Chapter 408 Yan Yunxiao is also very tired
Yan Yunxiao has a rare chance to rest today.
He took off the armor he usually wore and wore only a loose white shirt. He sat on the corridor of the hall in his courtyard and took a sip of wine from the wine gourd.
The white robe was open, and Yan Yunxiao had wrapped his chest with cloth inside, but his collarbone and shoulders were clearly visible. You could see a huge scar on Yan Yunxiao's shoulder, which showed how fierce the battle was that day.
Yan Yunxiao's courtyard is located in the palace. It is not big, but it was chosen by Yan Yunxiao himself.
Because its location is exactly the same distance from Zhonghe Hall and Lingqi Pavilion where the emperor and empress live.
No matter which of them gets into trouble, she will be the first to take action.
The wine was what Maomao prepared for Yan Yunxiao before she left. There were several large jars of it. As long as the commander-in-chief didn't suddenly get in the mood and drink it all up one day, it would be enough for her to drink for a while.
A rare break.
Yan Yunxiao stretched and lay on his side on the corridor.
As the old saying goes, leisure is a peaceful and blissful time.
Since you are idle anyway, being idle is a kind of enjoyment.
However, although Yan Yunxiao looked leisurely, his eyes were looking towards the east of the imperial city. But he didn't care about anything, as he would meet him sooner or later.
Although one has the end, the other is about to break through the ninth level threshold.
But when it comes to using a knife, strength is important, but what is more important is whose knife becomes weak first when they meet.
Furthermore, from the moment that person entered the ninth rank, all swordsmen in the world must face that existence. Moreover, now that it has reached its limit, it is an existence that is even more unavoidable.
If you want to push away the clouds and mist, draw your sword and ask the heavens, then there is no reason not to ask the swordsman standing in the sky.
Just like
If that person wants to go up to the next level, it is only a matter of time before he comes to challenge me.
but.
Thinking of this, Yan Yunxiao raised his hand and looked at where his palm was.
There were some wounds on Yan Yunxiao's palm, which didn't look like a knife wound or something, but more like the palm was broken by a heavy blow.
Such a minor injury is nothing to Yan Yunxiao.
But looking at the wound on his palm, Yan Yunxiao thought of that day on the martial arts field when he had to take every blow from that man.
And this injury was caused by the huge force brought by each chopped blow.
In this world, even when Yan Yunxiao was young and encountered warriors who used blunt weapons, he had never been injured.
That
He was the first one who injured her palm with just his strength.
Without thinking about it anymore, Yan Yunxiao picked up the wine gourd. But just as he was about to drink, his expression froze and he turned his head to look towards the gate of the courtyard.
Yan Yunxiao ignored him and said after taking a sip, "Come in if you're here. Why are you hiding there?"
That's all.
I saw a tall woman walking into the yard. She looked a little nervous, but when she looked at Yan Yunxiao, she started laughing.
Pei Nanzhi ranks second on the world poetry list.
This lady, who had a noble demeanor and elegant manner in every frown and smile, wore a pair of hiking shoes, without any jade pendants or sachets on her body. She wore a round-necked cotton coat and a green bamboo-patterned dress.
Many scholars rely on their dressing to make people think that they are scholars.
But there are some who, no matter how they look, give people the impression that they are scholars at first glance.
Pei Nanzhi is such a person.
Or to put it another way, be more like a scholar than anyone else.
Pei Nanzhi tied her long black hair with a colorful knot, and the hair hung in front of her chest, like a green waterfall pouring down between the mountains.
But if you look closely, you can find a penny and a sieve under the knot, and the knot looks like the work of the craftsman who weaved it at that time. It is twisted in many places and does not look very nice.
But Yan Yunxiao knew.
This knot was woven by the late Queen Mother herself and given to Pei Nanzhi.
And this woman who looked most like a scholar looked at Yan Yunxiao, smiled and said, "Drinking."
Yan Yunxiao looked at Pei Nanzhi without saying anything.
