After King Ning bathed and changed his clothes, he sat at the dinner table in a brocade robe and green robe, staring at these white porridge and vegetables for a long time without chopsticks, and looked at the princess with a porcelain spoon and scooped up the porridge into the cherry mouth.

The princess slowly swallowed the porridge in her mouth, didn't look at King Ning, and said angrily: "Don't look at me, I will eat these for breakfast during this time, if the meat of your body can't be reduced, the queen mother will blame me again, I can't afford it." ”

King Ning scoffed, but he didn't dare to bring this emotion to his face, to say that his mother concubine loved him very much, for fear that he would lose weight, so he would not pay attention to the problem of obesity. The mother concubine also said that it is better to be fat, that is the blessing of the prince and grandson nobles. It's just that after the princess entered the palace several times, she didn't know what ecstasy soup she had poured into her mother, and she was very resolute in asking him to lose weight, and even asked carefully and cryptically several times if there was something wrong with her body, and why the princess's stomach had not moved since she got married? These questions made King Ning cry and laugh and be helpless.

The princess glanced at King Ning and said, "What are you muttering in your heart? Don't think I don't know what you want to eat? ”

King Ning's face became bitter again, and he smiled and said, "How can I do it, I just like to watch the princess eat, and it looks very good." ”

The princess gave him a blank look and continued to deal with the food.

Youyou, who was waiting next to him, pursed his lips and couldn't help but interject, "Lord, the princess likes sweets the most on weekdays, but if you want to supervise you, you need to lead by example......"

The princess looked back and glared at the maid, and said, "Talky!"

The maid pretended to be aggrieved and bowed her head.

King Ning smiled wryly, and was about to say a few words, when someone came in from outside the door and said to the prince: "Lord, the boss asked you to go over now." ”

"Hmm. I'll go over it. King Ning was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied, hurriedly finished the porridge in the bowl, and handed the princess a look. This old man Ji from the palace has been here for a while, and he seems to be smiling and grinning at everyone else, but he doesn't have a good face for him. This was the only time the boss took the initiative to let him go.

"Lord Wang, go get busy. The princess stood up, took a tulle robe from the handmaid, and put it on for King Ning herself.

King Ning nodded and went out.

There is a fence gate in the courtyard, half a person high, and the whole yard can be seen from the fence gate.

The courtyard is not big or small, but a few pavilions are very exquisite. A wing room on the south side is open to the courtyard, and it seems to be friendly to sit quietly and listen to the rain and enjoy the flowers and plants.

For an idle old man, this is a good place to retire, the flowers and plants in the courtyard, under the care of the old man, show a thriving appearance, naturally the servants of the King of Bining's family planted a much more delicate waist.

King Ning gently pushed open the fence door, walked into the old man's side and bowed.

The old man bent over and held a small pair of scissors in his hand at this time, carefully trimming the leaves on a grass, and did not look back when he heard the greeting from King Ning coming in, but just gently said from his nose, "Hmm." A reply was an answer.

The old man took a few steps back and examined it carefully, and seemed dissatisfied with a few leaves, and began to prune before continuing to walk, and nodded with satisfaction when he retreated to the ground again. He turned around and glanced at King Ning who was standing in place, and said softly, "Sit." ”

King Ning followed behind the old man, looking at his somewhat slumped back, his long silver-gray hair scattered on his back, showing a kind of exhaustion.

He took off his boots, stepped up the steps, and sat down in the open wing, facing the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Elegantly carved on the panes, long sandalwood tables and shelves against the wall are placed with books, and the sandalwood incense is burning in the room, wafting around, and smelling this fragrance is peaceful.

King Ning followed lightly, sat on the left side of the old man, picked up the kettle and poured a cup of tea for the old man.

The old man drooped his eyelids, took the cup casually and took a sip gently, his face as old as tree bark was slightly tired.

"I don't know what the boss is calling, what do you command?" King Ning said.

The old man gently put down the teacup, waved his sleeves, sat down solemnly, and said in a thick voice: "Does King Ning know that heaven and earth have longitude and latitude, mountains and rivers have height and shortness, and even the rivers and seas have sizes?"

King Ning was a little puzzled, and he didn't know what he meant by suddenly mentioning this.

The old man closed his eyes slightly, and he was not in a hurry when he didn't hear King Ning's answer.

"When I was young, I traveled with my servants to several counties in Kyushu, saw the majestic mountains in the south of Lizhou, and saw the small mountain jasper in the east of Fuzhou. The Cangzhou river is wide, the river is turbulent, and the small bridge in Ningzhou trickles down. The dust and sand of Gongzhou are so hot that people can't open their eyes, the top of the mountain in the east of Mingzhou is covered with snow all the year round, and the sea water of Zhenzhou in the southeast is salty and endless. Qiu Hong replied after thinking about it, his face full of memories.

The old man stroked his head and said: "Yes, the scenery of Kyushu is pleasant and enjoyable, and the nature of mountains and rivers gives birth to spiritual creatures on this earth." Even these spiritual creatures are divided into levels. Deer eat grass, tigers eat deer, and deer die to nourish grass. The cycle goes on and on. ”

King Ning pondered for a moment and asked, "The disciple is ignorant and doesn't know what he means, please ask the elder for guidance." ”

The old man did not reply, but continued: "When a tiger is about to starve to death, if it is kind, when it catches a pregnant doe, do you say that the tiger should spare the fawn?"

