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Chapter 98 Qilin, returns!
Li Guanyi didn't expect that it wasn't Xue Shuangtao who was playing the piano. Seeing Xue Shuangtao's smug look, he was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands lightly and said calmly:
"It's beautiful."

Xue Shuangtao originally intended to 'scare' Li Guanyi, but the latter's frank and straightforward answer made her feel a little embarrassed. She raised her fingers to the black hair tangled in her temples and said unconvincedly: "Really, you are good at talking."

"But, are all great talents only able to say these two words?"

Li Guanyi thought for a while and replied:
"Those poems are what I heard while traveling, they are not my own poems."

"Besides, poetry has some embellishment and technique."

"Compared to that, I still think these two words can better express my feelings."

Xue Shuangtao's face turned slightly red.

She hadn't seen him for a while, and she felt a little embarrassed, especially when her aunt smiled, which made her feel uncomfortable. She quickly walked to her seat and sat down. After three rounds of wine, Concubine Xue raised her tea and said with a smile, "I'm pregnant, so I won't drink. But I heard that my Xue family's Qilin son is still as talented as he was when he was young."

"You learned to read and write at the age of three, and held a bow at the age of five. It has been ten years since then."

"Your father and brother were very strict with you. After I entered the palace, we rarely met. Today is a rare opportunity for us to meet. No, no, you must write me another poem."

Concubine Xue talked about Li Guanyi's past with a smile.

The young man realized that among the maids in the palace, there might be other concubines in the harem, or even the emperor's eyes. This was to reversely use their eyes to further confirm Li Guanyi's identity, so he raised his glass and smiled, "Since it was said by aunt, then Guanyi naturally has to write a poem."

Concubine Xue was satisfied with the young man's intelligence and said with a smile, "Okay."

"Today is still spring, Guanyi will use "Spring" as the theme. Please write a poem, whether it is poetry or lyrics, it is up to you."

"Well written. Auntie has a gift for you."

Concubine Xue smiled.

Li Guanyi thought about it. He had used the exiled immortal and Liu Sanbian before, but he could not use them at the same level this time. Li Guanyi remembered a poem, walked out with a teacup, paced several times, and chanted:
"Water is like the horizontal waves of the eyes, and mountains are like the peaks of eyebrows."

"Want to ask the passerby where to go?"

"The eyes and eyebrows are full of joy."

This poem refers to the mountains and rivers of Jiangnan as beauties, with a brisk style. However, the most wonderful part is the "Qianwan" and "Spring stays" in the second half. Li Guanyi was thinking about how to change the inappropriate part at the end, and his tone paused, when he heard a pleasant laugh.

The laughter was so cheerful that Li Guanyi was stunned. For a moment, he doubted himself and wondered if there was something wrong with this poem. But then he saw Concubine Xue smiling. Xue Shuangtao said, "Aunt, Li..."

She paused, thinking of her aunt's words and arrangements, and said hesitantly:
"Is there anything wrong with what my cousin said?"

Although the girl knew that it was to protect Li Guanyi.

A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. He wants to use the Xue family to protect him.

But when she said the word "cousin", she inexplicably had an indescribable feeling. She felt like she was getting goosebumps and her face turned slightly red. It was not because she was shy, but a strange sense of shame, with a feeling of being socially awkward in front of her best friends. However, Concubine Xue smiled particularly happily.

She held out her hand for the girl to come over, and looked closely at her exquisitely beautiful niece in a red dress.

He stretched out his finger, pointed at the girl's almond-shaped eyes with a smile, and said with a smile:
"The water is like mist."

He brushed the girl's dark eyebrows with his fingers: "The mountain is where the eyebrows converge."

He put his arm around Xue Shuangtao again, pointed at the young man over there, and said with a smile:

"If you ask a pedestrian where he is going."

His finger drew an arc, and finally pointed at Xue Shuangtao's eyes, and said with a smile:
"Eyebrows and eyes, full of beauty."

"It's a good word, a good word."

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Xue Shuangtao's face turned red suddenly. He stood up suddenly and broke free from his aunt's arms. He stared at Li Guanyi with wide eyes, and said "you" for a long time. He stamped his feet and returned to his seat, which caused Concubine Xue to laugh. Li Guanyi was dumbfounded. He realized that this poem could be interpreted in this way?

Can you say that?

The young man immediately realized one thing.

Concubine Xue, is she an expert flirter?
The bad girl who was dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse back then?
He turned his head and saw the old man Xue Daoyong's mouth twitching. The face of the tiger of troubled times no longer had the majestic and vigorous spirit it had before. Instead, he almost raised his hands to cover his face, which showed a bit of family misfortune.

Imperial Concubine Xue smiled happily, clapped her hands, and said, "Well, this half of the poem is already the best in the world. Auntie will definitely give you a good gift. Good child, good child, go back and sit down."

Li Guanyi sat there obediently.

Xue Changqing expressed his utmost respect to the gentleman who had suddenly become his 'distant cousin who held you in his arms when you were a child and knew you wet the bed, but later went into seclusion to practice Buddhism'.

