Xing Ziang slowly stood up, raised the crutches in his hand, and pumped it on Xun Yu's back, Xun Yu was shocked, and quickly let go of Guo Jia, who was pressed under him and beaten by him, Xun Yu got up and stood aside, Guo Jia also gradually got up, standing beside Xun Yu with a blue nose and swollen face, Xing Ziang looked at them angrily, and the crutches in his hand were heavily on the ground several times, "Give me out!" ”

The two were driven out, walked to the door, glanced at each other, snorted coldly, and left the place.

Soon after they were driven away, another young man arrived, and the young man stood in front of the mansion, looked at it for a long time, and was not sure, and looked around again, and found that there was no one to ask, so the young man stood in front of the door and wondered whether he should knock on the door. The gates of four or five mansions here are the same, but tell me only one vermilion gate, how do I find it?

Standing in front of the door, the young man hesitated for a long time, but fortunately, a slave opened the door, and was about to go out, when he saw a person standing in front of the mansion, the slave was a little surprised, and his hand quickly put on the hilt of the sword on his waist, but remembering that this was Luoyang, he calmed down again, frowned, and asked: "Where did you come from, what are you doing standing here??" The young man was overjoyed and asked, "Dare to ask if this is the mansion of Duke Xing?" ”

The servant nodded and said, "You're here to see Gong Xing??" He's very tired, let's come back tomorrow...", he was about to close the door, and the young man hurriedly said: "Old man, slow down, I was sent by the Son of Heaven, and I am called Zhong Changtong... Gong Xing should know...", hearing his words, the servant realized that it seemed that he was different, not because of private matters, he nodded, and walked into the mansion with Zhong Changtong.

Originally, he was going out to buy some meat, but he didn't worry about letting Xing Ziang meet the guests alone, so he took Zhong Changtong into the courtyard and went to tell him himself, and when he heard his name, Xing Ziang nodded and said, "Let him come in..."

The slave led Zhong Changtong into the inner room, the Son of Heaven had already spoken, this son was quite similar to the prince, but when Xing Ziang saw this young man for the first time, he did not feel any arrogance on this young man, it can be said that this is a very humble and polite young man, the young man's face is still a little shy, and he bowed to Xing Ziang, Xing Ziang was also a little puzzled, didn't he say that he was similar to the prince?? Isn't it that his talent is the same as that of Wang Fu?

Xing Ziang waved his hand, asked him to get up, looked at the slave on the side, and said: "You go and do your own business, I'll talk to him alone for a while...", the slave nodded, turned to leave, and waited for him to leave, Zhong Changtong laughed, and said: "I have heard the name of Xing Zi for a long time, and it is really a blessing for the younger generation to meet today...", Xing Ziang smiled and asked, "Do you know, why do you want to come here?" ”

"Your Majesty told me, I came to learn from Xing Gong how to build the Chi Road, and when Xing Zi dies, I will be responsible for continuing to build it." Zhong Changtong said with a smile, Xing Ziang glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "It's a bit similar... It's a little bit... Your Majesty has recommended you to me, but I have never met you, and I do not know if you will be able to take up the heavy responsibility of calling you here to investigate for yourself..."

Zhong Changtong suddenly realized.

"So, did you learn too much, or did you learn from Menzi?" Xing Ziang asked.

Zhong Changtong touched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Don't dare to hide it from Xing Gong, I have had a disease since I was a child... I have been thinking about it since I was a child, and I thought about it a lot, so I couldn't make a decision earlier in some choices, and back then, I was thinking about whether I should go to Taixue or go to Menzixue, and I thought about it for three whole years, but I didn't think about it, so I couldn't go either..."

Xing Ziang was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "There are still such strange diseases??" Okay, then tell me, where should I start building the gallop road this time?? Zhong Changtong asked with some doubts: "How do I know this, and Your Majesty has never told me..."

"Can't you guess?"

"No, if these are all made by me, then what else do I follow Xing Gong to do?"

Xing Ziang frowned, thought for a long time, and then asked the last question.

"I went to Xizhou this time, the road is far away, there are thieves, there are deserts, there are evil winds... You and I will eat and live with the people, you may endure it?? Xing Ziang asked, but stared at Zhong Changtong's eyes, there was no trace of fear in his eyes, but he laughed and said: "Of course, when I was young, I visited all the prefectures and counties such as Qing, Xu, Henan, Yan, and Hebei, only Youning, and even Liangzhou and Xizhou, and the south has never been to... If you can go this time, you don't need to spend your own money, so you are naturally happy. ”

"Oh?? You've been to so many areas?? How old are you this year? ”

"Xing Gong, don't look at me immaturely, in fact, I'm in my early twenties..."

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Looking at Xing Ziang, who was coughing violently in front of him, Zhong Changtong asked a little blankly, "Gong Xing, what's wrong with you??" I know a little bit about medicine, but you want me to take a look?? ”

......

