When Ning Xiaochuan told Ning He that he wanted to go south to Jiaozhou, Ning He sighed, although he didn't say a word, but Ning Xiaochuan knew that the eldest brother's sigh was the same as himself, and he was lamenting that time had flown by.

"Have you discussed the matter of going to Jiaozhou with Xi Ning?" Ning He sat aside and looked up and said.

"I said it." Ning Xiaochuan nodded, "Old Man Cheng is in danger, he is not only the father of my sister-in-law, but he has been very kind to me when I traveled back then, so no matter what, I have to go to Jiaozhou." ”

"Big brother doesn't object to you going, but you have to know your situation after leaving Xiangzhou, Yin Duke never thought of letting you live, can you hide once or twice, can you hide three or four times?" Ning He frowned and said.

From Cheng Huahua's mouth, Ning Xiaochuan already knew who was going to put him to death, he was not surprised by this situation, nor did he feel pity, this person's heart will always change, let alone him.

"I can't keep hiding in Xiangzhou and not coming out, the ugly daughter-in-law has to see her in-laws sooner or later, this time I want to go south to see what other means they have." Ning Xiaochuan said in a deep voice, not worried about the situation of his south.

Ning He thought about it for a long time, and finally stopped persuading anything, got up and said, "I went to Jiaozhou, I apologized to the old man for me, and I hope he can understand my difficulties." ”

Ning Xiaochuan got up and patted the eldest brother's shoulder gently, now the burden on the eldest brother's shoulders is no lighter than the one on his father's shoulders.

On 15 March, Ning Xiaochuan rode south to Xiangzhou.

At the same time that Ning Yan left Xiangzhou, a team of 300 people quietly disappeared into the territory and disappeared without a trace.

……

On the way from Shuozhou to Yindu, a student who is ready to enter Beijing to catch the exam is talking endlessly to the man next to him about his experience.

This student said that he could read his face, although the man in a simple robe next to him did not seem to be doing well as himself, but he expected that this kid was from an extraordinary background and would have great luck in the future.

I don't know if this person is open-mouthed or really has this ability, Ning Xiaochuan, who was traveling with him, just laughed and didn't refute, it is also a good thing to have such a friend who met halfway on the road to relieve boredom.

Along the way, this man named Yang Guyou told Ning Yan about what happened to him, he had read books all his life, but there were always some books that he couldn't understand.

When he was a child, his family was poor, and his parents were ordinary people in Shuozhou, believing in Taoism, so he was sent to the Taoist temple by his parents when he was three years old, but he didn't understand the classics of Taoism and the Three Qingqi Sutras taught by Daozang.

In desperation, his parents could only take him back from the Taoist temple and let him study the Confucian classics, but he still couldn't read.

But he couldn't understand anything, he didn't understand why these scholars wanted to say very simple things so complicated, just like a sentence that a person dies, he has to say that the deceased is like a husband.

As his parents grew older, he began to understand the difficulties of his parents, so he took the plunge to read these classic articles that were really difficult for him to understand.

This time I went to Yindu to catch the exam for the Guozijian exam, and I met Ning Xiaochuan who was going south from Xiangzhou on the way, and the two talked very happily, for those who read, Ning Xiaochuan was also the same as him, and he was not interested in these god-chattering readers.

In Dafeng, you can learn Confucianism and become an official; If you study the law, you can become a official; Behind the word official is Confucianism, but with the development of the Nine Streams, there are more and more scholars who actually do not do Confucian things in the name of Confucianism.

"Brother Ning, I heard that the master of Guozijian is the future head of Confucianism, you said that if I go to Guozijian, wouldn't I have to listen to these great truths every day." Yang Guyou said with a sad face.

Ning Xiaochuan laughed, "It's not that the reader can only talk about big truths, those gods and gods don't necessarily understand much sometimes, and those who are crazy don't necessarily understand anything; I look down on those who talk nonsense for the sake of fame, but I don't look down on those who really read. ”

"But what is a real reader?" Yang Guyou looked at Ning Xiaochuan puzzled.

Ning Xiaochuan raised his head and smiled lightly, "I can't say this, but you should be able to know when you go to Yindu." ”

"I've heard of the big official named Yu Gongming, who was born in Guozijian, I think he is the real scholar, that time he came to Shuozhou to implement the new policy, my mother and I watched below, he is really young, and he is not as arrogant as other officials when he speaks.

He is very kind when he speaks, he never says those big truths, and when he encounters it, he can't explain it clearly, and he will swear angrily, hahaha, it was interesting to listen to at the time. Yang Guyou laughed as he spoke.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled beside him, "When you go to Yindu, you will know what kind of person he is, as you said, he is a scholar worthy of respect." ”

Yang Guyou rarely met someone who was willing to listen to him say this, his demeanor was very leisurely, and he felt relaxed on the road, "By the way, I don't know what you are doing in the south?" ”

"I'm going to see a loved one." Ning Xiaochuan smiled lightly.

