In a thatched cottage in Linyuan, scholars and dignitaries gathered here, making it look like a prosperous literary world.
The scholars made friends and discussed poems and songs, which was very lively.
But Li Xiuyuan could only stay in a corner and was not welcomed by others.
No other scholar would come to say hello to him, and they would avoid him intentionally or unintentionally when passing by.
"This Li Xiuyuan is so incompetent. Although his talents are good, he should not ridicule Master Fu. Master Fu, the Minister of War, came here with the emperor's order to provide disaster relief. If Li Xiuyuan offends Master Fu, his career will be in trouble in the future."
"Haha, since ancient times, talented scholars have always relied on their talents and arrogance, and did not take the dignitaries in their eyes. Little did they know that this behavior may seem free and easy, but in fact it is asking for trouble. Li Bai must be talented, but he is not allowed to use it in an idle official position.
, the reason is just like Li Xiuyuan."
"I heard that several other adults in the city also have a bad impression of Li Xiuyuan."
Li Xiuyuan had sharp ears and eyes, and heard many voices talking about him.
Just now in the pavilion, he acted out of common sense and counterattacked Fu Tianchou, which made Fu Tianchou very unhappy.
But if Fu Tianchou is not happy, the people below him will naturally act based on his face, start to distance themselves from him, and cut off contact with him.
"Haha, this Li Xiuyuan is so smart that he is fooled by his cleverness. He doesn't understand the ways of the world, and he doesn't know how to flatter people. This time he is in trouble." Elsewhere, Zhu Erdan couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he saw Li Xiuyuan being ignored.
I feel very happy.
After this literary meeting, even if Li Xiuyuan's fame spread, no one would make friends with him.
This name has become a bad name and people are afraid to avoid it.
Li Xiuyuan's endurance is not that bad. Since no one cares about him, he wants to be quiet and go out for a walk instead of staying here.
"Brother Li, where are you going?" Zhu Yu asked when he saw this.
"Go out for a walk. The filthy atmosphere here is too strong and it's not suitable for me." Li Xiuyuan said.
Wang Ping next to him said: "Brother Li's talents are admired by us, and his good deeds in dealing with the victims are also beyond our reach. But next spring will be the provincial examination. All the talents here must prepare for entering the officialdom in the future. Look at them
They are all trying to fawn over those officials, especially Marquis Li and Master Fu. Brother Li can’t stand these stupid things."
"That's true, but seeing Brother Li being ostracized and neglected, I feel extremely angry. It doesn't matter if you don't want to participate in this cultural gathering. Let's go, let's go find Brother Li and have a drink at the Qinhuai River."
"Let him treat you?" Wang Ping said with a smile.
Zhu Yu said confidently: "Of course, we are the gentlemen who risk our lives to accompany us. Shouldn't Brother Li treat us to a drink?"
"Hey, where is Ning Caichen, where has he gone?" Suddenly, Wang Ping looked around again in confusion.
"Those who were here before disappeared in the blink of an eye. Ning Caichen is introverted and not good at speaking. The scene of this cultural gathering is not suitable for him. I don't know where he will go. Let's look for him. Don't be fooled by others.
I was bullied." Zhu Yu said.
At this moment, Ning Caichen was unexpectedly surprised at the cultural gathering and saw a very familiar figure in disbelief.
Nie Xiaoqian~!
Yes, Ning Caichen could not believe in his dreams that he would see Nie Xiaoqian again one day, but he was not sure, so he stood on his feet and looked around, and then followed the crowd to find her.
Li Xiuyuan was wandering in the forest garden at the moment, but he was quiet and comfortable.
It's not that he doesn't know how to flatter others and flatter others, it's just because of his personality. After all, he has been born in two lifetimes, and his personality is set and cannot be changed.
If he was asked to flatter and please a group of ancient people, he would never be able to do it.
"Um?"
Just when Li Xiuyuan came to a flower garden, he saw that all the flowers that were blooming before suddenly disappeared.
Yes, they all disappeared, as if someone had picked them.
He looked at the ground but didn't see any flower petals scattered on the ground, which made Li Xiuyuan look strange.
"Hurry up, hurry up, those flowers have to be picked away, not a single one can be left." At this time, a pleasant female voice came from nearby.
Li Xiuyuan looked curiously, and saw several beautiful and graceful women in the garden. These women were about twenty-eight years old, wearing colorful skirts, including purple, red, green, and white.
