The spring sun is just right, and the breeze is not dry.

Longhu City, as a city where merchants of the Great Chu Dynasty gathered, had a lot of population exchanges, and today was a special day, and the city gate was crowded with people, but no one made a loud noise, and the people who accompanied him whispered and queued up to wait for the inventory to enter the city.

The black-armored soldiers lined up on both sides of the city gate all hung long knives from their waists, and the halberds in their hands were even more cold, and the murderous aura was extremely strong.

"Yo, isn't this Lao Liu?" someone in the crowd hurriedly raised his hand to greet the business partner he knew, and the voice was not loud.

"Yo! Lao Zeng!" heard a familiar voice, and someone not far away on the other side also raised his hand in response.

The two middle-aged men were both dressed in rich clothes, followed by their families, and the two groups finally met after pushing the crowd for a while.

"What's the matter?

"That's right! The academy opens every five years, and it accepts a wide range of students throughout the dynasty. If my child can be favored by the academy, then he will be honored!"

"It's just that the academy only accepted eleven people in the first twenty years, and the difficulty of the assessment can be imagined. I don't have much hope for my child, but I have to give it a try. ”

The two glanced at each other, sighed and shook their heads at the same time and said, "It's difficult......"

Naturally, some people in the crowd heard these words, and they all sighed and patted their own children's heads on their sides.

"Isn't that the person from Taihe Chen?" I don't know who said the words like thunder, and the crowd that was originally quite quiet was in an uproar in an instant, and they all looked back.

I saw a group of more than 20 light armored cavalry getting closer and closer, and the first horse held a pitch-black flagpole, and the golden word "Chen" on the ink-like flag fluttered in the air. The sound of the horses stomping was dull but not noisy, and as it approached the crowd, it was neatly divided into two columns, from which a luxurious carriage emerged.

The carriage was wrapped in expensive silk on all sides, and the gold-encrusted windows were obscured by a curtain of pale blue crepe, making it impossible for anyone outside to look at the passengers. The driving groom holds the reins in his hand, has a bearded face, a neat blue coat, and a tiger's eyes under his thick eyebrows.

I heard the sound of "hoo" again, followed by the melodious and crisp sound of the neighing of horses. I saw a white horse riding behind the carriage and stepping forward gracefully with four hooves. The man on the horse is dressed in brocade and satin, and it is very gorgeous. It's just that the young man's air is vain and obviously over-drunk, and when he turns over and dismounts, he almost falls, and his stumbling steps make the onlookers laugh.

Brother Gongzi turned around and glared at the crowd angrily and scolded: "What are you laughing at! If you laugh again, this son will make you look good!"

A horse man in the crowd whispered, "I'm blind to this jade lion in the night." ”

"Mr. Chen is riding as a girl in the fireworks building!" someone whispered, causing some laughter.

"Night light jade lion", the horse's head to the horse's tail is one zhang two, the hooves to the back are more than eight feet, the big hooves and wrists, seven inches thin, bamboo skewer ears and mantis necks, extremely rare, handsome and very, it is the northern Great Qin to the Great Chu royal family, a total of ten horses. Because the Chen family was favored, they also got a horse, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a thousand gold.

After the son-in-law named Chen Xi turned around, his arrogance suddenly disappeared, and he saluted respectfully to the carriage: "Grandpa, Longhu City has arrived." ”

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, Chen Xi stretched out his hand to help, and a white-haired old man stepped out of the carriage. The old man's ordinary clothes, the dark blue cloth clothes are neat and clean, the old man's face is full of traces left by the years, and the spirit of his youth can still be seen between his eyebrows and eyes. The old man stroked his beard and smiled, like a scholar with an elegant temperament.

Everyone present bowed their hands and said respectfully in unison: "Meet Mrs. Chen." ”

The spectacle was spectacular.

The old man said kindly: "No need to do this, the old man is no longer a master now, and today, like everyone, he will take his own children to participate in the academy enrollment." It's time to queue up and don't care about the old man. ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd spread out in a fan-shape, and a road leading to the city gate appeared in front of the old man.

This is the respect that the old man who once served as the Taishi of the Great Chu Dynasty should have.

The old man surnamed Chen, Chen Xingzhi, is now the head of the Taihe Chen family, and once served as one of the "Three Princes" of the "Three Princes" of the Zhengyipin Civil Officials of the Great Chu Dynasty, which is the teacher of the current prince. Taishi Chen is committed to academic research, advocating the "unity of knowledge and action", and guiding people's behavior with moral guidance, and his works are widely circulated.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen sighed, arched her hand and said, "Thank you for selling the old man's face." ”

Chen Xi disagreed, his nostrils pointed to the sky, and the striding meteor took the lead in the empty path. Mrs. Chen's pace was steady, and the coachman followed the old man.