Yang Guyou nodded, "Go to your relatives." ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled helplessly, and then said, "You're going to Jiaozhou, right?" ”

"Yes."

"I have read this place in Jiaozhou from books, and it is said that there are many barbarians on the southern border, you have to be careful when you go, your long thin skin and tender meat have no background and no strength, it is easy to be caught by those bandits in the mountains to be a bed boy, and you can't cry when the time comes." As soon as Yang Guyou thought of this, he felt that his chrysanthemum was cold.

Ning Xiaochuan laughed, "You kid still said that he can't read, but he doesn't understand it." ”

"The side door is left, not enough to worry about." Yang Guyou also smiled heavily.

The two traveled all the way south, sleeping in a street inn in the middle of the night, looking at Yang Guyou's shyness, Ning Xiaochuan didn't say much, and directly donated generously, and looked at Yang Guyou next to him again and again.

"Brother Ning, when my brother is developed in the future, I will definitely go to Xiangzhou to find you for a drink and open a good guest room for you."

Ning Xiaochuan smiled indifferently, after checking in, take a hot bath comfortably, and then meditate and cultivate, martial arts cultivation is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Ning Xiaochuan knew the truth, so he never delayed his cultivation; After three hours of meditation, the whole person was very happy.

The next day, the two went on the road together, talking and laughing along the way, but there was a crisis behind it.

As soon as the two of them left the inn with their front feet, a few more pairs of eyes appeared out of thin air in the woods behind the inn, and the man led by him had thatch in his mouth and closed his eyes leaning against the trunk of a tree next to him, and the masked men beside him were digging a pit to bury the two dead corpses that could no longer die.

The general who was over half a hundred years old stretched his waist, and he looked like he was only thirty or forty years old when he had been cultivating martial arts all year round, and the subordinates next to him walked over and said, "General, if you deal with it, there is no one alive." ”

The general nodded and looked at the dense forest behind him, a pair of eyes were staring at the old general in the depths of the dense forest, and the old general whistled over there, "Don't look at the damn thing, everyone is dead, what do you see." ”

In the next second, the eyes disappeared, and the old general pouted speechlessly, then leaned over to look at the corpse in front of him, and spat out the thatch and saliva in his mouth.

"I still want to assassinate the little boy for this trick, I really don't know whether to live or die."

After disposing of the bodies of the two, the man said in a deep voice, "Keep going, and make sure that the little princess's path south is extremely smooth." ”

"Yes!"

……

Crossing Shuozhou, Ning Xiaochuan could have completed it in ten days, but with Yang Guyou by his side, this road was forced to walk for a month.

The two walked to the junction of Shuozhou and Zhongzhou, and Yang Guyou sighed with some regret, "Brother Ning, accompany you all the way, I really can't bear you to go." ”

Ning Xiaochuan laughed, "What's so reluctant about this, don't worry, we will definitely meet again in the future, and when I see you next time, I hope you can become a scholar like Yu Gongming." ”

"I'm afraid it's difficult...... Yang Guyou shook his head helplessly, "I can't go to university, how can I compare to adults." ”

Ning Xiaochuan smiled softly, "Guozijian can change a person, and I believe it can also change you." ”

"Listening to your tone, how do I feel like Brother Ning, you seem to have come out of the country." Yang Guyou looked at Ning Xiaochuan with wide eyes.

Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If I came out of the country, can I be like this now?" ”

"yes, hey, I'm thinking too much."

Ning Xiaochuan bowed slightly, "Let's get on the road quickly, the gate will be closed when it's late." ”

"Okay, Brother Ning, we'll meet again." Yang Guyou was not hypocritical, and walked towards the pass with his bookcase on his back, while Ning Xiaochuan turned around and went east, he wanted to enter the pass from Tongyang, and then go all the way to the south, directly to Jiaozhou.

After Yang Guyou left, Ning Xiaochuan suddenly looked back at the empty path behind him, his true qi skyrocketed, and his aura instantly covered the past, and shouted, "Follow me all the way, who are you?" ”

No one responded, Ning Xiaochuan exerted his true qi again, but it was still silent, so he had no choice but to withdraw his true qi, and said in a deep voice, "Ran away?" ”

Since he had no intention of harming him, Ning Xiaochuan didn't stay too long, turned around and walked east.

At this time, in the dense forest on the side of the road, the general who had hidden his breath breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a deep smile, "The strength of the little boy has improved again, it seems that the general underestimated him." ”

……

Jingzhou, Wudang Mountain.

Li Xiguan, the little Taoist priest who was brought to Wudang Mountain by the three Taoist people, was looking at the young man in front of him in a daze.

Although the man in front of him was smiling, for some reason, Li Xiguan just couldn't have a good impression of him.

The young man stood beside Li Xiguan, who was sweeping the floor, even if he watched Li Xiguan sweep the fallen leaves under his feet, he didn't let him do anything.

Li Xiguan pouted and raised his head and said, "Donor, please move." ”