Chen Jin ignored them at all, closed the city gate and turned to report to Liu Xin. Zhang Jun jumped outside the city and scolded, and after a long time, a soldier came out of the city and shouted: "The hour has come, no one is allowed to open the city gate without the order of Lord Taishou, and please wait outside the city for a night first, and it is not too late to enter the city early in the morning." ”

Zhang Jun shouted under the city: "This is the holy woman invited by Lord Taishou, go and report it quickly, if you miss a major event, you can't afford to bear it." ”

After waiting under the city for a long time, I saw another soldier appear on the top of the city, and said loudly: "Lord Taishou confessed, he has washed and slept, and he will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Zhang Jun tossed for a long time, but the city gate just didn't open, and he looked back at Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning wore a water-blue robe and rode a gray-blue horse, but his pretty face was replaced by the color of iron blue.

Zhang Jun said to Zhang Ning nervously: "Hui Holy Maiden, Lord Liu is very strict under the rule, when the hour comes, the city gate will be closed on time, and no one will dare to disobey his orders. It's better to go to a post station ten miles away tonight to rest for a night. ”

Zhang Ning snorted and said to the two Taoist boys who followed him, "Let's go back to Julu." ”

Zhang Jun panicked, and hurriedly stopped: "The holy woman has something to say, please stay." The conditions of the Ten Mile Post Station are still good, so please ask the saint to be wronged, and then go to the door to make amends for you. ”

In fact, Zhang Ning really didn't dare to go back, she came with a mission this time, so she pretended to be angry at Zhang Jun, so she half-pushed and half-agreed to come down on the spot, and temporarily lived in a post station ten miles away. Zhang Ning originally wanted to give Liu Xin a dismount, but deliberately came to the river when the city gate was closed, and asked Zhang Jun to inform Liu Xin to go out of the city early to greet him, wanting to overwhelm Liu Xin in momentum, but Liu Xin really let people lock him outside the city, and couldn't help but put away his contempt for Liu Xin and think carefully.

Early the next morning, Zhang Ning changed his face and came to the city early to wait. As soon as the door opened, the group entered the city and went straight to the Taishou Mansion. The gate of the city was opened at the end of the day, which means that it is about five o'clock now, and when they arrived at the Taishou Mansion, it was not yet dawn. Zhang Ning didn't wait for Zhang Jun to go to report, she walked up the stairs, and two guards at the gate of the mansion stopped her, asked her what she meant, and said: "It turned out that the Holy Maiden of Taiping Dao had arrived, and my family had already ordered me to wait here, please come in with me." ”

Zhang Ning was secretly taken aback, could it be that Liu Xin had calculated that he would come over so early today? Zhang Ning hesitated, but still came to the hall. I saw a tall and handsome young man sitting in the hall on a strange piece of furniture, and Zhang Ning knew that this person must be Liu Xin.

Liu Xin didn't seem to see Zhang Ning come in, still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. Zhang Ning endured his anger and stepped forward and shouted: "The Holy Maiden of Taiping Dao is here, where is Liu Xin?" ”

Liu Xin's eyelids didn't move, and he only said slowly: "Who is making noise here?" Come on, fight with me. ”

As soon as Liu Xin's words fell, a big man rushed out from behind him. The big man was almost nine feet long, with a big waist and a round waist, a fierce face, and a pair of big iron halberds in his hands, and pressed towards Zhang Ning step by step. Every time the big man took a step, the ground in the entire hall seemed to shake, and a powerful aura overwhelmed Zhang Ning, and she couldn't help but take a step back, and took another step back.

At this time, Zhang Jun, who had been staying outside the hall, saw this and walked in and said, "Lord Qiyu, this is the Holy Maiden of Taiping Dao, and she is here for Qi Yu." ”

Liu Xin slowly opened her eyes and looked at Zhang Ning, unconsciously brightened, such a beautiful beautiful girl, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, a slender waist, and a cyan robe, which couldn't hide her slender figure. Liu Xin looked at her and said, "How many officials is the Holy Maiden?" ”

Zhang Ning said angrily after hearing this: "This girl is not an official. ”

Liu Xin said with a disdainful look: "A saint for a while, a girl for a while, and a Taoist robe, then he is a Taoist priest." Whoever you are, you are the people. Since you are a citizen, why don't you salute when you see this official? ”

Zhang Ning almost jumped up, but finally held back, and saluted Liu Xin and said, "Poor Zhang Ning has seen adults. ”

Liu Xin snorted in his nose: "En." Excuse me, give sitting. ”

There was a chair moved next to him, Zhang Ning had never seen this thing, so he sat down cautiously with Liu Xin's appearance.

Liu Xin said to Zhang Jun at this time: "The great sage and good teacher you went to invite turned out to be a woman? ”

Zhang Ning didn't wait for Zhang Jun to answer, got up and said: "Poor Dao is the daughter of a great sage and good teacher, and Qi Yu's matter has been passed on by my father. It's just that if you want to ask for rain, you must be sincere, and second, you need to look at the chance, I think it is a little difficult for you! She has already made up her mind that she will no longer entangle with Liu Xin on these details, and directly pick out the topic.

