Geniuses are often only associated with theory. They are only responsible for proposing possible answers to the problem, but are unwilling to verify the answers. They know the truth but guess the truth but do not prove it. Therefore, I am relatively not very good at mathematics. I can propose the theory of relativity and continue to be idle. The required preliminary experimental verification will take several years before those hard-working scientists can go to the wilderness and stare at the solar eclipse for a long time before they can do it. come out.
Ning Que was praised as a genius. It seemed that he could throw the ideas in his mind to his senior brothers and turn them into reality. He ignored them anymore. Unfortunately, the talisman arrow is what he needs, and the talisman is something that the talisman master must participate in himself. It is more important. It is true that he is the youngest junior in the academy and has no qualifications or courage to pretend to be a subject leader. Therefore, in order to turn the idea of genius into a complete craft design, he had to continue to suffer in the next few days. Stop on the paper and draw pictures and talismans, doing the most tedious and boring craft design work.
As someone's natal creature, Sangsang had to continue to play an important role in the rune experiment. After several storms and storms, it finally came to a happy and peaceful year for being a rich little maid, but unexpectedly he would fall and roll. She floated around, even though she was a little dull, she could no longer bear the itch and inexplicable strangeness. She resolutely tore off the white cloth on her body and moved the washing basin to the fake antique shop next door.
Although he lost the most sensitive experimental tools, Ning Que still had to continue his research and development work. He stood at the desk and bit the pen, thinking hard about how to improve the rune so as to bring the maximum growth rate increase effect to the feather arrow The most troublesome thing is, how can we perfectly draw the last stroke of the rune when the arrow is ejected?
The hair turned from a bird's nest to a chicken's nest and then the big white goose raised by the second senior brother was built in the fish house. His eyes went from being tired to being excited and then tired, and he repeated it again and again until it was dark. He always felt that he seemed to be right away I have to solve this problem, but I feel that the answer seems to be floating among the extremely distant clouds . It is always empty to reach out to touch and explore, hitting the water and mirror, which is painful and annoying .
Just then, the door of Lao Bizhai was knocked.
Ning Que did not shout to look at Sangsang . He called Sangsang a few times, but he didn't hear the echo. He remembered that she had already hidden next door, so he had to throw away the ink pen in his hand and walked forward and spread the door open.
There was a middle-aged man wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt standing outside the door, with a respectful expression. Ning Que felt that this person looked familiar. He took the invitation handed over by the other party and looked at the signature on the invitation. He remembered that the middle-aged man was the manager of the princess's house.
"What's the matter?" he rubbed his eyes and asked yawning, "Must have to go?"
The manager was stunned by his reaction and said with a wry smile: "Ning everyone, I really don't know what the matter is. However, according to Your Highness's arrangement, it should be a private gathering, so you'd better go."
Ning Que just asked by the way, and never used this to show that he was not afraid of the royal power.
Since he has not attended such social activities in Chang'an City, he has not participated in such social activities for several days. Now he is busy with the matter of talisman arrows , and according to reason, he is not in the mood to go to the appointment. But the other party was the most beloved princess of the Tang Empire. He and Li Yu had not seen each other for some time. They went to see what the other party wanted to say and relax. Maybe it would be of some benefit to the current dilemma, so they said, "Tomorrow is on time arrive."
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The heat fades in the late summer , and the big leaf fan in the corridor in the distance is still spinning, constantly blowing a gentle breeze into the courtyard , adding a cool and pleasant feeling. Sangsang took Xiaoman to the old trees to catch insects, while Ning Que and Li Yu sat on the wooden board in the courtyard and drank tea and chatted casually. The picture was indescribable and casual.
However, the expression on Ning Que's face was inconsistent with this face. His brows were frowning very tightly. The dimples on his left face were particularly clear because of gritting his teeth and tightening his jaw muscles. He asked annoyedly: "Your Highness, can I not do it." go?"
"The father's personal letter should have arrived at the academy at this time." Li Yu turned his wrist and sent the teacup to his lips, sipped it gently, and exclaimed, "The rock tea sent from Shanyin County is indeed good."