Pei Nanzhi was not polite, and was not afraid of Yan Yunxiao. She just sat beside Yan Yunxiao, pursed her lips and looked at Yan Yunxiao. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, coughed twice and said, "The sage said, 'Drink for pleasure, not for choice'. Sister, drinking alone like this should be unhappy, right? I will accompany you?"
Pei Nanzhi said and went to get the wine gourd.
But just when the pair of soft hands were about to touch the wine gourd, the wine gourd suddenly appeared in Yan Yunxiao's hand: "You will die if you drink it."
Yan Yunxiao was not kidding. For this wine, two or three sips would be enough for a normal person. After drinking it, they would fall down immediately.
But Yan Yunxiao didn't explain this matter, and Pei Nanzhi didn't know about it either.
The female teacher immediately puffed up her cheeks and pouted: "Stingy!"
Yan Yunxiao ignored him and looked at Pei Nanzhi: "There is ordinary wine in the room, go get it if you want to drink."
Upon hearing this, Pei Nanzhi immediately stood up and ran into the house. When he came out, he was holding snacks and a wine jug.
Then he sat down next to Yan Yunxiao, and fearlessly reached out and patted Yan Yunxiao's body, motioning Yan Yunxiao to sit up.
Yan Yunxiao didn't say anything. He sat up and leaned against the pillar lazily.
All the scholars in the Imperial College were afraid of Yan Yunxiao, or even the people in the entire capital. Even upright people like Wei Xuancheng, Yan Ci, Wei Jiu and others had some subconscious fear of Yan Yunxiao in their hearts.
It’s not because of Yan Yunxiao’s status or reputation in the martial arts world, or his strength.
The main reason is that he has seen Yan Yunxiao beat the teachers in the Imperial College many times, so he is afraid!
After all, those teachers who Yan Yunxiao beat back then are now either highly respected in the Imperial College or leaders in the literary world. They must have taught Wei Xuancheng and others.
The most important thing is, if you provoke Yan Yunxiao, this woman will just start attacking you without even trying to reason with you!
but.
Pei Nanzhi, the outlier in the Imperial College or even in the entire literary world, is the one who is least afraid of Yan Yunxiao. Sometimes he even dares to point at Yan Yunxiao and curse him.
In the end, Yan Yunxiao said nothing to her and didn't even touch her. When Mu Xu saw this, he wanted to learn from her and used Pei Nanzhi as a shield.
As a result, before the court session the next day, before the Chengtian Gate was opened, Yan Yunxiao came and beat Mu Xu, who was the Minister of Education at the time, on the grounds that "you spoke too loudly and disturbed my sleep."
From then on, Mu Xu didn't dare to speak loudly when he saw Yan Yunxiao, and no one dared to speak loudly in front of Chengtian Gate for a long time.
Yan Yunxiao looked at Pei Nanzhi, who was holding rice wine in both hands and whose red lips immediately became red and red after drinking a glass, and asked, "I heard that you haven't visited His Majesty and His Majesty since you returned to the capital? His Majesty wanted to see you, but you turned him down."
Pei Nanzhi smiled sweetly: "Your Majesty is busy, why waste your time on me? I am not that girl Tingyu, and I don't know what's wrong with that girl, she just wants to pester the queen."
After saying that, Pei Nanzhi looked at the turbid rice wine in the cup and said, "Besides, if we want to talk, it should be about the late queen. She is very sad. There is a long time to go. Besides, I have to help the current queen do what the late queen didn't do. There is no rush."
Yan Yunxiao looked at Pei Nanzhi and said, "Are you not going back to live in the house that the late Queen gave you?"
Pei Nanzhi took a sip of rice wine and ate a peanut. "No, I can't make money from writing poetry. I can't sell too much. I can make some money by teaching. I'm going to find Su Wenqing. I found that his shop is selling good calligraphy and painting. I plan to do this. I can also copy Shuiyun's paintings, so I can make money. I calculated that it is more profitable than selling poetry!"
Yan Yunxiao looked at Pei Nanzhi and asked, "Are you not allowed to enter any casino over there?"
