'Hoof'

Accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves.

Jiang Cang did not stop all the way, and in about 20 minutes, he traveled 12 miles and came to the outside of Kaiyang County.

'Tata' rode his horse and stood on a dirt road where farmers came and went.

When the farmer in front heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he turned around or glanced sideways at Jiang Cang, who was riding his horse, and no one dared to talk to this chivalrous man with a seemingly 'unusual' temperament, but continued to walk towards Kaiyang County, which was about 300 meters away.

Jiang Cang saw it, looked ahead, and also saw that the city wall in Kaiyang County was not very high, but it was not thin.

The eagle's eye stared, the walls were rammed, and the announcement of the reward for the prisoner was pasted.

The city walls were patrolling back and forth with the guards guarding the city, and there were eight energetic soldiers standing at the city gates, presumably recruited by the city, or something.

Anyway, in this war-torn year, the Yellow Turban Army and mountain bandits were rampant, where was there no troops to defend the city?

Even the village has private armor and militia, which are all legitimate defense, and there is nothing strange about it.

They walked back and forth, shaking their armor and kept an eye on the pedestrians leaving and entering the city, in case thieves and the 'important criminals' posted on the city walls could get in.

The people and businessmen who came and went nearby also lined up in an orderly manner, slowly walking into the city, and no one dared to join the queue or cross the queue.

Except for a 'civil official' who seemed to be in the city, maybe he was reporting something, so he passed all the way past the people and walked into the county in the hands of two soldiers.

And Jiang Cang, who was in the distance, saw this scene and saw that there was no one nearby, so he stretched out his hand to collect the paper horse, and walked towards the gate of the town while warming the strength of the paper horse.

Wait until you get to the end of the line.

Let's line up well, I'm not a big official, and I don't need money to enter the city, so there's no need to charge any big demon moths.

And while queuing here.

Jiang Cang listened attentively, and also heard that there were two friends on the edge of the city who seemed to be saying goodbye, and when they walked away, they felt that after leaving the 'big court', they were still talking about 'the princes of the eighteenth road to discuss Dong'.

"I heard that. . . Many generals have gone to Luoyang to encircle and suppress Dong thieves.." A young man asked, rubbing his hands from time to time, it was a little cold this day, and it was already winter.

"That's the national teacher of the dynasty!" Another person was suddenly startled when he heard his friend compare Dong Zhuo to 'Dong Thief', and frowned and whispered a warning to him.

At the same time, he also glanced back and forth, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he said again: "You don't care if it's a thief or a general, it's not something we can say."

"Alas. I know.." The young man shook his head and sighed, "I also watched Brother Li go south and north, maybe I know more, so I asked..." I want to know if the thief is dead."

The young man said, perhaps because of his sadness, and his voice was a little louder, "As long as the Dong thief is dead." I will go back to my home in Luoyang before February next year to see my mother... I've been out and about for over a year... I haven't seen you in a long time.."

"You.." The other person hurriedly covered the young man's mouth, and then lowered his voice, "Whisper, Mo Yan!" Mention Dong Zhuo's name again, and be careful to spread it to the ears of those who have a heart, making you lose your head! ”

"I.." The young man suddenly came to his senses, his sadness was all gone, and he nodded hurriedly, and when he saw this person again, he didn't dare to ask any more, because he felt that he was a little stupid just now.

"Let's go.." The previous person was still not at ease, and when the words fell, he pulled the young man away, away from Kaiyang County, saving his friend from any accidents on the road.

After all, the young man called him 'brother', that is what it means to be an elder brother and a big brother, so he is the master and the elder brother in Kaiyang.

Whether it is for the safety of the guests or the safety of the younger brother, it must be delivered in person.

Jiang Cang, who was not far away, saw it, and didn't think it was strange, because in ancient times, it was roughly like this, literati and martial artists all valued integrity, fame, commitment, and loyalty.

Besides.

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, the conversation between the merchants over there, and the foreign words spoken by the soldiers on the city wall during the handover, and counting the words of the previous scribes, I also thoroughly figured out this period.

To sum up, the princes of the Eighteenth Route have already set off, maybe they are now stationed outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and they will fight Dong Zhuo.

Then you have a lot of options.

First, you can go there to see the heroic posture of Cao Cao, or to see the majesty of the flying general Lu Bu's 'first in the world'.

Second, I follow the task and first improve my strength. ’

Because as he lined up to approach the gate of Kaiyang County, in addition to the friendship task, a lot of 'task points' suddenly appeared in his mind. ’

Roughly speaking, there are as many as five in total!

