Looking at the Luofeng Valley, two-thirds of the area has been built into the competition table and guest seats for this township test. One after another, people squeezed from the entrance to the guest seats under the scorching sun above their heads. Next to the spacious test table, there were four or five maids with flowery faces and moon appearances. The samurai in iron armor surrounded the entire venue like a green onion, and stood at the edge of the valley, all in high spirits.

There was no doubt that almost everyone's eyes were now squeezing in through the entrance, and they were looking up at what Master Mori Dao was doing. The Taoist behind the magical bronze mirror on the test table is the master of the Sen Dao Law who will hold the practice in every township test. No one can say exactly how old this mysterious old man lived, and in this ordinary world, being able to do this has already made him a celestial in the world. Sen Dao may have come from a distant sect a long time ago, wading through the Thousand Soul Lake, through the blazing wood forest, and then through countless hardships to reach the sect world. Although the legend of this sect world has not been confirmed in recent decades, all the people of Blackwater City, the Qinshan Kingdom, and even all the races on this continent firmly believe in it. The only well-known history of the forest is that Liu Zhong, the old city lord 80 years ago, personally went to the corner of Wanxing Lake where he lived in seclusion to invite him out of the mountain, presided over the rituals of the assembly test, prayed for the heavens to send talents and Heishui City, and preached legends for future talents, so that he could see the inexhaustibility of Taoism, and then he had a heart of hard work.

I saw that the mist in this bronze mirror gathered and dispersed, and many different scenes of heaven and earth had changed in it. First of all, the rapids of the Baige River in the eastern part of Qinshan Country were turbulent and rushing, so it was not magnificent, and then there were ghost fires floating in the mass graves of Heishui City, and zombies were everywhere. Not only that, Sen Dao also used spells to change a lot of wonders such as the heavenly realm immortal clouds, the underworld overflowing with anger, and other wonders that the younger generations had only heard of in legends, and the people in the audience and even the people who were still crowding the queue at the entrance couldn't help but admire it from the bottom of their hearts, and they were really shocked.

But when the mist dispersed again, the scene presented was very different from the previous vast wonders of heaven and earth. It is a few men and women who talk and laugh on the plank road, and the guests are not surprised. Looking at the few figures in the mist from a distance, they were no different from ordinary people, but the few guests who were closer to the test table widened their eyes and stretched their necks. The man in brocade was smiling and playing with the children around him. There was a shallow crescent wrinkle between his eyebrows, and a pair of tiger eyes were slightly squinted, but a little spiritual light was sprinkled on the two children. He wore a gorgeous official uniform, embroidered with a six-legged yellow dragon, coiled around the man's body. However, in addition to the gorgeous official uniform, he only wore a pair of green cloth and white crane shoes, and only a dark purple amber pendant weighing about one or two around his neck. If it weren't for the official uniform of the six-grade official of the imperial court, this shoe or ornament would be almost the same as a small rich family.

"It's... Isn't this the newly appointed city lord of Hezhe!"

The mist gradually dissipated, and finally someone recognized the person who only brought a few guards at the moment, but it was very different from the portrait, this was the newly appointed city lord of Blackwater City, He Zhe.

This shout was loud, and the guest seat immediately exploded. Hearing this, the hundreds of young people in the crowd wearing the same red robes, that is, the candidates who were taking the exam, heard this, and all of them who were as still as water as water and held the Six Classics of the Qinshan Kingdom raised their heads and looked at Master Sen Dao vigorously. Sitting at the forefront, in the northeast corner of the venue, there was a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, named Zhao Fugui, who had been closing his eyes to recuperate, and at this time he couldn't help but look at the test platform; at the same time, there was also a young man of the same age in the northwest corner of the venue, his name was Xiang Liufeng, his face was strange, and his expression was quite indifferent. He also opened his cold eyes and cast a glance at the stage.

"I didn't expect the city lord to have such a heroic spirit between his eyebrows, could it be a cultivator......." There are people in the crowd who talk about Hezhe's heroic appearance.

"How can the lord of the city be so different from the portrait, and his clothes are so frugal. Someone commented on Ho Zhe's outfit.

"Ah, these two babies around the city lord! Although the boy is childish, he has a pair of bright eyes full of aura, and the girl is young, immature but a little delicate. "Finally someone noticed the two children around Hezhe. A teacher-like man said to his side, and his words were quite rhetorical.