Ning Que looked at her beautiful face and sighed and said, "Your Highness, can we omit these outdated and humble noises and romance methods and directly talk about serious things? You must know that you and I are both young people, so there is no need to learn from those old people. Usually try and try."
Listening to the four words of romance , Li Yu slowly raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a smile, but he still couldn't use these four words to express it, saying, "The father and the emperor spoke in person, I believe Mr. Jun Mo would not be either. I will object, in my opinion, you must go to this trip to the wasteland."
"I have already entered the second floor, why do I still have to practice it?" Ning Que asked in confusion.
Li Yu was also a little confused about the attitude he showed, and frowned and said, "Why don't you want to go? You should know that all the students of the academy will be pillars of the court in the future. I will be led by you to practice in the wasteland today, and no matter how they read it in the future. I don't think about your benefits, but at least I dare not be disrespectful to you in the open."
Ning Que shook his head and said, "The wasteland is a very dangerous place."
Li Yu looked at his eyes quietly and said, "I have been in the prosperous Chang'an for too long. Will it wipe out the iron bones of people into crispy pieces? I don't believe that such a small scene can scare you. I know You are the name of the wood chopper in combing the Bi Lake, are you still afraid of the barbarians on the grassland ?"
"It's a wood-killer." Ning Que corrected.
He continued to explain: "Although Qichengzhai has not officially fought with the Grassland Golden Tent Royal Court for many years, the battlefield is not unfamiliar to me, and I am not afraid of returning to the battlefield. But since it is a battlefield, Life and death are blind. The students in the academy say they are invincible in the world, but they do things very badly. Who knows how much they will die if they really go to the battlefield? I will take such a group of children to the battlefield and I will be responsible for their lives. The pressure is too great."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't forget that they were your classmates, saying that they were children. Are you much older than them? I don't know how you learned the feeling of being old-fashioned now."
Ning Que thought to himself that he would be seven or eight years older than them. Although he could not be a man of old age, he would always be more cautious when looking at things, and said, "The older the guy, the easier it is to survive on the battlefield in the wasteland."
"But in fact you don't need to take this kind of pressure."
Li Yu looked at him and said calmly: "Practical practice of academy is a major event for the empire to hone talents. How can you protect them like an old hen? Life and death are without eyes, and only the academy students who can come back alive from the battlefield have Qualifications are carefully trained by the court, so you just take them there without paying attention to their life and death."
Hearing this, Ning Que was slightly shocked, and after a while of silence, he asked in confusion: "If you don't care about their life and death on the battlefield, why do you have to take them there? Will the military headquarters just send someone to a meeting?"
Li Yu didn't say anything. She looked at the freckles on this fresh and lovely face, and suddenly felt a hint of regret in her heart.
Last year, she returned from the grassland. She can be said to be the first big figure in the Tang Empire to discover Ning Que's ability. She also tried to recruit her. Unfortunately, compared with Ning Que's potential, the intensity of her recruitment at that time did seem a bit. It was too small, but in just one year, the young soldier from Weicheng became the successor of the Divine Talisman , a student on the second floor, and a celebrity in Chang'an City...
Her slender fingers slowly turned the teacup and gradually woke up from her loss of consciousness. She looked at Ning Que and said with a smile: "Father asked you to take the students of the academy to the wasteland. It was not to value those students, but to take you and want you. Go and win some face for the empire, and at the same time, you need to see what abilities you can show."
Ning Que was slightly stunned and said, "Your Majesty... do you think too much of me?"
"Because you have ambition and ideas, it is different from the seniors in the back mountain of the academy. The father is interested in you with ambition and ideas. For my empire, it is very important whether young people have ambition or not. ."
"I really don't know what ambitions I have."
"Or change the word...ideal?"
"My ideals should be clear that they are all very simple things."
"But when you meet your childhood ideal, aren't there any bigger ideal?"
"for example?"
Li Yu looked at his thoughtful expression and said, "Do you like it when practicing Taoism in the back mountain of the academy all year round?"
Ning Que replied without hesitation: "I like it."
