I thought I would be able to receive a good subordinate today, but I didn't expect this kid to be reluctant.

In this regard, Huo Xiao, the commander of the guards, not only did not get angry, but was a little happier with this young man.

You must know that the position of palace guard is not something that anyone can do if they want to, if it weren't for Xiao Yungu's recommendation, and I heard him say that this young man's fierce killing performance when he was in the border city, he is a great commander, and it is impossible for him to take time out of his busy schedule to come to see him in person.

Now that I heard this young man say that he was determined to enter the Helan Academy to practice, although Huo Xiao would not force it, he had some other plans in his heart temporarily.

It's just that I can't tell Zhang Xiaoxian clearly now, everything has to wait until the day when he can successfully enter Helan Courtyard, and it is not too late to find him again.

"If the commander has nothing else to do, then Xiaoxian will leave!" Seeing that the time was not early, Zhang Xiaoxian got up to say goodbye with interest.

Huo Xiao naturally didn't want to keep it, there were still a lot of things behind him, waiting for him to deal with, how could he have time to entangle with this young man.

"Okay, but since Xiao Yungu recommended you, even if we know each other, then when there is something you need to do in the future, you'd better not shirk!"

Zhang Xiaoxian nodded in agreement, thinking that although he didn't seem to gain anything from entering the palace this time, and he also lived up to Xiao Yungu's good intentions, he still had some gratitude in his heart, and if he really needed something in the future, he would definitely not refuse.

is still the little eunuch dressed as a servant before, or the same road when he came, Zhang Xiaoxian still took the carriage and came out of the palace.

When he returned to the small calligraphy and painting shop on Changxi Street, and stepped into the door of the shop, he saw Zhang Linzi sitting there alone with a blank hair, with a lonely look on his face that Zhang Xiaoxian had never seen.

"Did something happen?" Zhang Xiaoxian immediately became a little nervous.

Zhang Linzi was stunned when he heard this, and when he came back to his senses and saw that it was him who came back, he hurriedly restrained his emotions, shook his head and denied it: "Actually, there is nothing wrong, it's just that the fourth master of Qi you once said sent three thousand taels of silver tickets today......

Zhang Xiaoxian knew what was going on when he heard this, and an uncontrollable smile suddenly appeared on his face, and said: "Isn't this a good thing, from now on you and I don't have to work as hard as before, what's the matter, we can be regarded as people with some net worth." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Linzi showed an incomprehensible smile on his face, and nodded in agreement.

"By the way, who wants to see you when you enter the palace this time?" Zhang Linzi changed the topic at this time and asked.

So Zhang Xiaoxian rushed into the emperor's side hall when he entered the palace this time, and later saw the words of the palace guards, and said it to him as it was.

Zhang Linzi sighed after hearing this.

"Hey, I'm a little tired, let's close the door earlier today, go home and have a good rest!" He had a very exciting and interesting day, and now he had a lot of money in his hand, so he looked like a teenager with great ambitions, so he thought about being lazy and relaxing.

Zhang Linzi was so happy to see him, and it was inconvenient to refute his interest, so Lin Zizhai closed early for the first time since it opened.

In the evening, because the two brothers were happy and drank some wine, Zhang Xiaoxian lay down on the couch and fell asleep soundly.

Zhang Linzi didn't drink much compared to Zhang Xiaoxian tonight, but he felt a sense of dizziness for a while, and at the same time, somehow he always felt depressed and uncomfortable.

Alone, he drove his wheelchair to the small courtyard, looked at the sparse stars and the dark night, and spontaneously became in a daze.

Since childhood, from the moment Zhang Linzi began to have memories, he and Zhang Xiaoxian have lived hard with their parents and depended on each other.

Although his father Zhang Xingshan loves him very much, he realizes that he prefers Xiaoxian, but his mother is the opposite, she has always loved him, often holding his crippled body and crying a lot.

Xiaoxian has been clever and cunning since he was a child, and he can help his father and aunt do a lot of things, although Zhang Linzi can't do the same, but he is well-behaved and never lets his father and mother worry about it, and concentrates on studying knowledge, so as to win his brother in this regard.

So at that time, the two of them had their own strengths, and there was no big difference.

In Zhang Linzi's heart, although he is disabled, he is no worse than Xiao Xian, and even he is faintly happy that his erudition and literary talent are better than Zhang Xiaoxian.

This mentality has been maintained for many years, and it has been in Lin'an .......

Zhang Linzi wasn't sure if he wasn't suitable to live in this capital, or if he really was nothing, since he stepped into this lively and prosperous capital, he seemed to be hidden, and he lived in the shadow of Zhang Xiaoxian.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaoxian had just entered Lin'an City, he used the only silver in his hand to buy a good house in the capital, and saw that his enemies had to be killed by him Zhang Xiaoxian, but he could only stand by and watch.

It was even more urgent to see Zhang Yun'er, who he liked, the burning and shyness when he looked at Zhang Xiaoxian's gaze, and he could only stay there blindly and be an inconsequential bystander.

These have already made Zhang Linzi's heart full of sourness.

Now, what only makes him a little relieved is the income of the small calligraphy and painting shop, that is, the situation that the two brothers can survive because of his efforts.

