After the banquet of Sijun Pavilion, Ning Xiaochuan and others rested in Luozhou City for three days, and waited until the snow became smaller after three days before starting to go east again.

The wind and snow paused, the pale sun hung in the sky, and the sunlight that shone down was a desolate white, without a trace of temperature.

Yu Xining gently rubbed her cold face, turned to look at Ning Xiaochuan, "Ning Xiaochuan, what's wrong with you?" Since the last time you met Mr. Yuan, you have been absent-minded, what happened? ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled lightly and sighed, "I'm thinking about how I can meet the Gun Immortal Jie Yunzhao senior and fulfill Mr. Yuan's entrustment." ”

"Taihua Mountain takes soil,......" Han Zhan muttered, "If you can meet the predecessor of the Spear Immortal, according to your identity as the son of the Duke of Liguo and the senior Pei Yu by your side, presumably his old man should not embarrass you much." ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled and shook his head, "Then you are wrong, Yangzhou is located in the south of the Tear Luo River, also known as the land of Jiangnan, the land of Jiangnan has a strong clan concept since ancient times, and although this place in Yangzhou is not as strong as Suzhou, it is also somewhat affected, so as long as you are not a member of their own sect, no matter who comes, you have to face all kinds of problems." ”

"That's true." Liu En nodded approvingly, "For these clans, the rulers of the Great Feng Dynasty have no way to completely eradicate them, and can only use the method of envy and power to control them in their hands, just like the Suzhou Gongsun family, relying on the queen is the person of their Gongsun family, and she is rampant and domineering in Suzhou, even Suzhou Mu dare not say much." ”

"Brother Liu, do you still know about the situation in Suzhou?" Ning Xiaochuan said in surprise.

Liu En bowed slightly, "I don't understand, I just heard about it." ”

"But I still don't understand, why does Mr. Yuan entrust such an important matter to you, why doesn't he go by himself?" Yu Xining looked at Ning Xiaochuan puzzled.

Ning Xiaochuan stopped and sighed, "I can see that Mr. Yuan is very entangled in his heart, that gun is his obsession, he will definitely get it, but he does not hesitate to make a heavy promise to let me take it for him to retrieve the land where his wife is buried, the two seem to be contradictory, but in fact it is Mr. Yuan's last wish." ”

"What do you mean?" After listening to Ning Xiaochuan's words, Yu Xining was even more confused.

At this time, Pei Yu, who was sitting on the roof of the carriage, put away his fan and said slowly, "Because he knows that this is a battle that cannot be won." ”

Ning Xiaochuan sighed, "I hope this battle can come later......"

The long road, the winter snow drifted away, and when everyone arrived in Yangzhou, the wind and snow had completely stopped.

……

In the winter of the third year of Dafeng Yongping, Ning Xiaochuan and his entourage arrived in Guangling City, Yangzhou.

Guangling, an important town in the west of Yangzhou, and the reason why it is called Guangling City, is because five hundred years ago a very prestigious and strong man was born here, Guanglingzi.

Although this person is a martial arts person, he has the world in his heart, and five hundred years ago, he led a group of martial arts people to the south to fight against the barbarians, and finally fell because his true qi was exhausted.

In order to commemorate Guanglingzi, the Yangzhou pastor at that time changed the name of Guanglingzi's hometown to Guangling, and built the city on the ground, after five hundred years of development, and finally formed today's Guangling City.

This is the wisdom mantra that is regarded as the guideline by physicists.

As one of the nine streams of Dafeng, physicists also have a lot of influence in Dafeng, just like the influence of Legalists in Luzhou, the influence of physicists in Yangzhou is also great.

Physicists advocate that the principles of heaven and earth are known to people, and that the principles of heaven and earth lie in the human heart, and that as long as people respect themselves, they can comprehend the way of heaven and earth, and eventually become one with nature.

However, this idea of science has been strongly criticized by Confucianism and Taoism, which is considered to be a fallacy, Confucianism advocates dedication and loyalty, and Taoism advocates nature and non-action, which is not in harmony with the self-esteem of the rationalists.

Confucianism criticizes theorists as selfish and unattainable, while Taoists criticize them as gibberish and absurd.

However, this kind of self-respecting thinking coincides with the concept of the Jiangnan clan to a certain extent, so in the land of Jiangnan, the influence of science is slowly increasing.

Outside Guangling City, because of the reasons of the King of the East China Sea and Yangzhou Mu in the past few months, the whole Yangzhou is worried, so the guards at the gate of Yangzhou City are much stricter than usual, and the people who enter and leave the city are inspected by the three layers inside and the outside.

At this time, Ning Xiaochuan and the others came to the gate of Guangling City, and when they saw the scene at the gate of the city, he frowned and said, "It's so troublesome." ”

"Special times, understandable, let's go." Han Zhan said with relief.

Ning Xiaochuan just wanted to turn around and tell Pei Yu, but found that Pei Yu had long since disappeared, Ning Xiaochuan shook his head helplessly, with Pei Yu's temperament, he would not obediently accept this kind of interrogation, it is estimated that he had already slipped in, and now he was waiting for them at that tea stall.

After a complicated inspection, Ning Xiaochuan and others also entered Guangling smoothly, saying that Jiangnan was rich, but Guangling City did not give people a very lively feeling, and I don't know if it was caused by Yangzhou Mu's matter.

Yu Xining rode on Xiaobai, looked at the depressed streets, and couldn't help smacking her tongue, "It's too quiet in this Guangling City." ”

"Recently, the conflict between the king of the East China Sea and the pastor of Yangzhou has become more and more serious, and it is normal for the people to worry about the war at any time." Ning Xiaochuan said helplessly.

