Taiping City is the most prosperous place on the border of Guanzhou, the left and the right are close to Quanzhou, the traffic is extremely convenient, therefore, there will be people in and out of the city at any time, even if it is icy and snowy, a bitter cold, the prosperity is still the same, and even the east gate that allows pedestrians to travel is still blocked as always, countless people stand in the cold wind, lined up into the city.

The officers and soldiers defending the city stood at the gate of the city with spears in their hands, and their postures were as tall as spears in their hands, looking at the caravans of pedestrians coming and going, their eyes were sharp.

Taiping City is a big city, the first to belong to the Great Zhou world, so enjoy the prosperity is also the longest, after a long period of peace, so it is called Taiping City, that being said, but it is not really peaceful, although there is no need to experience war, but there are many pedestrians, it is inevitable that there will be riots, a little attention to their own finances will be stolen, therefore, these officers and soldiers guarding the city gate is secondary, the real duty is to beware of thieves, quell the riots, and pay attention to whether anyone enters the city with a sword, this is the latest order conveyed, although the officers and soldiers guarding the city are puzzled, but still execute。

Soon, they found a young man in white with a sword.

The young man in white is surnamed Xu and is called Xu Baichuan.

Behind him, a strange monk wearing a monk's robe and carrying a statue of Buddha on his back.

The monk is called Wang Daguan.

After Xu Baichuan woke up in the early morning of that day, he decided to leave and continue to hurry, originally thinking of walking alone, but Wang Daguan insisted on walking with him, saying that he did not cross the door of cultivation, in case he encountered any demons and monsters again, it was really impossible to survive.

Xu Baichuan was silent, did not agree, did not refuse, and let Wang Daguan follow him.

The road is not his own, Wang Daguan also has to take this road, he has no reason to drive others away.

So in the following days, where Xu Baichuan went, Wang Daguan went with him, and there was the current scene of Taiping City.

The officers and soldiers defending the city did not act rashly, but watched Xu Baichuan closely, and waited until he entered the city, and then sent a person to the city to report the news.

Not long after Xu Baichuan entered Taiping City, some characters in the city became active and carried out some actions around Xu Baichuan.

If it's an ordinary swordsman, it's a white one, anyway, it's a lot of times for nothing, it's not bad this time, if it's a sword repair, it's a big profit, according to the words of those officials in the city, if you really find a sword cultivator, just report it to those officials, and don't do anything yourself, after the news is transmitted, the bounty you can get is a lot of money, it's a full five hundred taels of gold, you don't need to say anything else, even if it's in Taiping City, where every inch of land costs a lot of money, it's enough to live comfortably for a lifetime, and it's not a dream to be called a master every day, even if it's worth taking a few lives, after all, the money is in handIt's also okay to buy a few lives.

There is a move in Taiping City, after Xu Baichuan entered, he was laying out, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, but it will not be today.

They still understand the truth of startling snakes.

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There is an inn in Taiping City with a quiet environment, the name is the same as Taiping City, called Taiping Inn, the relationship is obvious, and this Taiping Inn, in this Taiping City with every inch of land and every inch of money, covers a huge area, there are dozens of acres, and even there are rockeries and ponds in the inn, the cost is unusually expensive, and the non-official is expensive to stay on weekdays, all of them are gorgeously dressed, the servants are like clouds, and it is rare to see ordinary people.

Over time, ordinary secular people subconsciously bypassed this inn.

At this time, a scholar in ordinary clothes came to the inn, which surprised the servants of the inn.

The scholar was dressed in a washed white gray robe, his body was thin, his face was pale, and he was a little weak, but he had his own bearing, and it was this bearing that made the servant a little incomprehensible, so he did not make a sound to drive people away, but called the chief.

The Taiping Inn is very large, and although the leader does not have to take care of many things like the shopkeeper, it is also complicated enough, so he was called by the servants, and he was very dissatisfied.

Along the way, he couldn't stop counting the servants, but when he saw the scholars, he felt a little grateful to the servants.

