There is a mountain in the north of Dongxu Castle.

A hill.

The name of the mountain is ink.

Although there is an ink word, this hill is not black, in this early winter, it is presented to people in front of people is a mottled red!

There are many maple trees on the mountain.

The maple leaves are red in September and October, when many of the leaves have fallen to the ground, and there are still a few remnants on the trees, and the hue is deeper under the light of the winter sunset.

It's not as gorgeous as it was in September.

It's a little bit more bleak.

There is a bamboo forest on the south side of the mountain.

The bamboo forest is still verdant.

In that bamboo forest, there was a small thatched hut that seemed very lonely.

On the lintel of the small hut hangs a small plaque, on which are written two small words: Caolu!

This is the place where Xian Youzhi, a Confucian grass house resident of Wu Guoda, lives.

There are two divisions of land outside the bamboo forest.

The fields are full of carrots.

When the second prince, Prince An, came here, he happened to see the maple mountain, the bamboo forest, the carrot field, and a sheep on the edge of the carrot field at sunset.

And, of course, a gray-haired old man squatting in the field.

He is the famous Xian Youzhi who is full of peach and plum all over the world!

Wu Huan came to the ground, Xian Youzhi was pulling carrots and didn't notice his arrival.

Xian Youzhi already had a pile of carrots at his feet, so he picked up a scythe and cut off the leaves of the carrots.

The sheep on the edge of the field bleated as he looked at the carrot leaves.

Xian Youzhi picked up a handful of carrot leaves and walked over to the sheep:

"When the leaves of this place are eaten, it's time for winter."

"Eat more, it's not fat enough."

"Raise a little more fat...... Lamb stewed carrot ......"

He turned his head and saw Wu Huan, but he was not surprised, "You come here!" ”

Just in the sight of the four guards, Wu Huan walked into the ground, and his slightly chubby face came to Xian Youzhi's side with a bright smile.

"Sir!"

"Take these leaves and feed them to the sheep."

"Okay, student, let's go!"

Wu Huan really took the carrot leaves from Xian Youzhi's hand, without the slightest image of the prince, he really ran to the ground and put the leaves in front of the sheep.

The sheep bleated twice with joy, buried its head, and ate happily.

Wu Huan watched this sheep eat grass, thinking that the more you eat, the fatter it will grow, and the faster it will die!

He turned around and walked into the ground again, squatting beside Xian Youzhi.

He took the scythe from Xian Youzhi's hand and cut the remaining carrot leaves with his own hands.

"The students have been in Kyoto for more than two months, but they have not been able to come and see Mr.

Xian Youzhi was tired of squatting, he hammered his waist and sat on the ground.

"I heard that you often go to the palace these days, is the emperor's body okay?"

"My father is fine, the student has eaten twice with my father, and although the amount of food is far less than before, he can still eat two bowls."

"Oh, the tenth day of the lunar month is your father's sixtieth birthday, and it's almost coming, why is there no movement in the palace?"

"This ...... My father changed his mind and said no. ”

Xian Youzhi was slightly stunned, "Don't do it?" ”

"Well, originally my father was going to do a big deal, but the crown prince proposed to his father, saying that our brothers have not been together again for more than ten years, so it is better to take advantage of my father's 60th birthday to recall the eldest brother, the third brother and those uncles and princes back to Kyoto."

"The prince also proposed that those old men and ministers, such as Xia Guogong, such as General Gou Zhong, and great Confucians like you, should also be invited."

In this way, the father can see his relatives and catch up with the old people back then...... But the father hesitated for two months, and yesterday he gave a message to the prince, forget it. ”

"My father said that their domain was too far away from Kyoto, and it was very troublesome to come to Kyoto to drag their family with them."

"My father also said that he had been the emperor for thirty years, and as long as he was still sitting on that dragon chair, those old friends of the past did not say the heartfelt words when they saw him."

"He doesn't want to listen to those flattering words, he still prefers to be an old farmer or an old cook as you are now, sir."

"So he decided not to invite anyone, this sixtieth birthday, just ask the chef in the palace to cook a few small dishes, and the prince, disciples, and fifth sister will accompany him to drink a few glasses of wine."

He said next fall...... The date of the Qin Heavenly Prison has been set, and on August 19 of the next year, he will cede the throne to the crown prince, and he will leave the palace and walk around. ”

"He's going to visit the various domains and chat with his relatives. And he will go to the house of his old friends and sit down, drink and talk about the past......"

Wu Huan turned his head to look at Xian Youzhi, "Father's intention...... Can't bear to cut the domain? ”

Xian Youzhi pondered for a moment, and looked back at the sheep that was still happily eating carrot leaves.

He pointed to the sheep, "Actually, it is already fat, if you want to kill it, you can kill it at any time." ”

"But as a teacher, I decided to raise it for another month or two...... First, the carrot leaves in these two fields will not be wasted, and second, ...... After two months, you can still kill a few more catties of meat. ”

Wu Huan was taken aback, "What does Mr. mean, it's just that the time has not yet come to cut the domain?" ”

Xian Youzhi stood up from the ground, "There is nothing wrong with cutting the feudal domain for the Wu Kingdom, and the emperor has given up on doing it at this birthday banquet......"

"I think it's no more than two things."

"After all, it's the sixtieth birthday, this is a big happy event, and making such a big blood is not a good thing for the emperor's evening festival."

"Secondly, since he is going to take a look at various domains, I'm afraid he wants to do this without bloodshed."

"The vassal kings of various places, such as you, if you take the initiative to give up all the interests of your domain and be an idle prince honestly, I don't think he will attack you."

"If you don't want to...... That's another story. ”

Wu Huan also straightened up and thought for a moment, "There is an old man who has a similar point of view to you, but he said a little more. ”

"What did he say?"

He said...... Even if we give up everything and become an idle prince, this is temporary. ”

"If my father is alive, we will all be fine."

"If my father is an immortal, my younger brother ...... At that time, we didn't even have such a scythe in our hands, and we were really sheep ready to be slaughtered! ”

Xian Youyi stroked his long beard, looked at the sunset on the horizon, and only after half a cup of tea did he ask, "Who is that old man?" ”

Wu Huan whispered two words: "Xi Wei! ”

Xian Youzhi was taken aback: "My junior brother Xi Wei? He's alive? Did he come to Wu? Where is he? ”

"Mr. Hui, he has already left Wu, but he asked the students to bring a pen and a letter to you."

Wu Huan took out a pen and a letter from his arms and handed them to Xian Youzhi.

Xian Youzhi didn't look at the letter, he held the pen and looked at it carefully.

His hands were shaking slightly.

His face was full of excitement!

He stroked the pen gently, and even his voice trembled a little:

"Snow Wolf Silver Needle...... Senior brother, he is still alive...... Da Yong destroyed the country for decades in the blink of an eye, and he went to his own place for the teacher, since he came to the Wu country, why didn't he meet the teacher? ”

Wu Huan said in a low voice: "He said that it was not the time to meet yet, and he also said that Hua Manting Hua Lao Ru was his confidant. ”

"Hua Lao Ru also came to Wu Kingdom, if Mr. has anything to say...... You can talk about it to the flower boss. ”