At the beginning of February, many gangs will choose this day to recruit new children.

Jingzhou is located in the central part of the Daning Kingdom, and even the national capital Liangdu is actually in Jingzhou.

This Tangram Gang is the largest gang in Jingzhou, headquartered in Jiayuan City, and has branches in many other cities in Jingzhou.

Interestingly, although this Guanshu Town is very close to Jiayuan City, it is actually subordinate to the distant Huizhou Realm and is under the management of Xuanning City.

Usually, such a large gang will not set up a hall in a small town, let alone set up a cross-border one.

I don't know why, there is an exception to the Jade Hall in Guanshu Town.

Although the brothers have been arrogantly saying that they want to join this Jade Hall, they are still very worried in their hearts, will they be rejected as if they were in Jia Yuan City?

This morning, Shen Yun and Guo Long packed up, greeted the rising sun, and came to Guanshu Town together.

Under the three crimson characters of "Jade Hall", the vermilion door has long been opened, and there are two stone lions squatting in front of the door, which are majestic and majestic, and a solemn and solemn atmosphere rushes to the face.

In front of the door stood two mighty men in blue shirts, holding the handle of their swords and not squinting.

When the brothers looked at the momentum, they were even more worried, but don't be driven away at the door?

Cowering in a corner and biting his ears to discuss it, he decided to take a look first.

There were more and more pedestrians on the street, and the sound began to be noisy, and after waiting for nearly half an hour, I finally looked forward to the two of them. The adult is dressed as an old farmer, holding a chubby child in his teens.

Looking at the little fat man, Shen Yun felt quite familiar.

The old farmer and the two blue-shirted swordsmen nodded slightly, and then led their son directly into the threshold and into the courtyard. The two swordsmen turned a blind eye to them, and did not say a word about them.

After a while, the old peasant walked out alone, the expression on his face could not distinguish between joy and anger, as if he had just gone in and walked around casually, and after leaving the Jade Hall, he walked alone.

The two blue-shirted swordsmen were still silent and expressionless.

Shen Yun and Guo Long looked at each other.

"It seems that if we go in, we won't be stopped, right?" Shen Yun asked in a low voice with an expectant expression.

"I don't know, I hope not. Guo Long shook his head in a daze and muttered quietly.

The two waited for a while, but no one came. So together, they encouraged each other and mustered up the courage to take a big step together and walk towards their own future.

"What are you doing?" the younger blue-shirted swordsman raised his eyebrows and snapped.

The two brothers were taken aback, and they stood still in unison, muttering in their hearts, could it be that we have little beggars written on our faces?

"This uncle, I heard that new disciples are recruited here, and my two brothers came to sign up. Guo Long followed Xu Heitou through the dock for a few days, although he was not shocked, he hugged his fists and smiled.

The big man sighed, and the other stared at the two boys with sharp eyes, looking up and down.

In the end, it was the older swordsman who nodded, showing a hint of a smile: "Go ahead, go to the innermost part and sign up." ”

The two brothers immediately put their hearts at ease, and when they looked at each other, they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

After thanking them together, they entered the courtyard.

The courtyard of the Jade Hall is not very wide, only more than ten zhang long and wide.

Behind the threshold is a bluestone avenue more than two feet wide, which leads straight to the entrance of the attic hall, dividing the entire courtyard into two.

The road is wide and smooth, and the bluestone is almost the same size, and it is cleaned cleanly and spotlessly.

I saw that there was a brown octagonal pavilion on the left side of the courtyard, on which several small birds were chirping.

On the right is a slightly larger than the gazebo, with a white marble oval pool, where koi fish can be seen everywhere. The exotic flowers and trees planted around have also begun to green, and the whole courtyard shows an elegant and wealthy atmosphere.

When the gate entered, Shen Yun and Guo Long were overjoyed, and walked along the bluestone road towards the hall together.

On the left side not far from the entrance of the hall, there was a brown rosewood table, on which were placed the four treasures of the study, and a young man in a blue shirt in his twenties was leisurely holding a book, reading with relish, and from time to time he stretched out his fingers to turn the pages.

Seeing Shen Yun and Guo Long coming in, the young man dressed as a scholar was not surprised, and pointed to a bench in front of the table and said, "Sit down and say." ”

The two brothers were a little nervous, and they sat carefully and neatly.

The young scholar smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea before asking, "How old are you?"

Shen Yun and Guo Long felt quite nervous, and suddenly heard each other's questions, so they hurriedly stood up together and replied in unison.

"Ten years old. ”

"Twelve. ”

The scholar frowned slightly, motioned for them to sit down, and then pointed to Guo Long and said, "You come first." ”

From what is the name, to where the people are, and who are some people in the family, the young scholars have asked all of them about everything, and they have carefully recorded them.

