A few people sat on the stone platform in front of the door, drinking water and resting, watching a few people in the Taoist temple slowly busy.

After a while, a few people rested, said hello, and began to descend the mountain.

When I was going down the mountain, I met several groups of people who went up the mountain with things, like some servants of the family, and most of them were some supplies and daily necessities in the Taoist temple, and a few people also whispered a few words.

Looking at a few little scholars leaning sideways, a middle-aged steward didn't take it to heart, he knew that just after the government examination, some scholars would take a break in Shuyang Mansion, and then go to Yangzhou to take the college exam.

Besides, looking at the still immature expressions on the faces of these people, it is not like a professional to listen to the news, so it is better not to make extraneous branches.

In fact, he didn't know why the old man ordered him to come to this small place, and he found such a small Taoist temple.

It is said that in the capital, the nearby state capital, where is not the immortal Lingshan Treasure Temple, of course, he didn't even dare to ask, he didn't have that qualification yet, so he could only do what he was told.

"Steward Xu, you see that this arrangement is good, and all the things in the wings on both sides have been changed."

A Taoist temple leader saw Steward Xu enter the main hall and hurried to greet him.

"It's okay, there's nothing else, it's just the day of April 18, can you ask the fairy chief to come forward, our young lady wants to let the fairy chief make a hexagram, and then pray for the Duchess of the country."

Steward Xu was also very polite, he inquired before he came, there is an old Taoist in this Taoist temple, he is very old, a little famous, and he does not come forward easily.

"Please rest assured, Steward Xu, the ancestor heard that Miss Guogong came in person, and he has already agreed to come forward." The principal hurriedly said with a smile.

Steward Xu looked at it carefully again, and was sure that there was nothing missing, so he turned around and left the Taoist temple with confidence.

On April 18, a group of people came to the foot of Xiaogushan Mountain, and the carriage could not go up the mountain, so several people got off the car and walked.

Steward Xu led the way in front, and two servants followed behind Steward Xu, using a knife to briefly clean up the branches and branches on the side of the road, and scare away some snakes and insects by the way.

A woman who looked like a maid in the back looked around cautiously, with a bitter face.

"Lotus, don't come, you have to come along, you are timid and small, where is there any danger here."

The young lady next to the maid couldn't help but laugh when she saw the lotus like this.

"Miss, I heard that there are bandits and pirates in many mountains, and they don't blink an eye when they kill people!"

"Who are you listening to nonsense, there were pirates two years ago, and they were all exterminated, besides, a few of us, if the bandits dared to come, they would just be arrested and sent to the official," Miss didn't have any worries.

"Lotus, our young lady is on par with Grandpa Guo, I wish there were really a few mountain bandits, let myself have a good time, those little thieves are really not enough for Miss to clean up alone!"

At this time, one of the two people who was postponed said with a smile.

Xiaogu Mountain is not high, and the mountain road is also easy to walk, a few people talked about it, and came to the front lawn of the Taoist temple.

The director of the Taoist temple greeted him at the door with two Taoist boys, and after the salute, he led a few people into the courtyard.

A few guards stayed here at the mountain gate, and did not go any further, only the young lady and the maid followed the main thing to the main hall of the Taoist temple, and Steward Xu walked at the end with a bunch of sacrificial supplies.

The young lady and the maids arranged all the sacrifices, knelt in front of the Taoist patriarch very reverently, and made their wishes while kowtowing. After kneeling and knocking, the maid helped the young lady up, and gave a salute to the Taoist temple principal, thanking the Taoist temple for its careful preparation.

The head of the Taoist temple humbled and whispered, please go to the side room alone, and the old Taoist chief will wait for her inside.

Miss nodded, in fact, she was also a little strange, before coming, Dad also specially instructed that she must let the old Taoist give her a hexagram, if there is anything you want to ask, you might as well ask.

Several carriages marched unhurriedly towards Fucheng, and in the middle of the car, Lotus looked at the young lady's face full of clouds, and did not dare to nag anything.

Miss didn't want to come this time, but the lord insisted on Miss to come, and I don't know what Grandpa Guo thought, Mrs. was seriously ill and bedridden, and seeing that it couldn't last long, she had to leave Mrs. at this time.

"Lotus, you go and talk to Steward Xu, let's clean up early tonight, and set off as soon as it dawns tomorrow morning!"

The young lady was bored halfway, and somehow felt panicked, so she hurried back to talk about it.

The lotus agreed, bent down and got out of the carriage, and after a while, when the lotus came back, I saw that the speed of several carriages was obviously faster, and the shouting of the carriage was much louder.

Yuan Rui returned to Lu's house leisurely, and after shopping for a long time, it was really tiring, it was better to walk in a car, and his back hurt, and he didn't want to do these messy things next time, it was boring.

Yuan Rui actually likes those cultural monuments very much, but now these seem to be far from his expectations.

Most of these buildings are dilapidated, and where there are those golden and brilliant appearances of later generations, the whole building is gray.

It is no wonder that the current products are primitive, where are the chemical products, paints, aluminum alloys, and glass of later generations, which have been patched up for hundreds of years.

