It's not good to be a widow [Comprehensive]

Lu Jinglu was still in shock, Ye Gucheng had already reacted and opened his mouth.

He said that his father had indeed mentioned Nan Wang before, and it was true that he was an old friend.

"Then—" the attendant wanted to confirm what he meant, and asked in a drawn-out tone.

"Please go to the main hall." Ye Gucheng said, "Tell him that I will go see him after I change my clothes."

"Yes, City Lord." The attendant who hurried over from the front yard answered, and then turned around to reply.

Lu Jinglu listened to the whole process from the sidelines, a little curious: "Have you never seen Nanwang before?"

Ye Gucheng nodded, and then asked: "What's wrong?"

What else could Lu Jinglu say, but nothing, she just asked casually.

Sensing that she was not in high spirits, Ye Gucheng thought she didn't want to see outsiders, and said consciously and considerately: "The morning class is over, if you are tired, you might as well go back and rest first."

In fact, after the morning class on weekdays, she usually just went back to rest for a while, and then waited for him to come back to have lunch and rest for a while, and when it was time for sword practice, she would go to the sword pool with him.

But today Nanwang came to the door, and it was really difficult for Lu Jinglu to maintain this rhythm calmly.

She thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I'll go with you to see King Nan."

Ye Gucheng froze for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

He felt that King Nan's visit at this time was a sign of etiquette, and he had to host a banquet at noon, and if Lu Jinglu was with him, then the meal would not have to be eaten separately.

After that, the two of them briefly tidied up their appearance in the study, changed into clothes more suitable for meeting guests, and went to the main hall together.

In the main hall, it wasn't long before Nan Wang sat down, and he didn't even bother to take a sip of tea.

Lu Jinglu originally thought that as a rebellious prince, he should have a lot of ostentation, but when he walked to the main hall and glanced, he found that the other party only brought four guards with him, and when he saw Ye Gucheng and her coming, he took the initiative to put down the tea Zhan stood up.

This attitude and posture is a little too diligent.

Ye Gucheng probably felt the same way, so he frowned unconsciously as soon as he entered the door, and said: "My lord, you don't have to be so polite."

When Nan Wang heard this, he still smiled, and while sitting down again, he said: "You don't have to be so polite with me, your father and I are friends who have lived and died together."

Lu Jinglu: "?" So is there such a relationship between Nanwang Mansion and Baiyun City?

She looked at Ye Gucheng suspiciously, only to find that Ye Gucheng was also puzzled.

Ye Gucheng said truthfully: "Before my father passed away, I didn't mention these things."

Nan Wang waved his hand: "Based on your father's personality, naturally he won't mention those past events to you."

Having said that, he sighed a long time to himself, and then said with a sigh of relief: "Based on this calculation, I haven't seen him for more than 20 years."

I don't know if he has a pre-set position of having read the original work, Lu Jinglu looks at Nanwang recalling the past with true feelings, and always feels a bit false.

After reminiscing, when they went to the ancestral hall to offer incense to Ye Gucheng's father, this false feeling became even more obvious.

Because Nan Wang directly held a stick of incense and cried in the ancestral hall!

"When we encountered that storm back then, we also said that if we were lucky enough to survive the catastrophe, we would not be afraid of anything in the future..." He began to talk about his experience of going to sea with Ye Gucheng's father while crying artificially. , "I didn't expect that 20 years after that, when we met again, it would be like this."

Lu Jinglu: "..."

She turned her head to see Ye Gucheng's reaction, and found that he pursed his lips tightly, without any intention of speaking.

That being the case, she continued to shut up and listen to Nan Wang reminiscing about the past.

This used to be uncomplicated.

After listening in silence for a while, it was enough for Lu Jinglu to piece together what happened 20 years ago.

It turned out that when the Southern King first arrived in the fiefdom, the Lingnan area was close to the border, and various forces in the rivers and lakes were endlessly complicated.

It is difficult for a strong dragon to overwhelm a local snake, not to mention that Nan Wang was not strong at all at that time. Although he had the title of a county king, he had no real power in his hands.

Under such circumstances, if he wants to live a peaceful life in Lingnan, he must establish a good relationship with various forces in the rivers and lakes in this area.

Feixian Island was already the biggest force in the South China Sea at that time, and of course he also took the initiative to make friends, so he got to know Ye Gucheng's father.

"Not long after, I received an imperial decree asking me to go to Persia on behalf of the imperial court." Nanwang wiped his tears and said, "Brother Ye also wanted to go to sea to find medicine because of his wife's serious illness, so he went on the road with me."

The two encountered many dangers at sea, such as pirates, and storms.

When encountering pirates, relying on the martial arts of the old Baiyun city lord, he can survive the danger safely, but when encountering the kind of violent wind and huge waves that cannot be resisted by manpower, he can only resign himself to fate.

From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration for Nan Wang to say that the two of them were friends who lived and died together.

As for why it took so long to pay homage to the deceased, Nan Wang also explained.

He said that after returning from his envoy, he was recalled to the capital by the imperial court, and has been working in the capital since then. It was not until the early autumn of this year that he returned to Lingnan to serve as a feudal lord.

