Although it is late spring, the sky is not as clear as summer and still looks a bit hazy.
Li Xiuyuan closed the store door and lay under the eaves of the backyard, staring at the sky in a daze.
These days, he has been thinking about that matter, how to prevent Zhang Liang from being discovered. Although he had given Zhang Liang the means to leave the city, it could not fundamentally solve the problem.
To fundamentally solve this problem, Zhang Liang must make up a lie that can convince everyone, deceive everyone in the imperial city, and even ask the masters of the academy to hide it.
But, is Zhang Liang so smart?
In the blink of an eye, I thought of my own cultivation of becoming a mortal. I finally returned to the Five Realms and practiced hard in Tianshan. In the end, I only completed half of the cultivation of becoming a mortal.
Then he was led by a ray of starlight to Da Qin, and it was inevitable to feel a little sad when he thought about it.
He sighed in a low voice: "What a pity, I have already seen the threshold..."
Li Xiuyuan, who had already taken a dim view of life and death, would naturally not feel sad about spending more time practicing.
But I am afraid that because I cannot return to the Shura Heaven Realm or the wilderness before the Heavenly Road opens, wouldn't it mean that I will miss out on that great era?
"Is it possible that Master has other methods?"
Li Xiuyuan's mouth moved slightly and he smiled bitterly: "I hope that before the road to heaven opens, each of you can step into the extraordinary realm!"
For those in the Shura Heaven Realm or the Savage Heaven Realm, the Road to Heaven is just another more cruel Shura battlefield.
To this day, he still doesn't understand the meaning of this road to heaven.
Although the friends there have all practiced hard on the Shura battlefield to reach the middle stage of Dongtian, it does not mean that all of them are qualified to step into the extraordinary realm.
Just like the previous five realms, there are many people who are clearly in the realm of transcending tribulation, but there are very few monks who can survive the last thunder tribulation and ascend.
I have taught them too many principles, and the next step depends on each person's own destiny.
Just like the old Taoist priest in the Dog Fighting Village in Tianluo City, he followed the guidance and asked him to see the world from a higher mountain.
The height you are at is different, and the world you see is also different.
Just like I told Zhang Liang repeatedly, don’t just see the Miss Xiangfu right now, only see Da Qin right now...
However, that was only because I knew the ending of the story from the book.
For something as unknown as the road to heaven, the most he could do was roar.
After much deliberation, Xiao Hei is still at ease.
When I was a crow, I was just a crow that only ate and drank. Now I have become a student of the academy, so I go out early and come back late, and I am a student of the academy.
I lay there and squinted for half an hour, but I couldn't fall asleep.
So he simply moved out to Tianshan Mountain and used the old Taoist priest to give him a guqin made of unknown wood. Fortunately, Daqin also had a qin stand, so Zhang Liang thought about buying a set back.
Li Xiuyuan lifted the animal blanket on the piano table and placed the guqin on it.
My fingers were trembling slightly, thinking whether I should try the requiem again... this requiem that made me grow old in the five realms overnight.
There was one thing that he couldn't figure out. He could make people grow old with one song, but his disciple Yelu Mingzhu could kill the enemy with one song of the same song.
Think about it, is it possible that the Heavenly Way of the Five Realms opened a window to the little girl and closed a door to himself?
At this time, Li Xiuyuan's fingers were extremely itchy.
In my heart, I just want to play a piece of music, regardless of whether he will grow old again overnight. Even if he grows old in Da Qin, he just wants to see the flowers blooming in his life, to watch the knife rise and fall, and to watch the thousands of bamboos reduced to fly ash.
Flicking between his fingers, it was the requiem that had been integrated into his soul and flesh.
However, the world has changed, and what is played this time is no longer the miserable meaning of the general dragging his sword at night, leaving the person at the end of the world and about to die.
But it started with a touch of autumn wind and slanting rain. I have been lonely for a long time since the jade flute was blowing horizontally, looking at each other speechlessly where is my hometown.
