Slave Thirteen, who walked out of the land of the Pocket Cliff Valley, carried this large bag of wolf meat on his back and came to a stream.

He waded through the water and came to a halt at a shallow part of the upper stream.

With a spear, push away the pebbles under the stream and dig out a large pit.

Then the wolf skin wrap on the back was placed in this pit and re-buried with pebbles.

In this way, the wolf meat is preserved under this stream.

No one could have imagined that there was delicious bacon buried under the stream.

In addition, this will also prevent the smell of the bacon from attracting some beasts with a keen sense of smell, because the upstream stream will wash away the flavor, and the cool stream water can also play a good role in preservation.

After doing all this, Slave Thirteen waded back to the bank of the stream.

After taking a few sips of the stream water in both hands, and resting for a while, he got up and disappeared into the night.

He had to rush back to the slave cave as soon as possible, so that he could take a nap before dawn.

......

For the next ten days, Nu 13 would dig up some wolf meat from this stream every night and eat it.

With wolf meat as a supplement, his body is stronger.

Finally, the day has come to select slave soldiers!

For the slaves, this day was like a grand festival that could change their fate.

Like the other slaves, Slave Thirteen waited early at the foot of the White Bull Mountain.

The slaves stood on the hillside and in front of the mound around the open space at the foot of the mountain, where a shelter tent had been erected.

So many slaves gathered together, and it was very quiet. Even if someone wants to cough, they will try their best to suppress it.

This makes for an unusually solemn atmosphere.

At this point, their eyes are all set on one place.

The dirt road at the mountain crossing.

The selection officer who selects the slave soldiers will come from that dirt road.

It is said that it is a "selection officer", but in fact, it is just an older slave soldier in the slave barracks. But today, they were able to decide the fate of nearly a thousand slaves in the spirit jade vein of Bainiu Mountain. Therefore, the status of this slave soldier wearing the title of selection officer in the hearts of slaves is like that of reborn parents.

......

I don't know how long it took.

The sound of horses' hooves finally came from the mountain crossing, and two carriages were late.

On each side of the carriage sat two people, one with triangular eyes and a beard, and his name was Nu Chen.

One person had a dark complexion, and there were two scars on his left cheek, one long and one short, and his name was Nuyou.

In the carriage of the two, each loaded with a thousand-pound stone lock.

The wheels under heavy pressure made two deep rut marks on the dirt road.

The two slaves went hand in hand.

They saw the slaves all over the mountains at the foot of the White Bull Mountain from a distance, and they were waiting with solemn and respectful expressions.

"That's a lot of people...... It seems that our brothers and I have to work hard for a while today. ”

Nuchen narrowed his triangular eyes and sighed. Grumbling impatiently.

The slave in the other carriage had a dark face and said coldly, "There are so many people who have given birth to children in the slave barracks, which of their children is not more qualified than these guys? Why do you have to work so hard to select soldiers from these bugs...... If you want me to say, the rules for the selection of slaves and soldiers this year should have been changed a long time ago. ”

Nu Chen smiled, "Who said it wasn't...... However, the immortals also seem to have their own considerations. After all, this group of slaves is still needed to mine the spirit jade mine, and they have to give some benefits appropriately. Otherwise, how can these guys be so honest and obey discipline?"

Nu You spat his phlegm and scolded: "It is estimated that I can't choose a few good birds." We don't need to rush, let's rest later. This broken road made Lao Tzu's butt hurt. ”

Nu Chen smiled and nodded.

The two carriages came to a stop in front of the tent in the clearing, and the two of them rolled over and jumped off.

After looking at the slaves around him, Nuyou scolded softly, "One by one, they are dumbfounded, like a pestle on the mountain. Gentlemen have worked hard to come here today, and I don't see any eye-opening ......."

The slave dust next to him smiled, "The slave cave is full of poor ghosts, what can you come up with? This is originally a drudgery with no oil and water to fish." ”

"Come on...... Let's go get some rest. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his arm and hooked Nuyou's shoulder to beckon into the tent. As he walked, he took out two wine gourds from his waist and showed them to Nuyou.

