Hearing Ji Qingchen's order, Zhang Rang didn't dare to disturb him anymore and bowed down and exited the study. However, he knew that His Royal Highness would definitely have something to call him later, so he didn't leave the courtyard, but stood respectfully at the door of the study and waited quietly.

However, what he didn't expect was that he had been waiting for an afternoon.

In the evening, Guo Quan came to Ji Qingchen to report the progress of the training of the "iron suit" in the past few days after finishing a day's training, and saw Zhang Rang standing quietly outside the door, so he asked Zhang Rang why he was standing at the door, Zhang Rang simply introduced the matter of the remnants of the first battalion given by the military department to him, Guo Quan's face was a little blue after listening, and he was silent and did not speak, but a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he had obviously moved to kill.

After another moment, Guo Xiang also hurried to the courtyard, and found that his brother and Zhang Rang were waiting outside the door, and after asking the reason, he was about to push the door in, but Guo persuaded her to stop and ask her not to make trouble.

Guo Xiang felt very aggrieved, he went in to comfort Brother Qingchen, how could he be said to be fooling? He pouted and glanced at Guo Quan, waited outside the study with a disgraceful expression, and muttered from time to time, "Isn't it just for a battalion of remnants?" Train them to the death, and I don't believe that I can't train an elite army. ”

"Shut up, what do you know about a girl?" Guo Quan's cold voice reprimanded, "It's not that we can't train elite soldiers, it's that Xu Zhen's battle book is about to be issued, and we don't have so much time to train." ”

"Then don't agree to his invitation to fight, is it possible that he will still kill in the house? Does he have the guts? Guo Xiang said unconvinced.

Since having Ji Qingchen as a backer, Guo Xiang, who usually reins in his arrogance and domineering, is now full of ambition, and sometimes he doesn't even listen to his brother Guo Quan's words, and will contradict Guo Quan's words.

"You—" Guo said angrily.

He really has a way to take this sister, so as long as Guo Xiang doesn't cause a big incident and make a big mistake, he won't restrict Guo Xiang's life too much.

"What's wrong with me? That is, to tell the truth. Guo Xiang pouted and muttered, "What are you afraid of if a manly man loses once, and he can win back if he loses." But there is no arrogance in being submissive like now, which is the real cowardice. ”

"Shut up—" Guo Quan's face changed and he rebuked angrily.

"Brother Guo! Xiang'er is right, I was in love with each other just now. At this moment, suddenly the door of the study squeaked open, and Ji Qingchen walked out of the study with a smile, but there was an extra picture scroll in his hand that had been framed.

"Your Highness—"

"Ninth Brother—"

"Brother Qingchen—"

Zhang Rang, Guo Quan, and Guo Xiang were happy to see Ji Qingchen's face full of energy when they walked out of the study, and their smiles were full of faint confidence.

Ji Qingchen nodded slightly to the three of them, handed the scroll in his hand to Zhang Rang, and continued, "Don't worry, we have nothing to do." You still haven't eaten, have you? We're going out to eat tonight, and I know that there's a place where the fillet fish is very good. He said to Zhang Rang on the side, "Zhang Rang prepares the horse-"

"No!" Zhang Rang took the order and left quickly.

In a moment, the four of them hurried out of the house on horseback. After another moment, the four of them rode to the mouth of a remote alley in the south of the city, and saw a small black and low restaurant from a distance, with two big characters of "Liudian" written on the plaque on the door.

Guo Xiang looked at the inconspicuous shop in the distance and frowned, and asked a little disbelievingly, "Brother Qingchen, are you talking about this?" ”

"Don't worry, when did Brother Qingchen lie to you? You'll know when you go in! Ji Qingchen said with a smile.

"Uh——!" Guo Xiang said in a voice and didn't say anything more.

And Guo Quan, who was riding on a horse, just glanced at the small shop, then moved his gaze around, and began to look at the surrounding situation vigilantly like a guard, only Zhang Rang showed a look of understanding on his face when he saw this small shop, because now he already knew that His Royal Highness Dao Jiu had come here to eat for a purpose.

