Li Chengtang was surprised, he didn't expect this poor scholar to be a righteous person, and what was even more surprising was that he could see from his footsteps and body that this scholar didn't know martial arts at all, and it was estimated that he had practiced swordsmanship for a few days. Could it be that he also came to "shoot the sun bow".

Sure enough, the pock-faced man didn't sell a poor face. After a few rounds, he was kicked and eaten by the pockmarked man, and the saber fell to the side.

Although this poor sour man spoke old-fashioned and arrogant, Ran Jingjing was not disgusted, and at this time, seeing that he was deflated for himself, he had already been angry and raised his eyebrows, and seemed to be angry at Li Chengtang, blaming him for not standing up for himself.

Li Chengtang smiled slightly, "These people are not good at martial arts, you go and teach them a lesson, don't hurt people's lives." ”

Ran Jingjing's eyes turned brightly, and she understood what Li Chengtang meant, what was she afraid of with "Brother Li" pressing the formation. In his mouth, he shouted, "Death to the adulterous thief!" The "sword pointed at Loulan", danced a piece of silver light, and stabbed at the pock-faced man.

The pock-faced man didn't expect a delicate lady to burst out and kill people, and her swordsmanship was good, so he was forced out of the wine shop all of a sudden.

Ran Jingjing is unforgiving, the sword style is continuous, the body is smart, the style is charming all the way, and the sword light is like the clear light of the river and the sea. The numb-faced man's martial arts are also the fifth stage of entry, which is about the same as Ran Jingjing's martial arts rank, but Ran Jingjing is the inheritance of everyone's martial arts after all, and in the same rank, it belongs to the superior swordsmanship, which is the opponent of the pock-faced man.

But I saw the poor scholar sitting at the table, holding a sword and looking at Ran Jingjing's swordsmanship, fencing and singing: "In the past, there was a beautiful woman Gongsun clan, and a sword dance moved in all directions. The spectators are depressed like mountains, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time. Huo Ruyi shot nine sunsets, like a group of emperors and dragons. Come like thunder to restrain anger, and let it be like the river and sea condensing the light. The lips and beads are lonely, and there are disciples who pass on the fragrance in the evening. ”

After the poor scholar finished singing, he stroked his palms with both hands, "What an amazing and agile swordsmanship, it turns out that the girl is a disciple of Gongsun Auntie!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the pock-faced man stumbling a few steps, being stabbed to the ground by Ran Jingjing, his clothes had been shredded into strips of cloth, and a sword wound on his leg was bleeding nonstop.

Ran Jingjing no longer paid attention to the hemp face, and looked back at the poor scholar, with a little sneer, "Do you know the master, my swordsmanship is far from the master, and I blame that I usually don't like to practice." ”

The people at the table with a hemp face saw that their people were defeated, and they heard that this bewitching girl was a disciple of Aunt Gongsun, so they helped the pompy face and limped away from the distance. There were other tables in the wine shop that were originally coaxing, and when they heard the name of Aunt Gongsun, they all shut up and buried their heads in eating.

Ran Jingjing glanced at Li Chengtang proudly and sat down again. She usually doesn't like martial arts or fights, but now she has won the pockmarked man in front of Li Chengtang, and she is suddenly a little proud.

Li Chengtang invited the poor scholar to the table, ordered a pot of wine and some side dishes, and said: "Brother Tai is not shabby, I will go to eat the wine and food that Brother Tai said later. ”

It is estimated that this poor sour has not eaten for a long time, so he first drank a pot of wine, ate a few dishes of side dishes, and wiped his mouth before speaking.

"Thank you for not need, I will trouble Your Excellency to pay for the wine on the scholar's table later."

Ran Jingjing squirted out a mouthful of wine, feeling that you are eating the overlord meal here, you can't afford to pay for the poor wine, and you are still so calm.

The poor scholar continued: "Fortunately, Huaiyuan is currently making a flood in the rivers and lakes, otherwise Xiaosheng would not be able to eat and drink together." ”

Li Chengtang Qi said: "Isn't Brother Fei coming for the legendary 'sun-shooting bow'?" Dare to ask Brother Taigao's surname? ”

The poor scholar smiled and said: "Xiaosheng is on Cen and under the ginseng, you call me Cen Shen, then Lao Shizi is useless to Xiaosheng." ”

Ran Jingjing was surprised when she heard this, stared at Cen Shen with beautiful eyes and said: "You are the Cen Shen who studied at the age of five, wrote essays at the age of nine, was raised at the age of fifteen, and was promoted by the Jinshi at the age of twenty?" ”

Ran Jingjing didn't believe his words very much, this Cen Shen is a famous literary talent in Henan Daozhou, and he is the pride of her hometown.

