one's door

In this way, the friction between Yang Rui's thigh and the saddle was directly offset by an inch-thick water film.He himself seemed to be sitting on a silky soft cushion, which was stable and no longer had the tingling feeling before.

Yang Rui's actions were not hidden from anyone, and the guards around him were speechless.They have been in the army for many years, who didn't adapt to long-distance riding after grinding out calluses on the inner thighs with a lot of hard work?But the thirteenth prince's method seemed to turn their suffering into a joke.It can adapt to long-distance riding without grinding cocoons.

Even after a few days, when even the guards were in low spirits, Yang Rui was still in good spirits.Because he can use practice to replace sleep to a certain extent, and feed himself back with spiritual energy to boost his spirit.Instead of fighting fatigue like a guard.The only disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of spiritual energy, which is a bit wasteful.But Yang Rui, the dignified prince, could he be missing that longevity stone?

"Your Highness, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

One night at the post station, the head of the guards found Yang Rui, as if he had something to say.This person is Yang Rui's old man, who has been guarding him since the first day he arrived in Langyuan City.

"Oh? Just say something."

"His Highness is afraid that someone will attack His Highness when he returns to the palace. His Highness should be mentally prepared."

"Trouble?" Yang Rui was young, but his mind was far superior to that of his peers, so he could understand the words of the head of the guards.I just felt strange, and asked: "I didn't provoke anyone, so how could you attack me?"

The leader of the guards also knew that what he said today was presumptuous, but he had already made up his mind to follow behind Yang Rui, and now is the opportunity to take the risk to leave an impression in Yang Rui's heart.

"Your Highness, don't forget the extraordinary skills you have learned from Mr. Zhang. If someone asks you to hand it over, what will you do?"

Yang Rui frowned and said, "Teacher's ability, how dare I teach and accept it privately as a disciple?"

"Your Highness, no one dares to force it. After all, Mr. Zhang's power is not something everyone dares to touch. But what about soft ones? For example, if His Majesty speaks, how should His Highness deal with himself? Or if His Highness's uncle's family speaks..."

"Ah?" Yang Rui was stunned when he heard it.He never thought about these questions.

Chapter 370 Different

The usual indifference on Yang Rui's face has not been seen for several days.

The heart-to-heart words from the head of the guards that night made Yang Rui's mind full of troubles.On the one hand is his revered teacher, on the other hand is the family that gave birth to him.Do you really need an alternative?

If Yang Rui had the same disposition as an ordinary child of his age, he wouldn't be so upset.Unfortunately, born in the royal family, Yang Rui's precocious mind far exceeds that of his peers.After listening to what the guard leader said, he understood that what the other party said was not impossible.On the contrary, based on his impression of the royal family, what the head of the guards said is likely to happen.

"what should I do?"

No one can answer Yang Rui.Even the head of the guards did not dare to answer his question.It is okay to remind, but it is different to guide Yang Rui to make a decision.If one is bad, you will lose your head.

So Yang Rui felt very irritable when he was on the road these days.Especially thinking of Liu Rui and Wang Nian who stayed in Langyuan City, compared to their own annoyance, they can happily attend classes, play games, and listen to stories in Zhang Family and Academy.

Annoyances linger.But Yang Rui also insisted in his heart, and he had more reasons to convince himself that the teacher's methods must not be given or accepted privately.Besides, not everyone has the ability to learn from the teacher's methods. If the talent is not enough, it is useless to say anything.If you have talent, can't you go to a teacher?

Good or bad, he also made a rough preparation, and Yang Rui finally arrived at the Yuanding Imperial City after a long journey without peace of mind.

The royal family also prepared some ostentation to welcome Yang Rui.In addition to the ceremonial guard that Prince Yang Rui should have, five people from Yang Rui's uncle's family came, and his three imperial brothers also went to wait for him at Wuliting outside the city.When they arrived, they were all enthusiastic and very close.

It's just that Yang Rui was curious, so let's forget about his uncle's family. Although he was rarely seen before, after meeting him, he was still kind and friendly.But my three imperial brothers...

Not to mention that Yang Rui had never been close to these three imperial brothers before, when they met and greeted each other before, they would not pay attention to him.Although the number of times is not many, Yang Rui has a deep memory.Because at that time his mother and concubine told him to be respectful no matter whether he saw these three in the palace or outside the palace.It is said that the throne will fall on the head of one of these three in the future.

Yang Rui didn't know how to deal with the enthusiasm in front of him, and he couldn't run away, and no one could help him to block it, so he could only be carried by a group of people into the city from outside the city like a puppet, and then went all the way to the palace.

