Wen Xuan's voice was very soft, but when it fell in Su Qi'an's ears, he was very shocked.

It's not that he was shocked that the so-called Master Order had such a powerful right, but that such a valuable thing would be handed over to him.

Su Qi'an has not been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and he is respected as the first talent of Daliang in the outside world, but he is definitely incomparable with the senior Confucianism of the Hanlin Academy.

And the master's order is generally awarded to the next generation of master's candidates, and Su Qi'an thinks that he can't afford such a big gift now.

After all, once you accept it, you have not only the so-called rights, but also the huge responsibilities that come with it.

Su Qi'an shook his head and hurriedly said, "Master, this token student can't bear it, it's really..."

Su Qi'an's refusal was already expected by Wen Xuan, and he said with a smile, "Qi An, when you say this, the old man will know that you are the most suitable person."

"You're right, now you, whether in terms of qualifications or knowledge, any senior Confucian of the Hanlin Academy can crush you, but the biggest difference between you and them is that you are not obsessed with the power of Kyoto, nor are you obsessed with the ancient books of the sages, but choose to go all over the world and put your heart on the people of the world, which makes the old man decide that it is a good choice to grant you the master's order."

"The sage has a saying, the worries of the world first, the joy of the world after the world, after all, the masters of the past generations are not replaced by living in Kyoto for a long time, the old man believes that when you return from walking the world, you will have a deeper understanding of the world, and you will understand the importance of the position of the master."

Su Qi'an was silent, he didn't particularly understand Wenxuan's words, but he didn't resist, but there was one thing he agreed with, if you want to really give a unique policy of the current situation in the world, you have to go all over the world, not on paper.

Although I don't understand it very well, in some thoughts, Su Qi'an and Wenxuan have something in common.

Su Qi'an, who was silent for a while, looked at the master's order handed over, he nodded, no longer hesitated, took it, and spoke.

"Since the Master trusts the student so much, the student will definitely live up to the Master's high expectations, and the student will thank the Master."

Su Qi'an saluted respectfully to Wen Xuan, and Su Qi'an showed heartfelt respect for Wen Xuan.

Don't look at the fact that he has not been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and Wenxuan has not taught him much, but often, it does not take too long for some people to get along with each other, and sometimes a few glances and a simple exchange can understand each other's thoughts.

In the words of the ancients, this is called acquaintance at first sight, and Wenxuan takes good care of Su Qi'an in many things.

Su Qi'an is not stupid, some of the things that happened in the imperial city, especially against him, which time Wenxuan did not stand up for him, if he didn't ask Xuan to come forward, Su Qi'an would not be so easy to be in Kyoto, at ease.

Wen Xuan smiled and nodded, motioned for Su Qi'an to get up, and then asked, "When are you going to leave?"

"The students plan to leave Kyoto in half a month, return to Xishu for a while, and then prepare to go to the south for the first stop."

"It's okay in the south, it's okay, the south side is far away from Kyoto, and there are not so many rules to do some things, but you still have to be careful, after all, the production in that place is backward, uneducated, and most of them are vicious, so you have to judge the situation."

Wen Xuan instructed, and Su Qi'an kept it in mind.

The two talked like this, and in the next half a month, Su Qi'an basically never left the Hanlin Academy, following Wenxuan to study.

And the news about Su Qi'an's plan to leave Kyoto has also spread to some extent, but most of the people who know the inside story are Kyoto magnates.

They didn't leak this news, after all, Su Qi'an is a big or small royal family, how can the news of the royal family going out to walk be leaked in person.

What's more important is that His Majesty reminded him that Su Qi'an's departure made Su Xuanyong feel a little regretful, but after thinking about it, there was no harm in walking the world as a royal family and going to the south.

I thought that educating the local people could also be regarded as a means for the Suliang royal family to consolidate the subordinate states.

Therefore, with the consent of His Majesty, these powerful families, even if they are unhappy with Su Qi'an, it is impossible for them to leak the news everywhere, once Su Qi'an is in Beijing

Everything, they can't run away from the first one.

They are still very clear about which is more important and weighs the pros and cons.

Perhaps because His Majesty had greeted him, in the past half a month, in addition to a group of nobles such as Wenxuan and Chu Guogong, Wang Zhenshan was sent to say goodbye and return to the northwest border.

After all, the Northwest Frontier is preparing for war all year round, and it is impossible for the coach to be absent all the time, if it weren't for this palace exam, he was selected by the military to be the chief examiner, and in normal times, he would not leave the Northwest Frontier for half a step.

A few days after the end of the palace test, the ninth princess who came to comfort her met with her, and the rest of the time, Su Qi'an stayed in the Hanlin Courtyard without anyone disturbing her, not to mention how comfortable it felt.

The ninth princess and Su Qi'an talked for about half an hour, and finally left with a smile and satisfaction.

Seeing the ninth princess leave, Su Qi'an showed a crying and smiling look on his face, outsiders thought that he had been wronged, so he ran away angrily, in fact, it seems that only Wen Xuan knows him.

Su Qi'an doesn't plan to explain, sometimes it is not good for him to explain too much, keep some mystery and let the nobles of the family guess.

