Two months later——
The ninth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty, 231 AD, August 3rd.
Yizhou, Wenshan County.
Dazhai Mountain.
In the evening, a young boy walked out of the mountain forest. There was a small village not far away, and there were only a few smokes. The busy people had also finished their day's work.
The young man seems to be in a good mood.
In fact, from the prey on his shoulders, we know that he is naturally very excited at this time.
In this Dazhai Mountain Village, except during the busy farming season, the villagers' main job is to farm and plant crops. In their free days, they will go to the nearby Dazhai Mountain to hunt pheasants, hares and the like, which can be regarded as improving food for the family.
The young man has gained a lot today.
Three hares and two pheasants.
"Yo."
"Pastoral."
"What a harvest today."
As soon as we reached the entrance of the village, an old man was sitting idle under a big tree, looking at the young man and saying hello with a smile.
"Fifth Uncle!" Hearing this, the young man slowed down and walked towards the old man. Then he took down the prey, took out a hare from it, handed it to the old man and said with a smile: "Fifth Uncle, here you go.
A hare, you always stew it with wine at night."
While the old man took the hare, he deliberately declined and said: "No, no, Brother Mu, you fought hard to get this. You can take it back to your grandfather to replenish your health. Uncle Wu has already eaten too many of your prey."
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The old man called Fifth Uncle seemed a little embarrassed.
The young man smiled and said: "Uncle Wu, don't be polite. I've been playing a lot today. This is enough for me and grandpa to eat for several days."
The young man said this. Uncle Wu gently played with the fat hare and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"Okay!" Uncle Wu said with a smile, "You're welcome, Uncle Wu."
"You're welcome, Uncle Wu."
"I'll catch the prey another day, and I'll deliver it to you, Uncle Wu."
The fifth uncle suddenly smiled from ear to ear. He was an old man living alone in the village. His children had long since died in the war, so he lived by growing crops.
But in the past few years, his life has been pretty good.
From time to time, you can also have a meal of game.
The young man in front of me is named Tian Mingmu. There is a scholar in the village who gave him a word called Houyi, which comes from his kindness and benevolence.
But people in the village prefer to call him Brother Mu.
Tian Mu's family was not originally from this village, but because they encountered this chaotic era, both of their parents died in the war, and then they came to live in this small mountain village with their grandfather Tian Yi.
No one knows where they come from.
No one cares about this either.
They only knew that Tian Yi was a soldier in the past and knew nothing else. People in the village did not care about this. Besides, the grandfather and grandson were kind-hearted people and usually got along harmoniously with their neighbors in the village.
Tian Mu is now seventeen years old and has been learning martial arts from his grandfather since he was a child.
In the past two years, he often went hunting in the mountains. Every time he came back, he would more or less distribute some of the prey to the lonely old people in the village. For example, this fifth uncle often received prey from him.
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Looking at Tian Mu walking towards the village, Uncle Wu praised: "What a good boy."
This village is not big. There are only about thirty families living in the whole village. Tian Mu’s family lives in a small courtyard at the east entrance of the village. They come in from the west entrance of the village and walk all the way back to the small courtyard. Tian Mu’s original three hares
, two pheasants, and when they arrived home, only one pheasant was left.
"Grandpa!"
As soon as Tian Mu walked into the small courtyard, he shouted happily.
An old man in the yard was weaving a bamboo basket. When he heard his grandson's shout, he did not stop what he was doing. He raised his head slightly and responded.
"Grandpa, let's eat chicken tonight."
"Okay!"
Tian Yi responded casually, and Tian Mu was excited. He put the bow and arrows and his spear back into the house, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to clean up the pheasants.
"Shh!"
"Shhhhh!"
Just when Tian Mu was busy in the kitchen, he heard a few hissing sounds not far away.
Tian Mu put the pheasant in the basin and walked out of the yard. Outside the fence of the small yard, a chubby young man saw him and waved to him.
"Brother Mu."
"Here, here."
"Ding Er?" Tian Mu asked speechlessly: "Why are you hiding outside? There are no ghosts in my yard."
"Shh!" Ding Er quickly signaled Tian Mu to shut up. When Tian Mu came up to him, he mysteriously took out a notice from his arms.
"What is this?"
Tian Mu is a little confused. This Ding Er is his playmate here. If he doesn't go hunting in the mountains on weekdays, this Ding Er will come to his house to play with him.
But this Chouji seems a little strange today.
"Take a look." Ding Er winked and said, "I'm sure it will make you happy."
"Oh???" Tian Mu was a little confused, what could make him happy after seeing it, so he opened the notice casually.
Although Tian Mu is a young man living in a small mountain village, his grandfather not only taught him martial arts, but also taught him some writing since he was a child, so he can still read a notice very easily.
Just as Tian Mu was looking at the notice seriously, Ding Er suddenly whispered in a low voice: "How is it? Are you very excited? Are you very happy?"
"Your Majesty, are you going to conduct military examinations to select a group of generals?" Tian Mu muttered with some confusion.
"Yes;" Ding Er said excitedly: "When I went to the county town today, I happened to see the imperial court posting a notice there. When I learned that your majesty was recruiting military generals, I thought of you, so I asked the general to replace him.
You asked for a notice."
"Why do you want it for me?" Tian Mu asked angrily: "When did I say I wanted to join the army?"
Tian Mu said and returned the notice to Ding Er.
Ding Er rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Mu, stop pretending." As he said that, he walked up to Tian Mu, put a chubby hand on Tian Mu's shoulder, and whispered: "Last time
When a general from the imperial court came to our village to recruit troops, you wanted to go, but you didn’t go because you had to take care of Grandpa Tian.”
"Nonsense;" Tian Mu said: "I have never thought about joining the army, I just want to be with my grandpa."
"Okay, okay," Ding Er put the notice in his arms and said with a smile: "Just think that I, Ding Er, am being sentimental. I have already told you about this. As for whether you want to go or not, it's up to you."<
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Ding Er said and added: "Anyway, I have already registered for both of us. The county examination will be held in the county town next month. The top three in the county examination will go to Chang'an to participate in the Beijing examination three months later and enter.
If you rank among the top ten in the Beijing Examination, you can become a general."
After saying this, Ding Er ignored Tian Mu and turned around and walked towards his home.
Tian Mu looked at Ding Er walking away, but his mind kept echoing every word Ding Er just said.
Martial Arts Competition.
What is this?
If you can enter the top ten in the Beijing Examination, you can become a general.
This——
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This chapter has been completed!