Zhou Qingdui had already left the embroidered twin cities at this time, and according to the guidance on the map of the innkeeper, the closest road to the border was to go out of the embroidered twin cities and pass through the Dahong Dynasty to Duzezhou. After passing through the prefecture of Tize and the state of Kun to the south of the state of Tize Prefecture, you can reach the state of Caiwei in the northeast of Yanyu Nanzhou. It is rumored that the Confucian and Taoist Palace, which is regarded as a holy place for Confucian scholars in the world, is in the middle of the Holy State, which is very close to Caiwei Prefecture.

The young man went to the Confucian and Taoist Palace this time, even the nearest route is a million miles away, how far away.

Xiao Xiao autumn wind slapped wantonly on the young man's face, and Zhou Qingdui walked for three days with a sword in this autumn wind. He didn't know anything about the changes in the Twin Cities.

During these three days, the young man would also find a spacious place in the woods on both sides of the road to practice his sword and temper his true qi. When he was hungry, he ate some steamed buns bought at the steamed bun shop at the gate of the Embroidered Twin Cities and some wild fruits that he couldn't name; When you are tired, you can rest under a tree and take a few sips of water.

But it wasn't until the boy walked to the gate in front of him in the night that he suddenly realized that he really needed money.

Not to mention the guest house, even if it is to satisfy hunger, it is really in need of money. It has been at least seven days since I left Da Zhou Tiancheng and separated from Mr. Ye. In the past seven days, Zhou Qingdu's experience has been quite exciting. Rushing to practice, he was kicked out by the Tang family to fight the bandits. But along the way, Zhou Qingdu's money has long been gone. For Zhou Qingdui now, although he no longer needs three meals a day to satisfy his hunger. But I still have to eat a little bit every day to feel comfortable. No matter how well he cultivates Zhou Qingdu, he is neither an old immortal hidden in the mountains and forests, nor a Buddha in the mountain temple. No matter what, he is still just a mortal after all.

Money, in the mouths of many knights, is just something outside the body. can walk the rivers and lakes, and it is difficult to move an inch without money.

Ye Jing'an agreed with him for a period of three years, and Zhou Qingwan always believed that as long as he had enough money, he should be able to go to the distant Yanyu Nanzhou within three years.

Zhou Qingdui sat and rested with a sword at the head of the city, thinking about going to the city tomorrow to find a job that could make some money. In this way, it seems that it is quite good to do some small work along the way.

In this way, Zhou Qingdui fell asleep in this night.

But in the middle of the night, God poured cold water on Zhou Qingdui at an inopportune time. In the sky, it began to rain. The rain washed over the ground under the boy's feet, and when the boy opened his eyes and wanted to get up to find a place where it was raining, the rain above his head was blocked by a very beautiful oil-paper umbrella. Zhou Qingdui looked up and saw a very good-looking girl in Tsing Yi looking at him with crooked eyebrows.

Just as before, when he was lying under a tree and dying on a rainy night, the equally beautiful plain-clothed girl flew over her head to face the enemy in front of her, but she turned her head with a displeased face but quickly looked at her with a smile on her face.

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The next morning, after the rain, the sky was sunny and sunny, somewhere in the middle of an inn.

There were teenagers and girls sitting opposite each other at the table, and the teenagers seemed to be a little displeased, but refused to move their chopsticks in front of them in the face of the abundant food in front of them.

Zhou Qingwan frowned: "Miss Tang, why are you here?" ”

Tang Zijin smiled when he heard this, but uncharacteristically put on a posture of the eldest lady of the family: "You don't care where Miss Ben goes!" ”

Zhou Qingdu's brows furrowed even deeper when he heard this, and he got up with his sword and walked outside the inn, saying, "Miss Tang, let's go home early after eating, I'm going to leave next." ”

Tang Zijin was a little helpless when he saw this, but he did not stop Zhou Qingdu from leaving, but lowered his head and ate a few bites of the food on the table.

After Zhou Qingdui left the inn, he looked around the city, trying to find some kind of work that could make money. It wasn't until a crowd appeared in front of him that he was surrounded by a wall that seemed to be a poster, that Zhou Qingdui stopped.

Zhou Qingdui stood at the back of the crowd, looking at the notice on the wall. Although Zhou Qingwan is still sixteen years old, his physical development is no longer stronger than that of some adult men. At least in terms of height, it is still not inferior to others.

In the crowd, Zhou Qingwan looked hard at the line of words posted on the notice.

"The auction hall of the Dahong Branch of the Tianxing Chamber of Commerce will open at noon today, and the whole city will be open, I hope you will come to watch."

Zhou Qingdui was not interested in this, turned around and wanted to leave, but at this time he almost bumped into the girl in Tsing Yi behind him.

The girl in Tsing Yi saw that the young man was a little apologetic and flustered, and smiled: "Zhou Gongzi, you just read the content on the notice." I'm just going to go today, but I lack a guard, can you wronged Zhou Gongzi to protect me. ”

Zhou Qingwan scratched his head when he heard this: "Miss Tang, if you want to protect you carefully, it is naturally no problem." However, Miss Tang must have come to protect her with powerful monks this time. Besides, I'm in a hurry to get there. ”

Seeing this, Tang Zijin smiled slightly: "No, I ran out secretly." I heard that there seems to be some treasure in the auction here, so you can come with me. So then, I will buy you a day as my bodyguard, and give you fifty taels of silver. Alright, come with me. ”

Tang Zijin saw that Zhou Qingdui was still hesitant, but he put a money bag in the young man's hand and directly took the young man's arm and ran to the city.

