The northern suburbs of Kyoto, the Imperial Mausoleum.

The night is dark and the wind is high.

An old man stood in front of the mausoleum of the first emperor, motionless like a stone sculpture.

The cold wind was blowing, and the solemn imperial tomb was filled with a gloomy and cold atmosphere.

There are several pavilions and palaces in front, and there are hundreds of guards.

However, those guards rarely come to the mausoleum, they are responsible for guarding the imperial mausoleum, but they are not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum, and can only guard in the pavilion in front of them.

Just when the cold wind was howling, Cao Zhengchun suddenly opened his eyes.

"It's finally here, we don't have to stay here anymore."

He has been in the Imperial Tomb for a few days, and to be honest, his life in this Imperial Tomb is very hard.

Because the old man didn't go out of the gate, he basically didn't do anything except clean the grass and dust in front of the mausoleum.

As for eating, he also needs to make it himself.

The days are hard and boring, and Cao Zhengchun doesn't like this kind of life.

Taking advantage of the night, two figures leaped from the high wall, and they crept towards the mausoleum.

And the guards in the front hall were probably still dozing off at this time.

"What people!"

Cao Zhengchun suddenly shouted.

The two thieves were shocked when they heard this, and they didn't have time to think about it, they rushed towards Cao Zhengchun quickly.

"It's this old thing, kill him, and no one will disturb our good deeds!"

They said in a low voice.

These two thieves were found by Zhuge Zheng, and they were not found by Zhuge Zheng.

Zhuge Zheng: I just inadvertently revealed to them some information that there were treasures in the imperial tomb.

Of course, they don't know who Zhuge Zheng and I are.

And these two thieves are also cautious people, and they also deliberately investigated the situation inside the imperial tomb before acting.

I know that there is an old man in this imperial tomb.

It's a pity that they don't know that this old man has changed.

The two thieves rushed towards Cao Zhengchun, Cao Zhengchun's expression moved slightly, first waved his palm to repel one person, and then turned around to avoid the other.

A palm struck the thief, and the thief immediately let out a terrible scream.

The screams rang out, waking up the guards in the palace in front of them.

The guards ran out of the palace in a panic.

In the dim darkness of the night, they saw three blurred figures.

"Who? Dare to break into the imperial mausoleum at night! ”

The guards shouted.

However, as soon as their words fell, another scream rang out.

Another thief flew towards them like a sandbag.

Poof!

The thief fell in front of the guards.

Ahem, cough, cough~~

After coughing up blood for a while, his head tilted and he lost his breath.

"Take them away, don't disturb the peace of the first emperor!" Cao Zhengchun said hoarsely.

The guards looked at each other.

"Grandpa Zhu?" Someone shouted hesitantly.

"Hmm!"

Cao Zhengchun responded.

The guards were even more shocked.

The guards outside the mausoleum change every once in a while, and it has only been half a month since these guards came to the imperial mausoleum.

They all knew that there was a Zhu Gonggong in the mausoleum, and they had also met with Zhu Gonggong, but no one had ever paid attention to Zhu Gonggong.

"Gonggong Zhu actually knows martial arts?"

"I don't know! The person on duty before didn't say anything! ”

"It seems that the cultivation is not low!"

"Why not? The trick just now would never have been possible without decades of skill. ”

The guards muttered.

"What are you still doing?" Cao Zhengchun's voice became a little sharper.

"Whoa!"

The guards hurriedly stepped forward and dragged the bodies of the two thieves away.

They also secretly looked at Cao Zhengchun, but unfortunately they didn't see that Cao Zhengchun was a fake.

When everything returned to tranquility, Cao Zhengchun had a simple smile on his face.

"It's a pity that these two little thieves are too weak, and they haven't shown our family's strength well!"

If it weren't for the fact that he was showing his strength in front of the guards, these two little thieves would not be enough for him to slap in the face.

"That's it, that's it, this should attract the attention of the Imperial City!"

He muttered as he walked towards the next cabin.

The palaces and pavilions in the imperial tomb were all built for the emperor, and he naturally could not live in it as a eunuch, but could only live in a simple wooden house next to the mausoleum.

……

In front of the gate of the national prison.

Wang Shouren stood next to the gatehouse and waited quietly.

Guozijian is built according to Qingfu Mountain, the front is humble and the back is high, layer upon layer, and it is scattered; Pavilions are dotted, the hills are undulating, and the eaves are warped.

Standing in front of the door, you can see many lecture halls, houses, study buildings, ancestral halls and other buildings, although it is now the depths of winter, but still give people a sense of tranquility and beauty.

Looking at the students wearing Confucian shirts and shuttling between the lecture hall, the dormitory, and the study building, Wang Shouren had more expectations for Guozijian in his heart.

"Childe is Wang Shouren?" A student came to the door and asked Wang Shouren.

"It's Wang Shouren down there!" Wang Shouren bowed.

The student smiled and said, "Mr. Sacrificial Wine, please come in." ”

"Please lead the way!"

Afterwards, the two of them entered the Guozijian one after the other, and came to a fasting house.