This question may have confused him in the past, but since Chen Pipi took him to Yadong Bookstore and saw the scholar who kept copying and reading books, it has never become a problem again.
Li Yu stared into his eyes and asked, "But after having strong enough power, don't you want to rely on your power to do what you want to do and achieve some goals you want to achieve?"
Ning Que's mind flashed through the dilapidated mansion, the blood-stained stone lion, and the friend sitting in front of the wet wall. His body felt a little stiff. After a long period of silence, he put these thoughts that could not be spoken behind him and raised his head. Looking at her shrugging, she said meaninglessly: "I used to be passionate about fame and fortune, but now I have profits. Only when I become famous can I know the trouble of being famous, so I really don't know what I will do in the future."
Li Yu looked at him quietly and suddenly realized that this guy is now a student of the Master, and the fame and fortune in the world are indeed not very attractive to him. For some reason, he felt a little frustrated and at a loss.
"I remember one time last winter, you told Xiaoman a fairy tale in the wooden courtyard where we were sitting at this time. The little princess in the fairy tale was proud, timid and incompetent, and the frog prince was a bit stubborn. "
After a long silence, she spoke.
As soon as she spoke, she felt something was wrong. She couldn't figure out why she suddenly told the story. But since it had already begun, she clenched her fists hard, insisted on calming down and told the story. I don't know if it was because of Xia Mofeng. The heat was because the palace maid in the corridor was lazy and stopped fanning , and she felt that her cheeks were a little hot.
"If you want to accomplish anything in the world, you must first dare to think about it. If you don't think about it, you will never be able to do it. In the final analysis, the so-called ambition, desire and ideal still have to rely on courage."
Li Yu's emotions gradually calmed down and he said slowly .
The courtyard was quiet, and you could only faintly hear the sound of the big leaf fan rotating in the corridor in the distance, the cheers of surprise under the old trees, and the sound of water flowing into the pool between the rockery.
Ning Que saw the quiet, gentle and even indulgent meaning in her eyes. He understood the meaning of her words and couldn't help but think of the girl who was listening to the story at the fire at the Beishan Roadkou Mountain at that time. However, in a blink of an eye, he woke up and remembered that the other party was The princess of the Tang Dynasty, who is in a noble and unparalleled state, was still lingering in her mind, so he remained silent for a moment and did not respond, but asked, "Mr. Lu is so good recently?"
Without hearing the other party's tentative words, Li Yusheng expressed a hint of regret and sadness, but he also breathed a sigh of relief. He lifted up the precious dragon head Wushuang bundle of bamboo mud pot in front of him , filled the teacup in front of Ning Que, and responded with a smile. "Mr. Lu refused to live in Chang'an City and insisted on practicing in Wading Mountain. He wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that he was in good health. By the way, he was very happy when he knew you entered the second floor of the academy. ."
Thinking about the selfless teachings of Mr. Lu Qingchen on the journey, but at that time he was just a young man who was not famous and could not practice. Now he has become the key target of the Tang Dynasty's court. Ning Qu couldn't help but feel deeply moved and missed him very much. Thank you, your mood has become much warmer.
"Your Highness, during the period when I went to the wasteland... Then Sangsang will ask you to take care of you."
"rest assured."
With the care of the Fourth Princess of the Tang Dynasty, no one in Chang'an City dares to bully the little maid. But Ning Que went to the wasteland this time, which was the first time Sangsang left his side after he was born. So after receiving such a positive answer, he was still a little worried and stared at Li Yu's eyes and said seriously: "Don't let people bully him." she."
As Ning Que's questioning, Li Yu, as the princess, was not unhappy, but instead calmed down because she knew what Ning Que was worried about Sangsang, but she was willing to hand Sangsang over to her to take care of, which already showed a certain attitude.
"Don't worry, if anyone dares to bully Sangsang, I will make him worse than death."
"Your Highness, this is too cruel. Let that person die directly, the whole family will die."
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"Your Highness?"
"It's nothing. I have a letter here, you can take it with you. Although I know you won't be afraid of those barbarians in the wasteland, after all, if something really happens, you can use this letter to find Prince Chongming."