Yuan Rui was lying on the bed tiredly, just about to take a nap in a daze, and the second son pushed the door directly in.

"We're going to Yangzhou tomorrow, and there's an accident over there."

Yuan Rui looked at the second son with a serious face, and he didn't blame him for not knocking on the door, the second son had already arranged for two servants to go to Yangzhou in advance two days ago, after all, the hospital test, or find a quiet place.

Yuan Rui sat up, it is true, after a few days, there is really nothing interesting here, even Jijiazhuang is not as good, Xiaohe's vegetables and fruits are much more delicious.

"Okay, I'm okay," Yuan Rui couldn't stay, thinking about going to Yangzhou as soon as possible, and it would be much better to go home after the exam.

Yuan Rui was riding on a horse, holding the sword he called lightning in his hand, while chatting with the second son.

I can't see it at all, Yuan Rui was still dead in the carriage just now, indeed, he got motion sickness, motion sickness, and he almost didn't vomit when he was bumpy and bumpy.

Now riding on a horse and holding a sword, he suddenly had a feeling that this was not the style of a chivalrous man, and it would be even better if he ran into a few more bandits.

Not to mention that some things are inadvertently chattered, Yuan Rui is still in obscenity here, and even deliberately rushed twice, ran to the front of the convoy dozens of meters, and heard bursts of shouting and killing from the front.

The second son, who was dozens of meters behind, also heard the abnormality and hit the horse to catch up.

"Sixth son, you look at Yuan Gongzi, open your head, and the pony will follow me to have a look."

The second son brought five guys this time, two were in a hurry, and the other three all caught up. The second son did not hesitate, and directly commanded a few times, and hit the horse forward.

Yuan Rui is actually itching in his heart, since he experienced the bandits last time, he is not very afraid of such a situation, plus now in broad daylight, on the official road, the main thing is that there is the god of the second son by his side, he especially wants to go forward to see the excitement.

However, Yuan Rui knew that it was best to stay behind him.

After a while, Yuan Rui and the others also arrived at the front, and they were immediately frightened by the situation in front of them.

Two carriages were lying on the side of the road, a dozen people were scattered on the sidelines, and a few were even lying on the ground in the middle of the road, covered in blood and stains.

The second son was standing on the side and talking to a middle-aged man, but unfortunately Yuan Rui didn't remember, it was Steward Xu who passed by in Xiaogu Mountain last time.

Steward Xu was shocked, and when he saw the people coming from behind, no one could see it clearly, and he was trembling.

The second son actually saw it a long time ago, and simply said to Steward Xu, his own person, so he staggered around and went to Zhang Tou.

Zhang Tou was giving medicine to a seriously injured family, and if the three of them hadn't arrived in time this time, it is estimated that these family members would have suffered more casualties.

Steward Xu regretted it, if he knew that it was so dangerous, how could he prepare more properly, where would he take these half-hung family members, and almost folded them all in.

The sky was not bright today, so the young lady got up and called everyone to hurry together.

Steward Xu knew that it was useless to say anything, so he could only try to think about it thoroughly, prepared sufficient dry food, and rushed to Yangzhou with a dozen family members and young lady.

Who knew that before an hour came, he encountered dozens of bandits who were ambushed in the mountains and forests in advance, and if he wanted to say that the generals were more violent, none of them escaped, picked up the weapons at hand and fought with the mountain bandits.

Steward Xu was fortunate that this time the old man sent three personal soldiers who had been on the battlefield with him to follow.

In addition, Miss Xu's own martial arts are not bad, as soon as she stretched out her hand, the mountain bandits couldn't figure out the situation, and they suffered a secret loss.

Miss Xu didn't sleep well all night, and she was worried about her seriously ill mother, so she couldn't wait to leave overnight.

After going out of the city, I sat in the car for a while, and I began to feel sleepy, and just after entering the state, there was a situation.

Miss Xu was really unambiguous, picked up the sword at hand, and jumped out of the back of the car.

There were more than 30 mountain bandits in total, and they should have been hiding in the woods, wondering if they could meet the traders who were hurrying overnight.

Although there are a few good martial arts families, but they really can't stand the mountain bandits, get rid of the three family members and block two or three, and the remaining more than 20 mountain bandits scatteredly surround the remaining ten people, as well as two maids and two mothers-in-law.

Miss Xu's martial arts are good, but unfortunately, there are two maids beside her, and they have just climbed out of the carriage. In the face of a few mountain bandits, it is just enough to deal with it.

It didn't take half an hour for the family to fall four or five, looking at Miss Xu's precarious situation, Steward Xu hurriedly shouted to the soldiers on the side to hurry over.

It was at this time that the second son rushed to the scene with Zhang Tou and the two of them.

In the face of these rabble, you can see that the second son is extraordinary, and after wearing it from the crowd a few times, several of the mountain bandits have fallen, plus Zhang Tou and two single knives, the situation has changed dramatically in an instant.

The leader of the mountain bandits immediately saw the danger, immediately greeted him, and fled into the forest first.