Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 812 Go to Xinzheng County
Pan Yi was about to set up a formation to protect the group from the rain, when the guards came to report that there was a ruined temple a mile ahead.

Su Yixin: "...There really is a ruined temple."

"Mom, what did you say?"

Su Yixin smiled: "It's nothing, I just thought of something funny."

When it rains, there is bound to be a ruined temple, and when there is a ruined temple, there is bound to be danger. Is this something that cannot be avoided?

But with people like them here, there is no danger.

Soon they arrived at the ruined temple in the rain. The temple had not been abandoned for a long time, but the rubble was still in good condition. There were no spider threads and there was only a thin layer of dust.

"Mr. Pan, how long do you think this rain will last?"

"Mr. Lang, look at the weather. It won't stop for a while. I'm afraid I'll have to spend the night here."

Zhao Rui nodded: "Then get ready and rest here for the night."

After a simple lunch, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it really had no intention of stopping. The group of people were stuck in this ruined temple, and it was really boring.

"Master, if you have nothing to do, why don't you play chess."

When Zhao Rui called Master, his eyes were on Gu Yanxiao. He wanted to attract her attention, but he didn't know what to say. Before he could think of it, the words about playing chess with Master popped out of his mouth.

Gu Qingjue responded as if he was unknown: "Okay, we master and apprentice have not discussed each other for a long time."

Fang Mengfu, the commander of the Dragon Guard detachment, started to work as a pawn, half-kneeling on the ground and arranging the chess pieces, tables, chairs and benches.

"Goro-kun, it's ready."

In the past, when playing chess, only Fudge was waiting on the side, and there were not so many people. Now these pairs of eyes were watching together, especially since Gu Yanxiao was still here, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"Master, you first."

"Are you sure?" Gu Qingjue raised his eyebrows, "On weekdays, you have three sons..."

"Master, master, stop talking and give me some face."

Even if Xiaoxiao is not here, he is not a loser, but here, he doesn't want Xiaoxiao to see that he is useless.

Gu Qingjue smiled and asked Zhao Rui to place the pieces first.

The two of them went back and forth, and Zhao Rui's level was obviously higher than usual. He actually played against Gu Qingjue for an hour without falling behind.

"Not bad, there is progress."

Zhao Rui was still a little embarrassed: "I have been taught by Master for many years, but if I haven't made any progress, it would be useless."

His current way of governing the country is inherited from Taifu Gu.

two quarters of an hour later
"I know I can't beat Master."

“As long as you are better than you were yesterday, that’s progress.”

"somebody is coming!"

The first one to speak was Pan Gong, and soon Su Yixin and Pan Yi also felt it.

"There are quite a few, all riding horses."

Soon a group of people came to the temple and looked like they were people from the martial arts world.

The leader dismounted, walked under the eaves, and took off his bamboo hat. The bamboo hat was full of water, and when he took it off, it spread everywhere.

"This used to be a ruined temple. I was passing by here and wanted to take shelter from the rain. I didn't expect that there were already people there. I wonder if my brother and others can take shelter from the rain?"

Zeng Shengji came out of it, seemingly casually, but in fact he had already looked at the group of people: "This ruined temple does not belong to us, of course. But we have already used the room inside, so we can only bother Just spend the night outside."

"nature."

This ruined temple is in the wilderness, whoever gets there first gets the best spot.

The leader nodded, and a dozen or so people on horseback dismounted and came to the eaves in unison. Zeng Shengji had already returned to the inner room.

"Master, let's have another round." "Lang Jun."

Zeng Shengji stopped Zhao Rui and put his right index finger in the middle of his lips, making a silent gesture.

Everyone immediately heightened their vigilance. Pan Gong used his spiritual power to investigate carefully and found that these people were all sword cultivators.

"Come on, master, let's have another round."

Zhao Rui opened his mouth and moved louder than before to cover up the movement inside. Zeng Shengji wrote down the doubtful points he found on the table with water.

Zhao Rui: Are these people coming for us?
Gu Qingjue shook his head.

It's hard to guess all this now. It's been two days since they left the capital. Although they left the capital quietly, the news could have been leaked at any time.

However these are just guesses.

These sword cultivators are not necessarily here for them.

If you really want to kill them, you won't feel any murderous aura at all.

Gu Qingjue: Wait and see what happens.

At night, there was no movement from the sword cultivators outside. It looked like they were really staying here.

Until the morning of the next day, Jianxiu left.

Zhao Rui walked out of the inner room: "Just leave like this?"

Zeng Shengji said: "Your Majesty, they left after the rain stopped at midnight."

Gu Qingjue: "Master, do you know from which direction they left?"

The location of this ruined temple is somewhat special. There are four roads in front of the door. They came from the leftmost road. There is a straight road in the middle. This road leads to Mi County. The middle road on the right leads to Xinzheng County. , this road is smoother than the one in the middle. The one on the far right is a small road, and the direction should be towards Changge County.

You can also go to Changge from Xinzheng County, but you have to take some detours.

And that group of people left from the direction of Xinzheng County.

"More than a dozen of them are all sword cultivators. Although we haven't fought against each other, I met them face to face yesterday. Their skills are quite good."

Gu Yan asked with a smile: "Have there been any major events in Xinzheng County recently? With so many sword cultivators passing by, there may be chaos."

Zhao Rui rubbed his right thumb and index finger, then turned to Gu Qingjue and said, "Master, otherwise we will postpone going to the academy and go to Xinzheng County first."

"I came here just to see the local customs and customs. I go wherever I go. Since I bumped into him and I have doubts, I won't be relieved if I don't go." Gu Qingjue said to Zeng Shengji, "Master, change the route to Xinzheng County."

Speaking of Xinzheng County, it is an ancient city with quite a history.

Xinzheng was not originally called Xinzheng, but Zheng County.

According to records in ancient books, Zheng County was the capital of "Youxiong", the first of the Five Emperors, more than 5,000 years ago.

Later, Zheng County became the seat of the Zheng State. During the Warring States Period, South Korea moved its capital here and changed Zheng County to Xinzheng, which has been used to this day.

Therefore, why is the road to Xinzheng County wider and smoother than the road to Mi County.

Half a day later, they arrived outside Xinzheng City. The city walls were not as good as those in Kyoto, but they were taller and more imposing than those in other counties.

The group entered the city smoothly and stayed at an inn. Fang Mengfu Li immediately took people to inquire about the whereabouts of the sword cultivators.

However, those sword cultivators left in the middle of the night and were on horseback. If they really came to Xinzheng, they would probably arrive before dawn.

There were no pedestrians on the road at that time, so it sounded quite complicated.

But Fang Mengfu is in charge of the Dragon Guard. In addition to protecting the safety of the official family, the Dragon Guard is best at inquiring about information.

After two hours, I finally got some clues.

Those swordsmen entered the county government mansion.

"The magistrate of Xinzheng County is Fan Wenhong. He was born in the 10th year of Tiansheng. He became a Jinshi in the 6th year of Huangyou and later became the county magistrate here."