After entering Yongzhou, Yuan Zheng and Li Chen temporarily rented an inn in the south of the city.

The courtyard of Daqin has always been simple and simple, thick and solemn, and black buildings can be seen everywhere.

In the inner room, Yuan Zheng sat cross-legged and calculated again, beads of sweat oozed from his face, and his breathing was slightly short.

After a long time, his face turned completely pale.

opened his eyes and gasped, and Li Chen, who was on the side, immediately served a cup of hot tea.

After Yuan Zheng breathed slightly, Zhengse said: "Actually, the "Canghai Liuhe" I practiced does have the righteousness and principle of the astrological hexagram, which can be deduced and calculated. ”

"It wasn't like that before, and that's because deduction and calculation are just capturing the heavens. ”

"Capturing the Heavenly Opportunity is a subtle consumption of my own luck, and this investigation of your brother's whereabouts has also consumed my subtle qi. ”

"If everything has to be deduced and calculated, then it is not only luck that is consumed, but also longevity. ”

"The people who eat this bowl of rice are naturally fearless, and most of them are fighting hard for the lord, trying to get a good reputation and shade future generations. ”

"But I can't, firstly, my skills are still shallow, and secondly, I have to beware of the rebellion of the Helldemon. ”

When luck is said, it is mysterious, but it really exists.

First there is luck, then there is regularity.

Li Chen said bluntly: "Is there any way to make up for your luck?"

Yuan Zheng pondered for a long time and replied: "Yes, before the Xishu dragon vein fell apart, if anyone gets the Dao body of that dragon vein, he can strengthen his luck, or subtly absorb some dragon swimming qi, it is okay." ”

"But that's after all, it's a matter of state of mind, and at the moment, we still have to save our own qi. ”

"The number of qi is exhausted, this sentence is not just talking. ”

Li Chen was not good at comforting people, so he nodded silently.

After drinking tea, Yuan Zheng suddenly smiled and said: "We didn't go to Xianyang for nothing, at least we mixed some gold ingots back, and we can still be chic for a while." ”

The corners of Li Chen's mouth rose slightly, and after careful calculation, he really earned it when he went to Xianyang.

Yuan Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Li Ding is currently in the Stone Mountain, and he has to go to know what to do." ”

"Take a break, and let me really get some time to go. ”

After coming to Yongzhou, Yuan Zheng and Li Chen naturally heard that the city wall of Yongzhou had been strengthened recently, and a large number of coolies had poured into the stone mountain.

After thinking about it, Li Chen knew that Li Ding was working as a coolie in Stone Mountain.

Yuan Zheng began to resonate with the flowers, silently operating the method of Sheng Shen and the method of cultivating the will, and the emptiness in the body was filled by the true yuan little by little.

Li Chen has been silently guarding from the sidelines, and he is not worried that Yuan Zheng will have an accident.

Instead, he subconsciously prevented accidents, although the Heavenly Demon Sect was entangled with Daqin's iron horse, it was inevitable that there would still be masters who would free up their hands to deal with the two of them.

People in the rivers and lakes really need to be defended everywhere.

After about an hour, Yuan Zheng's face returned to normal, and he got up and stretched his body, making a sound like fried beans all over his body.

smiled and said, "Let's go, go to Stone Mountain to see what your good brother is doing." ”

Li Chen's face was expressionless, but he was actually ecstatic in his heart.

Stone Mountain is not very far from the Chengnan Inn, about thirty miles away, after walking out of the city gate, you can see a long line of heavy trucks to transport stones to the foot of the city wall.

There are many people with mixed eyes, and Yuan Zheng and Li Chen are not easy to ride the wind.

As for carrying the handle, it turned into a young eagle and lay on Yuan Zheng's shoulder.

Yuan Zheng suddenly said, "Have you and your brother ever done hard labor before?"

This question made Li Chen a little uncomfortable.

Yuan Zheng's life is naturally carefree, but at present, the cultivation of the princes' swords must also be wet with rain and dew, and he can't always live a life of brocade clothes and jade belts, and the hardships and hardships of the common people naturally need to know more.