It is said that this boy with aura, whose name is Heyuncang, is a lone seedling of the city lord of Hezhe. Don't look at him is only a little more than nine years old, he once studied the Four Books and Five Classics from the great Confucian Fang Bing in the capital, and recited poems against each other. He is somewhat famous in the children's examinations in various towns in the capital. If it weren't for the fact that He Zhe had just taken office, the name of He Yuncang's prodigy would probably have spread all over Blackwater City. And the girl who was full of youth was an ordinary peasant girl who led the way for them to cross Chaoshan when He Zhe was transferred. She was very enthusiastic about He Zhe and his entourage, and she and her adoptive mother entertained He Zhe at home like a family, and they ate and lived on Chaoshan for two days and two nights. On the day of parting, He Zhe found that the girl's adoptive mother was secretly crying in the kitchen, and repeatedly asked and revealed the truth - his own land on Chaoshan was rented by Qian Hangfu's close friend a week ago, and the big landlord Qian Junqiang ordered it to be rented, but the compensation was very low, and the dilapidated house would be demolished in a few days, and she could no longer afford to raise the girl. He Zhe was furious, and at the same time, he was deeply compassionate. Seeing that the girl was so kind and simple, he promised the simple mother and daughter that he could adopt the girl as an adopted daughter. The mother thanked her a thousand times and kowtowed, so she let He Zhe take the girl away with tears in her eyes. It's just that the girl is an orphan girl, with no name and no surname, and she usually only calls her nickname "Little Pity". Therefore, He Zhe never thought of a good name for her, and called "little pity".

Look at the Hezhe family at the end of the wind-left plank road. The scorching sun in the sky was in the sky, and the strange peaks and strange forests on the cliffs on both sides were so hot that even the cicadas couldn't make a sound. The two children still had to be confined to etiquette, and they were dressed in fancy clothes like He Zhe, and their faces were hot and red. But the two of them, one is courteous and the other is grateful, and they all stride forward with their father in front of them.

"Xiao Pian, in today's township test, I sent someone to pick up your adoptive mother Liu, and she will also watch from the audience. He Zhe walked ahead, and suddenly turned back to his adopted daughter behind him and said a word.

"Sister, now that you are from Hefu, you must also be more stable to show the etiquette of Blackwater City. "Yuncang has been practicing Confucianism since he was a child, although there are some hidden needles in his words, but the words are still full of etiquette. But in fact, although he had been used to it for more than a day before, and his father had enlightened him, Yun Cang still didn't like to see Xiao Pian a little, and insinuated that she shouldn't cry because she missed her adoptive mother.

Actually, it's no wonder. After all, when he first came to Blackwater City, his father let him have an extra sister for no reason. Let's leave Xiao Lian's background aside, but her father is obviously a little biased towards her sister. This made even the little prodigy Yun Cang, who was well-read, a little unhappy. Thinking of this, He Zhe smiled helplessly, and said with an angry expression: "Heh, Xiao Yuncang dares to scare my sister!"

Yun Cang was already a little nerdy, and when he saw his father angry, he didn't distinguish between truth and falsehood, so he arched his little hand and apologized: "The child is serious, please forgive me." ”

The girl who walked up to He Zhe said generously in that silver bell-like voice: "Yun Cang is right. Father, when I go there and see my adoptive mother, the child will say that everything is fine with my father, and that the child is very happy and that there is no need to worry about me. ”

After that, he also stretched out his hand and touched Yun Cang's little head dotingly, revealing two dimples on his face. Yun Cang's face was shy, his body twisted, he stood in front of the girl, and muttered: "Men and women don't kiss each other......"

When He Zhe saw the two children playing, he couldn't help but laugh heartily.

......

On the Wanzi Bridge.

He Zhe and his entourage walked through the Liufeng plank road, passed through the stone bell cave, and came to the head of the Wanxing Bridge from the side. At this point, another quarter of an hour passed, and the sun regained its momentum. When He Zhe appeared on the Wanxing Bridge with a few guards and two children, he saw such a familiar scene as Xiao Lian - the scorching sun was in the sky, and the sparkling waves in the Wanxiang Lake, and dragonflies touched on it, causing ripples. The 30-meter-long bridge is lined with vendors selling all sorts of things. There were a few young men who had been acquainted with the girl in this area, and although they saw her dressed in fine clothes, they were also very natural and waved their hands without any barriers. It is said that there are five treasures in Blackwater City - fish scale tea, Tanling agarwood, Zheng's jade, inch gold silk, and evil spirit**. And it is especially famous for its antique fish scale tea. As for how good this tea is, let's put it aside for the time being. But on the bridge, there were a lot of people dressed in foreign costumes, speaking a somewhat stiff lingua franca, gathered around the tea sellers. This black water city is on the northern border of Qinshan Kingdom, with Da Yadu in the west and Yannan City in the east. The north is the country of the barbarians, the country of Yingze, which is more than twice the area of the Qinshan country. These barbarians came to Wanxingqiao from the eastern Chaoshan Road just to purchase fish-scale tea! When they looked at it again, several barbarians were carrying large bags and small bags in their hands, and the tea sellers had already sold out their goods and left the stalls! They were also gesturing in the direction of the Liufeng Plank Road, as if they wanted to enter the city to make another purchase. When He Zhe saw this scene, his heart was touched. I thought that the barbarians in the north were indissecting and eating flesh, so they needed to use tea to moisten their intestines. However, this Blackwater City is rich in products, and it really is not covered!

