casket of old days

Chapter 123 Changes in National Fate
A few days later, Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang to set off from the north gate, preparing to go to Beiyuefu City, while Qiao Zhi followed them far away.

Originally, Chu Qiguang wanted Qiao Zhi to stay in Qingyang County and watch the monsters for him, but Qiao Zhi insisted on following him.

Qiao Zhi said: "There is white rice here in Qingyang County and they are fine! You are going to Beiyue Prefecture to fight in the arena this time, how can I not go and see? I have been waiting for so many days, and I don't want to see you fight on the spot. Candidates, how can I sleep?!"

Even the cat monsters like Baimi and Lulu jumped up when they heard this, expressing that they wanted to watch Chu Qiguang fight together.

Chu Qiguang asked helplessly: "Do you cat people like to watch this kind of excitement so much?"

Qiao Zhi said unconvinced: "What do you call us cat clan? Who in the world doesn't like to watch this kind of thing? Don't we like to watch it?"

In the end, Chu Qiguang only let Qiao Zhi follow, and the other cat demons stayed in Qingyang County to continue working.

Originally, Chu Qiguang also invited Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian who were also going to take the exam to go on the road together. As a result, these two people seemed to know Chu Qiguang's current notoriety, and they refused to go on the road with him for fear of being implicated. One step went to Beiyuefu Fucheng.

So Chu Qiguang took Chen Gang and Qiao Zhi to the wilderness and took the heavy bird Jiji, and in about a quarter of an hour, they came to the high altitude outside the city of Beiyue Mansion more than ten miles away.

They found a deserted place to land, Chu Qiguang touched Jiji's head, watched Jiji soar into the sky, circled for a while and then flew towards Wangjiazhuang.

Chu Qiguang continued to take Chen Gang to the Beiyue Mansion City. The place where they participated in the martial arts was the Beiyue Gongyuan in the city. Because of the proximity to the Gongyuan, the nearby streets were all used for commercial and residential purposes, and they were rented out to candidates during each martial arts session. Ladies and gentlemen, the rent is naturally far higher than in the past.

When Chu Qiguang arrived with Chen Gang, most of the candidates had arrived ten days and a half months earlier. They wanted to find a yard to rent, but found that there was no whole yard for rent, so they could only find a single room to rent for a month. It only cost ten taels of silver, so expensive that Qiao Zhi meowed again and again.

After Chu Qiguang was welcomed into the room by the shopkeeper, he handed it over to Chen Gang to clean up.

At this moment, an examinee who lived opposite him came out, cupped his hands towards Chu Qiguang and said, "I'm Tao Zhiyue, a man from Li Yang."

Chu Qiguang clasped his fists and said, "Chu Qiguang is from Qingyang County."

When Tao Zhiyue heard Chu Qiguang's name, he immediately frowned: "Your Excellency is Chu Qiguang who surrounded Qingyuan with a group of unscrupulous people?"

Qingyuan is the house of Ding's family, Chu Qiguang could only nod his head when he heard that, "It's right here."

Tao Zhiyue snorted when he heard the words, his face instantly turned into a cold expression, he flung his sleeves and wanted to go back to the room, as if he was completely unwilling to say a word to Chu Qiguang, before entering the room He couldn't help but said: "If you have martial arts but no virtue, please do it yourself."

The door of the wing room on the other side was also opened, and it seemed that a young man was poking his head, looking at the situation here.

In addition to Chu Qiguang and Tao Zhiyue, there are two wing rooms in this courtyard where candidates lived, but they also ignored Chu Qiguang and looked alienated.

Qiao Zhi hid on the eaves, and said bitterly to Chu Qiguang in his heart: "When you get on stage, you must teach these guys a lesson. And that Tao Zhiyue, I have an impression of him, he should It was won by Wu Jinshi."

Chu Qiguang knew that it was not easy to impress Qiao Zhi, so he immediately asked Tao Zhiyue what was so special about him.

Qiao Zhi said: "After he became a Jinshi, this person took the route of being an official. He should have been a censor 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? An upright official?"

