The Stairway to Immortality

In this way, stop and go, cross the

mountains and cross the big river, pass through the capitals of major countries or large and small cities and villages and towns, and walk through only the cleanest and tidy Jin Kingdom along the way, and the capital city of Jin Kingdom is also the most beautiful capital along the way.

The city is divided into two cities by a river, the scenery in the city is beautiful, the flowers on the roadside are blooming, the boats in the river are sailing on the blue waves, the people in the city are very kind, even the roadside vendors use signboards instead of shouting loudly, the guards in the city are patrolling in line, making people feel comfortable, there is no feeling of perennial war at all, the capital of the Jin Kingdom is named Longzhong City because there is a river in the city.

Zheng Lao has an old friend in this city, he is a master carver, honest and generous, but he is very strict with the apprentices, many people in the city come to learn the arts, because the conditions for accepting apprentices are too strict, and gradually no one cares.

Zheng Lao took Xiao Chai to try his luck today, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a tall old man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his hair was gray, and he was busy with the work in his hands neatly, and he didn't look like an old man at all.

After entering the door, Zheng Lao bowed his hand and said, "Master You Xifang has been good lately, I will come to the door today to send you a high apprentice, you can come and see the quality, you can test it as you like." Xiao

Chai took the initiative to walk in front of You Xifang, this is fate when people look at people, but Master You Xifang still took the assessment seriously, Xiao Chai's smart energy was vividly displayed in front of Master You, Zheng Laodu secretly admired Xiao Chai, this kid, he was clever and did everything, and he naturally and smoothly became You Xifang's close disciple after passing the assessment.

Zheng Lao also happened to get two ingots of gold because of his meritorious recommendation, and now his Coke was broken, and he felt like flying when he walked.

The Zheng family caravan stayed in Longzhong City for seven days, Zhao Shiyu and Er Wang and Goudan also played hard for seven days, the cost of these seven days was not small, and it made Zheng Lao feel a pain in his flesh, during which they went to see Xiao Chai, and saw Master You Xifang taking Xiao Chai as a treasure, and shouting all day long, Xiao Chai was also respectful to the master, just like father and son.

After the little brother was relieved, he didn't go to see Xiao Chai again, Xiao Chai has a lot of work in his hands every day, and he always goes to play with him, which will delay him to do things.

The seven days of happiness in Luyun City came to an end, and the day of departure was up, Er Wang specially found Xiao Chai and told him the address of the Qian family in Wuyun City in the Jin Kingdom, and asked him to have time to play.

The convoy set off, due to the good policy of the Jin Kingdom, so Zheng Lao had to pay a higher peer fee than Ancheng, he brought three more caravans, the day of departure was even more powerful The caravan went out of the city gate like a giant python, the length of the convoy could not be seen from the beginning to the end, and the mighty walked on the official road, Zheng Lao's official goods brought more, which made the five caravans of the same company very envious and jealous.

This walk is another month, in the territory of the Jin Kingdom around a lot of detours, Zhao Shiyu and the three of them don't know at all, at the end of the month only arrived in Wuyun City, don't look at the Luyun City is just a word, into the city to see that it is too bad, fortunately it is a small city by the mountains and rivers, the scenery is quite passable.

Erwang also arrived at the destination of the Qian family, and after many inquiries, he learned that there is only one family surnamed Qian in Wuyun City, which is one of the best families in Wuyun City, and the ancestors of the Qian family have five brothers, and one of these five brothers is wandering, that is, Erwang's grandfather, the youngest brother of the Qian family, because of official affairs, he hid in the house of Erwang's grandfather in Min Guo.

After the incident, it is also the day of the separation of the two brothers, the two brothers left each other's addresses when they were separated, Grandpa Erwang was very stubborn, and he did not want to go back to his hometown and stayed in Zhaoqian Village, a few years ago, the Qian family intended to let the Erwang family return to the main family, and ordered someone to find them back, Erwang's parents were also unwilling to go back, this year because of avoiding conscription, this was forced to get Erwang back to the main house.

When the current patriarch of the Qian family saw Erwang, Erwang's appearance was very similar to that of his youth, which made him like Erwang very much, coupled with Erwang's sweet tongue and smooth temperament, the patriarch immediately arranged a separate house for Erwang after reading the letter, and also assigned three good-looking maids to scout closely, at this time Erwang couldn't help but feel like he flew on the branch and became a phoenix.

Goudan and Zhao Shiyu were a little envious, Erwang raised his head and said proudly, "In a few days, there will be a special scholar and Mr. to teach me to read and write, I am really a little uncomfortable with this kind of life, there is no way but this." Seeing Er Wang's swagger, it was light to repair him, and Zhao Shiyu and Goudan's beating Er Wang screamed and begged for mercy.

