A few days later, Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang set off from the north gate, preparing to go to Beiyue Fucheng, while Qiao Zhi followed them from a distance.
Originally, Chu Qiguang wanted Qiao Zhi to stay in Qingyang County to watch over the monsters for him, but Qiao Zhi had to follow him.
Qiao Zhi said: "As long as they have white rice here in Qingyang County! This time you went to Beiyue Fucheng to compete in the ring, how could I not go and see it? I have been waiting for so many days, and I didn't see you beating everyone down on the spot.
Candidate, how can I sleep?!"
Even Bai Mi, Lulu and the other cat demons jumped up after hearing this, expressing that they wanted to follow Chu Qiguang to watch him fight in the ring.
Chu Qiguang asked helplessly: "Do you cat people like to watch this kind of fun so much?"
Qiao Zhi said unconvinced: "What do you call us cat tribe? Who in the world doesn't like to see this kind of thing? Can't we like it?"
In the end, Chu Qiguang only asked Qiao Zhi to follow him, while the other cat demons stayed in Qingyang County to continue their work.
Originally, Chu Qiguang also made an appointment with Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian, who were also going to take the exam, and went on the road together. However, it turned out that these two people seemed to know Chu Qiguang's current reputation and were afraid of being implicated. They refused to go with him and went on their own first.
Went to Beiyue Fucheng in one step.
So Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang and Qiao Zhi to the wild and took a ride on the Chongming Bird. In about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at a high altitude more than ten miles outside Beiyue Mansion City.
They found a deserted location to land. Chu Qiguang touched Jiji's head and watched the other person soar into the sky, hovering for a while before flying in the direction of Wangjiazhuang.
Chu Qiguang continued to take Chen Gang to Beiyue Fucheng. The place where they took the martial arts exam was at the Beiyue Gongyuan in the city. Because of the proximity to the Gongyuan, the nearby streets were all for commercial and residential use and were rented out to candidates during each martial arts exam.
We, the rent is naturally much higher than before.
When Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang arrived, most of the candidates had arrived ten days and a half months in advance. They wanted to find a courtyard to rent, but found that the entire courtyard was not available for rent. They could only find a single room to rent for a month.
It only cost ten taels of silver, which made Qiao Zhi meow repeatedly.
After Chu Qiguang was welcomed into the room by the store owner, he was directly handed over to Chen Gang to clean up.
At this moment, a candidate who lived opposite him came out, raised his hand towards Chu Qiguang and said, "I am Tao Zhiyue, a person from Liyang."
Chu Qiguang cupped his fists and said, "Chu Qiguang is from Qingyang County."
When Tao Zhiyue heard Chu Qiguang's name, he immediately frowned: "Your Excellency, is this Chu Qiguang who led a group of unruly people to surround Qingyuan?"
Qingyuan is the Ding family's house. Chu Qiguang could only nod his head when he heard this: "That's right."
Tao Zhiyue snorted when he heard this, and his face instantly turned into a cold expression. He shook his sleeves and wanted to go back to the room. He seemed completely unwilling to say another word to Chu Qiguang. Before entering the room,
He couldn't help but say: "There is no virtue in martial arts, so please take care of yourself."
The door of the wing room on the other side was also opened, and it seemed that a servant was poking his head and looking at the situation here.
In addition to Chu Qiguang and Tao Zhiyue, there are two wing rooms in this courtyard where candidates live, but they also ignore Chu Qiguang and look distant.
Qiao Zhi hid on the eaves and said to Chu Qiguang bitterly in his heart: "When you get on stage, you must teach these guys a lesson. And that Tao Zhiyue, I have the impression that he will be hit in the future.
Wu Jinshi’s.”
Chu Qiguang knew that the people who could impress Qiao Zhi were definitely not simple, so he immediately asked what was so special about Tao Zhiyue.
Qiao Zhi said: "This man took the official route after becoming a Jinshi. Later, he should have served as a censor and cabinet minister for more than ten years. All the cabinet ministers were impeached by him. He has always been famous for being honest and upright, and not afraid of the powerful."
Chu Qiguang said: "Oh? Is he an upright official?"
Qiao Zhi chuckled secretly and said: "When the wolf clan went south to attack the city, this guy was the first to surrender with his servants, and even helped to open the city gate. Later, many ministers who rebelled against the Han Dynasty were knighted by the wolf clan."
