Lin Nan didn't believe in this set at all, but Zuo Ci's shining debut was really unique, and it was really like an immortal flying through the clouds, but he always thought that there were no immortals in this world at all, but he couldn't guess how Zuo Ci managed to float down in the air.

He smiled and said: "I have parted with the Taoist for five years, if it wasn't for the funding of the Taoist five years ago, I wouldn't have what I have achieved today. I don't know when the Taoist will turn into an immortal? ”

Zuo Ci shook his head, sighed, and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! The road to cultivating immortals is long, the old man has spent his whole life to understand it, but he has only only penetrated the skin, life is short, and the old man is afraid that he will not be able to turn into an immortal in this life...... Perhaps, it is caused by the fact that the old man's merits are not satisfactory enough, such as today's chaos, the heroes are competing for hegemony, the Han Dynasty has existed in name only, and the king of Yan is the star of Ziwei Emperor, if I can help the king of Yan to seize the whole world, and end this era of war and strife as soon as possible, it may become the greatest merit of my life, perhaps, the old man's merit will be ...... this way."

"Well, the Taoist chief is compassionate and compassionate, compassionate, and takes the common people of the world as his own responsibility, which really makes me admire and respect. However, Pudu sentient beings can not be completed by the Taoist alone, if the Taoist does not dislike it, please return to Yan with me, I will build a Taoist temple for the Taoist chief, the Taoist can open an altar in the Yan country, and use the Taoist doctrine to help the world, I don't know what the Taoist will do? ”

After Zuo Ci heard this, he didn't think about it, and said directly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! King Yan's good intentions, how can the old man refuse? The old man is willing to go to Yan Kingdom with King Yan, and use what the old man has learned all his life to teach the world and enlighten the world. ”

Lin Nan and Zuo Ci glanced at each other, and there was a glimmer of light in the eyes of both of them, as if the two of them had a soul.

"King Yan deserves to be the overlord of Jizhou. I really admire the scheming. Looking at the world, first the Taiping Dao uprising led by Zhang Jiao failed, and then the Wudou Rice Road led by Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu was broken by Ma Teng in Hanzhong, and Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu were forced to disband the Wudou Rice Dao. Whether it's Taiping Road or Wudou Rice Road. They all mistakenly think that it is their responsibility to save the common people in the world, but they don't know that the Tao is natural, and if they really want the Tao to pass on, they must find a strong backer. I am willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility of flourishing Taoism from now on, and I will inevitably let Taoism have the largest number of believers in the world. King Yan is my backer, with such a talented overlord. It is a matter of time before the world is unified......" Zuo Ci thought secretly in his heart.

In the brief meeting of eyes, Lin Nan seemed to see the desire in Zuo Ci's heart, but he also wanted to use Zuo Ci to borrow the Taoist theory of gods and ghosts to further deify himself. But it is very popular, walking the world with a golden halo like this disguise. Naturally, you can save a lot of trouble.

However, Lin Nan also had another plan in his heart, Buddhism is not prevalent now, and in the war-torn era, it is destined that Buddhism cannot stand firmly, as a native school in ancient China. Naturally, Taoism has its desirable side, which can be used to numb the minds of the common people and make them loyal to them as if they were gods.

At this time, in the hall, it was quiet, Qiao Wei, Qiao Lingpei, Qiao Linghui, and Gan Ning did not speak.

Long. Qiao Wei first broke the silence and said: "It's not too early, it's almost noon, and the old man has already ordered someone to prepare wine and food, why don't you come to the table with me?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lin Nan, Zuo Ci, and Gan Ning all went out of the living room with Qiao Wei, and only the two sisters Qiao Lingpei and Qiao Linghui were left in the hall.

The two sisters looked at Lin Nan's back, and a kind of reverence rose in the hearts of the two girls.

"It turns out that he is King Yan, no wonder Daddy just asked us to tell us to talk like this, the things that Daddy and Daoist Zuo prepared turned out to be to see King Yan...... " Qiao Lingpei said.