Liu Xin secretly sneered, I knew that you couldn't ask for rain, and wanted to find these reasons to prevaricate me, when it rained, you asked for it, and if it didn't rain, it was my insincerity, so I made a good calculation: "What is sincerity?" What is serendipity? Do you have to wait for the clouds to cover before you can start praying for rain? ”

Zhang Ning saw that Liu Xin was speaking aggressively, if it was according to her previous surname, she would have left with her sleeves up, but this time she came to find out Liu Xin's hypocrisy, and she also had a selfish heart, wanting to get close to Xu Huang to see if there was a chance to take revenge, so she naturally couldn't leave now, so she had to soften her tone and said: "Since the adults sent someone to invite the poor road to come, there is no problem in thinking about sincerity." It's just that by chance, I need to look around the river and find a suitable place to set up the altar. ”

Liu Xin thought to herself, it would be easier for you to say this earlier, so he also changed his smile and said, "No problem, I will arrange for the thief of this county, Cao Shi Chen Jin, to accompany the female Taoist to walk around." ”

Zhang Ning rolled his eyes and said: "My lord, I heard that the world has been quite chaotic recently, and there are often horse thieves haunting, and the poor road has nothing to do except ask for rain." If you want to walk around the world, please send troops to protect you. I haven't heard of Lord Chen, but I have heard for a long time that there is a captain surnamed Xu Minghuang under Lord Chen, who is strong in martial arts, I wonder if my lord can let the ladies General Xu protect the poor road? ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but be vigilant when she heard her words, so far, only Xu Huang had killed a horse thief. If the horse thief is really pretending to be a person from Taiping Dao, and she is now named to accompany Xu Huang, will she come to seek revenge? So he groaned: "General Xu is busy with official business, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to spare time, so let's stay in the post house first, and wait for me to discuss with him." ”

Zhang Ning finally seized the opportunity: "Could it be that as a county guard, the lord can't be the master of such a trivial matter?" ”

Liu Xin was not provoked by her, and laughed: "Yes, this official is not so easy to be, you can't do a word!" Come on, send the female Taoist to the post house. ”

Zhang Ning didn't understand what Yiyantang meant, and seeing that Liu Xin had already issued an eviction order, he was embarrassed to continue to stay here and not leave, so he had to retreat in a huff.

After Liu Xin waited for Zhang Ning to leave, after thinking about it, he decided to discuss it with Ma Yun. Recently, there has been less Liu Xin's tossing at night, and Ma Yun has returned to the habit of getting up early. By this time she had already eaten breakfast and was walking in the yard. Hearing Liu Xin say that she invited a female Taoist priest to ask for rain, Ma Yun couldn't help but reach out and touch Liu Xin's forehead and said, "You're not sick, are you?" ”

Liu Xin gently opened her hand and said, "I'm alive, except for being more difficult at night, what kind of illness will I have." ”

"Phew, don't be ashamed!" Ma Yun took a sip and said, "You didn't handle this matter properly, she wants you to greet her, you just go to greet her, what kind of anger you fight with her, see what tricks she can play." ”

Liu Xin thought about it, what Ma Yun said also made some sense, what she needed most now was stability, and it was only right to send Zhang Ning away as soon as possible, so she asked again: "Then will she agree to her request?" ”

Ma Yun said without thinking: "Promise!" Why not? You don't believe in General Xu's martial arts? By the way, you said she was Zhang Jiao's daughter, is she beautiful? ”

"It's okay." Liu Xin replied casually, and seeing that Ma Yun's expression was different, he changed his words again, "However, it is definitely not as beautiful as my wife!" ”

Ma Yun was overjoyed by the praise, and said falsely: "I see that you are duplicitous, you won't be a girl who likes other people." ”

Liu Xin looked aggrieved: "How is it possible, my target is not her." ”

"Oh, and who are you targeting?" Ma Yun looked at him slyly.

Liu Xin realized that he seemed to have leaked his mouth, and hurriedly said: "Just kidding, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously." With that, he fled.

Zhang Ning came to the post house, and as soon as he settled down, a post guard came to report that General Xu Huang Xu was coming. Hearing that this enemy who killed her senior brother was coming, Zhang Ning's anger rose suddenly, her little face turned red, she repeatedly warned herself to be calm, took a deep breath, and then came out.

When Zhang Ning came to the door, he saw a young general standing there in high spirits with his armor in his armor. When General Zhang saw Zhang Ning coming out, he arched his hand and said, "The last general, Xu Huang, is on the orders of Lord Taishou to protect Daoist Chang Wei." If the Taoist chief has any requirements, he will directly tell the last general in the future. ”

Zhang Ning came to Hejian as a saint of Taiping Dao, but Liu Xin and Xu Huang all called her a Taoist chief, but refused to call her a saint, obviously suspicious of her identity. In fact, Zhang Ning also understood that she was not a saint at all, not even a Taoist priest, if she argued with them on this again, it was really meaningless to fight, so she didn't bother with Xu Huang: "General Xu came just in time, please come in with the poor road." After a while, you will tell the poor Dao about the topography of the river, and then we will choose a few places to visit and see where to build the Dharma altar. ”

"The last general will obey the orders of the Taoist." Xu Huang said, glanced at Zhang Ning, who was flushed, and asked with concern: "Dao Chief, I see that your face is wrong, could it be that you are in a hurry, and you are suffering from the cold, do you want to find a Lang Zhong to take a look?" ”

Zhang Ning subconsciously touched his cheek, and it was really a little hot, only then did he remember that he was angry when he heard Xu Huang's name just now, and the flush on his face never receded. What made Zhang Ning strange was that now, this enemy was standing in front of him, but he couldn't get angry.