Liu Chunsheng himself didn't know how, and even he didn't think much about these things.

Unlike the eldest prince and others, all he is good at and loves is words, and selling words is just to find a livelihood to live.

Even if the money in the court is not good, it is naturally impossible for a writer of Taichang Temple to starve to death on the streets.

In fact, his words never sold.

It was late at night, and when Liu Chunsheng woke up from the state of copying, the eldest prince was still looking at the words written on the wall, and he never looked anxious, nor did he occasionally turn his head to look at the young man.

Liu Chunsheng looked at the words that he had just copied, put down his pen lightly, carefully observed by the light, and then nodded with a little satisfaction.

Not long ago, he had written seven words for a gentleman in the spiritual academy, and the gentleman lived in peace.

Although it passed through the hands of others, it still passed into the hands of that gentleman in the end.

And the next morning, the gentleman came to visit the shop, and gave him the same seven words in return.

The villain took a risk and was lucky, and now what Liu Chunsheng is copying is what the gentleman gave back to him.

He has been copying this painting a lot in his spare time in recent days, but he has never been satisfied. It wasn't until late this night that he took off his official uniform and sent off the neighbors who came to beg for words, and it took a lot of time to get a slightly satisfied.

Just slightly.

He has always been satisfied with his writing, but there are two words that he always feels are not good enough, no matter how he writes.

One was written by him to Ju'an, and the other was written by the other party to himself.

It wasn't until I put down the written book and looked up very tiredly that I realized that there was already a person in my shop, and that person was looking at a painting that had been written and hung on the wall, and he was fascinated by it.

Somehow, with the exception of Ju An, it seemed that everyone who came to his shop came late at night, and the old gentleman was, and so did the man.

The lights were already dimmed, and the man was facing one side of the wall, only seeing a general figure, so naturally he couldn't see his face clearly.

Liu Chunsheng was not dissatisfied with this uninvited guest.

Opening the door to do business, it's one thing for people to buy it or not, but it makes no sense to not let you take a look.

I picked a candle and the light began to light up.

This sudden change made the man react, and his eyes were no longer limited to the words in front of him, but turned around, looked at the other party and smiled: "Sir, don't come harmed." ”

Liu Chunsheng was shocked, hurriedly waved his hands and saluted, bowed his head and said: "The lower official has seen His Royal Highness the eldest prince, and he has neglected the prince, and I hope that His Royal Highness will forgive his sins." ”

There is a very clever change here, when Liu Chunsheng didn't know who this man was, he called himself a student, and after knowing that the other party was the eldest prince, he claimed to be a grass man, and he didn't dare to call himself a student again.

But now it is the lower officials who claim that these changes are coming too quickly in the city. It's only been even a few days, but it makes the eldest prince feel like a world away.

The eldest prince sighed deeply and shook his head slightly, "Students and gentlemen, grass people and sons, subordinates and bosses." Liu Chunsheng, Liu Chunsheng, have you and I been willing to change the many changes that have become more and more alienated?"

Liu Chunsheng still bowed his head and never replied.

What the situation in this city is, although he is already an official, he still does not know.

Ju An wouldn't talk to him about this, and which of the courtiers dared to talk so much that they even wanted to win him over?

Taichang Temple is His Majesty's territory, even the Prime Minister is reluctant to enter it on weekdays, so naturally no one can reach into the temple.

Chunqiu walked up to the other party, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said, "For those worldly etiquette, you and I don't have to mind. ”

Although Liu Chunsheng was helped up by the other party, he still bowed his head and asked, "I don't know if His Royal Highness Gongzi came to visit late at night, but what is the important matter in the court?"

Chunqiu smiled and shook his head again, "It seems that you don't know yet, the royal family can't be in power in this city, and it is natural that I will not come to have anything important in the court, but the last time we met, you and I had a lot of regrets and failed to have a deep friendship." ”

Liu Chunsheng looked at this eldest prince who was more than thirty years older than himself, but found that the other party did not look at his juniors, nor did he look at his courtiers or his officials, as if he was looking at an old friend for many years.

His Royal Highness Gongzi Lao was worried, and the officials were terrified. ”

The eldest prince waved his hand casually, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and said: "You are the first writer of Taichang Temple, I should have come to see it as soon as possible, but because of the identity of you and me, some of the weekday meetings will become a little sensitive, so it has been delayed until today." ”

Liu Chunsheng didn't know what he meant by this, and he didn't know why he was sensitive.

remembered that day in Taichang Temple, Liu Chunsheng's guess should be that the eldest prince himself and Taichang Temple Qing were a little disagreeable, after all, the two of them were not less-for-tat at that time.

