Ning Jiang stood under the window, looking at his sister flying excitedly in the garden in the distance, with her hands spreading open.

He knew that his sister had finally developed the "Golden Soul" in the field of soul refining.

The Xuanji Sword Dance he wrote himself was originally a dual cultivation of physical strength. It is not only martial arts, but actually closer to the extraordinary martial arts of the immortal path.

In his opinion, the body is like hardware, and the soul is like a driver that runs hardware. The current martial arts are only working on "hardware", so naturally there is some lack. Although literary energy can be regarded as a range driver to a certain extent, it is not something that one has cultivated himself.

Of course, although I have cultivated the Golden Soul, my sister has not learned his soul-leaving technique and cannot let the Golden Soul leave her body like him. However, with the breakthrough in soul refining, my sister's sword skills will also have a flying jump.

Xiao Meng himself obviously realized this, drew his sword and shook it, the sword light flew out, and plum blossoms were flying all over the sky.

The beauty of this moment stuns the world

In the next few days, Xiao Meng's swordsmanship was indeed as Ning Jiang thought, further improving. Ning Jiang, after everything was ready, left Gaosuo County with his sister and headed north.

The next test will be in March next year. Although I plan to go to Beijing, it is not urgent. It is just that the weather has started to turn colder and is not suitable for traveling around the mountains and rivers. The brother and sister followed the official road, first riding horses, and then because of the rain for two days, they simply sold horses, sometimes renting carriages, and taking boats on the water.

After spending the long river, I arrived in Longzangpu area. Confucius Temple in Longzangpu is one of the four major Confucian temples of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the location of the ancient Taixue. Although the Taixue has been abolished and the Imperial Academy has replaced the status of the former Taixue with the Imperial Academy, as a huge building complex, the Confucius Temple still has many academies and is also a place for many poets and poets to visit. Even in the snowy winter, students from all over the world gathered and were very lively.

Ningjiang actually had no interest in Confucianism. The reason why he wanted to take the top scorer was not to revitalize Confucianism and Taoism. It was just a key link for him to resist the barbarians in the future. Although he passed by Confucius Temple, he did not have any "worship". On the other hand, with his mentality, after becoming a juren, he could still have the "spirit of a saint" and "righteous spirit". This is also a ridiculous thing.

After passing the Confucius Temple, I came to Mangshan, which is the watershed between the Changhe River and the Huanghe River. There are many Taoist temples built on Mangshan, which is the prosperity of Taoism. Although Taoism in this world is far from comparable to Confucianism, it still has a broad foundation among the people. According to legend, Mangshan is also the place where the ancestor of Taoism, Laozi, refined alchemy back then.

Although it is really hard to say how much connection can Lao Tzu's Taoism have with current Taoism, and the so-called Lao Tzu practices is a fabricated legend, this does not prevent Taoists from raising Lao Tzu's banner. What's more, "Laojun's alchemy" will never be more exaggerated than "Confucius's hunt for the Lin".

When it comes to Mangshan, we must mention the tomb group of Mangshan. Four hundred years ago, many kings and princes were honored by "burying Mangshan dead", so a large area of ​​tombs connected by mausoleums was formed. Even now, many nobles and nobles were buried in the "Fengshui treasure land" of Mangshan after their death.

That day, Ningjiang was reading a book in a stone pavilion on the side of the mountain, while his sister was training a newly bought horse at the foot of the mountain.

The road in Mangshan is not easy to walk, and the mountains are blocked with frost and snow, and the carriages are difficult to pass. The brother and sister discussed it and bought another good horse, so the two of them could ride together. Just so, in the passing county town, a down-and-out gangster bought the horse because they lacked money.

However, this horse is quite keen. Although her brother taught her unique horse control skills, Xiao Meng was difficult to tame for a while.

My brother was studying on the mountainside. Xiao Meng was not willing to do anything, so he rode on the horse again. Although the horse was so sturdy, he tried every means to throw her off. Xiao Meng naturally would not let it succeed easily. He pulled the reins part to death, and the fierce horse got angry and actually drove her wildly.

