Bastards

"My lord intends to make this good wood, I wonder if you would like to stop?"

As soon as King Yue's words fell, the pavilion fell into a strange silence.

With the breeze blowing, the willow branches swayed slightly, and some leaves swirled past the crowd, passing through the pavilion leisurely, making the atmosphere more solemn, and even the fragrance of summer flowers seemed to be faint.

Only the noisy cicadas chirped, one after another.

Cui Yu put the teacup on the table and made a soft noise: "Does Your Highness really think so?"

He straightened his waist and held his head high, assuming the posture of a master, but the corner of his line of sight did not relax for a moment to pay attention to King Yue.

The king of Yue regretted it, and he regretted saying the previous sentence.

Because too impulsive.

As a prince, with the emperor's favor and the support of all the officials, he should be calm, calm, and wise at all times, but he is too eager.Even if you are thirsty for talents, even if you meet by chance, such a fate is so wonderful, it is somewhat demeaning to behave like this.

Cui Yu looked at the smile on King Yue's face and then slowed it down. The muscles at the corners of his eyebrows and eyes tightened and then loosened. He was a little surprised, but he wasn't annoyed?

This king of Yue has a pretty good ability to control his temper.

King Yue's eyes fell on Cui Yu's hand.

Perhaps it was a habitual movement. When putting down the teacup, Cui Mata's little fingertips touched the table first, as if to determine the distance and avoid excessive noise. The movement was very elegant.

His knuckles are slender, the fingertips are shiny, the sky celadon porcelain color reflects the jade white, the visual impact is too obvious, it is unforgettable, even if it is a woman, there is no such good complexion.

This person cannot be born in the countryside.

Knowing etiquette, keeping the rules, knowing the sense of proportion, and being able to find the most comfortable way to deal with it without restraint... Even if the metaphysics is not as good as the legend, it is still a good talent.

It was this excellent person who had a bad impression of him, so he refused when he came up.

The king of Yue lived in the court for a long time, and he knew the subtext hidden in various words and languages. Answering with rhetorical questions was sometimes a subtle way of rejection.

He was not angry either. He tapped his knees lightly with his fingertips, smiling but not smiling, as if he was chatting with an old friend for many years, and his tone was very casual: "Sir, I don't want to help the king, but I chose the plane tree early? Is it Yang?" Xuan?"

How could Cui Yu be fooled by the King of Yue?

To test him, even Yang Xuan couldn't do it, so how could King Yue do it?

There was no shock or surprise in his eyes, only full of questions: "Who is Yang Xuan?"

He frowned, as if he didn't understand why King Yue would mention an irrelevant name at this time.The doubts were too deep, so he simply pinched his fingers, closed his eyes and thought deeply... After a while, he opened his eyes, his eyes were clear: "I am going to disappoint Your Highness. Although I have lived in Chang'an for a long time, I have never been lucky enough to be summoned by the Prince. For the bureaucrats."

He looked at the king of Yue with frank and clear eyes, not too transparent, because it was too transparent, it was inevitable that he would show a bit of unhappiness about being tempted, as well as his unconfident pity for the king of Yue.

The king of Yue was a little distracted by this look, but he understood that the rumors about Cui Yu's ability are not empty words, Cui Yu really has that ability!

The prince's name is generally not mentioned, and most of them are called ranking and title. Outsiders dare not call it directly. At most, the father and emperor in the palace will shout it. The prince has been invisible for many years, and his name has never been known to outsiders.

It is impossible for Cui Yu to know, but he can figure out his identity by his name. This ability is enough to make people admire him!

"Since you have no master, why don't you want to consider me?"

"It's not because I don't want to, but because Your Highness, you don't need to be here."

"Oh, is that so?" King Yue's smile didn't reach his eyes, he stretched out his arms and put them on the sides of the chairs on both sides, imperceptibly showing deterrent pressure, "How do you say that?"

Cui Yu was used to Yang Xuan's all kinds of tantrums, awkward, gloomy, and murderous, but he didn't pay attention to the aura of King Yue.