The leader walked forward quickly, stopped in front of the scholar, first bent down and bowed, and only when he got up did he say in surprise: "Second young master, you are back!"

The scholar nodded, chuckled and said, "Well, I happened to pass by Taiping City, so I thought about coming back to see, is the eldest brother still there?"

The leader hurriedly agreed: "Back to the second young master, the eldest young master just went out half an hour ago." ”

The scholar calmly asked, "Go out to drink flower wine again?"

The leader scratched his head, dumbfounded, and did not answer again.

This is the default.

The scholar shook his head, said nothing, and stepped into the extremely luxurious Taiping Inn.

Walking between the rockery and the pond, the footsteps look very slow, in fact, walking very fast, only a moment to cross most of the distance, with the memory of the past, familiar with the road, the reader soon came to a wooden house.

The wooden house is not very big, and the decoration is not very gorgeous, it is a little incompatible in this Taiping Inn, but the people in the Taiping Inn know that the people living in this wooden house are the people who really control everything in the inn, and even Taiping City has to be controlled by it.

The reader knocked on the door, and when he received a response, he pushed it open and entered.

In the middle of the wooden house sat an old man, who was closing his eyes and recuperating.

The scholar walked up to the old man and said softly, "Father, I'm back." ”

The old man opened his eyes, a little happy, raised his eyes to look at the scholar, and said with a smile: "Yuqing, it's not the right time for you to come back, your eldest brother just left not long ago." ”

The reader nodded and said softly, "I know." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile, "How are you learning?"

The scholar's tone was calm, "Living up to my father's trust, my knowledge is a small success, and Mr. Zhongzhong has also praised him." ”

The old man nodded, his face was full of satisfaction, his son has been outstanding since he was a child, whether it is the Four Books and Five Classics or the words of the sage, he can learn it by reading it once, and he can draw inferences from it and deduce his own truth, although he is a little young, but he is an out-and-out prodigy, therefore, the old man entrusted a lot of relationships and sent the reader to a place to study, and now it seems that the decision at that time was unusually good.

The old man asked softly: "Yuqing, I am a little puzzled for my father, why don't you continue to learn from Mr. and come back?"

The scholar paused, and then said seriously: "If you go back to your father, you will come back this time to take revenge, and by the way, take a look at your father." ”

The old man tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Our family has always been kind to people, and we never have grudges, even if we have, we are already dead, if you want to take revenge, who will you avenge with whom?"

The reader was silent and did not respond to the question, there was only so much he could reveal, and as for more, it would be bad to say it.

There are some things that are powerful enough, but not strong enough, and they are also unhearable.

This is the case all over the world, without exception.

The old man knew that his son didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't mention it again, but got up and walked out of the door with the reader, and said as he walked.

"You, dedicated to studying, buried in learning, all day long to learn what sage truth, since you sent you to study, you are good, not even home, just send some portraits every year to come back, the words are written well, the painting is indeed like, if it weren't for those portraits, for the father would not know you. ”

The scholar was speechless, he did have a debt in his heart, he left home to study at the age of seven, and now he has been away from home for twenty-seven years, if it weren't for this whim and wanted to go home to see, I'm afraid that the next time he comes back, it should be a matter of fact.

The old man was very happy to see his son who had been away for a long time, so he chattered a lot, most of them were short parents, and some trivial things in life, which did not attract much attention, but in the ears of readers, there was a faint warmth, and it had been a long time since absence.

The place where the old man was going to take him was not very far, only a few distances from the wooden house, and he was soon there.

It is a cemetery with an unwritten monument, and it does not write whose burial place it is.

But the reader knows that this is his mother's tomb.

The old man sighed and recalled, "Your mother left the year before last, and she was not very peaceful, and before leaving, she still wanted to see you, but that side was still not seen in the end, so when she died, she told me that this tombstone was for you to carve in person." ”

When the scholar heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, his tears could not stop flowing.

The scholar knelt on the ground, touched his head to the ground, solemnly kowtowed three times, and said seriously: "Mother, Yuqing is back." ”