Volume 2 - The Feast of Kyoto Chapter 37 The Temptation of Shoshin
Wearing a relatively ordinary fine line green robe, Lu Shangxin was about to go out to the prince's mansion, just before going out, Bu Zhi happened to pass by in front of his house, and said with a kind smile: "Xin'er, go to the uncle to cultivate feelings, don't forget to bring things, it's not good to lose the courtesy." β
Bu Zhi's advice made Bu Shangxin's eyes condense slightly, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Back to my father, I brought some gifts to the prince's mansion, most of which are not too precious, just ordinary objects. β
"Well, there is no shortage of those things in the second uncle's mansion, it is enough to have sincerity. He glanced at him and left.
When he just saw that he couldn't see his vision, he smiled and said to the old housekeeper beside him, "Lao Yang, Shang Xin is not much older than my younger brother, young people will inevitably show off some of their own unique things together, I hope that kid can make a little uncle."
The old man named Lao Yang smiled slightly: "The prince is too worried, the young man is nothing more than showing off his proud treasure or something, and the young master is measured." β
After hearing this conversation, Shu Shangxin, who was about to go out, silently turned back to the inner room and put back on the storage ring that he had deliberately put down, which contained the weapons and all the combat tools he had been using.
The conversation between Bu Zhi and Steward Yang just now was obviously telling him that he should be normal and not do something deliberately, such as going out without a weapon, which would arouse suspicion.
In the second prince's mansion, Qu Fu was idle after instructing the things that should be busy in the mansion today.
He, an old housekeeper who is full of identity and affection, doesn't have to work his own for a long time, but the old man just can't be idle, and he always feels that he should be more down-to-earth when he personally commands him.
Because Bu Fanchen already had a solid foundation of schoolwork on the island, his father did not force him to study when he returned to the capital.
Today's sunshine is good, warm and not sunburning, giving people a comfortable sleep, at this time Bu Fanchen is sitting on a stone bench, leisurely basking in the sun.
Qu Fu sat opposite him, skillfully boiling the tips of the fine hair, and said slowly with a smile: "Xiao Shizi is very similar to your father when he was young, and he is not in a hurry to cultivate at your age. The other children were thinking about how to enhance their cultivation so that they could stand out among the younger generation, so he simply coped with it. β
"Hehe, Grandpa Qu, my father said that if your state of mind can't keep up with your cultivation, then blindly cultivating hard is like pulling out seedlings to help you grow, it seems to be very good in the early stage, but it is extremely difficult to be the person on the top of the mountain, we are not the so-called freaks, don't you still have to sharpen your Dao heart, steady and steady, I can't remember about cultivation, especially when I was at home. Bu Fanchen laughed and replied seriously.
After speaking, he didn't forget to point to his chest, signaling that Qu Fu was sharpening his state of mind!
Qu Fu shook his head helplessly, thinking that it was really a tiger father without a dog, so Xiao Fanchen and the second son at that time were still in a state of mind?
When it comes to the cultivation of the Dao Heart, even the Huang family, who is fierce in martial arts, does not dare to compete with the Bu family, let alone the Bu Youkong who is willing to sharpen his son.
Looking up at the sky, I estimated that the time was almost up. Qu Fu poured a small cup of boiled tea, handed it to Bu Fanchen, and said: "Yesterday, the eldest prince sent someone to send a message, saying that Lu Shangxin, as a junior, will come to greet your uncle today, according to the time, it is estimated that he is already on the way." β
Bu Fanchen picked up the cup of clear tea, the fresh air came to his face, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Grandpa Qu, I only have a one-sided relationship with him, and I am also a newcomer to this capital, I am not very clear about many rules and regulations, and I don't know how to deal with him, if I touch the taboo in the palace, it will not be good." β
Qu Fu smiled lightly, drank the tea in his hand, and said slowly: "This Maojian tea, the production process is very cumbersome, but no matter what, the tea it finally brews is still clear, because this tea has a characteristic, that is, "although the world is turbid, the heart is clear." The son of the world is still young, what should he do, or if he wants to do something, as long as he has no regrets, then he can do it with confidence. Your father and fourth uncle are a different generation, so naturally they will not let the younger generation be destroyed by this human heart chain at will. β
Bu Fanchen didn't answer, nodded his head, he knew that his father took good care of him, but he had never heard him say anything warm and affectionate. His mother said for a long time, but his mother left very early, and he still didn't dare to ask his father about his mother's news, and he had always avoided those fragile and sensitive topics.
As for Ye Bohong, not to mention, during the time when his parents left, it was difficult for even Hongyu to ask for news from him, let alone him, so Qu Fu's words were very touching, and he had a sudden feeling that his mood was on the next level.
Sure enough, warmth is still the best hatching thing for the heart.