......

"I'm from Xintao Village, the village thirty miles away. A gray-clothed linen boy told the city gate guards about his residence, while raising his hand to point back in the direction of his village, turned around and found that his index finger was facing a person's nose, and quickly withdrew his hand to apologize: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." ”

Chen Xi's face was full of anger, it was the first time that someone dared to point to his nose when he was so big. Chen Xi scolded: "Hillbilly looking for death!" As he spoke, he raised his hand to slap him.

The boy was dressed plainly, his face was extremely clean, and his eyes were bright and clear on his face that was not outstanding. Seeing that this noble son raised his hand to hit someone, the young man subconsciously shrank his neck and closed his eyes sideways. After a while, I didn't feel the expected slap pain. The boy opened his eyes, only to see that the boy's raised arm was held by an old man's wrist.

Mrs. Chen reprimanded: "Xi'er! Don't be so rude! People have already apologized for their unintentional actions, how can they get an inch!"

Chen Xi smiled, put away his arms and said, "Grandpa taught you a lesson." Xi'er knows it's wrong!"

Having said that, the eyes that glanced at the boy were full of disgust and disgust.

"I've seen Mrs. Chen. The guards at the gates of the city saluted respectfully.

The young man looked surprised, Old Lady Chen? There is only one Old Lady Chen in the entire Great Chu Dynasty, could it be this kind old man in front of him? There is also a book by Old Lady Chen at home!

The young man seemed to have stars in his eyes, and looked at the old man, blinking his eyes.

The old man said softly: "Old man Chen Xingzhi, I don't know what to call this little brother? ”

The young man's originally white face turned red at this time, and he said, "I... My name is Ah Qing. After speaking, he felt inappropriate, and hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Old Lady Chen is serious, it was originally Aqing who was wrong......

The old man shook his head and said, "It's Xi'er's fault that the gentleman is polite." ”

Ah Qing hurriedly bowed over, although the etiquette was clumsy but extremely sincere.

Chen Xingzhi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The future is terrifying, the future is terrifying, little brother Aqing will go through the procedures for entering the city first." ”

Ah Qing nodded like a chicken pecking rice, turned around and continued to explain to the city gate guards, and after getting a wooden sign with the word "Longhu" at the moment, he saluted the old man again and said goodbye.

Mrs. Chen nodded, smiling kindly, looking at the thin back of the young man, walking briskly, jumping step by step. Chen Xingzhi said to the coachman next to him: "Cao Li, this young man is very good. ”

The middle-aged man named Cao Li suddenly looked at him, nodded and said, "Master, this son has spiritual power fluctuations on his body. ”

The old man let out a sigh of surprise, stroked his beard and sighed: "A hero is a young man." I don't know who it is, but I guess I also came to sign up for the academy. If the academy is not left, the old man is willing to give him some creation. ”

Cao Li was speechless and quietly followed the old man's side.

......

When Ah Qing walked on the official road of Longhu City, looking at the busy traffic and the shops and restaurants on both sides, he finally knew what a big city was.

Ah Qing's name is Ah Qing, which is the name finally decided by the villagers after discussion, which means very simply, I hope that he will be innocent if he doesn't know the origin. According to the village chief's uncle, Ah Qing was found by the stream next to the peach blossom forest in the north of the village. At that time, Ah Qing'an, who was swaddling at the time, fell asleep quietly, if it weren't for the subtle breathing to prove that he was still alive, maybe he wouldn't be where he is now.

Today was the first time he had really walked out of the village, and it was the village chief's grandfather who asked him to come, saying that he might find news about his parents here.

Ah Qing pulled out the red rope from the neckline, and a thumb-sized piece of mutton fat jade hung from the red rope. The jade was full of deep and strange lines, and Ah Qing held it in the palm of his hand, felt the residual body temperature, and put it back in his clothes.

Walking in the midst of the crowds, Ah Qing's face was full of smiles, bouncing, looking left and right, swaying back and forth between the stalls.

"I almost forgot what I was doing!" Ah Qing patted his head and looked up at the north of the city, where the high mountain that could be seen outside the city towered into the sea of clouds, and the peak was faintly visible in the clouds.

At noon, the sun was shining but not dazzling, Ah Qing pulled out the red rope from the neckline again, pinched the ends of the white jade with his thumb and index finger, and squinted at the sun.