Li Chen said gloomily: "When I was wandering with my younger brother in my early years, I wanted to go to the back kitchen of an inn as a helper and have a round belly. ”

"We were too young, and we were dressed in tatters, so the people in the inn knew at a glance that our two brothers were going to go in to eat and drink, so they didn't let us enter the inn. ”

"Isn't it a bit miserable?"

Yuan Zheng did not experience that kind of day, and said a rather hypocritical sentence: "How miserable the previous days were, how brilliant the future days will naturally be." ”

Li Chen didn't take it seriously, and smiled bitterly.

People who have a bad life have always been miserable, and people who have a good life have always been very good.

In this world, some things are really predestined.

Thirty miles of road, really slow, no half day can not be reached.

However, Yuan Zheng and Li Chen's footsteps are very light, and occasionally when the heavy vehicles are not paying attention, they can reach ten zhang away with a gentle teleportation.

So in about an hour and a half they came to the foot of the stone mountain.

Looking at the past, in the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest, there is an infantry army guarding the gate.

However, it did not prevent Yuan Zheng and Li Chen from entering the stone mountain, and the people in brocade clothes and jade belts, even if they were soldiers, would look up to them a little more, and they were not willing to offend.

On the other hand, there is no oil and water here in Stone Mountain, and it is just to prevent those hard laborers from forming gangs, bullying newcomers, or fighting in groups, so these infantry troops came.

The baggage vehicles followed one another, neatly arranged, and after the laborers who carried the stones came down, no one took over, and the laborers themselves were required to put the stones that reinforced the city wall firmly on the baggage vehicles.

Yuan Zheng took a look at it, and the Qin State did have a tendency to be single-minded between the military and the people, and those who had official status did not embarrass the hard labor, and occasionally helped out.

Between the words, it was quite polite.

If it is Da Wei, it is difficult to say, the days of hard work will definitely be very uncomfortable, and the wages that can be obtained are not as much as on the surface.

Li Yu in the pavilion suddenly turned his head and looked at Yuan Zheng and Li Chen, who had just arrived, with a look of surprise in his beautiful eyes.

Seeing this, the attendant beside him asked curiously, "Which adult's son are those two, and how did they come here?" ”

Li Yu got up and shouted at Yuan Zheng: "The last time I said goodbye, I haven't seen each other for more than half a year, can the son be okay recently?"

Yuan Zheng was stunned for a moment, patronizing and searching for Li Ding's whereabouts, not caring about the female general in the pavilion.

Looking back, he bowed slightly and said, "I've always been fine, I never thought that you were also here, and it seems that you are still the principal here." ”

Yuan Zheng and Li Chen stepped forward and walked into the pavilion.

Li Yu was a hospitable girl, and immediately ordered her entourage to serve tea, and set up two small benches for Yuan Zheng and Li Chen.

glanced at Yuan Zheng and noticed that the sword on Yuan Zheng's waist was different.

smiled and said: "Childe's wooden sword is still the previous wooden sword, but the sword that kills people has been replaced, I vaguely remember that Childe's previous sword without a scabbard is very sharp." ”

"How did I change it. ”

Li Chen didn't speak on the side, he didn't expect that this female general and Yuan Zheng knew each other, and they seemed to be very familiar.

Yuan Zheng said helplessly: "The sword without a scabbard was broken before, and in desperation, I had to replace it with a sword." ”

Li Yu was very curious, remembering the last time the prey was divided equally, Li Yu remembered how sharp Yuanzheng's fighting ghost was, a sword fell, and the prey became two halves, but there was no blood flowing, which was a bit magical.

asked: "With Childe's strength, it is not easy to break Childe's previous sword, I want to know what kind of swordsman can make Childe break the sword?"

Yuan Zheng also has a good impression of Li Yu, this female general is open and chic, likes martial arts, and does not like the red tape of literati, she is a very refreshing person.

But this question can only be answered with a lie, and responded: "You should have heard that half a year ago, there was a mysterious female swordsman who had a tendency to be invincible, and defeated all the masters of the rivers and lakes along the way, and even broke the swords of many swordsmen. ”

"Out of the mentality of challenging the strong, I also went to fight the female swordsman a few times, but my sword was not as good as the other swords, and it was broken. ”

"It's a good thing that I ran faster, otherwise I would have been broken. ”

That mysterious female swordsman is naturally Dongfang Mingyue.