When he saw the three thousand taels of silver tickets today, it was also broken, and he Zhang Linzi no longer had any sense of existence.

Three thousand taels of silver, even if he opened a calligraphy and painting shop for a lifetime, he may not be able to earn these, but Zhang Xiaoxian earned it back overnight.

The incomparable frustration and depression have long since squeezed the very limited surprise in his heart to disappear......

Zhang Linzi finally planted a thorn in his heart at this moment.

Early the next morning, when Zhang Xiaoxian stretched his waist under the warm sunshine, he saw that there was food on the table, but Zhang Linzi was gone.

"What's the matter, don't wake me up!" Zhang Xiaoxian didn't care, thinking that Zhang Linzi deliberately didn't wake himself up because he saw the fragrance he was sleeping, and went to the shop on Changxi Street alone.

So, when Zhang Xiaoxian chased after him, Zhang Linzi had already started to greet the guests who came to buy words in the morning.

"Actually, you don't have to work so hard in the future, after all, we are also people with a net worth of three thousand taels of silver!" After sending away the first batch of guests of the small shop, Zhang Xiaoxian persuaded Zhang Linzi: "Besides, in less than three months, the two of us are going to enter Helan Temple to practice, so this shop will not be able to open again no matter what." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Linzi paused, and looked up at Zhang Xiaoxian's eyes with hesitation: "You mean, you also have to take the exam?"

"Of course. Zhang Xiaoxian responded, although there was still the knot in his heart that he couldn't practice, but he still wanted to try his best.

Because only if he can cultivate, can he smash and kill the whole family that killed him.

Seeing that he looked stubborn and tenacious, Zhang Linzi didn't say anything more, but continued to be silent.

......

For a few days, Zhang Xiaoxian attributed the reason why Zhang Linzi has become more and more reticent recently to the result of Zhang Yun'er not appearing for a long time.

Although he felt that there was nothing wrong with them not seeing each other, so as not to let his brother fall deeper and deeper, every time he saw his sullen appearance, his heart was always a little distressed.

But he didn't know how to persuade him, so he thought hard about what to do to make Zhang Linzi happy.

Zhang Xiaoxian suddenly thought of the same, so he hurriedly came to Zhang Linzi, who had been writing silently.

"It's been a long time since I've gone up to the mountains to hunt, don't you like to eat wolf meat the most? I'll go up the mountain to-day to see, and if I'm lucky, I might catch one or two." ”

"You're not saying that there is nothing left on that mountain, only stones and trees......"

"Last time, I didn't go to the higher places on the mountain, this time I must look carefully, I don't believe it, there will be beasts and birds on a mountain, this nameless mountain is really so different?"

"Okay!" Zhang Linzi didn't give any opinion after hearing this, and Zhang Xiaoxian quickly carried the mysterious sword with his bow and arrow on his back and walked towards the nameless mountain.

On the nameless mountain in the middle of summer, the grass and trees are flourishing, and the wild fruits are fragrant, but the strange thing is that except for a few residents at the foot of the mountain, no one goes up to the mountain at all.

When he went up the mountain for the first time, Zhang Xiaoxian didn't care about it, always thinking that people might be tired of seeing the scenery in the mountains, or seeing the mountains and dense forests, they were afraid of getting lost for a while.

That's why no one went up the mountain, but this time, Zhang Xiaoxian still didn't see the shadow of half a person on the narrow path up the mountain.

"It's really strange!" Zhang Xiaoxian sighed with some puzzlement.

Still, he didn't hesitate and continued along the trail towards the nameless mountain peak.

"Stop, boy!"

was walking, suddenly Zhang Xiaoxian heard someone shouting behind him, he couldn't help but be stunned, and turned to look.

But I saw a white old man, holding a cane in his hand, standing behind him tremblingly.

Very kind and kind face, with a little anxious look.

"Where are you going, boy?"

Zhang Xiaoxian saw that the old man was talking to him, hurriedly turned around and came to him, and bowed: "Old man, since I have taken this mountain road, I naturally want to go to that mountain!"

When the old man heard this, he immediately waved his hand to stop: "You can't go, you can't go, do you know that there are man-eating monsters on this nameless mountain!"

"Monster?" When Zhang Xiaoxian heard this, his eyes immediately began to glow, it turned out that he really missed something last time.

He has been dealing with all kinds of fierce beasts in the mountains since he was a child, and now he has entered this Lin'an City, he has not hunted for a long time, and he is really a little itchy, and he is worried that he will not be able to touch the beast, if he meets, he just goes to solve it.

"Got it, old man!" Zhang Xiaoxian said happily, turned around and still walked up the mountain.

"Hey, don't listen to the old man, the disaster is in front of you, the young man, the little old man is not a lie, that monster will really kill you!"

No matter how worried the old man was about the young man, Zhang Xiaoxian strode along the path towards the mountain.

This time he had already thought that he could not do the same as last time, in order not to worry Zhang Linzi, he only climbed halfway up the mountain and turned back, this time he must go to the top of the mountain to investigate the truth and truth.

No one knows how high the nameless mountain is, it is majestic, surrounded by mist, and the entire top of the mountain is hidden in the clouds, and mortals look at it from the bottom of the mountain, as if they have entered the fairy world.