Volume 1: Forsaken Land Chapter 66: Pear Sheep City
Two days later, just when Kong Laosan just walked out of the village, turned his head and said goodbye to the villagers, it happened that Liang Dacai also came here with a book basket on his back, when he heard that Kong Laosan was about to leave, the original dark and heavy face was stunned for a moment, and then he unabashedly showed a touch of joy, and pretended to keep it, Kong Laosan insisted on two sentences, Liang Dacai no longer persuaded each other, and when he heard that Kong Laosan was going to go back to Qingzhou, he didn't know what he was thinking。
There are less than three months to go before the Spring Festival, this Liang Dacai needs to go to Qinyang, the national capital, to catch the exam, it is not too early to set off at this time, if you can enter the city a few days in advance, on the one hand, you can be familiar with the environment and atmosphere of Qindu, on the other hand, you can also visit some scholars and celebrities, and accumulate some contacts for yourself in the future.
Liyang City is regarded as a pivotal place, with official roads extending in all directions connecting various state capitals, except for the national capital Qinyang, it can be regarded as the most prosperous city in the empire.
In the blessing of the villagers, the two went down the mountain directly, all the way to the direction of Liyang City, but before leaving, Kong Laosan crushed a handful of about dozens of pills, and threw them into the well in the village when people were not paying attention.
Not long after leaving the village, Kong Laosan finally knew the purpose of this talented man of Liang inviting him to go to Liyang City together, and he suddenly felt like he couldn't cry or laugh.
"Hehe, Brother Kong Fang, I don't know how many copies of "Three Strands and Four Articles" and "Seven Words and Eight Laws" written by everyone such as Guzheng and Yuanting have you read......?
Liang Dacai said in a tone of "discussion", but there was no hint of discussion in his expression, but there was a bit of a sense of showmanship, as for the title of "Brother Kong Fang", it was also a bad taste of this Liang talent.
"The ancient locust over there is a three-thousand-year-old tree, do you know the origin of this ancient locust?"
Seeing that Kong Laosan didn't answer, Liang Dacai didn't care, he smiled, continued to talk endlessly, and had a posture of becoming more and more energetic, glanced at Kong Laosan beside him, and continued in an extremely emotional tone, " It is said that three thousand years ago, when Emperor Taizu of our Great Qin State led his troops to rise up, he walked here, suddenly thunder and lightning roared, and it rained ...... hard.
Liang Dacai pointed in the direction of the ancient locust tree, and saw that Kong Laosan really turned his head to look, and his face was quite proud.
"Just here a thousand-year-old tree was split, and inside the old tree, the seedlings of a new tree were exposed to everyone, so Emperor Taizu said that this is the auspicious rain from heaven, the decaying old tree is the Great Jin Dynasty, and the new tree seedlings are a sign of a change of dynasty!
Sure enough, not long after, Emperor Taizu overthrew the Great Jin Imperial Family and established the Great Qin State, and this tree was also carefully maintained by the government, and now it has been more than 3,000 years, and it is still flourishing!"
Liang Dacai finished speaking in one breath, he seemed to be quite emotional, glanced at Kong Laosan, and saw that the other party's expression was still the same, without the slightest look of surprise and admiration, and said with some annoyance, "Hmph, I don't even know this, it's really a bastard who hasn't read a book......"
Hearing this, Kong Laosan didn't bother to pay attention to this white-faced kid, so he just hurried away without saying a word.
"By the way, Xun'er has liked those heroes since he was a child, how many have you heard of these people? Do you know the three great masters and seven great families in our Great Qin's martial arts today?"
Seeing that Kong Laosan was still dull and silent, Liang Junfu snorted coldly as if showing off, "After this Spring Festival, I am ready to visit these martial arts predecessors in person, and I will definitely become a hero in the eyes of Xun'er in the future.
Maybe it's because Kong Laosan is thin and frail, and he looks a little weak, and when he first woke up from a serious injury, he even ate from Xun'er to his mouth spoonful by spoonful. In the eyes of Liang Junfu, the young man in front of him with burnt skin and ordinary appearance was a weak chicken with no strengths except for good medical skills.
"Who are these so-called three great fighters?"
