Chapter 15: The Test Begins!
PS: I wanted to split the two chapters, but I thought about it or forget it, and it was smoother to read together.
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This harvest, Ye Qing didn't take out the Lu to sell one.
With Heijiao, money is no longer Ye Qing's first pursuit. Be a handsome and handsome fairy in white clothes.
It's a pity that three days is too short, and the only thing Ye Qing can do is to quickly supplement his body's nutrition and make his physical fitness and strength better.
Three days in the blink of an eye, after a few days of crazy supplements such as sea cucumbers, abalone, sea urchins, etc., Ye Qing is now full of red light, and he can almost pinch out the oil, looking like he is overnourished.
Early this morning, Xiaoshuang Xiaoyu and his father also wanted to join in the fun, but Chen Zijia said that no one could accompany him, otherwise he would be disqualified from registration and assessment.
Ye Dashan didn't know that Ye Qing had done Chen Zijia a big favor, and added another hundred taels of gold to get the recommended place. I only thought that my son was talented and appreciated by Chen Zijia, a fairy-like figure.
With a smile, Ye Dashan carried a bamboo basket to Chen Zijia, and inside the bamboo basket was a big abalone, chopsticks and sea cucumbers, and a hedgehog-like sea urchin in a big bag.
Chen Zijia glanced at Ye Qing quite unexpectedly, these things in the bamboo basket are all delicacies, and no one will lose any share if they are given away.
Ye Dashan can't go to the sea, naturally these things were captured by Ye Qing, and I can't see that this kid is not only the top in arithmetic, but also the top in sea-fishing skills.
Bidding farewell to his father and Xiaoshuang Xiaoyu, Ye Qing was taken by Chen Zijia to a place ten miles away from Huangyu County, a place covered with black-brown mortar stones.
This mortar field happens to be a circle, and it is very abruptly spread on this flat land. In addition to Ye Qing, there are dozens of children who are generally in their teens.
They were men and women, dressed either plainly enough to have no shoes, or so extravagant that they even carried small luggage, all of which were made of fine silk.
In contrast, this group of poor children, who were already ignorant of human feelings, became more and more inferior, their heads hung down one by one, and their little hands wrung around on their patched clothes.
"I can't bear it...... Don't hold on. "Losing a look that I don't like you very well, Chen Zijia left abruptly.
Bored, Ye Qing glanced back and forth with his eyes on these "competitors", and when he met a few arrogant and disdainful eyes, Ye Qing "cut", and his eyes slipped out of the sheep intestine path not far away.
On the path, a group of people and horses slowly walked towards this, and on the sturdy black horse at the head, sat a tall and thin middle-aged man with deep eyebrows, and behind him, followed by a dozen sturdy servants carrying wooden boxes.
It was purely a judgment, Ye Qing could see at a glance that the middle-aged man riding the horse was Tu Yang, the official of the county's parents. Ye Qing had never seen the county order before, but this did not prevent him from guessing his identity from the uniform soap-colored cow tendon bottom cloth boots under the feet of the servants in the back.
Ye Qing was a little confused, the county order was not at home to accompany his wife who was about to give birth, what did he do here with a bunch of melon baby eggs?
The mystery was quickly solved, disguised as a local tyrant, the county commander, rode a horse and took the messenger to the black-brown mortar stone, immediately jumped off the horse, and smiled at the group of melon babies in front of him: "Ladies and gentlemen who are about to enter the fairy gate, I am the county magistrate of this county, everyone can call me Uncle Wei." ”
The crowd exploded, and several children who were cowering in the corner, unable to even wear shoes, actually bent their legs and knelt down.
In feudal society, what child doesn't know the deterrent power of county orders?
The poorer the family, the more they have a natural fear and fear of the county commander. Now that the county magistrate is standing in front of them with a pleasant face, how can he not let them be afraid?
"I can't do it~ I can't help it~" The county commander Wei Tuyang hurriedly ran over and helped the kneeling children up one by one: "You are all the pride of all the people in Huangyu County, how can you kneel down for me, an old man?"
"Come, give each of our future little immortals ten taels of silver and two sets of new clothes. Picking up a few children, Wei Tuyang waved his hand at the errand behind him.
The officers said "no" neatly, put down the wooden box, and took out the neatly arranged gray cloth package from inside.
There were both men and women, and the servants handed out to the children one by one clothes of different sizes and silver in their purses.
Most of the children were already flushed with excitement and were incoherent. Ten taels of silver, for those from poor families, it is a huge amount of money that cannot be saved in a lifetime.