Qiao Linghui said: "Sister, let's go back and clean up, I think, we have to stay away from this place." ”

Qiao Lingpei asked, "Why did my sister say that?" Didn't we live here? ”

"Didn't my sister hear it just now? Zuo Daochang is leaving, and his father will inevitably go with him, it seems that we are going to go to Yan Country for a long time. I heard that the territory of Yan is very stable, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there are herds of cattle and sheep outside the country, and the fertile fields are longitudinal and horizontal, it seems that King Yan is really as eloquent as rumored, and if he marries someone in the future, he should marry someone like King Yan. ”

Qiao Lingpei giggled: "What my sister said is very true, then let's go pack our bags, and save the time to be in a hurry." ”

The two sisters walked out of the hall holding hands.

In the banquet hall, Lin Nan, Gan Ning, Qiao Wei, and Zuo Ci sat separately, Lin Nan sat on the upper seat, and the rest sat on the lower seat, and a small table was placed in front of everyone, and the table was filled with Jiangnan food, which was not rich, but it was very pleasant, delicious and delicious, and fragrant.

"Qiao Gong and Zuo Ci appeared here at the same time, and it seems that the two of them also have a good friendship. I came here, maybe Zuo Ci could really figure it out, but no matter what, I felt like someone had been tricked. However, since they are all willing to go with me, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's not harmful to me, take away Big and Little Qiao, raise it first, and when you grow up later, you will inevitably be two rare beauties in Yan Kingdom, and the usefulness of beauties will be great. Lin Nan thought secretly while drinking a little wine.

At this time, Qiao Wei saw that Lin Nan only drank wine and rarely tasted the dishes, so he asked: "King Yan, the old man did not entertain him well, so that he ruined King Yan's appetite, and asked King Yan to forgive him." ”

Lin Nan hurriedly said: "Oh, Gong Qiao doesn't have to be formal, I am not used to eating southern dishes, they are too light, and our northern taste is slightly heavier." ”

"Hehe, that's because Qiao Gong doesn't have famous dishes here, so King Yan won't be appetizing. In this way, the old man will present an appetizing dish to King Yan. Zuo Ci laughed.

After that, Zuo Ci shook the dust, holding the dust in his hand and scribbling in the air, and there was an extremely small ball in his left hand, and when everyone was still paying attention to the shaking dust in his hand, he hurriedly buckled the ball between his thumb and middle finger. He shot into the air.

The ball was so small that it was almost invisible when it flew into the air, and it struck directly into the beams of the hall, and only a very small crisp sound was heard, and a white mist instantly fell from the air, enveloping half of the banquet hall.

When the smoke clears. But they saw that there was a large wooden barrel full of water on the floor of the banquet hall, and the water was crystal clear, but there was nothing in the barrel.

Then, Zuo Ci smiled and walked to the edge of the big wooden barrel, hanging the dust on the top of the big wooden barrel, and when he boarded, a lively fish bit Zuo Ci's dust, and was gently pulled by Zuo Ci, and then fell to the ground, and the people present. Except for Zuo Ci, everyone was surprised.

"The Taoist is amazing, I really admire it." Although Lin Nan knew that this was a little trick played by Zuo Ci, he was not a professional magic trick and failed to see the mystery, so he deliberately exaggerated.

Qiao Wei saw the fish jumping around on the ground, so he hurriedly asked, "Dao Chief, isn't this Songjiang perch?" ”

"It's Matsue perch." Zuo Ci said quite accomplishedly.

Lin Nan listened. I took a closer look at the fish on the ground, and it was different from other fish. This fish has a large, long, silvery-gray beak with small dark spots on its back and dorsal fin. Although it was the first time he had seen Matsue perch, it was historically famous.

When Emperor Yang of Sui traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. I tasted the Songjiang sea bass and was full of praise, saying that it was so exquisite and delicious, it was really "the best taste of the southeast". Of course, when Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he would never let go of the opportunity to eat sea bass, and after he ate it carefully. Longyan Dayue happily evaluated it as "the first dish in the south of the Yangtze River". Even the emperor said that the dish was good, can it be bad, and the value of Songjiang sea bass has doubled because of this.

