Xiaoshan Town, three hundred miles southwest of Ruiguang City, is a garrison set up by the Imperial Protectorate in the wasteland, and the whole town has a population of about 3,000, of which one-third are the wheel militia, and the rest are the townspeople who live here and are responsible for the reclamation.

Zhang Yu and his party were all one person and two horses, and they came here before evening, and they needed to stay here for at least two days to check if there were any heretists, and by the way, to clear out possible spiritual monsters.

The people of the town were very enthusiastic, and when they saw them riding in, they all came up to greet them for help, and many children ran out with joy, and climbed up to the fence and high places to look at them curiously.

Under the arrangement of the reclamation officer, everyone put their luggage in the courtyard built by the Xuanfu here, and then people continued to visit, most of them were the tun officials and local town officials here in Xiaoshan Town.

The most visited are naturally Zhang Yu and the four of them, because the disciples of Xuanfu go out and walk as Taoists, so these people will ask God for divination when they come over.

The people of the capital are not forbidden to believe, but they can only worship the ancestors of the Tianxia people, and the flow of foreign gods is definitely among the banned.

Zhang Yu didn't think that their move was foolish, because this place was far away from the civilization center of the Metropolitan Protectorate, so it could be said that it was in a wild area, and there were often strange monsters and barbarians roaming nearby, posing a threat to the lives of the townspeople, so praying to their ancestors and supernatural powers for their own safety was not only to reassure themselves, but also to give their families a comfort.

The town's superintendent, Chen, came out of the Taiyang School Palace, and he had been serving as an administrative officer here for six years. When he learned that Zhang Yu also came out of the Taiyang School Palace and was still an assistant teacher, he was also very happy.

He knew that many people who came out of the school palace didn't like to socialize, so while the sky was not completely dark, he simply acted as his own guide and took Zhang Yu out to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.

The two drove out of the town of Xiaoshan and into a sparse woodland to the north. Not far away, you could see a large area of green farmland, but as it gradually approached, Zhang Yu noticed that there were some broken ruins hidden in the grass here, so he asked, "Brother Chen, are there ancient ruins here?"

Chen Zhengdao: "Yes, the scale is not small, the school palace sent people to investigate the surrounding geographical environment before, and it is speculated that there should have been a large lake here in ancient times, and those ruins are the ancient cities built next to the lake. ”

Of course, it is not without reason that Xiaoshan Town is set up here, although the ancient lake with a large area is gone, but under the ground, there is still a dark river with a large amount of water.

When Zhang Yu heard him say this, his heart moved, because there was source energy in the body of the strange bone fragment before, so when he searched for documents in the Xuanwen Hall, he paid special attention to the places where ancient strange monsters lived and multiplied.

Most of these places exist in lakes and ravines, and since you have arrived here, it is natural that you should also visit them.

After he and Chen Zheng went around and found the original entrance to this ruin, the two of them got off their horses and walked into the middle on foot.

The afterglow of the setting sun falls on these desolate weeds and rocks, and in this world, in countless years, several epochs of civilization may only be a brilliant moment, and such a dilapidated scene occupies a longer time.

After the two of them walked for more than 100 steps, Zhang Yu noticed a half-collapsed stone tablet next to him, he went up and took a closer look, stroked the dirt with his gloved hand, and tried to identify it again.

After looking at it for a while, he said, "Sure enough, it's a building from the Omezo period." ”

"Omezo period?" Chen Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Is it the definition of ancient specialization?"

Zhang Yu nodded, he stepped on the bottom with his foot, and said, "The continent under our feet is far away from the Tianxia mainland, and it is said that no one has visited it in the previous several calendars, until we Tianxia people came here. ”

"But in fact, we are not the first 'outsiders' to set foot on this land, according to the research of the previous sages, outside of this land, there was once a larger island, on which a civilization was born, its creator called himself 'Idian', and its most glorious era was the Omezo period, when the Idi, who came to this land before everyone else, and built a large number of cities here. ”

"It's just that the expansion of the Yidi people has infringed on the interests of the natives in the depths of the continent, and judging from the knotted rope records retained by the natives of Ansan, the gods of the two sides have waged a divine war for more than 300 years. ”

Chen Zheng listened attentively and said, "What happened later?"

Zhang Yudao: "The specific process is difficult to know, this war was finally lost by the Yidi people, and the entire island where they live also sank to the bottom of the sea, and now those islands in the Tenghai Sea are the damaged parts that have not been sunk by the mainland." However, the local natives are not doing well, and legend has it that the kingdom that once ruled half the continent also fell apart soon after, and their descendants are the various indigenous tribes that we have to deal with. ”

Chen Zheng thought for a while and said firmly: "We Tianxia people are not Yidi people, we will not lose." ”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, and he asked, "Brother Chen has been in the town for so long, have you ever seen a strange god?"