Kong Laosan asked a rare question, and when he saw Kong Laosan speak, Liang Dacai seemed to be even more energetic, "Heh...... The three great martial artists don't know? It's really unheard of, "The black tiger roars on Crouching Tiger Mountain, and the purple dragon swims in Tingyuan Pavilion." The green mountains and white water are a line of sky, and the dragon and tiger are fighting ghosts and sorrows!"
After Liang Dacai read out this poem, he hung his head, looking like an old god was there, as if he was waiting for Kong Laosan to ask, seeing this, Kong Laosan didn't bother to think about it, so he simply followed the other party's words, "This" Black Tiger "and "Purple Dragon" must be two great warriors. But who is this ghost sorrow? Being able to fight two masters alone, this ghost sorrow's strength has reached its peak, right?"
"That is, this ghost sees the dragon and sees the head but not the end, two years ago in the sky, the two great champions failed to defeat each other, just a tie, the strength of this ghost is sorrowful, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first person in the martial arts, it is said that our Daqin local government wants to recruit this person, but has not been able to do so, and now it may have reached the legendary realm. ”
Liang Dacai has some potential as a storyteller, and while talking, he also gestures with his hands, as if he has seen it with his own eyes.
"What's the name of this ghost?"
"It is said that the surname is Qian, but no one knows his real name!"
"Surname Qian?"
Hearing this, Kong Laosan was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said no more.
More than ten days later, the two finally came to the foot of Liyang City, Liyang City, also known as Liyang City, Liyuan City, etc., but most people replaced it with the word Licheng, looking at the city wall that was ten zhang high and one zhang thick, as well as the black-clothed Xuanjia, the city guards who were full of blood, and even Kong Laosan, who was used to seeing prosperity in his previous life, had to sigh in his heart.
After a month of getting along, the relationship between the two has not improved, and even from the vague jealousy in the eyes of this talented man of Liang Da who occasionally looked at Kong Laosan, it is even colder than at the beginning.
Along the way, Liang Dacai chattered endlessly, trying his best to show off his literary insight, as if he wanted to let Kong Laosan know the difficulty and retreat, Kong Laosan ignored this at all, but since he met a nest of robbers on the mountain road outside the city, Kong Laosan used thunderous means to kill them all, Liang Dacaizi's attitude towards Kong Laosan has become completely different, and there is a faint sense of fear, and he has become silent along the way.
Perhaps because he had killed too much, Kong Laosan could clearly feel that although he had saved the other party, this Liang Dacai, who had some pedantic feelings of literati, looked at his eyes after that, and was no different from those murderous mountain bandits, although Kong Laosan didn't care about this, but he was a little depressed in his heart.
In mid-February, it was the time of the Great Qin Kingdom's annual Spring Festival to test the school, and at this time of year, students from dozens of nearby state capitals gathered here, and then set off from Licheng to all parts of the empire.
The territory of the Great Qin State is vast, in addition to the national capital Qinyang, there are the remaining eleven examination centers distributed throughout the empire, and the officials and Confucians specially appointed by the imperial court go to the main examination to sit in the town, basically cutting off the possibility of favoritism and fraud in the local area.
At this time, the white clothes of Licheng gathered, or groups of three or five, or lonely Fang self-appreciation, or high-minded talk, or red mansion drunk alone, Confucian shirts and Confucian crowns, poems flowing, green buildings dotted with flowers, and flying arbitrarily.
Just stepped into the city gate, a noisy atmosphere rushed to the face, as far as the eye could see, blue bricks and red tiles, glazed attics, cars and horses, red dust.
Liang Dacai was soon dazzled by the prosperity in front of him, looking east and west, and his handsome face was covered with excited flushing.
"Licheng is prosperous, unparalleled in the world, I don't know how dazzling the capital of the country is Yujing! This time I will try my Liang Junfu will definitely come out on top, if I can be the champion again, the red robe and black yarn, the golden saddle and the horse, the front and back hug, the gongs and drums are noisy, so that this life is not in vain. ”
Looking at the Liang Jun Mansion who was in hysteria, Kong Laosan was too lazy to say anything, and after inquiring, he walked in the direction of Lijing Avenue, the most lively and prosperous in Licheng, preparing to find an inn to settle down first.