Songjiang sea bass is also really worthy of its name, and none of the celebrities of the past generations who have tasted Songjiang sea bass do not say good. Tang and Song literati Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Wei Yingwu, Luo Yin, Su Dongpo, Lu You, etc., or composed essays, or sang poems, and praised Songjiang perch. Among them, Su Dongpo's "Hou Chibi Fu" in the description of "huge mouth and fine scales, like the perch of Songjiang", because of the wide circulation of its articles in the society, made the Songjiang perch famous.

Not only that, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is also a record of Songjiang perch, and anyone who has watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will naturally not be unfamiliar with the bridge of "Zuo Ci Holding the Cup and Playing Cao Cao". In Lin Nan's opinion, the magic that Zuo Ci is performing now is exactly the same as the bridge in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The appearance of Songjiang perch is not amazing, even a little ugly, but its meat is white like snow, fat and tender, less thorns and no fish, it can be eaten and left fragrant on the tongue, the aftertaste is endless, and the nutritional value is extremely high, it is the first of wild fish. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Songjiang perch nourishes the five internal organs, benefits the muscles and bones, and the stomach, benefits the liver and kidneys, treats water and qi, soothes the fetus and nourishes the middle, and eats more pleasantly." ”

You can see what a delicious and highly regarded dish Matsue sea bass is.

"Gong Qiao, this Songjiang perch method, presumably the kitchen of your mansion is no stranger, right?" Zuo Ci returned to his seat and said with a smile.

Qiao Wei said: "Naturally, it will not be unfamiliar, but it is really incredible that the Taoist can fish out of thin air a Songjiang perch from such a distance." ”

"Hehe, what's so difficult about this, just a little trick of carving insects." Zuo Ci said with a smile on his face.

Lin Nan interjected: "Dao Chief, there are four people here, but there is only one Songjiang perch, why don't you show your amazing Dao skills and catch three more?" ”

After Zuo Ci heard this, he was stunned in his heart, looking at Lin Nan's eyes like torches, he only felt a burst of heat on his face, not to mention fishing three more, even if his whisk hung on the barrel for another lifetime or even a hundred lifetimes, it would be absolutely impossible to fish out another fish scale. He had been prepared for a long time, just to show his hand in front of Lin Nan, but hearing Lin Nan's seemingly very reasonable, but actually very difficult request, made him very embarrassed.

"This ...... The old man has been seriously ill recently, and his health is still a little unwell, and his vitality has not fully recovered. Although it is said that fishing out of thin air is just a small skill of carving insects, but to catch perch here from Songjiang, which is hundreds of miles away, it does cost a lot of vitality, it is better to wait for the old man to recover his vitality, and then perform, I don't know what King Yan wants? Zuo Ci justified himself.

Lin Nan was not embarrassed by Zuo Ci, so he laughed and said, "Well, the Dao Chief's vitality is important. ”

Gan Ning and Qiao Wei sat there, looking at the old man Zuo Ci's stunt, they were simply shocked, and they couldn't help but secretly think in their hearts: "In this world, are there really immortals?" ”

Lin Nan had another idea: "Zuo Ci is nothing more than that, it seems that this Songjiang perch has also been carefully prepared by him." But. I can't embarrass him too much, it will take a lot of trouble to bring the bass here from Matsue, not to mention a show. ”

"Come on, send the Songjiang sea bass to the back kitchen." Qiao Wei also wanted Lin Nan to eat well, so he hurriedly shouted at the subordinates outside.

After you have eaten and drunk. Lin Nan, Gan Ning, and Zuo Ci all spent the night in Qiao's Mansion.

After nightfall, Zuo Ci sat in his room, his eyes closed, breathing and recuperating, like a Taoist master.

