Chapter 158: Is cultivation hard?
Shen Xuan woke up and carefully recalled the events of last night, and still felt that something was wrong, especially in the end, Shangguan Ling risked his life to go out to change clothes, women in this world also love to be clean, but there is no such thing.
Glancing at Shangguan Ling, who was still asleep, Shen Xuan got out of bed and left lightly, he already had the exact location of the Ice Heart Lotus, then he didn't want to delay time, and it would change later.
The soldiers in the palace searched all night, and now is definitely the most lax time, Shen Xuan put on his spiritual weapon disguise mask, now it is a treasure thief, it doesn't matter what he looks like, he doesn't need to be his original face, if everything goes well, he can leave the palace today.
Or according to the original method, make a tunnel near the imperial study, the last time it failed because there were masters around the emperor, this time Gong Ruyue should still be in the early dynasty, it was his chance to do it.
Things went surprisingly well, there was no one in the imperial study, and the emperor's study was certainly not a place for people to enter casually.
According to the position mentioned by Shangguan Ling, Shen Xuan groped for a while to find a way to open the door, and the method of opening the secret room was cleverly designed, and the two tomes had to be taken to the designated position, and at the same time pushed inward to open.
The bookshelves against the wall were separated left and right, leaking out a hole below, Shen Xuan walked down the stairs of the cave, and the bookshelves behind him slowly closed.
The secret room is really full of dazzling, some he knows, some he doesn't know, the room is full of jewels, some are still sealed by glass covers or spirit runes, Shen Xuan wants to empty this place.
After browsing greedily, Shen Xuan finally suppressed the greed in his heart, stealing is a disgraceful thing after all, he steals the Ice Heart Lotus in order to treat the injuries of the elders in the door, this can barely say a word of extenuation, if it is only to satisfy his greed, it will be too depraved.
How to say that he is also the first handsome guy in Qiushui, his sister is so rich, and he can get rich by refining it casually, and it is not too much to say that he wants to take it and ask for it, but he doesn't want it, so why should he be a thief under such conditions.
Shen Xuan touched a magic weapon, it was a hollow carved phoenix white jade belt, he liked this thing at first sight, the material is extremely precious and the best warm chalcedony, the workmanship is simple and generous, and there is a unique delicacy when you look at it carefully, it is a real low-key luxury.
But in the end, he still walked in front of Bing Xinlian.
This treasure of the Vajra Sect is thirsty for knowledge, but here it is not even qualified to enter the glass cover, but this palm-sized ice blue flower is really magical, the center of the flower keeps blooming new petals, and the fallen petals melt into water and are absorbed by the flowers, and they have been opening and withering at the same time.
After carefully checking and confirming that taking the Ice Heart Lotus would not touch the mechanism, Shen Xuan immediately put the Ice Heart Lotus into the storage ring.
At this point, everything was completed very smoothly, and when he was about to leave the secret room, there was a sudden sound of the emperor being driven by a eunuch shouted outside, followed by the sound of long live the emperor.
This shout made Shen Xuan's heart skip a half-beat, and now he can't get out, so he can only pray that Gong Ruyue will not have a master by his side this time, otherwise he can only use the escape talisman.
In fact, he could easily get it by using the silent invisibility talisman, but if he wanted to refine himself, he couldn't rely on all external objects.
He leaned into the innermost part of the chamber, trying not to make any noise, while trying to suppress his breathing and heartbeat.
The reason for the last exposure was probably that Jindan's hearing was too keen and he could hear the extra breathing sound in the room.
Although he learned smartly this time, he was still very unsafe, for example, there were clues left by him in the imperial study, two books that had been moved, and floor tiles that were no longer tightly fitted, any of these could expose him.
Outside, Gong Ruyue's voice was particularly clear, as if she was listening to the minister's report on some things in the imperial examination, and Gong Ruyue interrupted from time to time to give a few words.
In the secret room, Shen Xuan finally waited for Gong Ruyue to finish the discussion, thinking that she was about to leave, but she didn't expect her to summon the next official.
How busy the king of a country is, Shen Xuan has completely seen it this time.
Gong Ruyue's speed of speech is very fast, and she can give an answer to anything immediately, but the affairs are too busy, and the officials are like marquees, and they don't stop for a moment, and she chats with one minister after another for two or three hours.
