Gatekeeper of all realms

Chapter 213 Is this even possible?
The surrounding environment gradually became clear.

The white walls were covered in dirty black dust, the house was in tatters, and in some places there were not even tiles.

It had rained not long ago, and the ground in the yard was immediately covered with mud when I stepped on it.

In the shabby yard, a large wooden sign leaned against the wall, with two words written on it:
"Conscription."

A fat, big-eared man sat behind the desk, wearing an official uniform and with sweat all over his brow.

"Hurry up, everyone!"

He shouted impatiently, threw a wooden stick to the thin man across the table and waved his hand to signal him to leave.

There were two words written on the wooden sign:
"Hard labor."

The thin man took the wooden stick, cried a few times, and turned and left helplessly.

The fat man adjusted his official hat, glared and shouted:
"Come up one by one so I can see you. Hurry up and don't waste my time!"

Everyone looked at each other.

However, before anyone could come forward, the fat official changed his tone and said with a smile:
"That young lady, why were you sent here too?"

"Come here, let me take a good look at you. Maybe I will be merciful and spare you the job."

Everyone followed his gaze.

——But it was Xiao Mengyu.

There is no way. A girl like her is in the best time of her youth and has a stunning appearance. Standing in the crowd, she is like a banished fairy fallen into the mortal world, too eye-catching.

Xiao Mengyu curled the corners of his mouth slightly, walked forward and stood in front of the tall desk.

"Name?"

"Xiao Mengyu."

“Do you have any other talents?”

"Have."

"Come, follow me into the room, and I will test your talents."

Clang!
With a flash of the sword, the man's official uniform and clothes were cut into two pieces, revealing his chest.

The sword was pointed at his heart.

The man was about to shout, but was interrupted by Xiao Mengyu:

"Don't scream - if you scream, I will gently thrust the sword into your heart and you will die."

Beads of sweat dripped down the man's face, his face was full of fear, and he nodded repeatedly.

"Do you think I should be a slave?"

Xiao Mengyu asked.

The man shook his head quickly.

"Do you still want to test my talent?" Xiao Mengyu's voice became softer.

The man didn't dare to move, but shook his head even more happily.

He picked up another bundle of wooden sticks on the table, pulled out one of them and threw it to Xiao Mengyu.

Everyone looked closely and saw two words written on the wooden sign:

"Soldier."

There were only two kinds of wooden sticks on the table, one meant "hard labor" and the other meant "soldier".

——In short, Xiao Mengyu has escaped from hard labor.

She picked up the wooden "soldier" stick on the table and said with a smile: "If I see you embarrass any woman, I will kill you, no matter what official you are. Do you understand?"

The man nodded again.

Only then did Xiao Mengyu put away the wooden stick, turned around and walked out of the yard.

Only then did the man let out a shout and crawled into the house behind.

The students started talking about it.

Nangong Sirui glanced at Shen Ye and asked, "Are you going to do the same thing later?"

"I don't know." Shen Ye said.

"Hmph, if it were me, I would just kill that guy directly. That way, I would become a notorious bandit, which would be quite fun." Nangong Sirui said.

——Teacher Dong asked to be freed from hard labor, so killing officials naturally was not hard labor.

"Kill him for me to see." Shen Ye pointed forward.

Nangong Sirui looked over and saw another official walking out of the house and sitting down at the table.

"Okay, let's move on, the next one comes up."

The official said grimly.

Zhang Xiaoyi took a step forward.

"Go away, hard laborer." The official threw out a wooden stick.

"Look carefully, I should not be a hard laborer." Zhang Xiaoyi smiled and put something on the table.

When everyone looked, they saw it was an ingot of silver.

God knows where he got this silver!

The official immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly: "He is a promising talent. Come on, change this, go ahead!"

He took the sign for "hard labor" and gently placed the sign for "soldier" on the table.

"Thank you, sir!"

Zhang Xiaoyi took the wooden stick and turned away.

"Hey, why are you bribing?" Guo Yunye grabbed him and said angrily.

Zhang Xiaoyi said something in his ear and then walked out of the yard.

Guo Yunye was stunned for a moment, but he was no longer angry and even had a smile on his face.

When someone asked him, he whispered:

"The official had the silver on him. Ayi took the silver and bribed him."

The official over there shouted again:

"Next!"

This time it's Shen Ye's turn.

Shen Ye walked forward, stood behind the table, and asked directly:

"Can you choose soldiers by spending money?"

"Nonsense!" The official glared at him. "That boy has shifty eyes. How can you compare with him?"

A wooden skewer was thrown over.

Soldier's signature.

"I see that you have a long sword on your waist and look very imposing. You must be a good fighter in the battlefield - go ahead!" said the official.

Everyone looked at each other.

Shen Ye was also a little confused.

But now that we have passed the test——

He picked up the soldier's sign, saluted the official, turned and walked out of the yard.

"I see," Nangong Sirui whispered, "You have a sword on your waist. How can ordinary people in this era afford such a sword? Xiao Mengyu attacked you again before, so the official is afraid that you have other identities, and he will suffer if there is a commotion."

