The news of Emperor Daliang's nationwide search for lost veterans was like another storm that swept through the barracks everywhere.

In addition, Emperor Daliang also deliberately circled out a hundred miles outside Chang'an City to build a "veteran village"!

This has really boosted morale, and the atmosphere in the army has never been higher.

However, all this has nothing to do with Zhang Xiaoluo for the time being.

Zhang Xiaoluo's mind is still on the mountain.

After another six days of hard work in Tianshan Village, that damn assessment person in charge is still in retreat!

As a result, there are more and more outsiders stranded in Tianshan Village, and they all want to come to apprenticeship, but there is no way to enter.

These outsiders have driven the economy of Tianshan Village, and Tianshan Village has entered an unprecedented grand situation.

Zhang Xiaoluo sat on the stairs at the city gate, a little depressed, he had to wonder if this was co-directed by the Tianshan Sword Sect and Tianshan Village, in order to pull consumption for Tianshan Village?

"Damn, I'm going to sleep in the wild and graze!"

Zhang Xiaoluo stood up scoldingly and walked towards the city gate, he had to dig sweet potatoes.

There is no way, he really has no money on hand.

Many people, like Zhang Xiaoluo, basically ran out of money in their hands, and began to go out of the city to find food.

Along the way, three or five are companions, but it is also lively, and it is an outing.

During this time, Zhang Xiaoluo also got to know a lot of people.

Closer to him was a man in white with a strange pale red symbol on his forehead that resembled a distorted king character.

"Xiao Luo, look what I've caught. ”

Qin Ren is the name of the man in white, and at this time, he is carrying a hare in his hand.

It is also strange to say that every time there is dust, Zhang Xiaoluo can only dig up some sweet potatoes, but Qin Ren can often catch pheasants and hares.

Thanks to Qin Ren, Zhang Xiaoluo's stomach still has some oil and water.

They found a brook, picked up the hare, and roasted it over the fire.

Zhang Xiaoluo found that there was a cave next to the stream, which was quite large and deep, enough to accommodate two people.

So, Zhang Xiaoluo discussed with Qin Renyi, planning to move out of the inn, use the little silver taels left, prepare two quilts in Tianshan Village, and move to live in this cave.

In this way, the two lived a semi-secluded life.

The assessment of the Tianshan Sword Sect was closed for two months at once, and Zhang Xiaoluo waited from the autumn equinox to the end of winter.

At the same time, the people of the Li family gradually locked the clues on Zhang Xiaoluo's body.

Jiang Jinghong has begun to arrange manpower to search for Zhang Xiaoluo's whereabouts.

In fact, Li Sanmao and Jiang Jinghong set the target of suspicion as Zhang Xiaoluo very early, but because of Gu Yuan's obstruction in the middle, they did not go very smoothly.

It wasn't until not long ago that Gu Yuan left Chang'an for something, and Li Sanmao and Jiang Jinghong let go of their hands and feet to investigate thoroughly.

The capital of Caofu.

Cao Zhengqing's father, Cao Wei, as the imperial history of the procuratorate, is an official and a third-class official, and he can be regarded as a high status among Beijing officials.

However, Cao Wei is low-key and rarely forms a party, so what he says is half easy and half bad.

Since Li Qiancheng's death, Li Sanmao has talked to Cao Wei a lot, and he always has Cao Zhengqing to accompany him.

Li Sanmao wanted to get some clues from Cao Zhengqing.

However, Cao Zhengqing hid it very well, and he didn't even reveal a trace of his expression.

Between Gu Yuan and Li Sanmao, how to choose, Cao Zhengqing still knows.

Even if Liu Guangcheng is standing behind Li Sanmao, so what? Liu Guangcheng can do his best for Li Sanmao?

That's not going to be.

In the final analysis, Li Sanmao is just a chess piece of Liu Guangcheng, and when he encounters some difficulties, Liu Guangcheng is also willing to lend a helping hand and help this chess piece, after all, the chess piece is still useful.

But if it is a matter of life and death, it will be difficult to get Liu Guangcheng to make a move.

Liu Guangcheng is an understanding person, he would rather abandon his son.

