Chapter 438.

The entire scene, at this moment, a needle could not be heard, and after a few breaths, great shock and dismay exploded in the hearts of the crowd, followed by a tidal wave of murmurs.

The outcry this time was far greater than any before.

The book of war that subdued the arrogant and unbeatable Pei Man Xilou, the book of war that made the great scholar Zhang Shen applaud, turned out not to be from the hand of Xu New Year, but the one whose name has almost become a taboo ………

By Hsu Chi-on, the former silver gong?

“It is a military book written by Xu Yinluo, this, how can this be possible ……… He is not a reader.”

“Xu Yinluo, he’s just a martial artist ah ………”

Although Xu Qi’an was no longer an official, the people still used to call him Xu Yinluo.

The students of the State Academy exploded, you a word and I a word, to express their own views, opinions, and no longer even care about the occasion.

Most people found it absurd and unbelievable, not that they looked down on Xu Qi’an, but the thing itself was unreasonable, shocking, confusing, and puzzling.

At that moment, in the State Prison, a scholar exclaimed:

“Don’t forget, Xu Yinluo is the Poetry Champion, who would have thought in the beginning that he would produce one amazing heirloom masterpiece after another?”

His words immediately drew the approval of the scholars, yelling out as if to convince other disbelieving fellow students:

“Xu Yinluo is not a scholar, but if he can write poems, why can’t he write the art of war? Moreover, have you forgotten that Xu Yinluo has been to war before? That day in Yunzhou, he fought alone against eight thousand rebels and died of exhaustion.”

Hearing this, the other scholars came to their senses, right, Xu Yinluo is not a chick who has never been to war, he was a one man man in Yunzhou who held off thousands of rebels.

“Xu Yinluo is truly an exceptional talent.”

“Yes, Xu Yinluo is not a scholar, all the more reason why he is astonishingly talented and is a rare wonder in the world.”

“Damn, why did such a person take the martial arts path, that Xu …….. improper human son ah.”

For a time, the praises of the students of the State Prison were overwhelming.

There were even scholars who had been holding back for a long time and loudly provoked:

“Pei Man Xilou, you say you are self-taught, coincidentally, our Xu Yinluo is also self-taught. I have to admit, you’re very talented, but one mountain is even higher than the next, and our Da Bong’s Xu Yinluo is the mountain you’ll never be able to cross.”

The crowd immediately chimed in.

Pei Man Xilou was expressionless and speechless.

The vertical pupil teenager’s fists were clenched, his facial muscles twitching, a gesture of wanting to go on a killing spree, but trying his best to hold back.

He was almost mad, obviously the situation is good, everything is according to Pei Man big brother’s plan to go, except for individual respected famous Confucian bad down, none of the contemporary readers is Pei Man big brother’s opponent.

A Xu Qi’an, who was only known but not seen, had thwarted Pei Man’s big brother’s plans and made them a basket case.

Huang Xian’er bit her lip, her soft eyes swirling, not knowing what she was thinking about.

It turned out to be a book of war written by his elder brother, Xu Dalang is willing to give him such a strange book, the feelings between brothers are deeper than I thought ………. After Wang Simu’s dismay, he didn’t feel disappointed, and was both emotional and relieved at the affection between Erlang and his elder brother.

In his father’s eyes, Erlang Xu’s own abilities alone were slightly thin. However, if he had an elder brother behind him who could advise him, his father would not despise Erlang.

Thinking of this, she quietly glanced at her father, and sure enough, Chief Wang gazed deeply at Erlang Xu.

Wang Simu was secretly happy in his heart, and, with today’s literary meeting, Erlang’s reputation will also rise.

For a moment, Huaiqing couldn’t resist the urge to turn her head and look at one of the guards behind her, but she controlled her impulses and stiffened her neck, remaining seated without understanding.

Curiosity festered in my heart, how could he know the art of war? He wrote a book on the art of war? Since I’ve known him, I’ve never seen him express his opinion on the art of war, is it Wei Gong who wrote the book? I borrowed his hand to pass it on to Xu Erlang……….

The clever Imperial Eldest Daughter associated it with more, and she suspected that the book of arms was written by Wei Yuan.

Huaiqing pursed his lips, and his gaze spiraled down to the military book in Zhang Shen’s hand, and those eyes, as cool as autumn water, burned with a rare burning passion and desire for knowledge.

It is a book written by a dog lackey ah ……… framed smile like a flower, goose egg face bright and charming, Xu Erlang out of the limelight, she only felt relieved, finally someone can press this arrogant barbarian, in addition to this, there is no more psychological feelings.

Suddenly heard that the book of arms was written by Xu Qi’an, that framed came to life, her heart blossomed with joy, her pride and joy tumbled, if not for the occasion, she would have been like a fluttering sparrow, twittering and pestering Xu Qi’an.

Tai Fu smiled up in relief, his old face blossoming with smiles, “My Dafeng has a great people, and there are still amazing juniors.”

