A group of more than ten people galloped all the way, and Ashina's car followed. The black horses trained by the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info Wujian Villa are far better than other horses, and they galloped to the bank of the Pingliangjing River after only half a day's effort, and they are only separated by a water from the Chang'an Chi Road. The plain-clothed young man came to the wooden bridge on the bank of Jingchuan, looked at the patchwork of Pingliang Town in the distance, and said with a smile, "Uncle Liu, we have finally arrived." ”

The afterglow of the setting sun swept away in the reflection of the gray earth-colored tiled houses, and the town of Pingliang was already crowded with caravans from the foreign land of the West Sea. The only inn in town was already overcrowded. I came to the firewood house and was also housed by the caravan. The silver-furred man jumped off his horse and dragged the reins on foot onto the wooden bridge, looking at the scattered caravans on the galloping road from Pingliang Town to Chang'an in the sunset, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, I had a message to Brother Lin, the gentleman of Jingchuan Academy, otherwise we would have spent the night in the wilderness tonight." ”

"Why?" asked Ashina, jumping out of the carriage and looking at the Jing River, which was slowly flowing eastward.

"The national teacher doesn't know that Pingliang is located in the northwest of Chang'an, and the four fields are barren mountains. Only the town on the banks of the Jingchuan River can be used by pedestrians to rest. The silver-furred man pointed to the galloping road east of Pingliang Town, frowned, and said, "How can this small Pingliang Town accommodate so many business travelers from the West Sea?"

"That's right, fortunately, Brother Liu has already made arrangements. Ashina said with a smile. The crowd rode through the crowded town of Pingliang, where exotic merchants were everywhere, and pedestrians, young and old, crowded the town.

"Why don't the locals expand the town?" asked the silver-furred man, looking at the small shops on both sides of the street.

"Hehe, you stopped me. The man in silver fur was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I have to ask the officials of the Ming Dynasty about this." ”

"Uncle Shi, do you know?" the plain-clothed young man walked beside Ashina with his hands in his hands, and the attendant behind him followed closely with the black horse.

Ashina lifted the red cloak, opened his eyes slightly, looked at the plain-clothed young man with a curious face and said with a smile, "Well, this place in Pingliang is surrounded by barren mountains, and there is only an open land in the Jinghe Valley, if you build a city here, the enemy will easily attack from the high mountains on all sides." For more than ten years, the Ming army had a battle with the Mengyuan army here. The Yuan and Mongolian troops took advantage of the night to launch an attack from the surrounding barren mountains, causing heavy losses to the Ming troops stationed in Pingliang Town. Subsequently, although King Fu led his troops to repel the Mengyuan army, he no longer paid attention to this place. ”

"So that's the case," the plain-clothed boy nodded and smiled, "I'm afraid that King Fu was scared by the Mongols, and there is a shadow here." ”

The sky gradually sank, and everyone came to the gate of Jingchuan Academy in the west of Pingliang Town, the low gatehouse was made of adobe bricks, and on both sides of the door were some merchants from the Western Regions who had nowhere to sleep, they set up tents, bonfires shook outside the tents, and a little cold rain drifted out of the sky.

"Bang!bang!bang!", the silver-furred man slapped on the main entrance of the academy and shouted inside, "Brother Zilin... Brother Zilin"

After a while, a white-haired old man wearing a thick velvet coat opened the wooden door, poked his head out to look at Yin Qiu, was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "You... Are you Brother Tianjiang?"

"That's right, it's me," the silver-furred man saluted as he looked at the white-haired old man with a wrinkled face, "Brother Zilin, I haven't seen you for many years, you're fine." “

The old man opened the door and laughed roughly, "Teaching literacy to the children of the border town here is just the end of my life." Come in, you guys. “

"Thank you, Brother Zilin. The silver-furred man walked into the academy, turned back to the plain-clothed young man and said, "Son, national teacher, everyone come in." Several white-clothed attendants led the horses to the backyard, and the plain-clothed boy stepped into the academy, and the blue-tiled stone road, the red attic arch blocked the view, and the arch was set up with three floors.

The white-haired old man walked slowly in front and entered the inner courtyard with Liu Tianjiang. The plain-clothed boy, Ashina, and several attendants followed closely behind and entered. The bookshelves in the building leaned against the walls on all sides, stacked with various ancient scrolls and odd books. The wooden ladder on the left spirals up to the second floor.

The white-haired old man looked at everyone and asked Liu Tianjiang on the right, "Who are these people?"

"Oh... That's right..."Liu Tianjiang hurriedly replied with a smile, "I just discussed with Brother Zilin about the art of vision, and I forgot to introduce it. “

The first time the plain-clothed young man saw Uncle Liu chatting with others so energetically, he couldn't help but be a little curious, and before Liu Tianjiang finished speaking, he stepped forward to introduce himself, "Senior Ye Gongzi, dare to ask the old man..."

"Hahaha" The old man stroked his white beard, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be the little son of the owner of Ye Zhuang, then this must be Ashina." “

"Hey, how did you guess that this was Uncle Ashina?" the plain-clothed young man asked eagerly with an excited look on his face.

The white-haired old man sat on a wooden chair next to him and motioned for everyone to sit down and rest. "You don't need to guess this, the red-robed Ashina is the most mysterious mystery in the Swordless Villa, and he mysteriously disappeared 20 years ago. “

"Haha, I didn't expect that after so many years of being away from the West Sea, there are still people who know me in this desolate town. Ashina placed the staff next to the wooden chair and sat on the wooden chair with a suspicious look in his eyes.

Liu Tianjiang looked at the eyes of the two of them, his heart was anxious, he pointed to his stomach and smiled bitterly, "Brother Zilin, you see I'm still hungry."

The white-haired old man drank a cup of warm tea, shook his head and smiled, "This, the academy is only taken care of by me and a scholar, if you want to have dinner, you have to go to the inn in the town." ”

"It's... It's good. Liu Tianjiang looked at Ashina's eyes and said with a smile, "National teacher, how about we go and solve the gurgling in our stomach first?"

"Okay," the plain-clothed boy replied first, "I'm so hungry too, so let's go." ”

The white-haired old man got up and said slowly, "After dinner, you can go to the five wings on the west side of the second floor to rest." The white-haired old man pointed to the room behind the carved wooden guardrail on the second floor.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Zilin" Liu Tianjiang pulled Ashina and the plain-clothed young man to the outer courtyard together.