Chu Qiguang nodded and understood: "Political opportunist."
And then Chu Qiguang finally realized how bad his reputation was now. He was often pointed at by other candidates when he walked on the road. Chen Gang was teased even when he went out to fetch water and food.
Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian, who were also from Qingyang County, even pretended not to know Chu Qiguang, for fear of being offended.
"Totally isolated."
Chu Qiguang felt the attitudes of the candidates these days and thought to himself: "The martial arts and scholar culture in Beiyue Mansion are completely controlled by the Tianyu School."
"If the entire Lingzhou... or even the entire north is like this, then the martial arts masters of the Tianyu School and the high-ranking officials of the imperial court will form a party... it will be enough to affect the structure of the court and even fight against the imperial power."
"This should be the reason why Emperor Yong'an wants to take Fei Yi down and pull Wu Siqi up. This is to find a target for the Tianyu School. Watching Wu Siqi and the people from the Tianyu School fight back and forth below, he himself will be the referee... This
Only then can we sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and control the situation of the government by ourselves."
Qiao Zhi suddenly realized after listening to Chu Qiguang's thoughts: "Then Emperor Yong'an is very powerful, so let's call it the art of the emperor!"
"It is indeed powerful, but the leader of a country should not indulge too much in machinations, otherwise there will be too much internal friction and it will not be beneficial to the country."
Chu Qiguang touched his chin and didn't think more about it, but that night, someone came to the door.
He was a middle-aged man with a goatee, a well-known doctor in Qingyang County. Hao Xiangtong paid him to follow Chu Qiguang, and he also carried several boxes of pills to stop bleeding, relieve pain, and kill people.
.
Chu Qiguang said helplessly: "This woman plans to hire a doctor to rescue me at any time."
"That's too much! These candidates from Beiyue Mansion are so unruly!" Qiao Zhi jumped in from outside the yard angrily: "They are actually betting on who can destroy you, Chu Qiguang, you must be ruthless
Hit me! I’m so angry!”
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Another three days passed, and the gate of Gongyuan was opened, and it was finally time to go through the application procedures.
Chu Qiguang also ran to line up, but was naturally given the cold shoulder again.
Just when he finished the formalities and came out, he saw that the street suddenly became noisy, as if some important person had come to participate in martial arts.
After Chu Qiguang returned to the courtyard, he asked Chen Gang to go to the street to inquire. Only then did he find out that a man named Jiang Longyu had come to apply for the exam, which immediately caused a small sensation.
Chu Qiguang had never heard of this name, but Qiao Zhi on the side said in surprise: "Jiang Longyu is here? Did he take the child examination in Beiyue Mansion?"
Chu Qiguang asked curiously: "Who is this Jiang Longyu?"
After Qiao Zhi introduced him, Chu Qiguang knew the origin of this person.
It is said that the Han royal family controls Diyuan Wuge, who is the best at Feng Shui fortune telling among the twenty-five righteous laws, and even summoned talents from all over the world who are good at divination to enter Qintian Prison.
The royal family of the Han Dynasty, who were so good at fortune-telling, would naturally make predictions about the fate of the country and predict the future every year.
And the current Emperor Yong'an worked with Qin Tianjian to predict the fate of the country more than ten years ago, and calculated that the Han Dynasty was in decline, but if it could be found and conquered, "Shuanglong accompanied by thunder will travel through the eight wastes, and the five-star Dingding will be in the center."
The eight talents mentioned in this sentence can reverse the fate of the country and make the Han Dynasty prosperous for another hundred years.
Qiao Zhi said: "These eight people form the Eight Generals of the Prosperous Han Dynasty. Over the years, Emperor Yong'an has been looking for these eight talents based on the calculated fate. Jiang Longyu is one of them. He has been carefully trained since he was a child. At the age of thirteen,
I passed the child examination and became a martial arts student. Who would have thought it would be this year?"
George rolled his eyes again and said: "By the way, this kid is the first to be found among the eight generals of the Xinghan Dynasty. He has been praised to the sky since he was a child, but he is famous for his arrogance."
But the excitement outside had nothing to do with Chu Qiguang. He was practicing martial arts and meditating for a day, and finally it was time for the official exam.