Enter the red building

Seeing the approaching fist, Li Xiao's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately turned sideways to avoid it, but before Li Xiao could react, Xue Qiu's left hand approached Li Xiao's neck, and swung his palm to chop.

Li Xiao blocked it with his right hand, comparing the strength of the two, Li Xiao didn't expect Xue Qiu's strength to be so strong, and he suffered a disadvantage.

Indeed, Xue Qiu has boxed with his master Shi Tie all these years, and his strength is not much different from that of Shi Tie.Xue Qiu gained power, and immediately took this opportunity to punch Li Xiao on the right shoulder again.

I can't go on like this, otherwise I will be suppressed by Xue Qiu forever.Li Xiao was thinking in his heart, looking for opportunities to prevent Xue Qiu from bullying him, and wanted to get out of Xue Qiu's melee attack.Li Xiao kicked Xue Qiu's right knee with his left foot. Once he was kicked in this place, the competition would probably be over.

Xue Qiu had expected that Li Xiao would attack his lower body, turned his left foot into an attack, thinking of preemptive strikes, but did not stop his skill, and punched Li Xiao with both fists.

Li Xiao didn't have time to take back his left foot, so he could only resist, thinking in his heart that his strength is really not as good as this junior, if this is the case, he will lose all his old face.The fact is of course not like this, the two kicked each other with their left feet, neither of them lost to the other, in fact, Li Xiao should be regarded as the winner, because Xue Qiu took the lead and took the lead, while Li Xiao was passively defending.But a competition is a competition, where to divide these.

Li Xiao quickly bent over to avoid Xue Qiu's fists, and hit Xue Qiu's abdomen with a single punch. ,

Xue Qiu had no choice but to back up to avoid Li Xiao's punch.

It can be seen from these simple moves that Li Xiao still wins. Xue Qiu failed in the close-up competition, and in turn forced Li Xiao to retreat.

All the officials were taken aback, they didn't expect Xue Qiu's martial arts to be so powerful, he could fight Li Xiao evenly, and he seemed to have the upper hand just now, beating Li Xiao.This is the insider looking at the doorway, and the layman watching the excitement.

The emperor was also very surprised, Xue Qiu's martial arts were indeed powerful, both civil and military, he was really a young talent.

Ji Zhou didn't say a word, just staring at the two people on the field.He knew that Xue Qiu lost the attack just now, and he didn't know what Xue Qiu planned to do next.

Li Xiao looked at Xue Qiu solemnly, admiring Xue Qiu in his heart.I thought he was just a frail scholar, but he didn't expect that his boxing skills were not much worse than his own.

Xue Qiu looked at Li Xiao with a heavy expression, took a deep breath, and made another move, faster and more violently than before.

Xue Qiu still planned to attack quickly.

Punching, changing palms, grabbing, sweeping, slashing, slashing, a series of movements were done in one go, without any hesitation or pause for thinking, like flowing water, the officials around opened their eyes wide and gasped.

Seeing the tricks, Li Xiao wanted to fight fast, but Xue Qiu was young and arrogant, coupled with the depression in his heart yesterday, he fought faster and faster.Li Xiao also gradually felt exhausted. After all, Li Xiao was old and his energy was not as good as that of Xue Qiu.

Xue Qiu's kung fu is also very fast, jumping kicks, turning kicks, side kicks, side kicks, straight kicks, a series of movements made Li Ying overwhelmed, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

The emperor and the others watched it with great enjoyment, the fight was so exciting, the movements were swift and powerful, and not sloppy at all, it really made the people around dare not blink their eyes, for fear of missing some exciting moments.

Liu Sheng, who was standing inside the official, had a dignified expression and murmured, "Am I really not as good as you?"

Ji Zhou watched the wonderful fight between the two of them, eager to see it, and also wanted to compare with Xue Qiu.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, he really couldn't accept his old age, and he had to look at these young people in the future.Li Xiao said: "Forget it, I admit defeat! I am really old!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Qiu immediately withdrew his fists, rolled over and backed away, panting with sweat on his face, and said, "Master Li, I've accepted it!"

"Crack! Crack!" The emperor applauded and laughed, "Wonderful! Really wonderful!"

When all the officials saw that the emperor applauded, they immediately followed suit, and echoed, "Yes! It's wonderful! I can't believe that the number one scholar is also capable of both civil and military skills!"

"Yes! I really didn't expect it!"

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Xue Qiu was not dazzled by these words, and said modestly: "Where, Master Li is showing mercy!"

"Don't do this, it's the most annoying!" Li Xiao waved his hand and scolded, "I'm not showing mercy, but if I were a few years younger, you might not be my opponent!"

Xue Qiu had no choice but to be respectful.

The emperor smiled, and said to the officials: "Okay! Xue Qiu won today, and I will designate him as the Great General of Zhennan, and I will send troops to suppress the pirates in the Guangdong Sea."

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General Zhennan?This is a real power, which is heavier than ordinary second-rank officials.When Xue Qiu led his troops back to the court, they were directly second-rank officials, perhaps even higher in official rank than second-rank officials.It's really rare for a second-rank senior member who is only 16 years old!It's nothing more than rising to the top.

Everyone looked at Xue Qiu differently, thinking that they must have a good relationship with Xue Qiu, the future is simply great.It was so good that everyone couldn't help being jealous.

In Mei Han's heart, he was worried about Xue Qiu. This is how leading troops to fight is like this. If one accidentally loses the battle, it might bring disaster to the whole family.

It has to be said that it is not unreasonable for Mei Hanzhi to stay as an official for so many years as a fourth-rank official. If he is so cautious in his words and deeds, he may only be a fourth-rank official in his life. It's not the fourth grade.

Xue Qiu didn't think too much, he just wanted to leave the capital, this place that caused him pain.He just wanted to let himself forget about Lin Daiyu and let go of the obsession in his heart.

Xue Qiu still doesn't know what kind of feelings Lin Daiyu has for him. He doesn't think about it, and he doesn't dare to think about it. This question is just like Shui Linglong asked him that day. There are only two of them. She gave Shui Linglong the same answer.The result given by Lin Daiyu will be more serious than her mother's objection.

Cheng You, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, asked: "Should the emperor draw up the imperial decree now, or wait until the time of the expedition—?"

The emperor smiled, "Naturally, the imperial decree will be issued when we go out for battle!"

Ji Zhou laughed and said, "Xue Qiu, hurry up and kneel down to thank you!"

Xue Qiu came back to his senses, knelt down and said loudly: "The minister will definitely live up to the emperor's entrustment!"

The emperor smiled and nodded, "General Zhennan, hehe! Hurry up! You go back and explain it, and you will leave in two days. I believe that you can write such articles and have such deep insights, and you will be able to rectify the coastal defense and wipe out those Pirates!"

Xue Qiu answered with a bow.

Are you leaving in two days?Xue Qiu smiled, Xue Qiu didn't know why he felt a bit of bitterness in his heart.

This is not exactly what I hoped for!