This white-bearded old boatman said that the "Sea Dragon King" was so miraculous that even Zhao Si, who had always doubted the authenticity of the existence of the "Sea Dragon King", showed a thoughtful look on his face, as if he believed it a little.

Before he could speak, Zhao Ting already smiled and said, "Well, the shipman, what you say, whether others believe it or not, I believe it!"

"There are indeed all kinds of incredible demons and monsters in this world, I used to ......"

"Ahem, Master Shen Yan!" the white-bearded old boatman interrupted his words, frowning and said, "The Sea Dragon King is not a demon or a monster, it is a god, the god of the sea!"

“......”

Zhao Ting was stunned for a moment, and then apologized: "Oh, I'm sorry, I mean, there are indeed gods and demons in this world." I'm not targeting the "Sea Dragon King", and I don't mean to insult him, but I'm used to it for a while, and it's hard to change my words. ”

Seeing that Zhao Ting's apology was very sincere, the white-bearded old boatman nodded lightly and didn't say anything more.

He didn't speak, and Zhao Ting and Zhao Si were also very worried, so they stopped talking, and the boat immediately fell silent.

......

There were no twists and turns in the next journey, the ship lost its mast and sail, although it was slower, but it was still early for Zhao Ting to go to school, so he was not in a hurry, wandering between the blue sea and blue sky, happy and comfortable.

Three days later.

Jiangzhou Mansion.

Outside the South Castle.

A continuous majestic majestic pass stands here, the city wall is about ten zhang high, all are made of a piece of flat gray salt, look at it, a kind of majestic perception arises spontaneously, people can't help but want to climb high and look into the distance, see the whole picture of the city.

About half a zhang downstairs of the city gate, there are two big black characters engraved, the handwriting is three points into the stone, vigorous and powerful, and it is known at a glance that it comes from everyone's handwriting.

"Jiangzhou"!

"Master, Jiangzhou Mansion has arrived. Zhao Si stopped the carriage and turned to Zhao Tingdao in the carriage.

"Hmm. Zhao Ting lifted the bead curtain covering the car window and looked up at the sky, "It's not too early, let's go to the city." ”

"Yes. ”

The carriage slowly drove into the capital city of Jiangzhou, like a drop of water falling into the sea, without the slightest wave.

......

......

Jiangzhou Mansion August.

The scorching sun was like fire, scorching the earth mercilessly, and even the cicadas on the willow trees by the pond looked sickly, chirping from time to time, and the sound sounded weak.

In the north of the city, the star picking tower.

This star picking tower is a landmark building of Jiangzhou Mansion, located on the Jiuqu River outside Jiangzhou City. It has an octagonal shape and is up to 12 layers. Pick the stars, pick the stars, the metaphor is, you can pick the stars with your hands!

Standing on the top floor of the twelfth floor, the whole picture of this huge Jiangzhou City, the twists and turns of the Jiuqu River, can be seen at a glance.

"Cousin, cousin?" Wang Junwei walked over from the corner of the top floor of the Star Picking Building at some point. "You're distracted again. ”

Zhao Ting turned his head, withdrew his gaze from the Jiuqu River outside the city, and looked at Wang Junwei.

Wang Junwei looked a little helpless, pointed to a young man wearing a white robe and a scarf on his head not far away, and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Brother Tang just called you several times, but you didn't pay attention to it." ”

"Oh, Brother Tang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Zhao Ting arched his hand and smiled sincerely, "The scenery here is too beautiful, I was distracted for a while, haha......"

The young man in the white robe is called Tang Zhizhang, like him, he came to Jiangzhou from other states and counties to study, and this person also has some foundation in his family. The name "Zhizhang" given to him by his father is to hope that he can understand the article and understand the truth, but obviously, this guy has lived up to his father's high expectations for him.

Even when he came to Jiangzhou City and entered Datong Academy, Tang Zhizhang still had bad habits, eating, drinking, and having fun without a teacher, and even he was everywhere in the city's flower streets and willow alleys.

