In the days when Mr. Shui Jing laid out the tasks for Ma Hong and the other four, the four of them studied the method of arranging the formation in the stone formation almost every day, and the four of them benefited a lot in the three days. Among them, Xu Shu has the strongest memory ability and can never forget it in a short period of time, Pang Tong is the second, and Ma Hong's memory is the weakest among the four, but Ma Hong's ability to draw the formation map is the best. Since the previous Ma Hong University majored in civil engineering, although it was not architecture, but the ability to draw architectural drawings was also good, so the matter of drawing the formation map was handed over to Ma Hong. Ma Hong used a very thin bamboo stick dipped in ink to draw the formation diagram, which made the other three extremely appreciated, Liu Ye and Xu Shu both said that they wanted to learn the skills of drawing with Ma Hong.

Ma Hong spent another two days to completely draw the formation diagram, and after the four of them studied it together, they all kept this formation in mind, and now no Ma Hong can get out of the stone formation in a short time no matter where he is in the formation. Since the day Ma Hong met Liu Ye, Ma Hong's heart has been a little confused, and now Ma Hong really doesn't know which world he is in, whether it is real history or a virtual world. There is no record in history that Liu Ye studied under Mr. Shui Jing, but now Liu Ye has become his senior brother, which is very strange. But Liu Ye is different, he is a relative of the Han family, and he is a famous minister of Cao Wei, it is impossible that there is no record, unless this world is chaotic because of Ma Hong's sudden arrival in this world, or Liu Ye, like Ma Hong, does not belong to this world. If it's just the former, this is not a threat to Ma Hong, and if this Liu Ye doesn't belong to this world like him, then his threat is great.

In the past few days, Ma Hong has to be careful in everything he does, trying to disguise himself as a person from this world, trying to talk less and do more things, because he is afraid that when he says words that do not belong to this era, if Liu Ye is the same as him, it will be bad.

On the seventh day, the four of them inserted the bamboo pole in the correct position of the stone henge, and Mr. Shuijing came, and this time Mr. Shuijing came with not a bamboo pole in his hand, but four stones. Xu Shu once said that the stone in Shuijing Villa represents the task, and if the teacher personally brings the stone, it means that the task is definitely not simple. Mr. Shui Jing smiled and looked at his students, his students all looked at the stone in his hand, their eyes were wide when they looked at the stone, Mr. Shui Jing saw surprise in their eyes, saw anticipation, saw excitement, saw joy. This time, the stone taken by Mr. Shui Jing is no longer an ordinary granite, and the stone he holds in his left hand is two bluestones, which are elegant in color, warm in texture, and have the meaning of seclusion and indifference, which is known as the "gentleman in the stone" Qingtian stone. The shape of the stone held in his right hand is pebble-shaped, the whole stone is clear and transparent, like solidified honey, moist and incomparable, this is the Tianhuang stone that is called "the king of stones".

But judging from the value, the price of Tianhuang stone is higher than that of Qingtian stone, according to Xu Shu, Mr. Shuijing is based on the amount of stone, and the higher the value of the stone, the higher the difficulty of his task.

After Mr. Shui Jing handed over the two pieces of Tian Huangshi to Xu Shu and Liu Ye respectively, he asked: "This time, the two of you need to go out of the village to do something, according to this Tian Huangshi, can you two guess what to do?" ”

Liu Ye pondered for a while and then said: "The student speculated that there is a word yellow in the middle of Tianhuangshi, then the destination of our trip may be Baishui, Jingzhou, and the teacher wants us to find a person, whose surname is Huang, if the student is not mistaken, this person is Huang Chengyan, a famous man in Jingzhou." ”

Mr. Shui Jing nodded and looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu smiled slightly and said, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Huang is good at arranging stone formations, does the teacher want us to explore the formation with Mr. Huang?" ”

Mr. Shuijing said: "Huang Chengyan once boasted about Haikou in front of me, he once said that there are no more than three people in Jingzhou who can crack his stone henge, and the two of you will definitely break his stone henge this time, and give the teacher me a fight." You don't need to have any scruples about cracking the stone henge, and you don't need to show mercy to the old man. ”

Xu Shu and Liu Ye both nodded yes.

