After leaving the state office, he carried his double swords and took the reins from Zhang Junxue.

"Are you alright?" Zhang Junxue took the initiative to ask.

"Alright."

Pei Ye nodded, and the two continued to walk forward.

This time I went to the Nagado Martial Arts Hall.

Walking along the street for a long time, there were many shops with unheard names along the way, as well as various buildings that made Pei Li dizzy, until the houses on the side of the street were suddenly interrupted, and the vision in front suddenly widened, and it turned out to be a huge square.

This time, Zhang Junxue's pace slowed down, and her gaze remained glued somewhere in the square, until she passed through the entire square, and then she whispered, "This is where Wubi is." ”

"Hmm."

After walking for a while, turning into a branch road, turning around at the end, looking up, the four big characters of "Changdao Martial Arts Hall" have been hung above his head.

Under the plaque, the majestic gate is as red as new, wide and can enter the carriage and horses, the two stone lions are bigger than those at the entrance of the Fenghuai County Yamen, Pei Ye sighed twice, this pomp and the "martial arts hall" in his cognition are almost two different things.

Zhang Junxue went up and pulled up the beast ring and buckled it, and after a while, a man in a strong suit opened the door from the inside.

Zhang Junxue explained the reason and handed over a voucher.

The man took a look, "oh" and said, "Xu Gu Zhang Junxue, yes, I came three days late, it's okay, I have a place for you." ”

Then Pei Ye stepped forward and handed over the recommendation note that Chang Zhiyuan gave him.

The man also took a look, but frowned slightly: "Bai Sibing's recommendation. That's fine, just follow along. It's just that you're an extra here, and we don't have any room in the house, so you'll have to find a place to live nearby. ”

"Okay, do you still have training today?"

"Don't be busy today, just find a place to live first, and come back tomorrow morning to train together." The man in the suit said that he informed Pei Ye of the time every morning and evening.

"The little brother is from Fenghuai?" The man glanced at the letter of recommendation, "I'm tired along the way, I can rest and rest today and walk around, there are still a lot of fun places in the state city." Martial arts training also requires a combination of work and rest, just come tomorrow morning with the best state - where is there an inn? Walking down the street, a lot. ”

So Pei Ye said goodbye to Zhang Junxue first, led the horse out of this martial arts hall, and went to the street to find it.

At this time, the brightest time of the sun has passed, and the sky is about to dusk, Pei Ye is walking on the strange street with his horse and bag, looking at the strange people coming and going in front of him, he is really a little dazed.

But soon he chose a direction and walked down the street.

The man was right, even if he was just wandering along the street like this, there were many things to see in Pei Li.

The wider streets, the more regular roof tiles, the long procession of carriages and horses, the people in all kinds of costumes, and the people who had never seen before bought two pancakes sprinkled with sesame seeds for three cents of food sold along the street, and tasted it really hot and fragrant.

As we walked further, the right side of the street suddenly ceased to be a neighboring house, but became a continuous courtyard wall, along which there was a door open eight or nine feet ahead, and some young men and women in Confucian clothes were laughing and entering and leaving.

After Pei Ye approached, he looked up and saw that there was a plaque hanging on the door, the first word was unrecognizable, and the last three were "Fang Academy".

A place where people are taught to read.

He looked at these black-crowned and white-shirted scholars, and some of them also cast curious glances at him.

There was a scholar standing a small table and a wooden shelf at the door, and a piece of paper with handwriting on the shelf was pasted on it, Pei Ye identified it, and the first five big characters were "Yinfeng Pavilion Poetry Society".

"Don't welcome autumn in summer, try ink with a sword. The golden autumn martial arts competition is imminent, we have occupied the Yinfeng Pavilion, which classmate is interested, tomorrow evening can come together to the poem. ”

Pei Ye saw someone stop in front of the scholar, bowed to each other, and asked, "Fellow student Fang, is this poetry meeting the theme of martial arts?" ”

"Yes, it's always the lotus moon and willow wind and the like, it's inevitably annoying, just when the martial arts competition is about to open, our poetry meeting is intended to be hard in gold and iron."

"Hmm!" The person who came slapped his palm with great interest, "Fellow student Fang, I don't know something, this martial arts competition has not yet started, and the warriors have not yet arrived, how can we use the material?" ”

Shizi smiled: "There is always a warrior who arrives." We have got the pre-list of this martial arts competition, let's take this list to the inn and other places to invite the warriors to leave their names, and then choose one person each, the famous poems, the poetry is a comparison, the person with the highest votes, we will recommend him to participate in the Luzhou Poetry Club. When the martial arts competition is held, let's watch it together with their respective poems, and whose 'people in the poems' rank higher will be another competition. ”

"Hmm, that's a fun way to play." The man's eyes lit up, and he turned back to his friend to come and see.

The young Confucian students came and went, joking and talking with each other, Pei Li unconsciously stood up and looked at it for a while, and finally hooked the corners of his mouth, and when he was about to leave, he heard the scholar shout: "Shaoxia, this young man!" ”

Pei Ye looked back in surprise.