Feelings naturally welled up from the depths, and he immediately ordered some tea juice with his hand and wrote on the stone table.
Sincerely borrow courage from the heavens,
The world is impermanent, and the mind tastes.
Invincible place in the world,
Happily, a sword is handed to me.
Seeing that Bu Fanchen entered an epiphany similar to touching the Tao after a speech, Qu Fu gave a look to Mu Ji, who had been standing silently behind Bu Fanchen, and left with a smile, not disturbing the junior's practice.
He is a servant, and it is enough to comfort his mind if he is qualified to preach here, let alone such an excellent junior? So what is there to regret in his life? The realm that he once fell? Or the path of cultivation that he has broken? Haha, isn't it bullshit.
Maybe Qu Fu didn't realize it himself, starting from Qu Peipei, his state of mind was no longer reluctant to hang his life because he couldn't let go of Huang Jing's guts.
After Bu Fanchen finished writing, Makuhime took out a piece of paper and began to copy Bu Fanchen's poems.
No matter what the poetry is, but this is a trace that Bu Fanchen can look back at when he steps into the bottleneck of high-level cultivation in the future, so as the only personal maid, she naturally knows the meaning of Qu Fu's eyes, and because Bu Fanchen's own pen style has not yet been fully cultivated, it is not difficult for Mu Ji to imitate it, so there is a little bit of Bu Fanchen's own writing.
The main gate of the Prince's Mansion is not as good as other side gates, and there are two rotating shifts on duty here all year round.
Whether it's the Prince's Mansion or other big clans, a little bit of brain will arrange for the doorman with the eyesight world to be at the main gate, and the eyesight world here is not simply to look at people's cleverness, but generally speaking, they have to have mentality and wisdom.
After all, it is the faΓ§ade of one's own family, and for the layman, perhaps the number and cultivation are enough to support face, but it is not the same when it comes to comparing strength with families of the same class.
Lu Shang Xinxin generously held the gift in his hand, which is really not a rare thing, it is two pots of high-quality rice wine suitable for teenagers to drink. looked at the four big words of "Prince Jin's Mansion", put away the thoughts in his heart, and walked straight inside.
The guards on duty were notified early, so they naturally knew who it was, and after saluting respectfully, one of them led Lu Shangxin to the inner mansion, while the other person hurried forward to inform Bu Fanchen.
After getting the news, Bu Fanchen ordered the doorman to leave, turned around and glanced at Mu Ji, put away his expression, and said heartily: "Let's go, then go and see how the "feng shui" of the capital is, Bu Yuxiu is estimated to have been noticed, and I can't be idle." β
Makuhime nodded and followed closely behind Bu Fanchen.
Halfway through, Bu Fanchen happened to meet his eldest nephew Shu Shangxin.
In order not to make the atmosphere embarrassing, Bu Fanchen said to Yu Shangxin very warmly: "The emperor and grandson are here, and they came to accompany me to relieve my loneliness, which is really a blessing for three lives." β
Yu Shangxin smiled tamely, and replied politely: "Eh, uncle, this is the outside, what is the emperor and grandson here, just call the eldest nephew, it is my honor to come and disturb." β
"Hehe, the emperor is really a hearty person, I'm not polite, then go to my study, just came to the capital, no one recognizes, fortunately you came, otherwise you have to worry about a bird." Bu Fanchen invited with a smile.
Yu Shangxin immediately made a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Then please ask Uncle to lead the way, it just so happens that I brought two bottles of rice wine today, and no one has been drinking with me, so I may have to disturb Uncle today." β
When the two entered the study, they saw that Mu Ji also came in, Xiao Shangxin's eyes squinted, and seeing that Bu Fanchen did not have any change in expression, he redivided the relationship between Mu Ji and Bu Fanchen in his heart, and said: "I really envy Uncle Wang for having such a good father as Grandpa Wang, and I found such a delicate personal maid for Uncle Wang." β
Bu Fanchen was slightly puzzled, and replied in an instant: "The emperor is joking, what kind of girl has not been seen as the emperor and grandson, so don't make fun of me." Besides, I'm only ten years old, and there is a concept of beauty and ugliness. β
Yu Shangxin is older, and his mentality is obviously older than that of ordinary people, and he can hear a lot of details in a casual sentence, turned around and glanced at Mu Ji, and said with a smile: "Uncle is ten years old, then he is no longer a teenager." It stands to reason that it is already a teenager, and in some places, twelve years old is already a reasonable age for marriage, so such a good girl is still so caring, so Uncle will steal the fun. β
Bu Fanchen didn't hear anything, but the curtain girl behind him understood the intention of Shu Shangxin, and changed the word maid from front to back to girl, just to judge her true position in Bu Fanchen's heart through Bu Fanchen's expression.
