The two of them walked out of Qingyunfang and came to the street. After walking down another street, they took off their robes.
Just when I was about to find an inn to settle down first, I heard the noise of the crowd over there. A large number of people rushed to one side, and many people shouted: "Come over and take a look!"
"Don't let him get away!"
"Ahhh!"
"..."
The two of them were curious, so they found an old man selling melons at a roadside stall and asked, "Boss, what's going on?"
The old man selling melons said with a smile: "Hey, I heard that Zhang Chen, the chief of Shenglong Academy, is here. They all want to go and take a look at him."
"Zhang Chen?" Chu Liang turned his head and looked over there. The gathering place was getting bigger and bigger. "I didn't expect him to be so popular."
In fact, this is the limitation of Xianmen disciples.
In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths or the entire world of immortality, Zhang Chen's reputation cannot be compared with those of the top geniuses. But among the people of the Yu Dynasty, Zhang Chen had a very broad mass base.
This is because Shenglong Academy has its foundation among the people. With the support of the Yu Dynasty and its wide recruitment of students, the best scholars in the world can try to get into the academy. Many of the outstanding disciples from the academy will serve as officials to help the people.
After all, those fairies and geniuses are still very far away from the common people, but the students of Shenglong Academy may be related to their future well-being, so they naturally pay more attention to them.
And Zhang Chen is the most popular among the academy chiefs in recent generations.
"Hey, of course." After hearing Chu Liang's words, the old man selling melons immediately said: "Zhang Chen is extremely talented and kind-hearted. Everyone hopes that he will enter the court to benefit us in the future. If I hadn't I can’t get away from this stall, so I want to go and have a look.”
"Ouch."
Looking at the two of them, the old melon seller was a little puzzled: "Haven't you heard his story?"
"His story?" Chu Liang and Yun Chaoxian were both curious.
"Do you know about 'Looking for Sheep on a Mud Road'?" The old man selling melons immediately said in a storyteller's manner: "This is what I'm talking about. Chief Minister, one day I learned that a sheep raised by an old man was lost. The old man was very sad. , he walked across a muddy road to find the sheep for the old man, even if his feet were full of mud, he didn't care."
"And do you know about 'plain clothes walking in the rain'?" The old man selling melons continued, "That is to say, one rainy day, Zhang Chen saw an aunt walking in the rain outside, so he took off his coat. Cover the rain for my aunt, and walk in the rain myself in plain clothes."
Chu Liang nodded lightly as he listened.
In this way, the president of the academy is really a noble, moral person who has escaped from vulgar taste.
Yun Chaoxian said with a smile: "He is so popular. Now that he is better, with so many people surrounding him, he will definitely not be able to do anything."
"So..." Chu Liang also smiled and said, "The news that he came to Donghuaicheng was definitely not released by himself."
…
Zhang Chen sat on a chair in the inn, gently rubbing his forehead with a helpless smile on his face.
He had just spent a lot of time talking to the enthusiastic people outside and allowed a group of people to return home safely. But there are still groups of people from Donghuai City who like him coming continuously. If he can appease them all, then he won't have to do anything else in the past few days.
"The news that I came to Donghuai City must have been spread out by someone with intentions, just to delay our progress." Zhang Chen shook his head, "It was probably the idea of a few of your fellow disciples...' helpers."
"What should we do?" Ren Hongdao sat aside and asked.
"Everyone outside is here to attack me. I can't let anyone down. I will show my face when I go out later and say that I will go to another city soon. From now on, let's try to be careful and not reveal our whereabouts." Zhang Chen said.
"I didn't expect you to be so popular." Listening to the commotion outside, Ren Hongdao was a little surprised.
"Alas, it's all just a false reputation." Zhang Chen smiled bitterly, "The academy also intends to create a character for me, so it's inevitable that I will be burdened by the fame."
"Then are all the things you said false?" Ren Hongdao asked.
"It's not necessarily fake, it's just an exaggeration." Zhang Chen said.
"That story about helping the old man find sheep, isn't it true?" Ren Hongdao asked.
"Of course it's true, but..." Zhang Chen said: "That old man is the dean of our academy, and that sheep is his spiritual pet. It strayed into a swamp in the back mountain, so we had no choice but to help him find it. In fact, I am very reluctant in my heart, but it is the dean’s spiritual pet, and there is nothing I can do if I don’t look for it. When the news spreads from the academy, it will become a kind of search for a sheep on a muddy road. "
"Ah?" Ren Hongdao blinked, "Then you took off your clothes to help my aunt avoid the rain..."
"It's true, but that aunt is our dean's wife." Zhang Chen said: "Our dean secretly went to the brothel to socialize with others. After the dean's wife found out, she stood in the rain and waited. She said she would wait until the dean didn't come back. Here. As disciples, we don’t dare to say anything. I can only cover the dean’s wife with my clothes, and then quickly go to the dean to report the news.”
"The dean's wife didn't get caught in the rain much, because the dean received the news and rushed back a moment later. He was the one who knelt in the rain for most of the night. The dean's wife had already gone back to the back room to sleep."
"When word of this spread out from the academy, it turned into a plain-clothed rain." Zhang Chen said with a smile.
"That's it." Ren Hongdao nodded.
It seems that rumors should not be believed easily. Even if they are true, they may not be completely true. As long as part of it is enlarged and part of it is hidden, the truth can become completely different.
…
"Wouldn't it be good for us to do this?"
Li Fijian looked at Zhuge Guanxing and asked with some worry.
"We leaked Zhang Chen's location only to delay their progress." Zhuge Guanxing said, "We didn't hurt them, so what's wrong?"
"That's what I said..." Li Fujian scratched his head, "It's just that I still respect senior brother very much."
"There is no big or small competition, and there are rules and regulations. Since we are in the same trial, we must go all out to win." Zhuge Guanxing smiled and said, "Your senior brother is the strongest, and Zhang Chen is probably the most resourceful. They are a pair of The combination is too powerful, how can we win without some calculations?"
"Indeed." Li Fujian responded, "Then can we find Li Feiyu's location?"
Although Donghuai City was previously targeted, it is difficult to find the precise location, and even divination is not omnipotent.
"Wait a moment."
Zhuge Guanxing took a deep breath, made a decision with his left hand, and threw the three black gold and copper coins into the air with his right hand, then dropped them again, threw them up again, and dropped them again... several times.
Then he opened his eyes lightly and said: "Fire."
"Fire?" Li Fajian was puzzled.
"The hexagram indicates fire. The person you want to find tonight will appear in places related to fire."
Good morning.
Haven't I been suffering from insomnia this month? I stayed up all night several times, which was very painful. I took some conditioning medicine a few days ago, but now I feel groggy during the day and unable to sleep at night. The updates in the past two days have been late and infrequent, and I am very embarrassed.
There will be a big post tomorrow. I will try to update more during the past few days. Thank you everyone for your tolerance.
(End of chapter)
