The autumn rain in the city of Suye was intermittent for a month, and the rain continued continuously, and the roads in some of the ordinary alleys in the city also became muddy because of this.

Pan Chao pushed open the window and propped it up with wooden strips, and a moist cool breeze blew in, which was indescribably pleasant.

In the past few days, the Great Qi Imperial Court has sent a governor with a large official position to Suye City, in response to the catastrophe of the siege of the demon clan, as well as the displacement of the people, and the tragedy of the destruction of the family, he made a caring greeting, if it were not for the brother Pan Gu tried his best to dissuade him, the governor was even in deep love, and he wanted to accept hundreds of homeless orphans as righteous sons and daughters.

However, since it was specially sent by the imperial court to wipe his buttocks, he naturally wanted to express that Yan Chengxing, who had previously participated in the planning of this catastrophe, Huanglong's master and apprentice, were being imprisoned in the prison, spending every day to reshape the broken souls of the victims, tired to die and live, and for the heavy money spent on finding the soul body of the lodging, the court was responsible for it.

After a period of review, the secret of the imperial court's acquiescence to the siege of the three demons has long been known to many people, such as the imperial court deliberately wanted to block the mouths of others with heavy gifts, and rewarded Pan Gu with a thousand taels of gold and a hundred acres of fertile land, and even he ascended to heaven with a chicken and a dog, and rewarded five thousand taels of silver.

Pan Gu repeatedly refused, but unexpectedly, the governor was energetic, blew his beard and glared and said that if he did not accept it, he would be dealt with according to the crime of resisting the decree.

In the end, Pan Gu couldn't help it, so he had to promise to use the gold and silver given by the imperial court for future office work and rewarding scholars who had achieved academic success, and confiscated 100 acres of fertile land, along with the 5,000 taels of silver that was rewarded to him, which made him uncomfortable for a long time, which was really lonely.

As for promotion, the imperial court didn't say a word, and I thought about it, who would let a person who knew that the imperial court was secretly shady go to Dongjing to take up a post. But that's okay, he's used to being wild in the night city, so he's still a little unaccustomed to letting him go to that dongjing.

Finally, there is the group of monks and martial artists who are stranded here, when Pan Gu issued the solicitation, he had already prepared for the destruction of the city, almost like a long-term illness and indiscriminate medical treatment, as long as it was called by the name of the ethereal state, the flying sword was passed on.

For those monks and martial artists who still fought bravely to kill the enemy even if the demon clan broke the city and killed, Pan Chao admired it from the bottom of his heart, and for this reason, Pan Gu also used the gold and silver taels given by the imperial court to reward them.

And the people who were disabled or even killed in this war personally sent silver taels and eulogy vouchers to their families and sects, and the court promised that if there were children in the families of the people who died in the future who wanted to serve as errands in the court, they could make it convenient.

At first, Pan Gu also expected that individual martial arts monks would definitely quarrel over the honorarium, but he didn't expect that the reward demanded by this group of people in the end would be doubled several times, and one said that the one who died was my fellow senior brother, a well-known cultivator in my sect, and this money was used to ask for food; The one who said that my natal magic weapon was damaged by a Great Demon of the Six Realms in this war, and it is not cheap to repair.

So much so that Pan Gu even planned to use all that gold and silver, but it was far from filling this hole.

They would also tear each other down, and a group of people would gather outside the yamen, chattering endlessly, and even several times when they looked at each other unpleasantly and wanted to fight. When the Pan Dynasty killed the enemy, he saw people who asked for a huge amount of honorarium, and several of them were scared when they saw the demon clan killing, and they ran faster than ordinary people, and those heroes who fought bravely and fought to the death did not care about these, received the honorarium, and happily bought wine.

At first, in order to convince the public, Pan Gu demanded equal treatment, and the honorarium was doubled, but there was an iron law, which could never be higher than the honorarium of the deceased, but it was still difficult to reconcile the public. In the end, it was the governor who came forward and said that it was okay to receive a bounty, and if the instrument was damaged or seriously injured, the court would send the corresponding monk to inspect it, and if the result was true, he would be rewarded heavily, and if anyone dared to deceive, it would have to be recorded.