I saw that the scholar took a step to the left and moved out of the stand, bowed with his hand, straightened up and looked at Pei Li, who was leading the horse and pannier, and said tentatively: "Dare to ask, is the young man here to participate in the Golden Autumn Martial Arts Competition?" ”

Pei Ye arched his hand: "Yes." ”

The scholar's eyes widened suddenly: "It's really such a coincidence!" Dare to ask the young man's name? ”

"My name is Pei Li."

"Pei Li." The scholar thought for a while, and didn't seem to have any impression of the name, so he took out a piece of paper full of names from his bosom and pointed to it to find it.

His eyes swam to the bottom, and the words "Fenghuai Pei Li" appeared.

Feng Huaishizi's face froze for a moment, but he quickly waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay!" Would the young man be willing to leave a name on our poetry note? At that time, we will compose poems for the young heroes, if there is really no one to compose poems, when the martial arts competition, we will also cheer for the young heroes. ”

After speaking, he spread out a hard note on the table, dipped a pen in ink and handed it to Pei Li.

Pei Ye walked over and hesitated: "Do you want to write it yourself?" ”

"Naturally! Shaoxia left handwriting for us, and we returned it to Shaoxia after we finished the poem, this is Taoli Qiongyao's friend, if we choose someone to write poetry casually, it can't help but seem too self-inflicted - oh, Shaoxia will not" Shizi patted his head with some annoyance, "I'm sorry, then, I inscribed Shaoxia, and Shaoxia can also leave a fingerprint." ”

"It's okay, I will." Pei Ye picked up the pen, his name was the two words he wrote best, and he wrote it on the note one by one, although it was still clumsy, but it was also clear.

Shizi picked up this note and blew the ink gently, and said happily: "That Shaoxia is our first martial artist to participate in the meeting, I wish Shaoxia good results after twenty years!" ”

Pei Li smiled, this kind of ritual was a little novel to him, and he arched his hand and said, "What is the name of Brother Tai?" ”

"Oh! Sorry, sorry. The scholar slapped his forehead again, lifted his crown hat, and arched his hand, "Continuing the road below, Bowang locals, spending twenty and one years old, meeting you for the first time with you, and looking forward to inheriting more treasures in the future." ”

Pei Ye also arched his hand, opened his mouth and was silent for a while, "Hello." ”

——

Don't go beyond Fang Jidao and go further, walking and walking, he found that the clothes of the pedestrians gradually became more exquisite, the kudzu linen gradually decreased, the silk gradually increased, the color was no longer only gray, white and brown, it began to be bright, and the cutting became a variety of novel and beautiful styles that Pei Li had never seen.

The houses on the street are also gradually wider and more chic, and from time to time there are beautiful single-family courtyards, and even the stone road under your feet seems to be smoother.

Walking further, the houses on both sides began to turn into various shops, Pei Ye looked at it, and suddenly saw a shop moving out a portrait painting and posting it in front of the door.

He was curious to see the full-length portrait of a man standing upright with a sword.

The person in the painting has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a firm face, and is wearing a well-tailored military uniform, with four big characters written on the front of the military uniform, "Dingyun Firm".

Pei Ye looked up and saw that this was a grain and oil shop, and the same four words were written vertically on the right side of the plaque.

Looking back at the portrait, there are a few bold italics next to it, "On the seventh day of the ninth month, and see that Ding Yun often breaks the enemy." ”

“.” Pei Ye looked away and continued to walk forward.

Then there were fewer small shops, and one after another began to appear, and only four or five floors were seen.

Some are restaurants, some are teahouses, some are built by the lake, open on all sides, some are very elegant and can not see the use, and some are built in a small garden, like a private house.

Pei Li's steps became slower and slower, and he began to realize a problem in a simple way - there might indeed be an inn in front of him, but it didn't seem that he could afford to live there.

Just as he was about to turn his head back, he was about to stop when a tall cornice appeared in the sky behind the building next to him. This attracted Pei Li's attention, and he walked to the middle of the street to liberate his vision, and then his eyes opened, his footsteps stopped, and his head was slightly raised.

- Five, sixth, seventh, eighty-one nine-story buildings!

Pei Ye walked over with his head up, this building is not adjacent to any building, it has a huge courtyard, and there are several small buildings and pavilions with two or three floors scattered in the courtyard.

At this time, the sky is just a little dark, and the whole building is already full of lights even with the courtyard, embellished on the bucket arch cornices, glazed blue tiles, which looks grand and elegant.

The north of this building is a huge garden, and the south of the building is the moon catching lake in the city, standing in the wind, making clouds and fishing for the moon.

It was the first time Pei Ye had seen such a huge and beautiful building that was connected together, and he stood quietly for a few breaths under this pavilion Feiyu, and finally muttered, "It's so high."

He withdrew his gaze and saw that people were entering and exiting at the courtyard gate, and Pei Ye keenly caught their horses and packages.

Is this also an inn?

What kind of scenery will you see when you climb such a tall building?

Pei Li felt some impulses in his heart, and led the horse and slowly walked towards the tall courtyard gate.

