Dao fruit.

The speed of the man with the sword was not fast, Qiu Yan followed quickly, and the two walked all the way, and soon reached a remote corner of the city.

It is located at the corner of the city wall, and almost no one sets foot here.

At this time, the man holding the sword stopped, turned around, looked directly at Qiu Yan, looked at him carefully, and finally shook his head: "Your progress is too slow, and at your current level, it is impossible to resist .”

"Are you a person of the spiritual way?" Qiu Yan could sense a faint killing intent from the other party, but in Qingchang County, he had many back-ups, so he didn't have too many scruples.

"I can't say this name casually," the sword-wielding man nodded and admitted directly, "I'm here this time to tell you that the two years of peaceful life are coming to an end. If you can't If you want to improve your cultivation quickly, you need to be aware, if you don’t want to die, you might as well follow Ma Yang closely, otherwise, I will have to do it myself and take your life.”

Speaking of this, he smiled: "However, even if you stay by Ma Yang's side, it's just a delay. When Ma Yang's lifespan is exhausted, you still have to face it. You'd better remember this point clearly."

After hearing this, Qiu Yan frowned, "Who are you? Why did you tell me this?"

"My name is Xi Yun. As for my identity, you will know in a short time. The reason why I tell you this is to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the freedom for these two years. Besides, once you If I die, I won't live long."

While he was talking, his complexion suddenly changed, he raised his hand to cover his head, his whole body trembled, and the sword in his hand buzzed.

"Huh?" Seeing this scene, Qiu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, concentrating on himself, his whole body tensed.

"That's all for now, do it yourself!"

Suddenly, the person on the opposite side said another word, and then rose into the air, stepping on the city wall with one foot, rising steadily, climbing to the top of the wall in a blink of an eye, turned over, and left.

"Xi Yun?"

Chewing on the name, Qiu Yan's frown remained untied.

"This person is also a spiritual person? But why did he come to report? The killing intent emanating from him is real, is it a trap?"

While thinking, Qiu Yan strolled back. At this time, the soldiers outside the Ma's courtyard had already dispersed, but the crowd who had gathered to watch the excitement had not completely dispersed, and there were still people standing in twos and threes in the streets and alleys, discussing and talking.

Qiu Yan ignored it and went straight through the crowd into the yard, just in time to see Shen Weisheng who was packing up the incense table.

"You came."

When Shen Weisheng saw Qiu Yan, he greeted him with a smile. In the past two years, Qiu Yan came here often to help Ma Yang sort out the books, and he had known Shen Weisheng for a long time.

"I heard that there is an imperial decree coming down. I don't know what's going on?" Qiu Yan asked directly without going around in circles.

Shen Weisheng replied: "It's not an imperial decree, it's just an oral order. The official imperial decree will not be issued until the teacher returns to his hometown in Dongdu."

"Old Xiangguo is leaving?" Hearing this, Qiu Yan was puzzled at first, but then he realized that in the past two years, although Ma Yang devoted himself to sorting out historical records, it would be a lie to say that he did not want to return to the court.

Since the black-faced Wang Xianggong gained power in the court, several sets of new laws have been promulgated successively, which have affected Qingchang County, both good and bad, but in general, they have threatened scholars, Juren, gentry, rich households and others. Ma Yang expressed his dissatisfaction and opposition to this, and now that the emperor issued a verbal order, how could this old Xiangguo let go of this opportunity?

"You go to the study first, the teacher is waiting for you." Shen Weisheng tidied up and urged.

Qiu Yan nodded and walked towards the study.

He has been to this study many times. Since the first visit, Ma Yang often asked him to come over to help sort out the books and history books, and occasionally chat with him, talking about the past and the present.

Pushing open the book door, the purpose of entering is a row of bookshelves. After passing around a few books, Qiu Yan saw the old figure among the books.

Compared with two years ago, the old man coughed more severely.

After he finished coughing, he called Qiu Yan over.

