Yangzhou, one of the five states of the Great Shang Dynasty, is located at the southernmost point of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Sifang City is the largest city in Yangzhou, with a population of hundreds of millions.

Dongcheng Avenue is lined with buildings, pedestrians, and it is very lively, and a young man with beautiful looks and white hair on the street muttered to himself: "I have been away from home for three years, and I have returned to this square city, which can be regarded as home." ”

The young man led the horse and walked down the street, looking at the nearby buildings and street stalls from time to time, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, walking slowly.

Finally walked to the door of a mansion, the young man led the horse and knocked on the door, and after a while the door opened a crack, and a middle-aged man wearing a butler's costume came out to take a look, and then shouted with wide eyes: "Young master!"

"Uncle Zhang, I'm back. The young man laughed.

"The young master is back, the young master is back" Uncle Zhang, the housekeeper, shouted excitedly into the door, the voice resounded throughout the mansion, and he hurriedly opened the entire door with a bang.

"Young master, give it to me, let me lead the horse. Uncle Zhang hurriedly went to take the reins of the horse.

"Okay, okay, you're finally back!" a beautiful lady in the mansion walked out and shouted excitedly.

This beautiful lady is Murong Wan, the mother of the young man Li Tianxing.

"The child meets his mother!" Li Tianxing saw his mother Murong Wan and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Okay, hurry up, Steward Zhang will send someone to inform the master and Ming'er. Murong Wan helped Li Tianxing up and said to Steward Zhang.

Li Tianxing and Murong Wan told interesting stories they had met outside over the years, and the two walked slowly into the house talking and laughing.

Entering the mansion and looking at this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar home, Li Tianxing felt that his tense nerves that had been in the business for three years could be relaxed.

"Mother, I just heard that you asked Uncle Zhang to inform my father and second brother that I am back, isn't my little sister in the city?" Li Tianxing asked suspiciously.

"Your little sister, that wild girl, ran around all day long, and was sent to the Huangdu Business School by your father. Murong Wan said with a smile.

"Tianxing, Tianxing, you're finally back, did you bring me any gifts!?" A voice came from the front of the mansion, and I saw a tall and thin young man dressed in white and handsome looking shouting loudly while running.

Murong Wan was very happy in her heart, after all, the child who had been away from home for three years came back today, but after hearing what the young man outside the door said, her face immediately darkened, and she said loudly and angrily: "You rabbit cub, how do you talk, how did you teach your mother? Are you going to be angry with your mother?"

"Ah, mother, you're at home, aren't you going to the martial arts platform today?" Li Tianming said in astonishment.

Li Tianming didn't wait for Murong Wan to speak, and immediately said: "Hehe, mother, you dissipate your anger, I have been called Tianxing since I was a child, and Tianxing also likes me to call me by my name directly." ”

"Mother, you dissipate your anger, the second brother has this temperament, he has called my name directly since he was a child, and I really like him to call me like this, don't be angry. Li Tianxing said with a smile.

Murong Wan let Li Tianming go when he saw Li Tianxing open his mouth to help intercede, and told Li Tianxing about the family routine of the past three years.

In the evening, the Li Mansion had already set up a family banquet, and the mother and son were seated and waiting for Li Tianxing's father, Li Mu, to return.

"Mother, I heard the second brother say today that you are going to the martial arts competition platform, are you preparing for the military competition?" Li Tianxing asked Murong Wan quite suspiciously.

Murong Wan returned with a smile: "Now that this competition is over, as long as the young talents under the age of twenty-five can participate, the rewards are quite expensive, the top 100 can accept the recruitment of the Sifang City army as officers, and the top 10 can also directly enter the elite squad." ”

"The Sifang City army is one of the top armies in my big business, every soldier is selected, and it is indeed very good to be able to enter directly as an officer. As for the top ten who can enter the elite squad, should my mother discuss it with my father again? After all, the elite squad cannot recruit members at will, and the problem of ability and loyalty is not easy to solve, and if you recruit a spy from an enemy country, the consequences will be unbearable. Li Tianxing asked with a frown at the end.

"Okay, don't worry, your father has already thought about it, whether the top ten enter or not is a free choice, and after entering, there are also veteran team members to carry out various tasks, as for loyalty, the top ten are basically the core disciples of the major families, and there will be no big problem. Murong Wan replied with a smile.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the front yard, and I saw a man more than eight feet tall walking in.

I saw this man, his face was like a crown of jade, his appearance was extremely handsome, his face was resolute, and his eyes seemed to be able to see through everything in the world.

This person is the Sifang City Lord, Li Mu is already close to forty years old, but because he is a martial arts master, he looks like a young man of twenty-five years old.

"Xing'er is back, have you experienced the suffering of the people in the past three years of cultivation outside, and the hardships of the people?" asked softly after Li Mu entered the table.

Li Tianxing stood up and saluted and kowtowed and replied: "Father, the child has traveled to some places in the past three years, has been to prosperous ancient cities, poor villages, seen many poor people, and experienced many people's lives. Li Tianxing replied.

"Okay, tomorrow you will go to this competition with Tianming, are you willing?" asked Li Mu.

Li Tianxing thought for a moment and replied: "The child is willing, and the child will try his best to enter the top ten." ”

"Dad, please spare me, I don't want to join the army!" Li Tianming begged for mercy with a frightened face.

Li Mu ignored Li Tianming at all and continued to Li Tianxing: "Tianxing, get up and eat, come to me in the study after dinner and bathe." ”

Afterwards, the family spent dinner in laughter.

Li Tianxing came to the study and saw Li Mu still reading the official documents on the desk.

"Dad, the child is here, what's the matter?" Li Tianxing asked suspiciously.

Li Mu put down the pen in his hand, stared at Li Tianxing's face with a serious face for a while, and finally sighed and said, "Xing'er, where have you been in the past three years?

Li Tianxing was silent for a while, knelt down and replied: "Father, the child has been experiencing the suffering of the people in the past few years, and the child has decided to take this path, hoping that the father will fulfill the child." ”

"Tianxing, you have grown up, I am very pleased to be my father, I hope you can remember why our Li family exists, don't forget the ancestral teachings, you are tired when you just came back after three years abroad, go and rest early, the competition will start to be held in three days, you remember to participate when the time comes." After Li Mu finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked Li Tianxing to go back and rest.

Li Tianxing walked out of the study, closed the door, and walked back to his room.

When I returned to the room and opened the door, I saw that the furnishings of my room were still the same as before, one ordinary table and two ordinary wooden stools. There are no ornaments in the room, only a painting hanging on the head of the bed, painting a stunning girl, dressed in military uniform, with her eyes closed, holding a steel helmet in her left hand and a horizontal knife in her right hand.

Li Tianxing looked at the portrait and fell into a trance, and after coming back to his senses, he took out a sword from the space ring engraved with imaginary characters on his right hand, this sword is not only two and a half feet long, the sword body is black, there is no blood groove, and the appearance is average, slightly shorter than the ordinary sword.