The days that followed were dull and busy, and all the scholars were busy preparing before entering Beijing. After ten years of hard work, many people had to face the first big test in their lives, and many people left their hometown for the first time. Many businesses in Taiyuan City also seized this business opportunity and made a fortune in exams, either big or small, horses, book boxes, bedding, long swords, peace talismans, etc., which were all things that family members must prepare for.

Early that morning, Zhang Huan came to Jingxin Temple. He would go to Beijing the next day. Today, he came to say goodbye to his mother. The green in the courtyard had disappeared. The vines were wrapped in yellow on the bamboo rack. Only a few dried flat bean pods swayed in the wind. The bamboo curtain in front of his mother's door had been replaced with a thick leather curtain. A carbon basin was placed in the corner of the wall. An elderly Taoist nun was squatting beside him and blew the star carbon fire with a bamboo tube. When she saw Zhang Huan walk into the yard, she hurriedly ran outside with a brazier.

Zhang Huan walked to the steps and knelt down gently, "Mother, the child will be in Beijing the next day, so I'll say goodbye!"

After a while, my mother's gentle voice came from the room, "Huaner, just try your best to take the exam."

Zhang Huan nodded silently. At this time, a cold wind blew by, rolling up a few dead leaves and hovering in the air. He suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly: "Is my mother's cough better?"

"That's an old illness. It's coming and going quickly. I haven't coughed for almost half a month, and it's thanks to Pingping coming to deliver me medicine every day." Speaking of Pingping, a smile gradually appeared in her mother's voice, "Huaner, what do you think Pingping?"

"The boy hasn't considered this yet."

The mother chuckled softly and said, "Yesterday your teacher's wife brought Pingping to say goodbye. The mother and mother are going back to Sichuan today. When she mentioned this matter to her, she didn't want to interfere with your lifelong affairs, but Pingping was what I watched her grow up."

Zhang Huan lowered his head and said for a while: "I remember the words of my mother. The teacher's wife is leaving in the afternoon, and the child will go to see them off."

After pausing, Zhang Huan said again: "If the mother has no other instructions, the child will say goodbye!"

"Go! Take care of yourself all the way."

At this point, his mother said nothing more. Zhang Huan kowtowed respectfully, stood up and left the courtyard.

After leaving the Jingxin Temple gate, he found Zheng Qingming and Song Lianyu in the distance waving to him. Zhang Huan was surprised and rushed to meet him, "Why are you here?"

Before Song Lianyu could speak, Zheng Qingming took the lead: "We checked our luggage in the morning and found that we forgot to buy a sword. How could the scholar have no sword when he goes out? Old Song said you don't have it either, so we will wait for you and go and have a look!"

"Buy a sword?" Zhang Huan suddenly became interested. Seeing that it was still early, he patted the two of them on the shoulder and smiled: "Let's go! Let's take a look."

The weapons shops in Taiyuan City are both in the south and the north. Generally speaking, the South Market sells mass weapons, while the Taipei City is a place to buy swords and sharp blades. The Tang Dynasty has a strong martial style, and the imperial management is relatively relaxed. Generally speaking, adult men will use three moves and five styles. Swords and swords are also the trend of the times, just like everyone has a mobile phone on them now.

The students of Jinyang Academy are compulsory courses, and the instructors invited them from famous martial arts schools, so the students are all good at it, especially Zhang Huan. Since he was a child, Lin Delong taught a set of minimalist and practical sword techniques. With his amazing power and speed, thousands of scholars in Jinyang Academy are unrivaled.

The three of them came to the Weapon Street in Nanshi. There were crowds of people everywhere. The merchants were doing business every year and had figured out the rules. They prepared enough goods a month ago. Each weapon shop was full of long and short swords. The cheap ones were available for hundreds of citations, while the expensive ones cost tens of thousands of citations. However, the value of the sword was not about the steel heat, but about the scabbard. Originally! They were all scholars and did not need to go to the battlefield. They were just face.

As soon as Zhang Huan and the other two entered the street, they were stopped by a shop owner, "Three, come to the shop to take a look! I have all kinds of sheaths here, and the prices are fair, so you can pick the sword you like."

