"Hmph, I didn't expect you, Mr. Lan Yu, to be such a person. I'm really impressed!" Qi Zixian sneered, then turned away, picked up the hot tea and drank it. It seemed that he was interested in Lan Yu. Extremely dissatisfied.
However, Lan Yu also knew Qi Zixian's character and knew that he was just playing a little tantrum with her.
When the two first met before the imperial examination, and then became close friends, it was just a long conversation all night long.
Qi Zixian and Lan Yu's life experiences are quite similar. They were both orphans, but Qi Zixian was taken into the mansion as a young master's follower by a wealthy businessman who loved collecting ancient books.
Unexpectedly, Qi Zixian was born with intelligence. The masters who taught the young master martial arts and reading all took a fancy to Qi Zixian, and finally tutored him together and sent him to the palace examination!
However, that year's palace examination was really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger. No matter how hard Qi Zixian worked, he could only get a not too bad ranking.
But at that time, he no longer wanted to live a life of dependence on others in the wealthy businessman's house, so he stayed in Chang'an.
Then he met the man who changed his life, the Minister of Dali Temple, He Shengbai.
He Shengbai saw Qi Zixian's extraordinary talent and devoted himself to cultivating him, taking him by his side and passing on his legacy. Eventually he was promoted to Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
Anyone with a discerning eye in Dali Temple could see that He Shengbai was interested in talents and wanted to train Qi Zixian to be his confidant.
Qi Zixian did not disappoint He Shengbai's expectations. He always followed He Shengbai, helped him, and helped him solve countless major cases.
The name Shaoqing of Dali Temple is also very popular in Chang'an. His unselfish law enforcement is exactly the same as that of He Shengbai, which makes all the lawless elements in Chang'an frightened.
But later, as He Shengbai was kicked out of Chang'an due to a special case, the names of Qi Zixian and Dali Temple gradually faded out of the sight of the people and officials of Chang'an.
"Why are you so impressed? Haha, okay, okay, just stop acting here. I don't know what kind of person you are!" Lan Yu said with a smile.
Qi Zixian also said helplessly, "If I hadn't had nowhere to go now, I would have left a long time ago, so I wouldn't have come to you to find trouble!"
He Yiqi suddenly asked, "Then since you are a high-ranking official in Chang'an City, why are you here now?"
Qi Zixian was slightly startled and said, "You kid listen very carefully!"
Even Lan Yu was very surprised that He Yiqi could ask such a question, but he still explained patiently, "This guy just couldn't stay in Chang'an anymore, so he resigned and resigned from his official position. "
"Speaking of which, I think the chaos in Chang'an was not caused by the death of Emperor Jiang, nor the succession of Emperor Zhou, but the departure of the Prime Minister." Qi Zixian said in a deep voice, "Although the Prime Minister has always been He is extremely low-key, so low-key that many people almost ignore his existence, but only those with real strength and vision will know how powerful he is."
"Indeed, whether it was Emperor Jiang who handed over the power of managing the government to the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister's own prestige in the court, it is enough to be admired. It's just that ten years ago he suddenly left Chang'an for unknown reasons, and now he has His whereabouts are unknown." Lan Yu sighed with emotion and said, "Three Gus have troubled the world, and two dynasties have helped the old ministers. The Prime Minister is an old man, and he followed Empress Jiang during the human-monster war and established a He has made great contributions, is good at literature and martial arts, can govern the country through literature, and can defeat one against a hundred through military force. He is truly an incredible hero!"
"Who says it's not the case! Unfortunately, after the Prime Minister left, Emperor Zhou ignored the government affairs. After issuing the decree to launch a war, he stopped caring about anything. Now the ministers in the government have been divided into two factions.
One group, headed by Chen Dong, the Minister of Punishment, believes that the state pastoral system is really pedantic and outdated, which has led to today's chaotic situation, and should be abolished directly.
The other faction is headed by the old prince Guo Nan, who believes that the state pastoral system has been passed down since ancient times and should be inherited. The current turbulent times are only due to the incompetence of the state pastoralists. As long as they are replaced by people with both ability and political integrity, Kyushu will be able to stabilize. .
The two factions fought against each other and disputes continued. Those ministers who hoped to protect themselves through neutrality could not stand in Chang'an City. They were isolated and attacked one after another, and finally had to leave. "
When Qi Zixian said this, his voice became a little lower. His tone was full of exhaustion and helplessness, and he said, "Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, just to have a chance to serve the country and show his ambition. However, I didn't expect that today's officialdom would This is what it looks like. What should all the scholars in the world do?"
