Running desperately, with endless fear, running.

Zheng Sheng woke up from his nightmare, gasping for breath and feeling a flurry of palpitations. Looking at the still dim bedroom, he remembered that he was in the Western Jin Dynasty, at home in Qingzhuling.

After calming down, he wondered how he had dreamed of such a strange scene again. After a moment's pause, he heard the "ding-dang" bell ringing outside the house, which was the wake-up number!

Zheng Sheng remembered the very important thing he was going to participate in today, the Tiger Guard Camp Competition.

Yesterday, when he came back here, it was getting late, and there was a guy who didn't know from which horn he had been pestering him, and he didn't have time to say a few words to Wan Yun and the others.

He still didn't know how the contest was going. But it doesn't matter, he just needs to see it with his own eyes today.

Zheng Sheng got out of the warm quilt, washed up briefly, and was about to go out for a run. However, when Zheng Sheng came outside, he hadn't seen anyone else. At first glance, he saw that the Fang priest who had annoyed him for half the night last night was leaning against the corner of the wall leading to the outer courtyard, tilting his head and drinking.

Zheng Sheng hesitated, should he go back, or walk over? In just a moment, Zheng Sheng walked over. This is his home, can he still be afraid of this Fangshi?

Zheng Sheng acted as if he didn't exist, and walked straight to the outer courtyard.

The man immediately stretched out his hand to stop him, raised his head and took another sip of wine, and said dizzily: "Zheng Xiaoshizi, where are you going?" ”

Zheng Sheng held back his anger, "Mr. Yuan, what do you want?" This is my house, I don't have to tell you what I'm going to do, right? ”

"Didn't you say that? Don't call me sir, I'm a alchemist! It's right for you to call me Yuan Fangshi. Yuan Fangshi shook his head and said. "As for what you want to do, I won't stop you. Just let me follow. ”

Zheng Sheng couldn't help but look at him a few more times, this Yuan Fangshi was wearing an extremely ordinary linen shirt and a pair of simple straw sandals, he was about thirty years old, his face was ordinary, and a pair of big ears were the most memorable features in his appearance.

Of course, Zheng Sheng mainly wanted to see what this person was going to do. Unfortunately, he can't read minds.

But Yuan Fangshi was already very troublesome to him.

Yesterday, when the convoy reached Jiulipo, which was less than half a mile away from Qingzhuling, he suddenly came out of the mountains and forests, lay down in front of Zheng Sheng's carriage, and shouted chaotic and inconsistent metaphysical words.

After Zheng Sheng came out, he quickly got up, took his hand, and pretended to be shocked, saying that he was about to have a big disaster, and if he couldn't get over, he would be in danger. And what kind of Taoist priest is he, willing to give Zheng Shengbu a hexagram and solve the big trouble for him.

Zheng Sheng didn't believe it at all, he just wanted to ask the family to drive away this fortune teller, Mrs. Wang came, she listened to the "warning" of the Fang Shi, and was very worried about the great disaster that was about to befall Zheng Sheng, so she invited him to Qingzhuling to relieve Zheng Sheng's disaster.

Yuan Fangshi immediately trembled, saying that it was not difficult to tell the hexagram, he was hungry and wanted to eat a good meal! So, Mrs. Wang and Zheng Sheng accompanied him, and Fang Shi ate a full meal like gluttony, and then began to talk about the I Ching in a fog.

Mrs. Wang seemed to realize something, of course, maybe it was really just that she was too tired and sleepy, and Mrs. Wang went to rest. So in the second half of the story, Zheng Sheng was the only one left in the audience.

After listening to it for half a night, Zheng Sheng rarely even had the opportunity to interject, and Yuan Fangshi talked endlessly for two hours.

But Zheng Sheng is still confused, this guy has said so much, what does he want to say? What is the purpose of coming to Qingzhuling? Zheng Sheng asked bluntly, but Yuan Fangshi still blindly babbled nonsense.

Therefore, Zheng Sheng simply regarded him as a cheater and no longer ignored him. It was decided to find a suitable opportunity for the guards to get rid of him.

But today, this person still came to stare at him, which made Zheng Sheng doubt his purpose again. If you are simply cheating on eating and drinking, you should still be sleeping at this time, right? But he was waiting for Zheng Sheng.

Sure enough, it was for him! Zheng Sheng immediately thought in his heart, is he Zheng Ming's person? Or maybe it's someone sent by some forces to spy on Qingzhuling?

Anyway, it's a bad guy with bad intentions! Zheng Sheng felt that he couldn't go running anymore, and the training of the Tiger Guard Camp was not a secret to outsiders, but it was not good for people to take a closer look.

Although the outside world regards the Tiger Guard Camp as a "little joke", the Tiger Guard Camp is the greatest guarantee for him to live in troubled times. Zheng Sheng wanted to keep it mysterious.

Therefore, Zheng Sheng only walked around the front yard for a while and then went back to his room. Yuan Fangshi continued to follow.

Zheng Sheng ate breakfast, looking at Yuan Fangshi with a comfortable face, Zheng Sheng felt that he couldn't go on like this, he still had a lot of things to do, hurry up and get rid of people!

"Yuan Tianshi, you said that I am in a big disaster, can you explain the hexagram to me in detail now?" Zheng Sheng decided to start from the original place, don't you want to tell the hexagram? Okay, hurry up, leave after you're done!

