"Fuki Nagato?"

In Xiao Tong's stunned voice, Xie Ling took another piece of Saeki paper full of words, spread it on the desk, and pointed his fingertips on the last sentence of "Friendship and blind date", and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please look at this word, how is it different from the previous sentences?" ”

Xiao Tong frowned, then picked up this piece of Saeki paper and took a closer look: "This font imitates An Shigong's line grass, there is a self-indulgence, the momentum of the tiger, not to be a tiger, not to be a tiger, spontaneous and ancient, this Changmen Fu seems to be ...... to read the whole article" Halfway through the words, he suddenly paused, as if he had found something, his eyes were fixed on the word "pro" for a long time, and he shook his head, "No, this pro-word is not An Shigong's grass, but ......"

He couldn't recognize what kind of font this was for a while, so he heard Xie Ling interrupt: "Wei tablet style." ”

"Wei monument? Are you talking about a new style of calligraphy that was implemented in the north after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty advocated sinicization, and was between the Han and Jin Lishu and the Tang Kai? Xiao Tong was surprised.

"Yes." Xie Ling replied decisively, looked at Xiao Tong again, and made a big salute, "I want to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help me find out if there is anyone in my Liang royal family who can learn this special style of font?" ”

Xiao Tong was stunned: "Why do you want to check this person?" ”

Xie Ling paused, looked up and replied:

"Because this person is the murderer who killed my father and assassinated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today!"

When the murderer's two words fell, Xiao Tong's eyes were shocked, and he was so shocked that he almost wanted to stand up, he secretly stabilized the case, shook his head and said with a smile: "Impossible, you suspect that this person is from my Daliang royal family, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible." ”

Xie Ling said, "How can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be sure that it is not?" Isn't there already a King of Linhe and King Yuzhang in my Liang royal family? Since the Jin Dynasty, the fall of every dynasty has almost stopped at fighting in the same room and fratricidal brothers.

Chen Siwang of Wei Shi once made a seven-step poem, Emperor Wu of Jin wanted to kill the king of Qi, and there were folk songs singing the ballad of ruler cloth and fighting Su to show irony, but after arriving in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this kind of fratricidal story wants to be violent, if the emperor is weak, then the wolf smoke is everywhere, just like the current Northern Wei Dynasty, the power of the ministers, the king of Pan in various places to get power, and the rebels are like the carp crossing the river, in fact, to put it bluntly, are not all to get rid of their brothers and opponents, and ascend to the throne by themselves? ”

Xiao Tong was shocked, in fact, his heart was like a mirror: Don't talk about others, it's his father Xiao Yan, didn't he also kill all the Xiao clansmen of the previous dynasty and ascend to the throne himself?

Speaking of which, after their Xiao clan and the Xiao clan of the previous dynasty both belonged to the Xiao clan of Lanling, if they go back to the past, they are all descendants of Xiao He in the Han Dynasty.

Seeing that Xiao Tong was silent, Xie Ling kowtowed again and apologized: "I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness the Prince, I know that it is extremely difficult for you to doubt your brother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is merciful, even a common person can't bear to hurt it, let alone his own brother?" ”

Xiao Tong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No, it's not that Lone doesn't believe you, Lone just feels sad, if the teacher died at the hands of one of Lone's brothers, then it means that my Xiao royal family is sorry for your Xie family, Lone really doesn't dare to think about it, it turns out that the teacher died because of Lone." ”

When he said this, Xiao Tong's eyes were full of thick self-blame, which even had the sadness of the helplessness of the times and the compassion of all things, the Xiao royal family, such as Xiao Gang, Xiao Zong, Xiao Yi have the most sensitive sad feelings for the current situation, Xiao Gang's "Folding Willows", Xiao Zong's "Sad Falling Leaves", there are many sad spring and autumn, sighing fate.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Xie Ling didn't mean to blame His Highness for this." At this time, Xie Ling comforted, "Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to blame himself." ”

Xiao Tong smiled and raised his hand to Xie Ling: "Come, sit down, Gu Du has already said, today I am just an ordinary citizen, you will treat me as a friend of yours, friends meet, why be polite." ”

Xie Ling smiled, and no longer refused, knelt on the seat opposite Xiao Tong, with a few cases in the middle, and the steam in the Gu was curling, and the dark fragrance was refreshing.

