Xu Shiqing raised an eyebrow. This made him look like a celestial being, vivid and lively, like a distant symbol transformed into the brother next door. "First of all, I'm not always on the road. I live in Bianjing for two or three months every year."
He was going out to explore the world, not running away from home.
"Secondly, the title of Sword Immortal is completely unimportant. I don't know how to be an official, nor do I know how to be one." Xu Shiqing was helpless. "If I accept the official seal, wouldn't that be a betrayal of His Majesty's trust? It would also be unfair to those students who studied so hard, and to the soldiers who fought bravely, and even died on the battlefield..."
He sighed: "I don't deserve it."
Those soldiers who remain in the frozen land of the north forever are the ones who truly deserve those rewards.
"Your Highness, for common people, the Jianghu is our home."
He said: "And the Jianghu is in Bianjing, in Guandong, in Kyoto, and also in this imperial palace."
Gao Qishan lowered her eyes and smiled, very happily and brightly. It did not belong to the Jinyiwei, nor to anyone in this capital, but only to herself and to the unrestrainedness unique to people in the martial arts world.
She knew what words were on her senior brother's lips.
The Jianghu is where a group of people gather together to perform heroic deeds and compare martial arts skills, and it is also the worldly life where peddlers in the market bargain with each other.
Wherever there are people, there is the world of martial arts; wherever there are grudges, there is the world of martial arts.
The same is true of the deep palace. The Second Prince is in it without even realizing it.
It was precisely because Gao Qishan understood this that she resolutely gave up the vast world outside and turned to the Kyoto Palace, turning the tide and playing with power - she was an ambitious woman, and she knew it herself.
So Kyoto is the world of martial arts for her.
After all, everyone has his or her own path. In the end, all things in the world only allow each person to see himself or herself more clearly, and then walk towards the same destination, fast or slow.
They just call this process "wandering around in the world", and the civil officials and military generals call it loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, and leaving their names in history... All things are the same.
"I don't understand." The second prince said that these things were a bit abstract.
Gao Qishan had no intention of letting this prince continue to disturb her senior brother. Coincidentally, the prince's servants had already come over, so under their gaze, the little prince had to reluctantly leave in his company.
Xu Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief, took out a paper-wrapped pastry from his sleeve, and said in a light tone: "Junior sister, here, these are the flower pastries I just got from the palace banquet!"
Gao Qishan had anticipated this, but she still sighed at her senior brother's childish behavior: "Twenty-five years old, senior brother, have you forgotten that I am the same age as you?"
I'm still at the age where I like these things.
Even so, she still took it with a curled lip.
Xu Shiqing and she grew up together, so she didn't have to worry about maintaining the image of an older brother like she did in front of her junior brother.
"But I think this pastry is delicious." Xu Shiqing said softly: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. I move from one place to another every day, and I can't receive your letters. I wonder if you are living well in the palace..."
"While you guys were fighting, I was busy investigating a case in the capital." Gao Qishan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "The letters were all sent to Bianjing, but since the sect was disbanded, it's not safe to leave them anywhere. After things settle down, we'll find a base."
After all, she is an official performing her duties in Beijing, so it is always right to be cautious in this regard.
Xu Shiqing knew this, so he smiled and said, "You can send it to Jinling! It's the same if you send it to Zhengchun."
"?" Gao Qishan's Jinyiwei's keenness rose in her heart. She knew Xu Shiqing's personality very well. It was no exaggeration to say that she might not know what Liu Xiangsheng knew about Xu Shiqing, but she must know what Liu Xiangsheng didn't know.
She asked, "Qiu Zhengchun? How is he related to Jinling?"
Beidao Villa is not in Jinling.
Xu Shiqing subconsciously looked around. The identities of Qiu Wuyi, Xie Chongyue, and the Prince of Qi had not been exposed to the public yet.
Seeing his defensiveness, Gao Qishan also realized that there was something fishy going on with Qiu Zhengchun. After thinking about it, she motioned for him to follow her and found a secluded place to continue the conversation.
She was on a day off today because Liu Xiangsheng and his men had returned from the battle and were being rewarded and celebrated. If Gao Qishan, her closed disciple, was still on duty in the palace, it would seem that the emperor was unkind. So, the emperor issued an edict and she was forced to do nothing.
She also heard from the palace servants that after the Sword Immortal attended the welcoming banquet, he declined and seemed to be heading to the Imperial Garden. She then walked to the back and happened to meet the Second Prince's servants on the way.
What happened next happened just as Xu Shiqing saw.
"His Majesty holds Master and his men in high esteem. I believe you must have heard rumors that the Emperor is very dissatisfied with the chaos in the martial arts world and intends to rectify the major sects."
Jianmen was a raft, and its disbandment was premeditated.
Xu Shiqing nodded. He had friendships with all the sects. When he went south to Lingnan, he did not lose contact with them. What's more, when he went north, things had entered a white-hot stage. He saw and heard the reactions of his friends from all the sects.
However, compared with the interests of the martial arts sects, his attention at that time was more focused on the Jiangnan case, the Huaibei case, the Xu family case, etc.
"It doesn't matter what Qiu Wuyi's identity is. What's important is that you can't stand against that person... Do you understand?"
Gao Qishan said, "Jianmen has been deeply indebted to you. When you were young, you and your master frequently visited this palace, so much so that even a commoner like you could come and go freely... With such a profound favor, you should act with caution."
The emperor was so heartless. She had killed so many officials and thought she was indifferent to honor or disgrace. However, sometimes, she would still be frightened by the emperor's unpredictable mood... She saw how much many favored ministers and loyal ministers liked her at the beginning, but when she ordered them to be killed, she really showed no mercy.
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