It was almost noon, but the wind in the valley still carried a heavy coolness, blowing the leaves of the maple forest trees in the mountains behind the junior high school all over the ground. This maple forest has been planted for more than 200 years since the establishment of the junior school. Every late autumn, the maple leaves everywhere seem to be covered with layers of red and yellow blankets. It's spectacular.

On the hill behind the academy sits an elegant courtyard, in front of which a bamboo forest is planted, and the dense and verdant bamboos stand in two rows along the path in front of the courtyard, and the emerald green bamboo leaves gradually close at the top, forming a round arched "roof", which separates the bamboo forest from the cold of late autumn.

A person was walking on the bluestone paved path at this time, holding a pile of ink rolls in his hand, and was walking into the courtyard quickly, and came to a quiet small room in the courtyard, took off the clogs on the bluestone slab outside, stood on the wooden steps in front of the small room, and said to the room: "Hall Chief Wei, the next post brought the test papers of the Zhishi Huike. ”

"Come in. I could only hear a response from inside.

The person who came was the chief invigilator of the Zhishi Hui Section, Mr. Wang, who came to the junior hall with the test paper of the Zhishi First Section at this time.

Master Wang opened the wooden door, and saw an old man in a dark red robe sitting upright drinking tea, the old man was full of energy, a pair of small eyes, but the light was flickering, this person was the head of the Chuanluo County Junior High School, the head of the hall Wei Zhengkun. He was originally a military attache of the martial arts branch of Nanyue County, and was sent to Chuanluo County five years ago to serve as the head of the Chuanluo County Junior High School. It cannot be said that there is no good means of academic management.

Chief Master Wang placed the stack of rolls in his hand on the pear blossom wooden table in the courtyard, and then said to Wei Zhengkun: "Hall Chief Wei, this Zhishi Huihui has been successfully completed, and at your command, the answer sheet for this meeting has been sent, please accept it." ”

Wei Zhengkun took another sip of the tea in his hand, and then slowly put down the teacup in his hand, which was originally a person from the Huishe County Government adjacent to the Lindu County Government, and was sent to the Lindu County Government on an errand more than ten years ago.

Wei Zhengkun also smiled slightly when he heard Chief Master Wang say that it was a complete end: "Chief Master Wang is not curious about this year's Zhishi question paper?"

When Chief Master Wang heard this, he was also puzzled and asked, "Please also ask the hall master to teach."

Wei Zhengkun stood up at this time, flipped through the stacks of scrolls on the table, and said slowly to Chief Master Wang: "I received an edict from Lindu a few days ago, and the edict was tied to the feet of a green bird.....

"Qingming Bird?!" Hearing these three words, Chief Master Wang's face was shocked.

"Exactly, the Qingming Bird is a bird dedicated to the transmission of messages from the Imperial Heavenly Prison Pavilion, and the edict is also drafted by the Heavenly Prison Pavilion, but it is printed with the Imperial Seal of His Majesty the Emperor. Let me wait for a blank sheet of paper to replace this year's Zhishi question paper. After the examination is over, it will be handed over to the head of the school in each county, who will personally escort him to the branch of the Tianjian Pavilion of the Lindu County Government. Wei Zhengkun looked at Chief Master Wang's shocked face and said.

"Why did the Heavenly Supervision Pavilion issue an edict to change the title of the Zhishi Meeting!?" Chief Master Wang wondered.

Wei Zhengkun shook his head slowly and said: "That day, the prison pavilion is a department of the empire dedicated to observing the stars and asking for hexagrams for His Majesty the Emperor. We only need to follow the rules when we take office, and we must not miss the will of His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Chief Master Wang also nodded and said no more.

"Tomorrow's Xingyi first subject exam, Deputy Hall Chief Wen will preside over on my behalf, and I need to quickly enter the county government with a stack of rolls. Don't delay. You will have to assist Deputy Head Wen in preparing for tomorrow's examination. ”

"Yes. Master Wang arched his hand.

Wei Zhengkun also rolled up the rolls on the table and put them into the box made of Xuantie, and walked quickly to the beast breeding stable in the school. I saw a snow-white horse in the stable eating forage leisurely. The white horse is about six feet tall. The whole body is snow-white, without a trace of different color mane. There is a spiral horn growing on the top of the head. Pure and noble.

This horse is the exclusive mount given by the Empire to the head of the school, called the horned snow white horse, it is a very fast beast that can travel thousands of miles a day without rest. It is a good walking mount for warriors.

"Phew...."

When the horned snow white horse saw Wei Zhengkun coming, he also let out a long sigh, galloped to Wei Zhengkun's side, and rubbed Wei Zhengkun affectionately with his horse's head.

"Horned Snow White Horse, now is the time for you to behave, hurry to the Lindu County Government. Wei Zhengkun is also stepping on the horse at the moment. Legs up.

"Drive!"

"Woo .....". The horned white horse let out another long cry, and then galloped away and stepped across the road. Pieces of fallen leaves were lifted......

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Yuan Lai and Yu Yan hurriedly walked out of the hall gate, just in time to see Liu Qingshan and the people in Lu Yuan Town standing in the square in front of the hall gate. Yuan Lai and Yu Yan hurriedly ran to everyone's side.

Yu Yan looked at her parents, but she couldn't help but fall into her arms and cry, everyone was a second monk who was confused, and hurriedly asked him what happened, and even the boys in Luyuan Town thought that Yuan Lai made Yu Yan angry, and they wanted to blame Yuan Lai. Yuan Lai hurriedly waved his hand to signal his innocence.

"It's none of my business. Then he sobbed and told what had just happened.

