Chapter 8: Zhou Jian's uneasiness
"Why are you only coming down now, Uncle Mo and I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
Seeing Ling Yun appear, Murong Xiaoxiao said with a dissatisfied face. As soon as he pulled Lingyun, he was about to walk out.
"Hey, Xiaoxiao. Don't worry, who is this kid? You won't tell us about it. Seeing that Murong Xiaoxiao was leaving, Zhou Jian hurriedly blocked it, pointed at Ling Yun and asked, with a questioning tone in his words.
"Who is he, what does it have to do with you, get out of the way. ”
Hearing this, Murong Xiaoxiao's face was slightly angry, and he shouted lightly. If it were someone else, she might have introduced it. But every time Zhou Jian saw her, she was like kraft candy, she couldn't shake it off, which had already upset her, but she didn't bother to explain at this time.
The authorities were fascinated by bystanders, and Ling Yun on the side looked at the two of them, but a smile flashed in his eyes. This week, when Jian saw it, he had a love for Murong Xiaoxiao, but Luohua was ruthless and intentional.
"In the Lower City Lord's Mansion Li Xin, I don't know who Brother Tai is?"
Li Xin, who was on the side, saw that the two of them were on the bar again, so he hurriedly stepped forward, saluted Ling Yun, and asked.
"Ling Yun, temporarily live in the Martial Academy. Ling Yun returned the salute and said.
Hearing that Ling Yun lived in the Martial Academy, Li Xin was stunned, glanced at Ling Yun and Murong Xiaoxiao, and asked, "I don't know who Brother Ling and Xiaoxiao are?"
"Miss Murong and I are also meeting for the first time today, and the two of you are too worried. How could Ling Yun not know what Li Xin was asking, smiled faintly, glanced at Zhou Jian, and said.
Hearing this, Zhou Jian breathed a sigh of relief, got out of the way, and said again: "Xiaoxiao, then wait for the phalaenopsis to open......
It's a pity that Murong Xiaoxiao didn't listen at all, and had already dragged Ling Yun out of the door, so he had to swallow back the words that followed, and his expression was lost for a while.
"Hey, Brother Li, do you say that Xiaoxiao's attitude towards me has been getting worse and worse recently?" Zhou Jian said with a slight sigh, his eyes still looking out of the door, a little frustrated.
"Brother Zhou, don't be discouraged, feelings need to be cultivated, take your time. Li Xin comforted, but his gaze at Ling Yun was flickering, and he waved his hand to summon a guard, and said, "Go investigate this person and see what the source is." ”
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Two days later.
As the enrollment of Linhai Martial Arts Academy continues to advance, Linhai City is becoming more and more lively.
There are countless towns under the jurisdiction of Yunzhou, and most of the children of the families who came here were with guards and servants. In addition, among the common people, there are also people who want to seize this opportunity to jump over the dragon gate, so there are constantly people pouring in from all over Yunzhou, making the city full of pedestrians.
West of the city, drunken immortal building.
As the largest restaurant in Linhai City, the cheapest dishes in the Drunken Immortal Building are hundreds of taels of silver. Its most famous drunken immortal brew is said to be brewed with spiritual fruits, and the gods will get drunk when they drink it, and a pot will cost thousands of taels. Therefore, those who can enter the Drunken Immortal Building are all famous and wealthy families, and children of families.
At this time, on the top floor of the Drunken Immortal Building, the guards who were heavily guarded could be seen everywhere in the corridors and stairs, and from the clothing, it was vaguely recognizable that they were the elite guards of the major families in Linhai City.
In the room, the wine table is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and several people sit around, talking about wine from time to time, so lively.
If Ling Yun was here, he would definitely be able to recognize two of them, it was Li Xin and Zhou Jian, who had a relationship not long ago.
However, at this time, Zhou Jian didn't have much interest in the delicious food on the table, and he was still thinking about things in the Haotian Chamber of Commerce. Ling Yun's appearance out of thin air, coupled with the elegant bearing he showed, made him feel unsteady in his heart. In particular, Li Xin checked Ling Yun's origin and did not find any information, which made him even more uneasy.
"Zhou Jian, there is something wrong with you today, this has been up for a while, you haven't even moved your chopsticks, but today's dishes are not to your liking?"
The man's name is Mu Lian, and he is from the Mu family, the largest family in Linhai City, and this drunken immortal building is the property of the Mu family, and this gathering is also the leader of him.
Hearing this, Zhou Jian sighed slightly, wanting to explain, but he was embarrassed to say.
Li Xin, who was on the side, smiled and said, "Brother Mu Lian, you don't know, a few days ago, Zhou Jian and I went to the Haotian Chamber of Commerce, and I happened to see Xiaoxiao with another man, he was not steady in his heart for the past two days, and he didn't even sleep well. ”
Zhou Jian likes Murong Xiaoxiao's things, everyone knows about it, and when he heard what Li Xin said, he immediately understood.
"What is the identity of that person? Mu Lian asked, looking a little puzzled.
Among the people, Li Xin is from the City Lord's Mansion, has an official background, and his personal strength is not weak. Although the Zhou family's power in Linhai City is only ranked fourth, the Zhou family made a fortune by refining weapons and has amazing wealth. The two of them together, one has power, the other has money, and no one dares to mess with them in Linhai City.
Hearing this, Li Xin smiled helplessly: "Don't hide it from Brother Mu, we really can't deal with it, this person lives in the Murong family." Now that the Linhai Martial Arts Academy is closed, we can't get in. ”
"Oh, what does this person have to do with the Murong family?" Mu Lian asked, the status of the Linhai Martial Academy is relatively special, and it is indeed difficult to deal with.
Li Xin shook his head: "We don't know, we haven't heard of this person before, and we haven't found it after checking it, it feels like it came out of thin air, and it's about the same age as us, called Lingyun." ”
"Lingyun?"
