When they arrived in Anlu, everyone found an inn to stay. In order to avoid trouble caused by too many people talking, Li Bai sent Zi Yan back to Xu Mansion alone.
The master and his wife of the Xu family were very happy to see the two people back. They immediately prepared wine and food for them to wash their hands. During the dinner, Li Bai once again proposed marriage to Ziyan's parents. Ziyan's parents were filled with joy and readily agreed.
Zi Yan sat aside, feeling shy.
In this way, the marriage of the two was finally settled.
As for the wedding date, Zi Yan insisted on rescuing her master before making an agreement. Of course Li Bai agreed. Zi Yan's parents also agreed when they saw their friendship for the master.
After dinner, Li Bai said goodbye and left, planning to go back to the inn to meet up with Sima Heng and others to discuss the next step. Seeing that Li Bai had business to do, Ziyan's parents did not try to persuade him to stay.
After leaving the Xu Mansion, Li Bai originally wanted to go to the Meng Mansion and get together with Meng Haoran. But halfway through, he remembered why not introduce Yuan Danqiu and Cen Xun to each other? So he turned back to the inn.
The evening breeze blew gently, and Li Bai was walking on the quiet streets of Anlu. For some reason, he, who had never been drunk before, suddenly felt a little tipsy. Maybe it was the pain of losing a friend and the joy of getting a wife that mixed together, giving the drunkenness something to take advantage of.
opportunity.
Walking, walking, Li Bai accidentally walked to the center of the street.
Suddenly, a carriage came running from the corner of the street. It was very fast. It was in front of Li Bai and was about to hit Li Bai.
The driver didn't expect someone walking in the street and hurriedly pulled the horse, but it was already too late. The two tall horses pulling the cart had suddenly bumped into Li Bai.
Li Bai's Qi reaches the fourth level, and his shield can be used automatically when in danger, so when the two horses collide, Li Bai's shield opens instantly.
"Boom!"
The two horses hit the guard.
Li Bai stood still, but the two horses collided, causing one of them to kneel and fall to the side, and the carriage suddenly overturned forward.
Soon enough, two people jumped out of the carriage and jumped away at the moment the carriage fell to the ground, landing steadily three feet away.
One of these two people is a groom, and the other is in his forties. He is wearing official uniform and has a majestic look on his face. He is obviously an official of the imperial court.
When the two landed, eight guards with swords in their hands rushed out from behind the carriage, four of them guarded the officials, and four of them surrounded Li Bai.
At this time, one of the guards shouted to Li Bai: "Who are you? How dare you rush into Li Changshi's carriage and horse!"
It turns out that the man in official uniform is Li Jingzhi, the chief official of Anlu.
Li Bai cupped his hands and said, "I am Li Bai. I was drunk and unintentionally bumped into Li Changshi's carriage. I hope you will forgive me."
When the guard heard this, he frowned and said, "It turns out you are a drunkard. I will take you back to the Yamen to punish you for your offense." After that, he reached out and grabbed Li Bai.
When Li Bai saw it, he dodged and said, "It's Li Bai's fault for hitting the carriage. How about I pay you a carriage?"
When the guard saw that Li Bai dared to avoid him, he immediately became angry: "Of course I have to pay compensation, but the crime of offense is also unavoidable!" After that, he winked at the other three guards. The three of them understood, and the four of them rushed towards Li Bai together.
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When Li Bai saw this, he didn't hide. He used his true energy shield and no matter how hard the four of them tried, they couldn't get close.
Seeing this scene, the four guards were very angry and raised their swords to slash at the shield.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The infuriating shield was not damaged at all.
"Stop!" Li Jingzhi, who had been watching, shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, the four guards quickly retracted their swords and took a step back to be on guard.
Li Jingshang took a few steps forward, looked at Li Bai and said, "Your name is Li Bai?"
"Exactly!"
"You have good martial arts skills. It's really not easy to use the Qi shield."
"My lord, it's just a joke. It's just a clumsy skill."
"Clumsy skills? Haha, I would like to compete with your clumsy skills." After saying that, Li Jingzhi reached out and took the single sword of a guard.
When Li Bai saw him, he didn't expect that Li Jingzhi was so competitive, so he said, "Master, if you want to compete, of course Li Bai will accompany you."
Li Jingzhi smiled slightly, "Then get ready, I'm going to take action." After saying that, he flicked his wrist and slashed out with a single sword like lightning. "Bang!" He slashed on Li Bai's protective shield.
The shield is intact.
"Okay, this shield is really powerful!" Li Jing sighed in admiration, his inner strength sank, his figure was like flying, he raised his sword and slashed hard, and he cut dozens of knives on the shield in an instant. With this sword technique, this person is enough
Become famous.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The shield is still fine, but the sword is full of holes.
The result of the contest is obvious.
Li Jingzhi handed the knife back to the guard and said to Li Bai: "I didn't expect your shield to be so powerful. It really opened my eyes. However, did you know that it is punishable to ram the carriages and horses of imperial officials?"
"I did not intend to collide. I hope you will forgive me. I am willing to compensate you for the carriage."
Li Jingzhi smiled and said, "I missed you unintentionally and I feel guilty. Let's just let this matter go."
Li Bai saw that Li Jingzhi was so thoughtful and couldn't help but secretly admire him, so he decided to get acquainted with him and said: "Li Bai admires you for being such a large number. I have a bold request, which is to get acquainted with you."
When Li Jingzhi heard this, he looked at Li Bai and said, "Although you are good at martial arts, you are greedy and get into trouble. You are not someone I admire. You'd better leave."
When Li Bai heard this, he said in his heart: I praised you a lot just now, but I'm still thinking about the collision of the carriage. It's okay if we don't get to know each other. But then he thought about it, since he wants to establish a martial arts world and settle the country, if he can't even get to know a long history.
How to make it happen?
Thinking of this, he raised his hands and said, "My lord, I have misunderstood. Li Bai is by no means a greedy person. I would like to explain in detail what happened just now. I know a little about poetry and I am willing to write an explanation."
Li Jingzhi listened and said, "So, your literary talent is good? Okay, I'll listen to your explanation. If you explain well, you and I can be good friends, and if you want to be an official, I can promote you to the court."
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Li Bai smiled and said, "That's the best. Sir, please listen." After that, he wrote an essay:
(History of Shang'an Prefecture Li Chang)
Bai, the history of Qinqi is ridiculous. Although I have experienced it for thousands of years and observed hundreds of schools, as for the sages and sages, they are similar to many. Some are like Zhongni, Ji Xin is like Gaozu, and Lao Zhi is like Wuji.
Song Yu is like Yu Qu
It turns out that when I looked at the princes from a distance, I suspected Wei Qia, so I wanted to follow him. He suddenly raised his whip, but he hesitated before he could avoid it. It is also true that doubts and mistakes lead to mistakes, and things are similar in appearance but similar to reality, but elegance implies
Only by being generous can we forgive him.
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Li Bai's "History of Li Chang in Shang'an Prefecture" contains more than 700 words. In addition to his sincere apology, he also praised Li Jingzhi.
After listening to Li Bai's narration, Li Jingzhi shook his head and said: "Li Bai, your literary talent is indeed good, but you still lack heroism. It seems that you and I are not on the same path."
When Li Bai heard this, he felt helpless, and he shook his head and said, "Well, since I have no chance to get along with you, I won't force myself to say goodbye." After that, he turned and left.
After this incident, Li Bai understood that the road ahead was by no means as expected, and it would take a lot of effort to get help from everyone. The road to become the leader of the martial arts alliance was rugged, and he and Sima Heng had to work harder.