Chapter 41 General
"Ling'er!"
The sudden sound really scared Xu Buling. He hurriedly folded his bellyband and prepared to put it back. But in a hurry, it was as neat as Mrs. Lu. Seeing that the door had been pushed open, he stuffed it into his arms and closed the cabinet door without thinking. At the same time, he picked up the painting box next to him and pretended to look at the scenery.
Mrs. Lu walked into the house with a graceful manner, put the scissors on the table, and saw Xu Buling looking around and frowned slightly:
"I haven't moved for so long, what are you doing in the house?"
"Well……"
Xu Buling looked a little embarrassed, and thought for a while: "There is no suitable place in the house, so I'm thinking about where to hang it."
Mrs. Lu raised her eyes and glanced around the room, pointed to the most conspicuous wall in the door: "Just hang it there." As she said that, she sat down on the soft couch and poured herself a cup of tea.
Xu Buling took a breath, as if there was no excuse to let Mrs. Lu go out, so he could only walk to the wall with his teeth, take out the portrait of the empress dowager, and hang it on the wall.
Mrs. Lu sipped her tea, looked at the scroll that countless people regarded as treasures, and hummed softly:
"Overall, the Queen Mother, who lost her as a treasure, has been hiding for so many years, and she has mentioned it in front of me every now and then. In my opinion, it is no different from the paintings of scholars on the street, and it is nothing more famous than Xu Danqing."
After Xu Buling hung the scroll, he took a few steps and looked at it a few times, nodded: "Aunt Lu is much better than this painting, so Xu Danqing is not lucky, otherwise he will be the final pen when he sees Aunt Lu."
"Hmph~ The prince of a vassal prince, what kind of eloquent words are... "
Mrs. Lu whispered softly, but she was obviously happy in her eyes. She put down the teacup and stood up: "Go to have a meal."
"Well... I'll take a look at Xu Danqing's original works and come later..."
“Is it very good?”
The tone has changed significantly.
"……generally."
Xu Buling sighed in his heart and followed Mrs. Lu reluctantly left the boudoir. After that, Mrs. Lu basically kept going and had dinner together and chatted about the trivial matters of the family.
During this period, a maid ran over and said that an imperial edict had just been issued at the morning court meeting to evaluate Zhao Hong's ten-guru, and was given a golden plaque inscribed inscriptions by the imperial pen and a Jinshi.
The emperor's edict was to be told to the world, which was generally used for major decisions. Mrs. Lu felt that this was a bit ridiculous, but she couldn't interfere with the military affairs, so she just asked Xu Buling's opinion.
Xu Buling still agrees with this. After all, the suppression of martial artists in the past decade is indeed a bit too much. If you don’t give a date to eat, the accumulated contradictions will only increase.
Being able to stand at the top of the world's warriors and take over the "No. 1 in the world" golden plaque written by the emperor can be said to be a lifelong pursuit of a warrior. It is better to have a target for the people of the martial arts to fight around by themselves than to fight the court with martial arts and offenses everywhere, which is also a way to maintain stability.
After breakfast, Xu Buling still didn't find the opportunity to go to Mrs. Lu's boudoir alone, so he had to say goodbye first.
After walking out of the other yard and coming to a place where no one was left, Xu Buling took out the peony bellyband from his arms, opened it and looked at it for a few times, and he couldn't help but feel a headache - sooner or later Aunt Lu would find that he had lost a close-fitting garment, and he could only enter Mrs. Lu's boudoir, either the maid stole or he took it. If Aunt Lu thought wrongly, she would definitely treat him as a timid and despicable embryo, and she would still have to find an opportunity to return it to her...
After thinking for a while, Xu Buling took out a purse from his arms, and the empress dowager's "Lotus Hidden Carp" was stored in it. Xu Buling folded the peony bellyband and placed it in it, then turned around and hid it near the other courtyard to wait for an opportunity to move...
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Just after noon, Ning Qingye dressed as a gangster and walked out of the courtyard, went to Chen Siye's inn to inquire about business.
When passing by Sun's shop in Qingshi Alley, Ning Qingye stopped to see if Xu Buling came to buy wine.
The business in the restaurant is particularly good today. Even there are many people standing outside, chatting about the news just now.
Manager Sun smiled happily, greeting the drinkers back and forth, and also talking about his own opinions:
"From the little old man's perspective, the old man from the Qianrenmen of Tanzhou must have one, and the baby from the Lu family in the East China Sea is fine. Wu Laodao, which one do you think does the higher and lower of them?"
All three wine tables were guests, and on the table next to the alley were a Taoist priest and a man from the tower. Hearing the question from Manager Sun, the Taoist priest shook his head:
"I haven't seen it before, I don't know."
The man next to him was a bit rougher. He held one foot on a stool and held a wine bowl, laughing:
"Lu Baiming claims to be 'his sword remains unmoved, and his intention is 'a hundred and wise', but he has never come out of the mountain. No matter how high his skills are, he is still working behind closed doors. He must be no match for Senior Situ."
Manager Sun held two plates of side dishes on the wine table and smiled: "I asked him when I was drinking with Situ a few years ago."
“Oh ~?!”
As soon as Manager Sun said this, he immediately attracted the attention of all the tourists inside and outside the restaurant.
Ning Qingye's eyes under the hat were also a little curious.
"Shopkeeper Sun, don't brag. You know that you have seen many people, but Senior Situ has a famous temper. Will he talk about this with you?"
"No matter how bad your temper is, two bowls of wine will be suppressed."
Manager Sun laughed, sucked everyone's appetite, and then said, "Old Situ is playing with a knife. According to his words, the sword moves through the domineering sword and the trick. If you really fight, he will win if you fight. If you fight, Xiao Lu will win if you compete."
"Hahaha……"
The restaurant owner shook his head and smiled. The man from the iron tower slapped the table with his eyes full of praise: "This is like the tone of Senior Situ, which is crazy. It's a pity that he has been in the world for so many years and has not been able to see Senior Situ on his side. It's a pity."
"Yeah yeah……"
There is a hustle and bustle in the wine shop.
Ning Qingye thought about it carefully and felt that Situ Yuejin was a little crazy. People in the martial arts world should focus on the discussions. They could not tell the true ability unless they were a battle of life and death. Situ Yuejin's words were completely despised by Lu Baiming.
Chapter completed!