Ruins of the past

A few days later, Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang from the north gate, preparing to go to Beiyue Fucheng, while Qiao Zhi followed them from a distance.

Originally, Chu Qiguang wanted Qiao Zhi to stay in Qingyang County to watch over the monsters for him, but Qiao Zhi had to follow him.

Qiao Zhi said: "As long as they have white rice here in Qingyang County! This time you went to Beiyue Fucheng to compete in the ring. How could I not go and see it? I have been waiting for so many days and I didn't see you on the spot beating everyone down." Candidate, how can I sleep?!"

Even cat demons such as Bai Mi and Lulu jumped up after hearing this and expressed that they wanted to follow Chu Qiguang to watch him fight in the ring.

Chu Qiguang asked helplessly: "Do you cat people like to watch this kind of fun so much?"

Qiao Zhi said unconvinced: "What do you mean by our cat clan? Who in the world doesn't like to see this kind of thing? Can't we like it?"

In the end, Chu Qiguang only asked Qiao Zhi to follow him, while the other cat demons stayed in Qingyang County to continue their work.

Originally, Chu Qiguang also made an appointment with Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian, who were also taking the exam, to go on the road together. However, it turned out that these two people seemed to know Chu Qiguang's current reputation and were afraid of being implicated. They refused to go with him and went on their own first. Went to Beiyue Fucheng in one step.

So Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang and Qiao Zhi to the wild and took a ride on the Chongming Bird. In about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at a high altitude more than ten miles outside Beiyue Mansion City.

They found a deserted location to land. Chu Qiguang touched Jiji's head and watched the other person soar into the sky, hovering for a while before flying in the direction of Wangjiazhuang.

Chu Qiguang continued to take Chen Gang to Beiyue Fucheng. The place where they took the martial arts exam was at the Beiyue Gongyuan in the city. Because of the proximity to the Gongyuan, the nearby streets were all for commercial and residential use and were rented out to candidates during each martial arts exam. We, the rent is naturally much higher than before.

When Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang arrived, most of the candidates had arrived ten days and a half in advance. They wanted to find a courtyard to rent, but found that the entire courtyard was not available for rent. They could only find a single room to rent for a month. It only cost ten taels of silver, which was so expensive that Qiao Zhi kept meowing.

After Chu Qiguang was welcomed into the room by the store owner, he was directly handed over to Chen Gang to clean up.

At this moment, a candidate who lived opposite him came out, cupped his hands towards Chu Qiguang and said, "I am Tao Zhiyue, a person from Liyang."

Chu Qiguang clasped his fists and said, "Chu Qiguang is from Qingyang County."

When Tao Zhiyue heard Chu Qiguang's name, he immediately frowned: "Your Excellency, is this Chu Qiguang who led a group of unruly people to surround Qingyuan?"

Qingyuan is the Ding family's residence. Chu Qiguang could only nod his head when he heard this: "That's right."

Tao Zhiyue snorted when he heard this, and his face instantly turned into a cold expression. He shook his sleeves and wanted to go back to the room. He seemed completely unwilling to say another word to Chu Qiguang. Before entering the room, He couldn't help but say: "You have martial arts but no virtue, so please take care of yourself."

The door of the wing room on the other side was also opened, and it seemed that a servant was poking his head and looking at the situation here.

In addition to Chu Qiguang and Tao Zhiyue, there are two wing rooms in this courtyard where candidates live, but they also ignore Chu Qiguang and look distant.

Qiao Zhi hid on the eaves and said to Chu Qiguang bitterly in his heart: "When you get on stage, you must teach these guys a lesson. And that Tao Zhiyue, I have an impression of this person, he should be in the future It’s the one who got hit by Wu Jinshi.”

Chu Qiguang knew that the people who could impress Qiao Zhi were definitely not simple, so he immediately asked what was so special about Tao Zhiyue.

Qiao Zhi said: "This man took the official route after becoming a Jinshi. He should have been a censor for more than ten years. All cabinet ministers were impeached by him. He has always been known for his integrity and fearlessness of powerful people."

Chu Qiguang said: "Oh? Is he an upright official?"

Qiao Zhi chuckled secretly and said: "When the wolf tribe went south to attack the city, this guy was the first to surrender with his servants, and even helped to open the city gate. Later, he also instigated many ministers of the Han Dynasty to rebel, and was knighted by the wolf tribe."