There was a straight man in Tsing Yi standing at the door, Pei Ye stood on the street for a while, and then he stepped forward and asked the man in Tsing Yi with his fists: "Brother Tai, dare to ask what kind of place is this?" ”

The man took a step forward, bent down with a smile and arched his hand: "This is Bowang Garden, does the son want to eat or rest?" ”

Pei Ye was stunned for a while, and it wasn't until the man tried to reach out to take the reins in his hand that he reacted - this man whose clothes were several times more expensive than himself turned out to be Xiao Er.

He held the reins of the hand subconsciously dodged: "How much does it cost you to stay here for one night?" ”

The man swept his eyes and kindly quoted the lowest price: "One or two silver, Childe." ”

“.” Pei Ye looked up at the highest layer, and felt that it was not unacceptable.

I still have thirteen taels of silver!

When the money is gone, you can borrow it again, and there are not many opportunities to climb the nine-story building.

"Can I climb this building if I live with you?" Pei Li pointed down.

"The Xifeng Tower in the northeast corner is the place to sleep, and the Moon Catching Tower is the place for elegant banquets." The man in Tsing Yi pointed to the pavilion in the courtyard and explained, "But after staying, Gongzi can also go up to the Moon Tower to watch the scenery, but it will stop at the fifth floor." ”

"Fifth floor?"

"Yes, Childe. Therefore, when he was appointed to the history of the state thorn, he climbed the ninth layer, and the word "Bowang" was written under the book of our office, and since then he has been appointed in the history of the thorn, he will first go to the ninth floor to view and leave the book, and this layer is not open at will. The seventh and eighth floors only receive banqueters - these two days are the banquet hall of Shang Huaitong's son. The sixth floor could have been climbed, but today there was another literary meeting, so unfortunately it could only go to the fifth floor. ”

"Oh." Pei Ye was a little disappointed, he didn't think about it that way on the fifth floor. Still hugged his fists and thanked him, led the horse and turned around to leave.

At this moment, a group of people in brocade shirts and jade belts came laughing and talking, Confucian military uniforms, small skirts and light shirts, men like pine wind and women like colorful warblers.

The leader was tall and thin, dressed in a black brocade robe, and threw the horsewhip in his hand when he approached, and the man in Tsing Yi in front of Pei Ye immediately bowed down and caught it with both hands, and then this person strode into the courtyard door with an indifferent face and without squinting, and the clothes flying in the wind were like spreading wings.

The voices of the people who followed behind also passed in front of Pei Li, and Pei Ye heard a clear laugh and shouted: "Let's climb it on the eighth floor today, after twenty years, Senior Brother Shang will naturally go to the next level!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Pei Li saw that several pedestrians around him also paused and cast their eyes.

"Oh? That was Shang Huaitong just now? Pei Li listened to the conversation between the two people next to him.

"Good to think about."

"I've heard people say that no one seems to be his opponent this time, is it true?"

"It's true, don't you know this Shang Gongzi?"

"I only know that he is the true legend of the Seven Jiao Cave Masters."

"Exactly. Do you think, with this background, his cultivation is the top of the five lives, isn't it the choice to win the championship in the past? ”

"That's right."

"But people say, these two things are just 'flat in Kui', and this Shang Gongzi is actually 'higher than Kui'."

"Oh? What is a high place? ”

"First, there are rumors that he has actually stepped into the realm of six lives."

"Hmm! Over the years, there have been six competitions, and all of them have won the championship, right? ”

"Self-sufficient. But there are also three in the first year, why is this Shang Gongzi so star-studded? ”

"Isn't it because of the momentum of recent years?"

"That's it. Think about it, did the prince of this spring Bishang not participate? ”

It seems that according to this strength, he should be able to get the quota steadily."

"It is said that he got the recommendation of the Kongtong faction and went to the Sword Cultivation Academy in Shaolong Mansion."

“——！”

"It is said that in the end, he almost passed, and after coming back, he has improved his kendo again in the past six months, and if he goes again after this martial arts competition, he must be nine out of ten."

"I see, this is really a step out of Bowang Xiaozhou, and the future vision will be in the entire Tang Dynasty."

"And after this, the Seven Jiao Cave is really wanting"

"Hahaha, stop talking."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it, we also hope to have a big faction!"

Pei Lili listened to it for a long time, and when he arrived here, he was really interested in the words "Sword Cultivation Academy", and finally couldn't help but ask: "Two brothers, dare to ask what is 'Sword Cultivation Academy'?" ”

The two of them looked at him in some surprise, and one said: "The Sword Cultivation Academy is a place specially built by the imperial court for the Dao Qi Society, assisting the Dao Qi Society in carrying out assessments, cultivation, liaison and other services. ”

"What will?" Pei Ye was even more dazed.

The two glanced at each other, and one of them said with a smile: "The Thirty-Three Sword Emperor Dao Qi of the Tang Dynasty." I see that the little brother also carries a sword on his back, and he has never heard of it. ”

"That. I'm here in the bong. ”

"Oh!"

(End of chapter)