King Ning thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I can't answer." ”

This paragraph was very mindless, so that King Ning didn't know what to do. He vaguely felt that the old man had something to say, but he couldn't think of what it was. I had to be silent, listen, and answer.

The old man chuckled lightly and said, "The mountains and rivers in this world are all uneven, and the rivers and currents in Kyushu are of different sizes. Maybe there are still a few little beasts in the tiger's nest waiting to be caught? Eating is nature, it is survival. If you don't eat, you are kind, but you are unfair to it and to its children. ”

King Ning fell silent, seemed to have an understanding, and closed his mouth tightly.

The old man glanced at him, flicked his sleeves, and gently pinched the teacup with his dry fingers, and drank it all.

Ning Wang raised his head forcefully and said, "Could it be that the so-called Datong is really just a dream? Is it an illusion that can never be achieved? But why have you cultivators been pursuing the realm of the Peerless Saint?"

King Ning said with a little lost soul: "Could it be that the way of great harmony and the elimination of inequality cannot be achieved just because there is no reference from the experience of predecessors?"

The old man looked at this young and kind King Ning kindly, and felt some pity in his heart, and the relationship between him for more than a month made him have a great impression of King Ning. It's just that as the crown prince, there are still those women's benevolence and righteousness in the royal family, the so-called righteousness, and the pursuit of great harmony, how long and arduous the process is. When he first heard the word "Datong," he became interested in the person who spoke about it, and it was a very beautiful world that he thought was a dream that would never be possible. The person who said that, he was either a fool or a real fool.

So, he offered to come to the palace to protect the safety of this prince. This ending, even Emperor Jingzhi was very surprised. You must know that this Master Ji knows how many years he has been in the small courtyard of the Library Pavilion. He had never been seen out of the library and the small courtyard, and no one could invite him.

The old man couldn't bear to let the young King Ning fall from a blow, and comforted: "Actually, the old man has been in the library for more than 60 years, and he has repeatedly read the fragments of the notes left by the two saints. I saw a description and was very impressed, saying that ordinary people in that world have a fixed commuting time every day, gather with friends at night to drink and eat meat, and can travel to several places a year to relax. Well, there are a few words that are very awkward, and the old man doesn't remember many of them anymore. This should be similar to what you call a big agreement, right?"

King Ning's eyes lit up, as if he had seen the dawn, and he said a little excitedly: "Really? That's also the Datong World?"

Suddenly, thinking of the identity and status of this old man, he categorically had no reason to deceive him, so he said: "If the old man says that there is, there must be." Looks like he didn't lie to me!"

The old man smiled slightly, "The old man naturally won't coax you, the old man has always been curious, where did you get the concept of 'Datong', is it the 'he' who won't lie to you in your mouth?"

King Ning looked at the blue sky outside the eaves and said with remembrance: "I don't know, whether he is dead or alive." ”

For King Ning's gaffe, the old man was not angry, he chuckled again and stood up. Slowly walk under the eaves.

Only then did King Ning come back to his senses, get up respectfully, and said, "I met him when I was burning the city in Gongzhou, his name is Xiaohu. He is very funny, kind-hearted, and loves food, and the original method of 'Datong' came from his mouth, but there seems to be a more awkward way to say what is called 'social ......' or something, and I didn't think much about it when I was young, so I didn't remember it. Only Datong was remembered. ”

Humorous, funny, good-hearted?

The old man looked at King Ning strangely. The humor may be a little bit, it is said that Chen Qingfeng's old man was deflated in front of him. Last night, he had at least thirty or forty lives on his hands, and there were no less than twenty people in that narrow alley alone.

King Ning was a little confused by the old man's gaze, and lowered his head in a whisper. Stand aside.

The old man turned his head and continued to look at the sky, and said, "If you can get his help, the so-called Datong will have a chance to come true." ”

King Ning lowered his head, a little sad, "He's dead." I've been looking for him for four years, and there's no trace of him. Even if he can escape the conspiracy of that siege, I'm afraid it will be ......"

The old man smiled softly and said, "What news did you hear about what happened last night?"

King Ning's heart was depressed, this old man's thinking was really unbelievable. I was talking about this, but suddenly I was talking about something else. However, he still replied respectfully: "I heard a loud noise from the southwest during the night, and the rest has not yet had time. ”

Before he could do it, it was because he hastily finished breakfast and called over.

"Hmm. Do you know that although your father handed over Ning'an Town to you, he still only let you handle some clerical affairs?"

"I don't know. What my father did, there must be a reason for him. Qiu Hong replied in a calm tone.

The old man glanced back at him and said, "You still have resentment in your father's heart." Before coming, he sincerely asked the old man to protect you. Did you forget the story of the tiger eating the deer so quickly? think about it, and when you reach a certain position, you must have the perspective of that position. In the future, when you have an opinion on someone, you might as well try this method according to what the old man said. ”

King Ning lowered his head.

The old man ignored King Ning's thoughts and waved his hand to show that he was chasing away the guest.

King Ning said goodbye and slowly withdrew from the room, and the old man spoke leisurely again, saying, "The person you said is not dead, he is in the capital, and he is in Ning'an Town." Yesterday's events, he was involved. ”

King Ning turned his head and looked at the old man excitedly, until the old man nodded affirmatively, and then he ran outside in ecstasy.