"Xiaguan Huang Zhi, the head of the Dutch Mansion, meet the city lord!"

Besides, Huang Zhi and several of his subordinates, who were originally greeting several caravans in the center of the bridge, were very clever at this time, and they all bowed in the direction of He Zhe - it is said that Huang Zhi promoted him to the captain of the capital a few days ago, but he had never seen the city lord before. But he saw that there was a dragon pattern at the head of the bridge, and with his knowledge, he recognized that it seemed to be a five-grade official uniform. didn't think about it, dragged a few of his subordinates, and bowed to the ground with a "plop".

Besides, He Zhe, seeing that Gao Liuting had warned Huang Zhi before, the next work was actually arranged so well by this guy who had a bit of a reputation earlier. There was always some joy in his heart, and he also understood the principle of grace and power, whether Huang Zhi really understood the meaning of Wanxing Bridge for business travel, or was just afraid of his blame, He Zhe took a few steps forward and hugged Huang Zhi.

"Hurry up! This official is really confused, the officer is so close to the people, but I was confused in my heart before and sent Master Gao to pass on the message, I blamed you!" Huang Zhi heard this, and couldn't say a word. Taking advantage of this, He Zhewei pulled him up from the ground as soon as he exerted his strength.

"What! This is the ...... of the city lord of Hezhe" "It doesn't look like the portrait......" Huang Zhi's previous bow surprised many hawkers and merchants around him, and they all turned their eyes to Hezhe. But he was not affected by it at all, but cleared his throat generously: "You don't have to make a fuss, business is important, hurry up and go yourself." ”

This remark suppressed everyone's curiosity, but the surrounding vendors were already absent-minded, and when they found an opportunity, they secretly meowed a few times. "Lord of the Castle... I... I..."Huang Zhi was flattered, thinking that He Zhe would be angry after Gao Liuting went back to report it, but how did he treat him with this courtesy......

"This official knows that when Lord Qian was in office before, the errand officer acted vigorously for the official, and some things were handled too absolutely and arbitrarily. There is quite a lot of criticism among the people. But today's events, you know me very well! It's because the official is too careful!" He Zhe patted him on the shoulder cordially, "Forget about the past, the official has already promoted you while you are still in the capital, and I have high expectations for you! Be gentle, and don't offend the people because of something inconsequential. Don't be too impatient in doing things, do you understand?"

"My lord, the lower officials are taught!" Huang Zhi was very excited--when did Qian Hangfu say this to him before? I thought that as soon as Lord Qian left, the days of his secret petty bribery would come to an end, and if he didn't do it, he would be charged with crimes. How did you know that this city lord was so tolerant, he chose not to blame the past. Not only that, but also taught him the truth of being an official. So kind, how can he bear it!

He Zhe smiled slightly, got up and walked towards the barbarians of the Underworld Kingdom. When the barbarians saw the gorgeous official uniform on his body, they immediately guessed his identity. He shook hands with everyone, and what he said was a barbarian language that was not used much in the Underworld! A few people talked and laughed, but they were talking about some relations and exchanges between the two countries. The scene of "the city lord can speak barbarian language" was captured in the eyes of everyone in the Falling Wind Valley, and everyone was deeply shocked!

Yun Cang and Xiao Lian followed He Zhe and came to the end of the bridge. There is a teleportation circle arranged by the Sen Dao mage, and there are several guards around it. This is the exclusive access to the castle lord and his guards. After the simple operation of the guard, the group can directly reach the test table.

And in the Falling Wind Valley, the mist in front of the magic mirror of the forest road has dissipated. At this time, the archmage took back the bronze mirror, cleared the old and ** voice, and slowly announced: "August 11, the time has come! And the back two rows are filled with famous Confucian scholars and literary masters in Qinshan Country, some of them are not from Heishui City, but all of them are masters who have read poetry and books, and their fame has shaken Qinshan!

Just as everyone was stunned by shock for a short time, the vicissitudes of Sen Dao's and mysterious voice sounded again: "Poor Dao Sen Dao, meet the city lord of Hezhe!"