Li Jian returned victorious, and Emperor Wu of Liang sent someone to clean up his old mansion early, and allowed Li Jian to stay in Beijing for three days before going to the fiefdom. After retiring from the court, hundreds of civil and military officials came to congratulate one after another, but they were all rejected by the housekeeper on the grounds that the prince was tired for many days and needed to recuperate.

As everyone knows, the reason why Li Jian closed the door was because his idle, crane-like father rushed home overnight after hearing the news.

Now he is a very human minister, and Li Jian, who can be regarded as above 10,000 people under Liang Guo, is still walking on thin ice in the face of his father Li Xian, and he does not dare to breathe. But Li Xian did not ask the teacher for his guilt this time, he also knew that his son was rewarded again this time, it was all a helpless move, at the moment of national disaster, Li Jian was ordered to be in danger, and it was better to be rewarded for a big victory than to suffer the wrath of the Son of Heaven after a defeat.

Li Xian saw that his son was silent, and sighed in his heart, as the premier kendo master of the Liang State, Li Xian originally wanted to keep his only son away from the government and devote himself to martial arts, and he would inherit his mantle one day, but Li Jian was weak by nature, and he couldn't raise the slightest interest in martial arts and kendo, so he let it go and no longer forced it. Seeing that his son was so afraid of himself, he secretly sighed in his heart that he had been obsessed with kendo over the years, the father and son had gathered less and separated more, and the relationship was estranged, so he couldn't help but sigh a little, and sighed: "Jian'er don't worry, my father didn't come back this time to blame you, you live in a temple, and many things are involuntarily, so many years, I have suffered you." ”

When Li Jian heard this, he looked at his father with an incredulous expression.

I heard Li Xian continue: "Now that you have been rewarded again, it is both the emperor's grace and constraints. Yan Chu Liao Three Kingdoms thieves are not dead, and then they are bound to rebel again, you have been named the general of the protector of the country, and the Liang State must stand up when it is in danger, although you do not need to take the lead, but the battlefield is full of dangers, you can accept this sword book, and you can practice diligently in your spare time for self-defense. ”

Li Jian took it solemnly, his eyes were wet with tears, and he said in a deep voice: "The child has written it down." ”

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Liang Guotaishi's Mansion, Jiang Qing, who was the foil of this court meeting, did not show any resentment, but was full of spring breeze, and took the initiative to pull Yang Yuan to drink in the inner hall.

Yang Yuan successfully broke into the Jiang Party because of the leakage of the relocation of the capital, and now he is like a fish in water in the officialdom of Liang State, and he is even more grateful to his noble Jiang Qing.

Seeing Jiang Qing's face full of light and uncontrollable smile, Yang Yuan was puzzled, and said carefully: "This morning, Your Majesty promoted the other three, but only rewarded the Taishi, so favoritism, it is really chilling." ”

Jiang Qing smiled slightly and said, "Lord Yang is questioning the saint? ”

Yang Yuan hurriedly slapped himself and said with a smile: "Xia Guan doesn't dare, Xia Guan is just complaining for Taishi." ”

Jiang Qing laughed: "Uneven? It's too late for the official to be happy, so why not say it unfairly. ”

Yang Yuan wondered: "Why is this?" The villain is stupid, and the adults are asked to make it clear. ”

Jiang Qing drank the slogan of Jiannan Spring Brew, which called a pot of gold, and said with a smile: "The king of Qingzhou has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he has worked hard, and now he has gone further, and the two words have become one word, this is the reward he deserves, Zhu Wang and Ye Baiye seem to be waiting for the generals, but in fact, they are assigned to the frontier, even if they lead the army from afar?" It's just a servant of the saint who cares for the family, the two of them have no prestige in Beijing, and now they are far away from the center, and the temple in the future, the military generals will be even weaker, and the entire Liang officialdom will only be the only one left, you say, this can be regarded as a happy event? ”

Yang Yuan, as an old fox who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, thought about it a little, figured out the joints, and asked tentatively: "So, is it deliberately done by His Majesty to let the Taishi monopolize the power?" ”

Jiang Qing sneered and said, "I might as well tell you some secrets." Feng Jingquan was born in his later life, and he had his thoughts, but where did he get such courage! According to the old man's opinion, there must be a master behind the saint to guide and give advice to him. It's a pity that this person is too hidden, and over the years, the old man has tried his best to learn any news about this person. ”

