Poor monks do not break the precepts

The Prince's Mansion of Suqing County was built next to the Prince Liang's Mansion of the Third Prince in Liquanfang in the northwest of Yongle City, which is enough to show the close relationship between the two brothers.But when Feng Shuren sent someone to report the news, the third prince Meng Qingrun was chatting with Meng Xiuran.Meng Xiuran was overjoyed when he heard that Xu Sheng came, and it was time for lunch, so he hurriedly ordered to go down to add two more sets of bowls and chopsticks.

When the sedan chair arrived at Hongjun Prince's Mansion, it was just after noon, and many people gathered around the gate of the Prince's Mansion. After all, the two princes who were waiting for the reception by the gate must be of high status.When Xu Sheng walked out of the sedan chair, everyone showed disappointment and scattered.

Meng Xiuran smiled brightly and said, "Whether you come and make a beak in advance, people are caught off guard."

Although he has made up his mind to enter the world and leave the Buddhist gate, Xu Sheng still can't change his habit for a while, he put his hands together and slightly bent over and said: "The poor monk pays homage to the third and sixth highnesses."

Meng Qingrun helped Xu Sheng's wrist, and said with a light smile, "Miao Monk, you don't need to be too polite." There were still people around, and Meng Qingrun raised his hand sideways, leading the way: "Please come inside."

The front yard of the mansion is very lively, laughter is endless in the yard, there are a group of little girls playing shuttlecock in a circle, two of them are dressed in luxurious clothes, and you can tell by a glance that they are the masters with status.They were enjoying themselves so much that they didn't notice that there was a visitor from the palace.

Meng Xiuran raised his voice and called, "Jia Le, come here."

"Hey." Throwing down the feather shuttlecock in her hand, the little girl came running with a smile on her face, her almond eyes were watery, the corners of her eyes and lips curved like crescent moons, and she said in a clear voice: "Brother Six." As soon as she called someone, she immediately noticed Xu Sheng, It felt very special at first glance, "Who is this?"

Meng Xiuran didn't answer, and pointed at the little girl to Xu Sheng with a smile, "This is my father's favorite little girl."

Xu Sheng saluted and said, "Princess Fule Jin'an, the poor monk's name is Xu Sheng."

Fule waved his hands quickly, puffed up his cheeks, and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't, don't, don't, Monk Hua get up, you don't need to salute me."

Meng Xiuran's expression darkened when he heard Fule address Xu Sheng like that, "Fule must not be rude."

Xu Sheng didn't mind at all, and said with a smile: "The name the princess gave to the poor monk is quite special." Hearing what Xu Sheng said, Meng Xiuran couldn't say anything more, besides, he also felt in his heart that the title was very suitable for Xu Sheng born.

Following behind Princess Fule came another young lady from the noble family, who was about the same age as Fule, with a pair of phoenix eyes and beautiful eyes, and the age of Cardamom's youth, she could already see that she would be a beauty in the future.She raised her jaw slightly, as if she didn't even pay attention to the third prince, Meng Qingrun.

Meng Xiuran and Meng Qingrun looked at each other, as if hesitating how to make an introduction.Who would have thought that the little girl bowed slightly, but actually gave Xu Sheng a junior salute, "If you come to Yongle City, don't come and tell me, so I can ask the guards to pick you up."

Meng Xiuran was dumbfounded, and even Meng Qingrun was astonished from the bottom of his heart.Princess Longxiu of Xishu gave big courtesy to people, not to mention the two ordinary princes, not even his eldest brother, the prince, received such treatment.The two of them looked at Xu Sheng happily accepting it, it was completely commonplace, and even murmured in their hearts.

Fule pulled Longxiu's sleeve and said romantically, "Longxiu, do you know Monk Hua?"

Princess Longxiu nodded, and just about to speak when Xu Sheng greeted, "You fell off your horse a few months ago, have you recovered from your injury?"

"You specially sent someone to bring the wound medicine, you dare not be bad." Longxiu didn't care about the difference between men and women at all, rolled up her wide sleeves, and showed Xu Sheng her arms.

Xu Sheng squinted at Longxiu's arm, helped her pull down the sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's not young, it doesn't look like a girl, and I'm not afraid of being laughed at by others. I just met your father a while ago, this time I blocked it for you. But, if you continue to cause trouble in the capital, I can't protect you."

"Yao'er knows that Second Uncle loves Yao'er the most." Long Xiu seemed to have completely changed her temper, she smiled softly at Chen Xiang, and said sweetly, "Hello, sister Xiang."