Ning Que took the letter and put it in his arms. When he was about to say some standard words such as gratitude, he suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, listening to the breath coming from outside the flower wall, thinking that anyone in the princess's mansion dared to ignore the rules and eavesdrop on the princess's house. Talk to yourself.
Li Yu was slightly stunned when he saw him, looked back, frowned and said, "Why are you here? Have you finished your homework today? When will the Imperial College allow students to leave the class early?"
A young man dressed in bright yellow clothes walked out from behind the flower wall. The young man looked beautiful but his face was pale as if he had not seen his eyes for many days. His thin body and face gave people a feeling of weakness.
The boy replied with a smile, "Sister, don't be so fierce."
Listening to the title, Ning Que learned the identity of the young man - the eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire, and the eldest prince who had the most hope of inheriting the throne, so he left the table and stood up and bowed .
He bowed here as a tribute, but the young prince raised his eyebrows, and a hint of displeasure appeared on his pale face. He waved his hand casually and said, "Forgive."
In his opinion, although this person and his sister are qualified to sit opposite each other, they are not an ordinary little person, but no matter who you are, since you have seen this prince for the first time, you must at least bow to the ground without saying that you have to kneel down. He bows casually, which is really disrespectful.
He was secretly angry that Ning Que was disrespectful, but Li Yu's face suddenly turned cold and he scolded unhappily: "Where has the etiquette you teach you on weekdays? Why don't you give gifts to everyone Ning quickly?"
Hearing the three words Ning Jia, the young prince Li Huiyuan suddenly remembered the incident in the palace this year. He looked up at Ning Que curiously, and then he met the real person with the legendary person.
If he had been on weekdays, even if he knew that this person was appreciated by his father, he would not give any color. However, what he feared the most in the world was his sister. Seeing Li Yu's face as frosty as he looked, he quickly stood up. Return gifts to Ning Que.
Ning Que smiled gently, waved his hand and signaled not to use it, but did not sideways to avoid it.
Li Huiyuan noticed this in his eyes and his face looked a little bad when he stood up. But after all, he was a child raised by the imperial family. He quickly suppressed his anger, walked to Ning Que, and took his hand and started talking enthusiastically.
The pale and tender face exudes a pathological nobility, deliberately exudes intimacy but cannot hide the indifference in his eyes. He would rather be accustomed to seeing life and death intrigue, and his eyes should not be covered by sand, nor should he tolerate such inferior acting skills. He did not do so. And unhappy, he showed off his best acting skills and the best mental state, being modest but not losing enthusiasm, just like a fire in the desert in winter.
The foundation of the actor's life is acting skills. Today, Muting is blessed with the flowing water, Ning Que performed on the same stage with the young prince. He kept humiliating the other party if he used his excellent acting skills.
Li Yu looked at the scene of the two chatting, and had already seen something strange in it. He rubbed his eyebrows in distress, glared at Ning Que with a grudge, and signaled that he could stop.
The prince suddenly appeared in the princess's mansion and happened to meet him. If this was a coincidence, Ning Que would certainly not believe it. He knew what Li Yu meant, but about that matter. Now he is not qualified and does not want to join, even if he wants to join. It must have happened a long time later, so when he looked at Li Yu's angry eyes, he smiled and stopped teasing the prince, and bowed and bowed to the two nobles of heaven.
Under the willow tree by the road to leaving the Princess' Mansion, he saw a young Taoist with a yellow paper umbrella under his armpit and was slightly stunned. These days he often goes to the South Gate of Haotian Dao opposite the imperial city , so he recognizes this young Taoist, He Mingchi, a disciple of the national teacher Li Qingshan. He is responsible for some important work in Tianshu and is extremely busy. He didn't expect that he would be in the princess today When he saw the other party in the mansion, he seemed to be waiting for someone.
Ning Que walked over and asked curiously: "Senior Brother Mingchi, who are you waiting for?"
