When Liu Ruiying arrived at Dingxi Royal City, it was already night.

If there is a slight delay on the road, the gate will be closed......

Because in the city of the Five Kings, there is no station for the Investigation Division. So Liu Ruiying had to find an inn to live in. If you want to say that this is the best inn in Dingxi Wangcheng, it is also the Xiangteng Inn.

A bowl of white porridge, three side dishes, two meat buns.

Liu Ruiying thought about it and didn't drink, after all, she had to meet Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, tomorrow.

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning of the second day, Liu Ruiying got up before the birds called.

He found Xiao Er to lead out the horse and went straight to the Dingxi Palace.

Liu Ruiying saw the gate that was still being repaired, and didn't know what the situation was, so he had to grab a sergeant of the Xuanya Army who was posting a notice and said:

"In Xiazhong, we will investigate Liu Ruiying, the provincial banner of the Division, and I will meet the king of Dingxi in person if I have something important, and please pass it on my behalf. ”

After a while, the sergeant of the Investigation Division, who took his official certificate and passed it on, led Liu Ruiying into the palace.

This is the first time Liu Ruiying has entered the Five Kings' Mansion, and he can't help but compare himself with the Zhongdu Investigation Division in his heart. At the moment, I felt that Huo Wang's Dingxi Mansion did not have its own investigation department, and my heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

"When did Liu Xingqi come to Wangcheng?"

Huo Wang was dressed in military uniform, but he didn't wear a scarf, and sat upright on the throne and asked.

Entering the palace hall is not equipped with a sword.

Liu Ruiying put the star sword on the tray held by the attendant on the side and stepped forward.

Huo Wang couldn't help but feel moved when he saw the star sword and Liu Ruiying separate, but he almost didn't suppress that desire.

"Back to the King of Dingxi, I arrived in the royal city last night. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"But where do they stay? There are many empty rooms in the palace, and if they do not abandon the king's order, they can clean them up. ”

Huo Wang said.

He also knew that there was no investigation division station in the royal city.

Liu Ruiying instead of staying in the guest house, it is better to let him enter his own palace. In this way, it is good to observe day and night, and touch the bottom of the star sword by the way.

Li Yun belongs to Yuntai, and Yuntai Mountain is far away, even if he wants to take revenge, he will not be like that. But Liu Ruiying is different, behind the Central Capital Investigation Division is Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong, this old brother is not something he can afford to provoke at the moment.

Although the Xuan Crow Army is strong, compared with the Sanwei Army of Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong, it is like hitting a stone with an egg. Moreover, Huo Wang always suspected that there was some inexplicable relationship between Liu Ruiying and Liu Jinghao.

Although he has a strong desire, he will not be carried away by this. It is clear what can be done and what cannot be done, and who dares to kill and who cannot kill.

"Thank you King Dingxi for your kindness, and I have settled in the Xiangteng Inn. Today, I came to Dingxi Wangfu to disturb the prince, but I asked for something. ”

Liu Ruiying said after bowing to Huo Wang with a fist.

"Oh, but what?"

Huo Wang was also quite surprised, he didn't expect Liu Ruiying to ask for something from him. At the moment, he calculated in his heart that if there was no big cause and effect, he would not alarm the demon puppet again, then he would do it for him. It's also good to take advantage of this relationship to let him let down some of his guard, so that it is convenient for him to talk, isn't it?

Liu Ruiying was also polite, and said bluntly that she wanted Huo Wang to provide him with some information about Bogulou.

Although you are a special envoy from the northwest, this Bogulou does not belong to the Dingxi Prince's Domain, nor does it belong to the Zhenbei Prince's Domain, so it stands to reason that it is not among the people in your trip. ”

Huo Wang said this, and he was also shocked in his heart.

Why did Liu Ruiying ask about Bogulou?

Liu Ruiying didn't know, but this was a thorn in Huo Wang's heart......

Bogulou and Tongjin Pavilion have always been the hearts of scholars because they mainly cultivate literati.

