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All the birds are flying high, and the lonely cloud is alone.
Among the rugged rocks and thousand-foot-high cliffs, a gold-dyed palace stands. In front of it are white jade tiles, green trees, and countless talented people and beauties in white walking through it.
In front of the main hall, a huge black monument stands proudly in the mountains, with two large gilded characters on it, "The Way of Heaven"!
"Miss, there is a message from the mansion!" In the backyard of the main hall, outside a quiet wooden attic, a girl wearing a green dress and a green jade hairpin in her hair was waiting outside the gate with a cautious look on her face.
"Say!" A crisp voice came from the attic. Although there was only one word, it felt like the chirping of a hundred birds.
"Ten days from now, there will be a banquet for King Duan to celebrate his 20th birthday, and the Marquis would like the young lady to attend!" the girl immediately replied.
"Reject!" The voice from the attic came out again, still only one word.
"Yes, miss!" When the girl heard this, she didn't dare to ask any more questions and immediately retreated.
After the girl retreated, another slight sigh came from the attic: "Alas... My father is always too radical in dealing with things. Others say that I took the No. 1 title of Double Dragon to help my father. Who knows that the No. 1 title of Double Dragon is just for me to protect my father." Lift!"
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In Beishan Village, in a small Shimen courtyard, a huge prey was hung on a huge wooden frame. A bonfire was blazing under the prey, and the rich aroma of meat floated in the air.
"Hude, this ingredient is almost used up. You have to ask that kid Zheng Zheng to get me some more, otherwise you won't have anything to eat when you come again!" Beside the bonfire, a man's hair was dyed with a few strands of silver. The frosty man smiled while drinking a bowl of wine in his mouth.
"Haha... You have to tell him about this, I can't make the decision!" Fang Houde, who was sitting next to the man, was also holding a bowl of wine, but one hand was completely made of a white metal.
"Dad, Uncle Yangping!" At this moment, a somewhat lazy voice came from outside the small courtyard.
"Oh, Zheng Zheng is here! Hurry, sit down and drink with uncle!" As soon as the man with a few strands of silver frost in his hair heard the voice, his eyes immediately lit up and he hurried out to greet him.
It is Zhang Yangping, the former deputy captain of the hunting team of Beishan Village and the current head of Beishan Village.
"Drinking with you? I don't want to... Hey, ingredients!" Outside the small courtyard, Fang Zhengzheng, wearing a blue coarse cloth gown, suddenly looked contemptuous after hearing Zhang Yangping's words, and threw a large bag of ingredients to Zhang Yangping. Hinata.
Zhang Yangping immediately held it with both hands, as if he had found a treasure, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.
"Hahaha... Zheng Zheng understands me!" Zhang Yangping quickly put away the ingredients, and then pulled Fang Zheng Zheng to sit down by the campfire: "Zheng Zheng, I have discussed this with your father, and everyone in the village agrees. , you will be the captain of this hunting team from now on!"
"Captain? Not the vice-captain?" Fang Zhengzheng asked curiously.
"Hude, look at you kid, hahaha... How could he be the vice-captain? He must be right! Also, don't run away all the time. After all, I am getting old too. Sooner or later, you will be responsible for some matters in the village. You need to be in contact!" Zhang Yangping laughed with a reproachful look on his face, but his eyes were secretly observing the changes in Fang Zhengzheng's expression.
"Uncle Yangping, don't you think about Brother Li?" Fang Zhengzheng's expression didn't change much, he just smiled slightly.
"That kid, how can he compare with you!" Zhang Yangping waved his hand.
"I admit that I can't compare to the upright brother, but I can't compare to you!" An unconvinced voice came from the stone house, and then, a sturdy young man walked out from inside, holding two coins in his hand. Large jug of wine.
"Oh, you brat, how dare you be stubborn like your father? Come on, let's compete today!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Yangping immediately stood up, took the wine bottle from the young man's hand, and was about to pour wine.
"Stop acting, Uncle Yangping! You know the purpose of my coming today!" Fang Zhengzheng looked at the people in front of him and curled his lips, feeling helpless.
"Haha..." Zhang Yangping smiled, with a bit of embarrassment on his face: "The old Taoist test is too difficult, and you have been studying by yourself these years. Look at those people in Nanshan Village, who have been studying for several years. No one has passed the Taoist examination in Fucheng!"
"Yes, Brother Upright! No matter how good you are, it's useless if you can't pass the literary test!" The sturdy young man next to him also advised at this time.
"Otherwise, wait another two years?" Zhang Yangping asked tentatively.
"If I remember correctly, what Uncle Yang Ping said two years ago seems to be the same, right?" Fang Zhengzheng walked to the bonfire, lightly touched the prey with his hand, and a large piece of meat came into his hands.
Put it in your mouth and bite it, your mouth will be full of oil.
"Although that is true, you have also seen that there have been several droughts in recent years. There are a lot less prey on Canngling Mountain, and the number of people in the village is growing..."
"That's why it's even more important to take the Taoist exam. As long as you pass it, you can be exempted from taxes!" Fang Zhengzheng interrupted what Zhang Yangping was going to say next.
"But it's impossible for you to pass the exam? The Taoist exam, from the county exam to the government exam, will take at least several months to complete. Once you leave, the village will probably..." Zhang Yangping showed worry.
"Uncle Yangping, here is a silver note, which is enough to support the village for a while!" After Fang Zhengzheng finished speaking, he took out a hundred-tael silver note from his arms and handed it over.
"Is this? One hundred taels?!" Zhang Yangping took the banknote handed over by Fang Zhengzheng with a puzzled look on his face, looked at it, and suddenly opened his mouth in disbelief.
"Hahaha... Actually, Brother Yangping, don't worry. I still have some inventory at home. If there is any difficulty in the village, just ask!" Fang Houde looked at the banknote in Zhang Yangping's hand, and then at Fang Zhengzheng, with a look on his face. Show a smile.
"Alas..." Zhang Yangping sighed.
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In the early morning of the next day, the news that Fang Zhengzheng was going to take the Taoist examination spread throughout Beishan Village like a strong wind. Every school and courtyard was talking about it, and it even spread like crazy in Nanshan Village across the mountain.
"Fang Zhengzheng is about to take the Taoist exam, did you know?"
"Then you don't know! I heard that in order to take the Taoist exam, Zhengzheng even left a one hundred tael silver note for the village!"
"One hundred taels? That's amazing!"
"But it's impossible to pass the Taoist exam, alas... But since Zhengzheng insists on wanting to see it, let's just take some time to see the world!"
"Of course I want to see the world! Otherwise, what will happen? Is it possible that I can still pass? Hahaha... If I can pass the Taoist exam through self-study, then I will eat all the pumpkins in my house right away!"
"Haha, there are thousands of kilograms of pumpkins in your pumpkin patch. Can you finish them all?"
"I promise to finish it in one day, hahaha..."