Chu Qiguang nodded and understood: "Political opportunist."

And then Chu Qiguang finally realized how bad his reputation was now. He was often pointed at by other candidates when he walked on the road. Chen Gang was teased when he went out to fetch water and food.

Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian, who were also from Qingyang County, even pretended not to know Chu Qiguang for fear of being offended.

"Totally isolated."

Chu Qiguang felt the attitudes of the candidates these days and thought to himself: "The martial arts and scholarly atmosphere in Beiyue Mansion are completely controlled by the Tianyu School."

"If the entire Lingzhou... or even the entire north is like this, the martial arts masters of the Tianyu School and the high-ranking officials of the imperial court will form a party... which will be enough to affect the structure of the court and even fight against the imperial power."

"This should be the reason why Emperor Yong'an wants to take Fei Yi down and pull Wu Siqi up. This is to find a target for the Tianyu School. He will watch Wu Siqi and the people from the Tianyu School fight back and forth below, and he will be the referee... ...Only in this way can we sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and control the situation of the government."

Qiao Zhi listened to Chu Qiguang's thoughts and suddenly realized: "Then Emperor Yong'an is very powerful, let's call it the art of the emperor!"

"It is indeed powerful, but the leader of a country should not be overly indulged in political tactics, otherwise there will be too much internal friction and it will not be beneficial to the country."

Chu Qiguang touched his chin and didn't think more about it, but that night, someone came to the door.

It was a middle-aged man with a goatee, a well-known doctor in Qingyang County. Hao Xiangtong paid him to follow Chu Qiguang, and he also carried several boxes of pills to stop bleeding, relieve pain, and kill people. .

Chu Qiguang said helplessly: "This woman plans to hire a doctor to rescue me at any time."

"That's too much! These candidates from Beiyue Mansion are so unruly!" Qiao Zhi jumped in from outside the yard angrily: "They are actually betting on who can destroy you, Chu Qiguang, you must be ruthless Hit me! I’m so angry!”

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Another three days passed, and the gate of Gongyuan opened, and it was finally time to go through the application procedures.

Chu Qiguang also ran to line up, but was naturally given the cold shoulder again.

Just when he finished the formalities and came out, he saw that the street suddenly became noisy, as if some big shot came to participate in martial arts.

After Chu Qiguang returned to the courtyard, he asked Chen Gang to inquire on the street. Only then did he find out that a man named Jiang Longyu had come to apply for the exam, which immediately caused a small sensation.

Chu Qiguang had never heard of this name, but Qiao Zhi on the side said in surprise: "Jiang Longyu is here? Did he take the child examination in Beiyue Mansion?"

Chu Qiguang asked curiously: "Who is this Jiang Longyu?"

After Qiao Zhi introduced him, Chu Qiguang knew the origin of this person.

It is said that the Han royal family controls Diyuan Wuge, who is the best at feng shui and destiny among the twenty-five righteous laws, and even summoned talents from all over the world who are good at divination to enter Qintian Prison.

The royal family of the Han Dynasty, who were so good at divination, would naturally divulge the fate of the country and predict the future every year.

And the current Emperor Yong'an worked with Qin Tianjian to predict the fate of the country more than ten years ago, and calculated that the strength of the Han Dynasty was declining, but if he could find and conquer "Shuanglong accompanied by thunder to travel through the eight wastes, the five-star Dingding Town Center" The eight talents in this sentence can reverse the fate of the country and make the Han Dynasty prosperous for another hundred years.

Qiao Zhi said: "These eight people are collectively called the Eight Generals of the Prosperous Han Dynasty. Over the years, Emperor Yong'an has been looking for these eight talents based on the calculated fate. Jiang Longyu is one of them. He has been carefully cultivated since he was a child. Thirteen I passed the child examination and became a martial arts student at the age of 10. Who would have thought it would be this year?"

George rolled his eyes again and said: "By the way, this kid is the first to be found among the eight generals of Xinghan. He has been praised to the sky since he was a child, but he is famous for his arrogance."

But the excitement outside had nothing to do with Chu Qiguang. He spent another day practicing martial arts and meditating, and finally it was time for the official exam.