Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 20 The Way Out for Warriors
As night fell, Fang Xu had just finished his training and was about to fetch some well water for a shower, but he suddenly thought of yesterday's embarrassment and hurriedly prepared to bolt the courtyard door.

He had just closed the door and picked up the bolt to lock it when a pair of big hands pushed the gate open.

"Brother Fang, this is..." Wang Erhu was a little surprised when he saw the door bolt in Fang Xu's hand: "Are you going to bolt the door and go to sleep at this hour?"

He glanced at the room behind Fang Xu and said with a sly smile, "Is there a beautiful girl hidden in this house?"

Fang Xu smiled awkwardly: "No way, I just finished practicing and was about to take a shower, but I was afraid someone would suddenly come..."

Wang Erhu agreed with a smile, raised the wine jar and two side dishes in his hand and said, "Would you like a drink?"

Fang Xu moved aside to let Wang Erhu enter the yard and said, "Then I'll go wash my face and stew some meat."

After Wang Erhu entered the courtyard, he looked around and said with some nostalgia: "Before I left Fenglin Town, I often came to pester the old man to cut wooden swords for me. Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, the old man is gone."

Fang Xu sighed slightly, and couldn't help but recall his grandfather's voice and smile in his mind.

"Well, you go wash up, I'll go stew the meat." Putting the wine and side dishes on the stone table in the yard, Wang Erhu went straight into the kitchen.

"Huh! Where do all these blood foods come from?" Wang Erhu shouted as he looked at the large amount of blood foods piled up in the kitchen.

Fang Xu wiped the sweat off his body and said with a smile: "Miss Yun gave me the Zhang family's blood food shop as a gift. There are 2,000 kilograms of blood food in the shop. I had people move all of it home."

"Practice is always necessary."

Wang Erhu picked a piece of top-quality blood, cut off more than ten pounds with a knife and brought it to the well to wash.

"Fang boy, it's the right decision to sell the blood food shop. I was afraid that you couldn't resist the temptation and tried to run your own business." While washing the blood food, Wang Erhu said with great appreciation.

Fang Xu smiled awkwardly: "I know my own worth. Brother Erhu, let me do it."

After wiping the well water off his face, Fang Xu took the blood food from Wang Erhu's hand and washed it skillfully.

He put the cleaned blood into the pot, added some seasoning, lit the fire, and let it simmer slowly. He then came to the yard, sat down and drank with Wang Erhu.

"Brother Erhu, Miss Yun today..."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Erhu quickly signaled him to be silent, looked around carefully, and lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know who the dead person is?"

Fang Xu shook his head.

Wang Erhu continued with a serious expression: "That is the second master of the Yun family, Miss Yun's biological second uncle."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's heart trembled.

No wonder the corpse was wearing dazzling gold-embroidered boots worth hundreds of gold. I didn’t expect it to be the second master of the Yun family!
This is a big deal!

The second in command of the Yun family died inexplicably outside Fenglin Town, and his body was burned by himself. This was a great shame and humiliation for the Yun family.

It seems that things are more complicated than I thought.

"Brother Erhu, the fire burned the body of the second master of the Yun family. The Yun family..." Fang Xu spoke with some concern.

Wang Erhu shook his head: "It's okay, Miss Yun is kind-hearted, and my sister-in-law didn't mean it, the Yun family won't blame us."

"However, those mountain bandits around Qinghe County are probably in trouble. Miss Yun has ordered the commander to return to Huangzhou Prefecture and prepare to dispatch 3,000 prefecture soldiers to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits in Qinghe County."

Since Yun Wan already suspected that the "Yan Shen Zang" had fallen into the hands of bandits around Qinghe County, she would naturally ask the family to send people to wipe out the surrounding bandits.

The "Yan Shen Zang" was brought out from the Tilan Mountain ruins by the second master of the Yun family at the cost of his life.

"Three thousand palace soldiers!?" Fang Xu looked at Wang Erhu in surprise.

To become a palace soldier, the minimum requirement is to be a martial apprentice. Like Wang Er, he had already reached the third level of martial apprentice when he passed the palace soldier selection.