And as a noble imperial grandson, she praised her twice in a row for a maid, which made the curtain very displeased, if she changed the master, although it was not a sentence of heart, but the sowing between the lines of the words would really make her fall into the point of torment, and maybe it would become a tool for Shang Xin to grasp the information of Bu Fanchen.
For example, pushing her to a deeper position in Bu Fanchen's heart first, trying to find a way to let her fall into some handles, and at the same time helping her to ascend to the throne, isn't it the emperor's mental technique.
The only thing that reassures Makuhime is that Yu Shangxin doesn't know much about Bu Fanchen, and his deliberate jokes several times have no results, let alone such a boost.
Seeing that Bu Fanchen didn't show any performance, Mu Ji pretended to be flattered, cast a grateful look at Shu Shangxin, didn't dare to speak, and stood aside alone, not disturbing the "old days" of the two.
Bu Fanchen, who didn't notice anything, was silent on the surface after seeing Makuhime's performance, and said with a smile: "Just now the emperor said that there is any rice wine, but I have never drunk it, let Makuhime go to the two side dishes, and I will accompany the emperor and grandson to "drink a cup", how about it?"
Lu Shangxin was naturally willing, and hurriedly echoed, "I am extremely happy." β
After the two of them finished speaking, he saluted the two of them and said, "The slave and maid will go now," and then left.
At this time, Yu Shangxin added: "Sister Mu, let the kitchen handle these things." β
Makuhime responded with a smile, and at the same time there was the same look in her eyes, it was really the result that Shu Shangxin wanted to see. Bu Fanchen and Mu Ji looked at each other, and thought very tacitly: What a maid, girl, and sister of the curtain.
During the period when Mu Ji left, Shu Shangxin put away his smile and prepared to "show grace" to Bu Fanchen, and said to Bu Fanchen with a little solemnity: "I don't know what Uncle thinks about cultivation. β
Bu Fanchen pretended to be stunned, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "My father has always been relatively lazy and doesn't pay much attention to cultivation, so he has not been very strict with my supervision and teaching. After speaking, Bu Fanchen smiled helplessly.
Lu Shangxin has been paying attention to Bu Fanchen's performance, and when he heard his answer, he said solemnly again: "Uncle may not know that there will be a tragic war in the next few decades on the Chicheng side just after returning to the southern country, so we still have to practice seriously in this generation, after all, we are the masters of the southern country, and we should fight for the southern country." Of course, someone as talented as Grandpa Wang must be very likely to be an emperor-level powerhouse now. When the war broke out, it was not too difficult to protect the uncle alone. β
Yu Shangxin originally planned to explore the other party's talent and cultivation by discussing cultivation with Bu Fanchen, of course, the most important thing is to see if he can know the cultivation of that prince, if the other party steps into the emperor-level cultivation, then it is okay.
There are rules, whether the power of the Prince's Mansion is pulled or not has little impact on the big dispute, but if Bu Youkong does not step into the imperial level, but only the martial monarch is complete, then they will inevitably win over the prince's mansion, after all, the strength of the martial king can open the Tianhe with a sword to cut the martial monarch, if he does not break through the martial emperor, then within the rules, it is difficult for someone to be his opponent, even a group fight.
Bu Fanchen leaked ignorance and shocked looks, thinking about Yu Shangxin's words in his heart, and thinking about how to answer in his heart.
After some weighing, after knowing what the other party wanted, a worried look appeared on his face and said, "The emperor and grandson don't know, as far as I know, my father happened to break through the realm a few years ago, if the war broke out too early, it is estimated that it will not stabilize the realm, if that unknown war is really so terrifying, then I can only pray for my father's safety." β
Bu Fanchen's words, of course, are related to the rules that Bu Yuxiu said to himself, of course, if others think that only his father has combat power in the prince's mansion, and he can't take the initiative to participate in the big battle through the imperial rank, then he is naturally willing, after all, the enemy's contempt is his own opportunity.
After getting the information he wanted, he had a sense of steadfastness and couldn't help but be shocked at the same time.
The sense of steadiness is because the ancestor of the Southern Kingdom is there, that is, the next throne, and the grandfather Wang, who was once only a high-level martial king, can open the heavenly river with a sword, can no longer make any effort. In this way, it has to be said that it is good news for them, who are already dominant, at least the return of the second prince to Beijing will not cause them too much interference, their original plan can also be carried out step by step, and it is better to talk about it on the side of the Gongsun family.
What shocked him was that he thought he was extraordinary, he had already cultivated martial arts at the age of twelve, but he was busy cultivating his mind for the next three years, and there was basically no mysterious progress in his cultivation, but let him reach the terrifying emperor realm before he was a hundred years old, he really didn't have much certainty, of course, if he gave up the big battle at this moment and devoted himself to cultivation, it didn't mean that there was no chance at all. The only reason to comfort himself is that he is bothered with the throne and his mind is scattered.