Hearing this, Pei Nanzhi stopped what he was doing, tilted his eyes, held the wine glass in front of his lips with both hands and licked the wine with his tongue, but he didn't look at Yan Yunxiao or answer.
It is really a confession.
Yan Yunxiao didn't say anything, but just looked at Pei Nanzhi and said, "If you study hard, your poems, essays, calligraphy and paintings would probably be worth a fortune now."
Hearing this, Pei Nanzhi looked at Yan Yunxiao and cursed: "How dare you! Am I the kind of woman who would give up gambling in order to study? Gambling is my life!"
Yan Yunxiao still ignored it.
Nowadays, Xun Kuang is widely known for being the founder of the Imperial College.
Little did people know that there was a woman back then, whose literary talent, although not as good as that of the current queen, was also a stunning sight for the world.
He was particularly fond of reading, studying, and debating, and he read extensively the classics and theories of various schools of thought.
If there are ten buckets of literary talent in the world, women must account for nine of them.
But this woman has a bad habit
gamble!
On the day before the imperial examination, all the women were in the casino, gambling like crazy. When the examination time came the next day, it was the late queen who dragged Yan Yunxiao and threw the women into the examination room.
Then
The woman got the membership and then got first place in the palace examination and became the top scholar.
In order to make money, the woman saw that people could make money quickly by writing and selling poems, so she wrote herself into the second place on the poetry list. It was not that she could not get the first place, but because she had to produce poems in large quantities, she was too lazy to figure out how to get the first place.
Yan Yunxiao took a sip of wine and looked at Pei Nanzhi: "Let's talk business, why did you come to me?"
Hearing this, Pei Nanzhi said with a click of his tongue: "As expected of you, you are the commander-in-chief of the Red Cloud Army's Huanglong Guard. You can't even let me come to you, right, Yan Yunxiao? You are putting on airs!"
As he spoke, Pei Nanzhi kicked Yan Yunxiao a few times.
Yan Yunxiao looked straight at Pei Nanzhi: "Tell me about the matter."
Pei Nanzhi pursed her lips, knowing that her little thoughts had been seen through, but she didn't say anything more. She moved closer to Yan Yunxiao and stretched out her hands to help Yan Yunxiao massage her shoulders and back: "Sister, I just missed you, so I came to see you~~"
Yan Yunxiao turned his head to look at Pei Nanzhi who was looking flattering.
But when he turned his head, the two faces were very close.
Especially at that moment, Pei Nanzhi, who couldn't drink alcohol to begin with, had a flushed face after drinking two glasses of rice wine, like the lazy and indolent girl of spring who got up early without putting on clothes, recalling the beautiful dream of last night and biting her lips lightly.
Looking at Yan Yunxiao's cheek right in front of her, Pei Nanzhi shyly turned her head and said, "Sister almost kissed me."
As she said this, she stole a glance at Yan Yunxiao and let out a moan.
Yan Yunxiao couldn't help it any longer, and reached out to pinch Pei Nanzhi's cheek: "I'm not into women! Talk about things!"
Pei Nanzhi was pinched and felt pain. He rubbed his face and glared at Yan Yunxiao. He was so angry that he reached out and hit Yan Yunxiao a few times, then snorted.
But thinking of his own important matter, he helped Yan Yunxiao to massage his shoulders and said, "That's right, Ruyu is with..."
When Pei Nanzhi spoke.
Yan Yunxiao looked towards the gate of the courtyard, sighed and said, "Since you are here, please come in."
When Pei Nanzhi heard this, he blinked and looked towards the gate of the courtyard in confusion.
Luo Changfeng walked in with a grin: "I'm here to see you guys chatting about something."
While speaking, Luo Changfeng glanced at Pei Nanzhi. This scholarly girl looked good, but Yan Yunxiao was interested in her?
Pei Nanzhi looked at Luo Changfeng curiously: "I am Pei Nanzhi, a doctor of the Imperial College."
