After blowing out the oil lamp, Liu Xiu took off his clothes and lay quietly on the bed. After calming his mind, he continued to practice the Qi-Practice. After a period of attempts, he found that he did not need to make a loud noise. He just needed to make a long breath, so that the impact of heartache could be minimized and would not attract others' attention.

After a while, Liu Xiu was pulled out of that wonderful state by the more sound outside. The surroundings seemed very quiet and noisy. In addition to the clear sound of his heartbeat, Liu Xiu also heard the breathing of Lu Min in the inner room. Liu Bei, who was sleeping opposite, seemed not asleep yet, was constantly turning over on the bed. Although he was not very active, Liu Xiu knew that he must have not fallen asleep.

Liu Xiu smiled silently. After a moment, he turned his head to look at Liu Bei opposite him. Liu Bei was leaning sideways, and a bright moonlight shone through the crack of the window shone on half of his face, his eyes closed.

Perhaps feeling Liu Xiu's gaze, Liu Bei turned over and left his back to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu looked quietly for a while, and suddenly shouted softly: "Xuande."

Liu Bei didn't say anything. After a while, he responded faintly. If it weren't for Liu Xiu's hearing, he would almost not be able to hear it.

"Xuande, we have been promoted to the church." Liu Xiu said softly: "Try hard."

Liu Bei's body stiffened. After a while, he slowly turned around, looked at Liu Xiu with a burning gaze, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised, showing a hint of shy smile. Liu Xiu clenched his fists and made a hard-working posture. Liu Bei nodded gently, raised his fists, and then closed his eyes. He quickly breathed slowly and fell asleep.

During this question, Lu Min in the inner room did not make any noise, but Liu Xiu could hear him holding his breath until he said that Lu Min did not exhale that breath. Liu Xiu guessed that he should have been listening to the movements outside.

Lu Min asked him to change his name to Senior Brother, which means that he has now officially changed from a disciple of the sect to a disciple of the church. He is a student of Lu Zhi in the true sense, but Liu Bei is not yet. Although Lu Min also passed on the first article of the Shangshu, he did not clearly ask Liu Bei to continue to call him Senior Brother, but he did not clearly accept him. He still has to continue to see if Liu Bei has this qualification. To put it more realistically, see if Liu Bei is valuable.

The two brothers of the same clan who were in the same clan who were getting started together have now been separated, but Lu Min certainly does not want him to alienate Liu Bei because of this. Lu Min can treat him differently, but Liu Xiu cannot, because they are Confucianism. The most important thing about Confucianism is benevolence, friendship and friendship between people, filial piety, and respectful brothers. If he is self-righteous because he takes the lead and no longer cares about Liu Bei's feelings, he will be stained in Lu Min's impression.

Liu Xiu didn't want to leave this stain, and he had no taboos for Liu Bei, a famous person, and of course he had no special feelings. Since he could accept Zhang Fei as a disciple, he could also treat Liu Bei as a brother of the same clan and appropriately express his due care. He believed that not only Lu Min, but even his father Liu Yuanqi also hoped so much.

As for whether Liu Bei thought so, it was not his consideration. He did not want to harm Liu Bei, but he would not believe Liu Bei without reservation. After all, the reputation of this Shu emperor in history was not as glorious as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and if he were not, he would not be indifferent to this change, and he would have some ideas.

Liu Bei could have this idea, it was his freedom, but Liu Xiu would not let his ideas hurt him. At the same time, while ensuring that he was not hurt, he would not be stingy with his friendliness.

You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must be careful of others. This is another creed that Liu Xiu has adhered to.

The next day, Liu Xiu got up at dawn as usual, ran outside for a while, then practiced boxing, and started practicing sword skills. A few days ago, he fought with Yan Rou, but because he didn't master the strength well, he broke the sword. Liu Xiu added a new task to himself to practice sword skills. The sword skills of the Wu Junhou are not complicated, and the tricks are simple and direct, but the requirements for the use of force are very high. Liu Xiu saw with his own eyes that Wu Junhou split a three or four-foot-long and two-foot-thick wooden stake into two smooth halves with one knife. Although his strength is far better than Wu Junhou, he can only cut into a small half of the wooden stake with one knife, which is still a long distance away from Wu Junhou's level.

So he needs to practice more.

Liu Xiu believes that efforts that exceed ordinary people may not make you become a top master, because becoming a top master requires talent, but at least you have the chance to become a top master. On the other hand, even if you have a talent that exceeds ordinary people, if you don’t work hard, you may be able to become a top master, but you will never become a top master just by your talent. What’s more likely is that you are just a pseudo-master who talks big.

Only hard work is definitely not enough, but no effort is absolutely impossible.

Liu Xiu did not practice quickly. He carefully felt the feeling of each movement until he found that smooth feeling, and finally turned this feeling into instinct, just like that move to advance punch.

In the shining sword light, the rising sun shone rays of golden light on the earth.

Liu Xiu finished his morning exercise and ran back to the post pavilion. When he passed by Mao Qian's door, he nodded habitually, and ignored Mao Qian's reaction and went straight to his room. Lu Min had already gotten up and was having dinner with Liu Bei. Seeing that Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed, he smiled and said, "It's okay, I haven't gotten to ask for someone to serve you yet, you can practice with peace of mind."

Liu Xiu thanked him, washed with the water and cloth prepared by Liu Bei, and sat down to have dinner together. After the meal, Lu Min gave a few more words, and left the post pavilion with Mao Qian and rushed to his home.

Liu Bei rushed to send away the bowls and chopsticks, then spread out the bamboo slips and pens, preparing to complete the homework left by Lu Min. Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing when he saw him studying hard and improving every day.

"Xuande, you have also made progress."

"Hehe, with my elder brother in front, how dare I fall behind?" Liu Bei said with a smile: "I will become a disciple of the teacher's reunion one day earlier. If possible, I want to become his disciple of the house." He stopped the pen in his hand, thought for a while, raised his head and said to Liu Xiu, "Brother, do you think... is it possible for us to follow the teacher to go to the capital and study in the Imperial Academy?"

Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing: "Do you want to be a doctor?"

Liu Bei smiled shyly: "The doctor is not afraid to think about it, but the gentleman is solemn. If I want to ask for his recommendation, I probably have only this way to imagine. Even if I am a magistrate in the capital, it is better than being a county magistrate in Zhuo County."

"Why?" Liu Xiu was a little puzzled: "The salary of the county magistrate is similar to that of the man-in-law."

"Different." Liu Bei shook his head: "The Lang Guan is a close minister of the emperor, and there are many opportunities for promotion. Once released, he will at least be a county magistrate. However, if the county magistrate who has been promoted from a county magistrate has not been banned by the Third Duke's Mansion, it is very rare to be promoted. What's more, our small families have no chance to be favored by the celebrities who are responsible for recommendation."

Liu Xiu glanced at him and didn't say anything. It seemed that he had given up on Li Ding's path and had to turn to follow Lu Zhi's path through learning. Once Lu Zhi re-entered his official position, he would have many opportunities to become an official in the court, and it was expected that he would become a magistrate. If he became Lu Zhi's disciple and had such a great scholar teacher, he would have a support.
Chapter completed!