Say that he doesn't have any ink in his stomach, but this person still likes to be vassal, famous, and often dressed as a scribe, calling himself a "scholar".

Tang Zhizhang was introduced to Zhao Ting by Wang Junwei, and not long after entering Datong Academy, the two of them smelled like each other, mixed together all day long, became close friends, and had the feeling of seeing each other late.

It was Wang Junwei who introduced his close friend to his only relative in Jiangzhou City, Zhao Ting.

The three of them went out to play together a few times, and once they were born and twice cooked, they became friends.

Well, it has been more than two months since Zhao Ting came to Jiangzhou Mansion.

In the past two months, Zhao Ting has never encountered anything out of the ordinary. The days are as plain as water, except for reading, it is to practice the set of "Xingyun Knife Method", which is boring and almost boring.

The security of Jiangzhou Mansion is excellent, not only the Jiangzhou Army, but also the Ying Longwei stationed here in the Dawu Dynasty, no matter how late you go out, you can see a row of night patrols and teams wearing standard armor walking by every other moment.

It is the people of Jiangzhou City who do not even close their doors at night, and they do not worry about safety at all. Compared with Yanxia County and Linshan City, it is simply a heaven and a place.

The people of the city also came out to walk in decent clothes, unlike the city near the mountain, where many people were even unclothed.

Zhao Ting once secretly asked the locals in Jiangzhou Fucheng, and they said that they had never heard of the deeds of "demons and monsters", and no one had seen them. There are no demons, no ghosts, not even cases of dead people.

Zhao Ting guessed that the heavenly happy life of the people of Jiangzhou may be inseparable from the perennial "spirit officials" stationed in the city of Jiangzhou.

Coming back to his senses, Zhao Ting looked at the two women on the other side of the top floor.

Like them, both women were students at Datong Academy. The two of them wore white and yellow skirts, leaning on the mahogany guardrail on the top floor, talking to each other one by one, covering their mouths and chuckling from time to time.

Among them, the woman in the yellow dress is also from Qingzhou, barely a fellow villager of Wang Junwei and Zhao Ting, with a beautiful and dignified appearance, and she knows that she is everyone's lady at a glance.

Another girl in a white dress is a native of Jiangzhou City, named Lin Sijun, beautiful appearance, cheerful personality, particularly fair skin, long legs and bee waist, even among the many warblers and swallows in Datong Academy.

Every time their group of people went out for an outing, Lin Sijun was the absolute focus in everyone's eyes.

Besides, not to mention the appearance conditions, just in terms of family background, Lin Sijun can also be called the best among everyone.

Well, in one sentence, the status of the Lin family in Jiangzhou City is equivalent to the status of the Zhao family in Linshan City, which is considered a first-class wealthy family in Shangcheng.

Lin Sijun is the third lady of the Lin Mansion.

Her appearance and family background have also attracted her countless wild bees and butterflies around her side.

The men all want to fold off this pitiful flower, and hide it in the golden house.

Wang Junwei is no exception.

In fact, when he saw Lin Sijun for the first time, he was shocked and vowed to marry Lin Sijun back to Yanxia County, completely forgetting his deceased wife and concubine who had just entered the door. Oh yes, and a five-year-old daughter.

In the past few days, in order to pursue Lin Sijun, Wang Junwei has worked hard, spent countless energy and financial resources, organized various outings and outing activities, and even ignored his "timing", just wanted to ask Lin Sijun out, so that he could get close to the water and get the moon first.

It's a pity that he was allowed to do his best, but Lin Sijun has always been lukewarm to him, and it is clear that he doesn't look down on him.

But think about it, if this is Zhao Ting, Zhao Ting will not look down on Wang Junwei.

After all, if it was placed in the previous life, Lin Sijun would be the daughter of a provincial boss, or an only daughter, the pearl of the family. What about Wang Junwei? The son of a rich man in a remote township and county, who spent his days idle and unskilled, was even married, had a five-year-old daughter, and had a lover at home.

Well, on Wang Junwei's condition, unless Lin Sijun is stupid, why should he follow him?

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