As for the consequences of documenting it, let them weigh it up for themselves. In this way, the group finally received the bounty and dispersed.

In the past few days, Pan Gu has been entertaining with the governor for several days, and the latter heard that Pan Chao was heroic in this battle, and said that he wanted to see him in everything, but at the banquet, the governor looked kind, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was obscure.

He had seen such a wrinkled occasion there, his mouth was open for a long time and he didn't know how to respond, and he made a big red face.

Because of this, Pan Gu stopped letting him participate in socializing in the past few days, and punished him in Pan's mansion to "read poetry and books".

Pan Chao turned around, and there was a girl lying on the table, wearing a yellow skirt, and the hairpin pinned to her head was quite chic.

Pan Chao held her cheeks with both hands, and sneered, she slept so soundly, for some reason, she took off the armor and put on the dress worn by ordinary women, don't say it, it's pretty good.

It's strange to say, since he said those heartfelt words to her on the top of the city tower that day, He Caiping has never beaten him again, and even sometimes sees him peeking at him from the corner of his eye, and he will blush when he finds out.

Pan Chao couldn't help but think about it, if one day the Ming media is really marrying, and marry her, she will definitely look better in a wedding dress.

Pan Chao couldn't help but lean his face closer, but unexpectedly, the girl suddenly woke up at this time, rubbed her eyes sleepily, and asked, "How long have I been sleeping......

He Caiping felt strange at first, but soon a flush began to appear on his fair face, and he quickly stood up and faced Pan Chao is bucket of powder fists, which made Pan Chao retreat again and again.

Xia Ze walked outside the door with a smile and saw a person holding an umbrella and leading a boy in red from outside the courtyard.

Xia Ze's face was ruddy, and white smoke rose from his side, looking quite bluffing, and he didn't know that he thought he was going to fly away in the daytime.

Pan Chao smiled, "Xia Ze, you came back from the academy so early?"

Xia Ze glanced at Pan Zhao's face, and joked with a smile: "It's not early, I have already read the sage books taught by Mr. no less than twenty times, Brother Pan Chao, can you read your books smoothly?"

Pan Chao frowned, and immediately reacted, this kid was teasing him, so he said seriously: "Xia Ze, don't get me wrong, I was really studying before, don't believe it, I'll give you a ......

Xia Ze had an inexplicable smile that I understand, I understand, but He Caiping, who came out of the house, was angry for a while, and slapped Pan Chao on the back of the head, this nerd, there are no three hundred taels of silver here, it was nothing, and he was so disturbed, and the more he depicted it, the darker it became.

He Caiping glared at Xia Ze: "Look at what!"

Xia Ze smiled and took the child's hand to the other courtyard.

Pan Chao caught up and said in a loud voice, "Xia Ze, I'll practice boxing with you."

The young man under the oil-paper umbrella didn't look back, laughed and beckoned.

He Caiping grabbed the hem of her skirt, sat on the steps of a lady, stretched her hand out of the eaves, to catch the drop of rain, and then looked at the Pan Dynasty who was a little strange to her, and smiled, his husband will definitely be more energetic in the future.

After the battle, Xia Ze and his party were all healed in Pan's Mansion. Among them, Xia Ze and Lin Luqing recovered the fastest, and in just three days, they could walk like flying.

As for Ayu, Xu Xiuzhu, and Bai Lu, they returned to normal after seven days, and then announced that they might have to retreat for a few days to review the experience of this war, and if they were lucky, they might even break through the realm directly.

What made Pan Chao happy and convinced was that Xia Ze suddenly found his brother Pan Gu a few days ago, and after a few words and stopped, he asked if he could help and let him go to school for a few days, he wanted to recognize a few words.

