Inside the Shendu, a huge mansion.

A middle-aged man was wiping a sword, three feet long, and the whole body was pitch black, this black seemed to be the purest black in the world, which could swallow any color, and there was nothing strange about it.

Behind the middle-aged man stood a sergeant, with a straight waist and a grim face.

Every time he saw the general wiping the sword back and forth, he was puzzled, he couldn't see anything in the dark, what was he wiping?

Half a day.

"She's back?"

The sergeant hurriedly said: "I entered the capital half an hour ago, but..."

Say. ”

"When I went out, I followed more than ten people, but when I came back, there was only one person, and this person was not a sergeant of the Shenlong Division, but an ordinary teenager. ”

"Boy, check his background, I'll be the first to know what he's going to do. ”

"Yes. ”

"Let's go down. ”

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The capital, Zhao Hou's mansion.

There is a big feast in the house, and the 30 dishes on the long table are beautiful and delicious, and the aroma spreads throughout the hall.

There were only two people in the banquet, sitting opposite each other, and the person in the main seat was dressed in gorgeous clothes, although his appearance was ordinary, but he had his own charm between laughter.

"Fifteen years ago, His Majesty passed away, the government and the opposition went up and down the mountain to shout a tsunami, and the swords and swords between several princes, I thought that the victory and defeat would appear here, but I didn't expect to let Bai Yueyao, a female streamer, reach the top, and no one in the world was shocked. ”

Zhao Houye took a shallow sip of wine and said with a smile: "This woman really has some skills, and her iron-fisted methods are also admirable. ”

The person opposite looks elegant, has a scholarly atmosphere, and speaks very gently, which makes people close:

"The world says that women are inferior to men, and this sentence is confirmed by His Majesty today. ”

"Oh, Mingyue thinks she can last long?"

"The change of dynasty, how can it be said for a long time. ”

"But no one dares to go against her wishes right now, and the Shenlong Division around her is powerful in the world, who dares to disobey?"

"The time has not yet come, and once the time is ripe, she may not be able to sit firmly. ”

"When is the time?"

Mingyue smiled faintly: "Master Hou, you and I both know that fifteen years ago, the first emperor died, she ascended to the sky and took power, and at that time, the time for the birth of the saint has also arrived, and all the forces in the world are preparing, whether it is the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty, or the place of cultivation in the world, which one is not waiting for the opportunity, now fifteen years have passed, all this has begun, the time has been ripe, and the present day has been harvested." ”

Hou Ye sighed slightly: "You also believe in the sage's words?"

"Master Hou, don't forget, you and I are both cultivators. ”

"Ye Qingyin is also a cultivator, but what she brought back is just an ordinary person. ”

Mingyue was speechless, and muttered for a while: "She's a madman." ”

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"Is it true that I can't practice?"

"Most of the meridians in your body are blocked, and you are the most ordinary person, and it is more difficult to cultivate than to ascend to the sky. ”

"Have you ever been to the sky?"

The wide streets, within ten meters of the carriage, call themselves a boundary, quiet and eerie.

"My lord, I wanted to practice for myself before, but now for the sake of the village, they can't die in vain, I beg you to help me, if I have the opportunity, I am willing to go to the soup for the adults. ”

"Nobody cares about you, and no one cares about them. ”

"I care. Xu Ran's tone was firm, his expression was firm, although he couldn't see what his expression was now, but his words said everything.

He really cares. Since he was sensible, after the old man died, he still has many relatives in the village, he can grow up, he is raised by everyone in the village, for him, the villagers of that village are his relatives.

The people inside the carriage were silent again.

After a long time, the curtain opened, and a letter was handed out with a thin hand, and there was only one word "leaf" on the cover.

"Tomorrow's National Academy admissions, if you take this letter and go over, you can smoothly enter the National Academy and become a student of the National Academy. ”

Xu Ran took the letter, looked up and down twice, and respectfully saluted the carriage: "Thank you, sir." ”

The carriage faded away and disappeared from sight.

Xu Ran carefully put the letter in his arms, and couldn't help frowning after thinking about it.

He suddenly realized a very serious question, it was very inappropriate to go to Wuzhou and even the world-famous national court like this.

Pulling a person, Xu Ran politely said: "Excuse me, where is the river?"

This person glanced at Xu Ran a few times and pointed to the outside of the city gate, "There is a river on the left three miles outside the city. ”

"Thank you. ”

"Good luck. ”

Xu Ran paused slightly, and then walked out of the city gate.

At this time, it was already dark, and the sergeant guarding the city was about to stop him, but after taking a closer look, he was suddenly startled, and hurriedly blocked his colleagues who wanted to inquire and let him go directly.

The source of the river in front of you is unknown, and there is a bend in the middle, and this is where the river ends.

There is something strange about where the river finally flows, it is a pool, which is neither big nor small, and the water is always one-third of the way to the pool, and it is not more than a liter when it is full.

Xu Ran watched it for a long time, and when the pedestrians were decreasing, he immediately took off his whole body and only had a jump of underwear, pressed the letter under his clothes, and then jumped into the pool without hesitation.

The feeling of being a fish in the sea is really comfortable.

Xu Ran couldn't help humming a certain tune, and when he was rising, there was a sudden sound in the position of the river.

Listening closely, he couldn't help but look strange.

Rattle~

A flock of grey ducks was swimming slowly towards the pool.

Xu Ran hurriedly washed his face, seeing that the water in this pool was extremely clear, thinking that no one should destroy it, and no one came within thirty meters of the pool, as if the people who entered the city did not see here, this place was more like a forbidden place, no one dared to approach, otherwise it would be impossible for no one to be there.

It was already dark, and it was impossible to see how many ducks there were, so Xu Ran could only swim back to the shore, but he was stunned when he first arrived at the shore.

There was no one here when I came, but now there was a man sitting on the shore, and by the lights of the city, it seemed to be a woman.

Her position happened to be next to the clothes, Xu Ran's heart tightened, and she hurriedly went ashore, not caring who was around her, and was relieved to find that the letter under the clothes still existed.

a,

Two,

Three,

Seven,

No, five?

The girl's beautiful voice was bewildered, and she looked down her position to see that the gray ducks had swam into the pool, and the quacking sound had entered her ears.

She's counting ducks?

Xu Ran looked at the black shadow close at hand, speechless, and thought to himself, are all the people in the Shendu so strange? Or are the people he met all weird?

After getting dressed, Xu Ran sat beside the girl, looked into the pool, and listened quietly to the girl's doubtful questions:

"How many ducks are there?"