Qi Yuanxiu · Self-cultivation

Prince Zhenyuan has been missing for almost a month.

The Zhenyuan Mansion secretly sent many people to investigate the matter, but on the surface it was calm and calm, and did not announce the news of the missing son.

Gao Bing knew about the news of the son's replacement. This little Taoist priest who used to be next to the Eight Diagrams Stove in the Hall of Heroes has now become a eccentric politician.

Wang Jian still set up the Lai Lai Zhai in the west of the city, telling stories to the people who came and went, so during the day, Shan Xuechen went to the Lai Lai Zhai to help Wang Jian.

"... There is Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Peak of the East China Sea. There is a stone on Huaguo Mountain. It is transformed into a monkey by the essence of the sun and the moon. It is a fairy fetus. The monkey is just born, and everything is new. In the sky, golden light shines from the eyes..."

Shan Xuechen propped his chin with both hands, and listened to the storytelling by the Taoist priest. He felt that the Taoist priest was not suitable for fortune-telling, but for this. The gods, ghosts and monsters don't know how much they have suffered before.Fortunately, it is easy to understand. Ordinary people love to listen to this, and the audience has increased a lot compared to before.

"My lord, I ask you, is there any place to go out around?"

Shan Xuechen looked at the person next to him, smiling like a fox, and the crescent white shirt on his body was rolled up by the wind, "Turn right at the pavilion in front."

"I just came to your place, and I don't know the people well. Could you please take me there?"

Seeing that Shan Xuechen didn't move, the man continued, "Just a moment, I'll be there soon."

So Shan Xuechen took Gao Bing out of the seat.

"Is my brother a local?"

"No."

"Brother, it looks like he came from the south."

"No."

"Did you come from Jinzhou?"

"No!" Hearing this, Shan Xuechen couldn't help being a little annoyed. He glanced at the smiling man. The smiling man was still smiling, but he didn't like this man. He said something with a smile on his face. uncomfortable words.

"Brother, don't rush away," the smiling man gently grabbed Shan Xuechen's wrist, pressing his thumb on his tendons.

In an instant, Shan Xuechen's body could not move.

"Your pulse is beating violently, and your spleen must be very dry. A southerner who comes to Jinyang, a boring place, will definitely be uncomfortable. Don't suppress it for a long time."

Xiaobai looked at that person in horror, the person smiled and let go of his hand, Shan Xuechen hurriedly ran to the bookstall!

"Xiaobai! Xiaobai!" Wang Jian shook Shan Xuechen's shoulder, "Wake up! The stall is closed!"

Shan Xuechen rubbed his eyes, cold sweat covered his back.

"Where was that person just now?"

"what?"

"The one who asked me the way!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Shan Xuechen's heart trembled for a while, could it be that he really met a ghost?

"What book are you talking about today?"

"Journey to the West: The Legend of Shi'er!"

"Why am I here?"

"You have the nerve to say it," Wang Jian rolled his eyes, "You have been dozing off since you arrived, and you have slept for almost two hours!"

Shan Xuechen couldn't help being afraid, the scene just now was so familiar, he could feel it completely, the smiling man was really scary, so he blurted out: "Where's the man next to me?"

"When the person next to you came and heard a few words, he yelled that he had heard it, and then left."

"What does that person look like?"

"Slender eyebrows, don't know whether to be angry or happy, always smiling. You fell asleep when that man left."

Shan Xuechen's heart sank. Earlier, I read in the Zhiguai book that some warlocks can make people have illusions. I'm afraid that just now is the case. Those warlocks like to use tricks to cheat money, but it won't hurt person name.I guess that person just now was just playing a prank. After all, he looks younger. I hope I don’t see him again in the future. He didn’t tell Wang Jian about this. After all, this kind of thing is not a bright thing. Not a good person either.

Many years later, the absurdity of this wish became more and more verified. At this time, Shan Xuechen never thought that one day in the future, the smiling man would become his friend. Many years later, the four people in the Imperial Garden of the Northern Capital He raised his glass to Yue and talked about the past, but he just laughed it off.

Gao Bing appeared in Jinyang Palace for the second time.

Ji Xiu was a little surprised that Gao Bing would come to Jinyang.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

After a while of false greetings, Gao Fox sat down on the pear blossom stool in the front hall, "The last time I saw you, you were not as tall as the table."