You know, not everyone in this world can cultivate martial arts. Not to mention how you have your roots, how talented you are, even the huge expenses of martial arts cultivation are not something that ordinary people can afford. Therefore, in the face of the vast number of hard-working people, this reading and upgrading to make errands is the most practical way. And if you can make do with it, anyone can afford it.

The scholar studied hard at home every day, did not do any physical work, did not eat much food, and his parents went out to talk decently. Even the lowest-level Bai Ding Tongsheng has to be extremely square, simple, and erudite to write a document as a guarantee before he can be awarded a title. With this title, even if you haven't entered the product yet, you can enjoy half a tael of food and clothing subsidies every month. If there is a white boy in someone's house, it is to open the door every day to grind ink, and read every day, for fear that the neighborhood will not know that there is a scholar in his family.

This is the way of the world, and so is the heart of man. As long as you can mix a grade, you will not be afraid of running out of food in this life. Huo Wang's own Dingxi Palace, but there are also many civil officials, all of whom are scholars who have entered the product, and there is even a six-pint red silk star. This grade is already capable of serving as a scholar in the main building of Bogu Building, and the second-class position under the owner of the building is not better than being a high-ranking sword and pen official with no real power in the palace?

However, when I think about it this way, it is quite the opposite.

After reading for so many years, no matter how cheap the ink, paper, and inkstone are, there must be an expense, isn't it? What is the hard cold window for more than ten years, isn't it just to live a good life? Therefore, the first thing many high-quality scholars did when they came out of Bogu Pavilion was to become officials first. Although it is not as high as the status in the building, no matter how big or small this official is, at least he has the right in his hands!

100,000 snowflakes of silver, the color is like snow, but it is much heavier than snow. What's more, snow can only survive one winter, and snowflake silver can not rot or rot for hundreds of generations. As for the sage's so-called "food and drink, living in the alleys, sheltering the poor." "It's long been thrown out of the clouds. I endure hardships when I am studying, and I am still made to suffer after reading, so how is it possible?

After all, this sage's legacy is still not worth real money.

But it can also be figured out, after all, people who are dying are happy to live, and people who are alive just want to live better, human nature, it is not contradictory. Moreover, exchanging the teachings of the sages for real money is also his own ability in the final analysis.

It's just that there is an altar in their house, which enshrines the subset of scriptures and history, poems and articles, and the ancestors and sages of all walks of life.

Seeing them behave like this, I know that I am afraid that I am still a little weak-hearted......

If he only covets some material comforts, he will give it up, and Huo Wang will not even deduct this little thing outside his body. It was only recently that he had discovered that the scholar seemed to be organized and purposefully entered the royal palace and the state capitals and even the army to seek employment. And many scholars who are not low-grade even have good skills, but this is a big headache for Huo Wang.

Scholars use literary clothes as a cover, and they are really carefree when they travel through the world, and no one will be suspicious of a weak scholar who is powerless, right?

The same goes for Huo Wang.

At first, I didn't think there was anything wrong with it, after all, the army also needed civilian officials to send and receive war reports, draft military orders, and take care of the rear. But it wasn't until a government commander in Yuezhou was stabbed to death with a brush by the chief secretary of the army that Huo Wang felt that this matter was different. And that government commander was originally an ordinary sergeant in Dingzhou, but then he repeatedly charged into battle against the wolf cavalry. After a hundred battles, Ji Gong sat in this position. Because he is from Yuezhou, he was soon transferred back to his hometown, but it is not a straw bale rice bucket.

Liu Ruiying still concealed the matter of the Seven Peerless Flame Sword, but he made it clear to Huo Wang about the interception and killing of him, as well as the clues obtained from the subsequent torture.

As he spoke, he observed Huo Wang's expression, trying to catch a little change from it. After all, he still felt that it was more likely that Huo Wang was the mastermind behind this matter. Unexpectedly, Huo Wang listened extremely carefully, and interrupted him from time to time to ask for some details, which made Liu Ruiying quite puzzled......

