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Qian Jin looked at Shangguan Xiu, who was not discouraged but still radiant, and said involuntarily: "Brother Xiu, no matter when it is, I will follow you to do it!"

In Qian Jin's mind, Shangguan Xiu has brains and leadership ability, and it can be seen that he can gather Ding Leng, Luo Ren and other such powerful spiritual martial arts masters around him. If you want to get ahead, attaching to Shangguanxiu is the best choice, at least for now.

Shangguan Xiu thought that he would be able to meet Gu Qingling again the next day, but when he went to Gu's mansion the next evening, he was told by Gu's family that Gu Qingling had been picked up at noon and was now on his way back to Yuzhen. Shangguan Xiu didn't expect that the hurried meeting last night was the last time they saw Gu Qingling before leaving Beijing.

Tomorrow is the Capture the Flag Match, Shangguan Xiu hopes that Gu Qingling can go to watch the battle, but unfortunately, she is no longer in Shangjing.

Leaving the Gu Mansion, Shangguan Xiu didn't want to go home, he walked to the Imperial Academy, plunged into the library again, took out a thick stack of Lingwu books, and quickly flipped through them.

The grinding of the gun is not fast, and he is now making a final effort.

This Capture the Flag is a great opportunity for him to come out. First, he can prove his strength to Tang Yu, and secondly, he also wants to leave a deep impression on the Son of Heaven, even if the Son of Heaven does not give him a knighthood, at least he has to let the Son of Heaven remember himself, so that it will be much easier for Tang Yu to fight for his title and official position in the future.

It's not that if you find Yuwang's backer, everything will be fine, and you can sit back and relax, even if Yuwang has the heart to promote himself, he has to create an opportunity for Yuwang to promote himself. This Capture the Flag Tournament can provide him with just this opportunity.

He stayed in the library until he was close to the child before leaving. As he was walking home, he saw a man stumbling out of the tavern in front of him, a young man in the uniform of the Imperial Academy.

This person Shangguan Xiu really knew, it was the young man who invited him to the student assembly in the first place.

When the young man came out of the tavern, he could not stand still and sat down on the ground, and as he was struggling to get up, three more big men came out of the tavern.

The three big men stood still in front of the young man, pinched their waists with both hands, and said domineeringly: "Boy, dare not give money for drinking, you are here to find fault, do you know who is covering here, brother ghost!"

Hearing their words, Shangguan Xiu almost laughed out loud, but he didn't want to meddle in his affairs and planned to walk over from the side.

But as soon as he walked past the three big men, the big man who rolled up his sleeves suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the back of his coat.

"Oh, boy, you've got a fucking accomplice. The big man looked at Shangguan Xiu, and then at the young man who was shaking and standing up, and said with a smile.

The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, Shangguan Xiu doesn't want to do much, but things just find his head. He stood still, and without looking back, he said, "Let go." ”

The big man was looking for something to do, and when he heard Shangguan Xiu's words, he laughed strangely, tilted his head, and asked, "If Lao Tzu doesn't let go, what can you do kid?"

Shangguan Xiu didn't talk nonsense, without warning, he suddenly kicked out from below, hitting the big man's stomach. His movements were too fast, and the big man couldn't see it clearly, and he was kicked by Shangguan Xiu. He let out a groaning groat and rolled to the ground on his back.

The other two big men were furious when they saw this, and the two of them invariably pulled out a dagger from each of their waists, and said to Shangguan Xiu with bared teeth: "Fuck you, Uncle will bleed you today!" While speaking, the two rushed to Shangguan Xiu together, and two daggers stabbed straight into his chest.

Shangguan Xiu frowned secretly, these ruffians are also vicious enough, and they are completely life-threatening. His figure flashed to the side, letting go of the edge of the two daggers, and without waiting for the opponent to retract his knife and attack, he slashed out a hand knife first. His hand knife hit the head of a big man, the man snorted, leaned back, and fell heavily to the ground, and the other was anxious and angry, flipped his wrist, held the dagger upside down, and viciously stabbed Shangguan Xiu's Tianling Gai. This time, Shangguan Xiu didn't dodge again, he struck up with one hand, held the opponent's wrist holding the knife, and clenched his fist with the other hand, and hit out hard from the bottom up.

Syllable!

This heavy punch hit Dahan's chin, breaking several of the opponent's teeth, Shangguan Xiu's hand holding the opponent's wrist dragged back, and snatched the dagger in Dahan's hand, and then he made up for it and kicked the opponent out for a long distance.

In the blink of an eye, the three big men had all been knocked to the ground by Shangguan Xiu. Even if he doesn't use Lingwu, he can deal with these unruly gangsters.

