Geniuses are often associated only with theory, and they are only responsible for proposing possible answers to sheath questions, but they are not responsible for verifying the answers, knowing what they are and guessing what they are, but no matter how they prove it. Therefore, Aifuzi, who is not very good at mathematics, can propose the theory of relativity, and then continue to be in a daze, and the preliminary verification required will wait for several years before those hard-pressed scientists can make it by staring at the eclipse for a long time in the wilderness.

Ning Que was praised as a genius, it seemed that he could throw the ideas in his head to the senior brothers to turn them into reality, and he would no longer pay attention to them, but unfortunately the talisman arrow was something he needed, and the talisman was something that the talisman master had to personally participate in, and more importantly, he was the youngest junior in the academy, and he had no qualifications or guts to pretend to be the subject leader, so in order to turn the genius's ideas into perfect process design, in the next few days, he had to continue to suffer and suffer constantly drawing drawings and talismans on paper, doing the most tedious and boring process design work.

As someone's natal object, Sang Sang had to continue to play an important role in the rune truth, several times of wind and rain, several springs and autumns, and finally came to the good years of being a rich little maid happily and peacefully, but unexpectedly she had to fall and float around, even if she was a little wooden, in the end she could no longer bear those itches and inexplicable weirdness, and resolutely tore off the white cloth on her body, and took the laundry tub to hide in the fake antique store next door.

Although he had lost his most sensitive practical tool, Ning Que still had to continue his research and development work, he stood in front of his desk and bit the tip of his pen, meditating on how the rune should be improved in order to bring the greatest increase in the growth rate of the feather arrow, and the most troublesome thing was how to perfectly draw the last stroke of the rune when the arrow was ejected?

The hair changed from a black nest to a chicken nest and then to the big white goose raised by the second senior brother in the stream with water and grass in the fish, the eyes from tired to passionate and then exhausted, repeated again and again until it was a black mess, obviously always felt as if the problem was about to be solved, but it felt that the chalk case seemed to be floating among the clouds in the far distance, reaching out to touch and probe was always empty, hitting the water and the mirror, painful and annoying.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of Lao Bizhai's shop.

Ning Que didn't shout to see Sangsang, and even shouted a few times to see Sangsang but didn't hear a response, only to remember that she had already hid next door, so she had to throw away the ink pen in her hand, and walked to the front to open the door angrily.

Outside the door stood a middle-aged man in a short grapefruit green shirt with a respectful expression. Ning Que felt that this person was a little familiar, took the invitation bundle handed over by the other party, looked at the payment on the invitation bundle, and remembered that this middle-aged man was the steward of the princess's mansion.

"What's the matter?" he asked, rubbing his eyes and yawning, "must go?"

The steward was stunned by his reaction, and said with a wry smile: "Ning everyone, I really don't know what the specific matter is, but according to His Highness's arrangement, it should be a private gathering, so you'd better go." ”

Ning Que just asked by the way, and he never took this opportunity to show that he was not afraid of the iron waist of the king's power.

Since he didn't go to banquets everywhere in Chang'an City, he hadn't participated in this kind of social activity for several days, and now he was busy with the affairs of Fu Arrow, and it stands to reason that he was not in the mood to go to the appointment. But the other party is the most favored princess of the Tang Empire, he and Li Yu haven't seen each other for a few days to see what the other party wants to say, by the way, they scatter their hearts, maybe there are some benefits to the current predicament, so they said: "Tomorrow will be on time." ”

At the end of summer, the heat gradually faded, and the large leaf fan in the corridor in the distance was still rotating, constantly blowing a gentle breeze into the courtyard, adding a cool and pleasant meaning. Sang Sang took Xiaoman to catch insects under the old trees, and Ning Que and Li Yu sat on the wooden wrench in the courtyard drinking tea and chatting, and the picture was indescribably indifferent.

It's just that the expression on Ning Que's face is by no means suitable for this face, his brows are furrowed extremely tightly, and the small dimples on the left side of his face are very clear because of the clenching of his teeth and the tightening of his jaw muscles, and he asked angrily: "Your Highness, can I not go?"