He raised his eyelids slightly: "When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, it loses. I think that with His Highness's wisdom, it is impossible to understand this truth."

Of course King Yue understood, but he didn't understand what this had to do with his desire to recruit Cui Yu.The people under his hand are not afraid of not enough, not too many, as many as he can afford, how could it be overflowing?

Cui Yu didn't look at him, and just said in a low voice: "Your Highness was born in the royal family, with great luck, but the law of heaven is ruthless, and everyone's fate in the world is not perfect. Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. If there are too many blessings, misfortune is not far away. There are many misfortunes, and blessings will come. Your Highness is very lucky. One misfortune for others corresponds to one blessing. Your Highness may have one misfortune to one hundred blessings. It is fate and there is no escape. Your Highness is flying in the sky right now. It's going well, but still dissatisfied, I want that [-]% perfect, but I don't know, too many helpers, allowing His Highness to avoid a small disaster, may also bring His Highness a big disaster...Your Highness must give up what is completely under control right now. Do you want to pursue the perfection that is not allowed by the way of the day?"

The King of Yue pondered: "According to what you said, sir, I don't want to, it doesn't matter whoever chooses."

"That's why I said—" Cui Yu smiled, "Your Highness doesn't need me."

King Yue stared at Cui Yu, and said after a long time, "That's also right now."

The meaning is very clear, what he plans is for the future.

Cui Yu sighed lightly: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint His Highness again. I'm not very knowledgeable. Right now, I can only feel bad luck, and it's only about half a month. The results may not be very accurate, and after the detection, for a long time, due to the loss of the backlash ability, even the bad and the bad can not be perceived. This ability, compared to His Highness, is really tasteless. And—"

He lifted his eyes slightly and looked towards the lofty sky: "We cultivators of the world of mortals need to hone and practice hard in the mortal world, so that we can experience the eight sufferings of the world, understand the Taoist proverbs, and receive the empowerment of the heavenly law. Degraded cultivation—it is useless to Your Highness."

King Yue tapped the side of the chair lightly with his fingertips, and his voice was drawn out: "The whole world is a world of mortals, why not the palace? Everything in the world of mortals can be found in the palace, sir, don't look down on the palace."

"How dare you?" Cui Yu looked at King Yue with a smile, "If your Highness wants to be held accountable, there is no need to do so."

King Yue put his hands on his upper and lower chin, and looked at Cui Yu with a smile: "I don't care enough for your demeanor, sir, how can you be willing to criticize me? Are these words, sir, intended to make me blame myself?"

This is not too much.When the high-ranking person loves a talent, it is inevitable that they will say some nasty things. If the good-looking person is good-looking, with some intimacy and teasing, he can also get closer. After all, heterosexuality is the mainstream, and there are too few lovers of broken sleeves, and jokes are just Just kidding, I don't mean to look down on Xingwan.

But when it comes to Cui Mata... it's a little tricky.

Because Cui Mata is not ordinary handsome, but more beautiful than many beauties!A woman would blush and be jealous when she saw it, but a man couldn't move it away at first glance, and insisted on checking up and down whether it was a woman disguised as a man. Any jokes between men that are erotic and teasing will change when they come to him. , No matter what, I think it's molesting.

Cui Yu himself didn't mind, he was born like this, he had encountered too many similar things, he was used to it, and he was not thick-skinned enough, even if King Yue really wanted to tease him, he would not be embarrassed.

Yang Xuan couldn't do it anymore.

The long and narrow eyes on the back of the mask were almost on fire, and he couldn't help but drag Cui Yu behind him to block it. While no one was paying attention, he killed everyone on the scene and poached King Yue's eyeballs!

Mu Tong didn't know what was causing the wind, so he sneezed very untimely, pulling Yang Xuan back from his thoughts.

Yang Xuan breathed steadily, and sneered in his heart, it's not like he can't cure Yue Wang...

The king of Yue saw that Cui Yu smiled and said nothing, and he was not angry when he was teased. He appreciated it even more.Unexpectedly, before he stretched out his hand, the waiter behind Cui Yu, who was wearing a mask and black robe, stepped forward before him, steadily heated up the teapot, and refilled Cui Yu's tea.

