Xu Ziling strode into the Yanhe Palace, he was wearing a yellow brocade shirt, and a blue dragon and phoenix pattern jade belt was tied around his waist.

Compared with when he was the military advisor of the Yin Sect army, Xu Ziling now looks more stable, the light in his eyes flashes from time to time, and there is also a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, which is not to be underestimated.

Richard nodded secretly, being a supreme minister is not only a symbol of glory and power, but also an experience. Not only Xu Ziling, I haven't seen him for a while, and his two apprentices have undergone a lot of changes, and it can even be said that they have undergone earth-shaking changes.

The current Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, where is there still a little bit of Yangzhou City gangsters who have not seen the world when they first met, and who would have thought that the two gangsters who came out of Yangzhou City at the beginning have now become the emperor and the other has become the prime minister today.

"Master."

Xu Ziling walked quickly to Richard, first respectfully made a disciple salute, and then straightened up and said happily: "Kou Zhong and I were still talking a few days ago about whether you forgot your apprentice, thinking about whether to send someone to invite you to come and stay for a few days. I didn't expect you to be here today. ”

Richard noticed that Xu Ziling's address to Kou Zhong was still called by his first name instead of changing his name to the emperor, which made the last trace of worry about the two of them disappear.

After Kou Zhong ascended the throne and became emperor, he was worried that the relationship between Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling would change because of this, although it was said that the prince of heaven and earth was a rule that had been passed down from generation to generation since ancient times, but in his eyes, the most worthless thing was these rules, if the two brothers gradually became estranged because of a throne and even turned against each other like a third-rate bloody plot, then he might regret helping Kou Zhong to fight for this huge world.

And now it seems that although Kou Zhong has become the emperor, Xu Ziling still calls him by his name in private, and looking at Kou Zhong's smiling face, the two should have always been like this. This completely reassured Richard.

Kou Zhong said to Xu Ziling: "Ziling, the master came this time to find a place called Baisheng Village, and I plan to issue a holy decree to let all localities thoroughly investigate their respective jurisdictions, just take this opportunity to update the local chronicles of various places, as well as census the population of various places, what do you think?" ”

Xu Ziling pondered for a long time, nodded and said: "Now that the situation in various places is becoming stable, the treasury is full, and I think it is okay to census the population." It's just that master, what are you looking for in this Hundred Saints Village? I think this name is familiar, Hundred Saints Village... Hundred Saints Village..."

His words stopped abruptly, slapped his thigh fiercely, turned around and said loudly to the outside of Yanhe Palace: "Guards, guards, go and invite General Huaihua to come over, just say that the emperor has something important to see him, quickly!" ”

Kou Zhong looked puzzled and asked, "Ziling, what are you looking for General Huaihua to do?" ”

Xu Ziling said excitedly: "I've seen the name Hundred Saints Village!" Do you still remember that after Song Shidao won the top prize, you asked me to escort him back to Lingnan? ”

Kou Zhong nodded and said, "Naturally remember, this is still what you took the initiative to say you wanted to go." You say this to express our importance to the first champion, so that the scholars of the world can feel the importance of the imperial court for them, so as to encourage them to participate in the imperial examination. Second, I just took this opportunity to talk about the details of Lingnan and the Song family. ”

His face changed suddenly, "Could it be that Baisheng Village is in Lingnan?" ”

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "Not in Lingnan, but on the way to Lingnan." At that time, General Huaihua led his troops with me, and when I passed through the area of Patong, a strange incident occurred, when dozens of soldiers in the army disappeared and were later found in a village. The village was dozens of miles away from where we had set up camp, and I remember the name of the village was Hundred Saints! ”

Richard's heart moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help but ask, "Ziling, are you sure?" Is that village really called Hundred Saints Village? Where is the village? ”

Xu Ziling smiled bitterly: "At that time, General Huaihua wrote a report to me, because this matter was a little peculiar, so I kept it in my heart, and at this time, I heard that you and Kou Zhong mentioned this name, so I thought about it." But I can't remember the specifics, so I asked the guards to invite General Huaihua into the palace. ”

Richard nodded and waited quietly in the Yanhe Palace. After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, a voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, General Huaihua has arrived."

Kou Zhong looked at Xu Ziling beside him, who immediately said in a loud voice, "Come in." ”

A middle-aged man in light armor strode into the Yanhe Palace, came to Kou Zhong and knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Weichen greets the emperor." ”

Kou Zhong nodded and said, "Get up." ”

The middle-aged general stood up and saluted Xu Ziling with his fists in his fist, "Xiangguo." ”

When he saw Richard, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he quickly recognized Richard's identity, his pupils shrank slightly, obviously he didn't expect Richard to appear here. He clasped his fists and saluted again, his demeanor was much more respectful than when he saluted Xu Ziling just now, and said softly: "Taishi." ”

Xu Ziling couldn't wait to ask: "General, when you and I escorted Song Shidao back to Lingnan and passed by the Badong area, do you still remember the disappearance of the soldiers?" Do you remember the name of the village where you first found the soldiers? ”

General Huaihua immediately smiled and said, "Of course I remember!" The name of that village is the village of the hundred saints, the hundred of the hundred, the saint's holiness. At that time, I also asked the old man in the village that there were a hundred saints in this village, so he called it this name, and the old man told me that it was not, but because there was a saint who had lived for a hundred years, and I asked him to introduce me to that saint at that time, but he refused. ”

Richard asked, "Do you remember where the missing soldiers were found, and where they were, in which direction of the village?" ”

General Huaihua recalled for a long time, and said with some uncertainty: "It should be... North of the village. ”

Richard's face changed slightly, and Bai Xiaosheng told him that the location of the Peach Paradise was just north of Baisheng Village! He asked, "Are you sure?" ”

General Huaihua didn't answer immediately, thought carefully for a while, and then nodded: "Sure!" It was to the north of the village, and I remember that there was a forest on the north side of their village, and the forest was shrouded in mist. Afterwards, I asked the soldiers, and they said that it was because the fog in the forest was so heavy that they couldn't see their fingers, so they got lost and walked out in a daze. Strange to say, they told me that they had all been separated, but when I found them, they were all in the same place, and there were no more than one. ”

Hearing General Huaihua's words, Richard's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of excitement. The forest in the north of the village, all kinds of things in the forest that could not be explained by common sense made him conclude that this Hundred Saints Village was the one he was looking for?

"Then may I ask the general, where is this Hundred Saints Village?"

General Huaihua said: "I can't remember the specifics, but I remember that it was not far from Wu County." Two days before this happened, we had just passed through Wu County. ”

Richard was thrilled in his heart, and quickly deduced the location of the Great Wisdom of Hundred Saints Village.

"Starting from Chang'an City to Lingnan, then the direction of progress is to the south, and if there is no rush to march, the normal advance speed of the army is about fifty to seventy miles, which means that Baisheng Village should be one hundred to one hundred and fifty miles south of Wu County!"

Kou Zhong saw the eagerness in his eyes, and hurriedly took his hand and said, "Master, we have said that we will not get drunk today." Even if you have to leave, you will wait until you wake up tomorrow! ”

Richard laughed dumbly when he heard this, and when he found the location of Baisheng Village, he was in a good mood and laughed: "Okay, today our master and apprentice will not get drunk and will not return, bring wine!" ”

(End of chapter)