At the end of March, a ferry boat landed steadily at the Leizhou ferry port in the southern border of Middle-earth, and a swordsman disembarked.

At the beginning of April, a pair of master and apprentice fell in the upper reaches of Hengshui, and more than 1,000 miles further is Fuzhou County.

In fact, I originally wanted to go to the east, but Gu Yijue begged the mountain lord to go to Huama County to see a little girl named Qiao Qingyu, and went to Hengshui by the way.

Gu Yijue got off the boat as early as Leizhou to see a certain place, and then he was going back to Jishui Gu's and opened a black pot that had been buckled on his body for more than a hundred years.

As for Yao Fangniu, he said that he would take Xu Yao to Jiangnan to see the water, but he had already run away.

In April, the upper reaches of Hengshui have also slowly warmed up, there are many mountains, many pines and cypresses, and it is a piece of emerald green in mid-air.

On the forest path, Jiang Yu opened his arms, smiling all over his face, and shouted, "Master, I like this place, it's comfortable!"

Liu Jingxun nodded, "It's good if you like it, you can walk around Qingxing Mountain more in the future, and it's no problem to go out for hundreds of miles." The wall is like the vernacular slang of some places, which can also be learned. Just like a few small towns in the west of Fuzhou County, going out to play three words, the dialect literally translates into official dialect, that is, going out crazy, but in fact, the written should be going out for a walk. The wall is like the old Leping County renamed the Liuli County in front of it, and the dialect in the county town, hurry up, it is called Lian Lian Heng, but in fact, the written language should be Lian Xing. On our side of Fuzhou County, the dialect is close to Qin, and it is only a few hundred miles away from the county, but the dialect of the county is close to Shu. There is also the old Yue Di, which is easy to hear, getting off the car and drinking tea. In addition, when I marched through Hongdu and rested for a few days, I always heard the customers who walked into the restaurant asking each other about Chasili, and later I realized what the word Xili meant."

When the master talked about these things, it was called a number of family treasures, and Jiang Yu also listened to it with relish.

Liu Jingxun said another thing that he found very interesting.

"When I first came to Qingxing Mountain, I walked around Fengquan Town and listened to some fantasy stories told by the elderly. But those old people don't really know how to read, so I later learned that it should be the past and the present."

Jiang Yu turned his head and sighed, and said with a smile: "The ancient scriptures have become ancient and modern, and I feel a lot more elegant all of a sudden!"

Liu Jingxun shook his head with a smile, "What kind of elegant and vulgar, you don't bother with these, the most elegant and vulgar are diseases."

Going up along a river, in fact, Liu Jingxun has not come here many times.

But in the past few days since landing, I have not met many Jing Yang soldiers who are going to Daxue Mountain.

Of course he saw the report, but he didn't think anything was there.

Jingyang Dynasty, the naval battle was almost there, and the land battle was invincible. Whether it is Dayue or Guishuang, if you dare to participate in the battle as a Qi Refiner, the Five Dragon Guards will come out of the nest, let's see if that Moke Academy will also come out?

Not long after leaving, Liu Jingxun sacrificed the flying boat, and he was also in a hurry to go back.

It's been six years since I came out, and I'm not homesick when I'm away, but I'm still more timid when I'm close to my hometown.

Sitting on the flying boat, Jiang Yu asked softly, "Master, I feel that the Jingyang Dynasty is very different from the Suzaku Dynasty in Lizhou, the Xihua Dynasty in Yuzhu Continent, and the Xinlu Dynasty in Shenlu Continent, or the Kushan Dynasty in Bosa Continent. But where the difference is, I can't say. It's just that this way, I don't feel as chaotic as it is elsewhere."

Liu Jingxun smiled and explained, "Actually, my father, that is, Emperor Jingyang, had an idea back then that the Jingyang Dynasty would have no emperor, but then it was really impossible to implement. Because the four words of loyalty and patriotism engraved in the bones for hundreds of thousands of years are not so easy to lose. So since my father's time, he has been delegating power, except for the military power tightly held in his hands, in a sense, the cabinet is the most powerful body. In other countries, they dare not and do not want to."

Jiang Yu doesn't understand, I have seen several people vying to be emperors along the way, why don't all of them want to be emperors here?

I have long heard that my master became a Wupin general at the age of fifteen, and later led the Five Dragons and Guards to destroy the ten countries of the Demon Corridor and the Ghost Corridor, and his prestige in the army is extremely high. According to Gu Yijue's statement, as long as Liu Jingxuan is willing, Jingyang's throne is none other than the master. Although the master does not

It's the real Zhao bloodline, but it's not a problem.

Not only that, the uncle who was also deprived of the title of King Ming was also the prince back then, he didn't even want to be the prince, he ran away three times and twice, and finally gave up the title of prince after the current emperor was born.

In fact, she didn't know, and Zhao Kan didn't want to be an emperor!

Among the three brothers, the one who wants to go to the rivers and lakes the most is Zhao Kan.

The speed of the flying boat was very fast, Liu Jingxun introduced the customs and customs to Jiang Yu, and arrived in Huama County in the early morning.

A small county town, the end of the sky in the mouth of the old man of Fuzhou County, the Horse God Tree, is in the city.

It's almost the same age as the cypress tree in Wind Springs.

Although it is only a few hundred miles away, the official road has not been overhauled in the early years, just from Fuzhou County to Leping County has to walk a little ten days, one of the mountains to turn over it has to be a day and a night, which is also the reason why the old Leping County, the current displaced county, and the county are in Fuzhou County.

Leping County alone is so far away, not to mention that Huama County is still hundreds of miles away from Leping County.

It's no wonder that the old people think that this is the end of the world.

