The two hundred and sixtieth chapters join the army
The name of this extremely strong beggar is Wu Xiang.
He was originally a commoner near Jinling City. His parents died young and he had no wife or children. He usually made money by working for others. However, because he had a big appetite and was too good at eating, few employers would ask him to work.
, over time, he could only become a beggar, living in a dilapidated temple outside Jinling City. He lived by begging and working, and occasionally went to eat the sacrifices from nearby temples and tombs to satisfy his hunger.
His life experience is very pitiful, but he is by no means the only poor person like Wu Xiang.
There are many people like him in the world.
If it weren't for Wu Xiang's amazing strength, maybe he would be just like other poor people, living day by day.
"Young master, this man is so good at eating. He has already eaten a sheep just now. If he continues to eat like this, he may not be able to kill ten more sheep." Aunt Wang said with some distress.
To the people of Xiahe Village, a sheep was so precious that they would not be willing to eat it on weekdays. This person was so heartbroken when he ate it that he wished he could eat all the sheep prepared for the banquet.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Aunt Wang is joking, how can she eat ten sheep even if she can eat them? You go and do your work first, and someone will send another sheep later. I think these two sheep are too good."
Not enough to eat.”
"Oh well."
Aunt Wang still said with a look of great pain.
It was as if Wu Xiang was eating his own mutton.
It's no wonder she thinks so.
But Aunt Wang felt that after the young master hosted the banquet, there would be a lot of leftover meat and leftovers. The leftovers would definitely be distributed to the people in the village. But with such a foodie today, she might not be able to share much meat and vegetables after the banquet.
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"Wu Xiang, you know everything. It's not an option to continue to be a beggar in Jinling City. Why don't you join my Li family. My Li family will hire you as a guard. You will stay with me in the future. I will ask Xing Shan and Wu Fei to teach you some bows and arrows.
With your sword skills and your strength, you will definitely become a warrior who can defeat thousands of others. Once you are born, it will not be a problem to earn a few wives and concubines. What do you think?" Li Xiuyuan sat on a stone bench next to him and said with a smile.
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Du Chunhua next to her saw this and quickly wanted to wipe the stone bench, but he stopped her with a wave of his hand.
After Wu Xiang swallowed the meat in his mouth, he said: "I know you value me, which makes me very grateful, but I have heard people say before that you should never forget each other if you are rich and noble. I have a few friends who are still in the ruined temple.
Starving, I promised them that if I make money, I will take them to the best restaurant in the city to have a feast. Now that I have earned your ten taels of silver, I have to take them to dinner."
Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "It is right to abide by your faith, but you can still come to work in my Li family after you finish this matter."
Wu Xiang scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "This, this won't work either. I promised to join the army alone before, so I want to try it in the army first. Maybe I can put my strength to use."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "If you promise others to have a good future, maybe I shouldn't stop you, but if you join the army, I hope you can think more about it. If you join the army, you may be in trouble."
"Why?" Wu Xiang opened his eyes wide.
"Your strength is both a blessing and a curse for you. As a new member of the army, if you have someone to support you, everything will be smooth sailing. But if you encounter pressure, your strength will become a curse. The army will not tolerate you as an alternative.
” Li Xiuyuan sighed.
He could see that once Wu Xiang practiced martial arts and wore heavy armor, he would become an unparalleled general. How could the people in the army not see this?
For such a person, he will either be accepted as a confidant by a certain general, or he will be jealous and tortured to death. There is absolutely no other way to go.
Because Wu Xiang is so special.
But at present, the imperial court is fatuous and corrupt, and the army is mostly corrupt. If Wu Xiang joins the army, it will be more disaster than blessing.
"What you said makes sense, but I promised others that I must go and see, otherwise it would be a breach of trust." Wu Xiang thought for a moment, then grinned.
Li Xiuyuan said, "That's true. I can't destroy your trust just because of my selfishness. Well, since you are going to join the army, you can't do it without weapons and armor. Don't expect that the army will allocate weapons and armor to you.
Those are all junk in the old warehouse, and it is useless to come here. Later, I will ask someone to give you a pair of heavy armor and a weapon to help you join the army. Although you are strong, a good pair of armor and weapons can make others unable to do anything.
Looking down on you is another kind of protection."
"How does this make you treat me well enough?" Wu Xiang said in surprise.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Just think of it as a gift, please don't refuse."
"Thank you Mr. Li. I will never forget your kindness. If I fail to join the army in the future, I will definitely come and seek refuge with Mr. Li. I will ride for Mr. Li and repay today's kindness." Wu Xiang put down the wine and meat in his hands and knelt down.
I want to kowtow to Li Xiuyuan.
"No, you deserve it. You have also helped me a lot. Without you to bring me the statue, I would still be eating mud in the ground. How could I be free to hold a banquet here and drink and eat?"
Meat." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile and hurriedly helped him up.
