The cold wind blowing down from the more western state even brought a large number of biting snow, blowing and shaking the state endlessly, stretching into patches of cold pine forests.

The morning sun shines on the cliff at the junction of Bingzhou and Twisted Waist State, as if it has been plated with a layer of gold leaf, and the winding cliff stairs above the cliff can be vaguely seen from afar.

In the past, the road between Twisting Waist State and the outside world was the only road that was the first dangerous road in Great Xia, but now, it was only a blink of an eye from Twisting Waist State to Shenjing City, which was countless miles away, so the population on this Twisting Waist Road was even more scarce.

Under the cliff of the sky, and the town of Yaxia, under the cold of early spring, when the sun has just risen, most of the people in every household are still asleep, and then in a house in the town of Yaxia, a woman's roaring voice resounded throughout the sky:

"You little rabbit cub, during the celebration last night, I actually took advantage of my inattention to secretly drink, at a young age, I have to pick your skin!"

This reprimand fell, and there was a crackling sound of flesh and skin, accompanied by the boy's incessant screams, which showed the woman's anger, and the angry woman did not intend to stop there, and then pointed the finger at her unconscious husband, who was also drunk yesterday, and continued to scold:

"And you, let you take a good look at your son, good guy, just drink it down, it's really useless!"

"Yesterday was not a great victory for the imperial court, the big guys were happy, and let me drink as much as I wanted, isn't this what you said!"

The woman's husband, an extremely simple man, had just opened his mouth to retort, and then after being glared at by the woman's eyes, he swallowed the next words of defense directly back into his stomach.

In the quiet and peaceful town of Yaxia in the early morning, under the woman's scolding, it suddenly woke up completely and began to glow with a trace of vitality.

Then in the courtyard of the only inn in the town, the shopkeeper Mo, who had a round face and had been a little blessed recently, stood in front of the door of the inn that had just been rebuilt for a long time, and then he turned around and glanced at his daughter Nannan, who was standing behind him, wearing a pink cotton jacket and carved like a porcelain doll.

The little girl, under the gaze of her father, thought that she had made a mistake, and then shook her head like a rattle, and hurriedly spoke:

"Dad, Nan Nan was very well-behaved last night, Nan Nan didn't drink secretly, Dad, don't talk about Nan Nan!"

As soon as these words came out, the round face of the shopkeeper Mo suddenly smiled, stretched out his right hand and touched his daughter's head, and responded softly:

"You're so well-behaved, how can my father be willing to talk about you. ”

After Shopkeeper Mo finished speaking, as if he had made up his mind, he took his daughter's hand, pushed open the door, walked into the streets of Yaxia Town, which was filled with a faint mist, and slowly walked towards the outskirts of the town.

After a while, the figure of the father and daughter, the eldest and the younger, walked out of the fog, and then saw from afar that there was a courtyard built of pine wood on the periphery of the town, and there was a smoke curling up in the courtyard at this time, presumably someone was making breakfast, and on the periphery of the courtyard, a large vegetable field was opened up, and at the same time, on the vegetable field, there were three people working with the slowly rising morning sun.

One is a middle-aged man wearing a black coarse cloth robe, although he is plowing the ground with a hoe, but his face is calm, and his every move reveals a very elegant atmosphere, and next to the middle-aged man, there is also a young man who is helping, he is wearing a simple white Confucian cedar, although the head in the field is hoeed up of the soil, splashed on the corners of the clothes, but the young man does not care, the ordinary but fair face is full of seriousness, every action is meticulous.

Then the middle-aged man stood up slightly, and slowly said to the side:

"Yaya, how many dishes have you picked, is it enough to cook today?"

After the man's gentle voice fell, a little girl who was squatting in the field on the other side raised her head and responded in a loud voice:

"Sir, Yaya picked ten plants, and I don't know if it's enough?"

"Enough is enough, if you pick too much in one go, it won't be enough to eat in the future!"

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he showed a smile, then bowed down to hoe the ground again, and then listened to the young Confucian beside him speak:

"Mr. You is really a good drinker, during the celebration last night, I saw with my own eyes that Mr. You put almost all the adult men in the entire Yaxia Town, but I didn't expect to work like no one in the morning. ”

"This is a good amount of wine that I practiced when I was an official in Shenjing City before, and you also know that our human race has a strong wine culture, if you stay in the Ministry of Rites for more than 20 years, this amount of wine can almost put down the people of the entire town. ”

The former Ministry of Rites Shangshu You Tingjian did not raise his head, and his voice came out lightly, and then he seemed to think of something, and continued to speak:

"I remember that a few days ago, someone came to the Great Xia Academy, I should have asked you to go back to participate in the Great Imperial Examination for a few days, right?"

As soon as You Tingjian asked, as one of the well-deserved leaders of the Academy, Confucian Xinhao, hesitated for a few breaths, nodded, and then responded:

"I was a little hesitant, so I was still thinking. ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, the key is to follow the heart, but I am in the school palace in this cliff town, you don't have to worry too much, if there is anything, you can do it boldly while you are young. ”

After You Tingjian finished saying this, he turned around slightly, looked at the shopkeeper Mo who was holding Nannan's hand, and after showing a smile, he asked:

"This early in the morning, Shopkeeper Mo came to look for me, is there something important?"

"Mr. You is really like a god!"

A kind smile appeared on the round face of Shopkeeper Mo, and he didn't sell it, and said directly:

"I heard that Mr. You once came from Shenjing City, but I can't hide it, my inner life and my daughter have always had a dream of going to Shenjing City to see, and we are too far away from Yaxia Town, and we won't be able to find the scroll for teleportation for a while, so I came to ask Mr. if there is a way. ”

After the shopkeeper Mo finished speaking, he groped out an object tightly wrapped in a cloth from his arms, and after opening it, he continued to speak:

"Naturally, I won't let Mr. waste money in vain, and I don't know if it's feasible to exchange this thing?"

Shopkeeper Mo's voice fell, You Tingjian raised his eyes and saw a flash of silver light come into view, his face suddenly changed slightly, he raised his feet and stepped forward and said:

"This is Xuantian Tan, and it is a special offer for the royal family of the White Emperor Palace, Mo Shopkeeper, this thing appears in your hands, it is unusual. ”

"This, this, this was given by a noble man a few days ago!"

Hearing You Tingjian's solemn voice, Shopkeeper Mo was also a little panicked all of a sudden, and stammered with a bitter face to explain, and then the Confucian Xinhao on the side put away the hoe in his hand, walked in slowly, patted Shopkeeper Mo's shoulder, and his voice came out faintly:

"There's no problem with your Xuantian charcoal's origin, let's put it away, this thing is worth a lot of money, you want to sell it, it is estimated that no one will dare to accept it for a while, if you want to go to Shenjing City, then follow me." ”

As soon as these words came out, You Tingjian stroked the beard on his chest and asked loudly:

"It's decided?"

"It's decided!"

"If you go, you may never return. ”

"Then it will be difficult to return, but Yaya, this child, Mr. must take good care of it. ”