The place in front of me is an inn, and there is a copper signboard hanging on the first floor, with the words "to and from the guest house" on it.

Xiao Er had already driven a few carriages to the side courtyard to settle down, and everyone followed a middle-aged man who looked like a steward into the building.

The building is spacious, the tables and chairs are neatly arranged, and it can accommodate dozens of people at the same time. At this time, there were already two or three guests on the table, and from time to time there were attendants who came over with wine and food, and the smell of food filled the hall, and He Fatzi smelled the fragrance and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Goo!"

Everyone is proud of the academy, they are extremely concerned about their own image on weekdays, they pay more attention to their words and deeds, although they are hungry, they will not be as rude as him, they all do not squint, follow the steward to the window seat, separate the two tables, and sit down separately.

He Fatzi, Cheng Xiaoxi, Shangguan Li, and Yang Yamei sat at the same table as a matter of course, and two other young men were also with them.

These two people, one named "Wu Yi" and the other named "Luo Chong", are not very close to Zuo Yulin, and even deliberately keep their distance, presumably they are also high-minded people, and they can't get used to Zuo Yulin's arrogant style of seeing no one in his eyes.

After taking his seat, Cheng Xiaoxi lowered his head slightly, propped his elbows on the table, holding his dark yellow spirit yuan in both hands, his eyes were blank, he had no focus, and he didn't know what to remember. He Fatzi took a look at it and knew his mind, so he could only go.

The meals were put on the table one after another, very rich, there were more than ten kinds of food, and everyone said the word "please" to each other, and began to enjoy it.

Shangguan Li has been thinking about Cheng Xiaoxi, and in the face of this table of food, she, like Cheng Xiaoxi, has no interest.

She dipped her chopsticks in the tea as a pen, and wrote on the table one by one, Cheng Xiaoxi also looked over, only to see that between breaths, the word "love" appeared on the wooden table.

Shangguan Li pursed her eyebrows, not very satisfied with her "love" word, but the wooden chopsticks were too upright, and she couldn't be mellow when she put the pen away, which made the last hook look particularly stiff.

She opened her mouth, and her voice was serious and affirmative: "Tonight, I will take you where you want to go." ”

Cheng Xiaoxi was still staring at the word, recalling the past events in Longquan Mountain in his heart, his thoughts were flying, his thoughts were full of feelings, and when he heard Shangguan Li's words, his body stood up involuntarily.

From the day of the discussion to the present, he finally spoke, and his pupils regained their brilliance, but the voice sounded cold and piercing: "Good!"

Shangguan Li listened to his voice, her brows furrowed even more, and after a while, she put the food on it, filled it with a bowl, and pushed it in front of Cheng Xiaoxi: "If you don't eat, then you won't go!"

Cheng Xiaoxi looked at her carefully, her face was expressionless, Shangguan Li did not retract her hand, she still maintained the posture just now, and her fingers were still against the bowl full of food. This silence lasted for half a moment, and then Cheng Xiaoxi blinked his eyelids, stretched out his hand, picked up the bowl, and ate it silently.

When night fell, a kind of silence gradually swept the heavens and the earth, and Rock City was no exception, gradually darkening, only the dim butter lamps of every household were still fighting against the night.

The bustle outside the window faded, and the noisy rock city finally cooled down, and most of the people lay down on the beds and closed their eyes.

Tonight, they will spend the whole night healing the wounds they suffered yesterday, and they will not have the courage to face a new life until they wake up tomorrow morning.

Cheng Xiaoxi followed Shangguan Li out of the window on the second floor and continued to walk towards Tongling Avenue.

Originally, He Fatzi also wanted to come out with him, but because his body was too fat, he couldn't climb the half-person-high windowsill, so he could only stay in the guest room, eating the spirit fruit to calm his mood, while watching the two disappear in the dark.

The curfew in Rock City is very strict, and no one is allowed to go out every day from midnight. From time to time, there are guards patrolling and walking in the streets and alleys of the city, crossing back and forth, holding sharp weapons to deter people with ulterior motives, and invisibly improving the security environment in the city.

Cheng Xiaoxi cautiously followed behind Shangguan Li, smelling the faint fragrance wafting in front of him, dodging around like this, and after another half an hour, the two finally stopped outside a mansion.