The Yun family is worthy of being the king of Huangzhou Prefecture as they mobilized three thousand warriors to wipe out the bandits at once.

In this case, it seems that I have to be more careful. The more the Yun family values ​​the "Yan Shen Zang", the more I must not expose myself. Otherwise, with the means of the Yun family, they will not show any mercy even if they slaughter the entire Fenglin Town for the "Yan Shen Zang".

"Come on, drink!"

Without noticing Fang Xu's change in expression, Wang Erhu raised his glass and spoke.

After the two of them drank together, Wang Erhu said, "Fang boy, I see that you have made good progress in refining your internal organs. Work harder and strive to enter the second level of martial arts apprentice during the selection of palace soldiers this year. Then you can become a palace soldier and go out to see the world."

Become a government soldier?

Fang Xu shook his head.

"Brother Erhu, I don't want to be a palace soldier."

Don't want to be a soldier?
Wang Erhu put down the wine glass he had picked up, and then said with a smile: "You have an idea! Are you going to practice alone, or join another family?"

Fang Xu was puzzled: "Besides these three paths, are there no other paths for warriors to take?"

Other ways...

Wang Erhu pondered for a moment, drank the wine in the glass and said, "Yes!"

"Join the army!"

The Great Yu Dynasty had a vast territory and was home to many powerful families. Although becoming a martial arts apprentice meant one had stepped into the threshold of becoming a martial artist, there wasn't much choice for one, let alone a martial arts apprentice, even as a martial arts master.

If you don't want to become a palace soldier, and don't want to join the power of a powerful family, then you can only find a small place to hide and become a local boss like Lu Zhiyuan and Zhang Hong.

Even so, you still have to rely on some families and seek their protection, otherwise it will not be easy to become a local boss.

The Zhang family was destroyed this time because it was Yun Wan who took action. If it were any other second-rate family in Huangzhou Prefecture, the Zhang family would still have some room for maneuver.

Seeing Fang Xu's eyes flickering after hearing about joining the army, Wang Ergou smiled and said, "Fang kid, you should know that the government soldiers are the private soldiers of the aristocratic families, just like us. Most of the time, we will only obey the orders of the Yun family. In terms of priority, those officials of Huangzhou Prefecture have to rank behind the Yun family."

"Soldiers are different."

"The soldiers obey the imperial family directly, or in other words, only obey the orders of His Majesty."

"The current emperor loves war, and for this reason he has formulated a set of rewards and punishments for the soldiers in the army. Killing enemies on the battlefield, expanding territory, as long as you have made contributions, regardless of your background, you may be awarded a title of nobility or a general in the future."

"General Zhao Wuji, who rode his horse into the imperial city of Muyun and killed the chief priest of Muyun with one sword, rose from a lowly martial artist."

When talking about Zhao Wuji, Wang Erhu's eyes showed a hint of fanatical admiration.

"Brother Erhu, since there are so many benefits to joining the army, why do you choose to be a palace soldier?" Fang Xu asked puzzled.

Wang Erhu was slightly stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You said that you have to know your own weight."

"As a prefectural soldier, I only have to operate in the small area of ​​Huangzhou Prefecture. There is not much danger on weekdays."

"Brother, I know that I am dull and I can only reach the level of a martial artist in my lifetime. I don't have so many ideas."

"Okay, go and see if the stewed meat is ready." Wang Erhu urged, seeing that the two side dishes were almost finished.

Fang Xu quickly put down his chopsticks, went to the kitchen, scooped out the fragrant stew, and brought it to the yard.

The two continued drinking.

During this period, Fang Xu deliberately took a look at the friend list deep in his sea of ​​consciousness.

It was found that the percentage number behind Wang Erhu’s name in the list had dropped from 88% to 70%!
The speed of decline is getting faster and faster. If it continues like this, it’s uncertain whether Wang Erhu can live for a month!
　I'm asking for monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and follow-up reading. It's the end of the month. If you have free tickets, just support me. Well, the monthly tickets that can't be given away, recommendation tickets will do.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)