National Division

In the main hall of Qingliang Hall, there was a moonlight flowing like water everywhere, and Qi Jun was moving around in this moonlight.Although the sword in his hand was not sharpened, there was a long gold tassel wrapped around the hilt, which shone with golden light when it was swung, which was very beautiful.

Zhibai sits high on the table, strikes the chopsticks and sings: "...the ancients just go and never return, but today people come more and more. In the morning, I ride a phoenix on the blue sky, and in the evening, I see the white waves in the mulberry field. The long scenery is bright in the sky, and the gold and silver palaces are tall and majestic. ..." The more he sang, the louder he became, his voice was almost overwhelming, and there was an indescribable vastness in his clear voice.At the beginning, Qi Jun was worried that his sword dance would not be in tune with his song, but the more he listened to it, the more he felt that the song seemed to go straight to his heart, and he was completely immersed in it, and it was in sync with his sword dance. Don't worry about anything at this time, even the people in the main hall are left behind by him, only the heroic singing is in his ears, it seems that he wants to use this voice to dance all his pride generally.

While Zhibai sang loudly, he raised his hand and made a move to the moon on the screen. After this move, the figure in the silver light also danced in sync with the rhythm.Everyone looked here and there, and just when they felt that their eyes were not enough, the figure in the silver light jumped out, and a little beauty about a foot long jumped down, and when it landed, it stretched like an ordinary person. Wearing a light gauze dress, the whole body is glowing with a faint silver light.

As soon as the woman entered the arena, she got together with Qi Junwu.Qi Jun was immersed in the sword dance, and suddenly seeing this change, the sword in his hand was only slightly paused.Just after this pause, the woman has already snatched into his sword light and danced with him.This woman's waist is more slender than Lin Cainu's, and she is as light as a swallow. She flickers in the light of Qi Jun's sword, as if she was lifted by the wind of the sword.I don't know why, no matter where she dances, if she is not covered by Qi Jun, or by his sleeves, no one can see her face, only her figure.In the whole hall, there were only Zhibai's singing, the sound of tooth chopsticks beating the wine cup, and Qi Jun's sword wind. Everyone was dazzled, and no one dared to vent their anger.

Zhibai's singing came to the end, Qi Jun just stopped his momentum, the woman jumped onto his back, stepped on his shoulder, and jumped onto the table in front of Emperor Jing'an, right in front of those There was a dance among the cups and plates, until Zhibai finished singing the last line, the silver light suddenly shone, and everyone couldn't help but close their eyes, and when they opened them again, the woman was gone, and the cups and plates in front of Emperor Jing'an didn't move at all. There was only one more tooth chopsticks lying on the table, and the "bright moon" on the iron-painted screen gradually dimmed. After a while, there was only a crisp sound, and the white porcelain plate slipped from the screen and fell to the ground, but it was not damaged at all. .

The hall was silent for a long time before I heard Emperor Jing'an exhale lightly, and only said one word: "Okay!"

This word seemed to open everyone's mouths, and there were voices of admiration, admiration, and guessing. The palace people lit up the candles again, and Qi Jun threw the sword to Feng En, and came forward to kneel and salute: "My lord!" May the father and emperor prosper in spring and autumn, and the world be peaceful."

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Jing'an praised with joy on his face, "Reward, reward!" After a little thought, he said loudly, "Come here, go and get the ancient sword from the inner library, and my emerald jade flute, take another This year, two ivory mats will be awarded to Xingong in Guangdong!" This is to reward two sons and two monks together.

Concubine Ye Gui couldn't help but slightly changed her face.She knows the ancient sword in the inner library, it is really a good sword handed down from the previous dynasty, named Zhanlu.According to the classics, this sword is not available even if it can be worth a lot of gold. Although Emperor Jing'an didn't love martial arts, he regarded it as a treasure, and today he gave it to Qi Jun.Moreover, the meaning of the sword bestowed by the emperor is different - thinking of the word "Shangfang Baojian", Ye Guifei felt as if her chest was blocked, and she couldn't go up or down.In comparison, although the jade flute was Emperor Jing'an's favorite, and would occasionally be taken out to play, it was nothing compared to the Zhanlu sword.