Princess Fule pouted, poking her lower lip with her fingers from time to time, and said for a while, "Longxiu is called Monk Hua Second Uncle, so I should also be called Second Uncle."

It was rare for Longxiu to show her childish nature, she hurriedly hugged Xu Sheng's arm, "No, the second uncle is the second uncle of Longxiu alone."

Meng Qingrun seldom set foot in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't know much about the people and affairs in the rivers and lakes. He heard his sixth brother mention Xu Sheng, but he thought he was a monk with a slight reputation in the martial arts, but he was completely shocked to say no to what happened before him. Speak up.Meng Xiuran also opened his eyes wide, staring blankly at the matter in front of him, and after a while he managed to say: "Miao Monk, forgive me for being rude, Prince Dingxi and you..."

Xu Sheng glanced at Meng Qingrun with a chuckle, and his tone was very flat, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, "He is my elder brother whom I count on."

Meng Xiuran suddenly realized when he heard the words, and finally understood why Xu Sheng didn't care at all when he heard his name. Compared with the attitude of other people in the world, Xu Sheng was always neither humble nor overbearing towards himself.He was full of puzzles about Xu Sheng, and only now did he understand that a person who was called a brother and brother with King Dingxi of Western Shu would take himself, the little prince, seriously.

The noisy courtyard suddenly felt a little bit lonely in winter. Meng Qingrun may have sensed what Meng Xiuran was thinking, although his expression was the same, there was a trace of depression in his eyes that was not easy to detect.As a prince, how could he not have the idea of ​​not wishing for the throne, but Meng Qingrun respected his elder brother, and he was a prince who was too favored, so he gave up thinking about it.

After a while of silence, a beautiful woman suddenly came out from the second door, her gait was dignified yet coquettish, she said with a smile: "The lunch has been prepared, does Sixth Brother plan to keep the guests waiting in the courtyard for a long time?"

Putting away the bitterness in his heart, Meng Xiuran smiled and said: "What the third sister-in-law said is that there is no reason to stand in the courtyard to entertain distinguished guests."

Nian Baohan embraced Meng Qingrun's arm, smiling like a flower like the spring sun in April, "You, it's time to get married, so that someone can remind you and help you take care of the inner house." With just one glance, Nian Baohan had already seen through her husband's thoughts, and held Meng Qingrun's hand in comfort and encouragement, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, do you think so?"

"Yes, I have time to mention the premise to my father." Meng Qingrun turned his head and smiled: "It has been a long journey from Jishi Mountain to the capital, and I am tired even if I want to come here. Today is a coincidence, we just happened to be able to live for nothing The master takes the wind and washes away the dust."

Xu Sheng had no intention of refusing, and gladly accepted Meng Qingrun's invitation, and walked slowly into the inner house with the two princes. The three of them seemed to be walking side by side, but upon closer inspection, one could find that Xu Sheng's steps were slower than the two princes'. slightly behind.As soon as everyone arrived at the main hall of the inner house, the stewards of the mansion hurried over, and it was Dao Huaimingmo who was handing out invitations outside the palace to visit.

"Today is quite lively, two martial arts legends came to my county palace at the same time." Meng Xiuran said with a smile, and hurriedly asked the steward to invite people in.

Xu Sheng sat around the dining table with his back facing the wide open door of the main hall, his face was indifferent as if he was indifferent to everything, even after Huai Mingmo entered the room, he didn't look back.It wasn't until Huai Mingmo sat down next to him that he smiled lightly and said, "What a coincidence."

"It's really a coincidence." Huai Mingmo said with a light smile: "After Ji Shishan said goodbye, I didn't have time to thank His Highness Six for his help, so I came here to visit."

Meng Qingrun probably heard the whole story, and said with a smile: "The Hidden World Villa is a loyal monarch and pure minister, as it should be."

The people around the dinner table laughed and talked lightly, but the people outside the dinner table couldn't be more indifferent.Xin Li and Zheng Fengnian stared at Chen Xiang, and Luo Chen, who was waiting outside the hall, glanced in from time to time. No one expected to meet in such a way.However, Chen Xiang remained indifferent, didn't pay attention to those people at all, and listened to Princess Longxiu and Princess Fule chatting and laughing like no one, and occasionally the corners of her mouth slightly raised in response.

Xu Sheng didn't panic at all because of Chen Xiang's exposure, he still laughed and talked freely, Xin Li admired his composure.

"The girl rescued her that day, but Huai didn't even have time to thank her."

