On the ancient road, Jianhua took the lead, and behind her, the old servant led the guards to surround Su Musha, and rode slowly forward on a healthy horse. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Su Musha abandoned his horse, found a suitable position, and lay on his back behind the oxcart of Mr. Gao, the ram, with a thatch in his mouth, his eyes were deep, looking at the ruined lonely villages, barren farmland, old trees where jackdaws rested, and the little shadow of Feihong under the high sky and the faint clouds.

The ram sits in front of the ox cart at the high end, well-dressed, and does not lose the style of a gentleman. He talked about Xing Zhengnong, and told Su Musha about the Ram School's "education without class" and Confucianism's "benevolent government".

The slanting sun shines through the sparsely foliage branches, mottled and scattered on the ox carts. The creaking sound of the ox cart rolling and the impassioned ram reeling reminded Su Musha of his childhood days in his grandmother's house in the countryside in his previous life, and those memories were like yesterday, turning page by page in front of him.

"What does Childe think?" Hearing Su Musha was silent for a long time, the ram turned back and asked Su Musha.

Nowadays, the royal family of Southern Chu is withering, the two brothers of the former emperor have returned to heaven, and the emperor Su Mucheng has not come out so far. Su Musha is still young, and he will definitely have a high influence in the temple in the future, and he advocates that if he can get his approval, he will definitely be able to show his ambitions in the court, so Ram Zigao's opinion of Su Musha is particularly important.

Su Musha took out the thatch from his mouth, pointed to the barren farmland in the distance, and asked, "Sir, why is a large area of farmland barren, but people like Ye Laoer would rather gather in the mountains and forests to live a poor life than go down the mountain to cultivate the acres of Longmu?"

Ram Zigao sighed when he heard this: "Although the Southern Dynasty is decided, the first emperor was assassinated, the lord went on the Northern Expedition, and because of the continuous war, the number of people is scarce, and bandits are rampant, and there are naturally not many people in the border areas who are willing to settle down." ”

"Yes. Su Musha said: "The ancients often said that it is difficult to leave the homeland, and now the people can't live and work in peace and contentment, so how can they talk about governing the country?"

Hearing this, Ram Zigao couldn't help but bow his head and ponder, and said leisurely after a while: "Maybe it's a little out of place now, but I believe that day will come sooner or later." ”

"It's going to come. ”

The high and muffled voice of the ram fell on the ancient road with the hoof prints of the ox.

The slanting sun slowly disappeared on the top of the western mountain, leaving only a blood-like remnant sun hanging in the sky. The surrounding scenery dimmed, and the noise of the homing crows on the branches added a bit of autumn gloom, which made Su Musha quite uncomfortable, he got off the ox cart, turned over and got on his horse, saw the ancient road in front of him extending into a dense forest, and asked, "Could it be that we are going to miss the lodging today?"

Since they parted with the old man in Tsing Yi, although they walked slowly for three days, they never slept in the wilderness.

"Childe doesn't have to worry. A scholar who had fallen behind the ox cart rode on his horse and said, "After passing through the woods in front of us there will be an inn where we can rest." ”

Su Musha turned around and saw that he was slightly taller, dark-skinned, and although he was wearing Confucian clothes, he was not half angry, but he looked like an ordinary Jianghu traveler who traveled south and north.

Su Musha asked, "You're familiar with this path?"

"I used to come and go when I was selling horses, but I never walked after following my husband. The scholar replied.

Su Musha nodded, for thousands of years, the temple mainly selected officials by the inspection system, and developed into the nine-grade Zhongzheng system in the former Qin, which was followed to the current Southern Dynasties, Later Qin and Yan Kingdoms. However, due to the existence of the famous academies of the great families, the position of the central official was monopolized by them, and there was a situation of "no poor family in the upper class, and no family in the lower class", which led to the privilege of studying at the upper class.

Mr. Ram Zi Gao's "education without class" first put forward the idea of poor students studying as officials, so that a man born as a horse seller was able to become a student of Mr. Ram Zigao, which is also the main reason why Mr. Ram Zigao's reputation can be compared with Nanshan Academy.

The team moved slowly, and as they entered the woods, the surroundings became darker and darker, and the woods on both sides of the road were already pitch black. The wind was blowing, and there was a rumble in the woods, and the rolled leaves brushed their shoulders and landed on the ancient road, and the horses' hooves rustled on it.

Hearing that the scholar had sold horses, Su Musha stroked the mane of the white horse under the seat and asked, "Horse sellers must be horse sellers, what do you think of my white horse?"

The scholar glanced up and down and said, "Although it is not chasing the wind and the white rabbit, it is also a rare good horse, and I think the son loves it very much." ”

"That's right. Su Musha replied that when the group went north by boat, the mount took the white horse alone, just because the white horse was given to him by his senior sister. Su Musha patted the white horse's head, heard the white horse snort, and said, "It's called Brother Tai......"

Before he finished speaking, a sound like a pigeon's whistle suddenly crossed between the trees, Su Musha's hair suddenly stood on end, and the five baht money in his hand spilled out, only to hear the sound of clanging, and a few darts fell not far away.

"Enemy attack. The old slave drew his sword, "protect the childe." ”

But the ancient path in the forest was narrow, the line had already been elongated, and before the guards could arrive, three or four assassins in night clothes had already jumped down from the trees and approached Su Musha. The ring knives in their hands glowed with cold light among the dark trees, enveloping Su Musha's whole body in them.

"Childe be careful. "The scholar who sold the horse was a daring man, and unlike the other scholars, who were intimidated by the sudden assassination, took the initiative to meet a man in black who jumped out of the woods.

Su Musha could not avoid it, and the assassin's eyes were filled with joy when he saw that he was about to succeed, and when they were about to approach their target, a knife appeared in Su Musha's hand.

The knife had a black handle and a dull blade.

Before they had time to think about where the knife came from, the four assassins who descended out of thin air were about to take off Su Musha's head by surprise, but they saw Su Musha's body suddenly rise and took the initiative to plunge into the shadow of the sword.

"Throw yourself into the net. ”

They were secretly happy in their hearts, but the next second they saw that the knife cut a strange arc in their pupils, bringing a fox roar, like a seduction of souls, and in an instant the whole world was dim in their eyes. They are like birds with broken wings, and they fall into the dirt.

Su Musha twisted his body and slowly fell onto the horse, and when he looked at the knife again, it had disappeared again.

The guards came to surround him, and Su Musha looked at the scholar who was a horse trader, and saw that he was sitting on the ground panting, and there was a dead body lying next to him, with the assassin's own knife stuck in it.

"Good skills. Su Musha praised.

The horse trader smiled, stood up and patted the dirt on his body, and said: "My father only passed on this killing trick to me, and the day before yesterday he didn't dare to use it because he cared about the lives of his fellow students, but today he has no scruples. ”

Shuyu stepped forward with the little green beads in Qingyi, and when she saw that Su Musha was unscathed, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister Jianhua has already gone to chase after her." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Jianhua and the old slave walked out of the woods with a few guards.

"Wearing a ring knife, he immediately fled away if he missed a blow, and he was a person from the Shadow Hall. Jianhua said, "The killer they sent out this time is a little weaker. ”

"It's just pathfinders. Su Musha was not surprised, and said: "I think Ye Lao Er has already spread the news of robbing us, and the shadow hall learned that we were robbed by unpopular strongmen by land routes, so he was a little careless, and hastily arranged some unpopular killers to come over." ”