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　　 Su Chen passed by the breakfast stall near the Nancheng Gate and used the copper coin to buy three large chunks of coarse-grain steamed buns, but he was reluctant to eat it. He held it in his arms and said it when he was hungry.

　　 He left the gate of Gusu County and drove along the official road.

　　The official road is quite busy. There are endless streams of people riding high horses, wealthy people driving various luxury carriages, farm ox carts, and woodcutters who pick up firewood to drive the fair.

　　 Su Chen walked eagerly, drove three or four miles, and saw a big mountain from a distance. At the foot of the mountain, streams and lakes surrounded the villa.

　　 There are blue brick walls stretching halfway up the mountain to isolate the villa from the outside world. On the mountain, the attic courtyards of blue bricks and gray tiles overlap each other, occupying a small part of the mountain.

　　 This should be the Yaowang Villa that A Chou said.

　　 Su Chen couldn't help but exclaimed, this Yaowang Villa is really magnificent, almost catching up to the small Zhouzhuang, it is worthy of being one of the five big rivers and lakes gangs in Wu County.

　　 The houses of the squire and landlords in Zhouzhuang are not as good as this mountain villa. Joining this kind of big gang will definitely have a bright future.

　　 Su Chen is faintly visible, and hundreds of noisy people seem to surround the foot of the villa.

　　 Don’t always come to the Drug King Gang early in the morning, do you want to become a gang apprentice? With so many people, they don't know how many apprentices the Medicine King Gang is planning to recruit.

　　 Su Chen became anxious in his heart, and hurriedly rushed over.

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　　 Soon after Su Chen and A Chou left the backyard of Tianying Inn, another donkey cart hurriedly came out of the backyard and headed south of the city.

　　 "Drive, get it~!"

　　 The donkey broke the cart and ran fast on the official road outside the city.

　　 In the car seat eagerly drove the donkey cart, but it was Zhang Butcher, sitting in the wooden cart at the back was his fat son Zhang Tieniu.

　　 After butcher Zhang finished killing a pig, he asked the shopkeeper of the inn for a day off, saying that he would take his wife and son back to his mother's Zhouzhuang family.

　　 "Father, how did we get out of the city, didn't we go to Tianyingmen?"

　　 Zhang Tieniu was holding a hot big meat bun in both hands, gnawing his mouth, his mouth was greasy, and he finally found something wrong after he left the city gate. He was a little stunned and puzzled.

"You are stupid! The treasurer Wang's son will definitely be able to enter the Tianying Gate, at least he is also an outer disciple. If his son sees you followed into the Tianying Gate, he will not bully you to death! You are in Tianying. Does the door have a future? There are several big gangs in Wu Jun, so we don't have to enter the Tianyingmen."

　　 "That's right, it's still Dad's thoughtfulness!"

　　"Father thought and understood that this Yaowang Gang is no worse than Tianyingmen. The drug store in the county town, the manor and farm outside the city, which is less than Tianyingmen?

　　 If you can become an outer disciple of the King of Medicine, you will be able to become a big shopkeeper in a medicine shop for decades, and you will be in charge of dozens of people! Don't be like a dad anymore, being a lowly butcher, being yelled at by the nose. Although Lao Tzu is a butcher, Lao Tzu's son can also be a master. "

　　 Butcher Zhang thought of the shopkeeper Wang Da's face that yelled at him, so he was indignant, and he spitted fiercely.

　　 I think back then, the treasurer Wang Da was just a young man from the Tianying Inn, and he was no higher than Zhang Tufu, and he was proud of it.

　　 The great treasurer of the king can have the status of the current treasurer of the Tianying Inn, entirely because he later became the outer disciple of the Tianyingmen, and slowly developed, otherwise he would be the life of a buddy for his entire life.

　　He Zhang Tufu also wants his son Zhang Tieniu to become a disciple of the Wujun gang and become a master, so that he will be proud in the future.

　　 "Hey, dad! Who is that... the little fisherman from the countryside? Why did this kid come to the south too!"

　　 Zhang Tieniu screamed when he saw the figure of a young man in straw sandals on the road ahead after eating the big stuffed buns.

　　 Zhang Tieniu is a native of the county. He often bullies A Chou at the inn, and he also despises Su Chen, a small fisherman from Zhouzhuang.