Suddenly, a green smoke drifted in from the open window, fell directly in front of Zuo Ci, and immediately turned into a figure. The man had a childish face and crane hair, and his body was withered. Holding a whisk in his left hand, wearing a Tai Chi Bagua robe, his right hand palm was facing up, his body was slightly owed, and he said slowly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!" ”

Zuo Ci opened his eyes, and when he saw the figure, he got out of bed and pushed his palm forward slightly. Separately, he pushed the two stools next to the bed in front of the white-clothed Taoist, and said with a smile, "Senior brother, please take a seat." ”

The white-clothed Taoist didn't move. Instead, he looked at Zuo Ci and asked, "Senior brother has something important?" ”

"If there is nothing important, how dare you bother Senior Brother? Please also ask the senior brother to sit down and discuss in detail. ”

The white-clothed Taoist has white hair, deep-set eye sockets, and bulging temples on both sides. Just sat down. After he and Zuo Ci looked at each other for a while, he took the initiative to ask, "Senior brother, if there is anything important, just tell me carefully." ”

Zuo Ci said slowly: "I apprenticed with my senior brother and Zhang Jiao at the foot of Nanhua Mountain, and practiced "Taiping Qing Lingdao" together. Master, Senior Brother, and I all advocate the Taoist way of peace and equality. But they do not want to join the WTO. So the master taught Zhang Jiao with three volumes of "Taiping Yaoshu", so that Zhang Jiao could declare on behalf of the heavens, save the world, and implement the Taoist program of "Donghuang Taiyi". However, Zhang Jiao was too impatient, and the Yellow Turban hurriedly rebelled, so that his reputation was ruined. Today, I called my senior brother here, and I just want to work with my senior brother to revive my Taoist doctrine, I wonder if my senior brother is willing to help me? ”

The white-clothed Taoist smiled and said: "Senior brother, you also know that since my master turned into an immortal, I have devoted myself to cultivation, and I no longer ask about the world, and I also hope to be able to turn into an immortal in my lifetime, and the rest is not too much." I heard that the five buckets of rice dao of the two brothers Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong were disbanded by Ma Teng's order, and most of the disciples evolved into Ma Teng's subordinates, I don't know if this is really the case? ”

"It is true. If there is a dispute today, the princes compete with each other for hegemony, and the Han Dynasty has already existed in name only, in my opinion, it should be the time when my Taoism rises, however, with my own strength, Taoism cannot flourish at all, and there are many branches of Taoism, and it is difficult to unify it. Therefore, whether it is Zhang Jiaozhi's Yellow Turban Rebellion, or Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu's brothers entrenched on one side, it is not enough to make Taoism flourish, and the only way is to find a strong backer, with the advantage of the princes to unify the world, and prosper our Taoism. Now that I have found a strong backer, as long as my senior brother can help me from it, the revival of my Taoism will definitely not be far away. ”

After hearing this, the white-clothed Taoist asked, "What the senior brother is referring to, isn't it Lin Nan, the king of Yan?" ”

"It's this person. In the past, I used to travel all over the world, read countless people, in Liaodong met this person, I counted a hexagram, the hexagram shows that this person will sooner or later ascend to the Ninety-Five, and I watched the sky at night, knowing that he is the Ziwei Emperor Star Tuo, so I tried to help. This person is eloquent and strategic, and there is no one else in the world, and now he has become the overlord of the north, pacifying the Central Plains, and the time to unify the world is not long in coming, I don't know if the senior brother is willing to help one or two, so that this person can unify the world one step faster? ”

The hearts of the white-clothed Taoists are also very surging, although the people of the Tao can't say that they can't ask about the world, but they can't leave the world, the right and wrong in the dust are closely related to it, wars are frequent, the people are displaced, as a person of the Tao, they naturally can't look at it, but they seem powerless, they can only avoid the world and deceive themselves. In addition, in recent years, the two major branches led by Taoism have declined one after another, which made him even more disheartened.

However, when he heard Zuo Ci's words today, he rekindled his hope and asked, "How does the senior brother want me to help?" ”

"With the name of the senior brother in Jiangdong, if the senior brother is willing to accept disciples in Jiangdong, the people must be eager to join him. Although Sun Jian, the king of Wu, is the head of the Jiangdong tiger, but he is slightly inferior to the king of Yan, although his son Sun Ce is also brave and resolute, and his father is undoubted, these two can only be regarded as a temporary hero, sooner or later will be captured by the king of Yan. On the surface, King Yan and King Wu were called brothers. But this person is not like this in his heart, he just uses brotherhood to use Sun Jian. Once Yan and Wu fight, the senior brother can lead his disciples to serve the king of Yan, and act within the Wu country, and the inside and outside should be combined, and the Eastern Wu will definitely be able to take it without much effort. I don't know what my brother thinks? ”

"I miss my three brothers. Cultivating at the foot of Nanhua Mountain, now Zhang Jiao's junior brother has left, and the person who killed Zhang Jiao is the current Yan King Lin Nan, why did the junior brother turn to serve Yan Wang? Could it be that more than ten years of friendship can be so abandoned? The white-clothed Taoist sighed and asked.

