That Person In That River and Lake

  Chapter 174 A Conversation in the Imperial Study Room

  The majestic imperial city, the extremely high vermilion city wall, seems to isolate a world, there are black dots on the top of the city, and there are soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army of the Tang Dynasty. If you are outside the city, you can only see the high walls and cornices with bright lights.

Ma Zhibai followed the **** into the imperial city, and the two of them walked along the dense bamboo sea for about a few cups of tea, passed through a wide rain corridor supported by red pillars, and came to a small palace. There is a plaque on it - Imperial Study Room!

  The little father-in-law turned his head to salute, and said: "Master Ma, the emperor is in the imperial study, you go in!"

Ma Zhibai opened the door and entered the palace. The first thing he saw was a row of extremely high bookshelves. The bookshelves were horizontal and vertical, and the style was relatively ordinary. However, no matter how much Ma Zhibai likes books on weekdays, he doesn't have much thought about them at this time.

  He walked through the bookshelves, and saw Emperor Xia who was reviewing the notebook with a pen, prostrated himself on the ground, and said: "The guilty minister Ma Zhibai, see Your Majesty!"

  Emperor Xia still reviewed the memorial, without raising his head, and said peacefully: "Ma Qing's family, since the founding of our country, there has been an ancestor's precept that great practitioners and Jinshi do not kneel when they see the emperor. Why do you kneel?"

  Ma Zhibai knelt on the ground, and said: "Your minister, you have owed the grace of the sages. You have read the books of sages in vain. You are not worthy of a scholar, let alone a Jinshi."

Emperor Xia put down the notebook in his hand, then slowly raised his head, and said: "You can be regarded as I have grown up watching, this time, I have been waiting for you for a long time, after all, you still did not let me down completely , get up!"

  A look of shock flashed in Ma Zhibai's eyes, he stood up slowly, and said, "Your Majesty, you..."

Emperor Xia chuckled lightly, and said: "Do you really think that this emperor is really such a waste? You have caused so many troubles down below, and you still think that you really want to hide it from the world. This world belongs to me, so what can you do?" Can you hide it from me? It's just that I want to give you a chance!"

   Ma Zhibai felt a different kind of emotion in his heart, and knelt down on the ground again, sincerely said: "The guilty minister has failed the holy grace, the emperor loves you wrongly, minister... minister... ten thousand deaths!"

   Emperor Xia waved his hand and said: "Get up, don't kneel down at every turn, what I want is a minister who will rule the world with me, not a slave who listens to everything!"

Emperor Xia's voice is very flat, but it can always make people express all kinds of emotions. The only thing that is not lacking is the invisible oppression. It is different from the pressure of a great practitioner. This is a natural pressure, just like Ordinary animals have the fear of seeing the king of the jungle.

What Ma Zhibai felt was more touching. The so-called death of a confidant is just like this. He stood up and said: "I have failed the emperor's grace, and I am willing to die, so that the spirits of thousands of soldiers in heaven can rest in peace." , and His Majesty loves it all wrong!"

  Xia Huang shook his head and said: "Ma Qing's family, I have made arrangements for your affairs, you..."

  At this moment, a little father-in-law suddenly came in from outside the door, and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wu Que is asking to see you."

   Emperor Xia's expression changed, and he said, "Xuan!"

Mr. Wu Que is a very special figure in the Xia Kingdom. Although he is an official, he has no real power. He is just a sacrificial wine, and a sacrificial wine who rarely participates in royal ceremonies, but no one dares to ignore this scholar Great Confucianism, an idol in the eyes of readers all over the world.

  Even the Emperor Xia is very respectful to Mr. Wuque. Although he has been pointed and scolded many times by Mr. Wuque, Emperor Xia has always been a disciple of Mr. Wuque, and he will visit Mr. Wuque in person every year and festival.

However, Mr. Wu Que is not only the center of all scholars, but he is also famous in the Jianghu. For decades, a copy of the Book of Changes has ruled the world. Since ancient times, the chivalry and martial arts have been banned in Chang'an, the capital of Xia Kingdom. , just because there is a perfect Mr. here.

About sixty or seventy years ago, the world's top master, known as the world's number one sword, and the world's three immortals could not tell the difference. Ba Dao came to Beijing to challenge Mr. Wu Que, and the two fought outside the imperial city for three days , In the end, Ba Dao was suppressed by Mr. Wu Que with a copy of the Book of Changes. Since then, he has been reclusive in the world and has never appeared again.

At that time, Xia Guo was not long after the founding of the country, when the internal fluctuations, the wind and the wind were precarious, the foreign enemies were stalking, and there was chaos in the rivers and lakes, but because of the battle in the imperial city, the prestige of Mr. Wuque suppressed the rivers and lakes for decades, and Xia Guo also took the opportunity to stabilize , Create six gates to supervise the rivers and lakes and maintain order!

  Xia Guowen and martial arts are so prevalent, and the source is inseparable from Mr. Wuque.

  Mr. Wu Que is not interested in power. Even the emperor Xia Guohao has changed several times, but each of them has some incomparable respect for Mr. Wu Que.

  Hearing that Mr. Wu Que asked to see him, Emperor Xia Tang Peiyan tidied up his clothes and walked out. He saw Mr. Wu Que in a plain Confucian shirt, with straight eyebrows and bright eyes. Every step he took was a little slow.

  Mr. Wuque held the ceremony and said: "I have seen Your Majesty!"

  Ma Zhibai was a little excited, and hurriedly saluted: "Young Ma Zhibai, I have met Mr. Wuque."

  Tang Peiyan held the ceremony and said: "Student Tang Peiyan, I have seen Mr. Wuque, but I don't know if Mr. Wuque visits late at night, but what is the matter?"

  Mr. Wu Que nodded at Ma Zhibai first, then turned to look at Emperor Xia, always with a gentle smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, that kid Gu Qingci is making trouble again."

  Both Xia Huang and Ma Zhibai were taken aback, Xia Huang asked in confusion: "What did he do again?"

  …

It was already very late at night, and the Ma's mansion was in chaos. Gu Qingci stood quietly, the majestic sun-like zhenqi on his body still disturbed the moist wind, and the night clouds seemed to be a little chaotic, whistling and rolling up in circles. Lots and lots of dust.

  Yibo looked at Gu Qingci, and said slowly: "Young Master Gu, your mother and younger brother are really not in our hands now, you can ask Qin Chi."

Gu Qingci sneered, and said: "Why, can you shirk the relationship if you don't have it in your hands? Your thinking is too naive. No matter what happens tonight, you, Ma Dongyang, have to give me an explanation. I really think that in this world, everyone Can you move my Gu Qingci's family casually?"

  Yi Bo was a little annoyed and said: "Gu Qingci, what else do you want? We don't care about you breaking into the Ma's house by force, and your mother is no longer here. What else do you want to pester?"

   "Entanglement!" Gu Qingci's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "I will let you know what entanglement is today!"

As soon as the words fell, the sword suddenly descended from the sky, containing an extremely powerful killing intent, and made a destructive whistling sound, as if a mountain peak was toppled, and it was oppressed by the boundless night clouds, directly cutting towards Ma Dongyang and the others. Gone away, covering the sky and the moon, roaring infinitely.

Seeing this sword approaching, the faces of several great practitioners around Ma Dongyang changed drastically, all of them burst out with true energy at the same time, and the ground suddenly shattered, but that sword carried supreme power and killed them all. Coming, it was a sword of killing intent that was scorching hot but made people feel cold all over!

  (end of this chapter)