Qi Yuanxiu · Self-cultivation

what is it call? "

"Ran Xiaohan."

Laughing cold, how can you bear to laugh sour and cold, laughing at Wang Sun, I don’t know Fang Han.

(six)

A plague broke out in Taigu.

Taigu is a county under Jinyang, with a population of only a few thousand. In the past few years, the life that was not easy to live had a plague.

Taigu suddenly became a dead city.

The citizens of Taikoo City are living in a nightmare. The strong and healthy young people around them will suddenly have a high fever, their throats and tongues will be congested, and they will emit an unusually foul smell.The unfortunate patient sneezes hoarsely, suffers from severe coughing and chest pains, goes out and sees nothing, and the bones cover the plains.There is a hungry woman on the road, her baby is abandoned in the grass.Gu Wenhao cried, but he did not return his tears.

Wild dogs walked up and down the street, gnawing on the corpses recklessly.

A young man didn't even have the most basic protective measures, and entered this dead city alone.

"Help...help me..."

The dying people on both sides of the road looked at this strange visitor with strange expectations in their eyes.

When a person is about to die, even if it is a straw, he must grasp it without hesitation.

The boy walked into the Taigu yamen, the yamen was deserted, but clean, not as deserted as outside, when the boy walked through the county yamen, his eyes were suddenly irritated.

Dead bodies, into mountains.

The corpse had been squeezed for a long time, and the stench of the corpse was accompanied by countless flies buzzing, and the strong smell permeated the entire yard.

Not a single one was alive.

Ji Xiu frowned, the officials really ran away.

Walking around the mountain of corpses, his feet tightened unexpectedly, and he pulled the corner of his clothes with one hand.

Ji Xiu looked at the pale face of the man, who was so thin that he couldn't tell, "Help me...I'm not dead yet."

"But you are dying soon," Ji Xiu said extremely rationally.

"No!" The man suddenly clenched his trousers tightly with all his strength, "I still have breath! How could I just die like this!" He looked at the boy in front of him, "You are an impermanence from hell!" Ghost? If yes, get out! If not, take me out of here!"

The desire to survive is so strong that even if it is a drug, he will drink it.

"Who are you"

The man sighed, "It doesn't matter."

"what's your name?"

"It doesn't matter either."

"Then why should I save an inexplicable person?"

The man let go of his hand all of a sudden, "Hmph, let's go."

Ji Xiu really walked away as he said.

"My name is Shi Beichen, and I'm a yamen servant in Taigu County. Can you save me?" Seeing Ji Xiu leaving without looking back, the man hurriedly said again.

Ji Xiu looked at him, this man was older than him, but not more than 16 years old, with a square face, a standard yamen servant's face, "My name is Ji Xiu."

Shi Beichen smiled, his pale lips opened his mouth, a maggot crawled across his arm, but he didn't mind, he looked at the person in front of him stretching out his hand, the world, the plague, and the corpse seemed to be gone, In the face of life, everything becomes insignificant. A plague broke out in Taigu, and he is also an infected person, but he should not die in such a place. His life is less than one-fifth, how can he just die like this?

The North Pole is called the North Star, the fortune of the sky is infinite, and the pole star does not move.

(Seven)

It's already time.

The hidden guards didn't sleep, and the lights in the house were not lit. The moonlight in the hut was very bright, and it was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could not be heard.

The dark guards were all thinking about their own thoughts.

Today, Prince Jinyang is getting married, and the hidden guards unexpectedly have no missions.The four-cornered city tower had already started firing cannons, and the booming sound spread far, far away, and the city of Jinyang was ablaze.

"Let's go, I will no longer be the Prince of Jinyang after the time passes..."

"Let you down..."

"Sorry……"

……

When they heard that these words came from the mouth of the Prince of Jinyang, these hidden guards were like a bolt from the blue.

"Let's go," Ran Xiaohan said.