Gradually it turned into the spring breeze and urged me back last night, and the apricot blossoms bloomed all night in Tianshan... There was a faint longing, and a faint expectation.
That was a bit like Wang Chunfeng when Ouyang Xuan made things difficult for him.
There is also a hint of the song "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" played by Master Li Hongxiu at the spring banquet for the first time. Although the sound of the piano does not have five beads falling on the jade plate, it is like playing the song "Si Wu Xie" in the bamboo house of the academy. .
After the song ended, Li Xiuyuan was stunned and speechless.
He couldn't tell for a moment whether what he was playing today was looking at the spring breeze, a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, or thinking about innocence.
It was different from the requiem he had seen played by Yelu Pearl before, which made the world mourn and the grass withered. He opened his eyes and looked at it.
I saw that the osmanthus trees in the small courtyard had grown wildly, and the purple bamboos behind the stone wall were so lush that they grew taller than the stone wall in an instant.
Li Xiuyuan was confused for a moment. Could it be that what he was thinking about was the birth of all things in spring, so he suddenly changed his mind about this divine song?
Taking out a handkerchief and gently wiping between the strings, Li Xiuyuan thought about it again and again but still couldn't figure it out.
He didn't know whether he could still remember the questions in his heart when he saw the old Taoist priest next time.
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The assassination of King Qin in Bolangsha became the most shocking news in the imperial city in just one day. The laws of Qin were strict, and the King of Qin, as the emperor, was even more heavily guarded.
Even ordinary murder cases are rare in the imperial city, let alone someone actually assassinating the emperor on official roads in broad daylight.
This case was the same as the assassination that occurred in the Imperial City last winter. The assassin clearly came to assassinate the King of Qin, and he actually used heavy weapons.
Later, General Meng tried the huge hammer and said that it was not something ordinary people could handle with such weight.
The King of Qin was furious. Some lawless people actually found Yu Guan Dao, a highly cultivated person, to assassinate him. This had touched the bottom line of Qin's rule.
The whole country's imperial army and government offices were all mobilized just to track down the murderer. However, King Qin issued countless orders and failed to find the murderer and the mastermind behind the assassination.
People in the imperial city were talking a lot, wondering why someone dared to touch the tiger's butt now that the king was at the height of his power. Isn't this looking for death?
Gongsun Qingming led a group of government officials to investigate and soon arrived at Zhang Liang's house.
The loud banging on the door frightened the housekeeper, so he opened the door and summoned Zhang Liang, who was still awake, to deal with the Yamen master.
Zhang Liang is just a small person, but he is the Confucius's favorite student.
After waiting for a while, Gongsun Qingming finally lost his temper. He just looked at Zhang Liang who was still rubbing his eyes and asked, "Tell me, where have you been these days?"
Zhang Liang did not expect that he had rushed back to the imperial city like a wild dog day and night, but there were still yamen coming from door to door to inspect and question.
Thinking about the methods Li Xiuyuan gave him, his confidence became a little stronger.
Looking at Gongsun Qingming, he smiled and said, "I have been suffering from cold these days. I have been recuperating at home and haven't gone anywhere."
After speaking, he was afraid that Gongsun Qingming would be worried, so he continued: "You also know that although my house is big, it only has two maids, a cook, and an old housekeeper..."
Gongsun Qingming didn't care when he heard it. Whether Zhang Liang had left the imperial city or not, he only needed to check the entry and exit records at the four city gates to know. This was something that no one could hide.
Just as he was about to leave, he thought something was wrong, so he turned around again.
Looking at Zhang Liang who took out a silk scarf to wipe his eyes, he asked calmly: "The academy holds a spring poetry meeting every year. Why didn't you go to this year's poetry meeting?"
This sentence was Gongsun Qingming's most poisonous move. Regardless of whether Zhang Liang went to the academy or not, he would always know.