Wei Tuyang's method of recruiting and buying people's hearts was very successful. After receiving the gift, all the children from poor families had their eyes filled with a kind of blind worship and gratitude, and they vowed to serve the prefectural magistrate after becoming immortals.
As for the richly dressed children, they didn't care, and some even took the burden, symbolically thanked the county magistrate, and put it on the mortar floor.
Wei Tuyang nodded with satisfaction, those children who were born superior and had a thriving family did not expect to reap their gratitude. These helpless and bitter children are the ones he wants to encircle, and it is very easy to envelop them. Even if it takes five years to do this repeatedly, it will be worth it if one of them can be recruited as a disciple by the Giant Spirit Sect.
Ye Qing stood in the back row, and when the messenger handed the package to his hand, Ye Qing suddenly smiled at the messenger.
This errand Ye Qing knew that it was Zhao Yong, the errand who robbed him of abalone in the fish market that day and led someone to beat him.
Ye Qing's smile made Zhao Yong, who was posting something, stunned for a moment, and then jumped up as if he saw something extremely terrifying, his face covered with cold sweat.
Hearing the ghost screams of his subordinates, Wei Tuyang's face instantly tensed, and he reprimanded: "What's the alarm?"
"Uncle County, he's stepped on a rock. Ye Qing grinned.
The county magistrate angrily shouted at the "rice bucket", and then his face turned happy, and he walked up to the group of poor children, patted his shoulders one by one, and said some words of praise and encouragement that seemed to Ye Qing to be ridiculous.
Zhao Yong, who was originally majestic, was like a hegemon in the fish market, and Zhao Yong, a high-ranking servant, was paler than arsenic at the moment: "Master~ Master, you have a lot of adults, please spare the villain." It was the villain who was blind, and when the master came back, the villain personally came to the door to kowtow to the master and admit his mistake. ”
"Where, last time you asked me to admit my mistake to you, I haven't admitted it yet. Ye Qing smiled and tidied up Zhao Yong's collar, and his movements looked very much like the teacher was earnestly educating disobedient elementary school students.
The errand officer Zhao Yong's tears were directly frightened, if it weren't for the presence of the county commander, I am afraid that he would have already knelt on the mortar ground of the awkward people.
Zhao Yong, who had already participated in the three county order conferences, understood better than anyone the gold content of the number of disciples assessed by the Giant Spirit Sect.
There are only two kinds of people who can harvest this kind of quota, one is the children of the clan who are so rich that they even have to visit the county order.
The other is a poor child who is so gifted that even if he is born in the desolate mountains, he will shine.
Obviously, the guy in front of me, who had been selling fish in tatters and tatters at the fish market a few days ago, belonged to the latter. Even if this kind of person can't pass the assessment of the Giant Spirit Sect, which is prestigious in the entire dynasty, there will be a large number of famous sects that want to win over the disciples.
At this moment, this group of children, even if they are the worst one in the future. A hundred errand soldiers Zhao Yong added up, and it was not enough for people to use their mouths.
Of course, the reason why Ye Qing was qualified for recommendation was not the two he thought, but because he helped Chen Zijia a lot, and stuffed another hundred taels of gold to get his hands.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the man freezes to death at the windward station, the donkey does not fall down, and he takes out the majesty of the fish market. ”
"Master......" Zhao Yong's tears really came down at this moment.
Zhao Yong wanted to continue begging for mercy, but the county order over there had already ended the condolences and wanted to go home. I had to turn back three times and follow the team as if I had lost my soul.
This is the powerful deterrent brought by the power of the force, Ye Qing has never been cooler at the moment, and he is more determined to obtain the power of the force.
"Boring!" A little girl of twelve or thirteen years old on the side glanced at Ye Qing, and her crisp voice sounded as good as a lark pecking on the cold ice.
The little girl has a crescent-like picture eyebrows and a pair of black eyes that can speak. Although she is still young, her slender and slender figure has already made her like a little lotus in early summer, revealing a bud-like grace and moving.
Not only that, Ye Qing also vaguely smelled a refreshing fragrant floral fragrance from her, and she didn't know what kind of incense powder to use.
Ye Qing was a little surprised, and also a little curious about her parents, although the clothes on the little girl's body were extremely clean, they had been washed to the white coarse cloth fabric, which obviously proved that her family background was not good. How could her parents cultivate her in such an environment with such a mature and penetrating mind?
Ye Qing smiled and leaned back: "Little girl, you don't understand the world of men. ”
The little girl snorted coldly and turned her head to ignore Ye Qing.
Without anyone to speak, Ye Qing continued to be bored. And the children also stood in two distinct groups, each whispering to each other.
From early morning until the third pole of the sun.
