The voice is quiet, and the voice is soft.

After a long pause, the old man continued: "Back then, Lao Yin knew that the general trend had gone, and if the world was to be peaceful, Prince Kang had to die. But in order to preserve the bloodline of the former king, it also gave a glimmer of hope to the orthodoxy of the royal family in the future. A few days before the prince's death, he secretly mixed a large number of acacia powder into the prince's meal, and arranged several stunning maids to wait day and night for joy. Soon after the death of the crown prince, all of these maids disappeared. As for where you went, the teacher thinks you have the bottom, so I don't need to say more. Huh..."

In the end, the old man let out two strange laughs for some reason, as if mocking the schemer in the north for not being kind, and as if mocking himself for being powerless, which made people feel so weird. Perhaps there was some speculation, so when the old man mentioned such a disgraceful thing as the older generation, Peony did not show the abnormality it should be.

"That person is Xia Xun, right?"

The question is very sudden, it is said suddenly, and it is mentioned suddenly, and the peony almost omits thousands of inferences and directly states the result. But she was pretty sure that the old man knew very well the reasons needed to infer the result. And this is indeed the case, the old man slowly retracted his gaze outside the window, and said calmly: "This question, your Uncle Lu also asked the teacher last night." ”

"How did the gentleman answer?" asked Peony.

Carrying the peony on his back, the old man raised his hand to sweep and waved, and shook his head at the same time: "How you answer, it doesn't matter." Before answering this question for the teacher, I think you should first answer two questions for the teacher. ”

Peony's eyes were a little suspicious, and she said faintly, "Sir, may I ask." ”

"What do you think, how do you compare to Xia Xun?"

“......”

The fox was even more suspicious, and his brows furrowed slightly. Peony should not have understood the motive of the old man's words, after all, the old man is wise, and every word he says will inevitably have a mystery, and he will never throw out an ambiguous wording for no reason. Peony thought for a while, and modestly tried to answer: "Xia Xun has been smart since he was a child, and he can never forget it at the age of three. ”

"Is that really the case?"

The old man continued to shake his head, raised his hand and raised a finger and waved the same: "Before today, the teacher may still think that you are inferior to him." But after today, the teacher thinks that he can only be equal to you. Because, if you can't see it, he can't see it, and since you can't see it, there is no high or low. It doesn't matter, though. As a teacher, I will ask you again, how are you better than his grandfather?"

“......”

The level of the question suddenly turned sharply, like mud suddenly changing into clouds, and the ocean was loess in an instant, so that the peony was stunned when asked. It's just that this stunned is not stunned, but stunned. She seemed to understand the old man's intentions. This question seems redundant, but in fact it is extremely profound. The wisdom of peony can only be equal to Xia Xun. And Xia Xun learned from his grandfather's ghost scheme, and the wisdom of ghost plotting is feared by the world. Comparing peony with ghosts, it is tantamount to a touch of sand dunes compared to Mount Tai, and Mount Tai is better than a feather. There is no comparison at all, the gap between the two is too great...

"Grandpa Xia is a person outside the world, and he doesn't dare to compare. ”

Peony's words were modest but to the point, the old man didn't shake his head again, he straightened the broom in his hand again, and said, "This is also self-aware. Lao Yin's strategy, don't say that you yellow-mouthed children can't compare. Even as a teacher, he didn't dare to say that he was qualified to play against him. Since you understand that Lao Yin is a person outside the world, then you should know that his plan is the way outside the world. Seek people in advance, seek people need to seek their hearts, and their hearts go with their nature, and they try to follow their nature rather than their nature, which is the old hidden way's intentions. As long as you remember this, you may be able to suffer less from that kid in the future. ”

After a pause, the old man said again: "And now, both the teacher and you are in his scheme, and all you and I can see is what he wants us to see, and what he can see." If he doesn't want us to see it, do you think we can see it with his wisdom? Because, who he is, it really doesn't matter now. ”

Harmonious words, sighs and words, such as the spring breeze bathing the bamboo forest and mountains, listening to it makes people feel refreshed and happy, and the mouth is suddenly opened.

