Huang Guoqing rewarded Zeng Yu with two taels of silver as a coil to go to Yuanzhou in the name of Jiangxi Xuezheng, and asked Zeng Yu to rush to Yuanzhou before the 30th of this month, and his official ship of the school bureau should go up the Ganjiang River and then pass through Yuanshui to Yuanzhou, and the boat against the current will not be fast, it will take more than ten days to arrive, and the Yuanzhou Academy Examination is tentatively scheduled to be held on the second day of the first month of June——

The official ship of the school department went away under the scorching sun, Xie Zhen took a bamboo sedan chair and followed Zeng Yu back to the Juxian Inn in the south of the city, Zeng Yu wanted to leave for Yuanzhou immediately, today is May 19, and the schedule to Yuanzhou before the 30th is also quite tight, after all, there are still 600 miles to Yuanzhou here, and there can be no delay.

Xie Zhen took out five taels of silver as a gift, Zeng Yuwan refused: "Mr. Xie, the younger generation originally planned to go to Yuanzhou, and the old gentleman was not a rich man, how dare the younger generation ask the old man to give silver, and he never dared to accept it." ”

Xie Zhen said with a smile: "Xiaoyou still hasn't said a word, the old man himself is also eating and cheating everywhere and drinking to fight the autumn breeze, right?" ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "The old gentleman said that he laughed, the old gentleman's silver juniors really can't accept it, that day Guanwang Temple sold paintings just to meet people who know how to paint and know paintings, and get acquainted with fellow people, not so poor that they want to sell paintings, but they happened to meet the old man." ”

Xie Zhen said: "I also met the evil of the Luo family. "Just laugh it off.

Zeng Yu settled the store money, went out with a book on his back, the injuries on Sixi's forehead and knees had healed, and he followed closely with a big burden, and when he arrived at the mouth of Luo Needle Lane, Zeng Yu asked Xie Zhen not to send it again, the weather was hot, and the old man was working hard for his business today, so he said goodbye at the entrance of the lane.

Xie Zhen looked at Zeng Yu's energetic appearance, and said with a smile: "Jiuli Xiaoyou is young and strong, can write and martial arts, is a character who can walk the world, the old man is old, the south of the river will not come again in this life, if Xiaoyou goes north in the future, he can come to Linqing to visit the old man, if the old man is already a person in Huangquan at that time, the little friend can go to the grave to burn some paper money for me to use, Ha Lu Ha." ”

Xie Zhen said and smiled, tears flowed from one eye, and the old man was the most sad to part.

Zeng Yu was also in tears, this old man met him in Pingshui, just because he liked his ink paintings, he tried his best to help him, what can he repay this old man, a thousand words, only one simple sentence: "Take care of the old man, the younger generation will definitely go to Linqing to visit you." ”

Farewell Xie Zhen, Zeng Yu's master and servant strode towards the west gate, the red sun has gone west, and he can walk thirty miles before dark, and he saw that there are mochi and kumquat cakes sold at the city gate, which are all Fuzhou specialties, Zeng Yu bought some of the two, in case he didn't find a place to stay, he could also have some food to eat——

Sixi suddenly said: "Young master, that Luo Er Shao is here." ”

When Zeng Yu turned his head to look, he saw Luo Shangxiang and a few fox friends and dog friends staggering closer, Luo Shangxiang's left cheekbone was still a little dark and green, this guy saw Zeng Yu's master and servant at a glance, his face suddenly changed, and he whispered a few words to a few people behind him, and one of them shouted: "Since the surname is Zeng, then teach a hard lesson." ”

Lin Zhixian hadn't stepped down yet, Luo Shangxiang shook his head, stood a foot away from Zeng Yu, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Sixi looked at Zeng Yu with some concern, Zeng Yu put away the mochi and kumquat cakes, tightened the straps of the book, and said to Na Luo Shangxiang: "You will know if you come along." As soon as he walked away, the master and servant walked to the city gate, Sixi glanced back, and laughed in a low voice: "Young master, that group of evil young men stood there and didn't dare to move." ”

Zeng Yu said solemnly: "They must have seen the sword on my shoulder and thought I was a swordsman." ”

Sixi smiled: "The young master is a sword immortal. ”

"That's right, fly the sword in the middle of the night to take the head of the rat."

Zeng Yu Ha laughed.

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Jiangxi Xuezheng Huang Guoqing took the boat to take the waterway, from Fuzhou to Yuanzhou to detour hundreds of miles, and it was against the river, the speed of travel was not fast, but the boatman took two shifts to row for five or six hours, and he could travel seventy or eighty miles a day; And the land route taken by Zeng Yu's master and servant, from Fuzhou to Xinyu County, ask for directions along the way, take the small road if there is a small road, take a shortcut over the mountains and mountains, sometimes meet a car and horse merchants to spend a few points of silver to hitchhike, and happy all the way smoothly, it took only six days to arrive at Xinyu County, at dusk rushed to the side of Yuanshui Wharf to ask people about Jiangxi Xuezheng The official ship passed, all said that they did not see, Zeng Yu expected that Huang Tixue had state and county officials along the way to greet and send, not so soon to arrive, Xinyu County is one hundred and eighty miles away from Yichun County, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Today is May 25th, and May 28th will be there -

Zeng Yu can finally breathe a sigh of relief, these days are really urgent, and on a hot day, he is not walking empty-handed and carrying more than 30 pounds of luggage, which is quite hard, so he will find a store early in the evening to stay, take a bath, eat, and go to bed after copying the 100-character inscription.

