At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, because of their gratitude to us, the villagers prepared a big carriage for us, and because it was cold, they specially built a shelter for us in the carriage, and spread several warm cotton bedding in the shed, and specially prepared food for us, so that we could be hungry when we were on the road.

Everything was ready, Bai Wei, Lao Si, Zhang Congyun and a few of us got into the carriage and went on the road, because the villagers generously helped us prepare horses to pull the cart, and then it was naturally a little unkind to use the carriage to pull the cart, so the responsibility of the carriage changed from pulling the cart to driving the car, and took us all the way away, leaving this happy mountain village.

Along the way, Zhang Congyun took out his watch from time to time to take a few looks, looking anxious, obviously afraid of delaying the reunion with his brothers.

In order to alleviate this embarrassing atmosphere, Bai Wei and we specially chatted with him, and while chatting, I asked him: "Zhang Congyun, there is something I don't quite understand, you and Brother Yang must die, who is more powerful?" ”

Hearing my question, Zhang Congyun asked rhetorically: "Awesome? What do you mean by awesome? ”

"Of course, it's the way to subdue demons and eliminate demons." I say.

After listening to me, Zhang Congyun shook his head and showed a little pride, and replied, "Do you still need to ask?" I'm a member of the Zhang family in Longhu Mountain, I learned the Tao since I was a child, and even the toys I played with when I was a child were peach wood swords and soul bells and the like. ”

"Then why has he already become a member of the dignified Tianzhu Mansion Tianjia Twelve Venerables, but you, you haven't even entered the Tianzhu Mansion yet?"

I asked again, Zhang Congyun's face became a little ugly, and he was silent for a while before he spoke, and replied: "This is not something I can determine, as a member of the Zhang family, I have been talented since I was a child, not only has I heard and seen that my understanding of Taoism is stronger than that of other senior brothers since I was a child, but also the blood of my Zhang family has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is a rare exorcism weapon in the world, how can I help it, and then Yang died This kid went up the mountain, but his understanding surpassed my ...... at once."

"Why is this, is it because of the fate of the Nine Strange People?"

"That's right," Zhang Congyun nodded and said: "The Ninth Strange Man has been rare since ancient times, even my Heavenly Master Dao Zhang Family's ancestor Zhang Daoling, and the legendary Immortal Class Lu Zu Lu Dongbin are not enough to be the Fifth Strange Person, but this living dead man is born with the unique Ninth Strange Human Personality throughout the ages, who can compare?" ”

Zhang Congyun sighed, and said: "Although the 'Nine Worlds Strange Man' is only four words, but you should not underestimate it, my Heavenly Master Dao has Fu Gong Sanshan as the main branch, and the three mountain Dao methods are different, and dozens of different factions have gradually derived from it. And this most basic Sanshan Taoism, but complement each other, for a normal person, spend a lifetime can not be one of the Taoist techniques to the fullest, if more than two of the Taoist techniques at the same time, but also because of the Taoist law to cause the blood retrograde life and death, so since ancient times the three mountains Taoism is divided into sects, the three mountain disciples will never learn from each other, this phenomenon, until Yang died that kid appeared. The Ninth Strange Man, he can be said to be the only person who can learn all the Taoist techniques of the Three Mountains since ancient times, except for my ancestor Zhang Daoling, so he has been practicing and studying in the Three Mountains since he was a child, and he was called into the Tianzhu Mansion because of his talent at a young age, ranking one of the twelve......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Congyun suddenly snorted softly, smiled and said: "But so what, that kid is really powerful, but if you talk about the Dao of the Heavenly Master Dao Dragon and Tiger Sect alone, there is no one among the sixty-four generations of disciples who can compare to me, and even Yang Death can't be dissatisfied!" ”

Zhang Congyun's expression was a little arrogant and arrogant, which made people feel a little uncomfortable, but from his eyes, there were two eyes of firm and proud light, so I believe that what he said was naturally not a lie, out of the arrogance and pride of a descendant of Zhang Tianshi, he must have also made continuous efforts to get such a cultivation path that is beyond the reach of his peers today.

Talking and laughing all the way, I drove the car to take us through the mountains and mountains all the way to gallop, although the carriage was slow, but because there was no 'traffic jam' in that era, so when the sky was bright and bright, we also took the road to the town 100 miles away from the county seat.

