Chapter 55, Xunyang Recruitment
When Xi Xingchen and the other four arrived at Nanxun Mansion, it was already two days later. Considering the fatigue of traveling all the way, the four of them decided to rest in Xunyang Mansion for a day.
After finding an inn to stay in, Xi Xingchen arranged for Duan Zhenghua, who was good at communicating with others, to inquire about Wan County news.
Not long after Duan Zhenghua left, he took a recruitment notice and hurried back.
"Brother Chen, good news!" Duan Zhenghua said happily, holding up the recruitment notice in his hand.
"This is not good news, we are not going to be soldiers." Jin Bo joked.
"It's not about being a soldier, it's about applying for a government job!" Duan Zhenghua pointed to the signature of the recruitment announcement and said, "This is the key point!"
When Xi Xingchen saw the signature saying "Wu Zhiyuan, Magistrate of Wan County", he asked, "Is this Wu Zhiyuan the new magistrate of Wan County who has been reluctant to take office?"
"It's this person!" Duan Zhenghua said.
After Duan Zhenghua's explanation, Xi Xingchen and the others finally became interested.
Wu Zhiyuan's family is a wealthy local man in Xunyang Prefecture. In the past few years, Mrs. Wu did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to smoothen the relationship and donated an official position to his eldest son Wu Zhiyuan. He finally covered the vacancy in Wan County. Unexpectedly, the bandits in Wan County were making trouble. Wu Zhiyuan was timid and hid in the Wu Mansion and did not dare to take office. This angered Shan Mingyuan, the prefect of Xunyang, and ordered Wu Zhiyuan to take office immediately, otherwise he would be charged with dereliction of duty.
Wu Zhiyuan was forced to have no choice but to ask Mr. Wu for advice. This old man Wu was somewhat majestic. He said that since the officers in Wan County were unreliable, he would form a new team. He immediately spent another 50,000 taels of silver and recruited 500 officers in Xunyang for Wu Zhiyuan.
They are said to be government officials, but they are actually private soldiers.
Shan Mingyuan, the magistrate of Xunyang, took out the Wu family's wealth and was not stingy. He pulled out Wu Zhiyuan's 500 sets of armor and 100 "Yunmeng made" fast guns.
Now Wu Zhiyuan had money, men, and weapons, but no general to lead the army, so he set up an arena in the school grounds and prepared to select the most skilled general among the government officials.
What Duan Zhenghua means is that we want to help Wan County quell the chaos anyway, so we might as well take the opportunity to seize the position of general and then act accordingly.
Xi Xingchen had assisted Dong Liangce in handling cases in Yangjiacun, and felt that the quelling of the chaos would be more effective with less effort if there was a government background as cover, so the four of them combined their efforts and decided that Xi Xingchen, Jin Bo and Duan Zhenghua would be the ones to respond. Because her daughter was inconvenient, Zhou Qiaoqian stayed outside to take care of her daughter.
After making up their minds, the four of them went their separate ways.
Early the next morning, Xi Xingchen and the others rushed to the recruitment point after breakfast. When they inquired, they found that the number of people was actually full. However, the recruitment officer saw that the three of them were very impressive, especially when Jin Bo stood there, like an iron tower. I liked it, so I made an exception and recruited three people in.
When the three of them arrived at the school grounds, the arena had already gone on for several rounds. The person guarding the arena now was a strong man in his thirties. He danced the Qinglong Yanyue Sword as if it was airtight, and finally swung the broadsword. , knocking the opponent off the ring with a knife.
The man who was knocked off the ring by the big knife rolled twice on the ground and got up. He cupped his fists and saluted the strong man on the stage and said, "Brother Guan, I am convinced that I have lost!"
The strong man stopped his sword and returned the salute with his fists raised: "I give in!"
"well……"
"Guan Peng, Guan Peng..."
Thunderous cheers suddenly erupted in the school grounds, and some people shouted the strong man's name loudly.
"Guan Peng has already won eight games. If he wins two more games, he will be the leader."
