The old man who took in Wang Junlin was named Chen. He had a pair of children. The son was called Chen Xiaoliu, who was in his early twenties, two years younger than Wang Junlin. The daughter was called Chen Rouniang, who was fifteen years old. She had a pair of big black eyes and was very cute.
Chen Rouniang helped Wang Junlin clean the wooden house, then ran out with her face red and her head lowered.
Outside the wooden house, old man Chen smiled very happily, but Wang Junlin smiled bitterly in his heart. He had already guessed that the old man wanted to marry him as his son-in-law. Although he was very grateful to the Chen family for taking him in, he had no intention of becoming his son-in-law.
idea.
In this era, Wang Junlin had his first meal at Old Man Chen's house. The latter took the initiative to invite him, but he was not polite. As for the peeking or considering looks at the dinner table, Wang Junlin simply ignored him.
After dinner, he went back to the wooden house and lay down. Wang Junlin took out the blood jade pendant and studied it. Wang Junlin remembered that blood jade is not natural. It refers to jade that has been penetrated by blood. Whether it is jade, Khotan jade, topaz, etc., as long as it is
Only when it is truly bleeding can it be considered a blood jade.
"Could it be that the blood color in this piece of jade is also due to the penetration of blood? But how much blood must penetrate to make the entire piece of jade the color of blood?"
After playing with it and studying it for a long time, Wang Junlin didn't find anything special about the blood jade pendant except that it felt unusually cold.
He took out the roll of animal skin. The characters on it were not Chinese characters, but more like symbols. Wang Junlin didn't recognize any of them. He just felt that it was something important and should not be taken lightly, so he put it away together with the blood jade.
Where to go? Wang Junlin needs to think carefully. Of course, the first thing to solve now is food and clothing. This is the most basic problem. He cannot live on the villagers' relief.
The scene of the young man in rich clothes robbing a common girl during the day left a deep impression on Wang Junlin. He learned from the Chen family and his son that the young man's name was Zhang Hongmeng, and he was a young man from an aristocratic family.
After they got tired of playing with a young girl, they sold her to a brothel. Someone once went to the county government to sue him, but he was fine, but the person who sued him died tragically on the street the next day.
Wang Junlin understands that historical records can never represent the truth, not to mention that ancient Chinese people have always used exaggerated words. Take the current eleventh year of Tianding as an example. Although the world is stable, it is far from the state, county, and county officials who govern the Qingming Festival and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
What’s more, the Sui Dynasty was influenced by the nine-level Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The hierarchy between the aristocrats and the common people was extremely clear. The aristocratic families had all kinds of exaggerated privileges, and the common people suffered all kinds of shocking injustices.
In short, this is an era where the lives of common people are as cheap as dogs. How can Wang Junlin, who is just a commoner or even a gangster, feel safe?
Wang Junlin has already asked that there are three main ways for villagers to make a living - farming, hunting, and raising silkworms and weaving. He doesn't know how to farm, let alone raise silkworms and weave, and he doesn't want to learn, because this kind of life will never change.
The fate of being eaten by mermaids. He planned to get his first pot of gold through hunting. After ensuring food and clothing, he would arm himself and have a certain ability to protect himself, and then make plans.
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At dawn, Wang Junlin couldn't wait to go out, taking the hunting bow and hatchet he borrowed from Old Man Chen, and wearing the old clothes and shoes given by Chen Xiaoliu.
When the weather in the fields is bad, villagers will go into the mountains to hunt. However, because there are many ferocious beasts in the mountains, hunting is dangerous. No one is willing to go hunting unless they are highly skilled and brave people or are forced to have no choice but to have enough to eat.
Wang Junlin is both talented and bold, but he is also hungry.
Wang Junlin was originally a retired special forces soldier in later generations. Later, by chance, he joined the world's third-ranked Fire Mercenary Group. Because of his outstanding performance, his courage to fight, and his extraordinary intelligence, he was promoted to the rank of mercenary in just three years.
Joined the third trade in the mercenary group.
This was not the first time that Wang Junlin used a bow and arrow. In later generations, he often used a bow to shoot arrows equipped with micro bombs to kill targets. Therefore, his archery skills were also very good. In addition, once to complete a special task,
He also specialized in horse riding, and even participated in folk horse riding competitions in Inner Mongolia. Therefore, Wang Junlin can be regarded as proficient in bow and horse.
Although his clothes and weapons are crude, Wang Junlin's body is as tall as a spear and his steps are as agile as a wolf. After asking the Chen family and his son last night, Wang Junlin chose the hunting place for himself in the mountains north of Shetang Village because of the peaks here.
Versatically and horizontally, there are deep valleys and dense forests, where wild beasts often appear.
Half an hour later, Wang Junlin came to a quiet valley. There were dense forests on both sides of the valley, with towering ancient trees everywhere. It was midsummer, and all the animals were restless, and the forest was full of life.
Wang Junlin's eyes were like lightning when he suddenly saw a shadow flashing past in the bushes fifty meters away. It was a male golden pheasant with long colorful tail feathers. It was very gorgeous. Last night, Chen Xiaoliu followed him.
He said that a golden pheasant tail feather can be sold for ten yuan.
What Wang Junlin needed most now was money, and he chased after him like a cheetah.
Three years of devilish special forces training and three years of mercenary career have made his physical fitness and fighting skills far superior to ordinary people.
