Old man Shang followed the white-faced bearded fat man into the Qingyang Palace, and You Shifang followed behind and wanted to enter, but was stopped by the head of the guard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

You Shifang shouted "master" embarrassedly, and the old man in front of him said to the fat man: "He is my apprentice." “

The fat man immediately glared at the guard who stopped You Shifang, and said, "Be bold, don't get out of the way quickly!"

The guard withdrew the hand that had stopped You Shifang and let him pass.

You Shifang trotted two steps to follow his master. Qingyang Palace is the territory of the master and apprentice of the Ten Directions, and there is no need for the fat man to lead the way, and I also know that it is impossible for King Yan to squeeze into the hut of the old man Shang, so there is only a hall dedicated to Zhenwu.

You Shifang cautiously followed his master into the Zhenwu Palace. The current Zhenwu Hall is very different from the time when the master and apprentice of You Shifang left, except for the Zhenwu statue is still there, other things have been cleaned up, and the hall has been put into the table, the banquet, the tea set, and the top incense burner.

A man in cyan clothes was making tea in the main hall, and when he saw the old man of You Shifang, the monk and the old man smiled first, then stood up and arched his hand and said, "It's really disturbing, I borrowed your Qingyang Palace." ”

He said that he was disturbed, but judging from this person's behavior, where was the slightest guilt?

The middle-aged man in front of him is Zhu Dingqian, the king of Yan, the brother of the current emperor.

"Lord Yan's words are serious, Xiaoguan can get you to come in person, it's really brilliant!" said the old man Shang, but there was no sense of happiness in his tone. Anyone whose own home is occupied by someone will not be happy, not to mention that the man in front of him is about to involve himself in the dispute between right and wrong.

King Yan sat down on the table, pointed to the cushion on the opposite side of the tea table and said, "Sir, please take a seat." ”

Old man Shang was not polite, he sat down with a butt, and You Shifang stood beside him.

"This tea is a tribute in the palace, and it was not easy for me to get such a little from His Majesty, hoping to get into the mouth of Mr. Gently pouring the hot tea from the teapot into the cup in front of the old man Shang, Yan Wangye's movements seemed to be very skillful, and it seemed that he really liked to make tea.

There are generally two ways to drink tea, one is to brew at high temperature, which tea is drier and fried more times, and people who really like tea think that this brewed tea has lost part of its original taste in the production process. Therefore, the literati like to boil tea, soak it in spring water, and slowly roast it out with a purple sand oven, so that the original fragrance of the tea can be retained more, but it takes a long time.

This pot of tea was boiled at just the right time, and it seemed that when the Liu family's carriage had not yet approached Qingyang Palace, this prince already knew when they would arrive at Qingyang Palace.

Old man Shang picked up the teacup and drank it all.

This is not the way to drink tea, it is not easy to make tea, so even drinking tea is also particular, first smell its fragrance, then take a small sip, and finally drink a cup of tea into the stomach in three sips.

Yan Wangye, who was sitting opposite Old Man Shang, didn't seem to care, and Old Man Shang drank the tea that he had made with great difficulty.

After pouring another cup of tea for Old Man Shang, Lord Yan said, "This visit to Mr. is to hope that Mr. can help me complete one thing." ”

Old man Shang asked quietly, "I don't know what happened to the prince?"

Yan Wang Ye smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Sir, do you know about the battle between books and swords?"

"Naturally," Old Man Shang replied, "The owner of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Villa and the master of the Heavenly Academy will sit and discuss the Tao every three years, and people of insight in Yunzhou want to go and see the style, but unfortunately there are only ten seats for the auditors every time they discuss the Tao. Those who can sit in those ten seats are all dragons and phoenixes. ”

King Yan continued to smile and said, "That's right, there are even rumors on the rivers and lakes that if you go to listen to the battle of books and swords, the possibility of entering the Grandmaster realm will be much greater. ”

Old man Shang was noncommittal, waiting for the content of King Yan's next sentence.