Long Xiuyuan didn't have much interest in this Young Master Pianran, seeing Huai Mingmo say this to Chen Xiang, she wondered: "Sister Xiang knows him?"

Chen Xiang stared at Huai Mingmo carefully for a while, then shook his head without hesitation and said: "I don't know, this young master must have admitted the wrong person."

"Oh." Long Xiu squinted at Huai Mingmo, and said with disgust: "The current Deng Tuzi is really trying his best to seduce beautiful women, so shameless."

Xu Sheng almost laughed out loud when he heard the words, he thought that Princess Longxiu really played against him when he was young, he was not afraid of the world, and he was born with a tricky mouth.Huai Mingmo was stunned for a long time, wanted to explain but couldn't explain, he realized that Xu Sheng was gloating by the side, so he couldn't help but pull out the jade bone fan, and poked Xu Sheng twice under the table.

There was a moment of embarrassment in the room, Meng Qingrun grew up under the name of Concubine Ji, and had many contacts with Huai Mingmo, so he knew that Huai Mingmo's temperament was not the womanizer that Princess Longxiu said.But Princess Longxiu said so, who dares to refute at this time, besides, the parties seem not to want to explain more, even if everyone is curious about the past, it is difficult to ask.

Nian Baohan saw that Xin Li and the others were pale and knew something was wrong, he thought for a while and said, "Wu Fu, go to the side hall and prepare the table wine and food, so that you can entertain Mr. Huai to bring guests."

Huai Mingmo thanked him with a smile, "Thank you, Third Princess, for your consideration."

Steward Wu took them to the side hall, and immediately ordered the servants in the house to serve the dishes.Lunch was prepared early on, and was quickly brought to the table by the servants. Although the whole table is vegetarian, the dishes are very rich, such as roasted vegetarian meat, vegetarian lion head, steamed cabbage rolls, mountain mushroom tofu soup... taste Either list or rich, delicious food, I am afraid that the royal chef in the palace will feel ashamed.This cook was specially inquired by Meng Xiuran. He heard that there was a recluse in Wuyi Lane, Qingzhou Prefecture, and he was moved by several visits.

"How long does Mr. Huai plan to stay in the capital?" Meng Qingrun's peripheral vision fell on Xu Sheng, and he deeply felt that Huai Mingmo's coming to the capital was actually related to Xu Sheng.

"Wait until I find what I'm looking for."

Meng Xiuran wondered, "Looking for someone? Who are you looking for?"

Huai Mingmo chuckled and said, "A person who misses you day and night."

Although Wuwangya Xusheng will not come back again, but there are still black faces who will guard there, and Xinli's visit to Wuwangya can't be hidden from Wuzhilou.Chen Xiang looked at Xu Sheng worriedly, knowing that when they met today, he could no longer hide Xu Sheng's identity as a incense thief.

Seeing that Chen Xiang was absent-minded, Long Xiu turned her attention to Huai Mingmo again, and hearing what he said, she couldn't help stabbing: "It's really a chaotic person, since he already has someone in his heart, he still flirts with women all day long."

The table is full of vegetarian dishes that Xu Sheng loves to eat. You only need to taste it to know that it is Guo Linnan's cooking skills. Since Mr. Guo cooks the dishes with great care, Xu Sheng is not worried that there will be some seasonings that should not be added. It is rare to have an appetite Great increase, tasted one by one.When he was savoring the delicacies wholeheartedly, when he heard Long Xiu's words, he immediately wanted to laugh out loud but couldn't, he almost choked due to negligence, covered his mouth and coughed repeatedly.

The side hall and the main hall are separated by a screen, and this place smells that Princess Longxiu is so outspoken, and both of them change their colors drastically, wishing to speak out to teach that ignorant girl a lesson.

Huai Mingmo patted Xu Sheng's back, and asked with concern: "Is it better?" Such a behavior is not at all the cold and indifferent appearance that outsiders say.Meng Xiuran was secretly surprised in his eyes, these two people were really strange, whether it was Xu Sheng or Huai Mingmo, they were completely different from what he knew.

"No problem." Xu Sheng took a sip of tea, and said slightly reproachful: "Xiao Yao, don't be unreasonable. Mr. Huai is not the disciple you said, please apologize."

The voice hadn't finished yet, the lingering sound lingered, and the room was suddenly silent. Everyone around the table turned their attention to Xu Sheng and Long Xiu, and a few people in the side hall couldn't help poking their heads out, and all the people who came after were stared wide in shock. eye.Princess Longxiu of Xishu is the jewel in the palm of King Dingxi, not to mention that others dare not control her, maybe even King Dingxi would never reprimand her.But this wonderful monk boldly called the princess by her boudoir nickname and threatened to ask her to apologize to Huai Mingmo.

