Coincidentally, Shuzi is the best gift God gave to Zhang Liang in his life.
In desperation, Zhang Liang hurriedly fled Bolangsha. He bought a horse on the road and rushed all the way to the imperial city. He wanted to come back before the imperial city was closed.
To his surprise, he encountered several bandits robbing pedestrians on the official road.
As a disciple of the Confucius, Zhang Liang couldn't bear it anymore, so he stepped forward and slashed with his sword.
After killing the bandit and saving Shuzi, he found out that she also came to Korea. Shuzi, whose parents were both dead, saw that she could not live locally, so she thought about the academy in the imperial city.
He wanted to study the six arts in the academy for a few years, but he didn't expect that there was no imperial city yet, so he encountered bandits who robbed him.
When Zhang Liang saw him, he ran with Shuzi all night long, and finally entered the imperial city on the second day of the academy poetry meeting.
Unlike Shuzi, Zhang Liang used the two invisibility runes given to him by Li Xiuyuan to enter and leave the city.
Even when he fell ill at home, only the housekeeper knew about it. The same rune served as Zhang Liang's substitute, and not even the two maids and the cook knew about it.
After returning to his house, he spent two days repeatedly explaining to Shuzi the relationship between the two and more stakes.
He only said that he would take her to see his master after the storm in the imperial city had passed.
But at this moment, Zhang Liang didn't know what the girl was thinking. In Shuzi's heart, she just wanted to go to the academy to learn the six arts, and then find a good family and find a home for herself.
Ever since Zhang Liang rushed to Shangguan Road and killed several bandits, she could no longer let go of other men in her heart.
In the girl's heart, Zhang Liang was given to her by God.
Otherwise, at the moment of his life and death, why was only Zhang Liang rushing out?
It wasn't until Zhang Liang told her something that the girl firmly decided to marry Zhang Liang wholeheartedly.
Zhang Liang thought about it. Not to mention having an elder brother who could help the two of them practice together, even the master of the academy would not refuse to accept an additional disciple.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help laughing when he returned to the living room: "You have to respect my brother. As long as he is happy, he may be able to help you embark on the path of cultivation."
Upon hearing this, Shuzi couldn't help but ask: "What is spiritual practice? Aren't they the six arts?"
Zhang Liang smiled lightly and said: "You may not be able to defeat those bandits after learning the Six Arts, but as long as you embark on the path of cultivation, how can you be afraid of these guys?"
When Shuzi heard this, she immediately whispered: "I want to see Brother Xiuyuan."
Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Don't worry, let the kitchen cook some dishes in the afternoon and we'll go over there."
Shuzi sighed softly and said quietly: "Why do I feel like these dreams are one after another? When will we go to the academy?"
Zhang Liang laughed when he heard this: "You have to ask your elder brother about this."
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At noon, he simply ate some white porridge and vegetables. This was Li Xiuyuan's daily life.
As long as Xiao Hei is not at home and as long as Xiao Hei tolerates it, he basically has a bowl of white porridge and two dishes of vegetables. This kind of life is enough for him.
Before night fell and Xiao Hei had not returned in the carriage, Li Xiuyuan, who had sold two bottles of wine, was waiting for the person he wanted to see.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan who was sitting quietly at the counter holding a bamboo slip, Zhang Liang felt a little erratic. After thinking about it, he pointed to Shuzi behind him and introduced: "Brother, this is your future sister-in-law Shuzi."
Anyway, both of them were determined not to change, and Zhang Liang tried his best to be shameless and introduced it in front of Li Xiuyuan.
Shuzi couldn't help but blush when she heard this. She looked at Li Xiuyuanfu and said softly: "Shuzi has met Brother Xiuyuan."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and asked Shuzi to sit down. He lit the small stove on the table with his hand and put water on it to cook.
Thinking about it, Zhang Liang couldn't help laughing.
