[Comprehensive martial arts] A scholar who is useless

When they came to the capital, the business of renting and booking rooms in the inn was really booming.

Ximen Chuuxue didn't live in an inn, but set up a courtyard in a relatively quiet place in the suburbs of the capital.

Lu Xiaofeng and the others actually had some doubts about Shu Mingshen coming to the capital with them. After all, the identity of the other party is very special, and the capital is under the feet of the emperor...

Fortunately, there are not many people who know the real identity of the opponent, and considering that those assassins dare not blatantly attack Shu Mingshen here, and for safety reasons, they cannot let Shu Mingshen leave their side too far , in order to avoid any accidents, so I finally brought the other party to the capital together.

Aji broke up with them when they were in Taiping Palace, because the other party was going outside to find Gong Jiu's whereabouts.

After all, if he hadn't left Gong Jiu with Shi Guanyin at that time, she wouldn't have been kidnapped and disappeared, so I couldn't help but feel guilty.

Shu Mingshen also comforted him several times that it was just a forced and helpless act at that time, and it was not your fault, Aji, but the other party still seemed unable to let go, so after saying goodbye to Shu Mingshen and others, he went to Continue to look for news about Shi Guanyin, Wuhua and others outside.

Although Shu Mingshen had no choice but to do so, he was also silently worried about Gong Jiu in his heart, secretly hoping that the other party could find out the whereabouts of that person as soon as possible and rescue him from Shi Guanyin's hands...

Although Lu Xiaofeng has the duty to protect Shu Mingshen, it is impossible to keep him by his side all the time, not to mention that he also has some urgent cases to be resolved, so the task of protecting Shu Mingshen naturally fell to the recent days Huamanlou and Ximen Chuuxue were relatively free.

As Shu Mingshen's friend, Hua Manlou is obliged to protect his friend, but Ximen Chuuxue has no obligation to protect Shu Mingshen.

So when it was Ximen Chuuxue's turn to protect the opponent, Shu Mingshen was basically left in the opponent's small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing to fend for himself. Anyway, as long as Ximen Chuuxue lived there, ordinary assassins would never dare to break in It's not good for Shuming.

On this day, Shu Mingshen was learning how to make pastries with the pastry master who lived here, and planned to send some to Huamanlou after making them...

I almost forgot to mention that in front of this courtyard is a thriving pastry shop, and at the back is where Ximen Chuuxue lives.

Shu Mingshen is studying hard here. After all, when he goes back in the future, he might be able to use his newly learned skills to change the taste of his tenants and improve the food, although he doesn't know when he will be able to return. Got home...and at this moment, a guest came in from the door.

Shu Mingshen stepped forward to greet her habitually. This was a female guest with a voluptuous and plump body and a very delicate appearance, and she looked about eighteen or nine years old.

"..." Shu Mingshen only glanced at the other party and then immediately looked away. After all, men and women here are very guarded, and Shu Mingshen has always been a very polite person.

The female customer walked around in the store and asked Shu Mingshen to wrap a few packs of freshly baked pastries for her. After paying the money, she smiled and said to Shu Mingshen: "I don't know this young master." Can you send these things home for the little girl, the little girl is grateful!"

Shu Ming couldn't help hesitating when he heard the words. After all, he couldn't leave here casually. If something happened, he would regret it.

Although Shu Mingshen still doesn't believe those so-called "rumors", after all, he has experienced so many things, he still has a sense of vigilance, so even if the woman in front of him looks gentle and kind, Shu Mingshen still dare not easily agree to go out with the other party even though he looks like a bad guy.

"I'm sorry, girl, the clerk in the store has just left to deliver the goods. If the girl can't carry it, why don't you tell me the address, and when the other person comes back, I will ask him to deliver it to the girl's house!" Ming Shen said politely.

The woman smiled nonchalantly when she heard the words, and seeing no one around, she suddenly moved her face closer to Shu Ming and said, "Young Master, don't you want to know the whereabouts of that Ninth Young Master...?"

