The horses are galloping on the official road. They have strong legs, slender necks, graceful figures, heads with slender jaws, and eyes with cold and fierce eyes.
Anyone who knows how to look at horses will naturally recognize them at a glance. These are war horses carefully bred in Longxi.
If you are not an elite member of the military, even high-ranking officials will rarely find one.
Occasionally there would be a convoy driving along the road, and when they heard the sound of galloping horses behind them, they would all look back.
People who can walk on the official path are not officials, but at the end of the day they are family members of officials.
But when they saw the rider on the horse, who was all dressed in black satin and silver-patterned brocade robes, with a horizontal sword on his waist, their expressions all changed, and they immediately hurriedly got out of the way.
The war horses roared past, and soon they rolled up thick smoke and dust on the ground. In a moment, they were far away from people's sight.
"Who is he!"
The carriage curtain was gently pushed open by a hand.
The hand was very white, and every fingernail was carefully trimmed. The moment the window was opened, a faint fragrance wafted out of the car, making the entourage beside the carriage trance.
After a moment, he realized what he was talking about and hurriedly reported back: "Your Majesty, he is from the Shenwu Guard."
"Oh! Keep going."
The carriage responded lightly, seemingly not touched by the words Shenwuwei.
This can't help but admire me secretly in my heart. In today's imperial court, no one in the imperial court should tremble when they hear the words "Shenwuwei".
Only his eldest son can be so calm.
"Keep on going!"
The entourage shouted, and the carriage was pulled onto the official road again and continued to move forward.
"Shenwuwei!"
In the carriage, Xu Tong closed his eyelids slightly, and the information about Shenwuwei came to his mind.
The Shenwu Guards are the current royal guards of the Queen. Over the past few years, the Queen has become old and her suspicions have become more and more serious.
He became more and more distant and wary of the original bad guys and the Imperial Guard.
Instead, they relied more and more on the Shenwu Guards. Now that they were so powerful, they had the power to kill local officials below the third rank first and then punish them later.
Local garrison troops can be mobilized at will.
Wherever he goes, his power is comparable to that of a governor.
The reason why the Shenwu Guards are so highly regarded by the Queen is that according to rumors, those who can enter the Shenwu Guards are all closely related to the Queen's natal family and the Wu family.
However, Shenwuwei rarely leaves the city of God, so why would he appear here now?
Xu Tong closed his eyes, and his identity and information kept pouring into his mind.
And my identity actually has a lot of origins,
Her father was Prince Gong Li Xiao, who was granted the title of Sichuan and Shu, because his mother was originally a concubine in the palace. She had neither political resources nor family power, and was completely a marginalized role.
But perhaps it was precisely because his sense of existence was so low that he was luckily ignored by people during the several purges after the empress ascended the throne.
As Li Zheng, the son of Li Xiao, that is his current identity.
The eldest son of Prince Gong's Mansion could actually hide in his fiefdom, eat, drink and dress honestly for the rest of his life without worrying about it.
But the bad luck is that Li Zheng is also a weird person. It is inappropriate to let the prince go, but he must be an official.
This made his father Li Xiao very angry.
How long has it been since you still want to be an official?
Originally, Li Xiao would never agree to this matter, but Li Zheng went so far as to spend his own money to establish a relationship. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, this matter was reported to the prime minister of the dynasty.
The current prime minister didn't have any good intentions, so he actually gave Li Zheng an official with a stroke of his pen.
He went to Yuyang, Youzhou to serve as a river supervisor.
So there is a story that he sat in a carriage and went to Yuyang, Hejian, to take up a post.
After learning his identity, Xu Tong immediately received news from the prop book.
"Identity 1: River Inspector
Mission description: Yuyang was an important garrison town for the imperial court, but in recent years, tragedies have occurred one after another, so that the original project to repair the river has never been completed. The imperial court appointed river supervisors three times, and as a result, one person died and two committed suicide.
Task requirements: Identify problems and monitor the smooth completion of the river project.
Mission time: March.
Mission penalty: extremely high!”