Fifty taels of silver! When did Zhou Qingwan think about this, he just felt that he was a little delayed. However, when he heard that Tang Zijin came alone, he followed her.

The two stopped in front of a very luxurious trading house, perhaps running too fast, Tang Zijin was tired and panting. Zhou Qingwan looked at the plaque above his head that read "Tianxing Chamber of Commerce", turned his head and put the money bag in his hand back into Tang Zijin's hand,

Tang Zijin looked at the young man with the sword in front of him, and said puzzledly: "What are you still doing for me?" ”

Zhou Qingwan shook his head: "Miss Tang, if you are alone, it is better to have more silver taels on you." Zhou has a guilty conscience when he holds these, so you should take it. ”

Tang Zijin smiled and put the money bag in his hand back into Zhou Qingdu's hand: "Okay, you forgot that my family is very rich, and there is no shortage of this." Besides, you have to protect me well later, so you don't have a guilty conscience of saying anything. ”

After that, Tang Zijin directly shrunk his hand in his sleeve, as if he didn't give Zhou Qingwei a chance to return it. Just as Zhou Qingdu was crying and laughing at Tang Zijin's behavior, Tang Zijin actually stretched out his hand on the other side and handed a token to a woman in red who seemed to be a steward here standing at the door. The token craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, and a large "Tang" character is engraved on it.

So in this way, Zhou Qingdui followed Tang Zijin to the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce by the woman in red. The woman in red stopped in front of an extremely luxurious box somewhere on the second floor, and held out her hand to signal the two of them to enter.

Tang Zijin generously walked in with the overwhelmed Zhou Qingdui, and what caught Zhou Qingdu's eyes was a beautiful table with cut spirit fruits on the table and two comfortable and spacious chairs on both sides. Directly opposite the table is a curtain that has been opened, and when you stand on the wooden railing, you can see an extremely luxurious auction house.

Zhou Qingdui had never seen such a luxurious place, and he had seen the style of the auction house from afar, but it was only held by a few big families in the town. Compared with the auction hall in front of you, it is almost the difference between heaven and earth.

Tang Zijin sat down on the chair on the right generously, but Zhou Qingdui on the side looked extremely unnatural, standing on the side and restraining his hands.

Seeing this, Tang Zijin had no choice but to get up and pull Zhou Qingwan over and sit down on the chair on the left. Zhou Qingdui sat here, but he still felt unnatural all over his body, and he didn't dare to act rashly like a great enemy.

Tang Zijin propped his hands on the table, looked at Zhou Qingdu's appearance, and pretended to be a woman in the market and said, "Zhou Gongzi, the spirit fruit here doesn't cost money, hurry up and eat more." Otherwise, my father's token will be in vain. ”

"Oh, good." Zhou Qingwan turned around when he heard this, he didn't know if he really heard these words or wanted to get rid of the unnatural state, so he picked up a piece of spirit fruit and put it in his mouth.

Tang Zijin saw this scene and smiled.

"Anyway, it's still early before the auction starts, why don't you practice your sword? If there's really any danger later, you might want to be more handy? ”

It was a joke, who would have thought that Zhou Qingwan would really lift his sword to the open space behind him and practice one move at a time.

Tang Zijin looked at the young man's sword-dancing posture, and his face no longer had the posture of a young lady from the family before, but seemed to have become the silent girl in Tsing Yi sitting by the smoke pool. There was a hint of loss in the clear eyes, as if only a young man who had been practicing his sword diligently was left. The two of them were like this, and neither of them spoke again.

Until a certain moment, Tang Zijin smiled and asked the young man who was practicing swords: "A person like Zhou Gongzi, there must be a woman on the tip of his heart in his heart, right?" Otherwise, you wouldn't have practiced your sword so diligently, would you? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Qingdui stopped dancing the sword and stood in place stunned.

A woman on the tip of the heart?

Zhou Qingdui didn't know that he had always thought that he was practicing to find the truth about his parents being killed in the first place. But when he thinks of this, he will always inadvertently pop up in his mind the words of a certain plain-clothed girl at a certain moment, "Okay, I'll wait for you to work hard to become stronger to repay your kindness."

But when the idea first came out, it was rejected by the teenager again and again. It's true that I want to repay the favor, but I will never work hard to become stronger because of Miss Lin.

Lin Chengshuang saw the young man standing in place, and said to Zhou Qingdui with crooked eyebrows: "I'm just teasing Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Gongzi must not take this sentence to heart." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Qingwan immediately came back to his senses, and then he didn't think much about it, and practiced his sword moves one by one. It's just that Tang Zijin, who had been watching Zhou Qingdui practicing swordsmanship before, no longer looked at him at this time, but turned around and looked at the lobby on the first floor where there were only a few people at this time.