By noon, with the resignation of the last minister, the study had returned to silence.
Shen Xuan waited patiently for more than ten minutes, he was not in a hurry, he had to be more cautious.
Time passed minute by minute, and a few minutes later, in the quiet imperial study, Gong Ruyue's dull voice suddenly sounded.
"Aren't you coming out yet?"
Outside the imperial study, Shangguan Ling, who had already come, was anxious at the moment.
Shangguan Ling, who was inadvertently sent to Jiuxiao by Shen Xuan last night, woke up this morning but couldn't find Shen Xuan, Shangguan Ling was not stupid, and after a little thought, he guessed that he ran to the imperial study alone to steal the treasure.
Shangguan Ling was very angry, he had the heart to ignore Shen Xuan like this, anyway, if something happened, he himself wanted to be strong, but the ghost sent God, Shangguan Ling finally came.
She originally thought that she was just coming to see, and she really only looked outside, but the moment she saw Gong Ruyue coming, she almost rushed out directly.
But those guards made her wake up immediately, not only could not help Shen Xuan, but on the contrary, they might even harm him.
Shen Xuan was mostly in the secret room, so even if the emperor entered the imperial study, Shen Xuan could hide, as long as he was not stupid enough to come out by himself, it would be fine.
Even if you hide in a secret room and are discovered, there will be a fight, and it will not be too late to go all out.
In the secret room, Shen Xuan was silent, and Gong Ruyue directly broke through: "Shen Xuan, do you want me to personally invite you out to meet?" ”
Come on, the little luck in his heart has been completely extinguished, Shen Xuan is a little difficult, should he go out stupidly and turn himself in at this time? Or do you want to leave with a runaway?
He didn't know how Gong Ruyue found out his identity, but the other party politely asked him to come out to meet, Shen Xuan still felt that he couldn't just run away, but in this case, he was also embarrassed to meet.
When he walked out of the secret room, Shen Xuan was already ready to negotiate a solution.
Shen Xuan saw Gong Ruyue in a golden phoenix robe, to be precise, Gong Ruyue's back, Shen Xuan's position was on the bookshelf behind her, and Gong Ruyue didn't deliberately turn around, she just looked at the book in her hand indifferently.
"When I'm done, you can sit down first."
At this time, there were only two people in the room, and Gong Ruyue turned her back to him undefendedly, which made Shen Xuan surprised and felt some pressure at the same time, it seemed that everything was under Gong Ruyue's control.
This is indeed the case, Gong Ruyue speculated that the King Kong Sect would definitely send someone, and even guessed that there was a high probability that Shen Xuan would be sent, and after the accident last night, she sent someone to investigate carefully, and the clues she got made her almost sure that person was Shen Xuan.
Gong Ruyue didn't let him wait long, and after a while, she raised her head and asked lightly, "Your family is all well." ”
Shen Xuan was stunned, was Gong Ruyue hinting at dealing with his family? But the amazing thing is that Shen Xuan's heart has no fluctuations, his sister is Long Aotian, he really never worried about the danger of his family.
He just responded flatly: "It's all good." ”
"Are you still used to cultivating in the Vajra Sect?"
"The elders and sisters take good care of me."
"What are you cultivating now?"
"It's considered the middle stage of condensation, you can just find a guard to deal with me." Shen Xuan found a chair to sit down, looking quite calm.
"Do you feel like cultivation is hard?"
Gong Ruyue asked many such questions in a row, Shen Xuan thought she was testing or hinting at something at first, but slowly he found that he was thinking too much, Gong Ruyue didn't care what he answered, the topic could be connected to Gong Ruyue and he would talk a few words, and if he couldn't connect with Gong Ruyue, he would throw out a new question.
Shen Xuan understood, this was a pure awkward chat, Gong Ruyue didn't mention him stealing the Ice Heart Lotus at all, only asked about some trivial things in life, and then started an awkward chat around these.
Gong Ruyue didn't mention it, and he didn't talk about it, and the conversation between the two slowly evolved from an awkward chat to a chat.
Outside, Shangguan Ling has been waiting impatiently, too long, really too long, if it weren't for the fact that the injury has not healed, she would have the heart to scold the dog emperor outside to lead the palace Ruyue away.
