"Refining essence, accumulating energy... In this initial state, I have basically done everything I can imagine." Chu Xiu said softly, "I can break through the state at any time, but I dare not."
"Don't you dare?" Xia Qingshan raised his eyebrows lightly, "Is there anything else you dare not do?"
Chu Xiu stepped forward and whispered: "Once I break through now, the cold poison will stay in my body forever."
"Is this going to kill you?" Xia Qingshan frowned. He had a vague feeling that the boy in front of him should have controlled the cold poison in his body.
"That won't happen." Chu Xiu said.
Xia Qingshan looked at Chu Xiu lightly.
"But it will never happen again." Chu Xiu added.
"The ultimate?" Xia Qingshan was startled.
The landlady who had been eavesdropping blinked.
"Of course, that's not the point." Chu Xiu added.
Xia Qingshan glared at Chu Xiu, "Can't you just tell the important point?"
"The point is a bit hard to explain." Chu Xiu took a sip of wine.
"Say." Xia Qingshan said in a muffled voice.
Chu Xiu sighed and said, "I traveled the eight thousand miles from Lingshan County to Chang'an City with Meng Xiaochuan and Huitong."
"I know." Xia Qingshan said calmly.
"What you don't know is that along the way, Meng Xiaochuan completely let himself go and often stayed in brothels at night." Chu Xiu said.
Xia Qingshan sneered: "Is he the only one who spends the night in a brothel?"
"Huitong and I also stayed in a brothel overnight." Chu Xiu shrugged.
Xia Qingshan's face turned cold.
"Little sex batch." The landlady cursed secretly.
"Huitong is a monk. Although he stays in a brothel at night, he doesn't drink alcohol or eat meat, and he won't let girls accompany him." Chu Xiu said leisurely.
Xia Qingshan snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "You are not a monk."
"That's the problem." Chu Xiu sighed, "Normal men, when entering a brothel, should be like Meng Xiaochuan, drinking, eating, and finding girls without any scruples.
If a serious monk like Huitong enters a brothel, he will still abide by the rules and precepts. He will not drink alcohol, eat meat, and will not look for girls.
Unfortunately for me, I happened to be caught in the middle of them. "
"What do you mean?" Xia Qingshan frowned.
The landlady also looked curious.
Chu Xiu said quietly: "I am in a brothel and can only drink wine and eat meat."
Xia Qingshan and the landlady were both startled.
"The cold poison in your body..." Xia Qingshan's heart moved.
Chu Xiu took a sip of wine and sighed.
"No, since you can't do it, how can your master repay it?" Xia Qingshan frowned and brought this boy and his daughter together. Doesn't this make his daughter a widow?
"No?" The landlady's heart moved, and she vaguely understood the meaning of what Chu Xiu said last night, 'men can't say no'. Her pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she secretly spat.
Chu Xiu muttered: "You can't do it? My body is much better than yours."
Xia Qingshan's face turned dark and he glared at Chu Xiu.
"What I mean is... no woman can withstand the cold poison in my body." Chu Xiu said depressedly.
"oh."
Xia Qingshan completely understood.
It turns out it’s not impossible, it’s just too poisonous.
"Does this bastard think I'm not here?" The proprietress sitting at the counter turned red and cursed secretly, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Since you know the disciples at the back of the academy, it shouldn't be a problem to ask Dean Feng to help you take a look." Xia Qingshan said thoughtfully.
A smile appeared on Chu Xiu's face, "I'm looking forward to it."
Xia Qingshan squinted and sneered: "What? Do you really want to visit a brothel?"
Chu Xiu blinked, "What does this have to do with visiting a brothel? What I'm looking forward to is breaking through.
Uncle, what are you thinking about? Why do I feel like you never left the brothel?
how? Do you really want to visit a brothel? Does my aunt know? "
Xia Qingshan's face turned dark and he glared at Chu Xiu fiercely again.
Is this little bastard going to beat him up?
Taking a deep breath, Xia Qingshan said solemnly: "You are in a very dangerous situation now."
Chu Xiu also straightened his face, then smiled again and said: "My uncle can come to see me at this time, he must be very optimistic about me, right?"
"I'm optimistic about your sister." Xia Qingshan cursed secretly and sneered, "They wanted to come see you, but I didn't let them."
Chu Xiu nodded, "That's right. Those people can't deal with me, but it's easy to crush you to death, my uncle."
Xia Qingshan: "???"
The proprietress who had been eavesdropping couldn't help but want to hold her forehead.
"Tell aunt that I'm fine." Chu Xiu said softly, "Dean Feng gave me a piece of Suzaku Token. Probably no one would dare to touch me before the general examination."
"Suzaku Order?" Xia Qingshan was surprised.
