I don't know how long it took, Zhang Mingyang regained his senses, but the weakness of his body still made him unable to open his eyes, and he gradually recalled the unbelievable scene that happened before he fell asleep, "Yu Pei? Was it Yu Pei who saved my life? ”

"That's right, it was the old man who saved you... An old voice sounded in the sea of his knowledge, and then the figure of an old man with immortal wind bones slowly emerged.

Zhang Mingyang was shocked and asked vigilantly in his heart, "Who are you?" What is the intention? ”

"Hehe, don't panic, little guy, the old man has no malice, my name is Wang Shouren, my name is Yangming, and the world is also called: Mr. Yangming." The old man's voice whispered with a hint of laughter

"Mr. Yang Ming? I have not heard of it ... Why are you in my sea of consciousness? ”

"Hehe, of course you haven't heard of it, just because the old man is from another world... As to why it appears in your sea of consciousness ... Not... Since you were born, the old man has been here ... It's just that it doesn't show up ... The old man thought for a moment, and felt that it was a bit difficult to explain, so he said intermittently.

"Then what do you have to do with my mother's jade pendant?" Zhang Mingyang saw that the old man was spitting, so he asked critically.

"This jade is called Jingxin Jade, which was originally the old man's thing, and was obtained by your mother by chance, and reached an agreement with the old man, so that the old man can absorb your talent as needed after you become a literati to stabilize the soul, and the old man will come to the rescue when you are going to die. . . ."

"What? It turned out to be your old puppet who made it!!... Zhang Mingyang has been puzzled by the strange phenomenon of his own talent not advancing but retreating in the past three years, and scolded angrily after knowing the truth.

"Hehe, the little guy doesn't have to be resentful, the old man has also had to absorb your talent in recent years when his soul has become more and more dissolved, and a trace of childlike talent is not enough to worry about, if you learn the old man's mastery, you can achieve the saint rank by turning your hand."

"A saint's degree? Old man, you don't look like an arrogant person, why do you speak so wildly and unashamedly? Although Zhang Mingyang was a little polite, he listened to what the old man said, and said coldly.

"Hehe, when we met for the first time, the old man gave you an article, and you will know that what the old man said is true after reading it." After speaking, the old man waved his long sleeves, and a few lines of small characters appeared in Zhang Mingyang's knowledge.

"The wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is howling, and the white bird flies back. The boundless falling trees are falling, and the Yangtze River is rolling. He is often a guest in the sad autumn, and he has been on stage alone for more than a hundred years. Hardship, bitterness, hatred, frost and sideburns, pouring down a new turbid wine glass. ”

"What is this? Why have I never seen such an article? ”

"Don't say that you haven't seen it, even the people you have seen in the Zhongtian Continent will never exceed the number of five fingers. This is a poem, different from the scriptures and historical classics you have studied, the poems have their own spiritual rhyme, and there is no need to write a long speech, and everything is written in extremely concise words. The old man stroked his long beard and said lightly.

"Okay, the old man is not completely in a trance, and it has cost a lot to save your life and help you recover from your injuries, and you can't stay for a long time, so you will return to the meditation jade, and you can experience the mystery by yourself."

"Wait a minute, old man? What about my mother? Where is my mother? Zhang Mingyang suddenly remembered that the most important question had not been asked, and hurriedly shouted, but the old man had long since disappeared.

Zhang Mingyang stretched out his hand and grabbed it in the direction where the old man left, and his hand was soft. Lu Yao's cry came from his ears:

"Brother Mingyang,。。。 Brother Mingyang, wake up, please, wake up, wake up... Zhang Mingyang tried to open his eyes, only to see that he was half-lying in Lu Yao's arms, and his right hand was grabbing her chest in an indecent shape. Lu Yao was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Mingyang wake up, and was about to ask about his injury, but found that Zhang Mingyang's right hand was, and he didn't notice anything unusual because he was too sad before, and at this time he realized that he was suddenly shy, his face was red, and he hurriedly threw Zhang Mingyang in his arms on the ground, a sharp pain came, Zhang Mingyang gasped, Lu Yao hurriedly stepped forward to check his body nervously, looking at the little girl's overwhelmed state, Zhang Mingyang smiled embarrassedly, looked around, but there was no trace of a horse bandit, so he asked Lu Yao: "Xiao Yao, where are they?" Lu Yao touched the tears on his face and replied, "After you fell asleep, the minions outside didn't dare to come forward, and it took a long time for the two of them to come in tremblingly and carry the bandit leader away."

"Then let's go quickly, they will definitely send more powerful people when they go back, and it will be too late if they don't leave." Zhang Mingyang struggled to stand up and pulled Lu Yao to walk outside the broken temple.

