In the distance, there is no trace of evil and ghostly spirit, and even the monks rarely show up along the way, only a few fake monks who do not know that the great disaster is coming, and engage in cheating and abduction in villages, towns, and towns.

The horse's hooves were crisp, and he casually solved a few karmic fake Taoist priests, and the two continued to move along the official road.

The end of summer and autumn have not yet arrived, and there are cicadas everywhere.

The cicadas outside the carriage chirped, making Zhou Bai a little sleepy, and opened the curtain to look ahead, but saw a bluestone tablet standing in the distance, "Guangshan County?" Zhou Bai yawned and said, "The front is in Yuzhou." ”

"Exactly. Hongyu nodded, "Along the way, the Northland is indeed much more peaceful than last year. "The first harvest of the north, everywhere monsters and ghosts are rampant, if it is not for the soldiers to clear the field, I am afraid that no one dares to come to live so far, even the liar dare to cross the river to come here to cheat, now both the monk and the demon have a premonition that the catastrophe is coming, so they will not come out of the world to avoid the catastrophe.

On the contrary, these false monks, who usually cheated in the south, saw the tranquility of the northland, but crossed the river and coveted the various villages and towns.

As soon as he entered Yuzhou, before he reached Guangshan County, Zhou Bai had already encountered three waves of patrolling Jingshi guards, and looked back at the deserted official road, Zhou Bai then understood why the official road Liao who came to Beijing with him was uninhabited, and this continuous inspection checkpoint alone had scared off countless merchants and hawkers.

Dazed Yuzhou is like a lonely city, waiting for death in silence.

With the seal of Yingchuan Academy, Zhou Bai finally passed the three inquiries, and when he arrived in Guangshan County, even Hongyu was already a little impatient, and others entered the city without hindrance, but he was interrogated one after another, Zhou Bai couldn't help frowning and questioning the guards.

The guard in a plain robe pulled the collar while fanning the wind with his hands and said, "It's not that we want to embarrass Mr., it's just that there is an order from above, and all outsiders entering Yuzhou must be checked more to prevent gangsters from messing with the Beijing Division." ”

Although it is the end of summer, the weather has not turned cool at all, and the new military uniforms of the Beijing division are mainly robes, which seem to be chic but suffer these city gate guards, and the guards in the city gate are already sweating and their faces are red.

In the distance, there were literati resting in the pavilion, their eyes glancing here from time to time.

"At the beginning of man, nature is good. "The children of the city didn't care about the scorching sun at all, and still ran around the streets, carrying bamboo slips in their hands.

Under the tightness of the outside and the looseness of the inside, the city has not been affected in the slightest, the people are still busy for their livelihoods, the parents are short of firewood, rice, oil and salt, a few mothers-in-law and aunts are holding the soles of their shoes for the winter, and bargaining in the bazaar is laughing and scolding.

Walking through the market, Zhou Bai saw that there were children holding bamboo slips in and out of the city academy, and when they entered, they were either full of confidence or cowering, and when they came out, they were also proud or regretful.

Zhou Bai was curious, and when he approached the question, he learned that this was a rule set by the imperial court for children in Yuzhou, and he could come to the academy every day to receive bamboo slips and return them at dusk.

If you can memorize and write the words on the bamboo slips on the same day, you can get a piece of candied fruit, and the daily quantity is limited, while stocks last. Hongyu's eyes lit up, this Confucianism was really willing, so accumulated, this expenditure alone was enough to drag down the finances of a government.

However, the effect is also obvious, under the influence of the ears and eyes, the children of Yuzhou are all Confucian, if Xiahou is forced to enter Beijing, the prestige will be lost, and the foundation is unstable.

Just as Zhou Bai turned to leave, a person hurriedly ran out of the academy, "Mr. Zhou!Mr. Zhou!!" Tsing Yi and a hat with long sleeves fluttering.

"After a long time, I don't want to meet Mr. again today. Ning Caichen leaned over and saluted, his expression quite excited.

Zhou Bai was stunned, "Ning Caichen, you are not from Yangzhou, why are you here?"

Ning Caichen said with a smile, "After the student returned to his hometown with Xiaoqian in his early years, the teacher ordered someone to summon me to come to Beijing to preach, and the teacher did not dare to disobey, so he and Xiaoqian came to Guangshan County to teach children. ”

"Xuedian, don't run in the academy. After Ning Caichen patted the children running by, he turned sideways and said to Zhou Bai, "The heat is too heavy, Mr. Zhou also asked the house to talk about it." ”

Guangshan is a small county in Yuzhou, and the new construction of the college is also simple, but the layout of the courtyard is quite attentive, the pavilion is a small Xie Qushui corridor, and there are some bluestone hills to add a bit of coolness to the hot summer.

Ning Caichen said with a smile, "These are all Xiaoqian's arrangements, it's a pity that she has been in retreat recently, if she sees Mr. Zhou, she will definitely be very happy." ”

Zhou Bai looked at the top of Ning Caichen's head, and saw three flames like candles, igniting the soaring luck, and the yang qi boiling and illuminating the seven feet. Zhou Bai couldn't help but sigh, "The Yang Refining Method that Yan Daxia gave you is really extraordinary, now you are a fellow Confucianist and Taoist practitioner, and your future is immeasurable!"

Ning Caichen smiled indifferently, "Yan Daxia's grace will never be forgotten, and Mr. Yan's kindness and students will also remember it." As for Zhou Bai's strength, he is extremely curious, but curiosity is curiosity, in his early years, he collected accounts and ran all over the south of the Yangtze River, and he met all kinds of people, and he had already accumulated a certain amount of experience, and he would definitely not cause trouble because of his curiosity.

Now that his cultivation is an official entry, but Zhou Bai in front of him has no aura like a mortal, the more this happens, the more Ning Caichen understands the unfathomable nature of the other party.

Bypassing the corridor, the three of them came to the backyard, the sound of reading in the main hall of the front yard disappeared with the end of the corridor, the backyard vegetation was rich like a forest garden, the wind gusted from the corridor, under the cooling of the pavilion and water pavilion, without the slightest heat.

The yin wind blew, and a cloud of yin qi turned into a woman in white, and said, "I feel something today, and there should be a distinguished guest." It turned out that Mr. Zhou was visiting, and I invited you to take a seat. ”

Several people sat down, and the woman brought tea and poured it for Zhou Baihongyu.

"Xiaoqian, aren't you about to make a breakthrough and practice in retreat?" Ning Caichen stretched out his fingers, and a ball of yang qi turned into boiling tea and handed it to Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian smiled slightly, looked at Zhou Bai and said, "Mr. Zhou is visiting, what's the matter of the slave family's breakthrough being put on hold for the time being." Turning to look at Hongyu, "This is Mrs. Zhou, right?"

This shout of Mrs. Zhou made Hongyu's heart tremble, and she hit the bull's eye. The corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and his eyes softened a lot, "Since you are Zhou Bai's friend, you don't have to be so angry, just call me Hongyu." ”

Nie Xiaoqian stuck to her side, held Hongyu's hand, and said with a smile: "Then I'll call you Sister Hongyu." ”

The two exchanged heads and didn't know what they were talking about, covering their mouths and chuckling from time to time.

Ning Caichen took a sip of herbal tea, and the corner of his mouth smiled, "Mr. Zhou, I don't know where I want to go on this trip?"

An inexplicable light flashed in Zhou Bai's eyes, and he said, "I've been staying in Jinling for a long time, and I can't sit still, so I came out to travel." There's nothing special to go to. ”

Ning Caichen stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Mr. is free and easy, and the students can't reach it." ”

Zhou Bai shook his head and smiled bitterly, silent.