The wisdom of the older generation, how high the wisdom is, can be seen from a few conversations before and after the room. is at the pinnacle of the world, and the eyes of his hometown are naturally much farther than those of Peony and Xia Xun. He took a glimpse of the mountains in the world, and he also explored the truth and falsehood of the nine-day strategy. The gentleman does not plan, but it does not mean that the gentleman does not plan.

After listening to the old man's words, the knot in Peony's heart seemed to be untied, and the melancholy on his face was relieved, leaving him with doubts. And this worry is called care.

"However, Uncle Lu really gave the killing order this morning. ”

"Is he dead?" asked the old man.

"......" Peony did not answer.

The old man pursed the corners of his mouth angrily: "As long as the others are not dead, it will not have a fundamental impact on the overall situation, what is the significance of this killing order to you? Even if you stand there, he will not dare to really kill you, you will only be scared away." Who can be blamed for this?"

However, Di Jiang almost killed Mo Xian. ”

"Is Mo idle dead?" the old man asked rhetorically.

"Before today, Mo Xian didn't matter at all, even if he really died, what would it matter? Moreover, if it weren't for Mo Xian, many things today would not have been able to follow Lao Yin's predetermined trajectory, right?

"Whew..."

The warm ointment boiled and made a whirring sound.

Peony bent down, lifted the tile lid with her hand, and selected a few well-preserved pieces of rehmannia and angelica from the medicine basket on the ground and put them in. The boiling ointment is like a hungry baby eating delicious food, and it stops screaming in an instant.

"That's true, the apprentice knows very well that this is just part of Grandpa Xia's plan. ”

Peony straightened up again, looking at the old man's slightly hunched back. For many years, their master and apprentice have been like this, one after the other, the master led the little apprentices, read the scriptures, interpreted the scriptures, and felt the red world in the mountains. Now, as usual, but without the usual sound of reading aloud.

Peony said again: "However, the disciple feels that there is another hidden secret in this ring. Because, the disciple has discovered something today, and he is sure of one thing. ”

"Tsk..."

Peony seemed to have deliberately stopped when she said this, and the old man's hand holding the medicine and sweeping the smear also stopped with this word. At the angle that Peony couldn't see, Zou Ba's eyelids narrowed slightly, giving people an indescribable sense of strangeness. Two words lightly, and then spit out from the old man's mouth: "You say." ”

The subtle changes in the old man's movements, Peony saw it in his eyes, and seemed to be sure of something in his heart. The doubt on his face crept up his brow and furrowed slightly. After thinking for a few breaths, his eyes gradually bloomed with a few wisps of firmness, and Peony then said faintly: "Mo Xian is a person without a heart, the body of a refining weapon. Therefore, what is sealed in Xia Xun's body will definitely not be a pure yang sword soul, but a wisp of human soul!"

The word has a sharp edge, such as a needle point, a thorn.

The last two words, the peony came out through gritted teeth. Fortunately, at this time, except for Zhou Yuanshan, there was no third person here. Otherwise, based on Peony's assertion, I don't know how many appalling storms will be brought to the chaotic Yueyang City.

A sword soul that doesn't know its whereabouts is enough to make the three major courtyards of Yueyang bloodthirsty half of the city. Based on the current situation in Yueyang City, Xia Yuan's words yesterday, and the speculation among the rivers and lakes in the past twenty years, if Xia Xun has a wisp of human soul hidden in his body, then no one will doubt it, and there is no need to doubt where the "undead crown prince" is now.

"Does he know?" asked the old man without emotion.

He knew that Mo Xian was a careless person, but because he had an appointment with Mr. in his heart, he never told him. "Peony said truthfully.