When we entered the town, the sky was already bright, so we stopped the car and had breakfast in the town first, and then let Zhang Congyun lead the way, through the town and into the mountain, according to Zhang Congyun said, there is an abandoned lumber yard in the mountain forest in front of the town, Longhu Mountain and his brothers scattered all over the country to meet in the lumber yard in the past few days, and then rushed to the place where Tianzhufu took the exam together, and accepted the experience of Tianzhufu.

Although I was determined to go to the pavilion to learn from the gourd baby to save my grandfather, I didn't have any interest in the affairs of Tianzhu Mansion, but I still specially asked, everyone shouted to go to Tianzhu Mansion to register for the exam, where are they going to register?

Later, Bai Wei told me that the final destination of the contestants was Nanjing.

Nanjing, outstanding people, first there is the Eastern Wu Emperor Sun Quan here to build the capital and establish a business, and then there are the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty Liu Song, Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang, Chen have built the capital here one after another, and then become the Yang Wu Western Capital, the Southern Tang Dynasty capital, the Southern Song Dynasty Xingdu, the Ming Dynasty founding Jingshi, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period Tianjing, and then become the capital of the Republic of China, so far it is exactly ten dynasties, so it has the name of 'the ancient capital of the Ten Dynasties' in history.

And because of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang built the capital of Nanjing, so the roots of Tianzhu Mansion, which accompanied the Ming Dynasty side by side with Jinyiwei, also took root in Nanjing.

Ming Jianwen four years of Jingjing battle, Yan King Zhu Di rebellion, resulting in Tianzhufu fled to Mobei at a critical juncture, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was also changed from Tianjin to Beijing, but then Tianzhufu re-entered the Central Plains, still based on Nanjing, spread out throughout the country, and now this outstanding city has naturally become the core destination of Tianzhufu's annual examination.

In the early morning, we took a carriage all the way out of the town into the mountain forest, walked along the forest path for a short time, looked forward in the morning light, and saw that the woodyard where Zhang Congyun's brothers agreed to gather was faintly in the forest in front of me, I looked at Zhang Congyun again, and the gloom along the way was instantly swept away.

When I was about to get to the gate of the lumberyard, I motioned for my wife to stop the carriage and smiled at Zhang Congyun: "Congyun, it seems that we will part ways when we get here, and it is rare for your brothers to reunite, so we won't bother, and we will go back." ”

Zhang Congyun asked rhetorically: "Little Liuzi, how many of you don't want to go with us?" Everyone walked together along the way, and there was a ...... to take care of."

Without waiting for me to answer, Bai Wei shook her head next to her and smiled: "It's okay to go together, we're going to Jiangxi, you are going to Nanjing, everyone is not on the way, and you can't get on the bus." Zhang Congyun, there will be a period in the future. ”

"Well, thank you for sending me."

Zhang Congyun jumped out of the car, first gave us a fist salute, then grabbed his bags and rushed quickly towards the lumberyard, and we also asked her to turn the head of the car and wanted to leave.

When they were about to go on the road, everyone picked up the car and swept back a few times from the tent window, Bai Wei's expression was suddenly stunned, and she grinned and said, "Little Liuzi, that, won't it be his senior brother?" ”

When I heard this, I also glanced back, and saw that Zhang Congyun was about to run to the door of the lumberyard, but two middle-aged people in plain clothes suddenly rushed out from inside, to say the least, both forty or fifty years old, and one was holding a shovel and stopped the door.

"He's a brother who is a little too old, I believe his father."

I couldn't help muttering, but Bai Wei had already opened the tent curtain and signaled her to stop the car, and it could be seen from her face that something was obviously wrong.

Seeing Bai Wei jumping out of the car, the fourth child and I also hurriedly followed, and quickly ran to the door of the lumberyard, only to hear Zhang Congyun, who was being stopped by two middle-aged people, staring and asking, "What are you stopping me for?" I'm here to find someone! ”

"No, no, you can't go in, let's go! Come on! ”

The two middle-aged men looked solemn and stubborn, and tried to push Zhang Congyun out of the door several times, Zhang Congyun's face was obviously a little ugly, clenching his fists tightly, as if he wanted to fight.

I hurriedly ran over to stop him, and asked politely to the two middle-aged people: "Two uncles, we are really here to find someone, why are you two stopping us?" ”

As I spoke, I shoved a cigarette into each of them, and seeing that I was kind and polite, one of the middle-aged men put down his shovel and opened his mouth—

"Young man, it's not that I won't let you in, it's that the leaders won't let you in, and I won't hide it from you, there is a murder in this place, and the public security will arrive in a while, so it's better not to go in......"

As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly 'groaned', and Zhang Congyun's face turned white.