Chu Xiu couldn't answer for a while.
He remembered a plot of a TV series he had watched in his previous life:
The child's mother and stepfather, in order to ensure that the child can be admitted to college, tampered with the child's college entrance examination aspirations. In the end, the child who could have gone to a first-rate university could only go to a local third-rate university.
"I don't know Old Man Tianji." Chu Xiu said slowly, "But to Meng Xiaochuan, Old Man Tianji is just an outsider. It's hard for me to believe that he only thinks about Meng Xiaochuan."
Li Xianyuan poured himself a glass of wine, "In some aspects, the Jianghu and the imperial court are actually the same.
In the imperial court, soldiers at the lowest level need to go into battle to kill enemies and obtain military merits before they can be promoted.
The top dignitaries, princes, generals, and ministers rarely break up with each other. Even if they are enemies, they can still work together in the same court.
In the arena, the weaker the strength, the more fights and killings there are.
The stronger the strength, the fewer times you take action and the more restraint you have, usually until the point is reached. "
"..."
Zuo Chong's eyes moved slightly and he nodded secretly.
As a member of Longyuan Guard Qianhu, he can not only come into contact with everyone in the court, but also get to know people from all walks of life, just as Li Xianyuan said.
The more powerful and powerful you are, the less likely you are to take action easily, especially towards people of the same level.
"Master Commander, what do you want to say? Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relations?" Chu Xiu asked.
"Human feelings are so sophisticated..." Li Xianyuan drank and tasted them silently. He didn't know whether he was tasting wine or savoring the phrase 'human feelings are so sophisticated'.
"It doesn't actually matter whether Old Man Tianji's heart is good or bad." Li Xianyuan said, "The important thing is that by ranking Meng Xiaochuan at the eleventh place, he has not only made friends with the forces behind the geniuses who were defeated by you, but also There is also a saying about Meng Tiangang.
Even when facing Meng Xiaochuan, he could still be confident. "
"What a thief." Chu Xiu sighed.
Zuo Chong nodded secretly, he was indeed a thief.
Li Xianyuan looked at Chu Xiu and said, "There are many people like Old Man Tianji in Chang'an City."
"What do you mean, Commander?" Chu Xiu raised his head and looked at Li Xianyuan.
Li Xianyuan said: "From the moment you decided to allow Zuo Chong to live here, an invisible net appeared around you.
Every time you take a step forward, the invisible net tightens one more point. "
Zuo Chong lowered his head and secretly clenched his fists.
He didn't want to implicate anyone.
"Master Commander, where do I need to go to get out of this invisible net?" Chu Xiu asked thoughtfully.
Li Xianyuan smiled for the first time.
"Suzaku Academy, back mountain." He answered in the affirmative.
"Then I'll just go up the mountain." Chu Xiu smiled.
Li Xianyuan looked at Chu Xiu steadily, hiding his sky-high confidence and calmness under his calm smile.
It seems that joining the back mountain of Zhuque Academy is something that can be done casually.
"You should know that the sky in Chang'an City is divided into two sides." Li Xianyuan said.
Chu Xiu nodded slightly, "Half of it is at Suzaku Academy."
"Yes, it's at Zhuque Academy." Li Xianyuan nodded and said with emotion, "Actually, I have always felt that Chang'an City is very awkward."
"Awkward?" Chu Xiu was curious.
Li Xianyuan said: "Chang'an City is the imperial capital of the Daqian Dynasty and the center of power. Here, the hierarchy is strict and the rules are like a sea; whether you are a nobleman or a peddler, you must abide by certain rules.
But there is a place where they can not follow the rules and let Tianxing go as far as they want.
It's like a white lotus growing out of a stinking ditch full of mud. "
"Your Majesty, Commander, that's a wonderful description." Chu Xiu smiled and raised his glass to Li Xianyuan.
Li Xianyuan drank and looked up at Chu Xiu, "What do you think the people in the ditch will think when they see you dressed in white and spotless?"
"Pull me in." Chu Xiu muttered.
"They have many methods." Li Xianyuan said, "If they use some methods on you, you may still be grateful to them."
"For example?" Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows lightly.
Li Xianyuan didn't say anything. He pushed gently with his right hand and the scroll on the table slowly unfolded.
Fuyao list!
Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked up.
Zuo Chong stood up directly, came to the front of the scroll, and scanned it quickly.
…
Zhuque Academy.
Back mountain.
"Second Senior Brother, Old Man Tianji has sent the newly promulgated Fuyao Ranking."
Tang Jiabao took a brocade scroll and came to the lakeside, where he found his second senior brother who was fishing.
Kingship.
The second teacher of Zhuque Academy.
"Has the top spot changed?" Wang Quan looked intently.
He was sitting by the lake, wearing a dark green shirt, which seemed to blend in with the grass beside the lake.
Already fifty-six years old, his waist is as straight as a pine, and his long black hair is simply tied with a blue cloth strip. Looking from behind, it seems that every strand of hair is up to his waist.
Time has not left many traces on his face. His cheeks are as sharp as a knife, with clear edges and corners, without any wrinkles. He looks only about thirty years old.
Tang Jiabao nodded quickly, "The top ten have changed a lot."
"Where is he ranked?" Wang Quan asked.
"Old Man Tianji ranked him second." Tang Jiabao unfolded the scroll in his hand.
On the scroll, the ranking is from the right.
The second name on the right has four characters:
Wang Quan smiled.
The strongest member of the younger generation of the Wang Quan family, at the age of sixteen, he reached the top of the Fuyao list ahead of schedule.
"The old guy has bad intentions." Wang Quan said calmly, his voice was very calm, but when Tang Jiabao heard it, he couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"It's true that An An has no good intentions. He also ranked Meng Xiaochuan, Meng Tiangang's grandson, in the eleventh place." Tang Jiabao complained, "At the banquet a few days ago, he said in front of many people that Meng Xiaochuan would In the top ten.”
Wang Quan said: "If there is no turmoil in the world, it will be difficult for Tianji Pavilion to do business."
"But this time, he did business here at Zhuque Academy." Tang Jiabao said.
Wang Quan lifted the fishing rod, but there was nothing on the straight hook. He put the fishing rod down again, "He is testing."
"Testing?" Tang Jiabao was surprised.
Wang Quan said: "Although the fight between the juniors is harmless, these old guys are behind the scenes. If the academy doesn't say anything, it would be too high an estimate of the academy's caliber."
Tang Jiabao blinked and felt that the second half of the sentence did not seem to be praising the academy.
Wang Quan lifted the fishing rod again, and there was a one-foot-long white carp on the straight hook.
The white carp are frozen.
Wang Quan gently swung the fishing rod, and the frozen white carp fell into Tang Jiabao's hand.
"Go to Prince Ji's Mansion and use Prince Ji's head to smash this frozen fish." Wang Quan ordered.
Tang Jiabao's eyes twitched and he hesitated: "Second senior brother, are you sure you are Prince Ji?"
Wang Quan said: "Your strength is too weak. Even if I ask you to knock on Tianji, I guess you wouldn't dare."
"Haha..." Tang Jiabao laughed dryly, thinking to himself that if you follow me, I dare to knock anyone's sap off.
"Second Senior Brother, aren't you curious about who replaced Wang Quan Yixiao and became the new number one on the Fuyao List?"
Before leaving, Tang Jiabao couldn't help but ask.
