On the New Year's Eve of the 23rd year of Yuanjia, the capital of Song State, Jiankang, ushered in an end-of-year carnival.

In the East Palace of Chengde Hall in Changle Palace, there was a heavy snow of goose feathers outside. Prince Liu Mingji sat on the ground, thinking in his heart that his third brother Liu Mingde, a compatriot. After a long time, he picked up the wine glass but found that the wine was cold. The eunuch was so scared that he kowtowed heavily and quickly handed over the warm wine.

The father Liu Yilong was having a banquet for the ministers, but Liu Mingji refused because of his physical discomfort. The rumbling drums were heard, and the soldiers in the hall were lined up in a square formation and dancing the Nuo dance to expel evil spirits.

The cheerful voices of palace maids came from the side hall. They were busy preparing for New Year's meals and cypress wine tomorrow. The girl with bright teeth and white teeth, and the soft and charming life in the Jiangnan imperial capital in their bones. These have nothing to do with the third brother Liu Mingde. Liu Mingji sighed quietly, picked up the celadon cup, and took a sip.

Pingcheng, the imperial capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was relatively deserted. Emperor Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty met in the daytime, and after the sacrifice of the ancestral temple at night, he was holding lights everywhere, feeling tired.

During the day, someone reported that he would take advantage of Helian Bobo's death and his sons killed each other and defeat the world's most powerful city - Tong Wancheng and unify the north. Tuoba Tao was quite moved. However, most of the Eight Dukes of Xianbei opposed it and called the Great Xia Xiongnu Kingdom, and the heroes were not worth the trouble of the end of the road.

Cui Hao, the leader of the Eight Duke of Han, submitted a memorial to strengthen the reform of "clear surnames and tribes", hoping that the Northern Wei Dynasty would downplay ethnic differences and emphasize the superiority of the surnames and tribes, thereby resolving the long-standing ethnic conflicts within the Northern Wei Dynasty. Internal and external affairs were mixed, and Tuoba Tao ascended the throne, and from the beginning he was ambitious to the present, he felt more and more difficult for only three years.

In Xuanwu Palace, Tuoba Tao sat alone on the dragon chaise, suddenly patted the table and shouted loudly: "Qiurong! Qiurong!"

"The emperor forgot that His Highness the Princess has gone to the Holy Sword Hall."

Tuoba Tao's eyes were confused and he thought he was really confused. Ruo Qiurong's sister was still there, attacking Tongwancheng as a pioneer.

Tuoba Tao stood up with a strong gaze. He must take over the city of Wancheng!

Cui Hao returned to his mansion, and his home was decorated with lights and was busy welcoming the new year. But he turned to the study alone to read "Zuo Zhuan".

After a while, the lady carried the curtain into the house and brought the incense table with her maid.

Cui Hao didn't raise his head and asked, "Is there any news about Ying'er?"

The lady shook her head.

Cui Hao waved his hand. The lady went out to bring her to the door.

Cui Hao put down the book, burned the fragrance and calmed the air, and began to divine.

If you don’t decide, you can ask God.

Cui Hao is famous for divination in the world.

Cui Hao said that the death of Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the result of Liu Yilong's Northern Expedition were all explained by Cui Hao. The emperor wanted to attack Daxia and Tong Wancheng, but Cui Hao could see that he had to divine, so he could accomplish things by using the east wind of divination.

An hour later, Cui Hao looked at the divination results and couldn't help but twist his beard and smiled.

In Liangjiazhuang, Xiaoniushan, Xinye County, on New Year's Eve, there was a lively and joyful atmosphere led by the second wife Chen Siniang.

Uncle Kang was busy organizing at the main house, and splashing water to clean it in the daytime. Now he is asking everyone to post the word "Yichun" written on the doors and windows, preparing the five-sin plates to be used on the day of tomorrow, and the Guiwan Pills are all used to exorcise evil spirits at home. There is another dedicated person in the Yang Family Ancestral Hall to be responsible for tomorrow's sacrifice.