Knock on the door.

In the house, Fu Chengyi was leaning on the soft collapse, holding a book and reading.

"Student Wang Shouren has seen Mr. Sacrificial Wine!" Wang Shouren bowed and bowed.

Fu Chengyi looked up and down at him.

"Sit down!"

"Thank you, Mr. Wine!" Wang Shouren sat in front of Fu Chengyi.

"Your Highness recommends you to me, but I still want to test you! I don't mind. Fu Chengyi said gently.

"Mr. Sake, please!" Wang Shouren said confidently.

Fu Chengyi was overjoyed when he saw the talent, and asked directly, "Mencius said: Those who do their best know their nature." If you know its nature, you will know the sky. Keep its heart and nurture its nature, so everything is also good. Longevity is not two, self-cultivation is in order to take care of it, so it is also life-threatening. What do you think of this passage? ”

Wang Shouren said: "It is nothing more than 'keeping his heart and nurturing his nature, so everything is the same'." ”

The "Heavens" and "Mandate of Heaven" here are not fatalistic, but emphasize "heart" and "sexuality". The heart is the god of man, and it has the reason to respond to all things. Sex is the principle of the heart, and man's destiny is realized from the nature of the heart.

Fu Chengyi asked again: "What kind of heart do you have, what kind of sex do you raise?" ”

Wang Shouren said: "My heart is the heart of heaven, my nature is nature, and my life is the destiny of heaven!" Save my heart, nurture my nature, practice my life, that's all. ”

Fu Chengyi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Hahaha, interesting, interesting!" ”

"The way of the saint is self-sufficient, and those who seek reason from it are also mistaken!" Wang Shouren said with a smile.

Fu Chengyi looked at Wang Shouren in amazement.

Although there is no Cheng Zhu Lixue in this world, the ideas of Confucianism are still biased towards Tianli.

Although Wang Shouren has not yet comprehended the study of mind, he already has a foundation in the concept of mind.

That's why he said, 'My heart is the heart of heaven,' which means that the heart is reason.

His words are somewhat different from the Confucianism in Fu Chengyi's heart.

"It's kind of interesting, you can stay in the country in the future."

"Thank you, Mr. Wine!" Wang Shouren said happily.

……

Within the Imperial City.

Gonggong Lu was guarding in front of the door of the imperial study, and a little eunuch came to him and whispered a few words.

After listening, Gonggong Lu frowned slightly and asked, "Have you checked his identity?" ”

"It's been checked, and there's no problem." The little eunuch replied.

Gonggong Lu nodded slightly and said, "Bring him to me to meet." ”

"Whoa!"

The little eunuch replied.

After a while, the little eunuch put Cao Zhengchun in front of Gonggong Lu.

Father-in-law Lu looked at Cao Zhengchun, Cao Zhengchun was wearing a shabby green coat and a three-mountain hat, revealing a simple smile.

Gonggong Lu asked again: "What year did you enter the palace?" ”

"Eighteen years of Qingde!" Cao Zhengchun replied.

Qingde is the name of the previous Lihuang, who reigned for 22 years.

And that Zhu Gonggong entered the palace in the eighteenth year of Qingde, but after entering the palace, he was arranged to be in the palace supervisor, and after the death of the previous Emperor Li, he went to guard the imperial mausoleum.

Now this Gonggong Zhu also belongs to the Divine Palace Supervisor, but the Divine Palace Supervisor is afraid that he has forgotten him.

"Why do you want to hide your cultivation?"

Father-in-law Lu asked.

"Our family has never hidden its cultivation, but it has not been used!" Cao Zhengchun said.

Gonggong Lu bowed slightly, he didn't doubt Cao Zhengchun's identity, after all, letting a congenital martial artist enter the palace as a eunuch is something that ordinary people can't do.

Not to mention ordinary people, even if they are two or three people, they can't do it.

It is almost impossible to let the innate martial artist go to the palace.

Then Gonggong Lu asked a few more questions, and Cao Zhengchun answered them one by one, and there was the information that Zhuge Zheng gave him, and he did not show any flaws.

"You wait here first."

After some inquiry, Grandpa Lu said again.

"Whoa!" Cao Zhengchun responded.

Immediately, Father-in-law Lu entered the imperial study.

But after a while, he came out of the imperial study again and said, "In the future, you will be a eunuch in the hall of the celebrant eunuch." ”

The status of eunuchs in the hall is lower than that of the eunuchs with palm prints and pen strokes. You can participate in the batch of bonuses. However, Cao Zhengchun will definitely not participate in the red criticism.

When he first arrived, Gonggong Lu wouldn't arrange too many things for him, he just wanted to leave him in the celebrant first.

"Whoa!" Cao Zhengchun replied again.

For him, as long as he enters the imperial city, he doesn't care about the position or anything.

"You can step back and tidy up first, and come back tomorrow." Lu Gong is fair.

When Cao Zhengchun heard this, he bowed and retired.

