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Chapter 3: Introduction
"Oh, young master, you don't know, the house has been in chaos since you ran away. I don't know how many times the mistress has cried, and she quarrels with the master every day..." Sister Xing'er was not angry when she was pushed away. She touched him here and there to check the situation, while chattering.

If you keep touching me like this, I will fight back! Su Daoshan looked impatient and brushed her hand away. This vividly portrayed the image of a pure and chaste gentleman who remained calm even when a woman's lap was on his lips.

However, Su Daoshan knew that she really cared about him, and he couldn't bear it, so he waved his sleeves with much less force.

Speaking of which, the origin of this pretty maid is also one of the weird things the original body did.

Sister Xing'er's surname was Zhao. She was originally a prostitute in Haitang Pavilion in Yizhou City. She was bought by a brothel at the age of thirteen and taught the eighteen arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. However, although she was born with a beautiful face, she was not very good at learning.

A brothel will not keep a prostitute for her entire life.

When this fool was about to turn seventeen, Haitang Pavilion was ready to force her to comb her hair and welcome guests. However, unexpectedly, Su Daoshan happened to be arguing with someone, and was provoked by the other person's words. He spent a huge sum of fifty gold grain coins to be a sucker and redeem her.

When Zhao Xing'er was bought, Su Daoshan was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He considered himself a gentleman, and his mother was afraid that he would not be able to withstand the abuse of Zhao Xing'er, who was three years older than him, so he only became a maid.

There may be many people in this world who look down on Su Daoshan, but Sister Xing'er has an almost blind admiration for him. In her heart, her young master is the most talented person in the world.

Su Daoshan could fully imagine that after he ran away from home, the person who was most worried and cried the most might be this idiot.

Sister Xing'er chattered about a lot of gossip, and finally talked about the details of her coming here: "... Later I learned that the young master went to Chongguang City with the caravan. Madam was worried, and I knew that the young master was waiting for me, so I came out to look for him. But who knew that as soon as I arrived at the Garrison Fort, I met you guys who had escaped back..."

Garrison?!

Su Daoshan was stunned, turned his head and looked around, and found himself on a section of the city wall.

Su Daoshan stood up with the help of Sister Xing'er and a guard next to him, and saw that it was indeed an earthen fort.

There is a tower made of irregular stones in the fort. Apart from that, this earthen fort, which is only about 100 meters long and wide, has only a few barracks and a playground. It looks very simple.

At this time, those terrible monsters had disappeared. However, traces of the fierce battle still remained on the top of the city. Some soldiers were washing away the blood, carrying the corpses, and burning the crazy puppets.

Flames shot up into the sky from the open ground.

Su Daoshan turned his head and looked towards the distance to the east, where a huge city with walls hundreds of meters high suddenly appeared before his eyes.

"Master, we have arrived at the outer fortress of Yishan City." A sturdy man wearing a black cotton shortsleeve, a blue coarse cloth belt, and leggings on his calves explained when he saw this.

Su Daoshan recognized him as the guard captain Feng Ting, and was overjoyed when he heard that.

After absorbing the memories of his original body, Su Daoshan also had a complete understanding of the history and current situation of the Lanzhuo Continent.

This is a world of warriors, divided into the old era and the new era.

According to historical records, more than a hundred years ago, a mysterious force descended on the continent and brought about a world-destroying catastrophe.

At that time, mountains and rivers collapsed, time and space were broken, countless sages and saints fell, and the entire Lanzhuo continent almost collapsed.

At the end of the catastrophe, the mysterious power disappeared, and a foreign tribe called the Phantom Clan invaded. A rain of phantom flames and the appearance of the Crazy Puppet completely changed the ecology of the Lanzhuo Continent.

The land eroded by the phantom fire was no longer suitable for farming, and soil became the most precious resource. The crazy puppets, which were formed by the resurrection of the dead, endlessly attacked every living person in their sight.

The towns and villages that lost their land and defenses were wiped out. The few survivors could only rely on fortress-like cities to survive.

In general, this is an extremely chaotic, cruel and barren world.

However, in the past hundred years, the situation of mankind has improved a lot, and the scope of control has also expanded a little. The Garrison Fort is a defensive fortress that has been expanded in recent years. Arriving here basically means safety.

And from what Sister Xing'er said, it seemed that nothing unexpected had happened at home.

Thinking about it, Su Daoshan was suddenly stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked at Sister Xing'er: "You just said... I'm waiting for you?"

