[Comprehensive] Cannon fodder, do you want to counterattack?

When Lin Ruo got home, he had already poured himself unconscious, and it was already noon the next day when he woke up, Xiaoshu fetched water to help him wash up, and said: "My lord, His Royal Highness came to see you yesterday. "

Lin Ruo snorted.

Xiaoshu continued: "After you came back yesterday, the master asked someone to report to the crown prince, saying that you were drunk, and asked if you would like to take him to the prince's mansion to meet him, but the crown prince came in person and brought the imperial doctor with you. Woolen cloth."

"Ah."

"The crown prince came to see you in person, what a big deal! Could you please stop yelling?" Xiaoshu said while twisting the face towel, "I think the crown prince is actually pretty good. Yesterday He asked the imperial physician to take your pulse, prescribed hangover soup, and sent several precious medicinal materials, and told the master, you are young, let him take care of you in the future, stop drinking so much alcohol, Injury... Ah, by the way, when the prince left, he even tucked up the quilt for you!"

Lin Ruo wiped her face and said, "Little Shu, I suddenly discovered that you are actually quite powerful!"

Xiaoshu was at a loss: "Huh?"

Lin Ruo chuckled, and said, "Xiao Shu, you can always tell whether a person is good or bad from one thing or one sentence. Do you think you are good or not?" Seeing King Qin saying that King Qin is good, seeing Prince saying that Prince Well, I was still angry yesterday, wishing that Lin Boyuan would resign immediately and return to the farm.

Xiao Shu resentfully said, "My lord, you're playing tricks on me again!"

Lin Ruo asked: "Did His Royal Highness ask questions yesterday?"

"I asked." Xiaoshu became excited again, nodded again and again, and said, "You asked carefully, where did we go, what was the itinerary, what was the scenery like along the way, what fun things to do, who did we meet?" Category."

"What did you say?"

"Of course I told the truth!" The little book said, "I even told you exactly where to catch fish and where to hunt birds. His Royal Highness heard that you can tell divination, and asked if your divination is accurate. The little one is inaccurate. The little one told His Royal Highness, before we set off on the road, you have to do the divination to see where we will get good luck. Also, if you are a man or a woman, you are not as accurate as the younger ones!"

"Then His Royal Highness asked, did you encounter any pursuers along the way? The little one said, we walked so slowly along the way, how could there be any pursuers? It was the day when you went out without fortune-telling, and we grilled fish by the lake to eat , met His Highness King Qin, and was imprisoned for a few days by His Highness King Qin."

"His Royal Highness asked about His Royal Highness King Qin again, and the younger one told His Highness King Qin that he pinched your shoulder green and forced you to play the piano with a sword, and the younger one helped the young master scold that little girl surnamed Yun severely. The little one also talked about the meal! And..."

Xiaoshu talked for a while, and finally looked at Lin Ruo with bright eyes, and asked, "Master, did you answer well?"

"Okay," Lin Ruo praised, and then asked, "Did you mention the hairpin?"

Xiao Shu shook his head: "No. But don't worry, my lord, even if you ask me, I will know what to say. You will remember what you told me to tell you the truth. Just don't mention the hairpin. At that time, we took advantage of King Qin When His Highness was fighting with others, he stole the horse and ran away without knowing anything else, but when he asked about the hairpin, he said he didn't know when he lost it... right?"

Lin Ruo nodded and said, "If uncle asks..."

"Don't tell me either!" Xiaoshu answered quickly: His master belongs to the crown prince, telling him that the young master saved King Qin, wouldn't it be embarrassing for him?He understands this truth.

Lin Ruo hummed, and stopped talking, Xiaoshu came over to tie his hair, and said: "My lord, you should go and buy another hairpin, you threw that one away last time, and the rest are a bit unwearable Get out. After all, the master is also a fifth-rank official, and you are also a famous talent. If you use those inferior jade hairpins, what a loss!"

Lin Ruodao: "Let's make do with it first, wait a few days for uncle to have money, let's go and buy the best one."

The little book complained: "Young master, don't dream, the master has been poor for most of his life, how can it be so easy to get rich, it will be useless in a few days, and it will be useless in a few years... His annual salary is not enough to buy the best Jade."

"Do you know why uncle is so poor even though he is a fifth-rank official?"

"why?"

"Because the sense of existence is too weak, I am timid, and I have many friends."

"what?"

"The sense of existence is too weak, and he can't speak in front of the prince, so no one will take the initiative to curry favor; he is too timid, or unwilling to be troublesome, so he probably shouldn't be asked for something beyond his scope of authority. Naturally, no one bribed... Uncle's salary was not considered high in the first place, and without these extra money, he was already poor enough, but he had many friends—reciprocating gifts during the New Year and holidays, drinking tea and drinking on weekdays, where is he not? Money? So it’s only natural to be poor.”