On this day, Li Sanmao's carriage stopped at the back door of Caofu again, and Li Sanmao, dressed in simple clothes, entered through the back door and went straight to Caofu Guest Hall.

Cao Wei got the news two hours ago, and he had already prepared tea, and Cao Zhengqing was also waiting on the side.

However, when Li Sanmao came this time, he didn't even sit down, let alone drink tea, he looked directly at Cao Zhengqing and asked, "Do you know Zhang Xiaoluo?"

Cao Zhengqing chuckled in his heart, but there was no trace of emotion on his face.

Cao Zhengqing secretly thought: Found it?

"Naturally, I knew that he went into the mountains to suppress bandits that day, and that was the way he led for us. Cao Zhengqing nodded.

There is no need to hide this, because you can find it out after checking, but Li Sanmao has never mentioned Zhang Xiaoluo a few times before.

This time I suddenly mentioned it, maybe it was really because something was found.

"Very good, do you know that he killed my son?" Li Sanmao stared at Cao Zhengqing's eyes, hoping to see a trace of panic in his eyes.

As long as Cao Zhengqing has a change in his eyes or expression, then Li Sanmao knows in his heart that his son's death is probably inseparable from this Zhang Xiaoluo.

However, Cao Zhengqing did not show panic, but looked a little surprised.

"This is impossible, Brother Li was killed by the gang of bandits in Yinshan when I was fighting bandits, I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be Zhang Xiaoluo's doing?" Cao Zhengqing said.

This statement was made by him, Gu Yuan and Zhang Xiaoluo, who had already ventilated.

And the report about Li Qiancheng's death also said the same.

"Where was Zhang Xiaoluo at the time of the bandit?" asked Li Sanmao.

"It was such a chaotic day, who could have noticed such a nameless boy? But he didn't seem to be there, probably scared away. Cao Zhengqing said without changing his face.

Li Sanmao stared at Cao Zhengqing again for a while, then sighed and turned to leave.

After Li Sanmao left, Cao Wei and Cao Zhengqing breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"What was the truth of the day?"

Cao Wei turned his head to look at Cao Zhengqing.

"The bandits have killed all my companions. After Cao Zhengqing finished speaking, he turned around and left the guest hall.

Cao Wei sighed: "This stupid kid, he doesn't even believe his father?"

Cao Zhengqing has his own trade-offs in his heart, and he feels that the person Gu Yuan likes must be unusual.

Zhang Xiaoluo may be the dragon and phoenix among people.

Now don't look at the Cao family has a place in the capital Chang'an, but his father Cao Wei doesn't know how to manage contacts, once a disaster comes, who will lend a helping hand to the Cao family?

His father is not good at managing people, so he must be good at networking!

The Yunhe Town incident has already involved him with a big master like Gu Yuan, as long as he manages it well, he may be able to tie Gu Yuan to the Cao family's chariot in the future!

Outside Tianshan Village.

After Zhang Xiaoluo and Qin Ren lived in the wild for half a month, a good news finally arrived.

The person in charge of the assessment who has been in retreat for nearly three months is finally fucking out of the customs!

Waiting to hear this news, they flocked to the Tianshan Sword Sect.

This time, the assessment point of the Tianshan Sword Sect was directly set up at the entrance of the Sword Sect.

This also led to congestion, and many villagers in Tianshan Village came to watch.

Looking at the grand occasion in front of him, Zhuang Yu asked, "Master, you still plan to accept him, right?"

"Good seedlings, it's a pity not to collect them. As for the catastrophe, there is a way to resolve it. Yu Qianhua said.

Zhuang Yu grinned, this is like the master's person.

Because the number of people is too much, after three months, I don't know how many people have backlogged who want to worship the Sword Sect.

As a result, the assessment has become simple and crude.

Lift the "Psychic Stone" directly!

The psychic stone is one of the spiritual objects of heaven and earth, which can detect whether a person has a foundation for cultivation, and at the same time, it can also measure a person's cultivation.

Of course, it is limited to those who test the cultivation of the lower three grades.

As for the higher cultivation test, you need medium-grade psychic stones, high-grade psychic stones, and top-grade psychic stones.

Everyone lined up and registered for the test one by one.

When Zhang Xiaoluo and Qin Ren came here, the long queue was already lined up!

