My filial piety has deteriorated, so I have no choice but to be a rebellious disciple

"How is this going?"

He looked up at Yue Yingying suspiciously, and asked:

"Master, do you feel any difference?"

Yue Yingying nodded solemnly, but her face was a little gloomy.

Ling Xiaodong's eyes lit up, and sure enough there was something wrong with his aura!

"What does it feel like?"

"How else can I feel? The feeling of wanting to beat you!"

Yueying yanked her hand out of Ling Xiaodong's palm, raised her hand to Ling Xiaodong's head, and said angrily:

"Playing hooligans here early in the morning, right?"

She didn't feel anything unusual, she just thought Ling Xiaodong was looking for an excuse to touch her hand.

It would be fine if I changed the place, I don't bother to worry about it, but now Zheng Sier is watching!

Ling Xiaodong held his head and pretended to cry out in pain, but he was even more confused.

What exactly is going on?

After breakfast, the group was busy on their way after all. Although the village chief tried his best to persuade them to stay, it was time to go on the road.

Ling Xiaodong got on the horse and hugged Zheng Si'er's slender waist in front of him. Yue Yingying was already flying ahead.

"Brother Bird, let's go."

"Hee hee, okay!"

Zheng Si'er smiled cheerfully, Ling Xiaodong was puzzled.

"Why are you so happy to see you today? What good happened?"

"is not that right?"

Zheng Si'er clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and after a long cry, the scaled horse began to gallop on the road.

This chapter is a bit late, but it's still catching up.

"Brother Ling is finally willing to call me Brother Que, isn't that a good thing?"

Chapter 21 Entering the City

The distance between Heshui City and the village is not close, but for the scaled horse with four hooves flying under its crotch, this distance is effortless.

It didn't take long for the two of them to see the city wall half hidden in the hills ahead of the road.

The reason why this Heshui City is famous is because of the long river called Heshui that surrounds the city. It is said that it is a tributary of the Yangtze River. There used to be a fairy driving a crane here, so it became famous.

The city was built against the mountains, and the crane water outside the city was a natural moat.

The two sides of the river are connected by a wooden suspension bridge. Once encountering an enemy, just pull up the bridge to isolate the foreign enemy from the river. Even if you make a detour to the back of the mountain, you will be blocked by the vertical mountain wall. Defending a dangerous place that is difficult to attack.

"Heshui City is in front of us. From the sky, I can see that the feng shui is pretty good."

Yue Yingying floated down from the sky, and Yu Fengfei followed the scaled horse close to the ground. She was wearing a white robe, and the oncoming wind outlined the undulating mountains under the Taoist robe.

The three of them walked nearby, dismounted, walked across the suspension bridge, and came to the city gate of Heshui.

Ling Xiaodong originally thought that there was news of a cult insurrection. At this time, Heshui City must be as heavily guarded as Pengcheng before, and it would take a while to get in and out.

But at this time, the city gate was wide open, and only two guards in armor stood at the gate.

The one on the left was holding a spear in his hand, leaning against the wall and dozing with his head down, while the guard on the right was idly looking at the sky, humming a little song.

Ling Xiaodong turned to look at Zheng Si'er who was leading the horse beside him, and guessed:

"It seems that the news is not true. If the leader of the White Lotus Sect really came here, would the soldiers guarding the gate be so careless?"

Zheng Si'er nodded slightly, and followed Ling Xiaodong towards the city gate.

"stop!"

The guard who had been wandering around the sky suddenly shouted loudly, and when he saw the person coming, he immediately regained his spirits, and with a horizontal spear in his hand, he blocked the way of the three of them.

"Crane water seals the city, and those who have no way to lead are not allowed to enter!"

"Lu Yin? I have it!"

Zheng Si'er was away from home, so naturally there was an ultimatum prepared for her by the palace.

She took out a disc made of jade from the bundle on the scale horse's back and handed it to the guard.

The soldier guarding the door took it and took a look. He didn't know what it was. He couldn't understand the writing on it. He only knew that it was a piece of fine jade made of fine material.

He stuffed it directly into his pocket, then glared at Zheng Si'er fiercely.

"What kind of guide is this! How dare you use this kind of thing to fool me!"

"Hey! Why are you so angry!"

The veteran who was still dozing next to him woke up at some point, with many wrinkles on his face and gray beard.

He ran over to stand in front of the domineering soldier, and glanced at the three of them with a smile.

"The three are from other places, right?"

Seeing that the guard wanted to steal her ultimatum, Zheng Si'er was about to get angry, but the veteran's appearance interrupted her.

"Yes......"

But before she could finish her sentence, Yue Yingying stretched out a thin pale finger, and nodded twice to the guard's forehead from a distance.

"sleep!"

The two armored soldiers rolled their eyes and fell to the ground, their spears clanging on the stone ground.

Zheng Si'er turned around in surprise.

Yue Yingying hooked her fingers, and the customs clearance jade butterfly flew out of the soldier's pocket on the ground and returned to Zheng Si'er's hands.