Upon hearing this, Luo Changfeng immediately said, "Luo Changfeng, a guest official of the Chixia Army."
Pei Nanzhi blinked. He had never heard that the Chixia Army had guest officials, but Pei Nanzhi still bowed to Luo Changfeng.
Luo Changfeng immediately clasped his fists in return.
Yan Yunxiao looked at Pei Nanzhi and said, "Just talk about your business, don't worry about this senior."
Pei Nanzhi hesitated for a moment, but still said: "That's it. If Ruyu fights with that guy called Shentu Sheyue, will Ruyu definitely win?"
Yan Yunxiao immediately understood what was going on. He pointed to the wine jar on the side of the yard and looked at Pei Nanzhi: "How much is the deposit?"
By now, the odds for the battle between Yan Ruyu and Shentu Sheyue have been opened in the capital, and many people in the martial arts world have placed their bets.
Moreover, it seemed that there was a dealer controlling the situation, and the odds were getting bigger and bigger. Even some ordinary people with surplus money on hand could not help but place their bets after listening to the analysis of those people in the underworld.
Pei Nanzhi looked at Yan Yunxiao and stretched out five fingers.
Yan Yunxiao's expression was calm and he didn't say much.
Pei Nanzhi saw Yan Yunxiao was silent, and became anxious. She grabbed Yan Yunxiao's shoulders and said, "Speak, please don't be silent!"
At this time, Luo Changfeng came back with a jar of wine. He didn't take it seriously at first, but when he opened the jar and smelled the wine, Luo Changfeng immediately realized that this medicinal wine was extraordinary!
However, even though I didn't go to see it, I roughly understood what this female teacher said.
Looking at the scene, Luo Changfeng said, "Girl, if I were you, I would buy Shentu Sheyue. I haven't seen Ruyu, but I've heard people say she's a bit of a talent. As for Shentu Sheyue, I saw her once and she's quite remarkable. Although she looks like an idiot and does the same things as her master and forefather, they are from the Shedao House lineage, and those who hold a knife and those who don't are two different people."
Pei Nanzhi blinked and looked at Luo Changfeng: "Is Ruyu sure to lose?"
Luo Changfeng nodded: "If a real fight breaks out, I'm afraid we'll lose, but it doesn't matter. With a monster like that appearing, there's no point in these kids fighting each other. We really have to see how they fight that monster."
Having said that, Luo Changfeng held the jar and started drinking.
Pei Nanzhi looked at the old man, then immediately lowered his head to look at Yan Yunxiao.
Yan Yunxiao said: "Ruyu's sword energy is not even one inch as strong as Shentu Sheyue's. If we fight, we will lose."
Pei Nanzhi's eyes widened, and she grabbed Yan Yunxiao tightly, then bit her lip and said, "Hurry up and find a way to make Ruyu win!"
Yan Yunxiao really didn't want to talk.
Luo Changfeng saw it and was puzzled: "Didn't Yan Ruyu leave? There's no way the two of them can fight."
Pei Nanzhi was startled again and looked at Yan Yunxiao.
Yan Yunxiao sat up, took the gourd from Luo Changfeng and took a big sip: "I went to Dunhuang with Maomao, so there's no way we can fight."
Pei Nanzhi was struck by lightning: "If we can't fight, then I won't get my money back. What if the dealer runs away with the money?"
Yan Yunxiao remained silent. Gambling was not covered by the law. If someone took the gambling money and ran away, the court would not take care of the matter!
Pei Nanzhi looked at Yan Yunxiao and puffed up his cheeks, then stood up and kicked Yan Yunxiao a few times: "Yan Yunxiao! Why didn't you tell me earlier that Ruyu left!"
At the same time, Luo Changfeng saw the female teacher kicking Yan Yunxiao several times and almost spit out his wine.
There are not many people in the world who can kick Yan Yunxiao like this and remain unharmed.
This girl is so brave!
However, after Pei Nanzhi thought about it, he felt that he couldn't waste time here, so he immediately stood up and snorted heavily at Yan Yunxiao.