Zhang Liang laughed so inexplicably that Shuzi covered her mouth in embarrassment.
After laughing for a while, Li Xiuyuan sighed softly.
He knocked on the table and said with a smile: "You know I took Xiao Hei to the academy's poetry meeting and won five gold coins from Lu Yuan."
"Wocao, you actually beat him so much?"
Zhang Liang exclaimed: "Let me tell you what he bet with my eldest brother. Isn't he planning to build this shop?"
"That's right." Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "He bet that I couldn't write poetry and paid five gold coins. You know I'm poor, so he asked me to use this shop as a mortgage."
"This pig head is rich, let him vomit more, it will be fine."
Zhang Liang laughed loudly and said: "I thought I was stupid, but I didn't expect that he was stupider than me. He was thinking of ways to give money to my elder brother."
Shuzi didn't understand it until now, so she could only watch the two of them quietly and laugh.
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said, "Xiao Hei took the money away. You know that's not what I was laughing about."
"What else can make big brother so happy?" Zhang Liang asked while laughing.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said softly: "Later I went up the mountain to see the master, but on the way I met two guys who you wouldn't expect to kill."
"Who? Tell me?" Zhang Liang asked nervously after hearing this.
Li Xiuyuan glared at him and said, "Are you so nervous? One is Young Master Su, and the other is the girl Xiao Hei and I saw at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion on the snowy day last year..."
Li Xiuyuan said with emotion: "I have been thinking about how to talk about this matter, and even warned Xiao Hei not to tell you. Now it's okay. Everyone is separate and has nothing to do with each other."
"Xu! You actually know Young Master Su? It's unbelievable."
Zhang Liang stopped Li Xiuyuan's emotion in his own way: "Speaking of that guy, I haven't seen him for a long time."
Li Xiuyuan spread his hands and said with a smile: "I am a wine merchant, how do I know Master Su? This is what Master told me."
When Zhang Liang heard this, he said angrily: "This guy clearly knows that I am in a bad mood, but he still dares to disgust me. Watch out if I cheat on him one day."
Until then, Shuzi blushed and asked sheepishly: "Zhang Liang, who are you talking about?"
Zhang Liang sighed and said with a smile: "There is only one young master in the Qin Dynasty, Su. He is naturally the king's son, but that woman is the daughter of the prime minister's house that I pursued before. I didn't expect that the two of them would get along well."
After having Shuzi, Zhang Liang made no secret of his past, leaving Shuzi at a loss for words.
Li Xiuyuan poured the freshly brewed tea for the two of them and sighed: "It turns out that only Xiao Hei and I know about this, and we didn't want to tell anyone else. To be honest, I really envy you."
Zhang Liang chuckled and said, "Then what did you and Master say that day?!"
Li Xiuyuan laughed and said: "Master asked me if I wrote another poem in the poetry meeting, what would I write?"
Zhang Liang picked up the tea cup in front of him and asked, "How do you say it?"
"I said: The person is not as good as new, and the clothes are not as good as old. I am so anxious that I want to fight for my life, saying that I am changing the poems randomly."
Li Xiuyuan spread his hands and said, "I don't know what happened, but when I saw that woman, I thought of this poem, and the master just happened to ask me again."
Zhang Liang couldn't help laughing anymore: "Be careful, Master Su knows that he will fight you tooth and nail."
Shuzi took a sip of tea quietly, looked at it and finally couldn't help but said: "Zhang Liang, I think you are quite capable. You have even chased after the lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Zhang Liang blushed immediately when he heard this, looked at her and said softly: "Isn't this all in the past? I only told you this when I saw you happy today."
Li Xiuyuan hesitated for a moment and then asked seriously: "Did someone come to the door today?"
Shuzi held the teacup in her hand quietly, it was not her turn to answer this matter.
Zhang Liang laughed at himself and said: "They want to trouble me, how can I let them get what they want?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said: "Before Xiao Hei went out this morning, Gongsun Qingming came to my place with his men to investigate. I am afraid that there will be no peace in the imperial city these days."