Regarding his identity mission, Xu Tong did not feel any difficulty at all.
In fact, when I got the identity mask, several key points were already written clearly on the mask.
For example, my identity mission is clearly written on the mask, Yuyang River God.
The Jiutiao River in Yuyang is not only an important military town, but also the largest transportation terminal today. Therefore, the people along both sides of the river have a high level of worship for the river god.
After Xu Tong thought about it in his mind, he probably understood that his identity and mission were inseparable from this river god.
Now that we have a goal, it's easy to handle. The rest will be discussed when we get to the place.
“Team building task 1: get promoted and make a fortune.
Before leaving this script world, the higher the official position you hold, the higher the team level you will obtain. If you lose the official position, the mission will fail."
The prompt sound continued, this time it was a prompt for a team building task.
After hearing the prompt, Xu Tong thought for a while. His current official position as river inspector was only from the fifth rank. If nothing happened to him, this official position would have guaranteed him to build a team.
However, the fifth grade should be the lowest level certified team. If you want to have various team benefits like William's team, your official position must reach at least the level of the third grade.
Although there is not much difference between the fifth rank and the third rank, in fact, if an official from the fifth rank wants to climb to the third rank, if there is no way, he will have to wait at least more than ten years. This is still under the condition of good political performance. If the political performance is good,
Almost, it is even more difficult to get promoted.
At this time, the task prompts are still continuing.
"Side mission 1: Make friends with Shenwuwei and Wufan
Mission description: No matter how well the river supervisor does his job, it is not easy to enter the official career. At this time, if there are noble people to help, it will be twice the result with half the effort.
Mission requirement: Become friends with Shenwuwei Wufan.
Task time: January
Mission penalty: None.”
Seeing this mission, Xu Tong's eyes flashed, and he remembered the Shenwu Guards who had just leaped past his carriage. It seemed that the purpose of this Shenwu Guards was not simple.
"Your Majesty, if you go further ahead, you will find the inn. If you miss the inn, you may have to spend the night in the mountains tonight."
At this time, the voice of the entourage came from outside the carriage.
Xu Tong raised the car window slightly with his fingers and glanced at his follower Guo Yi who was standing by the window.
I saw that Guo Yi was not very old, probably in his early thirties and in his prime.
With thick eyebrows and big eyes, a Chinese-character face, two pairs of bulging veins on his temples, and a fierce glare in his eyes, he looked like a practicing practitioner at first glance.
And it's still a very powerful one.
But there is still a long way to go before becoming a great master.
Even so, such a person would have been considered a top-notch master in the world in the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to Guo Yi, there were also twelve followers who came with him. Naturally, these followers were all from Prince Gong's palace.
It was obvious that his father, who had not yet been masked, did not trust him and arranged for him to be by his side.
It seems that although I have lost my fortune, my status this time is not bad.
Hmm... Sure enough, there is someone in the court who is easy to get things done.
"No, just keep on your way. It's best to get to the place as early as possible."
Right now, they are only two days away from Yuyang, so there is no need to waste time halfway.
"yes!"
Guo Yi responded, but secretly sighed in his heart. The prince was young and vigorous, but he didn't know that he would not be so comfortable at night if he missed the inn.
But then I thought about it, it was okay, there was no harm in letting the prince experience the sufferings of the world.
The group of people immediately quickened their pace, hoping to travel as much as possible while it was still not too dark.
Suddenly, the speed of the carriage also began to increase, which made Xu Tong who was lying inside not feeling so comfortable. Even though it was wrapped in thick cushions, it was jolted quite hard.
On the way, Xu Tong casually asked Guo Yi what kind of kung fu he practiced.
In the end, it was okay if Guo Yi didn't speak, but Xu Tong was shocked when he did.
"Hehe, what we old men can only practice are superficial horizontal exercises, and we can only practice Tianmang Fist, Vajra Armament and the like. It seems to be infinitely powerful, but in fact it hurts the muscles and bones.
, you will inevitably have to suffer some pain when you get older."
Guo Yi couldn't help but have some yearning in his eyes: "It is said that if you can join the military, you can also get some good internal training tips through your military exploits."
