After blowing out the oil lamp, Liu Xiu took off his clothes, lay quietly on the bed, and continued to practice the Qi technique after reining in his mind, after a period of trying, he found that he did not need to make a loud noise, he only needed to breathe longer, and the impact of distress could be minimized, and it would not attract the attention of others.

I don't know how long it took, Liu Xiu was pulled out of that wonderful realm by the sound outside, the surroundings seemed to be very quiet, and it seemed to be very noisy, in addition to the sound of his own heartbeat was clear in his ears, Liu Xiu also heard the breathing of Lu Min in the inner room, and Liu Bei, who was sleeping opposite, didn't seem to be asleep yet, and kept turning over on the bed, although he didn't move much, but Liu Xiu knew that he was definitely not asleep.

Liu Xiu smiled silently, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Liu Bei opposite, Liu Bei was leaning sideways, and a ray of bright moonlight shining through the crack in the window shone on half of his face, his eyes closed.

Perhaps sensing Liu Xiu's gaze, Liu Bei turned over and left his back to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu watched quietly for a while, and suddenly called softly: "Xuande." ”

Liu Bei didn't say anything, and after a while, he answered as if he didn't have a voice, if it weren't for Liu Xiu's hearing seemed to have improved greatly, he would almost not be able to hear.

"Xuande, we have been promoted." Liu Xiu said softly: "Work hard." ”

Liu Bei's body stiffened, and after a while, he slowly turned around, looked at Liu Xiu with burning eyes, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised, revealing a somewhat shy smile. Liu Xiu clenched his fists and made a gesture of effort, Liu Bei nodded lightly, also raised his fists, then closed his eyes, and soon his breathing slowed down and sank into sleep.

During this questioning, Lu Min in the back room didn't make any sound, but Liu Xiu could hear that he had been holding his breath until he said that sentence, and Lu Min spit out that breath. Liu Xiu guessed that he should have been listening intently to the movement outside.

Lu Min asked him to change his name to Senior Brother, which means that he has now officially changed from a disciple of the Sect to a disciple of the Ascended Church, and he is a student of Lu Zhi in the real sense, but Liu Bei is not, although Lu Min also passed on the first part of his Shangshu, and did not explicitly let Liu Bei continue to call him Senior Brother, but he did not explicitly accept him. He also has to continue to see if Liu Bei has this qualification, in other words, to see if Liu Bei is valuable.

The two brothers of the same clan who started together have now distanced themselves, but Lu Min definitely doesn't want him to alienate Liu Bei because of this, Lu Min can be treated differently, but he Liu Xiu can't, because they are learning Confucianism, Confucianism pays the most attention to benevolence, pays attention to harmony and friendship between people, pays attention to father's kindness and filial piety, brother's friendship and brotherhood, if he is self-righteous because he is one step ahead and no longer takes into account Liu Bei's feelings, then he will be stained in Lu Min's impression.

Liu Xiu doesn't want and doesn't need to leave this stain, he doesn't have any taboos about Liu Bei, a big celebrity, now, and of course he doesn't have any special feelings, since he can accept Zhang Fei, the Five Tiger General, as a disciple, of course, he can also treat Liu Bei as a brother of the same clan, and properly express due care. He believed that not only Lu Min, but even his father Liu Yuanqi also hoped so.

As for whether Liu Bei thinks so, it is not in his consideration, he doesn't want to harm Liu Bei, but he will not believe Liu Bei unreservedly, after all, the reputation of this Shu emperor in history is not as glorious as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and if he is replaced, it is impossible to be indifferent to this change, and he will have some ideas.

Liu Bei can have this thought, that is his freedom, but Liu Xiu will not let his thoughts cause harm to him. At the same time, on the premise of ensuring that he is not harmed, he will not be stingy with his friendliness.

The heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of defending others is indispensable, this has always been another creed that Liu Xiu adheres to.

The next day, Liu Xiu got up at dawn according to his usual habit, went outside for a run, and then practiced boxing, and began to practice knife skills. In a battle with Yan Rou a few days ago, because he didn't grasp the strength well, he broke the knife, so Liu Xiu added a new task to himself to practice knife skills. Wu Jun Hou's knife technique is not complicated, the tricks are simple and direct, but the requirements for the use of strength are very high, Liu Xiu saw Wu Jun Hou with his own eyes to split a section of three or four feet long and two feet thick wooden stake into smooth halves, although his strength is far superior to Wu Jun Hou, but now he can only cut into a small half of the stake with a knife, and there is still a big distance from the level of Wu Jun Hou.

So he intensified his practice.

Liu Xiu believes that putting in more effort than ordinary people may not make you a top master, because it takes talent to become a top master, but at least there is a chance for you to become a master stronger than ordinary people, on the other hand, even if you have talent beyond ordinary people, if you don't work hard, you may be able to become a master, but it is impossible to become a top master just by talent, and it is more likely that you are just a pseudo-master who talks about it.

Hard work is not enough, but no effort is absolutely impossible.

Liu Xiu didn't practice fast, he carefully experienced the feeling of every movement, until he found that smooth feeling, and finally turned this feeling into an instinct, just like that progressive punch.

In the glittering sword light, the morning sun shot ten thousand rays of golden light into the earth.

Liu Xiu finished his morning exercise, slowly ran back to the post pavilion, and when he passed by Mao Yan's door, he nodded his head in the usual way, and then ignored Mao Yan's reaction and went straight back to his room. Lu Min had already gotten up and was eating with Liu Bei, seeing that Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed, he smiled and said, "It's okay, I haven't reached the time when someone is waiting, you can practice with peace of mind." ”

Liu Xiu thanked him, washed with the water and cloth towel prepared by Liu Bei, and sat down to eat together. After the meal, Lu Min confessed a few more words, and then left the post pavilion with Mao Yan and rushed to his home.

Liu Bei hurriedly sent away the dishes and chopsticks, and then spread out the bamboo slips and pen and ink, ready to complete the homework left by Lu Min, Liu Xiu couldn't help but smile when he saw that he looked like he was studying hard and making progress every day.

"Xuande, you have also improved."

"Hehe, with the big brother in front, how dare I fall behind." Liu Bei said with a smile: "I also want to become Mr.'s ascended disciple one day earlier, and if possible, I want to become his disciple." He stopped the pen in his hand, thought about it, raised his head and said to Liu Xiu: "Big brother, what do you think...... Is it possible for us to follow Mr. to Jingshi and study in Taixue? ”

Liu Xiu couldn't help but laugh: "Do you want to be a doctor?" ”

Liu Bei smiled shyly: "The doctor doesn't dare to think about it, but Mr. is solemn, if you want to get his recommendation, I probably have only this way to think of." Even if you are a Lang official in Beijing, it is better than being a county magistrate in Zhuo County. ”

"Why?" Liu Xiu was a little puzzled: "The county order's Yulu is about the same as Lang Guan." ”

"It's different." Liu Bei shook his head: "Lang Guan is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and there are many opportunities for promotion, once he is released, at least it is a county order, but if the county order promoted from the county official is not dismissed by the Three Dukes' Mansion, it is very difficult to be promoted." What's more, we are small households, how can we have any chance to be favored by those celebrities who are responsible for recommending. ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him and didn't speak, it seemed that he had given up on Li Ding's path, so he had to turn to the path of Lu Zhi by learning. Once Lu Zhi re-emerges, there are many opportunities to serve as 2,000 stones, and it is expected that he will become an official in the court.

It's just that, in this way, he seems to be getting farther and farther away from the original history.