At this time, Xiao Tong glanced at her, then picked up the Saeki paper with "Nagato Fu" written on it, and sighed secretly: "Speaking of which, this Nagato Fu, I have also argued with the teacher because of these two sentences.

The husband is a beautiful woman, and he is free to take care of himself. The soul is more than a rebellion, and the form is withered and lives alone.

I once thought that the word haggard was very good, and the teacher felt that the word withered could better show the sadness of Empress Chen's being in the cold palace, and Sima Xiangru's original writing had been lost in the war, but the hand-copied ones were different.

Mr. Wei wrote the "Nagato Fu" in my heart. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also a talented and knowledgeable person." After Xie Ling praised it, he asked, "Aside from the fact that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to compile this Nagato Fu into the "Anthology", is there any other reason why my father wrote this Nagato Fu?" ”

"For something else?" Xiao Tong was surprised.

Xie Ling nodded: "Yes, for other reasons, this Changmen Fu has not been written, and the last word has been added, Ling is just suspicious, and there are others who forced his father to write this Changmen Fu, but who is this Changmen Fu for?" ”

Xiao Tong frowned and pondered for a while, as if he had thought of something, and muttered to himself, "Could it be Wu Shuyuan?" The teacher once mentioned to me that Wu Shuyuan had asked him to write a fu for her, but I didn't know what to write? And the teacher also refused. ”

After Xiao Tong finished speaking, he raised his head and saw that Xie Ling's face had changed.

"Wu Shuyuan? Nagatofu? Sad leaves? ”

She muttered these nine words, as if she had thought of something, and a look of horror flashed in her eyes.

"Could it be the second prince Xiao Zong?"

Xiao Tong was also a little incredulous: "Impossible, the second brother is now in the Northern Wei Dynasty, how can he ......?"

"But nine years ago he was in the Great Liang, but even if his father's death nine years ago was related to him, what about now?"

Xie Ling is also puzzled, after the usurpation of the previous life Er Zhurong, he killed the Empress Dowager Hu and the puppet emperor she supported, and at the same time broke out the Heyin Revolution that shocked the world, Er Zhurong's younger brother Er Zhu Shilong wanted to forcibly occupy the eldest princess of Shouyang as a concubine, and the eldest princess of Shouyang was not killed by her, Xiao Zong fled to a temple and became a monk,

At the same time, Xiao Yan sent Chen Qingzhi to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Xiao Zong wrote a letter to Xiao Yan, saying that he had repented and was willing to return to Southern Liang.

Naturally, Xiao Yan, the Liang Emperor who was infinitely tolerant of the Xiao family's heirs, also forgave Xiao Zong's betrayal, and even took the clothes that Xiao Zong wore when he was a child, expressing his willingness to let Chen Qingzhi welcome him back to Southern Liang, but unfortunately, after Chen Qingzhi supported Yuan Hao to seize Luoyang and claim the emperor, Yuan Hao was deaf and wanted to get out of Chen Qingzhi's control and drive Chen Qingzhi out of Luoyang, after which Luoyang fell, and Chen Qingzhi's army was unfortunately destroyed by a flash flood on the way to Southern Liang.

So Xiao Zong did not return to Nanliang until his death.

Now that there is at least a month left before Er Zhurong's usurpation of the throne breaks out in the Heyin Change, how can Xiao Zong be?

Xie Ling couldn't help but think of the black-robed man who rescued that man in the Red Bean Nunnery, was that person really waiting for the scene again?

Xiao Tong saw that she was silent for a long time, so he asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Xie Ling shook his head: "It's okay, but Ling has a request?" ”

"You say?"

"Can you find a chance for me to meet Wu Shuyuan?"