Zuo Ci said: "Senior brother's words are wrong, Zhang Jiao doesn't know the current affairs, and he revolts angrily. Without unified overall planning and scheduling, there is no invincible gift just by virtue of the large number of believers. Lin Nan killed Zhang Jiao first, but he did not slaughter all the Yellow Turban believers like the rest of the official army, but took in many Yellow Turban generals, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Bian Xi, Xiahou Lan and others have now become the generals of Yan State, it can be said that King Yan is not taboo. Case. Why can't I help King Yan? ”

"Okay, I'm Yu Ji from today. began to travel in Jiangdong, recruiting disciples, hoping that the junior and younger disciples could revive Taoism. The white-clothed Taoist stood up and said slowly.

Zuo Ci said: "Thank you, senior brother." ”

Yu Ji smiled and said, "Senior brother, take care all the way, I hope that my junior brother can get his wish when he goes to Yan Kingdom." I'll go too. ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw that Yu Ji shook the dust and drew a circle on the ground, and his body slowly escaped into the ground, and finally disappeared in front of Zuo Ci.

Zuo Ci looked at it. He was also surprised, and couldn't help but sigh: "Senior Brother's Dao method is profound, many times better than me, he can actually use the Technique of Retreat, I don't know if Senior Brother's Flying Heaven Technique has been successfully cultivated, it seems that I must also step up my cultivation." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zuo Ci immediately blew the lamp and pulled out the wax, and the room fell into darkness.

In the corridor outside Zuo Ci's room, Lin Nan and Gan Ning were hiding on the beams of the room, and the two of them watched the scene in the house very carefully, and they could hear the conversation between Zuo Ci and Yu Ji clearly. At this time, the two of them glanced at each other, and then tiptoed down and quickly left Zuo Ci's room.

As soon as Lin Nan and Gan Ning left, Zuo Ci's room over there immediately opened. Zuo Ci poked his head out, looked outside, and saw that there was no one, so he closed the door again and shouted in a low voice: "Senior brother, King Yan has left, you can come out." ”

As soon as the words fell, a white-clothed Taoist climbed out from under the table, patted the dust on his body, and said to Zuo Ci disdainfully: "Senior brother, is it really necessary to do this?" Is it worth it to go to Yan Country? ”

"It's worth it!" Zuo Ci said categorically, "King Yan is not an extraordinary person, as long as he can convince us of our vast powers, he will inevitably give us a very relaxed environment, cultivate Taoism with peace of mind, recruit disciples, and revitalize Taoism, which is better than anything else." ”

Yu Ji sighed and said, "I'm half a hundred, and I'm still messing around here with you, if I hadn't prepared just now, the art of retreat would not have been able to perform no matter what." Now that your matter is over, then I should also go back, and I will recruit disciples on Huiji Mountain so as to complete the great task of recovering Taoism. ”

"Okay, then I won't send it, senior brother has gone all the way, Lin Nan is very vigilant, and Gan Ning, who is accompanying him, is also one of the five tiger generals, the force is not weak, senior brother just don't touch them."

Yu Ji smiled: "Don't worry." ”

……

Lin Nan and Gan Ning returned to their residences, and they were a little surprised by the scene just now. The one who was most shocked was Gan Ning, who had never been able to figure out whether Zuo Ci and Yu Ji were human beings or immortals.

"I didn't expect Zuo Ci's senior brother to be Yu Ji, and he also performed a technique of retreat, although I don't know how the two of them played the trick, but at least we know that Zuo Ci really wanted to Yan Guo, so it was enough." Lin Nan said.