As soon as the three of them hesitated, a friend immediately came up and invited them into the store enthusiastically. The owner was a middle-aged man in his forties. He had sincere appearance and unique eyes. He took out a long sword covered with pearls and said to Zhang Huan: "This young man is full of coldness, but his fortune is a little lacking. I recommend this star full of stars to add a bit of wealth to the young man!"

Zhang Huan smiled and waved his hand and said, "I don't want a sword. I want to buy a knife, and I want a horizontal knife. I wonder if there is a store?"

"Knife?" The shop owner was stunned for a moment. This was the first time that the student had encountered a knife. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Some time ago, there were merchants in Shandong ordering a large number of knives, and almost all of our Hedong swords were collected. Let's not talk about erectile sterns here, there are not even ordinary steel sterns, and only a few long silver swords are left. I wonder if the young master is interested?"

Zhang Huan was a little surprised. How could Shandong people go to Hedong to buy a lot of knives? Could it be that the Cui family failed? Thinking of him, he was a little distracted. Seeing that his business could not be completed, the shop owner ignored him and walked over to Zheng Qingming and Song Lianyu and smiled at him: "Do you two talents have the sword you like?"

Zheng Qingming was unfaithful to the starry sky full of pearls and had already held it in his hand. Song Lianyu picked up a 250-month leather scabbard from a pile of swords on the ground. Everyone paid the money and walked out of the store.

After visiting more than a dozen weapons shops, as the owner said, all the knives were covered, and several of them didn't even have a single stock. They all said that several Shandong merchants bought all the knives. Zhang Huan was even more confused. If it was really bought by the Cui family, what was their intention? After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out and let it go.

At this time, it was noon and the three of them had no time to go to Taipei City, so they hurried to Linzhitang.

There were already a crowd in front of Linzhi Hall. After hearing the news, they came to see the Lin family off and begged the Lin family to stay, helping the elderly and young, and half of the streets were crowded with darkness. Even several nearby pharmacies closed the door temporarily because they could not do business.

Several carriages were parked in front of the steps of Linzhitang, and more than a dozen medicine boys were busy carrying things. Lin Delong was wearing a long blue gown and stood on the steps with apologetic expression and explained to all the villagers: "This time Lin just sent his son and daughter back to his hometown first, and will come back. Please rest assured that the patients I have already admitted will definitely be treated!"

Zhang Huan and the other two squeezed into the crowd and entered the side door from the side alley. The room was messy, with bandaged boxes and cages everywhere, and a strong smell of beef came from the kitchen. This was the teacher's wife cooking.

"Is Shibalang here?"

Yang Yuniang's voice came from the kitchen, and Zhang Huan hurriedly replied: "It's me! Master's wife, where is Pingping?"

Hearing Zhang Huan ask Pingping, Yang Yuniang walked out with a smile. She shouted a few times in front of the window, "Pingping! Your Zhang Shiba is here, Pingping!"

After no response for a long time, Yang Yuniang was a little surprised, "This child, I saw her in the room just now, where have you been running to now?"

Zhang Huan hurriedly smiled and said, "The master's wife is going to work hard, I'll talk to the master first."

"Go! The meal is about to start, call your master too."

Zhang Huan had just walked a few steps, and Yang Yuniang called him again. She looked at Zhang Huan and asked meaningfully, "Have you ever seen your mother?"

"I went to say goodbye to my mother in the morning. Is there anything wrong with my master's wife?"

"Nothing, go!"

Yang Yuniang looked at Zhang Huan's back and sighed helplessly.

After passing through a corridor, Zhang Huan quickly walked to the medicine hall and happened to meet Xie Ci's master. When Lin Delong saw Zhang Huan, he said with some blame: "Where did you go in the morning? Zhao Yan ran to find you several times."

Zhang Huan bowed and said apologetically: "I went to say goodbye to my mother in the morning, and then went to Nanshi to buy a knife, so I came late, please forgive me!"

"So that's the case, I blamed you wrongly."

Seeing that Zhang Huan was not wearing a knife, Lin Delong glanced at the long sword hanging between Zheng Qingming and Song Lianyu's waists and smiled and said, "Then have you bought your knife?"