"Where are you going?" Someone in the darkness replied.

where to?Where else can I go?The lives of these people were saved by Ji Xiu. All these years, everyone worked hard to serve the Prince of Jinyang, the glorious and the dishonorable. At first, they were forced, but later they voluntarily. Everyone in the dark guard team They all have their own reasons to struggle and have discovered the meaning of their existence. Ji Xiu is a capable person. He pretends in his heart that the world is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea. Everyone is willing to follow him, follow this beam of light, and suddenly This beam of light tells everyone not to do it, because I quit, I am going to turn off the fire, sorry, let's go.

go, go?Where can we go now?

Each of these hidden guards has his own story, and in the story, there is a strong stroke of Jinyang Prince, just like a pulsatilla came to your shoulder and planted a seed on your shoulder, and now this seed grows into If you plant a tree, you cannot wait for the tree to bear fruit, because you have to uproot the tree.

Betrayed, abandoned.

"I don't even know why I came here..." Chu Chu was the only woman inside. She was rescued from the fire pit by Ji Xiu more than ten years ago. At that time, there were only her and Guan Shanyuan in the hut.

Guan Shanyuan looked at Chu Chu, he was the first to join the secret guard group, he was the eldest brother who deserved it, but because he was the second child at home, he insisted on letting his younger siblings call him second brother Guan, they were sent to this place by Ji Xiu one after another, Ji Xiu invited special masters to teach them martial arts and cultivated them carefully. They, who should not have known each other, became closer than brothers. Ji Xiu has magical powers. In the early morning, at the beginning, he followed Ji Xiu because of his personal interests, but later on, he just felt that this was very good, and he was driven by Ji Xiu willingly.

This is probably Ji Xiu's personal charm, everyone here has similar thoughts.

"We still have one less person, why don't we ask his opinion?"

Everyone couldn't help frowning, looking at the source of the voice, Pu Liandong, Pu Liandong looked at everyone with a face of joking, the moonlight shone on the former beggar, which seemed a bit playful.

"Are you kidding me? There are six of us here."

"No, no," Pu Rendong shook his head, "You really don't remember the other person?"

Pu Rendong is a very smart person, it doesn't seem like he was joking when he said this, but how could there be another person?Everyone is together in daily life, could it be a ghost?

"Of course it can't be a ghost," Pu Rendong dipped his fingers in water and drew a strange pattern on the table, "Of course he is a member of our dark guard team, although we haven't seen him, but he does exist , The mystery and complexity of that brother is beyond everyone's imagination."

"He is separated from us. He shows himself in a different face every time. He has a separate teacher who teaches him differently from us. This person is currently in Beidu. Every time there is news from Beidu, he will notify him. Lord."

"I haven't seen him, but I know that this person is real, and his ability is not at the same level as ours. The prince carefully cultivated a wise man, and his ability surpasses those of us who spend effort."

"How do you know?" Shi Beichen couldn't help asking.

Pu Rendong smiled, "I guess."

"..."

"Deduce an inevitable result based on known conditions, this is not something that only those magic sticks can do," Pu Rendong said calmly, "There are too many daily tasks, so I found some clues, and then pushed out that conclusion, we still have A mysterious brother, his origin is unknown, we have never seen him, but he does exist."

This remark shocked the world.

Thinking about it carefully, Ji Xiu could really do such a thing.

"Since that brother is one of us, he must have his part in the matter of disbanding. Although the brothers are few in number, they are all based on affection. Mao rashly decided on the basis of our discussion. It's too unfair to that brother," Pu Liandong said slowly and sternly, "Where did we get the right?!"

……

What Pu Liandong said was just to defend them. Everyone knew it, and everyone didn't want it. This group just broke up...

"We have listened to so many things and done so many things from Lord Jinyang, so why can't he listen to us?" Chu Chu burst into tears, "I don't want...I don't want to leave everyone..."

The rest waited silently.

Everyone doesn't want to let it go.

It's an infuriating, yet unhelpful thing to do.

The person who has always been regarded as a god said to them: "I gave up on myself, you can figure it out."