"Chaos means great order, and perhaps this time is also a rebirth for the Jiuzhou human race!" Lan Yu said with twinkling eyes.
Qi Zixian shook his head and said, "These have nothing to do with it now. I have been completely disappointed with this officialdom. The war is coming soon. When this war is over, I will go find Master He Shengbai. I heard that he was demoted to a small county on the border of Yongzhou as a county magistrate. I still want to be with him then. By the way, do you want to go with me?"
Before Lan Yu could answer, Qi Zixian immediately shook his head and said, "Forget it, I guess you still want to stay in this town."
Lan Yu laughed and said, "Of course, I am different from you. My roots are here, and I will stick to this thought for the rest of my life. Those aspirations and ambitions are gone, and there is no I dare to do it because I promised my teacher."
Qi Zixian turned around and said, "What if one day the war spreads to this place?"
Lan Yu's eyes flickered for a moment, then became firm again and said, "Then I will also take up arms to protect this place. Others can leave, but I must stay here!"
"I will stay here too, and I will protect everyone too!"
He Yiqi stood up suddenly, with an impassioned look like a soldier about to go to the battlefield, looking forward to death.
"Looking at the looks of each of you, I thought you were going to the battlefield to charge. The name of such a remote town cannot be found on the map. How could those troops want to come here?" Qi Zixian said with a smile.
"Okay, don't talk about these things. I brought this child here today just to let you see if this child has the talent to practice martial arts. Show it to him!" Lan Yu pointed at why he abandoned Qi Zi Xian said.
Qi Zixian pursed his lips and began to carefully consider why he should abandon it.
Before that, Lan Yu had asked him to look at all the students in his school one by one, and it turned out that none of them had any martial arts talent.
The so-called martial arts talent is the energy and blood accumulated in a child's body before he or she can practice martial arts.
The amount of these qi and blood powers can determine the starting point of his cultivation.
There was once a peerless genius who, once he set foot on the martial arts, reached the third level of cultivation, and his aptitude was invincible!
Of course, most ordinary people have very little energy and blood in their bodies.
Since the starting point is low, it is naturally extremely difficult to practice, and the gap between ordinary people and those peerless geniuses will continue to widen with age.
The golden age for a warrior to start practicing is around the age of ten. As for the starting point of training, the talent comes from two aspects.
One is how much of the innate true energy a child can retain in his body when he is just born.
At this point, everything is fair and just between ordinary people and major sects.
On the other hand, it is how much energy and blood power can be poured into the child's body before he is ten years old.
Those wealthy families naturally have many means and massive resources to improve the talent starting point of their children, but ordinary people naturally do not have these means.
"Hmm... Okay, let me see what this kid's talent is. Stretch out your hand." Qi Zixian said softly.
He Yiqi was a little nervous for a moment, not knowing whether he should stretch out his left hand or right hand, so he simply stretched out both hands.
This made both Qi Zixian and Lan Yu laugh. Qi Zixian didn't hesitate. He put his hand on He Yiqi's right wrist and quietly circulated a trace of internal energy into his body, starting to circulate along several meridians.
"Huh? What's going on?" Qi Zixian's tone was filled with doubts, and his face was slightly frowned.
Lan Yu asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
The reactions of the two people made He Yiqi a little nervous.
He could feel a warm air coming from Qi Zixian's hand that was placed on his wrist, and it constantly gave a tingling sensation to the meridians in his hand.
"Don't move!" Qi Zixian said in a deep voice, and then closed his eyes.
After hearing Qi Zixian's words, He Yiqi was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, and his body tensed up.
Lan Yu also calmed down at this time, just staring nervously at Qi Zixian and why he abandoned his precious disciple.
Qi Zixian was indeed surprised this time. The meridians in He Yiqi's body were filled with strong energy and blood. Even his internal energy had to be carefully moved through it, just like a little lamb entering. Like a wolf's den, if you are not careful you will be eaten.
"Why...why does this child contain so much energy and blood power, this talent..."
Qi Zixian couldn't help but exclaimed, "This boy has the appearance of an immortal!"
He has already seen why this disciple of Lan Yu gave up. The power of Qi and blood contained in his body has reached the standard of an ordinary third-grade warrior. If this is spread, I am afraid it will shock Jiuzhou and attract the attention of countless masters and large sects. By then I'm afraid there will be countless people throwing olive branches at him.
You know, although those big families can spend a lot of resources to help their children improve their talents, this process is extremely dangerous.
Because the bodies of these children are very immature, one mistake can easily cause irreversible damage to their bodies.
However, if gentle means are used, the resources spent to create a third-level genius are enough to allow dozens of ordinary people to become third-level warriors after more than ten years of hard work.
