Qiu Jin, who had not been out for a long time that day, stepped out of the gate of Qiu Mansion and rode a carriage into the imperial city. There are not many people in the imperial city who can travel by chariot and horse. They must have the permission of the royal family. There are only a few people in the dynasty, and they are all closely related to the royal clan, or have made great achievements for the great Chu. credit.
In the royal study, His Majesty the Emperor, who was wearing a dragon robe, was sitting opposite Qiu Jinfeng, who was wearing a thick black velvet robe. There was a chessboard between them, with the emperor holding a white piece and Qiu Jinfeng holding a black piece.
When His Majesty was still the crown prince, the two often played chess. Of course the emperor loses more than he wins. Every time he loses, he will call Qiu Jinfeng an old fox.
Over the years, Qiu Jinfeng had been scolded like this countless times. At this moment, the emperor's curse came from the royal study again, and the sound could be heard through several courtyard walls.
The old eunuchs serving outside comforted the frightened young eunuchs. Old Master Qiu was scolded, which was only because His Majesty was happy.
Qiu Jinfeng stroked his beard, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face. He and the emperor have had a relationship of mentor and friend since the prince's period. It was because of Qiu Jinfeng that he became the emperor he is today.
The emperor will never forget this feat from the dragon. Qiu Jinfeng's status can be seen from the fact that the emperor appointed him as the crown prince and tutor after Qiu Jinfeng retired.
"Your Majesty doesn't want the old minister to have nothing to do at home all day long, always playing with something. So it's not surprising that he is becoming more and more proficient in chess. It's not surprising that your majesty is busy with state affairs and doesn't have such leisure time, so he loses to the old minister."
Seeing Qiu Jinfeng's proud expression, the emperor laughed and scolded the old fox again. Qiu Jinfeng also accepted it humbly.
The two haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's rare for them to have such free time. The emperor and Qiu Jinfeng each picked up their own chess pieces. Usually there would be eunuchs around to do these chores at this time, but with Qiu Jinfeng, the two seemed more casual.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report to Your Majesty today." Qiu Jinfeng collected the last chess piece, closed the chess box, stood up, stepped aside, and bowed.
Although the emperor lives deep in the imperial city, he still knows a lot about everything in Kyoto. For example, the joke made by the Bai family child. In an instant, the emperor regained his emperor's momentum.
He stood up and walked to the desk. The back of the black gold dragon robe was majestic. "The posthumous child?"
"Exactly." Qiu Jinfeng raised his hands and cupped his fists. "Because of the mission, he also came to Kyoto together and encountered some dangers in Prince Zhao's Mansion. Fortunately, the other party did not kill him."
The emperor frowned, none of these things could be hidden from him. But when he mentioned these things, he felt annoyed.
"This is a trouble," the emperor said in a low voice. The emperor, who had his back turned to Qiu Jinfeng, also had a gloomy expression, while Qiu Jinfeng bowed behind the emperor and continued to respond: "This problem has to be solved by your majesty."
The two simple sentences of conversation echoed throughout the imperial study room, and only two people could understand them.
"Your Majesty, since the old minister retired to the court, the factions in the court have gradually become clear. The civil servants are headed by Li Xiuyuan, and the military general is headed by the King of Chu. The struggle is getting increasingly intensified, and it vaguely revolves around the competition for the position of the crown prince. Over the years, the old minister has learned that the two parties The struggle between them has already involved foreign countries. Especially the Chu king's faction, the generals of the southern border defense army have many involvements with the Japanese countries in the East China Sea, and there are Japanese people coming and going in the mansion all the year round. The old minister is worried that all this will affect the national destiny of Chu."
The emperor sneered, he didn't know all this. Therefore, he granted marriage to the prince and wooed Li Xiuyuan not just to stabilize the court. However, he didn't understand what Qiu Jinfeng said had to do with the posthumous child.
"Yu Zhi disappeared in Prince Zhao's Mansion, and the old minister has found out the person behind it. And it is not difficult to guess that the assassination of Prince Zhao's Crown Prince must have been done by the same person. Those who can arrange people in Prince Zhao's Mansion have great hands and eyes."
"Who did it?"
Qiu Jinfeng stepped forward and whispered beside the emperor, and only the two of them could hear his voice.
All the ministers in the court knew that Qiu Jinfeng had entered the palace, but they didn't know what His Majesty had talked with him. The next day, an imperial edict came from the Imperial Study Room - the assassin of Prince Zhao's Mansion had committed suicide in the prison. The Wucheng Military and Horse Division handled the case successfully and gave him some gold, silver and jade articles.
After Prince Zhao learned about this, he overturned the table. As a victim, he never learned that the assassin had been arrested, so how could he still talk about committing suicide? On the contrary, King Zhao had a clear mind and was painting on the high pavilion as usual.
Everyone is confused by an imperial edict, but even if it is an imperial edict, what His Majesty says will be whatever it is. No one would say anything for the son of an idle prince.
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No matter what the outside world said, Yu Zhi started to practice the second picture of the villain. Each picture had a different pattern. The martial arts energy flowed along the meridians. Yu Zhi vaguely felt that he could kill a cow with one punch.
He really wanted to find someone to compete with to see how far his martial arts realm could reach.