What can we do!

"So the correct thing to do is to go to him and tell him that he is wrong."

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☆, Gao Bing said outside the story

Jingchu 39 years.

The Baima Beach Wharf is crowded with people. The Baima Beach Wharf is a water transport wharf. There are more than a dozen such wharfs on Qingjiang Pushang.

Qingjiangpu was also called "Yuanpu".Qingjiangpu is located in Shanyang County. It has been a water transportation hub and a north-south hub since ancient times. Shanyang has always been known as "the south boat and the north horse". The northerners also abandoned their carts and horses and went south by boat here.

The rulers of the previous dynasty vigorously repaired water conservancy and dug a grand canal running from north to south. From the northern capital to Bianliang, the cities along the canal naturally prospered.

Water transportation is also used to transport grain by waterways. Water is the origin of human beings, and water transportation is the lifeblood of the rise and fall of dynasties.Therefore, the rulers of all dynasties dug canals to facilitate water transportation.The water is cured, the water transportation is smooth, and the country is prosperous and strong.

The vicinity of Shanyang has always been a sacred place for salt production. With the development of water transportation, white salt is sold all over the country. Thousands of grain ships came to Shanyang from Qingjiangpu to the north. After the grain ships were unloaded, they were filled with salt from the river and shipped to various places in the south. This not only solves the suffering of lack of grain and rice in the north, but also greatly alleviates the embarrassment of "the rice wins but the money is scarce" in the south because of the abundant grain harvest every year.The south-to-north grain transfer and the north-salt transport to the south all pass through Shanyang. According to the "Reconstruction of Shanyang County Chronicles": "Where grain ships from Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan arrive at Shanyang, they are checked by the Caodu. Going out of the canal for the second time, even though the grain ships from Shandong and Henan do not pass through this place, they still report the precepts. Therefore, the water administration is connected to the seven provinces, and Shanyang is really an important throat. "Shanyang has become a distribution center for water transportation and salt transportation. It has a special position in the history of water transportation.

All the millet from the six roads in the southeast came from Bian to the capital, where the imperial court set up the Governor’s Department of Water Transport to supervise and urge water transport matters, and to be in charge of the transportation of grain from the south to the north and the transportation of salt from the north to the south.

The special geographical location of Sanyang has promoted the prosperity of Sanyang, allowing silver to gather from all over the place, and business is endless.The governor of water transport is located here, and there are a large number of water management officials and Wei Cao soldiers stationed here.After the water ships arrived here, they had to be inspected by the Caotai Yamen. The boatmen and sailors of tens of thousands of grain ships, water transport officers and soldiers stopped here, merchants from south to north traded goods here, and tourists also lingered here. There are two Changying warehouses, two Changping warehouses, three reserve warehouses, and five Zhuang warehouses here... which greatly increased the demand for commodities in Huai'an and promoted the development of commerce.At that time, there were row upon row of shops and restaurants inside and outside the city, and "the city does not rest at night", which was very prosperous.In the city, there are tall halls and mansions, forests and ponds standing side by side, and there are nearly a hundred private gardens of various kinds. Some people call it "the shops on both sides of the strait lined up for dozens of miles", or even "the red horses ride the boats on both sides of the strait for ten miles, and how long do they stop singing and dancing late at night".

People come and go on Baima Beach, and there are tens of thousands of silver in circulation every day. Naturally, different stories are staged every day.

A boatman was on the pier, holding a whip in his hand, whipping a child hanging from a wooden pole.

"You don't know what's good and what's wrong!" The boatman spat at the child viciously, and cursed: "You can touch Zhu Yuanwai's dog! You've been blinded by eating lard! It's a good thing Zhu Yuanwai is so generous. Care about it! I insist on letting you have a long memory today!" As he spoke, he slapped the whip firmly again.

