"Cousin."

On the fifth day after the end of the New Yuan ceremony, when Lu Chen was sad at home, the call of his cousin Luo Xiaoyu suddenly sounded outside the door.

Then I saw a petite figure running to him.

"Lord Shifang, the left capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, asks to see you."

Hearing this, Lu Chen cleaned up his mood for a while, and then raised his head.

"Did Lord Fang come here alone?"

Luo Xiaoyu shook her head.

"No, Lord Fang also brought a woman in blue, and now they are waiting for their cousin in the living room."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes lit up slightly.

"I'll go over here."

With that, he stood up directly, then tidied up his appearance a little, and strode towards the living room.

Looking at the back of Lu Chen's brisk departure, Luo Xiaoyu pouted inexplicably, but didn't say anything, and followed behind Lu Chen honestly.

When Lu Chen came to the living room, he saw a woman in a blue Luo skirt sitting next to Fang Ping, who was drinking tea.

The woman has waist-length black hair and a beautiful face, although she is not as stunning as Gu Simiao, the empress and other peerless beauties, but she has a smart temperament, which is easy to make people feel good.

She looks about the same age as Fu Huan, and there is a big gap between her and the empress and Xiao Yun.

Lu Chen glanced at it slightly, then the other party bowed slightly, and arched his hand:

"Lord Fang is here, and if there is a disrespect and disrespect, I still look at Lord Fang Haihan."

"Lord Lu is polite."

Fang Ping got up and bowed in return.

After some politeness, he gestured to the woman who stood up next to him, and at the same time introduced to Lu Chen: "Lord Lu, she is the disciple who specializes in the way of things that the old man mentioned to you before. ”

"Ning'er, meet Lord Lu."

As soon as the words fell, the woman named Su Ning saluted Lu Chen, and said in a very crisp voice: "Grass people Su Ning, please meet Lord Lu." ”

Lu Chen just glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze.

"Miss Su doesn't have to be polite."

"Lord Fang, Miss Su, please take a seat."

With that, Lu Chen walked to the main seat and sat down predominantly.

As a Zheng Sanpin court official, and he also has an extremely terrifying holy body, he is now the superior person above 10,000 people under one person in the true sense of the Great Xia Empire, except for the empress and the Cangming Holy King, he doesn't need to give up his seat to anyone.

If he lets it, there will be a problem.

Fang Ping and Su Ning sat down one after another.

Lu Chen asked, "Miss Su, I heard Lord Fang say that since you entered the Dao, you have been studying the way of cultivating things?" ”

Su Ning nodded lightly and replied solemnly, "Yes, Lord Lu." ”

She agreed, then glanced at Fang Ping with some apologies inexplicably, and then continued: "Caomin entered the Tao at the age of ten, and it has been fifteen years since then, although his cultivation is shallow, he has never slackened in the way of Gewu, nor has he ever had the idea of giving up. ”

At the end of the day, her face was full of determination.

Hearing this, Lu Chen suddenly became a little curious: "Entering the Tao at the age of ten? Then Miss Su, your talent and spiritual roots must be excellent, if you practice the path of sages, at least you will have a small success at this time, right? Why do you choose such an unrecognized way as the way of things? ”

Hearing this, not knowing what came to mind, Fang Ping suddenly shook his head with a wry smile.

"Because."

Su Ning raised her head slightly, looked at Lu Chen without fear, and slowly said a sentence that was quite deviant for the current era:

"The grass people believe and firmly believe that the way of Gewu contains the supreme truth of heaven and earth, as long as you understand the way of Gewu, you can set foot on the real avenue, and then shatter the void and ascend!"

"Oh?"

Hearing Su Ning say this, Lu Chen couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Is it transcendent to sanctify the way of things?"

Su Ning nodded heavily.

"Yes."

There was no hesitation in answering.

"Alas"

Fang Ping shook his head again, looked at Lu Chen, and slowly spoke: "Lord Lu, the old man has a total of seven descendant disciples, who either enter the army with grammar or martial arts, only Ning Er has not cultivated sages and sages since she entered the Dao, and she has only a soft spot for Gewu Xiaodao, but she has not made any breakthroughs in this Dao, obviously she has excellent talent, but she has been standing still in the Tianyuan Realm, and the old man remembers that she has not advanced an inch for seven or eight years. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Su Ning a little helplessly.

"The old man once reprimanded her severely, and also persuaded her bitterly, the monk should cultivate the way of the sages, know the principles of helping the world and the people, report to the country, and go down to the people, the path of Gewu can only be used for recreation in leisure time, not to specialize in this, but Ning'er only has the way of Gewu in her heart, and she disdains other ways, no matter how the old man persuades it, it is useless, this is also a heart disease that the old man has always had."

