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In the west of Yujing City, by the Lingchang Canal north of Daxiangguo Temple, most of the heels of Mr. Qingshan have stepped over the dike of the canal. The spring water in the canal is not rushing at all, but a drop of cold sweat fell on his forehead, passing through his eyebrows and seeping into the water. into the eyes.

His eyelids trembled, not because of the drop of sweat.

A point of the sword was hanging two inches away from his eyes.

The sword is a very common three-eared cloud-toed sword, and it won't be too conspicuous wherever it is placed, but the person holding the sword has made him unable to retaliate.

Even though he was always extremely proud, he sighed at this moment, his hands drooped, let go, and the long sword in his hand dropped, sinking deeply into the mud at the bottom of Lingchang Canal.

"Your Excellency is very capable, I lost."

As soon as the man in the green shirt finished speaking, the other people watching also sank their hearts following the sword that fell into the bottom of the canal.

The person in the green shirt is surnamed Xiao Xinggong, a person from Qingshen in Meizhou, and his birth mother, Lingzhu, is a great monk who knows the realm.Xiao Xinggong traveled around to study, and at the age of 15, he learned the "Taiyuanshen Yongjing" and cultivated Taoism. He came to the Qianyuan Academy because of his reputation, and all the students who took the exam felt that he was bound to win, but who would have thought that he would lose? .

Xiao Xinggong's opponent retracted his sword back into its sheath, and the movement was crisp and neat, and he cupped his hands and said "acceptance". The east wind brushed her temple hair as if disturbing the dark clouds. She is so thin that it is difficult to connect her with the sharp sword that smashed the enemy just now.

Bai Longnv is the daughter of General Fengchen, who once fought against the master of the army, everyone has heard about it, but they subconsciously feel that the generals in the army probably want to save Jiang Dulu's face. hand.

Yesterday, Jiang Ru took the lead in the entrance of the Gongyuan. Although everyone was amazed, the situation of the Dayong Kingdom's scientific examination is the most clear to all students. There are precedents for preparing redemption poems and even essays for exams in advance.

Until now, that ordinary long sword dispelled all doubts.

"You don't need to be humble, I'm not as skilled as others." Xiao Xinggong took out his wordless book and handed it to Jiang Ru. He didn't make any promise to fight again in the future, and turned to leave.The rest of the people also gave the pages of the book in their hands one by one, and left.

Jiang Ru stayed by the Lingchang Canal and watched the last person disappear at the corner of the lane before putting away the five pages of the book.

Looking back, the spring water in Lingchang Canal was murmuring, but the sword was no longer there. She frowned, she just lost once, so what was wrong with the sword.

She lowered her head to the sword head at her waist and said: "Although I see that you won't go up, I won't throw you away." After she said that, she clapped her hands and dusted off her clothes, but saw a lot of mud.

The students who took the exam are all shameless people. Although it was a wheel battle just now, it was done to the end, leaving enough space for her to adjust her breathing. Although she has lost several people in a row, she is not tired at all, but the light-colored clothes are very obvious. Dirty, already very ugly.She looked north along the canal, and beside the Lingquan Temple there, there was a place for washing and washing clothes.

The name of Lingquan is derived from the two Lingquan in Yujing City. When the new capital was built, Longyou Tang and Jiling Tang were made here by the imperial edict, which were used for bathing by saints and officials respectively. At that time, The big ermine, who was very popular in the palace, persuaded the sage to share half of the Jiling soup and dedicated it to Taoism to build the Lingquan temple. This eunuch is still ridiculed behind his back by many officials who crowded the bathhouse. .

The mouth of the ditch to the south of Lingquan Temple is where the "cinnabar spring" in the temple drains. Although the spring water has cooled down, it is still hotter than the river water. Much more lush and colorful.Aside from Daoyinu, there were also many people in the canal with buckets and Junchi bottles.This sulphurous spirit spring is said to be able to heal all kinds of diseases. It is sold in the Lingquan Temple, half a bottle of Shangqing Tongzi, and ordinary people can't often afford to drink it.Therefore, except for the days when officials take a bath every ten days, no one wants to drink the bath water, and there are an endless stream of people taking spring water on weekdays.

Jiang Ru came to the mouth of the canal and went down the stone steps, washed his face in the water at the clothes pounding place, carefully wiped off some mud on the upper and hem of the clothes, touched the thick stack of papers in his arms, and felt extremely at ease, although I don't know the usefulness of this thing, but right now at least it is ahead of a few people.Just feeling refreshed, suddenly the corners of his eyes moved, he stood up abruptly, and looked up at the mouth of the southern canal of Lingquanguan.

The spring water reflected the figures of people coming and going, and the pear blossoms beside the embankment fell on the fishermen's heads. Everything was peaceful and nothing unusual, but Jiang Ru's startled movements attracted the attention of several people.She was stunned for a moment, rubbing her eyes, just now she clearly saw a white shadow entering the mouth of the ditch, but now it seems like an illusion.

She hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards Lingquan Temple.

The visitor of Lingquan is familiar with many good believers in Yujing City, and also recognizes Jiang Dulu's daughter. He came up to greet him, but was asked about the abnormality of the spring water, but he knew nothing about it.

Jiang Ru followed the canal and searched north again.

Passing through Lingquan Temple is Jilingtang.Although I often come to Jiling Tang to bathe in the inner soup on weekdays, today it is a bit abrupt.The mansion official on duty came to inquire, but she only said that when she came back last time, she dropped an imperial jade earring in the pool, and she went into the soup restaurant logically.

Walking through the canal and wandering around the soup pool, Jiang Ru still found nothing. He paused in the Nuanzhao Pavilion where he took a rest after bathing, and then looked north. Not far from the window was a small pavilion built on a low ground. The vague white shadow flitted across the vegetation, as if leaving some water on the plaque of "Zhenyi Qianren", and disappeared into the waterway behind the pavilion.

Jiang Ru immediately went out of the window and chased after him. When he got to the pavilion, he still didn't find anything unusual.Fu Shi chased after him, panting slightly, "Jiang, Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Ru asked solemnly: "Liu Fushi, did you see something passing by just now?"

The Shifu looked around, only seeing flowers and plants whirling, and said with a smile: "Indeed there are."

Jiang Ru happily said, "Did you see clearly?"

The Fushi laughed and said, "There is indeed a gust of east wind blowing towards Longyoutang. From my point of view, the sage will go to Longyoutang within three days... Hey, Miss Jiang?"

Before he finished speaking, Fu Shi saw Jiang Ru giving him a silent look, and left straight away.

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Jiang Ru walked through the fruit forest and picked a white jade loquat. This orchard nourished by hot springs is exclusively for the royal family. The melons and fruits that were originally ripe in summer are ripe in spring, and they are even sweeter and juicier.She peeled the skin and ate it a couple of times, then wiped her fingers with the leaf, and looked up at the high wall of Longyou Soup Restaurant.

This imperial soup is a forbidden place, and ordinary people will be punished with death penalty for trespassing. She hesitated for a moment, thinking that she would be confined for a few months, so she jumped and turned inside.There was no response to the incantations cast on the tiles on the wall, or the red-eyed and golden-eyed eaves beasts on the ridge.

In Longyou Tang, there is a large palace in Nuo, only a few palace people are cleaning, the east side is misty, and a long rainbow hangs in it, colorful, and there is the soup pool of Longyou Tang.

She avoided the palace people and sneaked in carefully.

Longyou Tang uses aragonite as the wall and cinnabar as the bottom. The soup is bluish white, and the size is like a lake. There are even silver carved lacquered boats floating among the rockery made of agarwood and jasper.

She tried the temperature of the water curiously, it was slightly hot, and she thought it would be very comfortable when it was cold.

Suddenly some small red fishes came and pecked her fingertips itchy. She smiled and splashed the water to disperse the red fishes, thinking that the water temperature is normal and people would faint after soaking for a long time, but these fishes are alive and well.

Whoa!

A sound of water came to his ears, and Jiang Ru moved his expression and looked around. The spring in Jiling Tang was chiseled into a stone turtle, spitting water all day long, but there was no spring in Longyou Tang. bottom down.

She looked at the surface of the water. It didn't sound like a spring, but rather like the sound of living creatures turning water.

The cinnabar at the bottom of the soup pond can still be seen near the shore, and it will be deeper if it is further away, but it is only one soup pond, how deep can it be? She hesitated for a moment, then took off her blouse and pressed the pages of the book.Immediately, step into the pool from the shallow water.

The cinnabar at the bottom of the water was a bit harsh, and after walking for a while, the water covered his chest and the top of his head.It may be difficult for ordinary people to sink at this time, but she is in the water as if walking on the ground, her eyes are still open, and there is a silver glow in the water.

The water in the Longyou soup was unexpectedly deep, and Jiang Ru felt as if he had entered an abyss after only walking for a while, but he saw aragonite and white walls in front of him, and it seemed that it had come to an end.

This is strange, from the outside, the Longyou Tang seems to be much wider, besides, there is no spring in sight.

She walked to the wall, but saw that the wall moved slightly, she couldn't help but startled, surprised, there were no stone bricks on the wall.

It is clearly a large scale!
Jiang Ru looked back in surprise, and turned around to see that not only the front, but also the left and right backs were surrounded by the "aragonite white wall".

woohoo!

The sound of water sounded again, Jiang Ru raised his head, and saw a huge white dragon head with mottled scars on its horns and beard fluttering in the water, and a pair of dragon eyes as white as ice floes in early spring, protruding down.