Mu Bai and his men all lined up in front of them with swords, and their expressions were solemn as the breeze blowing from the mouth of the valley brought a faint sound of wailing.

About half an hour later, two black shadows came out of the mountain peak one after the other, and when they saw Mu Bai and the others who were waiting for the battle, they snorted disdainfully, and went straight to Wei Wuyi and nodded to him.

Wei Wuyi said with a smile on his face: "There are two Lao!" After saying that, he swept his eyes at Wei Wujian, and then said to Mu Bai: "Commander Mu can arrange someone to clear the roadblock!"

Mu Bai had been on the battlefield, and when the second elder came back just now, there was a strong smell of blood, obviously there were not a few people killed by the two of them, otherwise it would not be like this. He was immediately ordered to send a team into the valley to clear the barricades.

Wei Wuxian was strolling around the neighborhood at this time. After months of hard cultivation, he had already condensed the true yuan in his body to the point where he could not go any further, and the yuan power accumulated in his dantian was five times that of the seventh layer, and he had cultivated to the peak of the eighth layer of the Qi refining stage of the Yuan Realm.

Generally speaking, it is normal for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Period to increase the Yuan Power accumulated by cultivating to the eighth layer of the dantian by a few times, and it is not uncommon to increase it by two or three times, which is also one of the reasons why the Eighth Layer Gathering Yuan Realm is the second watershed in the Qi Refining Period, because the True Yuan in the body that breaks through to this layer will change by magnitude.

However, it would be a bit appalling to increase it by five times on the original basis, not to mention that Wei Wuxian's cultivation at the seventh layer was on par with the ninth layer of the ordinary qi refining period, and this kind of improvement was difficult to compare with the inner sect of the top sect and even the true disciples;

Originally, he planned to wait for the harvest of Linggu to go to Qingyang Sect to receive the last layer of the Five Elements Technique, but who knew that there was a sudden change, so he had to wait until he was from Kyoto to face the Holy Thanksgiving.

Wei Wuxian knew that many people were observing and testing him now, and if it had been before the knighthood, these people might not have paid so much attention to him. Now it's different, maybe he will also have the right to control the border army, what this means is self-evident.

In addition, this trip is afraid that it will not be stable, this is not far out of Yanzhou, there is still more than a thousand miles ahead.

After about half an hour, the barricades in front of them were finally cleared, and the group began to move on. According to the plan in advance, I rushed to Luowu County to rest before dark, but now the road has been delayed for more than an hour, and there is no way to arrive before closing the city gate, so I can only rest in Mashi Town in front.

Mashi Town is a small town with only more than 100 households, and the residents' livelihood is mainly to make stone tools, and there are rich granite resources on the nearby Qianxia Mountain.

The brigade went all the way and saw scattered stones and some simple stone-making workshops on both sides of the road, and most of them placed some stone tools such as stone lions and stone grinders in front of the door.

The sudden arrival of so many people made the countrymen who had never seen the world hide in their houses and peeked out through the cracks in the door.

The Great Xia Dynasty set up one or two chief and deputy guards at the township level according to the region and the number of households, with the lowest being nine grades and the highest being eight grades. There was only one deputy patrol named Yan Liang here, and at this time, he trembled and stepped forward with a few squads to listen to Mu Bai's inquiry.

Wei has no intention of asserting his identity, so naturally he will not talk to such a low-end petty official. Although Mu Bai is only an indecent commander, he was born in the palace and is enough to deal with Yan Liang.

After a while, Mu Bai finally asked about the situation, and waited for Wei to make a decision.

According to Yan Liang, the only place in the town suitable for a few nobles to rest is the compound of the local wealthy merchant Fang's family, and everything else is unbearable.

Wei had no intention of having a habit of cleanliness, and it was impossible for him to live in the dilapidated and dirty inn, so he agreed to live in the Fang family's compound without much thought.

So the group went to the Fang family compound under the leadership of Yan Liang.

Where did Yan Liang usually have the opportunity to see the prince of the palace, and after the fear was removed, he began to talk about the Fang family he was going to on the road.

It turns out that this Fang family is not simple, it is a supplier of stone and stone tools in the Great Xia Kingdom, and the stone used in the Shinto Palace that Emperor Xia intends to build this time is provided by his family, and in the entire Luowu County, even Datong Mansion is also a wealthy family that can be arranged.