Pan Gu originally thought that he had something unspeakable, but when he heard that it was this request, he smiled heartily, what is so difficult?

So Xia Ze and He Xu, a teenager and a child, went to the most prestigious school in the city to study, surrounded by children of different ages, Xia Ze was the oldest.

The teacher in charge of teaching was a dull teacher, and when he saw Xia Ze sitting at the back of the room, he at first suspected that he was a distant relative of Pan Gu.

But although this kid looks stupid, the energy of reading and writing is really unbeatable, every time he assigns homework, you can see this guy's intentions, although the writing is crooked, but the seriousness that is confided in it makes the old gentleman almost cry.

So when the old gentleman was teaching, he became more and more serious, and the tone, which was originally like an old phlegm stuck in his throat, began to be different day by day, and he was full of energy and scary. When the gentleman came home at night, he had to flip through the old books, for fear that one day he would be asked by the student what he didn't understand and lose face as a reader.

After a month of getting along, the more the old gentleman looks at this kid, the more pleasing he is, and after class, he will open a small stove for Xia Ze with ingenuity.

One day before class, Mr. drank two taels of wine, and the content of the lecture was simply outrageous and out of 108,000 miles, and in the middle of the lecture, he fell asleep deeply, and when he woke up, he found that the students in the classroom were gone, only Xia Ze was sitting in danger, reading in front of a Mongolian classic.

The old gentleman burst into tears, patted Xia Ze's hand tremblingly and said, "Even if you are not the champion in the future, most of you will be a brilliant person."

On the other hand, He Xu is a different look, earlier he still wondered, did Xia Ze have water in his head, what kind of school did he want to go to? Isn't that a source of guilt? But he reluctantly followed, and sure enough, when he heard the old master's sour reading tone, he couldn't help but fall asleep.

When he's in a good state, he can listen to a few or three sentences, and then he can play a game of fighting in a book with the student next door. For this reason, he was slapped by the old gentleman, but Xia Ze just watched and didn't say a word.

Once Mr. seemed to be really angry, and when he hit his palm with a ring ruler, he was so ruthless that it was raining lightly that day, Xia Ze was holding an umbrella, and He Xu was crying and blowing red palms.

He couldn't help but ask angrily, "Xia Ze, why did you suddenly become so fond of reading, those sage books, I get sleepy when I listen to them, and that old master, every time I start to do it, I hate him to death."

Xia Ze didn't speak silently, walked with an umbrella, thought about it, and said with a faint smile: "Outside the school, you and I are friends and brothers, if someone bullies you, I will definitely be the first to not agree." In the school, he is a sir, you and I are both students, you fight with your classmates in class, you don't have to study, and there is nothing wrong with the husband hitting your palm."

He Xu wanted to scold the angry words, but Xia Ze choked back in one breath.

"How do you say that you respect your teacher?" Xia Ze suddenly smiled, rubbed He Xu's head, and then looked at the rain curtain in the distance with deep eyes, "Actually, I don't particularly like to study, just like the old-timers in Lu Yixiang told me, young man, you have to drink, and after drinking, you can see through the rivers and lakes, so I started drinking." It was only after I went out to walk the rivers and lakes in person that I realized that I couldn't walk through the rivers and lakes in such a daze, not to mention composing poems and writing articles, at least I had to read and break words. When you see the surging river, the mountains, the sun, and the moon, you can't just dance excitedly, you have to have something in your stomach."

"That's ......," He Xu felt a little ashamed.

"Besides, you also know, the two of us came out of Yunxi Town, how many good people we have seen on the road, how many wicked people have we seen, why there are so few good people, why the wicked people are inexhaustible, this is not something I can kill with my fists, I want to understand this world step by step." Xia Ze's voice gradually became solemn, so frightened that He Xu didn't dare to speak, but Xia Ze smiled and said, "Learn a few more words, maybe it's time to marry a daughter-in-law!" There are also Spring Festival couplets written for the New Year, which must be used!"