Liu Chunsheng bowed his head and replied: "His Royal Highness Gongzi is busy with affairs, and he is already very frightened if he is willing to come to take care of his subordinates. ”

Perhaps seeing that Liu Chunsheng should not know these things, the eldest prince did not beat around the bush, but directly confessed: "In the great palace, there is only one chair, I am not in agreement with the emperor, and you are the author appointed by His Majesty, so it is not appropriate for the two of us to meet on weekdays." ”

Chunqiu's words were very simple, even a little inexplicable, so inexplicable that people couldn't help but wonder why he suddenly said these words.

But this seems simple, but it is not simple.

Liu Chunsheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he was shocked, and hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, as if he hadn't heard the other party say these things.

Although he has not been an official, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know that an official has to maintain a loyal heart, and the eldest prince's words are already a big rebellion in the eyes of ordinary people.

Moreover, when it comes to what to listen to and what to say, it is not that he does not have a ruler in his heart.

He really didn't understand why the eldest prince was here to talk to him about these things, was it just to explain his last sentence?

Chunqiu laughed twice, stepped forward again to help the other party up, patted his hands, and said, "Don't be so nervous, I prefer to make friends, especially those who have the same hobbies." In Ningguo, even if the old King Ning lost to me in the land of one state and three counties, we are still friends, and we can talk about our respective styles when we meet. I can make these friends, do you know why?"

Liu Chunsheng swallowed his saliva with difficulty, shook his head slightly, and said, "The lower officials don't know." ”

didn't ask His Royal Highness Gongzi to make it clear again, it was because the sentence just now really scared him a lot, how dare he follow the other party's words and ask again?

Chunqiu didn't feel any upset, but continued: "I can make these friends because of the word honesty, since I want to make friends, then some things that shouldn't be hidden should be said directly." ”

is really honest enough, and even dare to say this kind of thing to the face of a person who has only met once, which is simply a bit too frank.

The other party was willing to say and explain these things to his face, but Liu Chunsheng was no longer as restrained as he was a moment ago.

Liu Chunsheng opened his mouth and replied: "His Royal Highness Gongzi is so honest, it really makes the lower officials embarrassed. ”

Chunqiu walked to the door of the shop, looked up at the night outside the door, and then looked down at the signboard in front of the side, and said: "You are so old that you can have such attainments in calligraphy, and you may really be able to reach the level of Mr. Ju'an in this regard in the future, and there should be many people in this city who want to make friends with you." ”

Liu Chunsheng came behind the other party, he was so frank that he even confessed in advance what he couldn't say, and he naturally didn't feel good, just bowed his head and was polite and perfunctory, and said: "His Royal Highness Gongzi has praised it falsely, but Mr. Ju'an doesn't seem to have any friends." ”

Said that Mr. Juan has no friends... But he really didn't have any friends.

......

Liu Chunsheng's words are actually incomprehensible, and can also be understood as a refutation.

The meaning is to say that even Mr. Ju'an's easy-going people have never come to make friends with him, so how can he be?

Chunqiu still looked at the signboard and said with a smile: "Although you know Mr. Ju An, you don't seem to know that gentleman yet." ”

Liu Chunsheng frowned slightly, although he also didn't see Ju An many times, but that gentleman was not difficult to understand, could it be that this was saying that Mr. Ju An didn't like to make friends?

Liu Chunsheng replied: "Please also ask His Royal Highness Gongzi to give advice." ”

"Mr. Juan has lived in the Spiritual College for a long time, educating students. In his early years, he didn't have any contact with others, and when he appeared in front of everyone, those who wanted to make friends with him eventually became his students, so he really had no friends, only students. Even if you and I are willing to be his students, how can anyone go and ask for a friend?"

Liu Chunsheng suddenly realized, no wonder he had never heard of Mr. Ju An having any friends, it turned out that because of this relationship, some people who admired him found that their appreciation was really not enough to describe each other after seeing each other.

I didn't expect that even the eldest prince would be willing to call himself a student, that gentleman is really amazing.

Unlike Yang Hejiu, Yang Hejiu has never taught any students, and the existence of the Spirit Academy is to cultivate students, so from this point of view, Ju An is very in line with the identity of Mr. Ling Academy.

Liu Chunsheng nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Highness Gongzi, for your advice." ”

He still agrees with the eldest prince's words, and also solves his doubts about Mr. Ju'an having no friends.

The eldest prince continued: "I have no chance to be his friend, from the sacrificial words you wrote, I know that you are the same person as Mr. Ju An, and you and I are also the same as each other, and when you spread your wings, I think that I am already in my old age, and I don't want to wait until that time to be your student like Mr. Ju An." ”

The evaluation of this sentence is very high, so high that in Liu Chunsheng's opinion, no one in this city can stand it except for Ju'an.

