South of the relict village, in front of a high ground.

It's a long way from the village, and the terrain is much higher, but you can still see the village at a glance.

Zheng Ming stood silently at the forefront of this high ground, he ran all the way from the village to here, and never looked back, afraid that he would not dare to leave when he went back. But when he got here, he couldn't hold back the thoughts in his heart anymore, and just wanted to see his homeland one more time, before leaving.

This glance is too long, long, long.

In the end, Zheng Ming took one last deep look before silently turning around and leaving here.

One step out, he was no longer in trouble, and when he raised his face to meet the sun, he had returned to his usual smiling face.

Hanging the long sword on his back, and then wrapping it cross-body, his back hand stroked the wine bottle on his waist, and galloped all the way towards Yizhou City in the far south.

"Ziming, since you have made up your mind, you can only be the same as Fu...... When you go, you bring me a letter, and you can clear the customs when you meet the state city......" Looking at the envelope in his hand, Zheng Ming, who was galloping, couldn't help but be silent, and in front of him, it seemed that the kindness of the master appeared again.

But when it is broken, it is broken, he only shook his head to pick up his thoughts, and then put the envelope into his arms. After looking at them one by one, he readjusted his position and hurried there.

Before nightfall, he had to find a place to live.

......

In the country of wind, the land is vast and sparsely populated, especially in the northern area, in addition to the key fortresses on the edge of the border, there are only a few cities and villages and towns that are far away from the fortresses, and they are far away from each other.

Yizhou City, on the other hand, is one of the three cities in the northwest border, and is closest to the northwest border. It has five towns, but only Shifeng is located on its north side, and the other four are all behind it.

At this time, Zheng Mingshi had already surpassed Shifeng's realm, and he was already far away from Yizhou City.

Wow!

At the beginning of the night, a torrential rain poured down, so that Zheng Ming, who had reached a corner of the mountain forest, had to stop his journey and find a cave to shelter from the rain.

Wow......

The mountain rain poured down, washed away the muddy water and stone flow below, and washed out a lot of fresh and tender branches on the hillside.

Smack!

There was a faint knocking sound from the cave, and then the fire was faintly lit. When Zheng Ming, who was blocking it, turned away and sat down, the bonfire slowly warmed up.

This night, it may be cold.

Syllable.

The flames cracked the dead branches, making a faint sound, but also emitting more warmth.

Xiao Zhengming sat there with his knees crossed, he only silently looked at the fire, letting the fireworks flutter on his face and sway in his eyes.

After a while, a faint rustling sound came from the side, and Zheng Ming looked sideways and saw that it was a scorpion crawling from the corner.

The scorpion, which was still small, black and tender, crawled all the way to the fire and stopped to keep warm, holding two pliers and hooking its tail pin.

After looking at it, Zheng Ming withdrew his gaze, turned his eyes to the fire again, and stopped looking at it.

Syllable.

The fire swayed, and the momentum gradually increased, and the shadow of the scorpion reflected on the stone wall swayed very much, very extravagantly.

Under the light and shadow, I saw a thick body lying horizontally under the stone wall. Judging by its fine and shiny scales and full abdomen, it should be a giant python in digestion. But there is no end in sight.

The night was cold, but there was little comfort.

......

When the day was bright, Zheng Ming looked up at the sky outside the cave, looking a little sluggish. After that, he got up and left there.

As he crossed over the scorpion, the scorpion, which had been there all night, seemed to be awakened, and turned around in a panic and fled back to his house.

Only the stout yellow python flicked its tail slightly, as if to see off the departing man.

Zheng Ming walked out of the cave with the help of the stone wall, and glanced at the sky and the distant situation there, and saw that it had indeed rained and the sky was clear, so he left here with a slight smile.

There was nothing to say all the way, until the city of Yizhou.

Yizhou City, built with black stone, although the city is not big, but the city tower is also seven feet high, it can not be said that it is not stable and majestic.

Here, in the middle of the afternoon, there is an endless stream of people entering the city, and a long queue will pass the inspection. And Zheng Ming is also among them.

There was a caravan inspection before, Xu is the things transported are not in accordance with the norm, the leading businessman pinched and charmed, and planned to secretly perform a good courtesy, but was cold-faced by the city guards, not only all the goods were seized, but the whole team was also taken away for investigation. And the waist card that Shang Jia handed over earlier was also recorded in the big book, which can be described as miserable.

Seeing the white woven bags that peeked out from under the canopy of the frame, Zheng Ming thought about it and guessed that it should be a series of private salt. After all, there is a salt pan in the north, and there are often outlaws waiting for opportunities to seek some personal gain. But coming here from the other side is a bit too unsparing.

After a while, it was Zheng Ming's turn to pass the inspection.

"Your Excellency. In front of the team, Zheng Ming smiled slightly and saluted the captain of the guard who had just finished "seeing" the departure of his predecessors.

"Hmm——?" Seeing this, the captain of the guard couldn't help but be stunned, and glanced around at the long dragon behind him and said, "Where is your lordship?"

"Whew. Hearing this, Zheng Ming smiled slightly, stood up and replied with a smile: "The boy (zǐ) is alone, and he is not accompanied by his family. ”

"Well, then—where do you want to go?—where did you come here?" asked the captain of the guard, stunned, after glancing at the noteworthy face beside him.

Zheng Ming smiled and said sincerely: "The kid is from Yiyuan Village, and he intends to go to Fufeng, but first come to meet the captain General Cheng Wei." ”

After finishing speaking, Zheng Ming then took out the letter from his arms and presented it to the other party.