Wang Jin went to open the internal warehouse in person, and took a few things back after a while.Emperor Jing'an personally handed over the ancient sword and jade flute to his two sons, and ordered the palace servants to send the two ivory mats to Zhen Mingzi's Taoist temple and star observatory respectively: "This thing is not very unusual, but it is said It is warm in winter and cool in summer, so the two immortal masters may use it when they are meditating."

Concubine Ye Gui suppressed the anger and frustration in her heart, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Lin Cainu also performed a dance for the emperor, so the emperor should reward her with something." The smile on the queen's face is not allowed, no matter what, I have to stab the queen again to feel comfortable.

The queen curled her lips, and said in a moderate voice: "Actually, the emperor gave that tooth chopstick to Lin Cainu, and it looks very similar."

Speaking of which, it would be a little disrespectful for a queen to say such harsh words, but when the queen said this, the eyes of all the concubines fell on Lin Cainu, and some of them covered their mouths and laughed.Emperor Jing'an couldn't help turning his eyes to look at Lin Cainu—in order to dance with a light figure, Lin Cainu is indeed extremely slender, with such a figure, she looks very good in dance clothes, but—to a certain extent, Lin Cainu is similar to A chopstick is indeed a bit like... Immediately, Emperor Jing'an also felt that he had no appetite for this new beauty.

Because of these two wonderful songs and dances, the concubines who hadn't come out to perform all shrank back. The palace banquet seemed to have ended hastily, only the queen was smiling, and even Emperor Jing'an was going to the Liangyi Hall to rest It didn't make her feel bad, and she rode the phoenix chariot back with a smile all the way.Tomorrow, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, she will go to receive congratulations from the wives at home and abroad, her daughter-in-law will go with her, and her son will follow Emperor Jing'an to pay a visit to the Taimiao, all of these have nothing to do with Concubine Ye Gui!

Qi Jun was not as proud as the empress. In his mind, even if the crown prince of a country was rewarded by Emperor Jing'an, it should be because of his handling of government affairs, not for performing a song and dance.However, he is a martial artist after all, and he is happy to get a sword after all. After looking at Zhanlu carefully for a while, he sighed with a somewhat complicated mood.

He is now in the prince's chariot, Zhibai is beside him, but he leans over to look at Zhanlu ancient sword longingly, with a look of love.Qi Jun glanced at him: "Like it? It's a pity that it was rewarded by the emperor, otherwise it's okay to give it to you."

Zhibai's body was almost lying on his lap, his eyes were fixed on Zhan Lujian, and he sighed after a long time: "In the past, Xue Zhu, a guest of Qin, was good at swordsmanship, and the King of Yue is hiring Ou Yezi to make five famous swords. Lu is one of them. Xue Zhu Xiangzhan Lu said, "Holding the hero of gold and iron, spit out the essence of silver and tin, the strange energy supports the spirit, and there is a god who swims out. Those who obey this sword can break and attack the enemy. The king has a conspiracy , then go to another country'. Later Yue Wang offered Zhanlu to Wu, Wu Gongzi Zi Guangni killed his king Liao, and Zhanlu went to Chu. King Zhao of Chu got it, called Fenghuzi to ask its value, Fenghuzi replied, "Although There is a city that measures gold, and a river of pearls and jade is exhausted, it is still not to be given away'. I can see it today, in which the spiritual energy is contained inside, and the gold and silver are exposed, it is really a sword."

"Really?" Qi Jun looked at Zhanlu again and again, "A good sword is indeed a good sword, but the value of pearls and jade--I would rather return with some leather armor, knives and guns, so that the army will not be stretched. Some rotten things to fill up."