Zou Ba's eyelids stiffened for a long time, and then finally blinked. It was like a hanging stone that fell, the look on the old man's face instantly returned to normal, and the dry hand that was sweeping was also swept in Zhou Yuanshan's mid-abdomen regularly.

"Then you go on. ”

Because it was her back, the change in the old man's expression could not be seen, but she had followed the old man for so many years, and she definitely knew the old man's behavior. Therefore, the peony can be affirmed from the old man's action of medicating Zhou Yuanshan, and at this time, the old man must have hidden something in his heart. Peony didn't point it on the spot, but continued calmly: "Xia Xun said that heaven and earth are naturally not natural. Mr. said that Grandpa Xia's plan was to go with the flow rather than its nature. But the disciple thinks that there are three kinds, that is, let it be, not natural. ”

Peony divides a sentence into three levels, and the meaning of the words also becomes three layers of meaning.

"Seeing is false, because we don't know what is real, so we are false. This is, let it be. ”

What we should not see, but is seen, so the truth is false. This is, unnatural.

When everyone thinks that the real is false, the virtual can be hidden by the real, so it is safe. That's right. ”

One strategy and three rings - the safest place, but also the most dangerous place, but still the safest in troubled times. It is better not to hide than not to hide, and it is better not to be upright than to hide, but it is better to make the enemy walk on thin ice. Excuse me, sir, are you right?"

"Yes. ”

"Click~"

Peony's words were a little awkward, but the old man must have replied with a little approval, and at the same time threw the broom with all the ointment into the empty medicine jar: "Moreover, it is very right"

As he spoke, the old man's words suddenly changed: "But, it's not right." ”

"Do you think that what is sealed in Xia Xun's body is the remnant soul of Prince Kang?"

"That's right. Peony directly admitted: "Even if it is not a remnant soul, it should be his bloodline." ”

The miserable white bandage was covered with dark green ointment, and at this time, Zhou Yuanshan's wound medicine had been fully applied, and at first glance, it looked like a piece of human-shaped moss, which was very seeping. The old man gently put the medicine jar on the ground, stood up, and patted the wrinkled lower robe. Then he slowly turned to face the peony, gently raised the withered old hand, and followed the peony's forehead with half a foot of green silk, and his deep eyes were full of love and love for the baby apprentice in front of him, as if he was looking at the most beautiful jewel in the world, looking at it with pity.

I've been watching it for a long time, for a long time...

"I am very pleased that you can tell me about today's calculations. ”

The tone of conversation flickered again, and became more ambiguous. Peony didn't understand why the old man suddenly felt like this, but in her true feelings, it didn't seem like she was deliberately pulling away from her topic. However, just as she was pondering the connection between the words, the sound of small footsteps came from far and near outside the small bamboo house.

"Grandpa Zhi, Grandpa Zhi, I'm coming!"

"Grandpa Zhi, you're not there!"

A childish voice floated from the windowsill into the bamboo house.

Simple and full of innocence, like a spring breeze blowing, it suddenly blows away all the tranquility in the study.

"Here comes the little watermelon. ”

The old man slowly lowered his withered hand that had been arranging Peony's long hair, patted her on the shoulder meaningfully, and did not speak again, only a kind and deep smile. Then, with his hands on his back, he staggered out of the study. As he walked, he shouted happily like a child: "Eh! Grandpa Zhi is here, little watermelon, come into the house!"

"Sir..."

Looking at the back of the staggering away, Peony was unwilling, but as soon as the word Mr. Youyou came out, she stopped talking, and couldn't bear to continue to ask. And the old man who walked out of the study, perhaps because he didn't want his precious apprentice to worry too much, he still decided to mention something.

Slow down your pace and turn your back to the peony...

"You calculated the cause correctly, but you guessed the effect wrong. The way of heaven is missing one in forty-nine, and the old hidden plot is this number. If you can realize it, then you will know why Xia Xun didn't seal the sword soul in his body, but sealed the human soul. ”

"That's the point. ”

“......”