Qi Yuanxiu · Self-cultivation

"Yes!"

"What do you think of Lu Ting?" Ji Xiu asked Wang and Gao.

"Looking forward and looking backward, it is difficult to achieve great things," Gao Bing dismissed.He has been running around all these years, and he has a big business in general. Lu Ting is a general in the traditional sense. To be a general is considered a miracle.

Wang Jian said: "I heard about this person before. He was a man in the old Jin Dynasty. Divide up."

"Lu Ting is from Xinzhou." Ji Xiu continued, "Maybe you don't even know that Xinzhou has already defected to us in secret."

Gao Bing nodded his head.

A few days ago, he had written a letter to Ling Yin of Xinzhou, asking Xinzhou to form an alliance with Jinyang.

Xinzhou is bordered by Jinyang, Yuyan, and Yongzhou. Xinzhou is a buffer zone, and further to the northwest is the border of the Tatars. The stern and selfless contemporary Bao Gong.

Xinzhou defected to Jinyang?

How is this going?

"I also have a younger brother named Qi Yuanyan." Ji Xiu glanced at Gao Bing lightly, "He is now the youngest son of the prefect of Xinzhou. I replaced Xinzhou with this news."

Wang Jian next to him lowered his head, watching his nose, nose and heart.

"how do you know!"

"Well, a certain concubine of Emperor Gong was infertile for a long time. The Taoist priests calculated that God exempted this concubine's heir, and regarded it as unknown. Emperor Gong demoted this concubine to a commoner. It was Ling Yin Tan Rusong later, but unfortunately no one knew that when she left the palace, that empress already had a child in her belly."

"That Taoist is called Gao Bing."

Ji Xiu said slowly, "This matter is too strange. I also thought about it for a long time before I realized the truth. Uncle Gao is a capable person. I am afraid that Uncle Gao has already predicted the fate of the country. Except for the prince Qi Yuanqin and princess Qi Yuanxi who stayed in the northern capital, Qi Yuanli and Qi Yuanyan went to the southern capital, the remaining few brothers and sisters all fell into the homes of ordinary people."

"I'm afraid this is also a disguised form of protection."

"The Taikang Rebellion broke out in an instant, but most of the royal heirs left the palace safely on the eve of the outbreak. Uncle Gao's ability is evident."

Hehe, what's the use of these?I still couldn't save him after all.

"I've talked with Tan Gong. Although he doesn't want to trust me, Ji Xiu, he trusts you Uncle Gao [-]%."

"Xinzhou now belongs to Jinyang."

Everything is happening in an orderly manner, but the calculation in Ji Xiu's heart is louder than anyone else. Let him slowly tell these old stories, which are much more exciting than Wang Jian's stories. Those stories In the novel, everyone is their own protagonist, and the rest are supporting roles, and how many people can see through the twists and turns.

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"What? Tan Rusong was accused of being from Jinyang?" Du Yin, who just got the news, looked suspicious.

Wu lay leisurely on the imperial concubine's couch with a calm and calm expression.

"Master, why haven't you moved at all?"

Wu was in a very happy mood, he just came over from that little bastard, who was humiliated by him for the first time and was speechless, blushing and didn't know what to say, Wu felt like it was raining in his heart, so happy!

"Is the news accurate?"

"This...it's hard to say..."

Wu Lianmei: "Mr. Tan is the current Baogong, and Xinzhou is a recognized buffer zone. How can he win it if Qi Yuanxiu says he can win it? Not to mention the surrounding Yuyan and Yongzhou, even the great eunuch Liu Ling won't agree." .”

"This... I think it's better for us to be more cautious."

Wu stopped talking, quickly summed up in his mind, and said, "Is Liu Sanyuan in Xinzhou?"

"always there."

"Let him increase the price of the gouache, and then let me know."

"Yes!"

In a few days, it will be the first year of the new year. In the last month of the year, the increase in the price of gouache is likely to cause a lot of excitement in the entire market. Although gouache is small, the interests in it are not small. Can the gouache force out Tan Qingtian's foundation?

"Today is the first year of the new year, and the street is very lively, let's go and have a look," Liu Shusheng said during the meal.

"So it's the first year, it's rare that today's food is so rich." Wang Jian took a piece of pork head meat with his chopsticks, "Finally, I can eat meat."

The first year of the year is an important festival in this continent. The first year of the year is the end of the year. Every household will remove the dust and send the stove king. There are also various activities in the market. Today's food is rarely better than every day.

The old god stick really felt that King Jinyang had treated him badly. In the past, he often went to restaurants when he was telling fortunes, but he became a beggar after following a prince.

Liu Shusheng once again proposed to go shopping on the street.

Uncle Zhong chewed a sprig of water celery, and said, "Look at it, there are no entertainment activities on weekdays, and the first year is so lively."

"Is that so?" Shan Xuechen was in high spirits, he loved to join in the fun.

Wang Jian swallowed the rotten boiled mutton, "I don't have time, I have to go to the military camp tonight..."