I'm saying that I want to be your friend, not your student.

As for that year of expectation, it's not like others say, I'm already old, of course, I don't underestimate Liu Chunsheng.

You must know that the eldest prince is more than thirty years old when Liu Chunsheng is older, and when the other party can achieve the same achievements as Mr. Ju'an, even if it only takes ten years, he will already pass the sixtieth year, and it is not inappropriate to say that he is an old man.

Liu Chunsheng hurriedly bowed his head and said: "His Royal Highness Gongzi is serious, so ridiculous, the lower officials can't afford it." ”

Chunqiu turned around, looked at Liu Chunsheng and said directly: "You can be a friend, I want to make friends, even if I can't afford the praise and expectations, he can afford it." ”

Liu Chunsheng slowly raised his head and looked at the other party's eyes, those gentle eyes had a confidence that made others look inexplicable, and the confidence revealed was calmness, and looking up along those eyes, the eyebrows could easily cut off the eyes of others, so that their eyes did not dare to set foot in the slightest.

But Liu Chunsheng didn't think so, he looked at this man who was more than thirty years old very calmly, and found that this person had the same confidence and pride as himself, the difference was that his self-confidence and pride were in his chest, and he never showed it to others.

And that person is the opposite, his confidence and pride can be easily seen in him, even if the other party does not make the slightest expression, it is always so inadvertently revealed.

Their self-confidence and pride are not the same in nature, Liu Chunsheng comes from the confidence and pride in his calligraphy, like the willow outside his courtyard, he refuses to bow his head, and only when facing Ju'an will he be abnormal.

But the eldest prince Chunqiu was born in the pride of the emperor's family, he is qualified to be proud, and there is self-confidence in this pride.

Being able to hold a copper plate in his hand can gamble with King Ning, who owns the entire Ning Kingdom, which shows that he has a self-confidence that far exceeds that of ordinary people.

But that's just for himself, why is he so confident in Liu Chunsheng? Just because of that sacrificial words and the signboard in front of the door?

There is also Liu Chunsheng.

It's not a deliberate boast, there is no need for the eldest prince to have such an attitude towards a young man who is still not famous for the time being.

Liu Chunsheng bowed his head slightly, bowed respectfully, and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness." ”

The eldest prince walked into the house, picked up the lamp, and said, "Actually, I came here today and there is one more matter. ”

Liu Chunsheng poured a glass of water for the other party and replied, "Your Royal Highness, Grand Prince, please speak." ”

"I've heard that your reputation in the court doesn't seem to be very good these days. ”

Liu Chunsheng was slightly stunned, frowned and asked, "I don't know what His Highness said?"

The eldest prince took out a piece of writing from his arms, the paper was not big, and the words written were not much, just a word with a more meaning, handed it to the other party and said: "These four words were bought by me for a gold cake in the north of the city." ”

Liu Chunsheng stared at the piece of paper, confirming that it was cut by himself, and after taking it, he found that it was the pair he wrote as a gift, and then he was shocked when he heard that the other party had spent a gold cake to buy it, and said: "These words are indeed written by Xia Guan, but Xia Guan is just a gift, and he has not been sold outside, let alone in the north of the city." ”

The eldest prince smiled slightly, raised a hand to signal that the other party did not need to be nervous, and said, "I know all these things, so you don't have to panic." ”

He lives in the south of the city, but he didn't expect the words sent out to be taken to the north of the city to be sold, no wonder he didn't know about these things.

In the Sifang City before, he wrote a peach charm with a dozen characters and only sold five copper plates, and when Mr. Ju'an's teacher came to ask about the price, he said that the character could only be sold for thirty copper plates, and he already thought that it was the highest price.

But now just writing it out at random and giving it to others has increased the value of this word by 200 times, how can this be a sky-high price?

Liu Chunsheng trembled with the letter in both hands, and angrily reprimanded: "Deceive people in a black shop!

The eldest prince stretched out his hand to support the other party and asked, "Is there a big problem?"

Liu Chunsheng shook his head slightly, and said: "The lower officials have violated the way of officials, and the way of being a human being is really an unforgivable crime!"

The eldest prince patted the other party on the shoulder and persuaded: "It's serious, what I want to say is that this golden cake is worth it, although I am the eldest prince, but I am not the kind of person who is willing to be slaughtered, I am willing to buy it, that is, I think it will definitely be worth it for me to take out a golden cake." ”

Liu Chunsheng was slightly stunned, looked at the other party and showed puzzlement, and reacted to his last sentence, he said that he knew these things, how did he know?

