In the current world, slaves and maids were equivalent to private property and could be disposed of at will. The situation in the Tang Empire was slightly better. Tang Lu strictly prohibited from deliberately hurting slaves, but he couldn't help but buy and sell. It was not uncommon to give gifts to beautiful concubines and smart maids in Chang'an City. Those gifts that happened among the romantic and famous scholars often even brought them. There are some legendary and beautiful colors.
When the Taoist boy from Xiling said what Prince Longqing meant, everyone in the venue did not find it strange. Although the scholars of the academy and Hua Shanyue and other Tang people were a little disgusted with the meaning of pride and gifts revealed in the words of the Taoist child , this meaning was in line with the class differences between the two sides and was silent.
In the eyes of everyone, the little Sangsang, standing beside Ning Que, was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He was as thin as bean sprouts, with an ordinary appearance and dark skin. Prince Longqing naturally did not take her beauty and wanted to bring her back to the mansion to warm the bed, but It was because of this wine-making game that created some interest.
The tall and arrogant figure in Xiling, because of the similar things like piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, drinking, feast, and music , he fell in love with an inconspicuous little maid in Chang'an City. In the upper class, this is Feng Ya. Ning Queruo is willing to give the little maid to Longqing Prince, the prince will naturally give you a very generous return, and it may be another anecdote in the future.
So no one was shocked, no one was surprised, no one was angry. On the contrary, some people, such as Zhong Dajun, cast a faint envious look at Ning Que, thinking that if he could get into Prince Longqing's eyes by giving the little maid, he would not know in the future. How much benefit should we get from it ?
Princess Li Yu also remained silent at this time, but her silence had nothing to do with her demeanor - she thought of something last year, looking at Ning Que with a smile, knowing that this matter might evolve in an interesting direction.
In fact, after hearing the gentle and gifted announcement of the Xiling Taoist boy , Ning Que was stunned for a long time before he figured out what the other party wanted to do. The reason why he reacted so slowly was because of his I never thought that someone would ask me for Sangsang, and I also used such a bad attitude of looking for death.
Why? Sorry, there is no reason or reason, just because he is the noble Prince Longqing, a big shot in the Judgment Department of Xiling Temple. He likes your little maid. When you want to be bored, you have a little maid who drinks two glasses of wine with you, so you should hold it with both hands. You raise your shit and urine to raise a girl who has been sleeping on the kang for more than ten years and sent it over to her, and then smiled with a shy face and waited for the prince to be happy and rewarded you with some money and glory.
Because of the scientific reason, there is no reason in fact. Ning Que's mood suddenly became extremely bad, but the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. He looked at the fare and said with emotion: "Prince Longqing, you are really beautiful ."
He was very slow to react to many things, especially Sangsang, who drank too much spirits today, reacted more slowly than him, and he would not be satisfied until then. He knew what prince was on the table. He actually wanted to steal himself from the young master, and couldn't help but frown and retorted: "Young master, he looks ugly."
In the concept of everyone in the audience , this kind of thing has nothing to do with Sangsang herself. As long as the owner is willing to give it to her, she has to go. They only care about Ning Que's answer and have been quietly waiting for his answer.
Most of them guessed that Ning Que should agree, and a few thought that he should refuse, but no one was expecting that Ning Que's answer had nothing to do with this matter, which seemed a bit inexplicable - Prince Longqing, you are It's really beautiful...What does this mean? (Note)
Just as the wine dissipated, Prince Longqing was quietly looking at the empty wine jar on the table. Suddenly hearing this, he frowned slightly , raised his handsome face, looked at the distance and said calmly: "Thank you." ,I know."
"Since you know you're beautiful..."
Ning Que looked at that place and said seriously: "Then don't think so beautiful."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.
Even though everyone in the venue thought that Ning Que would refuse to send his little maid, he thought he would use some kind of polite rejection method, referred to as polite rejection. For example, he was used to using this little maid, who was vulgar and was not How could he go to the Hall of Elegance? But he didn't expect that he would refuse so simply, straightforwardly, rudely and ruthlessly!