People like Li Yu naturally have heard about things on the rivers and lakes.

He smiled and said: "It's good that the son is safe and sound, but that female swordsman, is it really that strong?"

Yuan Zheng pondered: "Yes, in the same realm, it can be called invincible. ”

"Her matching sword is also the dream of countless swordsmen, although I don't know who her master is, but she is probably also a model of a famous teacher and a high apprentice. ”

Li Yu nodded thoughtfully, the woman was jealous, although she was not a swordsman, but out of curiosity, she also wanted to know how strong the female swordsman was, and see if she could have the opportunity to take a few steps with the female swordsman in the future.

Li Chen has been secretly observing, hoping to find his younger brother from those coolies.

Li Yu was also keenly aware of Li Chen's prying eyes, and asked Yuan Zheng curiously: "Childe appeared here, presumably he didn't appear here for no reason, visiting Stone Mountain is not just as simple as visiting the mountains and rivers." ”

Yuan Zheng raised his throat, and replied without blushing and heartbeat: "I came to find my cousin, that guy has a lot of strength, I'm afraid he is the most powerful coolie with a stone." ”

"To tell you the truth, he also lost a lot of silver in the casino, and the elders of the family sent him to Stone Mountain out of a punishment mentality, and let him realize that the silver is not blown by the wind. ”

Li Yu sighed, the descendants of the Qin people taught themselves were not as soft as the Great Wei.

If you make a mistake, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright.

They have never adopted any soft policies towards their sons and daughters, they can do wrong things, but they must also pay a price.

If you do something wrong, pat yourself on the ass and leave, it doesn't exist.

Li Yu said: "There is indeed a guy who is very powerful with a stone, I have always thought that he is as strong as a person, and he must also be a master of martial arts cultivation, it seems that the coolie named Li Ding is really not an ordinary coolie." ”

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat, this was the first time since the separation that he was so close to his younger brother, even if he hadn't seen anyone yet.

At the same time, he also felt that Li Ding was a little stupid, walking the rivers and lakes, and even dared to use his real name.

Yuan Zheng thinks that people like Li Ding are stupid and stupid.

Yuan Zheng said with a smile: "This time, there are also some things that need him, and I plan to take him away from the stone mountain and send him to the demon beast mountain range for some training." ”

Li Yu picked up the teacup, the tea was still steaming, and he blew it slightly before taking a sip of tea.

"Most of the coolies here have to work until a certain time before they can leave, which has been said from the beginning. ”

"That cousin of yours, what I told us is that as long as the stone mountain has always had a stone back, he will always stay here to carry the stone, and if he leaves at this time, he will break his promise. ”

In the end, he is an honest man, and he can agree to such a thing as carrying stones all the time.

Li Chen was a little helpless.

Yuan Zheng knew what Li Yu meant, and said with a smile: "Breaking the promise, of course, is wrong, but also ours, using such a fortification to experience Li Ding, it is indeed a bit of an obstacle to official business." ”

"Just make a price, and let Li Ding give the general a good confession and apology. ”

Li Chen has been secretly observing, there are almost a dozen or twenty laborers coming down from the mountain, but he still hasn't seen Li Ding come down.

Since this female general is a Shuangli person, Yuan Zheng does not intend to say hypocritical and polite remarks.

Li Yu said: "What Gongzi said is very true, but the rules are the rules, and you can't use real money to spoil the rules, although they are coolies, but when they come here to work, they can barely step into the army with half a foot." ”

"The reason why my Great Qin Iron Cavalry is so angry is mainly because of the rules that are stronger than iron. ”

"Small merchants, hawkers, merchants, and businessmen can use real money to distort the rules, but in the army, there is no such thing. ”

Yuan Zheng was embarrassed in his heart, this is the female general of Daqin, the rules are the rules, people have nothing to say, even if they refute, they don't know how to refute.

People with eloquent talents come here, and I'm afraid they can't say why.

Yuan Zheng humbly asked: "Judging from the general's intentions, how should this matter be handled appropriately?"

