Chapter 214: A Chance Encounter
Yang Jian came to Flame City, and he was disheartened. Although he is the eighth prince, he is getting farther and farther away from the throne. Several brothers are also very good, and now they are assigned to the border cities.
Although Flame City has developed rapidly in the past two years, compared to the throne, it is not half a point. Since he came to Flame City, he is catching up with the Flame City competition, and no one can take care of himself. Now he is a partial general in the barracks, although Li Sanchang is extremely respectful to him, he has never had a taste in his heart.
Fortunately, Yang Jian's temperament is relatively good, and he quickly adjusted his mentality and entered his role. Every day, he trained with soldiers in the barracks, and put down his princely figure.
"His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, Marquis Annan invites you to dinner tonight and gives you a reception. ”
Li Sanchang rushed over to tell him the news, Yang had been here for several days, and Annanhou had not seen him until now. Under normal circumstances, this should not happen, mainly because Annanhou has been too busy recently.
The reception banquet was placed in the Xu Mansion, because there were too many people in the Zhao family's mansion, and there were more people in the city lord's mansion today. And Annan Hou did not have his own separate mansion in Flame City, in order to show his attention, he invited Yang Jian to a banquet in Xu Mansion.
"See His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince. Seeing Yang Jian, Lin Guozhong was about to kneel on the ground and salute.
"Annanhou, you can't give me such a big gift, I can't afford it. "Yang Jian is a smart person, although his Yang family is noble, but now he has a request for the Lin family, he must give enough face to the Lin family, and he will not be bound by this so-called etiquette. Besides, he is still a partial general under Lin Guozhong, and he can't put this score.
"Your Royal Highness, I will borrow the place of Xu Mansion to invite you to a banquet tonight. You know that there are too many things going on in Flame City these days, and Qinghuang Hou has been very busy these days. He came to make amends for you tonight, and after the two days of his busy work, he wanted to welcome you solemnly. Lin Guozhong explained.
"Marquis Annan, these are trivial matters, you don't have to take them to heart. Since everyone has time tonight, you're welcome, so let's meet and chat with you. ”
Although Yang Jian is young, he is an old man with good methods, and he is extremely smart, and he usually does not do things publicly. Although he is only twenty-four years old this year, he has already entered the God Refining Realm, and his cultivation talent is extremely high.
"Greetings to His Highness the Eighth. When Lin Guozhong led Yang Jian to Xu's mansion, Zhao Zhenduo and Xu Baichuan hurried over to greet him.
Yang Jian stopped them from making a big salute, he understood the importance of the Zhao family to his Yang family, and he didn't dare to hold it up.
"Please excuse me, you two, I'm bothering you tonight. Yang Jian hurriedly gave them a gift in return.
Zhao Zhenduo and Xu Baichuan saw that Yang Jian was so sensible, and secretly praised him in their hearts.
There were not many people who ate together at night, Lin Guozhong asked Yang Jian to sit on the main seat, Yang Jian did not agree, and in the end Lin Guozhong sat on the main seat.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Zhenduo introduced the recent Flame City competition to Yang Jian. After listening to this, Yang Jian gave a thumbs up to the Zhao family, and he sincerely thanked the Zhao family for everything they had done.
"Eighth Highness, wait a while, my nephew Zhao Fei will come over to toast you with a few glasses of wine, he has something to do and come a little late. Zhao Zhenduo talked about it.
"Well, I've heard a lot of legends about him, and I'll be very happy to see him today. Yang Jian has more expectations.
Zhao Fei came very late, if everyone hadn't been waiting for him, maybe the banquet would have ended long ago.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Eight, because some things are a little more complicated, I'm late, and I ask Your Highness to atone for your sins. Zhao Fei hugged his fists and saluted, he didn't make a big salute like Zhao Zhenduo and others.
"Brother Zhao, no matter how late you come, I will wait for you. I'm honored to meet you, how can I blame you?" when Yang Jian finished speaking, everyone was taken aback.
Yang Jian actually called Zhao Fei eldest brother, he actually put his posture so low, which ordinary people can't do at all.
Usually which of those princes is not high? Even the court officials have to pay a big salute when they see them. And now Yang Jian actually lowered himself and called Zhao Fei a brother.
This is Lin Guozhong's thoughts, Zhao Fei didn't think about it so much. He didn't have a half-official position, and he didn't talk about those courtesies. He poured three glasses of wine and drank three glasses with Yang Jian, and then toasted everyone with three glasses.
Although Li Sanchang is a general, he is more restrained in front of Zhao Fei than in front of Yang Jian. He was able to have today because of Zhao Fei, and he respected Zhao Fei from the bottom of his bones.
"General Li, that's right, you've reached the ninth order of the Liandi Realm, you should have touched the threshold of the God Refining Realm, right?" Zhao Fei asked with a smile.
"Thank you Zhao Gongzi for your concern, without your help, I wouldn't have achieved today's achievements, maybe I will be able to break through in the near future." Li Sanchang said happily.
"Good. You can advance and help a lot in the current situation. Zhao Fei complimented him.
"Brother Zhao, when the big competition is over, can I visit Qinghuang Academy, and study there for a while by the way. Yang Jian looked at Zhao Fei with expectant eyes.
"No problem, you are always welcome at Qinghuang Academy. Zhao Fei readily agreed.
Then everyone chatted for a while and ended today's dinner, and Li Sanchang was responsible for sending Yang Jian back to the barracks.