He racked his brains but couldn't find such a thing in his memory. Sister Xing'er glanced at Su Daoshan coquettishly and whispered in his ear: "I know that the young master used to stay at home every day and was controlled by them. Everything was inconvenient. So you plan to come out first, and then let me come to find you. You are free outside..."

Why are you being so coquettish? Don't act like you know everything!
Seeing her blushing cheeks and charming eyes that were about to shed tears, Su Daoshan got closer and closer, and quickly turned his head away, scolding: "Speak properly!"

Sister Xing'er, however, did not retreat but advanced with a look of resentment on her face. She held Su Daoshan's arm, pressed her chest tightly against his, twisted her body and said in a sweet voice, "Master, tell me, do I know you best?"

Being attacked so rudely by a little maid in such a public place, Su Daoshan was so angry that he was beside himself. He immediately scolded her comfortably: "How disgraceful! Stand still."

"Oh." Sister Xing'er lowered her head obediently, stopped twisting her body, and slightly loosened her hands that were hugging her arms, but the parts that needed to be stuck were still stuck tightly.

Su Daoshan pulled his arm again, but felt that he couldn't get it free. He cursed in his heart, "This idiot, he doesn't know where his brain is from because of lack of nutrition..." Well, the ancients were not deceiving me.

At this moment, there was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds.

Everyone walked to the battlements of the earthen fortress wall and looked towards Yishan City. They saw flags waving and a cavalry of more than a hundred people galloping over.

At the front of the team were dozens of cavalrymen wearing red armor, and behind them were dozens of black-clad city guards and family guards wearing uniforms of different colors.

Among them, there were twenty or thirty nobles whose clothes were obviously more exquisite and gorgeous.

"I'm coming!"

"A squadron of the Fiery Army has arrived, as well as a divine messenger from the Fengyuan Religion!"

"Hey, the commander-in-chief of the Fiery Army and the military steward of Fengyuan Palace are here. Who are the ones behind them? The Zhu family, the Yue family, the Zhou family, the Su family, the Wang family, and the Lin family... My God, they are either the heads of the families or important figures of the families."

"Why such a big fight?"

Everyone was talking a lot.

A captain of the city guards in a blue uniform climbed up the city wall and said to everyone, "You can go down now. Don't run around. Wait in the inspection area!"

"Understood, understood." Everyone responded and left the top of the city wall and walked towards the stairs.

Su Daoshan was delighted.

Originally, when we arrived at the Garrison Fort, we were basically in a safe zone. Now that such a large group of people had come, once we entered Yishan City, we didn't have to worry about anything.

Watching that the corridor was no longer crowded, he quickly led Sister Xing'er, Feng Ting and others down the city wall. If it weren't for the calm and gentlemanly demeanor of the Second Young Master Su, he felt that he could run faster than going to school to get food.

After leaving the fortress, Su Daoshan stood obediently in the designated area on the side of the road waiting for the main city guards to pick him up. This rule was not an exception even for the Su family, one of the six great families that ruled Yishan City.

Feng Ting had a low conversation with a city guard officer. After returning, he told Su Daoshan the inside story: "Second Young Master, the big fanfare in the city is not to pick us up. They are just taking us into the city. They are here to welcome the convoy from Qilingmen."

Who cares about the Seven Ridges or Eight Ridges? As long as they come to pick me up, that's fine! Su Daoshan didn't care and continued to look towards Yishan City.

"Qilingmen?" Zhao Xing'er, who was standing by, suddenly realized, "Yes, this year's county exam should be around this time."

"Yes." Feng Ting nodded and said, "I heard that some sects have already arrived, and some are still on the way. This time, Qilingmen not only came by themselves, but also escorted the children of the noble families in Huoniu City and Xisai City, so they came out to welcome them in a grand manner."

After reporting, he glanced at Su Daoshan, then closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking.

"I don't know who will lead the Qilingmen team this time," Zhao Xing'er tiptoed excitedly to look into the distance. Suddenly she remembered something and turned around to ask, "Master, you will also participate in this county exam, right?!"

Feng Ting turned his head to look at his men who were driving the carriage out of the gate of the Garrison Fort. He frowned and strode over: "Hurry up, you are dawdling..."

Su Daoshan looked at Feng Ting's back, then looked at Zhao Xing'er who was looking at him with a pair of silly and cute big eyes, and turned his head away expressionlessly.

(End of this chapter)