Yuan Fangshi closed his eyes, thought about it, and felt that Zheng Sheng's patience was almost worn out by him, he stared at Zheng Sheng's eyes tightly and said slowly: "Zheng Shizi, do you know about Xicheng Mountain?" ”

Zheng Sheng felt that this guy was changing the topic again, "Xicheng Mountain? Haven't heard of it. ”

Yuan Fangshi saw that Zheng Sheng's expression did not seem to be fake, and continued to ask: "What about Liu Ming Mountain and Du Nan Mountain?" ”

Zheng Sheng continued to shake his head.

"Haven't you heard of Yangcheng Mountain and Jianshui Ju?"

Zheng Sheng didn't want to play this game of guessing the name of the place with him anymore, "What do you want to say?" ”

Yuan Fangshi frowned, he suddenly became a little serious, "Zheng Shizi, I am a Heavenly Master Dao Dao Chengshan Dao Min, I have traveled here, I heard that Shen Daoyou said about the Shizi, and I specially came to ask to see the Shizi. ”

Zheng Sheng immediately figured it out, it turned out that this guy was from the Heavenly Master, and he still listened to Shen Fang's words and came to see him. Zheng Sheng started to have a headache, could it be that he was going to start using his "flickering" Dafa again?

However, Yuan Fangshi changed his words and continued: "The prince studied under a Taoist ancestor, so we are all from the same family, and we have traveled here, and I also asked the prince to give him a few days of wine and food. ”

Zheng Sheng couldn't cry or laugh, he had heard of monks fasting and beggars begging, did Taoists do this kind of thing? However, this person doesn't pester him, and Zheng Sheng can afford a few meals, "That's good, Mr. Yuan is himself." I still have something to do, so I won't entertain you personally. ”

Zheng Sheng didn't wait for Yuan Fangshi to say anything else, and quickly slipped away.

He went out of the courtyard and first went to the secret room to see the work of Liu Wen'er and the craftsmen.

These craftsmen, including the four blacksmiths who were originally here and the five or six family members brought over by Mrs. Wang, they are all people who have been making fireworks during this time, Zheng Sheng feels that let them be familiar with it for a while, and then select them to do a good job, so that these people can be engaged in fireworks manufacturing full-time.

Liu Wei'er is in charge of supervising the production of fireworks, and Zheng Sheng has already agreed with her.

Zheng Sheng took a look and found that the craftsmen were quite diligent, and there was no situation where Liu Wei'er couldn't control them.

Reassured about this, he remembered another passer-by who was rescued by Mrs. Wang from the side of the road, the scholar surnamed Ma, who broke his foot and wanted to go to Nanxiang penniless, but did not wait for the person to wait.

Then the coachman Lao Zhang brought him back. Zheng Sheng's curiosity about him was higher than that of Yuan Fangshi.

So, Zheng Sheng decided to satisfy his curiosity first. As a result, Zheng Sheng heard from other family members that Ma Shizi had had breakfast in a hurry at dawn, and asked Lao Zhang to drag him to Nanxiang again.

Zheng Sheng thought that he might miss the opportunity to meet this person, and he would probably leave after meeting his family who wanted to meet. For him, I'm afraid there will be no chance to meet again. Zheng Sheng didn't have any regrets in his heart, after all, this was just a stranger, Zheng Sheng packed up his mood and went to the Xishan camp to observe and participate in the Tiger Guard Camp competition.

What is Ma Hongshu doing at this time? He was chagrined.

Early this morning, Ma Hongshu and Lao Zhang set off again and headed to the North City Gate of Nanxiang. Today is a sunny day with no cold winds. But Ma Hongshu was not in a happy mood.

Outside the city gate, Lao Zhang waited with him for a long time, waiting until the sun was in the west, and waiting until the guards at the city gate began to change the guard.

He heard what the guards were saying.

"It's a shift change, hurry up!"

"Chief Liu, pay attention to the carriage over there. He said that he was waiting for someone, but he stopped at the gate for a day. ”

"Huh? Isn't that the carriage from yesterday? ”

"yes, it's Zheng's car, right? However, that young man is not from the Zheng family, is he? ”

"It's really strange in the past two days, when has there been a person at our north gate who has been pestle like a wood. That man can't be a fool, right? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, that's Zheng's guest!"

"Zheng's guests are certainly not fools. The ghost who howled at the gate of the city for a long time last night must be a madman! ”

"Don't talk about that guy, I got off work last night, thinking about that voice at home, and I didn't sleep for half the night!"

Ma Hongshu's eyes lit up, he got out of the carriage, dragged his injured foot, and went to the gate of the city and said to the soldiers: "Dare to ask you, where is the person last night?" But still in Nanxiang City? ”

The soldiers were stunned.

Lao Zhang walked over and asked curiously, "Little brother, was the one you were waiting for last night?" ”

Ma Hongshu nodded, and said again: "Please let me know, there will be a thank you in the future." ”

One of the soldiers walked out, a man over thirty years old, burly and powerful: "It turns out that you are in a group, but you just missed it." Shortly after you left last night, a young man came from the east, and he waited outside the city for half the night before leaving. As for where he has gone, I don't know. ”

Ma Hongshu was extremely depressed, how did this matter become like this? Where is Wang Sui going now?

It was getting late, and he felt empty again, and another day had passed. What else could he do? The two returned to Qingzhuling again.

Ma Hongshu ate hastily in a depressed mood, and remembered the reason for coming out this time.

"Seventh brother, you hurt me so hard!"

Ma Hongshu silently cursed a guy who didn't know where he was now, if it weren't for this seventh brother deliberately provoking him with words, why did he fall to this point?

(Digression: I'm really sorry, there is something in the past two days, I will make up for the missing chapters, and I will try to update more every day in the future)