In a word - it's not because he doesn't want to, but because he can't.

Lu Jinglu has no doubts about the authenticity of the past, because such a big matter can be found by looking up, and there is no need for Nan Wang to make up things.

But after watching it for a long time, she always felt that Nan Wang's performance was a bit too heavy, and tears flowed like a faucet with a broken switch. No matter how you look at it, it is exaggerated.

After the worship was over, Ye Gucheng ordered someone to hold a banquet in honor of him.

At the banquet, he didn't eat a few bites of food, and almost kept talking about the events of the year upside down, and there was a meaning in his words——

I have a very good friendship with your father. Now that I have returned to Lingnan, we must communicate frequently.

Lu Jinglu was disturbed by hearing this, so she simply buried her head in her meal.

Ye Gucheng saw that she kept her head down and only ate the two dishes in front of her, so she took a moment to hold two chopsticks away from her.

This is already a habitual action for him, and it will be the same when the two of them eat on weekdays.

However, in the eyes of King Nan on the opposite side, it is worth expressing a sigh.

Nan Wangdao: "You really deserve to be your father's son, just like him, you love and care for your wife."

Ye Gucheng: "..."

Lu Jinglu also: "..."

After the meal was finished and Nan Wang was taken to rest, Lu Jinglu couldn't hold back anymore.

She considered her tone and said to Ye Gucheng: "I think this prince...does he treat you too warmly?"

Ye Gucheng said it was a bit strange, but since he specifically inquired about the trip to sacrifice the sun, Baiyun City should treat each other with courtesy.

Lu Jinglu has been with him for so long, and knows that he always has a direct style of saying what he says in this kind of matter.

She thought about what he said, and felt that he didn't intend to have more contact with Nan Wang, and she was a little relieved.

If possible, even for the sake of him teaching her internal strength and swordsmanship, she also hoped to change the direction of the original book so that he would stop messing with the Nanwangfu and end up rebelling for no reason.

But this matter is completely out of the question for the time being, Nan Wang's visit this time is completely playing the emotional card, even if she wants to persuade Ye Gucheng, there is no way to persuade him.

Lu Jinglu had a headache, and he lost all energy for practicing sword in the afternoon.

This change fell into the eyes of Ye Gucheng, who was training with her, and it couldn't be more obvious.

So after five moves, he took the initiative to stop.

"That's all for today." He said, "You are in a bad mood, why don't you take a rest."

Lu Jinglu was ashamed: "I didn't mean to be distracted!"

She still remembered how he evaluated that Miss Luo at the beginning, but now she is completely worse than her!

Ye Gucheng was taken aback by her sincere and fearful attitude, thought he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "I don't mean to blame you."

Lu Jinglu: "G...?"

"You have been practicing hard every day recently, and you are already extremely diligent." He said, "If you are not in a good mood today, then rest."

"..." It's not that I'm in a bad mood.

But with his words, Lu Jinglu finally obediently put away the sword and did not practice any more.

Accustomed to a fulfilling life of practicing kung fu, suddenly one day he did not practice swords, and Lu Jinglu felt that the time in the afternoon suddenly increased.

She didn't want to go back to the main courtyard directly, and stared at the human acupoint puppet that had been placed next to the imperial concubine's bed, so she decided to go out for a stroll.

What she didn't expect was that Ye Gucheng came out with her after hearing her words like this.

The reason was that around the mid-autumn festival was the busiest period in the market in Baiyun City, and there was a crowd of fish and dragons outside, so it was not safe for her to be alone.

Lu Jinglu originally wanted to say that she could bring more people with her, but seeing his serious expression, she swallowed the words for some reason.

"Okay," she said, "then we'll go together."

Since he, the lord of Baiyun City, followed him personally, the last two of them went out without any attendants.

The sky is high in autumn, and the last bit of summer heat that has not dissipated has been dispelled so that it is not so annoying.

The two of them left the City Lord's Mansion and walked two streets to the most prosperous and bustling place in South China Sea.

"There is really everything here?!" Lu Jinglu was dumbfounded at the set of gold jewelry in front of him, which was obviously Indian style.

"Businessmen who go out to sea will bring back some novelties when they see them." After Ye Gucheng explained, he paused, and turned his eyes to the set of jewelry, "Do you like it?"

Lu Jinglu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I can't wear such a heavy one."

Ye Gucheng regretted: "Forget it."

While talking, the two had already left the stall. Lu Jinglu glanced forward and found that 80.00% of the things here were full of exotic styles, and even the cat sitting on the shoulder of the stall owner three stalls away was a The one with long hair and different pupils? !

Lu Jinglu couldn't help but clicked his tongue, pointed to Ye Gucheng the cat that looked like a Turkish Van cat, and said, "This should also be a breed from the other side of the sea."

"Really?" He has seen it a lot, "There used to be one at home, which looked similar to this one."

Lu Jinglu: "Huh? Why haven't I heard anyone mention it..." Could it be that he has died for many years?

Ye Gucheng shook his head: "Probably he didn't like me, so he ran away after feeding me."

Lu Jinglu: ... What a pitiful shit-shoveling officer!