Gou Zai Xianwu Wenjing Search for Opportunities

The next morning.

Lin Yuan wore a light blue long robe with a cross-collar and wide sleeves, his hair was tied up with a net scarf, and he wore cloth shoes with a thousand-layer sole. This was a new set of scholar's blue robes that he had made, which was a few coins cheaper than his training clothes.

His light blue robe perfectly matched the image of a young scholar, exuding an air of refined elegance. This made the Hu family members smile and praise his good looks.

Lin Yuan and Hu Cai took the medicinal diet together, had breakfast, and went out together, one heading towards the pavilion and the other towards the small peach grove.

Lin Yuan arrived at the Carp Pavilion early; it was the first day of his shift, and he couldn't be late.

Inside the main hall, the head of the pavilion sat on the throne, with two assistant heads sitting on the left and right sides. The rest of the constables stood in rows, and two or three scribes also stood on either side.

Lin Yuan, as a scribe, held the lowest rank and stood at the back.

Outside the hall stood a full of guards. The eldest brother stood in the ranks of the guards, his eyes taking in Lin Yuan's light blue robe. The new clothes were handsome, and he had the air of a young master from the town. He stared blankly for a while, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his younger brother had grown up.

At this moment, the old soldier Zhang asked his elder brother to confirm his relationship with Lin Yuan. His elder brother nodded, and soon everyone around heard it, and they all looked on with envy.

After a while, Zhang, the village head, entered the hall from behind the screen, glanced at everyone, and said to Zhang, the clerk, "Take attendance!"

"Yes." Clerk Zhang immediately called out the names, and after that, he reported, "Chief, five people are missing today. Three are on business trips, and two others probably overslept... The county government sent a document yesterday, and two new recruits arrived today: Zhao Sheng, the thief catcher, and Lin Yuan, the clerk. According to the duties of the post in the post, they should be assigned to Li Tingzuo's command."

Zhang, the pavilion chief, glanced casually at Lin Yuan and Zhao Sheng, then at Li Shi. He knew about the Li family's change of title to Earl of Lishui Pavilion, and it was only a matter of time before the Li family took over Lishui Pavilion. Since the Zhang family had tacitly approved of this, he could do nothing about it.

I just didn't expect that after finally getting the position of head of the Lishui Pavilion, I would have to leave so soon. I suddenly felt tired and didn't want to care about anything anymore. I waved my hand listlessly.

"Let's call it a day!"

The crowd immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Lin Yuan and Zhao Sheng followed Li Shi into the west room, which was the office of the steward. Three constables also came with them.

The people in the west wing were Li Shi's core team, so even though Lin Yuan had just arrived, he was treated warmly by the bandits.

The group had recently done two business deals, and their relationship quickly warmed up.

"Brother Lin, you've come at the perfect time! From now on, we're all family!" one of the constables exclaimed.

"Let's have a couple of drinks tonight!"

"No problem."

Lin Yuan chatted with the others and arranged to have a small gathering at Chunfeng Tower that evening.

"Go about your own business," Li Shi dismissed the three constables, leaving only Lin Yuan and his companion.

"Nothing much to do today. If you two want to practice martial arts, go ahead. If you haven't eaten, have a simple meal at the pavilion's kitchen. From now on, you two should come in the morning to check in. If there's anything else, I'll make arrangements. If not, you two should go and practice your martial arts diligently, striving to reach the next rank as soon as possible!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Lin Yuan immediately bowed, then suddenly remembered something. "Senior Brother, now that I'm on a job, I'd like to learn a sword technique for protection. It'll make things easier when I take on business in the future!"

Li Shi praised, "You're right! Go find Brother Li Si and tell him I said so, and ask him to find you an instructor to teach swordsmanship. He can handle this in no time."

"Thank you, Senior Brother. Brother Zhao and Senior Brother Hu, why don't you learn together too?" Lin Yuan offered his help.

Zhao Sheng remained silent, but Li Shi was very pleased: "You should all go and learn from them. If you master them, I can save myself some trouble..."

Li Shi cut off the word "money" halfway through his sentence. It cost a lot of money to hire martial arts instructors from the Li family each time, otherwise they would not come. If Lin Yuan and the other two mastered the skills, he could get a smaller share.

He was happy to invest a little: "You just need to go find him and give him a message. I'm inviting him to have drinks at Miss Peony's place tonight."

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Lin Yuan bowed again.

"Alright, enough with the formalities. We're on the same side!"

"Okay!"

"You little brat!"

The two left the house.

Lin Yuan never expected that on his first day in office, he would simply slip away, and do so openly and honestly.

He then asked Zhao Sheng, "How's the food at the pavilion?"

"We have coarse flour steamed buns and rice porridge for breakfast and dinner, plus two salted radishes. For lunch, we have bean rice and two kinds of green vegetables, and we also have pickled vegetables. Do you want some? I'll take you there," Zhao Sheng said warmly.