"Uncle Gao laughed at me," Ji Xiudan said.

"You look like Princess Akihito."

"You're welcome."

"I was joking," the fox expressed the casualness in his eyes without hesitation, and knocked on a few tables next to him, making a crisp "Dangdang" sound.

Ji Xiu smiled.

"I thought I was being robbed," Gao Bing looked around. This mansion of Jinyang, which is not an exaggeration in terms of its bare walls, said, "If it wasn't for that thing still there, I really thought I came to the wrong place."

That thing is of course a plaque hanging in the middle of the hall, that plaque was bestowed by Emperor Taizu to the founding hero, Lord Jinyang, with four characters in the inscription - the majesty of holiness.

"It's just a shabby room."

Gao Bing sat on the chair with a big face, patting the delicate texture of huanghuali with his hands: "Sure enough, the old prince left behind are all good things. This thing, at the pawnshop, will cost at least a million dollars."

Except for this set of tables and stools and the plaque, there is nothing of value in this room.

"The entire palace has been emptied by you," Gao Bing said with a smile.

Ji Xiu smiled.

Strictly speaking, Gao Bing is still his savior.

If it wasn't for Gao Bing 15 years ago, he would have frozen to death with his mother outside Shan's house in Jinzhou. That is Gao Bing, who rescued the frail child in the overwhelming snow and sent the child to Jinyang , and then grow into the cold-blooded and ruthless Lord Hades he is today.

Gao Bing visited him for the first time in 15 years. In this place of Jinyang, the old prince didn’t bother to sort out his rights when he was here, which led to the weakness of the Jinyang Palace in Jinyang today. He was not surprised at all that a prince would grow into a prince. With this gloomy character today, he knows too well what the little prince wants to do. These things have long been written on the Three Lives Stone, and no one can change fate.

"I can help you."

"..."

"I can help you," Gao Bing repeated.

Ji Xiu raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

"My old club is the Qi family of this dynasty," Gao Huli became serious, "I'm neither Ji nor Gao, Mr. Changzhi."

That young master of Changzhi probably hit this man's sore spot. Ji Xiu's face was still cold. I don't know what this man was thinking. The sun in winter was as cold as the moon, and the cold sun gave Ji Xiu a chill. Leng Yingying, he was just a child 15 years ago, so weak that he couldn't even protect his own mother. After coming to Jinyang, he vowed to make those who hurt him never recover. The voice in his heart repeated day by day. Repeated day after year, year after year, eventually turned into a ghost, young, but already dyed pitch black.

"I will protect Qi Yuanqin."

Gao Bing's pupils suddenly dilated.

"You help me, and I will protect Qi Yuanqin." Ji Xiu repeated.

The voice in my ear seemed to drop suddenly, as if the ice and snow melted in spring, and a dandelion floated in the wind from a distance.

"No matter how much I don't like the Qi family, Qi Yuanqin is also my brother."

"You came to Jinyang not for me, let alone your old club, but for him."

Ji Xiu said all this slowly, as if he was wiping a piece of long-lost jade pendant. Some things are in the shadows. Once they are raised, they will either be turbulent waves or bloom in the warmth of spring.

"We are all smart people, and it is in everyone's interest to say these things in advance."

"I'm not a gentleman, and it's impossible for Uncle Gao to help me for no reason. We're all betting. I'll let you stand by his side in a year's time."

"The country is in turmoil now. Although the Northern Dynasty is still surnamed Qi, it was actually controlled by the eunuch Liu Ling long ago. My eldest brother was also a puppet in the Northern Dynasty. You know very well that if you want to save him, you must find a powerful force." , rushed to the northern capital in one go. You came to find me because you wanted to reach the capital through the relationship of King Jinyang, and help the current emperor of the Northern Dynasty, that is, my brother the prince."

"Actually, you also know that Qi Yuanqin's character is cowardly, and he has no ability to control the world at all. With your own strength, it's a drop in the bucket. This is simply a gamble with no return."

Gao Bing was silent.

This king of Jinyang is really occupied by the viciousness in his heart. Every word he says, even a pause is within the calculation range. He does have different emotions for Qi Yuanqin, but he has been running around all these years, which one is the most important thing? For yourself?Gao Bing shook his head:

"It seems that the prince is really shrewd."

Ji Xiu smiled and didn't speak.