"Please give way......" Just as Ning Xiaochuan and the others were talking, a carriage rushed towards him, extremely fast, watching the fierce horse galloping, he couldn't help frowning, because the carriage seemed to be a girl.

"Wow."

Kong Zhenxuan jumped up and came directly to the middle of the road, and after the girl driving the carriage saw Kong Zhenxuan, she seemed to think of the picture of Kong Zhenxuan being knocked into a meatloaf, and she didn't dare to look at it again.

Kong Zhenxuan ran the true qi, the blue true qi gushed out, and directly pulled the galloping horse down, the fierce horse roared, Kong Zhenxuan frowned, and pulled the reins deadly, and after a while, under the effect of Kong Zhenxuan's true qi, the frightened horse gradually quieted down.

Retracting his true qi, Kong Zhenxuan slowly retreated, and smiled at Ning Xiaochuan, "It's okay." ”

At this time, the girl who was driving came over, the girl's clothes were in tatters, her hair was messy behind her head, there was dry straw hanging on it, and her face was black and red from the cold, but the little girl gave Ning Yan a feeling that she was not pitiful and helpless, but a kind of stubbornness and strength.

I saw the little girl wipe her black and dirty hands on her clothes casually, and thanked Kong Zhenxuan, looking like a person from the rivers and lakes, "Thank you Mr. for breaking the siege, the little woman is grateful." ”

Kong Zhenxuan smiled and bowed his head, "The effort of raising your hands is not enough to worry about your teeth." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked at the little girl with a smile, "Hey, what's your name, your carriage almost hit me, don't you apologize to me first." ”

The little girl touched the back of her head embarrassedly, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "My name is Jiujiu, everyone calls me Jiu Girl, I don't know how just now, this horse was frightened, I'm really sorry, if you need any compensation, I can compensate." ”

"Nine Girls......"

Ning Xiaochuan smiled, looking at the little girl's appearance, he knew what the conditions at home were, and said that most of the compensation could not be compensated, "Compensation, can you afford it?" ”

"That's my business, just give me a number." The ninth girl bit her lip and said.

Looking at the girl with such a stubborn temper, Kong Zhenxuan couldn't help laughing, Yu Xining patted Ning Xiaochuan lightly, shook her eyes, and then got off the horse and helped the nine girls up, "Nine girls, don't listen to his nonsense, we are not injured, where do we need any compensation, but you, the girl's family, it is winter, it is very unsafe to drive, but you have to be careful." ”

Looking at the clean and beautiful Yu Xining in front of her, and then looking at herself, Jiujiu couldn't help but lower her head in embarrassment, but stubbornness had to make her raise her head, look straight at Yu Xining, and grinned, "Thank you." ”

Yu Xining smiled lightly, looked up at the girl's carriage, and saw a large cart of bamboo baskets pulled behind the carriage, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you pulling so many bamboo baskets for, is there anything important?" ”

"These are all not wanted by the owners in the city, I think it's a pity to lose them, so I plan to take them home, and when the spring comes, I will sell them on the street, and I can exchange them for some money." Jiujiu smiled and said embarrassedly.

"Then you let your family take it, how can you do such a heavy job as a girl." Yu Xining shook her head and said.

Hearing this, a trace of frustration and loss flashed on Jiujiu's face, but it was quickly replaced by a pretended smile, "I don't have anyone else in my family, I'm the only one left." ”

Hearing this, Yu Xining was embarrassed all of a sudden, and hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, Ninth Girl, I don't know this, I didn't mean to offend ......"

"It's okay, sister, thank you for your concern, you are very beautiful and have a good heart, I know you didn't mean it, don't worry, I'm fine." Jiujiu grimaced at Yu Xining and chuckled.

Yu Xining couldn't help but laugh when she saw this, "My name is Yu Xining, I'm glad to meet you, you take this money as compensation for what I just said." ”

After that, Yu Xinning took out the money bag from her waist and handed it to Jiujiu.

Jiujiu's eyes straightened after seeing Yu Xiling's exquisite Crane Flying Money Bag, and it was the first time she had seen such a beautiful money bag so big, and she couldn't take her eyes off it for a while.

Yu Xining smiled lightly and handed the money bag to Jiujiu, "These are for you." ”

"Huh?" Jiujiu was stunned, and then shook his head vigorously, "This can't work, I can't take your money from my sister for no reason." ”

"What do you mean for no reason, it's the apology I just apologized to you for my gaffe, you have to take it." While Yu Xining spoke, she forcibly stuffed the money bag to Jiujiu.

Jiujiu took the money bag, thought about it, opened the money bag directly, and poured out all the silver inside, not to mention that it was really a lot.

I saw Jiujiu return the silver to Yu Xining, and then carefully stuffed the money bag into her waist as if she had obtained a treasure, Yu Xining looked at the silver in her hand and was stunned, "Nine girls, you are ......"

"Sister Xi Ning, if you really want to apologize, this money bag is enough, there are too many silvers, I can't ask for it." Jiujiu smiled at Yu Xining, "I believe that one day I will earn this money on my own." ”

Yu Xining looked at Jiujiu, and couldn't help but have a little more admiration in her heart, "Okay, I believe there will be such a day." ”

Her life may have been unfortunate, but her dignity was admirable, and money was no less than an insult to her.

For this kind of girl, the best way to help her is to respect her and believe in her......