The distance was quickly shortened, and the golden pheasant sensed the danger. It accelerated rapidly and was about to fly into the dense forest and bushes to escape. However, Wang Junlin was already stringing his bow while running. With a buzzing sound, the arrow was like a shooting star, and the golden pheasant made a sound.
Screaming, falling from mid-air.
Wang Junlin was overjoyed and ran over to pick up his first prey. This red-bellied golden pheasant had thirteen beautiful tail feathers, which meant that he had obtained thirty yuan per lobster.
Just as he was about to pluck the tail feathers of the golden pheasant and roast the meat to eat, Wang Junlin suddenly changed his expression, quickly cocked the bow and arrow in his hand, turned around and shot an arrow without hesitation, and the whole process was completed in one go.
Almost at the same time, a ferocious leopard jumped out of the bushes five steps behind him and rushed towards him.
This is an adult male leopard, attracted by the bloody smell of Pheasant's blood.
The golden leopard is very good at lurking and sneak attacks, but it didn't expect that Wang Junlin's ears and eyes were so sensitive that he could detect it in advance and take action so decisively. Now it was in mid-air, the distance from Wang Junlin was so short, and it was caught off guard. How could it hide?
You can drive away the arrow in Wang Junlin's hand.
With a pop, the long arrow shot half an inch deep from the Leopard's forehead, blood spattered, and the Leopard's body froze as it screamed, but it landed firmly on the ground.
Wang Junlin secretly exclaimed that it was a pity that the strength of the bow and the sharpness of the arrow were too poor, otherwise the arrow could have killed the leopard.
Feeling regretful in his heart, Wang Junlin took the opportunity to retreat sharply and distanced himself. The injured beast was the most dangerous one.
Sure enough, the severe pain made the golden leopard become ferocious, let out an earth-shattering roar, and desperately pounced on Wang Junlin again.
However, at the moment when the leopard jumped up, Wang Junlin had already shot his second arrow. This time he aimed deliberately, and the target was the leopard's left eye. But this time the leopard was also prepared. When it shook its head, it unexpectedly
Dodging the arrow, he kicked off his hind legs and pounced on Wang Junlin again from a few feet away...
At this time, Wang Junlin had no time to shoot the third arrow, so he threw away his long bow, pulled out his hatchet and struck hard at the cheetah. His sword skills were honed from many life-and-death fights, and there were no complicated moves.
Just two words - fast and accurate.
The sword is as fast as lightning, but the golden leopard is also famous for its speed in the world of beasts. I saw it swinging in the air like a flying shadow, and it was even faster than Wang Junlin's sword. Not only did it avoid the killing blow, but also
He leaned forward and pounced on Wang Junlin's head with his front paws. He opened his sharp canine teeth and bit Wang Junlin's throat fiercely.
Wang Junlin roared loudly, and at the moment when the leopard's claws touched him, his body suddenly fell backwards, causing the leopard to just miss the air, and when he fell, he had already thrust the hatchet in his hand upwards with all his strength.
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The abdominal defense of four-limbed animals is usually the weakest in the body, and the leopard is no exception. With a scoff, the leopard let out a painful roar and was disemboweled on the spot. Hot blood poured down like water, and its intestines fell out. Wang
In Junlin, a donkey rolled and ducked to the side, and the leopard's body fell to the ground.
Wang Junlin lay on the ground panting rapidly. Although it only took four or five short breaths from the time the golden leopard appeared to the time he killed him, he spent a lot of energy and energy.
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An hour later, Wang Junlin returned to Shetang Village carrying two leopard legs and the leopard skin, causing a sensation in the whole village, and the villagers gathered around to watch.
Wang Junlin originally wanted to go directly to the town, but he didn't know the way and was unfamiliar with the situation. When he came back, he wanted Chen Xiaoliu to take him there.
Leaving the two leopard legs with the Chen family and the villagers who helped him yesterday, Wang Junlin and Chen Xiaoliu rushed to Maiji Town.
As soon as the two of them arrived at the east end of Maiji Town, they were surrounded by seven or eight businessmen here who specialize in buying furs. Leopard skins are valuable and rare. After the purchase, they will be processed a little and sent to the county or county town, and the price will be easy.
Can be doubled.
"Brother, are you willing to pay a hundred dollars to buy this leopard skin?" A middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper spoke first.
In the Sui Dynasty, the five-baht coin was also called the Kaihuang's five-baht coin, which cost one hundred coins. Ordinary people could live for a month on four or five coins. But this time, Wang Junlin was lucky and hunted the extremely valuable leopard, which made him a fortune.
Wang Junlin shook his head and said, "I won't sell a hundred hangings!"
Before coming here, Mr. Chen said that this leopard skin could be sold for at least two hundred condoms in Maiji Town. This man actually offered one hundred condoms. How could he agree?
"I'll offer you one hundred and fifty!" Another bidder came.
Wang Junlin's base price was two hundred condoms, but he was prepared to offer three hundred condoms and then bargain with these people.
At this time, someone in the distance shouted: "People in front get out of the way, don't block the way!"
The onlookers on the street moved out of the way, only to see a group of knights in armor coming. The leader was tall and strong, wearing a bright light armor that was extremely powerful, and his eyes were as sharp as a knife. Half a step behind was a man wearing a long gown.