Cen Shen smiled, a little embarrassed. Ran Jingjing said: "Didn't I hear that Lord Wang Changling recommended you to be an official in the imperial court?" ”

Li Chengtang was listening to the conversation between the two, and only then did he know that this down-and-out scholar turned out to be a famous talent, and he couldn't help but sigh that today's court is really stupid and absurd, and he actually let a talented man fall to such a point. I couldn't help asking, "Why did Brother Cen come to this northwest frontier?" ”

Cen Shen said helplessly: "The court is mediocre, although Cen is a scholar, he also wants to join the army in the northwest to kill the enemy, but unfortunately there is no way to enter, so he has lingered so far." ”

Ran Jingjing knew Li Chengtang's ability, and those generals respected him abnormally, and they obeyed his words, so he couldn't help but turn his head to Li Chengtang and said, "Brother Li, he is Jingjing's hometown talent, can we help him?" ”

Cen saw Ran Jingjing speaking to Li Chengtang like this, not only did he look at this clumsy young man, but he wondered if he was a person with a great background, otherwise how could the senior disciple of Gongsun Auntie beg him like this. Aunt Gongsun is the first swordsman of the emperor of the court, and her swordsmanship is the best in the world.

Thinking of the grandson of the year, she was dressed in brocade and jade, like a dragon, and danced with a sword, showing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, which won the favor of the emperor. Isn't it strange that such a man's disciples demanded this young man!

Li Chengtang pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Cen has the heart to join the army, if there is a chance, Li should be recommended." Then he changed the topic and asked Ran Jingjing: "Jingjing, it turns out that you are the apprentice of Aunt Gongsun, I thought you were a teacher and a family teacher." Although Li Chengtang has just entered the rivers and lakes, he still knows the reputation of Aunt Gongsun.

Ran Jingjing didn't answer Li Chengtang's words, turned her head to Cen Shenjiao and said, "Don't worry, Master Cen can help you since Brother Li agreed." In her heart, there is nothing that Li Chengtang can't do.

"By the way, does Gongzi Cen know the family teacher, Shicai seems to recognize the little girl's swordsmanship?"

Cen Shen knew that Li Chengtang was reluctant to talk more about his court background, and the more he did this, the more mysterious he felt, maybe he could really help a lot. Hearing this, I no longer think about who the young man is, why should I have known each other when we meet, and the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. smiled at Ran Jingjing: "The girl asked Xiaosheng when she was right, the reason is very complicated, I don't know Gongsun Auntie, but I know that Lady has swordsmanship, does the girl know the poem she reads next?" ”

Ran Jingjing said with a smile: "That must know, it was made by Du Shaoling, the son of the master's named disciple Yanzhou Sima. Ran Jingjing thought about it, suddenly realized, and said: "Oh, by the way, he is also from Daozhou, Henan, and you are all from the family of the famous eunuchs, don't you know each other?" ”

Cen Shen smiled, "Girl Lan Xinhui, guessed right, I am friends of the same age as Brother Shaoling, I have seen his swordsmanship, I am amazed, I have always wanted the eldest lady to teach one or two, if it is not the right time, I hope that the girl can teach some, and in the future, I can also have a skill to kill the enemy in the army." ”

Ran Jingjing said ashamedly: "The little girl's swordsmanship is not as good as the master's eleventh and twelfth, if you learn the sword, it is better to ask Brother Li for advice, that is the sword of heaven and man." ”

She never forgot to admire Li Chengtang, but Li Chengtang was embarrassed, and agreed that if there was an opportunity, she would definitely give one or two advice, so that Cen Shen could defend himself. The three of them talked for a while, and when they saw that the sky was over, they left each other's addresses, and Li Chengtang left some silver taels for Cen Shen to use temporarily, saying that he would go to the roasted wild camel to taste the wine and food tomorrow, and then leave it for the time being.

On the way, Ran Jingjing apologized to Li Chengtang again, saying that she was bothering him to help, but she was a little satisfied and proud in her heart. He also talked about the fact that he was the apprentice of Gongsun Auntie, and explained: "Brother Li, don't blame Jingjing for not explaining to you, it is inconvenient for outsiders to explain just now, in fact, Gongsun Auntie is the same sister of her father, and the master is also from Daozhou, Henan, Jingjing and Meng Lang both studied under Gongsun Auntie, and now that the master has gone to Chang'an, Jingjing came to Dunhuang with her father." ”

When Li Chengtang heard this, he understood the background of the relationship between the Ran family and had a deeper thinking about his grandfather's deliberate arrangement of a chance encounter with Ran Fei. After returning to the post house, he couldn't help but have more greetings, and Qin Haotian also praised Gongsun Auntie's swordsmanship, saying that he must have more advice and exchanges if he is fated.

On the second day, bad news came from the pavilion, according to the soldiers, the Xuanjia army had withdrawn from the Kazakh steppe, and the Turks were ready to move again. Li Chengtang couldn't help but be a little worried, hoping that Ayi and them would be safe. There was still a long queue in front of the pavilion, and those Jianghu people who were hoping to obtain the artifact were still enthusiastic, and those Jianghu masters in the dark did not move.

