The three of them are in the same room, which makes people reverie, but for the three people in the room, it is a sleepless night, a table of wine is placed in the room, the three of them do not move much, for Shao Yan's master and apprentice, earthly food is dispensable, just a simple tasting, for Liu Ruyi, her appetite is not large.

Shao Yan is not good at talking about any ups and downs, Liu Ru is a happy person, and all kinds of people have seen it, of course, it will not cause a cold scene, so he led the topic to the travelogue, not mentioning it, but Lin Yunrou came to the heart: "Sir, isn't the second volume of your travelogue almost written." As soon as these words came out, Liu Ru was suddenly interested, and he also wanted to have a sneak peek, Shao Yan took out a manuscript from his shirt, this manuscript was placed in the ring, and he reached into his arms to take out the book, but it was just a cover-up.

This volume mainly records the Daiguo, Qi and Jin and some of Shao Yan's travels through the mountains and rivers of the Great Sui, Liu Ru is a talented woman, both color and art, after reading one, full of praise, asked Shao Yan if this book was printed, Shao Yan said that he was going to find a bookseller to print, Liu Ru said that she could help, Shao Yan was not polite, and entrusted it directly to her.

In this way, the three of them spent the night, Shao Yan's master and apprentice were still in good spirits, but Liu Ru slept for most of the day the next day, so as to give people more reverie.

Shao Yan left the Red Sleeves and found an inn, preparing to stay in Chang'an for a while. Who knows, in the afternoon of the same day, he received an invitation, but it was Deng Shutong, the great Confucian of Guozijian, who invited Shao Yan to a banquet in his mansion in the evening.

Shao Yan asked Xiao Er about the way to Deng Shutong's mansion, and he and Lin Yunrou walked to the banquet. The Great Confucian Deng Shu Neng Mansion is located in Sanxue Street, in the southwest of the inner side of Wenchang Gate, starting from Zhuque Street, turning into Guangji Street in the west, passing Guangji Street, then to Sanxue Street, Sanxue Street is not far away, Guozijian is here, the Confucian Temple is also here, there are three small streets in the north and south on both sides, it is Fuxue Lane, Chang'an Xue Lane, Xianning Xue Lane, so it is called Sanxue Street, it is the holy place in the hearts of students all over the world.

Shao Yan's master and apprentice walked around while watching the scenery on both sides of the streets of Chang'an, after all, it was the capital of the Great Sui Empire, and its depth of accumulation and depth of heritage were indeed not comparable to other cities.

The banquet time begins at about four o'clock in the afternoon, even if it is the national capital, there will be a curfew in the city under normal circumstances, the dusk drum will be sounded at three o'clock in the evening, and it is forbidden to travel from seven to nine o'clock in the evening; Whoever walks on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches will be flogged fifty times. The Qinglou gambling hall and the like are often in the outer city, and the management is much more relaxed.

Shao Yan came to Deng's mansion, there were already people welcoming guests, Lin Yunrou handed the invitation to the porter, and the porter saw the invitation, and immediately shouted: "Mr. Xu Hongzu has arrived!" After a while, several people greeted him, the first one, about fifty years old, wide clothes and big sleeves, free and elegant, wearing a bundle of hair, in good spirits, and bowed his hands as a courtesy: "The distinguished guests are coming to the door, the old decrepit Deng Cheng Deng Shutong greets late, Mr. forgive me!" Shao Yan hurriedly added: "The master personally came out to greet him, and he really killed the younger generation!"

Deng Shutong introduced everyone around Shao Yanlai, everyone saw the salute one by one, and welcomed into the main hall, the hall has been placed on both sides of the ancient rites on the low food table, on the table is placed light eating utensils, heavy and large utensils are directly placed on the ground outside the mat. Shao Yan was invited to the east to do it, this is for the guest to respect the position, everything is in line with the etiquette, Shao Yan knelt on the seat, and Lin Yunrou stood behind him.

The maid serves the wine, the bone-in dish is placed on the left, and the cut pure meat is placed on the right. Dry food dishes are placed on the left hand side of the person, and soup is placed on the right hand side. Finely chopped and grilled meats are kept farther away, and vinegar and sauces are kept closer. Ingredients such as steamed shallots are placed on the side, and drinks such as sake syrup are placed in the same direction as the soup. Shao Yan secretly praised it in his heart, worthy of being the home of Confucianism, and there was no disagreement with Yu Li.