There are gold wires swimming in the jade, gradually condensing into the word "ordinary".

Ah Qing's bright eyes were full of sadness, and he whispered to himself, "Dad, mother, will you be here?"

......

As usual, Yuan Huanhuan basked in the sun at the door of his pharmacy against the doorpost, and the sun at noon in spring was also very warm, and the noisy street did not affect Yuan Huanhuan to close his eyes and be drowsy.

Suddenly, Yuan Huanhuan opened his eyes and woke up like a dream. The men and women of Yuan Huanhuan are handsome, and the eyes under the willow eyebrows are narrow and long, and the light is brilliant in them.

Yuan Huanhuan looked at the gray-clothed thin young man on the street shining on the object in his hand to the sun, with a puzzled expression, repeatedly confirmed, and finally affirmed that the spiritual power fluctuation that Fang had just sensed was emanating from this person, or from the object in his hand.

Yuan Xianhuan stood up and walked towards the young man.

......

Ah Qing raised his sleeve with his left hand to wipe his eyes as if he had been pierced by the sun, and at the same time put the red rope and white jade back on the neckline with his right hand.

Ah Qing's palm, which had just placed the white jade in its place, held the hand above his right shoulder with lightning speed. Ah Qing turned around slowly, his wiped eyes were bright and bright, but the corners of his eyes were slightly red, and there seemed to be a crystal reflection on his eyelashes.

Looking at each other, Ah Qing's first feeling was how could there be such a good-looking person, and Yuan Huan's first feeling was how to have such beautiful eyes.

In the bustling street, the two of them shook each other's right hands at this time, and looked at each other without saying a word as if they had been reunited with old friends for many years.

Yuan Xianhuan coughed embarrassedly and said, "Cough... This brother, I have no ill intentions. ”

Ah Qing was stunned for a moment, let go of this person's palm, scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, I thought I ran into a thief, and I reacted subconsciously." ”

Yuan Huanhuan said: "Brother, I'm afraid that a thief with such a reaction speed will be startled." ”

Although it was a joke, Yuan Xianhuan looked at the young man in front of him seriously, this kind of reaction is really not something ordinary people can have. Besides, the body is thin, but the palm of the hand is so powerful.

Ah Qing scratched his head even more embarrassed and said, "I didn't hurt you, did I? I have a little strength, and I have been like this since I was ...... a child."

Yuan Huanhuan smiled and said, "No, no ......"

"Is there anything wrong with Childe?" asked A-Qing.

"No, there isn't. It's just that my brother is a little familiar, and I don't know where I've seen it. It seems to be ...... Spring Festival City Meeting?" said Yuan Huanhuan, this kind of old-fashioned accosting is often the most effective.

Ah Qing was even more embarrassed and said, "I... I'm in town for the first time... Childe recognized the wrong person..."

Yuan Xianhuan pretended to be surprised and said: "Is it the first time my brother has come to Longhu City? Then Xing really recognized the wrong person, sorry, sorry." ”

"It's okay. Ah Qing hurriedly said.

"But I feel like I'm very close to my brother, I don't know where you're going? I'm from Longhu and I know Longhu City well, if I don't dislike it, I can lead the way." Yuan Xianhuan said.

Ah Qing subconsciously glanced at the high mountains in the north of the city, and just wanted to open his mouth to refuse.

Yuan Huanhuan said, "Brother is here to sign up for the academy?"

Qing nodded.

"Coincidentally, I'm just going to Pingfan Mountain to meet an elder, so I can go the same way!" said Yuan Huanhuan with a smile, extremely enthusiastic.

Seeing this, Ah Qing was embarrassed to refuse the kindness, anyway, he was not very familiar with the roads in the city, and someone could save a lot of time by guiding him.

Ah Qing arched his hand and said, "Thank you for this son, it's troublesome." ”

Yuan Huanhuan also arched his hand and said: "Brother is polite, my name is Yuan Huanhuan, I don't know the name of Brother Tai." ”

"My name is Ah Qing. ”

......

Longhu City is famous for a mountain and a lake, and some literati once inscribed that "the mountain is not high, the name is immortal, the water is not deep, and the dragon is spiritual." ”

The mountain is an ordinary mountain, and the water is Longhu.

In fact, the ordinary mountain is very high, one mountain and one peak, straight into the sky, and the peak is full of smoke. Longhu Lake is very deep, some people have sunk into the bottom of the lake with ropes to tie huge stones, and the depth measurement reaches more than 50 zhang.