"..." Shu Ming couldn't help but widen his eyes instantly when he heard the words, thinking that he had heard wrong, his eyes were fixed on the woman in front of him like a frozen puppet.

The woman just smiled at him meaningfully, and then, without waiting for his answer, she turned around and left the pastry shop after saying this.

"Wait, please wait a moment, this girl!" Shu Mingshen hurriedly chased after the other party's back after regaining his senses.

However, when he was about to step out of the door, he couldn't help hesitating for a moment, and in just a blink of an eye, the woman had already turned into an alley in front of her and disappeared in an instant...

"..." Shu Ming stared blankly at the empty street in front of him for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh, as if he regretted that he didn't stop that woman just now, even though he knew it might be someone else's conspiracy Trick, but no matter what, it would be good to know the news about Gong Jiu...

Then, Shu Mingshen was restless all day long.

Ximen Chuuxue was concentrating on practicing his sword in the back, thinking that the competition a few months later would sharpen his sword energy, and he didn't want to disturb the other party rashly, but he felt really uncomfortable in his heart.

Fortunately, when the store was about to close in the afternoon, the female customer from the daytime actually came here again.

This time, Shu Mingshen walked forward without waiting for the other party to speak, first nodded respectfully at the other party, and then said to the other party: "Dare to ask, but you know the whereabouts of Ninth Brother?"

The woman smiled at him, and said tenderly: "Young master, aren't you afraid that the little girl will deliberately use this to deceive you?"

Shuming's deep eyes were fixed, and he said without blinking: "I believe that the girl will not deceive me, not to mention that as long as I can know the whereabouts of Brother Ninth, what's the point of being fooled last time?"

The woman looked at him for a while, then sighed slightly: "If you want to know, you can come with me, but don't tell anyone else here."

The woman added with a smile: "However, you can rest assured, the young lady can guarantee that I will never do you any harm!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the door again.

"..." Shuming lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, finally, he finally raised his heels and followed behind the other party.

The woman first led him into a deserted dark alley, and then wandered around to the gate of a secluded house.

Shu Ming was wondering where this place was, when he saw that the woman had pushed open the door in front of her and walked in, and she waved at him with a smile: "My lord, please follow me!"

"..." Shu Ming walked in carefully, and found that there was nothing special about this place compared with other houses.

The woman walked into one of the rooms and seemed to have said something to the people inside, and after a while she came out and respectfully said to him: "Young master, please, the master has been waiting inside for a long time!"

Shu Mingshen didn't know what medicine the other party was selling in the gourd, so he could only follow the woman into the room, and then the door behind him was closed.

There was no one else in the room, except for the woman who behaved strangely, there was only an old man with white beard and hair, but he was in good spirits and his eyes were shining.

The old man didn't get up in a hurry when he saw Shu Mingshen entered the door, but he was still sitting in the carved grand teacher's chair, twirling his beard without saying a word, carefully looking at Shu Mingshen in front of him: "..."

"..." Shu Mingshen couldn't help but feel puzzled for a while. He wanted to ask the other party about Gong Jiu's whereabouts, but he didn't know why.

Seeing this, the woman covered her lips and smiled at him, and said, "Young Master, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you come over to see the prince soon? The one in front of you is the prince of Zhennan who lived in seclusion and wandered away 20 years ago. That is, son, your biological father!"

Shu Ming couldn't react for a while when he heard the words, he just turned his head and looked at the old man blankly: "..."

"..." The old man with beard and hair saw this, stood up and walked in front of him, patted his shoulder with a smile and said: "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, my son has grown up quite peacefully, The old man is very relieved to see it!"

"..." Shu Mingshen still stared blankly at the other party, neither speaking nor moving, as if he had completely froze.

The woman waved her hand in front of his eyes, and shouted, "Master?"

"..." Shu Mingshen came back to his senses, then swept his eyes over the two people in front of him, took two steps back, and said vigilantly: "You, you don't have to be joking, my biological father has passed away many years ago, How could this old man be, would be..."

