The land in Guanzhong is flat, fertile for thousands of miles, this is the land of anointing, Weishui soup soup, there is no danger here, it can be described as a godsend, so both, Guanzhong has always been the heart of the world, since ancient times, according to the relevant people, if they can make great efforts, then the hegemony can be expected.

In history, there have been many heroes in Guanzhong, and there are countless people who are famous in the world.

From Chang'an City to the west more than 100 miles, there is a stream in the south of Weishui, the name is waterlogged, and it goes up nearly 100 miles along the river, there is a mountain named Niu's head, which is the source of waterlogging.

At the beginning of May, Li Ye went to Niushou Mountain.

It was a sunny day, the wind was smooth, Li Ye made a leaf of the boat, walked along the waterlogged water, stood on the bow of the boat and raised his eyes to look, but saw the waterlogging on both sides, the forest was verdant, the mountains and rocks were towering, and there was no fresh breeze. The river water is clear, reflecting the blue sky of the green mountain, the river meanders forward, I don't know its distance, there is a dragon cruising, a rage to open the mountain.

"I heard that in the early years, there was a view in Niushou Mountain, there were a lot of Taoist priests, and the cultivation was not good, but I didn't know that today, the Taoist temple and the Taoist people are still not there. If I had the chance, I'd like to check it out. ”

Beside Li Ye, Wu You looked up at the depths of the clouds and mist on the mountain peak, and said with fascination.

"If the Taoist temple over there is still there, and such a big thing happened in Niushou Mountain this time, those Taoist priests will not have no movement at all. Li Ye shook his head.

According to the Tang Dynasty system, the children of the official eunuchs need to pass the test of the imperial court first, and it happened that a group of thieves came out of Niushou Mountain, and they successively harmed several villages under the mountain, so the court sent Li Ye and others to investigate the case and arrest the thieves, so as to test their mental talents and judge whether they are qualified to be officials.

There are also several clan disciples who are ready to go out and need to be tested, and Wu You is also one of them.

"The county lord rarely goes out, and he doesn't know that the rivers and lakes outside Chang'an City are actually sinister, if there are really monks in this temple, he is only afraid of the thieves, and it has nothing to do with them....... can plague several villages under the mountain one after another, and the movement caused by these thieves is not small, if the Taoist temple did not conspire with them, they should have been pacified for the imperial court a long time ago, why wait for us to come?"

The one who spoke was an official in another small boat, twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a green official robe, his name was Song Yuanqiao, he was a member of the family of the Duchess of Xingguo, and he was now the county lieutenant of Juxian County-Niushou Mountain, which belonged to Juxian County.

In addition to Li Ye and Song Yuanqiao's boats, there are several boats on the river, each with the children of the clan on it.

Song Yuanqiao continued: "Today, the Dao Law is prosperous, and the Taoist temples and immortal gates in the world are all under the supervision and jurisdiction of the imperial court Qintian, and they have the responsibility of assisting the government to protect the territory and the people. After the Taoist temple and the Xianmen monks have achieved qi training, they must go to the Qin Tianjian for the record, and at the same time, they will also be given the Dao Law and the Spirit Sword by the Qin Tianjian - this is a symbol of status and a manifestation of responsibility, and when they return to the place, they will have the mission of punishing adultery and eliminating evil. There are thieves under Niushou Mountain, and Niushou Mountain is responsible...... Of course, we in Juxian County also have an unshirkable responsibility!"

Li Ye glanced at Song Yuanqiao and didn't say anything, as early as before he set off from Chang'an, Wang Duo might have to come to Niushou Mountain to investigate the case and get angry with him, so he let Shangguan fall into the city early and did something to understand the main officials of Juxian County.

In Li Ye's view, his return to Niushou Mountain to investigate the case was the result of Wang Duo's struggle with Wei Baoheng and Li Guanshu.

Wang Duo naturally wanted Li Ye to become a leader, but Li Guanshu really never wanted Li Ye to become a leader. A princely title has already made Li Guanshu tied up when dealing with Li Ye, if Li Ye becomes an official again, it will be even more difficult for Li Guanshu to attack Li Ye - Li Guanshu can't directly send someone to assassinate the prince and officials of the Tang Dynasty, right?

Wang Duo wants to give Li Ye a chance to become an official and let him take the test earlier - Li Guanshu has to drag this matter and prevent Li Ye from having the opportunity to take the exam. As a result of the fighting between the two sides, Li Ye came to the land of Song Yuanqiao to participate in the test.

To say that Li Guanshu did not instruct Song Yuanqiao to obstruct Li Ye's investigation of the case, Li Ye did not believe it, and it is even more likely that Song Yuanqiao would take this opportunity to replicate the death of King An in the Battle of Bagong Mountain.

But Li Ye didn't panic.

After absorbing the luck of King An's seal, his cultivation had been promoted to the third level of qi training.

The third level of qi cultivation is already the cultivation standard for five-grade officials.

In addition, he also has Lu Gujian and Qingyu Liulihu, as long as he does not face Li Guanshu head-on, Li Ye has the ability to protect himself.

Li Ye's attention was on a soapy little official beside Song Yuanqiao, who was a man in his forties, with a mediocre and inconspicuous appearance, but Li Ye had a good eye after all, although the other party deliberately restrained his breath and concealed his cultivation, Li Ye also noticed that he was a master.

As the county lieutenant, Song Yuanqiao is just a cultivator of the first level of qi training.