The two laughed.

"Maybe my sister will be happy to know that I can read." He Xu seemed to have suddenly made up his mind.

Since that day, He Xu has never made trouble in class, even if he is sleepy when he hears the old man talking, he will beat his spirit and be safe. When he returned to Pan's Mansion, Xia Ze helped him start a new stove.

It's just that it has gradually cooled down in the past few days, and He Xu suddenly began to have a high fever, and was taken care of by the old woman Gu Granny of Pan Mansion.

Every day after that, there would be a child dressed in red and with shoulder-length hair, about seven or eight years old, with a small face and a fleshy face, waiting for Xia Ze outside the school no matter the wind or rain. It seems that he knows the world for the first time, and he doesn't know how to hide when it rains, picking a flower and sniffing it, catching two small insects to watch them fight, and having fun.

Every time Xia Ze looked at this child through the window, he felt inexplicably distressed.

At first, the old gentleman was worried that the wind and rain would make the child sick, so he took the child's hand and let him go into the house to hide from the rain.

"Xia Ze, is it fun in the school...... "The red-clothed child asked in a childish voice.

"It's funny, Mr. said that there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book." Xia Ze couldn't help but tease him.

"What is the Golden House, what is Yan Ruyu, is it delicious......" Swallow Tian stared timidly into Xia Ze's eyes, for fear of saying something he didn't understand.

"This ...... How do you say it......" Xia Ze looked embarrassed, thought for a while, and said tentatively, "It's like a little worm you caught outside the school? And flowers?"

"I don't understand...... But I don't like that guy, he speaks, he doesn't understand......" Swallow said.

At this moment, there was a vendor who bought sugar gourds, carrying a stick with a sugar gourd on his shoulder and an umbrella in the other, running in the rain in a hurry.

Swallowing the sky looked at the strings of crystal clear things, felt strange, his eyes blinked, and he suddenly couldn't move.

Xia Ze smiled knowingly, and hurriedly called out to the vendor: "That little brother, don't go! I'll buy a few bunches of sugar gourds!"

The sugar gourd vendor was drenched by the wind and rain, and a puddle of syrup was about to melt on his shoulders, and he was not in a good mood, so he said angrily: "Guest officer, it is not easy to do business in this weather, and this sugar gourd costs three pennies."

Xia Ze frowned, handed the six copper plates to the vendor, and handed them to him: "Bring me two strings, get close to the inside, the strings of frosting outside you have melted."

Then he handed a bunch to Swallow Heaven, and said with a smile, "Taste it, the sugar gourd is delicious!"

Swallowing Tian carefully took the string of sugar gourds, sniffed them, swallowed them in one gulp, and gradually had a smile on his face, and then quietly looked at the big handful of sugar gourds.

"This little doll looks so expensive, but this sugar gourd can cost four pennies a string." The peddler was amazed, then smiled slyly.

"Cut, why don't you kill you." Xia Ze rolled his eyes, then handed the sugar gourd in his hand to Swallow Heaven and pulled him away.

"Guest! Sir! If you have something to say, you can talk about it! A string of salmon money! Sanmon! Look at you and me! Two pennies a string!" When the peddler saw that the big fish had run away, he was so anxious that he hurriedly turned back.

"Natsuzawa...... Xia Ze...... Sugar gourd ......" Swallow Tian pulled Xia Ze's sleeve, saliva slipped from his mouth, and refused to leave.

"Don't worry, that guy sincerely wants to take advantage of the two of us, and if you take two more steps, it will be a lot cheaper." Xia Ze said softly.

"A penny! Two strings for a penny! Three strings for a penny!" The peddler walked in a hurry, and saw the boy suddenly turn around, and his face was full of laughter.

"That's what you said! A mouthful of spit and a nail, if you dare to sit on the ground again, I will go to Master Pan to sue you!" Xia Ze put the five copper plates in his hand, then snatched the stick filled with sugar gourd, and ran away with the swallowing sky!