The children were in a hurry, and the first to protest were the richly dressed children. There were a few of the youngest among them, and there were no people from the Giant Spirit Sect who waited left and right, and finally complained.
They complained that they were standing on this pile of mortar stones with very poor soles?
Why can't you bring a slave?
As he spoke, a few people stepped out of the black-brown mortar stone area, ran to the flat ground, spread the burden given by the county order on the ground, and raised their buttocks to sit on it.
The older ones, although they have long complained bitterly, still gritted their teeth and persisted.
However, the noon sun became more and more stinging, and some of these pampered children who did not bring dry food or water could no longer hold on, so they simply put their burdens on the mortar stone and used them as chair cushions.
Although Ye Qing was already in pain from the mortar stone on the soles of his feet, he had no intention of sitting down at all. Instead, he looked at those who sat down with a playful gaze.
Not long after the county order left, Ye Qing guessed that the mortar stone under his feet was the first wave of hidden tests. Now that three hours have passed, no one has come, are these people sitting down all **?
There must be smart people, and there are a few people who sit down and doubt that this is a test. But they are used to being pampered, and how can they suffer this sin, thinking that anyway, no one has come, so they sit for a while and then stand up, and most of them have nothing to do.
Except for a few children who ran home to teach the money to the adults in the family, almost all of them did well. There were even two children who were so poor that they couldn't afford to wear their shoes, and they didn't take the mortar under their feet seriously at all, and walked up and down on it.
"Two little brothers, you see so many people have sat down to rest, why don't you sit down for a while?" In order to create the greatest opportunity for himself, Ye Qing quietly walked up to the two children with similar facial features, and held the package quite generously: "I am born with no concept of money, and I don't bend down to pick up any silver on the road, so the clothes and silver in this bag will be given to you brothers." ”
A child who looked like two brothers stared at Ye Qing cautiously, shaking his head and rejecting Ye Qing's proposal.
Frowning, Ye Qing pretended to take a walk and walked away.
The people of the Giant Spirit Sect are probably secretly watching here, and if they continue to deceive, they may poke a bad review.
"Shameless. The little girl with a charming fragrance on her body spoke again, and said what Ye Qing's thoughts were.
"Cut~" Ye Qing didn't bother to pay attention to her.
When the time came to two o'clock, that is, at four o'clock in the afternoon, only five people did not step out of the circle or sat down to rest.
Ye Qing is one, the little girl is one, the barefoot brothers are one, and the last one is quite unexpected is a rich child of the same age as Ye Qing, wearing a brocade waist with white jade, and a little white face.
Ye Qing "cut" again, thinking that his brother is also a rich man. It's just that after six years of blowing the sea breeze and catching fishing nets, the people are a little darker and their hands are a little thicker.
Fortunately, six years of living in Coptis chinensis have given Ye Qing a good foundation for being able to endure hardships and endure hardships, so that he can persist until now.
A gust of wind blew, and in front of this group of children, there was suddenly a girl in green clothes fluttering, with a slender figure and a flawless hip line, so beautiful that people were a little suffocated.
Ye Qingqiang resisted the urge to take a few more looks, and the heart was right.
"Yu Luoyu, Ye Xidong, Ye Xibei, Su Xiang......" Thinking of this, the girl glanced at Ye Qing, who was so nervous that she was about to pop out, and said slowly: "And Ye Qing, the five of you have passed this assessment, come with me." ”
"The rest of you who have not been out of the circle can pass this level of assessment if you stand for three hours from now. ”
In a carriage with exquisite materials but inconspicuous, Ye Qing patted it very familiarly, calling Ye Xidong and Ye Xixi on the shoulders of the two brothers.
"Ye Xidong Ye Xibei, are you from Hexia Village, or from Xiaomiao Village?"
"The river... Hexia Village. The brothers said warily.
"I'll guess. Ye Qing had a suddenly realized expression: "You just heard it, my name is Ye Qing, and I am from the Shigang on the edge of the county seat." There are people with the surname Ye in Huangyu County, and they are all people on the same family tree. I'm a young person, and you are a Western generation, and I'm still your uncle. ”
Glancing at each other, the brothers reluctantly said, "Uncle." ”
Ye Qing is right, the surname Ye in the three places of Huangyu County was indeed a family a hundred years ago. In terms of seniority, you really have to call Uncle Ye Qing, which is also the reason why although the brothers are reluctant, they must shout.
The feudal society has a very strong clan concept, even if people are bastards, but they dare not have any slackness in terms of seniority.
"Eh!" Ye Qing responded happily.
"Whoever dares to bully you in the future, Uncle will call the shots for you. ”