Then accompanied himself into the city gate, first looked at the nearest task point on the street, it was a 'cloth shop', there was a carriage parked at the door, and the two men carried the cloth and animal skins in the cart back and forth.

According to the style of the previous mission, the storefront with the word "cloth" should be about one's own "upgrade mission" or "equipment". ’

So, what else is there to say.

It must be the first premise to improve your strength and equipment first!

And there are so many mission points in this town, it is difficult to guarantee that the 'protection mechanism' in the Yuan Energy World is reminding himself that this 'rule-breaking supernatural person' is too low, and he will be sent to death if he goes to the Tiger Prison Pass.

If, for example, many games have level blocks, if you don't reach a certain level, you won't let yourself out of the newbie city. ’

Of course, this is not a game, it is reality, very free, you can go as you want, and the sky is high.

But on the other hand, this is the reality, there is only one life, gone, dead, there is no chance to start again.

Time.

Jiang Cang thought of this, and remembered that the aura of this world was strong, so after these flying generals and martial saints didn't know how powerful they were, they really felt that the 'protection mechanism' was eighty percent true!

Taking the head of the enemy general among the ten thousand armies may not be hearsay.

So with his own force, if he goes to the Tiger Prison Pass now, maybe he can be a young general, but if he faces those generals, he will be a real death and a shame.

Especially in this life, I have a straw man, which is quite worry-free.

But the shame is real, and I can't accept it.

And Jiang Cang thought for a moment, he didn't care about these things, or first see where these tasks were and what they were marked.

Suddenly.

Jiang Cang was expectant, and then walked forward, avoiding hawkers and pedestrians from time to time, and turned around the not very prosperous Kaiyang County, which could be regarded as familiarizing himself with the environment here.

As an hour or two passes.

Accompanied by the cries of hawkers, the conversation of pedestrians.

After Jiang Cang roughly walked around, he summed it up and found that the five mission points included five places: 'horses, cloth, medicine, soldiers, and restaurants'.

The first four are easy to understand.

It should be 'paper horses, armor, medicinal food, and weapons', these four metaphysical upgrade places related to their own strength

The last restaurant, I don't know about this, maybe it's for intelligence, or something.

Anyway, I didn't take these tasks now, but I went along with it first, and I had a general impression of the charter, and then I said that it was too messy to save it, and there was no end to it.

But. Let's talk about it in this way.

Jiang Cang also discovered that in addition to being a world of Yuan Energy for cultivation, this is also a good place to focus on upgrading equipment and exercises!

At this glance, I just came here, and there are a lot of treasures waiting to be picked up!

Of course, according to the fact that all the Elemental Beings have 'Fog Tips', this Elemental Energy World should still be a chaotic world.

Not only to guard against troubled times, but also to guard against the rest of the primordial powers.

In short, there are many opportunities, but they are also very dangerous.

As far as the town where I am located, to be honest, in this torrent of history, it is really just an ordinary place.

In the face of a large army attacking a city, as long as the individual force does not rise to a certain height, it seems to be irrelevant.

Therefore, Jiang Cang thought about it, and the premise was to improve his strength.

At least in this troubled world, we must have the power to protect ourselves.

And Jiang Cang thought about these things, and did not go to those task points to receive the task, but first came to the center of the town marked by the 'friendship mission', and prepared to conclude the friendship task first.

Because in my mind, the guidance of the friendship task is the strongest, and it should be a subconscious reminder to myself, 'As long as I have the friendship task first, then the subsequent upgrade tasks will become simpler.'" ’

Anyway, that's roughly what it means, and you can't be wrong with six, seven, **ten.

Meantime.

When I passed through a street, I looked towards the friendship task point, and I also saw that the place marked by this task was the city government of Kaiyang County, which was also the place where the 'county order' worked.

And it was also at this time.

As soon as Jiang Cang took a few steps there, a 'memory identity' suddenly appeared in his mind. ’

Roughly,

This calligraphy and painting of his own was left by the county order of Kaiyang County, Zhang Xing, and Zhang Huaibo.

Especially himself and this county magistrate Zhang Xing, who used to be friends in a village.

This relationship, for example, is comparable to the two young men at the gate of the city before, who will help when they see their friends in danger.

Especially in his memory identity, there is also a small story, which can be regarded as naming his friendship with him, so that he can have a foundation.

The story is that seven years ago, when the two were about seventeen or eighteen.

The two went out to play and drink, and on the way back, they ran into mountain bandits.

Then, Zhang Xing wanted to be behind and risked his life to let his friend go first.

I also let him go.