But just before he was about to leave, Yan Yunxiao said, "There is a Chixia Army sign in the room. Take it and go find Luo Anxu or Li Jiulang and ask them to take the officials with them."
Pei Nanzhi's eyes widened, and he immediately ran into the house, then came out and smiled at Yan Yunxiao, "I'll kiss you when I get back!"
Then he bowed to Luo Changfeng, turned around and left.
Luo Changfeng watched Pei Nanzhi leave, looked at Yan Yunxiao in surprise, thought for a moment and said, "Does your husband know that you found a young woman who studied and cheated on her?"
Yan Yunxiao raised his eyes and looked towards Luo Changfeng, with sword intent emerging.
Luo Changfeng immediately laughed: "Just kidding! Come on, come on, have a drink."
Having said that, he took a sip of the wine.
Yan Yunxiao said, "Senior, what's the matter?"
Luo Changfeng glanced towards the east of the Imperial City and said, "With the sword-control breathing method of the Dao-shaking House and my sword moves, aren't you afraid that the Empress will learn too much and force her to learn too much?"
Yan Yunxiao put one hand on his knee and said, "Your Majesty learns things very quickly, so you will learn a lot. Besides, you two are here for me, so I just do it for you."
Luo Changfeng curled his lips, not liking the word "coming right to your door", but he didn't know how to refute it.
But when Luo Changfeng thought about the Queen's incredible talent, he felt that it made sense.
However, Luo Changfeng looked at Yan Yunxiao and said, "Are you so sure that a fight can break out? I just took a quick look and found that Shentu Sheyue is just like her master, very cunning! She even said in front of His Majesty that she wanted to elope with the Empress. This girl doesn't know that she is getting into big trouble."
As he spoke, he seemed to be thinking of himself, shook his head and took a sip of wine.
Yan Yunxiao lowered his head and looked at the wine gourd: "When I met you that year, I also wanted to ask you about the knife for no reason. I just didn't show you the knife at that time. If I showed it, I would fight."
Luo Changfeng frowned and sighed: "It's quite sad to be in the same era as the queen."
Then Luo Changfeng glanced at Yan Yunxiao and said, damn, we are quite pathetic too!
But after saying that, Luo Changfeng remembered something again: "Speaking of which, when I was strolling around the Imperial College to see Yuan Ruxi, I saw a little girl. How could you bear to let a little girl like that practice swordplay!!"
Yan Yunxiao naturally knew that Luo Changfeng was talking about Su Wan'er, so he said, "Even if you are reluctant, you must be willing to let go."
Luo Changfeng curled his lips: "You bitch, such a talented girl, you went to practice sword, oh! I feel it's a pity to see her, I wish I could just cripple her and force her to practice sword."
Yan Yunxiao raised his eyes and looked at Luo Changfeng: "That little girl is the Queen's younger sister."
Luo Changfeng let out an "ah".
Yan Yunxiao continued, "Moreover, if you really want to do this, Yuan Ruxi can't beat you, but someone will take your life. It may only take one sword to kill you."
Luo Changfeng was even more surprised: "What?"
Yan Yunxiao continued, "The girl you just mentioned, His Majesty should call her aunt when he sees her. And she is wearing something made by the late Queen herself."
Luo Changfeng blinked, pursed his lips and said, "How about we continue to talk about the Queen learning the knife-control breathing method in the knife-credit room?"
Yan Yunxiao didn't say anything, but looked towards the east of the imperial city. He suddenly thought of something and said, "Come to think of it, I didn't tell Shentu Sheyue that Ruyu was gone. Judging from the way that child looks, maybe he thinks the queen is Ruyu?"
Luo Changfeng heard: "What are you talking about? Can it be so ridiculous?"
…
East of the Imperial City.
After just a few simple words of conversation.
Shentu Sheyue looked at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, and saw the knife exposed behind Su Changan: "You can't be Yan Ruyu."
Then he looked at Xia Fengxiang: "And you are the Queen's medical officer, Maomao?"
(End of this chapter)
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