"The letter from my father should have arrived at the academy at this time. Li Zor gently turned his wrist to bring the tea cup to his lips and sipped it gently. , exclaimed: "The rock tea sent by Sanyin County is really good. ”

Ning Que looked at her beautiful face and sighed and said, "Your Highness, can we ignore these clichéd hustle and bustle and the means of using things and romance to get down to business directly? You must know that you and I are both young people, so there is no need to try to follow those old people."

Listening to the four words of Yiwu romance, Li Yu's thin eyebrows slowly raised, and he looked at him with a smile, but after all, he still didn't use these four words to play, and said: "Father and Emperor personally spoke, presumably Mr. Jun Mo will not object, in my opinion, you must go to this trip to the wasteland." ”

"I've already entered the second floor, why do I still have to go to practice?" Ning Que asked puzzled.

Li Yu was also a little puzzled by his attitude, frowned and said: "Why don't you want to go?" You must know that all the beings of the academy will be the pillars of the imperial court in the future, and this time under your leadership, they will practice in the wasteland, whether they will remember your benefits or not in the future, but at least they will not dare to have the slightest disrespect for you on the bright side." ”

Ning Que shook his head and said, "The wasteland is a very dangerous place. ”

Li Zha, looking into his eyes quietly, said, "Staying in the bustling land of Chang'an for too long, will it wear down people's iron bones into crispy pieces? I don't believe that this kind of small scene can intimidate you." I know your name as the woodcutter in Sobi Lake, but are you still afraid of the barbarians on the grasslands? ”

"It's a firewood man. "Rather lack of material is the right way.

He continued, "Although the Seven Cities have not officially fought against the Golden Horde of the Grassland for several years, the battlefield is not new to me, and I am not afraid to return to the battlefield. But since it is a battlefield, there is no eye for life and death, and those students in the academy say that there is nothing in the world, but they do things very badly, who knows how many people will die if they really go to the battlefield? Bringing such a group of children to the battlefield, I have to be responsible for their lives, and the pressure is too great. ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "Don't forget that they were also your bosses, mouths." Saying that they are children, how much older can you be than them? I don't know how you have learned to feel old now. ”

Ning Que secretly thought that he was eight years older than them, although he was not old-fashioned, he would always be cautious and cautious when looking at things, and said: "The older the guy, the easier it is to survive on the wasteland battlefield. ”

"But the truth is that you don't need to take on that pressure. ”

Li Yu looked at him and said calmly: "The academy practice is a major event for the empire to sharpen talents, where will you protect them like an old hen, life and death have no eyes, and the academy students who can come back alive from the battlefield are qualified to be seriously cultivated by the imperial court, so you just take them there and don't care about their life and death." ”

Hearing this, Ning Que was slightly startled, and after being silent for a long time, he asked puzzled: "If you don't care about their life and death on the battlefield, then why do I have to take them there?

Li Yu didn't speak, she looked at the few freckles on this fresh and lovely face, and suddenly felt a faint remorse in her heart.

Returning from the grassland last year, she can be said to be the first big man in the Tang Empire to discover Ning Que's ability, and she also tried to recruit it, but unfortunately now it seems that compared with Ning Que's potential, the strength she recruited at that time was indeed a little too small, but in just one year, this young soldier of the city has become the descendant of the rune master, a student on the second floor, and a celebrity in Chang'an City......

The slender fingers slowly turned the micro teacup, and gradually woke up from the trance, she looked at Ning Que and said with a smile: "Father asked you to take the students of the academy to the wasteland, not because of those students, but because he took a fancy to you, and wanted you to fight for some face for the empire, and at the same time to see what kind of ability you can show." ”

Ning Que was slightly stunned and said, "Your Majesty...... Don't you look down on me too much?"

"Because you have ambitions and ideas, unlike those senior brothers and sisters in the mountains behind the academy, and my father and emperor take a fancy to you because you have ambitions and ideas, for my empire, it is very important for young people to have ambitions. ”

"I really don't know what my ambitions are. ”

Or to put it another way...... Ideal?"

"My ideal highness should know that they are all very simple things. ”

"But when you meet the ideals of your childhood, are there no greater ideals?"

, like?"