Xiao Tong was a little embarrassed, and after a long moment, he said: "I'm afraid that if I see her, you won't be able to ask anything, since the second brother defected to Wei, she has been a little delirious, and now she can save her life." ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can see her, I have a way to get her to speak." Xie Ling said very confidently.

Xiao Tong no longer refused, and after a pause, he responded:

"Okay, I'll figure out how to arrange this." After that, he asked, "When do you think it's better to meet?" ”

"Just five days later, it will be the time when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will preside over the East Palace Wenhui Yaji."

When it came to Wenhui Yaji, Xiao Tong's heart moved, and his eyes showed appreciation when he looked at Xie Ling.

Suddenly, he asked, "Xie Ling, if Lone recommends you to join the office, are you willing?" ”

Today's official election system still follows the Wei and Jin dynasties' Jiupin Zhongzheng system to inspect filial piety, but the assessment of the children of the scholar clan is not so strict, especially if you can get the recommendation of famous people, you can directly set the quality to enter the office, especially the prince who combines identity and fame like Xiao Tong.

However, Xie Ling shook his head: "This is not necessary, I want to pass the assessment of the eighteen major states and enter the office through normal channels, not to mention that if I, Xie Ling, am not talented, I am not qualified to stand by the side of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xiao Tong was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little speechless for a while, there are not many people he recommends in his life, but whoever is recommended by him, who is not ecstatic, he is the first time to hear someone dare to say, I want to pass the assessment of the eighteen major states and enter the office through normal channels.

The two sat silently for a long time, and when Xie Ling was about to get up to say goodbye, he asked again: "Xie Ling, what do you think of Lone?" Or rather, what do you think of the girders? ”

It is a fashion to judge people, and it is also a test of people's ability, and those in high positions also hope to be praised by others.

Xiao Tong had never cared what others thought of him, and at this moment, he was desperate to hear a different answer from Xie Ling's mouth.

Sure enough, as soon as the thought fell in his heart, Xie Ling replied: "The prince is too benevolent and kind. ”

"Is it bad to be kind and good?" Xiao Tong asked with a smile.

"Things must be reversed, everything is too much, there will be rebellion, and the prince really thinks that using Buddha to smelt the country is the right way?" Xie Ling also turned around and asked.

"Keep talking!"

"Ling once heard a story about a swordsman with noble character and high morality, who was locked in a secret room for seven days and seven nights, during these seven days and seven nights, no one gave him food to eat, and only one corpse was accompanied by him, and seven days later, when people opened the secret room......" Xie Ling looked at Xiao Tong and asked with a smile, "The prince might as well guess, what did everyone see?" ”

"How can he live after seven days, he has committed suicide?" Xiao Tong replied.

Xie Ling shook his head: "No, this swordsman is not dead, but the corpse that accompanied him was half eaten by him. ”

Xiao Tong's face sank, and his face was shocked.

Xie Ling smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is human nature, no matter how noble a person is, in the face of hunger and cold, when death comes, he even dares to eat corpses, let alone corpses, when people are in a desperate situation, even their own flesh and bones are used to cook their stomachs,

Does Your Highness really think that by using Buddha to smelt the country and teach people to be good, there will be no more theft, no more burning, killing and looting in a country? Great good is great evil, great mercy is great compassion, and you can't make everyone in the world as perfect as you. ”

Xiao Tong, who heard the word perfect, couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and said again: "This is what you and Master Ning Yuan distinguished, saving one life is not compassion, saving a hundred lives is not compassion, is it compassion to purify all sentient beings?" ”

Xie Ling smiled and replied, "Also...... Let's just say that! ”

Seeing Xie Ling frowning like this, Xiao Tong couldn't help laughing out loud.

Xie Ling also smiled and said: "If His Highness has nothing else to ask, Ling will leave!" ”

Xiao Tong seemed to be a little reluctant, but he still raised his hand very indifferently and said, "Okay, you go back first!" ”

Xie Ling nodded, then turned around and left outside the painting boat, just walked a few steps, seemed to remember something, and asked again: "By the way, His Royal Highness the Prince, can Ling take the liberty of asking another question?" ”

"You ask?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... Do you have a sweetheart? ”