"This ......" Seeing that Zheng Ming didn't look like he was smiling and lying, the captain of the guard couldn't help but feel a little confused and inexplicable, but he only glanced at the other party carefully, and then took the letter with a slight frown.

Although I don't know what the letter says, the captain of the guard only took a cursory look at it, and his eyes suddenly changed a little.

Seeing this, Zheng Ming couldn't help but be stunned, but he didn't say much, and still kept a smile.

After looking at the letter in detail with a solemn expression, the captain of the guard glanced up and down at Zheng Ming suspiciously, and then solemnly put away the letter in his hand, and at the same time, said to the note on the side: "I need to go back to the house, and you are in charge of it for the time being." ”

"Uh, okay. The memory was stunned, although he was inexplicable, but he didn't ask more, but turned to the guards at the city gate and beckoned: "San'er, come and check, let the three of them be responsible at the door." ”

"Ahh

At the same time, the captain of the guard also greeted Zheng Ming with a straight face: "You come with me." ”

With that, the captain of the guard turned and walked into the city, holding his sword at his waist with a hurried gait.

Seeing this, Zheng Ming felt a heavy weight in his heart, so he showed his hand to the notebook, and then quickly followed the steps of the captain of the guard.

When the two entered the city, normal order was restored outside the city......

Inside the city.

The two of them went one after the other, without stopping in between, and went straight to the city lord.

The two did not communicate in any way along the way, and the captain of the guard was only leading the way, although he could not see the facial expressions in front of others, but by greeting him when a pedestrian passed by, only in exchange for the reaction of the passer-by after he gave a single nod, it must be unusual.

Zheng Ming saw all of the above in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, but it did not prevent him from watching the situation in the city in his leisure.

Yizhou City is the first big city he has ever seen, and everything inside is naturally far from being comparable to Shifeng Town and Yiyuan Village. Not only is it popular, but the liveliness is not ordinary, and the overall order is quite orderly, there are no business occupants and no congestion.

And in the city, there are also three roads: left, middle and right, among which the travelers all take the right road, and the main road in the middle is only followed by Zheng Ming and the captain of the guard.

To be honest, Zheng Ming has seen so many unfamiliar faces for the first time since he was a child, but he does not feel alienated, but has a sense of intimacy.

Perhaps, this is the atmosphere and habits of this city.

He didn't say anything along the way, although he saw a lot of new things.

The city lord leans down, sits west to east, is located in the middle courtyard of Yizhou City, at the central intersection of the four avenues in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and is the same as the same building and the same style as other cities. Because all the people who are responsible for the affairs of the city live in the middle of the city, the area of the city lord is not small.

The lord of the city bowed down, outside the gate.

Approaching here, the road has become increasingly alienated from pedestrians, and further inside, there are only four guards on duty, and two other patrols responsible for patrolling outside the courtyard happen to staggered in front of the main entrance, and then patrol to the corners on the left and right.

As soon as he saw the patrol on the left turn the corner, the sentry at the gate frowned, and then quickly looked sideways and intently at the east road ahead.

The two people who came were Captain Wei and Zheng Ming.

These two people did not come from the east road in front of the main gate, but turned from the south road, but Rao was like this, and he was also noticed by the sentry commander at a glance.

Seeing the captain of the guard returning with a child, the sentry couldn't help but be stunned, and took advantage of the other party's coming over to take a detailed look at Zheng Ming.

"Captain Kim. When the two approached, the sentry commander stepped forward with a slight smile, hugged his fists and said with a smile: "How did you bring a hairy young man......?"

Speaking of this, the sentry chief glanced up and down Zheng Ming a few times meaningfully, and said, "What ......kind of mess has this little guy done?"

Hearing this, Zheng Ming couldn't help but be stunned, and he also felt funny in his heart, so he nodded and smiled at the other party to show politeness and response.

"Whew. Seeing this, the sentry smiled slightly, and turned his eyes to the captain of the guard who had stopped in front of him.

Seeing that the captain of the guard stopped, Zheng Ming also stopped his steps, but he was still separated from the two of them by some distance and did not step forward.

The captain of the guard smiled and said truthfully: "No, this son is recommended, and he needs to see General Cheng." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, the sentry chief was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly stepped out of the way and said: "General Cheng is preparing to go out, and he is going to pick up the city lord to return home, so you have to hurry up." ”

The captain of the guard nodded with a deep smile, and turned his head to greet Zheng Ming, "You come in with me." ”

Zheng Mingji nodded, smiled again and thanked the sentry commander.

The sentry commander smiled, but did not say much.

Seeing this, the captain of the guard smiled slightly, nodded to the sentry chief, and then turned to walk inside.

Seeing this, Zheng Ming followed.

"Whew. Seeing a few sentries nodding to him, the captain of the guard also nodded and smiled back, but he smiled and said nothing.

When he met the sentry commander on the road, Zheng Ming nodded slightly to him, and he was extremely humble to the few sentries who only stared at him.

When the two entered the mansion, the sentry chief stared at the way of the two for a short while, and then exchanged glances with several sentries one after another, and then couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha...... How can this little ghost carry a big sword......

"I think it's good...... If you are summoned into the mansion, you can rush into our guards, and don't let Lao Jin and Lao Donkey compete for the first opportunity......"

"Hehe, pretty hearted little guy......"

"Hey, maybe......" Hearing the laughter of several people, the sentry chief smiled, and only looked into the depths of the house where the two of them went, not knowing what to think.