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Shen, who looked like a statue, and said in a deep voice, “Zhang Zhengyan, give the book of war to my old husband.”

Zhang Shen snapped back to his senses and sent the book of arms through the air to Tai Fu.

Taifu leaned on his crutches and turned back to sit behind the case, squinting his somewhat dim old eyes and flipping through the military books.

Less than half a quarter of an hour, only after reading the first two articles of the master, suddenly “snap” closed the book, excited hands slightly trembling, said in a deep voice:

“This book must not be circulated and must not be copied by barbarians. This is my Da Bong’s book of war, and it must never be circulated.”

This ………

For a while, the honored military generals, the state academy students, the Hanlin Academy schoolboys, and of course Huaiqing and the others, looked at the military book in the hands of the Taifu, and became more and more salivated and eager.

…………

The young young eunuch, running wildly to the entrance of the bedchamber, his eyes blazing with color, did not lower his head as usual, but looked in one after another.

It shows the impatience and excitement within him.

The old eunuch glanced with some trepidation at Emperor Yuan Jing, who was meditating with his eyes closed, and quietly backed away to the door of his chambers, frowning as he asked, “What is it?”

The young eunuch whispered a few words in a whisper.

The old eunuch’s eyes widened suddenly, his expression extremely complicated, he lowered his head, returned to Emperor Yuan Jing’s side, and softly said, “Your Majesty, old slave, old slave has something to report.”

Emperor Yuan Jing didn’t open his eyes, and gave a simple “hmmm” with a lack of interest.

“There’s a new situation over at the Wen Hui, after Zhang Shen conceded defeat, Xu New Year, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, stepped forward to discuss the art of war with Pei Man Xilou ……..”

Emperor Yuan Jing opened his eyes.

The old eunuch continued, “Pei Man Xilou is willing to bow down.”

Emperor Yuan Jing revealed an extremely surprised expression, and after pondering for a few seconds, he slowly said:

“That Xu New Year is Zhang Shen’s disciple, majoring in military law, I didn’t expect him to have this attainment, rare. Although this son is Xu Qi’an’s cousin, he is also a concubine scholar of the Hanlin Academy, it is acceptable for him to win against Pei Man Xilou.”

Xu Qi’an had resigned of his own accord, but subsequently Emperor Yuan Jing had also decreed that he be stripped of his title and official position and expelled him from the court.

Xu New Year is that guy’s cousin, and now that he has defeated Pei Man Xilou, when outsiders talk about him, they will inevitably talk about Xu Qi’an, who is also talented, and then accuse him of “persecuting” loyalists.

That’s the only bad thing about it.

However, Xu Xinxin’s status as a concubine scholar was handpicked by him, and his talent was also recognized by his discerning eyes, so there was not much of a problem.

Overall, Emperor Yuan Jing is still quite pleased, compared to that bit of gossip, losing to Pei Man Xilou is the real disgrace.

The court is disgraced, and so is he, the king of the country.

When you’re an emperor, you focus on two things: power and image.

The gloom between Emperor Yuan Jing’s brows was eliminated and a faint smile spread on his face as he said, “Tell me about the process in detail, I want to know how he bested Pei Man Xilou.”

The old eunuch hesitated for a moment, silently backed up a few steps, before he lowered his head and said, “The concubine scholar Xu Xinxin took out a book of war, and after Pei Man Xilou looked at it, he admired it, and willingly conceded defeat.”

“The Book of War?”

This was something Emperor Yuan Jing did not expect, and he said in consternation, “What book of war.”

Zhang Shen of the Cloud Deer Academy has admitted that his “Six Treatises on the Art of War” is not as good as Pei Man Xilou, and those military books repaired by the Hanlin Academy are just old wine in new bottles.

The old eunuch swallowed his saliva: “That book of war is called The Art of War by Sun Tzu, it is, it is …….. authored by Xu Qi’an.”

When he finished speaking, he heard the sound of rapid breathing ringing out from the bedchamber.

Even without looking up, he could imagine how ugly His Majesty’s face was at this moment.

A few seconds later, Emperor Yuan Jing’s uncluttered voice came out, “Get out!”

The old eunuch’s heart was relieved, and with his head lowered, he left the chambers as if escaping, and behind him, came the sound of vessels and vases being smashed.

The court did not lose face, but His Majesty, this time, lost face ………. The old eunuch sighed.

One can only imagine how the capital will talk about His Majesty, not only did the Emperor persecute the loyal and virtuous for his own selfishness, but now the readers of the capital are being pushed headlong by a barbarian, and in the end, it’s surprising that it’s still that person who was expelled from the officialdom by the Emperor who saved the day.

With the king of a country reduced to a laughing stock, it’s no wonder His Majesty is furious.

………..

The meeting ended, the book of war finally did not return to the hands of Xu New Year, but was left behind by Tai Fu “take by force”.

The honored military generals, as well as the readers present had a lot of opinions, but did not dare to openly disobey this Confucian respected seniors.

