Chapter Ninety-Nine: Turning Back
There are two fifteens in a year that correspond to the sun and the moon, which are the fifteenth day of February and the fifteenth day of August.
These two months and a half festivals are extremely important festivals for Wangshulou.
Wangshulou held an entrance test in early February, and the consideration should be not to delay its memorial activities on February 15.
But before that, time stands still on the second day of February.
The atmosphere has warmed up, but the snow on Taiyin Mountain has not melted for a long time.
On the other hand, in the Jing Dynasty far away in the south-central region, the domestic residents are walking together with joy on their faces to welcome the coming spring.
Earlier, a slightly depressed carriage had passed in a straight line from north to south.
No one knew who was sitting in the carriage.
The carriage traveled for several months, and finally stopped in front of the water-resistant river.
The people in the car were silent as they looked at the majestic flowing water that was hundreds of feet wide, and then crossed the boat and walked to the most impregnable city in legend, but they were brutally thrown out of the city after entering the city for a while.
No one could see who did it, and no one knew for what purpose the man who had come from thousands of miles north had been killed.
A great cultivator of the Upper Three Realms was directly killed and thrown out without asking about the purpose or the place of origin.
The great cultivators who were normally noble and abnormal, and in the eyes of ordinary people, were like gods, but in this city, they were not even as good as a wild dog.
No matter how bad the wild dog is, it will be cleaned first, prepare the seasoning and then remove the fur, at least after death, it can be clean and even exude an attractive fragrance that will not disperse for a long time along the lips and teeth of the pot.
It may be a little aggrieved to say it, he just wants to see a sword, but what he is not aggrieved is that he wants to see the sword that Lord Sword Master obtained.
In matters between cultivators, no matter how angry and unwilling the other country is, it will not help.
Although the new year is new, even if you look at the whole world, nothing too new has happened in this new year.
If there is, it is concentrated in the West.
Putting aside the entrance test, there was also a ridiculous thing in Xichu.
The big Si Nong, who is in charge of finance, was suspected of corruption and was imprisoned a few years ago, and was robbed by a group of outsiders a year later, but the day after he was robbed, he found out that he was only on suspicion.
Two guards on duty were executed due to poor supervision by the Tingwei Mansion, and Dasi Nong was not guilty of escaping from prison because he was wronged.
But his daughter was running thousands of miles away.
The son of Lord Tingwei was inexplicably summoned into the palace to talk to the king of Chu, only to know that he came out with a spring breeze on his face.
On Taiyin Mountain, a group of people led the horses forward.
That's right, this is the first team to lead the horse up the mountain.
A young man in front of him was carrying a black sword, and as he walked, he muttered angrily and complained: "I said last night, get up early today, get up early, I can't catch up with this point." ”
The monk looked up at the rising sun in the sky, licked his lips, and whispered the Buddha's name, and then folded his hands and pretended to say, "The donor's words are polite." ”
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What I'm afraid of is not that the other side is not convinced, but that I don't care about admitting my mistakes, how else can I say this?
Seeing this, the group looked at the monk Ke and was definitely not angry.
The monk didn't understand why this group of people were in such a hurry to send them to death.
In fact, the group had already gone up the mountain yesterday morning, and when they slept on the mountain last night, the monk could not sleep anyway, so it had already delayed the hour.
The team of the group is even stronger, and after the round of the people who are going to participate in the entrance test at the bottom of the mountain, there are more than a dozen people in this team, most of whom are the sons of official families, and some are even children of families.
Seeing Xu Chang'an and these people coming, those test takers who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for several days couldn't help but wonder what this group of people had experienced, and how to say that the people who wanted to protect themselves ended up being a lot more embarrassed than themselves.
Leading a few horses, pulling hard and sometimes having to drag them along, such a group of people can definitely not be much faster when they catch up.
Seeing that Xu Changan was going to continue to complain, the monk preemptively spoke: "Can I be blamed for this? I said that we will put these horses at the bottom of the mountain, and then lead them when we have the life to go back alive.
Lin Ying raised the gun and said angrily: "Shut up!"
The monk hurriedly kept silent.
Naturally, Lin Ying was reluctant to put the two war horses he brought out into the low inn at the foot of the mountain to be slaughtered.
Everyone didn't have any opinions, but the monk tried to think about whether he could change the topic.
This way of shifting the topic has to be said to be really effective, since Lin Ying said to shut up, Xu Changan naturally didn't dare to discuss this topic too much.
Approaching Yang Hejiu's side, he said mysteriously: "Sir, what really hasn't happened between you and that sister?"
Although everyone was silent, the tips of their ears were raised high, and their bodies couldn't help but tilt slightly to that side, lest they miss something.
These days, these people are naturally curious about what Yang Hejiu did during the time he left the team.
