Fast wear in the martial arts world

Between waking up and half waking up, the familiar figure gradually faded away.

Li Qing seemed to be in a thick fog.

There was a gentle sound of wind in her ears, and the mist instantly dispersed in all directions, and a white stone tablet surrounded by mist suddenly appeared in front of her.

A line of golden characters on the stele seemed bright and dark, like a candle flickering in the wind. The light faltered, and it seemed that it would disappear without a trace in the next moment, and there was no trace to be found again.

Li Qing stared at it, trying hard to identify three or two words in it for a while.

...Ch?

...too... son?

It seems to be some kind of name or code name?

With an inexplicable impulse, Li Qing subconsciously took two steps forward to clearly recognize the words on the stone tablet. However, the tablet seemed to be close at hand, but in fact it was as far away as a mirage. Standing quietly in the clouds a few steps away from her.

After an unknown amount of time, the dissipated mist gathered again like a light veil covering the stone tablet, and the flickering words on the stone tablet could no longer be seen clearly.

When Li Qing frowned, a shadowy figure appeared in front of the stele.

"Marriage is fixed on the three life stones."

An ethereal female voice came from a distance in the wind, "This marriage line is not close enough. Although the fate is shallow, it should be able to stay together forever in the world."

"That's fine. My son's soul is almost complete, and I think he will be able to get what he wants when he returns..."

"This so-called destiny..."

The female voice is ethereal, as if separated by a layer of veil, it is inaudible.

Li Qing just wanted to find the sound and move forward, but suddenly the world spun, a strong sense of dizziness hit, and the scene in front of her suddenly disappeared.

Suddenly, Li Qing suddenly turned over and sat up.

Tick ​​tock.

The clock on the bedside table ticked every minute.

The sky is bright and the breeze is blowing.

The light golden gauze curtain was rolled up by the breeze blowing, swaying and fluttering.The bright sunlight shone on Li Qing through the glass window, and the skin on her face seemed to be glowing in the warm light.

Looking at the familiar room, the mist in Li Qing's eyes gradually receded.

She let out a long breath of turbid air, and said disappointedly: So it was a dream again?

The sweetness and affection left in the dream lingered in her heart for a long time, and Li Qing calmed down for a long time before she felt that she had calmed down.

She took another deep breath, stretched her waist, and took off her slippers to go into the bathroom to wash up.

"what?"

At the same time as she turned over and got out of bed, a dazzling golden light flashed from the side of the pillow, flashing Li Qing's eyes.

"what?"

Li Qing looked at the bed suspiciously, and reached out to touch the pillow.

The magic mirror lay quietly beside the pillow, the mirror surface was smooth and waveless.However, when Li Qing didn't realize it, the whole body of the mirror underwent earth-shaking changes.

The once vermilion mirror body made of an unknown metal has now completely turned into a golden color, and its material looks like pure gold.

The intricate patterns engraved on the mirror also unknowingly changed into a pattern similar to that of a divine bird, and the red, blue and green gemstones of various colors that were once inlaid have also become decorations on the pupils and feathers of the divine bird.

"Magic mirror?"

Li Qing picked up the magic mirror, and the water waves on the mirror surface seemed to flash past, but finally disappeared into silence.

The face in the magic mirror disappeared.

Without warning, it disappeared inexplicably.

"Magic mirror?"

"Magic mirror?"

"This……"

Li Qing yelled several times, but the mirror was cold and silent, like a dead thing, without giving her any response.

What happened to the magic mirror?

Today's magic mirror still highlights its presence from time to time, although it looks a little silly, why can't it even speak after one night?

Li Qing was a little annoyed with this mirror at first, but after getting along for a long time, she got used to its chattering and noise, now seeing its sudden change, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious and worried.

She subconsciously looked at the completely different mirror body.

The divine bird on the mirror looks like a crow, but it has golden wings, is surrounded by golden-red flames, and has three legs under its belly.

As if sensing Li Qing's scrutinizing gaze, the divine bird on the mirror suddenly blinked nimbly.

Li Qing was shocked suddenly.

In an instant, golden light flew out, turning into a raging flame and rushing towards Li Qing.