The child was covered in injuries, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to grumble. He was bitten by a dog, and in the end the dog became the victim. He encountered too many bizarre things, and this one was nothing at all. They become white, but the white becomes black. The life of the poor is probably not as good as a dog in the eyes of those in power.Why are some people born to serve others, while others should be served by others?

There were a few old porters sitting next to them, watching all this as if they were watching a play, but no one was willing to come up to help.

"Hey," a woman who looked like a peasant woman looked at the child, "Whose child is this? The family doesn't care about it?"

"I don't know," a porter replied. "This child has been on this pier a long time ago. It seems that he fell off a ship going north. He is a slave."

"Tut tsk tsk," the peasant woman shook her head, making a sound like a hen holding her eggs for a long time, but she was still indifferent, and finally left.

Numb world, numb people.There are tens of thousands of such children in Qingjiang Pu, and the Water Transport Yamen doesn't care what others can do?

The surface is glamorous, but the back is so dirty.

Suddenly someone called out on the Qingjiang River, and the porters followed the call, and saw a large ship docked steadily at the pier next door. The ship was transporting porcelain to Beidu. Many people saw such a beautiful bed for the first time. , This is definitely a rich man.

"Get out of the way!" A man with the appearance of an official boarded the boat and said proudly: "A routine search!"

The merchants secretly handed over two heavy ingots of silver dollars to the Nali Cao officer, "My lord, please bear with me a little more."

Seeing them on the road, the official also pushed the boat along, saying: "I am also following orders," and then went into the warehouse, where the cao officer went around and picked out two unremarkable porcelain urns, " These two are unqualified, you have to deal with them, sending such porcelain to the royal family is a disgrace to our water transport."

The merchants thankfully dropped the two porcelain urns and dumped the pieces into the Qingjiang River.

This kind of thing is not the first or the last on Qingjiang Pushang. How many similar pieces of porcelain are buried under the turbulent Qingjiang River?

This is what the whole country has been doing for thousands of years. Things that can be done with money will definitely not follow the normal path.

In the past, some southern businessmen were stubborn and refused to compromise. The Water Transport Yamen sent some people to smash a boatload of porcelain to pieces. Tens of thousands of broken porcelain fell into the icy Qingjiang River. When they went back to burn again, the merchants were not convinced, so the yamen arrested a few more. Only then did the merchants understand this truth, and Qingjiang Pushang became much quieter from now on.

Once some things are connected with copper smell, it is easy but also dirty.

An elder with the appearance of a Taoist walked to the beach of Baima, looking at the child who was hanged and beaten under the scorching sun.

Perhaps the old boatman was tired of beating, so he sat on the ground, but his mouth was still cursing endlessly: "You little bastard! You deserve to be beaten to death..."

The Taoist said to the boatman: "Master, I want to buy that child, but I happen to be short of a boy who cleans the incense burner."

The boatman looked the old man up and down. The old man was wearing a snow-white gown, his hair and eyebrows were also gray, and he said, "This kid has been with me for a few years, how can he just leave with you like this."

The Taoist smiled, and took out a large silver dollar from his pocket, "Is this enough?"

The boatman's eyes lit up immediately, and he snatched the silver dollar right away, "Enough is enough! The little beast is yours now!" After saying that, he left without looking back. This big silver dollar is enough for him to live without food and clothing for the rest of his life. worry.

The porters who saw them naturally showed envious and greedy eyes, and the old Taoist raised the money bag in his hand, "Whoever helps me put him down, the money will belong to him." Put that kid down.

The Taoist looked at the child. He hadn't bathed for a few days. The child smelled like rancid water, and his face was dirty, but his eyes were bright on his dark face.

"You are a person with wisdom, but you were buried once you came to this world," the Taoist said, "Would you like to go forward with me."

The child shook his head, then nodded again.

The Taoist smiled and said, "Sure enough, you have roots of wisdom. Do you have a name?"

The child shook his head.

"Then Gao Bing is your name from now on."

High ice, high banks and deep valleys, a piece of ice.