During the time on the road, Yang Rui's ears were basically never quiet.In the three or five sentences, there was a sentence of temptation mixed in, and what he did was basically as expected by the head of the guards.

Although Yang Rui could hear the meaning of those words, he didn't know how to deal with them. Even if he was less than ten years old, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't understand everything.He could only smirk shyly and not answer.

This method of pretending to be stupid was taught by his concubine Yang Rui when he was in the palace.If you don't want to offend anyone, you'd better be a fool, or at least look stupid.In this case, because of face, coupled with the identity of the prince, it can help Yang Rui avoid most of the troubles.

Ever since he could remember, Yang Rui had come here by pretending to be stupid in the palace.His intelligence is only "dead study", even the professor of the Imperial Forest Academy praised "good memory".The words "wisdom" and "wisdom" have never fallen on Yang Rui's head.

Later, someone was selected to look for Zhang Yan's talent, and Yang Rui was selected because he was of the right age and had no potential for martial arts.Also count the secret efforts of his mother, concubine and uncle's family.This gave Yang Rui the chance to appear in front of Zhang Yan.

"Let him try it. If it doesn't work, learn some skills honestly when you come back, and it's not bad to have a good time when you go out of the palace." Yang Rui remembers what his mother and concubine said to his uncle .

Seeing Yang Rui's ability to "pretend to be stupid", the members of the uncle's family are okay, the relationship between them and Yang Rui is already okay, and with Yang Rui's mother and concubine here, there will be opportunities to get in touch later.At the same time, it can be seen that Yang Rui is extremely resistant at this time, so naturally he just shut up.

But the faces of the three emperor brothers of Yang Rui were not so good-looking.They were the most powerful candidates for the crown prince in Nanyuan Kingdom, and they fought fiercely under Yang Sheng's laissez-faire.No one obeys anyone.For all the forces that can be won to help him in the future, he is rushing to win over, or intimidate, or make a cake, and the methods can be described as both soft and hard.

For Yang Rui, the three princes have been coveted for a long time.If it wasn't for their hands not being able to stretch out Yuanding Imperial City or being beaten by Yang Sheng, they would have gone to Langyuan City to find their thirteenth brother in person.

Especially in today's Nanyuan Kingdom, the most important force that cannot be ignored and dare not be easily contacted is that Mr. Zhang from Langyuan City.Although the other party has never shown any ambitions and attitudes towards Nanyuan's country.But just taking advantage of the situation is enough to become a great help for the three princes who are vying for the seat.

But before coming here, he was full of confidence. He felt that Xiao Shisan was just a dull child. He would be grateful for coming and getting close to him so enthusiastically. When the time came, he would play the card of warmth and easily take him under his command.You can even use Xiao Shisan as a breakthrough to formally contact the mysterious Mr. Zhang. Wouldn't it be possible to get Mr. Zhang's support to force the emperor to make up his mind to choose himself as the crown prince?

Even if there is competition, it is competition with the other two brothers.

But no one expected that from the very beginning, the dull Xiao Shisan would act like "I'm stupid, I don't understand anything".This is treating them as fools!

But so what?Don't even dare to say anything serious.Worried that Xiao Shisan was evil, and the two people next to him were in vain.The three princes did not leave until they entered the palace gate.Estimated to find another way to go.

Yang Rui heaved a sigh of relief after they all left.The dull expression on his face disappeared, and he walked a little faster with a smile, wanting to find his mother and concubine in the familiar harem.But after walking a few steps, he saw that the eunuch leading the way was not walking in the harem.Only then did I remember that he was the prince, and after going out and returning to the palace, he should go to see the emperor first in etiquette, instead of going back to the harem to see his mother and concubine.This is different from the princess.

"His Royal Highness Thirteenth Prince, His Majesty is waiting for you in the Hall of Qinzheng, and even specially ordered the imperial chef to cook your favorite food. He must be missing you very much."

Yang Rui nodded, but what he recalled in his mind did not have the warmth of his mother and concubine.Instead, there is only instinctive tension.In his impression, the royal father was not someone he could get close to.

Have dinner with Father?In Yang Rui's memory, it was only once a year, and it was at a big banquet.It was the first time for Yang Rui to host a banquet and eat alone in Qinzheng Hall.

Chapter 371 Father and Son

"Yushan crispy duck and this braised ling roe. Your concubine said you like it the most. Eat more."

In a side hall of Qinzheng Hall, a small round table is placed in the middle of the side hall. The table is very new.There is a soup with four meat and four vegetables on the table.And every dish is exquisite and fragrant.It can be said to be full of color, fragrance and taste.