If Li Guanshu wants to deal with Li Ye, he will inevitably send a master over, and now it seems that the soap-clothed man next to Song Yuanqiao is likely to be that master. It's just that the other party has been standing beside Song Yuanqiao with his hands tied, not squinting, and not looking at Li Ye more.

The side of the boat rowed the waves, the trees quietly retreated, and there were green hills outside the green hills.

Li Ye retracted his gaze and looked at Niushou Mountain, remembering some past events in his heart.

Others don't know, but he knows that there is a real master hidden in the Niushou Mountain at the moment. In the memory of Li Ye's previous life, that master showed his strength during the Huangchao Rebellion - he single-handedly repelled the 1,000 horsemen of the Huangchao pioneer and saved the lives of thousands of people.

Such a person, of course, Li Ye wants to bring the other party over, absorb him into his team, and enrich his wings - except for Shangguan Allure and the eight hundred armor soldiers of the palace, he actually has no wings.

There are geese swirling on the mountainside, and their reflections glide smoothly across the river.

Li Ye tilted his head slightly, and a young figure was reflected in his pupils, it was a handsome man in the clan, he was in his early twenties, holding a folding fan, and kept looking at the river in front of the boat, never turning his head to look at the scenery on both sides of the river.

Li Ye knew that his name was Li Jing'an, and he was the second son of Prince Gong. Other than that, there is no other information. Although he is a disciple of the clan, he rarely appears in Chang'an, low-key and mysterious, and he is not unknown to what level of cultivation he has reached, but he has practiced qi very early.

Along the way, Li Jingan didn't say anything, not shy, but proud.

Song Yuanqiao's attitude towards him was quite respectful, and he couldn't get his good face.

When the sun reached midday, the water waves glowed with golden phosphorescence, which was a bit dazzling. Before the end of the meandering river, a small river came from the mountains to the east, and washed out a large narrow flat area where a mountain village was located, with about twenty families.

"It's here. Song Yuanqiao greeted.

When the boat docked, more than a dozen people walked down from five or six boats, except for Song Yuanqiao, who brought four soap-clothed officials, and the other clan Junyan, each with only one entourage.

Bring only one attendant, which is also a requirement for the assessment.

"What a beautiful stone!"

Wu You jumped off the boat, and was quickly attracted by the pebbles by the river, the river in the mountains is different from the plain river, there will be many pebbles on the riverbed that are washed by the river water very smooth, although not colorful, but also different colors, quite popular with girls.

There are large areas of barren grass by the river, clumps and clumps, and the dense places are more than 20 steps wide, most of them are higher than human heads.

When Li Ye got off the boat, Shangguan Chengcheng suddenly pressed his knife and said: "Your Highness......"

As soon as she wanted to say something, there were only two words out of her mouth, and she suddenly pulled out the horizontal knife, jumped off the bow of the boat in one step, and instantly protected Li Ye, and the reminder became a low shout: "There are assassins!"

There were indeed assassins, and everyone saw it.

The barren grass shook, and in the middle of the bushes of barren grass, many figures suddenly rushed out, all holding sharp blades, rushing towards Li Ye and the others.

They were fast, apparently monks, and their feet were on the cobblestones, which made a short, piercing creaking sound from the exertion, and the pebbles and river sand splashed behind their heels.

The distance between the barren grass and the place where the boat was parked was only about ten paces, and the sword-wielding monk suddenly rushed over, and it was almost there.

The sun was just right, and the sun turned into a cold light in a flash.

The clan Junyan on the side of the boat is not a soft persimmon, and the lowest cultivation has also reached the first level of qi training, although it happened suddenly, it was inevitable to panic, but he would not be restrained, and he pinched his fingers and cast spells.

Their reaction was quick, but not faster than the active attackers.

At the same time as the sword-wielding monk rushed out, in the barren grass, fireballs flew out one after another, smashing around Li Ye and the others.

When the fireball hit, Li Ye and the others had to give up their plan to attack the attacker with magic, and dodge and defend first.

In the roaring air explosion, the fireball smashed the boat, and also smashed around Li Ye and others, and suddenly the sawdust of the boat flew sideways, the water spring in the river burst out, the water splashed blooming, and the pebbles and river sand flew sideways.

It's just that in an instant, the attacker who rushed to the front has already encountered the official of Juxian County, who was the first to get off the boat.

"Poof!"

An official of the samurai realm was directly cut off by an attacker, and his head flew into the air, and blood gushed from his neck.

The river breeze with a slight fishy smell was mixed with the smell of blood in an instant.

"Thief!" Song Yuanqiao's eyes were red and he roared, drew his sword and rushed forward, facing the attacker who rushed to the front.

"The thieves have killed countless people, and they are so vicious, you should be careful!" The officials of Ju County shouted a few times to Li Ye and the others, and they all followed forward to deal with Song Yuanqiao.

The clan Junyan from Chang'an City all understood at this moment that the attackers were the thieves who were in charge of the troubles of Niushou Mountain, some of them were frightened and panicked, and some were hateful and indignant, or ordered their retinues to go up to kill the enemy, or ordered them to protect themselves.

However, no matter how these clan commanders reacted, they could no longer avoid the battle, and the attackers who were stopped by Song Yuanqiao and the official messenger were only a few, and many more had already rushed in front of them one after another, and the two sides were in a situation of hand-to-hand combat in a very short period of time.

In close combat, the magic is useless.

Only then did the clan Junyan realize that the number of attackers was several times that of them, and most of them were monks!

"Your Highness?" Shangguan Chengcheng was about to rush out, but was grabbed by Li Ye, and she looked back at Li Ye in confusion.

Li Ye's eyes were calm, and he shook his head at her slightly.