usatvline Chapter 1064: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (Extra 1)
Chapter 1064: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (Extra 1)
Only “he” travels the world with a sword (I)
After Xue Yao and Qiu Yang attended the official appointment ceremony, they chatted casually at the palace gate.
"You kid, you look like a decent guy, but I didn't expect your father would send you to the weapons manufacturing department. What's the matter? Do you really want to be a blacksmith for the rest of your life?" Qiu Yang didn't understand. Xue Yao could have been a civil servant, so why did he end up being a blacksmith?
Xue Yao really didn't want this fool to talk. Qiu Yang was the only useful male member of the Qiu family in this generation, and he could go wherever he wanted!
But their Xue family is different, he is the youngest in the family.
There's no room! No way!
A good location is not okay! Not okay!
A bad location is even worse!
To be frank, the current weapons manufacturing bureau is quite to his liking. He likes designing weapons, and it's also a free time.
The two chatted for half an hour, and then they saw that everyone who had participated in the ceremony had left, and they didn't see their mutual friend Lu Qing come out, which made them feel a little strange.
Qiu Yang's aunt was a concubine in the harem, so she had some familiar eunuchs.
The person who was in charge of welcoming and seeing off the young man from the aristocratic family today happened to be somewhat acquainted with Qiu Yang, so when the other party sent another person out, he simply called out to him, "Eunuch Fu, is there anyone else inside who hasn't come out yet?"
Seeing Qiu Yang's behavior, Xue Yao resisted the urge to roll his eyes and grabbed a handful of silver melon seeds from his waist pouch and gave them to him: "Eunuch Fu, I was in a hurry to leave today, so I only brought this much with me. Please keep it for now, and don't look down on us!"
"No, Master Xue, you're too polite!" He said this, but his hands habitually weighed it. "I don't know what you two are asking about!"
Qiu Yang frowned slightly, and when he was about to speak again, he was stopped by Xue Yao.
He smiled and said, "Our friend, Lu Qing, the son of the Lu family, seems to have not left the palace yet."
"Right, right, right. We didn't stand with him when we were being appointed. Did he leave early?" Qiu Yang asked quickly, "Or is it that the ceremony for the civil servants hasn't ended yet?"
"The Lu family?" Eunuch Fu frowned slightly. "No one from the Lu family attended the investiture ceremony this year!"
Qiu Yang and Xue Yao showed shocked expressions at the same time. Knowing his friend's temper, Xue Yao almost immediately covered Qiu Yang's mouth with his hand, then gave the eunuch Fu a handful of silver melon seeds and pulled him into his carriage.
"Why are you pulling me here? I want to get to the bottom of this!" Qiu Yang was about to get off the carriage as soon as he got on. "This is such a big thing, we have to get to the bottom of it."
Xue Yao, however, directly ordered his driver: "Drive to the Lu family. You are not allowed to stop until I tell you to."
"Hmph! You still want to stop me at this speed!" Qiu Yang wanted to jump out of the car with disdain.
"Go ahead and jump! If you can find out what's going on by jumping out of the car, I won't stop you!" Xue Yao said coldly, "That rich eunuch is an official, no matter how high his head is. Since ancient times, it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the little devils. You want to know the situation, but you're not willing to give up your money. How can such a good thing come from him?
Besides, I've already said that no one from the Lu family is attending the official appointment today, which means Lu Qing didn't come at all. It doesn't matter how many times you ask. Instead of wasting time here, why not go to the Lu family first to see what's going on!"
After hearing what Xue Yao said, Qiu Yang sat quietly in the carriage and stopped making noise.
In fact, Qiu Yang also knew that among the three of them, Lu Qing had the best knowledge, Xue Yao had the best brains - and he himself had the highest martial arts value\(￣︶￣*\))
The Lu family's house was close to the imperial palace, so the carriage didn't take long to arrive.
As soon as Xue Yao and Qiu Yang got off the carriage, they met Lu Feng who was returning from teaching students at the Beijing Academy.
At that time, Lu Feng was just an ordinary teacher, not the Dean Lu he later became.
Compared to the serious young masters from aristocratic families, Lu Feng was somewhat restrained, but fortunately these two people were friends of his cousin and were always kind to him, so he still greeted them in a friendly manner.
"Brother Lu, why didn't Aqing attend the official appointment today?" Qiu Yang asked Lu Feng directly.
Lu Feng said with some regret: "My cousin submitted a petition a few days ago. He doesn't want to serve in the court!"
"What?" Qiu Yang always acted impulsively, but Xue Yao couldn't help but get excited after hearing Lu Feng's words. "If he doesn't want to be an official, what does he want to do? Continue studying?"
"Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles!" The regret in Lu Feng's eyes now turned into yearning. "My cousin said that he wants to travel the world with his sword, draw the most accurate map for the emperor, and measure the land of our country with his body."
"Him?" Qiu Yang realized his tone was wrong as soon as he said this, and quickly tried to make amends, "I'm not looking down on him, it's just that he's too skinny, and he can't even use a sword!"
Lu Feng also had a worried look on his face: "But he has already made up his mind, and he left the city yesterday. He should be almost a hundred miles away from the capital by now! But don't worry, the emperor appreciates his determination and has specially arranged a guard with high martial arts skills for him.
We've also prepared customs clearance documents and identity certificates, so he shouldn't have any problems!"