Want my little maid? You think so beautifully!
Prince Longqing's face gradually became darker, but in a flash, he smiled slightly.
Ning Que looked at him and smiled, explaining, "The reason is very simple, because I don't want to."
Prince Longqing slowly stretched out his hands from his sleeve, calmly rested on the table, looked at Ning Que in the dark corner in the distance, and said slowly , "Because you don't want to, you may have missed a lot."
"I never worry about missing anything." Ning Que replied.
Prince Longqing's sharp eyes fell on his face from a very long distance. After a moment of silence, he said, "It may even be... the friendship of this palace?"
Ning Que raised his eyebrows slightly and replied, "Maybe your friendship is not as valuable as you think ."
Hearing this sentence, Prince Longqing seemed to have a layer of frost on his eyebrows and eyes as if he had painted it , and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that you value your little maid very much."
Ning Que replied with a smile: "What does this have to do with you?"
Prince Longqing said coldly: "The master of the little maid is really interesting. My interest in you is getting stronger."
Ning Que shook his head and said, "Drink your interests with wine, if you can still drink it."
When the two of them were talking, the courtyard of Desheng's house was quiet, and even the birds outside the rain corridor were so nervous that they dared not speak out . As the conversation progressed, people's faces became more and more exciting and strange. They never thought that Ning Que, an ordinary academy student, could actually talk to the big names in the Xiling Temple Judgment Department. The topic was not only He did not lose any disadvantage, but he was sarcastic and tough.
Prince Longqing's expression was still calm, but anyone could see the burning emotions in his indifferent eyes and the powerful meaning revealed in his words. He could only hear his cold voice asking: "But this palace is still very curious. Who in your heart is qualified to be the master of this little maid?"
Under the powerful power of the stock, Ning Que seemed to have no idea, raised his eyebrows and replied , "Actually, this still has nothing to do with you, but since you are so interested in it, I can only say...at least you are not qualified. of."
"I'm not qualified, so who is qualified?"
Prince Longqing laughed loudly, but he could not feel a little happy smile in his laughter, only a kind of strong confidence and domineeringness. His laughter gradually faded away . He glanced at Li Yu, who was silent on the face and asked: "Is it your princess?"
Ning Que smiled, the dimples on his left cheek were particularly fresh, and he said, "No, she didn't."
As soon as this sentence came out, it made the scene an uproar. However, before these shocking and complex emotions fermented, Li Yu smiled and answered. She looked at Prince Longqing and others in the opposite table and said, "I used to say to you." This kid has to spend several times in Sangsang, but he doesn't bother me, so it's obvious that I don't have the qualifications. As for Prince Longqing, I don't think he is more qualified than this palace."
In the field, Prince Longqing and the people of Xiling and Yan were in power for a long time. Li Yu kept smiling silently and watched the chess without saying anything. At this time, he blocked all the opponent's backhand. She was the most favored princess in the Tang Empire. Your Highness, even if you are a peerless genius, a great figure in the Xiling Judgment Department, and a prince of Yan State, are you qualified to be comparable to this palace? I don't care about Ning Que rejecting me again and again, why do you care about it?
This is a very simple and powerful logic, which is the typical truth and style of the Tang people.
The Tang Dynasty princess said that she was strongly endorsing her letter, and the small storm seemed to be coming to an end. Sangsang pulled the sleeves of Ningque and raised her face and said, "Young Master, let's go home?"
Ning Que nodded with a smile, but everyone in the venue, including Li Yu, did not expect that he did not leave. Instead, he reached out and rubbed Sangsang's head, and looked at Prince Longqing in the table above and said seriously:
"Prince, I have a few questions to ask you."
Hearing this sentence, many people in the field thought of what Xie Chengyun said when he stood up before, and it suddenly became quiet. The academy was shocked to look at Ning Que, thinking that the third young master Xie had lost in the debate before. Do you, a guy who is a ill person , still want to make a big splash with this?