Hearing this, everyone shook their heads, indicating that they had never heard of this name.
It was Mu Lian on the main seat, who heard this name, and the light flashed in his eyes. This name, others don't know, but he has a little impression.
Four years ago, the strength of the Mu family was only the top ten family in Linhai City, but after four years of development, it has now become the first family in Linhai City. Behind this, it is inseparable from the support of the Lin family in Zhongzhou. In addition to supporting the Mu family, the Lin family also gave a task to investigate the identities of the mortals who were mistakenly killed by Lin Yao, a child of the Lin family, in Feiyin Town, under the jurisdiction of Linhai, as well as those who had a relationship with the deceased.
At that time, all the people who were related to the deceased had been clearly investigated, but this Ling Yun disappeared out of thin air, and he couldn't find it, but he didn't want to suddenly appear again now, and he also lived in Murong's house.
"It doesn't matter who he is. Mu Lian suddenly spoke, raised his voice and said, seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted, he said again: "Zhou Jian is our good brother, Linhai City is our territory, if we can't deal with this little thing, wouldn't it make others see a joke." Not to mention, now that the Linhai Martial Arts Academy is about to open, the eyes of the entire Yunzhou are looking here. ”
"That's what Brother Mu said. ”
Hearing this, everyone nodded yes.
"What does Brother Yimu mean?" asked one of them.
"Now that the enrollment of the Martial Arts Academy is imminent, if nothing else, the family will definitely send us all in. In this case, why don't we let the elders invite us and bring us to visit together, even if you want to come to Murong Feng, you can't refuse. When the time comes, I'm afraid that I won't be able to deal with that kid!" Mu Lian said, already thinking of a plan.
"Without further ado, then we will go back now, and we will visit the Martial Academy early tomorrow morning. ”
Hearing that he could enter the martial arts academy, Zhou Jian, who was originally listless, instantly came to his senses at this time and said to everyone. After saying that, he got up, didn't care about the others, and ran downstairs, leaving a speechless crowd.
Following.
Muyang Pavilion.
In Murong Feng's study, there were a lot of official documents and letters piled up on the table, and Murong Feng was checking and approving them one by one.
As enrollment approached, Murong Feng became more and more busy, not only entertaining the famous families who came to visit every day, but also checking the preparation progress of the students' tests in the future. The initial and re-examination are fine, the process is relatively simple, and at least there is not too much danger for students. The final test is different, not only complicated, but also dangerous.
It is not difficult to register for the Linhai Martial Arts Academy, as long as you can prove your innocence or have a letter of recommendation from a famous family, you can apply.
However, after registration, whether you can be admitted to the hospital or not still needs to go through the initial and re-examination.
The first test is to test whether the student has a spiritual root, which determines whether he or she can cultivate in the future, and what spells to practice. If you don't even have a spiritual root, and there is no point in cultivating, you will naturally not be able to enter the Martial Academy. Because it all depends on the mandate of heaven, it is also called the heavenly test.
The second test is called a human test. The main examination, literature, etiquette, law, physique, and soldier. Wen refers to the geography of scripture and history, etiquette refers to loyalty and filial piety, law refers to laws and decrees, physical tests are strength and speed, and soldiers refer to all kinds of weapons.
In order to pass the re-examination, one of the two subjects of physical education and military must be excellent. Second, the arts, sciences, and law must all be qualified.
After passing the preliminary and re-examination, they are the official students of the Martial Arts Academy. However, no matter how big the martial arts academy is, the resources are limited after all, so a final test is also prepared at the end, also known as the ground test.
The venue of the final examination is the mountain behind the martial arts academy, and all students who participate in the final examination will start from the same starting point. There are various tests in the mountains, and the ten people who finally take the lead in climbing the top of the mountain are the top ten disciples of the Martial Academy, not only enjoying the best resources of the Martial Academy, but also representing the Martial Academy in the Hundred Courtyards Competition five years later.
Of course, it doesn't mean that becoming one of the top ten disciples means that you can sit back and relax. At the end of each year, the martial arts academy will also hold an in-academy competition, when non-top ten disciples can also challenge the top ten disciples, and the winner will take their place. However, the resources of the top ten disciples are much better than those of ordinary students, and one year is enough time for them to open a big gap with ordinary students, and then they want to defeat very little. Therefore, the best choice is to directly win the place of the top ten disciples.
"Dean, the Li family, the Mu family, the Wang family, the Luo family, the Zhou family, the Wu family, and the Xie family of the City Lord's Mansion outside the gate have come to visit. ”
Just as Murong Feng was carefully reviewing, a guard walked in, bowed down and said.
Hearing that so many people were visiting at the same time, Murong Feng was startled, put down the Chinese case in his hand, and asked, "Did they say anything about looking for me?"
"No, but in addition to the heads of each family, the sons of each family also came. The guard replied.
Hearing this, Murong Feng thought for a while, but he couldn't think of what would happen for a while, so he had to order: "You invite them to the Lotus Tower first, and I will come over soon." ”
"Yes. ”
The guards bowed and retreated.
The Lotus Building, is a loft in the Linhai Martial Arts Courtyard to entertain visitors, built on the side of the lotus pond, from the second floor, you can enjoy most of the scenery of the Linhai Martial Arts Courtyard.
On the other side of the lotus pond, there was a small pavilion, which was originally used to feed the fish, but at this time, Ling Yun and Uncle Mo were here.
Ling Yun leaned against a pillar at this time, perusing a scroll in his hand. The Linhai Martial Academy had a lot of books, and Murong Feng did not restrict his freedom, but let him find many good books.
On the other side, Uncle Mo's eyes at this time looked at the water outside the pavilion, his eyes flashing, and he seemed very focused.