Li Za looked at his thoughtful expression and said, "Do you like cultivating in the mountain behind the academy all the year round?"

Ning Que replied without thinking, "I like it." ”

This question may have puzzled him in the past, but since Chen Pipi took him to the Yadong Book House and saw the reader who kept copying and reading, it has never been a problem again.

Li Yu stared into his eyes and asked, "But after you have enough strength, don't you want to rely on your strength to do some things you want to do and achieve some goals you want to achieve?"

Ning Que's mind flashed the dilapidated mansion, the blood-stained stone lions, and the friends sitting in front of the wet wall, his body felt slightly stiff, and after being silent for a long time, he put these unspeakable thoughts behind him, raised his head to look at her and shrugged, and said meaninglessly: "I used to be keen on fame and fortune, but now that I have it, I only know that there are troubles about being famous, so I really don't know what to do in the future." ”

Li Yu looked at him quietly, and suddenly thought that this guy was now a student of the master, and the fame and fortune in the world were indeed not very attractive to him, and for some reason, he felt a little frustrated and at a loss.

"I remember one time last winter, when you told a fairy tale to Xiao Man in the wooden courtyard where we were sitting at this time, the little princess in that fairy tale was proud, timid, and incompetent, and the frog prince was a little violent. ”

After a long silence, she spoke.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she felt that something was wrong, and she couldn't figure out why she suddenly told that story, but since it had begun, she clenched her fists hard, and forced herself to tell the story calmly, I don't know if it was because of the wind and heat at the end of summer or the lazy stop fan in the corridor, she felt that her cheeks were a little hot.

"If you want to do anything in the world, you must first dare to think about it. If you don't think about it, you will never be able to do it, and the so-called ambition ** ideal actually depends on the word courage in the final analysis. ”

Li Zha's feelings gradually calmed down, and he said slowly.

The courtyard was quiet, and only the sound of the large leaf fan turning in the corridor in the distance could be faintly heard, the cheers of Xiaoman's surprise under the old trees, and the sound of water flowing into the pool between the rockeries.

Ning Que saw the tranquility, gentleness and even connivance in her eyes, understood the meaning of her words, and couldn't help but think of the girl who was listening to the story on the fire at the Beishan Road Crossing at that time, but in an instant, he came to his senses and remembered that the other party was the noble and unparalleled princess of the Tang Dynasty, especially those past speculations were still in his mind, so he was silent for a moment and did not answer, but asked, "How is Mr. Lu doing?"

Without hearing the other party's tentative words, Li Yusheng felt a faint regret and sadness, but he also breathed a sigh of relief, lifted the precious dragon head Wushuang in front of him and a bundle of small bamboo clay pots, filled the teacup in front of Ning Que, and responded with a smile: "Mr. Lu refuses to live in Chang'an City, insists on cultivating in Wading Mountain, and a letter came a few days ago, saying that he is in good health, by the way, he is very happy to know that you entered the second floor of the academy." ”

Thinking of the selfless teachings of the old man Lu Qingchen on the journey, and at that time he was just a young man with no reputation and unable to practice, but now he has become the key training object of the Tang Dynasty, Ning Que couldn't help but feel emotional, very nostalgic and grateful, and his mood became a lot warmer.

"Your Highness, during the time I went to the wasteland...... Then Sangsang will ask you to take care of it. ”

"Rest assured. ”

With the four princesses of the Tang Dynasty taking care of them, no one in Chang'an City should dare to bully the little maid. But Ning Que went to the wasteland, it was the first time that Sang Sang left his side after he was born, so after getting such a positive answer, he was still a little uneasy, stared at Li Yu's eyes and said very seriously: "Don't let people bully her." ”

Questioned by Ning Que, Li Wang, who was the princess, was not displeased, but calmed down, because she knew what Ning Que was worried about, but she was willing to leave Sangsang to her own care, which already showed a certain attitude.

"Don't worry, if someone dares to bully Sangsang, I will make him worse than dead. ”

"Your Highness, this is too cruel, let's just let that person die, and the whole family will die. ”

“”

"Your Highness?"