The first year of Taikang

Qi Yuanqin looked at the little pink dumpling in front of him, and he didn't dare to breathe hard. This little child was his youngest brother. The concubine Ming just gave birth a few days ago. He was held in the arms of the nurse, neither crying nor fussing, quietly Extremely.

Concubine Ming next to him saw his carelessness, and said with a smile: "The prince is getting more and more petty." Concubine Ming had just given birth, and her body was still very weak. The prince also brought them here. The queen gave birth to two children, the prince Qi Yuanqin and the princess Qi Yuanxi. Concubine Rong also gave birth to a little prince last year, whose baby name was Guanghua and whose name was Qi Yuanhui.

Qi Yuanqin is only seven years old, but he is the eldest brother of this group of children.

"What's the name of this younger brother?" Qi Yuanqin blinked and looked at Concubine Ming. Concubine Ming is a very kind person and often visits her mother's harem. Her little brother must be very kind.

"Yeah, what's your name?" Concubine Ming thought about it, and looked at him with a smile, "I heard that the prince has improved in his studies recently, so let the prince do it for him."

After being praised so much, the prince blushed, Concubine Rong smiled when she saw him like that: "I also heard from the eunuch in the respect room, the Taifu lord is full of praise for the prince."

Qi Yuanqing looked at this little brother, who was born with a pink head, so he blurted out: "To build a long-term stability, to grow a career of governance, let's call him Changzhi. I hope my brother can do a lot and protect my Daning for a long time."

The empress looked at her son with a look of relief.

Just at this time, the eunuch reported the emperor's arrival, and everyone hurriedly saluted, but the emperor stopped him, "You guys are chatting so happily, so there is no need to be polite," the emperor went to the bed and sat down, looking at the six Prince, Long Yan is very happy.

Concubine Ming said: "Just now the crown prince took the title for the sixth prince."

"Oh? Let's hear it," Emperor Gong looked happily at the crown prince Qi Yuanqin. The crown prince was talented and intelligent, which was his pride.

"Changzhi, which means long-term peace and stability."

"Well, good name," Emperor Gong touched the child's sleeping face with his finger, "Long peace and stability, long peace and stability..."

"I have the table name, but I still ask Your Majesty to give this child a correct name," the queen said with a smile, "It is also the sixth prince's blessing that the emperor chooses the name."

Emperor Gong pondered for a while, "There is a saying in the Book of Rites that one should cultivate one's body and one's family should be well-off, so I took the word Xiu. I hope that this son can distinguish right from wrong, cut off evil and practice good, and cultivate for Qi Yuan."

Concubine Rong said with a smile: "One name and one appearance, one inside and one outside, really complement each other."

The baby in the swaddle moved a little, wondering if it heard the name, a name that contained hope.

Qi Yuanqin is an extremely gentle prince, praised by everyone in the palace, talented and intelligent, with a photographic memory, what is even more rare is that the prince has a kind heart, treats people very well, and is extremely reasonable, no matter inside or outside the palace, everyone is full of praise.

In the imperial palace of the Ning Dynasty, there was a place called Qunfang Hall, where a group of Taoist priests lived.The Ning Dynasty was a country that believed in Lao Zhuang, so the incense of Taoism was naturally strong.Qi Yuanqin can't understand why there is such a place in the palace. The Qunfang Hall in the palace seems to be an incompatible place. The group of Taoist priests seems to be a group of people isolated from the world. It is rare to see that group of people in the palace. , those people also looked indifferent, ordinary idlers were not allowed to enter that palace, even the crown prince was not allowed.All the court ladies and eunuchs dared not look directly into the Prince's eyes, but only the Taoist priest dared.

Regarding the memory of Taoist priests, Qi Yuanqin only remembered that when the new emperor ascended the throne, everyone went to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest outside the city in unison. Zhong and the successive emperors swore to protect the tens of millions of countries, and to talk to their ancestors, the royal family did not need to kneel down, but still had to close their eyes, but Qi Yuanqin opened his eyes in an instant, looked at the group of Taoist priests, and there was a The Taoist priest impressed Qi Yuanqing deeply. He didn't know the Taoist priest's name, but he thought that the Taoist priest looked like a fox. The fox looked at him sternly, and Qi Yuanqin closed his eyes in fright.