"Oh, it's still an imperial merchant, but I didn't expect it. Wei said with interest on the side.

"General Fengguo doesn't know that the Fang family has been an imperial merchant for several generations, and the gold and silver earned have gone, and it is said that the net barrels at home are made of gold, and the money must be carried out of the cellar in turn every year to dry, otherwise it will rust off. Yan Liang saw that Wei had no intention of talking, and the smile on his face became brighter.

"You are also an official of the imperial court, don't learn from those vulgar people's hearsay!"

"General Fengguo's admonition is that the subordinate must keep it in mind. Yan Liang was scolded but not annoyed, his attitude was extremely sincere.

The more Wei didn't scold him to his face, the more he didn't treat him as an outsider, not to mention that he obviously saw that the third prince of the palace was already moved.

Wei Wuxian glanced at Yan Liang, and had a new understanding of this so-so appearance of the Nine Rank Patrolman. This guy obviously didn't have a very comfortable life in Mashi Town, maybe he still had a little enmity with the Fang family, and now not only did he take his group to the Fang family to settle down, but a few words lightly aroused the greed of Wei Wuyi and Wei Wujian and the others.

Soon the group saw a village courtyard, with red walls and green tiles, high doors, and a large house, just from the outside, it felt extraordinary.

The two strong men guarding the door saw so many officers and soldiers coming to the door, and they didn't know what was happening, one of them seemed to have to run into the courtyard to report the news, and the other stepped forward and asked, "Lord Yan, what are you doing with so many people here?"

Yan Liang glanced at him disdainfully and said, "Liu Khan, you are not qualified to ask, go and invite your family master to come over!"

The strong man glanced at Wei Wuyi and waited for the others: "Since this is the case, then please wait here for a while." ”

After a while, several people walked out of the courtyard, and one of them was middle-aged in Chinese clothes and swept his eyes and led his subordinates to help Yan Liang who was accompanying him and said, "Lord Yan, I don't know what you want to do to bring the people to the village." ”

"It turned out to be a clerk, your head of the family, Old Man Fang, why didn't he come out to greet the nobles!"

The middle-aged man in Huafu is Wen Qing, the steward of the Fang family's compound, usually he doesn't look down on the greedy and shameless patrol in front of him, the relationship between the two can be said to be extremely poor, Wen Qing even fought with Yan Liang for a friend, and that time he occupied the power of the Fang family and pressed Yan Liang hard, and since then the two of them have been like fire and water.

Wen Qing can be a steward in the Fang family, who has the qualifications of an imperial businessman, of course he is not a dull person, and immediately heard the taste from Yan Liang's mouth, who is the 'noble' in Yan Liang's mouth? He quickly swept towards Wei Wuyi and the others not far behind Yan Liang. He followed Old Man Fang and had seen the world for a few years, and he could see at a glance the obviously different temperament of Wei Wuxian and several others, and his heart was cold, he didn't know what the relationship between these people and Yan Liang was, and what they came to the Fang family for, and said carefully: "It is not convenient for the master of the family to accompany the distinguished guests in the hall now, I don't know who the noble person in Lord Yan's mouth is, and I will report it truthfully." ”

Wei Wuxian heard the situation here clearly on the other side, that Yan Liang seemed to have a lot of enmity with the Fang family, and he actually dug a pit for the person opposite in front of himself and others, deliberately provoking the other party. However, I have to admire this guy's grasp of people's hearts, knowing that Wei has no intention of letting a few people acquiesce to him even if they hear it, because only by angering the Fang family can they find a way to extort money. However, the steward was not stupid, he did not fall into an argument with him, and answered politely and politely.

Yan Liang glared at Wen Qing and said, "How can the nobleman's name be said casually, go and ask your family master to come out to greet you, where is there so much nonsense." ”

This guy is worthy of walking in officialdom for a long time, and without blinking, he grabbed the initiative again.

Wen Qing held his breath in his heart, but the other party was an official, he was a citizen, and he was shameless as an official, so how could he resist it as a small person. Just as he was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do, an old voice came from the courtyard.

"I don't know which noble person came to the cold house, someone Fang is far away!"

Wen Qing turned from worry to joy when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around to greet him.