In the blink of an eye, in the early spring of the twenty-first year of Chengping, the sound of firecrackers at the end of the year had just dispersed, and there were still little pieces of snow left everywhere that had not yet melted. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A caravan of more than 100 horses moved slowly on the edge of the confluence of Xiheyuan and the Gobi of Xiliangzhou, about half of the horses carrying goods on their bodies, led by the members of the caravan, and the other half of the horses were accompanied by guards carrying weapons.

Walking in the front is a slender figure, riding a white horse, although wearing a big cloak, but still people can see at a glance that it is a daughter, the owner of the caravan is a gray-haired old man, at this time following the woman's side, whispering something with the woman.

The woman's voice was soft, "Grandpa Yan, did you say that your aunt and grandmother went to the imperial capital from this road back then?"

The old man who was called Grandpa Yan by the woman said with a smile: "Almost, this time we won't go to Shaanzhou, let's go to Xilingkou in Yanzhou, and we will probably be able to reach Zhili Prefecture in more than a month." ”

The woman nodded, a smile on her face hidden under the hood.

The old man sighed, and said helplessly: "Miss sneaked out this time, if the master knows, I will be scolded at most, but Miss is afraid that she will be grounded for a while." ”

The woman who sneaked into the caravan snorted lightly and said, "I'm not afraid, when I see my cousin in the imperial capital, he won't be able to control me." ”

The old man smiled bitterly.

The woman grabbed one of the old man's sleeves and said a little coquettishly: "I just want to wronged Grandpa Yan, or Grandpa Yan won't go back to the grassland, stay with me in the imperial capital for a few days." ”

The wry smile on the old man's face was even worse.

The woman suddenly remembered something, and said with a look of fascination: "Grandpa Yan, I heard that not long ago, in the mutual market of Julu City, the great real person of the Daomen Town Demon Hall was in person, and he fought with a sword immortal of the Sword Sect in the dark, and then the sword immortal pulled out the fairy sword, and the immortals of the Daomen Town Demon Hall were defeated and retreated, and then the Daomen master of the sect personally went down the mountain and fought with one person on Biyou Island, are these all true?

The old man laughed and said: "There is no ground, although these rumors are not true, but they are still true in general, as for Julu City, we may go when we come back from the imperial capital, but now we are not going." ”

When the woman heard this, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to go to Julu City to have a look now.

Out of the corner of his eye, the old man caught a glimpse of a young man on a horse not far behind him, and subconsciously frowned.

This young man dressed in plain white clothes was carrying a long strip of package, this person was temporarily joined when the caravan stopped in Danxia Village, logically speaking, the caravan should not have accepted this kind of unknown character, but the old man couldn't stand the young lady's begging, so the young man entered the caravan, but the old man was also more vigilant, and deliberately let a few of his henchmen carefully stare at this young man.

Along the way, the young man had nothing suspicious, rarely spoke, and got along with the people around him most of the time, since he didn't cause trouble, the old man surnamed Yan didn't embarrass him much, so he let him follow him in the caravan.

The well water of the two sides did not interfere with the river water, so they came to the Xiling Mouth of the Pass where the Xiheyuan and Yanzhou meet. It can be said that it is the natural danger of entering the northwest to rush, that is, the place where the soldiers must fight, and also the place where the merchants must pass, at this time the peaceful and prosperous times, the merchants come and go endlessly, and the market in the city is very lively, so that there is less of the solemn atmosphere of the soldiers here, and there is a little more lively popularity of the market.

After entering the city, the old man surnamed Yan came to a time-honored inn with good knowledge and instructed half of the people to guard the goods, and the other half of the people could move freely in the city first and rotate the next day.

The man with the sword box on his back is among the free movements, this is also the old man surnamed Yan, deliberately released this opportunity to see if this young man has suspicious behaviors, if this young man is really a spy lurking in the caravan, then now is the best time to report the news.

To the old man's disappointment, there was nothing suspicious about the young man, who remained in the inn and had no intention of going out. On the contrary, he was forcibly pulled out by his own lady in the end, which made the old man cry and laugh a little.

The man with the sword box on his back was preparing to travel to the north of Jiangdu.