"This is a win-win situation for us, and I'm just getting back what originally belonged to me."

Ji Xiu's words were taken for granted. The Taikang Rebellion led the country to become fragmented. Some veterans moved the capital to Huali with the two princes. It was called the Southern Capital in history. The eunuch Liu in the capital set up a puppet regime. After a dozen regimes, large and small, this continent was suddenly divided into more than a dozen small countries. Although they were still called Ning on the surface, they were already disorganized.The country is torn apart, and there are Tartars, Yuqiong, Luocha and other foreign countries in the north. Which country is not waiting for this continent to take advantage of the dying?

Internal and external troubles.In this large and small area, which lord does not expect to be able to dominate the world?But let me ask, who can support such a heavy burden?

Gao Bing knew it all too well.

The accident in the early years made the child mature prematurely. Gao Bing took Qi Yuanzhao to Xinzhou during the Taikang Rebellion. He never expected that the most inconspicuous youngest had already become a wolf.

In the middle, Gao Bing met Ji Xiu from a distance when he was working on an errand. The young boy Xiu was simply stunning at first glance. He was dark, aloof, and possessed the aura of a turbulent king. This child will definitely be great in the future!Ji Xiu is not a good person, but in history, all good people can't achieve great things. A good person may not be a good official. Has Zhuge Liang ever won a battle?Except for Meng Huo, the seven-capture model, and the last six out of Qishan, which one did not end in failure?Zhuge Liang died nine years after the founding of the Shu Han, and the Shu Han existed for a total of 43 years.Can self-cultivation and family regulation be able to govern the country and the world?Normally, he would talk about his heart with his hands, and report to the king with his death.If you die, you die. If the country can change because of your death, can you die a few more times?That kind of person is only worthy of being a plaque for future generations to watch.

It has never been that good people are not needed in troubled times.

The dust in the air is flying in the air under the afterglow of the winter evening, and there is no way to cling to it.Power, once there is attachment, it will undergo earth-shattering changes.

It was already evening when Shan Xuechen returned to the palace from Lailaizhai, and the setting sun shone on the palace.

When Shan Xuechen passed by the atrium, the man in the moon-white shirt had his back turned to him, standing so glaringly in the flames.

Then that Yuebaishanzi turned around and looked at Shan Xuechen with a smile.

Shan Xuechen was so frightened that the book in his hand loosened.

"Hello," Gao Bing shook his hand with a smile, "You are Bai Chan, Mr. Qian told me that I am Gao Bing... We have met before, and I will work for the prince from now on. Will come here often in the future.”

Shan Xuechen immediately withdrew his hand from him, feeling uncomfortable near this fox's fine ruler!Who knows if there will be some kind of poison out of nowhere!He left quickly without saying hello.

Just after leaving Ji Xiu, he came out from behind the screen, "What does Master Gao think of this person?"

"An ordinary person," Gao Bing said with a smile, "it's not a serious problem."

"Just ordinary people?"

"Ah."

"Oh?"

"Ordinary people."

"If he is an ordinary person, why are my people willing to work for him?"

Gao Bing smiled lightly, "In this world, apart from interests, there is also something that can make people's hearts go."

This preaching made Ji Xiu laugh, "What is sincerity?"

The accident 15 years ago left a shadow in this child's heart, and his mind was completely distorted. If he had been able to arrive in Jinzhou earlier, this child would not have become like this, always on guard and scheming.The mother died in front of him but was powerless. He hadn't received any love from his parents during his childhood, and the child's heart had already cracked into a canyon.

I hope someone can save that canyon in the future, but Gao Bing didn’t talk about that and asked:

"Why is your lord so concerned about this matter?"

"What's the matter?"

"White Toad."

"This person is very strange."

"There are a lot of strange people in the world."

"He's very close to me."

"You can keep him far away from you."

Ji Xiu was silent.

Bai Chan was like a thorn, stuck into the flesh, would it be fine to pull it out?

Shan Xuechen, who was in the west courtyard at this time, never imagined that the King of Hades thought so of himself. The winter was already very cold, and the Jinyang Mansion did not provide floor heating. The cold air entered Shan Xuechen's nose and made him hit Several sneezes.It should be the Vulcan Festival in a few days, he remembered what the Taoist priest said to himself, how fun it would be to use such a warm name for the coldest day of the year, cold and festive.

How much fun this would be!

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