Chapter 243 Mental tricks
Li Jian's frown made him look several years older.
His father's order was somewhat confusing, leaving him completely at a loss as to what to do.
But those in power have always been like this. The orders they give are vague. If you do well, it means you have understood the emperor's intention. If you do wrong, it means you have misinterpreted the emperor's intention. A large part of the reason why the prince suffered a great loss in Jiangning was that the emperor did not give him any clear orders at all.
Since he was not of an official status, he naturally would not have the corresponding seals and formal attire, so he could only go to the Honglu Temple in casual clothes and meet the Liao envoy under the guidance of the Honglu Temple Minister.
"Foreign minister, Yelu Yan, greets King Qiuzi."
"Ambassador Yelu, there is no need to be polite. I am here in casual clothes to see you today. There is no need for false formalities. You and I can just treat it as a visit between friends."
Li Jian tried his best to use normal language in conversation, on the one hand to shorten the distance, and on the other hand to deliberately downplay the sensitivity of his identity.
"Your Majesty is very generous. Since we are friends, please come in. I have brought you some excellent milk tea!"
"please!"
Li Jian forced himself to control the twitching of his mouth and swallowed the salty milk tea with a lot of condiments. If Zhao Yushu drank this, he would definitely be very addicted, but tastes vary from person to person, and Li Jian really couldn't stand it.
"The ambassador speaks Chinese so fluently. Does he come to Chang'an often?"
"Haha, to be honest with you, Your Highness, when I was young, I studied at the White Horse Academy in the Eastern Capital for a few years."
Li Jian suddenly understood and finally knew why his father asked him to meet the envoy and why he wanted to talk to him about the six masters of the academy.
"No wonder. I wonder what the Ambassador thinks of the academy?"
Yelu Yan immediately showed a fascinated look: "The professor is extremely talented and has never treated me with disrespect because I am from Liao. What I have learned in the past few years is better than what I learned in the previous half of my life. If the Emperor of the Great Liao had not invited me, I really would not want to leave, hahahaha."
Li Jian laughed along for a while and said, "Ambassador, do you know anything about Tianji Pavilion?"
Yelu Yan's smile faded slightly: "The old immortal's reputation is also very famous in the Liao Dynasty."
"Indeed, but the old immortal is like a dragon that can only be seen from head to tail, and I have never had the chance to see him."
Yelu Yan also sighed: "Let alone the old immortal, even the teachers under his tutelage, I have never had the honor to meet them. When I was studying, even the great teachers were not allowed to enter my school."
Li Jian laughed loudly: "In that case, I am actually quite lucky. I had a drink with Mr. Liu in Jiangning before."
"Mr. Six? I heard he got into quite a bit of trouble."
Li Jian nodded: "That's right, he killed the Duke's son in Jiangning without authorization, and he is now on his way to Beijing."
Yelu Yan said, "Since it is against the law, I believe the academy will not cover it up for personal reasons."
Li Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, immediately changed the subject, chatted casually about the local customs and habits, and then stood up to say goodbye.
In the imperial study, the emperor listened to Li Jian's report word for word. Although his face was expressionless, his body relaxed a little.
"Except for the Crown Prince, you have the closest relationship with Mr. Liu. What do you think of this man?"
Li Jian lowered his head: "He has a kind heart and a pure heart."
"So do you think it was right or wrong for him to kill Wang Shaolin?"
"It's both right and wrong."
The emperor smiled and said, "Among all the princes, your fiefdom is the most embarrassing, but at the same time, you are the smartest. Yes, Wang Shaolin can be killed. Even if Zhao Yushu does not do it, I will use his head when necessary in the future. I believe that there are many reasons to kill him in the Tang Dynasty law."
Li Jian still lowered his head: "But he killed Wang Shaolin with a knife in such public, that is his sin."
"What if you were him?"
Li Jian lowered his head and said nothing.
"He has given us a great excuse. Jian'er, the prince is stupid, try your best." After the emperor said this, he turned and left. Li Jian knelt down and kowtowed, then walked out of the imperial study, the corners of his mouth unable to help but curl up.
The final result of the academy's discussion was that the second senior sister A Li and the fourth senior brother Meng Yan went to Xijing together.
"The range of my barrier is limited. If it is really Master Zhang who takes action, I can only create a moment of opportunity for Teacher, and it must be a battlefield selected by us." Meng Yan kept opening and closing his folding fan, seeming to be unsure about this trip to Xijing.
"You have to go. There is only so much I can do. As long as the eldest brother is in the academy, Uncle Wen and the third brother will be fine. If they are fine, the academy will be fine." Ali explained, "Pack your things and let the eldest brother take us there."
"It would be great if Lao Wu was here too." Meng Yan complained helplessly, then disappeared with a wave of his folding fan.
"No news about Old Five yet?" Gu Changfeng sat on the chair tiredly and closed his eyes.
"No, if she wants to hide her ability, the teacher can't find it, and the teacher won't look for it." Wei You shook his head, looking quite helpless.
"You are already an adult, why are you arguing?" Gu Changfeng patted the chair and sighed, "No, I'll write a letter to Senior Dugu and ask him to help."
Wei You rejected it immediately: "Not appropriate. Shushan has never interfered in worldly affairs for so many years. Senior Wu has done his best to help Junior Brother in Jiangning. If you write a letter, Senior Dugu will not be able to come or not, and you will just be a bad guy."
The glass world shattered, and Meng Yan came over: "I'm ready."
Gu Changfeng nodded, petals fell, and the three people disappeared.
The short journey of just a few hundred miles from Tongguan to Xijing almost exhausted the old eunuch's rare patience.
Zhao Yushu played with the little black sword in the car every day, and from time to time he would make the entire car dark as if a candle had been blown out. It was so dark that it took time for him to react and use other senses to replace his eyes.
Even if this time is very short.
"I remember that the limit of human nerve reaction is 0.2 seconds. Yours is obviously much faster. It's a pity that we can't dissect you to see if your structure is still human."
"I don't understand a single word of the nonsense you're saying. My dear, we're almost in Xijing, can you please stop playing?"
Zhao Yushu put away the Assassin and said, "Isn't this boring? Try it, it's fun."
The old eunuch took it and looked at it: "It's really strange, how come this old servant can't do this well."
Zhao Yushu laughed foolishly, thinking that if anyone could use it, then my travel through time would be in vain.
Ever since getting the Assassin, Zhao Yushu has never put it back into his sea of consciousness because he doesn't have a storage bag. He was also struggling with whether or not to let the old eunuch know his little secret, but today he is ready to come clean.
"You can't take this sword into the prison." Assassin was returned, and Zhao Yushu took it: "Then can you keep it for me?"
"I am not allowed to carry weapons even though I live in the palace."
"Is that so? Then just wait and see. I will show you a magic trick." As soon as he finished speaking, Assassin turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the palm of his hand.
If you can't hide it from others, then be honest.
The old eunuch was shocked.
“There are less than a handful of people who know this trick. Even Boss Gu hasn’t seen it.” Zhao Yushu closed his eyes and hummed a little tune.
The old eunuch looked at him shaking his head and finally couldn't help laughing.