The three big men supported each other and slowly stood up, looked at Shangguan Xiu in surprise and fear, and said in a trembling voice: "Boy, there is ...... If there's a seed, you'll leave a name!"

Shangguan Xiu scoffed, played with the dagger in his hand, and said, "If you don't want to die, get out of me immediately!"

The three big men trembled at the same time, where did they dare to stay for a while, and limped away quickly.

Shangguan Xiu walked up to the young man, and a pungent smell of wine came to his nose. He frowned secretly, dragged the young man up from the ground, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Under his tugging, the young man finally staggered to his feet, he looked at Shangguan Xiu with a blank gaze, and asked, "Who are you, why do you want to help me?"

Shangguan Xiu smiled and asked, "You don't know me anymore?"

"You ......"

"You were the one who pulled me into the student assembly in the first place. Once, in the academy, I helped a fellow soldier beat away a few nobles who bullied him, and then you found me and gave me an invitation. Shangguan Xiu reminded.

"Oh!" the young man snapped into his mind, remembering that there was such a thing. He smiled and said, "You are a good person, you helped that little fat man last time, and you helped me again this time." ”

After a pause, he asked, "Your name is Shangguan Xiu, right?"

Yes, you still remember my name. He smiled and nodded. The young man looked at him deeply and asked, "Your family...... But in Shangjing?"

"No, it's in Jeong-gun. ”

"There is no assembly tonight, what are you doing so late?" the young man asked curiously.

"I rented a house outside the college and I'm going home now. Shangguan Xiu said truthfully.

"I see. The young man pondered for a while, and then he said, "You ......," and before he could speak, he immediately took it back.

Shangguan Xiu saw that he couldn't even stand on his feet, and he didn't know how much wine he had drunk, so he said, "Where am I going? I'll send you!"

"I'm going to the rally...... the young man stopped halfway through his words, shook his head, and said, "You don't have to send me, you ...... Go home!"

Shangguan Xiu glanced at him strangely, the young man spoke very strangely, slurred, and always looked like he wanted to say something.

He asked, "Are you okay alone?"

"I'm fine......"

"Okay!" Shangguan Xiu nodded, since everyone said it was okay, he didn't want to put a hot face on his cold ass. He let go of the young man's arm and was just about to leave, when the young man called again: "Shangguan Xiu!"

"Huh?" he turned his head to look at him.

"You...... Go home!" the young man looked at him blankly.

Shangguan Xiu was confused by him, and he said with a smile: "I'm going home!"

"No, I'm not saying to go back to your home in Shangjing, I'm saying you should go back to your hometown in Zhenjun!" said the young man.

Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows in confusion, he asked himself to go back to his hometown in Zhenjun? What does this mean? Before he could ask, the young man had already staggered forward, muttering in his mouth: "There will be a big incident, tomorrow will be a big incident, many people will die, I will die, you will also die, if you leave Shangjing now, maybe ...... Maybe it's still in time......"

The young man stumbled as he muttered.

Regarding what he said, Shangguan Xiu did not understand it, and the second monk was completely confused. Tomorrow a lot of people will die, including themselves, what does that mean?

He hurried after the young man, grabbed his arm, and asked, "You tell me clearly, what the hell is going on?"

The young man turned his head to look at him, the corners of his mouth cracked, he laughed, shook his head and said: "I can't say it, say it, I will die, by the way, if I don't say it, I will also die, but my family can live, I can't say it, I can't say anything......"

He spoke incoherently as if he had lost his mind, and his face was cloudy and sunny when he spoke, sometimes crying and mourning, and sometimes grinning and smirking.

After a while, he looked at Shangguan Xiu blankly and said, "You are a good person, you don't deserve to die, you shouldn't be swept in, go quickly, leave Shangjing quickly, and go back to your hometown in Zhenjun......"

After speaking, he shook off Shangguan Xiu's hand holding his arm and walked into an alley.

Shangguan Xiu still didn't understand what he was talking about, but he suddenly had an ominous premonition that something unexpected might happen tomorrow.

He followed the young man into the alley, and after walking a distance, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed the young man's arm again, and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me clearly, what will happen tomorrow?"

"You...... I really want to know?" the young man looked at him with drunken eyes.

Shangguan Xiu nodded and followed his words and said, "Even if I die tomorrow, I will die to understand." ”

"You swear you won't tell anyone!"

"I swear. ”

"Okay, I'll tell you, at tomorrow's Capture the Flag Tournament, we'll ......" His words were so low that Shangguan Xiu couldn't hear them clearly. He involuntarily leaned forward and asked word by word, "What will you do tomorrow?"

"Thorn King!" the young man slowly spat out two words.