King Yue's eyes were fixed.

This masked waiter in black clothes hadn't noticed just now, but now that he saw it, why couldn't he move it away?It seems that this waiter has some unique temperament, Huanghuang is like the sun, shining like the moon, even if he is buried in the crowd, as long as you look at him, you will never forget it.

Sure enough, there are no ordinary people around the expert?

The king of Yue glanced over Mu Tong, although this is a bit silly, but it is special to be thrown in the crowd...

The more he talked and the more he observed, the more curious King Yue became about Cui Yu, and he didn't take Cui Yu's rejection seriously at all. It doesn't matter now or in the future, as long as Cui Yu can follow him!

"Sir, you are so humble." Seeing Cui Yu bowed his head to drink tea again, with his head slightly lowered, his brows flying around his temples, his nose straight, and his eyes subconsciously more focused. In the world, there are few people who have this ability and can return to the original. How about only half a month? As long as you are always in one place, half a month and half a month, countless half months pass, isn't it a lifetime? "

The king of Yue straightened his back, his face suddenly became serious: "My king has listened to Mr.'s persuasion, but what I want is to stand shoulder to shoulder with my husband and enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains together! What big disaster, what small disaster, you have it!" Mr. is talented, what is this king afraid of? This king believes in Mr.'s ability, as long as he is willing to help me, all disasters, but the experience on the road, sir will definitely make my happiness last forever, and disasters will not disturb!"

This is how I don't want to let go.

Cui Yu let out a long sigh: "I didn't want to say that." His voice melted into the wind, very light, very light, but it lingered in the deepest part of the heart, "There is nothing you can't tell others, Your Highness can be prepared for this gone?"

"My king—"

Cui Yu immediately reached out his hand to stop his words: "Your Highness, please listen to the next sentence first."

He looked at the guards behind King Yue, as if he was reminding King Yue to let these people go down, but King Yue waved his hand: "They are all close to my heart, sir, you can say whatever you want."

Cui Yu paused and smiled: "This is what His Highness said."

His smile was a little mysterious, a little teasing, King Yue didn't understand it, and he didn't make people shy away from it.

Cui Yan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then tapped his slender fingertips on the table: "I just got a glimpse of the secret below, Your Highness will favor a woman wearing a pink embroidered lotus leaf and gold-rimmed gown tonight... cough cough, Xing Yun Bu Yu... well, about a quarter of an hour. Because of... the intense incident, two scratch marks will be left on His Highness's back... and because of this incident, the backyard will be a little restless for a few days. Within three days, His Highness will notice Twice the red string, I will be a little troubled soon after seeing the red string. Your Highness sweats a little at night, these obscene pants..."

"Stop talking!"

The veins on King Yue's forehead twitched, why didn't he expect that if people around him were always counting, wouldn't everyone know what he did!The official duties are fine, how many girls do you have at night, how long does it take, whether you wear underwear, what color of underwear you like, how many meals you eat a day, how many cups of tea you eat, which dishes you eat more and which tea you don’t like... all these things must be passed on. Go out, where is his majesty!

Cui Yu spread his hands: "Look, no matter what you say to others, there is a bottom line. Many things just cannot be shared with others. I have not yet developed my skills, and I can't take the initiative to orientate the sky. What is the secret? I know what... so I think that this distance is sometimes necessary. Besides, Your Highness is going well now, and it is not yet the time for me..."

King Yue's face was dark, and he finally understood Cui Yu's reminder, his brows were frowned, and his expression was a little irritated: "I heard that you can always point to the right direction when you are spying on secrets with others?"

"That's right," Cui Yu smiled, "Because some private things are embarrassing to others, and I am also embarrassed, so I never mentioned them."

So I saw others like this!

The king of Yue pursed his lips tightly, remained silent for a while, and then spoke again: "Sir, you don't want to be bound by the royal rules, and this king can't force it. You can't form a confidant and a long-term companion, but it is necessary to be a friend."

Cui Yu's smile was as bright and clear as ever: "It doesn't matter."