In such a comfortable time, half a month passed in a flash.

Su Qi'an packed his luggage early, and Liu Meng and Sun Wen, who stayed in Kyoto, also arranged in advance, took Xu Tangtang, and prepared to leave.

It's just that before leaving, you have to say goodbye to Wen Preach.

Su Qi'an instructed Xu Tangtang and Su Yong to wait for him at the residence, and he went to Wenxuan's residence alone.

As soon as he pushed open the small door of Wenxuan's small courtyard, Su Qi'an was a little stunned.

Because in the courtyard, in addition to Wen Xuan, there is one more person, this person is not an outsider, but Chu Xiong, the Duke of Chu State, who is the Great Liang Zaifu.

For this Duke of Chu, Su Qi'an has not had in-depth communication with him, but his personality is still good.

Not to mention that he is Xie Cang's father-in-law, mainly in the court, the Duke of Chu still said something to Su Qi'an.

It's just that because of his identity, sometimes, he can't get too close to Su Qi'an, and he can't be too close to Su Qi'an like Wen Xuan.

After all, he is Zaifu, and in Da Liangzhong, his powerful position is second only to Su Xuanyong, and he can be said to be truly under one person and above ten thousand people.

The power is monstrous, but in the same way, countless pairs of eyes are staring at him, and if he does something wrong, he will be attacked countless times.

These are not important, the important thing is that he cannot make His Majesty suspicious of him.

Don't look at Su Xuanyong, he is very tolerant of Chu Guogong, but all this is based on the fact that Chu Guogong did not form a party for personal gain.

If Chu Guogong and Su Qi'an were very close, and even both sides showed a kind of appreciation, and they hated each other late, it would be difficult not to arouse Su Xuanyong's suspicions.

The most disgusting thing for the Son of Heaven in all dynasties was that the powerful ministers formed a party for personal gain, which was a serious provocation to the imperial power.

Not to mention, this Emperor Da Liang, who is good at imperial balancing techniques, is even more disgusted with this, once the powerful minister does it, even if there is no evidence, Su Xuanyong will push it to the end, seriously, it is not impossible to exile the border.

Therefore, for this high-ranking and powerful Duke of Chu, Su Qi'an can still understand his distress.

By the side of the Son of Heaven, everything must be cautious in words and deeds, and accompany the king like a tiger, which is not an exaggeration to describe him.

The Duke of Chu Guo, who has always been alone and rarely has much communication with other ministers of the imperial court in private, actually came to the Hanlin Academy today.

For him to be here, after all, something big is going on.

Seeing Su Qi'an coming, Wen Xuan and Chu Xiong nodded with a smile and motioned for Su Qi'an to come over.

Looking at the eyes of the two of them, Su Qi'an seemed to think of something, without hesitation, stepped forward, saluted the two, and asked directly, "It should be something big to let the Duke of Chu come to the Hanlin Academy, and this matter may have something to do with Su."

Su Qi'an's straightforwardness made Chu Guogong nod, and Wen Xuan beside him said, "Qi An, this time, you shouldn't be able to leave Kyoto for the time being."

Su Qi'an raised his eyebrows, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Could it be that something happened to Tongguan?"

The smiles on the faces of the two converged and nodded solemnly.

Su Qi'an's heart sank, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

After a short silence, it was finally Chu Guo who spoke publicly, "Dongshan Bochai is right, the three frontier towns of Kyoto, Juyong and Hangu have been captured, and now the enemy army is storming Tongguan."

Chu Guogong's words made Su Qi'an's face look difficult in an instant, he had thought that the situation would be serious, but he didn't expect it to come to this point.

The three frontier towns mentioned in the mouth of the Duke of Chu are actually the three frontier cities that defend Kyoto.

Because of the location of Kyoto, in the rear of Ningzhou, there are 300,000 troops on the front line, which are deployed all the year round, and it seems to be very safe, but in fact, every year, with the invasion of the army of Daiei in the north, there will always be a group of Daiei cavalry with no more than 10,000 people, who will take the opportunity to sweep.

What's more, some of the brave will go along some lost towns and go directly to Kyoto.

Although the harm caused is only one type of harassment, if this kind of harassment is like this for many years, it can also be a headache.

Therefore, in order to better defend Kyoto, three frontier fortresses were established between Kyoto and Ningzhou.

These three frontier gates are only more than 100 miles away from Kyoto, but they are important eyes to defend Kyoto.

The three frontier fortresses were built in an inverted triangle manner, and no matter which direction the Daei cavalry attacked from, the remaining two cities could be quickly discovered, and according to intelligence analysis, they could quickly attack and support.

Even if the enemy divides his forces to attack Juyong and Hangu in the front and Tongguan in the rear, he will send elite troops to support, no matter how bad it is, the forbidden army in Kyoto will also be dispatched.

The two cooperate, as long as they can be delayed, and when the reinforcements from Ningzhou in front come back, they can not only repel them, but even eat them directly, which is also a small feat.

It is precisely because of the appearance of the three towns on this front that every attack of the Daiei cavalry will eventually be calmly repelled with the cooperation, thus ensuring the safety of Kyoto