Sitting at the round table are father and son.Yang Sheng and Yang Rui.

To be honest, Yang Sheng didn't have a good impression of himself as the thirteenth son. Of course, it was before the thirteenth son entered Zhang Yan's sect.In my impression, he was a child who was a little bit smart but dull-tempered.Coupled with the fact that she is too young and doesn't have any strong influence from her uncle's family, it would be considered good to be Prince An Le in the future.It would be even better if you can achieve something in the field of learning.

Yang Sheng couldn't even remember the last time he sat with Xiao Shisan, or had he never been before?

It is true that Yang Rui hasn't eaten such fine food for a long time, but facing Yang Sheng, he instinctively followed the etiquette that he had been disciplined since he was a child, and ate slowly and gently.

"Hehe, don't be cautious, eat more, you should eat hard when you are growing up now. And now you and I are the father and son, don't care about those annoying etiquette. Come on, this piece of meat is a lot, here it is !" Yang Sheng laughed and picked up a large piece of duck meat and put it in Yang Rui's bowl.At this time, he couldn't see the seriousness he had in front of his son in the past.On the contrary, there is a kind of kindness that makes Yang Rui feel strange and kind.

Yang Rui nodded, picked up the bowl and began to eat in big mouthfuls.This journey is full of dry food. It is not bad to have a fried rice with eggs. Now that there are delicious food, he is really hungry.

"Is there a lot of food in Langyuan City? You seem to have grown tall but not much meat?" Yang Sheng continued to scoop up a bowl of braised Ling fish roe in sauce and put it in Yang Rui's hand, asking about Yang Rui in a casual way. Rui's life in Langyuan City.

"If you go back to my father, I won't. The food at Mr. Zhang's house is very good, and there is meat in every meal, and I can eat some spicy food now, and I think it's delicious. Brother Shitou always leaves the good ones for me. And Xiao Mantou. The teacher said that at my age, it’s good to be tall and not gain weight, and I don’t have to worry about getting fat in the future.”

"Stone? Steamed bun? Hahaha, you mean the other two little disciples of Mr. Zhang, right? It sounds like you get along very well? Didn't you hear that you were beaten up by that little stone at the beginning? What? Reconciled ?"

"Well! We've reconciled a long time ago..."

Yang Rui was very talkative about his experience after going out to study, because it was a happy experience he had never had in the palace. When he saw his father asking about it, he would naturally open up the conversation box.

"What?! Mr. Zhang asked the two of you to face the six-headed spirit clan alone!"

Yang Sheng was also taken aback when he heard Yang Rui talk about his previous experiences in Gujia Village.I also sigh in my heart that Zhang Yan is indeed unexpectedly courageous.Even though he was watching from the sidelines, he actually waited until such a crisis that Yang Rui would sacrifice his life for righteousness before he rescued him.This, he really didn't know how to comment.

"Well! Brother Shitou and I were dangerous last time and almost died, but the teacher said that only hard work will pay off. If we do it again, Brother Shitou and I will not take an incense stick of time to clean up those six ghosts. Got into that kind of trouble."

"Ghost? Is this what Mr. Zhang calls the Spirit Race?"

"That's right. It's said in the Daoist scriptures. It's more detailed than in the Miscellaneous Scrolls of Spiritual Affairs."

"What is the Daoist book? So, Mr. Zhang already knew about the existence of the Spirit Race?"

"Yes, father. One of the obligations of us cultivators is to eliminate the ghosts in this world, and restore the universe and the world."

"A cultivator?" Yang Sheng secretly thought in his heart that Yang Rui came back to talk about many things that could not be said in the previous letters.It also made him understand a lot about Zhang Yan's field.

Then Yang Sheng asked while eating: "Then what is the strength of the three of you? Can you show the father the methods you mentioned in the letter before?"

Yang Rui hummed, put down his chopsticks, and when he raised his hand, a fist-sized ball of water appeared out of thin air on his fingertips.

"Father, this is the method of the water element of the five elements. The teacher said that I have the highest affinity with the water element of the five elements, and I will focus on water in the future. The rest, such as wood and soil, can also be used as a secondary. I will show you the earth method... "

Yang Sheng is the emperor, so it is needless to say that he is well-informed.But when have you ever seen such a magical method that seems to be "creating something out of nothing"?And how long have you learned this? !

