The mountains and the sea are in the same moon, the sun and the moon are in the same sky.
Under the shining of the same sun and moon, things that change different destinies are happening everywhere in the world.
The small attic where Lu Ling and Old Man Liu are located is the residence of Old Man Liu. The small attic is built on the upper floor of Wentong Hall. It faces south and is simple and spacious. The room is not big. Old Man Liu has a soft couch leaning against the house. To the west, in front of the soft couch is a long table with worn paint and peeling paint. Next to the long table is a tall copper lamp with a windshield. Under the knees is a felt seat cushion that has become dark and stained. In the corner of the room, there is an old sword rack hanging horizontally. A dagger covered with dust and mottled with patina. On the dagger, a name can be faintly seen, Liu Xu.
In order to trick Old Man Liu, Lu Ling took out the secret magic weapon that he had already prepared, a pot of steaming mutton stew and a pot of germanium. Old Liu turned around and Lu Ling brought another small plate and took it. Take out two pairs of chopsticks, a bowl of garlic, a bowl of rice vinegar, and a plate of steaming white flour pancakes, snow-white and green, with a fragrant aroma that makes Old Man Liu salivate. But Old Man Liu is extremely determined and just eats. ,Did not say.
Lu Ling had no choice but to resort to his final killing move. He went down to the first floor and brought up a jar with a red cloth seal. He shook it and the jar immediately made a gurgling sound. There was only about 100 pieces of wine in the jar. There was half a jar left, which showed how long it had been collected. He smiled and said to the drooling old man Liu, "Old man, this is the wine that Jiang Wei and Jiang Bo collected when they entered Chang'an City a hundred years ago. It has been aged for a hundred years. Oh! How about we drink this jar of wine this morning?"
Old Man Liu's eyes flashed, he straightened his body and said seriously, "It is said that wine is a lukewarm water that extinguishes strength and breeds cowardice. Drinking too much will make you fall into ruin."
Lu Ling grabbed the wine jar and said to Old Man Liu with great joy, "Then let me return it to its original owner!"
Having said that, he made a show of leaving the cabinet.
When Old Man Liu heard that Lu Ling was going to take away the wine, he became anxious!
He became energetic, stood up immediately, ran to Lu Ling at full speed, grabbed the wine jar, and said with a wicked smile, "But it's okay! Let's drink him up, so that others won't have to suffer for it."
Lu Ling suppressed his smile, looked at Old Man Liu, and asked hesitantly, "Old Man Liu, what about this wine? Did this junior open it?"
Old man Liu glared at Lu Ling, and then said impatiently, "Hurry, hurry, open it, I'll drink it and have a good sleep."
After hearing this, Lu Ling suddenly became lively. He took out two copper bottles with thin necks, filled them up, raised the bottles against Old Man Liu, and drank them all in one gulp.
The two of them drank food and wine, and you talked to each other. Unconsciously, they were already enjoying the day.
Old man Liu got so drunk that he completely forgot to rest on the bed. He happily sipped the old wine while chatting with Lu Ling.
Lu Ling knew that Old Man Liu had always had a fixed living habit. He must have seen something strange in the sky because he did not return to the pavilion on time last night. This was what he wanted to know and what he was interested in.
So, Lu Ling observed what was going on, and when he was drunk to the fullest, he opened his mouth and asked, "Old man Liu, what secrets have you discerned while observing the stars in the middle of the night?"
Old Man Liu was in high spirits, but when he heard Lu Ling's question, the smile on his wrinkled face immediately disappeared. He drank down the wine in the bottle, turned over on the couch and closed his eyes, "Sleep! "
Lu Ling was also anxious. He went up and grabbed Old Liu by the corner of his quilt, and said angrily, "You have short hands to take advantage of others, and short mouth to eat others. You old man, you ate and drank other people's food, and you ended up in a fart." You won’t let go? It’s true, the older you get, the more thieves you get!”
Old man Liu sat on the bed, unmoved and silent.
Just like that, Old Man Liu insisted on sleeping, but Lu Ling was noisy and refused. The two sides were pulling and pulling. In the end, Old Man Liu was defeated for a while. He suddenly sat up, impatient but hanging down. Mei Mei said dejectedly, "Get up, get up, get up!"
"Okay, you, the old man, have spoken. I, the junior, will start now."
Lu Ling suppressed a smile and saw Old Man Liu getting up with a grumble, so he hurried forward to help him.
Old man Liu glanced at Lu Ling and said nothing. He just snorted to express his displeasure.
Lu Ling refused to be outdone
, you hum and I hum too.
One old and one young, you hum back, I hum back, I hum back, you hum back, the situation is deadlocked.
However, in the face of Lu Ling's support, Old Man Liu did not dodge. The two of them finally sat on the edge of the brazier.
Lu Ling observed the words and saw Old Man Liu glanced at the wine jar inadvertently. Knowing that Old Man Liu was still thinking about the remaining wine in the wine jar, he simply took the wine jar to the brazier, and the two began to sit next to the brazier and talk to each other. drink. ap.
Old man Liu was warming his hands out of habit while looking sideways at Lu Ling on the white fox blanket, sighing in his heart.
Having lived for a hundred years, he naturally knows all this kid's thoughts. In the past four years, Lu Ling has not been idle. He chants and sits all day long to remember ancient times, and often chats with himself and Shen Qiong. Because of the bits and pieces of information conveyed from his and Shen Qiong's mouths, Lu Ling knew the general trend of the world very well.
