Chapter 22

afternoon.

Xu Ning returned to taojiazhuang with the cut leopard fur.

Outside taojia village, I haven't got close yet.

Xu Ning suddenly saw a team galloping out of the taojia villa.

They wear black armour and black clothes, and wear short swords and long knives around their waist.

From a distance, their movements were neat and uniform, and their horses kept exactly the same speed.

At first glance, it gives people a strong sense of oppression.

"Is this... Black armor?"

Xu Ning looked puzzled.

The last time I followed Tao Yun into the city to escort the car, he saw a team of black armour guards.

Now goodbye, Xu Ning confirmed each other's identity at a glance.

"What did heijiawei do in taojiazhuang?"

The predecessor lived in taojiazhuang for several years and never saw the black armour guard come to the door.

"Is there something big happening recently?"

Xu Ning guessed and came to no conclusion.

Soon, he came to the fence gate at the gate of taojiazhuang.

There are guards in the villa patrolling and guarding back and forth.

"Xu Ning is back. What's the harvest this time?"

As soon as Xu Ning came over, a big man with a beard greeted him with a smile.

Xu Ning is about to leave the village and enter the mountain almost every other day. He has recognized his face with the guard at the door. In addition, the story of helping Tao Yungang defeat Zhan Sandao has spread. More and more people in the village have heard of and know him.

"I harvested a leopard skin."

Xu Ning also replied with a smile: "it's a pity that I shot several holes in the leopard skin with an arrow, and the products are quite different."

"That's also good. It's much better than those of us who stand guard."

The guard laughed, admiring Xu Ning in his tone.

Most of the guards patrolling and standing guard in taojiazhuang are ordinary people, and only a few have cultivated their external and internal skills.

Their daily work only plays a vigilant role, so they earn less.

"By the way, brother, I saw a team of people coming out of the villa just now. It looks like a black armour guard?"

Xu Ning listened.

"Yes, it's black armour."

The guard said, "we were all shocked when they came. We had never seen the black armor guard come to the door before. They said they wanted to see the clan leader, but we didn't dare to neglect it. We gave a notice and let them go when they were promised."

"What are black armour guards doing in the villa?"

Xu Ning asked.

"I don't know..."

The guard shook his head, obviously unclear.

"Well..."

Xu Ning heard the speech and stopped questioning.

After a short gossip, Xu Ning went directly to the hunting shop in the village and sold the leopard skin.

……

Old clan hall.

At this time, nearly ten people were sitting in the hall.

They all look very old. The youngest one has half silver hair on his head.

Everyone seems to have their own aura. They are obviously good martial arts players.

These people are the top decision-making members of taojiazhuang and the elders of Taoshi.

"It's all here?"

Sitting on the top is a hale and hearty old man.

Although it was early winter, he still wore a thin shirt, and the forearm exposed from the cuffs still had an obvious muscle contour.

He is the contemporary patriarch of taojiazhuang, Tao Jingxing.

"It's all here."

The old people sitting below were sitting upright and looked at Tao Jingxing.

"I called you here to tell you something."

Tao Jingxing's voice was not loud, but he brought his own pressure: "just now, in Kangyun County, heijiawei Du Wei Xia Yuanxing came to the village and met me."

"Black armour Wei Xia's journey?"

The elders at the bottom were surprised and calm.

Obviously, some people already know that the black armor guard has been here, while others have not heard of it yet.

"Patriarch, what is Xia Yuanxing doing here?"

Tao Jing Road is the opening.

He had previously given Xu Ning and others the spring wind formula, the internal skill method.

When Tao Jinglu said this, everyone listened attentively.

Although some people knew that the black armour guard had been here, Xia Yuanxing only saw Tao Jingxing. The specific content of their communication has not been revealed.

Tao Jingxing didn't answer immediately. He rubbed his fingers, paused, and then said, "Xia Yuanxing said that heijiawei wants to select new people in our taojiazhuang."

Selecting new people in taojiazhuang?

"This..."

All the people looked stunned when they heard this.

They looked at each other and looked at Tao Jingxing again.

"Clan leader, didn't heijiawei never recruit people in our local area? Why did he suddenly change his mind?"