"However, these methods of mine are still not comparable to Brother Shitou's fire method. The teacher said that Brother Shitou has a paranoid affinity and a fire attribute. As long as it is a fire method, Brother Shitou's power will be [-]% higher. Paranoid affinity is cultivated in the early stage It will rise very quickly. It is estimated that Brother Shitou will be able to reach the Profound Vein Realm in the next year or so and officially start. Just like Xiao Mantou." Yang Rui said with a look of expectation.

"Huh? Xiao Shisan, what do you mean by that? Aren't you already a disciple of Mr. Zhang? Why do you want to start again?"

Yang Rui nodded heavily, and replied: "If you can't cultivate into the Profound Vein Realm, you can't talk about a real monk, so you can only be the teacher's registered disciple, and you are not qualified to learn many powerful methods later. And also I can’t learn it. I’m still a little short of the middle stage of Qi Entraining Realm. But I’m confident that I can step into the Profound Vein Realm, but I probably won’t be able to catch up with Brother Shitou.”

"Is that little bun better than you?"

Yang Sheng knew that the little stone was Zhang Yan's relative, he was the first to learn, and there was nothing to say that he was the strongest among the three.It is also reasonable for Yang Rui to be inferior.But isn't that little mantou the little maid that Zhang Yan took away from the state banquet?How could he get started before Yang Rui?

"Little Mantou is not as good as I am. She has just stepped into the Qi Entraining Realm and started. But the teacher said that Xiaomantou's talent is rare in the world. As long as she steps on the road of cultivation, she will be much faster than Brother Shitou and me. Therefore, although Xiao Mantou's strength has not yet reached the Profound Vein Realm, he has already been included in the category of the teacher's core disciples in advance."

"Talent... It seems that Mr. Zhang's method is the most important thing is talent."

"Father is right."

"Then you sound like you've gotten started now. Is it possible to tell whether others have the same talent for cultivation as you? Or do you have to rely on Mr. Zhang's talent ruler?"

"Father, it's hard to figure out the talent of cultivating the Tao. The teacher can't accurately detect each person's talent. The most reliable way is to use the talent ruler."

One meal down.Yang Sheng took Yang Rui to the small garden behind for a walk.Maybe he hasn't been this relaxed for a long time.

"Xiao Shisan, Mr. Zhang's methods are miraculous, such as alchemy, weapon refining, and those methods against the spirit race. If you can get one or two, it will be a great thing for Nanyuan Kingdom and the royal family. Even Mr. Zhang It is also a great thing to be able to produce the "Method of Refining Skin and Flesh" that is not very caring.

Xiao Shisan, can you understand what my father said? "

Chapter 372 Detour

Yang Sheng watched his thirteen sons leave after the big gift, the smile on his face didn't fade away, on the contrary, he smiled even more happily.

"Wu Kui, what do you think of Xiao Shisan?"

"Smart, well-founded, flexible thinking without losing the duty. In the past, the evaluation of the Thirteenth Highness in the palace does not seem to be appropriate." Wu Kui can't say anything to spoil the fun.And Yang Rui gave him the feeling that he was indeed a little surprised as he said.

Yang Sheng was very satisfied with Wu Kui's answer, and even felt that it was not enough. He said, "Now it seems that everything in the past was pretended by this child. Alas, life in the palace is not easy. Even the prince has his own way of survival. Now the young The birds are flying high, and they have a shelter from the wind and rain, so naturally they don't need to put on their pretense all the time.

This kid is not bad.Honesty is especially rare.No excuses, no perfunctory, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it.

But it seems that in just one year, Zhang Yan's weight in this child's heart is not inferior to that of our royal family. "

Yang Sheng himself ascended the throne as emperor from the prince all the way to the prince.Even he is not the eldest son among brothers of the same generation, and he is clearly aware of his existence and goals since he was born.It is easy to understand the difference between Yang Rui's performance before and now.It's not surprising, it's not unexpected, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

This is the way the royal family is born. If you are born, you must fight. If you don't fight, you will avoid it.Otherwise, how can the world hold it?

"However, from Xiao Shisan's words, I can tell that Zhang Yan is very confident in his method, and he is sure that even if we take it, it will not be possible. The threshold! This thing is really hard to say."

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that this threshold may be an obstacle for others, but it is not difficult for the royal family to cross it. There are thousands of living beings in the world, even if you choose one in a million or even one in a million, you can find a good one." Not much. It depends on whether Mr. Zhang is willing to teach."

Yang Sheng smiled and kept walking in the garden, taking a sip of the warm tea from the teapot in his hand from time to time.

"Teaching? I used to think that Zhang Yan's ability would be taught in the same way as in the martial arts academy. But you have also heard what Xiao Shisan said today. Do you think Zhang Yan may teach more in terms of imparting ability? Someone? He doesn't even have the energy to think about it."