"I heard that old Xiangguo is leaving?" Qiu Yan sat opposite after saluting.

"That's right," Ma Yang nodded, and glanced at Qiu Yan, "Clean up and leave in three days."

"Then the students are here to congratulate the old prime minister for being able to return to court and fulfill his ambitions. In the past two years, thanks to the power of the old prime minister, Qingchang County has become much calmer." Qiu Yan said this with a pun.

"Treating the symptoms, not the root cause." Ma Yang shook his head.

While the two were talking, time passed and the sky gradually changed unconsciously. Seeing that it was getting late, Qiu Yan got up and sorted out the manuscript written by Ma Yang. This time he came here for this purpose.

At noon, Ma Yang asked Qiu Yan to have dinner at home. After the meal, Qiu Yan worked for a while and sorted out the manuscript. Ma Yang nodded and said, "You will go to the examination room in a few days. It's not a problem, I think I will participate in this year's Qiuwei, but the imperial examination is not just a matter of talent and learning, the township examination is okay, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome, and I'm also a burden to you."

While talking, the topic fell on Qiu Yan.

Qiu Yan knew the meaning of Ma Yang's words. Now that Wang Xianggong is gaining power, he is promoting reforms and his own knowledge. The subjects of Enke's previous examinations have changed, involving the content of the reforms. Now Zhengke, the reforms have implemented two In the past year, it will only get worse, which has also led to the emergence of party and government in the court, and the old and new parties in the scholarly circle.

The black-faced Xianggong promotes the reform, so it is a new party, but anyone who opposes it is classified as an old party. Ma Yang was demoted because he opposed the reform, of course it is an old party.

Qiu Yan and Ma Yang have become friends, and in the eyes of others, they are biased towards the old party. If someone deliberately makes a fuss, what the new party members who preside over the imperial examination will do is really intriguing.

"It's okay." Qiu Yan didn't take it to heart, he didn't want to be in the imperial examination because he didn't want to be in the court.

Ma Yang smiled and said: "It's good to be open and fearless, but in any case, I have to make a statement. I will leave in three days, and you will keep the books in this room. After three months, I will send them to you." People come to pick it up."

"Huh?" Qiu Yan's face changed, showing joy when he heard this, and he stood up to salute without hesitation, "In this way, the student will thank Old Xiangguo."

Ma Yang just said: "Why be polite, you have helped me sort out the books in the past two years, and you have contributed a lot. Even without these things, I can't pretend that I didn't see them. The things about ghosts and gods are illusory. I can't intervene. At most, I will guide and enlighten you. But the imperial examination is the right path, so it’s okay to make some suggestions, but you still have to work hard on your own and put your heart into practice, otherwise it will be in vain.”

Qiu Yan nodded in response. After spending time together, Qiu Yan also roughly figured out that this great Confucianist had never practiced cultivation, and his body was already very old. Cultivate the Tao of sexuality thoroughly, but don't go out of the body, but combine it with people's popularity.

With the hope of the people in his body, when he thinks about it, all thoughts go first, one person is equal to ten thousand people, but facing a successful old demon, if he gets close to him, he will also fall into danger.

When interacting with others, one respects them after a long time, one is not inferior if one is close, and complains if one is far away. Qiu Yan naturally does not intend to let his own affairs affect others, so that there will be karma.

After saying a few more words, Dong Qiu, the magistrate of the county, came to visit with someone. When Qiu Yan saw him, he got up and said goodbye: "After three days, I will come to see the old Xiangguo off."

Coming out of the Ma's courtyard, Qiu Yan vaguely felt a strange change in the city, as if there was more aura about to move.

"As soon as the old Xiangguo leaves, the order of Qingchang City will collapse, and it will be troubled again, and..."

Qiu Yan thought while walking, when he was approaching his own yard, he suddenly heard a noise, and saw a group of people in front of the door, led by Song Yu, the former steward of the Chen family and now the grand master of the Song family.

Of course, Qiu Yan still remembered another name of the other party——

Song Nu.

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