Seventy years of Shu Immortal Kingdom, the great cold, the cold wind is bleak, the cold front crosses, in the past, the river water of the river is endlessly surrounded by the gate of Wucheng Academy, at this time the water surface also formed a thick ice floe, the leaves are all dry, the ground is white and the wind is cold, and the snowflakes are big and big.

When it was ugly, there was only a little light and candle left in the Wucheng Academy, and a handsome man in the window, his hands were like soft wattles, and his skin was like clotted fat.

Two inches on the wooden table in front of the man, there was a stack of delicate yellow papers, which read:

The Wucheng examination is a selection of civil and military warriors for the country, and the pillars of the country. This year's Wucheng College selection is divided into three categories.

The first written test is mainly to test the students' way of governing the country, and the four parts of books, poems, and rituals, are to select capable ministers with excellent quality and governing the world for the country.

The second item of internal qi is mainly to test the use of students' internal strength, and the cultivation of internal qi.

The third actual combat competition, won the top 50 in the school, promoted to the official position of brocade, enjoyed the imperial court, the first place, can be awarded the second-level brocade official position, transferred to the Ming Yingcheng brocade department, as the brocade non-commissioned officer. ”

At this time, a man in white, lighting a lamp and candle, approached the room, looked at the brocade man in front of the window, and said, "Jialong, you haven't rested yet?"

When the man in front of the window heard the sound, he turned his head to see the man in white, and responded: "Zhifang, I am thinking about the Wucheng entrance examination, and this time it has a great impact on the students, so I dare not slack off." ”

The man in white shook his head, sighed deeply, and looked helpless, "Hey, indeed! Now the country is also in urgent need of employment, and they are in a hurry to be selected, and many dolls are not ready to go into battle, it is indeed difficult for strong people!"

The black-clothed man in front of the window also looked helpless when he heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, now in the Xiping Plateau in the west, there is an undercurrent surging, and the people have the intention of rebellion. Many thugs of the Spirit Clan marched and demonstrated everywhere, doing evil, and the government there was under great pressure, and the imperial court urgently needed to transfer military horses from the internal areas, and the Wucheng Academy, as the largest samurai training base in the country, of course, had to bear the brunt. ”

When the man in white heard this, he said, "I know this. Today, more than a dozen brocade clothes died in Xiping, all of them were killed by stabbing the heart in the back, which was obviously done by a master. I speculate that there must be forces behind the civil riots in Xiping. ”

The man in black shook his head and sighed: "The so-called bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused." This kind of thing, you know it, and the people in the government and the opposition must also know it, but only the people of the Xiping Ling clan don't know that they are being used as swordsmen. Or it can be said that the spirit people have a deep grudge, whether there are forces secretly instigating it, this conflict will break out sooner or later. After all, Xiping also belonged to a foreign land a few decades ago, even if decades have passed, in the hearts of the Spirit Clan, we will always be outsiders!"

At this time, the man in white put down the lamp and candle, buried his head close to the ear of the man in black, and whispered, "There are rumors among the people that Jinyi was killed by the ghost king..."

When the man in black heard the word "Ghost King", he immediately waved his hand and said, "Zhifang, I have already said that whether anyone instructs it or not, this is caused by the cultural differences between the Shu and the Ling people. Even if the Shu people have given more help to the Spirit Clan people in the past few decades, they will feel that they have been unjust. And the person who secretly helped was nothing more than to advance the time when this conflict broke out, and the ghost king died ten years ago. ”

The man in white said: "Jialong, there has been an undercurrent in Mingying City recently, I heard the principal say that someone is also plotting against Wu Cheng, if the ghost king is really not dead, pay attention to the child in your class during this time..."

The man in black was shocked in his heart, and the picture of the child kept coming to his mind, and said, "I know." ”

The man in white responded, "Well, if someone wants to mess up Xiping, the child's identity is very sensitive, you have to pay more attention." It's not early, so you should rest early and don't burn down. With that, he walked out the door with a candle.

The man in white, named Wang Zhifang, and the man in black, Li Jialong, both served as martial arts masters, and Li Jialong was different from Li Jialong, Wang Zhifang grew up in a wealthy family, and his father was the governor of the three counties of the three major salt merchants in the south. And Li Jialong lost his father and mother at the age of six and was adopted, and the adopter saw that he was talented and intelligent, and sent him to study in Wucheng.

Seeing Wang Zhifang walking out of the house, Li Jialong sat on the bamboo bench, looking at the snow scene outside the window, quite emotional, and recalled the past in his mind......

Ten years ago, the exotic soldiers and horses of the Shu Immortal Kingdom invaded the territory from the south, and there were years of war and turmoil, and the wind and rain were ethereal. A barefoot boy kneeling on the "Bridge of Origin" in the southern Yuangui City, three feet in front of him lay a man and a woman, the female corpse snuggled in the arms of the male corpse, and the two corpses still had blood flowing from their necks, ticking and ticking. Outside the city walls, there were flames, and countless people ran over the source bridge in horror, shouting

"The gates of the city have been lost!

"Run, the Redbeards are in! they're going to slaughter the city...."

The young man knelt in front of the two corpses and cried, "Father, mother... Don't go..."On the head of the source bridge, which was covered with thick snow, the tears in the young man's eyes had been dried by the wind before they were left....

Thinking of this, Li Jialong sneered and sighed: "If it wasn't for my father-in-law at that time, I might have gone with my father and mother......" After speaking, tears appeared in his eyes, his brain was groggy, his eyes were closed, and he fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took, a green smoke surrounded the room, and a woman was crying faintly around her ears, and the woman only said: "The grass and trees in the mountains are still in tears, and the city is too drunk and singing, lying down at night to listen to the wind and rain, and the iron horse and the glacier are in a dream." I only heard the woman's voice getting closer and closer, and the voice became clearer and clearer. A woman in white approached from outside the door. The two bends seem to be frowning, not frowning, and the eyebrows are a pair of eyes that seem to be happy but not happy. Dressed in white, he has a slender waist.

Li Jialong asked, "Who!"

The woman replied: "I am the blue lady of the sky, and I have come to the mortal world today just to enlighten you." ”

Li Jialong scolded: "There are no gods in the sky at all, don't pretend to be ghosts here!"

The woman sneered, ignored it, and only read: "Wang Fei Wang, Hou Fei Hou Shu, the soul of the dead is all over the world, and all things are dogs." Those who are greedy for power die for power, those who are infatuated die for love, those who have wealth are scattered, and those who are not virtuous survive. The white land is reincarnated four times, and after all, it is nine turns. ”

After saying that, it turned into a wisp of green smoke hovering in the air, and then disappeared.

Li Jialong woke up from his dream, sweating profusely, and said, "It turned out to be just a nightmare." ”

At this time, the window was suddenly blown open by a strong wind, and heavy snow drifted into the house. Li Jialong couldn't help but shudder, and the sentence kept echoing in his mind: "Wang Fei Wang, Hou Fei Hou, the soul of Shu is all over the world, and all things are dogs." ”