Chapter 5: Ten Years of Sharpening the Sword
Looking at the loess in front of him, Li Tiantu's tears flowed down again.
Li Tiantu rarely shed tears, but he shed tears twice in just a few days. Looking back on the wind and rain for ten years, under the palace gate of endless infighting, Li Tiantu, who has no background and is a little guard, has been framed several times, no wonder he can turn danger into a disaster every time, he originally thought that it was a blessing and a great life, but in the end, it was because the commander of the forbidden army, Yan Wuregret, had been secretly taking care of himself. It's a pity that Li Tiantu only figured it out now, but it was too late.
"Master! Master!! Tiantu is just a little wanderer, how can he be so important to you. ”
"Turtle longevity, turtle longevity." Li Tiantu silently repeated twice in his heart, with a resolute look on his face, and suddenly felt that he should do something.
An unknown little imperial city guard challenged Mr. Turtle, the chief administrator of the General's Mansion, and after the news came out, it caused a sensation in the entire Jingshi.
Most people thought that Mr. Turtle might not accept such a ridiculous challenge, but no one expected that Mr. Turtle would agree. The whole Jingshi is talking about what kind of character this little palace guard is, could it be that he is really a hidden master.
What's even more amazing is that when the emperor Tianxuan was in the early dynasty of the Jinluan Palace, he actually expressed his intention to watch this competition in person.
As soon as the emperor comes, hundreds of civil and military officials will inevitably arrive, and the characters in the Beijing division will flock to the rivers and lakes.
Everyone is speculating whether Yan Mengyu, the number one beauty in Beijing, will also come in person. There are more good gamblers who set up a gambling game in the golden hook room of the first casino in Beijing, betting on whether Yan Mengyu will come or not.
There are countless gamblers who have entered the game, but most of them are optimistic that Yan Mengyu may not go.
Li Tiantu never dreamed that a small move of his would cause such a big wave, and he couldn't figure out why a small duel in the rivers and lakes would attract the attention of the emperor Tianxuandu.
Tianxuandu really has to watch this competition. For Yan Wuregret's death, the emperor was extremely saddened, and Yan Wuregret's relationship with him had long exceeded the relationship between the monarch and his ministers. They grew up together since childhood, and Yan Wuregret is his companion reading boy. He knew that Yan Wuregret's death was very likely to be related to the domineering general, but he couldn't do anything for Yan Wuregret at the moment, and he couldn't even find his body.
"If something happens to me, please ask the emperor to take care of this son on my behalf." Yan has no regrets about leaving a pen.
Putting down the letter in his hand, Tianxuandu was already in tears at that time. Facts have proved that Yan Wuregret really has a pair of comet eyes. The emergence of Li Tiantu and the subsequent variables it brought to the court and the rivers and lakes did bring a slight turn for the Celestial Empire's regime, whose foundation was not yet solid.
The western suburbs of Beijing, the site of Lin Yuan.
The Janissaries blocked the passages early. There is a protruding bluestone platform in the center of the open field, I don't know what year, month, and which dynasty left behind, and over time, it has become a good place for people from the rivers and lakes of Beijing to duel and compete. The bluestone platform is densely carved with dark red patterns like a brand, witnessing many Jianghu guests from mortals to heroes, from heroes to prisoners.
Strength determines everything, and this seems to have become an eternal truth. Just like a king or a loser, no one cares about the process, just looks at the result.
Li Tiantu, who came to the Lin Yuan venue half an hour in advance, was standing on the left side of the stone platform at this time, although he didn't like the feeling of waiting for someone, he still didn't want others to wait for him.
Do unto others as you would have them do to you. Such a simple and easy-to-see truth has long been known and learned by him, who has been familiar with the Tao Te Ching since he was a child and has comprehended a little bit of the skin.
The number of people around the stage gradually increased, and no one thought that it was the emperor Tianxuandu who took the lead.