"Yes, if you have the secret of internal training, maybe Brother Guo can give it a try. If he can successfully advance to the Grand Master level, he can also serve as a thousand generals in the army without any problem."
The ones following behind said half-jokingly.
Guo Yi curled his lips and said, "You think that's just a cabbage. Being promoted to Grand Master is something that only one in a million can do. It's not something that we, the rough and tumble, can think of."
Several people started joking, but Xu Tong had a very absurd feeling while sitting in the carriage. He couldn't help but ask: "How can a great master be the president?"
Upon hearing the prince's question, Guo Yi and others immediately stopped their playful smiles. He was silent for a moment before saying seriously:
Of course not. If you can become a Grand Master, being promoted to Chief Qian is just a starting point. The military department will also record this person's name specially. If you can achieve more military exploits, your promotion will be much faster than ordinary people."
"How fast?"
"Well, this depends on the military merit. Even if you don't have the military merit, generally speaking, there is no problem in being promoted to a level in three years."
When Xu Tong heard this, he rolled his eyes.
Good guy, are the great masters of this era so worthless?
In the late Qing Dynasty, if a great master wanted to join the imperial court, he would at least start as a general, or even higher.
Even if you don't join the imperial court and open a martial arts school, the imperial court will distribute a large amount of silver every month, which is called the silver to support martial arts.
There is only one Qian CEO here... This gap is obviously not that big.
"What about those divine warriors?"
Xu Tong remembered the team that had just passed by at high speed. He had just woken up at that time and had not noticed the strength of that team. At this time, he couldn't help but curiously asked.
"Shenwu Guard... It is said that everyone is a master, but it does not require a great master to join. Those who can join the Shenwu Guard are the best in the army, and only those with a clean family background can do so. It is said that the leader of the Shenwu Guard, He has been a master for twenty years and has not lost a single victory for many years."
"hiss!!"
Hearing this, the corner of Xu Tong's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help feeling regretful. If he had known better, he shouldn't have fused the Xuanhua Divine Eye.
But then he changed his mind and suddenly thought of something.
He quickly stuck his head out of the carriage and asked, "Then if you are a master carpenter, what kind of job can you do?"
Guo Yi didn't know why the Crown Prince asked such a strange question today.
But he didn't think too much and pondered for a while: "It's hard to say. There are very few masters among craftsmen. Even the masters can only make a living under the household department at most. They have no fame and fame, but they have reached the top of the world from the seventh rank. ."
In fact, Guo Yi has said it very tactfully.
Nowadays, if you have skills and abilities, you can be called a master.
But if you want to be an official, you must either get a special license like the Crown Prince.
Or they can only take the exam to obtain fame. If there is no fame, even those talented poets will not be able to get an official position after all.
"oh!!"
Hearing this, Xu Tong suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and retracted his head. He was already thinking about how to use his identity to repair Qian Mo.
The group of people hurried into the night and began to slow down.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Guo Yi asked people to stop and light a fire to cook.
Xu Tong also took a rare opportunity to get out of the car and stretch his muscles.
"I don't know how Gao Zhuo is doing now!"
Looking at the bright starry sky above his head, Xu Tong could not help but think about Gao Zhuo. The starting point of this script world is too high, and Gao Zhuo's strength is not so safe here.
But then I thought about it, this guy is very insignificant, and he has so many zombies protecting him. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to die, there shouldn't be any big problems.
"Your Majesty!"
Guo Yi stepped forward and handed over the kettle and dry food.
Xu Tong picked up the dry food and put it to his mouth to taste it. It tasted pretty good. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was a meatloaf made of beef.
Taking another look at the food in the hands of Guo Yi and others, it was completely different from his own. The black pancakes were dark and I didn’t know what they were made of.
Obviously, he was eating specially made fine grains, but Guo Yi and others were not feeling so comfortable after eating.
Xu Tong didn't show any pretense. He took a few bites of the meat pie and took a drink from the water bag. The result was sour and astringent that he almost spit it out.