The young Taoist looked at Ning Que, smiled helplessly, pointed to the direction of the palace , and said, "According to Your Majesty, I will be responsible for supervising the prince's study. When he ran out of the Imperial College, I had to follow."
Ning Que thought that the playboy and pale prince was really not a good partner. It was a chore to supervise him to study. He looked at the other party sympathetically and comforted him, "It's just a matter of turning a blind eye."
Fang Mingchi smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "I was adopted by my master. I have been with my master since I was a child and I am familiar with the prince. Your Majesty will hand over this matter to me, so I dare not take it too seriously."
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After searching for Sangsang under the old tree, he talked to Xiaoman for a few gossips, and Ning Que left the princess's mansion.
Walking in the bustling streets and alleys, looking at the naughty boy playing around the well at the entrance of the alley, thinking of the young prince and the rumors about the throne dispute, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "The princess has such a stall. Brother, it's really unlucky. I don't know how much hardship he will suffer in the future."
Sangsang asked curiously, "What's wrong with the prince? Young Master, do you think he is an idiot?"
"If you are really an idiot, no one will make things difficult for him. The little student has learned some of the tricks of His Royal Highness the Princess... If you want to become an idiot of a smart person, you will easily cause trouble."
Sangsang glanced around and whispered, "Young Master, that's a prince."
Ning Que said with a smile: "So what about the prince? So what about Prince Longqing? If this little prince dares to provoke me in the future, I will let him know how difficult it is to sell his skills."
"Young Master, you often show pride and proud now."
"Two years ago, we could only participate in the distribution of rights with the Weicheng Tavern. Now we can participate in the distribution of the imperial throne. How can we not be proud? And this is not without outsiders."
Sangsang glanced at him and said nothing.
"Don't believe it. After entering the second floor of the academy, he is the master's personal disciple. Regarding the inheritance of the throne, the academy's attitude seems very important now, and the senior brothers and sisters in the mountains are definitely not interested in this matter. I Probably the only person who might be interested..."
Ning Que said, "That's why the princess played this trick today. But looking at the little prince's performance today, I suspect she will regret today's arrangements, and at least she should have told the little prince in advance."
Sangsang asked curiously: "Can the academy work such as the inheritance of the imperial throne work? Young Master, you have become the Master's personal disciple, and your status is so high? Is Master so powerful?"
Ning Que laughed at himself and said, "Don't forget that I have never seen this teacher so far, but after hearing a lot of rumors and the attitudes of these people around him, I can probably understand how great this teacher is."
"Young Master, then we should be considered from the princess's school?"
"Xahou... should be from the queen's side, so in the future I can only stand on the other side of the queen, that is, the princess side. What I mean is that if I need to take a team. Actually, I thought about this truth a long time ago. I understand, but everything is waiting for a price. If you want to sell it at a suitable price, you have to wait. Now the price is good, so you can start selling it slowly."
Sangsang suddenly stopped, looked up at his side face, and said seriously: "I heard the fairy tale of the Frog Prince and understood it. Is this a good price?"
Ning Que was silent for a moment and shook his head and said, "Not all toads want to eat swan meat."
"Isn't swan meat delicious?" Sangsang asked in confusion.
Ning Que looked at her and said with a smile: "In the eyes of some toads, the dirty and smelly black loach is much better than the swan meat."
Sangsang asked, "Young Master, are you cursing me in circles and scolding me for being ugly and dark?"
Ning Que smiled and said, "It seems that my little girl is finally willing to use her brain to think about things."
Sangsang said seriously: "So the more I think about it, the better I think this is a good thing. According to what you said to me when I was a child, if you can marry Your Highness and go home, you can struggle for many years."
Ning Que continued to walk forward and said, "The question is how many people she said this to."
This sentence involved the most vicious speculation about the woman. Sang Sang's eyebrows were frowned very tightly and said unhappily: "Young Master, you have always had prejudice against Your Highness. In fact, she is a good person."
"Whether good or bad people have anything to do with me?"
"Didn't you just say that you should wait for a price and sell it at a good price? What price will be higher than Your Highness himself?"
"Hey, have you never heard of the saying that you are selling your skills or not?"