The guests are not all together, and there is a bright music next to it to play the music of the banquet, which makes people feel the difficulty of waiting.

Not long after Shao Yan sat down, the voice of the concierge came: "Miss Ji Xiangran, the holy daughter of the Noble Prison Heavenly Gate, has arrived!" Deng Shutong went out to greet him again, Shao Yan and Lin Yunrou heard this name, and their hearts were curious, the appearance of this Prison Heavenly Gate is often related to the general trend of the world, and it is not heard of in the cultivation realm, and it is mysterious outside the martial arts sect. Like Shao Yan's master and apprentice, everyone looked towards the door. A woman appeared in the eyes of everyone, Shao Yan read "Luo Shen Fu" in his previous life to describe her, it is not an exaggeration, indeed, even if this woman is not inferior to Shao Yan compared with the eight major Oiran of Chang'an that Shao Yan saw, she can better than those Oiran in temperament, and she has a holy temperament, so that people dare not have blasphemy thoughts, and she has a sword on her back, which increases her temperament.

Many people were immediately impressed by her appearance, but Shao Yan and Lin Yunrou had a strange feeling, how to say this feeling? It seems that this woman is out of place with this world, like a small piece of sand in the fluffy rice, even if this sand is a diamond, there is always an awkward feeling. Others didn't feel this way, the innate avenue cultivated by Shao Yan's master and apprentice was very sensitive to changes in the natural aura, while others only felt that the entire hall had become a desert, and only a Youlan bloomed in the desert.

After Ji Xiangran entered the door, her eyes turned slightly, and she gently glanced at the entire hall, when she saw Shao Yan and Lin Yunrou, her eyes showed a glint at that moment, in her eyes, Shao Yan's master and apprentice and the surrounding water ** melted, as if they were born to be there, such as ordinary people, they don't feel that they will ignore the existence of Shao Yan's master and apprentice.

Deng Shutong invited her to the seat next to Shao Yan, Ji Xiangran glanced at Shao Yan, turned to Deng Shutong, and showed an inquiring look in his eyes, Deng Shutong smiled: "I'll introduce you to the two of you!" Shao Yan stood up and arched his hand: "Under Xu Hongzu, the word Zhenzhi, self-proclaimed Xiake, has seen Miss Ji." ”

Ji Xiangran Wanfu said: "I have heard Mr. Xu's name for a long time, and the little woman Xiangran has seen Mr. The two sat down, because they were not far apart, Shao Yan's feeling was even stronger, as if heaven and earth were rejecting her, and she was reading outside heaven and earth. Shao Yan speculated in his heart, what kind of cultivation method is this, Shao Yan has never thought of such a method from his previous life to today, judging from the aura on Ji Xiangran's body, he is not a cultivator at all, it should be a martial arts clan, and this can also be confirmed from past rumors, a martial arts clan will not pose a threat to a monk, even if it is only a monk in the qi refining period, but this Ji Xiangran feels from Shao Yan that ordinary foundation building monks may not be her opponents. But how can her cultivation direction be successful, this kind of cultivation method should be an extreme pure method, such as the legendary sword cultivation in Shao Yan's previous life, breaking ten thousand methods with one sword, but sword cultivation will not be so extreme, but constantly comprehending the Great Dao, Ji Xiangran gave Shao Yan the feeling that it was pure to the extreme in one aspect, so that heaven and earth could not tolerate it. In Shao Yan's impression, if a person is rejected by heaven and earth, there are only two results, one is to break the heaven and the earth and go, to break the heaven and earth without constraints, even the legendary Da Luo Jin Immortal can't do it, not to mention that the other party is just a mortal in Shao Yan's eyes, and the other is to wipe out the heaven and earth, but the other party is alive in front of him.

Shao Yan had never encountered such a thing, and not only was he deeply interested in it. What Shao Yan didn't notice was that the Yuan Shen in his Purple Mansion who was not under his control seemed to be particularly interested in this, and a villain immediately appeared in the Purple Mansion, no different from a real person, with all the flesh and bones of the body still complete to the meridians, according to Shao Yan's idea, he began to cultivate, and soon he was intolerable by the Heaven and Earth of the Purple Mansion, and under the pressure of Heaven and Earth, he did not even have the qualifications to become a meat pie, and collapsed from the most basic particle level. Soon, a new villain was created, and the cultivation method was adjusted, but it was quickly finished again. The original god began to be tired of this and began to abuse the villain, and some villains even glanced at the original god with a resentful gaze before they died, and then completely collapsed. Shao Yan didn't know what was going on in his Purple Mansion, and even if he knew, it could only explain one problem, and he couldn't imagine how he could cultivate to the level of Ji Xiangran.

