Late at night, Xia Lie called Xia Dongping to the study.

On weekdays, several sons fight openly and secretly, and he sees them all, but he never intervenes.

Because he knew that only by maintaining this tense state could the Xia family rise to the occasion.

However, when encountering difficulties or expansion, Xia Lie hopes that everyone can be twisted into a rope.

Therefore, he needs to admonish the beating at the right time, which is a means of being the head of the household.

"Dongping, you only have the Xia family in your eyes, is it just Muhe City?"

Xia Lie asked this, which made his son a little puzzled.

Xia Lie continued: "Pattern, pattern determines success or failure. Whether it's you or Dongcheng, you'll all end up in front of Jindan. My Xia family has been in this situation for hundreds of years, but every generation is in this situation. Just like the sun, the sunrise and sunset never change. ”

"Do you think the same is true for the Xia family in the future?"

Xia Dongping was shocked, he seemed to know what his father was going to say.

"Getting out of Muhe City is the first step. ”

Xia Dongping said: "Wouldn't this be too risky?" ”

Xia Lie laughed: "Then improve the strength of the Xia family, if we have a hundred True Yuan Realm cultivators, can't we still be worthy of one Jindan Realm?"

"Father..." Xia Dongping's heart was agitated.

Once upon a time, he had such lofty ambitions.

But reality is never soft, it will crush anyone's will, throw it to the ground and step into the dirt.

Xia Lie said: "Don't fight with Dongcheng. Once this matter is done, I am afraid that Muhe City will be too small in the future. ”

"Yes!" the child remembered. ”

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Due to its location, Muhe City is divided into four urban districts: southeast, northwest and northwest.

Qingyang College is located in the southernmost part of Muhe City, and the hill where Minglu is located not far from it is regarded as a dividing ridge inside and outside Muhe City.

To the north is Muhe City, and to the south is a cliff.

Looking south from Minglu, there is a village twenty or thirty miles away from the cliff.

The villagers here go to Muhe City to resell some grain and vegetables on weekdays in exchange for necessary daily necessities.

In order to make a living, some people will go to the mountains to dig some medicinal herbs.

Luo Shun is such a herb picker.

Since he was ten years old, he went up to the mountains with his father to collect medicine. The village is surrounded by dozens of miles of mountains and forests, full of the footprints of father and son.

The trade of collecting herbs requires more than just knowledge of hundreds of herbs.

It is also necessary to have strong physical fitness.

Some of the herbs that grow on the cliff face require courage and physique to collect.

Now nineteen-year-old Luo Shun can finally collect medicine alone.

In a mountain village, the age of nineteen is already the age when you can marry a wife and have children.

The Luo family has only one son, Luo Shun, and the father and son work hard, so they want to find a family affair for Luo Shun as soon as possible.

Luo Shun, who was diligent in the past, has been even more diligent these days.

I often go out before dawn and don't get home until dark.

It's just a little strange that Luo Shun has been in the mountains all day, and the herbs he brought back are less than half of what they used to be.

Moreover, the Luo family's parents also found that Luo Shun has been a little confused recently.

The steps are also a lot more frivolous.

On this day, Luo Shun went out very early again.

He re-chose a mountain road with few people, and walked more than ten miles before stopping.

By this time, he was out of breath.

It was still early, and Luo Shun was shuttling through the forest indiscriminately, as long as it was medicinal herbs, they were all received in the basket.

After a while, Luo Shun saw that the back basket was almost turning.

So he sat down to rest, and by the way, he took out a booklet from his bosom.

Luo Shun looked at it tremblingly, his eyes were full of longing.

He didn't know how many times he had read it since he got it.

But no matter how many times he watched it, he still couldn't extinguish the fire in his heart.

often saw the highlights, and Luo Shun even started some indescribable activities.

Every time it is over, it is a deep self-blame and more melancholy.

But the more this happened, the more difficult it became for him to extricate himself.

I ate some pancakes at noon, rested in the forest for a while, and began to collect herbs again.

However, his mind was not on herbs.

I put my hand in my arms from time to time, wanting to take out the booklet and revisit it.

But the herbs are not enough, if it is the same as yesterday, I will definitely be scolded by my father when I go home.

In the afternoon, taking advantage of the break, he flipped through the pamphlet again.

It wasn't until sunset that he remembered to hurry back.

Because the amount of herbs is not enough, and the quality is not good, it is inevitable that my father will complain again.

Fortunately, the parents cherished their son and did not blame them too much.

Luo Shun knew the reason, and several times in the mountains, he wanted to throw away the booklet.

But I can't bear the touching picture inside.

After several struggles, Luo Shun made a decision: when he begged his wife, he must burn it.

In order to prevent his parents from discovering his secret, Luo Shun would hide the pamphlet on the beam of the house every time he went home.

I fantasized about the picture in the booklet, and gradually fell asleep.

Before dawn on the second day, the voice of my mother suddenly scolded.

Luo Shun hurriedly got up.

"Junko, there was a burglar at home last night. Junzi Niang sighed.

"How so? Did you lose anything?" said Junko hurriedly.

At this time, Shunzi's father came out of the back room and said, "The money for your marriage was buried in the corner of the wall in a crockpot by me, and I didn't lose it." It's just that I lost two chickens at home, and the pancakes I prepared last night. ”

Junko breathed a sigh of relief and comforted: "But whoever is hungry, just pay attention next time." ”

Junko returned to the house, and it was impossible to fall asleep at this time, so she prepared to go up the mountain to collect medicine.

When he climbed up the beam, there was no sign of the pamphlet.

"Could it be that this pamphlet was stolen as well?" Junko suddenly popped up with the idea.

Immediately, he felt a little pity.

Then I began to worry about what would happen if someone knew that I had hidden this kind of thing, and spread it?

"No, even if the thief sees it, he won't talk nonsense. If it spreads, won't you not be self-defeating?"

Thinking like this, Junko felt a little more at ease.

But then I regretted that it shouldn't have been placed on the beams.

But he soon relented, and maybe that would be fine. Without it, you can collect medicine with peace of mind.

Life can also get back on track.

Besides, the Luo family was stolen.

It's just a passer-by, and he couldn't find anything to eat at night, so he went into Luo's house and took the sheep by hand.

And that pamphlet was naturally taken away by him.

At that time, the light was blind, and he just thought that this thing was so hidden that it must be worth some money.

After watching it during the day, it was really a good thing.

This person has a nickname, called Leper Zhu, who is mixed in the rivers and lakes all the year round, but he is a person who steals chickens and dogs.

For the spring palace picture, he didn't look less.

I have never seen such a fine, in place, immersive picture of the Spring Palace.

Moreover, if you look at this spring palace map carefully, it can be connected into a story.

After reminiscing about it several times, the leper Zhu packed up and went straight to the West Market.