Chen Zhengdao: "I haven't seen the alien gods, but the alien cultists have seen a lot, and they are driven away by the garrison in the town every time. He looked at Zhang Yu and saw that he didn't react, "I thought Brother Zhang you would ask why you didn't arrest them or simply kill them." ”

Zhang Yudao: "I think the town must have made such a decision based on the most practical situation. ”

Chen Zheng sighed: "Yes, most of the people in the town just want to live a good life, and the militia in the rotation just wants to be transferred back after a few years safely. ”

This ruin is quite large, because the sky is gradually darkening at this moment, and the two of them did not go too deep, and retreated from it.

In addition to Cai Yu and Zhang Yu, most of the town's affairs officials and militia leaders also came, and many townspeople also came to join in the fun, but they just lit a bonfire outside, played musical instruments around the fire, drank and sang.

It was a night when everyone in the town was happy.

Early the next morning, after Zhang Yu went out, he was invited by Chen Zheng to the only school in the town.

This Xiaoshan school is the best building in the whole town, and it is also the most attentive building, with a typical Tianxia style on the top of the temple, and the outer room is a school building corridor house surrounded by four sides, which can accommodate about four or five hundred people to study together.

Because Zhang Yu is an assistant teacher, Chen Zheng also tried his best to invite him to take a class here. He didn't shirk either, and told some ways to avoid conflict with the barbarians if they ran into them by chance, as well as how to eat all kinds of insects and wild vegetables.

Unexpectedly, the content of the latter is particularly popular with students here because of its novelty and interest. After class, many people came to inquire and asked Zhang Yu if he could leave some records about this knowledge.

Zhang Yu readily agreed, and said that after he returned to Ruiguang, he would write some articles in this area and send them over.

Because of this incident, Chen Zheng was very grateful to Zhang Yu and thanked him again and again.

Later, Chen Zheng invited Zhang Yu to drink tea upstairs in the school, he looked through the window, watching those lively and active children playing and playing in the open space, and sighed: "Before I came to Xiaoshan, I just wanted to leave here early, but after coming for a long time, I have feelings for this place in my heart, and I feel that I have pinned something on here...... Alas, I looked at those pure eyes, and I really couldn't bear to go. ”

Zhang Yudao: "What about Brother Chen's family?"

Chen Zheng sighed: "I am an orphan, Tianxia School Palace opened a kindergarten to have books to read, after the School Palace came out, I thought, but also to let more children like me have books to read, at that time I was matched by a friend, married a woman from a good family, but I stayed here for several years, it is not good to delay her anymore, so I sent her a letter of separation last year, saying that the letter was burned, so that I can teach here with peace of mind, and the children at home are raised by her, so that I don't have to worry. ”

He shook his head, his eyes reddened slightly, "She's a good wife, I'm not a good husband." ”

Zhang Yudao: "I just saw the children in the school, Tianxia people, mixed race, but many are still barbarian children, but now they are all writing the same text and speaking the same language, this is the merit of etiquette and education, Chen Jun has a loss in the small family, but in the Eastern Court, in Tianxia, it is a great achievement." I deserve this as a gift. ”

As he spoke, he stood up, clasped his hands together, and waved at Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng hurriedly stood up, and returned the salute with some helplessness: "How dare you do this, how dare you ...... this?"

After Zhang Yu saluted, he said: "But the royal also has to say, it is not that there is no Chen Jun here, no one will come here to teach, you should also give others a chance, not to mention the practice of Tianxia etiquette, it may not have to be confined to a corner, with the size of the capital, Chen Jun can go to Ruiguang and go elsewhere to display his talents." ”

After a pause, he said again: "Even if Chen Jun is reluctant to come here, this place is only half a day's journey from Ruiguang, and he can take the time to come back and have a look." ”

Chen Zheng was stunned, and after a long time, he seemed to let go of something, and looked at Zhang Yu with a straight face, and said, "Thank you Brother Zhang for your enlightenment, I am grateful in my heart." He sighed, "After all these years, I think it's time for me to go back and make up for my past debts." ”

Zhang Yu came here mainly to check out the strange and alien cultists, so he couldn't stay in the academy for too long, and after saying goodbye to Chen Zheng, he took two assistants out of the town and went to the north to investigate.

According to the method discussed with Cai Ying and the Wen brothers last night, the four of them are each responsible for one direction, and they will meet and communicate again in the evening.

He was soon back to the ruins.

Looking at this, he always had a feeling that if there was a problem around Xiaoshan Town, then it must be related here.

It is not without reason to think so, because the remains of these ancient buildings provide natural shelter for the beasts and barbarians in the wasteland, and the water source is also nearby, whether it is strange or pagan cultists, it is possible to come here.

And when he came over yesterday, he didn't find anything special, but this time, when he got closer, a strange thing suddenly appeared in his heart!

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