While he was talking, the sound of carriages sounded outside the store.
Then Xiao Heizha shouted: "Brother, I'm back. Brother Zhang Liang is not at home."
Xiao Hei, who had sneaked into the wine shop, looked up, then chuckled and said, "If I had known that brother Zhang Liang was coming, I wouldn't have had to go around to find you."
Zhang Liang took Xiao Hei's hand, pointed at Shuzi beside him and said, "This is your sister Shuzi. She will also go to the academy in the future."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he circled Shuzi twice, then turned to look at Zhang Liang and said, "Master, do you know?"
Zhang Liang shook his head, pointed at Li Xiuyuan and said, "I have to ask your brother about this. Should you go to see the Master first and learn the six arts in the academy, or should you be able to practice like me?"
"Of course I have to go see the Master first."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said: "The road to practice is long, and we are not in a hurry. Let's go see the Master first and listen to his arrangements, and take advantage of the good spring."
Tempering Shuzi's body was just a piece of cake for Li Xiuyuan.
What he didn't expect was that Zhang Liang actually found his lifelong partner, because he didn't know when the two would meet.
It seems that there is God's will in the dark.
On this day, Xiao Hei was the happiest because he had food to eat when he came back. Zhang Liang and Shuzi brought his favorite sauce beef.
With the addition of a sister, I finally no longer have to pester my brother to go shopping with him.
Zhang Liang circled around the osmanthus tree in the yard several times and exclaimed: "It hasn't been long. How come this osmanthus tree and this purple bamboo are growing like crazy?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "Do you believe I poured a lot of spiritual wine on them?"
Xiao Hei also screamed when he heard this: "No, Xiao Hei wasn't this high when he left in the morning?"
Shuzi said softly from the side: "It's time to eat."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at the two of them and said, "Today is Shuzi's first day here. I'll treat you two to a glass of spiritual wine."
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To Li Xiuyuan's surprise, just giving Zhang Liang and Shuzi two cups of Xinghua Spirit Wine brewed in Tianshan, Zhang Liang broke through three levels in a row and reached the sixth level of Qi Gathering.
And Shuzi is even more incredible. The seemingly weak girl is not weaker than Zhang Liang.
Before Li Xiuyuan started giving her the elixir to temper her body, he successfully gathered Qi in one day. Just like Zhang Liang that day, he went straight up to the third level of Qi gathering.
As a result, Li Xiuyuan couldn't let her temper her body immediately. He asked the two of them to go to the academy to see the master tomorrow and wait until the autumn to consider tempering Shuzi's body.
Xiao Hei looked at the surprised and delighted Shuzi and laughed: "Don't be afraid. When my brother cuts a bamboo sword for you, my sister will start practicing swordsmanship with me."
Zhang Liang smiled bitterly and said: "In this case, should we practice swordsmanship in the backyard of this wine shop, or should we go to Master's mountain to practice swordsmanship? It can't be in the garden on the big lake of the academy, right?"
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "This is a wine shop. How can I let you practice swordsmanship here all day long? Naturally, you should go to Master's mountain."
I thought it was wrong, so I had to change my words: "In a few days, I will practice here first and learn the most basic methods, and then take Xiao Hei to Master... to climb the mountain, just to practice your endurance."
Zhang Liang was neither Mu Mu nor Nangong Ruyu. Li Xiuyuan only wanted to teach the two of them some simple cultivation methods because he was afraid that the two of them would destroy the balance of heaven and earth in the future.
Xiao Hei thought about his brother practicing swordsmanship on Tianshan Mountain, and couldn't help but sigh. He looked at the two of them and said seriously: "Brother Zhang Liang, are you ready to endure hardship?"
Shuzi was startled, looked at Xiaobai and asked, "Is practicing swordsmanship scary?"
