CHAPTER XXII

"Your Majesty, you asked the wrong person" Wu Mian glanced at Wang Mang slowly, and continued: "Give Fang Shi a door to rehabilitate and ask Fang Shi, it seems a bit nondescript to ask me a little monk, right?" It seems that Your Majesty, when you open up a new dynasty, you can't go to the Xiongnu to ask for their opinions, right? ”

"It turns out that Mr. is not a Fangshi, so I think about it." After Wang Mang laughed, he continued: "Since it is a matter of Fang Shi, let Fang Shi decide. Come on, please come up and ......"

After Wang Mang finished speaking, he saw two guards walk in with a young man dressed in a monk's costume. The young man's white hair was still a little sad at first, but after seeing Wu Mian and a few people sitting next to Wang Mang, this person regained his spirit.

"Little Fangshi Sun Xiaochuan has seen Your Majesty, may Your Majesty live a long and peaceful life." It was Sun Xiaochuan who was supposed to be with Liu Xi and Zheng Yu who spoke, and when he didn't expect to meet again, he turned out to be a Fangshi.

Wang Mang frowned slightly, looked at the white-haired man in front of him, and said, "Wait a minute, did I hear it wrong?" I remember that you didn't call yourself a generous teacher, Guangren? Why is it now that he has become a little Fangshi Sun Xiaochuan again? ”

Sun Xiaochuan didn't have the slightest expression of embarrassment on his face, and said to Wang Mang: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Xiaochuan calls himself a generous teacher, and it is a joke to bet with Guangren's generous teacher. At the beginning, when Xu Fu Dafangshi crossed east to seek immortals, Xiaochuan and Guangren bet whether Xu Fu Dafangshi would cross the sea or travel by land. Whoever wins the bet can take their own name. If Xu Fu was a generous master at the beginning, now Guangren Dafang can call himself Fang Shi Sun Xiaochuan. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Although Sun Xiaochuan said it seriously, his words still made Wang Mang hard to believe. At that moment, the emperor of the new dynasty set his eyes on Wu Mian, who already had a sneering smile on his face.

Without waiting for Wang Mang to ask, the white-haired man had already spoken: "Yes, I was also present at the time, but my magic cultivation was too low to participate in the gambling contract between the two generous scholars at that time." Otherwise, this Dafang priest of Ogawa might have to call himself a monk Wu Mian now......"

Although he didn't expect this white-haired man to give himself such a panic, Sun Xiaochuan still didn't show a surprised expression on his face. Instead, he nodded calmly at Wu Mian and said, "If Mr. Wu Mian had his current cultivation, he might be able to barely count him as a gentleman." It's a pity that the times have passed now, and the other people who bet back then have become generous teachers, and Xiaochuan is still the same, which is really more and more emotional. ”

"Invite Mr. Ogawa to dine with us." Although Wang Mang knew in his heart that this name Sun Xiaochuan was not a generous person, after all, Wu Mian recognized it himself. I still had something important to get rid of the white-haired man, so I pretended to be confused and gave Wu Mian this face, and cleared Sun Xiaochuan and sat down together.

After Sun Xiaochuan thanked him, he sat down, pretended to be polite, and began to eat and drink with his generous shelf. Wang Mang persuaded another glass of wine, and said to Sun Xiaochuan: "Just now, I was still talking to Mr. Wu Mian that I want to rehabilitate the Fangshi, and since Mr. Xiaochuan has arrived, I just want to ask Mr. for his opinion." I want to rehabilitate the monks, does Mr. Ogawa think it is feasible? ”

"Your Majesty, you must not" I didn't expect Sun Xiaochuan to say such a thing from his mouth. At the moment, not only Wang Mang, but even Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Rensan, who were pouring wine into their mouths, were stunned. Except for Wu Mian, who still didn't care about anything, everyone's eyes in the hall were on Sun Xiaochuan.