"It's nothing, I have a letter here, you have it with you. Although I know that you are not afraid of those barbarians of the wasteland, after all, you are in a foreign place, if something really happens, you can take this letter to Prince Chongming. ”

Ning Que took the letter and put it in his arms, and was about to say something like thanksgiving, when he suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, listening to the breathing coming from outside the flower wall, thinking that there was anyone in the princess's mansion who dared to ignore the rules and eavesdrop on the princess's conversation with herself.

Li Zha's expression was slightly stunned, he looked back, frowned slightly, and said, "Why are you here? Have you finished your homework today? When will Guozijian allow students to leave class early?"

A young man dressed in bright yellow clothes walked out from behind the flower wall, the young man's eyebrows were clear, but his face was pale as if he had not seen his eyes for many days, and his thin body matched his face, giving people a feeling of weakness.

The young man smiled and replied, "Sister, don't be so fierce all the time." ”

Listening to the title, Ning Que knew the identity of the young man, the eldest son of the emperor of the Tang Empire, and the eldest prince Li Huiyuan, who had the most hope of inheriting the throne, so he left the table and waved his hands and saluted.

He waved his hands here as a salute, but the young prince raised his eyebrows, showed a trace of displeasure on his pale face, waved his hand casually, and said, "Excuse me." ”

In his opinion, although this person and his sister are qualified to sit opposite each other, and they are not ordinary little people, no matter who you are, since it is the first time you see this prince, not to mention kneeling, at least you have to bow to the ground, and it is really disrespectful to wave your hands so casually.

He was secretly angry that Ning Que was disrespectful, but Li Zha's face suddenly turned cold, and he reprimanded unhappily: "Where did the etiquette that Mr. Weekdays taught you? Don't you hurry up and return the gift to Ning Everyone." ”

Hearing the words of Ning Jia, the young prince Li Huiyuan suddenly remembered the uproar in the palace this year, and looked up at Ning Que curiously, so he matched the real person with the legendary person.

If it was placed on weekdays, even if he knew that this person was a person appreciated by his father, he would not give any color, but the most feared person in the world was his sister, looking at Li Yu's face like frost, he quickly stood up and saluted Ning Que in return.

Ning Que smiled gently, waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to, but he didn't turn sideways to avoid it.

Li Huiyuan noticed this in his spare eyes, and his face was a little unsightly when he got up. But after all, he was the child of the emperor's family, he quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, walked up to Ning Que, took his hand and talked enthusiastically.

The pale and elegant face is full of morbid dignity, deliberately revealing affection but can't hide the indifference in his eyes, Ning Que is used to seeing life and death, his eyes can't be sand, and he can't tolerate such inferior acting skills, he is not unhappy because of this, but he has shown his best acting skills, the best mental state, modest and enthusiastic, just like a fire in the desert in winter.

The foundation of the actor's life is acting, and today, on the shore of the breeze and water in the wooden garden, Ning Que and the young prince performed on the same stage, so they kept humiliating each other with their excellent acting skills.

Li Yu looked at the picture of the two talking, and had already seen the strangeness in the meantime, rubbed his eyebrows in distress, glared at Ning Que with disgust, and signaled him to stop.

The prince suddenly appeared in the princess's mansion and happened to meet him, if this was really a coincidence, of course Ning Que would not believe it, he knew what Li Yu meant, but about that matter, now he is not qualified and does not want to participate, even if he wants to participate, it must be a long time later, so looking at Li Zha's disgusted eyes, he smiled and stopped teasing the prince, and waved his hand to say goodbye to the two Tianhuang nobles.

Under the willow tree on the roadside leaving the princess's mansion, he saw a young Taoist with a yellow paper umbrella under his arm, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. These days, he often goes to the south gate of Haotian Dao opposite the imperial city, so he recognizes this young Taoist as He Mingchi, a disciple of the national teacher Li Qingshan, who is responsible for some important work in the Tianshu Office, and is extremely busy, but he didn't expect to see each other in the princess's mansion today, and it seems that he is waiting for someone.

Ning Que walked over and asked curiously, "Senior Brother Mingchi, who are you waiting for?"