The guests arrived, Deng Shutong waved his hand to stop the music next to him, the music stopped, Deng Shutong raised his glass and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old Deng Cheng set up a banquet today, thanks to your appreciation, first I will introduce you to two young and handsome people, one is to make my Confucian classics re-complete, and describe its righteousness Mr. Xu Hongzu, I thank Mr. on behalf of the world, this is the blessing of the common people." Shao Yan immediately knelt down and straightened his body: "The master praises him, the kid is just a family education, he doesn't dare to hide his secrets, and he doesn't deserve such praise from the master." As soon as Shao Yan's words came out, many people present affirmed that Xu Xiake was born in a hidden family.

"The other is the hope of the people in the world, whenever Li Min is in trouble, she will help the world as her own responsibility, Miss Ji Xiangran, the supervisor of Tianmen. ”

Ji Xiangran also knelt down straight: "The master has a good reputation, this is just the work of the ancestors of this family, and the little woman really has no credit." ”

After the opening remarks, the music also sounded, but the voice was not high, it was not harmful to communicate with each other, everyone was relatively free, many people talked, because they were close, Ji Xiangran took the initiative to talk with Shao Yan, the two talked about some mountains and rivers, and Ji Xiangran started from reading "Xu Xiake", talking about himself to some famous mountains and rivers, during this time, Ji Xiangran talked from time to time, and Shao Yan also spoke seamlessly. In the eyes of others, the two had a good conversation, which caused a person to be jealous.

Most of the people invited by Deng Shutong were literati and scholars, but there were also powerful people, one of whom was still Hua Anguo, the son of Hua Qin, the imperial historian of the court, and Hua Qin asked his son to come on behalf of his father because of something, one was a courtesy, and the other was to know that this kind of banquet was often gathered by everyone, so that his son could have some contacts with some great Confucians. I have to say, well-intentioned. In good conscience, although Hua Anguo is the son of a high-ranking official, he is not the kind of trouser who does not learn and has no skills, and he can be regarded as a young talent. However, in the end, when he was young, when he saw Ji Xiangran at a glance, his eyes were full of her, at this time, seeing Shao Yan and Ji Xiangran talking very happily, he didn't feel that it was burning, and the word love was really harmful.

Hua Anguo was thinking about how to make Shao Yan ugly at this time, so that he could win the hearts of beauties. He suddenly remembered that when he heard others talk about "Xu Xiake's Travels", someone said that Xu Xiake had said that he had said that his ambition was to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers of Zhongzhou, and to record the essence of his mountains and rivers in the form of a travelogue. This seems to be a bit contrary to the Confucian ideal of governing the country and leveling the world.

Thinking of this, he said to Shao Yan: "I heard that Mr. Xu's ambition is to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers of Central Continent and record it?" When Shao Yan saw him ask this question, his eyes kept aiming at Ji Xiangran, and he already understood what was going on in his heart. I don't deny it, nod yes.

Hua Anguo immediately asked: "Mr. said in "University" that self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, isn't Mr.'s ambition contrary to it?" Shao Yan hadn't answered yet, Lin Yunrou, who was behind Shao Yan, disagreed, and saw that someone had the idea of beating Mr. to attract the attention of others, so he interjected coldly: "How do you know my husband's ambition?"

Hua Anguo reprimanded: "Little maid, how can you intervene in the conversation between the masters?"

Shao Yan spoke at this time, and his tone was a little unkind: "Qing'er is not a maid, Qing'er has been taught martial arts by a different person since she was a child, although she is a scholar, she is really to protect my safety, she is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, she is not under the eyebrows, I really regard her as a sister." Ji Xiangran looked at Lin Yunrou seriously, and saw that he was carrying a sword on his back, revealing a little aura that seemed to echo the surrounding air, and he was shocked in his heart, knowing that he was a master.

Deng Shutong also noticed the situation here, and changed the topic in time: "Miss Qing'er, can you tell me about your husband's ambitions, and the old man is also a little curious?"

Lin Yunrou said proudly: "I traveled to the famous mountain with my husband, and a heroic man once asked him the same question, and Mr. replied like this: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." This is my husband's great ambition!"

As soon as these words came out, all the sounds stopped, even the music.