Chapter 20: Sacrifice of Life

I saw Xu Jiangyuan in various stalls, shops and even rooftops, shuttling back and forth, in addition to some calligraphy and painting in the bamboo basket on his back, there were a lot of cloth, grain, wine, and his body was embarrassed, sometimes he got under the stall, sometimes he was caught by someone as soon as he wanted to go to the roof, and he was caught by someone and pedaled for a long time to escape, and the people chasing behind him were excited one by one, shouting "Don't run!" from time to time. I'll give five hundred taels! I'll give a thousand taels! Please take me to meet Mr. Xu! The master said don't let him go! Words like that.

Seeing this scene, Sheng Linyun began to wonder if the person in front of him was really a master of light skills? Mo Wei grinned, thinking it was very interesting, "This city is really interesting, chasing a villager to chase so hard!" Anyway, why didn't the villager run away? He pretended he couldn't run. ”

"Every time he runs through a store, he will leave some silver taels, and then take away some items, it should be that the things needed have not been collected, it seems that it is inconvenient to reveal that he knows martial arts, depending on everyone's excitement, it should be the owner of calligraphy and painting to arouse their interest, this person should be a hermit's bodyguard, instead of selling calligraphy and painting, and buying food by the way!" Sheng Linyun seemed to think of something, "That's right! No, I can also earn some money and save myself the fruit along the way. ”

"Brother, I really want to chase that person and see if my light skills are worse than him." Mo Wei couldn't listen to Sheng Linyun's words at all, stretched out his head and looked ahead with interest, Sheng Linyun was a little speechless, and suddenly saw two imperial lists posted on the city wall..."It seems that the emperor has seen the letter I wrote, and he wants to recruit so many soldiers at once." Well? There was also a pair of "Hundred Years of Imperial Examination" written on the side, Sheng Linyun was about to read it carefully, and suddenly a figure passed through his line of sight and tore away the announcement on the city wall. ”

Mo Wei rode out on horseback in an instant, and Sheng Linyun followed, but the man was too fast, and disappeared in the reeds in an instant after leaving the city.

"It's so light, even the egret didn't notice it" Mo is different and his eyes are bright, although he is not as unpredictable as the master, but this person's understanding of light skills has surpassed me much, much. ”

"Since he wants to take away the proclamation, and there must be people in his family who are concerned about the heart of the examination, then he is not a hermit. Different! We returned to the place where we had just met the man for the first time. Sheng Linyun vaguely felt that he longed to see the man.

The two came to the river and looked around, and saw people working in the fields from a distance, so they walked over, Sheng Linyun said, "Dare to ask the old man, is there a remote village nearby with a school?" ”

The old man looked at Sheng Linyun, "Doll, do you want to go to school?" Also, the private school in the city doesn't look like you're dressed up, Ang! There is a place, over the front two mountains in a row, there is a village on the mountainside on the back of the mountain, I also heard the medicine picker said, a few years ago the villagers there built a primary school by themselves, but now there is no way out of study, you have to have an official at home, I advise you not to go, the road is not easy to walk, let the cattle go, hey! Isn't this a conscription, doll, you can still get a reward for lying about your age. ”

"Thank you, uncle" Sheng Linyun didn't want to communicate anymore, so he hurriedly walked away, muttering in his mouth, "Xia worms can't talk about ice." The uncle in the back was still enthusiastically shouting, "Doll, who are your parents?" Are you interested in contracting land together? There is a lot of rent, a lot of food, and I heard that the price of food will increase when there is a war!! Feed! ”

"Brother, where are you asking where there is a school for what you do?" Mo Wei looked back at the enthusiastic uncle, and beckoned to leave.

"There was a pile of dark blue cloth in the bamboo basket just now, and there were green ribbons, it should be necessary to make multiple pieces of clothing of the same color, and I saw him secretly take away a box of cinnabar without giving money, cinnabar is nothing more than used on children, treating children's night crying, epilepsy, or writing ceremonies, etc., I guess the cloth must be used as a bachelor's uniform, so he took the imperial examination announcement must be for teachers who don't often go down the mountain to see, hehe! Let's go," Mo Wei was stunned when he heard it, "Cow!" ”

The road was so rough that they had to dismount and walk, and after two days and one night, after climbing the last hill, they finally found the village on a mountainside, and the night began to fall. The two led the horses, and soon attracted people's attention, this commoner rarely has horses in his home, the village is a little closed, and the people here are estimated to have not seen outsiders all year round, and they all looked at the Sheng Mo brothers.

