Zhang Yu left Kuiwentang, and went to Xuanfu with two Xuanfu disciples who came to pick him up, and through some exchanges on the way, he also knew the names and surnames of these two.

One of these two people is named Wen Guo and the other is Wen De, and they are a pair of cousins. However, although the two of them were practicing in Xuanfu, they did not enter here through the way of Taiyang Academy.

Xuanfu will adopt a large number of orphans every year, since they were young began to teach the language of Tianxia, these people have lived and grown up in Xuanfu or some stations of Xuanfu since childhood, so it is generally easier to gain the trust of the upper echelons of Xuanfu compared to the disciples who come in from the school palace.

When they become adults, if they can sense the Great Dao Chapter, then they will be selected into the mansion and become a disciple of a certain person, and those who can't sense it will usually be arranged to serve as assistants in the Xuanfu or the various Xuanfu stations around Ruiguang.

And like the Wen brothers, they can be counted as Xu Ying's disciples. And nominally, Zhang Yu and Xu Ying are brothers, so although they have been reading the Great Dao Chapter for more than 20 years, they can only be regarded as Zhang Yu's juniors, so the two are very respectful and polite to him.

However, there is one point, although these disciples have been cultivated by the Xuanfu since childhood, in terms of the upper limit of cultivation, they are far inferior to the students who have come in through the Taiyang Academy Palace.

Because those who can enter the Taiyang Academy to study, they are already one in a hundred, whether it is thinking ability or learning ability, they are not comparable to ordinary people, and all of them can be regarded as heroes among people.

Sixty years ago, the top-level combat power of the Xuanfu, except for those who came from Tianxia Mainland, most of the rest were from the students who had entered the Taiyang Academy Palace earlier.

Xu Ying often complains that the Academy does not produce talents, but in fact, in the past few decades, it is not that there have been enough characters to influence the overall situation, but many of them did not stay in the Xuanfu in the end, but stood on the opposite side of the Xuanfu.

Zhang Yu didn't know many people in Xuanfu before, so he had never heard of these secrets. Originally, he wanted to continue to ask in depth, but unfortunately, the Wen brothers knew very little, and they couldn't say anything except what they had just mentioned.

When he was halfway there, he saw that this place was not far from his residence, and he thought that Xuanfu would call him this time, and he would most likely go outside the mansion, so he said: "Two, I'll go back to my residence, change my clothes, and take some things by the way." ”

Wen Guo said politely: "Zhang Jun, please do it, but please hurry up, don't delay too long, the main thing is still waiting for us." ”

Zhang Yu also nodded, he turned back to his residence, pushed the door and entered, and the Wen brothers waited at the door.

Because he had already prepared to leave the mansion, he moved quickly, first changed into a Xuanfu Taoist robe, then put on a hooded cloak outside, put on the pair of vermilion gloves on both hands, and finally held Xia Jian in his hand.

He took a few words of care for Li Qinghe, then walked out of it, and went on the road again with the Wen brothers, and the three of them sped up their pace, and in less than half a summer, they had already arrived at Xuanfu.

He first entered the affairs hall to meet Xiang Chun, who said that every once in a while, the Xuanfu would send some disciples out to do things, and this time he happened to send a Xuanxiu surnamed Cai to go out to maintain the stability of the place, so he asked him to follow him to accumulate some experience.

Xiang Chun also took special care of him, asking him to be more careful with himself, try to protect himself when he encounters things, and at the end he gave him a few words of encouragement, and let him come out.

The two Wen brothers had been waiting below, and when they saw him come out, they came up and bowed their hands, and said, "Zhang Jun, Senior Brother Cai is already waiting in Zhuyuan, let's go over." ”

Zhang Yu nodded, and followed the two of them, this time not to the main hall, but along the side corridor into a bamboo forest, to a delicate two-story bamboo building.

A thin man in a dark blue robe was already waiting here.

He was around forty, with two whiskers on his lips, and his expression was kind when he watched people, and when he saw the three of them coming, he raised his hand to salute Zhang Yu first, and said: "Senior Brother Zhang, my name is Cai Hui, you can call me Senior Brother Cai, in fact, I have seen you before, but you were painting in front of the Xuanfu Gate at that time, so I didn't come up to disturb." ”

Zhang Yu clasped his hands together and said, "It turned out to be Senior Brother Cai, that was a royal faux pas." ”

"Where, where. ”

After Cai Hui greeted him, he greeted the Wen brothers again, and summoned them into the bamboo building, where a sketchy map of the Imperial Protectorate was laid on the wooden table in the middle of the room, and there were several locations marked in red.

Cai Hui beckoned them to the wooden case, pointed to a red punctuation point at the farthest end, and said: "Due to the tight time, I will make a long story short, this time we are going to the 'Lingxuan Town' adjacent to the middle reaches of the Hong River, which has been facing all kinds of strange and indigenous barbarian attacks, since the withdrawal of the Divine Captain Army, it has been a little difficult to deal with the local Sikou alone, and we are going to help stabilize the situation there this time." ”

He started from Ruiguang with his fingers again, drew a half-arc along the inland, and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, this is our route this time, we need to pass through this plain and ancient woods, and finally go there. ”

Zhang Yu was a little strange and asked, "Senior Brother Cai, since the matter is urgent, why don't you take a boat from the inland river?"