Although Longxiu has a savage temper, her heart is not bad, and she often speaks with thorns, but most of them are people who don't like her, so the sitting emperor still likes her very much.Meng Qingrun didn't want to annoy Princess Longxiu because of such trivial matters, and just wanted to make peace, but Princess Longxiu said obediently: "I'm sorry, Longxiu won't dare next time."

"This girl is quick-talking, she doesn't mean anything malicious." Xu Sheng said with a light smile: "She likes Chen Xiang very much, and seeing that Chen Xiang treats you coldly, she deliberately targeted you."

Huai Mingmo shook his head with a light smile, not at all annoyed, "I was too abrupt just now, don't blame her."

Xin Liyuan looked at Xu Sheng's elegant appearance, but his heart was turned upside down. The Xuanji Pavilion investigated Xu Sheng for several months. He thought that although the secret investigation was obstructed, he had already found out most of the people who knew enough. Today he knows It's because I'm too overconfident.Zheng Fengnian leaned forward and lowered his voice so that only a few people around the table could hear, "This monk Xusheng is really scary."

Fuller liked Long Xiu very much, seeing that she was depressed and sullen, she hurriedly pulled Long Xiu's sleeves and smiled brightly.This scene happened to fall into Xu Sheng's eyes, perhaps because of his love for the house and Wu, he liked the little daughter of Emperor Meng a little bit, she was simple and pure, not at all like a girl from the palace.

Having enough food and tea, Meng Qingrun asked people to remove the leftovers, added some tables and chairs, and invited people from the side hall over.A group of people, a pot of tea, chatting all over the place all afternoon.Xusheng is worthy of the name of a wonderful monk, and Huai Mingmo is also a model son. The two of them are knowledgeable, chatting about rhythms and prose, talking about exotic scenery, talking about Jianghu martial arts, and talking about state affairs and current affairs. They are all on par.The two of them talked with great relish, and the others were convinced. Even the princes Meng Qingrun and Meng Xiuran were quite envious. After all, being a prince has too much involuntary control, which can't compare to the freedom of wandering in the rivers and lakes.

Fu Le leaned on the round table, looked at Xu Sheng with a smile, "Can Monk Hua tell Fu Le something interesting about what happened in Jianghu?"

Xu Sheng laughed and said, "I don't know what anecdote Princess Fule wants to hear."

"The matter of the incense thief."

As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the people in the room were different for a moment, those who knew and those who didn't know had their own thoughts, only Xu Sheng seemed to hear a small matter and took it lightly.Longxiu knew Xu Sheng's identity when she was about five years old, she glanced at Xu Sheng knowingly, shook her head and said: "No, no, what's so good about a little thief's story."

Meng Xiuran recalled that the incense thief once visited Dingxi Palace at night, stole famous paintings and left safely.So she thought that Longxiu felt that the incense thieves were hateful, and made Dingxi Prince's mansion feel bad, so she didn't want to hear about the incense thieves.He tapped Fule's forehead lightly, nodded and said, "You, you've been fooling around all day, and you want to know some strange things."

Fuller covered her forehead and said coquettishly, "Sixth brother is bad."

Meng Qingrun lightly supported the back of Fule's head with his palm, and said with a smile: "Stop making trouble." Then he said slowly: "Have the two temporary residences in the capital been arranged properly? There is a secluded courtyard in the backyard of my palace, and you can walk in and out. The door is convenient."

The Ji family once purchased a mansion in the capital. Although few people lived there, the mansion hired a steward and a few cleaning maids.When Huai Mingmo decided to come to the capital, Mr. Ji had already sent a letter to someone to prepare for the purchase.Meng Qingrun probably knew about these situations, so he asked Huai Mingmo just in case.

Xu Sheng was also aware of the situation of Ji's family, so he naturally understood that Meng Qingrun was asking himself, and said calmly: "The poor monk had someone find a small house before he came to the capital, so he dare not bother His Highness."

Princess Longxiu was very concerned when she heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Where is it?"

Xu Sheng said: "Zhaoguofang."

"So close." Xin Li muttered, seeing everyone looking at him with puzzled faces, he explained: "The house that Mr. Ji bought a few years ago is in Yongpingfang, just across the street from Zhaoguofang. "

Huai Mingmo felt slightly joyful in his heart, and said, "It's really close."

Xu Sheng also said: "It's really close."