Upon hearing that the food was so poor, Lin Yuan immediately lost his appetite: "Can the guards even eat it?"

"Of course not! But as long as you give Zhang the clerk in charge of the kitchen a little money, you can eat there. Of course, the village head can also put in a word... In the past, my uncle didn't eat at the pavilion, so I always ate his meals. Now I'm letting my cousins ​​take them."

"Then can my older brother collect my share too?"

"Sure, come on, I'll take you to find Clerk Zhang."

Lin Yuan and his companion immediately found Zhang the clerk, greeted him, and then sought out their elder brother, leading him to the kitchen.

"I've already eaten this morning. Why don't you take the food when I get it later, Erlu? I'll get more when you're not in the pavilion next time." The older brother didn't want to take away his younger brother's food.

"Don't worry about me, I have food at the Hu family's house." Lin Yuan didn't give him a chance to refuse.

The cook in the kitchen recognized Zhao Sheng and, upon learning that Lin Dalu was collecting Lin Yuan's meals on his behalf, didn't pay much attention. As long as he didn't collect too much, it wasn't a big deal.

The older brother immediately filled his bowl with rice and was about to leave, saying, "I'll take it to Dali. I noticed he's reluctant to spend money in town."

"Hmm." Lin Yuan nodded. His older brother had always been good to his younger siblings since they were little. Although he was a bit domineering, he was really there for them when something happened.

After leaving the Carp Pavilion, Zhao Sheng suddenly thought, "Uncle, if you want to ride a horse, I can teach you. Apart from those three good horses, we can ride all the others in the pavilion."

"This afternoon! I have to go to Little Peach Grove to practice martial arts this morning." Lin Yuan didn't want to fall behind in his martial arts training; his cultivation level was the most important thing.

Having said that, he stared at Zhao Sheng and said earnestly, "Are you going home, or are you coming with me to the Li residence?"

Zhao Sheng chuckled: "I'll practice at home!"

Seeing that he still wouldn't tell the truth and was just staring at him, making him feel guilty, Lin Yuan couldn't help but tug at the corner of his clothes, but didn't try to persuade him further: "Alright then, if you want to come with us someday, then come."

After the two parted ways, Lin Yuan hurried to the Li residence.

When they arrived at the small peach grove, Hu Cai and Wu Yong had already practiced twice. Lin Yuan immediately apologized and began to stand on the barricades to temper his body.

Although Hu Cai told Coach Hong that Lin Yuan had something to do in the morning, Coach Hong never cared about such reasons and would beat him fiercely whenever it was late.

After enduring the relentless beating of the whip and the torrential rain all morning, I devoted myself to tempering my body. Every day I felt like I was making a small step forward, and I was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

One can advance one step a day, and travel ten feet a month; without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles.

No wonder musclemen get more and more obsessed with training.

However, after each practice session, Lin Yuan was always helped out.

Just as they left the small peach grove, Lin Yuan suddenly said, "I told Tingzuo about learning swordsmanship, and he told us to go find Steward Li. Let's go ask him."

"Great!" Hu Cai exclaimed with delight.

Lin Yuan looked at Wu Yong: "Is Senior Brother Wu here?"

"I?"

"Come and take a look. If you're not satisfied, you can learn from the family's tradition." Hu Cai enthusiastically pulled Wu Yong along.

The three of them went to find Li Si.

There were no classes at the martial arts academy today, so Li Si didn't come; he was staying in the small courtyard of the mansion.

The three men went to his courtyard to pay their respects. They had done a business deal together last time, so their relationship was much closer than before.

Li Si invited the three men into the courtyard, served them tea, and listened to their requests, as well as Li Shi's offer of wine. He immediately beamed with joy.

"There are quite a few sword instructors in the manor, but most of them only teach some江湖 (jianghu) sword techniques. The truly good sword techniques are only taught by Instructor Wei and Sixth Uncle. However, they only teach their own disciples, not outsiders. My influence with these two won't help; I'll have to get Li Tingzuo to do it. But if you want to learn jianghu sword techniques, I can arrange it for you."

Li Si speaks the truth, doing what he can and explaining what he can't do.

Lin Yuan wasn't particularly fixated on superior sword techniques; he'd rather learn something usable first. It wouldn't be worthwhile to rely on connections for it. So, he looked at Hu Cai, who was also looking at him, and immediately said, "Then let's learn the Jianghu sword techniques!"

Li Si nodded and pondered for a moment: "The 'Firewood Chopping Technique' uses a large, heavy knife, held with both hands, and is powerful and vigorous."

The "Breaking Waves Sword Technique" uses a light sword, making it agile and nimble. It is a sword technique used on water and is frequently employed by heroes who excel in water combat.

The broadsword used in the "Horse-Slaying Saber Technique" is characterized by its wide, sweeping movements, somewhat similar to the "Taizu Long Fist"...