Liu Shusheng expressed his willingness to go shopping together.

"Do you want to call the prince to go with you?"

After Shan Xuechen said this, the whole room fell silent.

The culprit, Mr. Bai, was also taken aback.

What a fluster.

As expected of a planner, his brain is quick to turn, Liu Daxia laughed and said: "The prince doesn't like crowds, don't worry about him, he will find fun by himself."

Liu Daxia also said that he had to go back to the countryside to reunite with his wife and children for a few days, so he couldn't go shopping with Xiaobai Yunyun.

Shan Xuechen blushed to the point of death, why did he talk to him well, he looked in the direction of the ancestral hall, it was a forbidden place, Ji Xiu did not allow outsiders to enter, every day Ji Xiu would stay in that place, far away, separated from others Come on, so close, yet so far away...

Today, I'm afraid he will lock himself up for a day.

"I'm full," Gao Bing said the least every day, never participated in the interaction, wiped his mouth and left.

Wang Jian looked at Shan Xuechen who looked thoughtful, and added another night to himself, "Silly you, it's rare that the food is so good today, eat more!"

"Ugh."

After eating, Liu Daxia was polite and left.

The dinner table that was chatting and laughing just now was suddenly deserted.

"Xiaobai, go set up a stall with me in the afternoon."

"what?"

"There are many people on the street today, and there should be many people listening to my storytelling."

"Uh..." Shan Xuechen had something on his mind.

Wang Jian didn't force others to be difficult, "Then you stay at home well, and if you feel bored, go for a walk on the street. I'll go first." Without his consent, he left on his own.

This is good, a person is now alone.

The housekeeper, Uncle Zhong, has already gone out to listen to the opera.

The palace is really empty and tight.

The palace is divided into the front hall, the middle courtyard, the east courtyard, and the west courtyard. When he returned to the west courtyard, he passed the high wall of the middle courtyard. The wall was so white and cold, so the person locked inside was also so cold.

He sighed intentionally or unintentionally, and didn't know if the man heard it or not.

In the afternoon, I went to the study room to read the book as usual. It was still the story of the snake spirit and the scholar. I made up the words that fell down a few days ago. The snake spirit went to the underworld to find the scholar's soul, but the scholar didn't recognize her. Going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, but ended up with a fickle man!It's a pity that the story has not been finished yet, and it will disappear after reading it. It's a pity that Mr. Orange has gone far away, and I don't know when he will be able to come back and finish the story.He was a little tired, so he curled up on the chaise longue in the hall next to the study all afternoon.

When Shan Xuechen sat up from the imperial concubine's chair at the brow of the moon, the whole palace was pitch black, and there were not many people around, so he was not afraid after getting used to it, so he went to look for Ji Xiu with a lantern.

The ancestral hall was so dark, but Shan Xuechen was not afraid, so he knocked on the door with all his courage.

"My lord."

No one in the ancestral hall answered.

Shan Xuechen suddenly felt sour, Ji Xiu was really not there, it seemed that he was the only one left in the entire palace.The lantern in the darkness illuminates the light that is only one foot around. Where the light cannot find, there is a large area of ​​darkness. The Ji family is displayed in the ancestral hall. Will they laugh at themselves?

Shan Xuechen stood there dumbfounded, forgetting to leave.

There is no heating in Jinyang Mansion. Shan Xuechen didn't wear much at first, and his face was bloodless from the cold. He thought of Jinzhou, which is not a warm home. During the New Year and holidays, relatives at home will be reunited Get together and say innocuous greetings.

But even if it's a hypocritical greeting, it also means that you have weight, not that air is generally dispensable.

He sighed, consuming all the strength in his body.

"Boom—"

The door of the ancestral hall opened at once.

Shan Xuechen raised his head in disbelief!Meet Ji Xiu's slightly questioning eyes.

"What's the matter?"

Shan Xuechen clenched his hands together, trembling a little because of excitement: "Master Gao sent someone to tell you that the prince is invited to the barracks tonight."

"I'm not going," the door slammed shut with a bang.

Shan Xuechen petrified into a sculpture, his heart sank in his stomach.

Ji Xiu didn't even want to answer, he had already noticed this person when he stepped into the yard, he didn't want to leave this troublesome ghost, but this person stopped and stood at the door, he spends a whole year every year Ji Xiu came to accompany his mother all day long, and Ji Xiu's plain gown was blown by the night wind. He relied on his wisdom to deal with outsiders, but his wisdom was useless to this white eater. He couldn't see through it. This person, this person has no talent or intelligence, but let the people around him protect him. What did he use in exchange for others?Ji Xiu really didn't understand this matter, and this inability to see clearly became an obsession in his heart.

"Boom-"

The door opened again.

Ji Xiu was wearing a multicolored dress, with gold thread rolled on the cuffs, and agate and emerald decorations buckled in the middle of his belt. His hair was untied like satin, and there was no decoration. silver jewelry.He wore a beaded hat on his head, and the face under the beaded hat was like snow, and his eyes were like lacquer.