Both the master and apprentice carried swords, and they were inevitably interrogated when they entered the city. However, Liu Jingxuan spoke an authentic Fuzhou County dialect, and the soldiers guarding the city did not embarrass them much.

Locals, always come first.

The master and apprentice walked to a steaming shop, Liu Jingxun pulled a horse and sat down, and said softly: "It's a specialty here, oil tea to make twist flowers, you can also make other things, steamed buns, naan, you can do it, this one seems to have more naan." Z.br>

A middle-aged man came over with a smile and said softly, "Not only oil tea, but also tofu brains and meat buns."

Liu Jingxun smiled and looked at Jiang Yu, "If you want to eat meat, you want one, I won't eat it."

It's almost home, and I still have to take care of Bai Xiaodou, lest the girl who is estimated to have grown a lot taller complain about the smell of flesh in the master's body.

Jiang Yu shook his head and said softly, "No, let's make naan with oil tea."

This is the first breakfast that the master and apprentice had after they approached their hometown.

Not long after the things were served, a little girl in a small embroidered shoe came with a small saucer.

The little girl was only three or four years old, holding a palm-sized plate, her face was flushed, and she was extremely cute.

Liu Jingxun raised his hand and scratched the little girl's nose, and by the way, he passed on a thunderbolt to her, which can be regarded as his own little heart, at least before she cultivates, waiting for idle demons and ghosts not to hurt her, they can't hurt her.

Liu Jingxun opened his mouth and said, "Brother, this girl is so well-behaved!"

The proprietor of the breakfast shop smiled and said, "It's not easy to survive, the road to Huama County was hit by a disaster, the boat sank, if it wasn't for a herring to help carry us ashore, the child would have been able to save his life." That's why I named her herring."

Liu Jingxun smiled: "Everything has a spirit, so it should be repaid by name."

The meal was quickly finished, and Liu Jingxun put down the money on the table, leaving a wooden sword the size of a palm at the same time.

When the young man surnamed Qiao picked up the wooden sword, he had long lost the figure of the two sword-carrying figures, but a sentence sounded in his ears.

"This kid is related to me, so it's a little careful. If there is anything you can't get by, you can go to the Qingbai Inn in Fengquan Town, Fuzhou County, and take out this wooden sword."

This shopkeeper Qiao looked at the east in a daze, and said in his heart that my shop, I came to the fairy?

The so-called sacred tree, in fact, has long been aware that there is an "immortal" here.

He hurriedly appeared, but there was no trace of the "Immortal".

It was also the only voice that came, "Becoming a Qi Refiner is not for you to be an immortal master. You have to take care of the people on this side, Qiao Qingyu's family has to watch it specially, not to let you protect them more, just don't let people bully them for no reason. I will greet you on the side of the Mountain Monarch Dragon God here, and the Five Dragon Guards will also report for you. It is not easy to cultivate the path of grass and trees, but you must do it and do good."

The sacred tree took advantage of a gust of wind to hang its branches slightly to the east, and the old man who had turned into it also clasped his fists to the east and said softly, "Obey the immortals

Decree."

After that, Liu Jingxun took Jiang Yu to rise against the wind, and stopped where he had a head.

During the period, passing by the small Wendi Mountain, Liu Jingxuan only glanced at it from a distance. The mountain that has just entered the stream has not been frightened twice three times, and it must now have a backbone.

After walking for less than 300 miles, Liu Jingxun suddenly stopped and landed in a small mountain village leaning on an official road.

The mountains are covered with fine bamboo, and most of the walls are made of bamboo.

The mountain village is old and obviously not very rich, but after entering the village, you can vaguely see the broken green bricks on the road. It's just that the green bricks have been washed away by years of rain to the point that they can't see clearly.

Jiang Yu followed behind, and the master was thinking about things, she could see it.

Liu Jingxun said softly: "Girl, in the ancient world, there were three forces guarding the world. One side is the gatekeeper, passed down from generation to generation, guarding the gateway to the world in the mountains of the two realms. There is also a party, called Jianghu people, who is responsible for patrolling the world and slaying demons."

After a pause, Liu Jingxuan continued: "There is another party, called the Wayfinder, who is looking for a way out of this world."

He took a sip of wine and said softly, "The canoe is a sword that has been passed down from generation to generation by gatekeepers, and this small mountain village is where gatekeepers were in ancient times."

The Ancient Three Divisions, in fact, are not only the wayfinders still there.

Zhang Wuwei is the last person in the rivers and lakes, and the one outside the world who wants to overturn and start over is afraid that he is the last wayfinder in the world.

As for Liu Jingyun, he is the last gatekeeper.

The ancient three divisions have actually withered to this day.

The steps taken are retracted, and now things are not people, and Xiaozhushan is no longer Xiaozhushan.

Liu Jingxun said, "Let's walk back, it's more than 30 miles, and it won't take long."

It was getting late, and he returned to the vicinity of Qingxing Mountain, Liu Jingxun no longer had to spread his divine sense like before, and always knew what was around him in advance.

The little crescent moon in the sky can't illuminate this valley that is more than ten miles long.

It wasn't until the time of Hai that the master and apprentice who went down the river saw a large courtyard with bright lights, which was the Guanghua Academy, which was intended to promote education.

When he walked to a small bridge, Liu Jingxun suddenly raised his head with a smile on his face.

On this side of the bridge, the master and apprentice both carried swords and returned from a long trip.

On the other side of the bridge, two girls, one older and one younger, did not carry swords, but each carried a lantern and looked at the returnees with a smile.

May everyone in the world who has traveled far and returned to their hometowns be able to see the lanterns waiting at the bridge, illuminating the way back.

(It's going to be the New Year, and I hope that when you return to your hometown, there will be people carrying lanterns to light the way back.) ）