It is estimated that there are at least 300 people!

There was no way, Zhang Xiaoluo and Qin Ren had to wait slowly at the tail of the team.

"Such a small stone, are you insulting my Hercules?"

A strong man with five big and three thick looked at the palm-sized stone in front of him with disdain.

It's just such a thing, can you still lift it?

The self-proclaimed "Hercules" snorted lightly, grabbed the stone, and shouted, "Get up!"

However, the stone did not move.

The Hercules King was stunned for a moment, then a little embarrassed, and exerted his strength again, but he couldn't lift it.

"Hahaha......"

There was a sound of laughter from below, and in the midst of the laughter, the Hercules King left in a gloomy manner.

The second person who went up didn't dare to take it lightly, and after some trying, he just made the psychic stone shake a little.

The third person, failure.

The fourth person, failure.

The fifth person, still a failure.

It wasn't until the one hundred and sixty-eighth man that the man finally lifted up!

Just when everyone thought that this person would be the first lucky person today, the person in charge of the assessment of the Sword Sect said that this person's qualifications were not up to standard!

It was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which exploded in the man's mind, and he fainted on the spot.

"Lifting it doesn't mean passing the test, you still have to make the spirit stone shine to prove your qualifications. The person in charge of the assessment affirmed again.

Next, there are also occasional people who lift the psychic stone, but in terms of qualifications, they are not up to standard.

In fact, their qualifications are placed outside, which can be regarded as a high-class level, but the threshold for the Sword Sect to accept disciples is high!

Finally, it was Zhang Xiaoluo and Qin Ren's turn.

The two prevaricated, and finally Zhang Xiaoluo went first.

When Zhang Xiaoluo's hand was placed on the psychic stone, Yu Qianhua couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and stare at Zhang Xiaoluo's hand carefully.

Zhang Xiaoluo easily picked up the psychic stone, and the psychic stone shone brightly on the palm of Zhang Xiaoluo's hand.

The person in charge of the assessment narrowed his eyes, not only him, but also the onlookers, because the light was too dazzling.

"Huh" Yu Qianhua returned to his normal standing posture, his palm gently brushed his chest, and he breathed a sigh ......of relief.

If Zhang Xiaoluo can't pass, he will be very sad and very sad.

However, if Yu Qianhua knew that once Zhang Xiaoluo couldn't get through, he would exchange the stone that Gu Yuan gave him, and it was estimated that Yu Qianhua would be eager for Zhang Xiaoluo to get through.

Zhuang Yu on the side looked at his master acting like this, and felt a little funny.

"Who's that, put down the psychic stone, it's so flashy, it's going to be blind!" the person in charge of the assessment gestured at Zhang Xiaoluo.

"Oooh. Zhang Xiaoluo obediently put down the spirit stone.

"You're over, come here, and come in with me in a moment. The person in charge of the assessment said.

Zhang Xiaoluo nodded and trotted to the person in charge of the assessment.

Next, it was Qin Ren's turn.

Zhang Xiaoluo and Qin Ren glanced at each other and gave him a cheering gesture.

Qin Ren smiled in return and made a reassuring gesture, as if he was very confident in himself.

Qin Ren came to the Psychic Stone, did not hesitate, and easily picked up the Psychic Stone, and at the same time, the Psychic Stone was as bright as it was in Zhang Xiaoluo's hands.

Even, this light is even more dazzling than Zhang Xiaoluo's.

"Another one!" the person in charge of the assessment was a little excited.

However, the thought that this was a three-month backlog calmed down a little.

Normally, an average of one disciple can be received a month, so this time there should be at least three people who meet the standard.

The person in charge of the assessment was about to announce that Qin Ren had also become a disciple of the Sword Sect, but Zhuang Yu flew down directly from the front hall of the Sword Sect, which was hundreds of steps away from the mountain gate.

"A mere tiger demon, you dare to come to my Sword Sect to spread wild!"

When Zhuang Yu's feet landed, he already held a three-foot long sword in his hand.

The sword blade is pointing at Qin Ren who has passed the assessment!

"Tiger demon?" Zhang Xiaoluo was a little shocked.

Qin Ren, is it a tiger demon?