Even Huaiqing didn’t dare, so he left somewhat unhappily, taking his guards straight to Huaiqing’s house.

The various people dispersed, the demon barbarians this side, Pei Man Xilou look a little gloomy, Huang Xian’er also put away the charm, pretty face like a cover of frost.

Not to mention the impulsive and violent character of the vertical pupil teenager.

After the three of them sat in the carriage, no one spoke, leaving people breathless in the atmosphere, Huang Xian’er took the initiative to break the stalemate and asked:

“What other schemes do you have?”

Pei Man Xilou’s face was expressionless, there was a few seconds of thought, and he faintly said:

“Although the cultural meeting was lost, my reputation could not be furthered, and I even had a considerable blow. But the Dafeng officials will not ignore me because of this, the effect is still there, it’s just that by that Xu Yinluo intervening across the board, all the subsequent plans have gone down the drain.”

He let out a long sigh, ”This person is amazingly talented, I must not be displeased. In the past, I admired his poetic talent, admired his talent, and envied his reputation, but after today, I have deep scorn and even fear for him.

“Fortunately, he doesn’t get along with Emperor Dafeng, no, fortunately, he and Emperor Dafeng are mortal enemies. Otherwise, if he takes charge of the army in the future, my God Race will be in danger.”

Huang Xian’er smiled sweetly, “That’s what I think too, so I’m going to pick a few beauties with good posture to send.”

Pei Man Xilou shook his head and said, “He would lack women?”

Huang Xian’er sighed softly, intentionally or unintentionally revealing her long legs, her vegan hand caressing her breasts, and said charmingly, “Then it’s always okay for me to appear in person, isn’t it?”

Pei Man Xilou revealed a smile, “Just waiting for your words.”

After a pause, he said, “There’s no rush, let’s continue to run around for the next few days and try to rope in some Da Bong officials, and try to recoup as much of the losses as we can. When the negotiations are over, we will visit this legend together. Xuan Yin, you can’t go.”

The vertical-pupiled boy was unconvinced and said sharply, “Why?”

Pei Man Xilou laughed coldly, “Xu Qi’an is an uncompromising martial artist, if you speak without any lightness or gravity and enrage him, it is highly likely that he will behead you on the spot.”

The vertical pupil boy glared, “He dares! We are an envoy, if he dares to behead an envoy, the Da Feng court will not spare him.”

The beheading of the envoys meant a break between the two countries, and with the current backdrop of a joint fight against the Witch God Cult, the Daebong court would not let that happen.

Huang Xian’er poked Xuan Yin’s head and smiled, ”He even dared to kill the Duke of State, if you are not afraid to die, we won’t stop you. Weigh your own weight.

“Lord Candle Nine is expecting something from you by letting you come to train, but if you die here, His old man won’t care.”

The demon race had always been cold in the piece of training the late generations, and Candle Nine was a snake, especially cold-blooded.

If they can grow, they will cultivate them vigorously. If they die, they are not good enough.

The law of survival is the law of the weak.

………..

Huaiqingfu.

After returning to the mansion, Huaiqing waved off the palace maids and guards, leaving only Mounted and Xu Qi’an in the parlor.

“Sure enough it’s you, I looked halfway around the room and couldn’t find you, and if I hadn’t gotten into the shed I wouldn’t have been sure of your identity.”

Framed joyfully pulled Xu Qi’an into his seat to sit with him.

Princess, we can not share the same seat, this is too unruly ………. In addition, this face in my past life, handsome to alarm the party, you did not even start to realize that you face blindness is a bit serious ah.

Xu Qi’an just thought so, then heard the framed said with a face of admiration, “You’re really smart, disguised as such a mediocre man, don’t look at a glance and forget about it, simply can’t notice.”

Xu Qi’an gave her an expressionless look and silently sat at another table.

Framed opened his watery peach blossom eyes wide with an aggrieved face.

“The book of arms was written by Lord Wei to use your hand to suppress Pei Man Xilou?” Huaiqing sipped his tea and glanced at his foolish sister who was increasingly unable to control her feelings.

“Yes!”

Xu Qi’an smiled and nodded.

Huaiqing nodded slightly, this makes sense, among the current generation, the military book that can make Pei Man Xilou convinced, make Zhang Shen sigh in awe, and make Tai Fu so excited, in her knowledge, only Wei Yuan can write it.

The army book is written by Wei Yuan ah ……… framed some disappointment, in her knowledge, the dog slave is omnipotent.

“I’m sure you don’t remember what the Book of Soldiers says.” Wyvern asked.

“Don’t remember.” Xu Qi’an shook his head.

Huaiqing nodded in disappointment, though she was sure to get a glimpse of the Book of War in the end, but being a good reader, she didn’t want to wait.

Forget it, I will meet Wei Gong later ………. Huai Qing thought to himself.

After a few moments of small talk, Xu Qi’an excused himself and left.

Mounted followed him out, out of the Huaiqing Mansion, her eyes stared at Xu Qi’an: “The book of war, was it really written by Wei Yuan?”

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