Anyway, when he saw that he and he couldn't run, he finally ran into a ranger who passed by, helped the two of them break the siege, and killed these mountain bandits.

has also said in this little story in his memory, he and he do not talk about life and death, but also friends in distress.

It's just that it was a troubled time at that time, buying and selling officials, Zhang Xing's father made a fortune because he followed other people's business, and at this time, he bought an official position and served as the county magistrate of Kaiyang County.

Zhang Xing also came out and came to Xuzhou, a few hundred miles away.

But in the past seven or eight years, his father died because of the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army, and the post of county commander was vacant.

And at this time, it coincided with Dong Zhuo's internal strife, and no one cared.

Zhang Xing added some more money, plus he was educated, had read, and had followed his father as a civil deputy before, he had experience and prestige, and the people in the county supported him.

Eventually, the position of prefectural magistrate was passed down.

It's like a joke, and it's very pediatric to set a seven-grade official.

But in this troubled world, it is chaos, the emperor can sell his office, who can find out the Tao inside.

Anyway.

Jiang Cang finished thinking about this identity, and when he learned that he had a county order friend, he felt that this 'friendship task' was well arranged!

At least he had a higher starting point than the rest of the Yuan Powers from the beginning, and he still had a force to defend himself, so that he didn't even have a place to stay.

So what else is there to say.

Let's meet a friend I haven't seen in seven or eight years.

That's what I thought of as well.

Jiang Cang stretched out his hand to cover it, took out the calligraphy and painting, came to the gate of the city mansion, and hugged his fists at the two guards who came and said, "Jiang Cang, Jiang Chenzhong." There are two Lao to inform Zhang County, so friends visited. ”

'Zhang Xianling's old friend..'

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and saw that Jiang Cang's appearance was extraordinary, not like a smiling person, so one of the soldiers waved his hand to Jiang Cang and said: "The county is important, and idlers are not allowed to go." Pardon for the pleasure, but there is a letter? The villain was informed. ”

"Please." Jiang Cang didn't move, didn't step on the steps, but handed out the calligraphy and painting with a flat hand.

"Please." The soldier returned the salute, went down the steps to take the calligraphy and painting, and took a look, very light, not like there was something hidden, so he nodded to Jiang Cang, said "take care", and turned around and walked towards the city.

If he walked farther, he was afraid that the well-dressed person outside the door was really a friend of his boss, and his steps were getting faster and faster, rushing straight to the backyard.

And Jiang Cang stood outside the door and waited, looking at the pedestrians nearby, and seeing that they were all close to the city, he walked around a little.

But after a while, with a somewhat excited voice, a young man in a literary robe walked out quickly amid the soldier's laughter.

"It turns out that Brother Chen Zhong is here! There is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome! Don't blame these two soldiers, they are the fault of Xing for their duties, and they failed to say it in advance, so that Brother Chen Zhong waited for a long time."

Zhang Xing said, it seemed that he wanted to hug Jiang Cang, and he missed it very much. But he remembered that his brother didn't like this kind of childish hypocrisy, so he stopped his steps again, and invited the house with a smile: "Brother Chenzhong, you and I have been separated for seven years, and Xing has a lot to say." Why don't you make tea and go into the cold house? ”

"Please." Jiang Cang clenched his fists, returned the salute to the two smiling soldiers, smiled, and entered the mansion at Zhang Xing's invitation.

Passing through the guarded front yard again, everyone saluted themselves and Zhang Xing.

When they came to a room in the backyard.

The tea was personally served by Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xingcai sighed with some nostalgia: "Brother Chen Zhong, it has been seven years since Xing came out with his father. I had heard that there were mountain bandits in the village. And fortunately, Brother Chen Zhong traveled to learn martial arts."

"It's to learn martial arts." Jiang Cang took the teacup, saw Zhang Xing shaking his head and sighing, but said with a smile: "It's not that I'm coming back from my martial arts studies, passing by Xuzhou, and coming to Kaiyang to see Huaibo." ”

"Hahaha!"

Inside the house, Zhang Xing was not majestic outside, but heard his brother thinking about him, and made a special trip to and fro, he laughed loudly, dispelled his depression, and was only happy in his heart.

But then, he didn't know what he thought of, so he changed to a positive color and said: "Brother Chen Zhong has traveled abroad for seven years and learned martial arts. If you don't dislike it, would you like to stay in this city first, help the fun, and keep the sun? ”

When Zhang Xing said this, his face no longer concealed the tiredness of hard work, and he stood up again, held his hand to Jiang Cang and said, "This world is troublesome... Xing, although he has no ambitions, he wants to keep a safe land for the people of Kaiyang. There is only one person in Kexing, always, exhausted, exhausted."