The more restrained you are, the more you have the desire to see what's going on.

Qi Yuanqin was thinking about that matter in the palace, and unconsciously walked outside Qunfang Palace. The palace wall of Qunfang Palace is separate from the whole palace. There is such a courtyard added out of thin air. I don’t know when it was built. The red The high-walled compound, the blue roof, and the smell of spices in the air, this is the forbidden place, and there is no court lady or eunuch around. Qi Yuanqin stepped into the courtyard without knowing where the courage came from, and the courtyard was very empty. , the floor paved with blue bricks was actually not a trace of dust, and the buildings seemed to have been washed after the rain. The clean and bright buildings surpassed his father's Palace of Preserving Harmony. Forget that you just come in and take a small step to take a look and then leave.

This group of heroic halls is also empty, there is no Taoist priest, and there is a pavilion-like building in front of it. There is a big incense burner in the middle, burning the incense. The main building of the Taoist temple - the Hall of Heroes, the fragrance of the Hall of Heroes burned even more intensely. From a distance, Qi Yuanqin found that it was full of Taoist priests, but those Taoist priests did not find him. Qi Yuanqin was suddenly very excited. Feeling free, he found that no one wanted to go down the stairs to the Taoist temple, but he didn't expect to be pushed from behind. The seat was very high, and Qi Yuanqing was just pushed down like that, in a daze.

When Qi Yuanqing arrived, he found that he was already lying on the bed in the Anle Palace. He heard the queen say, "Why did you sleep at the gate of that palace during the day?" Gong came to replace him, Qi Yuanqing suspected that he had a dream, and wanted to stretch out his hand, but found that his arm was in tight pain.

"Emperor Ye just came to give you medicine, why did your arm get hurt?" the queen said, "Who dares to harm the prince?"

Qi Yuanqing shook his head, "I accidentally dropped it myself."

The queen continued: "That's not going to work. Didn't Xiao Zhou follow you? Where did he go? The prince is injured, he should be punished."

After being told by his mother, Qi Yuanqing suddenly had doubts. Yes, Xiao Zhou is the guard who never leaves him. It stands to reason that he would stop him before he entered the courtyard, but where did Xiao Zhou go?

Qi Yuanqing seemed to have had a dream.

study room

Qi Yuanqin was honestly writing a copybook, and he grew taller again as winter went and spring came.

"Master asked me to give this to Jinshang, isn't Jinshang here?"

Qi Yuanqin looked up at the person coming, and suddenly his eyes widened. This is the fox-faced Taoist priest. The fox-faced Taoist priest is a little older than him, but he has an old-fashioned look. It is a miracle that he came to the study today.

This was also the first sentence Gao Bing and Qi Yuanqin said.

"Father is still discussing political affairs with the adults in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Come here later to test my homework. You can put it here first. I will tell Father later."

"Well," Gao Bing put down the letter, not wanting to be polite to the prince, turned around and left.

Maybe the Taoist priest's robe was too wide. The moment Gao Bing turned around, a piece of agate toy from the Western Regions on the table was slipped down by the wide sleeve and fell into pieces. Qi Yuanqin took a deep breath and looked at the The fox-faced Taoist priest, Gao Bing had an expression of none of my business, as if nothing happened just now.

Just at this time, the eunuch's announcement came from a distance, "The emperor is here!"

Seeing the emperor entering the house and walking towards here, he saw the prince kneeling down with a thud, "Father, the emperor is blessed with peace of mind." Taoist priests don't need to kneel when they see the emperor, this cheeky Taoist priest only followed the etiquette of Taoist priests , Said: "Master has got a secret, and I am here to inform His Majesty," he said while presenting the letter.