This is where the "Chengfu" of Rock City is located!

It's just that today's family has long since lost its former glory, not to mention that no one comes to flatter him, and even the big "Chengfu" in front of him is surrounded by heavy soldiers and isolated from the world.

With such a tight defense, I am afraid that I can only return in vain tonight, and I will definitely not be able to enter the "Chengfu".

Looking at the two big characters of "Chengfu", a sour and sad heart-wrenching feeling went straight to his heart, Cheng Xiaoxi's eyes gradually blurred, and endless sadness poured into it.

......

The young man in front of him has not been in high spirits for the past few days, and after arriving at the "Rock City", he is even more depressed, unable to sleep and eat, and now he is blocked from his home and is not allowed to enter.

Shangguan Li pondered for a long time, so she comforted him in a wide voice: "It seems that everyone in your family is only confined in this mansion, and there should be no danger to your life, if there is really a situation, why bother to besiege it so hard." ”

Or the persuasion worked, Cheng Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly glowed again, Shangguan Li's analysis was very reasonable, and Cheng Xiaoxi's heart finally let go and accepted the result.

"Then let's go back!"

Finally, after taking a deep look at the gate of "Chengfu", Cheng Xiaoxi turned his body, his depression decreased slightly, and hope rose again in his heart, and he raised his steps and walked towards the way he came.

Shangguan Liwan smiled, and somehow she was happy for Cheng Xiaoxi in her heart, but such a beautiful scenery was buried in the night, and no one could see it.

She nodded and said crisply, "Good!"

After thinking about it for so many years, I finally came to "Chengfu" in person tonight, and I got a piece of news that was not the worst, Cheng Xiaoxi walked faster and faster, and his steps became much lighter.

Flipping into the "guest house" again, the two said goodbye and went back to their rooms.

The senior brother was still waiting for him in the house, sitting next to the oil lamp, looking listless, just like he had touched before Chengxiaoxi.

Two fist-sized spirit fruits were placed on the table, this was supposed to be his snack tonight, but he was worried, where was he still in the mood to enjoy it.

The door was wide open, and Cheng Xiaoxi walked in directly, closing the door with his backhand.

He Fatzi hurriedly stepped forward and asked eagerly, "How?"

Cheng Xiaoxi turned around, came to the table, grabbed one of the spirit fruits, and ate it in three or two clicks, even chewing the kernel and swallowing it.

The hunger and thirst were slightly quenched, and I saw Cheng Xiaoxi dragging up the wooden chair and sitting in front of the senior brother in a hurry, the face that should have been gloomy and dull showed a rare ray of sunlight at this moment: "It's just that I am imprisoned in the mansion, there should be no danger......

He Fatzi listened carefully and couldn't help but be excited, he asked Cheng Xiaoxi in detail about the scene he saw, and finally came to the same conclusion as Shangguan Li.

This is the luck in misfortune, Cheng Xiaoxi did not dare to ask for more, and secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that this situation would continue to be maintained until one day, there would be other turnarounds.

Tonight, the two brothers still slept on the same bed.

Unlike a few days ago, Cheng Xiaoxi's heart knot was untied, and he slept very sweetly, and He Fatzi didn't have to suppress himself, and snored freely.

......

"Pack up and go downstairs for breakfast!"

In the early morning of the second day, it was still the same teaching, and the same sound of urging to get up.

Today, they are going to the "Wuling Temple" to join the young talents of the Central Plains who have been waiting for a long time, and then set off together to go to the Northland Wasteland.

At breakfast time, the two teachers gathered everyone and carefully explained to them how to interact with the talents of the Central Plains, for fear that everyone would be young and frivolous, and they would not know how to restrain themselves, and offend the "temple" Tianwei, thus affecting the delicate relationship between the Central Plains and southern Xinjiang, but I don't know how many people listened to it.

"Wuling Academy", the first academy in China, is located ten miles away from the east gate of "Rock City", on a high mountain called "Wuling".

This mountain is located on the plain, I don't know how it was formed in the first place, as if it was uprooted from the ground, and it is a unique peak!

The peak is thousands of feet high, covering dozens of miles, and there are steep cliffs in front of and behind the mountain, like a knife and axe splitting the general.