After both of them asked, the young scholar pointed to the wing room on the east side of the door, and said lightly: "You guys go over there and wait first." ”

Shen Yun and Guo Long didn't dare to ask more, so they thanked each other, and then walked out of the lobby together.

Along the porch, I came to the door of the wing room on the east side, and then I noticed that there was also a blue-shirted knife man standing at the door.

This man was very kind, and when he saw the two boys coming, he smiled at them and said, "Let's go in first and wait, we won't be able to return to the mountain until the afternoon." ”

"Thank you Uncle for your advice. The two hurriedly thanked each other.

"Well, don't laugh out loud when you go in. The blue-shirted swordsman nodded slightly, and added, getting out of the way.

Pulling open the door, a strong smell mixed with a foul smell hit, and Shen Yun frowned.

In the small wing, there were more than ten benches neatly arranged, and at this time, nearly ten little boys were already sitting inside, gathering together in twos and threes.

With so many people, it seems a little crowded, and there is a door curtain on the side of the wing, which should lead to the pit, which faintly emits a stench, which makes the smell in the room even more unpleasant.

Shen Yun sighed secretly in his heart, it was not as comfortable as the mountain temple.

The boys saw that two more people had come, and they looked at it together. In particular, one of the little fat men was staring at Shen Yun strangely with wide eyes.

"I thought I came early enough, and others came even earlier. Guo Long muttered and walked to a corner.

Shen Yun also walked away, but only then did he recall that this little fat man had blocked himself in Guanshu Town, and then he was so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak.

No wonder when I saw his father bring him in from afar just now, he felt a little familiar?

The two brothers sat down, and then they looked at the other children together.

Most of the people here were children from poor families, about ten years old, dressed very simply, and gathered in groups to talk in whispers.

There are even a few people who are dressed in very tattered clothes, just like when Shen Yun used to beg, maybe joining the gang is also the same idea as they used to, that is, they have found a backer, and they no longer have to worry about being cold and starving.

Shen Yun and Guo Long have always had some misunderstandings, thinking that big gangs don't accept little beggars, gangsters and the like.

In fact, almost all gangs will recruit new people, and when recruiting, they only count their age and qualifications, and they don't care about their origins. And they were rejected in Jia Yuan City, mainly because they were already gangsters of other small gangs in the city.

"Brother Long, do we have already joined the Jade Hall?" Probably getting used to the smell inside, Shen Yun felt better at this time, and asked quietly.

"It's not that simple, right?" Guo Long frowned slightly, and responded, "It seems that there is still an entry test, check the qualifications?"

"It seems to be. Shen Yun was a little listless, what his qualifications were, who knows? Suddenly thinking of something, Xuan came to his senses again, and his eyebrows fluttered, "But I think this first level, we have already passed." ”

"Is it okay to ask the name and age?" Guo Long said in a lost voice.

"At least it shows that we are innocent. Shen Yun laughed dryly, he originally wanted to say that he was finally driven away without being at the gate, but he was afraid that others would listen to it, so he was talking nonsense.

looked around and sighed lightly, "I hope that test can be easier." ”

"Don't worry too much, I see you've grown a lot stronger recently, it's just a test, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Guo Long smiled lightly and said confidently.

Shen Yun was uneasy in his heart, he was not as strong as Guo Long. The test is not so easy, as early as Jiayuan City, it is common to test the children who fail and are repatriated.

As time passed, new children joined them.

What is strange is that the new boy actually appeared a young man in brocade, who was about the same tall and strong as Guo Long, and his outfit obviously came from a rich and powerful family.

As soon as this kid came, he talked loudly, and introduced several boys who were good at shaving and patting horses, and they kept talking about "Brother Yan".

This Brother Yan actually knows a lot about the situation of the Jade Hall, and even mentioned a little about why the Jade Hall was set up in this Guanshu Town, but it was sold and he didn't mention it much.

Obviously, Brother Yan didn't like people who refused to flatter him, so his contemptuous gaze kept sweeping over the boy who was far away from him.

This includes Shen Yun and Guo Long.

At noon, the door was pushed open, and several middle-aged gray-clothed servants came in, bringing several large pots of steaming white-flour steamed buns.

The room was suddenly filled with the smell of steamed buns.

The servant was very friendly, smiled and beckoned everyone to eat, and said, "There is no kitchen here, so I can only eat some of it, and when I go up the mountain in the evening, I will prepare something for you." ”

Shen Yun and Guo Long usually eat not badly, especially in the morning, they have a full meal, so they don't care too much.

However, a few of the children were obviously very hungry, and they cowered and walked over, grabbed a few steamed buns, and whispered thanks, and then walked to the side and devoured them.

When it was almost time to Shen, there were eighteen boys sitting in the wing, and no new person had come in for a long time.

At this time, there seemed to be some movement outside the door.

I saw that the young scholar in charge of registration pushed the door open, instantly frowned, covered his nose, and beckoned concisely: "Get up, come out with me." ”

After saying that, turn around and leave.