Lu Xin went down to Tianfeng Mountain overnight, and before going down the mountain, he smashed the mechanism of the door of the ancestral tomb of the Niu family. In the future, even if Niu Ercheng knew that there was a problem with his own feng shui, it would be difficult to crack it. As for the body of Carefree Zi, Lu Xin quietly sent it back to Jiuyang Temple. Lao Dao's future affairs will naturally be taken care of by his disciples, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

After going down the mountain, Lu Xin snatched Lao Liutou's carriage and went straight to Hangzhou City. Tian Yu'er has been buried in the ancestral grave of the Niu family, and according to the feng shui technique of the "Fashan Land Burial Sutra", Tian Yu'er's body will absorb the luck of the Niu family. If there are descendants, they will definitely soar. It's a pity that according to Tian Gui's statement, the Tian family has no bloodline except for Tian Yu'er's junior.

Lu Xin's move, first, is to punish the bullish Niu family. The second is to protect Tian Gui and all the tea farmers on Nashifeng Mountain. If Niu Ercheng and Tian Yu'er died at the same time, Niu Mansion would definitely spill their anger on Shifeng Mountain. But as long as Niu Ercheng is still alive, no one will know about Tian Yuer's death. Because no matter how stupid Niu Ercheng is, it is impossible for him to go out and say that he killed the fourteenth concubine who just married into the door.

When he returned to Shifeng Mountain, Tian Gui had already woken up, but he couldn't go down to the ground yet. Lu Xin personally made tea and said goodbye. The mountain people were very concerned about Tian Yu'er's condition, and Lu Xin only said that everything was fine and asked them not to worry.

"Alas, Xiao Xin, I'm causing you trouble again."

Tian Gui held the teacup in both hands and wanted to sit up, but the young man quickly got up to stop him.

"Grandpa Tian treats me as his own, and I don't need to see outside. Besides, this tea can have the current trend, all thanks to your hard work. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to get out and go to Chang'an. ”

"In my life, I can only grow and pick tea, and all my thoughts are focused on this. Sometimes I think that if I could be more useful, the children under my knees would not all die in vain. ”

"War crimes, no fault of yours. Grandpa should take care of his body with peace of mind first, don't worry too much. I have already explained the matter of tea to the shopkeeper He. In the future, Shifeng Mountain will only do business with Xufu, you can rest assured. It's not too early, I have to go down. You are alone, take care. ”

After Lu Xin finished speaking, he took a long breath, and then turned around and walked out the door. For him, Shifeng Mountain is a place closer to him than Xufu. It is the second home other than Creek Town. But now, he doesn't want to stay in this place anymore. Some painful memories, the most feared is to see things and think about people.

"Xiao Xin, Yu'er her...... In Niufu, are you okay? ”

When the young man walked to the door, Tian Gui couldn't help but stop him. When Lu Xin heard this, he stopped and looked at the tea leaves outside the mountains, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist. But he didn't reply, just nodded, and soon disappeared into the mountains.

Maybe it's because of the relationship in the spring, or maybe it's because the imperial court wants to open Enke, and there are a lot of people on the official road. Men, women, and children, walking, riding horses, and transporting goods. Lu Xin was not familiar with the terrain outside Hangzhou, so he could only walk along the official road. Fortunately, he is not in a hurry, sometimes riding a horse, sometimes on foot, but it also has a different taste.

The official road outside Hangzhou leads directly to Xuanzhou. Then it detoured from Xuanzhou to Jingzhou, and then went north to Chang'an. This is the safest route to Chang'an City by land. If you're in a hurry, it's naturally more convenient to take the canal. In the city of Hangzhou, you can take a boat to the north, pass through Yangzhou, enter Bianzhou, and then go west to Chang'an. But Lu Xin doesn't like to take the waterway, it is very inconvenient to take a boat, and it is easy to run aground in bad weather. Second, you can watch the scenery along the way and feel the customs of the Tang Dynasty by land, which is helpful for practicing swordsmanship and comprehending swordsmanship.

Lu Xin didn't walk fast, sometimes on horseback, sometimes on foot, and only walked more than a mile a day. And he would stay in the inn at night to practice his sword. Lu Xin calculated, at this rate, it would take at least two months to get to Chang'an City. The roads of the Tang Dynasty were not as easy to walk as modern highways, and you could cross mountains and build bridges when encountering water. Even the official road with a good road is very bumpy. When it rains, it's so muddy that even horses can't run.

Seven days later, Lu Xin rode a horse on a bumpy mountain road. The road is narrow, less than two meters wide, and on the right side is a bottomless cliff. The horses walked slowly, clinging to the grass. At this time, it was still about seventy or eighty miles away from Xuanzhou City, but it was approaching evening, and Lu Xin's body was almost out of water.

"The map shows that there should be a small town in this area, and as long as you pass the town, you can return to the official road. What's the matter, after all this time, you haven't found your way down the mountain? ”

On horseback, Lu Xin took out a leather map and frowned. He had been walking among the mountains for a day and a night, not to mention the horses, and even the people were very tired. But judging from the messy horseshoe prints and footprints on the ground, the path he walked should be correct. After drinking the last sip of water in the pot, Lu Xin felt a little hungry. He was about to eat some dry food on the horse's back, when the horse suddenly jolted. Lu Xin hurriedly tightened the reins and looked down, and there was a long downhill road ahead, leading to a large piece of flat land at the foot of the mountain.