　　 Butcher Zhang also saw Su Chen, and couldn't help slowing down the rein to catch up with the thin figure.

　　 Su Chen heard the sound of a donkey cart from behind, and quickly avoided. Looking back, he saw Zhang Tufu and his fat son driving the donkey cart on the road, and couldn't help being surprised.

　　 He and Zhang Tufu have known each other a long time ago, because Zhang Tufu’s mother-in-law is from Zhouzhuang, and they are both local folks and they often meet in Zhouzhuang.

　　 "Uncle Zhang, don't you want to go back to Zhouzhuang to give birth to relatives? Why did you come here?!"

　　 Su Chen was strange. He saw Zhang Tufu's awkward expression, then looked at the Yaowang Mountain Villa not far away, and suddenly woke up. Zhang Tufu said to the treasurer Wang that he would go home and save his relatives, but he actually wanted to bring his son to the Wang Gang.

　　 It seems that the ordinary people in Gusu County have the idea of ​​going to the gangs of the rivers and lakes and getting ahead. There are many people, and he is definitely not the only one.

"Oh, brother Chen! Ha, what a coincidence, the weather is good today, and I'm about to go back to Zhouzhuang. I heard the old head said that the Yaowang Gang is hiring people. Come and see the excitement by the way, huh! Chen! Brother, you also want to be an apprentice with the Medicine King. What a coincidence!"

　　 Butcher Zhang laughed, concealing his embarrassment.

　　 He didn't want to pay much attention to the little fisherman Su Chen. But thinking about his son and this little fisherman, if they all joined the Medicine King Gang and become the same brothers, they might be able to take care of each other a little bit, so they chattered a few more words.

　　 The remaining distance is not far, Su Chen chatted with Zhang Tufu and the big fat boy, and soon went outside the Yaowang Villa together.

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　　 There is a river surrounding the mountain outside Yaowang Mountain Villa, and only a 20-foot-long iron cable cold bridge can be crossed.

　　 The water of the stream under the bridge is not deep, but it is extremely icy.

　　 This chain bridge was originally paved with hundreds of large wooden boards, which was unremarkable and easy to live by.

　　 But now those wooden boards have been emptied, only a few bare chains connecting the two sides of the strait, which suddenly became steep, and the iron cable was frozen in the night, and it was extremely smooth.

　　 This is a natural barrier of Yaowang Villa.

　　 On the iron cable cold bridge, one man can guard the gate.

　　The four Tsingyi swordsmen of the Yaowang Gang were guarding the entrance of the chain bridge with arrogant expressions, with their hands crossed on their chests, looking at the many civilians gathered outside the villa.

　　The Yaowang Gang is one of the few powerful forces in the entire 13 counties of Wujun County. Naturally, it is not a small gang and a small force comparable. Even the gatekeepers and swordsmen of these villas are invisibly superior.

　　 The arrogant bureaucrats in the county town on weekdays have to be respectful and respectful in front of them, the medicine king’s help guardians, and they don’t dare to put on the air of officials.

　　 Ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, small gangs, and even less dare to run wild in front of the disciples of the Yaowang Gang.

　　 There are more newcomers who want to join the Yaowang Gang every year than the crucian carp who crosses the river.

　　 But the people who are full of numbers are turned away, not whoever wants to take refuge can take refuge. To practice martial arts, you need to be young and require a certain amount of aptitude.

　　The Medicine King Gang has strict rules for recruiting disciples. Only in the twelfth lunar month of each year, it recruits a group of potential teenagers between the ages of eight or nine to thirteen, and conducts careful training to become effective disciples of the gang.

Beside this chain bridge, there are squires and local tyrants from nearby towns, peasant tenants carrying hoes, poor talents shaking fans, and even a few ardent servants, all wanting their children to come to the King Gang, but Being stopped by this icy cable bridge, I couldn't go there, and I was extremely anxious beside the bridge.

　　 Su Chen hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, wanting to see what the adults were talking about.

A young swordsman saw that there were some newcomers one after another, and still did not understand how to pass the assessment, so he shouted to the crowd: "Dear folks, this railway bridge is an assessment test for this medicine king gang to recruit outside disciples. The outer disciples who want to become the King of Medicine Gang must climb this iron cable cold bridge with their bare hands before they can join the gang!