The next day, Xing Ziang still left Luoyang with Zhong Changtong, and he didn't stay here for too long, he didn't want to waste his time in greetings with many ministers in Luoyang, he still had a lot of business to do, and he didn't even say goodbye to the Son of Heaven, he left with Zhong Changtong, and at the court meeting the next day, the ministers knew that Xing Ziang had come to Luoyang, and had completed the Ningzhou Gallop.

The ministers were stunned, but sighed, unable to meet him.

With this incident, the center of gravity of the temple has gradually shifted to the north, the five northern states, at this moment, was connected by Xing Ziang into a piece of iron, just this year's vehicle and vessel tax, has brought huge benefits to the treasury, and because of the gradual rise of commercial activities, these gallops quickly played their role, countless businessmen transported goods to Ningzhou, for external sales, Xing Ziang spent a lot of effort to build the gallop road, people come and go.

Of course, the initial construction of Chidao was only to facilitate the management of the temple to the place, and also for the disaster situation in the north, the military, to be able to get the relief and rescue of the temple in a short period of time, but what Xing Ziang did not expect was that the convenience brought by transportation was not only in these aspects, but also in civil affairs, in commerce and trade, and even in agriculture, water conservancy, these aspects have played an extremely important role.

The materials needed for the construction of the place, transported from all directions, the whole north is like one, the coal of Youzhou was transported to Jizhou, the timber of Jizhou has become a house in Bingzhou, the fish and shrimp of Ningzhou are praised by the people of Xinzhou, but in the first year of construction, everyone has seen the earth-shaking changes in the north, that month, Situ Cao Cao played the Son of Heaven, hoping that the temple can vigorously fund Xing Gong and build the Xizhou Chi Road.

The Son of Heaven naturally did not object, and used the budget to be used on the official school, and used the small book on the galloping road, which can be regarded as making Xing Ziang's affairs less difficult, Xing Ziang began to mobilize the Taishou County Orders from all over the country on the first day of arriving in Hedong County, and began to scout the regions.

......

In front of the Taixue Gate, in front of the Jianning Stone Monument.

A child stood in front of the stele, a little dumbfounded, there were a lot of students who came and went, seeing this young child, they couldn't help but come forward to tease, however, the child looked a little stupid, others asked him, he didn't answer, over time, there was no student to pay attention to him anymore, let him play here, he didn't go to the Taixue, he liked to look at the stele here all day long.

In the evening, a man in an official uniform would come and take him away.

On this day, the young child stood in front of the stone tablet again and looked at it carefully.

"Can you read this?" One of them suddenly asked, the child turned his head, and a young man who was not a few years older than him stood behind him, and asked with some curiosity, and the child looked at him for a moment before saying, "I can." The young man was a little shocked, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Yes, at such an age, you can understand this, you are very good!" The boy smiled disdainfully, did not look at him again, and continued to stare at the stele.

"What are you calling? Judging by your outfit, you don't look like some of the children of a student..."

Indeed, this child is dressed very ordinarily, without the atmosphere of a rich and noble family, but the young man who asked later, dressed in splendor, is by no means the heir of an idler's family, and the young child said helplessly: "What does this have to do with you?? If you want to play, you can play in the distance, how about it?? I'm going to read too! ”

"Hahaha...", the young man laughed and said, "Read... Do you still need to read the Pentateuch for so long? It's useless to read these, you can go into Taixue, there are a lot of good books in the library of Taixue, which is much more meaningful than reading the Five Classics, these Five Classics, speaking of which, are just five interpretations of the classics, but the so-called classics, different people will have different feelings when they look at them, you read these and understand the interpretations of others, there is nothing wrong with it, but you also have to be able to have your own opinions..."

Hearing what the young man said, the child was a little surprised, turned his head, and looked at the person in front of him, this person didn't look much older than himself, he asked with some curiosity: "Dare to ask your age?" ”

"I'm sixteen, but I look younger," the young man laughed, and asked again, "What about you??" ”

"I'm twelve." The child said earnestly.

The young man frowned and said, "Twelve years old.... It's a bit late to read these at twelve... If you are interested, follow me to Taixue in the future, and I can teach you..."

"Heh..."The child didn't answer, he has been called a prodigy by everyone since he was a child, and at this age, he can already study the content of the Stone Sutra, do you still need to teach me?

He thought to himself that at this moment, his father had arrived.

"Wei'er, why are you standing here??"

The official took his hand, and then he saw the young man in front of him, and looking at the young man's clothes, he said with a smile: "My child was young, and he never angered the king? ”

"Not really, but... Your child is twelve years old, why don't you send him to Taixue? ”

"Taixue ???" , The official was stunned for a moment, looking at his face, isn't this person making fun of me?? He didn't answer, took Xiao Jiang Wei's hand, and quickly left here.

Seeing him leave, the young man was also a little helpless, and was about to say something, but a student on the side grabbed him.

"Cangshu... Don't go, you'll be beaten if you go again..."

"Why??"

"I'll tell you again, in all these years of Taixue, you are the only one who came in at the age of six.... Got it?? Don't let him come to learn too much when you see a young child!! We mortals can only come in when the crown is crowned!! If you say more, even if your father is Situ, I will do it with you!! ”