The morning light is faint, and the road to Yingdu in the west is full of hardships. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The terrain of Huayin County is somewhat undulating, and after thirty miles out of the city in the morning, the fertile plains and fertile fields gradually fade away, and the ox carts slowly drive towards the undulating hills, and the roads on both sides become a little narrow and rugged.

Xu Qingyun held the reins in his hand, carefully drove the ox cart, the shaking body climbed through the two hills with difficulty, he looked at the reckless mountains and seas in the distance, and asked: "Mr. Lin, at this speed, how long will it take for us to reach Yingdu." ”

Lin Zongwu leaned on the carriage, he was full of alcohol, squinting his eyes half-drunk and half-awake, looking at the slow pace of the thin old ox in front of him, he took a sip of wine again, and sighed: "According to the speed of this stupid cow, we can catch up with the big test on August 15, thank God." ”

Xu Qingyun frowned slightly, directly picked up the mahogany sword in his hand, lightly pricked it on the old scalper's thin buttocks, and shouted: "What else are you pretending, it's not that I don't know what you are like like as a lazy thing, hurry up and speed up for me." ”

The old scalper let the wooden sword pierce its buttocks, and was immediately frightened, only to feel the cold chill under its crotch, so that it had to speed up the swing of its small hooves, trembling and running westward.

"This cow is so funny. The curtain of the car was raised, and the little face that was cold and beautiful at night looked beautiful in the morning sun, she looked at Xu Qingyun and asked, "How are you preparing?"

A simple greeting, in Lin Zongwu's opinion, is just a greeting to Xu Qingyun about the preparation of the 'Great Dynasty Test', although Lin Yunuo in the carriage is aware, he is still not sure, and only Xu Qingyun himself knows what he means.

He shook the sword in his hand and said in a deep voice: "I'm almost ready, whether I can succeed or not will have to fight here." ”

"That's right. Lin Zongwu seemed to really think that they were discussing the matter of the Great Dynasty Examination, nodded appreciatively, and said: "Qingyun is right, whether you can succeed in your future life will also be able to give it a try in this Great Dynasty." ”

Xu Qingyun and Ye Leng glanced at each other, smiled slightly, and stopped talking.

When the morning light melts into twilight again, when the stars fill the sky, when the cool breeze of the night blows through the vast mountains. The thin old ox drove smoothly in the mountains, and Lin Zongwu drank half a pot of soju in the evening, and had already leaned on the front of the carriage and fell asleep.

Xu Qingyun drove the ox cart silently, although he had the support of vitality, but his expression was still a little tired, the night around him was quiet, and the feeling of silence made the tiredness come directly to his heart, and his eyes could not help but blow down.

"I'll come," Lin Yunuo quietly appeared in front of the carriage, sat next to Xu Qingyun, took the reins in his hand, and said softly: "You go to the carriage to rest, we still have to go a long way, you can't keep hurrying." ”

Xu Qingyun handed him the reins in his hand, and didn't leave, just shook his head and said, "It's okay, Leng Leng is probably asleep inside, I'll just squint here for a while, save me from waking her up." ”

Lin Yunuo's eyes flickered a little, she pursed the thin corners of her lips, holding the reins in her hand, the old scalper was surprisingly obedient under her skills, and drove forward smoothly.

Xu Qingyun was slightly surprised when he saw it, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Your driving skills are as powerful as your kendo." ”

Lin Yunuo smiled when he heard this, reached out and stroked the hair that let the wind blow it, and said: "I have helped my father do some farm work at home since I was a child, and I have also done a lot of things to plow the land, but since I have cultivated the sword, I have rarely had time to help my father anymore." ”

Xu Qingyun looked at Lin Yunuo at night, her clean little face was as smooth as the moonlight, her black eyelashes trembled slightly in the cold wind, and her bright eyes always inadvertently revealed a bit of strength.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you like swords?"

Lin Yunuo was slightly stunned, she thought silently for a long time, shook her head very seriously and said: "If I don't have a sword in my life, there is no point in living." ”

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Xu Qingyun originally planned to squint for a while, get up and replace Lin Yunuo, and let her go and have a good rest. It's just that when he woke up again, he found that the sky was already faintly bright, and the morning star in the distance was still hanging in the faint sky.

He looked at Lin Yunuo, who was concentrating on driving, with a beautiful side face, her long hair blown away by the morning breeze, and her charming charm was slightly stirred in the night.

"You go and rest, or come to me. Xu Qingyun stepped forward to snatch the reins, found that her little hands were already cold, and frowned, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Lin Yunuo rubbed his little hands that were slightly cold, shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm fine, I just want you to sleep more." ”

Xu Qingyun patted her little head, and when she was about to say something, the old ox suddenly paused stiffly, and the whole ox cart shook, he quickly tightened the reins, looked up at the fire in the dense forest in the distance, and frowned: "There are still people in the barren mountains and mountains here, let's be careful." ”

Lin Yunuo nodded, without the slightest opinion. At this time, Lin Zongwu, who was sleeping soundly in the carriage, had also woken up, he looked at the fire in the distance, and couldn't help nodding and saying, "It should be so, it should be so." ”

Xu Qingyun lightly tapped the blade of the sword again with a wooden sword, the old scalper ran wild, and when he was about to run wildly directly, several figures suddenly appeared in front of him, with an ink-colored fish and dragon robe, with an embroidered spring knife at the waist, and the man at the head had a dark face, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the faint morning light, but his voice was cold and scary.

He asked coldly, "Where are you from?"

Lin Zongwu looked at the costumes of several people, and was slightly shocked, but he still said calmly: "In Xia Lin Zongwu, Mr. Xi is taught at Luocang Academy." ”

He swept his gaze indifferently over a few people, and asked again, "Where are you going?"

"Go to Yingdu to participate in the 'Great Dynasty Examination'," Lin Zongwu already vaguely knew the identities of several people, although he was afraid, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "These are the students of my Luocang Academy, and they are also the students who participated in the Great Dynasty Examination this time. ”

"The Great Imperial Examination?" The man frowned slightly, stared at them for a long time, and finally nodded and said in a deep voice: "Excuse me, but since you are going to participate in the Great Imperial Examination, then hurry up and get on the road, the road ahead is rugged, I hope Mr. has a safe future." ”

"Thank you. Lin Zongwu hugged his fists and thanked him, and then motioned for Xu Qingyun to drive away directly, and it was not until he walked out of a distance of dozens of meters that he quietly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "I really don't understand why I met the people of the shadow guard in this barren mountain and wilderness." ”

"Shadow Guard?" Xu Qingyun was slightly shocked in his heart, he turned his head and looked at the figures in the dense forest by the faint sunlight, frowned and muttered: "That's right, wearing a fish and dragon suit, with an embroidered spring knife at the waist, they are indeed the people of the Shadow Guard, but what are they doing here?" (To be continued.) )