The three plates of gifts sent by the King of Nanyang were received the day before yesterday. Gold, silver, jade and other things were naturally good, but not rare. Before Liangshan left, he handed over Xiaojin to Siniang. With Xiaojin here, Liangjiazhuang was constantly producing gold beans.

The heaviest gift is the salt and iron franchise license. Chen Siniang originally planned to organize a caravan, but now she has this franchise certificate. She planned to ask Liang Liang to take Shi and open a Liangjiashop to Nanyang on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Chen Siniang kept thinking about this and that all day long. She kept the ones in front of her eyes, and the next ten days, half a month or even longer.

The whole family had a reunion dinner in the main room, and they all dispersed, and the lights were lit, and there were special people to watch. The black-shaped Niu Mountain was once a ghost realm, but now it is the paradise of Xinye. Chen Siniang thought that she was still the "Fugu Broom Star" that everyone despised three years ago, but now she has become the person who is the person who talks about Liangjiazhuang. All this is like a dream.

Yesterday, Liang Chunqiu, the head of Liangjiawu, sent an elder over with a humble look on his face. Chen Siniang looked cold and turned around and thought, it would be great if her husband was there.

My husband is kind to me, but not as close to my aunt. Sometimes Chen Siniang can taste it, but then she thought, her husband is already very good to me. Chen Siniang raised her head and looked at the sky, praying silently in her heart: "I hope my husband will go well, reunite with my aunt as soon as possible, and return home together."

Liangshan, who was talked about by Chen Siniang, was very curious at this moment because he was outside the gate of the Holy Sword Hall.

Everyone with him showed a look of relief and excitement on their faces to a greater or lesser extent. At this moment, they were just 17 or 18 years old boys left home.

Although the gate of the Holy Sword Hall is in the secular world, if no one leads the way, the dangerous roads along the way will not reach this point.

At the foot of the mountain gate is the Four Seasons Valley. From a distance, two waterfalls pour down from both sides of the mountain. One waterfall is steaming, while the other is cold.

Two waterfalls meet at the valley, forming four flower forests.

Looking up, you can see apricot blossoms and peach blossoms in spring; jasmine and crape myrtle in summer; osmanthus and chrysanthemums in autumn; camellia, wintersweet, and flowers in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Feng Kun is an excellent tour guide and explained to everyone that the two waterfalls on the mountainside are cultivated by heaven and earth. One is cold and the other is hot. The heat is summer. In winter, the cold and the heat meets the spring and autumn.

Everyone was amazed. Looking around, the sea of ​​flowers was brilliant and the bees were dancing, and the flowers were beautiful.

Feng Kun also introduced that the Hundred Flowers Brews in the Holy Sword Hall are famous specialties among the Eighteen Cultivation Halls.

Liangshan couldn't help but think of "Mirror Flowers".

The beginning of the Mirror Flowers talks about the Queen Mother's birthday, and Chang'e had an argument with the Fairy of Flowers. Chang'e asked the Fairy of Flowers to bloom together to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, while the Fairy of Flowers said that the flowers are orderly and should not bloom in a rash way. It can be seen how beautiful the flowers are blooming in spring, summer, autumn and winter are so beautiful that they don't want to be seen easily outside the gate of the Holy Sword Hall. Liangshan thought to himself that the Holy Sword Hall seems to be good.

After passing through the Four Seasons Valley, you will see the mountain gate, standing tall as majestic on the hills a hundred feet high like the South Heaven Gate. Everyone sighed and sighed, all the physical and mental fatigue and tension along the way were relieved, and the flames of hope were shining in their eyes.

The Holy Sword Hall is divided into the lower courtyard, the intermediate courtyard and the upper courtyard, and is divided into three places: the lower, middle and upper areas of the main peak of Funiu Mountain.

The disciples of the outer sect of the lower yard, the disciples of the inner sect of the middle yard, the sons of the upper yard and the senior staff of the hall lived.