Everyone was stunned.

Only Shen Ye lowered his head and walked forward silently.

A faint light appeared, gathering into small words: "Today's 'free meal' has been used."

"——Without paying any price, you have become a formal soldier."

Ok.

...That's fine actually.

Outside the yard.

Xiao Mengyu and Zhang Xiaoyi are waiting.

"Huh? According to Teacher Dong's request, you have been freed from hard labor and can now leave get out of class." Shen Ye asked.

Hearing this, the two pointed to the ground together.

Shen Ye looked down and saw a line of words written on the ground:

"Getting rid of hard labor is only the minimum requirement. It barely meets the class requirement of 60 points. You must continue to find ways to obtain a higher status."

...Okay, let's wait a little longer.

"When did you steal the official's money?" Shen Ye asked curiously.

"While you were queuing there, I slipped out of the yard and walked around. I happened to see someone bribing the official at the back door. When he came into the room to drink tea, I took an ingot." Zhang Xiaoyi said.

"You're collecting intelligence as soon as you arrive. That's good!" Shen Ye gave him a thumbs up.

After a while.

The students passed the test one after another.

Only a very small number of students failed, including Guo Yunye.

Zhang Xiaoyi was anxious, and he stepped forward and grabbed Guo Yunye's collar, shouting:
"Hey, what are you doing? If it doesn't work, beat him up."

Guo Yunye felt a little ashamed and lowered his head and said:

"Didn't perform well."

Shen Ye also felt strange, and suddenly saw Zhou Heng coming out of the yard——

He seemed to be behind Guo Yunye.

"Zhou Heng, let me ask you, why did Yun Ye fail?" Shen Ye said.

Zhou Heng shook his head and said, "He heard that hard laborers can eat as much as they want without any limit on meals every day, so he hesitated and didn't perform well."

Everyone looked at Guo Yunye.

"No, no, I really didn't perform well." Guo Yunye waved his hands quickly.

Nangong Sirui waved his fan and said leisurely:
"The convicts have no meat to eat, but the soldiers have meat."

Guo Yunye let out an "ah" and raised his head, his face full of regret.

——You just want to eat!

Everyone thought silently in their hearts.

Soon, the hard laborers were left behind while the others were asked to head up the mountain.

Everybody set off.

It took about a quarter of an hour.

"Hey, are you the new recruits in this batch?"

Someone shouted.

Following the sound,

On the hillside, several soldiers surrounded a man dressed as an officer and looked over here.

Everyone, look at me, and I'll look at you.

"Ouch! Who kicked me!"

Zhang Xiaoyi shouted and staggered out of the team.

Those people immediately looked at Zhang Xiaoyi.

Zhang Xiaoyi had no choice but to step forward and say:
"Yes, we are the new recruits in this batch."

The officer stared at him and nodded, saying, "You are a hard-working person, so you should be a sapper. Come, give me the tools and report to the excavation site on the mountain."

Zhang Xiaoyi looked bitter.

Had I known this——

Why do you want to be the leader and become a squad leader?

"Go quickly, or you will be punished by military law!"

The soldier next to the officer shouted.

Zhang Xiaoyi had no choice but to go.

"Come here one by one, I will assign tasks according to your abilities." The officer said again.

Nangong Sirui stood out from the crowd and was the first to stand out.

He threw a jade pendant to the other party.

The officer took one look and nodded, "A disciple of the Nangong family? If I let you mine, I won't have to work tomorrow - go to the pavilion over there and wait."

Everyone gasped.

This was thousands of years ago!
In other words, thousands of years ago, the Nangong family was already a prominent family of this era!

Nangong Sirui did not say anything. He bowed to the officer and walked leisurely to the pavilion opposite. He fanned himself and picked up a cup of tea to drink.

"Next!"

the officer shouted.

The students all turned their eyes to Shen Ye and Xiao Mengyu.

These are the top three in the exam!

Xiao Mengyu took the lead and stepped forward, bowing and saying:
"Your Excellency, I am good at fencing."

"Oh?" The officer showed interest. "Try fighting with my personal soldiers."

A soldier came out holding a spear.

Xiao Mengyu went to meet him with a sword in hand.

"start!"

The spear thrust.

Xiao Mengyu swung his sword to block, took a step forward, and lightly pressed the sword against the opponent's neck.

An understatement.

"Thank you." Xiao Mengyu put away his sword.

The officer clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Simplifying the complex? Your swordsmanship has reached the top. Take this badge and go to the pavilion over there and wait!"

"Yes!" Xiao Mengyu put away the badge and was about to leave reluctantly.

She glanced at Shen Ye secretly.

Shen Ye had no choice but to step forward and bowed:
"grown ups--"

Before he could finish his sentence, the officer interrupted him:

"Well, I see that you are handsome, extraordinary, talented, elegant, and graceful. You can go." The officer waved his hand.

Silence fell.

The students looked at each other in shock for a moment.

this--

Is this okay? ? ?
(End of this chapter)