The emperor took the letter and was not in a hurry to open it. Instead, he looked at the prince kneeling on the ground: "Why is my son doing such a big gift?"

Qi Yuanqin bowed his head on the ground and said: "My son made a mistake, please punish my father."

The emperor looked at the broken agate toy at his feet, and immediately understood what was going on.

"My son accidentally broke the tribute from the Western Regions, which hurt the face of the Holy One. I hope my father will punish me."

The emperor frowned, it was just a trivial thing, it was rare for the crown prince to meditate on his own past, he wanted to let it go, but he thought it was a good time to educate the crown prince, so he deliberately said coldly: "You If you are negligent in your homework but neglect your leisure, you should be punished."

"Yes."

So he ordered someone to slap the prince firmly on the palm ten times. The fox-faced Taoist priest looked at his nose, nose, nose, and heart, but his mind was full of doubts.

Why does the master have to protect himself?

The sky is unkind, and treats everything as a straw dog.

No matter how Gao Bing thought about it, he felt sorry for the prince, and he couldn't figure out why the prince would do that. It was Gao Bing who pushed the prince down the steps that time. He has always had an instinctive rejection of this kind of person. People are born to be slaves and some are born to be emperors?

What kind of prince will Xiangning?

So the next day Qi Yuanqin saw the neat "University" on the desk in the study, which was the homework arranged by the Taifu. He pressed a small wooden horse. The wooden horse was clumsy. It looked like the people below had carved it by hand. Qi Yuanqin turned the wooden horse around and found two words carved with a knife on the belly of the wooden horse: Thank you.

This was sent to him by the fox Taoist priest. The prince felt that his hands didn't hurt so much for a moment, and the smile on Qi Yuanqin's face was brighter than the sun that day.

Later, the two slowly began to get acquainted.

Acacia is as deep as the sea, and old things are as far away as the sky.Qingjiang Pushang was full of worries. On a bed on Qingjiang River, Gao Bing sighed, standing on Class A, looking at the bright mountains illuminated by the bright moon, recalling all that, it was like a bottle of old wine that had been opened, and it was so smoky. Eyes are about to shed tears.

"The Taifu tested me today. It's Zhuangzi's "On the Equality of Things". It's nothing but me, and I have nothing to take," the nine-year-old prince said excitedly to the Taoist priest on a stone floor behind Qunfang Hall .

"Well, then what?"

"I think it's too difficult, I don't understand, so I came here to ask you."

Gao Bing shook his head, "How did your master teach these things?"

The prince gave a 'tsk' and said, "Reading is a labor-intensive thing."

This is probably a common problem of all children at this age. Thinking of playing and freedom, Gao Bing took a sip of wine for himself. If the emperor found out about this, he might not know how to punish the prince. I am afraid that the current situation of the country cannot be controlled by a prince. It is really embarrassing for him to say such words. I am afraid that he only dares to say these words in front of himself, a Taoist priest.

"Are you drinking?" Qi Yuanqin looked at him with great interest.

"Ah."

"Does your master allow you to drink?"

"Does your father allow you to come to me like this?" Gao Bing replied unceremoniously. The only person in the Forbidden City who dared to talk to the prince like this was this fox-faced Taoist priest.

Qi Yuanqin was a little in awe of this fox-faced Taoist priest, but he also treated him as a friend. This Taoist priest was not afraid of him.Yuan Hui and Yuan Xiu are both infants, and they have never been close to Yuan Li and Yuan Yan. In the whole palace, there is only this Taoist priest who is similar in age to him, and he can talk without any scruples. This Taoist priest is a master of alchemy , Those guards were all stunned by his spell, and every time they came to look for his prince, there was a sense of accomplishment like a prank.

"Have you ever drank alcohol?" Gao Bing turned to look at him, with wine still on his lips.

Qi Yuanqin shook his head.

Gao Bing suddenly laughed, "Does Your Highness want to drink?"

Qi Yuanqin hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head.

"I can't do this. As a prince, I must learn to socialize in the future. I learned it before entering the palace."