Zhao Shiyu and Goudan didn't stay long in the Qian family, so they returned to the caravan, and on the day of departure, the head of the Qian family, the general who was specially stationed in Wuyun City, was also Erwang's distant uncle, and led the troops to send the caravan out of the Jin Kingdom.

This time Coke is bad for Zheng Lao, he can't close his mouth with a smile every day, General Qian led the troops to send the caravan to the border of the Jin Kingdom, only to return to the city and send more than ten gold ingots as a thank you gift, Zheng Lao was holding the gold ingots at the time, his hands were trembling, he regretted not bringing a few more children out, maybe he would take this matter as a profession in the future, what kind of goods to transport, wouldn't it be more economical to directly transport children to avoid the war and avoid conscription, Zheng Lao could see the food in his stomach when he smiled, but Zhao Shiyu and the dog in the carriage had an inexplicable emptiness in his heart, The partners came all the way from the village, and as they walked, they were left with the two little brothers, but fortunately, Goudan and Zhao Shiyu could still walk together, so they wouldn't seem too lonely.

Dunzi, Xiao Chai, and Er Wang are all gone, and the two of them are left, and the old man in the iron hat also sees it, and tells them to get out of the carriage if they have nothing to do, and they will be relieved after chatting.

The old man in the iron hat drove the carriage, holding a cigarette pouch in his hand, looked ahead and said, "Since you come out, don't worry, the man is ambitious in all directions, although it is good to have a partner by his side, but his own experience will be less, I will do it when I think of it, even if it is hard and difficult, I have to break through, am I right?" Goudan and Zhao Shiyu both nodded violently like chickens pecking rice, making the old man in the iron hat laugh.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Goudan and Zhao Shiyu have spent more than half a year in the carriage of the old man with the iron hat, and seeing that Goudan and Zhao Shiyu are also about to be a year older, they have also encountered many bandits and robbers along the way, and they have all been sent away by Zheng Lao's strategies and methods one by one.

This also made Zhao Shiyu and Goudan learn a lot of things, coupled with the iron hat old man's voice and in-depth narration, the two of them have already learned a lot of means, but the iron hat old man said, this is far from enough, you must know that there are people outside the world, and there is a truth outside the sky, so that the two people who just wanted to be complacent completely realized that this is still some "paper talk" things.

The convoy walked for another month, and finally arrived at the border of Yueguo, Goudan and Zhao Shiyu began to look forward to the next step, what should they do and what they want to do?

"Iron hat old, iron hat old, you said that I have eaten delicious food from several countries along the way, I want to go to a restaurant as a kitchen apprentice, okay" Dog Dan said with a smile, Zhao Shiyu clenched his fists and quietly walked behind Dog Dan, his middle finger poked out a little, and a nodding and hammered dog egg screamed.

"There is a chance, I want to be a chef with a white blind iron hat and teach me earnestly, you have to be a guy to learn how to be a shopkeeper, how majestic it is to open a big restaurant, and let the cook cook for you every day, you stupid." Zhao Shiyu scolded as an adult educating a child.

The old man in the iron hat laughed and looked at the dog eggs squatting on the car board with his hands covering his head and rubbing them, and also turned around and said, "Xiaoshizi is right, this is the way to make a profit, and when my old man can't catch the carriage in the future, he still expects to drive the restaurant you opened to support the elderly."

Goudan rubbed his head, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I promise you that when you are old, I will make a big restaurant or a big inn, and everyone will call me Big Boss Qian, Big Money Shopkeeper

" Goudan looked back at Zhao Shiyu and asked, "I think about what to do, what about you?"

Zhao Shiyu scratched his head and said, "Mo Lao said that now Yue is the second and third strongest power among all countries, except for Zhao and Jin, and then Yue Guo, do you remember the day Mo Lao taught us for the first time, the country written on the wooden board?" Those are relatively powerful countries, and there are many small countries that are dependent on these countries, since I have arrived in Vietnam, I should take a good look before I make a plan, anyway, time is to look at it slowly and find it slowly. The

iron hat old man touched his beard, nodded and agreed with Zhao Shiyu to do this, Zhao Shiyu wanted to use these words to cover up the plan in his heart, he didn't want the two of them to know about it, because this dream is extremely difficult to do, and the chance of being able to achieve it is almost zero, and coming to Yue for a story is simply a joke, but Shizi has always believed in it.