Cai Ying sighed: "There is no way, there are still a few garrisons of the Protectorate along the way, which are often attacked by strange monsters and forest barbarians, and the Xuanfu has been short of manpower recently, so it is also our task to do so, and I have also received news that it is likely that there is a group of alien cultists who fled from the vicinity of Ruiguang who are hiding there, this time we will go from there, if we meet them, we will also clean them up." “

He looked up at Zhang Yu and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhang had killed the newt before he entered the mansion, and I heard that he had also traveled in the east of Anshan, so it seems that he will rely on your help a lot this time." ”

Zhang Yu knew that he was saying kind words, and said, "Senior Brother Cai is serious, I should do my best." ”

"That's right," Senior Brother Cai smiled and said, "I know that Senior Brother Zhang may be more worried about the Divine Captain Army, after all, you have severely injured their people, but don't worry, in recent times, the Divine Captain Army has taken all the manpower back, although there are a few outside, but as long as it is not at the level of team leadership, there is no threat to us." ”

Wen De was puzzled: "Senior Uncle Cai, how can you be sure that the Divine Lieutenant Army's approach is just to cover people's eyes?"

Cai Ying said firmly: "After this meeting, the Metropolitan Protectorate has withdrawn the right to transfer orders from the Divine Captain Army, that is to say, now as long as the Divine Captain Army mobilizes people above the team rate, it must be reported to the Metropolitan Protectorate, so as soon as they have a move, then don't try to hide it from us." ”

Wen De was skeptical: "Will the Divine Captain Army be so obedient?"

After all, the Divine Captain Army was arrogant and domineering before, and no one paid attention to it, so this time it would really follow the rules?

Cai Ying smiled and said, "You can rest assured this time." ”

Zhang Yu's heart changed his mind, he felt that there must be some other reason here to dare to make Cai Yu so sure, but the other party didn't seem to want to tell them now.

Cai Wan looked at the three of them and said, "It's not too early, if Senior Brother Zhang and the two junior nephews are almost ready, then we will set off." ”

Zhang Yu had already prepared and said that it was okay, and the Wen brothers had no objections. Seeing this, Cai Hui did not delay any longer, took the three of them out of the bamboo house, and went to the dense bamboo forest outside.

After walking for a while, Zhang Yu noticed that they were not heading towards the south exit of Xuanfu, but towards the north.

Wen De whispered: "Zhang Jun, my Xuanfu is backed by Qishan, I heard that there is a passage in Qishan, from which you can go straight out of Ruiguang City, we haven't walked before." ”

Zhang Yuxin nodded, he had vaguely heard about this matter before, and judging from the location of the Xuanfu, Qishan itself was on the northern edge of Ruiguang City, whether it was for the convenience of access, or for the sake of preventing accidents, it was necessary for the Xuanfu to open a passage here.

The four of them walked along a shaded path into a cave carved out of the mountain wall, and then walked onto a gentle, well-paved stone path.

The road located in the cave ** is very long, but the light is not dim, the air is also very circulating, and after walking for about half a moment, there is a faint rumbling sound.

Soon, a long ropeway appeared for the four of them, and the sound became clear, and it turned out that the water seeping out of the cracks in the rock merged into a wide and long waterfall, and here, together with the cyan vines hanging in the air around it, formed a unique wonder located in the interior of the mountain.

Cai Hui said at this time: "Come on, walk through here, there is the exit in front." ”

After passing the ropeway, there was a stone gate in front of him, and as soon as Cai Hui stepped forward and stretched out his hand, he easily pushed it open in the rumbling sound, and motioned for the three of them to go first.

After Zhang Yu took a few steps out of the stone gate, his vision suddenly widened, and what appeared in front of him was a magnificent plain, and at the far end, the horizon was high and spread towards the Ansan Mountains at the end of his sight.

He couldn't help but feel a wide state of mind, and he unconsciously read out loud in his mouth: "Ten thousand gullies are so flat, the sky and the earth are clear, the dome is far away, who listens to the ancient times!"

Cai Hui also came out, he took them down the mountain road, and at this moment he also noticed that there were already seven or eight assistants waiting here at the foot of the mountain, and the horses were all good Qianlu horses, a total of thirty, six pack horses, and the rest were riding horses.

When we arrived at the bottom of the mountain, Cai Hao was the first to turn over and get on the horse, and said: "The first place we go to is the station of Xiaoshan Town, it is best to hurry up and get there tonight." ”

The crowd also stepped forward to pick their horses, and then climbed into the saddle.

Zhang Yu's eyes swept away, picked a black horse with fur as bright as water, calmly took the reins, and rode up, at this time he suddenly realized in his heart, and glanced somewhere, but did not see anything.

Suddenly heard Cai Yu greet from afar, his mind turned, he turned around, rode the horse, with the sound of the horse's hooves, the group galloped on the magnificent plain.

On a raised mound not far from Qishan, there was a tall sword-wielding man standing there, watching the figure of their group gradually fade away.

In the next moment, there was a lonely mound, and its people were gone.

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