Chapter 22: Blocking
Seeing the handwritten codex of Shangguan Yuanrang, the ancestor of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Xiu only had one feeling, as if the ancestor of Yuanrang was standing in front of him, hand-in-hand teaching himself Lingwu mastery. At this time, his mood can be described as full of flavors, and he wants to cry and laugh wildly.
He forcibly suppressed the throbbing in his heart, soothed his excited emotions, and silently recited in his heart the various wind skill cultivation methods written by Shangguan Yuanrang in the biography.
As he was concentrating on reciting, a faint fragrance came in his nostrils. He turned his head to look, only to see Gu Qingling standing by his side at some point.
Seeing that he finally came back to his senses, Gu Qingling bent down with a smile, leaned into his ear, and asked with a low smile, "What are you looking at so seriously?"
Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "The Great Legend of the Martial God." As he spoke, he closed the book and let Gu Qingling look at the book cover.
Gu Qingling just glanced at it, and immediately showed a lack of interest, and muttered: "It's an ancient book again, you really want to read an ancient book!"
Shangguan Xiu smiled and said, "This is a biography about the Duke of Zhenguo. β
Gu Qingling was not interested in this kind of biography, she diverted the topic and said, "Let's go to dinner." β
"What time is it?"
"It's been half an hour since noon. β
So fast. Shangguan Xiu didn't feel it at all, as if he had just sat for a while. He asked, "Where do you want to eat?"
"How about we go eat outside the academy?"
Shangguan Xiu had no opinion, picked up the book, reluctantly put it back on the shelf, and then walked out side by side with Gu Qingling.
"How is your injury?" Gu Qingling asked with concern.
"Much better, thanks to those pills you gave me. β
"You're almost done, I'll go and ask my uncle for a few. Uncle is usually very generous, but he is very precious to these elixirs for him, and only gives me such a little ......"
Gu Qingling was muttering dissatisfied, and Shangguan Xiu interrupted: "These pills are very precious, even if you have money, you can't buy them, I haven't finished eating the ones you gave me last time." β
To be sure, he was willing to eat only one, but the effect was so remarkable that the internal injuries he had suffered were almost healed.
Gu Qingling looked at him with sparkling eyes and asked with a smile, "Since it's so precious, don't you want to ask for more?"
"A gentleman does not take the love of others. Shangguan Xiu smiled lightly and said: "Since it is a precious thing, it must also be a precious thing of others, how can you be insatiable as a human being?"
His words made Gu Qingling's heart throb, and his gaze seemed to be sucked, and he couldn't take it off for a long time.
Although she and Shangguan Xiu have known each other for a few days, and neither of them knows each other well, she enjoys the feeling of being with him, and she will have a sense of security and an inexplicable peace of mind.
The two of them walked out of the door of the library, and there happened to be someone running briskly, almost hitting Shangguan Xiu and Gu Qingling. Shangguan Xiu's hand was quick, and he pulled Gu Qingling behind him without leaving a trace, blocking the comer, he fixed his eyes and saw that it was Qian Jin who almost hit him.
"Brother Xiu!" Seeing Shangguan Xiu, Qian Jin's face suddenly showed surprise, and he hurriedly said, "I was about to look for you!" As he spoke, he reached into his arms and pulled out a black invitation from his arms.
He only pulled out a portion of the invitation, Shangguan Xiu reached out and pressed his arm, and said with a smile: "I'm going to dinner, let's go together." As he spoke, he turned around and said, "Qingling, he is my friend. β
Qian Jin turned his eyes and looked at Gu Qingling who walked out from behind Shangguan Xiu, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but secretly say that it was beautiful.
Hearing that it was Shangguan Xiu's friend, Gu Qingling smiled and said in a brisk tone: "My name is Gu Qingling, you are the same as Ah Xiu, call me Qingling!"
Qian Jin hurriedly said: "My name is Qian Jin!" As he spoke, he looked at Shangguan Xiu again and said, "Brother Xiu, this invitation is a human ......."
Shangguan Xiu waved his hand at him and said, "I know what's going on, you don't have to take it out." β
Gu Qingling's face was full of curiosity and asked, "Ah Xiu, what's going on with this invitation?"
Hearing her question, Qian Jin also looked at Shangguan Xiu curiously.
Shangguan Xiu said as he walked: "This invitation is to invite people to an anti-aristocratic rally. β
"Huh?" Gu Qingling and Qian Jin were both taken aback, and the two asked in unison, "Ah Xiu (Brother Xiu), have you been there?"
"Participated once. I won't go again in the future, and you are not allowed to go!" Shangguan Xiu's eagle eyes flashed sharply, and he looked directly at Qian Jin.
The Lieutenant's Mansion has already set its sights on the student rally, and whoever attends the rally is likely to provoke the Upper Guard's Office.
"But, Brother Xiu, I want to go ......," Qian Jin bit his lip and whispered. He had long been dissatisfied with the aristocracy, and in the academy, he was not less bullied by the nobles, and now that he heard that there were anti-aristocratic gatherings, of course he wanted to go.
Shangguan Xiu shook his head and said, "This assembly is not as simple as you imagined. β
Gu Qingling nodded again and again, and said worriedly: "Yes, if you go to an anti-aristocratic rally, you will definitely be severely punished if you are caught!"