It can be said that Lu Ling is not in the temple, but his heart has never left the temple.
This boy has never given up his desire to return to the temple!
But it is true that Lu Ling was just 30 years old when he was full of enthusiasm and looking forward to making great achievements. How could he be willing to spend his whole life like this?
"Accidents will happen!"
Old Man Liu didn't hide anything and went straight to the point, saying in a low voice, "The stars in the sky are throbbing, the north and south stars are in conflict, and evil disasters are coming and going. These two years of Han and Qin are destined to be turbulent years. !」
"You mean, Jiang Feng from Quzhou wants to rebel?" Lu Ling asked hurriedly after hearing this.
Old Man Liu sneered, "What a joke! A Jiang Feng who can't even deal with Quzhou can make the Han Dynasty turbulent? Is he worthy?"
Old Man Liu glared at Lu Ling, and then said, "Whether you rebel or not depends on your heart. When Cao Cao held the emperor hostage to order the princes, and it seemed that he didn't rebel, then it wasn't treason? If there was a fact of treason, why should we care about which one? What about the false reputation? You kid is always used to making arbitrary conclusions when doing things, which often puts you into your own endless loop, which is not good!"
"Younger generation, learn from me!" Lu Ling replied, pouting and giving Old Man Liu a look, "Today's world, there are probably not many families who have the ability to raise an army to rebel. If we choose those who have the desire to rebel, I'm afraid. Jiang Feng’s family is the only one left. Isn’t this junior right?”
"Private chat agent, it's just you and me, what's right and wrong?"
Old man Liu said meaningfully, "If you look at the intention to rebel from the reality of rebellion, this is a mistake in itself. People who rebel must first have the intention to rebel before they can have the reality of rebellion. Let me ask you, if you do one thing in a row If you don’t have the heart, how can you talk about doing anything?”
Lu Ling suddenly realized that this time, he sincerely said to Old Man Liu, "Young man, let me teach you!"
Old Man Liu said earnestly and sincerely, "You boy, you still owe some time! You have read all the books in the four libraries, you may be a qualified teacher, and as an official, you seek people's hearts! You, The road to go is long, and the hardships to be endured are also many!”
Lu Ling pouted again and stopped talking.
After some instruction, Old Man Liu clicked his teeth inelegantly and said carelessly. He returned to the topic and said, "The nobles and powerful families are at best weeds on the land of the empire, and at most they only absorb nutrients. Where? Do you have the strength to compete with the empire? Under His Majesty’s current policies, if it weren’t for twenty years, the word ‘worldly clan’ might have disappeared from the world!”
"It's not this, what is that? You mean?"
Lu Ling's pupils were soft and dilated. He was extremely surprised and guessed, "You mean, Da Qin is going to go to war with my Han Dynasty?"
Old Man Liu quickly shook his head, "I just said that the past two years have been turbulent years, but I didn't say what exactly happened. There are many factors that shake the foundation of the empire. Natural and man-made disasters, and military chaos and power seeking, are all possible. This Don’t make any assumptions.”
Lu Ling immediately stood up and said urgently, "Since there are stars in the sky, why not report it to Your Majesty and take precautions early!"
"It's still too late, isn't it? All the things you have learned in the past few years are excreted with the food?"
Old Man Liu's hair stood on end with anger, and he scolded, "You're going to do this? That's what the leaders of the Taichang Temple are doing."
Where is the Taishi of the celestial calendar turtle divination? Do you want to ruin other people's jobs? "
Lu Ling's brows were furrowed, and he said with awe-inspiring righteousness, "For the prosperity of the empire, I, Lu Ling, am not afraid of offending anyone!"
Old Man Liu narrowed his eyes and said, "Then let me put it another way. Even if you, Lu Ling, are upright, what did you say when you went to Weiyang Palace today? Tell His Majesty that something big is going to happen in the world? Then let me ask you, Lu Ling, what big thing is it? ?Where did it happen? And how to prevent it?"
Lu Ling was stunned on the spot.
This time, Old Man Liu smiled instead, "Confused, I am the old confused, you are the little confused!"
Lu Ling sighed in despair, sat down by the stove dejectedly, and admitted his mistake, "It's my fault, Old Man Liu. I still haven't corrected my bad temper!"
"It's good to know!" Old Man Liu stood up and lay back on the bed. "The way to be an official is to do things when and by whom. It's not your business or your business. It's not your business. Don’t interfere too much, otherwise you will create political enemies and regret it later!”
"I know, I know!" Lu Ling covered Old Man Liu with a quilt and went out alone.
Before going downstairs, Old Man Liu turned over and said to Lu Ling lazily, "Boy, don't rush anything, late bloomers abound. You have to know that sometimes, the winner is the one who survives until the end! "
Lu Ling grinned and looked at Old Man Liu hehely.
Old Man Liu spoke again, "Don't envy them for their prosperous official career and cliques. Dogs work in packs, tigers walk alone. If you want to succeed, you have to endure a period of loneliness. This period of loneliness may last a year or two, or It may be longer, but as long as you endure it, you will be greeted by a chasm that turns into a path."
Lu Ling nodded and smiled honestly, "I'll cook you some more porridge!"
Old Man Liu looked at Lu Ling's leaving figure and sighed, "I dare not see all the stars for fear of the impermanence of heaven!"