"I found Mr. this time, I wanted to ask Mr. to escort the prince's son to participate in the sword battle. Yan Wang Ye said.

This is the second time You Shifang has heard something about the dispute between books and swords, and the last time was in Qinglong Villa, and he learned from the mouth of the owner of Long Laozhuang. At that time, he also handed over a book and sword sticker to the owner of the Dragon Village. Now it seems that this prince of Yan Wang also has a book and sword sticker in his hand, and he is also going to participate in the book and sword battle.

King Yan continued: "The battle between books and swords is a grand event in the rivers and lakes, and those who can listen to the Tao are generally young people under the grandmaster. There are also many people who don't have a book and a sword sticker, but they want to challenge these young talents. Therefore, the current battle of books and swords has become a competition between the younger generation of the rivers and lakes. But I've now received news that on the way to the Sword Battle, there may be people who will be unfavorable to him. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. to protect the child. “

In other words, if the prince of Yan Wang goes to the book sword dispute now, it is very likely that someone will come out to assassinate him.

This is a dangerous job, much more difficult than the Liu family's affairs.

"Hehe," the old man replied, "this time the prince personally came to the door, where do I have any reason to shirk? ”

King Yan didn't expect Old Man Shang to agree to himself so quickly, thinking that the master in front of him, who had been introduced by the Marquis of Ziyi, would put a tall shelf for himself and talk to himself about the conditions or something. After all, there are not many people on the rivers and lakes who can be called predecessors by the Marquis of Ziyi.

On that day, the Marquis of Ziyi suddenly arrived at the Yan Wangfu and told him a certain news and the emperor's meaning. He was so frightened that he couldn't speak on the spot, but the purple marquis woke himself up and asked a master to protect him. And recommended a senior person. He didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly came to visit in person.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a clear rule that vassal kings were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms, but now that the emperor has ascended the throne, this rule has been abolished, and vassal kings can leave their fiefdoms without reporting.

From Haizhou to Jiangzhou, it took nearly ten days before and after King Yan came to Qingyang Palace, he originally thought that this trip would be very difficult, but now it seems that it is more smooth than he imagined.

King Yan bowed down on the banquet and bowed to the old man again: "What Mr. wants, this king can do, he will do his best." ”

"Twenty thousand catties of gold. Old man Shang drank all the tea that King Yan had poured just now and said.

"Good. King Yan agreed.

You Shifang thought to himself on the side, his master is really a lion's mouth, this trip is 20,000 catties of gold, and this Yan Wang is also wealthy, so he agreed in one bite.

King Yan handed over the detailed road map to the old man, and the battle of the book and sword was held three months later, and the prince of Yan Wang was still in Haizhou at this moment, and the place where the battle of the book and sword was held was in Jianzhou, and the old man Shang needed to rush from Qingzhou to Haizhou, and then from Haizhou to Jianzhou.

King Yan originally wanted to take Old Man Shang back to Haizhou now, but Old Man Shang shook his head with a smile and said, there are still many pilgrims in Qingyang Palace, and it is a little too hasty to leave now. The journey will take less than a month. In other words, even if Old Man Shang is leaving in two months, it will not be too late.

King Yan can trust the Purple Yi Hou, so he also has no doubt about the people introduced by the Purple Yi Hou. After packing up the things in the Zhenwu Palace, King Yan left with the convoy after paying homage to the master and apprentice of the Ten Directions.

In a carriage made of pearls, King Yan sat with the white-faced bearded man.

"Father-in-law Gao, in your opinion, what is the strength of that old Taoist priest just now?" King Yan asked his father-in-law surnamed Gao beside him.

The fat man who had been smiling at the master and apprentice of the Ten Directions along the way, and the man who was extremely angry in a low voice, and who was full of eunuch temperament, replied: "Between the miscellaneous families, it is still above me." ”

King Yan knew the strength of this father-in-law beside him, and he was forced to die several times, but it was this father-in-law who rescued him.

"Purple-clothed Hou Cheng doesn't deceive me. ”