[Comprehensive martial arts] A scholar who is useless

Shuming looked at the other party with a deep smile and said, "Let's take a step ahead, Brother Ninth, you have to take care of yourself!"

After all, he felt that Young Master Jiu was more likely to be hurt than him, so it was better for him to give him a good warning than the other party told him!

Gong Jiu also smiled when he heard the words: "Brother Shu, don't worry, before I see you next time, Brother Shu, I will definitely take good care of my body no matter what..."

"..." Shu Ming took a deep look at Gong Jiu in front of him, then sighed with emotion, then turned around and stepped on the official road bound for the capital under the guard of those guards. Boat.

"..." Gong Jiu and the others stood on the shore, watching the figures of the fleet carrying each other until they disappeared, and then finally looked away.

"Brother Shu has already set out on the road first, so it's time for us to prepare for our departure," Lu Xiaofeng said, "Maybe we can see each other again after arriving in the capital..."

Hua Manlou also said: "The matter is not over yet, everything is really hard to say."

Dongfang Bubai snorted coldly: "If there is something wrong with Shu Mingshen, then the dog emperor will wash his neck and wait for me to kill him!"

Lu Xiaofeng wiped off his cold sweat and said, "Dongfang, don't be so irritable all the time, it's very dangerous if someone overhears you."

"..." Dongfang Bubai glanced at him coldly when he heard the words, but ignored him.

Yu Luocha said quite emotionally from the side: "My son seems to be used by someone as a shield to cover up other people's plots, I have to go to Beijing as soon as possible, otherwise my Xiaoxue will be in trouble... "

"..." Gong Jiu didn't get involved in those people's voices, but still stood on the shore and looked at the direction where Shu Mingshen disappeared in a daze.

When the group of people were all gone, a gray-haired old man suddenly appeared beside him like a ray of ghost, looked at the direction Gong Jiu was looking at, curled his lips and said, "Everyone has gone far away. , what are you still looking at here?"

Gong Jiu withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at the other party.

Wu Ming stroked his beard, raised his eyebrows and sighed: "I didn't expect you to be a lover. I have taught you for so many years, but I really didn't realize it..."

Gong Jiu frowned and said coldly: "What do you want to do?"

Hearing this, Wu Ming spread his hands innocently and said, "I don't want to do anything, I just don't want you to seek death."

Wu Ming said slowly: "The time has not come yet, I'm afraid it's not worth you to take such a big risk for Shu Mingshen."

What they are planning is indeed a major event that others cannot imagine, so they must be more cautious. Gong Jiu's previous behavior is already on the verge of danger. If they are allowed to continue, I am afraid that they have not waited for them to realize their goals. For the big plan, the other party's little life must be explained here first.

Gong Jiu's expression didn't change when he heard the words, but he just looked at him lightly and said, "I'm responsible for what I want to do. Don't worry, it won't drag you down, so I'm afraid it won't be Mr. Wu's turn to take care of it."

Hearing this, Wu Ming sighed quietly and said: "It's a disadvantage if you don't listen to the old man. I've seen a lot of old people like you. In the end, none of them will end well. The old man is just here to remind you. As for listening If you don't hear it, do whatever you want!"

"..." Gong Jiu still ignored the other party.

Wu Ming felt that he was bored, so he touched his nose, turned around and walked back, and said as he walked: "It's a pity, a pity, a good piece of material, but in the end it just wants to be that moth that jumps into the flame to seek its own death, tsk tsk, white blind I have worked so hard for so many years..."

Before he finished speaking, the man shook his head and sighed and disappeared into the wind.

And Gong Jiu stood on the shore for a long time before finally turning around and walking towards the direction he came from.

Why didn't he know that this move was very risky, but since he had already promised Shu Mingshen, he would naturally do it.

Even if the little emperor really sees the clues at that time, there is no way to do it...

"..." Gong Jiu silently made up his mind, and when he was ready, he went to Beijing with Lu Xiaofeng and others to find Shu Mingshen.

After Shu Mingshen was arrested and boarded the ship, he was not interrogated and exploited by those in the palace, but all his belongings were confiscated, and he was locked in a cabin for strict surveillance.

He didn't even put heavy shackles on him as expected.

"..." Shu Mingshen couldn't figure out what the emperor was going to do with him for a while, and he couldn't help feeling restless in his heart.

The boat sailed on the sea like this for several days, and when it arrived at the shore and stuffed him into a carriage that was closed on all sides but it was better than a prison cart, and was rushed to the capital, Shu Mingshen was still in a panic. A look of bewilderment and bewilderment.

This daze lasted until the door of the carriage was opened again from the outside, and someone escorted him off the carriage, and stood again in a place where the sun could shine, and finally he got better.

Shu Mingshen originally thought that he would be imprisoned in the sky prison by the other party, and then tortured severely in places such as the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, but when he opened his slightly painful eyes stimulated by the dazzling sunlight, he saw clearly After seeing the scene in front of him, he found that what appeared in front of him was not the dark prison of the Ministry of Justice, but a majestic, majestic gate of the Forbidden Palace.

