hermit meets king

"Wait for me?" Xu Sheng stared at the scholar in front of him. The two people in the power center of the dynasty, the dignified prince and Prince Rui, were fighting for each other, but he dismissed it.Now, he took the initiative to find himself, the dilapidated prince who had long been forgotten in the corner.

Qi Wenxiu naturally saw the doubts in his heart, and stretched out his hand to invite, "My lord, let's talk while walking."

Xu Sheng led the horse, and the two walked on the small road in the suburbs of Beijing.

"My lord must be puzzled, why did I put it in King Rui, and the prince didn't choose you, but chose you?" Qi Wenxiu was not afraid of hurting the face of the third prince, and continued, "You have no power or influence in the palace, and you have no choice but to choose you." Sheng Chong, even the youngest who has been in the frontier for many years, has no foundation at all." Compared with the prince and Prince Rui, the prince of Tai'an is less sophisticated and ruthless, and he is naturally more controllable.

Xu Sheng stopped, turned his head to look at Qi Wenxiu, but smiled again, "Indeed." Let's see what he can say?

Qi Wenxiu naturally saw that the third prince was a little bit unhappy, but he accepted it calmly, thinking that he would not be a bad seedling.

Qi Wenxiu himself is only 26, and Xu Sheng naturally has the superiority of being older. "However, you are indeed more suitable for the throne than they are."

"This is a great treason and immorality." Xu Sheng said slowly while leading the horse.

"You are the emperor's three dragon sons, sitting on the throne is justified, why not?" Qi Wenxiu understood at this moment that he was not a person without ambition and desire, and such a person was easy to control.

"It's all right, I'm just a rough person, why did Mr. Wolongzi choose me?" Xu Sheng laughed back, "As I said just now, I am disadvantaged everywhere, and I have no advantages."

"You have." Qi Wenxiu turned around and said, "That's me. The prince's qualifications are dull and his temperament is narrow. Prince Rui is domineering and has no ambitions in the world, but the third prince is upright and upright. Besides, I'm a student of Taifu Wen. And Taifu Wen has a very good friendship with you."

Xu Cheng looked at the person in front of him, with a pair of golden eyes shining brightly, "Upright and upright, the blessing of the world? My father always said that my eyes are beastly, which is a disaster for the uncivilized, but you say I Is it a blessing in the world?"

"Whether it's a blessing or a curse, you will know when you sit on the dragon seat."

"Okay. Even so." Xu Sheng led the horse and said, "You informed the second brother today and suppressed the prince. Last time you helped the second brother take the proton away from the prince. This is for another What?"

"My lord, think about it carefully, should I help you or help him?" Qi Wenxiu said with a smile, "Now that the proton is in your hands, the crown prince has been grounded, but it's the lord Rui who hates him so much."

Xu Sheng stopped and looked at the person in front of him carefully. He looked like a scholar, but he easily stirred up the biggest vortex of power in the capital. With a look of surprise on his face, he asked, "Is this still the case?" Did you greet me?"

"Exactly." Qi Wenxiu continued, "The prince's power is not yet full, so it is not appropriate to expose it. The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind."

"Are you helping me with the second brother's knife?" Xu Sheng suddenly realized, "Let him get rid of the crown prince?"

"No." Qi Wenxiu added, "Both sides will suffer."

Xu Sheng thought about it for a while, then bowed and said, "What is this king's virtue and ability? I actually need the help of my husband."

Qi Wenxiu hurriedly helped the prince of Tai'an, "It's just that good birds choose trees to live in, and cunning rabbits are killed by dogs. Either of those two people's hearts, when they win the world, I will no longer be able to survive in this world."

Xu Cheng twisted the reins of the fierce horse in his hand.

Before arriving at Tai'an Palace, Qi Wenxiu thanked the prince and left first.

Xu Sheng led the fierce horse and stood in front of Tai'an Prince's Mansion looking at the plaque on the door. It was just made by a craftsman in the capital in a rush. It was placed in the prince's mansion.However, this is the first time Xu Sheng is so grateful that he hides from the edge and stays in the dark.

Otherwise, I really don't know what to do with myself.Before Xu Sheng thought that Qi Wenxiu was just a first-rank counselor, but today, he must not be so simple, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he wants to take over the Xu family's world.

In this way, it is still unknown who will benefit from the fight between the snipe and the clam.

Xu Sheng returned to the mansion and arranged for someone to investigate Qi Wenxiu's background in private.It seems that the previous investigation was not thorough enough, and there were many doubts that were not found before.

Open a secret passage from the room, step by step down the world, there is another world below.

Xu Sheng came to a Jiazi, the Jiazi had a lock technique, Xu Sheng turned and twisted it a few times before opening the box.

There is only a book in such a precious and confidential box. It is very old, but it is well preserved.

Not a single word on the cover.But it draws a ghostly figure with a third eye between its foreheads. If you don't distinguish it carefully, you might think it is a child's random graffiti.

Xu Sheng continued to twist the box, and a mezzanine popped out from the bottom of the box, with a few pages of paper on it.

Xu Sheng touched the ancient book lightly, and said, "It seems that I won't need you for the time being."