The cold wind whistled in Xiao Meng's ears, and the wind and frost were squirting her pink neck like a sharp knife. Fortunately, her internal strength has increased recently, otherwise she might have fallen off her horse.

She tied the reins to death, and the horse gradually became panting. She was trying to subdue her. Suddenly, a convoy in front of her turned the corner and the horse was running in that direction. Xiao Meng was afraid that the horse would hit her and tightened her tightly. In the convoy, she carried a sedan chair in the middle, followed by two sedan chairs, surrounded by more than 20 soldiers. Seeing a woman rushing over with her horse, the soldiers quickly stopped the carriage.

The horse rushed into the team, and Xiao Meng also controlled the horse at this moment. The horse stood up and neighed. The horse in front was disturbed and moved left and right. Several soldiers and the coachman finally controlled the carriage.

"Where did you come from the dead girl?" A woman shouted angrily in the carriage.

Xiao Meng was his fault in her heart, so she got off the horse in a hurry and bent down to apologize: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The curtain of the car was turned upside down, and a middle-aged woman was wearing a phoenix-patterned robe and was a bit thick. She didn't look like a person from the Central Plains. Her neck and wrists were covered with gold and silver, but she also wore a pearl and jade cloud crown.

A man ran up from behind: "It has disturbed the wife of the handsome minister."

The woman did not leave him and shouted to Xiao Meng: "How dare you collide with Ben Hao's life and kneel down for me."

The man looked at the girl who had collided with the convoy. At this moment, Xiao Meng was wearing a half-old little jacket and pleated skirt for convenience on the road, and a sword was inserted on her waist. Although she looked like a lady from a famous family, she looked like a woman from a martial arts world. So she shouted, "Stupid girl, why don't she kneel down to the wife of the Shuai Chen to apologize."

Xiao Meng thought that although she rushed over accidentally, nothing happened, so why did she have to kneel down? Although she refused to kneel down, it was her fault. In addition, so many soldiers were aiming at her with guns, she didn't know how many she could hit her, and she was really panicked and could only apologize in a low voice.

The woman shouted again: "Kneel down to me."

The man sneered, "Kowtow to Mrs. Shuaichen, otherwise you will be caught in the jail of the yamen. Even if you don't die, you will lose your skin."

The woman said, "Give her shamelessness, arrest her."

Xiao Meng saw that apology was useless. If she was really caught, it would be terrible. Suddenly, she pulled the reins and the horse suddenly turned around. She rolled over the horse at an extremely fast speed. The moment she slapped her slender hand on the horse's buttocks, the internal force penetrated, and the horse stepped out in an instant. The soldiers did not expect that she was so quick that she could not react. She couldn't catch up with her. The woman was so angry that she cursed on the carriage.

Xiao Meng rushed out of the encirclement and rode all the way on her horse. The horse that was unruly and unruly just now was obedient at this moment. She ran wildly into the forest in the distance. She strode the horse's head and saw that she could no longer see those people. She patted her chest and exhaled: "I'm scared Xiao Meng to death."

Xiao Meng went to train her horse, and Ning Jiang sat alone in the stone pavilion, flipping through books.

This book is actually not a sage book, but a novel he bought while passing by Confucius Temple.

Although "novel" appeared in the pre-Qin period, it has never become mainstream. In this era, only down-and-out scholars would write novels for money, and they would also have to change their pseudonyms, for fear that others would know that they wrote them.

After reading it, he put the novel in the bookcase and checked the things in the bookcase.

The book borrowed some dry food. Judging from the touch of the book wrapped in oil cloth that Bai Zijin gave him, he thought it should be a book, but because he had not opened it yet, he was not very sure.

Why did he have to open it after he was on the Golden List? In fact, he was quite curious and occasionally he would have the idea of ​​opening it first to take a look. But if you think about it, let’s just forget it. Since Bai Zijin said that, it would be better to abide by it.