The food at the banquet was delicious, but Li Guanyi thought it was a pity that he couldn’t take any food away.

It's the end of spring and the temperature has gradually risen. Even if it is transported by fast horses, it must have changed its taste by the time it reaches Guanyi City. Otherwise, I really hope to let my aunt have a taste too.

Suddenly I felt as if someone kicked me.

Li Guanyi slightly turned sideways and saw the girl sitting next to him stretching out one leg.

He kicked himself lightly in annoyance.

His face was red and his almond-shaped eyes were wide open and glaring at him.

Li Guanyi grinned and ignored her. It was only because the young lady's movements became more and more violent that he moved his wrist, pressed down the young lady's ankle, and said, "That's not what I meant."

Who knew the eldest lady would be even more angry.

"Before that, the raging waves and frost and snow were also a coincidence?"

"How have you met so many great talents?"

"And those great talents all know me?"

Li Guanyi felt that he couldn't explain himself by jumping into the river. Concubine Xue was not as dignified as when they first met. She was just like an ordinary rich family's family banquet. After the banquet, Concubine Xue smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I saw my father, and it's been a long time since I played chess with you. I must play a few games today."

Xue Daoyong shook his head helplessly and followed his daughter to play chess. Xue Shuangtao had originally planned to have a chat with Li Guanyi, but now he was embarrassed and angry, so he ran to watch the chess game. Li Guanyi simply paced into the courtyard of the palace and looked up at the sky.

The seven White Tiger stars have risen.

He concentrated his mind and silently deduced the Qilin formation diagram. The [Emperor's Book of Scriptures] was extremely difficult and extremely hard to master. Li Guanyi was in the palace at the moment. He looked up and identified the stars before he could barely find some clues.

The White Tiger is in the sky, and the body is in the West Garden.

The Vermillion Bird is in the south, the palace is in the north, the four symbols are circulating, and the Qilin is in the center.

Li Guanyi put his palm down under his sleeves and calculated quickly, his forehead gradually turning white. This was entirely due to his grasp of the formation. He could vaguely sense the location of Qilin Palace, but as Zu Wenyuan said, this formation was alive and was constantly changing.

He was confined to this palace and could not change his body shape. Once he found the right formation point, he would move away and change again in the next second. It was like using a bamboo hat to hold water, any amount of water would slip away. Li Guanyi looked at the courtyard of this palace. Walking out of there was the avenue and the palace.

No one was watching him at the moment.

But Li Guanyi was silent for a long time and finally gave up. Although he could deduce the formation and find Qilin by entering the palace, there were many masters in the palace, as well as the Imperial Guards and the Jinwu Guards. Once discovered, he would be fine, but it would also implicate Old Xue.

Just as he turned around to go back to play chess, he suddenly heard footsteps passing by.

"Hahaha, have you two been waiting for too long? I was too engrossed in the scenery in the palace."

"My hometown is really poor. It is outside the Great Wall and in the Western Regions. I have never seen the splendor of the Central Plains." Li Guanyi was slightly surprised by the words spoken with a Tiele accent, but he saw eunuchs and guards surrounding a person walking on the road outside the palace gate, with torches held high, illuminating the road like daylight.

The young man who was surrounded had bronze skin and a tall stature.

It was the young man carrying the donkey whom Li Guanyi had seen at the city gate. He was standing at the gate. The young man had sharp eyes and saw him immediately. He stopped in his tracks, with a look of surprise and joy on his face. He smiled and said, "Haha, it's you!"

The eunuchs stopped and were surprised that the young man did not enter the palace of Concubine Xue.

He just waved at Li Guanyi and smiled: "Friend, you are here too!"

"Did the Saint Emperor invite you to come here for a night tour?"

Li Guanyi replied: "I am from the Xue family, and my aunt is a royal concubine, so I came here for a family dinner." The eunuchs recognized the young man in front of them. The leader was the godson of the eunuch in charge of ceremonies, and they were surprised.

The young men of the Tiele tribe did not know the etiquette of the Central Plains.

Inside the palace, I met someone I had met before and we got along quite well.

He was extremely happy and invited enthusiastically: "Since you are here too, would you like to go to the night palace with me? His Majesty the Saint Emperor has specially issued an order to allow us to enjoy the scenery. He said that what the Central Plains pays attention to is watching flowers under the moon and viewing the scenery under the lights. What a special experience." "We meet again today. We are very destined. Would you like to join us?"

Li Guanyi's heart moved slightly.

He looked at the eunuchs and guards over there and said, "The taboos in the palace are very strict. I'm afraid I can't accompany you."

The Tiele youth looked regretful and asked the eunuch, "Is it really not possible?"

The eunuch hesitated.

According to the emperor's will, although this young man is young, he has a different status. All his requests can be granted within a certain range. Even if he likes a palace maid in the palace, she can be given to him as a sign of favor. In addition, the young man in front of him is a member of the Xue family.

I was originally invited to attend a banquet at the palace.

Most importantly, his godfather thinks highly of this young captain.

