Zhushan County of Ba County is a very special place, and it even has a nickname called "Zhengren City".

In the wars between the Great Qin Dynasty and the Han, Zhao, and Wei dynasties in the past, the first thing to be destroyed was a small country at that time, the Zheng State.

The territory of Zheng itself is only equivalent to the current county of the Great Qin Dynasty, coupled with the weak national strength, and it is in a critical place, even if the monarch of Zheng Guo at that time opened the door of convenience and allowed the army of the Great Qin Dynasty to pass, but in the end, because the movements of the army of the Great Qin Dynasty were easy to be grasped, it was inconvenient to garrison and so on, and was destroyed by the Great Qin Dynasty to find an excuse.

Most of Zheng's young and strong laborers were forced to do hard labor to build reservoirs and ditches to irrigate farmland.

When the Great Qin Dynasty established Ba County, the vast majority of Zheng people were driven to Ba County by a decree to open up the mountains.

At the beginning, most of the Zheng people who experienced the pain of national destruction, the hardships of heavy labor, the hardships and dangers of trekking through mountains and rivers, and the poison of snakes and insects in Bashan have already grown old, and their descendants have settled down in Ba County, among which most of the residents of Zhushan County in Ba County are the descendants of Zheng Guoren.

Because a generation has passed, the descendants of these Zheng people have long accepted the fate of becoming Qin people, but many Zheng Guo's habits have continued.

It may be that there is always a threat from a big country and there is not much sense of security, so the Zheng people especially worship ghosts and gods, and there are many sacrifices and temple fairs to worship ghosts and gods throughout the year.

At the beginning, the very lively temple fair that Xue Wangxu and Ding Ning said was the stove fire temple fair where the Zheng people sacrificed to the god of the stove.

The Feng family in Zhushan County, Ba County, is not a Zheng person.

When Emperor Yuanwu ascended the throne and needed the superficial attitude of the people of Bashan Sword Field, all the disciples of Bashan Sword Field who expressed their absolute loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor with their actions, whether they were those who had cultivated to a high level or just ordinary disciples of the outer sect, all survived.

Feng Qianxun of the Feng family was an ordinary disciple of the Bashan Sword Field in the past, and later the Feng family was able to live very well in Ba County, and even looked like a small Guan Wai Hou, that was because of another fact that many people were unwilling and did not dare to mention.

The most noble woman of the Great Qin Dynasty, Her Royal Highness the Empress is a Zheng person who was born in Zheng State.

Although like the hostess of the Xie family in Guanzhong, Empress Zheng Sleeve's family was already a nobleman who developed in Changling, and Zheng Sleeve was also born, studied, and practiced in Changling.

But Zheng Ren is Zheng Ren, even if she ascends to the throne of the queen, I don't know how much bloody rain it took to pave it.

In the bloodiest years before Emperor Yuanwu ascended the throne, everything she showed made people feel that she was a real Qin person, and she had no special sympathy for the Zheng people, but when the situation in Changling was completely stabilized and she became a high queen, many people found that she was particularly ruthless in many things, and she still had some soft ingredients for the people of her homeland. Some officials who are gentle in dealing with Zheng people will receive some slight preferential treatment.

The Feng family was very generous to the Zheng people in the era when the Zheng people were forced to move to Ba County and open up the mountains, coupled with what the Feng family did during the period when the Bashan Sword Field was destroyed, so that the Feng family soon became the last prestige gate valve in Zhushan County after Emperor Yuanwu ascended the throne, not only having jurisdiction over several nearby copper mines and tin mines, but also winning the respect of the Zheng people in Zhushan County.

"What are you saying that there is medicine for me in Zhushan County, Ba County?"

In the monotonous sound of the wheels crushing the thin ice on the road, Ding Ning asked Xue Wangxu.

"It's a fixing pearl. ”

Because he had enough time, Xue Wuxu was not in a hurry, slowly, telling stories in general, and said when he thought of a sentence: "Of course, the face fixing pearl I am talking about is not the non-flowing incense pill made of some pollen nectar in those incense powder shops in Changling, but the Gu Danzhu that really has a peculiar beauty preservation effect." ”

"After His Majesty officially ascended the throne, stopped the war, and did not restrict the foreign population from moving into Changling to settle down, Changling is now the first male city in the world, although the Bashan area is now a county, but compared to Changling, it is still a land of fierce mountains and bad waters, but you may know that a long time ago, there have been many cultivation sects in the Bashan area. ”

"There were many spiritual veins in Bashan before, and those spiritual veins were much stronger than the spiritual veins in Baiyang Cave now. Therefore, many sects have been cultivated in it, and until today, although the spiritual veins have long been exhausted, there are still many relics of sects in Bashan. ”

"In the second year after His Majesty ascended the throne, my senior brother happened to be traveling in Bashan, and it happened that the ruins of an ancient sect were discovered. Many cultivators rushed to explore the treasure, and my senior brother found a beauty pearl. ”

"The medicinal qi that comes out of the Fixing Bead has the effect of infiltrating the five internal organs and maintaining the appearance, but after my senior brother found this Fixing Bead, he was snatched by another cultivator. ”

"That cultivator is Feng Qianzhuo of the Feng family in Zhushan County, Ba County, my senior brother was the enemy of him, and when he was defeated, he took away the Dingyan Pearl. ”

Hearing these words, Ding Ning unconsciously shook his head slightly, his gaze fell on the sword with the last flower, and he couldn't help but think of the words of the eldest grandson Qianxue when he objected to him entering the Aries Cave that day.

