Chapter 41: The Nineteenth Prince
The Nineteenth Prince, now forty-nine years old, because Emperor Song himself is a high-level monk, so the best of the princes are also with cultivation qualifications, like the eldest prince is already more than two thousand years old, while the other princes who do not have cultivation qualifications have already died in the long wait.
The nineteenth prince was named "Duanjun King" at the age of twenty-two, twenty-seven years is not enough time for him to be promoted to the prince, and now it is still a county king.
Even so, the ten princes after the future have little hope of getting on the throne, and their current efforts are only to have their own power, to choose a powerful brother to help them ascend to the throne in the future, or simply to support the new emperor all the time, so as to keep their long-term glory and wealth.
Although the nineteenth prince Duanjun Wang was unwilling, he also had to face the reality, before he worked hard in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces for more than 20 years, and finally cultivated some teams, but suddenly suffered a collapse.
This was probably the result of one of his royal brothers pushing behind his back, but he had no evidence of it, so he could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
The best choice for the king of Duanjun is to withdraw from the road of taking the heir, find a more reliable backer, practice the Tao well, or quietly enjoy the glory and wealth.
King Duanjun had already begun to consider that the imperial brother was more reliable at this time last year, the eldest brother, the second brother and the starling brother were the best among them, and they all had a few brothers on the side to help out, and the strength was also between the two brothers, which made it difficult to decide, as for the mess on the Yunnan and Guizhou side to be thrown there first, whoever gave the highest price would be given to whoever in the future.
It just so happened that Li Cheng recommended the Xuanji faction to the Duanjun King, this little-known small sect was not to serve, but to seek cooperation, and the Duanjun King had the idea of breaking the jar and breaking it, and actually agreed to their ridiculous request.
But he didn't expect this seemingly rash approach to make him see the opportunity to turn over a year later, which was in response to the sentence "If you lose your horse, you don't know if it's a blessing".
Since then, this Xuan-level sect has continued to create miracles, in addition to the efficient returns on the two trade lines of wealth and cultivation, the Xuanji faction has also attracted many monks to the Duanjun King, which is the biggest harvest for the Duanjun King.
Although Duanjun Wang can cultivate, his own cultivation qualifications are ordinary, even if he relies on the support of a large number of cultivation resources of the royal family, he will not be promoted to the Jindan stage until he is forty years old, and he is not outstanding among adult princes, and he cannot be compared with the eldest prince and the second prince who have already advanced to the god transformation stage.
His own strength is poor, and it is very difficult to attract monks to serve his life, so King Duanjun has almost not recruited decent cultivation masters over the years, the number is small, the realm is low, and the highest is not the cultivation of the Yuan infant stage.
After cooperating with the Xuanji faction, the cultivation masters under King Duanjun had almost multiplied several times in a year, how could he not be overjoyed.
At the beginning of the year, it was reported that the disciples of the Northern Yunnan League participated in the foundation building conference of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and four of them won the admission qualification of Taiyi Academy, and another person was accepted as a core disciple by the Daluo faction.
Although these disciples are still useless, they will be an important support for the Duanjun King to compete for the world in the future, especially the Tianhuo from the Xuanji faction, and he was commented by the Daluo faction as the top twenty masters of Dongshengzhou in the future, such an evaluation is too high.
After the news came out, the other princes were also quite moved, and many princes sent people to infiltrate the Xuanji faction to talk with Xuanjizi, hoping to invest in Tianhuo in advance, but they were all rejected by Xuanjizi, on the grounds that the disciple had already traveled far away.
These news naturally can't be hidden from King Duanjun, he is very recognizant of Xuanjizi's firm attitude, but he has little confidence in the young Tianhuo, afraid that Tianhuo will not be able to resist the temptation of other princes, and he is also sending people to actively look for it.
The end result was that no one could find Skyfire, and the matter was closed for several months.
This time, Tianhuo suddenly appeared in the capital and asked to see the Duanjun King, who himself attached great importance to it and strictly blocked the news, avoiding the vigilance of the other princes in an ordinary way of reception.
As for how to win over this new star of cultivation, King Duanjun thought for a long time, and only after making full preparations did he officially meet Tianhuo, today he was already impatient, and after hearing that Tianhuo arrived, he quickly sent the others away and met Tianhuo alone in the study.
Song Neng led Tianhuo into the study of the Duanjun King, which was not large and the layout was not gorgeous enough, which was obviously inconsistent with the identity of the greedy and cold nineteen princes in folklore, and the legend said that the nineteen princes were people who longed for gold to pave the way and white jade for the wall.
Tianhuo was a little surprised, this simple study room was comparable to his own study on Xuanji Mountain, but there were fewer books, and the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were not as good as those of the fourth and seventh senior brothers.
Tianhuo was stunned for a moment, and a slightly cold voice said: "Tianhuo, do you think that my study is different from the legend, and there are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry that should be missing?"
Tianhuo saw the nineteen princes behind the bookcase, the nineteen princes are a tall and handsome young man, with a proud and luxurious temperament, there is a kind of prince's natural superiority, no matter how you look at it, it is a feeling of superiority, but unfortunately his eyes are slender, and the corners of his eyes are a little raised, which sometimes gives people the feeling of being a yin owl.
When Tianhuo and Song Neng came in just now, he was sitting behind the bookcase in his household clothes, and there were a lot of books and atlases piled up on the bookcase, Tianhuo didn't see him at first sight, until he stood up and spoke, Tianhuo could look at him seriously.