The young Taoist looked at Ning Que, smiled helplessly, pointed in the direction of the palace, and said, "On the orders of His Majesty, I am responsible for supervising the prince's study, and I have no choice but to follow him when he runs out of the country's prison." ”

Ning Que thought to himself that the pale prince was really not a good person to get along with, and it was really a chore to supervise his study, so he looked at the other party sympathetically and comforted: "It's just a matter of turning a blind eye." ”

Fang Mingchi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I was adopted by my master, I have been in and out of the palace with my master since I was a child, and I am familiar with the prince, so Your Majesty will hand over this matter to me, but I don't dare to take it too seriously." ”

went to look for Sangsang under the old tree, and after a few gossips with Xiaoman, Ning Que left the princess's mansion.

Walking in the lively streets and alleys, looking at the naughty children laughing and playing around the well at the mouth of the alley, thinking of the young prince and the rumors about the battle for the throne, he couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "The princess is really unlucky to have such a younger brother, and I don't know how much trouble he will suffer in the future." ”

Sang Sang asked curiously, "What's wrong with the prince? Young master, do you think he's an idiot again?"

"If he's really an idiot, no one will embarrass him. Bisheng learned some of the methods of Her Royal Highness the Princess...... If you want to become an idiot of a smart person, it is easy to cause trouble. ”

Sang Sang looked around and reminded in a low voice: "Young Master, that's a prince." ”

Ning Que smiled and said, "What about the prince? What about the prince of Longqing? If this little prince dares to provoke me in the future, I will let him know how difficult it is to perform an act." ”

"Young Master, you are often very proud and proud now. ”

"Anyway, two years ago, we could only participate in the distribution of gambling rights in the Weicheng Tavern, but now it seems that we can participate in the distribution of the imperial throne, how can we be unhappy? And this is not without outsiders. ”

Sangsang glanced at him and did not speak.

"Don't believe it. When he entered the second floor of the academy, he was a disciple of the master. Regarding the matter of succession to the throne, the attitude of the academy seems to be very important now, and the senior brothers and sisters in the mountains are definitely not interested in this matter, and I am probably the only one who may feel a little bit of a rise......"

Ning Que said: "That's why the princess played today's trick." However, looking at the little prince's table today, I doubt that she will regret today's arrangement, at least she should have sued the little prince beforehand.

Sang Sang asked curiously: "The academy can also play a role in such a major event as the succession to the imperial throne? Young master, you have become a personal disciple of the master, and your status is so high?

Ning Que laughed at himself and said: "Don't forget that I haven't seen this teacher until today, but after hearing a lot of rumors and the attitudes of these people around me, I can probably understand how great this teacher is." ”

"Young master, then we should be considered princesses?"

"Xiahou...... It should be someone from the queen's side, so in the future, I can only stand on the other side of the queen's mother, that is, the princess's side, I mean if I need to stand in line. In fact, I figured this out a long time ago, but everything is sold at a price, and if you want to sell at the right price, you have to wait, and now that the price is good, then you can slowly start selling. ”

Sang Sang suddenly stopped, looked up at his side face, and said very seriously: "I heard and understood the fairy tale of the frog prince when you told him, is this a good price?"

Ning Que was silent for a moment and then shook his head and said, "Not all toads want to eat swan meat. ”

"Isn't swan meat delicious?" asked Sangsang, puzzled.

Ning Que looked at her and said with a smile: "In the eyes of some toads, dirty and smelly black loaches are much better than swan meat. ”

Sang Sang asked, "Young Master, are you scolding me for being ugly and dark?"

Ning Que smiled: "It seems that my little girl is finally willing to use her brain to think about things." ”

Sang Sang said seriously: "So the more I think about it, the more I think this is a very good thing, what you said to me when I was a child, if you can marry His Royal Highness and go home, you can save many years of struggle." ”

Ning Que continued to walk forward and said, "The question is how many people she said this to her. ”

This remark involved the most vicious speculation about the woman, Sang Sang's eyebrows were extremely tight, and he said unhappily: "Young master, you have always had prejudices against Your Highness, in fact, she is a good person. ”

"Whether it's a good guy or a bad guy, what does it have to do with me?"

"Didn't you just say that you would sell at a good price, and that you would sell it for a good price?

"Hey, haven't you heard the saying that you don't sell your body?"