Because the magic stick Lu Yuan left that day, and Lu Yuan was Zhang Liang's enemy after all, he naturally cared about his enemy Zhang Liang the most. He didn't even need to go to the academy to find out.
"Has the academy poetry meeting already started?"
Zhang Liang was startled for a moment, then said: "I am busy with my affairs at home? Why bother to attend the poetry meeting?"
When Gongsun Qingming heard something was wrong, he immediately scolded him coldly: "Didn't you just say that there are few people in your house and there is nothing to be busy with? Or did you say that you can't hide your affairs from me?"
"That's not true." Zhang Liang's voice was cold and he replied calmly: "Because my unmarried wife has come to the imperial city, so I naturally have to accompany her. How can I bother to attend the poetry meeting?"
"Oh? When did you have a wife you didn't marry? Why didn't I hear about it?" How could Gongsun Qing believe it?
Zhang Liang shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "It turns out that I don't believe it either. For this reason, I went after the prime minister's daughter. It was my wife who came all the way from her hometown to find the imperial city..."
After spending a while, Zhang Liang briefly talked about his situation.
Then he smiled and said: "She was registered when she entered the city. Sir Gongsun can go and check it carefully to see if what I, Zhang Liang, said is true?"
"Is your matter that simple?" Gongsun Qingming suddenly asked with a sneer.
"Zhang Liang, what are you doing at the door? Why don't you invite the adults in for tea?"
While he was talking, a soft voice came over. Before Gongsun Qingming could recover, a girl about the same age as Zhang Liang had already come out.
He and Gongsun Qingming had a blessing and said: "Shuzi, a folk girl, comes from Yangzhai, but she came here to find her fiancé Zhang Liang..."
This time it was Gongsun Qingming's turn to be in a daze. Looking at Shuzi's innocent eyes, he thought to himself that this is really unreasonable. How can you, Zhang Liang, have such a beautiful fiancée?
As Zhang Liang said, the four gates of the imperial city have a stricter registration system for outsiders. He only needs to go and check it. How can he be afraid of Zhang Liang lying to him?
He waved his hand and said: "Now that we have figured it out, let's do it. The Imperial City has not been peaceful recently. Don't move around and make too many enemies for yourself."
After thinking for a while, Gongsun Qingming continued: "It is said that Lu Yuan of the Academy Poetry Club was looking for trouble with your brother. He lost the bet to the liquor storekeeper. You can secretly be happy."
After saying that, he laughed loudly and said: "This wine seller Li is a wonderful man. He is afraid that the big tree will attract the wind. Even though he has won the victory, he doesn't dare to tell me in front of me."
Zhang Liang frowned when he heard this and said carefully: "I have repeatedly told him to keep a low profile when doing business in the imperial city. Why did he provoke that magician?"
Gongsun Qingming was very satisfied with Zhang Liang's attitude and said with a smile: "I heard that shopkeeper Li went to see the master, but it was the magician who came forward by himself. Isn't this because he is making himself uncomfortable?"
Waving his hands, regardless of what happened to Zhang Liang and Shuzi, he hurriedly left with a group of men and continued to move forward.
After Gongsun Qingming left, Zhang Liang instantly became quiet. He closed the heavy door first, then looked at Shuzi and said, "Fortunately, you come out to help me out."
Shuzi looked at Zhang Liang with a blushing face and said softly: "Isn't the wine shopkeeper the brother Xiuyuan you mentioned?"
Zhang Liang took her hand and walked inside, saying as he walked: "Now that we have gotten over this matter, I will take you to see Big Brother for a drink tonight."
Shuzi stroked her chest, sighed softly and said, "This feels like a dream to me."
Zhang Liang shook his head, looked at her and warned: "If anyone asks you in the future, just say that our father made a small arrangement to get married. Don't let it slip."
Shuzi covered her mouth and smiled: "What if the government wants to read the marriage certificate?"
Zhang Liang was anxious and blurted out: "The war has been going on every year, and almost everyone lost their lives. Who still keeps a broken marriage letter?"