"..." Shu Mingshen wanted to ask himself why he was dragged to such a place, but he felt that even if he asked, no one might answer him, so he still kept his mouth tightly shut, and just let it happen a few times. A guard in full armor took him to an unknown place in the front door.

I don't know how long I walked around on the winding corridor, and finally a majestic hall with treasures appeared in front of Shu Mingshen.

And behind the table and sofa in front of the main hall, there is a handsome young man sitting upright at this moment.

The other party was dressed in a brocade robe embroidered with a red gold dragon pattern, with a serene, gentle and calm demeanor. He waited until Shu Mingshen was brought to the front of the hall, then he slowly lifted his eyes from the memorials in front of the table and put them on the table. Standing in front of the hall was Shu Mingshen, who looked a little stiff.

"..." Shu Mingshen didn't know what to do. After all, this was the first time he saw the emperor, and when he saw all the people beside him bowed their heads and knelt respectfully, he suddenly woke up. He came over, so he hurriedly lifted the hem of his robe and planned to kneel down to see this Ninth Five-Year Lord who stands above ten thousand people.

However, before he could bend down and kneel down, someone grabbed his hands from the front and forcefully pulled him up from the ground again.

The person holding his hands was none other than the real dragon emperor who had come before him at some point.

While still holding his hand tightly, the other party smiled at the flustered him and said, "Aiqing has worked hard all this way, and I told them not to make things difficult for Aiqing, but I didn't expect that it would still make Aiqing happy." Suffering from the ups and downs of the journey, I am really disturbed!"

Shu Mingshen was stunned by the other party's words, and it took him a long time to finally react, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is serious, the grass people did not suffer any hardships along the way..."

Shu Mingshen wanted to pull out the hand that was still held in the opponent's hand, but after two twitches, it didn't move. He couldn't help but looked up at the opponent with some doubts: "..."

But the emperor didn't seem to realize it, just changed the hand that was still holding him into a grip, and pulled him towards the table where the maids and eunuchs were waiting, with a smile still on his face and said: "Shu Aiqing, you don't know. I wanted to have a good talk with you before, but it's a pity that I haven't found a suitable opportunity, I don't want to finally get my wish today..."

Shu Mingshen let the other party pull him, and then he was pushed to sit on the stool in front of the table. Immediately, a palace lady came up to serve him tea and water respectfully, serving him carefully.

"..." Shu Ming was a little uncomfortable, because he didn't know what His Majesty wanted to do with him, a young man wearing a dragon robe who looked seven or eight points similar to the Southern King's son he had seen before Still talking there with high spirits and eloquence, for a long time, Shu Mingshen took advantage of the gap between the other party's stop, and hurriedly knelt down, fell on the ground and pleaded guilty to the other party: "Sinful Minister Shu Mingshen, but The son of the former Prince of Zhennan, today came here to plead guilty to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to issue an order to punish him!"

After he finished speaking, the voices in the hall suddenly stopped for a moment. Then, he seemed to hear someone sighed softly. Immediately afterwards, Shu Mingshen felt a pair of warm hands help him up from the ground. The hands that held him up...

The emperor smiled at him and said: "Let's talk about these trivial matters later, Aiqing, you came from a long way, I should clean you up first!"

As he said that, he ordered to go down to prepare a banquet for the ministers tonight, to welcome Shu Aiqing!

Shu Mingshen was completely confused, and His Majesty the Emperor even found a cleaned bedroom for him to stay temporarily.

The young man in the golden dragon robe cordially took his hand and greeted him with kindness, and at the same time kept gazing up and down his body with a pair of bright eyes. However, the more the other party is like this, the more Shu Mingshen can't help the chills all over his body.

He had imagined what would happen to him after he came to the capital, but even though he had imagined every possibility, he just didn't expect this situation.

Finally, Shu Mingshen couldn't bear it any longer, and boldly said to the man beside him: "Your Majesty, why do you..."

However, the young man in front of him didn't seem to hear it, he just said to him with a smile on his face: "Ai Qing, please stay safe in the palace..."

"Other things, I will naturally solve them all for you." The emperor looked at him with shining eyes and said.

Shu Mingshen lived in the palace like this, no matter how many things he had to deal with every day, His Majesty the emperor would always come to Shu Mingshen to take a look at him sooner or later, or simply call him to his imperial study , Either playing chess and chatting with each other, or talking about various anecdotes in the palace or in the rivers and lakes.

Although Shu Mingshen still couldn't figure out the unpredictable thoughts of His Majesty the Emperor, he couldn't refuse him.

On this day, the emperor was playing chess with Shu Mingshen, and the two of them talked about the great battle between Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng, which was already close in front of them.

The emperor couldn't help but sighed: "Three days later, on the night of the full moon, the sword god and the sword master will fight, and I don't know what the result will be?"

Before Shu Mingshen could speak, he saw the young man on the opposite side raised his head, looked at him with a smile and said, "It is said that Shu Aiqing, Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng have known each other before, what Aiqing thinks the outcome of this battle should be?"