The more parents and children listened, the more angry they became, and the children shouted that they wanted to compete with the children in Mingshan Town.

"Okay, let's compete again when I take the exam, now follow me to the inn in Chuanluo County to stay, and have a good rest to deal with tomorrow's exam. ”

Liu Qingshan is also quite unhappy with the dominance of the children in Mingshan Town. The dark path really has its own teachers, and there must be its disciples. But then I thought that everyone was tired of traveling and the next subject exam would be held tomorrow, so I immediately instructed everyone.

"Yes, Yuan Lai, compete in the examination room. Yuan Lang comforted his son and said that he knew his son's temperament, and he must have felt quite uncomfortable when he was humiliated in front of the girl he liked.

"I know, Daddy!" Yuan Lai also secretly made up his mind that this time he was going to beat the children in Mingshan Town and breathe a sigh of relief for himself.

"Yuan Lai, where is Xiao Chen?!" Lu Chen's parents immediately found that Lu Chen did not come out with Yuan Lai, and they also opened their mouths to ask, and everyone only then noticed that Lu Chen was missing from the crowd.

"Xiaochen came out earlier than us!" Yuan Lai was also surprised.

"I'll go in and find out. Liu Qingshan immediately entered the school again

Lu's father and mother also followed in, and at the end of the exam, parents can also let them enter the school.

"I'll go too!" The more Yuan Lai thought about today's road dust, the more wrong it became, and he ran in with him worriedly

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Let's say goodbye to Yuan Lai and Yu Yan's road dust walked by himself, and his heart was full of doubts about the test just now, why he didn't remember what he answered, and he fell asleep for no reason.

Lu Chen, who was troubled in his heart, walked aimlessly, and a gust of autumn wind blew suddenly, and the wind knife blew on Lu Chen's thin body, and he shivered coldly.

"Where am I?" At this moment, Lu Chen, who was awakened by the cold wind, realized that he had unconsciously walked to a strange place. I saw a white-gray magnificent stone building in front of me, and the stone buildings were all inlaid with huge stones. There is not the slightest gap between the stones.

In front of the stone tower is a small square, in the center of which is a circular stone plate carved with several equal fan-shaped lattices, and in the center of the stone plate stands a copper pointer, facing the direction of the Sun Emperor. There is also a mighty stone beast crawling above the stone plate, which is also facing the direction of the Sun Emperor Star.

Lu Chen was curious, and walked forward to look at the stone, only to see that at this moment, under the light of the Sun Emperor Star, the shadow of the copper needle slowly pointed to the middle of the stone plate, and a red word was engraved on the middle position: Noon.

"Sundial. Lu Chen recognized the object in front of him, which was a timekeeping instrument that used the shadow of the sun to measure the time, also known as the "daily rule." ”

And Lu Chen looked at the stone beast on the top of the sundial at this moment, looking like a fierce tiger, with a vicious face, and a pair of eyes the size of copper bells were also staring at Lu Chen at this time.

Lu Chen suddenly felt a burst of hatred, staring at the stone beast, and his little face turned angry and hideous.

At this time, the copper needle of the sundial just pointed to the direction of noon, and the Sun Emperor Star, the sundial and the road dust were actually located in the same direction, connected into a line!

Lu Chen looked at the brilliance of the stone beast and the Sun Emperor Star, and he became more and more angry. Suddenly, there was a tingling pain in the spine of his back. almost screamed out in pain. However, Lu Chen endured it. Still looking at the Sun Emperor Star and the stone beast, he gritted his teeth angrily....

"Road dust!"

A call brought the angry Lu Chen back to reality. Looking back, I saw Liu Qingshan looking at him not far from the stone tower, with a puzzled look on his face. His parents and Yuan Lai were also hurrying behind him.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen suddenly felt dizzy, and almost fainted, Liu Qingshan's eyes were quick, and he stepped forward to support him.

"Xiaochen, what's wrong with you!" Lu's father, Lu's mother, and Yuan Lai almost stumbled and fainted when they saw Lu Chen at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Daddy, Auntie, Master Liu, Yuan Lai, why are you here. Yuan Lai looked at Liu Qingshan and the others and said in a weak tone.

"I didn't see you outside the hall, so we hurried in to find you. Xiaochen, what's wrong with you, why did you almost pass out!?" Lu Demin looked at his son's weak appearance and said with great concern.

"Xiaochen, are you okay? Lu Mu and Yuan Lai both asked with concern.

"Xu is the sequelae of falling into the cliff before, hurry to the medical hall in the county to take a look. Liu Qingshan still wonders what Lu Chen experienced at the bottom of the cliff, and how he got to the top of the cliff, which is really incredible. At this moment, I saw that Lu Chen almost fainted, and I was afraid that it was the sequelae left by that time, and it was also recommended at the moment.

"I'm fine. Lu Chen also stood up from Liu Qingshan's arms at this time, looked at everyone and said.

"It's better to go and see. Lu's father and Lu's mother also continued. Naturally, he didn't worry about his son.

"Yes, Xiaochen, let's go and take a look! You've been haunted today!" Yuan Lai found that Lu Chen was wrong after taking the exam today.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the medical hall to have a look. Liu Qingshan said and took Lu Chen's shoulders and walked in the direction of the hall door.

Lu Chen no longer refused, and everyone walked out of the school together.

"By the way, Lu Chen, why did you keep staring at that sundial? Liu Qingshan saw Lu Chen staring at the stone statue motionlessly, and asked curiously at this moment.

When Lu Chen heard these two words, he trembled all over his body, and suddenly became angry, his teeth bit his lip stubbornly, oozing blood, and then his eyes turned black and he fainted.....

"Road dust!"

"Xiaochen!"

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