When I tasted it carefully, it turned out to be wine.
It seems that Li Zheng still takes it too much for granted, wanting to be an official but not forgetting to enjoy it.
"Take it and drink it, I don't want to drink it."
Xu Tong really couldn't drink this kind of wine, so he handed it to Guo Yi.
Seeing this, Guo Yi quickly waved his hand: "Your Majesty, rough guys like us are not used to drinking such precious things."
"It's okay, just think of it as a taste."
Xu Tong said and motioned to several other entourages to come and have a taste: "Let's just make do with it today. When we get to Yuyang City and settle down, we won't eat these pancakes anymore."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When the attendants heard that there was wine and meat, they all burst into laughter and took a sip of the wine from the water bag.
When the drinks came into their mouths, several people looked at each other, and then they all spit it out without holding back.
"puff!!"
"Your Majesty, why is this sour? It can't be bad!"
Guo Yi saw this and sneered: "You know nothing, this wine has this taste. It is said to be made from grapes from the Western Regions. What else... what... a sixteen-year-old girl, crush it with bare feet."
"You want a girl to step on you??"
The followers looked knowledgeable.
However, some people still curiously asked: "Why do women have to step on it, but not men??"
Guo Yi and others vomited: "Fuck you, the men's football team is so smelly, how can it be compared with the women's football team!"
After the group said this, the whole room burst into laughter.
After eating and drinking enough, we arranged for two people to keep vigil while the others took the time to rest and sleep.
Xu Tong couldn't sleep, so he lay on the roof of the car.
I was blowing a little wind, humming a little tune, and thinking about the meaning of several other keywords on the identity mask.
Suddenly there was a movement in my ear.
He suddenly sat up and looked around.
"call……"
A cool breeze blew across my face, and I heard a strange laughter "hahahaha" in the distance, looking for the sound of the wind.
"Someone!"
Xu Tong stood up, glanced at the two attendants who were still keeping vigil, then jumped on his toes more than ten meters away, turned around and disappeared into the woods.
Under the night, Xu Tong's figure shuttled through the woods with complex terrain like lightning, but he didn't even make a sound of footsteps.
Blessed by the fury of nature, his steps were as light as walking on flat ground in the woods.
Looking in the direction of the sound, a dilapidated temple appeared in front of me.
At this moment, two men and a woman were fighting fiercely in front of the temple.
The two men were fat and thin, with their hair disheveled, but they were dressed like monks.
The woman looked particularly embarrassed at this moment. She was holding a long sword in her hand, and when she waved the sword blade, a dazzling sword energy burst out.
"Grandmaster!"
Xu Tong's eyes flashed, and he didn't expect to meet three great masters in the wild.
Sure enough, in this script world, there are not a few great masters.
"Bang bang bang!"
The woman's swordsmanship is sharp and ruthless, and her sword energy is as fast as the wind.
It’s just that the fat and thin Toutuo was not good at it either. One of them held a vajra, and the other held a big sword. The two of them cooperated extremely skillfully, slashing with the blades, forcing the woman to keep parrying. Suddenly, the fat man hit her hard on the back with the vajra.
.
"ah!"
For a moment, the woman was beaten until she vomited blood, and her body was in a mess. The fat Toutuo saw the flaw, roared, and stepped forward quickly. The Vajra pestle in his hand danced rapidly. The green flames on the Vajra pestle hit the woman, and she was beaten.
The clothes on his body were torn, revealing a strange set of soft armor.
"mean!"
The woman was shot to the ground, her face turned earth-colored, and she spat out a bloody arrow towards Fatty Leng.
The fat man turned his head to hide, and the bloody arrow hit the temple wall behind him, immediately smashing a hole into the wall.
The thin man waved his hand and pushed, and the big knife in his hand flew up with a loud sound, and hit the woman's chest with the blade. This time, the woman was seriously injured, and she was completely unable to fight back.
"Hey, it's over so soon."
Xu Tong, who was hiding not far away, sighed and prepared to leave when he saw this.
What??A hero saves a beauty??