Shu Ming was startled when he heard the words, he probably didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor would be so clear about what happened to him before, but on the surface he remained calm, just pondered for a moment with lowered eyes and said: "Caomin thinks the winner should be Lord Simon."

The emperor seemed a little surprised when he heard the words, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Oh, why did Shu Aiqing make such a statement?"

Shu Ming said deeply: "Although the grassroots don't know the way of swords, they also know that Master Ximen's sincerity in the way of swords is unmatched by anyone in the world today!"

"City Master Ye may be able to rival Master Ximen in terms of swordsmanship, or even be superior in skills, but he is not as good as Master Ximen in terms of attitude and mood towards swordsmanship," Shu Ming said after deep consideration: "People are not saints, No matter how much you practice, it is impossible to completely get rid of the seven emotions and six desires, greed, hatred and obsession in your heart, so whenever someone compares swords, it is often not just about swordsmanship, but the state of mind, beliefs, etc. should all be within the scope of their competition."

"That's right, even if City Master Ye is slightly better than Master Ximen in terms of swordsmanship, if all factors are taken into consideration, he may not be as good as Master Ximen," Shu Ming said deeply: "So the Caomin I believe that Lord Ximen will definitely be able to defeat City Lord Ye in this battle!"

Hearing this, the emperor lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "What Ai Qing said is true!"

Immediately, he took Shu Mingshen's hand, rubbed it with a smile, and said, "I knew that Aiqing's knowledge would not disappoint me. I just hate seeing Aiqing's true face at this moment. If I can see Aiqing as soon as possible If you get to know Aiqing well, you may not let other people 'take advantage of it'!"

"..." Shu Ming looked at the other party in puzzlement, wanted to ask but didn't know how to ask.

His Majesty the Emperor sighed and said: "Actually, I also know that if you die, Aiqing, you can save many people..."

Shu Ming couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and looked up at the other party.

The emperor lowered his eyes and said quietly: "But how can I be willing to ask Aiqing to die?"

"I just hope that the night of the full moon three days later won't really hide any conspiracy, otherwise I'm afraid even I won't be able to protect you, Aiqing..."

Although Shu Mingshen was still in the palace for the past few days, he clearly noticed that the atmosphere around him was a bit unusual, as if everyone was tensing their nerves when a big war was imminent.

The capital is even more lively at the moment, all the martial arts people who want to watch the duel between Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng are all gathered in Beijing, waiting to watch this together after dark, so that they can't wait to watch the shuddering excitement in the pores of their whole bodies Trembling Armageddon.

Shu Mingshen turned a blind eye to the tense atmosphere around him, just thinking about how long he will be locked in this huge cage, and when will he be able to see Gong Jiu and the others again...

The commander-in-chief of the Ouchi guards, Wei Ziyun, began to mobilize the guards in the palace early this morning, hoping that they could do their best to maintain order in the palace, and would not cause those over-excited martial arts practitioners to flood into the palace.

And when it was getting dark in the evening, the emperor called Shu Mingshen to his bedroom, prepared a table banquet and planned to have a drink and chat with the other party while waiting for the result of the duel.

The old eunuch who has been taking care of the emperor's daily life respectfully filled the glasses of wine for the emperor and the scholar.

The emperor held up the jade bottle in his hand and said to Shu Ming, "I'm used to going to bed early, but it's rare to have such an interesting thing tonight, and I have Ai Qing by my side, so it's okay to take a look..."

Naturally, Shu Mingshen couldn't disobey His Majesty's wishes, even though he had no intention of drinking, he could only sip the wine in the glass with the other party while looking at the brightening moonlight outside the window.

The dusk grew thicker, and a thick layer of mist began to fill the palace.

Shu Mingshen has been sitting here with His Majesty the Emperor for some time.

And it won't be long before the decisive battle between Ximen Chuuxue and Baiyun City Lord will probably begin.

Shu Mingshen is naturally also very concerned about this. After all, the owner of Ximen Village is his friend, and the owner of Yecheng is also someone he knows, and more importantly, he knows that Gong Jiu, Aji and others have probably come to the capital at this moment , it’s just that he is in prison and cannot meet the other party for the time being.

The emperor seemed to see that he was absent-minded, raised his eyebrows and was about to ask, but the old eunuch Wang Anzai said to him at this moment: "Your Majesty, it's getting late..."

The emperor thought that the other party wanted to remind him to rest early to take care of his dragon body, so he said indifferently: "It's okay, I just want to watch the battle with Aiqing tonight, so I can save it until tomorrow before going to sleep!"

Wang An laughed when he heard the words: "In the opinion of the old minister, it is better for His Majesty to go and rest for a while..."

"Otherwise, tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be no chance to rest again!" Wang An was still smiling, and his expression was still very respectful, but what he said was really disrespectful!

Sure enough, upon hearing this, even Shu Mingshen couldn't help but look at the old boss who had lived in the palace for a long time in surprise.