Li Yu put down the teacup and glanced at the stone mountain, for countless years, the reinforcement of the Yongzhou city wall mainly relied on the stone here in the stone mountain as the main material.

At present, the stone mountain can continue to produce stones to strengthen the city wall.

But after hundreds of years, the stone mountain will also become an empty mountain.

Thinking of this, Li Yu's heart was a little sentimental, when there is everything, how can people not be.

Li Yu said: "If you want to take Li Ding out of here, the fortifications here will be over in almost half a month." ”

"Li Ding carries fifteen stones a day, two at a time, and if you calculate it carefully, it is thirty stones a day, and nine hundred stones in a month. ”

"I'm not a black-hearted person, Li Ding has been here for half a month, and he has carried about four hundred stones on his back, as long as Childe carries the remaining five hundred stones down from the mountain, Childe can leave here with your cousin. ”

It can't be said that Li Yu is unreasonable, but in fact, this is the most reasonable way.

If you complete the task ahead of schedule, you can leave, which has nothing to do with real money, and it is not too against the rules themselves.

There are some rules that are more or less violated, but sometimes the rules can't be too dead.

Yuan Zheng also understands why Li Yu can take charge of this huge project, she is really a talented woman.

Yuan Zheng said to Li Chen: "In this case, you can go and carry the stone." ”

Li Chen snorted, then rode the wind and flew towards the stone mountain.

There are not many people who ride the wind near the stone mountain, and Li Chen's exposed hand has aroused the gaze of many hard workers, and the envy of many sergeants.

In the military, martial arts cultivation is also very important to the individual.

Even if you really don't have the talent to lead the army, as long as you have a strong martial arts cultivation, you can mix in a general position that is neither good nor bad, and your monthly military salary can be much more than the rest of the people, and there will be a group of minions under your hands who can be sent.

Seeing this, Li Yu didn't have much reaction in her heart, when she saw Yuan Zheng for the first time, she knew that Yuan Zheng was a good son.

smiled: "There is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger around you, you are so young, you have the cultivation of the elephant realm, and the cultivation of the son is also above the elephant realm." ”

The eyes of the entourage around Li Yu looked at Yuan Zheng, and they were envious and worshipful.

Practicing martial arts is the dream of most young men.

But there are also two or three difficulties.

The first difficulty is that it is difficult to apprentice, you can't worship a good master, and it is difficult to learn real skills.

The second difficulty is that the money bag is difficult, after worshipping the master, I have to pay more filial piety to the master on weekdays, which is not considered the daily human relationship.

The third difficulty is that the roots are difficult, there are many people who can practice martial arts in the world, but there are not many who can really get ahead, and the talent is almost determined by the future achievements of a martial artist.

Yuan Zheng smiled softly: "I don't have any skills, otherwise I wouldn't have broken my sword, and replaced it with a somewhat worn sword, there are many young people who are stronger than me." ”

"If you hadn't joined the army, General, and practiced martial arts, maybe you would be even more powerful than me now. ”

Li Yu did not refute, Yuan Zheng was telling the truth.

Poor and rich in martial arts, there are too few people in this world who can really explore the way of slow martial arts.

Li Yu has that kind of qualification, but compared to the courage of a horseman, Li Yu prefers to lead troops to fight and make contributions to the Great Qin Empire.

"I originally thought that if I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Childe, now it seems that I might as well forget it. Li Yu smiled in embarrassment.

Li Yu's martial arts cultivation can only be said to be ordinary, and he barely reached the elephant realm, which is enough in the army, after all, the army pays attention to the combination of formations, not one-on-one catching and fighting.

Li Yu is still quite satisfied with his martial arts cultivation, at least he is not a weakling.

Yuan Zheng vaguely remembered that the last time Li Yu was still at the peak of his senses, this time he met, and he also broke through the elephant realm, and his cultivation progress was extremely fast.

However, Li Yu's foundation is extremely solid, just like her way of life, the rules are square, square and angular and angular corners.

smiled indifferently: "It's okay, it's not my opponent to catch and fight, but you can lead the army to fight, compared with the general, there is a big difference, you and I are equal." ”

Li Yu smiled, this is quite pleasant.