"What does the emperor mean? At this time, he sent the Eighth Emperor to Flame City, what did he want to do? Do you want to use the Eighth Emperor to supervise us?" Zhao Zhenduo was a little puzzled.
"That's not it, if you want to use the Eighth Prince to spy on us, you should give him a higher position. Now he is only given a partial general position, and he is obviously demoted from the imperial capital. Lin Guozhong shook his head and said.
Zhao Fei didn't speak, he had been thinking about this question, all this was full of weirdness, he felt that things were not so simple.
"What is Yang Jian's usual behavior, and what is the emperor's attitude towards him?" Zhao Fei asked Lin Guozhong.
"This son has an excellent heart, is intelligent, and full of self-motivation. Although he is twenty-four years old, he has not yet been married. The other princes were in their teens and twenties. In the imperial capital, his reputation is the best among the princes, and he acts eclecticly and decisively, this son is not bad. Lin Guozhong praised Yang Jian.
Hearing this, Zhao Fei nodded, and he suddenly had a bold idea in his heart: "This Yang Jian is likely to be the future emperor." But he didn't put his thoughts out there.
"Since he's so low-key and has been courting us, then we have to show him something as well. If you go down, no one is allowed to contradict the Eighth Prince, and you must be respectful to him. ”
After Zhao Fei finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, and everyone had a very good impression of Yang Jian.
The Great Tournament of Flame City ended after three days, and due to the control of the realm this year, it was only the ninth order of the Refining Realm that finally won the championship of the Great Competition.
No one pays attention to this champion, and no one pays attention to rewards, what everyone values is to be selected by the Zhao family and to be able to enter Qinghuang Academy for training.
In this big competition, Qinghuang Academy selected 8,000 people. These people will be arranged to study at Qinghuang Academy, and those who are selected are very excited.
Zhao Fei returned to Qinghuang Town from Flame City, Yang Jian followed Zhao Fei to Qinghuang Town, and Zhao Fei arranged him in Qinghuang Academy. Since he is here to study, he has to let go of his identity as a prince, and Zhao Fei will not get used to him.
Yang Jian was stunned by the scale of Qinghuang Academy, everything here made him feel strange, and he was deeply attracted by this place.
"Who are you?Why haven't I seen you before?" The next morning, Yang Jian met Zhao Chun in the academy, and Zhao Chun was very curious when he saw Yang Jian.
When Yang Jian saw Zhao Chun for the first time, he was deeply attracted by him. This girl was so beautiful, at most twenty years old, she had actually reached the ninth level of the Refining God Realm, and this cultivation talent shocked him.
"Hehe, I just came, my name is Yang Jian. Who are you, can you tell me?"
"No wonder I don't know you, it's new. My name is Zhao Chun, Zhao Fei's sister. ”
"It turned out to be Zhao Chun's sister, I just recognized Zhao Fei as my eldest brother, and you will also be my sister in the future. Yang Jian hurriedly patted his chest and said.
"Hehe, I don't know if what you're saying is true or not. Zhao Chun said with a smile.
Zhao Chun's smile became more beautiful, and Yang Jian's soul was taken away by her.
"Sister Zhao Chun, where are you going?" Yang Jian hurriedly asked.
"Where can I go in the academy? I went to Sister Yu'er's house and helped her with housework, she was pregnant and inconvenient. ”
"Is it Zhao Yu'er?" Yang Jian had already learned about the Zhao family before he came, and he knew Zhao Yu'er.
"I'll go with you, and I'll do the work. Yang Jian volunteered.
Zhao Chun did not refuse him, and took him to a separate courtyard of the academy. Xu Ruyi and Zhao Yu'er usually live here, and they rarely return to Flame City.
The entire Qinghuang Academy is now mainly managed by Xu Ruyi, this guy has a very good set of rules, and manages the college in an orderly manner.
"Zhao Chun, why are you here?" asked Zhao Yu'er with a big belly.
"Sister, there aren't many things going on today, I'll come over to help you clean up. Zhao Chun stuck out his tongue and said.
"Haha. I don't dare to let your sister-in-law work, I can't afford you. Xu Ruyi said on the side.
", I want to vomit when I see your fake look, you wish I could come to your house as a servant. Zhao Chun yelled at Xu Ruyi.
They have been together for a long time, they are all too familiar, and joking is a norm.
"Who is this?" asked Zhao Chun.
"This guy said that he was the eldest brother's little brother, and I don't know if it's true or not, I just met, and he has to come together. ”
"Hello Sister Yu'er, my name is Yang Jian, Brother Fei's little brother, I only arrived last night, so I will take care of me in the future. Yang Jian nodded and said.
"This person is a thief, not like a good person, you believe him so much? Your name is Zhao Chun, in fact, you should be called Simple. Xu Ruyi shook his head and said.
"Sister, he's a little shameless, am I simple? Zhao Chun spat at Xu Ruyi.
"Hahahaha. Can you stop when you meet? When you meet, you can pinch it, and it's all a habit. Zhao Yuer said with a smile.
"Sister Yu'er, if there is something you tell me to do, I am diligent. Zhao Jian hurriedly asked beside him.
"Drag the floor aside and wipe down all the furniture. Zhao Chun said unceremoniously.
"Okay, I'll do it now. Yang Jian picked up the mop and immediately started drying.
"Zhao Chun, you are too much, how can you let the guests work?" Zhao Yu'er hurriedly stopped.
"It's okay, whoever asked him to come with him, since he came, he has to work. Zhao Yuer said confidently.