The city of Xuanzhou has been a military fortress since ancient times, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was the seat of the governor's mansion like Shanyin County. From the perspective of modern geographical location, Xuanzhou is adjacent to Hangzhou and Hu cities in Zhejiang Province in the east, Huangshan Mountain in the south, Wuhu in the northwest, Nanjing and Wuxi in Jiangsu in the northeast, and is located on the northwest waist line of the entire Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Triangle. Lu Xin heard Xu Sanjin say that Xuanzhou is the only place for the entire Jiangnan Road to the west, and it plays a vital role.

Lu Xin's horse is still very young, and he has never walked a mountain road before leaving Yuezhou. Running downhill, it shook very hard. Lu Xin had no choice but to dismount and lead him, and when he reached the flat land at the foot of the mountain, the dark clouds on the horizon just sank to the top of the mountain. The wind around them was blowing stronger and stronger, blowing up yellow dust all over the sky. Lu Xin estimated that it would rain heavily soon, and his face was a little ugly.

Fortunately, after going downhill, the road started to become wide and smooth. Directly in front of us was a dense forest, and there was no end in sight, but there was often the sound of cars and horses in the forest, and it was clear that there were many pedestrians. Lu Xin walked forward for another five minutes, and a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the depths of the dense clouds, followed by a heavy downpour.

"That's?"

Deep in the woods, a clearing appeared in the distance, and it seemed that someone had set up a tea stall somewhere. Lu Xin hurriedly led the horse over, and a tent was set up above the tea stall, just enough to shelter from the rain here. And Lu Xin has long been thirsty and hungry, so it is also urgent to stop and recuperate and replenish some supplies.

I don't know if it's because it's too late, but there is no one in a huge tea stall. There were seven or eight tables, and only five people sat in twos and threes. Four men and one woman, dressed up, are all ordinary people in a hurry. Seeing Lu Xin with a sword in his hand, several people lowered their heads and drank tea in a muffled voice, but no one spoke.

Lu Xin didn't care, so he asked the tea stall owner to serve two large bowls of water and a plate of beef in sauce, and ate and drank by himself. There was a howling mountain breeze in my ears, and the raindrops the size of beans fell to the ground through the branches and leaves, and the road quickly became muddy. Although it rains heavily, thunderstorms generally don't last. What's more, Lu Xin is not afraid of rushing to the night, listening to the sound of wind and rain at this time, drinking thirst-quenching herbal tea, it is also very comfortable.

"This guest officer, I have been setting up a stall on this Black Tiger Ridge for more than ten years, and I am sent every day, and it is the first time I have seen someone who can't afford to pay for tea. I'm a small deal, you can do it, don't make it difficult for me. ”

"Alas, what a rough man, who said I don't pay for tea anymore? It's just that the money bag was lost while walking the mountain road, and I just found out. The book says that the world is unpredictable, who doesn't have a little disaster when they go out? Besides, isn't it just a bowl of tea and a plate of beans, I went to Chang'an this time to catch the exam, and when I am in high school, I will be with you a hundred times. ”

"Hahahaha, you shameless poor scholar. Obviously, you can't afford to pay for tea because you are shy in your pocket, and you insist on saying that you lost your money bag? A scoundrel like you, I've seen a lot of it, Lao Wang. If you can tell the truth, just ask for good words. Tea money is as if I gave it to you. Now, huh...... For a penny, do you have to wait for your high school champion to ask you for it in the future? I'm afraid my life is short, and I won't survive that day. ”

In front of a table not far from Lu Xin, the owner of the tea stall suddenly argued with a person. When Lu Xin heard the prestige, a young scholar was being counted by the owner of the tea stall. The scholar wore clothes made of linen, which were clean but inexpensive, and anyone with a discerning eye could see his shabbyness.

Ordinary scholars who enter Beijing to take the exam will at least buy a brocade robe. In particular, the abundant Hualuo in Hangzhou City is not only comfortable and beautiful, but also the price is not high, and it has long been famous all over the world.

Although the scholar kept saying that he must be in high school, he couldn't even afford a decent dress at this time, and the owner of the tea stall naturally scoffed.

"Why are you so pedantic? Just a penny, do you really think Tu will break his promise? I Tu Chengli was literate at the age of five, and I studied hard for 12 years, reading the books of sages. In Yin County, who doesn't know who I am? ”

"Okay, okay, don't brag. Anyway, I'm about to close the stall, follow me down the mountain, let's go to the government to theorize. Don't blame me for not telling you in advance, my eldest brother is on an errand in the county office, and what I hate most in my life is a scoundrel like you. ”

The owner of the tea stall was in no mood to listen to the scholar's nonsense, his face was gloomy, and he grabbed his arm. Although the scholar was quite handsome and white, he was thin and weak, and his height was only about 1.7 meters, and he suddenly screamed in pain. The owner of the tea stall didn't care about this, and he was about to go down the mountain with the scholar, and the book turned pale with fright.

"Wait, I gave him the money for tea."

Just as the scholar was about to be dragged out of the table, Lu Xin flicked his fingers and flew out a copper coin, which fell steadily into the pocket of the tea stall owner. Seeing this, the boss glanced up at the young man, and saw a sword wrapped in cloth on his desk, and immediately snorted coldly, and finally let go of the scholar's arm.