When asked along the way, Yang Hejiu always said that he just watched the other party enter the border of Qi from a distance, and then turned around and returned to the team.
But who would believe this kind of statement?
On a long snowy night, two by two do not return.
In this kind of environment, no matter how you explain it, you say that you are just looking at people from afar? In the monk's opinion, this pretending is too fresh and refined!
If he was in the city, Xu Changan might not have the slightest doubt.
But along the way, even Jiang Ming, a son who lives in the deep palace, occasionally said some slightly indecent words, and even Lin Ying rarely laughed twice.
Then this gentleman can't guarantee that he won't start to become 'cunning' at some point.
Jiang Ming's forehead was slightly offset, and he accidentally touched the black box on Yang Hejiu's back beside him, raised his hand and rubbed it gently.
Yang Hejiu's brows frowned slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently, as if he had thought of something more embarrassing.
At the beginning, the group hurriedly whipped up, and finally found a place to settle down to appease Xu Chang'an's emotions first, the big Si Nong began to circle around Yang Hejiu impatiently, his eyes passed by the young man's right hand with slight surprise but did not give birth to any other dissatisfaction, and finally his gaze stayed in front of Yang Hejiu's body and remained motionless.
If this kind of feeling is that other men as the parties concerned, they will definitely feel uncomfortable, and they will even can't help but step forward and beat up the old and disrespectful Da Si Nong.
However, Yang Hejiu didn't, just calm, and it was this calmness that made the big Sinong believe in Xu Chang'an's mouth even more.
I don't have a reaction to being looked at like this, is this still a man?
I bowed my head and pondered for a long time, and each time I finally mustered up the courage to ask something, but I stopped.
After sighing for a long time, he pulled Yang Hejiu to a no-man's land, and asked the extremely embarrassing question straight to the point.
Do you have any questions?
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Naturally, everyone will not be honest and wait for them to come back after they have finished talking secretly.
Perhaps thinking of that scene at the same time, the image of climbing the mountain began to become lighter.
Only the children from the capital were confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.
For this gentleman from the Spirit Academy, they only have respect in their hearts, but they don't dare to be like Xu Changan.
However, Xu Changan's question was just to ask if anything had happened to the two of them.
Although the answers are also yes or no, compared with Da Si Nong's question, Xu Chang'an's question is obviously not so embarrassing.
"Nope. Yang Hejiu replied.
Sure enough, it's still the same, no matter who asks, no matter how you ask, Yang Hejiu's answer is always only this one.
Everyone couldn't help but feel sorry in their hearts.
"But the great Si Nong actually went back to be his official so honestly, and he didn't care about his daughter?" the monk began.
Xu Changan kicked the snow that had not yet melted on the mountain, remembering the man's reaction when he almost killed him, and said speechlessly: "He said that he would wait for the situation to stabilize first, and he couldn't tell when something would happen, and he said that he was going to start a war with the Qi State, although the Yingdu City was relatively safe, it was not a perfect place." ”
At this point, the young man's face was full of pride, and he raised his thumb and pointed at himself, and continued, "He said that we are much safer there." ”
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Indeed, although everyone is not used to seeing his appearance, what he said is right.
The monk saw that Xu Changan had now returned to normal, but he still remembered the chirping appearance of the girl after he killed the person, and came to Xu Changan's side and asked with a smile: "What did Da Sinong say to you when he comforted you?"
Xu Changan naturally knew that the monk had not finished asking, so he said angrily: "Can you manage it?"
Xu Changan still has a good impression of that big Si Nong, although he is short-tempered, he can also be reasonable, and he can be reasonable, but he is not always reasonable.
Thinking of what Da Si Nong had said to him, a smile began to appear on Xu Changan's face.
He said, the world is not as good as you think, but it is not as bad as many people say.
Everyone chatted from time to time along the way, and before they knew it, they had come to the stone bridge called Suye.
The group looked at the stone bridge carefully, and had the same doubts as Wu Qitu and Fang Chang, how was this bridge built on the mountain?
Looking vaguely at the 100-foot-high building on the other side of the stone bridge, I was even more curious about how much manpower and material resources were needed to build a 100-foot-tall building on the mountain.
Like those two, they may not have come at the right time.
Just when the group was full of curiosity, a student walked up to Yang Hejiu and saluted and said softly: "The student has seen Mr. Jiu, and Mr. Ju An asked the student to convey the meaning of the dean on his behalf. The student who spoke turned his head slightly to look at Jiang Ming next to him, and then hurriedly withdrew his gaze.
Yang Hejiu nodded slightly, and asked, "What did the teacher say?" ”
The student waved his hand and saluted, "The dean said, let Mr. Nine return to the Spirit Academy when he sees a stone bridge, and don't set foot on it." ”