This ancient book was personally begged from the carpenter Weng when he returned to Beijing last time, and he spent a lot of effort to forge the key points of the last few pages.Thinking of giving a crouching dragon son at the right time and letting him use it for himself, now it seems that it is useless.

After Xu Sheng arranged everything, he asked someone to arrange meals, and went to Si Kou Lin's room next door to eat together.

After this period of time, the child is no longer so resistant.Xu Sheng also developed the habit of eating here in the evening.

Si Koulin was dressed in white clothes, and his whole body looked like a snow doll, but his black hair, like splashed ink, was long and loose on his shoulders, and he looked as delicate as the mountain elves in the storybook.

Fortunately, he has recovered from his illness recently, unlike before, he seemed as fragile as a snowman, ready to melt at any moment.

"It's time to eat." Xu Sheng greeted him, and then he sat at the table and prepared to eat. He didn't need any etiquette and rules for this child. After this time, he understood that he was like a good child. Like a kitten.

Si Koulin sat down at the table with the white cat in his arms.Just about to prepare for dinner, Xu Sheng stopped him, "Put the cat down."

Si Koulin then reluctantly put down the snow-white cat and began to eat silently.

A few days ago, Xu Sheng saw the child bored, and saw a white cat that looked like him, so he asked his servant to buy it and gave it to him.Unexpectedly, in just a few days, they hugged her all day long.

What made Xu Sheng even more strange was that he thought that the hostile country's protégé was reserved and reserved, and he didn't like to talk, but he was also a normal person.In the past few days, I don't know if it's my illusion, or what, but I feel more and more like a cat.

Still black hair scattered with splashed ink, still looks like a snow-white elf, but something is wrong.

Occasionally revealed expressions, every move, walking posture, and even demeanor, are like the white cat on the ground with a hint of laziness, alienation, and even primitive animal breath.

This is Xu Sheng's intuition unique to soldiers honed during his four years in the frontier.

Si Koulin took the initiative to pick up a fish and put it in his bowl, put a large piece of fish meat into his mouth, nimbly nibbled on the fish with his tongue, half lowered his head, his long black eyelashes were half drooping, and his eyes were like a maze of pleasure. seam, with a lazy and natural expression.

It was a look he never had.

While eating the food, Xu Sheng looked at it calmly, since the cat was delivered two days ago, something was wrong, but today it became even more strange.Xu Sheng had heard about it before, that some frail and mentally weak people can be worshiped by evil.

I still can't believe it today.

But he didn't dare to bother himself.It has long been heard that if a person possessed by evil spirits is frightened, they will be frightened out of their wits, and in severe cases, they will even become dementia.

Xu Sheng was not afraid, he caught a small fish and put it on the ground.Greet the white cat to come and eat.

The white cat turned around twice, then slowly approached, while being vigilant, quickly bit the small fish, then went to a corner of the wall and began to eat slowly.

Xu Cheng looked at the white cat, it didn't look like it had lost its soul.

Xu Sheng waited for the white cat to finish eating the small fish and gain some benefits, so he kept walking around the dining table, meowing twice.

Xu Sheng picked up a small dried fish and just withdrew his hand.

Then he saw Si Koulin on the opposite side with his head buried, sullenly picking the remaining three small dried fish into his bowl.

It looks like a kitten protecting food.Xu Sheng looked at Si Koulin and thought.

Xu Sheng put the small fish on the ground, this time the white cat didn't take the dried fish away, and just ate it where it was.While watching Si Koulin's movement carefully, Xu Sheng stretched out his hand to pet the white cat tentatively.

The white cat froze for a moment, and Si Koulin stopped eating for a moment.

After a while, the white cat seemed to know that Xu Sheng would not pose any threat to him, so he also relaxed slowly and concentrated on eating the small dried fish in his mouth.

But Si Koulin didn't relax, but lowered his eyes, staring at Xu Sheng's hand that was slowly stroking the white cat's back, slowly, forcefully and gently.

Xu Sheng naturally noticed that Si Koulin was looking at this side silently, but he couldn't figure out what his abnormal attitude meant.

Maybe there is a person who can help me, and I want Fei Ge to pass the letter to the carpenter Weng.

If it is an ordinary matter, he must not bother the old man, but this sneaky and thankful matter cannot be ignored.

The white cat ran away quickly after eating the small fish on the ground.Sure enough, cats are still not used to being close to people, which is very similar to that child.

Xu Sheng looked up at Si Koulin. Si Koulin had returned to his original appearance. He was slowly eating small dried fish with his head down. He looked like an elegant cat, except that he had two cat ears on his head. cat tail.

Xu Sheng smiled lightly, could it be that he himself was also fascinated by this evil spirit?

After dinner, Xu Sheng went back to the room, wrote a secret note, and tied it at the feet of the white pigeon. It really was a troubled time.

When Xu Sheng was working at night, there was the sound of a cat meowing outside the window.It seemed to land on the window sill, or on the ginkgo tree outside the window.

Curious, Xu Sheng came to the window, opened it, and the cold wind instantly poured into the room.

In the chilly wind, on the century-old ginkgo tree, facing the window, there really was the white cat, meowing.