Seeing the two lords beside him looking over, Lord Zhao couldn't help but smile.
"Don't think too much. I have no ties with Lou Province!
However, before the county arrived, a group of scholars from Pu City handed over a joint letter, saying that several months ago, a strange incident occurred in the Gobi Desert. Among them, the most famous one was this Young Master Lou, wasn't it?
Thus, I changed my strategy. There was a reason for this! It was not done on a whim!
However, after the Summer Imperial Examination, Young Master Lou's name was not on the list. It doesn't matter. There are many rich and powerful families who deceive the public to gain fame. It's not a big deal.
However, I'm curious. As the person involved, how did he answer the last question? "
Official Zhao cursed in his heart. This group of incompetent people, why did they write a joint letter? Originally, he had quietly deprived the young master of the Lou Family of his right to be a civil servant without anyone noticing. However, new problems had arisen and caused such a thing to happen!
He could not refuse. The more he refused, the more suspicious it would be. They were all experienced officials. Who could deceive each other?
Therefore, he ordered, "Go and get Young Master Lou's paper. Let Official Zhao have a look and let us admire the family style of Young Master Lou!"
Soon, Lou Xiaoyi's paper was found. Minister Zhao took the paper and did not look at the front of the paper. He only flipped to the last chapter of policy questions.
After a glance, he smiled and said, "Hmm, this question is interesting!"
The first sentence on Lou Xiaoyi's exam paper was impressively written as follows:
On the relationship between the army and the people!
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Lou Xiaoyi was no longer in Pu City. The scholars who had finished the examination had the right to indulge themselves. No matter which era or which world it was, it was the same!
There were many reasons. Traveling was one of the most common reasons. A few close friends would take a boat or ride a horse to the bustling prefectural city. Some would even go to the prefecture.
Taking advantage of the fact that they were happy before the release of the results, most of them would not be happy after the results were released. This was human nature.
Lou Xiaoyi made up an excuse, saying that he wanted to go to the prefecture with Li San and the others. In fact, Li San was going to be demoted to the capital of Zhao Ye Kingdom, Zhao Ye City. Going to the prefecture was just on the way.
Lou Yao shi was very open-minded in this area. She was the wife of Sima and the only daughter of the general. She knew that a young eagle trapped in a nest would never grow up. With the company of the Li family, what could happen?
In the past, Aunt Caihuan was the one who doted on Lou Xiaoyi. She had always been strict with Lou Xiaoyi's travel, but this time, for the first time, she did not set up any obstacles for his travel. On one hand, she felt that this child had indeed grown up. He even dared to kill people, let alone travel. On the other hand, she also felt that before the Tongfu murder case was completely suppressed, it would be best for him to go out and lie low for a while. Therefore, she gave him a historical one or two months off.
Originally, it was arranged that there would be three people accompanying him. Ping An would bring a servant and an old soldier. However, Lou Xiaoyi argued strongly and in the end, only Ping An was brought along. The main reason was that he would be accompanied by the wealthy Li family. The guards were in groups, so one or two people would not make a difference!
The next normal operation was for Ping An to follow the Li family's carriage to the prefecture alone, while Lou Xiaoyi acted on his own. Poor Ping An was half-threatened and half-forced. He had already boarded Lou Xiaoyi's pirate ship. Now, he did not even have the chance to come down.
Lou Xiaoyi had been in the Gobi Desert for more than five days. This was far beyond the limits of an ordinary person, but he was still moving forward!
In the Gobi Desert, there were only two things that were most dangerous. One was water, and the other was direction!
He had brought plenty of water. Most importantly, he did not need a large amount of water like an ordinary person. This was because he could adjust his body's water consumption. He could also control the release of water from his body. This was the basic ability that cultivation had bestowed upon him.
As for direction, there were landmarks in the Gobi Desert. With his current memory, it was not difficult for him to remember some landmarks. The Gobi Desert was mentioned in the Strange Shapes and Forms that he had witnessed three thousand years ago. It was mentioned that the Gobi Desert might be changing in other areas, but the direction of spiritual vigor flow would not change. This was because there was an ancient spiritual vein buried deep in the Gobi Desert. This was also the reason why the white sand worms were born.
As long as the direction of spiritual vigor flow did not change, he would be able to find his way back. This had been proven in the past five days.
The Gobi Desert was different from a desert. The Gobi Desert was made up of coarse sand, gravel, and loess. There was also a small amount of vegetation. After a sandstorm, the landscape would not change much. In this aspect, it was completely different from a real desert that was full of quicksand.
He had brought two Desert Camels. These were the best tools for traveling in the Gobi Desert. He had exchanged them for horses at the edge of the Gobi Desert with the Sand People. He had agreed to pay more, and he would exchange them back when he returned.
Desert Camels were not slower than horses in the Gobi Desert, but the weight they carried was much stronger. Moreover, they could go days without water. This was the true value of Desert Camels.
It would take half a month to enter the core area of the Gobi Desert. It was almost a thousand miles long, and its size was about the same as the Taklamakan Desert in his previous life. To the current Lou Xiaoyi, it was already very big. If it was in his previous life, he would not have been able to complete the feat of traveling alone.
It was not that he had changed his personality and came here to seek death, but that he had no choice but to come. Otherwise, if he only relied on Maoyou's practice and those white sand worms, his progress in cultivation would be like a turtle's pace. He did not know if he could reach the stage of sensing in this lifetime and live for another few hundred years. Therefore, he had to give it a try.
This was not a whim, but a piece of information he had gotten from chatting with the Sand People at the edge of the Gobi Desert when he had captured the white sand worms more than ten times. Some of the bolder Sand People had entered the depths of the Gobi Desert for various reasons. Therefore, there were many things that the outside world did not know. Lou Xiaoyi gave some small favors and also learned some tricks to survive in the Gobi Desert from the Sand People.
Entering the Gobi Desert alone was such a big matter. As timid as he was, of course, he had to be well-prepared. This was the basic way of doing things. In order to live for a few more years, he had to give it his all.
He did not run all the time. The night was cold and the temperature was below zero. Running was not allowed. Even if a human could endure it, a desert camel could not. Moreover, with his current physical condition, he was much stronger than ordinary people. However, it was not to the point where he was impervious to fire and water. He still needed to rest, sleep, and avoid the cold.
The scorching heat of the day and afternoon was the opposite extreme of the night. Ordinary people would not be able to endure such an environment. However, after enduring for several days, Lou Xiaoyi found that such hardships were very beneficial to the improvement of one's strength.
Improvement was always matched with pressure. For example, Monkey King had to train for a few days in the Laojun Furnace in order to be reborn in the future.
He still felt the spiritual vigor of heaven and earth every day at Maoyou and cultivated by consuming Qi. He still dug a pit every day to catch some white sand worms to replenish his spiritual vigor. However, he no longer caught them in a porcelain bottle. Instead, he sat at the bottom of the pit and absorbed them directly. As long as he controlled the amount of Dolphin Thread Incense, with his current tolerance, he could withstand the spiritual hibernation of sixty to seventy white sand worms.
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