Shu Ming deeply felt that his mind was a little messed up. After all, it is impossible for anyone who suddenly appeared like a father who should have been dead for a long time, but who is standing here at this moment, to be out of his mind.

Seeing that Shu Ming couldn't believe it, the two people on the opposite side looked at each other. Immediately, the woman took a step forward as ordered, and covered her face with the thin layer of human skin under Shu Ming's eyes full of surprise. The /skin/mask/tool ​​was taken off, and said to Shuming: "If you don't believe me, why don't you see who your subordinates are!"

After the mask was removed, a fair and beautiful young man's face was immediately revealed underneath.

"..." Shu Ming stared deeply at this face for a moment, and found that the other party was actually the boy named Bai Huaishu who led a group of people to rescue him after he was kidnapped by the people of Baihutang that day. Immediately couldn't help being more surprised.

But the young man cupped his fists and bowed to him: "Young master, don't be afraid, this subordinate has absolutely no malice, because the prince wants to see you, so this subordinate tried to bring you here, young master, please don't take offense! "

"..." Shu Mingshen didn't know what to say for a moment, he could only stand there, staring blankly at the two people in front of him, speechless.

The burly white-bearded old man on the side also smiled at him and said: "You don't have to worry, the old man doesn't want you to do anything here, but just wants to meet with his long-lost relatives and catch up with the past. "

Shu Ming looked at him with a complicated expression, and said with some vigilance in his eyes: "Who are you?"

Shu Mingshen couldn't believe that the other party would be his long-dead father, after all, his mother had never told him that his father was still alive, and that he was still the prince of Zhennan...

Hearing the words, the old man sighed slightly, stroked his beard that was completely frost-white and said: "I also know that you may not want to believe this, but the old man is indeed the King of Zhennan who "dead" long ago, and you It is indeed the only son of the old man..."

Shu Ming remained silent: "..."

The old man who claimed to be the King of Zhennan continued: "Nineteen years ago, the dog emperor ordered my entire family to be executed. At that time, I tried so hard to find someone to save me from death, and I fled to the Western Regions to survive! The situation is serious. Naturally, I don't care about you mother and son, not to mention that if someone finds out that the old man's wife and children are still alive, the situation for you and your mother will be even more dangerous, so I have no choice but to do it for your mother and son For the safety of the two of you, I had no choice but to hide my name and not contact you. Now that I finally have the opportunity to return to my homeland, I finally couldn't help but want to meet my own son..."

The old man sighed heavily again.

Shuming stared blankly at the other party, with mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't completely disbelieve the other party's words, because these words were roughly consistent with what Prince Taiping told him before, but he couldn't completely trust the other party, after all, the matter It's a big deal, and he has to be told to think about it.

Fortunately, the Prince of Zhennan did not embarrass him. After saying this, he let him go. He just told him before he left that he would stay in Beijing temporarily for a few days. If he wanted to If you want to meet the other party, you can ask Bai Huaishu to guide him.

"..." Shu Mingshen tossed and turned for a long time after returning home, his mind was full of the Zhennan King who appeared in front of him without warning.

After all, if the other party is really his biological father, Shu Mingshen finally has a relative in this vast world, but he doesn't know what the other party's sudden appearance here is for...

So after thinking it over and over again, when Bai Huaishu came to the shop again the next day disguised as that woman, Shu Mingshen made a request to the other party to see the old man again.

In any case, he must thoroughly figure out this matter!

The old man's attitude towards him was still very warm, but Shu Mingshen was still a little reluctant to let go.

When the young man surnamed Bai left the room, Shu Mingshen turned to the old man who was sitting across from him, sipping tea leisurely, and said bluntly, "I don't know what is your purpose for coming to Beijing this time?"

He is not a fool, if the other party is really the Zhennan prince, then he is a relative who is wanted by the court. Although he has been dead for a long time, there is no guarantee that his identity will not be exposed.

But the other party actually took such a big risk to come back to the capital, Shu Mingshen couldn't believe that this person just came to see him.