"But Brother Mingyang, your body...

Zhang Mingyang unbuttoned his shirt and looked at the injured area before, there were still patches of bruises, but fortunately, there was no major problem except for the severe pain, and it was not a lie to think that what the old man said to help him heal his injuries. "Well, I'm fine, and I might have gotten some good."

"Is it because of that jade pendant?"

"Hmmm! After that, let's talk about it, leave this place first, and we will be safe when we arrive in Miaoze County. Zhang Mingyang didn't wait for Lu Yao to ask again, picked up the luggage on the ground, took her hand and left the broken temple and escaped into the mountains.

In Miaoze County, in front of the county seat, the guards stood on both sides, a pair of carriages and horses were about to enter the city, and the first two guards immediately raised their hands and shouted: "Stop, get off the horse and be inspected"

A wealthy middle-aged man in the convoy turned over and dismounted, stepped forward with a smile on his face and said, "In Xiajiang'an, Zhou's family is sent to worship Zhou Ji, and the supplies are escorted back to the house in the name of the head of the family. After saying that, he secretly stuffed a bag of silver taels into the guard's hand. The guard's eyes lit up suddenly, he weighed the weight of the silver bag in his hand, and said with satisfaction: "It turned out to be the fleet of the richest man Zhou's family, and there were many offends, the county lord has already explained, and the fleet of your mansion is exempt from inspection, please!" The guards put away Changge and made way for him. The Zhou family worshippers smiled and bowed their hands, and led the convoy into the city.

"These guards are so dark!!" A head came up and whispered, it was Lu Yao, I saw that her white little face was black at this time, and the men's clothes she was wearing were also tattered, which looked particularly miserable, and Zhang Mingyang next to her was not much better, the two of them left the broken temple overnight, crossed the mountains, and finally arrived at Miaoze County after two days.

"Shhh Zhang Mingyang turned his head sideways at Lu Yao and made a silent gesture to warn. Although these guards are also martial arts practitioners, their status is not as high as that of literati, but they belong to the government, and their identities are different.

"Let's go, let's go into the city, change into clean clothes, buy some supplies by the way, and leave for Jiang'an after resting for half a day. So as not to miss the trip. Zhang Mingyang said, Lu Yao nodded and followed.

"Stop, get tested." Seeing Zhang Mingyang and the two coming, the guards crossed Changge again.

"Why don't they have to be tested?" Without waiting for Zhang Mingyang to speak, Lu Yao in the back pointed to the Zhou family's convoy in front of him and asked.

The guard glanced at Lu Yao, then looked at Zhang Mingyang, and saw that the two of them were dressed in tatters and unkempt, and said coldly with disdain, "They are the people of the Zhou family of the Shangjia family, how can you compare with such humble people, and if you don't get tested quickly, if you want to say more, don't blame me for being polite." ”

Lu Yao still wanted to refute, but Zhang Mingyang pressed her behind him and asked, "The Zhou family that the adults said is not the Zhou family, the richest man in Jianghan Mansion?" Seeing Zhang Mingyang's polite words, the guard nodded and replied, "Exactly," and then impatiently urged the two to be examined.

Zhang Mingyang frowned and looked at the Zhou family convoy that had entered the city, thought for a moment, then retracted his mind, took out the Tongsheng badge from the tattered robe, spread his hand, handed it to the guard, and said: "People from Pu County, Xia Naiyuan, go to Jiang'an to participate in the autumn test, and please be accommodating." "Zhang Mingyang doesn't care about himself, but how can Lu Yao let the guards check on him.

The guard looked at the two suspiciously, obviously not believing Zhang Mingyang's words, the literati he saw were all well-dressed and radiant, how could they be so miserable like these two, but he still reached out and picked up the Tongsheng badge handed by Zhang Mingyang and took a look, he checked the gate of the county every day, and there were literati in the past, this badge knew the truth at a glance, and sure enough, his face changed suddenly after he glanced at it, and respectfully handed the badge back to Zhang Mingyang, although the guards were officers and soldiers, but they did not dare to make a mistake in front of the real literati, just because the status of the literati was too lofty, And you never know which inconspicuous literati will one day pass the talent certification and become an unattainable existence, but seeing the embarrassment of the two of them, he still couldn't help but ask, "How did Mr. end up in such a situation?" ”

"The two of us were attacked and killed by horse bandits on the way to the exam, and we almost lost our lives. Therefore, it is so insulting. ”

"But the Meridian Road horse bandits?"

"Exactly"

"Oh, sir, you are really talented, as far as I know, those bandits are extremely cunning and ferocious, and I have never heard of anyone escaping under their attack." The guards were even more respectful when they heard this. But seeing that Zhang Mingyang was reluctant to say more, he understood that he would get out of the way, and asked the two of them to go with his side, and Zhang Mingyang immediately took Lu Yao into Miaoze County.