The ordinary mountain on the shore of Longhu Lake also responds to the sentence "mountains and rivers meet".

Pingfan Mountain is located in the northern suburbs of Longhu City, which was quiet in the past as if it was independent, and at this time, at the foot of Pingfan Mountain, there are crowds of people.

The mountain is named after the immortal, and the "immortal" in the eyes of the world is in a academy on this mountain, and the academy is called "Ordinary Academy".

The name of the mountain name is "ordinary", and it is unknown whether it is the name of the mountain or the name of the mountain.

The name of the city is "Dragon Lake", but it comes from Dragon Lake.

There is a white marble pillar on both sides of the mountain gate, about three zhang high, the white and flawless pillar body has dragon entanglement, the carving technique is extremely perfect, lifelike. The two pillars of the dragon head looked at each other at the top, and a wooden table and chair were placed between the two pillars, and an old man was playing chess.

The old man was full of voices in front of him, but it did not affect the white and black sons one after another.

Behind the old man, the bluestone steps went straight up, and the peach tree branches on both sides of the steps were full of buds, and pink and tender white were already visible.

Ah Qing in the crowd looked up and saw a mountain full of peach trees, and asked in a low voice, "Yuan Gongzi, are there peach trees on ordinary mountains?"

Yuan Huanhuan beside him replied: "That's right, the ordinary mountains are full of peach trees. After a spring rain, the peach blossoms bloom, and the city can smell the fragrance of peach blossoms. ”

Ah Qing nodded and said, "That must be very good-looking!"

"The crimson is light red, and it is intoxicating. ”

"There is also a peach blossom forest in the north of our village, and when the peach blossoms bloom, we will go to pick peach blossoms and make wine. ”

"Oh~ Brother Aqing, too?" asked Yuan Xianhuan curiously.

Ah Qing said embarrassedly: "Naturally, I will, but I'm stupid, and the brew is not very delicious." ”

Yuan Huanhuan smiled heartily and said: "Showing off on the outside and being wise on the inside, I didn't expect Brother Aqing to have this kind of craftsmanship, which is really rare for a man." ”

Ah Qing smiled and scratched his head, looked at the peach trees in the mountains with clear eyes, and asked, "Is Yuan Gongzi also here to sign up for the Ordinary Academy?"

Yuan Huanhuan shook his head and said: "I already came to sign up five years ago, and I was only eleven years old at that time, and my qualifications were dull, so I naturally couldn't enter the academy on the mountain. ”

Ah Qing asked curiously, "I just heard that the academy has only accepted eleven people in twenty years, is it so difficult to assess?"

Yuan Xianhuan nodded and shook his head and said, "Brother Aqing, can you know the walker?"

Ah Qing replied: "I know! The village chief's grandfather said that the walker is a very powerful character, a sword to break the river, a knife to split the mountain, can lead the sky to thunder, can also see the sun...... It is...... Heaven and earth, omnipotent!"

Yuan Huanhuan sneered and said, "What you said is too miraculous. ”

Ah Qing blushed.

Yuan continued: "It's not that no one has done it. Fifty miles away from the wall of the Terran border, there was a straight ravine one mile long, three feet wide and two feet deep, which was made by a swordsman. The wine entered the bowels of Hao, and the sword qi stretched for a mile, forcing back 100,000 demon troops with one sword. Speaking of this, Yuan Xianhuan's expression was solemn.

Then Yuan Xianhuan looked at Aqing, who was stunned, and said, "Not everyone can walk on the path of a walker, and not everyone can be like this swordsman. ”

Ah Qing looked at Yuan Huanhuan's narrow eyes and listened to him continue:

"That swordsman is from the academy. ”

Ah Qing was shocked and said dumbfoundedly: "It turns out that the academy is so powerful. ”

Yuan Huanhuan snorted, looked up at the shadowy mountain peak, and said: "So, the academy is extremely harsh in accepting people, but this kind of harshness, harshness is in ......."

Ah Qing looked at the index finger at his heart.

"Heart. Yuan Xianhuan put away his fingers and stopped pointing.

Ah Qing said with a blank face: "Since it is harsh, why do so many people come to sign up?"

As soon as these words came out, the people near Ah Qing and Yuan Xianhuan all looked at each other, which obviously meant: Where did this come from.

Yuan Huanhuan couldn't help but smile: "Because, everyone has a strong heart. Brother Aqing, aren't you the same?" he turned around and looked at the mountain gate.

Ah Qing muttered to himself, his voice as thin as a mosquito: "No... I'm different..."