Afternoon.

Xu Ning returned to Taojiazhuang with the cut leopard fur.

Walking outside Taojiazhuang, I haven't gotten close yet.

Xu Ning suddenly saw a group of people racing out of Taojiazhuang.

They were wearing black armor and black clothes, with short swords and long swords on their waists.

From a distance, they were in a uniform movement, with the horses under them, and their speed of traveling was completely consistent.

When you look at it, you will feel a strong sense of oppression.

"Is this...Black Armored Guard?"

Xu Ning's puzzled expression.

Last time he followed Tao Yun into the city to escort the car, he met a team of black armored guards.

Now seeing each other again, Xu Ning confirmed the other party’s identity at a glance.

"What are Heijiawei doing when he comes to Taojiazhuang?"

My predecessor lived in Taojiazhuang for several years and had never seen a black armored guard visit.

"Has something big happened recently?"

Xu Ning guessed in his heart and could not draw any conclusions.

Soon, he arrived at the fence gate at the entrance of Taojiazhuang.

Here are the guards in the village patrol and stand guard.

"Xu Ning is back, what else can I gain this time?"

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

Xu Ning was about to leave the village and enter the mountain almost the next day. He had already recognized his appearance with the guard at the door. In addition, the story of assisting Tao Yungang to defeat Zhan Sandao before spreading, and more and more people in the village had heard about and knew him.

"Harve a leopard skin."

Xu Ning also responded with a smile: "It's just a pity that I shot several holes in this leopard skin with an arrow, and the quality is quite different."

"That's not bad, it's much better than those of us who stand guard."

The guard laughed, his tone of envy for Xu Ning.

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

Their daily work is just a warning role, so they earn less.

"By the way, brother, I just saw a team of people coming out of the village, and it looked like they were black armored guards?"

Xu Ning inquired.

"Yes, it's the Black Armored Guard."

The guard said, "We were all shocked when they came here. We had never seen the black armored guards coming to the door before. They said they wanted to see the patriarch, but we didn't dare to neglect them. After a notice, we let them go after receiving the reply."

"What are the Heijiawei and others doing in the village?"

Xu Ning asked.

"I don't know this..."

The guard shook his head, obviously not clear.

“Um…”

Xu Ning stopped asking questions after hearing this.

After a few more gossips, Xu Ning went directly to the hunting shop in the shop and sold the leopard skin.

...

The clan’s old hall.

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

They look very old, the youngest, with half a head of silver hair on their heads.

Everyone seems to have their own aura, and they are obviously good at martial arts.

These people are the highest decision-making members of Taojiazhuang and the elders of the Tao family.

"All of them are here?"

Sitting in the upper position is an energetic old man.

Although it was early winter, he was still wearing a thin shirt, and his forearms exposed on his cuffs also had a distinct muscle outline.

He is the contemporary patriarch of Taojiazhuang, Tao Jingxing.

"All are here."

The clan elders sitting below sat upright, all their eyes facing Tao Jingxing.

"I want to tell you something."

Tao Jingxing's voice was not loud, but it had a strong aura: "Just just now, the Black Armor Guard Commander Xia Yuanxing came to the village and met me."

"Black armored guard Xia traveled far away?"

When the clan elders below heard this, some were surprised and some were calm.

Obviously some people already know that the Black Armor Guard has come, while some people have not heard of this yet.

"Class leader, what are Xia Yuanxing doing?"

The opening is Tao Jinglu.

He had previously given Xu Ning and others the Spring Breeze Skill of Internal Power.

As soon as Tao Jinglu said this, everyone listened in a slant.

Although some clan elders knew that the Black Armored Guard had been here, Xia Yuanxing only saw Tao Jingxing alone, and the specific content of the two's communication had not been revealed yet.

Tao Jingxing did not answer immediately. He stroked his fingers, paused, and then said, "Xia Yuanxing said that the Black Armor Guards are going to select newcomers in my Taojiazhuang."

Select newcomers in Taojiazhuang?

"this……"

When all the clan elders heard this, they looked shocked.

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

"Class leader, haven't the Black Armored Guards never recruit people from our local area? Why did they suddenly change their minds?"

The person who spoke was a bald old man with a white beard on his chin.

After hearing this, everyone also asked questions with the bald old man's words.

After the destruction of the previous dynasty, the various prefectures and prefectures fought on their own, and there were disputes between the prefectures, sects and families.

Finally, thirty years ago, the Yuansheng Sect quickly rose, subdued the sects and families in Feiyunzhou, and became the real helmator of Feiyunzhou.

Subsequently, the Yuanshengzong established a black armored guard in Yunying City, the capital of the prefecture, and was assigned to various places in Feiyun Prefecture. He controlled the jurisdiction of various places through military means and became the de facto ruler.

During the thirty years, the Black Armored Guards in Kangyun County also had rotations, but the rotation members were all sent from abroad, and no local people entered it.

Everyone knows the reason.

After the chaos in Feiyunzhou and the unification of the unification, the Black Armored Guards will not be infiltrated and attracted by local tyrants after entering various places, and will all draw a clear line with local tyrants.

As a veteran force in Kangyun County, Taojiazhuang has been guarding against black armor guards before.

However, there is also a tacit understanding between the two. The Black Armored Guard never oppresses Taojiazhuang, but if there is a order, Taojiazhuang will also obey it.

Not only Taojiazhuang, but also the other two large villages in Kangyun County, Songjiazhuang and Tanjiazhuang.

However, the balance between the two in the past thirty years was broken by Tao Jingxing's words just now.

If someone in Taojiazhuang enters the Black Armored Guard, the boundary between the two will fade, and the Black Armored Guard will also officially integrate with the local forces.

"When Xia Yuanxing informed me about this, I also felt suddenly."

Faced with the questioning of other elders, Tao Jingxing explained: "Xia Yuanxing didn't say directly about the reason. He just said that the situation was unstable before and it was inconvenient to recruit black armor guards locally. Now the time is ripe, and it is time to discover our local talents."

"Clan leader, what are the conditions for the selection of the black armored guards this time? How many people are there to be selected?"

At this time, an old woman with gray hair asked.

Her face was full of wrinkles and looked very old, but her slightly narrowed eyes still had a slight brilliance.

The old woman is named Tao Jingfang. She is the oldest among the Taojiazhuang clan and the only female clan.

She never married in her life, and it can be said that she devoted her whole life to Taojiazhuang.

"Sister Jingfang."

Even the clan leader Tao Jingxing was very polite to Tao Jingfang: "Xia Yuanxing said that they wanted to select twenty people in Taojiazhuang. The selection conditions were very broad, which was to pull the best young people in our Taojiazhuang, over 14 years old and under 18 years old, into the Black Armor Guard."

"The best young man from fourteen to eighteen?"
To be continued...