"Fortunately, Lord Lu created the Tiangong Division, recruited talents, and recruited talented people who specialized in the way of things, so that the old man saw a glimmer of opportunity, otherwise, after a hundred years, the old man really didn't know how to explain to her father and mother under Jiuquan."

Well?

Lu Chen glanced at him in some surprise, this No. 4 backstabbing guy seems to have a lot to do with this girl

"Master."

Su Ning bit her lip.

"It's unfilial, so you have to bother."

Fang Ping sighed.

"Don't talk about that now, and it's not necessarily a bad thing right now, right? Lord Lu. ”

"Hmm."

Lu Chen smiled slightly.

"Lord Fang, your recommendation can almost be called timely rain for the next generation."

As soon as these words came out, Fang Ping also laughed.

"When Lord Lu said this, the old man was relieved."

Then the two chatted for a while, mainly to introduce Su Ning, so that Lu Chen could deepen his understanding of Fang Ping, a wonderful disciple, and talked about the affairs of Tiangong Division.

Between Fang Ping's words, there was a hint of love for Su Ning.

Although it was not clear that Lu Chen would take special care of Su Ning, it also showed that if this beloved disciple did not meet Lu Chen's requirements, let her go back and forth from where.

But Lu Chen could still hear that this old man really hoped that the Tiangong Division could become the home of his beloved disciples.

Seeing Shizun and Lu Chen, the old and the young, talking freely like a year-old friend, Su Ning, who is already twenty-five years old this year, couldn't help but look a little weird.

Especially Fang usually said something like "Su Ning, this kid" from time to time.

Lu Chen, who completely forgot to talk to him, is only twenty years old now, five years younger than Su Ning

Although cultivators pay attention to the first attainment, every time Fang Ping said this to Lu Chen, Su Ning still felt a little strange.

At this time, Fang Ping suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky outside.

"It's not too early."

After glancing at the sundial, he straightened up.

"There is still official business to deal with in the old man's office, Lord Lu, Ning Er, you talk slowly, the old man will go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate first."

"There is still official business to deal with in the old man's office, Lord Lu, Ning Er, you talk slowly, the old man will go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate first."

As the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, official affairs are already busy, and almost all of them are handled by Fang Ping alone, so he is so busy now that his feet don't touch the ground, if it weren't for his disciples coming over today, he estimates that he will have to stay in the government office for a day, and he will not return to the house until the gate of the Ziji City Palace is locked.

Being able to stay in the Lu Mansion for half an hour is already the limit.

Moreover, although he couldn't say that he didn't know anything about the way of things, he only knew a little about the surface, and he didn't have much interest in Lu Chen and Su Ning's next topic.

His purpose was just to bring his disciple over to recognize the door and help Su Ning say a few words to Lu Chen, now that the goal has been achieved, there is naturally no need for him to stay here.

Lu Chen politely held back, and then personally sent Fang Ping away.

After Fang Ping left, Lu Chen and Su Ning returned to the living room.

"Someone, tea."

Lu Chen called outside, and then looked at Su Ning.

And being watched by him, a big man above 10,000 people under one person, even if Fang Ping was not present, Su Ning did not show the slightest timidity, and his face was as usual.

"Miss Sue."

Lu Chen slowly spoke: "This official is a little curious, you have studied the way of things for many years, but what kind of truth and laws of heaven and earth can you have?" ”

Seeing that as soon as he opened his mouth, Su Ning's face gradually revealed a gloomy color.

"Back to the words of adults, although the grass people have specialized in the way of things for fifteen years, and often discuss the hidden principles of heaven and earth in the way of things with many like-minded Taoist friends, because they have not been able to do it, although the harvest and results are not nothing, but there are very few, otherwise the grass people will not be in the Tianyuan realm for many years."

Hearing this, Lu Chen suddenly knew in his heart.

And when he heard her say that she still has a lot of Taoist friends, he couldn't help but feel a move in his heart, this girl seemed to be able to bring him a little unexpected joy......

"There are indeed many methods for the way of things, which are quite exquisite, if you don't have the method, it is indeed difficult to make progress."

After thinking for a while, Lu Chen first nodded, agreeing with Su Ning's statement, and then asked, "Dare to ask Miss Su, how do you and your fellow Daoists usually do things?" What is it? What is the method used? ”

Lu Chen asked a few questions in a row, and Su Ning couldn't help but be stunned.