Chu Xiu took out the Vermillion Bird Token from his arms and handed it to Xia Qingshan.
Xia Qingshan couldn't calm down anymore.
The Suzaku Order sent by Dean Feng...what does this mean?
Could it be that Dean Feng wants to accept this boy as his thirteenth disciple?
Chu Xiu whispered: "What I just said was not a joke. What these forces in Chang'an City like to do most is to implicate innocent people.
If they knew about my relationship with you, they might really target you. "
Xia Qingshan calmed down and said, "The Xia family has some connections in Chang'an City."
"Oh?" Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
Xia Qingshan took a sip of wine and muttered: "Zuo Chong is indeed a man, but his temper is too stubborn and his opponents are too strong. If you want to help him, your aunt and I will not object, but you must pay attention to the scale.
After all, it is his own business. If you get stuck in it, you may not only be unable to help him, but also intensify the conflict. In the end, it may be counterproductive. "
Chu Xiu smiled and said, "I still like my uncle who treats me as a weak scholar. It makes me a little uncomfortable that you think so highly of me now."
Xia Qingshan's face turned dark.
Chu Xiu laughed, picked up the wine bottle, and poured a glass of new wine for Xia Qingshan.
"Zuo Qianhu was placed by my side by Duanmu Yaoyao and Tang Jiabao, disciples from the back mountain of the academy. They wanted to protect him for a few days with the help of the Suzaku Order." Chu Xiu explained, "I do admire Zuo Qianhu, but as you What I just said is ultimately his own business."
Xia Qingshan's expression softened.
"but."
Chu Xiu changed the topic.
Xia Qingshan looked at Chu Xiu expressionlessly.
"The people in Chang'an City are too stingy." Chu Xiu whispered, "They may have prepared ways to suppress me."
Xia Qingshan frowned. In fact, this was what worried him.
Once you get involved in Zuo Chong's affairs, you may have no choice but to retreat if you want to.
"What are you going to do?" Xia Qingshan asked.
"Join the academy and all problems will be solved." Chu Xiu said softly, "Half of the sky in Chang'an City belongs to the Daqian royal family and half to the Suzaku Academy.
And the person standing at the top of the sky is not His Majesty the Emperor, but the Dean. "
Xia Qingshan's eyes moved slightly and nodded, "That's true."
"You should be more careful these days." Chu Xiu whispered, "Last night, I met Old Man Tianji. When he gave me the invitation, he specifically mentioned my cousin's name."
"Old Man Tianji..." Xia Qingshan narrowed his eyes.
"The imperial court is different from the Jianghu." Chu Xiu said, "In the Jianghu, the famous and decent people are mostly concerned about not harming their relatives and friends, but what the imperial court likes to do most is to kill the nine tribes."
"..."
Xia Qingshan was speechless for a moment.
He came here to see Chu Xiu because he wanted to tell Chu Xiu to be careful and not to get too involved in Zuo Chong's affairs.
Unexpectedly, in the end, this nephew actually started to care about him.
"You are going to the banquet tomorrow..." Xia Qingshan said thoughtfully, "Let me tell you about the talented people who have appeared in Chang'an City recently."
"good."
Chu Xiu nodded and poured wine for Xia Qingshan again.
At noon, Xia Qingshan left.
"There are so many beauties in the country that it attracts countless heroes to bow down."
Chu Xiu hummed, looking forward to tomorrow's banquet.
In Xia Qingshan's narration, there were many outstanding talents from various sects and aristocratic families on the Fuyao List in Chang'an City.
Tomorrow's banquet will definitely not be too peaceful.
"You are quite talented." The lady boss, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.
Chu Xiu picked up the wine bottle, stood up, and said leisurely: "My literary talent is beyond your imagination."
The landlady curled her lips and hummed: "Is your literary talent useful? You are not a real scholar."
Chu Xiu walked up to the counter, glanced at the pretty lady boss, and said with a chuckle, "You have a lot of poetry in your heart. When people praise you, they might just say, 'Madam boss, you are so pretty.'
And if I praise you, I will say, "My eyebrows are as light as autumn water, and my jade skin is accompanied by the breeze." "
After saying that, he walked up the stairs.
The landlady blushed and gave Chu Xiu a secret look, but in her heart she remembered the saying, 'The eyebrows are as pale as autumn water, and the jade skin is accompanied by the breeze'.
When he reached the corner of the stairs, Chu Xiu stopped:
"One more thing for you."
"What?" The landlady remained calm, her heart beating slightly faster.
"Books are like medicine. Reading them well can cure stupidity."
"Doctors are stupid?" The landlady's pretty face froze.
"Stupid stupid."
Chu Xiu added that he had slipped to the second floor.