The four dismounted, tied their horses to a stake outside the shop, and walked into the shop.

Now it is late in the evening, it is the busiest time for the small shop, but there is no customer in the small shop now, only a little girl who is about sixteen years old, wearing a blue dress, with long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, is busy, and when she saw Ji Qingchen and the four of them walking into the store, she immediately stepped forward and greeted, "Four guest officers, please take a seat, I don't know what you want to eat?" ”

"We're going to eat the five-fillet fish!" Guo Xiang said.

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile, "What else do you want to eat?" ”

Guo Xiang knew that there were five fillet fish in this small shop, and he didn't know what other dishes he had, and now he was asked by the little girl, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he said after listening to Shaoqing, "If you have any delicious food in your store, just serve it all!" ”

"Guest officer, please wait a minute, it'll be fine right away!" The little girl said politely, and then drifted away.

At this time, Ji Qingchen and the other three had already chosen a place by the window, Guo Xiang came to sit with them, and the little girl went and returned, adding tea to the four of them, Zhang Rang asked the little girl for a pot of wine, and the little girl left.

In a short time, seven or eight kinds of hot and cold meat and vegetarian dishes were served on the table, except for the five fillet fish.

Guo Xiang was waiting to eat the five fillet fish, and naturally turned a blind eye to the other dishes on the dinner table, which made Ji Qingchen and Guo Quanda laugh. After a while, I only felt that a sauce fragrance came to me, and this sauce fragrance was unique compared to other sauce fragrances, and then I saw the little girl holding a small porcelain basin on the dining table, and said with a smile, "Guest officer, this is the famous dish of our store, five fillet fish, please taste it slowly." ”

The little girl said and opened the lid of the porcelain basin, with a strong smell of sauce, there were colorful silk on the back, and the carp shaped like willow leaves was lying upright in the porcelain basin, and the bottom of the porcelain basin was soup, and the sauce was poured on top of the fish, which was very beautiful. Guo Xiang couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and start tasting, as soon as the fish entered her mouth, she exclaimed, saying that this carp is sour, sweet and spicy, and it is very delicious.

At this moment, Guo Quan suddenly put down his chopsticks and moved his gaze to the door of the shop, watching with a wary expression, because he felt a looming murderous aura that was slowly attacking the shop.

Seeing Guo Quan's actions, Ji Qingchen hurriedly whispered to Guo Quan, "Brother Guo doesn't need to be nervous, he is one of our old friends." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the small shop was lifted, and a tall, burly man with long hair and a shawl and ragged clothes walked in.

Guo Quan's stunned moment, he found that this sloppy man turned out to be the Baixiang City that had fought with him on the street with Yulin Cavalry and King's Landing officials a few days ago.

As soon as Bai Xiangcheng walked into the shop, the little girl smiled and stepped forward and asked cordially, "Brother Xiangcheng, you are here!" What do you want to eat today? Is it still the same? ”

"En-" Bai Xiangcheng nodded, but as soon as the words fell, he suddenly glanced and found Ji Qingchen and the four people by the window, and a gleam suddenly flashed in his somewhat confused eyes.

"What a shame!" The little girl didn't notice the momentary change in Bai Xiangcheng's eyes, and left with a promise.

Bai Xiangcheng already knew the identity of Ji Qingchen, but when he saw Ji Qingchen and the four of them, he still didn't pay attention to them, but sat on a table in the corner from afar, poured himself a cup of tea on the table and drank it slowly.

Ji Qingchen came to Liudian today to wait for Bai Xiang City, last time because of Emperor Yan's summons, he missed the time, so he waited for ten days, and today he had the opportunity to see Bai Xiang City again, how could he let go of this good opportunity to subdue Bai Xiang City in front of him? He smiled and said, "Brother Xiang Cheng, if you don't dislike it, why don't you come and drink with us?" ”

"Thank you! It's just that Bai can't get used to your wine. Therefore, in the future, His Royal Highness the Ninth will not send people to keep an eye on Bai, if Bai will be unhappy and hurt them one day, won't it embarrass His Highness? Bai Xiangcheng replied in a cold tone.

