"I wonder how problematic what he's doing now is?"
"Have you ever seen me raise an objection in front of your father in the court these years?"
Gu Xun spoke earnestly to his students three times, and finally added:
"You should know the reason clearly."
"...I understand, teacher." Fusu was silent for a moment and replied in a dry voice.
Gu Xun sighed softly and continued, "I never ask you to do anything, how you must do it, or what goals you must achieve."
"I am not willing to dictate your behavior, but I still advise you not to think too much about the Eastern Tour, or to put it more bluntly, about your father's pursuit of immortality."
"Because you can't do anything, I can't say that I'm restricting you. I'm just telling you a reality."
Gu Xun stared into Fusu's eyes and said seriously, "Don't try to change your father's wrong ideas. The right way is to work hard to repair the consequences of his mistakes."
"This is also the biggest expectation I have placed on you over the years... Of course, you have to live for yourself. Just listen to my expectations. You don't have to use this as your goal."
Fusu looked sideways at the sea in the distance with a complicated expression and was speechless for a long time.
The silence lasted for a while, until a waiter came over and asked if the food could be served.
Gu Xun casually dealt with the waiter and told her that she could get in.
Fusu turned his head and asked, "Teacher, what do you think will happen to my father... in the end?"
"...We'll know when the time comes." Gu Xun didn't answer, just said something vague and perfunctory.
Fusu fell into silence again.
After a while, Songhai's most famous Qilu dish, "Shark's Fin and Bear's Claw" was served.
Gu Xun looked at the round bowl with hot and fragrant steam placed on the table, smiled and said, "I have actually eaten this dish."
Fusu straightened up after hearing this, and a smile appeared on his face again. The previous annoyance caused by the conversation between master and apprentice was temporarily put aside.
"Teacher, have you eaten it? Oh, by the way... Teacher once visited the seven countries and came to Songhai. With his food-loving temperament, Teacher will definitely not miss this famous Qilu dish."
"Haha!" Gu Xun chuckled twice and asked, "Have you ever eaten shark's fin and bear's paw? I'm not specifically referring to this one from Haiyue Xiaozhu."
Fusu shook his head, "I have eaten shark fin or bear paws alone, but I have never seen shark fin cooked with bear paws."
"Then try it!" As he spoke, Gu Xun personally opened the lid of the bowl, and the tangy aroma immediately spread.
Fusu sniffed it lightly, and couldn't help but nod and praise, "It is indeed a famous dish that is considered to surpass the wonders of the sea and sky. The aroma alone is enough to prove its excellence."
Gu Xun unceremoniously moved his chopsticks and started eating, gesturing to Fusu to share, and also explained, "This dish is a standard Qilu speciality. It is salty and fresh, pure and has outstanding original taste. It perfectly combines the taste of these two high-quality ingredients."
presented to diners."
"I remember that your taste is relatively bland, so I think it's just right."
"Does the teacher like this dish very much?" Fusu asked curiously.
Confucianism emphasizes eating without speaking, but neither Gu Xun nor Fusu are disciples of Confucianism, and it is not the first time for the two of them to eat together. They continued chatting and communicating very smoothly without any restraint. Gu Xun savored this long-lost delicacy,
Feeling much better, he happily replied, "To be honest, I don't really like this dish."
"You have to know that food is a matter of taste. Some people just don't like a certain type of food or a certain taste. It doesn't matter how good the food is."
"The taste of this shark's fin and bear's paw dish is a bit bland and not to my liking."
"Then I'll let them serve some of the teacher's favorite dishes." After Fusu finished speaking, he stood up and called the waiter over.
He knew that Gu Xun didn't like having irrelevant people around him when eating, so he specifically ordered that a waiter not be required to accompany him.
Gu Xun quickly waved to him to sit down and said, "Okay, okay, a meal is so important!"
"Besides, I just don't like this dish. It's far from saying I don't like it. They cook it very well. Besides, according to the rules of Haiyue Xiaozhu, only this dish of shark fin and bear paw can be entered into the main hall. I think
You have to go to the side hall to eat other dishes, so don’t bother others and break the rules."
Fusu generally doesn't like to force others, let alone break other people's rules easily, but the prerequisite is that there are substantial rules.
In his opinion, Haiyue Xiaozhu has a bad problem, so naturally he has no interest in helping others maintain it.
In this aspect, Fusu can be said to be very similar to his teacher.
Gu Xun always only talks to ordinary people about reason, and only talks about fists with people in the world.
Fusu only talks about rules with serious people, wealthy businessmen, and court officials... Of course he talks about rules, but he only talks about his father's rules. According to his father's rules, Fusu obviously only needs to listen to one person.
Human words.
But when Gu Xun spoke, Fusu naturally had to listen.
The two of them are a master and a disciple who have a really close relationship, and they are not bound by seemingly unrelated interests. They have to pay attention to some face-saving projects, and they have to pretend to be polite if they don't want to be polite.
While eating, Gu Xun continued to say to Fusu, "If you have nothing else to do now, you can think more about what you can do when you return to Xianyang."
"Go back to Xianyang?" Fusu was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked, "Is there something wrong in Xianyang?"
"Your father is going to hold a Spring Festival ceremony, so you are not allowed to go back?" Gu Xun replied without raising his head, "Besides, you can't stay in Songhai for too long... there are too many people waiting for you to leave." "What is the teacher referring to?" Fusu looked thoughtful, but still asked.
"To your father, the mirage thing is very important, and what is important to the emperor is even more important to the many people who depend on the imperial power for their lives."
“Luo Wang doesn’t want you to stay in Songhai anymore—Zhao Gao wants you to be sent to sweep snow in Liaodong.”
"The Yin Yang family doesn't want you to stay in Songhai - I won't leave if you are here, they can't tolerate me."
"Li Si also doesn't want you to stay in Songhai - he doesn't usually like gambling, but he is very greedy!"
"Even your father doesn't want you to stay in Songhai - he can tolerate you and Meng Tian getting closer, but he won't be happy if there is another Li Si... Of course, he also hopes that I can leave as soon as possible
Songhai."
"Ha!" Fusu smiled bitterly, "Looking at it this way, the student won't be able to stay long anyway."
"Staying in this big quagmire has no other use than getting yourself covered in mud. It's good to get out as soon as possible." Gu Xunhun waved his hand nonchalantly.
"...Maybe so." Fusu shook his head secretly, not knowing what he was thinking. At this time, he remembered another thing, "By the way, teacher, there is something I want to ask you."
"When I was assassinated before, I happened to be 'saved' by an old man and a young man."
"Later, I ordered people to search for them for a long time but could not find them. However, I accidentally caught a glimpse of the child in the city and found that he seemed to be walking with the young master of the Xiang clan, a remnant of the old Chu who had been wanted by the empire for many years.
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