"It seems that this Bogulou is indeed a little unable to sit still...... Could it be that they are also eyeing Liu Ruiying's Star Sword?"

Huo Wang thought in his heart.

However, he didn't think that Bo Gulou had such courage to dare to fight against the Zhongdu Detective Si Ming knife and gun standing behind Liu Jinghao, the king of Qingzhong. But in a blink of an eye, Liu Ruiying was also provoked by this group of stinky scholars, but it was not a good opportunity to attract the Investigation Division to intervene? In this way, he could also have time to pull out all the nails that Bogulou had stuffed into the Dingxi Royal Domain.

Just when Huo Wang was about to guide Liu Ruiying to the advantage, suddenly a sergeant of the Xuan Crow Army said outside the main hall that there was an urgent report.

Huo Wang gave Liu Ruiying a seat, and then summoned the sergeant to come forward and speak.

"Report to the king, a big star has fallen on the outskirts of the northeast corner of the royal city!"

The sergeant said.

"Are there any casualties?"

Huo Wang asked.

"No reports have been received so far...... However, where the big star fell, there were several villages nearby. ”

The sergeant said.

After listening to this, Huo Wang immediately glanced at Liu Ruiying and said: "This king has something important but wants to leave for a while, what Liu Xingqi asks, I will send someone to send the documents and files to the Xiangteng Inn." ”

Seeing that Huo Wang had official business, Liu Ruiying didn't say much, but thanked him very politely and then withdrew from the palace.

Huo Wang took five hundred Xuan Crow Army, lightly armed and fast, and rushed to the place of the incident. I don't know why, this incident made him feel faintly uneasy.

The setting star is very ominous, and the white sunset star is even more fierce.

"My lord, the old minister looked at the stars at night, but found that the Taibai star in the northeast often haunted these days. ”

Huo Wang was about to leave the mansion, and an old man hurriedly stepped forward and said.

This person's name is Sun Jingwei, and he is an onmyoji.

Although Huo Wang is not superstitious, he would rather believe in the gods and ghosts and the Heavenly Dao.

"Get on the horse and go with this king to see what is going on. ”

Huo Wang pointed at Sun Jingwei and said. He also pointed to a crow army and motioned for the two of them to form a horse.

When he got closer, Huo Wang motioned for the Xuanya Army to stand by, while he and Sun Jingwei slowly stepped forward.

"This! the king...... This!"

Sun Jingwei saw a sentence engraved on the falling star, and saw the providence descending from the sky, and was speechless in shock......

But when he turned around, what caught his eyes was Huo Wanghan's cold blade.

After killing Sun Jingwei, Huo Wang kicked his body into the big pit smashed by the falling star.

"Eight Extremes of Groundbinding!"

Then he used his strength to lift his spirit, and slapped out his two palms, smashing the falling star strike.

"Wow, uncle, you're so amazing!"

A childish voice rang out from the right rear.

It was a little girl, playing with a few freshly picked wildflowers, and said after seeing Huo Wang's palm smash the falling star.

"Little guy, is uncle amazing?"

Huo Wang asked.

My father's strength is the greatest in the village, and when the big rock fell just now, he and a few uncles and brothers in the village went up together, but they couldn't push it. But you didn't even touch it, uncle, so you broke it!"

The little girl nodded desperately and said happily.

"All the villages within a radius of 100 miles were slaughtered. The elderly, the weak, women and children are treated equally, and even domestic animals are not kept. After killing, all of them were burned, turned into scorched earth, and no grass grows. ”

Huo Wang touched the little girl's head and said to the Xuan Crow Army in the rear.

When he returned to the palace, there was only a pool of blood left where the little girl had stood, and a few wild flowers were still soaked in it.

Liu Ruiying left the palace and didn't know where to go.

But he didn't want to go back to the Xiangteng Inn, and he always felt that he had lived up to this great daytime.

"Brother Ruiying!"

A familiar voice came from behind.

Liu Ruiying looked back and was pleasantly surprised!

In this Dingxi King City, who can make him feel familiar is not Tang Zhongsong, but who can he be?