"Taoist Priest Mingyue...how did you..."

Yue Yingying rolled her eyes at her.

"Are you stupid? It's obvious that these two people just want to beat you, and they still answer truthfully when they ask you if you are from another place?"

"But there are also people who can talk well..."

Yue Yingying looked at the two people who fell to the ground, and gave a soft snort of disdain.

"It's nothing more than a bad face and a red face. You are a dignified son, why don't you just show Wang Ling out? Do you have to get inked with them here?"

Zheng Si'er's cherry lips whispered slightly, faltering and saying:

"Using the Wang Ling will definitely be known by the local county magistrate, and then a bunch of sycophants will come to curry favor...It will only be more troublesome..."

She glanced at the two sleepy guards and said worriedly:

"Is it really okay?"

Yue Yingying waved her hands freely, flicked her sleeves, and walked straight into the city gate.

"If you can't come and go freely, what's the use of cultivating this broken way, let's go!"

The three of them entered the Heshui City, first randomly found a good inn to settle down, and packed their bags with them.

As soon as Yue Yingying arrived in the room, she lay down on the high-quality silk bed and refused to move, saying that she was about to die of exhaustion, and she got up so early today, she had to take a nap.

In fact, we didn’t walk very long in the morning.

It's just that she never stands when she can sit, and never sits when she can lie down. She is just lazy.

Therefore, the purchase of supplies naturally fell on Ling Xiaodong and Zheng Si'er.

Ling Xiaodong was used to this, and Zheng Si'er just needed to go out to post a letter, so the two left Yue Yingying who was paralyzed on the bed, and went out to do business together.

"Master, please do me a favor, I haven't eaten for three days."

"Miss, give me some food. You will live a long life."

Ling Xiaodong and Zheng Si'er were walking on the road in Heshui City. There were more beggars on the street than in Pengcheng. Most of them were yellow and thin, ragged, men, women and children.

"This is......"

Ling Xiaodong looked at the large number of beggars on the street in surprise.

Zheng Si'er let out a long sigh, she had seen too many scenes like this along the way, most likely they were refugees who left their homes and fled from Central Continent.

She gave some money to these beggars, and immediately more beggars surrounded them and kowtowed to the two of them.

But Zheng Si'er never refused to come, no matter who came, he gave some copper coins so that they could have a good meal.

"These are refugees from Middle-earth."

Ling Xiaodong asked in astonishment, "Is Zhongzhou already like this?"

"It was plagued by drought and war there. It is estimated that a very small number of these people made it to Heshui alive. Most of them died on the way to escape."

Seeing such a miserable scene along the way made the atmosphere between the two of them dull.

Zheng Si'er bowed her head in silence for a while, then quickly recovered her original spirit.

She patted Ling Xiaodong's back hard, and said confidently:

"There won't be such a thing in the future! It's all because the emperor in the capital is stupid and unreasonable. If the prince is here, this kind of thing will definitely not happen!"

"My lord, she is amazing! Let me tell you..."

Along the way, Zheng Si'er chatted and introduced to Ling Xiaodong how mighty and extraordinary the King of the Northern Realm was.

Just as the two of them were heading to the mail station, they happened to meet a girl in green clothes at the corner.

"Miss? Why are you wandering around here! Protector Zuo has been looking for you for a long time!"

Chapter 22 The Holy Maiden of the Roman Catholic Church

Ling Xiaodong and Zheng Si'er didn't pay attention to this woman, and walked past her directly.

"Hey! Miss, why are you ignoring people!"

The woman hurriedly followed and stopped in front of the two of them. She looked Zheng Si'er up and down, her eyes slightly opened, and said in surprise:

"Huh? Miss, when did you change your clothes?"

Ling Xiaodong was slightly taken aback.

The woman in front of her was ordinary-looking, wearing a small green skirt, and her hair was combed with the unique hair accessories of a maid. She seemed to be very familiar with Zheng Sirer.

"you recognize?"

Ling Xiaodong asked Zheng Si'er.

But Zheng Si'er beside her was even more puzzled.

She frowned, as if she was thinking about whether she had seen this girl before. After thinking hard for a long time, she shook her head.

"Sorry, did you admit the wrong person?"

After hearing Zheng Si'er's answer, the servant girl's eyes widened even more, full of disbelief.

"I'm Xiaoqing! Miss, you..."

The voice stopped abruptly, because she saw Ling Xiaodong beside her.

Xiaoqing tilted her head and stared at Ling Xiaodong for a long time, her eyes moved back and forth between the two, revealing an instant understanding.

"Oh—what a coincidence! So I ran into an old acquaintance!"

She put her hands behind her back and said with a smile:

"Then I won't bother you two here, miss, don't be obsessed with masculinity and forget that you have something to do tonight!"

Zheng Si'er and Ling Xiaodong were at a loss as to what the girl was talking about.

Xiaoqing looked at Ling Xiaodong on the side, and her expression became a little serious.

"Dao Zhang Ling, please take good care of my young lady! She misses you a lot!"