In the golden red flames, the palm-sized crow shook its wings happily, and its small head wanted to stick to Li Qing's cheek affectionately.

However, the next moment, the whole bird staggered as if touching the empty air, passed through Li Qing's face and fell straight to the ground!

"Chirp!"

Inexplicable familiarity and heart palpitations struck, Li Qing's heart trembled slightly, and she reflexively reached out to catch the golden crow.

"Chirp!"

The crow passed through Li Qing's palm like an invisible stream of water and fell on its back.

"Are you... the magic mirror?"

"Chirp?"

The golden crow tilted its head and let out a cry. Its three paws alternated back and forth on the ground, trying to hop on Li Qing's body. No matter what, she couldn't touch Li Qing.

After a while, the golden crow lowered its head in disappointment, reluctantly turned into patterns and returned to the mirror.

While the light on the body of the magic mirror disappears, there is a glimmer of light on the mirror surface.The bright and clean mirror reflected the golden-red fire that soared into the sky, and a slender and tall shadow was faintly printed in the scorching flames.

But... when I looked closely, there was nothing there.

***

In the spring of the third year of Daye, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty issued two imperial edicts.

First, he ordered the abolition of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and selected officials through scientific examinations. Since then, the hundreds of years of gentry dominance have ended.

Then, on the grounds that "the new emperor ascends the throne and the harem is empty", he widely called noble women from noble families to enter the palace to run for election in order to enrich the court.

When the imperial decree came out, the world was in an uproar.

At that time, the nobility of the gentry family far surpassed that of the royal family. The gentry family has been passed down for thousands of years to value blood, and they have always only married with the same family.

Throughout the history before the Sui Dynasty, there were frequent dynasties, and the gentry remained undefeated for thousands of years, and all kinds of knowledge books in their hands were their foundation.

The general trend of the world must be united for a long time, and in times of troubled times, there are always lucky mud legs who will take advantage of the trend and use the fortune to change the day and achieve great things.However, when he became the royal family to rule the world, he still had to rely on the gentry to govern the country, thus forming a situation where the gentry and the royal family ruled the world together.

There is a folk proverb that says: the dynasty of flowing water, the gentry of iron.

As far as the noble family is concerned, no matter who is sitting on the throne, it will not damage their interests and noble status.Even among the gentry, there is a set of standards that divide the gentry into three, six, and five classes. The high-ranking gentry are far more noble than the royal family.

These two edicts of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty not only challenged the status of the elites of the gentry, divided and disintegrated their power in the court, but also trampled on the face and dignity of the gentry who prided themselves on being noble!

The imperial decree was handed down, although the elites of the gentry were afraid of Emperor Sui Yang's power and obedience on the surface, but there was an undercurrent surging behind the scenes, and they were all unwilling to reconcile, and each thought of a countermeasure.

Taiyuan, Li Fan.

Tang Guogong Li Yuan walked back and forth in the room with a gloomy expression.

Tracing back to the source, the Li Clan is the descendant of Li Hao, the founding monarch of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and has been a dignitary for generations.

After hundreds of years of operation, Li's family status has risen, and together with Dugu, Yuwen, Changsun, Song, and Pei, they are called the five great clans, and share the world with Sui and Yang.

Li Yuan's father was also named Tang Guogong during his lifetime, and his mother was born in the Dugu family, and she was the sister of Emperor Wendi's wife, Empress Dugu. In terms of nepotism, Li Yuan and Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty were cousins.

However, compared with the arrogant Yang Guang, Li Yuan has a closer relationship with the former prince Yang Yong, but the world is impermanent. When Yang Guang was the king of Jin, he and Yang Su colluded to frame Yang Yong, which caused him to be deposed as a commoner. To be enthroned.

Win or lose, that's all.

Ever since Yang Guang came to the throne, the Li Clan and other high-ranking and self-respecting clans have become thorns in his eyes. These two imperial edicts are not only declaring war on the nobles, but also tempting.

Li Yuan weighed the pros and cons and understood that this edict cannot be violated.Yang Guang's abolition of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is fine, and it will also damage the interests of all the gentry. Although the Li Clan is hurting, it is not without countermeasures.