The two of them found a nearby inn to check in, Zhang Mingyang cleaned and changed into clean clothes, then sat on the edge of the bed and opened the lining to take a look at the injury on his chest, the miraculous thing is that the previous injury has been completely healed, which makes him can't help but be surprised by the means of the mysterious old man in the jade pendant, such a serious injury has healed in a few days under the conditioning that the old man said, since the temple was broken, he has been in a hurry to escape for several days Zhang Mingyang has no time to think about a series of bizarre events, and now he can finally calm down and sort it out.

Zhang Mingyang took out the pure heart jade from his arms and watched it carefully, this was the first time he observed this jade so carefully, only to see that the front of the jade was carved with a magnificent door, and the reverse side was only engraved with a dragon flying phoenix dancing heart word, the jade material is not like ordinary jade, anyway, Zhang Mingyang has never seen this kind of jade, the whole body is pitch black, so that the whole jade pendant knows more simple and mysterious. Zhang Mingyang has not gained any harvest after studying for a long time, according to the mysterious old man, he comes from another world, this jade is his thing, I think it must also be from an unknown world, but why was it obtained by his mother? How did the old man come to this world? Looking at his means, the old man seems to be very powerful, if it is really as he said, the saint is also a turnaround in his eyes, then why did he end up with a dead body? He said that his mother had made an agreement with him to help him stabilize his soul with his talents, but there were countless talented people in the world, and in what way did his mother make the mysterious old man commit to his humble body? Where did the mother go after she disappeared? Does the old man in the jade know where his mother is? And the poems and texts that the old man said, what kind of cultivation is it? Zhang Mingyang was full of questions at this time, wanting to wake up the old man to help him solve his doubts, but he didn't know how to do it at all, at this time, the old man's voice suddenly sounded in his mind, "Little guy, don't worry too much, you just need to know that the old man has no intention of harming you, and if necessary, he will save your life, as for your mother, you should know when the time comes."

It turns out that the old man in his heart can be seen at a glance, so isn't there no secret at all? Anyway, as long as the old man is harmless to my heart, he is not afraid of being spied on. Thinking about this clearly, Zhang Mingyang put his mind at ease.

Taking advantage of the old man's own appearance, he hurriedly asked in his heart, "Old man, I don't want to ask about you, but I have the right to know about my mother, please tell me the truth." ”

The old man was silent again, Zhang Mingyang thought that he didn't pay attention to himself like before, and when he sighed and wanted to put away the jade pendant, "If you really want to know your mother, ask your father, or you may know one-sided." ”

Father? The third master of the Zhang family who has never ignored himself? He knows? Zhang Mingyang learned from the old man that his mother, who had never met before, was definitely not like the rumored Qinglou geisha, and even mysterious and terrifying, but his father, although he had never gotten along for a moment, at least he was a real person, he was the third master of the little Zhang family in Yuanpu County, and how did he intersect with the mysterious mother? And after the two gave birth to themselves, one disappeared and the other didn't care, which also led to their miserable childhood, and now I think that my mother may have to disappear for some reason, but what about my father? The so-called tiger poison does not eat children, why is the father so cruel to himself? Maybe it's not as simple as you hear! Although he had a grudge, after listening to what the old man said, Zhang Mingyang still decided to go back to see his father after the autumn test.

Zhang Mingyang breathed a long sigh of relief, temporarily put down what he was thinking, and shook his head, the most important thing at this time is the autumn test he is facing, if he doesn't win, he will be kicked out of the Zhang family, but Zhang Mingde has been narrow-minded and ruthless since he was a child, he may be angry on himself in the Zhang family, if he is not in the Zhang family, then Lu Yao's mother and daughter will be really dangerous...... It must be hit, no matter what, this autumn must be a show!! Zhang Mingyang secretly said ruthlessly. However, since he was ten years old when he obtained the certification of child's talent, because of the old man in the jade, his talent did not advance but retreated, and he wasted his time in vain. Zhang Mingyang couldn't help but curse "old thief" in his heart again. Then he suddenly remembered the strange poem left by the old man in the sea of knowledge, so he calmed down and read it carefully in his heart:

"The wind is urgent, the sky is high, the ape is howling, and the white bird flies back. . . ."

The poems left by the old man are catchy to read, the scenes written are delicate and grand, the feelings in the poems are sincere, and a sad breath spreads, but before he tastes it again, a sense of dizziness hits his brain, Zhihai seems to be unable to bear this terrifying talent and trembles, Zhang Mingyang quickly withdrew from his thoughts, gasping for breath, and it took a long time to ease up.