"It goes without saying that in Xunyang, who doesn't know that Guan Peng, the young escort of the Golden Blade Escort Bureau, is very skilled in martial arts and is a righteous man. His friends in both black and white circles would not give him a third of face." A person who listens to the tone is Xunyang. The local government servant said proudly.
"I have long heard people say that Mr. Guan is Xunyang's face. I didn't expect to see the real person today. He is indeed worthy of his reputation. With him in charge, there are only two words - be convinced!"
People in the audience whispered.
"He is indeed a man!" Jin Bo couldn't help but praise.
The moment Guan Peng slapped his opponent off the ring, Xi Xingchen saw it clearly.
According to Guan Peng's move, he could have cut his opponent in two, but when he was about to splash blood five steps, he twisted the blade in time, and at the same time withdrew a lot of force, just swatting the opponent away without injuring him. It was a light weight.
Of course, the most impressive thing about Guan Peng is not just his superb swordsmanship, but his benevolence and righteousness that is neither humble nor overbearing.
"Guan Peng has won eight games in a row, is there anyone left to challenge?" The host of the arena was a man dressed as a master. It could be seen from his words that he was quite satisfied with Guan Peng. If the county magistrate Wu Zhiyuan hadn't set the rule that winning ten games in a row would lead to the victory, looking at his attitude, I would have wanted to announce the result on the spot.
"I'll fight you!" someone in the audience responded and jumped onto the stage.
The person who came was holding a nine-ringed sword. He was about thirty years old, with a leopard head and ringed eyes, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard, and his whole body exuded a strong evil aura.
Upon seeing this person, Xi Xingchen couldn't help but frown.
"Brother Chen, what's wrong?" Jin Bo asked quickly when he saw Xi Xingchen's expression was different.
"It's strange. I've never met this person before, so why do I feel so kind?" Xi Xingchen said.
"It's normal!" Jin Bo laughed and said, "If this man replaced the nine-ring sword in his hand with a two-foot-long snake spear, wouldn't he look like Meng Zhang Fei?"
Xi Xingchen took a closer look and saw that the man was very similar to the Zhang Fei described in the book, and couldn't help but smile.
"Interesting, Jin Dao Guan Peng claims to be a descendant of the Guan family. If this man's surname is Zhang, then there will be something good to see." Many people in the audience also noticed this, and some gloated.
"Who is coming? Tell me your name!" Guan Peng saw the coming person's extraordinary bearing and seemed to know that a powerful enemy was coming. He looked at the coming person solemnly and said slowly.
"Yiyang Ningchong, please advise!" After the leopard-headed man with round eyes gave his name, he slashed at Guan Pengxu.
"please!"
Guan Peng had a master's attitude towards Ning Chong's provocation. I saw him put the knife behind him and made a gesture to invite him to attack.
Ning Chong was not polite, dragging the knife and running forward, every step he took was like a pestle beating a drum, making a frightening roaring sound.
"Okay!" Seeing Ning Chong's momentum, Jin Bo couldn't help but shout "ok".
As the saying goes, "laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the door." Jin Bo saw that every time Ning Chong took a step forward, his momentum skyrocketed. If he really had to wait for Ning Chong to build up his momentum, Guan Peng would have lost this battle.
Guan Peng also realized the seriousness of the problem and did not dare to exaggerate. He took half a step back and kicked the back of the Yanyue knife. The Yanyue knife suddenly came to life and was raised diagonally from bottom to top.
Guan Peng's sword seemed casual, but it was actually exquisite. The trajectory of the Yanyue sword happened to fall on the last step when Ning Chong's momentum was about to be fully charged. If Ning Chong did not change his move, it would be equivalent to sending it to the edge of the knife; if he changed his move, the previous charge would be The force is bound to be interrupted.
When masters compete with each other, they are most afraid of using old tricks. When Ning Chong saw Guan Peng blocking his way, he laughed loudly and said, "You fell into the trap."