Qiao Zhi chuckled secretly: "When the wolf clan went south to break the city, this guy was the first to surrender with his servants, and even helped to open the city gate. Later, he also instigated many ministers of the big man, and was conferred a title by the wolf clan."

Chu Qiguang nodded and understood: "Political opportunists."

And then Chu Qiguang finally realized how bad his reputation is now. He was often pointed at by other candidates while walking on the road, and Chen Gang was teased when he went out to fetch water and food.

Wang Chaoqun and Zhang Yuntian, also from Qingyang County, even pretended not to know Chu Qiguang, for fear of being angered.

"Totally isolated."

Feeling the attitudes of the candidates these days, Chu Qiguang secretly thought: "The martial arts and scholarly atmosphere in Beiyue Mansion is completely controlled by the Tianyu School."

"If the whole of Lingzhou...or even the whole of the north is like this, the faction of martial arts masters from Tianyu School and high-ranking court officials...is enough to affect the court structure, and even fight against the imperial power."

"This should also be the reason why Emperor Yong'an wants to get Fei Yi down and bring Wu Siqi up. This is to find a target for the Tianyu School, watching Wu Siqi and the people of the Tianyu School fight back and forth, and he himself is the referee... ... Only then can you sit on the Diaoyutai and control the situation yourself."

Qiao Zhi listened to Chu Qiguang's thoughts, and suddenly realized: "Then Emperor Yong'an is very powerful, this is called the art of the emperor!"

"It's true that it's powerful, but the ruler of a country shouldn't indulge too much in political tactics, otherwise there will be too much internal friction and it will be of no benefit to the country."

Chu Qiguang touched his chin and didn't think about it, but that night, someone came to the door.

It was a middle-aged man with a goatee, he was a well-known doctor in Qingyang County, Hao Xiangtong paid him to follow Chu Qiguang, and he was carrying a few boxes of pills to stop bleeding, relieve pain, and hang his life .

Chu Qiguang said helplessly in his heart: "This woman is planning to ask a doctor to rescue me at any time."

"It's too much! These candidates from Beiyue Mansion are so unruly!" Qiao Zhi jumped in from the yard angrily: "They are betting who can abolish you, Chu Qiguang, you must be ruthless!" Hit me! I'm really mad!"

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Another three days passed, and the gate of the Tribute Court opened, and it was finally possible to apply for the exam.

Chu Qiguang also ran to line up, but was naturally looked at coldly.

Just when he finished the formalities and came out, he saw that the streets suddenly became noisy, as if some important person had come to participate in the martial arts.

After Chu Qiguang returned to the small courtyard, he asked Chen Gang to go to the street to inquire, and only then did he know that a man named Jiang Longyu had come to apply for the exam, which immediately caused a small commotion.

Chu Qiguang had never heard of this name, but Qiao Zhi on the side said in surprise, "Jiang Longyu is here? Did he take part in the children's examination in Beiyue Mansion?"

Chu Qiguang asked curiously, "What's the origin of this Jiang Longyu?"

After Qiao Zhi's introduction, Chu Qiguang knew the origin of this person.

It is said that among the 25 orthodox dharmas, the Diyuan Wuge, which is the most adept at geomantic omens and fortunes, was summoned by the imperial family of the Han Dynasty to join the Qin Tianjian.

The Han imperial family, who are so good at divination, will naturally do divination every year to predict the future of the country.

And today's Emperor Yong'an even predicted the fate of the country together with Qin Tianjian more than ten years ago, and calculated the decline of the Han Dynasty. The eight talents in this sentence can reverse the fate of the country and make the great man strong for another hundred years.

Qiao Zhi said: "These eight people are collectively known as the Eight Generals of the Xinghan 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 was carefully cultivated since he was a child. He is 13 years old. I just passed the children's test and became a martial arts student, I didn't expect it to be this year?"

George rolled his eyes again and said, "Speaking of which, this kid was the first to be found among the eight generals of Xinghan.

But the hustle and bustle outside had nothing to do with Chu Qiguang. He spent another day practicing martial arts and meditating, and finally it was time for the official exam.

(End of this chapter)