Autumn is the beginning, the white clouds are blooming, and the weather is good.

The clouds are still gathering on the east side of the city, but they don't know how long it will take, and people who are in a hurry to enter the city will not always look at the wandering clouds. What's more, the autumn rain is gentle and cool, and it will also blow away the irritability in my heart.

In the early morning, outside Yong'an City, the official road was crowded with carriages and pedestrians, and the official road that was originally surging with traffic had been blocked. From time to time, there was a lot of noise, and some people even fought because of it, but they were quickly dismissed by the soldiers who had already been settled. Among them, young people account for the majority, who go to Beijing to take the exam and practice martial arts to study. The road is hard, but who isn't?

There was a little mud on the official road, I don't know if it was because of the rain last night or the dew in the early morning.

The guards at the east gate shouted a few times, signaling the people not to be in a hurry and to come one by one.

The officers and soldiers were already waiting outside the gate, and everyone who entered the city had to be inspected at the city gate.

Far away in the grove on the outskirts of the city gate, there was a young man.

His eyebrows and eyes are very delicate, but they are a little unnaturally downward, he is carrying a bag, perhaps because it is too heavy, his body is bent and a little hunchbacked, and it looks very hard. His shoes were stained with new or hard dirt, and his white shirt was a little shabby, and he looked like he had walked a long way.

He was on tiptoe, and the sunlight drifting through the leaves fell on his face. He squinted, the scenery became a line in his eyes, and he had seen something in the distance.

The magnificent walls of Yong'an City were a thin line in his eyes.

This should have been a young boy.

Teenagers should be vibrant, even if they don't have a lively attitude, others should look very sunny. He gave people the feeling of being different, it was a kind of loneliness and dullness, the opposite of the feeling of a teenager.

The young man's surname is Bai, his name is long, and his father and mother died early. Yong'an City is the first male city in the world, this name, whether after the division of the Tang Dynasty or since the founding of the New Dynasty, has always been so. The emperor of this dynasty had a benevolent and gentle personality, and although he changed the dynasty, he did not overthrow the system of the old dynasty in a drastic way. This also makes the rules and folk customs of Datang for thousands of years always there, and those opportunities to jump over the dragon gate are still there.

The spring breeze peach and plum blossoms bloom on the day, and the peach blossoms bloom all over the mountain, naturally because of the spring breeze, everything in fact has a reason.

The name of the new dynasty is Dayu, which is rumored to be taken from the word Tang Yu. People speculate that Emperor Yu also has the same strength as Emperor Tang back then? And that's exactly what happened.

Dayu is like the Tang Dynasty for a thousand years, establishing the country with force and governing the country with culture. One emperor, two saints, four courtyards, civil and military seven bins. This is the reason why Dayu is strong, and it is also the foundation of Zhongzhou.

In the folk saying, there are two "high mountains": Wen Yilingmen, Wu Yiyew.

Three years of Wenju, five years of martial arts.

In terms of time, both are held together every fifteen years. At this time, it is the most lively time in the whole Dayu, and students from all over the world gather in Yong'an, and hundreds of schools of thought contend, so lively.

In the twenty-second year of Dayu Wude, this year is also the time when the two gather.

This year, Bai Jiu was sixteen years old.

.........

On the day Bai Jiu was born, the ice and snow began to melt, and spring just started and warmed up.

The head of the Bai family seemed to be extremely happy, but he still couldn't hide the sadness on his face, the child of the current head of the family was born, and the Bai family was supposed to entertain guests, but they didn't, and they didn't even release the news. On the third day of Bai Jiu's birth, he got into a carriage in the arms of his mother and went to the distant Qingshan Ridge.

Before Bai Jiu was five years old, he lived in a fixed place, and the best memory was the huge green tree.

A few days after the age of five, Bai Jiu came to another place, the distant west of Dayu, Xifeng City in Xiliang Road.

In the autumn of that year, the second son of the Chen family brought back a child.

"Do you want revenge?" This was the first thing the old lady of the Chen family said to Bai Jiu.

The young Bai Jiu didn't know where to go, but the screams lingered in his head, which made him nod firmly.