　　 Adults are not allowed to cross the bridge, only children under thirteen can climb this chain bridge. As long as you have climbed this chain bridge, you will be an outside disciple of your own gang. "

　　 The crowd of people gathered around listened, and their expressions were obviously excited, and they were all hustling, hoping that their children could cross the chain bridge.

　　 However, it is not so easy to pass the cold chain bridge.

　　 These chains are smooth, icy, with no effort, and they are twenty feet long, which consumes much energy.

　　 This also means that children who are too young and weak will definitely not be able to make it through. And the upper age limit is thirteen years old, and those older children are also excluded.

"My lord! It's freezing cold, and the iron ropes are all frozen, so I can't step on my feet. Ten-year-olds are weak, and wherever they can hold them, they accidentally stumble and fall into the river, even if they don’t freeze to death, they will suffer. An illness. This is too dangerous. Is there no other test to join the help?"

　　 Butcher Zhang worried that his son would fall into the river, squeezed to the front of the crowd, nodded and bowed to the cold and arrogant young swordsman, and asked kindly.

　　 "That's right! Adults don't dare to walk on this cold chain bridge, let alone children!"

　　 The people shouted in excitement.

"Huh, if you don't have the courage to take this risk, what would you talk about joining the Yaowang Gang?! My Yaowang helped the disciples travel through the rivers and lakes, with their heads hung on their belts. It can be a hundred times more dangerous than this iron cable cold bridge! Those who are afraid of death don't need to come to my medicine. Wang Gang. Besides, if you fall into the stream, the fisherman under the bridge will salvage and rescue him. It will freeze at most and you will definitely not die."

The young swordsman looked around the crowd, folded his hands on his chest, and sneered disdainfully: "Okay! Don't wait around here for the time. We recruit new apprentices for the twelfth lunar month this year. This is only three days. Today is the last day. You can't move forward in the evening. Zhuangzi Yes, just wait until next year. Those who dare not go on the bridge and go home, don't gather here to join in the fun!"

　　 Su Chen understood it now. If you want to become an outer disciple of the Medicine King Gang, you must climb over the iron cable cold bridge, otherwise you won't be able to enter the mountain gate.

　　 And there is not much time left, this is the last day.

　　 These chains, which are thicker than arms, are bare and unsteady. They are also frozen, UU reading www. uukanshu. Com is cold and smooth. You can only use both hands and feet to climb over.

　　 Su Chen looked at the iron cable bridge hanging from the ice and braving the cold. He was shocked and his hair was cold. Where would he dare to go up there, he wanted to see how other children passed by, so that he could learn some experience.

　　 Many adults and children in the people crowd arrived early in the morning, and they were blocked here and couldn't enter Yaowang Villa. Obviously, they were quite anxious.

　　 The fate of many young people here in the latter half of their lives is whether they will eventually become the envious disciples of the Yaowang Gang in the county town or be eliminated and return to the county town to become civilians. It all depends on whether this chain bridge can be climbed over.

　　 "Iron Niu, climb over! I will cook a big pig's foot for you!"

　　 Butcher Zhang gritted his teeth and turned his head to urge his fat son to climb the chain.

　　 "Okay, dad!"

　　 Zhang Tieniu suddenly drooled when he heard a pig's feet eaten, and nodded vigorously in excitement.

　　 Soon, with the encouragement of many parents, more than a dozen children between the ages of eight or nine to eleven or twelve came out. With a little timidity, they began to pluck up the courage to climb the chain bridge.

　　 A nine-year-old kid climbed halfway. It seemed that his hands were frozen. He couldn't grasp the cold chain, suddenly screamed, and fell into the valley several feet deep below.

　　 "Oh, be careful!"

　　 "Not good! I fell down, save him!"

　　 The crowd of people onlookers suddenly erupted in exclamation.

　　 When the four young swordsmen saw this, they all shook their heads indifferently and ignored them.

　　The iron cable cold bridge of Yaowang Mountain Villa, how can you enter casually. It must be vigorous and flexible, with sufficient strength in the hands and feet, and strong willed to endure the cold to have such a small chance to pass the test.

　　 If these conditions are not met, it is all about falling into the river and suffering for nothing, and cannot become an outer disciple of the Medicine King Gang.