For several days in a row, Song Mu had been taking care of Tao Fengming in this wooden building. Although he was taking care of Tao Fengming, he actually just helped him wash himself and give him medicine every day.
The work was not too heavy, and no one had any objections to it. Song Mu also had some quiet time to study hard and continue to enrich himself.
However, the various students from various schools in this village cannot live such a leisurely life as Song Mu. Missions are issued in the military camp every day, and they also have to go hunting.
Many students from Jizhou Prefecture School often go out in groups and occasionally kill a few monsters, but most of the time they just help the army clean up the battlefield.
The war in southern Xinjiang seems to have become more intense now.
I heard that under Nanwu City, both sides invested a total of more than 200,000 troops in a fierce battle, and various demon kings and Jinshi battles emerged one after another.
The fight between the two sides was bloody, with corpses strewn everywhere, but no one took advantage of the other.
This battle has now reached a stalemate and may continue.
"Junior Brother Song, I'm coming up."
That morning, Song Mu had just given Tao Fengming the decoction and was reading a book in front of the window when Fu Zefeng's voice came from the stairs, and the next moment his figure appeared upstairs.
In the past few days, Fu Zefeng had been busy with Tao Fengming's affairs. Now he had gone hunting with others, and came to talk to Song Mu every day when he encountered something new.
Song Mu was very grateful for the other party's help. When he saw him coming up, he put down the book in his hand and said with a smile.
"Senior Brother Fu, are you going to go hunting today?"
"There is no need for it today. Master has given us a day off to rest for a while."
Fu Zefeng said this and walked up with two things. He walked to Song Mu and put them down, a bowl of vegetable porridge and a piece of marinated meat.
"This is the standard we have now. The war on the front line is tight and the pressure on logistics is huge. Everything must be given priority to the front line."
Song Mu picked up the food in front of him and started eating it without any look of disgust on his face.
Song Mu was eating, and Fu Zefeng looked around, and then suddenly spoke to Song Mu mysteriously.
"Junior Brother Song, how about I tell you something?"
"whats the matter?"
Song Mu spoke, and the other party also said with great interest at this moment.
"The military camp over there has somehow made a list these days, called the Demon Slayer List."
"I heard that this demon slaying list was specially set up for scholars. The one currently ranked first is a guy named Rao Dawei. I heard that he is a night warrior. He has killed two demon generals and seventeen demon soldiers.
, and there are forty-four monsters."
Song Mu felt very calm when he heard this. This was an operation done by the military camp. It must have been to encourage the soldiers to fight the enemy bravely. Logically speaking, it had nothing to do with him.
But soon Fu Zefeng said with some interest.
"Now, those of us from the government school have seen the situation and are thinking of building one. It was erected yesterday and hung at the entrance of the village. It is supervised by the instructor of the government school every day."
"The first place was actually Xing Zhengyang from Fuzhou Prefecture. He killed three demon soldiers and seven demon beasts."
When Song Mu heard this, he came to his senses and said to the other party with a smile.
"Senior Brother Fu, do you want me to give it a try?"
"What's wrong with that? Everyone in our school is eager to try it. Now our school brother Ge is ranked second, with three demon soldiers and six demon beasts."
As Fu Zefeng said this, he came forward with a somewhat excited expression, and then poked Song Mu's arm and said.
"Junior Brother Song, you may not know that although we are all students from different schools, the competition is fierce."
"It's not like you don't know the situation in our Jiangnan West Province and Fujian Province. In the past two years, many talented people have come from our two provinces in the national imperial examinations. It can be said that they are like each other."
"Our Jizhou Prefecture School has finally gotten up in the past two years, so we should take this opportunity to work hard to move up."
Fu Zefeng said this, his eyes full of hope. Song Mu drank the last bit of porridge in the bowl, then looked up at him and said with a smile.
"Senior Brother Fu, you are flattering me. When it comes to actual combat, my experience is not as good as yours, Senior Brother."
Hearing Song Mu say this, the other party was stunned for a moment. He was also a little embarrassed at the moment, with an indescribable feeling on his face, and he just scratched his head.
"Isn't that right? I haven't made the list yet."
"That's not what I'm paying attention to now. Master's situation is not good, and I don't want to distract myself from other things."
Song Mu said this with a smile, but Fu Zefeng's expression looked a bit surprised, and he spoke again.
"This does not conflict with Junior Brother Song. Sir, there is nothing serious now."
"To be honest, there are actually some other things involved."
Fu Zefeng paused for a moment and suddenly spoke like this. After hearing these words, Song Mu instantly raised his eyes and looked at the other party. Fu Zefeng glanced outside and said.
"Do you know about Hongzhou Prefecture School?"
Song Mu frowned when he heard the name, then looked up at the other person and said.
"What's wrong?"
Fu Zefeng sighed and then said.
"Actually, you may not know that the people from Hongzhou Prefecture School have come up to provoke us every day these days, and they are always targeting our Jizhou Prefecture School."
"And what they keep talking about is you, junior brother."
When Fu Zefeng said this, Song Mu suddenly became speechless, then looked at him with some surprise and confusion, and then spoke.
"Why target me? Have I done something else?"
Fu Zefeng shook his head and said helplessly.
"We can't talk about this matter. Anyway, these people look down on us every day. They wanted to have a discussion with you before, but we stopped them."
"Then these guys start spreading rumors and saying bad things about you."
Having said this, Fu Zefeng suddenly paused, while Song Mu looked at him and spoke immediately.
"Senior Brother Fu, you don't have to be so reserved. Just continue and finish."
Fu Zefeng sighed, and then said slowly.
"They are saying that you are actually relying on Mr. Fengming's ability. How can a Jinshi teacher not be the head of the case?"
"They also said that it was because of you that Mr. Fengming fell ill, and that you used your status as a cultural family to oppress others."
"What?"
When Song Mu heard this, not only did he not have any anger on his face, but there was a bit of surprise, disbelief, and even a bit of disgust on his face.
These people can actually say such shameless things, which is simply detrimental to the character of a scholar!
Fu Zefeng quickly waved his hand to comfort Song Mu.
"Actually, we all know that these are just words to show their advantage. It is said that their methods are really inferior. Although they are learned from the provincial capital, they are not like gentlemen and do the things of villains!"
"We don't want to argue with them about this, but listening to them say this makes everyone feel bad."
After hearing these words, Song Mu let out a long breath and understood everything at the moment. He showed a faint smile and shook his head.
"Senior Brother Fu, I understand what you mean."
"Senior brother, you don't need to worry too much. If they want to say something, let him say it. Everyone's true abilities are seen by all the instructors."
Fu Zefeng didn't say anything and just let out a long breath.
Just as Song Mu was about to continue speaking, Tao Fengming suddenly uttered some nonsense.