, just like the blooming flowers in the flower garden. In addition, these women all carried flower baskets in their hands and walked around the flower garden. With a wave of their hands, a piece of flowers flew out and fell into the flower basket.
The bamboo woven flower basket is like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled no matter how much it is filled.
"That peony flower is blooming so brightly, I'll go and pick it." A woman in purple suddenly took a fancy to the blooming peony flower on a rockery. With a slight click, she flew up, flying over the sky with great lightness.
He walked over and picked the particularly bright peony flower.
"Sure enough, they are not the family members of the Marquis Mansion, they are fairies." Li Xiuyuan's expression condensed immediately after seeing this scene.
He couldn't see the true nature of these women, which meant that they were not demons. Of course, there was another possibility, that is, their realm was too high and they had lost their demon bodies. As for mortals, it was impossible. How could mortals fly?
Even he, the martial arts master, cannot float in the air.
It is impossible for these seven or eight women to shed their demon bodies and become human beings.
How could there be so many thousand-year-old demons gathering together?
"Since I saw it, I went over to ask and say hello." Li Xiuyuan was curious and walked over.
As soon as he got close, he was immediately noticed by a fairy in red.
"Shh, it seems someone is coming."
The fairy in red shushed and said to the other fairies.
"Why would anyone come? We have cast a spell here. Even if they saw us, they would only see a few bees gathering honey, and they would not see us."
The woman in purple giggled, but her eyes moved and she saw Li Xiuyuan walking along the path.
"Gee, what a handsome young man, is there such a man in this world? If the matter hadn't been urgent this time, I would have really wanted to stay with him for a few days."
"Look at what you said, you're not ashamed either."
Several other women joked to each other, and there was a sweet sound like silver bells in the flower beds, and they did not forget to pick flowers while they were playing.
"I see that he is quite pleasing to the eye, so I will play tricks on him. I will pull out a piece of his hair and drive him away. Don't disturb us picking flowers." The fairy in purple suddenly became playful and flew towards Li Xiuyuan.
"..."
Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this. I haven't offended you, right? Is there anything wrong with being good-looking?
The fairy in red suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly: "Come back soon, I remembered, this young master is not an ordinary young master, don't go and play tricks on him, he can see us."
"What?" The purple-clothed fairy was immediately frightened when she heard this, and was so frightened that she almost fell from the air.
"Girl, please be careful, don't fall." Li Xiuyuan reached out and offered support.
The purple-clothed woman's face turned red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly flew back and hid behind another fairy.
The fairy in red hurriedly came over and said apologetically: "My little sister, she was a little too playful and almost bumped into a saint in the world. Please forgive me."
A saint on earth?
The other fairies all looked shocked when they heard this, especially the woman in purple who was even more shocked and ashamed.
He is the most famous saint in the Heavenly Palace?
"It's not a collision. I don't take it seriously. I just saw the words in the flower bed disappearing in a moment. I was curious, so I looked around. I didn't expect that some fairies were picking flowers here." Li Xiuyuan smiled.
He said: "I have disturbed a few of you."
"Thank you saint for your magnanimity." The fairy in red saluted, and then said: "Sisters, what are you doing standing there, why haven't you come to pay homage to the saint in the world."
Hearing this, several other fairies immediately walked over with light steps. With smiles on their faces, they saluted respectfully and said, "I have seen a saint in the world."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Are you fairies in the heavenly palace?"
"Yes, we are all fairies in the sky. We have come down to earth this time to pick flowers. We have run out of flowers in the fairy palace, so let's pick some." said the fairy in red.
"Since we are picking flowers, why don't we wait until night to pick them instead of picking them at this time?" Li Xiuyuan asked curiously.
The fairy in red said: "I dare not hide it from the saints in the world. At night, these flowers will no longer be usable and will be contaminated with filth, so I have to pick them during the day."
"What kind of filth is it?" Li Xiuyuan said.
The fairy in purple said, "It's blood. These words will soon be stained with human blood. How can they be used to decorate the heavenly palace if they are stained with blood?"
The fairy in red glared at her, as if warning her to talk too much.
The purple-clothed fairy immediately lowered her head in fear.
"You mean there's going to be a murder here soon?" Li Xiuyuan frowned.
"Yes, so this time we have to pick all the flowers, and we should not come here again in the future, and there will no longer be flowers blooming here... Oops, the time has come, the world has
Saint, I'm really sorry that we have to leave. If the saint goes to the fairy palace next time, we will apologize to the saint again." At this time, the face of the fairy in red changed, she hurriedly bowed, and then left quickly with the other fairies.
