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Chapter 137: Is there anything else the prince can't do? [Three more words please subscribe]

"..."

Listening to Liu Ju's words, Gongsun Qing fell silent, and at the same time, he had already begun to think about retreating.

Because Liu Chuan was right. Although he was temporarily employed by Emperor Liu Che because of his quick wit and ability to seize opportunities, he really did not have any special skills that he could really show off.

The most important thing was that Liu Ju’s words made Gongsun Qing feel panic in his heart.

Because every word Liu Ju said from the moment he opened his mouth until now gave him the feeling that he was naked, as if he had seen through him completely.

No matter what happened in the past or what is happening now, it seems that nothing can escape Liu Ju's eyes.

This feeling was very bad, especially for an opportunist like him who was walking on a tightrope. One wrong step could lead to his downfall.

The appearance of Liu Ju was like a sudden draught that could affect his balance at any time and cause him to fall.

He hesitated for a moment.

Gongsun Qing finally smiled calmly again, bowed to Liu Ju and said:

"Your Highness, as the saying goes, everyone has his or her own specialty. I dare not make rash statements about who is stronger or weaker."

"Moreover, the things that this humble official is good at are all different from the alchemists that Your Highness mentioned. They can only be demonstrated when the gods descend. It is really inconvenient for me to demonstrate them to Your Highness right now, otherwise I might be guilty of deceiving the gods."

"Your Highness, please forgive me..."

"I suddenly remembered that I had left a few important things in my residence. I am about to set off for Qi. Please allow me to go back and get them, and then go with Your Highness."

After saying this, Gongsun Qing bowed and took a few steps back, pretending to leave.

However, Liu Ju suddenly raised his voice and asked loudly:

"Mr. Gongsun, don't you realize what's wrong with you until now?"

"This... could you please explain it clearly, Your Highness?"

Gongsun Qing couldn't help but stop when he heard this, and looked up at Liu Ju in confusion.

This sentence made him feel that Liu Ju had something else to say, and that the next words might be completely different from the previous ones, and were more closely related to him.

He couldn't help but feel curious and really wanted to hear what Liu Ju had to say.

"Mr. Gongsun is not young anymore. You must have had a very difficult time in recent years, right?"

Liu Ju grinned again, looked Gongsun Qing up and down, and asked calmly,

"I wonder if Mr. Gongsun has had a feeling in recent years, that is, the feeling that fate is never on your side."

"For example, sometimes the opportunity is clearly in front of you, and you only need to take one step forward to reach a bright future. But every time you take this step forward, it always seems like fate is playing tricks on you, allowing some irrelevant people or things to get there first, causing you to miss the opportunity?"

"You often feel troubled by things like this, but no matter how hard you try, it never helps."

"Is that what I said?"

There is no doubt that what Liu was talking about was the "Long live the emperor" incident.

However, these words can not only be applied to this matter. In fact, it is a universal rhetoric that can be applied to anything and anyone.

Because everyone will inevitably encounter similar situations in their life.

Even if they have not encountered similar situations, people will, due to the automatic beautification filter function in human memory, blame fate for some missed opportunities due to their own lack of effort, sensitivity, or decisiveness. They will envy and criticize those who seized the opportunities, and comfort and forgive themselves for missing the opportunities.

This is also a kind of self-deception.

However, it is also a spontaneous protection mechanism of human beings, which is understandable. Otherwise, everyone would probably suffer from psychological problems.

"..."

Sure enough, after hearing Liu Ju's nonsense, Gongsun Qing slowly put down his foot, which he had just raised, and a hint of loss and recognition quietly appeared in his eyes.

For someone like him who has been pursuing progress all his life, he has a particularly deep understanding of the feeling that Liu Ju described.

Just like Li Shaojun, Li Shaoweng and Luan Da mentioned by Liu Ju just now, they all came from Qi and were once the objects of his envy, jealousy and pursuit.

What else can they do?
He simply learned a few tricks to play tricks on others, and because he was good at currying favor, he was recommended by the princes. From then on, he was favored by the emperor. Overnight, he possessed a status and wealth that ordinary people could not achieve, and he was even made a general.

Gongsun Qing has always felt that if he was given the same opportunity, he could be like them.

So he tried his best to do the same thing, but gradually, as he was nearly fifty years old, he was always a little short of achieving his goal. If he continued like this, his life would be wasted.

He was unwilling.

Until a few days ago, he heard about Emperor Liu Che's acquisition of the precious tripod, so he wrote a book "Zha" overnight, hoping to attract Emperor Liu Che's attention.

But even so, when he asked someone to present the book to him, things still went wrong.

The person who first commissioned the book only took a few glances at it and returned it on the grounds that the language in the book was too absurd.

Later, after much request and petition, he finally got this precious opportunity and was received by Emperor Liu Che.

As it happened, Luan Da was thrown into prison for unknown reasons at that time. Although Liu Che was very interested in the content of Huangdi's Fengshan in the book, he had doubts about the Taoist priests.

Therefore, Gongsun Qing, who originally thought that he would be greatly rewarded and was given a general's seal like Li Shaoweng and Luan Da, was only given a rank of doctor, which was neither high nor low, and was not even a formal official.

Just a little bit short...

In this way, Gongsun Qing was sent to Mount Taishi to wait for the gods with the official title of "Langzhong".

This time he had made careful plans and intended to give Liu Che a big one, so that he could gain the same favor and treatment as Li Shaoweng and Luan Da.

As a result, when it came to the step of "Long live the emperor", he was inexplicably interrupted by the "Long live the emperor" from the Qilian Mountains. Not only did he not get the reward, he almost messed up the matter and even lost his life.