Yang Yuan instantly became cold, and said tremblingly: "The Taishi is secretly investigating the Holy Master? Could it be that you want to? ”

Jiang Qing waved his hand and interrupted: "Lord Yang is too worried, now that this official is already a supreme minister, why should he risk losing his head to do that rebellious thing?" Besides, the old man is old and doesn't want to toss anymore. Isn't it a blessing for me to have such a holy monarch with clear rewards and punishments in my Daliang? ”

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Half a year has passed since the war was calmed down, and Lu Xiong is about to usher in his first birthday, according to the agreement between Cao Qiong and Mei Shuyan, Lu Xiong will decide his fate by catching Zhou.

On the eve of the first day, Mei Shuyan lay beside Lu Xiong, unable to sleep for a long time, for this little doll that he watched grow up, Mei Shuyan had already regarded it as his own descendant in his heart, and he couldn't bear to live in revenge all his life. After thinking about it, he made up his mind to do something at the Zhou Capture Ceremony, and as for Cao Qiong's side, he could only make amends in person afterwards.

On the right day, the Sword God Mountain was full of red lanterns, and everyone was immersed in joy except for Cao Qiong and Mei Shuyan, who had their own thoughts. The swordsman was ruthless, but the arrival of Xiao Lu Xiong brought a trace of warmth to the originally cold Sword God Mountain.

Everyone pushed the glass and changed the lamp, it was very lively, even Xiao Lu Xiong was coaxed to smack a few drops of spirits, and the pink little face was flushed, which was very gratifying. After the banquet, Mei Shuyan ordered someone to clean up the main table, spread a clean red cloth, put all kinds of objects, and hugged Lu Xiong over.

Cao Qiong looked at it and saw that there were only a dozen objects on the table, most of the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting had been occupied, and the blade was just a bamboo spear, and he knew that it must be Mei Shuyan's ghost. But Cao Qiong said that he would definitely not regret it, so he could only eat this loss, glanced at Mei Shuyan, frowned, and said: "Sister, why do you bother, since Cao Mou has already released his words, he will naturally keep his promise." ”

Mei Shuyan said with a smile: "The old man is not skilled in craftsmanship, and he can't make swords, guns, swords, and halberds, so he can only find some ready-made objects." ”

Cao Qiong shook his head and smiled bitterly, there was no reason to reason with a woman. grabbed the flying sword and threw it on the table: "In that case, the old man will add something!" ”

At this time, Xiao Lu Xiong was placed on the table by Mei Shuyan in his arms under the watchful eye of everyone, and slowly crawled forward. Among all the objects, only the Feiying Sword is the most eye-catching, Lu Xiong was also attracted by it, and approached the Feiying Sword step by step, Cao Qiong saw this, and breathed a sigh of relief, and Mei Shuyan's heart was in his throat, but in front of everyone's eyes, it was not good to make a hindrance from it, so he could only hope that Lu Xiong would not pick up the sword.

Feiying Sword is a supreme divine soldier, and he has been with Cao Qiong for many years, and he is even more swordsmanlike. Lu Xiong was young, where could he bear it, within a foot, he was stimulated by the leaking sword qi, his fingers tingled, and he hurriedly retracted his little hand. Cao Qiong snorted coldly, his face displeased. Mei Shuyan knew what he was thinking, the dignified sword god disciple couldn't resonate with the divine sword, but was repelled by the sword qi, which made Cao Qiong, who had been arrogant all his life, not annoyed. Mei Shuyan was so happy that Cao Qiong was deflated, and when she saw Lu Xiong abandon the flying sword, she covered her mouth and snickered.

It seemed that he intended to tease the two, Lu Xiong sat in the center of the table, looked left and right, but refused to start, Cao and Mei could only be anxious on the side. After a while, Lu Xiong seemed to have made up his mind, climbed straight to the side, held the bamboo spear in his arms, and refused to let go for a long time.

Mei Shuyan's heart is like ashes.

Cao Qiong breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Everything has a certainty, since you have chosen this path yourself, from today onwards, I, Cao Qiong, will officially accept you as an apprentice, and you are also the only disciple of my Cao Qiong in this life." ”