Prince Longqing's expression gradually faded. He reached out to tidy up the front of his clothes, sat up straight, spread his right hand and said, "Please."
"Don't get me wrong. I have no interest in the defense. In fact, I'm not very good at it. I'm just a little confused about your previous confidence, so I have a few questions to ask for."
Ning Que took a step forward and asked, "Prince, do Cangqiong have eyes?"
There are no eyes on the clear blue sky, the cloudy sky, the snow, and the winter is full of snow. Even the stars above the night sky cannot be regarded as eyes, right? However, although Ning Que was not a difficult argument, Prince Longqing still responded very carefully. After a little thought, he understood what he said. Haotian lives in the sky and looks down on the billions of people. Then...
"The sky has eyes."
Ning Que then asked, "Can there be vitality between heaven and earth?"
Prince Longqing replied, "Of course there is."
Ning Que quickly asked the next question: "Is there any pattern to follow in the fluctuations of vital energy?"
Prince Longqing replied, "Yes."
"Does the locust tree have roots?"
"have."
" Does the worm have life?"
"have."
"Does normal people have any thoughts?"
"have."
"Does my Tang Dynasty have a emperor?"
"have."
"Is there any teaching in Xiling?"
"have."
Ning Que asked questions faster and faster, but these questions were indeed extremely simple and had nothing to do with the debate. Prince Longqing answered them faster and faster. The question and answer between the two people were as bright and fast as fried beans, and the crowd became more and more popular. He was puzzled and what he wanted to do, and at this moment, he heard a question from Ning Que.
"Does there be holes in the socks?"
"certainly..."
Prince Longqing suddenly raised his eyebrows and said nothing, then looked at Ning Que, who was standing in the field with a smile, and continued to answer in a calm and indifferent tone like looking at a clever and clever tone:
"No."
This series of questions was boring and even boring, but because the incident involved Prince Longqing and was related to the previous storm, everyone listened very seriously and carefully. When Ning Que asked a question, all the students thought along with each other. In their hearts, they answered silently with Prince Longqing, and when the last question arises, they answered yes in their hearts. Until now, they heard Prince Longqing's words turn sharply and answer no... They thought for a while. I was shocked to understand that all this was just Ning Queshe's verbal trap .
Situ Yilan frowned and thought for a while, looked at Ning Que and shook her head, and lowered her voice to Jin Wucai beside her and said, "What a pity, I didn't make Prince Longqing look ugly."
Prince Longqing is worthy of being a big shot in the Judgment Department of Xiling Temple, a genius figure that is highly anticipated. He is the person in the game. However, at this most critical moment, he found that Ning Que's series of problems were just tempting himself into something. A psychological setting and verbal inertia, he wanted to make mistakes on this simple and stupid last question, and wanted to admit in front of everyone in the audience that there was a hole in his socks, so he naturally would not be fooled.
He looked at Ning Que with a look of pity and disgust and said, "I didn't expect that this palace would be patient and listen to your problem. In the end, it was just such a clever cleverness who would not enter the elegant hall. He really lost the expectations of this palace."
Ning Que also looked at him with a smile, and after a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, "It's true that it's just some cleverness, but it's a pity that you can't even deal with such cleverness, prince, really disappoints me."
No one understood what he was saying, thinking that he started talking nonsense in shame and anger. Those classmates in the academy who were already very alienated from him turned their heads one after another, showing a shame to admit that they were classmates with him.
Ning Que shook his head, looked down at Sangsang and sighed, "Do you remember the story I told you when I was a child? How did most bears die in the end?"
"I'm so stupid."
Sangsang said, "Young Master, you were right that day. Most men who are so beautiful are not very smart."
Then she looked at Prince Longqing on the table and explained seriously: "If there is no hole in the socks, how can I put them in?"