Walked for more than ten days, finally arrived at the capital of the Yue country, the city gate is so big that more than ten carriages drive into the city side by side will not be crowded, there are two small city gates on both sides of the big city gate, the city gate is written with "Shangjing" two gilded characters, each word is enough to have more than one person high.

Zhao Shiyu and Goudan looked at these two words, and they both took a deep breath, if they compare the capital of Jin and the capital of Yue, then one can be as big as an egg, and the other is as big as a pumpkin.

The majestic city gate is like a giant beast lying on the ground with its mouth open, and people entering and leaving the city feel like ants coming and going to the mouth of the giant beast.

The city of Shangjing City is divided into five cities, divided by five cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest, the middle city is the imperial city, the city is inhabited by the relatives of ministers and generals and nobles, the four sides are the four cities of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the four cities are named after the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the east spring city, the south summer city, the west autumn city and the north winter city, the layout of the city in the city is clear at a glance, not only easy to remember but also easy to manage.

Zhao Shiyu knew that the mountain of immortals was not far from Nanxia City, and within a day of going out of the city, he could see the mountain that he longed for.

The caravan's post station was in Xiqiu City, everyone got off the carriage and moved in, Zhao Shiyu did not rush to find the mountain that he longed for, but accompanied the dog to play in the city for a few days, eating, drinking and having fun, this was a bad Zheng Lao, he thought that the destination had arrived, and quickly asked for Zhao Shiyu's token, and then continued to set off, and these two ancestors are really unreliable, the daily expenses are too great.

I don't own my own money, I feel distressed when I spend every copper, Zhao Shiyu is like this, so that he will not be discovered by the old fox Zheng Lao, who knows what this old man has in his heart, he knows Zheng Lao's heart just by looking at it all the way, this Zheng old man is extremely good, and he must grind him these days.

When Zheng Lao arranged for Goudan to be a partner in a quite famous restaurant, the boss also promised to take good care of Goudan, Zhao Shiyu was relieved, and forced Zheng Lao to agree to his request step by step, and he had to let Zheng Lao agree with sincerity, Zheng Lao asked what Zhao Shiyu wanted to do, and he was sent away by the words of turning around, which was clearly telling Zheng Lao to wait a few more days.

The token was used by Zheng Lao, and when Zheng Lao wanted to steal the token, Shi Zi told Zheng Lao, and when Mo Lao left, he told himself that once he lost the token, he would go to the local yamen to report Zheng Lao, and then the token would become invalid.

The government yamen of various countries and the holder of the token, there is a set of code words, only people who know the code language, can cancel or recover the right to use the token, along the way Zheng Lao used the token but did not know the code word, once lost Zhao Shiyu by his side, but also to recover the right to use, but at this time Zhao Shiyu to stay in the country of Yue What can I do?

Each country has different token codes, Mo Lao told Zhao Shiyu the code words of each country according to the itinerary given by Zheng Lao, and asked him to write it down silently just in case, this is to prevent Zheng Lao from leaving this hand.

Early this morning, Zheng Lao used the high price of five pearls to exchange the token code, Zheng Lao, who wanted to bargain, saw that Zhao Shiyu was deliberately grinding himself in the past few days, so he didn't hit it, and happily agreed to the transaction.

Then Zheng Lao used his connections, with the price of two pearls, to buy a house not far from the dog egg restaurant, the area of the house is not big or small, the front and back two courtyards, let the dog dan live in, Zhao Shiyu gave the deed to the dog egg, told him to keep it properly, and then gave him two pearls, so that the dog egg after learning to buy a store to open a hotel.

The last one is left by himself, once it doesn't work out, it's good to live in the city Zheng Lao also served Zhao Shiyu, how does Zhao Shiyu say how Zheng Lao does, you must know that Zhao Shiyu can be relied on, Zheng Lao's car is unreliable, Zheng Lao can only be obedient.

The last request, Zheng Lao every time he passed through the Yue Kingdom, he had to come to visit them, Zheng Lao nodded and agreed, and then gave the token to Zheng Lao, Zheng Lao, who got the token, sighed deeply and left Shangjing on the same day.

After returning to his house, he explained the whole truth with the dog, as the saying goes, the heart of harm cannot be dispensed without, as long as Zheng Lao came to visit them, as long as he saw Zhao Shiyu himself, this is to prevent him from taking the dog egg to blackmail himself to hand over all the code words of the token, just in case all the code words of the token also let the dog remember that once Zheng Lao's token is lost, the dog can help Zheng Lao find the token, so that the dog can also live in Yue with peace of mind, and Zhao Shiyu can rest assured, After everything was explained clearly, Zhao Shiyu went out and went straight to Nanxia City.