Nu You was immediately overjoyed when he saw it, and he was a lot happier, "It's still thoughtful!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked into the tent together.

The slaves on the hillside were hung there like this, and the slaves in the crowd couldn't help frowning.

The selection of slave soldiers is only one day of the year. For this day, many slaves are preparing and looking forward to it with all their hearts and all their might.

But the two slave soldiers, who were the selection officers, didn't take it seriously. Not only were they late, but now they were drinking in their tents.

As time passed, the slaves became restless.

Because every inch of time passed today is equivalent to crushing the hopes of the slaves into pieces!

Eventually, some of the slaves who had come closer to the tent couldn't bear it anymore.

They began to deliberate on each other.

"It's almost noon...... Why don't you start yet?"

"yes, are the two adults asleep?"

......

After a few discussions, a slave with a goatee stepped forward and said, "It's not a good idea to wait so hard, I'll go in and ask." ”

With that, he strode across the clearing. Then carefully lift the curtain and burrow into the tent.

When they entered the tent, they saw the two slaves drinking wine with two plates of side dishes, and they were talking happily with each other.

Seeing a slave break in, Nuyou and Nuchen looked at him.

"Who let you in?"

Nuyou frowned and asked,

When the slave heard this, he immediately stepped forward and prostrated himself on the ground, and replied, "The little one just came in and asked, when can the selection begins......

After hearing this, Nu You patted his head and suddenly realized, "Oh......"

He stood up and took a step closer to the kneeling slave. He lowered his eyebrows and said, "You go out and tell them, start now." ”

The goatee-bearded slave was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The little one will go and pass it on!"

With that, he stood up and turned to leave.

However, the moment he turned around, Nuyou suddenly burst out and kicked him in the back!

"Bang!" The slave's body was kicked out like an arrow, breaking through the curtain of the tent and falling into the dust of the clearing, startling the two horses, with their hooves staggered, and their heads raised and neighing.

He fell to the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose.

This scene made everyone around them terrified.

The slave thirteen in the crowd was also quite shaken, and he secretly thought, "Kick people to pieces with one kick, the strength of this slave soldier ...... It's really ferocious and terrifying!"

......

It didn't take long for Nuyou and Nu Chen to come out of the tent, both of them with drunken faces.

However, surprisingly, after standing firm, Nuyou showed an amiable smile, and said to the slaves respectfully, "I'm really sorry, we have overrested......" He pointed to the dead body on the ground and continued, "Fortunately, this old gentleman reminded me in time, otherwise it would have been a big mistake." ”

When the slave on the side heard this, he couldn't help but cover his eyes with one hand and smiled, "I didn't expect Brother You to be so polite!"

"Of course, I've always paid attention to etiquette. ”

......

The temperament of the two slave soldiers was so uncertain that the surrounding slaves were terrified, and they did not dare to come out.

Nuyou's face was still pleasant

He said, "Well, let's start now." First of all, please ask a strong man to come forward and do a favor and remove these two stone locks from the car. ”

The slaves who were closer looked at each other.

After the murder just now, they no longer dare to go out alone to make a bird. After a slight exchange of glances, five men stepped out together, approached the carriage with courage, and lifted the stone locks on it to the ground.

Nuchen instructed the others to take the horses away and move the tables and chairs out of the tent.

When everything was ready, the two slaves sat down again.

The five slaves who had worked together to remove the stone locks stood in a row, waiting for the next command.

However, Nuyou's words made them thunderous.

"You guys, you can go back to the slave cave. ”

The five slaves were immediately shocked and knelt on their knees, "My lord, what did I do wrong?

Nu You said coldly, "Two stone locks, carried by five people." Are you still eligible to run?"

The five slaves were speechless.

Although I was not convinced, I was helpless.

Faced with the two slave soldiers with sneers on their faces, they had no choice but to swallow their anger.

The fate of the goatee slave is a lesson from the past!