How can life have been smooth sailing, generally learn to comfort yourself, and there is no absolute relationship between the final height of mountaineering and the speed of time.
Although Lu Shangxin didn't have any expression, Bu Fanchen still noticed the subtle changes in the environment caused by his inner fluctuations, which was also the only natural skill that Bu Fanchen had an advantage over Hongyu.
At the beginning, he also thought about not revealing his father's cultivation, so that those rat throwers in the palace would not dare to act rashly until they found out whether his father had broken through the Martial Emperor.
In this way, he will become extremely advantageous, and when he thinks about it later, what if he still has a hammer in this way? It is better to stay at home and not participate in anything, and it is not more convenient? And according to his knowledge, his father should not be some kind of emperor-level cultivator, and he and the fourth uncle seem to have a great plan, so this smoke bomb is afraid that it will surprise many people.
And people always have to grow up, whether it is his father or Uncle Ye on the island, they have said that the heart of the Tao is important, and he once had a dream life, how can he really be the person who does not act.
So it's better to put aside his father's backer, so that he can really become the person who enters the game, he didn't like to play chess before, because the chess pieces are always at the mercy of others, but I have to admit it.
Since leaving the island, he has grown extremely fast, and this growth is not the cultivation he says, but the Dao heart. He didn't want to be an immortal who practiced hard in the deep mountains and old forests, the kind of real "people on the mountain", of course, in the later stage of cultivation.
At the moment, when you are in the world, you have to have a mortal heart, and it has little to do with killing anything, it depends on whether you still think you are a human being, this is the kind of thought that Ye Bohong gave him, but I have to say that he is also willing to be this kind of person.
After Yu Shangxin brought the food to the curtain hime, he drank with Bu Fanchen.
During this period, Bu Fanchen found that the whole process of Lu Shangxin did not belittle others, nor did he win him over, I have to say that this kind of person who first completes the action and reveals his intentions after he has a full grasp is very terrible, because such an attempt will never fail, after all, if there is a precursor to failure, I believe they will try their best to erase those traces.
Stubborn and wise people have always been worthy of awe, respect and fear, because behind their patience there is the same cruelty.
Bu Fanchen naturally wants to continue to pretend to be a ten-year-old mind. Since Yu Shangxin can really bear the urge to drink with his physique, and he already has a solid drunkenness, then he will naturally accompany him.
Hold all your minds, but put the little "strange feeling" for the curtain girl on the heart lake, and Bu Fanchen slowly began to get drunk.
There are naturally many mantras after drinking, and Bu Fanchen and Yu Shangxin are no exception. The curtain hime who was still there earlier withdrew from the study at the right moment, both the appearance of a maid and the spoiling of some maids should not have, about acting, the curtain has always been good at it, and Bu Fanchen does not seem to be weak.
Although it is rice wine, the amount of alcohol in Bu Fanchen is not much, and it is very easy to get drunk.
As for Yu Shangxin, the amount of alcohol is acceptable, but since he came to drink, with his wisdom, he is naturally really drunk, so his pot of rice wine, the strength of the wine naturally needs not be said.
A few days ago, a restaurant accidentally added more sake lees, and then he unintentionally bought it.
And when they were drinking, at the restaurant, there were guests complaining at the moment, saying that his wine was a little low and a little high.
Good guy, in this way, even if no matter how someone analyzes it, he should be drunk today, so why do you deliberately say it?
When the wine was halfway through, the two of them were really drunk, after hearing that Bu Youkong did not teach Bu Fan Chenping the sword technique, and it was all on his own.
So the slightly older Lu Shangxin took out the long sword in the storage ring, Guihong, and insisted on being a master who walked back to the mortal world. Of course, before teaching, he didn't forget to boast to Bu Fanchen that how he loved this sword, no matter where he went, he would carry it with him.
Bu Fanchen really learned it, to be honest, Bu Fanchen's Pingshen Sword was really not good at learning, even if there was a wisp of golden sword intent in the heart lake, it was unintentionally practiced, and the real belonging of that wisp of sword intent was not the Pingshen Sword Technique, but he thought it was.
So he didn't lie, Bu Youkong really didn't teach him very seriously, after all, Bu Youkong knew that there was still a lot of gap between the Pingshen Sword Intent and the things on the island, why couldn't he run if he could learn something good?
So Hu Shangxin really became Bu Fanchen's one-day master, if it weren't for the big purpose, Bu Fanchen would really be willing to have more such a life.
Drunk is really drunk, and slowly blurred consciousness, doing things all by intuition, if you don't seal the heart lake in advance, Xi Fanchen will really give the truth, of course, on the other side of the Wei Shangxin and Bu Fanchen is about the same number of roads.