Zhang Huan shook his head and said, "I want to buy the same erect sword as my master, but unfortunately I can't buy it."

At this time, Lin Pingping's voice came from behind: "Luckily you didn't buy it, otherwise you wouldn't have got Dad's knife."

Zhang Huan turned around and saw Lin Pingping standing behind her. Today she was wearing a yellow narrow-sleeved short shirt and a green long skirt torn down. Her hair was also combed into a double ring of moon-looking bun. There was a gentle and faint smile on her face. Not only that, Zhang Huan also found that she had painted her eyebrows and emitted a faint fragrance on her body. Lin Pingping, who was lively and careless in the past, turned into a lady, which made Zhang Huan and the other two stunned.

Zhang Huan slowly turned his head and hurriedly thanked the master: "Thank you for giving the knife to me, and I will remember it in my heart."

"Don't thank me, my intention is to give the knife to Zhao Yan."

Lin Delong suppressed the smile in his heart, pointed at Lin Pingping with a stern face and said, "This is Pingping's meaning!"

Speaking of this, he walked up to grab Zheng Qingming and Song Lianyu and smiled and said, "I guess your aunt's beef soup has been prepared, let's try it."

The two were taken away by Lin Delong, and only Zhang Huan and Lin Pingping were left in the aisle.

Zhang Huan looked her up and down, and couldn't help but smile and said, "You suddenly became like this, and I don't know you anymore."

"I don't want to!"

Lin Pingping curled her lips. She grabbed a big apple from the basket next to her, wiped it on her skirt, and then started to chew it. She chewed it in her mouth and said with a vague smile: "My mother wants me to pretend to be gentle and sad today, just like my sister, and forced me to practice in front of the mirror for a long time. She is really exhausted. I really don't want to pretend anymore, let it go!"

Seeing that her nature was revealed, Zhang Huan felt relaxed and smiled and said, "I heard that your last blind date scared Mr. Xiao Qiao. If you continue to behave like this, you may not be able to find your in-laws' home."

Speaking of blind dates, Lin Pingping frowned and said, "Mom said that she would immediately find my husband's house after returning to Shu County. She was so annoyed. If she kept her at home all day like her sister, she would not leave the door and not stepping on the second door, and she would have to act according to her parents-in-law's face. I wouldn't do it! If she forced me to be cruel, I would come to you. Is it okay?"

"But you are eighteen years old! If you don't get married, no one will want you."

Lin Pingping didn't say anything. After a while, she lowered her head and said, "Mom told me every day that I am not as good-looking as my sister, nor is it as gentle as her. She is old and it's good that someone is willing to marry me. She also said that I am not qualified to be so picky, but...."

Speaking of the word "but", she looked at Zhang Huan, shook her head vigorously and said, "But I never want to marry someone I don't like, and I don't want to change myself for anyone. I am like this. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, I don't care!"

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After lunch, it was finally time to set off. Zhang Huan brought the Lin family's mother and daughter into the carriage. Lin Delong took a long horizontal knife from the horse and handed it to Zhang Huan and said, "I don't know how many Hu people I have killed this knife. I'm giving it to you now, don't embarrass me."

Zhang Huan took it and nodded silently. At this time, Yang Yuniang also came over and repeatedly reminded him to protect Qiaoqiao after entering Beijing and never have any problems. Zhang Huan also promised one by one.

Seeing that the time had arrived, Lin Delong strode to the horse, turned over and waved his hand and said, "Go!"

The coachman shouted twice, threw a whip flower, the wheels rang out, and finally set off. The crowds were surging, and many people ran along the carriage. Zhang Huan stood in front of the steps and waved goodbye to the mother and daughter of the Lin family. Suddenly, Lin Pingping poked out half of her body from the car window. She bit her lip tightly and threw one east-west towards Zhang Huan. Zhang Huan reached out to catch it. It turned out to be her favorite small pan silver jewelry.

He held up the small pan and waved his hand vigorously. In the warm sunshine, the carriage gradually faded away and finally disappeared from his sight.

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Volume 1 Hedong Family (End) Please see Volume 2 Jinghua Fengyun (Add tonight at 12:00)

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