How could Wu Kui not understand what Yang Sheng meant.nodded.Indeed!According to His Royal Highness the Thirteenth Prince, Zhang Yan has devoted himself to the smallest details for the three disciples under his sect. He is not only limited to teaching methods, but also guides from daily life to tempering of mind and principles of doing things. .To put it bluntly, many fathers do not necessarily teach their own children so meticulously.

How much effort does it take to teach like this?Wu Kui couldn't explain clearly, but he knew that if it was him, there would be at most one or two such disciples.Even if Zhang Yan is stronger than him, there are already three now.

"Then your majesty, are you going to stop talking about seeking the Dharma?" Wu Kui knew that the emperor's thoughts were almost all on the return of the thirteenth prince.The most important thing is to hope to get some news about Zhang Yan's methods from the mouth of the thirteenth prince.What I was fighting was the idea of ​​not letting the fat and water flow into the fields of outsiders.But now it seems that you have changed your mind?

"Why don't you ask for it? You don't understand the principle that you get the moon first if you are close to the water, right? It's just that Zhang Yan's way of teaching apprentices is too unexpected. It broke some of my previous thoughts. Now I have to change it.

After a while, you can draw up some rewards for Xiao Shisan, and Concubine Mingying's side, including her natal family, will also accept the rewards.Give it a little thicker, and you can start preparing for him about the title.What I said must be in place before my birthday.Don't be careless.

Then tell the dining room that the banquet will be held at the imperial concubine Mingying's side tonight, and we will get together again. "

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will arrange it now."

After receiving the order, Wu Kui hurried down to make arrangements.Although Yang Sheng didn't say it clearly, Yang Sheng's plan can be guessed from these arrangements.It's not even a plan, it's just a detour.

Concubine Mingying.It is Yang Rui's mother and concubine.Besides Yang Rui, Imperial Concubine Mingying also had a daughter who was married the year before last.

Today's banquet was bestowed by the emperor, which is extremely rare.At least Ming Yang Guifei never received such a reward after giving birth to Yang Rui.Generally, it is a festival to give some rewards, or the emperor will come to spend the night for a long time.

Although he took good care of it, he was not as good as when he was young. The beauties in the emperor's harem were always new, so they would naturally lose their thoughts.So the women in the harem are always paranoid, it's not that they think, the environment is like this, it's just that they have to.Just like imperial concubine Mingying, she still has charm at this age outside the palace, but in the palace she is old.If it weren't for having a promising son, the emperor would have given him a banquet?

It is very rare for a "family of three" to have dinner together in the palace. Many women in the palace dare not dream of such a good thing.

Yang Rui's mind is precocious, but it doesn't mean that he completely loses the expectations and ideas that children should have. He cares about the reunion and warmth of the family as much, and even thinks it is more precious.

I thought that my father would bring up those things at noon again during the dinner.But not at all.Yang Sheng hugged Concubine Ming Yang with great interest and kept talking about some interesting things about Yang Rui before, and even played the piano by himself while drinking to make Concubine Ming Ying dance.The family enjoyed themselves until late at night.

Yang Rui, who was in a happy mood, failed to stay in the courtyard of Concubine Mingying, and went back to his previous small courtyard to rest.And the emperor will stay overnight in the courtyard of Concubine Ming Ying.

Early the next morning, Yang Rui got up and tidied up, and said hello to his mother and concubine.It was not surprising to learn that the emperor had already left before dawn. He sat in the courtyard and had breakfast with his mother and concubine, and then had another good chat.

But while chatting with Concubine Ming Yang, she shed tears.What I'm talking about is the heartache of the emperor's hard work. It can be said that one person has dedicated himself to the country. Even some warriors can't resist such hard work, and their heads are getting gray day by day.I also hope that Yang Rui can help the emperor share his worries, not to seek the crown prince in the future, but to do some filial piety, which is always what it should be?

Ming Yang Guifei's words made Yang Rui unable to retreat, because it was indeed such a reason.His father is definitely a good emperor and a diligent emperor, and he really broke his heart for state affairs.And as the Son of Man, shouldn't he help out with his filial piety?

"Mother and concubine, but, how can I help the father? I can't teach or accept the teacher's skills privately, otherwise..."

"Silly boy! Why did mother let you do such unrighteous things? But you can intercede for your father, you are Mr. Zhang's disciple, so you can always open your mouth. You don't need any powerful means. Some simple warriors Just use what you can. And don’t force it if you try it. This is your filial piety, and Mr. Zhang won’t blame you for such a trivial matter.”