"Brother Nakamatsu!"

Liu Ruiying said with a hearty smile.

Tang Zhongsong was still wearing the same outfit he had when he first arrived at the palace, but Liu Ruiying felt as if he had completely changed in his eyes.

The eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth are all loose in the soup, but the tone of this conversation is completely different from the gestures.

"I never thought that Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, was so powerful, and it was only a few days before he trained Tang Zhongsong to look like this. ”

Liu Ruiying sighed in her heart.

He only felt that after Tang Zhongsong experienced a series of changes in Dingzhou, his heart also changed. Now he has become a disciple of Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi. No matter what the purpose is, this word and deed must not be as presumptuous as before.

However, Tang Zhongsong is also well versed in this principle, no matter what role, which level, he is very well handled, so that people can hardly see the flaws.

"Yes, it was at the order of the master that I sent the data file to Brother Ruiying. ”

Tang Zhongsong saw Liu Ruiying pointing to the stack of materials in his hand and said.

"Haha, that's great. I haven't seen you for a long time since I wanted to come to Dingzhou!"

Liu Ruiying said.

"Yes, Brother Ruiying is afraid that he will stay in the royal city for a few days this time?"

Tang Zhongsong asked.

"That's not for sure...... It mainly depends on how much the information in your hands has helped me. If it is of little use, I have to go to Mengzhou as soon as possible. ”

Liu Ruiying thought for a while and said.

Since Huo Wangneng sent Tang Zhongsong to deliver these documents, he must have already told him everything about the matter, so he didn't hide it.

Who knows, Huo Wang just asked Tang Zhongsong to run his leg and send it to Liu Ruiying, but he didn't say what the reason was at all.

Tang Zhongsong heard that Liu Ruiying was still so honest with him, and his heart was a little more touched at the moment.

"Let's not talk about these things for now, you and I finally get together, but we should have a few drinks!"

Liu Ruiying said, taking advantage of the situation to hug Tang Zhongsong's shoulder.

Tang Zhongsong's back tightened, he had never had such an intimate behavior with people, and he was very unaccustomed to it for a while. Fortunately, Liu Ruiying only meant it for a moment, and then put down his hand, which made him secretly relieved.

"Brother Ruiying has been running all the way, but when I came to this royal city, I should come to pick you up!"

Tang Zhongsong said.

Liu Ruiying was also quite unaccustomed to seeing Tang Zhongsong's polite appearance, remembering the night when the two first met, there were many jokes and swear words, and she couldn't help but say in her heart, "Time has passed, and creation makes people......"

In just such a moment, Liu Ruiying suddenly felt that the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth air pockets in his body were actually loosened, which made Liu Ruiying really overjoyed! But now is definitely not the time to break through, just wait for the night when he returns to the room, and then concentrate on it, see if he can break through these two air pockets in one fell swoop, and then take the opportunity to study and study the Seven Absolute Flame Sword's Yanzi Mantra Sword Technique.

This sudden situation made Liu Ruiying's drinking heart even more surging. I have sketched in my heart for a while that I will bring the wine to the wind, and I will be beaming!

When he arrived at the Xiangteng Inn, Liu Ruiying wanted a separate private room. Helplessly, because I didn't book in advance, and now it's time for dinner, there is no room left, so I had to find a secluded corner seat in the lobby.

"What are the special products of this royal city?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"Haha, I'm also a newcomer, if I hadn't run errands for Brother Ruiying today, how would I have gotten the opportunity to get out of the palace?"

Tang Zhongsong said with a smile.

Liu Ruiying realized that what she said was a bit abrupt...... Even if it is Dingxi Wangcheng, it is also a stranger in a foreign land, how can it be compared with Dingzhou.

"However, the meals in the Dingxi Royal Domain are almost the same...... There are just a few things to eat. It's nothing more than a store in Wangcheng, and it's just more finely fiddling. ”

Tang Zhongsong seemed to see Liu Ruiying's embarrassment, waved his hand to relieve him and said.