The speaker was a bald old man with a white beard on his chin.

When they heard this, they also followed the bald old man's words.

After the fall of the former dynasty, each state capital fought on its own, and there were disputes among the state capitals, sects and aristocratic families.

Finally, three decades ago, yuanshengzong rose rapidly, subdued the sectarian families in Feiyun Prefecture, and became the real helmsman of Feiyun Prefecture.

Subsequently, yuanshengzong established black armour guards in Yunying City, the capital of the state, and assigned them to stationed in all parts of Feiyun Prefecture. He controlled the jurisdiction of all parts through the form of army and became a de facto ruler.

In the past 30 years, the black armour guards in Kangyun county have also been rotated, but the rotating members are all expatriates, and no one in the local area has entered them.

The reason is clear to everyone.

After ending the chaos in Feiyun Prefecture and realizing unification, in order to maintain the independence after entering all places, heijiawei will not be infiltrated and won over by the local giants, and will draw a clear line with the local giants.

Taojiazhuang, as an old force in Kangyun County, has always been guarded by black armour guards.

However, there is also a tacit understanding between the two. Heijiawei never bullies taojiazhuang, but taojiazhuang also tries to listen to orders.

Not only taojiazhuang, but also Song Jiazhuang and Tan Jiazhuang, two other big Zhuangzi in Kangyun county.

However, the balance between the two in the past 30 years has been broken by what Tao Jingxing just said.

If someone in taojiazhuang enters heijiawei, the boundary between the two will be weakened, and heijiawei will be officially integrated with local forces.

"When Xia Yuanxing informed me of this, I also felt sudden."

Facing the questioning of other ethnic elders, Tao Jingxing explained: "Xia Yuanxing didn't directly say the reasons. He just said that the situation was unstable before and it was inconvenient to recruit black armor guards locally. Now the time is ripe. It's time to tap our local talents."

"Patriarch, what are the selection conditions for the black armour guard this time? How many people will be selected?"

Then an old woman with gray hair asked.

Her face was wrinkled and looked very old, but she still had a shrewd micro awn in her slightly narrowed eyes.

The old woman's name is Tao Jingfang. She is the oldest and the only female among the taojiazhuang elders.

She was unmarried all her life. It can be said that she devoted her life to taojiazhuang.

"Sister Jingfang."

Even the patriarch Tao Jingxing was polite to Tao Jingfang: "Xia Yuanxing said that they would select 20 people in taojiazhuang. The selection conditions are very broad, that is, to pull the best young people over the age of 14 and under the age of 18 into heijiawei."

"The best young man between the ages of 14 and 18?"

Tao Jingfang's face changed a little: "this is to dig away all the young backbone of our taojiazhuang."

"How can this work?"

Tao Jinglu hurriedly said, "give our talents to heijiawei. What about taojiazhuang? The future of taojiazhuang lies in these young people."

Tao Jinglu's words aroused the support of all the elders present.

Facing the excited elders, Tao Jingxing frowned and his voice was cold: "silence!"

After a short time, the noisy old clan hall suddenly quieted down.

Tao Jingxing's majesty and power as a patriarch are fully demonstrated at this moment.

Seeing that everyone's mood was slightly calmed down, Tao Jingxing's tone became calm: "everyone, I understand your mood. After I said this in the early summer, I was also angry."

"But then he made a promise to me." Tao Jingxing continued, "Xia Yuanxing said that after my Taoshi son-in-law enters heijiawei, he can enjoy the right to stay in Kangyun County forever; moreover, after the selected person reaches the age of 40, he can decide whether to stay in heijiawei or return to taojiazhuang."

"That's OK!"

After hearing Tao Jingxing's subsequent explanation, all the elders of the clan were in front of them.

Although the young people in the village join the black armour guard, they will not leave the local because of the transfer, so they will always stay in Kangyun county.

Moreover, after the age of 40, the selected can decide whether to stay or not. When someone leaves heijiawei and returns to taojiazhuang, he can still become the backbone of the village and lead the development and progress of taojiazhuang.

From this point of view, the selection of heijiawei in taojiazhuang seems acceptable.