Xu Beiyou is now a genuine remnant of the Tianzi Sword Sect, without the protection of the master, if he is arrested by the Demon Suppression Hall or the Dark Guard Mansion, it will be a big trouble, he knows that he is now just a cultivator of the first-class realm, not to mention the archdeacon of the Demon Suppression Palace, even if he does not dare to say that he will win, he has no previous confidence, only be careful and careful, cautious and cautious, so he will choose to hide in the caravan and follow the caravan into the customs.

The reason why the woman took Xu Beiyou in, the reason is also very funny, Xu Beiyou followed Gongsun Zhongmou to Julu City, and read the geographical chronicles of various places and a small half of the Taiping Huanyu Ji, and he has a good knowledge, and he can easily come to some lesser-known allusions. Although the old man surnamed Yan has traveled south and north for most of his life, he has a lot of knowledge, but he does not know how to write and ink, so it is inevitable that he will not be able to tell some allusions. However, this young lady, who has never been far away a few times, always has endless questions, so that the old man surnamed Yan almost emptied the ink in his stomach, so he found Xu Beiyou to be the errand of half a guide, and he didn't need him to guide the way, as long as he was responsible for answering the young lady's questions.

At this time, the woman pulled Xu Beiyou out of the inn and came to the street, and the old man surnamed Yan had to come out with him for the safety of the woman.

Not long after the three of them walked on the street, a team of cavalry patrolling the city roared by, and the woman's eyes widened and asked, "Old Xu, how big of an official do you say the general of Xilingkou is?"

Xu Beiyou, who was known as Lao Xu, was a little helpless, but he still replied: "According to the official system of the Great Qi, the Xilingkou garrison belongs to the border army and belongs to the Northwest Governor's Mansion. ”

A woman who was not from an ordinary family sighed, and said in disbelief: "From the third grade, he is a big man?"

Xu Beiyou, who has made up for this aspect of the crime, said with a smile: "From the third grade, it is indeed not a leading figure in the imperial capital, but in the local area, it is a powerful person who can shake three shocks by stomping his feet, and it is said that he broke the county order, destroyed the prefect, and the prefect is not in charge of the army, generally only five grades, and the highest is only four grades, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the emperor of the soil from the three grades of the border army with real power." ”

A woman is a woman after all, she prefers poetry and talent, and she is not much interested in the official rank and rank that symbolizes power, but Xu Beiyou is different, he was born in poverty, grew up in poverty, and almost has a desire for the word power from the bones, and said softly: "The third product above is the feudal official who holds the authority of a state, and as for the first and second products on the top, it is really unattainable." ”

The woman chuckled and said: "What's so fun about being an official, it's better to be a sword fairy, fly the sword for nine days, take people's heads for thousands of miles, be free, and be happy." ”

Xu Beiyou muttered, "Sword Immortal?"

She naturally said: "Of course it's a sword immortal, Lu Zu has a poetry cloud, three feet of ice in his hand, and a spiritual snake on the stone." Flatten the injustices of the floating world. and Er will go to the nine skies. By the way, Lao Xu, do you say that there are really sword immortals in this world?"

Xu Beiyou said slowly: "I heard that sixty years ago, there was a great sword immortal named Shangguan Xianchen, who shook the Nine Heavenly Thunder with a three-foot Qingfeng in his hand, as long as he had a sword in his hand, he could stand alone in the world. Later, there was a sword immortal named Gongsun Zhongmou, who broke the thunder pool with a sword in Julu City, forcing the hall master of the Daomen Town Demon Hall to withdraw from Julu City. ”

The woman said with a look of fascination: "Sword Immortal, I really want to see it with my own eyes." ”

Xu Beiyou said softly: "It's better not to see it, in fact, the sword immortal may not really be at ease." ”

The woman was surprised: "How come?!"

Xu Beiyou shook his head, remembering a sentence he saw when Han Xuan asked him to read "Moaning Words" not long ago, and couldn't help muttering: "The most bitter part of life is just that this heart is muddy and watery, and I know it, but I can't cut off my ears." If the sword immortal can shake the mountain and destroy the city, can he cut off the attachment in his heart?"