Chapter 20 How many years are there in spring and autumn
Huang Shang'er and Qin Wuyang were full of expectation.
Li Tianxia looked at Su Hanshan, Chen Danqing looked at Su Hanshan, and the old phase master and the lame young Taoist boy on his side were all looking at Su Hanshan.
was locked by everyone's eyes, and suddenly felt a little unnatural.
Su Hanshan took a sip of tea again, pondered for a while as if organizing the vocabulary, and said: "The dragon gives birth to nine sons, the prisoner ox is docile, the eyes must be repaid, the wind is mocked and the evil is suppressed, the prison is noisy, the fierce and majestic, the monument is stilted, the righteousness is good, the burden is elegant, and the kiss is good." Dare to ask the old-timers, do you know who is good and evil among these nine sons?"
Su Hanshan spoke, and the lantern tower fell into a surprising silence.
Li Tianxia was slightly stunned.
Huang Shang'er's pretty face was puzzled.
Even Chen Danqing, the master of Wenshu Monastery, frowned for the first time. This question is even more boring than the prince asking about the year.
They looked at Nan Huaizi, an old physiognomy who claimed to know everything in the world for three hundred years, and the question was a little boring, but they couldn't deny that it was really difficult to answer.
Unexpectedly, the old physiognomy who painted the star map in the Taoist robe stared at Su Hanshan with a smile, his smile was obviously very kind, but the smile hidden in those eyes was a little chilling.
Mr. Nan Huai, the Qintianjian who lied about the warlock of the rivers and lakes, left the palace privately for thousands of miles to see Su Hanshan. In fact, he was more curious than anyone else about what would become of the Nine Emperor Princes, who were born with a damaged primordial spirit, in the fifteenth year. Even if he had heard for a long time that Su Hanshan Buddha said that no one was superior to Zen, he still wanted to personally identify it.
Sure enough, he saw it and heard it.
The dragon gave birth to nine sons.
Very interesting question.
Maybe others can't hear the hidden meaning, how can Nan Huaizi, who once taught a character like Li Guochu, the Taishi of the Tang Dynasty, a dream person?
He looked at Su Hanshan.
Su Hanshan was also looking at him, not avoiding the gaze that looked like a knife hidden in a smile.
Today, Emperor Sutang Jingyou has nine sons, and Su Hanshan ranks last.
This way back to the north, there are endless people who want to take his life. Although there are suspicions, they cannot be verified. Su Hanshan simply alluded to the metaphor of the dragon giving birth to nine sons, and tested this all-knowing old physiognomy of unknown origins.
If you really know everything, then who instructed the killers who appeared on the way back to the north? How are the eight brothers who are far away in Tiandu familiar with good and evil?
"Can you answer this question?"
Nan Huaizi, the old phase teacher, said with a smile: "For dragons, there is no good or evil in the nine sons. It's all their own flesh and blood, and there's no reason to be paranoid about one side or the other. In the final analysis, whether to swim in shallow water or enter the sea depends on the nine sons themselves......! Childe thinks Lao Dao's answer is still satisfactory?"
Su Hanshan chewed on its righteousness.
Although the old master did not point out the mastermind behind the scenes, his words also benefited Su Hanshan a lot.
Whether the dragon swims in the sea or shallow water depends on whether he is good at water.
The corners of Su Hanshan's mouth curled slightly, revealing a light smile. Fortunately, he is the ninth son of the dragon, the one who is good at water.
Su Hanshan clenched his fists again: "Seniors are really passing by here?"
Li Tianxia, who was still immersed in the clouds and fog when he asked, was slightly stunned again. looked at Su Hanshan in surprise, and his eyes seemed to be saying that this is also a question?
Su Hanshan gave him a firm look in return.
Li Tianxia picked up the slightly cold tea, took a sip, and said depressedly in his heart: "Where is this?" ”
Huang Shang'er looked at the prince in surprise.
Li Tianxia said, "What are you looking at?"
Huang Shang'er asked cautiously, "How does this tea taste?"
Li Tianxia slurred his lips and tasted the product. Suddenly thinking of the cup of tea that rinsed his mouth earlier, his eyes stared at the empty cup, and his face suddenly turned pale.
