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"Down and out? It doesn't matter if you're down or out, it's a good thing you're still alive."

Lin Zikai sighed, feeling helpless as he spoke, lowering his hands as if recalling something bad. He shook his head and sighed, arching his back like a wild dog whose spine was broken.

But in just one and a half years, a scholar can become worse than a beggar. Zhao had thousands of words stuck in his throat, but he couldn't say a word, and finally it turned into a long "Alas".

After being silent for a while, Zhao Jiu said sadly, "Mr. Lin, where are the people from the escort agency? No matter how chaotic the land of Shu is, it won't be so chaotic that Liangzhou is gone, right?"

"The Escort Agency? Where is the Escort Agency? Three months ago, Liangzhou was defeated without a fight. After the war, Liangzhou? Oh, it's just a deserted city! The entire Escort Agency, men, women, old and young, all died in the rebellion..." Lin Zikai's tone was sad and his expression was excited. After just a few words, he seemed to have exhausted all his energy. He sat on the floor supporting Menfang, his chest rose and fell for a while before he could catch his breath.

"Hahahahaha" Zhao Ju took two steps back while holding the wine bottle, smiling mockingly to himself, but the chaotic fluctuations of zhenqi around him indicated that Zhao Ju was not at peace in his heart.

"Mr. Lin, what lies are you talking about? Liangzhou is less than a thousand miles away from Jinguancheng and only eight hundred miles away from Jianmen. How can it be broken at once? Not to mention more than 3,000 people, even more than 3,000 pigs are not Can you kill tens of thousands of bandits in a short time? Are they bandits?"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Ziyu, who was on the ground as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind, and let out a long sigh. He dragged Lin Ziyu into the restaurant and ordered a table of food. If I don’t eat, let alone talk about the sun tomorrow, it’s hard to say whether I can finish talking.

Soon the food was served. Lin Ziyu had been hungry for several days, so he couldn't care less about being polite. He just grabbed the chopsticks and ate a mess. In this situation, for Zhao Jiu, perhaps the so-called literati's moral integrity is that he still remembers to use chopsticks to pick up food.

I ate all the food on the table in three strokes, five divisions and two, and almost licked the plates on the table clean. After a long burp, Lin Ziyu looked at Zhao Jue with a rude expression and spoke leisurely.

"Young Master Zhao, you don't know. There are no mountain bandits in Shu. Everywhere you look there are rebels. They are eager to steal something from Shu and then run to Annan to make themselves king. There is no comparison with the rats on the mountain. Does it sound good to seize the city and become the king? Are they all thieves? Don’t rebels have a better future than mountain bandits?”

The more Zhao listened, the more he wanted to laugh. This was reasonable. He was about to run away. He must have robbed as many as he could. Why did he care about whether the person who was robbed could survive? No wonder the city of Liangzhou can be destroyed. If a group is formed to commit crimes, is there any reason why it cannot be destroyed?

"Fortunately, the Taoist priest from Qingcheng Mountain helped, otherwise I would have died in the chaos of war in Liangzhou City..." Lin Zikai rambled on, without seeing the change in Zhao Jiu's expression.

Qingcheng Mountain? Isn’t the person I want to kill in Qingcheng Mountain? Zhao Jiu's pupils were dilated and the corners of his mouth could not be concealed. Fortunately, Lin Zikai was still talking to himself. Zhao quickly adjusted his expression and asked, pretending not to care, "Qingcheng Mountain? Taoist Priest? Who are there?"

"Daozhang Xu, Daozhang He, Daozhang Wang. There are many others whose names I can't remember. Fortunately, fortunately..." Lin Zikai said intermittently.

"Daozhang Wang? Wang Jiwei?"

"Master Zhao knows about Taoist Wang?" Lin Zikai asked in surprise, a little surprised.

Zhao picked up the tea cup and drank the tea. His appearance was as calm as water, but inside he was already ecstatic. "I am also a martial arts practitioner. How could I not have heard of the most talented disciple in Qingcheng Mountain for hundreds of years?"

Lin Zikai nodded in agreement. This explanation was consistent with Zhao Jiu's identity. Seeing that Lin Zikai had finished eating, Zhao called a room and asked Lin Zikai to come up.

"Mr. Lin, I have to go to Jinguan City on a business trip next. If you don't mind, let's go together in two days."

Lin Ziyu sighed and said helplessly, "How is Shu different? Jinguan City is just a larger Yuzhou. The world is so big that it is pitiful that there is no place for it."

"Let's go to Hexi." Zhao Ji smiled and said, "After studying for so many years, you can't just escape. Although it is difficult to leave your homeland, if you have the opportunity to realize your ambition, you still have to endure the pain and move forward. Just like the Yangtze River, it passes through the mountains and merges into the river. Only the sea can be famous all over the world.”

Lin Zikai's eyes froze, Hexi was bitterly cold, and he didn't want to go, but the fact was the same as what Zhao said. The vast Shu region had been in war for years, and fleeing was the norm. Hanchuang studied hard for more than ten years and then spent his great youth on the road to escape. No one wanted to. If Hexi could really show his ambition, enduring the bitter cold would not be impossible.

When Zhao saw that Lin Zikai was interested, he stopped trying to persuade him and just smiled and asked Lin Zikai to go up and sleep. Too many words will only be counterproductive. It is enough to start with it, and it is best for Lin Zikai to think about the rest.

After Lin Zikai returned to the room, Zhao sat under the eaves with his hands behind his back, admiring the familiar moonlight. In memory of the passing of Lin Zheng, the group poured a bottle of wine in the air, recalling the past with a hint of melancholy. Before he knew it, the night was getting dark, so Zhao drank the last bit of wine in the jug and went back to his room to sleep.

The next day, the sky was gloomy and the first autumn rain came early. There was an autumn rain and a cold. Zhao, who was well prepared, put on his autumn clothes as soon as he got up and stood in front of the window looking at the looming mountains in the continuous drizzle outside the window.

Li Yizhen, who had been poured a lot of wine, was still sound asleep, but Lin Ziyu got up early and was standing under the eaves watching the rain scene silently. When he saw Zhao, he went downstairs, stepped forward and smiled.

"Mr. Zhao, after thinking about it all night, I think I'd better go to Hexi. At least I can give an explanation for my years of hard study."

Zhao just smiled, took out a few taels of silver from his pocket, and stuffed it into Lin Ziyu's hand. "Mr. Lin, don't rush. The weather will turn cold after the autumn rain. It's more important to change into a set of autumn clothes first."

"I will stay in Yuzhou for a few days. If Mr. Lin is interested, you can go to Yuzhou. When I leave Yuzhou, I will naturally arrange your itinerary, but you will have to go alone in the future."

"Go to Hexi or go to Jinguan City with me. Mr. Lin may consider it first. There is plenty of time. There is no rush."

Hearing what Zhao said, Lin Ziyu nodded and bowed his hands to thank him. Zhao accepted it frankly. After knowing that the ready-made clothing store was not far away, he stubbornly pulled Lin Ziyu to buy autumn clothes. Along the way, he asked about Wang Jiwei's information indirectly. The mission was important, not to mention that he had paid.

When the two returned to the restaurant with an umbrella, Li Yizheng was still sleeping. Zhao ignored him, ordered a table of wine and food, and chatted with Lin Ziyu. All the information about Wang Jiwei has been ascertained through the conversation. After learning that Wang Jiwei is most likely in Jinguan City, Zhao couldn't help but feel happy.

It is said that good deeds will be rewarded. This is what I, Zhao, deserve!