In addition, there was a small bag. He picked up the small bag and hung it on his waist. It was placed inside a bamboo tube. Thirty poison needles could be exploded at any time. Its name is relatively vulgar and called "Rain Rain Pear Blossom Needle". However, it is indeed very useful and is a very powerful hidden weapon in the world. It was originally hidden by Cao Jieding, and after Cao Jieding "disappeared", it naturally fell into his hands.

In addition to the rainy pear blossom needle, there is also a bead, which is naturally the Sui Houzhu, who can relieve all kinds of poisons. This time he went to Beijing, he felt that he would probably not return to Gaosuo County in the future, so he also brought Sui Houzhu with him.

He carried the bookcase and walked down the mountain. On the other side, his sister also rode the tamed horse back to the foot of the mountain.

Ning Jiang looked up at her: "Nothing happened?"

Xiao Meng raised her hands in front of her chest: "No, it's okay."

Ning Jiang looked at her suspiciously, put the bookcase on the horse's buttocks, grabbed her sister's hand, got on the horse with her help, sat behind her, and hugged her slender waist.

Xiao Meng shook the reins and rode away.

Ning Jiang said: "Xiaomeng, the direction is wrong, this is not the official road."

Xiao Meng said: "The scenery over there is better."

Ah, Fengjing Ningjiang thought about it and thought that since my sister thought the scenery there was better, let's follow her.

The horse ran all the way, and the fog around it was somehow getting heavier and heavier. Ning Jiang looked up and saw that it was still afternoon, and the fog was a bit strange.

At the back, the fog was so heavy that they lost their direction, and the horses were spinning in the fog. Xiao Meng crawled the horse: "Brother, the fog here is so heavy."

Ningjiang looked around. This place was not easy to accumulate water vapor like mountain gorges. There was so much fog, which was indeed a bit strange. Moreover, they seemed to be circled in the fog and could not walk out.

He looked up at the light and shadow in the sky. In the thick fog, he could not see the sun. However, the strength and weakness of the light still allowed him to make some judgments when observing the subtleties. So he leaned on his sister's waist with his left hand and pointed forward with his right hand. Following the direction he pointed, Xiao Meng rode forward.

On the way, the direction Ningjiang pointed changed several times. In this way, after a long time, the clouds and fog were cleared in front of them, and they reached the foot of a mountain. Ningjiang looked back and saw that the fog was still deposited behind them.

Xiao Meng breathed a sigh of relief: "This place looks like a ghost hitting a wall, what's going on?"

They continued to move forward, and there was a straight upward path ahead. At this time, the sun had not yet set, and it was hanging pale in the sky to the west. After climbing over a section of the hillside, and to the foot of the slope, there was a village in front of it. More than twenty houses were sparse, but no one could be seen. Further forward, there was a shop with several tables in front of the shop and next to it was a dilapidated flag.

Smoke came out of the chimney. In front of the pavilion, a little girl who looked only aged at most, with braids and dirty sitting on a small stool playing with toys. Seeing them dismounted, she shouted inward: "Grandma, there are guests."

An old woman came out with her back hunched out: "Young master, this girl, do you want something to eat?"

Ning Jiang asked: "Why is there no one living in this village?"

The old woman sighed, "In the past, there were many people living here. Later, there were haunted here, some people died, and the others were so scared that they moved. Only the old woman, with her granddaughter, was old and couldn't walk anymore, so she could only stay here, alas."

"Haunted" Ning Jiang looked back and asked again, "What are you eating here?"

The old woman said: "There is nothing good, just some rice wine, peanuts, beef, and freshly steamed meat buns."

Ning Jiang said: "Then give us some hot wine, two plates of peanuts, cut a few taels of beef, and then bring four buns over."

The old woman said, "Okay, come here, come here." She turned around and entered the house, passed a few times, and shouted, "Little girl, bring the food out to the guests."

The little girl ran in with a thumping bang, first brought out hot wine, then peanuts, beef, and buns. Xiaomeng picked up the bun and was about to bite it down. Ning Jiang suddenly said, "Wait a minute." He took the buns in Xiaomeng's hand and tore them open. Then, he turned his head and looked at the little girl who sat back to play with the toys: "Little sister, your buns are made of beef or human meat."
Chapter completed!