"It's not just because of this, it's mainly ......" Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "The students who go to the assembly may not be good people. β
The last time Gu Qingling was attacked by two students of the Imperial Lingwu Academy when he passed through the Jade Garden, he was very strange at that time, how could the people from the Imperial Lingwu Academy come to the Imperial Academy, and they were so bold that they dared to insult the female students of the Academy. Now that I think about it, I am afraid that those two people are inseparable from the student assembly.
There were a large number of students from the Lingwu Academy in the student assembly, and the place of the assembly was in Yuyuan, and the time of the assembly was around the hour, which could coincide with Gu Qingling's attack, if it was a coincidence, it would be too far-fetched. It is entirely possible that the students who dare to go to the anti-aristocratic rally, which one is not a female student who is bold and indecent and passes by alone.
Through this incident, Shangguan Xiu's impression of the student assembly was also greatly reduced, the aristocracy was insatiable and may not be a good person, but the anti-aristocratic students may not be righteous people, but they may also be thugs who do evil.
If such a rally is to encourage money to go in and participate, it will be tantamount to pushing him into the fire pit.
Gu Qingling objected to Qian going in to participate in the rally, he might not be able to listen to it, but Shangguan Xiu also objected to him to participate, so Qian Jin couldn't help but listen, he nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, Brother Xiu, since you don't let me go, I won't go." β
Shangguan Xiu smiled, saw that there was no one around, stretched out his hand to Qian Jin, and said, "Give it to me!"
Qian Jin was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses, took out the invitation in his arms, and handed it to Shangguan Xiu. The latter is taken, shredded and put into the cuffs.
Shangguan Xiu said that he would not go to the student assembly again, but in fact, how could he not go? After all, he was now the eyeliner of the Duwei Mansion.
There was nothing to say during the day, and that night, at midnight, Shangguan Xiu went to the Jade Garden alone.
This time, he was familiar with the road, entered the jade garden, and went directly to the back of the rockery.
As soon as he walked over, a young man dressed as a student of the academy immediately walked out of the rockery, he was the young man who was on guard yesterday, and he had seen Shangguan Xiu, but he still stretched out his hand and said expressionlessly: "Invitation." β
Shangguan Xiu took out the invitation card from his arms and handed it to the young man.
The young man looked at it to confirm that it was correct, shook his head at Shangguan Xiu, and signaled that he could go in.
There were a lot fewer students in the venue today, and yesterday there were more than 200 people participating, and today there are 150 or 60 people.
Soon after Shangguan Xiu entered the venue, three more people walked in from the outside.
These three are all wearing the clothes of the academy, the two people on the left and right look to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, such an 'advanced age' is not common among the students of the academy, the young man walking in the middle is very young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, the figure is not very tall, but he is born well-proportioned and slender, looking at his face, his face is as white as a crown of jade, his eyebrows are bent and his eyes are big, the bridge of his nose is high, his lips are red and his teeth are white, although he is a young man, he is handsome and so handsome that men will look sideways.
He was dressed exactly like the students of the other academies, but his hands were too elegant, graceful and elegant, and he exuded the air of a noble son all over his body.
At the same time that Shangguan Xiu looked at him, his eyes also happened to look at Shangguan Xiu, and the eyes of the two met in the air.
The handsome young man was very well-cultivated, and after looking at Shangguan Xiu, he immediately nodded to him with a smile. Shangguan Xiu then nodded in return, although the two did not speak, they had a good impression of each other.
After a while, a student from the academy walked up to the front platform, he looked at the audience, and said, "We won't wait, and those who don't come now don't seem to be planning to come." It can be said that the incident of the conspiracy of the Duwei Mansion in yesterday's rally is a test for us, leaving behind the strong-willed people of insight, and eliminating the weak-willed, indecisive and greedy rats who are afraid of death, which is very good, so that we can know who are friends and who are enemies, so that we can become more united and more united.
"The aristocracy bullied the commoners, not for a day or two, not for a year or two, but for thousands of years, and if no one stands up to resist, this will continue to be continued to our children and grandchildren.
"Since ancient times, great changes do not happen naturally, someone needs to stand up and resist, which may sacrifice many people, but if everyone is unwilling to make sacrifices, then the situation will never change, we will be slaves, our children and grandchildren will be slaves of the nobility!
"For our own sake, but also for the sake of our descendants, I am willing to make sacrifices, are you willing?"
The tone of the young man's speech is very infectious, sometimes moving with emotion and reason, sometimes impassioned and sonorous, and the emotions of the audience will be unconsciously driven by his words, up and down.
Hearing his rhetorical question, the students in the audience said in unison: "We are willing!"
"Against the nobility!" the young man shouted with his arms raised.
"Against the aristocracyβ" The students in the audience shouted excitedly.
"Against tyranny!"
"Against tyrannyβ"
The handsome young man looked at the students who were now in high spirits and got carried away, and muttered, "This is dangerous. β
His voice was completely drowned out by the deafening cries in the venue, but Shangguan Xiu, who was standing beside him, heard it. He replied, "Indeed. β