Immediately called Xiao Er, ordered a few good dishes to drink, and ordered two pots of their own wine brewed in Xiangteng Inn, and the two had a drink and talked.

"Shopkeeper! You have rats in this room!"

A crisp and sharp voice sounded from upstairs, and there was a lot of resentment in his tone.

"What? Xiang Teng Inn let the rats ......"

One word startled a thousand waves, and even the shopkeeper's face changed...... This is a big deal to smash the signboard! The reputation of Xiangteng Inn is unswerving, relying on safety and precision! If there is really a mouse in the room, it will either no one believe it, or it will be like a hammer beating the chest......

"Why do you have rats in this room?!"

Liu Ruiying saw a figure standing in front of the counter, questioning the shopkeeper, and he could see it clearly from the angle from which he was sitting.

A fair-skinned almond face with a little powder, anxious at the moment, sweating slightly on the tip of his nose. Wearing a pair of jade and red gold pendant earrings, swaying with the body.

She slammed the key onto the counter.

The outstretched hand wears a nine-bend Suwen mutton fat jade bracelet on his wrist.

However, Liu Ruiying saw that she also had an identical bracelet on her other hand.

Her wrists are so slender...... And her hands are even more ecstatic! such a pair of wrists, such a pair of hands...... I believe that there are absolutely countless men in the world who would rather be strangled to death by these hands than struggle at all.

Her breasts are very straight, her waist is very thin, and her beautiful legs are encased in a pair of two-petal lotus splendid two-color hibiscus boots. Even through the boots, Liu Ruiying could see that these feet, and ankles, must be no worse than his hands and wrists, and even more silky and fair.

In addition to a short and energetic suit, he put on a maroon tunic chest dark flower leather armor. Stitched with gold thread, embellished with several ruby sapphires of various sizes.

The eyes are bright, the corners of the eyes are upward, the eyebrows are slightly frowned, and the jade mouth is lightly pursed.

Although he is angry at the moment, he is even more charming.

I wonder what kind of situation such a beauty should look like if she laughs?

There are only three types of women, and they are the most beautiful.

One is angry, the second is happy, and the third is coquettish.

Of course, this refers to beauty.

In fact, beauties are good-looking in any way...... Provided that she's willing to let you see it.

But for the other girls, I'm afraid they weren't so lucky.

A word of advice is still trying to make them happy...... Don't make them angry anyway. Otherwise, how fierce the old sow in the farmhouse is when she protects the food, then how terrible she is when she gets angry. How disgusting is the cook who stir-fries in the back hall every day, but does not wash her hair or take a bath for more than half a month, then how greasy she is when she is coquettish.

"I'm sorry for this young lady...... Since the opening of our Xiang Teng Inn, there has never been a foreign body smell in the room, please sit in the hall for a while, I will immediately go to find out the situation for you!"

The shopkeeper bowed down again and again to confess, and asked Xiao Er to lead her to the hall to sit down and pour her a cup of tea.

"The tea is too light, take the jar of spirits and change it to a big bowl!"

The girl said.

The people around couldn't help but be amazed, and when a few of the prodigal people saw that this girl was going to drink, they felt that there seemed to be an opportunity, and they wanted to get up and talk to each other.

"Smack!"

I saw the girl slap a bauhinia dagger on the table.

When those people saw it, they hurriedly sat down honestly again, but they didn't even dare to glance over there again.

"Ou family Kenshin?!"

Tang Zhongsong and Liu Ruiying said in unison.

The Ou family is a world-famous sword-making family, located in the military state of the Pingnan royal domain, within the state of Xiawei.

The sword produced by it has a slightly thicker body, but it is shorter than ordinary swords. The blade of the sword is wider and smoother than a mirror. The knife is no different from the others, but it is better and better-made, and there is a triangular piercing ring at the handle to distinguish it.