Old Lady Chen smiled and said, "Then learn, and then live." ”

In the past eleven years, Bai Jiu's life in the Chen family began with learning.

But what is learning? Old Man Chen's arrangement is to study.

Spring

Summer cicadas chirp

The autumn breeze is bleak

The winter snow is bitterly cold

Sunrise and sunset, the twilight bell is dumb, whether it is cold or warm, Bai Jiu has been reading.

Reading, reciting, not knowing the passage of time.

During this period, Bai Jiu asked Old Man Chen why he didn't learn to practice. The reply was only four words: "Fight against the clock." ”

This year, Bai Jiu was sixteen years old, and although the Chen family did not have three thousand volumes, as one of the four major families in the mainland, there were more than 100 volumes of books.

Bai Jiu looked at it all over it, as if the river flowed into the Hanhai.

"Wenju is about to start, you can go and have a look." At the beginning of spring, Old Man Chen said something like this to Bai Jiu.

In the lobby, Mrs. Chen sat on the Taishi chair and quietly looked at the immature teenager in front of him.

"Do you know why I saved you back then?"

The boy shook his head.

"I'm a businessman, and so is your grandfather Bai Yi. Or it can be said that the Chen family is in business, and so is the Bai family. What is it about doing business? , naturally, to make money! If a businessman doesn't want to make money, it's the biggest joke in the world. A person who has a great hatred and hatred, and sooner or later has to become an enemy of today's power, is the biggest investment. ”

Old Lady Chen asked again: "Then do you know why I let you go to Yong'an City?" ”

The boy was silent.

Old Man Chen smiled and said, "Go to Dongzhou's strongest sect today as a disciple? Or find a second-rate sect in Dayu to experience? The children of the rivers and lakes are naturally chic, but these are not my arrangements. Dongzhou is too far away, not to mention that the Sword Sect has already closed the mountain. Do you want to be a Taoist priest with a pure heart and few desires? Or go to the doctor who spends all day in the valley? Xizhou doesn't have to think about it, the monk is not as good as the Taoist. The three dynasties of Zhongzhou, the northern Yan is too cold, the west is too barbaric, and although Dayu is rich, the sect is too second-rate after all. Since you've been studying for so long, you've read so many books. Then you might as well go to Yong'an City, the "Four Courtyards" is indeed a very good choice today. ”

The young man was slightly stunned, and seemed a little surprised.

Old Lady Chen asked, "What?" Afraid of not being able to pass the test? ”

After saying that, he waved his hand directly.

"Don't be afraid, we spent the money."

The boy didn't know how to answer.

"Go ahead! From Xifeng to Yong'an, there is also a long distance. Old Lady Chen was slightly silent, and then said: "Reading ten thousand books, it is better to travel thousands of miles, the beauty of the rivers and mountains of Dayu, you should also see clearly, when you arrive in Yong'an City, it is not too late to practice." ”

"Grandpa, is it far away?"

"That's right, it's going to be hard for you."

"I'm going alone?"

"This is your own path."

“……”

"It's up to you along the way."

So Bai Jiu set off.

It was an early morning, the sun was still shining, and the morning light was shining.

Bai Jiu carried his bag, which contained all his belongings in the Chen family, books, clothes, and a sword.

The mountains and rivers are splendid and picturesque, the majestic Tianshui, the imposing Qinling Mountains, and the magnificent Daze...... Everything is portrayed in the heart of the young man.

From the early spring to the end of summer, and then to the autumn at this time, the cicadas are screaming, and he has finally come here.

After months of travel, it's finally here.

I don't know how long I have gone, but I just know that the autumn sun is bright at this moment.

But suddenly, a shadow fell at Bai Jiu's feet, and even the sparse branches and leaves in the woods were covered mercilessly. Bai Jiu thought to himself that it was not yet evening at this time, and there was no sign of rain......

He looked up suspiciously, and saw a black city wall, abruptly in front of him.

The child who entered the city with his family in front of him seemed to be the same as Bai Jiu, he looked at the abrupt city wall in front of him, and shouted in a lost voice: "Dad, what a high city wall!" ”