Wu Xiang was indeed very strong, and he was considered a man of extraordinary martial arts, but it took all his strength to lift him up.
This is because he is obedient. If he resists, he will not be able to help him up at all.
"Favour is kindness, and I will never forget it. Your kindness is greater than anyone I have ever met in my life, and it is worth repaying with my life." Wu Xiang said gratefully.
"Stop talking about this, you can continue to drink and eat meat. If it's not enough, I will ask someone to add wine and meat to you. I still need to do some other things." Li Xiuyuan said.
Wu Xiang nodded and continued to eat and drink.
"Young master, you personally recruited this person, but he didn't obey. I don't think he really wants to surrender. He will definitely give others an advantage in the future. Instead of doing this, I think it's better to force him to stay. If he doesn't obey,
Killing him with one knife will save you the trouble." At this time, a bald man came over drunkenly with a glass of wine. He touched his bald head and showed a somewhat ferocious smile.
The people in the nearby Xiahe Village felt chills in their hearts and subconsciously avoided this person.
"Wu Fei, his name is Wu Xiang, and his surname is Wu. You may have been one family five hundred years ago. Do you need to be so cruel? I asked you to go back to Sichuan Mountain a long time ago. Why are you still staying in Guobei County for fear that others will not
Do you know what you committed?" Li Xiuyuan cursed.
This Wu Fei was really courageous. After killing Magistrate Liu, he was still in the county seat and asked him to go to Wangchuan Mountain. However, he came back a few days later, just in time for the banquet.
"Hey, young master, isn't it boring in the mountains? I just want to follow the young master for a walk around." Wu Fei touched his bald head and smiled.
"Go, have a drink and don't talk nonsense." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand.
Wu Fei burped and was about to leave, but he suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, young master, when I was looking back at Sichuan Mountain a few days ago, a strange thing happened in the mountain."
"What's weird?" Li Xiuyuan said.
"Last time the young master went to Wangchuan Mountain, didn't he go to a fairy mountain and catch a Polygonum multiflorum spirit?" Wu Fei said.
"This is the case, what do you want to say?"
Wu Fei lowered his voice and said, "The people in the village said that the old man who was practicing elixir halfway up the fairy mountain died. It was because of the wind and rain a while ago that he contracted the wind and cold and died of illness in the wooden house."
"Dead?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment.
The old man was deceived by Polygonum Multiflorum and practiced elixirs for decades, but he knew that what was being practiced in the copper furnace was not elixirs, but stones.
Unexpectedly, once the Polygonum multiflorum essence was gone and without its medicinal energy, the old man would die of illness so quickly.
Wu Fei nodded and said: "He is dead. People in the village went up to look at the bodies. They were all rotten and the stench was overwhelming. But the strange thing is that the old man's alchemy furnace always had a fire and it was not extinguished. Just some time ago,
, someone in the village saw the old man chopping firewood in the forest with an ax and carrying dry firewood up the mountain... Young Master, I'm afraid that the old man turned into a mountain ghost after he died."
"It's not impossible for such obsession to turn into a mountain ghost." Li Xiuyuan said with emotion.
The old man wanted to practice for a full period of time and refine the elixir. Now that he died of illness, his obsession has not dissipated, and it is normal for him to turn into a fierce ghost.
Then Li Xiuyuan looked at Wu Fei's evasive look and couldn't help but ask, "You left the village and came here. Could it be that you were afraid of the mountain ghost and hid here?"
"Old, the eldest young master is joking. The younger one has been an executioner. Why, how can he be afraid of that mountain ghost? The younger one feels that the mountain ghost is wandering around in the mountains and fields with a hatchet all day long.
I'm afraid that one night he will sneak into the room and chop off my head." Wu Fei said with a faint smile.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Are you also afraid of others beheading you?"
Wu Fei added: "The eldest young master said I don't know. When I was working as an executioner, a master told me that no more than a hundred people could be beheaded in this execution ground. If there were more than a hundred people, they would definitely do it in the future."
When someone beheaded me, the master called for retribution."
"Those who cut off people's heads will be beheaded. There is some truth in this. But the old master was right. How many prisoners' heads have you cut off?"
"Behead that county magistrate, it's exactly one hundred." Wu Fei said with a guilty conscience.
"Then you have to guard your head, be careful of someone cutting it off one day." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile.
Wu Fei was actually taboo about feelings.
I don’t know what method the old master who taught him the art of beheading used to convince Wu Fei, the murderous robber.
But it's okay if it's a bit taboo, as it will save Wu Fei from wanting to chop off other people's heads all day long.
It is always a good thing to restrain the murderous intention and cause less killing.
Although no matter what the reason is, killing too many people will always lead to some retribution. After all, not everyone deserves to die.
While they were talking, the banquet had almost started, and Li Xiuyuan took Du Chunhua to the table.