[Twelve Kingdoms] The dance of the vast sky in the mountains

?In the early morning of the next day, Ye Ming and Zhao Xin arrived at the meeting place on time, and the number of people in the originally bustling courtyard has decreased a lot.

The Taixue students and guards had already had their breakfast and packed their luggage.Seeing the two arrived, the team leader gave an order, and the team set off.

Compared with the difficulties and dangers when going up the mountain, the journey down the mountain is so easy and simple.The unselected students ran like gallops, trying to get away from the place that brought them great loss as soon as possible.This made the guards feel very relaxed. It took nearly two months to go up the mountain, but they walked down the mountain in less than a month.

In front of Lingkun Gate, the people who went down the mountain first gathered here.In the crowd, seeing Shao Ting's figure, the Taixue students stepped forward and grabbed him without saying a word, escorted him back to the team, and "taught" him severely, listening to the screams from the crowd , Ye Ming mourned for him again.

On the third day, more and more people gathered. The people who came down from the mountain, the corpse hunters who hunted and mounted beasts, and those who turned back from the Yellow Sea for various reasons, stood guard in front of the tall stone gate. The guards throughout the year welcome the arrival of Anhe Day together.

In the evening, piles of bonfires were lit, and since it was the last dinner in the Yellow Sea, the leftover food was cooked, and all the people shared each other's food to celebrate their survival.Who knows who actually brought drinks, so the people after drinking pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to a climax.

"Ye Ming Ye Ming Ye Ming!" Zhao Xin yelled, trotting all the way and leaned over. Since the guards were ordered by the captain to prohibit drinking, Zhao Xin concentrated all his energy on the food, and saw the dishes piled up on the plate in her hand. It was full of all kinds of food, and ran all the way like this, but nothing fell or spilled out. Thanks to the numerous bonfires that lit up the surroundings as bright as day, otherwise, with her eyesight, she might have knocked her down. There are countless people. "Ye Ming, hasn't the ham been cut yet?"

"Okay." Ye Ming pointed to the plate in front of him.Zhao Xin moved her head excitedly, and saw that the meat pieces on the plate were of the same shape and size, neatly arranged together. She nodded with satisfaction, "Xiao Yeming is really good, he is so skilled in sword making, and his knife skills are so good."

Ye Ming raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"It looks really good, but why does it feel like it's missing a lot?" Zhao Xin was puzzled when he compared the uncut ham next to him with the cut meat on the plate.

"This piece is very small." Ye Ming looked at the long, oily beak of the quail in the shadows, and said very firmly.

"Is that so?" Zhao Xin was still puzzled, but didn't pursue further. He put down the food plate in his hand, picked up a pair of wooden chopsticks, quickly tied the sliced ​​ham into skewers, and ran towards the campfire.Ye Ming watched her cheerful back gather into the crowd, and when she turned her head, she found that the dropped food plate was not flat, slightly tilted to one side, and the half roasted chicken at the top was slowly, slowly sliding down go.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Ye Ming grabbed the roast chicken just as it was about to slip off, took it over and looked at it, put it under his nose and smelled it, thought for a while, tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

Well, it's delicious, it's simply delicious. Did any rich man bring the chef up the mountain?

Ye Ming guessed, eating slowly mouthful by mouthful, looked up and found that not far away, Haoyi walked towards her, only to see that his face was flushed, and he seemed to be a little drunk, pacing, standing still in front of Yeming, staring at her. Seeing her not speaking, she seemed to be hesitating for something.

After waiting for a long time, Ye Ming suddenly came to his senses, stretched out his hand and handed out the roast chicken that had been eaten with only one drumstick left, "This...do you want to eat?"

"..." With a defeated expression on Haoyi's face, his shoulders loosened. He sat down beside Ye Ming, reached out and took the chicken leg, stuffed it into his mouth as if venting his anger, and chewed vigorously. Nibble the chicken legs clean.After eating the chicken legs, Hao Yi wiped his hands, and said to Ye Ming with a serious face, "Ye Ming, no, Mr. Wang, after I go back, I hope you will allow me to study at the Tai Xue in Qiao Country."

Ye Ming was a little surprised, "The learning content of Taixue should be similar, and the Qiao country has just settled down, and the governance of the country and the formulation of various policies are not as mature as other countries, so it is not a good place to study."

"It is precisely because of this that I hope to go." Haoyi said seriously, "The Qilin flag has been raised in Fangguo. In the next few years, a large number of citizens will ascend the mountain. Not surprisingly, the king will soon be After being elected, Fangguo will follow in the footsteps of Qiaoguo, slowly stabilize, and then gradually prosper. At this stage, I hope to learn from your country's experience and lessons, and get out of the predicament as soon as possible, so that the people will suffer less disasters Bitter." Hao Yi said, suddenly stood up, walked to the front of Ye Ming, and knelt down, "So, what I expect is not only to enter the Taixue to study, but also hope that the king will allow me to sit in on the court. It doesn’t matter whether you are a transcript officer or a handyman. It’s just that you are imprisoned in the Taixue to learn the knowledge from books, like sitting in a well, and its practical value is very limited. What I want to do is to solve real practical problems, really Let Fangguo get better and better."

Ye Ming looked at the young man kneeling in front of him. In the past three months, he seemed to have changed too. From the self-confidence he expressed when he first met him, to the cautious and restrained maturity now, this may be the true meaning of ascending the mountain.