Qi Yuanqin frowned after hearing this, then nodded slowly.

Gao Bing smiled contentedly, pinched the crown prince's jaw open with one hand, then poured a sip of wine into his mouth, and blew it into Qi Yuanqin's mouth...

Qi Yuanqin's face was blushing, maybe it was because of the wine.

Gao Bing whistled, "How is it? How does it taste?"

"..."

Gao Bing jumped off the stone, and the gray Taoist robe looked like a butterfly dancing under the strong wind in the empty courtyard, "I have to prepare for the evening class, or the master will scold me, the one that the master asked you Just answer the question 'all things are equal, there is no difference'..."

Qi Yuanqin lost his mind for a while, looking at Gao Bing's elegant Taoist uniform from a distance, but he didn't listen to what he said just now.

When Gao Bing returned to the Taoist temple, the real Wuweizi had been waiting for a long time.

"Master," Gao Bing hurried over and sat cross-legged.

Wuweizi said, "He came to look for you again?"

"Yes," Gao Bing didn't want to hide from the master.

Wuweizi is much older than before, and he has the potential to become an immortal. He doesn't want to care about the affairs between Gao Bing and the prince, and he can't care about it at all. "Wu Weizi shook his head, "Gao Bing, you have roots of wisdom."

"When I saved you, I just followed God's will. This country is like an old ship. It looks infinitely beautiful, but the inside of the bed has long been eaten by a group of moths."

"We shouldn't take care of those government affairs, but we can't ignore the creatures in the world. Those who are Taoist should love the world at the same time."

"Gao Bing, I want you to make a promise. You must use all your heart and soul to protect this country and the world in your lifetime, even if it costs you your life!"

"Yes."

Wuweizi sighed, and he didn't want to talk about some things with this closed disciple anymore. Gao Bing was very smart, and Wuweizi didn't say anything, but he could guess what it was. Gao Bing respectfully kowtowed to his teacher, The face is solemn.

In the fifth year of Taikang, the Taikang Rebellion broke out.

Gao Bing looked at the palace people who fled in a hurry, and followed his memory to Anle Palace.

An Le Palace, the queen's dormitory, the prince also lives there temporarily.

At this time, the prairie people had already invaded the palace, and the sounds of fighting kept coming from the ears. The imperial city, which was supposed to be well-behaved, turned into a hell at this moment.

After entering the Anle Palace, Gao Bing ignored the messy corpses and went straight to the back room. Xiao Zhou, the loyal guard, was lying at the door of the back room, but he fell under the knife of the prairie people. The empress was lying on the bed, Holding a small bottle in her hand, for the dignity of the royal family, she ended her life in this way, and everyone in the Anle Palace died.

Gao Bing's temples began to ache, and he tried his best to suppress his urge to cry.

At this time, there was a slight coughing sound from under the bed, Gao Bing's heart tightened, and he quickly poked his head over.

It was indeed Qi Yuanqin.

Qi Yuanqin hid like a kitten in the small space under the bed. From far to near, he saw a pair of boots walking towards the bed. He recognized the boots, and Gao Bing dragged him out from under the bed.

"Hurry up and leave with me! The palace can no longer be left behind!"

The prince looked at the dying palace people in a room, and then saw his mother...

Qi Yuanqin almost fainted. Gao Bing didn't give him time to faint. He took his hand and ran out of the palace. Gao Bing lived in seclusion, but the map of the imperial city had already been printed in his mind, and ghosts and wolves howled continuously in his ears. The sound, the bloody smell in the air made people feel sick.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Gao Bing finally breathed a sigh of relief. In front of him was the Zhonghua Gate.

After leaving this door, one left the birdcage-like palace.

"Where are you going, Your Highness?" Just as he was about to step out of the door, a strange voice sounded from behind.

Gao Bing had a strange premonition in his heart.

The great eunuch Liu Ling frowned, and Qi Yuanqin's hand was in his hand.