"Sir, you have such a cultivation level at such a young age. I believe that after a long time in the world of mortals, you will become more diligent..." King Yue stared closely at Cui Yu, "I am waiting for that day!"

Cui Yu smiled: "I also look forward to that day."

In this way, it can be regarded as a complete hatchback, and everyone is happy.

After the tense atmosphere passed, King Yue's complexion recovered, and after a few words, the pavilion became much more relaxed.

The King of Yue suggested at the right time: "Sir, when you first arrived in Luoyang, I am afraid that you are not used to it. I see that there are only two waiters around you. One is stupid and the other is cold. No one knows how to be cold and considerate. There are some people in this king's place." There are a lot of well-trained servants, why don't you choose a few?"

Cui Yan wouldn't be so stupid to take over King Yue's hidden stake, sighed, and said with a worried look on his face: "I'm fine, it's just that the housing prices in Luoyang are a bit high, and money is a little short..."

The king of Yue immediately understood: "Then the king gave Mr. a house?"

"Thank you for the kindness of King Yue. It's just that Taoists practice and pay attention to everything. I can only accept this feeling, but I dare not ask for Yue Wang's house."

King Yue still didn't give up: "That's right, don't break the rules and affect the progress of practice. But sir, it's hard to practice, and it's not good if you don't have a suitable house. It's not good to give gifts. This king is more vulgar and gives some money. Treasure, I should give it to you as a friend!"

"Your Highness must not—"

"Sir, you can't refuse! Otherwise, this king will treat you as disrespectful!"

Cui Yu had no choice but to give up, and reluctantly accepted the gift: "Then thank you, Your Highness."

"Between you and me, what are you polite?"

Cui Mata waved his sleeves and smiled.

In fact, he had already expected that with the reputation he had built in Chang'an, it would be impossible for him to stop when he arrived in Chang'an. He would definitely deal with all kinds of people, including the clan and royal family.He had already prepared for it, anyway, he couldn't avoid it, so he just came together, whether it was a wolf or a tiger, he would follow!

Although a good relationship has been established, after all, it is different from what he expected at the beginning. King Yue was still a little unwilling, his eyes turned, and he smiled slightly: "Mr. Difficult to change, this is why I pester you, my royal father is the one who really devotes his heart and soul to the country and the country, worrying everywhere... If you are summoned by your father someday, sir, don't take it away, you must show your talents well, Bless me Daan."

This seems to be a point, but in fact...

Cui Yu's eyes drooped slightly, fearing that soon after King Yue returned to the palace, he would mention him to Emperor Taikang, no matter whether Emperor Taikang knew about his reputation before or whether he was interested in him, he would definitely see him soon.

No matter what, he never forgets to calculate, and the king of Yue is also upright.

Cui Yu pretended not to understand, and every time he pretended to pass through Wang Yinyi, it was quite embarrassing.He also sincerely advised the King of Yue: "If you want to do something, think of knowledge and stop to calm others; if you think of high danger, you think of humility and rush to shepherd yourself; if you are afraid of overflowing, you think of rivers and seas and rivers... Your Highness has ambitions, and the predecessors are a mirror. Cultivate yourself, God knows, and will give you back."

His expression and tone were full of sincerity, as if King Yue was his best friend.

King Yue was astonished.

This is "Remonstrance Taizong Shi Sishu" written by a famous loyal minister!Not to mention the inner truth, this is a man's advice to the emperor!Cui Mata's words, do you mean...

King Yue felt uncontrollable excitement and was a little ashamed. He always wanted to test Cui Yu's ability, but Cui Yu treated him cautiously and encouraged him with words. Cui Yu must be sincere to him!

For a moment, King Yue almost gave up the idea of ​​admonishing Emperor Taikang to recruit Cui Yu for a chat!

King Huo stood up and patted Cui Yu on the shoulder: "You are fine!" He also gave him a look of "this king is optimistic about you, and will not treat you badly when things are successful."

Cui Yu had straight eyebrows and straight eyes, and didn't say much.