"It's all Qingchen's fault, I'm here to make amends to Brother Xiang Cheng!" Ji Qingchen got up with a smile and said, "It's just that Brother Xiang Cheng Shenlong can't find it when he sees the beginning and the end, so he can only let Qingchen make a decision, and I hope Brother Xiang Cheng can forgive me." ”

Bai Xiangcheng didn't speak again, just drinking the tea in his cup.

At this time, the little girl had already put three side dishes and a pot of wine in front of him, Bai Xiangcheng put down the teacup and began to pour himself a drink, ignoring Ji Qingchen in front of him.

Bai Xiangcheng's unreasonableness and arrogance angered Guo Xiang and Zhang Rang, and the two were just about to shoot the case and angrily accused Bai Xiangcheng of ignorance of current affairs, but they were stopped by Ji Qingchen waving his hand. He walked up to Bai Xiangcheng, his tone was tactful, and he said straight to the point, "I'm afraid Brother Xiangcheng's intelligence has already thought of the purpose of my trip, right?" Brother Xiang Cheng, Qingchen sincerely wants to invite Brother Xiang Cheng to create a great cause with Qingchen. ”

"Hehe-" Bai Xiangcheng just sneered twice, and then continued to drink, still ignoring Ji Qingchen.

"Brother Xiang Cheng has superb martial arts, has a strategy for the art of war, and is a disciple of the Bai clan in King's Landing, is he really willing to fall into the market like he is now and waste his talent?" Ji Qingchen continued.

"Talent? Ha Lu Ha ——! There are too many talented people in this world, but this is not a world where talented people can display their talents. Even your Ninth Highness can't. Bai Xiangcheng was a little excited, he drank a glass of wine, and said to himself, "Just like me Bai Xiangcheng, I started practicing martial arts at the age of four, and began to learn literature at the age of six. But so what? Isn't it like you can't get what you want? ”

"Brother Xiang Cheng, in fact, the place where each of us stands is originally equal, it just depends on whether you are willing to climb up. If you stand there and take advantage of the wind and watch others climb up and sweat profusely, and wait for others to climb up, then you will say that this world is unequal and unfair, then that is the real unfairness. Ji Qingchen said word by word, and seeing that Bai Xiangcheng did not react, he continued, "Just like this time, the military department gave me a battalion of remnants, is it because of this reason that I have to admit defeat?" No, absolutely not. Because I haven't worked hard yet, how do I know that I will definitely lose? So I'm not going to sit back and throw in the towel, because my enemies are gathering strength to deliver a fatal blow, and I have to work harder to withstand their attacks. So I want to make the remnants of this battalion very strong, very strong, and I let them know that I, Ji Qingchen, am a person who can turn decay into magic. Just like Xiang'er told me, failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that we dare not face failure, and what is terrible is that we think we have failed before we act. ”

After listening to Ji Qingchen's words, Bai Xiangcheng put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Ji Qingchen Shaoqing quietly, and then said, "Bai Xiangcheng thanks His Royal Highness Jiu for his kind words and persuasion just now, as well as his honesty to Bai, but Bai's heart is dead, and there is no such contention." Your Highness the Nine, please go back! ”

"Is it just for a woman? Just because you're in love with your own stepmom? Ji Qingchen asked bluntly.

"You're looking for death—" Bai Xiangcheng roared loudly when he heard Ji Qingchen's words like a tiger that touched his beard. Ran smashed the table in front of him with one palm, his body jumped up, and his fists smashed into Ji Qingchen.