"Forehead……"

"But it's different now. The crown prince has come to the door, and our family's courtyard should be lively, and some money that is not risky will be credited."

Xiaoshu asked humbly: "What is money that does not take risks?"

Lin Ruodao: "It's just that people take the initiative to send money to the door, and don't ask you to do anything, just don't put his eye drops in front of the prince. You don't feel at ease if you don't accept him. You can receive this money, don't worry, be bold!"

After chatting and washing up, he went to the front hall to eat his breakfast and lunch, and he took a few mouthfuls, and the entourage who followed Lin Boyuan went out came back and sent a message: "The master asked the little one to come back to see if you are awake. If you are awake, go to the prince Let's go to the mansion, the crown prince is asking questions!"

-

This was Lin Ruo's first time entering the Prince's Mansion, and also the first time seeing Prince Li Jiancheng.

The children of the Li family are all outstanding, Prince Jian Jian is no exception, he is tall, handsome and extraordinary, he is now thirty-five, his appearance is somewhat similar to Li Shimin, he has a short beard on his upper lip, compared to Li Shimin, A little less vigor, a little more calm and refined.

Seeing Lin Ruo entering the door to salute, Li Jiancheng looked up at him from the copywriting, his eyes were sharp, he didn't talk nonsense with Lin Ruo, and he went straight to the point: "Why did you run?"

Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I can't play the piano, I can't compose poems, I can't discuss scriptures and debate with others. I have lost a lot in the life of the grassroots, but I can't even lose my faith... Caomin really don't want to be the world laughing stock."

Li Jiancheng said indifferently: "I didn't use the word "study tour" to fool Gu...why did you go back to Chang'an afterward?"

Lin Ruo bowed her head and said in a low voice: "Listen... say, it's quite difficult for uncle to be in the Prince's Mansion."

"I heard?" Li Jiancheng snorted coldly, and said angrily, "Who do you listen to? Do you believe what he says? It's the same when you leave Beijing, and you also go back to Beijing! If that's the case, why don't you go to his Tiance Mansion and Hongwen Museum, Wouldn't it be a hundred times better than the incompetent prince following me?"

Lin Ruo lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng sighed, but his tone became more intimate in his anger: "Who do you think I am, Li Jiancheng? Yes, Gu does intend to recommend you to the emperor, but you should also think about it with your brain, Lin Boyuan He is my subordinate's confidant, do I not consider his feelings? Does it sound good to be the prince of a country alone, forcing officials to break their oaths and perform performances?"

He pointed at Lin Ruo, nodded his forehead with hatred, and said, "This is a great thing! Since Gu wants to recommend you, he will naturally show enough sincerity. As a prince alone, as long as After several visits to invite you, you can declare that you feel the filial piety of Gu, and break the oath of that Lao Shizi, so as not to be silent because of it... If there is Gu, who will say anything? You can break the oath by taking advantage of the situation, and you can also What's wrong with being favored by the emperor? But look, look at what's going on now?! Even Gu was murdered, he's not human, he's become a laughingstock!"

Lin Ruodao: "Even if others don't say it, Cao Min knows it in his heart."

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed, and cursed: "You are so stupid for reading!"

He softened his tone again, and said: "It's your uncle who protected you too well. He doesn't know that the world is difficult and people's hearts are dangerous. It's a good thing to stick to your faith, but you can't be too stubborn. You only think that entering the palace to play the piano will harm you as a scholar But think about it, those officials in the court who are butchers are big enough, read well enough, and are respected by scholars all over the world, but they still have to speak cautiously in front of their father and speak with all their mouths. Let them compose a poem full of praise, is it much nobler than playing the flute for the emperor?"

"Han Xin was humiliated by his crotch. Emperor Wu of the Han ascended to the throne by marrying Chen Ajiao, who was seven years younger than him. Wei Qing became a general from a groom by relying on Wei Zifu... Are they not as good as you, Lin Ruo? You, Mrs. How naive!"

Lin Ruodao: "The grassroots understand what His Highness said, but the grassroots... want to be naive for a few more years."

Li Jiancheng frowned, looked at him for a long time, shook his head and sighed, "That's all! After all, you are young, sometimes I envy you..."

After a pause, he said again: "You have suffered enough these days, so go back and rest! Go back and tell your uncle, just as Gu said, and ask him to change you a husband. Besides studying, at least you should also learn some ways of the world, so that you can save money. The next time I was coaxed away casually."