Come on, I already have a lot of tasks on my shoulders, but I don’t have the time to meddle in other people’s business.
However, he just took two steps.
Then I heard bursts of laughter from the fat man behind me: "Moda was born to create the world. If you, little lady, had obeyed and taken refuge, why would you have suffered this calamity?"
Hearing this, Xu Tong paused and turned his head with a strange expression on his face, looking at the backs of the fat man and the thin man.
"The birth of Motuo is clearly a cult that deceives the people. Today, I will kill you and cut you into pieces, but in the future, the Huntian Prison will definitely kill all these evil spirits!"
"I don't know whether to live or die, Amitabha!"
The thin man put one hand on his chest, his eyes gradually becoming colder.
The fat man on the side walked forward with a smile: "Hey, the girl was so pretty, it would be a pity to die like this!"
"What are you going to do!!"
Sensing the unkind look in the fat man's eyes, the woman suddenly became panicked.
"What to do, of course it's...who!"
Suddenly, the fat man turned his head sideways, threw up the Demon-Conquering pestle in his hand, and burst out with a bright blue flame. "Boom!" There was an explosion, and the woods in front of him turned into a sea of blue flames.
The temperature of this green flame was extremely high, turning the forest into scorched earth in an instant.
"Ouch!!"
Suddenly, a pitiful scream came from the woods.
"Hot, hot, hot...it's so hot!"
I saw a man running out of the forest with green fire all over his body.
Fatty Toutuo was stunned when he saw this. This Biyuan Qingyan can even incinerate steel, so why did a person pop out?
"court death!"
The thin man snorted coldly, and rushed forward with a lunge. The sword in his hand roared, and the tiger-headed sword hit his head. There was only a loud clang, and the thin man's face twisted in pain.
It felt like his sword struck a diamond, causing his jaw to go numb.
Taking a closer look, he saw the burning man in front of him, with one hand hitting the blade. Under the fist burning with cyan flames, a layer of black scales could be clearly seen covering his fist.
"What is this??"
The thin man was shocked. His sword, which was forged from fine iron from the Western Regions, was actually blocked by someone's fist.
The figure wrapped in flames made it difficult to see the face, and one could only hear a questioning voice coming from inside: "You just said that Moda was born? You are members of the Moda sect!"
"Who are you!"
The thin man said, and was about to put away the knife, but instead he saw the fist grabbing the blade, and with a squeeze of his fingers, the blade was broken with a "bang!" sound. The broken blade made a buzzing sound in the opponent's hand, and slashed with the knife.
Toward the thin man's chest.
The thin man was shocked, but after years of life and death experience, his muscles had already developed instincts, and he held the broken blade and raised the knife to greet him.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden buzz in the air.
The thin man only saw a long sword covered with light fluorescence stabbing from under his ribs. A strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart. He subconsciously hid back, but he ignored the broken blade in front of him that cut along the spine of the knife in his hand.
The next moment, a strange force appeared between the pressure and pull, as if it was sticking to his own blade, causing his body to reach forward involuntarily.
"No!!"
Realizing that he had made a mistake in leaning forward, the thin man wanted to let go and throw the knife away, but saw the broken blade swipe upwards like lightning.
"puff!!"
Blood spurted out from the thin man's throat.
To outsiders, the weird posture looks more like a thin man leaning against him and actively trying to get people to hack him.
"Pingju!!"
Looking at the figure lying on the ground, the fat man's eyes were rounded and bloodshot. He let out a roar and his aura exploded like a bomb.
"Wow!!"
Opening his hand, the demon-conquering pestle flew into his palm, and green flames burst out like a bursting divine thunder.
"Playing with fire?"
Xu Tong narrowed his eyes slightly in the wild flames, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth: "You are not qualified yet!"
As he finished speaking, he swung the long sword in his hand, and saw a wisp of vermilion flames, drawing a half-moon-shaped arc shadow in the air along the blade.
"boom!!"
In an instant, green flames exploded into wisps of fireworks in the air. Fatty's pupils tightened, and the world in front of him was instantly filled with red light!