Gan Ning said puzzledly: "King, are Zuo Ci and Yu Ji human beings or immortals?" ”

"Half-immortal, for you." Lin Nan patted Gan Ning on the shoulder and said, "You can't afford to hurt every cultivator, try not to provoke Zuo Ci in the future, after returning to Yan Kingdom, you will go to train the navy, and strive to train a male division within three years." ”

"No!"

Early the next morning, Qiao Wei had already asked the whole family to pack up, and according to Lin Nan's instructions, he first took a boat down the river to the mouth of the sea, and then took a boat to cross north to Yanguo, while Zuo Ci left with Qiao Wei. Lin Nan, on the other hand, took Gan Ning and left Wancheng and traveled all the way north to Shangcai County in Runan County.

Shangcai County has a long history, outstanding people and splendid culture. It is the location of the ancient Cai Kingdom, the hometown of Qin Xiang Li Si and Han Xiang Zhai Fangjin, the ancestral land of the Cai family at home and abroad, and the birthplace of Chongyang culture.

Lin Nan took Gan Ning to enter the border of Wei after two days' journey, on the border to Wei, because Wu and Wei have always remained neutral, there has been no friction, and the two of them did not encounter any big obstacles on the border, and they were very smooth.

After entering the territory of Wei. Lin Nan and Gan Ning saw a relatively desolate scene along the way, with dilapidated houses, wandering people, and barren fields, all of which made the former prosperous Central Plains never return.

"Master, it's not far from Shangcai County, and I've arrived here, can the master sue his subordinates. What is the master coming to Cai for? Gan Ning pointed to the county seat that was faintly visible not far in front of him.

Lin Nan smiled: "For another beauty who will captivate the country and the city in the future." ”

"Beauty? Who is it? Gan Ning asked puzzled.

Lin Nan just smiled blindly and said to Gan Ning: "Well, this." You'll find out in a moment. It's important to get into town now......"

"No!"

The two of them continued to walk forward, and after walking for a short time, Shangcai County came into the eyes of Lin Nan and Gan Ning, there were many wild grasses growing under the broken city wall, and there were many ragged and unkempt people nestled near the city wall, and the old people and children were leaning closely together. His eyes were dull and his face was numb.

When Lin Nan saw such a scene, he couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought: "This is the first time I have stepped into the border of Wei, Cao Cao's generation of heroes. Why were the people under his rule so miserable? ”

"Master, as soon as we went out of the border of Wu and entered the Wei country, we encountered a very desolate scene along the way, Runan County is the most populous county in the world, and the people are rich, Yuan Shu was because he got Runan County and achieved a meritorious deed, I also came once, at that time Runan County and now it is a world of difference, why in just two years, Runan County will evolve like this?" Gan Ning asked puzzled.

Lin Nan was also very curious, from the beginning of entering the border of Wei, although he also encountered some checkpoints along the way, the officers and soldiers were very tired, and there were few soldiers. At this time, he looked around at Shangcai County, but saw that there was not a single soldier guarding the city gate.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

At this moment, a young man in clean clothes knocked on the gong in his hand and walked out of the city gate, striking the gong in his hand vigorously as he walked.

The sound of gongs rang out like thunder, reaching the ears of the ragged people, and the men, women, and children who were numb and glazed in their eyes all stood up one after another, with a glimmer of hope in their eyes. They began to assemble towards the gates, and in a short time the entire gate was filled with people, and the road into the city was crowded.

"Don't crowd, don't crowd, all line up, everyone has a share, don't worry. A team of five people, no queue and no food, my master has ordered, it must be carried out in an orderly manner. When the young man who struck the gong saw the people crowded at the gates, he immediately cried out.

The people were obedient, and soon they formed an orderly line out of the chaos, five people in a row, and then in turn.

Lin Nan and Gan Ning were originally going to enter the city, but they were disturbed by the sound of gongs, and they were squeezed into the crowd by many people, and they couldn't get out at this time.

Without waiting for Lin Nan and Gan Ning to come out of the crowd, they saw a group of family members wearing the same clothes as the gong beating youth pushing carts full of food towards this side.

After Lin Nan saw it, he understood and thought: "Which rich gentleman is this, so caring......"

The young man who struck the gong began to spread out his qiē, set up five large tables at the gate of the city, and the family members behind him, under his command, began to carry down the freshly boiled rice porridge from the cart, and gave alms to the people in line one by one.

