The eyes of the fifth prince and the sixth prince also shuttled among the scholars and talents present, and they muttered secretly.

The talents present who were not selected began to gather around the five princes and the six princes, and the most people approached the five princes, and the five princes treated the talents who took the initiative to vote very kindly, and finally selected the six people who were very famous in the various academies in Beijing.

The number of people on the side of the Six Princes was smaller, but in the end, the Six Princes also selected five wise men for themselves.

There were still people who didn't want to get close to the prince, so they ran to get close to Xue Xingyi, but Xue Xingyi was indifferent from beginning to end, and no matter who came, he only replied: "Thank you, I don't need it." ”

Mu Zhizhen's attitude was much more amiable than Xue Xingyi's, but he also gently rejected those who voluntarily came to help.

So in the end, in addition to Li Heng, Xue Xingyi and Mu Zhizhen, the other seven people selected by Mr. Qiu had at least one helper by their side, and of course the largest number of people around them were the five princes.

Mr. Qiu did not interfere with the standing of the crowd and did not express any opinion, and seemed to be a little happy to see it, he drank his tea on the side, beckoned to the maid who was waiting on the side, and whispered something to her, the maid nodded and went down, and after a short time came back with a tray covered with red cloth and put it on the small table beside Mr. Qiu.

At this time, everyone was roughly finished standing in line, and everyone noticed the tray covered with red cloth next to Mr. Qiu, and they couldn't help but secretly guess what was inside.

Mr. Qiu saw that the flower hall was gradually quieting, so he directly uncovered the red cloth on the tray next to him, and everyone looked at each other when they saw the things on the tray. I don't know what Mr. Qiu means by this, because what is on the tray is a deck of leaf cards.

Li Heng looked up and smiled, but after thinking about it, he frowned again and turned his head to Yuan and said, "Eh, you said that this old man is endless? Does he have to force the master to be his apprentice? Even the way to pick an apprentice is deliberately chosen by a young master......! Really!"

Yuan gradually returned Li Heng's big eyes.

The fifth prince in the flower hall asked, "Sir, what is this?"

Mr. Qiu smiled slightly: "The first level, draw lots." ”

The fifth prince was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Mr. Qiu meant, so the sixth prince next to him asked, "Sir, what is the lottery?"

Mr. Qiu stroked his beard and said slowly, "The old man said it." The old man accepted the students first to meet the old man's eyes. Again...... It is to obey the will of God. So after a while, the black ones who are drawn will stay, and the red ones will be eliminated, and you will come one by one, and the number of red and black lots will be the same. So the chances are the same. ”

Mr. Qiu motioned to the maid to show the leaf plaque to the crowd. Everyone came over to take a look, and sure enough, this leaf card was different from what everyone was familiar with on weekdays. This deck of leaves is custom-made and only red and black.

Everyone felt that Mr. Qiu's way of choosing apprentices was too simple and crude, and it was too childish for such a big thing as the Holy Companions. But no one dared to stand up and say that Mr. Qiu's actions were wrong, and even the Fifth and Sixth Princes remained silent after a moment of silence.

Seeing that no one spoke, the fifth prince said, "Sir, this is ...... I wonder how many people can be left in this ring?"

Mr. Qiu said lightly: "Only three people remained." ”

The fifth prince couldn't help frowning when he heard this, that is, seven people were to be eliminated by lot!

A few days ago, the emperor once summoned Qiu Yu into the palace, and called several older princes to him and asked Qiu Yu what their qualifications were. Smart people know that the emperor means to imply that Qiu Yu accepted one or two of the princes as students, and Qiu Yu is indeed not a stupid person, he pointed to the six princes and the five princes among the princes without changing his face, saying that several highnesses are dragons and phoenixes among people, especially these two.

The emperor was very satisfied with Qiu Yu's knowledge of current affairs. So the five princes and the six princes will come to Taibai Mansion today.

Today, Qiu Yu did not refute the emperor's face, and he also picked out the fifth prince and the sixth prince among the individuals who met his eye, which was enough for him to give the emperor a deal.

However, Qiu Yu also said that the next draw of lots depends on the will of heaven, and even Qiu Yu himself cannot decide the result, so if the two princes do not win the black lot, even the emperor has no reason to cure Qiu Yu's crimes.

The fifth prince glanced at Qiu Yu and squinted slightly.

The sixth prince also frowned and looked at the people selected behind him. No wonder Qiu Yu was so generous to let them choose helpers before, and he also praised him as a great helper, but if they were eliminated by lottery, no matter how many people they had, it would be useless, and it would make people laugh.

Qiu Yu said: "If there is no objection, then let's start." ”

The fifth prince and the sixth prince glanced at each other, and at this point, even if they wanted to express their objections, it was useless. This Qiu Yu is really an old fox, and even the emperor was fooled by his previous obedient attitude.