Li Chengtang asked Ran Jingjing and Cen Shen to go to the place where the wild camels were roasted. It is a mountain villa in the west of the city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the name is "Wild Camel Garden", and it is called "Saibei Xiaojiangnan". According to Cen Shen, there may not be money in that place, and Zhuangzhong only receives well-known people in the rivers and lakes or high-ranking officials, and he was also fortunate to have a friend of the government once.

Li Chengtang has heard of a lot of delicacies, all kinds of land, rivers, lakes and seas ingredients, but he has really never heard of such a behemoth as roasted wild camels, and he can't help but yearn for it. Now that he heard that it was full of well-known people and officials in the rivers and lakes, he wanted to go in even more, which was very beneficial for him to listen to those first-class masters hidden in the shadows. Of course, it is also beneficial for him to get acquainted with some officials, after all, he may be useful in the future.

The group of people did not have a name post, Ran Jingjing reported the name of Aunt Gongsun, and Li Chengtang prepared a lot of silver tickets, and finally said that the guards in the village were allowed to enter. There are rockeries, flowing water, and pavilions in the village, which is not at all like a place to eat, and it is not like being on the edge of the desert.

Passing through the pavilion, there is a large field in front of it, and rows of huge oven grills are erected, on which all kinds of meat ingredients are "sizzling" with oil, and the aroma is overflowing, and the three of them can't help but swallow their saliva.

"Wild Camel Garden" charges per capita, the price is expensive, completely self-help, 80 taels of silver per person, which is the ration of ordinary people's families for three years. No wonder ordinary people don't know about this place, and ordinary people don't have the financial resources to come in.

The private room was already fully booked, and the three of them had to sit in the lobby. The guys in the winery are all fair and beautiful, interspersed in the lobby like butterflies fluttering, and I don't know whether it is the fragrance of a girl or the smell of barbecue, which seduces many diners to drool.

Everyone asked for some fine wine first, Li Chengtang tasted it, it was sweet and sweet, smooth and fragrant, it was indeed very different from the wine in Lingnan.

The lobby of the winery is very spacious, with no less than 20 tables, and there is still a distance between them. There were four tables of high-rollers, three tables of people from the court or the army, two tables near them seemed to be Turkic, and the rest were not known by their clothes.

The waitress served some side dishes first, and Li Chengtang and Cen Shen drank a glass of wine, slowly waiting for the roast camel meat, and listened carefully to the conversations around them.

"I heard that Ashina Sheng's lord also went out?"

A person "shh Even those Kazakhs are going to be out of luck. ”

The man from before continued, "No, that lord can still find the Kazakh's moldy head?" ”

"With the vicious personality of an adult, it is normal to kill the Kazakhs first to vent their anger, and then come and snatch the artifact! Besides, I heard that the boy had a good relationship with a little girl from the Kazakhs. ”

Li Chengtang listened to the conversation of the Turks at a nearby table, and his heart suddenly twitched, and he felt pain for no reason.

Regarding Ash Nasheng's name, he heard Ran Fei talk about it, and heard that his martial arts rank has reached the Arhat realm, plus Xiao Gushan, as well as those top masters who did not show up in secret, it seems that the situation is not as easy to deal with as he thought. He thought that he could deal with Xiao Gushan with Qin Haotian, but if those masters were added together, it would be really difficult to deal with.

He couldn't help but worry, especially when he heard that the Kazakhs might become the object of anger, thinking of Ayiyi's lively, lovely and agile figure, as well as her clear, clear and lovely eyes, he was stabbed in the heart.

At this time, a charming maiden waitress walked over. A plate of roast camel meat was served in the slender jade hand, and the aroma was tempting and mouth-watering. Even Ran Jingjing's index finger moved.

The waitress put down the tray, touched Li Chengtang's arm, and stuffed a note to him. Li Chengtang took it suspiciously and unfolded it: Ayiyi crisis, go quickly!

Li Chengtang's heart was shocked, knowing that it was the procuratorate that sent a warning message, contacted the morning military newspaper and talked to the Turks just now, he couldn't stay any longer, stood up and said: "Jingjing, you guys go back after eating, I have something important to do, tell the old Qin seniors to be more careful, Chengtang will go back when he goes!" Without further ado, he got up and left the place quickly.

Ran Jingjing and Cen Shen were stunned for a while, he could give up such delicious food and wine, then something big must have happened, Ran Jingjing was about to chase after him, and Li Chengtang was gone.

Li Chengtang was so anxious that he raised the true qi of his whole body to the apex, and his light skills were like speeding lightning, flying against the wind, and running wildly all the way. It took more than two hours to rush to the Kazakh station, only to see the entire steppe wolf smoke rising, and the corpses in front of him were like mountains, burned beyond recognition.

Li Chengtang was exhausted and moved the corpses one by one with his hands, where could he still distinguish Ayiyi's appearance. Thinking of Ayiyi's voice, my heart was sad and sad, I looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, the heavens and the earth screamed, and the wind and clouds changed.