Once again, the seats were full of quietness. People who thought about this matter were dumbfounded and looked down in shame. They had not figured out the matter yet, but they were dumbfounded when they could guess the expressions around them, and they had no time to bow their heads.
Li Yu on the table and Situ Yilan under the table couldn't help but smile, and the expressions of the people in Xiling were extremely ugly. As for Prince Longqing himself, he thought of this hateful man who was criticized by Sangsang as having a bad mind. After the language trap, his face was gloomy as if it was about to drip water, like a beautiful watercolor painting painted on a rainy day .
"I asked you just now, and you answered me. We all know that Haotian has eyes. He is looking at the sentient beings in the secular world. You and I are like insects and locust trees, living in the vitality of heaven and earth. We must follow certain rules."
Ning Que looked at Prince Longqing and said calmly: "These rules are in our Tang Dynasty, such as the emperor's golden words or the Tang Dynasty's laws, and in Xiling, they are sacred teachings. However, no matter which one, it is clearly recognized that everyone's private property is not violated. , so my things will always be mine. As long as I don't agree, then don't think about taking them away."
Only then did everyone realize that he was still hiding this meaning among the seemingly boring questions .
Ning Que continued, "I asked these questions just to let the prince know these truths. Even if you answered the answer that the three-year-old should know before, it would have no meaning. Of course, there is a hole in the socks, and of course my little maid It's mine. As long as I don't agree, you can't take a penny from me."
Prince Longqing stared at his face, and after a long silence, he suddenly laughed and said calmly: "What you said makes sense, but I also know some other truths. If you don't have the power, even if you only have the last penny, Sometimes it's hard to keep."
Ning Que asked with a smile: "Prince, are you threatening me?"
Then he looked at the college student Zeng Jing and Li Yu on the table, bowed with both hands, and asked seriously: "Your Highness, Grand Secretary of the Princess, he is threatening me, what should I do?"
Grand Secretary Zeng Jing was pushed directly to the wall by his words, stroked his beard lightly, and forced a smile : "How could such a thing happen? Maybe you, a young man, have heard it awkwardly."
Li Yu replied with a smile: "Does your little abilities still want to fight and seek death?"
Suddenly, she changed her mind and said calmly: "But I really don't know. Who dares to threaten my people of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City."
This sentence is the real threat.
The priest Mo Li was furious and slapped the table in front of him and was about to rise up. However, at this moment, Prince Longqing looked at the teacher in the past coldly, forcibly suppressed the other party, then looked at Ning Que and smiled. Asked:
"You are also a student of the academy. Will this palace see you when you enter the second floor?"
Suddenly someone replied in the field: "He didn't even enter the art department, so he naturally couldn't enter the second floor."
The person who interrupted was Zhong Dajun. Ning Que's previous question about socks directly made everyone in the field feel embarrassed, and his feelings were the strongest. At this time, listening to Prince Longqing's question, he pointed out Ning Que at the first time. He has no potential for cultivation and is not qualified to enter the second floor, as if he can humiliate the other party in this way.
Prince Longqing looked at Ning Que with no expression and said, "That's a pity."
After a moment of silence, Ning Que smiled and said, "Maybe there are not so many regrets in the world."
Sangsang pulled his sleeves and said for the second time: "Young Master, go home."
Ning Que glanced at Zhong Dajun and his classmates in the academy and said, "I know you have always been ashamed to be with me. Today you only think that I am a little clever. I don't care. I just want to remind you to think more about these morals. Put some questions in your studies and if you can't answer these three-year-old children in the future, it's my turn to be ashamed to be with you."
After saying this, he saluted Li Yu and several court officials, then turned around and left with Sangsang.
While walking out of the courtyard, Ning Que said with emotion: "It's a peerless... a genius... a hope of Zhongxing..."
Then he shook his head, smiled and sighed, "PIAPIA!"
Listening to the sound of floating in, the scene was filled with embarrassing silence, and Prince Longqing's face was extremely difficult to see.