Although Li Tiantu has lived in the palace for the past ten years, the place he is on duty is the south corner gate of the palace, which is a special passage for the palace to enter and exit.
Today is the first time he has seen the emperor with his own eyes, and for some reason, Tianxuandu, who has always had a good reputation in the court, feels surprisingly good for Li Tiantu. This is completely Li Tiantu's first feeling, and it has nothing to do with his status.
When Tianxuandu walked to the railing in front of him, he actually smiled at him and said approvingly: "Young man, you have the guts!" After pausing for a moment and taking a closer look at Li Tiantu, the emperor sat down directly north of the center of the bluestone platform, surrounded by a group of civil and military ministers.
As soon as the emperor came, after a while, there were suddenly more people around, as if they had emerged from the ground in an instant.
It didn't take long for the originally noisy scene to suddenly calm down, and Li Tiantu didn't need to look back to know who was coming. Before people see, the fragrance comes first. The faint fragrance of lilies on her body, even if it is only smelled once, will never be forgotten.
Yan Mengyu wore a white one-piece tight hakama this time, and a white gauze shawl on her upper body. It was late autumn, and it was the season of withering and yellowing of the grass and trees in the suburbs, but because of her arrival, the feelings of the people around her suddenly changed, as if even the withered plants and trees in the vicinity seemed to be about to be rejuvenated.
The feeling in Li Tiantu's heart can't even be described by himself, heroes love beauties, but are they heroes? No, he knows that. He's not, he's not arrogant, he knows his own situation very well, he is very ordinary, he practiced martial arts at the age of ten, he started very late, his qualifications are mediocre, and if there is no luck in this life, it will be difficult to improve in the martial arts.
In fact, Li Tiantu also knew very well that it was impossible to win the challenge of Turtle Suishou, not to mention that he didn't plan to win, he was just begging for death. He didn't want to die in his good years, but he couldn't forget the words of regret before his life-saving benefactor Yan Wuregret died. People live a lifetime, a lifetime of cultivation, the husband has something to do, and something not to do, otherwise how can he be worthy of this cultivation body; Live or die, he had to do it, or he would regret it for the rest of his life, even if it was at the cost of death. He doesn't agree that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, he can't wait ten years.
Maybe there is another reason, there is a secret in Li Tiantu's heart that he doesn't know, maybe he knows, but he just doesn't want to admit it. He was in love with that beauty, but he also knew that it was unrealistic. There is a saying, "Love is stronger than gold, and life is thinner than paper." "He's just a small palace guard, and that love can only be thought about in his heart after all.
Today's earth-shattering move, nine points are the grace of knowing the situation without regrets, and maybe one point is for the attention of the Pomeranians. That's all, because everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Yan Meiren has recently been in favor of Nangong, the first beautiful man in Beijing, and she should be a famous flower.
Nangong Huai was born in the Nangong family, one of the four major families in the rivers and lakes, and is the second son of the head of the Nangong family. It is also a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, all refined. He was also on the list of flowers by the emperor himself in the palace examination the year before last, and I don't know how many dream lovers of women in the boudoir of Beijing. And Nangong Huai's elder brother Nangong Wei is the opposite of him, he learned all the family martial arts of the Nangong family at the age of ten, and is a martial arts genius that has not been met in a hundred years, and he is one of the few masters among the younger generations of the rivers and lakes. As for Nangong Ting, who is in charge of the entire Imperial History Tower, he concentrates on the government and politics, and lets go of the daily affairs of the Nangong family and lets this shrewd and capable second prince take care of it. Under the care of Nangong Huai, the Nangong family has faintly surpassed the Jiangnan Dao Oriental Family, which ranks first among the four major martial arts families.
Yan Mengyu just glanced at Li Tiantu from afar, and then found a place to sit down beside Tianxuandu.
Li Tiantu smiled bitterly, he never dreamed that he would let Yan Meiren look at him more in this way.
At the same time, the Great Shogun and Kamekoju finally arrived.