Suddenly, she saw two silhouettes one after the other walked to the window and sat down, Shangguan Ling recognized one of them at a glance as Shen Xuan, but she didn't expect him to be really stupid enough to come out by himself, but he seemed to be very relaxed at the moment, and he was talking and laughing with Gong Ruyue, which made her confused.
After Shen Xuan chatted with Gong Ruyue seriously, he found that she was really a good person, the two talked happily, Shen Xuan also slowly relaxed, and sat by the window to drink tea and talk, naturally like an old friend who had known each other for many years.
Anyway, he drinks things casually, who told him that he is invincible, at this moment he wants to become friends with Gong Ruyue first and then exchange with her, it would be good to be able to solve it peacefully.
The topics of the two are all-encompassing, from poetry and poetry to philosophy of life, Gong Ruyue seems to know everything, she can talk about any problem, and her perspective on problems is not limited by the times, and she has her own unique views on various issues, which makes Shen Xuan feel that she has met the same kind of people.
And Gong Ruyue almost felt the same way, the last time I saw Shen Xuan, I only thought that this man was clever, clever and eccentric, but this time I found out after a deep conversation...... I found that I really didn't know how to evaluate him, saying that he was very knowledgeable, but he didn't even know a lot of basic things.
said that he didn't learn and didn't know anything, but he could say a lot of things that even she didn't understand.
Gong Ruyue thought about it in her heart for a long time, and in the end she could only give a strange word, three hundred years forward, three hundred years later, the first strange man who had never been seen before.
Shen Xuan's joy Shangguan Ling could feel it from so far away, the meaning in her heart was incomprehensible, and she seemed to be a little sour, what were they talking about, and they could be happy like this?
Shen Xuan had indeed never met such a speculative friend of the opposite sex, and even his former good buddies didn't feel this way, he only felt that it was too late to see each other, and Gong Ruyue also told him a lot of strange things about this world, which made him feel quite interesting.
I have long heard that Gong Ruyue is approachable and has a strong personality charm, which can make many masters who disdain imperial power follow her willingly, Shen Xuan didn't have a deep understanding last time, but this time he understood.
When he saw Gong Ruyue, he would think of a certain celebrity in the original world, both of whom were also scholars, with the same outstanding temperament, and they were both queens.
Speaking of this Biluochun, I also heard a little story, according to legend, there was a nun who went out to the mountain to play, picked a few leaves, soaked in water and drank it, blurted out "Scared people!" "Therefore, this Biluochun is also called a frightening fragrance."
The emperor personally poured the tea for him, Shen Xuan picked up the green glazed porcelain cup and tasted it again: "The incense is fragrant enough, but the story is a bit ordinary, I have heard a more exciting ......"
Then Shen Xuan told him about Xinyang Maojian and called lip tea.
After hearing this, Gong Ruyue shook her head and said: "If this is changed to a man, it can still be accepted, but let a woman go to her lips to pick tea, and she has to cover her chest, does anyone really buy this kind of tea?" ”
Shen Xuan didn't bother about this matter, and talked about something else.
When a eunuch came in boldly and asked if he wanted to pass the meal, the two woke up and unconsciously chatted until dark, and looked at each other and smiled.
Outside the imperial study, Shangguan Ling, who had also been hungry for a day, was so hateful at the moment that he was about to bite his mouth full of silver teeth, and laughed again, laughed again, eighty-ninth time, it seems that after this time, he needs to shake up the women's gang.
"Ruyue, there is no need to pass the meal today, the two of us hit it off at first sight, I will invite you to dinner."
Gong Ruyue is an emperor but she is humble and polite, and Shen Xuan is fortunate not to regard her as an emperor when she falls in love with her, and she has already naturally changed her name when chatting.
The eunuch on the side was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out, this palace man dared to call the emperor's name, and His Majesty actually acquiesced!
Shen Xuan felt that he could already talk about the transaction.
There are many reasons why Gong Ruyue can tolerate Shen Xuan, first of all, he is a man worthy of pity, Shen Xuan can be completely open in front of her, secondly, Shen Xuan's thoughts are strange enough, and finally, his beauty also adds a lot of points, after all, everyone has a love for beauty.
The emperor was originally destined to be a lonely profession, and for various reasons, she became a lonely person among the lonely people, that is, there were three thousand beauties in the harem, but she still had no relatives, and the bitterness was not enough for outsiders.