Then I heard Sun Xiaochuan continue: "Your Majesty, it is really the will of heaven that the Fang Shi sect has been exterminated, and the Fang Shi sect has been inherited for more than a thousand years, and it should also conform to the will of heaven. Besides, the extermination of the Fang Shi was decided by the previous dynasty, that is, it was not the judgment of His Majesty, so why did His Majesty bother to rehabilitate him? For so many years, there has been no country and people in the world like Fangshi, such as rehabilitating Fangshi, or what incident will happen again, isn't the gain outweighing the loss? ”

"A monk like Mr. Xiaochuan is really unconventional...... Wang Mang's original plan was to give Wu Mian a face and rehabilitate the monk. By the way, after asking this white-haired man to help him in his big affairs, he didn't expect that this man named Sun Xiaochuan would say a few words, so he first denied his intention to rehabilitate Fang Shi.

And Wu Mian's behavior is not the same as he thinks, he doesn't seem to be interested in whether he is a scholar or not. In this way, Wang Mang will not be able to say the words after he is ready.

Except for Wang Mang, Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Rensan couldn't have imagined that this little liar would say this. If Guangren heard his words, he didn't know if he would hunt down this white-haired liar everywhere at the ends of the earth. At that moment, Bai Wuqiu, who was the most uncontrollable, opened his mouth and said to Sun Xiaochuan: "You are really willing to spoil other people's things, Lao Tzu will give you a reminder." The person you offend is not big-eyed, so be careful that he leads people everywhere to block and beat you. ”

"What does it matter to us about other people's own families? When the time comes, it won't be you who will be beaten. At this time, Wu Mian made a rare round for Sun Xiaochuan.

Bai Wuqiu was very jealous of his little uncle in his heart, and when he saw him speak, he swallowed the words in his mouth again. He grabbed a piece of meat from the table and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it, and he didn't know what to say.

Seeing that everything he had prepared had been in vain, Wang Mang still did not give up. The founding emperor of the new dynasty said directly to Wu Mian: "Mr. Wu Mian, I heard that you have made great achievements in the art of immortality. I wonder if there is any way to live forever? I am very curious, and I would like to listen to the gentleman's advice. ”

Wu Mian looked up at the emperor of the new dynasty, and after a pause, the white-haired man smiled strangely and said, "Didn't someone send His Majesty an elixir of immortality early in the morning?" I, like Your Majesty, have no other way than this elixir. If Your Majesty has any other good ideas, I would like to follow along. ”

When he heard Wu Mian talk about the pill in the morning, Wang Mang's face changed slightly. However, the new emperor's city government is extremely deep, otherwise a relative would not have usurped the world. After laughing at the moment, Wang Mang went straight to the point again: "I did get an elixir of immortality, but although I got the elixir, I can't take it. If one is not careful, after taking the medicine, it becomes the same result as the Empress Dowager Fu of the previous dynasty, wouldn't it be bad? That's why I invited Mr. Wu Mian here, and the elixir that Mr. refined must have known the taboo of this elixir. How to take medicine to become an immortal, please tell me. ”

Wu Mian was silent for a moment, then said to Wang Mang: "Just swallow it directly......

When he said this, the white-haired man paused, then he glanced at the crown prince Wang Lin who was sitting with his head drooping, and continued: "After taking it, if Your Majesty's life is great, he will naturally become an immortal emperor through the ages. However, the world is impermanent, and it doesn't matter if His Majesty's luck is a little worse, it's just to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascend the throne a few days earlier. He waited until he was impatient and would do it himself later. ”

At the time of the last few words, the prince was drinking. I was so frightened at the moment that I was trembling, I coughed after choking, and my chest was wet with wine stains. He knelt on the ground with a pale face on the spot, and said to Wang Mang, whose face was already gloomy: "Your Majesty is blessed with longevity...... After taking the medicine, you will definitely live forever......"

"Get up, and see if you still have a little bit of the appearance of the prince!" Wang Mang slammed the wine vessel in his hand on the ground, took a deep breath, and said to Wu Mian, who was looking at him coldly, "I still have state affairs to do, so I won't accompany Mr." The prince accompanied Mr. and the princes to drink, and I hope Mr. will not mind. ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Mang didn't wait for Wu Mian to reply. He waved the sleeves of his robe, and left this Pingle Garden surrounded by all the guards. After passing more than a dozen palaces, the new emperor retreated from the people around him and walked into an inconspicuous side hall.

There was already a man in the side hall wearing a guard's costume, and Wang Mang said directly to him: "If you don't say it, Wu Mian won't say it, then what's the use of this elixir!" ”