Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 178 Xu Gongming

"It's fucking cold."

The cold winter snow lingered on the lake for several months, and the weather warmed up slightly, but the spring was as cold as the previous winters. The seedlings planted in the ground withered and turned yellow tiredly, and none of them survived.

When the remaining cold subsides, the summer has only warmed up for a few days, and then falls back to the bitter autumn. The fields have not been harvested for a whole year, and the farmers can only swallow their saliva and put down their hoes to look for food in the mountains.

Mr. Xu sat in front of the door, rubbing his hands rustlingly in the cold wind, estimating whether the surplus food in the family would be enough for food and clothing next year. He has been in the family for more than ten years since his father Xu San passed away, and he is familiar with this twist up.

The Xu family is also one of the few big families in the town. Compared with the Tian family and the Liu family, they are much more obsolete. In the era of the rise of the Li family decades ago, they had never been in charge of a town. Naturally, they have been declining year by year. With the help of the Li family's exploitation of Shanyue and the absorption of people fleeing from the east, it has expanded a lot, but it has been the same year after year, without any progress.

He got up and walked around in the yard. After Mr. Xu finished counting the food left over from last year, there was a knock on the gate of the yard.

"Who?"

"Uncle, it's me, Gongming!"

The courtyard door was opened with a creak, and a young man walked in. Mr. Xu twirled his beard and said in a loud voice:
"Gongming, come in and sit down."

Xu Gongming entered the yard, opened his mouth and said:

"Uncle, have you heard? The master's family wants to conquer Shanyue, and they are recruiting troops in the town. The gongs and drums have been beating for many days. Gong Ming wants to join the army, but his parents only know how to farm and are undecided, so they asked me to ask you."

As soon as Xu San died, the Xu family immediately split up and each went to develop in the town. As the eldest son, Mr. Xu had studied for a few days. Naturally, it was the decision of the family. He looked at the young man in front of him, and did not speak for a while. say.

Xu Gongming, as the only spirit orifice child in the clan, now also has the second level of fetal breath cultivation. Seeing this, he was a little anxious, and said in a low voice:

"Uncle! None of the Zhu clan is as down and out as my family now! The Liu clan has been the landlord of Jingyang since ancient times, and they are also the wives and concubines of the ancestors. There is already a Qi-training cultivator... Now my family wants to have a place to go, the only place is in the army!"

Mr. Xu picked up the big basin, squinted his eyes and counted the rice in it, and said slowly:
"The army is the weapon of the townspeople. Which of the commanders is not surnamed Li? Don't think too easily..."

Xu Gongming sat down on the broken wooden chair. Hearing this, he was a little depressed. The plan he had planned in his heart was disrupted by a word from Mr. Xu, and he hurriedly said:
"The uncle gave me an idea... This Xu family is about to be handed over to me, but I can't do anything!"

Mr. Xu nodded, his gray beard trembled, and when he saw a few rat droppings turned out from the bottom of the basket, his face collapsed, and he replied:
"You want to join the army. It's indeed a good way. Uncle doesn't know how to fight in the army, and he doesn't know anything about cultivation, but he can only teach you a few words."

"First, loyalty."

As soon as Mr. Xu put the basket down, he finally looked serious, the wrinkles on his face eased a lot, and said in a low voice:

"My Xu family used to kill enemies for the master. I have names from both the ancestor and the master. When you enter the army, you bear the name of the Xu family. You can get a good position when you come up. This is the rest of the predecessors. Yin...you have to be willing to get hurt, you have to die at the critical moment, you have to be ruthless and selfless to offend others, and you have to imprint this mark of loyalty in the mind of the Lord!"

Mr. Xu's words hit Xu Gongming's heartstrings like a sledgehammer, and he finally understood why his parents bluntly told him to come and find his uncle. After writing down these words, he opened his mouth again:

"What is the second word?"

"The second is stability."

Mr. Xu sat beside him, stretched out a chicken paw like a skinny finger, and said in a low voice:

"Young Master Xiu is very clear about what's going on in your family today. You don't want meritorious service in the army, you just want to have no faults. When you meet the master's family, don't talk too much, keep silent and steady, don't make friends with others in the army, and don't promote your family members. My son, you must deal with it impartially. If you have been acting like this for 20 years, you can be a commander in chief. If you are lucky enough to make a breakthrough in Qi training, you can become a confidant of the master family. My Xu family will also have a place in Zhuzhen!"

"20 years..."

Xu Gongming nodded silently, and quickly thanked him. He talked for a long time without expressing any opinions. He just asked questions that Li Yuanxiu might ask when he summoned him. The old man picked up the basket and answered them listlessly. Only then shook the rice basket in his hand, and said impatiently:

"Go away, don't talk too much here, hurry up and prepare your things."

Xu Gongming was choked by him for a moment and was in a dilemma. Knowing that this elder had a weird temperament, he thanked him repeatedly, bowed his head thoughtfully and went out.

Mr. Xu sat in the yard for a while, looked at the rice basket in his hand, picked out a few grains of mouse droppings, shook the old rice in the basket, and then murmured:

"But it's barely usable."

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"Xu Gongming..."

Li Yuanxiu opened and read the small letter sent up, recalled the situation of the Xu family, and said in a low voice:

"This Xu family is the first fetal breath monk to join the army."

These monks finally entered the immortal way, and each one of them cherished their lives very much. The conscription order issued by their families conveyed the news that they were going to attack Shanyue, and they never specially recruited them. Singing and dancing, feasting, and outings, they are all peacefully nesting in the courtyard and farming, and no one comes out to fool around.

"Yes."

Li Pingyi from below responded, and saw Li Yuanxiu ponder for a while, read the little letter in his hand over and over again, and said in a low voice:
"The Xu family has also contributed to my family. In the past few decades, the family has given opportunities, and my father also mentioned it to me specifically. It's just that Xu's children and grandchildren have not lived up to it, and they have not been able to grasp it. They have been living unsatisfactorily."

"Xu Gongming has already gone outside."

Li Pingyi reminded, Li Yuanxiu nodded and said:

"Call him up."

Not long after, a young man of 25 or [-] years old came up, with a sword on his waist, and his brows and eyes were quite generous, looking quite honest. Seeing Li Yuanxiu, he clasped his fists and said in a deep voice:

"Xu Gongming has met the Young Patriarch."

After saying this respectfully, Xu Gongming stood upright with his head down, without saying a word.

Li Yuanxiu asked about the situation in his home, Xu Gongming answered concisely, whether he was prepared in advance or quick in thinking, he answered everything well, Li Yuanxiu nodded slightly, and said softly:
"Let's go to the barracks tomorrow."

Xu Gongming cupped his hands, and retreated with a solemn expression. He didn't ask what position he got, and just left without saying a word. Li Yuanxiu felt a little better, and said in a low voice:

"Xu's life has been unsatisfactory these years. Now that he has a spirit orifice, it seems that if he wants to work in the army, then he will be a centurion first, and his second-level cultivation of fetal breath can be regarded as good. reused."

The current monks in the army are basically monks from the Xiaozong and branch of the Li family. The first and second floors are the centurion commanders, and the third and fourth floors are the thousand commanders. There are eight in total. Including Xu Gongming, there are now nine a monk.

Li Yuanxiu thought about it, never thought that a person walked quickly outside the courtyard, entered the courtyard like the wind, and the clan soldiers knelt down one by one as usual, the sound of the weapons falling to the ground made a clanging sound, Li Yuanxiu hurried down when he saw this, and took a closer look, With joy on his face, he said:

"Father!"

(End of this chapter)