Out of Zhongwu, more than 600 miles east, you will arrive at Xunzhou on the northwest border of the Dasheng Dynasty.

It's raining. Outside the car window, the dim light of the cloudy day and the humidity of late summer are peculiar.

But the carriage was very cool and bright.

It's an extraordinary carriage.

At the forefront, there are two tall horses running side by side, the divine horse is psychic, and the stars are electric when galloping, and ordinary eyes can't see clearly at all - it is the famous horse "sweat and blood dragon rider" in the Middle Continent.

The whole body is made of oak wood, but it is by no means ordinary oak - it is a Lingtong Tian Quercus produced in Dong'anshan, a treasure land of feng shui. Even if the weather is gloomy today, the wood has a velvety soft sheen, a calm and restrained golden brown.

What is even more strange is that at such a speed as the sweat and blood dragon rides, the carriage can still be as stable as stationary - this is a completely unreasonable scene, if it is seen by those who are knowledgeable, they will definitely blurt out two words - formation.

"Childe, there is Kunyang City ahead!" The driver was a young tall and thin guy, lively and talkative, telling a lot of anecdotes about the surroundings along the way, and his voice was always raised when he spoke.

A fair-skinned and slender little hand quickly stretched out and opened the curtain with a "boom"; the little flute leaned out of the carriage and looked out for a while, and when she saw the mountain city in the twilight, she turned back to the people in the car and smiled: "Master, we will be there when we get off the mountain!"

No wonder it took her eyes to get used to seeing clearly, the light in the carriage was brighter than outside.

Through the curtain lifted, the warm luster of the night pearl is revealed, and the quiet tea breeze lingers in the carriage, and you can vaguely see the comfortable soft seats with exquisite sewn materials.

Lu Qiming was just flipping through a volume of weird stories written by folk scholars, which he bought in the last restaurant. The author's name is not well known, and the story is only circulated in one county, but the value lies in the careful description of the local customs and customs in the text.

He heard the excitement in the girl's tone, and asked with a smile: "Do you know that it is Kunyang City, and you are not nervous?"

Xiao Dizi grinned and said, "With Master here, what are you nervous about?"

Before leaving the Martial Academy, Lu Qiming selected a few secret tasks that were of some value to him through the authority of the lecturer, and Kunyang City was the first coordinate.

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The young coachman listened to the conversation in the carriage, and his heart was full of curiosity, but he did not dare to ask questions.

Although there are not many nobles who have seen him in this industry, and it stands to reason that he has already exercised some courage, but the two masters and apprentices are more like nobles among nobles. Especially the young man, even if he treats people so gently and friendly, it also makes the young man subconsciously awe, and many jokes that he often talks to the guests on weekdays, but he doesn't dare to say it this time.

What impressed the young man the most was when the master and apprentice first came to ride in the carriage -- I didn't see the young man using any materials, as if he had just drawn them so simply, and added two things called "formations" to the carriage, which not only cooled off the heat, but also took only one and a half days to complete the journey in three or four days -- I am afraid that no one else would believe it if he said it.

The young man must have been an extremely powerful cultivator, and some of his inadvertent supernatural powers on the way made the young coachman confirm his guess. The young man even suspected that he might be the kind of mysterious master who had practiced for dozens or hundreds of years, but still looked like a teenager, otherwise the little girl who was traveling with him didn't look a few years younger than him, so why did he call him "Master"?

While he was thinking wildly, the young man suddenly heard the beautiful voice of the little girl behind him: "Brother Alei, do you still have a story about this Kunyang City?"

The young man named "Ah Lei" answered, and when he turned around, he saw that the curtain had not been lowered, and even the young man was looking at him with a smile, and he blushed inexplicably for a while, and he didn't even speak as neatly as he usually did. He said, "Kunyang is here...... I don't know if it's a story, but I've heard people say that there have been accidents around me lately. ”

"Is someone doing evil?" Xiao Dizi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly continued.

Ah Lei nodded and said, "I heard that a child is missing." I didn't take it seriously, but in the mountains. But there are more than a dozen of them this month, and there are more miles!"

Hearing this, the master and apprentice looked at each other. In the mission description of the Martial Academy, there is no mention of such a thing.

Xiao Dizi continued to ask, "Then no one cares?"

Ah Lei snorted, shook his head and said, "Where is it! The people who have accidents are all mountain people living in remote places, and many of them are black households at all, and there is no one in the city." Kunyang City can be safe. ”

As long as there is nothing to do in the city, the government will not take care of such things, and the government will not care, let alone anyone else. When a person dies, he dies in vain, and when others know it, they will break their mouths and say "bad luck".

Although Xiao Dizi is young, he has long understood these world conditions, so listening to the words of the young coachman is really more touching than listening to those strange stories.

A Lei Chu was still worried about scaring her, but at the moment, he saw that her expression was faint, but he was worried that she really regarded this as a boring story. He couldn't help but look back and said, "Childe, I really heard about this, I didn't make it up randomly. You're a master of the world, but if you settle here, you must be careful!"

Lu Qiming nodded with a smile, and said, "Is what Ah Lei said just now related to the folklore of 'forbidden women begging for food' nearby?"

Ah Lei was taken aback, and smiled: "It turns out that the son has known for a long time......"

Lu Qiming shook the scroll in his hand and said with a smile: "I also saw it here." It happens to be the author's latest addition. ”

Story: A story that is as true as it is true. I just don't know if the "forbidden woman" they are looking for is also as powerful as in the book.

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There are few pedestrians on the road.

In the silence and twilight, a magnificent carriage came to a halt outside the city gates.

"That's it. Lu Qiming said.

Ah Lei wanted to blurt out a question, "Don't you send your son to the inn", but when the young man pulled the curtain, Ah Lei didn't dare to say anything else, so he could only respond: "Yes." ”

What the young man thought in his heart was: "It's good to only listen to the voice of the child, but when you see the real person, it makes people feel even more awe." ”

――At this moment, if you see Lu Qiming in the distance in the old days, you will definitely be a little afraid to recognize it.

He wore a dark gold embroidered black brocade robe, and the cut and texture were all exquisite, which concealed the sense of peace that people couldn't help but want to be close to, and made the whole person look solemn and arrogant - but this may be more in line with the stranger's imagination of the children of the family.

Not only the dress, but also a series of uses such as the carriage along the way, all according to the average standard of the descendants of the family, so that all those who have a heart can see his route and itinerary clearly.

Xiao Dizi felt the faint or direct sight not far away, and whispered and laughed: "Master, there are so many people. ”

Lu Qiming stretched out an umbrella and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”

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