What Li Yuan was unwilling to resent was the last imperial decree calling noble ladies from noble families to enter the palace to stand for election.Yang Guang is slightly older than Li Yuan, and now he is in his thirties, the empress is the original concubine of Jin, and the four concubines in the harem have already been filled. List nine concubines.

Letting a noble lady from a gentry family become a concubine for an old man, and she is still a concubine of low status. How can this be the selection of concubines for the harem!This is not only to humiliate the nobility of the gentry, but also to kill chickens and monkeys, forcing the gentry to resist, so Yang Guang has an excuse to send troops to question the crimes and kill the powerful!

If it was usual, this imperial decree would naturally have nothing to do with Li Yuan, but who made him have a younger sister whom he loves like a treasure, who happens to be of marriageable age!

Li Yuan lost his father and mother in his early years, and his younger sister was still in his infancy at that time. After he became the Duke of Tang from his father, he was brought up by his father and mother, although they were called brothers and sisters But in fact, his love is far superior to others, even his own son is not as much as this younger sister who was raised by his own hands, and he loves him more.

Li Yuan was originally reluctant to let his sister marry far away, and wanted to keep her for a few more years, but he thought that his luck was bad, and he unexpectedly encountered such a thing!

It is absolutely impossible for a younger sister to enter the palace to serve an old man who is two rounds older than her, and compete with a bunch of women for favor, but this imperial decree must not be disobeyed, otherwise the family will be destroyed.

The current power of the Li Clan is not enough to fight against the Lord of the World!

Li Yuan thought about it, he was unwilling to surrender, and he was unwilling to sacrifice his sister's happiness, and his embarrassment became more and more ugly.

"Husband," Dou Shi looked at Li Yuan with a sad face, "How can Qing Qing enter the palace as a concubine with such good looks?"

Li Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "I want to take my eldest lady of the Li Clan as a concubine and fulfill his dream of spring and autumn! Even if I keep Qingqing at home and never marry, I will never ask her to be my concubine!"

Li Yuan became more and more angry, "No, I have to find a way..."

Li Yuan's younger sister is named Qing, whose small name is Qingqing.

In Li Yuan's eyes, even if his own sister was in the lower position, it would be humiliating. How could Yang Guang be worthy of his Qingqing?What's more, making his younger sister a concubine, or the third-class concubine in the palace!

For the current plan, the only way to avoid this is to arrange a marriage for the younger sister as soon as possible, and let her marry as a wife before Yang Guang's cronies go to preach the decree to call her into the palace.

Even if he married in a hurry, Li Yuan was unwilling to wrong his sister, let alone send her away casually.

Among the major clans nowadays, none of the direct branches of the Dugu family and the Changsun family has a man of the right age for Li Qing, and Li Yuan doesn't think about the fact that the identities of the side branches are not suitable.

Yuwen's son was unmarried once, but he was headstrong and reckless, so he was not a good match.

Excluding these, Li Yuan can only choose suitable candidates from the Song family and the Pei family.

Song Que, the young master of the generation of the Song Clan, has outstanding martial arts skills and is known as the Heavenly Sword in Jianghu. However, there are faint rumors that he is in love with the saint of Cihang Jingzhai's generation, who seems to be a girl called Fan Qinghui nun.

Although it was a rumor and there was no definite basis for it, but Li Yuan had a grievance in his heart, and he felt flustered when he heard it. It was impossible for him to marry his sister to a man who belonged to him, and directly ruled out Song Que.

In this way, only Pei Shi is left.

There is only one Pei Wulang who is the same age as Li Qing in the direct branch of the Pei family. Pei Wulang is the nephew of Pei Rangzhi, the current patriarch. His name is Shiju, and his style name is Hongda. Important position.

Although Li Qing is almost ten years older than Li Qing, her temperament is bright and open, and the inner courtyard is clean, and the Pei family has always had a family rule of thirty or no children before concubines are allowed. With business, life can be peaceful and beautiful.

Having figured this out, Li Yuan relaxed a little, went around to the front of the desk and quickly wrote a letter, summoned his servants to solemnly order: "Send this letter to the Pei family in Hedong as soon as possible, and be sure to hand it over." Send it to Mr. Pei!"