Zhibai shook his head: "Your Highness never understood what I mean. The sword of Zhanlu is precious. Its sword can not only increase the power of the swordsman, but also have the spirit of straightening and avoiding adversity." He looked up at Qi Jun carefully. After a while, he said slowly, "If your highness can keep this sword, then you can know that all your highness's actions are righteous."

Qi Jun's brows twitched: "What do you mean? You mean—as long as Zhanlujian is always by my side, it proves that what I do—is the right way?" The idea of ​​filial piety?

"Perhaps His Highness's desire to seek a high position is not a great rebellion..." Zhibai stretched out his hand to touch Zhan Lu, "Or maybe—as long as His Highness does not take the high position, Zhan Lu will not fly away..."

A vein twitched on Qi Jun's forehead, this is nonsense!However, this reminded him of one thing: "Zhanlu, you can't fly away without a reason!" If Zhanlu disappeared in his hands, let alone losing what the emperor bestowed, he would be guilty. If it is lost, I don't know how many slanders Ye Guifei will fabricate in front of Emperor Jing'an.But who knows whether Zhan Lu will approve of his fight for the position?Zhibai said that he has no dragon spirit—although he doesn’t take it seriously, even if Zhanlu will fly away because of this, he will not stop his footsteps, but——Zhanlu still can’t fly, because it will give him Cause too much trouble!

"Is there any way to ensure that Zhanlu won't fly away?"

"This—" Zhibai scratched his head and said after a long time, "This is really—unheard of..."

"That's all." Qi Jun waved his hand, "Let it go." Originally, he felt that it was a bit shameful to be rewarded for singing and dancing, but in the end he even got a hot potato. .

Zhibai took a peek at his expression, and secretly dragged Zhanlu away from his lap. Qi Jun leaned in the chariot with his eyes closed and rested, feeling his mouse-like movement, and opened his eyes for a while. I saw Zhibai hugging Zhanlu with love in his eyes, it was like a puppy seeing a meaty bone, as if he wanted to pounce on it and take a bite.His heart moved, and he said coolly: "Could it be that this sword also has some spiritual power that can help you practice?" Before he finished speaking, Jian Zhibai showed a flattering smile, and was startled for a while, "" Is that right?"

Zhibai chuckled: "Your Highness doesn't know something. When Ou Yezi smelted these five swords, the mountain of red viburnum broke through and produced tin, the stream of Ruoye dried up and produced copper, the rain master sprinkled the road, the thunder god made drums, and the dragon held the furnace. , the Emperor of Heaven puts charcoal, and looks at it from the sky. These five swords are made from the essence of heaven and earth, and what is contained in them is more than spiritual energy... That, it is indeed slightly beneficial to practice."

Qi Jun snorted, and pulled Zhan Lu back with one hand: "It's a little bit beneficial? Then you should go hug Xing Tie."

"Don't, don't, don't—" Zhibai threw himself on Zhanlu, hugging Zhanlu sternly and refusing to let go, "That—Xing Tie—hehe..."

Qi Jun stopped and glanced at him sideways: "What happened to Xingtie?"

Zhibai heheed for a long time, and finally confessed honestly: "Xingtie's aura is almost exhausted, so..."

"Already almost exhausted?" Qi Jun was a little surprised, "Why? Could it be that you—" absorbed them all?

Zhibai laughed again.Qi Jun leaned back and looked at him like he was looking at a monster: "You, could it be that you are-- are you a vixen who sucks people's energy?"

"Ah?" Zhibai didn't expect Qi Jun to come to this conclusion, and he blinked his eyes before he quickly argued, "How come! Besides, even if it is a ghost, if it absorbs the energy of the world, it is the right way to practice. Life is the evil way!"

Qi Jun was thinking about another thing: "In this way, wouldn't the star iron be useless?" If the spiritual energy was exhausted, wouldn't it become a piece of scrap iron?

Zhibai scratched his head: "Originally, this thing is useless in the country..."

