Half an hour later, the heroine in the white dress rode her horse dejectedly, fell behind Zuo Ning, and followed leisurely on her horse. A pair of beautiful almond eyes are also a little more depressed and a little less aura.
Obviously, Lu Shuihan lost completely in this huge gamble on whether there would be a fork in the road ahead.
Not long ago, when she rushed to the front and saw the tributary of Qingjiang River rolling and roaring on another path, her pretty little face collapsed.
Under Zuo Ning's photographic memory, she lost completely.
"Say it, I promise you a thousand pieces of gold, and I will keep my word. If you lose, you lose." Lu Shuihan pursed his lips.
Zuo Ning was smiling in front and humming a little tune. He didn't see the wonderful moments he wanted to see, so he answered her questions.
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When Lu Shuihan saw Zuo Ning didn't respond to her, she felt that Zuo Ning must be thinking of some bad ideas and was going to take advantage of her in a roundabout way. Then she clamped the horse's belly and rode it to his side. She frowned and looked at him.
"Don't make excessive demands!"
Listening to her angry words, Zuo Ning expressed his innocence. He spread his hands, looked at the charming Miss Lu next to him, and said: "I am an upright gentleman, what wrong ideas can I have? Let's do this, I will leave all the food on the road to you. Let’s solve it, how about this?”
Lu Shuihan pinched his smooth chin, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded reluctantly.
"walk slowly."
At this time, Zuo Ning suddenly turned over and dismounted, which made Lu Shuihan confused. Then she subconsciously clamped her legs to prevent Zuo Ning from squatting down and looking up at the stars.
Zuo Ning did squat down, but he did not raise his head to look to the side. Instead, he frowned and looked at the ruts on the road.
"Is there anything wrong with these ruts? There were ruts like this all the way just now..."
Regarding the strange behavior of the man below, Lu Shuihan asked him.
"Of course there is. The soil is too new. It was obviously turned out by the wheels... and the indentation is slightly deep, as if something heavy was transported..."
Zuo Ning looked at the dark-colored broken soil next to the rut mark and replied.
"Since we are transporting heavy objects, why don't we take the main road instead of taking this small road? It's obviously the vehicle frame that comes from the Jingzhou waterway... But there are also waterways in Jingzhou that directly resist the Shenguan Avenue..."
Lu Shuihan followed his train of thought and found that something was indeed a little strange, but she didn't think much about it.
"Maybe it's just a drop-in, or some other special situation."
Zuo Ning nodded, did not refute her words, stood up, and got on the horse.
"It will take another three or four days to walk this road, and we are already halfway there. Next, walk slowly and see what happens ahead..."
Walk slower and spend more time with him? This Zuo Ning is indeed a well-dressed disciple!
Lu Shuihan snorted lightly, and then hummed to express his agreement with Zuo Ning's words.
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Obviously, Zuo Ning heard her hum that sounded like dissatisfaction mixed with some other emotions.
It felt like I had offended her somewhere, which was weird.
. . .
"Young Master Zhou, I'm relying on you all the way."
Just a few miles in front of Zuo Ning, a convoy pulling several large carts of things was advancing slowly.
At the head of the queue was a young man with a long sword at his waist.
Although his appearance is not as stunning as Zuo Ning's, he is still handsome. There is a chivalrous air between his eyebrows that cannot be concealed, which is very different from Zuo Ning's elegant demeanor.
The young man was dressed in a cyan outfit, and the ribbons and fabric on his hair crown were all cyan.
And the small seal-like character "Zhou" on his cuffs showed his identity.
Qingzhou Zhou family.
Daqing couldn't help martial arts. Although there were corresponding yamen to manage the martial arts in the Jianghu, there were still some types that the court could not control.
That is the martial arts family, the martial saint family and the martial saint sect.
There is no other reason. They are not inferior to or even surpass the imperial court in terms of peak strength. Although the imperial court could send large armies to annihilate these aristocratic families who were domineering and disobedient because of their own strength, the benefits of volunteer work were far less than the expenses. It was a typical loss-making business that did more harm than good.
Faced with this situation, Daqing chose to recruit most of the aristocratic families. For example, the Zuo family of Yanzhou was a veteran-level martial arts family that Daqing recruited at the founding of the People's Republic of China. Now it is also under the management of Zuo Cheng, with the family head. Zuo Cheng became the state pastor and had three masters in one discipline, two of whom were first-class masters. He became the undoubted number one martial arts family in the world.
As for the forces that cannot be recruited, or the new forces that later break through the Martial Saint and rise around this Martial Saint, there is no way to protect them.
As long as they did not use force to violate the ban and obeyed the laws and regulations normally, the court would turn a blind eye to them.
The Zhou family in Qingzhou is such a new martial sage family. The head of the family is Zhou Ding, one of the eight sages who has been a saint for thirty years.
Thirty years does seem like a long time, but Lu Jiejing, who is already in his nineties this year, has been a Martial Saint for 60 years. In comparison, Zhou Ding is indeed the youngest Martial Saint currently known, and he is also among the three. In the past ten years, he has been the only newly promoted Martial Saint in the world.
This young man, named Zhou Yan, is Zhou Ding's youngest son and also the strongest son.
As for why Zhou Yan was in a convoy from Jingzhou to Beijing, that's not known.
"Mr. Wang, although we met by chance, we have the same destination. We are traveling together, so it is appropriate to help." Zhou Yan said to the old man beside him with a smile.
"Furthermore, as a warrior from Daqing, when I see that the things being transported by the imperial court lack guards, I also have the responsibility to protect them on this trip, right?"
As he spoke, the old man beside him, Mr. Wang, stroked his mustache with satisfaction and nodded.
That's so true.
"Young Master Zhou said that Zhou Sheng wants to develop in the capital. In this case, if Young Master Zhou wants to find an official position in the capital, I can help you."
Zhou Yan suddenly beamed with joy when he heard what he said.
After all, he had obtained an official position in the capital, so he could naturally settle down in the capital and complete the tasks assigned by his father.
This fleet is truly extraordinary.
At this moment, Zhou Yan was very glad that he stayed in this inconspicuous motorcade. This old man is really no ordinary person!
The old man looked at Zhou Yan with a happy face, but his inner joy was not expressed. For him, wooing the Zhou family in Qingzhou to the imperial court meant that he had wooed a genuine martial saint.
This is much more important than the one-and-a-half-office job sent out. Now it is becoming more and more obvious that the world is in chaos. If I can get the Holy Master to use one-and-a-half official positions to get the support of a martial saint, then there is no need to worry about the threat of rebellious ministers and thieves. Sheji?