Shan Xuechen almost forgot to breathe.

Ji Xiumi looked at Shan Xuechen, "Wait for me to change my clothes."

The visual impact of that scene on Shan Xuechen just now was too great, his heart was pounding, he was guilty, guilty!A man shouldn't have such good looks, Shan Xuechen felt a little guilty.

"Let's go."

The two walked on the stone road one after the other.

The location of the palace is in the middle part of the city, and the location of the military camp is in the outer city. The two of them need to cross half of the city to reach the military camp.Today is the first year of life, and sure enough, the city of Jinyang is bustling, the market is not closed at night, the streets are very lively, all kinds of shouting, fried fruit noodle sellers are everywhere, children big and small are running on the street Run, adults will not stop him at this time, a child wearing a bear mask bumped into Ji Xiu, Ji Xiu subconsciously pushed away.The child was pushed a foot away, and the mask was removed, crying loudly in fright.

Shan Xuechen quickly picked up the child and coaxed him softly.

Ji Xiu's face darkened all of a sudden, his face was still dark with the lights around him.

Such a scene was too harsh for him.

Ji Xiu stepped forward, but as soon as he stepped forward, the child cried even harder, and Ji Xiu's face turned darker.

Shan Xuechen could only coax him harder.

At this time, the child's parents came up, and it turned out that the child of this family was separated from the adults. The child was wearing a mask, and all the children in this group were wearing masks. It was hard to tell who it was. It's not like a bad guy, he picked up the child and said a few compliments before leaving.

After walking far away, Shan Xuechen sighed, Ji Xiu seemed to have never happened just now, and walked forward on his own, Shan Xuechen bravely said: "You lived in Jinyang since you were a child, do these things all belong to you? Ever played?"

These words are a bit interesting.

The two had already reached Zhangtai, and they would leave the city in a few streets.There is no shortage of Yingying Yanyan's melodious voice, but the words just now sounded a bit ambiguous.

"No." Ji Xiu turned his head and didn't look at it.

"How do you know you can't?"

"Because I am Ji Xiu."

It was Shan Xuechen's first time talking with this cold-faced prince on an equal footing.

Ji Xiu has such a cold face, how much pain must he have suffered in his heart?

This man is my uncle...

You might even try to become friends.

I really want to, I really want to be his friend.

Shan Xuechen's stink of making good friends came again, "My lord, are you from Jinyang?"

Ji Xiu didn't speak.

Shan Xuechen realized that he had asked a stupid question, so he continued to ask, but unexpectedly, the question was even more stupid: "My lord, are you married?"

Ji Xiu stopped in his tracks and stared at Shan Xuechen, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

This stare, although still a bit fierce, has more human touch after all.

Shan Xuechen took advantage of the victory and pursued, "Young man is twenty this year, how about you, my lord?"

When Ji Xiu heard the phrase 'this junior is twenty', he smiled without even realizing it, "This junior is nineteen this year."

Shan Xuechen was dumbfounded.

This uncle of mine was actually one year younger than himself.

Ji Xiu was in a good mood.

A few streets away, there is a barracks outside the city, with a circle of lights hanging in the distance.

Ji Xiu suddenly turned his head, and the lights in the downtown area illuminated Ji Xiu's distinctive face, which was still dry and stiff: "I don't want anyone to know what I told you tonight."

"Hey!" Shan Xuechen responded immediately, trying his best to keep the fleeting smile of Ji Xiu just now in his mind, he felt a little complacent, and spoke more cheerfully, "We're here ahead, then I'll go back first .”

Ji Xiu grabbed his collar like a chick, and looked at him coldly: "Then why are you in such a hurry? Let's go over and sit down together."

In the main account sat a neat group of people.

Zhu Ming and Lei Jing were both present, so the chair was naturally reserved for Jinyang Prince Ji Xiu, Lu Ting and Su Hong sat on the right, and Wang Jian, Zhu Ming and others sat on the left.

"They're all there," Ji Xiu glanced at them, and then said, "They're all there."

None of the old school people are there.

Yang Yannian died, the old school had nothing to do these days, the autopsy results by Jin Wu were exposed by several lower-level officials, and there was a lot of trouble in the barracks.

They're better off.

Wang Jian beat Ji Xiu and saw Shan Xuechen as soon as he entered the door. He was startled, and heard Ji Xiu say: "This is a guest from my house, there is no reason for the master to go away and neglect the guest, why not let this guest go today?" Experience the hospitality of Jinyang."

Shan Xuechen wanted to find an old table to sit down, but Ji Xiu pushed him to the front, next to Lu Ting.

Because of Ji Xiu, Wang Jian couldn't ask Shan Xuechen what happened, so he guessed whether Ji Xiu was going to play tricks later.

With outsiders present, it is inconvenient to discuss all official and private matters, and everyone can only toast and drink.

After pushing the cups and changing the cups, I became a little more drunk.

At this moment, the door of the barracks was pushed open.

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