"It's not just to listen in." After a moment of silence, Ye Ming said slowly, "If you can sort out and analyze the matters discussed after each court meeting, list the differences between Fangqiao and the two countries, and sort out your opinions. So, then," she stepped forward, helped Hao Yi up, looked him straight in the eyes, and said, "I agree."

"Thank you for your grace, Mr. Gao Wang." Hao Yi stood up, with a smile on his face, "When I return to Fangguo, I will apply to Mr. Taixue."

"I am waiting for you in Qiao Country."

Looking at Haoyi's leaving figure, Ye Ming took a deep breath, and finally got the answer to the question he had hesitated for a long time.

Not long after, Zhao Xin ran back with a handful of ham skewers, and sat down across from Ye Ming, "It's so hot, it really takes courage to eat barbecue in summer." She grumbled , stretched out a hand, and passed a few skewers of meat over, "Come, try my cooking."

"You baked this?" Ye Ming took a skewer and looked at it, and saw that the neatly arranged ham meat was roasted brown, covered with a thin layer of butter, and stained with miscellaneous seasonings. A strong burnt aroma hits the nostrils, which makes the index finger move.

"Hurry up, it won't taste good when it gets cold." Zhao Xin who was on the side had already wiped out two skewers in the blink of an eye, "This is my first time roasting ham, don't worry, these are all finished products, and the experimental ones have been tested. Shao Ting is consumed."

"..." Ye Ming seemed to hear Shao Ting's wailing not far away, um, it should be an auditory hallucination, yes, it must be an auditory hallucination.

As if making up his mind, Ye Ming bit off a piece of ham and chewed it slowly in his mouth.It is not as difficult to swallow as imagined. The cooked ham is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, fat but not greasy. A bunch of unknown seasonings are mixed together to make the ham meat unexpectedly delicious.

"It's delicious." Ye Ming appreciated it, and slowly ate the rest of the meat.

Zhao Xin squinted his eyes in satisfaction, handed Ye Ming a few more skewers, turned around and touched the food plate she dropped just now, but suddenly became puzzled, "Huh? Where's my roast chicken? This is the captain who cooks it himself. I did it, I managed to grab half of it! I want to share it with Xiao Yeming!"

"... was eaten by Haoyi." Ye Ming said without blushing.

"This guy! Find him to settle the score later!" Zhao Xin gritted his teeth for a while, took the plate, and ate wildly as if venting his anger.

"Zhao Xin." Seeing her wipe away the food on the plate like a storm, Ye Ming became worried about her stomach.

"Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"..." Ye Ming watched Zhao Xin eat the last piece of meat on the plate, handed over a water bag, and asked, "What do you want to do after this job is over?"

"Of course I hang out with Xiao Yeming," humming, no matter where you go, it's always right to hug your thighs. With such a powerful "big sister", you don't have to worry about life in the future.Zhao Xin thought proudly, drank a few sips of water, suddenly put down the water bag, and said in shock, "Could it be that Xiao Yeming hates me and wants to abandon me?"

"No." Ye Ming rubbed his forehead, what was this kid thinking all day, "Do you want Qiaoguo to be an official?"

"what?"

"The condition of your eyes is not optimistic. The best situation is not to develop anymore. At present, there is only one way to try, which is to let you join the fairy book, and after you become a fairy, follow the treatment method of the fairy, maybe it will be effective. .”

"Immortal? Is it the kind of fairy sister from Penglu Palace?"

"Different from those immortals who serve the gods with their lives, within a country, becoming an official can become an immortal." Ye Ming paused, and said seriously: "I have also heard what you and Shao Ting talked about along the way. Some things about Kunlun Ideas, lifestyles, and various technologies seem to have aspects that can be used for reference. However, this also requires a thorough understanding of the situation in the world before you can choose the applicable parts. Therefore, if you intend to become an official, I would I will send you to study first, and then decide whether you can be an official according to the specific situation, and if possible, I will arrange a specific official position for you."

"Okay, okay." Zhao Xin nodded.

"You...don't think about it?" Seeing Zhao Xin's straightforward agreement, Ye Ming was rather puzzled.

"No need," Zhao Xin waved his hand and patted Ye Ming's shoulder, "The path chosen by such a good person as Xiao Yeming must be the result of careful consideration, and it must be the most suitable for me. I believe you will be fine! "

Ye Ming smiled, "Okay, then after finishing the guard work tomorrow, you will return home with me."

"Huh? So fast! Ye Ming, aren't you still practicing?"

"It can be over, I have gained enough along the way." Ye Ming said with a smile.

Since everyone played too late the night before, they only rested after midnight, and the next day almost missed the opening of the gate at noon.

The guards got up relatively early. When the team leader woke up in the morning and saw the people around him lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but rubbed his forehead, but didn't say anything. Shout out one by one.The people who woke up quickly packed their bags and gathered in front of the towering door.

As soon as noon arrived, the door opened slowly, and the wind whizzed past from the side of the door, rolling up the corners of people's clothes and blowing away people's hair.Everyone stood still, looking at Tian Bo who opened the door and slowly opened the door until it was fully opened. Tian Bo stopped, bowed his hands to the people inside the door, and then disappeared suddenly.At the same time, cheers erupted from the crowd, shaking the entire canyon.

The soldiers outside the gate were the first to act, and the first ones drove the horses under the crotch, and headed towards the front of the canyon with bows and long-guns. The soldiers who came came together.Immediately afterwards, people in the Yellow Sea rushed out of the door like a tide.