"Brother Jiu be careful—"

"Your Highness, be careful—"

Guo Quan and Zhang Rang, who had already been nervously watching Ji Qingchen and Bai Xiangcheng, had already flashed up, and the two of them cooperated very tacitly, Zhang Rang instantly rushed to Ji Qingchen's body and protected Ji Qingchen aside, and Guo Quan's fists met Bai Xiangcheng.

Bang! The crisp sound of the two, Guo Quan took two steps back in a row to stand firm, Bai Xiangcheng also took a step back to stabilize his figure, the two looked at each other with wary expressions at the same time, Guo Quan's face was indifferent, and Bai Xiangcheng glared angrily.

"That's right! It's right to have a temper, which shows that you Bai Xiangcheng is still a gentleman, and you are still a flesh-and-blood man. Ji Qingchen walked up to Bai Xiangcheng step by step, looked into his eyes quietly and said, "However, you are only doing this to show your bravery." Your deeds have spread to the streets of King's Landing, but all the people of King's Landing know that you have fallen in love with your stepmother, do you want to kill them all? Are you done with anything? You just can kill it, you have killed tens of thousands of people in King's Landing, can you block the mouth of the people of the world? ”

This time, Bai Xiangcheng didn't make another move at Ji Qingchen, he just looked at Ji Qingchen fiercely with an angry face.

Ji Qingchen knew that his words had an effect and continued, "You think this world is unfair, but what have you done to make this world treat you fairly? You have to remember that you are facing a world where there is no absolute fairness, and its so-called fairness needs to be fought for by yourself. You didn't do anything just because you were a child of the Bai family, why did you want to get this fairness? Yes, you have talent, you are skilled in archery and horses, and you have a strategy in the art of war, but what have you done with these talents? You have nothing, you just drink to kill your sorrows, what is the difference between you and a coward? ”

"If you have the ability, you should go to the battlefield, you should go to make meritorious contributions, pay homage to the prime minister, and use your practical actions to prove to the people of the world that you are right that Baixiang City likes a person, there is nothing wrong with this; You make the people of the world fear you because of your immortal deeds, and they don't want to talk nonsense about you anymore; You let this world give you a fair place because of your immortal merits, so that you can get what you want. Instead of lingering like now, like a poor dog who needs a handout. Ji Qingchen rebuked angrily.

Ji Qingchen's words can be described as heart-wrenching, but this time Bai Xiangcheng not only did not get angry again after hearing it, but his eyes, which had become red because of anger, began to become clear. He saw that Bai Xiangcheng had calmed down, so he muttered to himself:

The beacon fire shines on Xijing, and I feel uneven in my heart.

Yazhang resigned from the phoenix, and rode around the dragon city.

The snow is dark and the flag is painted, and the wind is mixed with the sound of drums.

Rather be a centurion than a scholar.

Groan! He walked to his desk, picked up the scroll he handed to Zhang Rang when he walked out of the study, handed it to Bai Xiangcheng and said, "This is a poem I like, and I will give him to you now." Rather be a centurion than a scholar. You know what that means. If you Bai Xiangcheng are a bloody man, you should know what methods you can use to protect your beloved from being harmed, and you should know what you need. It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out now, you can think slowly when you go back, and when you figure it out, you can go to the Kunshan military camp outside the city to find me. No matter when you can come to Baixiang City, my Ji Qingchen's door will always be open for you. ”

Bai Xiangcheng took the scroll handed to him by Ji Qingchen calmly, but he was stunned, and when he came back to his senses a moment later, he found that Ji Qingchen and the others had left the shop. He walked quickly to the outside of the store only to find that Ji Qingchen and the four had left on horseback for a long time, and there was no longer their figure at the mouth of the alley.

He looked at the mouth of the alley quietly for a long time before retracting his gaze and slowly opened the scroll in his hand. What catches your eye is the poem that Ji Qingchen chanted just now, written on this piece of paper in a vigorous and powerful cursive, domineering.

Looking at the painting in his hand in a daze, he read softly, "Rather be a centurion than a scholar." ”