The people all held a clay bowl in their hands, and when they received alms, they all said one after another: "May the eldest lady live a long life...... May the eldest lady live a long and healthy life......"

The young man who struck the gong giggled and said, "With these blessings from you, it is not in vain that the eldest lady is not thin on you." ”

The alms continued, five long formations lined up one after another, and after a while of almsgiving, it was soon Lin Nan and Gan Ning's turn.

The young man who struck the gong was holding a spoonful of rice porridge with a big spoon at this time, and when he saw that Lin Nan did not have a pottery bowl in his hand, he asked, "You are a person." But you're really lazy, why don't you even take the guy who eats? ”

Lin Nan said: "I'm not hungry, and I'm not here to ask for alms, I just want to ask, who is the master of your family?" Can you introduce me, I want to meet the owner of your family. ”

The young man who struck the gong didn't even look at Lin Nan. Directly shouted: "Next!" ”

Gan Ning was standing beside Lin Nan, and when he saw that the young man who struck the gong despised Lin Nan so much, he didn't get angry, so he immediately stepped forward to block Lin Nan, and shouted at the young man who struck the gong: "The dog looks down on people, you are a ...... person."

"Gan Xing, don't make a mistake." Lin Nan called himself Nanlin along the way, and called Gan Ning Gan Xing, mainly because the name Gan Ning was already famous all over the world. Who doesn't know the names of the five tigers of Yan Kingdom? For fear of causing unnecessary trouble, he deliberately called it like this.

When Gan Ning heard Lin Nan's drinking, he reined in and pulled Lin Nan to leave.

The young man who struck the gong looked at Gan Ning with a fierce face, and scolded himself again, so he also became angry, and immediately shouted: "Where did the foreigner come from, he actually didn't understand the rules so much? Come. Beat them out of the county seat with a stick. ”

As soon as the voice fell, several strong men who were originally guarding both sides of the vehicle immediately walked out. stepped forward to arrest Lin Nan and Gan Ning.

Seeing this, Gan Ning didn't say a word, kicked down a person, then knocked down three men with a fist, and jumped over with the last arrow step, directly grabbing the placket on the chest of the young man who struck the gong. roared: "You dare to ask someone to beat me? If I don't teach you a lesson, it seems that you don't know how good I am. ”

As soon as the words fell, Gan Ning raised a foot and kicked it in the chest.

The body of the young man who struck the gong flipped directly backwards and hit the large wooden barrel that had not yet been distributed. The big wooden barrel was full of rice porridge, and when he hit it like this, he directly overturned on his side and fell to the ground, and the rice porridge flowed out of the wooden barrel and spilled all over the ground.

"Oh, our food......" The people were all surprised when they saw this scene, looking at the mess on the ground, their hearts were angry, and they looked at Gan Ning with angry eyes.

"Kill this stranger...... I don't know who shouted first, and the rest of the people began to cry out in indignation.

Seeing this, Lin Nan knew that Gan Ning's actions just now had aroused the anger of the public, so without saying a word, he hurriedly explained: "Folks, he didn't mean to overturn it, we just compensate you......"

"Compensation? How do you pay? Last year, there was a locust plague in the Central Plains, and we ate a lot of crops, so that there was no harvest, and this year there was a big drought from the beginning of spring, even if you have gold and silver, it is not enough to buy our bucket of rice porridge! The young man who struck the gong got up from the ground and said confidently.

Lin Nan and Gan Ning were already at a loss, and no matter how they explained at this time, it was useless, looking at the angry people, the two of them suddenly fell into embarrassment, they couldn't do anything to these unarmed people, right?

"What's going on here?" At this moment, a carriage slowly drove from the city, and a young girl in the carriage poked her head out, and when she saw this scene at the city gate, she hurriedly asked.

The young man who struck the gong had already been under his command, as well as the people, as soon as they saw the girl appear, as if they had seen the emperor, they all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "I have seen the eldest lady......

"Get up, you don't have to!" The girl stepped out of the carriage, and her slightly immature face showed an indescribable nobility.