Lin Ruo agreed, took his leave and left, but was stopped when he was about to go out, Li Jiancheng said: "I heard you can divination?"

Lin Ruo nodded, and said: "Yes, yes, but the time for the grassroots study is too short...not very accurate."

Li Jiancheng said: "I heard that the second brother was in danger outside, and it was you who calculated in advance that he had a bloody disaster, so he escaped. From this, it can be seen that your divination is not very accurate?"

Lin Ruo sighed and said, "But His Royal Highness King Qin is not damaged at all... The hexagram has not been fulfilled at all, and it is still inaccurate."

"It doesn't matter if you're not allowed," Li Jiancheng stood up, and said, "I suddenly discovered that the jade pendant on my body was lost at some point... I really don't want to mobilize the crowd. It just so happens that you are here, why don't you do a divination for Gu? Can you find it?" Best, if you can’t find it, that’s all.”

Lin Ruo glanced at Li Jiancheng's empty waist, smiled slightly, and said, "The grassroots will try their best."

He took out the bamboo tube and copper plate from his sleeve, shook them carefully a few times, and then sprinkled them on the desk. After careful study for a while, he asked, "Does Your Highness have any children who belong to the chicken?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

Lin Ruo looked at the hexagrams again, and said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, I'm afraid Caomin can't help you. This hexagram...is not accurate."

"Oh?" Li Jiancheng said, "What did you figure out?"

Lin Ruo smiled wryly and said: "According to the hexagram, this jade pendant was not lost accidentally, but was taken away by someone. The person who took it should belong to the chicken, and the blood relationship with the owner of the jade pendant is very close... I thought it was His Highness's children were mischievously taken away, but His Highness does not have children of the rooster, so it can't be that His Majesty or some other Highness is joking with His Highness the Crown Prince, right? It can be seen that it is not allowed."

Li Jiancheng continued to ask: "Then according to the hexagram, what should I do to find it?"

Lin Ruodao: "This is not allowed, it can't be counted, why don't the grassroots count it again?"

"it is good."

So I did it again, and at the end Lin Ruo smiled wryly: "The result is almost the same as before. I said that Your Highness doesn't need to do anything, and the things will come back by themselves——Your Highness, you should send someone to look for it, the grass people's hexagram is really..."

Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "If you don't allow it, don't allow it. It's a joke! I will have someone take you to find your uncle. You two have not seen each other for a long time. When you came back, you were so drunk that you didn't say a word... Gu Fang He is on a half-day vacation, so you uncles and nephews should talk about it. You are not in Beijing during this period, and your uncle has not put his heart into his errands."

When Lin Ruo was led out, the smile on Li Jiancheng's face gradually faded. He stretched out his right hand, and suddenly there was a transparent jade pendant in his palm.

"Gu is really a rooster," Li Jiancheng frowned slightly: "Is it just another coincidence, or...is it really sure to be like this?"

It took Li Shimin eight days to catch him, and his own people chased him for five days without even touching his shadow. It couldn't be a coincidence, and Li Shimin's bloody disaster, his own jade pendant... No, I only learned it for a few days ?why...

-

Sitting in the carriage, Lin Ruo let out a sigh of relief: It turns out that pretending to be good is quite tiring.

Lin Boyuan asked: "What did His Highness say to you?"

Lin Ruo shrugged: "It's almost the same as what you usually say."

Lin Boyuan's expression froze slightly.

Lin Ruo thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty...do you like white clothes like fish and dragons, and visit people's sentiments?"

After pondering for a moment, Lin Boyuan said, "How should I say it?"

Lin Ruodao: "Uncle, don't you think that His Royal Highness is too polite to us? Uncle is not an indispensable talent in the Prince's Mansion, and I don't know how to praise you. As the crown prince of a country, His Royal Highness doesn't care You are tolerant and magnanimous to expel the prince's mansion, but His Highness not only ignores the past, but also shows an unprecedented closeness..."

Those earnest teachings from elders to their children are enough to move any 16-year-old boy to the point of repaying his life with his life. However, Lin Ruo was so calm that he was almost cold, and his first thought was—— Unreasonable.

"Is there anything valuable in me that is worthy of being handed over by a prince of a country? Naturally, the root lies in His Majesty. I have clearly rejected His Royal Highness this time that he will not enter the palace to perform, but he is not angry at all... "

Lin Boyuan interrupted: "How do you know that it wasn't your half-baked physiognomy that caused His Royal Highness to cherish talents?"

"Divination is a later matter. When His Royal Highness came to visit me in person, he hadn't listened to the nonsense of Xiaoshu." Lin Ruo propped his head and said: "But His Royal Highness seems to value this very much, and even put his jade pendant on it. Hide and test me."