After Mr. Shuijing explained to Xu Shu and Liu Ye, he handed over the two Qingtian stones to Ma Hong and Pang Tong and asked: "You two are also going out of the village this time, can you two guess the trip based on this stone?" ”

Both of them pondered for a while, shook their heads and said, "I don't know, please let the teacher know." ”

Mr. Shui Jing nodded and said, "Very good, knowing is what you know, and not knowing is not knowing." The two of you are still young, this time to go forward, listen to the voice of the soldiers, it can be regarded as an experience, after you return, you will tell me everything you have seen, I will explain it to the two of you. ”

After Ma Hong and Pang Tong both nodded, Ma Hong asked, "Does the teacher want us to go to the city?" ”

Mr. Shuijing looked happy, stroked his beard and said, "Very good, very good." Tell me why you can guess out of the city. ”

Ma Hong said: "Back to the teacher's words, Zhang Ji led the army to invade Jingzhou a month ago, and even took down several cities in Jingzhou. According to his route of march, the student deduced that he would attack the city in the near future, although the city was small but strong, the defenders of the city would definitely be able to block Zhang Ji, and at the same time, the city was guarded by Pang Tong's uncle Pang Ji, and it would be more convenient for us to go to the city. ”

Mr. Shuijing laughed and said, "Yes, yes, you should pay attention to safety on this trip, watch more and talk less." ”

Pang Tong and Ma Hong both nodded yes. Mr. Shui Jing smiled and turned to leave.

Xu Shu carefully looked at the Tianhuang Stone in his hand, and then looked at the Qingtian Stone in Pang Tong's hand, and said: "It seems that the teacher attaches great importance to the junior disciples, but I stayed in the village for a year before I received the teacher's Qingtian Stone, and the two of you received the Qingtian Stone as soon as you arrived." ”

Liu Ye also showed appreciation for Pang Ma and the others, he patted Ma Ma Hong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Senior brothers, you are accompanied by the sound of soldiers on this trip, remember, safety first." ”

Ma Hong also smiled and said: "Senior brothers, you have to be careful, that Mr. Huang is not a simple person. ”

Xu Shu touched his chin, suddenly squinted his eyes and smiled: "Senior brother, don't worry, Ziyang and I will definitely bring enough dry food when we break the formation." ”

Pang Tong is familiar with Xu Shu, and knows that Xu Shu never lies, never speaks seriously, since he said that he wants to bring dry food to break the formation, then he must not be very sure. So he cheered for Xu Shu and said: "I think it is not difficult to break Mr. Huang's formation according to the ability of the two senior brothers, Ma Hong and I have to wait for the two senior brothers to break the formation, and explain it to the two of us?" ”

Xu Shu said: "We will do our best, to be honest, I am quite envious of the two junior brothers, to be able to observe on the battlefield, the opportunity is rare!" ”

Ma Hong smiled slightly and didn't say much, he understood what Xu Shu said, but it was impossible for Xu Shu to go to Yucheng, Xu Shu was not from Jingzhou, and he was over twenty years old, if he didn't appear in Yucheng as Liu Biaofang's strategist, it was not suitable. Besides, Xu Shu does not have the heart to defect to Liu Biao now, so the trip to the city is absolutely impossible, and this is also impossible for Liu Ye, a relative of the Han family. And for Ma Hong and Pang Tong, who are in Jingzhou's famous families, first, many people in their family are officials in Jingzhou, and their relatives and friends are all over the seven counties of Jingxiang; [During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, and Changsha County. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (208), Cao Cao separated Xiangyang County and Nanxiang County (Zhangling County) from Nanjun and Nanyang County, which were collectively known as "Jingxiang Nine Counties". Second, Ma Hong and Pang Tong are underage, and it is not necessary to go through some training; The three cities were guarded by Pang Tong's uncle Pang Ji; Fourth, the two Pangma families have a close relationship with Liu Biao, Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, the advanced is Yicheng, and the one who lives is the Ma family.