But King Yue stood up. According to the rules of status, there should be no one sitting here, so he also stood up.

As soon as he stood up, King Yue's eyes flashed, and seeing a petal stuck between the ends of his hair, he reached out to him to get it.

It was still advanced by Yang Xuan.

Yang Xuan reached out and gently picked up the small white and round petals in Cui Yu's hair. No matter the angle or the strength, it was so weird that King Yue had to let go of the hand on Cui Yu's shoulder.

King Yue frowned: "This is—"

Cui Yu didn't want him to pay too much attention to Yang Xuan, so he didn't even look at Yang Xuan, as if Yang Xuan was just an insignificant person: "I'm an attendant, a bit cold-tempered, not talkative, if I offend..."

"Not to mention offending, I'm just curious, why is he wearing a mask?" King Yue didn't like being robbed twice of the opportunity not to express intimacy by this man, raised his brows, and smiled a bit nastyly, "But he was too ugly , afraid of scaring people?"

Yang Xuan's expression didn't change.

King Yue didn't finish talking, he turned his head to look at Cui Yu: "You are always with such an ugly thing, will it hurt your eyes? Don't delay your practice."

Yang Xuan's jaw tensed slightly.

Cui Yu smiled: "Beauty and ugliness are nothing more than appearance. There will always be a day of getting old and sick, and everyone has different tastes. There is no standard for beauty and ugliness. My attendant is just sick. When I recover, I will be fine."

He behaved so chicly, King Yue didn't want to be too provocative. Originally, the purpose of getting together today was to make friends, not to make enemies.

The King of Yue gave Yang Xuan a sideways look, as if letting him go: "It's still early, sir, why don't you talk to me about Taoism? I've always been curious about metaphysics, but I just can't learn it well."

As long as he pays attention not to focus on Yang Xuan, and does not have to force Yang Xuan to take off his mask to admire, Cui Yu has no objection, and will not blow up casually: "Okay, what do you want to hear, Your Highness?"

"There is no direction, you can just talk about it."

"Then let me talk about a passage in the "Tao Te Ching". Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, but it is evil; everyone knows that good is good, but it is not good..."

……

Cui Yan didn't speak for a long time, Rong Yanbin and Lin Zhiyan inquired secretly, walked over, and said they wanted to meet the King of Yue.

Today's Wang family's autumn banquet, similar things are inevitable, although it is a bit regretful that I can't continue to talk with Cui Yu, but Rong Yanbin's cousin has performed well in the palace recently, and has saved his mother and concubine a lot of trouble. of.

King Yue raised his eyes, and the eunuch standing beside him waved back, the guards let him go, and Rong Yanbin brought Lin Zhiyan over.

"See you, my lord!" The two bowed respectfully, their expressions agitated, as if they were so honored to meet the King of Yue.

"Get up." Yue Wang lazily waved his hand, and glanced at them lightly, "What's the matter with me?"

"I didn't hear that you are here, come and say hello..."

Even though he got up, Rong Yanbin still bent his waist and pouted his buttocks, with a flattering smile on his face.He seemed to want to get close to King Dorala of Yue, and exchanged some greetings, but it was Lin Zhiyan who looked at him better and tugged at the hem of his clothes in time.

Rong Yanbin understood, and said directly to the business: "That's right, I heard that Daoist Cui, the half-immortal of Chang'an, will also come to the Wang family's autumn banquet today. Some time... I would like to ask the prince to sit for a while and wait for the good news."

After King Yue heard this, his expression was a little weird, his gaze slowly slid to Cui Yu, and then back again.

Cui Mata's complexion did not change.These two only had King Yue in their eyes, and they didn't even notice that they were talking to King Yue.

King Yue and Cui Yu had a very happy conversation, and he didn't want to be disturbed, so he said perfunctorily: "If it's just about this matter, you can go."

"It's not just this one." Rong Yanbin didn't leave, and said slowly according to what he had discussed with Lin Zhiyan before, "It's the autumn banquet today. Zhiyan and I have something very important to take, so Your lord, you are also of great use, but who would have thought that a little boy would come out and snatch the things away..."