As soon as the girl got out of the carriage, she immediately walked in front of Lin Nan, leaned over and asked, "Little girl Zhen Mi, my house slave was offended just now, please bear with me." ”

"There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them. I was about to look for her, but she came to the door on her own. Lin Nan was very happy in his heart, but he was really surprised to see that Zhen Mi was only seven or eight years old, and he was only seven or eight years old, and he was only up to his abdomen, so polite.

The age of youth brings out the beauty she contains, like a flower, when the bud is half put on the petals and slightly spreads, there is a lovely posture and color, which makes people look fascinated. Her beauty can be said to care about symmetry, the facial organs, torso and arms, as if they were born to be such a pair, there is nothing when viewed separately, and when viewed together, it feels that they echo each other and help each other, and if any of them are changed in another style, it will be much worse.

Zhen Mi wore a light green shirt dress, and the shirt was probably clipped, so it could show the soft convex part of the upper body. On one of her hairs, a soft ribbon of goose yellow was tied, and the light color in the middle of the black light was in contrast to the blood-red lips in the middle of the pink light below.

"Beauty is really a beauty, there is a different kind of charm at a young age, and it is completely different from Xiao Qiao, it seems that I did not come in vain this time." After Lin Nan looked at Zhen Mi, he thought secretly.

Zhen Mi saw that Lin Nan didn't answer, so he asked, "The guest is not a local, I don't know if I can see what to do here?" ”

Gan Ning hurriedly interjected: "What is my master doing here, why do you want to sue you little child?" ”

"Ambition is not old, although I am short and young, but compared to the recklessness of this strong man just now, I seem to be at ease. It's the strong man, although he is older, what he does is chilling......" Zhen Mi retorted.

"You ......" Gan Ning was short of words for a while, where did he think that a seven or eight-year-old girl would say this.

"Oh, in Xia Nanlin, the word is south, just passing by here, I heard that Shang Cai Zhen is a great good person, I came to visit, but I didn't want to meet the eldest lady of the Zhen family, just now abrupt, please Miss Don't blame. Just now, this brother of mine accidentally overturned this bucket of rice porridge, how much should I lose, please make a price for the eldest lady, I am willing to atone for my sins. Lin Nandao.

Zhen Mi shook his head, turned to the young man who was beating the gong and said, "Go and boil a big pot again, the one who comes is a guest, don't embarrass the guest so much." ”

"But the eldest lady ......"

"Do as I say." Zhen Mi said.

"No!"

Zhen Mi turned her head and said to Lin Nan: "You don't need to compensate for anything, according to the current price, you can't afford to pay at all." However, the mistakes made can never be remedied. If a person makes a mistake and uses money to atone for his sins, then I am afraid that the world will be even more chaotic. ”

When Lin Nan heard Zhen Mi's incisive words, he couldn't help but exclaim: "The eldest lady is smart, Nan Lin really admires it." I don't know if the eldest lady can take me into the Zhen Mansion to visit the good people of the Zhen Mansion......"

Zhen Mi looked at Lin Nan, and saw that Lin Nan had a slight arrow wound on his face, and his eyes were bright, so he said, "Well, you guys are too much of a problem here, so come back to the house with me to meet my mother." ”

"Then bother." Lin Nan said politely.

Zhen's mansion is the largest in the entire Shangcai County, and the Zhen family is also the richest man in the entire Shangcai County.

The two wings of the house are connected by a high garden wall, behind which are rows of luxuriant yew trees, and here and there are lilac trees sticking their flowering branches into the courtyard.

A large flower room, covered with clusters of dense green leaves on the opposite window, filled the sides with a green glimmer, but between the windows two large open high folding doors let in the spring sunshine, and gave a view of the garden, which was arranged with round flower beds, planted with rows of tall trees, separated by a wide straight road, along which one could see a pool of small artificial lakes, and farther on, the woods on the opposite bank.

After entering Zhen's mansion, Zhen Mi first took Lin Nan to meet her mother, and then met her brother, and everyone greeted her.

After the greetings, Zhen Mi took Lin Nan and Gan Ning to the side hall, and ordered someone to bring tea, snacks, etc. to entertain, and took care of them meticulously. (To be continued......)