She subconsciously asked:

"Lord Lu, are you also a monk who specializes in the way of martial arts?"

The only people who can ask this kind of question so naturally are her fellow practitioners who specialize in the way of things, so after hearing Lu Chen's question, she subconsciously thought that Lu Chen was the same as her.

However, Lu Chen shook his head.

"Those who are cultivated by this official are the way to help the world."

Hearing this answer, Su Ning immediately reacted, and rumors related to Lu Chen and his master's evaluation of him appeared in his mind.

I heard that this Lu Chen and Lu Xianggong are not only courageous, loyal and brave, but also pedantic and knowledgeable, and even the current saints have made breakthroughs one after another under his teachings, how can such a person specialize in a path that is linked to strange skills and tricks in the eyes of the world?

"That's it."

Lu Chen spoke again.

"For this official, any way that can benefit the common people and the country is a kind of way to help the world, and it should be given due attention, so this official also has a lot of research on the way of things, if Miss Su does not dislike it, this official wants to discuss one or two with Miss Su."

Su Ning suddenly understood.

She didn't doubt Lu Chen's words.

After all, the reason why she entered Beijing was because Lu Chen wanted to develop the value of charcoal, so that it could be turned from useless waste into treasure, and into something that could replace charcoal for heating and fire, and to a certain extent, solve the problem of people's lack of clothing and cold, and even freeze to death on the streets.

By the way, increase the treasury ... Well, no, it's an increase in the income of the internal fund.

After figuring this out, Su Ning was no longer entangled, and answered Lu Chen's question generously: "Back to Lord Lu's words, we will wait for things, and focus on the word [view]. ”

See?

See?

That's it?

That's too unpretentious, isn't it?

Lu Chen was a little confused by her answer.

"Dare to ask Miss Su, this view of the word, but the meaning of watching and observing?"

"Exactly."

Su Ning bowed slightly.

"We believe that since there is some kind of objective, existential knowledge in the world that can explain the operation of the world, if we want to obtain this knowledge, we should refine our reason, restrain our desires, observe patiently, and seek with all our hearts, so that we can understand the truth of heaven and earth contained in all things.

Lu Chen had a subtle feeling.

"For example?"

Su Ning said: "For example, Gezhu, before receiving the letter from the master, the grass people have been observing the changes of bamboo at home, from the bamboo shoots breaking the ground to the growing steadily, the grass people have been observing from the sidelines, and there is almost no relaxation. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth twitched.

……………

Just when Lu Chen sighed at the simplicity of the ancients, he temporarily set the Yuan Marquis's mansion.

"Dad, the New Yuan Ceremony has just ended, why don't you stay in the capital for a few more days."

Gu Simiao looked at her father in front of her with some reluctance.

"Anyway, Nanpi doesn't have anything to do, and you need to go back and deal with it personally."

Seeing that his daughter kept him, Gu Yanming's extremely serious face suddenly showed a smile.

"No, it's time to go back to Beijing."

He stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "And now you are a Shenwu general, a super-grade military attaché, in charge of the affairs of the soldiers and horses in the land of Gyeonggi, the future is bright, and the official affairs are extremely busy, Dad can't delay your future." ”

"And Your Majesty has so much faith in you, you can't live up to Your Majesty's trust, everything should be based on the court, be loyal to the country, and don't be distracted by family affairs."

He took the trouble to explain, just as he taught her when he was a child to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country.

Hearing this, Gu Simiao had no choice but to nod.

"That's right, Miao'er."

The Zhao family on the side suddenly remembered something, and asked Gu Simiao: "Have you gone to Taihe County to choose a fief and eat yi?" ”

After a pause, without waiting for Gu Simiao to answer, she said to herself: "Mother told you, this fief and food must not be sloppy, this is a major matter about future generations, you have to investigate carefully, be sure to choose a place with many rich families as a fief, otherwise"

However, before she finished speaking, Gu Simiao said expressionlessly: "Mother, I have already chosen a fief. ”

Zhao was slightly stunned.

"Picked? So fast? When was this? ”

"Just for a few days."

Zhao hurriedly asked, "Miao'er, where did you choose?" ”

She has learned that although there are many barren lands, there are not no good lands, and there are also rich households, as long as the place is chosen, or as long as the area far away from Montenegro is chosen, future generations are still guaranteed.

Faced with her mother's questioning, Gu Simiao did not hesitate to say a place name:

"The child chose Montenegro."

After two days, the resignation procedures will be completed, and the changes will start at that time

(End of chapter)