"Ou Jiajian, half an arm long, wide eyes, yellow appliqués. ”

This is a nursery rhyme that every martial arts cultivator, especially the sword cultivator, knows since he was a child, but later it has also become a four-sentence mantra to identify the authenticity of the Ou family's sword. It means that the Ou family does not have long swords, they are all short swords as long as half an arm's length of an adult. The sword body is about the same width as the distance between eyes, clear as a mirror, even if the daughter's house is facing Li Yun's sideburns and applique yellow, there is no problem at all.

The Ou family adopts the Zen concession system, not the hereditary system, which is also a magic weapon to ensure that it can be passed down to this day, the craftsmanship does not fall, and the people's hearts are not dispersed.

The successive heads of the Ou family are all the best boys and girls selected by the clan, and they have won it themselves after hardships and competitions.

Compared with some gate valve forces that only pass on men and not women, the Ou family is inevitably much more enlightened at this point. Even if you are not of Ou blood, as long as you swear a blood oath to sever with the past, and then be loyal to the Ou family, you can also be given the surname Ou. After three years of investigation, if there is no serious mistake, you can also participate in the selection of the head of the family.

The selected young men and women will be given a Bauhinia sword of the Ou family, and will be named the "sword heart" of the Ou family. Before the abdication of each head of the family, three men and three women will be elected, a total of six "sword hearts", to compete for the position of "sword" of the head of the Naou family.

Since the Bauhinia Sword is here, there is no doubt that this girl must be the contemporary "sword heart" of the Ou family. In the past generations, "Kenshin" had to go out and roam freely for three years according to the rules, and once the three-year period was over, they would return to the Ou family to carry out the final battle for fame.

"What do you mean? When the old lady is a rabbit?! Just give this plate of grass, slaughter two chickens and fry them, remember to put more peppers!"

This Ou family's "Kenshin" saw that Xiao Er actually served it a plate of green vegetables, and said angrily for a while.

"Haha, but Brother Ruiying is interested in making friends?"

Tang Zhongsong said jokingly to this Liu Ruiying.

"Big bowl of wine, big spicy fried chicken. Look at this temperament, but it is also like wine, like pepper and spicy, why bother to find yourself boring?"

Liu Ruiying shook her head with a smile, but she remembered Zhao Mingming in her heart.

"I don't know if the shopkeeper has passed my book to her......"

It is a book called "Rhythm and Rhyme", which is dedicated to how to rhyme evenly when this line of poetry is written correctly. On that day, Zhao Mingming saluted and asked Liu Ruiying to tell her about the knowledge, although Liu Ruiying agreed, but she left Dingzhou Mansion because of something important. As a last resort, I made this decision and gave a book to apologize.

There are also four sentences written by Liu Ruiying on the title page: Yi Yi Qianjin, miss my heart. Wait for the return date, and return to the present.

Suddenly, Liu Ruiying saw a person standing in the backlight at the door of Xiangteng Inn, and said loudly to the hall:

"The chivalrous woman walks alone in the west, and the frost and snow are wet in the middle of the way.

The sword bauhinia swayed up, pouring wine and the warmth of the Taihe River.

Since ancient times, all chivalrous guests have been heroes, and now they are at the border of Weak Water Town.

Rouge is on the cloud armor, and the red costume is even more colorful!"

At the gate of Dingxi Palace, it was crowded.

But they are all looking at a king list.

It was written that Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, wanted to hire a Mr. Wendao for his apprentice Tang Zhongsong. Once hired, a reward of 5,000 gold was given first, and then the treatment was the same as that of the highest-ranking civil official in the palace.

This king list is one place, but it makes the entire Dingxi Royal City boiling. Countless readers are standing in front of Wang Bang and eager to try, as if the BMW incense car and the beauty mansion are all in front of them.

Suddenly, an old man in a ragged cotton robe and a scruffy beard appeared behind the crowd. With a gentle push of his hands to either side, he parted the crowd. Then he stepped forward, pinched the corner of Wang Bang with his two fingers, and removed it.

"Now you and I, the master and apprentice, can be regarded as sitting down......"

Zhang Xuezhi held the Wang Bang, and a smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life.