person. ”

"How old is it?" asked kindly as he looked Shen Yun up and down.

The hall master said to Shen Yun: "Yunwa, Master Li asked you. You answer truthfully. ”

"Yes. Shen Yun lowered his head and responded, trying to calm his voice as much as possible, "Master Li, the kid is seven years old this year. ”

Puzzled, he turned his head and asked the hall master: "Brother Liu Xian, doesn't the Immortal Mansion of Guixian County inspect the immortal capital for the six-year-old children under its rule every year? Why didn't he check it?"

The hall owner replied truthfully: "He is not from Shixiu County. Half a year ago, I wandered here and was picked up by Lao Liu. So, I missed the fairy fate last spring. ”

The eight-character beard bowed slightly: "I see." As he spoke, he took out a white jade ring the size of a baby's palm from his sleeve pocket and beckoned to Shen Yun, "Shen Yun, come here." I'll give you a test. ”

Shen Yun was stunned again. He couldn't believe his ears—the guest was going to test me for immortal money!

"Hanwa, what are you doing in a daze?" Old Liu Tou didn't expect it to be such a good thing, so he was so anxious that he lowered his voice on the side.

"Yes!" Shen Yun came back to his senses, as if he was stepping on a pile of cotton, he stepped forward with one foot high and one foot low.

Holding the jade ring in both hands. Bazi Hu commanded.

"Yes. Shen Yun said.

In an instant, the eyes of everyone in the room were focused, staring intently at the jade ring in his hand.

Shen Yun clenched the white jade ring with both hands, and he didn't even dare to come out.

One, two, three...... Time seems to freeze.

Finally, Bazihu sighed: "Bai Yuhuan has no movement, no immortal capital." ”

Shen Yun felt his heart fall suddenly. Well, he never had the luxury of expecting himself to have immortal assets. However, when I really heard that I didn't have immortal assets, I still felt deeply disappointed.

Covering the loss in his heart, he returned the white jade ring with respectful hands.

The voice of the hall owner was still the same gentle: "Lao Liu, take Shen Yun down." ”

"Yes. Old Liu Tou left the main house with Shen Yun.

Walking out of the main courtyard, Lao Liu Tou paused, touched Shen Yun's head, and comforted: "Yunwa, every year, hundreds of dolls go to the immortal mansion to test the immortal capital, and in the end, few can measure the immortal capital. Pavilion Master, your Brother Fu, and I have all gone to Xianfu to test. We are all just like you, there are no immortals. Yunwa, don't feel uncomfortable. ”

Shen Yun raised his head and grinned: "Grandpa Liu, I'm not uncomfortable." I was originally an ordinary mountain baby, and it is already a great blessing to have the opportunity to test the immortal resources. ”

I know that this child is a broad-hearted man. Old Liu Tou smiled, looked back at the main courtyard with a gossipy face, and muttered: "Good and decent, what kind of immortal ...... is measured?"

His voice was so small that Shen Yun didn't hear it clearly when he stood in front of him.

"What, Grandpa Liu?" asked Shen Yun.

Old Liu Tou retracted his hands into the sleeves of his padded jacket: "Hmm, it's windy." Let's go back to the house and make a fire. "There is no paving dragon in his small firewood house, but after winter, the charcoal basin has not been broken. From morning to night, the charcoal pot burned red and warm. And in order to save charcoal, Shen Yun had already moved over and shared a room with him.

"Hey. Shen Yun helped him and went back to the courtyard.

In the evening, Fu Lei suddenly arrived at the back courtyard.

"Brother Yun, don't be sad, we are all mortals. He had made a point to comfort people.

Shen Yun's heart was warm, and a pair of big eyes smiled into a crescent moon: "I'm not sad, Brother Fu." "He never had the luxury of being able to ascend to the sky in one step and become an immortal official, besides, he is quite satisfied with his current life, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with being a mortal.

Fu Lei was really not sad to see him, and reached out to scratch his nose: "You are much better than I was back then." I didn't know anything about it at that time, and when I got home, I hid under the covers and cried for a long time. ”

Shen Yun touched his nose and couldn't help but gossip: "Brother Fu, is that distinguished guest Master Li an immortal official?"

Fu Lei shook his head: "He is a high-level martial artist. Two days ago, he handed a post to the door, saying that he was the son of Taishizu's junior disciple. However, the master had heard about him a few years ago and knew that he was the new superintendent sent by the provincial city to be in charge of this primary martial arts test. Therefore, he cleaned up the main hall early, and deliberately turned out the tables, chairs, and felt carpets used by Taishizu back then, to welcome him. I don't know where he got a treasure for measuring immortal resources, and he insisted on showing it off in front of his master. It's not just you, Master and I have retested the Immortal Qualifications today. The master felt a little uncomfortable, so he deliberately spent ten taels of silver at noon and asked me to go to Fushun and order a table of first-class wine and food to greet him. After a pause, he smirked and said, "Master is usually used to being light. When the distinguished guests come to the door, they must also put on a wide show to fight for some face for the ancestors. ”

It turned out that those were all family businesses handed down by the ancestors, and they were usually stored in the treasury and not taken out for use. Shen Yun suddenly realized. He said, how can the gym be so arrogant?

Well, Brother Fu is going to participate in the preliminary examination this time, and the new superintendent will come to the door as a guest, and he will indeed be grandly entertained. Shen Yun actually felt very sorry for the ten taels of silver. According to the turnover account of the boxing gym, ten taels of silver is almost a month's money for the gym owner and Brother Fu.

Fu Lei obviously didn't want to say more, so he changed the subject: "Tomorrow, I'm going to the provincial capital to give a New Year's gift to a friend of Master." What do you want? I'll go to the provincial capital and buy it for you. ”

Shen Yun was very surprised. You must know that in order to prepare for the exam, since the third day of the Lunar New Year, Brother Fu has not even been out of the main courtyard.

"Brother Fu, can you go alone? When will you come back? Can you catch the first test?"

Fu Lei smiled: "Grandpa Liu said that he was your little housekeeper, he was really right." In the provincial capital, since the beginning of the previous year, I have been giving New Year's gifts alone. One night in the provincial capital, plus a round trip, but twelve days. I will leave early tomorrow morning, and when I come back, there are still more than 20 days before the first test, and I can't make a mistake. ”