The eldest prince can know that Liu Chunsheng will not do such a thing, just like knowing that His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not give up the throne to himself, and Ju An must know that Yang Hejiu will definitely not angrily scold the dean in the street.

I know you won't because you really won't, very simple logic, very confident statement.

The eldest prince continued: "I have come to tell you about this matter, not to ask about sin, but to tell you a simpler truth. ”

Liu Chunsheng's eyes were already filled with tears, and he kept rolling in those gentle willow eyes, tears were shining, he had never been so angry about one thing.

For him, a scholar who sells words, others come to the door to ask for a few words, or make a few cheap deals with him, these can be laughed at for him.

But those people should not be so insulting to a gentle and honest person.

In the Sifang City, he is willing to send words because everyone is living hard, and the New Year's peach charm is a must, you can have no money, but you can't do without this, and there will be no rich old man who pretends to be poor to think about stealing his five copper plates to bargain for a picture.

And in this old street, he is willing to send words because he thinks people like his words.

But now he found that people only valued the interests of his own pen, and had nothing to do with appreciating his words, which was a blow to him as you can imagine.

What made him even more guilty and sad was that he only sold five copper plates for a single character, and he didn't even dare to report the price of thirty copper plates that night, but now those people took the words they gave and dared to ask for the sky-high price of a gold cake!

As he said, what kind of fish shop, what Liu Chunsheng, is just a deceptive black shop and a black-hearted boss.

Hearing the other party's words, Liu Chunsheng said respectfully: "I implore Your Highness to reprimand." ”

Chunqiu put his hands behind his shoulders and said, "For those people, you write for them as gifts, and if I want to ask for a painting, how should you treat them?"

Liu Chunsheng suddenly became a little flustered, and said, "I..."

"You can't give it away!" The eldest prince was a little gentler, and said with the eyes and tone of facing the juniors: "Liu Chunsheng, Liu Chunsheng, the word scholar is used to send teachers, students, confidants, and friends. Send the people who can be sent at first sight, the people who should be sent to the four walls of the family, and the people who go out of their way to ask for words to send, not those who only open their mouths and stretch out their hands, and when they turn around, they salivate and want to weigh their interests by interests. You are doing this as a human being, but you are deviating from the way of life. ”

Liu Chunsheng listened to the other party's bitter words, and his heart was quite moved, and he bowed his head and saluted respectfully: "Students are taught." ”

Like many people, Liu Chunsheng was never taught anything when he was very young, he was gentle and always looked like a big brother, not because of family education, but because he was really an older brother a long time ago.

When he came to this city, he realized that he had really come to the right place, and no one in the city had ever taught him how to deal with these things, and no one had told him that there was something wrong with your words and how to correct them.

When he came to the capital, although he had seen uglier faces than those in the small city, it was precisely because of these ugly faces and some of his own shortcomings that he was able to have Ju'an's all-night guidance, and the eldest son's guidance.

Just as Ju An's appreciation and guidance are heartwarming, he can face the high-ranking official Yu Lu and accept it calmly, maybe he can refuse calmly, but he can't refuse the advice and reprimand of this eldest prince who is more than 30 years old.

These things are extremely valuable.

The eldest prince nodded slightly, and no longer talked about this matter, but looked at the pair of calligraphy that he had been copying from his opponent when he had always been, and asked, "That handwriting, I don't know what is written?"

Liu Chunsheng raised his head and said with a smile: "A few days ago, Mr. Ju An did not hesitate to give students a piece of writing, and he thought about copying it when he had nothing to do. ”

Chunqiu frowned slightly, and then his eyes were unusually bright, and he confirmed again and asked, "What Mr. Ju'an wrote?"

Liu Chunsheng nodded slightly, and replied in confirmation: "But it was written by Mr. Ju'an." But... It wasn't Mr. Ju An who took the initiative to give it, but the student cheekily asked for one. ”

The eldest prince waved his hand, stared at the book on the table without looking back, and said: "Since it was written by Mr. Ju An himself, it is naturally worth asking for it from anyone in this world with a cheeky face, there is nothing difficult to say." ”

Liu Chunsheng nodded slightly, and then looked at the coveted look in the other party's eyes, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hesitated for a moment before leading the other party to the table.

The eldest prince bent down, looked at the words seriously, and after a long time, he straightened up, nodded uncontrollably, and praised from the heart: "It is worthy of Mr. Ju'an's handwriting!"

For this eldest son, Liu Chunsheng is also admired from the heart.

It was on this table when Juan wrote this letter, using the same paper and ink.

And now this painting can be said to be the best one he has copied in recent days, even if he himself does not look carefully, he can't see any difference, but the other party actually found out at a glance which pair is copying, which pair is genuine.