Immediately, several rays of rays of light passed through the sky, like a rainbow crossing, and these fairies flew away and disappeared into the sky.
Looking at the flower garden, there is no flower in bloom anymore, it is all bare.
"Listen to this fairy, someone will die today, and blood will be splashed in the flower garden?" Li Xiuyuan wondered.
How could a good writer kill someone? He was just using pen and ink, not a knife.
"It's better to go back and take a look. The fairy's words are definitely not without purpose. There must be a reason."
With this idea in mind, he immediately turned around and went back, preparing to visit the thatched cottage where the cultural gathering was held.
However, just as he was walking on the road, he suddenly saw groups of soldiers rushing into the forest garden from all directions.
One of the leading generals, wearing armor, shouted loudly: "Did you hear what the young marquis said? Guard all exits and don't let anyone escape. The others will follow me."
Then the general led a group of soldiers and rushed toward the thatched cottage with murderous intent.
"What happened? Even the soldiers in the army were dispatched." Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment.
But before he could think too much, suddenly, a sound broke through the air, and an arrow flew out of the general's hand and headed straight for him.
"What?" Li Xiuyuan was shocked.
What surprised him was not the arrow that flew towards him, but that the general actually raised his bow and fired an arrow at him without any hesitation or thought.
You must know that you are a scholar. In this dynasty, the nobles and military officials are humble. The crime of killing a scholar is very serious.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan easily dodged the arrow on one side of his body.
"Um?"
General Ji frowned and stared at Li Xiuyuan. He did not continue to shoot arrows, but continued to drink: "Come here, kill that scholar, and the rest will follow my general to kill Fu Tianchou."
"It's the general."
Several soldiers responded and rushed towards Li Xiuyuan with their swords in hand.
"Is this Li family crazy?"
Li Xiuyuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard that the general was going to lead his troops to kill Fu Tianchou.
This is Marquis Li's Mansion. This general must be closely related to Marquis Li. Could it be that Marquis Li wants to send troops to kill Fu Tianchou?
But even if you want to kill, you shouldn't choose to do it at this time.
There were so many doubts that Li Xiuyuan himself couldn't figure out what was going on. At this moment, he saw five soldiers running toward him with swords in hand.
"Speak slowly if you have anything to say, why bother to use knives or guns?" Li Xiuyuan said: "I am a scholar in the city. If you kill me, you will definitely not be able to get away with it."
"Bah, you are not a scholar, you are a Maitreya believer." A soldier shouted, and he raised his sword and chopped it down without hesitation.
Li Xiuyuan took a few steps back and avoided the knife: "Maitreya cult? Where did you start talking about this? If you want to kill me, you have to let me know the reason. It is better than being a confused ghost."
He tried to get some news out.
"You, a scholar, know martial arts? Brothers, don't hold back, or he will escape." The soldier shouted, but ignored Li Xiuyuan's words.
Several other soldiers also rushed forward and slashed at Li Xiuyuan with their swords.
"It's true that when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain. Since you want to kill me, you and I won't be polite. Whether you live or die depends on your fate."
Li Xiuyuan's eyes flashed. Since he couldn't figure out why, he couldn't waste time here.
He moved his feet, avoided several knives, and reached out to grab a soldier's knife. Then he raised his hand and slashed. Several soldiers in front of him covered their chests, blood spurted out, and they were shocked.
He fell back in fear.
"How is it possible? He was clearly not hit." A soldier said in disbelief.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Fortunately, you are also soldiers in the army. Don't you know that after mastering martial arts, you can generate strength? This strength is in the sword. A short sword can split a cow."
"This is the method of a martial arts master. Only generals in the army have this ability." The soldiers were shocked.
"Forget it, I won't tell you more, you are just people who obey orders. My stabbing you is just a warning. If you still attack me, I will chop off your heads with the next stab." Li Xiuyuan said, and then
He took out a painting from the Ghost King's bag.
A ray of white light swept out of the scroll and turned into a dragon colt.
He rode the dragon colt and rushed towards the thatched cottage.
"Ah~!" Immediately, screams came from the thatched cottage.
"The fairy's words are right. There will really be blood splattering on the flowerbed here today. Can the gods really predict blessings and misfortunes in advance?" Li Xiuyuan's face changed slightly, and he was a little shocked.
One chapter today, make up for it tomorrow, that’s two chapters, I still owe one chapter last time......