Tianhuo glanced at the Nineteenth Prince, only stared at the time for a breath, then lowered his head and bowed and said, "Student Tianhuo pays a visit to King Duanjun." ”
Duanjun Wang also looked at Tianhuo carefully, the young man in front of him was the young man he had heard the most in the past year, and he had not yet reached the age of seventeen, and he already had some sensations of being famous in the world, which was really rare.
Tianhuo is really handsome, extraordinary, and his size is similar to himself, and his temperament is very special, restrained and peaceful, even under his own coercion, he still shows a sense of peace and calmness, which makes people can't help but have a sense of closeness.
Duanjun Wang decided not to talk to Tianhuo through the bookcase, he walked out from behind the bookcase, pointed to the chair and coffee table on the other side of the study, and said, "Tianhuo, don't be restrained, let's sit down and talk." ”
Tianhuo is not stage frightened: "Thank you for the seat, please first." ”
King Duanjun sat on the chair on the east side of the coffee table, Tianhuo waited for King Duanjun to sit down before sitting down opposite him, and Song Neng hurriedly stepped forward to make fragrant tea for the two.
King Duanjun suddenly changed the original planned place of conversation, which surprised Song Neng, it seems that Tianhuo's first impression on the prince is very good, and the prince is not ready to use his identity to deter Tianhuo, but adopts an almost equal treatment to face Tianhuo.
Song Neng finished making tea and was about to leave the study to wait at the door, Duanjun Wang waved his hand lightly and said: "Song Neng, you stay, you are not outsiders, you and Tianhuo should also be old acquaintances, today we meet for the first time, many acquaintances talk, the atmosphere will be harmonious." ”
Song Neng felt a little flattered, hurriedly said yes, and then stood on the side of the coffee table with his hands solemnly, although the prince said so, but Song Neng still made up his mind that if he could not speak today, he would definitely not speak.
King Duanjun picked up the tea bowl in front of him and said to Tianhuo: "Taste, this is the silver-patterned Jin Jun Mei in the palace in Mindong's tribute, which was born from the grafting of the elixir on the original Jin Jun Mei, and the current variety already has the effect of the second elixir, and I am an old tea, only the effect of the first elixir, don't dislike it." ”
Tianhuo's eyes lit up when he heard it, his senior brother Yi Prisoner likes the way of plants and trees very much, this kind of elixir grafting has done a lot of experiments to give birth to new species, most of the effects are not ideal, and the tea tree has no successful case, it seems that he needs to taste this tea more, maybe he can help the eighth senior brother when he goes back.
Tianhuo picked up the tea bowl and took a sip gently, feeling that the tea was fragrant and full of aura, it seemed that drinking this tea often was good for the body and cultivation, Tianhuo praised: "It's really a good tea, but it's very difficult to cultivate, right?"
Duanjun Wang laughed and said: "Actually, it's not difficult, as long as you have patience, my mother's family happens to be in the tea business in Mindong Province, if Tianhuo is interested, I can ask someone to contact you." ”
Tianhuo hurriedly sat up straight and said, "Since this is the case, then it will be troublesome for the prince, my eighth senior brother is also studying the technique of grafting this spiritual tea, if he can get guidance, he will definitely be able to break through as soon as possible." ”
Duanjun Wang was also stunned, he just said casually, he didn't expect Tianhuo to be serious, since this is the case, he can only agree, his mother's family is a Xiuzhen family in eastern Fujian that is famous for cultivating spiritual tea, if you can sell these teas outside the three kingdoms of China through the trade route of the Xuanji Chamber of Commerce, you will definitely make a lot of money.
King Duanjun said with a smile: "Tianhuo Xiaoyou is really true and not fake, this king likes it very much! ”
Tianhuo got up and said, "Thank you Lord for your success, my senior brother is obsessed with the way of plants and trees, if he can make a breakthrough in this regard, it will definitely be of great help to his cultivation improvement."
Moreover, this kind of spiritual tea is extremely precious, if it can be sold to a place outside the territory, it will definitely make a lot of money, and it can also allow the prince and our Xuanji faction to have more income from cultivation. ”
Duanjun Wang didn't expect Tianhuo to have such a keen sense of business at a young age, and what he thought didn't escape his eyes, so he smiled dumbly and said: "I heard many people mention Tianhuo Xiaoyou, saying that Xiaoyou is quick and far-sighted, and he really deserves his reputation when I see it today." ”
Tianhuo said modestly: "The prince praised it falsely, the student has not dried up, and he is still an ordinary student, the prince should not listen to their nonsense, just treat me as an ordinary young man." ”
King Duanjun laughed: "How many people want to pretend to be smart and deep in front of this king, hoping to win my trust and reuse, why do you want to be a child, don't you want to build a career as soon as possible, so that you can be a personal person in the future?"
Tianhuo's head shook like a rattle: "Lord Wang, the student is not talented, but I don't want to take on the heavy responsibility so early, whose responsibility should be borne by myself, I still want to learn more things while I am young, how good is it to live a relaxed life?"
King Duanjun smiled even more happily: "Xiaoyou said it well, but this mentality is too chic, this king only has envy, and he can't imitate it." ”
Tianhuo Zhengse said: "In fact, if the prince is willing to trust others more, your life can also be chic and free!"