Only the peddler was holding the eleven copper coins and wandering alone in the rain.

"He Xu still has a fever, he can't eat sugar gourds, let's eat them all outside the door, don't let him know, okay?" Xia Ze squatted down, moistened his handkerchief with well water, and then wiped the boy's face covered with frosting and dust little by little.

Swallowing Tian nodded as if he didn't understand, and ate the sugar gourd one after another. He gradually understood that the sugar gourd is Yan Ruyu, and the sugar gourd is the golden house, which is the best thing in the world.

In the evening, He Xu was lying on the bed, burning in a daze, and Granny Gu, who was in charge of taking care of him, put a towel on his forehead and went to the kitchen to cook porridge.

In a daze, He Xu saw Swallow Tian walk in and looked at him with a very strange smile, which immediately made him feel creepy. He remembered very well that this child was turned into Xia Ze's huge beast like a mountain.

"Hey! What are you laughing at?" He Xu propped himself up, took off the towel, and asked breathlessly.

"No...... It's nothing....

..」 Swallowing the sky's expression was a little flustered, and he hesitated.

At this moment, He Xu suddenly smelled a very sweet smell, he sniffed the letter suspiciously, straightened up and asked, "Did Xia Ze take you to eat something delicious while I was away?" Say it!"

Swallowing Heaven hurriedly waved his hand: "No...... No...... Xia Ze said that the book ...... Own Yan Ru...... Jade"

Xia Ze was walking in from outside the house this time, and when he heard Swallowing Heaven's words, there was a hint of dodging in his eyes.

"It's better not to have ...... Let me catch you and you'll die....." He Xu turned around and covered himself with the quilt.

Let him see this guy reciting and talking, it is more uncomfortable than having a high fever.

After that day, Swallow Tian squatted outside the school early, waiting for Xia Ze to get out of school, which meant that he could eat sugar gourds, and with his demon clan's magical powers, he could easily find the vendor in this night city.

What made Xia Ze even more devastated was that the vendor got the news from nowhere, knowing that he was studying here, and other people's businesses were not done, so he found a Mazha and was outside the school with Swallow Tian, waiting for Xia Ze to get out of school, rain or shine.

The process was boring and boring, and several times the vendor tried to tease the red-clad child, but the imp either didn't say a word or couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

This kid, his mind is not complete, no wonder the young man loves him so much, he is willing to buy a string of sugar gourds, and he earns money with a conscience, the peddler's nose is sour, and he can't wait to slap himself dozens of times, then take out a sugar gourd, hand it to Swallow the sky, and smile gently: "Child, make an exception, this sugar gourd uncle gave you something to eat."

Swallowing Tian turned around and looked at the sugar gourd in the vendor's hand, drooling greedily, but still shook his head and said, "No...... Xia Ze said, Yan Ruyu, you have to spend money to buy it......

So he turned his head and continued to play with his sand, and after a long time, he turned his head and said respectfully to the peddler, "Thank you."

Xia Ze saw this scene through the window, and couldn't help grinning, so he put his mind at ease and followed the freshman to study.

Three days later, He Xu recovered from a serious illness, and sure enough, he caught Xia Ze with a face that swallowed the sugar gourd that had been swallowing the sky for several days, and he was furious, and Xia Ze had to donate generously in order to calm things down.

"Hahaha! I want to eat sugar gourds! Come with me! Master, my name is He Xu! From today onwards, the men will be my guards, and the women will be my concubines! Rush!" He Xu was holding a large handful of sugar gourds, dancing like a dragon, running around.

Behind him was a group of children about the same age, running around after him, and even Swallow Heaven happily chased after him. Xia Ze was a little surprised, you must know that before, he would not share it at all.

The coolness in the autumn breeze gradually deepened, Xia Ze picked up a withered yellow leaf and looked at the hair-like veins on it.

Before I knew it, I was quite far from home.

"You sword ding, after practicing for so many days, why are you still standing still?" Someone said.