Changling is indeed a place where countless grievances gather.

Just like now, this remnant sword originally had no connection with the Aries Cave and Xue Wangxu, but invisibly, this sword had inexplicably entangled many grievances together.

"In those years, my cultivation was not much higher than that of my senior brother, and I may not be able to deal with opponents that my senior brother could not handle. ”

Xue Wangxu glanced at Ding Ning, and said calmly: "And that fixed face bead can be refined, my senior brother and I naturally think that the other party will refine it after winning that fixed face bead, plus the Feng family has some relationship with the queen clan, so we can only swallow this breath and no longer think about it." ”

"But then I found out that he didn't refine this fixed face bead?" Ding Ning saw something in his eyes and asked.

Xue Wangxu shook his head mockingly: "I didn't hear until a few years ago that Feng Qianxun likes beautiful women, so this fixed face bead was given to his concubine." ”

Ding Ning frowned, and said mockingly: "Then he can be regarded as dedicated, most of them like beauty, and people who value their appearance so much, always look at a face, no matter how beautiful that face is, they will get tired of it for a long time." ”

Xue Wangxu laughed, "He will also be annoyed, so he gave the fixed face bead to the three concubines separately." In this way, before he gets bored, at least the beautiful appearance of the concubine he likes can remain unchanged. ”

Ding Ning sneered: "It's a good idea, but it's a pity that it's not used in cultivation." ”

"Actually, after practicing for a long time, I always wonder what the meaning is. ”

Xue Wangxu looked at Ding Ning and said seriously: "When you feel that it is impossible to go further, and you don't want to make meritorious contributions and go into battle to fight, you will feel that there is no point in practicing again." It's better to spend the rest of your life with wine and concubines. ”

Ding Ning was silent, he knew that what Xue Wangxu said was the truth, but Feng Qianxun owed him a debt, so in his opinion, even if Feng Qianxun felt that cultivation was meaningless, he was not worthy of such a life of a group of beautiful concubines.

"For you, of course, spiritual practice is meaningful. Xue Wuxu looked at the silent Ding Ning and smiled slightly: "For me, I have been silent for a lifetime, and the final scenery makes me feel more comfortable than a hundred beautiful concubines, so you don't have to feel that you owe me anything, not to mention that you have to go to win in the Minshan Sword Meeting." Even if you say that I am obsessed, even if I am no longer in the Aries Cave, if a student who goes out of the Aries Cave can enter the top three in the Minshan Sword Meeting, I will be happier than anything. Even if I just imagine the possibility now, I am happy to think about the various expressions on the faces of those noble people. ”

Ding Ning looked at his face that looked a little excited, and looked at the smile on Xue Wangxu's face, he couldn't help but imagine that kind of scene, he also felt happy, couldn't help smiling, and said: "I won't think you are obsessed, because Aries Cave is just a celebrity for many people, but for you it is a lifetime." It's just that I heard that the Minshan Sword Club is different from the small sword trial of our Qingteng Sword Academy, and the top three are also divided into before and after, so just entering the top three is not the happiest thing, and to fight for the top position is of course to fight for the top position. ”

Xue Wangxu was slightly stunned, he saw absolute confidence in Ding Ning's smile and calm eyes, and his hand almost broke several of his white whiskers.

"You want to be the first?"

"Even though I've told you so much, you still have that confidence?"

Xue Wuxu shook his head, but he exhaled and laughed again: "If you can really take the first place, I will talk about the old man and go crazy with a young man, and take off his clothes and run around in front of the famous Jianjiang in front of the Minshan Sword Sect." ”

"I'll get first. ”

Ding Ning said this with great conviction, and then looked at Xue Wangxu with a very strange look: "Could it be that when you were young, you liked to strip off your clothes and run wildly?

Xue Wangxu laughed out loud, patting the cushion with both hands, as if he had really returned to his youth.

"Young and frivolous, singing and drinking, who knows how many frivolous things, but how many years have passed, how many things have gone wrong, how many people have left, but it is difficult to turn back, and there is no chance to do it again. ”

Listening to Xue Wangxu's voice, Ding Ning closed his eyes and said softly in his heart: "Old man, although you are late, I will give you the real scenery if I follow you." ”