The lower courtyard covers an area of ​​about 2,000 acres, but there are pavilions, buildings and buildings in the east and west, and there are also separate courtyards, distributed in fan shapes, like student dormitories. In the middle is a row of attics, which looks like classrooms, and all buildings appear among the misty fairy spirit. Before everyone arrived at the lower courtyard, they heard clear and distant chimes, and the sound of percussion music of the chimes was beautiful and pleasant, and they were refreshing.

Liangshan stopped and listened. Feng Kun walked up to the front and said, "It's Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs". The president of the House of Commons is from Chu in the Warring States Period. He admires Qu Yuan very much. Today is New Year's Eve, and he will definitely play Qu Yuan's poems." Feng Kun finished his words and heard someone's singing straight through the sky: "Bathing in orchid soup and bathing in the fragrance, the gorgeous clothes are like heroes; the spirits are curled up and left, and the bright and bright are bright..."

Looking through the sound of Liangshan, he saw a high-capped teacher standing there singing in the square in the lower courtyard. The slender waisted woman's cuffs were floating next to her. The artistic conception was vast and profound, and the charm was simple and sincere.

"The Intermediate Court, will the Upper Court be like this?" Liangshan asked.

"On New Year's Eve, the king and the people are having fun together, and the fairy and the common people are celebrating together. The Holy Sword Hall is no exception. However, the middle courtyard generally has activities to preach and listen to the scriptures, while the upper courtyard has basically no celebrations." Before Feng Kun finished speaking, two loud cannons were heard. For a moment, the drums and music from Funiu Mountain were noisy, and the clouds and mists automatically turned into dragons and phoenixes dancing gracefully. It was late at night. At the top of the mountain, colorful lights suddenly appeared at the top of the mountain, reflecting the surrounding clouds and mists as colorful as rainbows.

Liangshan turned his head and looked at Feng Kun. Feng Kun smiled embarrassedly, raised his hand and touched his nose, and said, "It should be that a big shot is coming, so it's so grand."

Sure enough, not long after, the sunset on the mountain disappeared, and the fairy music was misty. I thought the big man had already entered the upper courtyard of the Holy Sword Hall.

At this time, Elder Jin led the way, and a group of people surrounded him. The scene was a little chaotic. Liangshan saw a group of men and women in green robe coming out, one by one, and they came over to break the mouths of the candidates, as if they were checking their teeth.

Liangshan was stunned, it looked like a scene of picking animals in the livestock market.

"Elder Jin is handing over tasks to the Meritorious Pavilion. The Meritorious Pavilion hired to check every candidate. Well, everyone's teeth are different. All candidates have records of the Meritorious Pavilion."

"Yellow mouth?" Liang Shan thought to himself, it's really advanced, and he's all caught up with the dentists of later generations.

"Tooths are related to the bone marrow and the kidneys." Feng Kun explained: "If you look at whether the teeth are good, you will know whether the innate nature of the candidates is strong. In the end, there are about 10 or 20 passes the exam and become an outer disciple. Those who have good teeth and fail can stay and be slaughtered as slaughter. If you do a good job of slaughter, you will also have the opportunity to obtain some practice of martial arts, and you may even become a disciple."

Feng Kun answered Liangshan one by one, and Liangshan hurriedly thanked him.

After the previous person finished the inspection, Liangshan, Liu Mingde, Tuoba Qiurong and Cui Yingying took the jade pendant together. At this time, it was equivalent to logging into the list. The entrance ceremony of the candidates was held together after the exam was completed.

At this time, the guy who was looking forward to snatching the jade pendant from Ma Wencai finally appeared. He was actually a fat man. His eyes narrowed into a slit, bowed to the four people, and said with a loud voice: "In the king of Nanyang, I will pay homage to the four senior brothers and sisters, and take care of them in the future."

Wang Quancai? Liangshan's heart moved, and the jade pendant was actually taken away by this kid!
Chapter completed!