Although he already knew what Ma Mingzi said about welcoming Xingtie back was just a conspiracy, Qi Jun was still angry: "I have been tossing around for a long time, and I am looking for Xingtie for you!"

Zhibai lowered his head, and muttered softly: "If His Highness didn't bother, I would have returned to the mountain to practice with the star iron, and I wouldn't bother anyone to find it for me..."

"What!" Qi Jun grabbed his thin neck, "You mean I'm tossing for nothing? If you didn't have my dry food, you would have starved to death in the mountains long ago? And—" He never He chuckled between his teeth, "And that giant snake, how do you plan to deal with it? Immortal Master Xiuming——"

Zhibai blinked.Although Qi Jun's hand was pinching his neck, his animal-like intuition knew that Qi Jun was not really angry. This action was not so much a threat as a joke, so he grinned, revealing two rows of snow-white Xiao Ya: "Your Highness still remembers this..."

Qi Jun snorted and tightened his fingers threateningly: "I will never forget it for the rest of my life."

Zhibai tilted his head and stuck out his tongue cooperatively to make a grimace of being strangled, Qi Jun let go of his hand and squeezed his face hard: "Sooner or later, I will annoy my Highness, Tell someone to strangle you!"

Zhibai rubbed his reddened face, and shyly approached: "Your Highness, can Zhanlu lend me a few days to watch?"

"Hmph!" Qi Jun leaned back and pressed his forehead, "Today's wine is too strong..."

"Your Highness—" Zhibai immediately leaned over and rubbed both temples for him, running ten fingers through the thick black hair, pressing and kneading various acupuncture points, "I just watched it for a few days..."

Qi Jun half-closed his eyes and asked Zhibai to press him for a long time. He called His Highness several times in a low voice, and then raised his eyelids: "Tonight's Qian'a Zhiwu, what did you say about the five ghosts' transporting method? What is that?"

"It's just the technique of exorcising ghosts." Zhibai thought about Zhanlu wholeheartedly, and replied casually, "It's just a small technique for the folks to steal other people's property. The national teacher can drive dozens of little ghosts at the same time, but it's just five It’s just a slight change in the method of transporting ghosts, there is no shortage of souls in this palace anyway.”

Qi Jun frowned slightly: "Can drive dozens of little ghosts at the same time? Doesn't he have many ways to harm people? For example, on the Qianqiu Festival——"

"It's two different things." Zhibai casually said, "On the Qianqiu Festival, he used ghosts, but tonight he just used some wild souls. As for the scattered flowers in the dancer's sleeves, it's still a trick, so it's not worth mentioning."

Only then was Qi Jun relieved, and breathed out lightly: "That's all..." Seeing that Zhibai was still looking at him longingly, the corners of his lips could not help but slightly curved, and he pushed Zhanlu sword to him casually, " I will borrow you to watch it for a few days, remember to return it to me."

Zhibai immediately hugged her with a smile on her face, looking like she wanted to rub her face against her.Qi Jun looked amused, and stroked his hair casually: "Your master said that you are very talented, is it because of these spiritual things?"

"This is also good fortune." Zhibai nodded logically, "Fortune is also a kind of talent. If I didn't have such a talent, I wouldn't be able to meet these spiritual creatures. In short, as long as I can get twice the result with half the effort, it will be my achievement. gone."

Qi Jun sneered and laughed, then thought of himself, his smile sank again, and he glanced at Zhanlu Jian: "You are right, luck is also rare." He laughed at himself, "For example, today, I am here A sword dance has earned you another spiritual object."

Zhibai chuckled.Seeing his salivating face, Qi Jun couldn't help itching and pinched his face again: "What are you smirking!"

This pinch was not severe, knowing that he didn't care about it, he just said: "Your Highness is also dressed in colorful clothes to entertain relatives, this is filial piety, and it is also the righteous way in the world, the most impeccable."