When he left, Gonggong Lu instructed the little eunuch beside him: "Let the people below observe for a while, and if there is no problem, tell me again." ”

"The little one understands!" The little eunuch replied.

Immediately, Father-in-law Lu waved his hand and signaled that he could leave.

On the other side, after Cao Zhengchun left the imperial study, his eyes flashed with a shrewd gaze.

"This Gonggong Lu's cultivation seems to be very extraordinary!"

Just now he discovered a big secret, that is, Gonggong Lu is actually an innate martial artist, and he is not an ordinary innate martial artist.

Although Gonggong Lu didn't show anything, Cao Zhengchun could still detect it.

"It seems that you have to be careful in the future, the water in this imperial city is a bit deep!"

Cao Zhengchun thought secretly.

……

At the foot of the Merling Mountain.

Qin Wei came slowly in a carriage.

Moling Mountain is located in the northwest of Tianzhou, more than 800 miles away from Tianzhou City, Qin Wei took a carriage and walked for five days before arriving at Moling Mountain.

In the carriage, Qin Wei leaned on the soft quilt, his eyes slightly closed, and his mind was immersed in the Yitian chessboard.

"I don't know if Bai Zhi has arrived at the Qinzhou border army!"

Qin Wei remembered Bai Qi.

From Tianzhou City to Qinzhou, the border army has to pass through the entire Sizhou and Qinzhou, the distance is about more than 2,000 miles, even if it is on horseback, Bai Qi estimates that it will take more than ten days to travel.

This is still no accident, if you encounter an accident, a delay of three days or five days is short.

If you count the days, Bai Qi should have entered Qinzhou, and it is estimated that he should not have arrived at the border army fortress.

Qin Wei looked at the momentum qi on the Yitian chessboard, and more than four hundred wisps of momentum qi were injected into the chess pieces representing Bai Qi.

More than 400 wisps of potential qi can raise Bai Qi's cultivation to the seventh grade.

Bai Qi wants to enter the border army, and it is difficult to reuse his cultivation if his cultivation is too low, and it is not good to cultivate too high, it is too noticeable, so Qin Wei first promoted his cultivation to the seventh grade.

After Bai Qi settled down in the border army, he raised Bai Qi's cultivation to the eighth grade, and then after a year and a half, he was promoted to the ninth grade.

There is a gradual process in this way, so that people can accept it.

"Your Highness, we have arrived!" Outside the carriage, Xiao Shunzi shouted.

Qin Wei opened his eyes, put on his coat, and lifted the curtain.

Looking at the white Moling Mountain, he gathered the fur on his body.

This Moling Mountain is much colder than Tianzhou City.

The surrounding mountains are lined with peaks, and the bitterly cold north wind pierces through the cracks in the peaks, piercing people like knives.

Jumping out of the carriage, Qin Wei climbed up the mountain along the bluestone masonry stairs.

"These sects are really good, you can't choose a good place, you have to live on the top of the mountain!"

Looking at the long staircase, Qin Wei couldn't help but complain.

"Your Highness, bear with me, it will be here soon!" Xiao Shunzi comforted.

Qin Wei shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk up unconcernedly.

He just wanted to complain, but he didn't really feel tired.

Walking to the top of the mountain, a wide mountain lawn appeared in Qin Wei's eyes.

Behind the mountain, there is an antique house, without the magnificence of Wanfu Temple, nor the solemnity of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, but there is a bit of natural and ethereal charm.

"You're here!"

On the mountain lawn, an old man in a loose robe stood.

When he saw Qin Wei coming, he smiled mildly.

"Seniors know that this king is coming?" Qin Wei was slightly surprised.

The old man smiled: "I saw it just now!" ”

Qin Wei blinked and asked, "I haven't asked my seniors for their names yet!" ”

"Old decayed Lu Qingfeng!" Lu Qingfeng put his hands behind his back, and his deep eyes were like a pool of turbid water, making it impossible to see the depth.

Lu Qingfeng!

The Great Elder of the Seven Yuan Sect!

Qin Wei already knew his identity.

"Then does Senior Lu know the identity of this king?"

"Since you claim to be the king, you must be the king of Xin'anjun!" Lu Qingfeng said.

Qin Wei bowed slightly, "Grandpa Huang has a letter for this king to bring." ”

As he spoke, he took the letter from his cuff.

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly stepped forward and handed the letter to Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng opened the letter and glanced at it.

"The letter has been received, His Royal Highness the King of the County, please go back!"

Qin Wei's expression froze.

What does this mean, this king has just climbed up, you let this king go down!

Anyway, I will entertain this king!

"Is there anything else going on with His Royal Highness the County King?" Lu Qingfeng still had a gentle smile on his face.

But Qin Wei felt that his smile was very annoying.

"Farewell!"

Qin Wei arched his hand and turned to leave.

Walking on the cold stone steps, his face was a little gloomy.

Although he didn't think that the Seven Yuan Sect would welcome him before he came, he didn't expect that the Seven Yuan Sect wouldn't even let him enter the gate.

It's arrogant that doesn't even have the most basic hospitality.

(End of chapter)