Just a little bit different!
Gongsun Qing felt completely disappointed. Why was it always just that little bit short?
Liu Chuanqi got it all!
He has been having very bad luck in recent years, as if there is always an invisible force working against him. Whenever he is about to succeed, there are always some irrelevant people or things that interfere, making his efforts go to waste and making him always just a little short of his goal!
The harder you work, the more unlucky you become. This might be what he is talking about...

at last.

"I don't know, Your Highness..."

Even though Gongsun Qing was very reluctant to admit it in front of Liu Ju, at this moment, he still showed Liu Ju a bitter smile with all kinds of reluctance and confusion in his heart.
"…How did Your Highness figure this out? Could Your Highness please give me some pointers?"

"You may not believe this, but when I went to South Vietnam, I was harmed by an evil miasma and got a serious illness that was almost fatal. If it weren't for the full efforts of the imperial physician who accompanied me, I probably wouldn't have been able to come back."

Liu Ju smiled slightly and spoke, "But maybe it was a blessing in disguise, or maybe the difference between life and death aroused some magical powers related to ghosts and gods. Since then, I often have dazzled eyes and always see some strange things in my eyes. And that's how I saw Mr. Gongsun's situation."

"I wonder if Your Highness has seen anything else from me?"

Gongsun Qing asked eagerly.

"Why don't you answer a question for me first, Mr. Gongsun? Your ancestral home is in Qi, right? Have you raised dogs in your ancestral home in recent years?"

Liu Ju did not answer but asked instead.

"My wife and children do have a black dog at home."

Gongsun Qing asked in confusion.

"That's what I said!"

Liu Ju immediately said with a very serious expression,

"A black dog is an ominous creature. It carries a lot of negative energy and is likely to attract evil spirits. It is because of this black dog that your fortune has been declining in recent years, nourishing these evil spirits!"

In fact, if Gongsun Qing answered that there was no dog in the ancestral home, Liu Ju could still continue:

It is precisely because there is no dog at home that evil things have taken advantage of the situation to enter, causing the fortune to continue to decline in recent years...

This is also a common tactic used by fortune tellers on the flyover in later generations. No matter how they use their tricks, they can always confuse people.

Even if someone analyzes it carefully.

You will find that Liu Ju had already been planning this PUA since he first mocked Gongsun Qing.

Stimulate - intimidate - guide - suggest - set a trap.

It can be said to be done in one go!
However, Liu Ju also knew that although the ancients lived in a different era and some of their cognition had certain limitations compared to those of later people, this did not mean that the ancients were fools.

Gongsun Qing is an old hand after all. Even if he doesn't have as much theoretical support as later generations, even if he is temporarily fooled by him for now.

After a few days of thinking about it, it is very likely that she will come to her senses and will not let him manipulate her, but will fully cooperate with his great "God-making" plan.

Therefore, he had to come up with something “real”!

"Then according to your Highness's wishes..."

Gongsun Qing seemed to have some doubts when he heard this and frowned slightly, but he still asked according to Liu Ju's meaning.

"It's not urgent."

Liu Ju suddenly stopped at this moment and asked with a smile,

"By the way, when we go to Donglai this time, I should have a chance to pass by your ancestral home, right?"

"I'm afraid we'll have to take a detour of several dozen miles."

Gongsun Qing replied.

"It will only take half a day. It's up to you. If you want to solve this matter, take me to your ancestral home. Then I will just use some tricks to make you see the evil spirit with your own eyes."

Liu Ju grinned and said,

"It won't be too late to talk about how to exorcise these evil spirits then... Didn't Mr. Gongsun forget a few important things? Go get them quickly and don't let them delay your trip."

"..."

Gongsun Qing was stunned again when he heard this.

why is it like this?

Who would only say half of what they are going to say? Isn't that making people feel uneasy?

However, Liu Ju was the crown prince after all, so even if Gongsun Qing was dissatisfied with him, he did not dare to express it to his face.

So I could only feel depressed for a while, and bowed helplessly:
"Your Highness is right. I will be back soon. I will never dare to delay Your Highness's trip or fail to live up to His Majesty's trust."

"go Go."

Liu Ju waved his hands nonchalantly, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

Huo Guang saw this scene from a distance, and he even admired Liu Ju a little more, but also felt a little helpless:

"Where did he learn this skill of being able to chat with anyone he meets?"

"Oh, right. Before this, his Bowang Garden was full of people from all walks of life. Staying with these people all year round, wouldn't he have picked up all the bad habits of the market?"

at the same time.

"..."

Although Huo Guang tried to stay away from Liu Ju as much as possible, Li Guangli was not far from Liu Ju just now.

Although he did not hear the entire conversation between Liu Ju and Gongsun Qing, he managed to get a general idea of ​​it.

At this moment, he naturally had a new understanding of Liu Ju.

"During the previous expedition against Western Qiang, this prince not only understood the tactics, but also could easily produce a rare item like the 'Sky Lantern', which was already dazzling."

"At such a young age, General Li, General Xu and other generals who had led the army for many years admired him very much. They all spoke highly of him and almost obeyed his orders."

"This time he went to Donglai to wait for the gods, and he wanted to exorcise evil spirits for the Taoist priests?"

"Isn't it the duty of a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits? How is this different from teaching a dancer to dance?"

"Oh yes, he really taught prostitutes to dance..."

"This... Is there anything in the world that this prince can't do? How many abilities does he have that he hasn't revealed yet?"

"Speaking of which, should I also find an opportunity to ask the Crown Prince for advice? Perhaps only the Crown Prince can clear up the confusion in my heart and show me a clear path..."

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