Qi Jun smiled wryly, and murmured: "Filial piety..." He was not out of filial piety to Jing'an Emperor, he was clearly afraid that his side would be suppressed by Concubine Ye Gui's party again.Ever since he was sensible, he has always been intriguing like this in the palace, which is extremely boring.And his ambition since he was a child was to calm the world and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. When will he be able to do what he wants to do?He stared at the Zhanlu sword held by Zhibai in his arms—the sword is three feet long, the handle is wrapped with light gold soft silk, and there is a dark green sharkskin sheath on the outside, inlaid with gold and silver, and several red and green gems— ——This scabbard is probably a late match, and it is extremely gorgeous and capable, and it is not very harmonious with the plain sword body.Qi Jun groaned softly: "The three feet of water in the box of the ancestors, once entered Wutan to kill the dragon..." A sword, does it like to be placed in the warehouse with a gorgeous scabbard, or does it like to connect the sword? There is no sheath, but can drink blood and decapitate people?

"...It's all about Jing Ke..." Qi Jun murmured, "It's all about Jing Ke..."

Zhibai didn't understand what he was reading, only heard the word Jing Ke, and said in passing: "Jing Ke has talent but no luck, if he goes against the trend, he will inevitably die."

Qi Jun looked at him in a blink of an eye: "Does it mean that you have to ignore the cruelty of King Qin in order to act in accordance with the sky?"

Zhibai quickly shook his hand: "That's not what I mean, but without Jing Ke's stabbing, the land of Yan may not be destroyed so quickly. Although Jing Ke is devoted to defending Yan, how can he know that God did not create him to destroy Yan?"

Qi Jun was taken aback for a moment, and wanted to say something absurd, but he remembered the books he had read, and couldn't help but recite in a low voice: "...Xiangshi Three Kingdoms each love their land, Qi people should not be attached to Qin, assassins can't , the good general is still there, the number of winners and losers, the principle of survival, should be compared with Qin, it may not be easy..." He suddenly turned his head to look at Zhibai, "After all, are you still persuading me?" Or is he persuading him not to compete for this great position, how could he know that what he thought he was fighting against destiny, wasn't destiny playing him in the palm of his hand?

Zhibai was stunned for a moment: "Persuasion? Me? No..."

Qi Jun looked at him suspiciously.Zhibai scratched his head: "I think His Highness is fine now..."

Qi Jun became even more skeptical: "Really?"

Zhibai hugged Zhanlujian and just smiled.Qi Jun suddenly understood, this kid thinks he is good because he earned the Zhanlu Sword, right?With a thump, Zhibai screamed while holding his head, Qi Jun couldn't help laughing, and finally laughed out loud.

Not far away is Qizhang's chariot, the car is as quiet as a tomb, and the middleman who waits on him keeps his head down and dare not come out.There was a faint laugh coming from outside, Qi Zhang waved his hand, and a teacup with hot tea fell on Zhongren: "Who is laughing!"

The middleman answered tremblingly: "Yes, it's in the prince's chariot..."

"That little Taoist!" Qi Zhang gritted his teeth, "everything is wrong with him!" He tightened his five fingers, as if wishing he could hold Zhibai's neck, "I can't keep him anymore!"

"Your Highness—" The man in the middle is his confidant, and he boldly said, "Xiu Ming—that little Taoist priest, he has the true way, I'm afraid——" No matter how powerful the Ye family's assassins are, how can they be as good as you? What about the people of Xianshu?

Qi Zhang laughed sinisterly: "You mean you can't kill him? If he really has that kind of fairy art, why was he chased by his uncle's people in such a panic in the southwest, and how many guards died?" He was thoughtful He opened the car curtain a little bit and looked ahead, "So although he has some skills, he must not be used to kill people. There is no way to compare his skills with him, but Ruobi kills—" Thinking of Zhibai spraying on him With the saliva on his face, his eyes became more gloomy and cold, "He—he must die!"