Qiu Yu ignored the complicated feelings of the two princes, he beckoned the maid to come up and serve him to clean his hands and burn incense, and then walked to the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the flower hall and sat down, and placed the leaf cards in his hand on the table one by one, with a serious and focused expression, as if he was doing something very sacred at first sight.

He Linwan watched Qiu Yu's movements without blinking, and suddenly his heart moved, and when everyone was not paying attention, his fingers moved quickly and calculated.

Although Li Yu's eyes were also on Qiu Yu, it didn't mean that he ignored the movements of He Linwan who was sitting not far from him, Li Yu couldn't help but turn his head to look at He Linwan, when he saw He Linwan's dark and clean eyes, Li Yu was a little dazed, and for a moment he felt that what he saw was the person he had been thinking about for many years.

Li Heng looked at it, suddenly touched his head, and said with some confusion: "Why do I think this old man's movements are a little familiar?

Li Heng thought about it and looked at He Linwan suspiciously, but found that He Linwan was blocked by his brother, Li Heng shook his head and felt that he must have been thinking too much, he just suddenly remembered what kind of Nine Palace Bagua Array he put when He Linwan gambled with him last time, but it seemed to be different.

Mu Zhizhen, who was standing behind Mr. Qiu, watched Mr. Qiu's movements, his eyes flashed, and he looked in the direction of the private room in surprise.

This is...... Nine Palace Bagua Array Change?

Mu Zhizhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, Mr. Qiu's Nine Palace Bagua Array was much more exquisite than the one He Linwan put up last time, if he hadn't seen He Linwan set up the formation that time, he might not have found out that Mr. Qiu was setting up the formation today.

It's just that why are He Linwan and Mr. Qiu's methods of setting up the formation so similar? Could it be that He Linwan has any relationship with the Holy Gate? How is this possible!

Qiu Yu had already finished placing the cards and looked at the few people beside him: "Who will draw first?"

The five princes and the six princes did not mean to step forward first, and the others were also you look at me and I see that none of you stood up, Mu Zhizhen came back to his senses, and was thinking that he would step forward first but saw that someone was one step ahead of him and moved.

Xue Xingyi walked out and stood in front of the Eight Immortals table, and said lightly, "I'll go first." ”

Qiu Yu nodded, and everyone looked at Xue Zixu, wondering if he would draw a red or a black lot.

When Qiu Yu stopped placing the cards, He Linwan had already stopped the calculation in her heart, and at this moment she looked at Xue Xingyi standing in front of the table of the Eight Immortals and suddenly smiled mockingly, this formation was originally taught to Xue Xingyi by her when the two of them were idle. Xue Xingyi is a pragmatic person, and he despises the style of Fenghua Xueyue very much, and he has no patience for easy to learn formations and the like, but that time he really learned from her seriously.

I don't want to, but it comes in handy here.

Is it really providence?

Xue Xingyi looked down at the thirty-six cards on the table, but he didn't move for a long time.

Seeing that Xue Xingyi looked at the cards for a long time but didn't mean to do anything, the others looked at Xue Xingyi a little strangely, thinking that Xue Xingyi was embarrassed and didn't know which one to choose.

Someone was dissatisfied: "Xue Gongzi ......"

Xue Xingyi blinked, looked up at the person who spoke coldly, and then picked up the middle card without half a minute of hesitation and turned it over.

The others couldn't help but be a little disappointed when they looked at it, Xue Xingyi was so lucky that he actually won a black lottery.

Xue Xingyi didn't look at the card and let go at a glance.

Qiu Yu glanced at Xue Xingyi, smiled, and filled in the vacant card, seemingly casually changed the cards on the table a few positions, and then looked at everyone again: "Who is next?"

Someone thought that the chances of red and black were the same anyway, and it was better to draw late than early, so they stood up: "Come on, students." ”

The man looked at the cards carefully, and then turned over a card with pretended to be calm, not wanting to be a red sign. The scholar's face couldn't help but change, and he regretted how he had picked this one just now, and he obviously wanted to turn over the one next to him.

Qiu Yu changed the card again, and then another talented man came forward to draw, but it turned out to be a red sign.

When six people were drawn, and the rest of the five people except Xue Xingyi all drew red lots, the faces of the five princes and the six princes couldn't help but change slightly.

The fifth prince asked the few staff members he was looking for in a low voice, "Can you see any rules?"

The six people looked at each other for a while, and finally one of them hesitated and said: "Fifth Highness, the student is proficient in easy learning, and looking at Mr. Qiu's method of placing cards, it may have some relationship with the Bagua Array. ”

The fifth prince's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Can you be sure?"

The man thought about it, but shook his head with a wry smile: "The student just thinks it's a little similar, and I'm not sure." ”

The Fifth Prince couldn't help frowning.

The man thought for a moment and said, "But the five princes can try it according to the student's method." ”

The fifth prince had no other way at this time, so he nodded and said, "You can talk about it." ”

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