On the morning of May 26th, it was dawning, Zeng Yu woke up Xiao Xi Sixi, the master and servant each ate a big bowl of mutton powder, went out, health first, the long road is so hard, the diet can not be too economical, otherwise the body will collapse, that is the heaven should not be called the earth is not spiritual-

The master and servant are full of spirit on the road, along the Yuan Shui to Yichun County, the capital of Yuanzhou, the long road is long, in order to pass the time, Zeng Yu told the story to Sixi all the way, Shushan Swordsman, the Western Regions Magic Ring, what to say, in this Xinyu County, of course, to tell the story of the fairy descending to earth, Ganbao "Sou Shen Ji" wrote:

Yuzhang Xinyu County man, see that there are six or seven women in the field, all dressed in sweaters, do not know that it is a bird, but crawl to, get one of its women to untie the sweater, take it, that is, to the birds, all the birds fly away, a bird has no clothes and can not go. The man married and bore three daughters. His mother's maid asked her father, knowing that the clothes were under the accumulated rice, and the clothes flew away, and after going back to welcome the three daughters, the daughter also had to fly away—

Zeng Yu said that he was adding oil and vinegar, painting sound and color, and when he heard Sixi is mouth wide open, he asked for a while: "Young master, if you also have such a fairy fate, then you still don't take the test for Xiu?" ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "It's still at ease in the world, who knows what the road is like in the sky, maybe it's going to be monsters and treasure all day long." ”

Sixi said: "It's not bad to have a fairy wife for nothing." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and said: "What's good, in a few years, my wife and daughter will fly away, won't it be desolate." ”

Sixi took it seriously and said, "It's okay to hide the sweater." ”

Zeng Yuren smiled: "Don't say it, besides, you're going to break your head and bleed again, you have to look at the road when you walk." ”

Sixi said: "I am careful, my feet are raised high, just like the people in the mountains of the fifteenth capital walk." ”

Zeng Yu said: "That's good." ”

Walked for two hours, close to noon, the master and servant walked out of more than 30 miles, there is a small village next to the road, then in the village head of the small wine family meal, Zeng Yu asked for two bowls of sweet glutinous rice wine and four happiness one person a bowl, the summer day to walk a long way to drink some rice wine both to relieve fatigue and relieve the heat, the dish is a grass carp and a big bowl of tofu meat slice soup, fish and soup to be a little salty, because sweating, the master and servant gobble, eat a little bit, after the meal Zeng Yu used the soup of the restaurant to make a cup of Wufeng cloud tea in his hometown, drank slowly, Sixi filled the two gourds with herbal tea, One of the gourds was bought in Jinxi Huwan, and the water of one gourd was not enough to drink, and I was really thirsty when I walked at night in Lufang Township that day-

I heard the shopkeeper say that there is a road pavilion six or seven miles ahead, and the master and servant of Zeng Yu will re-enter the road, and then rest in the road pavilion, if there is no one can still lie on the stone bench to sleep, and their master and servant both did this along the way.

Six or seven miles of road slowly walked over for half an hour, from the scorching sun into the pavilion, the whole body was cool, the pavilion was empty, there was no one else, Sixi hurriedly put down the burden, and helped the young master unload the book, and then grabbed the cleanest, undamaged stone bench to sit, the breeze came slowly, and the four joys were unbearable.

The road pavilion is open to the moon cave door by the right side of the earthen wall, from the moon cave door, you can see the soup soup Yuan Shui is rushing more than ten zhang away, the water surface wind comes, it is really cool in this road pavilion, but Zeng Yu still feels that it is not cool enough, walked more than 30 miles, the clothes are a little sweaty, and it is not very comfortable to stick to the skin, so he took a clean trouser and said to Sixi: "Looking at the luggage, I will go to the river to bathe." ”

Sixi said: "Young master, be careful, don't go down if the water is urgent." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "A person as big as me still wants you to tell me, is my water quality worse than yours?" "The master and servant often swim in Fengxi.

Sixi said: "It was ordered by grandma, water and fire are ruthless, and you should be careful when bathing in the river in the summer." ”

Sixi still holds Shang Fang's sword, Zeng Yu responded: "I know, just wash it and come back." ”

Zeng Yu had already left the pavilion, and Sixi suddenly asked, "Is the young master looking for a fairy to bathe?" ”

Zeng Yu Dalu smiled and said: "It's just a story, you still take it seriously!" Shaking his head and smiling all the way down to the riverbank, he found a section of the river with a gentle flow, went down to the river and took a bath and went ashore, changed into clean trousers, naked, and washed the clothes he changed in the water, the summer clothes were still good to wash, wrung out and dried on the willow branches by the river, and suddenly heard the shouting of Sixi from the road pavilion:

"Young Master, Young Master—"

Sixi's screams were quite urgent, Zeng Yu didn't know what was going on, and he didn't have time to collect his clothes, so he ran towards the road pavilion.

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