The first three levels of martial arts are all small fights, and the fourth level of martial arts is called Armor Breaking. This is the state of practicing martial arts to bring out the true energy. The armor is broken from the fourth to the sixth level. After the armor is broken, it is the seventh to ninth levels of the monument, and then the moving mountain realm. This is what the world calls the master state.
Nowadays, the world is so big that only a handful of people can reach the master and be known to others. In addition to Li Haomiao, who has made breakthroughs in recent years, there is also a holy envoy on the sacred mountain of Prairie Wolf Court, who is said to be over a hundred years old. Master Xuan Song in the hanging temple, and the tower guard who had lived in Nanzhou Prefecture for a long time also used swords. I heard that there is also a master at the master level on Tiandao Mountain, maybe in the imperial city. No one can tell the difference between true and false.
Yu Zhi felt that the best way was to compete with Ye Qinghuan, and no one knew that Yu Zhi was practicing martial arts. He was meditating in the room when he heard the door open.
"Uncle, why are you here?" It was Li Haomiao who walked in.
Yu Zhizheng was wondering if Li Haomiao could teach him some moves. He cultivated Qi, but he had never seen any decent moves. It's okay to fight with ordinary people, but it will be ugly if you really meet a master.
Li Haomiao glanced at Yu Zhi and began to scold him. "The day before yesterday, you were taken care of by that old guy. I went to avenge you that night. How could a young man like you be bullied? I heard from your aunt that you were tied up and thrown into the wilderness. Hum. Huh, you were said to know me when you were out."
Yu Zhi scratched his face, feeling a little embarrassed, and began to complain. "My aunt has never allowed me to practice martial arts. I want to fight back, but do you think I can fight back with such a weak hand?"
Li Haomiao approached Yu Zhi, circled around Yu Zhi, and then said suspiciously: "My sister didn't let you practice, so you really don't practice? Xiao Yu'er, your uncle and I are masters in the master realm. If you are in other I may not necessarily know about the lies, but martial arts...hehe."
Yu Zhi took a step back, a cold sweat covering his back. He didn't know whether Li Haomiao really had the ability to detect the opponent's martial arts cultivation, but it didn't look like a lie.
"Yu'er, you were born to lie. How did such an honest and trustworthy old lady develop such a slippery temperament like yours?" Li Haomiao squinted and looked at Yu Zhi. He felt that his nephew was much smarter than he thought. "Come, let me see you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Haomiao suddenly made a move towards Yu Zhi. The palms in Yu Zhi's eyes kept enlarging, and Yu Zhi thought it was over. When Li Haomiao saw that Yu Zhi did not dodge or circulate his true energy, his expression changed and he immediately retracted his palm.
In one breath, countless cold sweat broke out on Yu Zhi's forehead and fell to the ground in drops.
"Damn it, uncle, can you scare people like this?" Yu Zhi cursed.
Li Haomiao curled his lips and responded nonchalantly: "The person who wants to kill you will not warn you in advance." The speed just now was not very fast. If it were really an enemy, Yu Zhi might have fallen by now.
"I see that you have a lot of Qi. With Qi, you can break armor and crack rocks. If your reaction can't keep up, then all the Qi will be in vain. It's like an archer who has enough arrows but no bow. .”
Yu Zhi was puzzled, he knew this. The thirty-six little figures only have simple gestures, and I am lucky enough to be able to practice Qi by accident. He had no access to the so-called moves. There are schools teaching martial arts in Wenwen Academy, but Li Qingru's strict orders caused many martial arts teachers to avoid Yu Zhi when they saw them.
Yu Zhi explained the reason. Li Haomiao listened and said with a smile: "So, you are looking for a bow?"
Yu Zhi nodded hard. As he said, an ordinary guard of three or two is no match for him, but when meeting a master, life or death is unpredictable. There is only so much martial arts energy in the world, and it makes people angry to get things but have no use for them.
"Tomorrow, I will come to you. I will take you to a place where someone will teach you some moves. If you are a normal person, it would be too late to start practicing martial arts now. Fortunately, you have cultivated Zhenqi yourself, which has surpassed many Man. So then you just have to find the bow. With plenty of arrows, finding the bow isn't that hard."
Yu Zhi nodded, thought for a while and then said: "Uncle, did you go to Li Mansion?"
"Well, I beat up that old man." Li Haomiao readily admitted, "The boy next to you also went there. He started too lightly, and he looked like a novice at first glance, so I took care of it for him. A few tricks.”
"You mean Qing Huan?" Yu Zhi opened his eyes wide and pointed at the wall behind the bed. That direction was Ye Qinghuan's room.
"It turns out his name is Qing Huan. He sounds like a girl, and he looks like a handsome young man. Not bad, not bad." Li Haomiao said to himself.
Yu Zhi supported his forehead and let Li Haomiao go, but Ye Qinghuan was really taking a risk. "Uncle, can you bring Qing Huan with you tomorrow? He practices swordsmanship, you can give him some advice."
Li Haomiao nodded, "Of course. But let's see how his swordsmanship is first. I won't teach useless people. If it's someone like you, forget it. This grandmaster is too lazy to train such stupid disciples."
This arrogant man... Yu Zhi thought to himself.