So, the eunuch hesitated for only a moment, then held a bright yellow scroll in his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has ordered us to cooperate with the Khan's request. This young hero of our country is more talented in literature and martial arts than his peers. He is also a royal relative, so there will be no problem."

The Khan was overjoyed and said, "Good brother!"

"Come!"

Li Guanyi turned around and spoke to the palace maid next to him, asking her to inform Mr. Yu Xue, then he turned around and walked over.

I just spent an hour deducing the formation in a place.

Although because this [Four Symbols Soul Sealing Array] is extremely mysterious, like a living thing, constantly changing from beginning to end, Li Guanyi could not gain much from his deduction in this palace, but when he walked out of here, it was like breaking a deadlock in chess, and the aura changed in an instant.

Li Guanyi clearly felt the existence of the Qilin Formation.

It was as if he had already sensed every part.

At this moment, he could even feel the ripples caused by a stone hitting the water. Within three breaths, Li Guan grasped the location of the Qilin Palace in an instant. When he determined the position of the Qilin, the entire "Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Array" unfolded before his eyes.

Just like determining the center of a formation, Li Guanyi's thoughts and contemplations, as well as his understanding of what he had learned during this period of time, instantly became active.

At the same time, the young man had already grasped his arm, and they were walking together, saying:

"I never thought that you were actually a royal relative."

Li Guanyi said: "I didn't expect that you are the Khan of Tiele tribe."

The young man laughed.

He habitually stretched out his hand to pat the knife at his waist.

But when they entered the palace, all the weapons had been taken away.

Even if it was Yuwen Lie, no matter how arrogant and rebellious he was, no matter how much he looked down on the emperor of Chen, he still needed to put down his weapons, enter the palace with his weapons, and go into the palace with his sword and shoes. Over the years, only the King of Puyang had such a precedent.

He could only scratch his waist awkwardly and said, "What are you talking about Khan?"

"My last name is Qibi, and my name means "Li" which means strength."

"There are only a few thousand households left in our Tiele tribe, which is less than the population of a town in the Central Plains. Even in the Western Regions, it is already a tribe that cannot be any smaller, so we can't help but want to come here for help."

"We suffered a lot when Tuyuhun was here. We were treated like slaves."

"Now the Tanguts are also about to rise up. We should think that we can no longer be slaves to them."

"So everyone pooled some money together and said I was the Khan, and sent me out."

Li Guanyi and Qibili were chatting while looking at the imperial palace in the night.

But in his heart, the entire palace seemed to have turned into an enormous formation diagram. Every step he took caused ripples. When the ripples encountered another formation node, they would bounce back. Eventually, the formation was finally fully understood in the young man's heart.

He stood at a node and said with emotion: "The scenery here is really beautiful."

Qibili looked around in confusion. Although he didn't think it was very pretty, he wouldn't say much when his friend was talking to him. He just smiled and said, "Yes, it's pretty!"

The eunuchs and guards all stopped and watched the two of them chatting and enjoying the scenery.

The two men stopped and were happy to rest.

Li Guanyi chatted with the Khan of the Tiele tribe.

He finally stood on an active node.

So his aura sensitively slipped in through the gap of the top formation of Qilin Palace and came into contact with the core existence. The fiery aura roared in anger for a moment, and then it seemed to instantly realize who the aura that appeared in the formation was.

Then the rage instantly turned into astonishment.

"!!! It's you?!"

Qilin's voice rose in Li Guanyi's heart. After being surprised, he immediately asked, "What are you doing here?! Have you been arrested?!"

"I'm here to get you out!"

"do not be afraid!"

Li Guanyi lowered his eyes and whispered in his heart: "No, I just sneaked in."

"Don't riot, or I'll be exposed."

The violent aura of Qilin calmed down.

He could feel that the huge formation seemed unable to find Li Guanyi. The young man's breath was very sharp. He calmed down and said, "You came here..." When he first met Li Guanyi, he was extremely excited, but now he was a little hesitant, even timid.

The closer you are to home, the more timid you become. Human emotions can also be felt in mythical beasts.

Finally, He was silent for a long time, and only said: "What's your name..."

The Tiele Khan also smiled and said, "I haven't asked you what your name is yet?"

As soon as Li Guanyi opened his mouth, he said, "My name is Li Guanyi."

The boy smiles:

“One in a million.”

Tiele Khan just praised: "What a courage!"

Qilin's aura began to fluctuate violently.

The son of an old friend came.

He seemed to see the heroic young man again.

The voice was sad, and after a long while, Qilin's voice said resolutely: "Good boy."

"Li Guanyi, don't come here again."

The Qilin's aura suddenly weakened, and the Qilin's aura that was separated from the Four Symbols Seal Array flowed suddenly towards Li Guanyi. Li Guanyi felt a warm breath appearing in his heart, and the Qilin's soul fell into his body.

This is a gift in itself.

It is a gift from Qilin.

Such a gift would itself dissipate a part, but the bronze tripod suddenly whistled on its own.

All this divine charm fell on the cauldron.

Then, on the bronze tripod, in the center of the dragon, tiger, phoenix and tortoise, the fifth pattern slowly appeared!
Central Kirin!

reset!

(End of this chapter)