The prince, who was instantly devastated, ran out with a sword.
Huang Shang'er smiled upside down.
The atmosphere in the lamp tower is rarely soothing, and the old master smiled: "Meeting is fate." Coincidence or accident, the old way travels all over the world in order to form a good fate, not a bad fate, and he does not dare to be hostile to his son. ”
Chen Danqing nodded approvingly.
Su Hanshan explained: "The junior just asked casually, and had nothing else to do. ”
Through two questions, it became more and more convincing to Su Hanshan's conjecture.
This old phase master is by no means an ordinary Jianghu warlock who relies on a mouth pit to be deceived, and from his two answers, Su Hanshan can conclude at least one thing.
This person and even this pair of masters and apprentices must be inseparable from the people in the Su Tang Bureau, and it is even very likely that they are a child in the hands of the deacon, black or white.
After relieving the doubts in his heart, Su Hanshan let go of his mustard and asked a question that should be most concerned from the perspective of the Nine Emperors of Su Tang.
"Hanshan Eighth Question, I want to ask my seniors......"
"How many years has the Spring and Autumn Period been in full swing?"
Chen Danqing, who had been accompanying the distinguished guests as an observer, finally heard the topic of interest and straightened his back to look at the old physiognomy.
The old phase master Nan Huaizi did not answer this question directly.
In fact, Su Hanshan's question seems to be the same as Li Tianxia's question, and he is extremely particular.
Because this is a sensitive topic, it involves a certain balance that is maintained by default between the Spring and Autumn Five Kingdoms. If you are not careful, it is not impossible to cause a war in the Spring and Autumn Period.
It's not that Su Hanshan deliberately made things difficult, he really wanted to hear this person's opinion on the current situation in the Spring and Autumn Period.
So in the eyes of hope, the old master Nan Huaizi pondered for a moment.
Whether it was front or side, he did not directly answer Su Hanshan's question. Instead, he began to talk eloquently and talked about the history of the Warring States Period for three hundred years......
This is a tirade for an entire hour.
At first, Su Hanshan and the courtyard master Chen Danqing were quite interested, thinking that it was insightful, but after half an hour, the old phase master still didn't seem to involve the topic, which couldn't help but make people anxious.
It's Huang Shang'er, who is also as sleepy as listening to a book from heaven, and her little head is violent.
Su Hanshan couldn't bear it, so he let her lean on his shoulder.
Huang Shang'er Qin Wuyang didn't know what dreams she had, and she laughed stupidly from time to time.
......
Another half an hour passed, and night was already near.
The pearls under the sea that the master of the courtyard treasured were completely defeated in the old physiognomy's gushing, where did Chen Danqing, who was in pain, still have the interest to listen to this book I don't know how many times I have read the boring history of the Warring States period.
Looking at the time, taking advantage of the old phase master's pause to rest, Chen Danqing interrupted: "It's getting late, I see that everyone is also tired, why don't you continue to ask eight questions tomorrow, what do you think?"
The old phase master smiled a little apologetically.
It seems that he realized that he has been talking for more than an hour after the rise, and the key has not yet answered Su Hanshan's eight questions: "The old way is out of shape." ”
Su Hanshan smiled bitterly: "The seniors are serious. It's really the juniors who are rushing along the way, and they're too tired. ”
The lame Dao Tong helped Nan Huaizi to get up, and picked up the long black box that had been resting on the table, and handed it to Su Hanshan.
The old master said: "How many years have the Spring and Autumn Period been prosperous, and the old Tao can't explain it clearly for a while. However, there should be the answer that Childe wants in this painting. ”
Su Hanshan gently lifted Huang Shang'er, who was sleeping sweetly. Then he gently picked it up and woke it up with a frightened sound.
Looking at the black painting box handed by the lame Dao Tong, Su Hanshan thought, "Is this your real purpose? What is hidden in the painting box? Is it really just a painting?"
Su Hanshan took the painting box with one hand and carried Huang Shang'er with the other: "Thank you for the gift from your predecessors." ”