At this time, an old man walked up, "I am the village chief here, may I ask why the two of you are here in the Ugly Countryside?" ”

"Oh, old man, let's find a teacher" Sheng Linyun hurriedly saluted, and Mo Wei followed suit.

"Looking for Mr. Xu, okay, I'll take you there" The old man walked in front, the two followed, a turn, walked a straight winding path and came to the village academy, the academy is not big, there is no stone building archway, they are all small bamboo houses, bamboo is planted everywhere, the evening breeze rustles and rustles and looks extremely pleasant.

"The old man said goodbye first, and he didn't accompany the two of you to go in, and then I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see the way back," the old man said and left.

At this time, Mo Wei sensed something and looked up, and found a figure sitting on the top of a bamboo, slightly bent but not about to break.

The man said, "Two horse thieves, with a little ability, can find this place, why do you have to do it?" ”

"You are the thief, everyone shouted to arrest you yesterday" Mo Wei saw that it was Xu Jiangyuan who he met yesterday, and hurriedly pushed back, inexplicably unconvinced by him.

"It's not a thief, how can there be such an official BMW? And seeing that the two of you are not yet adults, you are good at kung fu, so you should be the one who found this? Xu Jiangyuan bit the bamboo branch in his mouth, pointed at Mo Wei, and nodded at Sheng Linyun.

"We have no malicious intentions, it's just that what our predecessors did really makes us curious, and it is inevitable that we will be a little interested in the first time in the rivers and lakes, not to mention a master like you, and you also tore away the only emperor list, Xiaosheng hasn't had time to see it!" Sheng Linyun explained unhurriedly, he felt that the person in front of him must be from a small background.

"Chasing the emperor list here? There are stickers everywhere in the city, and if you come with them and say that you have no intention, who will believe you? Xu Jiangyuan's gloomy voice made people shudder, and Mo Wei sensed that he had taken a few steps forward with his killing intent, "What are you doing?" Want to fight? ”

"Where did you horses come from? Who is behind it? Xu Jiangyuan jumped to the ground, and at this moment he changed his naughty boyish style during the day and lived like a cold-blooded killer.

To say that Sheng Linyun's curiosity is really not ordinary, he didn't have to trek through mountains and rivers just to take a look at the emperor's list, just ask passers-by, but his heart drove him to want to see if there was a strange person behind this master, and the time he had been down the mountain was only three years, and he didn't want to miss anything.

Sheng Linyun pulled Ramo differently, signaled that it was okay to salute Xu Jiangyuan and said, "Senior, the family teacher is also a hermit in the mountains and forests, he let the two of us go down the mountain for three years, let us experience ourselves, when I met my predecessors yesterday, I found that my predecessors are extraordinary, and I guessed that there must be a master behind you, so I want to see you." ”

"My brother and I depend on each other for our lives, and there are no high-ranking people in the family. Since you're not from the government, I'll let you go, please go back. Xu Jiangyuan's words were filled with an inviolable murderous aura, Mo Wei was very unhappy to hear, and he rushed up to make a move, but was stopped by Sheng Linyun, "Since this is the case, the junior will retire." ”

"Brother, the rice is ready, come in and eat, who are the two of you?" The voice came from behind Xu Jiangyuan, the two looked away from Xu Jiangyuan, and saw a person poking his head out of the door curtain, and saw the confrontation of the three people outside the house slowly walked out, this person is Xu Jiangyuan's younger brother Xu Shangao, I saw him, his face was like a crown of jade, wearing a scarf, his movements were elegant and leisurely, he was dressed very plainly, fluttering and fairy, except for the kitchen cloth pinned to his waist, uh! Well, and finally I found that I still had a plate of food in my hand... The four of them looked at each other, but they were a little embarrassed.

"Goo~" I don't know who broke the atmosphere with a stomach scream.

"Brother, are you friends?" Xu Shangao said.

"Two horse thieves" Xu Jiangyuan was really angry, but he couldn't be tough in front of his younger brother, and looked at the two Sheng Linyun brothers viciously.

"If it's really inconvenient, let's leave" Sheng Linyun felt the embarrassment of the person in front of him, he seemed to have touched a place that the other party didn't want to be touched, patted Mo and the two turned to leave, and Xu Jiangyuan behind him shouted again, "Hey!" Don't say it, this is the emperor list you want. After speaking, he threw Mo Wei a pair of scrolls. Under Xu Jiangyuan's "watch", the two left the village.