Huo Chenan settled Chu Xiaomei. Then he cleaned a room for himself.
He was so tired that he almost didn't sleep last night.
At this time, he really fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
Huo Chenan slept until the next morning. He arranged Chu Xiaomei's meals and hurried to the Huo family's farm.
At this time, Song Yingxing had prepared a wooden box.
Huo Chenan opened the wooden box and looked at the objects inside with satisfaction. This Song Yingxing is worthy of being a disciple of Mohism. At least the woodwork is quite exquisite.
\"What is this, sir? Is it a counting stick? \" Song Yingxing asked puzzledly.
Huo Chenan patted his shoulder encouragingly and said: \"Don't care about these details. Build a curved plow well, and you will go down in history. \"
\"Yes, sir! \" Song Yingxing replied excitedly.
After encouraging his subordinates, Huo Chenan carried the wooden box to Wang Lao's farm.
He still needs this thing to fulfill his promise to Old Man Li.
Thinking of Old Man Li's smug face, Huo Chenan couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
What Huo Chenan didn't know was that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was visiting Old Wang with Princess Jialing.
So on weekdays, Huo Chenan had to go through layers of inspections at Wang's farm, and when he saw the guests in Old Wang's house, he understood the reason.
\"I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal Highness the Princess." Huo Chenan respectfully saluted the Crown Prince and Princess Jialing.
\"I am a man from Jiangning County, and I already have a title. It is not appropriate to call myself a commoner." The Crown Prince teased.
Huo Chenan said nonchalantly: "I am used to being idle on weekdays, and the title is nothing but clouds. Being free and unfettered is what I want."
The prince's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he asked calmly: "I wonder what kind of freedom Huo County Man wants?"
Hearing this, Old Wang, Old Li, and Princess Jialing were all worried for Huo Chenan.
The emperor's mind is suspicious by nature.
If the most free and unfettered person in the world is the emperor. You, Huo Chenan, pursue freedom, are you pursuing to be an emperor?
Huo Chenan said nonchalantly: "A few humble rooms, a few acres of good land, a few good friends, playing the piano and flute, and playing with grandchildren."
"A few humble rooms? Can you achieve the freedom that Jiangning County Man said?" The prince pressed step by step, with the purpose of testing whether Huo Chenan had ambitions. He knew Huo Chenan was talented, and very talented, and Old Wang had recommended him many times.
But his princelings were not only talented, but also loyal and determined. He was testing Huo Chenan's character at this time.
Huo Chenan shook his head and smiled, thinking: I didn't want to show off, but you forced me to do it. Don't blame me if you drop your jaw later.
He raised his chin slightly, looked up at a 45-degree angle, and his expression revealed a hint of sadness. He slowly said:
"Mountains are not high, but they are famous if there are immortals. Water is not deep, but it is magical if there are dragons. This is a humble room, but my virtue is fragrant. The moss marks on the steps are green, and the grass color is green in the curtains. There are great scholars talking and laughing, and there are no unlearned people coming and going. You can tune the plain zither and read the golden scriptures. There is no noise from stringed instruments, and no fatigue from paperwork. Zhuge Lu in Nanyang, Ziyun Pavilion in Western Shu. Confucius said: What is humble about it?"
The prince, Old Wang, Old Man Li, and Princess Jialing were all stunned.
Well, another famous poem has been born, and Old Man Wang and Old Man Li are already numb.
And the Crown Prince and Princess Jialing saw Huo Chenan composing poems on the spot for the first time.
In just a few sentences, Huo Chenan expressed his interest in seclusion, not seeking fame and fortune, and being content with poverty.
The Crown Prince came back to his senses after a long while, and hurriedly bowed to Huo Chenan and said, "Sir, please accept my greetings."
The Crown Prince's address to Huo Chenan also changed from Jiangning County Man to Sir.
"Your Highness, I can't do it." Huo Chenan hurriedly declined.
"Just now, I was so careless. I didn't know that you had such a noble ambition. You are the real hermit and sage of today."
"I am ashamed to accept it." Huo Chenan said modestly.
Seeing that one of them was praising hard and the other was being humble, the remaining three people also stood up to smooth things over, and the first one to speak was Princess Jialing.
\"Jialing had not had time to thank Huoxiannan for saving her life that day.\"
Princess Jialing bowed.
\"Your Highness is too polite. The Japanese pirates are causing chaos in the Central Plains, and everyone can punish them. I just did what I should do.\" Huo Chenan said.
Hearing Huo Chenan's chivalrous answer, Princess Jialing's favorability towards him also increased a little, "This guy cooks delicious food and has brilliant literary talent, but he is still a little short of my standard of being both civil and military."
Princess Jialing couldn't help but think of her uncle's intention to match the two of them, and her little face couldn't help but blush, "My ideal man must be a peerless hero, and he must come to marry me on a rainbow cloud."
She couldn't help but reaffirm her own mate selection standards in her heart.
At this time, Old Man Li also stood up and said: "Ugly boy, didn't you say last time that you could let me win against Old Man Wang openly? Don't break your promise."
The prince and Jialing were interested after hearing this. They knew their uncle, who had been strong all his life, and could be said to be both naive and playful. They didn't know how Huo Chenan could make his uncle win over the Duke of the Protectorate.
Huo Chenan patted the wooden box he brought with confidence, "Just wait and see."
Huo Chenan found an eight-immortal table, covered it with a tablecloth, and then placed the wooden box flat on the table and opened it.
There were neatly stacked small wooden blocks in the box, with delicate patterns carved on them.