The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade: 1 Without him, there is no central plains

Xiangfu three years, late autumn. 1 Novel ＜＜≤＜≤≤≤≤≤﹤≤≤≤＜＜≤＜

The army of Wangzhang who participated in the annual autumn hunting encirclement and hunting, instead of going south outside Liangzhou Pass, fired up north and returned to the capital of Beiting.

During the autumn hunting period, His Majesty did not show up again, except for appearing at a meeting of the paintings on one night. Taiping Ling and the Minister of the Three Dynasties Gu Ming Yelu Chucai accompanied him all the way.

In the night, the palace is full of blazes. In a small house far from magnificent, the candlelight swayed gently. Instead of shining the room bright as day, it added a bit of gloom and darkness. This is probably the so-called The cicadas are noisy and the forest is quiet.

An old woman has a serene face, lying quietly on a sick bed, seeming to remember the past and prosperous years, and as if to reminisce about the time of youth that was once flourishing.

Beside the bed, Taipingling, who is Emperor Beimang, sat on a small bench, staring down at the old woman with protruding cheeks, she was white as frost.

Li Mibi, who created the Beimang spider web with one hand, behaved even more strangely. He sat on the doorstep of the house. At this moment, the shadow prime minister who made countless people of Beimang feel the creeps, really looks like a late old man. , Lonely and lonely.

"Your Majesty, have you ever felt uncomfortable?"

Taiping makes speech calm, and I can't hear the slightest panic, nor the slightest sadness, but there is a rare gentleness that is a bit out of date.

The old woman answered the question in a soft voice: "Are you wondering why I don't want to accept gifts from heaven and humans, and I don't want to live for four or five years?"

Taipingling nodded, and then shook his head quickly, still saying softly, "It doesn't matter anymore."

The old woman laughed and asked: "Do you think my stupid son with a heart higher than the sky and thinner than paper, led an army of 400,000, can finally take down the city of Jubei?"

Taiping Ling replied cautiously: "As long as Tuoba Bodhisattva surpasses Xu Fengnian, the overall situation is determined, not to mention a dozen or so martial masters in the Central Plains, and ten more will be of no avail. Ten thousand steps back, even Tuoba Bodhisattva If we lose, we may not lose. Your Majesty need not worry too much about the war."

The old woman gently folded her hands on her abdomen and twitched her mouth slightly, "Worry? I am not at all worried about the war outside Liangzhou Pass. After handing over the military power to Yeluhongcai, I put it down. This The child has been a wronged prince for more than 30 years, and let him get angry once. The love between mother and child and the righteousness of monarchs and ministers are considered to be not owed to each other. As for whether the flames of war there burned into Liangzhou Pass or spread to the territory of the Southern Dynasty, I will general What are you worried about for the dead? What can you worry about? In this life, I think I am best at ease of heart. The guilt of people will not last long, and the remorse for myself can be let go. In this life, the first half of my life has been living on thin ice. , But at least the rest of your life is comfortable and good. What's more, wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a dragon chair as a woman, the first person in the ages, whether it is forever, or stinking for thousands of years, it is destined to be impossible to bypass the history of future dynasties. My name, what regrets do you have in this life? Probably no more."

It's rare for old women to talk like this, and it's rare for them to be so quiet.

The old man gave a hum.

The Taiping Order of the Chess and Swords Music House left the grassland in anger and went to Liyang Central Plains to hide his name for 20 years. He changed a dozen identities, traveled north and south, saw all the world, and enjoyed the spring and autumn mountains and rivers.

There are tens of thousands of scholars in the world, and perhaps only the great demon Huang Sanjia, who has troubled the Spring and Autumn Period, is more "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles" than the emperor Beimang whose real name has long been forgotten. .

The old woman took a breath and asked: "Zhao Bing and Chen Zhibao work together, can they fight all the way north to the outside of Tai'an City?"

The old man nodded and said: "Sure, if not unexpected, the two rebellious princes will deliberately stand still, and only wait for us to win the battle with the Beiliang Border Army, otherwise we will win Liyang Jingcheng too early. I am worried that we will return to the grassland, and even more afraid that we will simply abandon the territory of the Southern Dynasty and retreat decisively to the North Court. Then it is the embarrassing situation of the Liyang Zhao family to unify the Central Plains. With the temperament of the Yanchi king Zhao Bing, we will never let ourselves fall short. At that time, Xu Fengnian was really the next Xu Xiao. Beiliang was still the Beiliang with a big tail, which was not a good deal. The only variable on the Central Plains side was in Gu Jiantang’s two Liao frontiers, openly and secretly, holding 300,000 elite soldiers, grasping Punctuality, it might be Xu Xiao after the Battle of West Leibi, and Gu Jiantang will never miss the opportunity. After all, Liyang has lost the brilliant old emperor Zhao Li, and now the world is no longer the same. The world back then, when Xu Xiao ruled by drawing the river, was unpopular, but once Gu Jiantang succeeded in taking over the city of Tai'an, he would comply with the destiny, which is very different."

The old man saw that the old woman’s spirit was good, so he continued as concisely as possible: "Central Plains is in this troubled time. Among the generals, Li Yang Lu Shengxiang Xu Gong is very few people, outside of the storm. There is still a chance to choose trees to live in, and Tang Tieshuang and his ilk in Tai'an City will probably end up miserably. As for those temple officials, the short-lived emperor Zhao Xun would not say more, Zhao Bing, Zhao Zhu, father and son, no matter who usurped the throne, are willing to treat those who are reading seeds, but Zuo Sanqi often serves Chen Wang, whose future is uncertain. The key is to see whether the new emperor is really generous or fake. "

The old woman laughed at herself: "I give up the opportunity to live another four or five years, and I will not see the magnificent scenery, is it wrong?"

Taiping Ling said softly: "If it is your Majesty..."

The old woman seemed to know what the emperor was going to say, and said with a open-minded smile: "Forget it, regret medicine in the world is the most uninteresting. I am not rare."

Taipingling smiled and said: "Your Majesty is a true hero."

The old woman suddenly said a digression, "Li Mibi, that woman may not die, but she must not see the sun again."

Li Mibi, who was sitting on the threshold, was stunned, and said in a voice that His Majesty could hear clearly: "I know."

The old woman seemed to remember something again and asked: "Wang Du, who likes to grow plum blossoms in the Southern Dynasty, is really a chess piece?"

Li Mibi raised his voice slightly and said: "Although there is no conclusive evidence, I can still conclude that Wang Du is Beiliang's dark chess."

The old woman sighed: "Listening to Chaoge Li Yishan, it's really amazing."

Taiping Ling showed a look of sincere admiration, nodded and said: "Indeed."

Li Mibi asked: "How to deal with that Dongnabo Wang Jingchong?"

Taipingling replied: "His 10,000 family private riders must have merged with Yuluan Daobu Youzhou Qingqi. Now the Southern Dynasties are weak, like a house with leaks on all sides, unless you send master dead men secretly. Sneak attack, otherwise it would be no use to take him. But this time borrowing a knife to kill, and adding this winter bowl, it is nothing more than making the knife faster and harmless."

Li Mibi said calmly: "Your Majesty really wants him to die, I can go out in person."

The old woman smiled and said: "Fine, a place as big as the Southern Dynasty, even if I offer it with both hands, with the cavalry of Beiliang, I still have to eat it, let them make trouble."

Speaking of this kind of military affairs involving the cool and reckless war, the old woman was obviously a little tired, and she was a little bit upset that she couldn't hide, she slowly closed her eyes.

It seems that I want to be out of sight and out of mind.

She doesn't want to be able to get rid of those intrigues and intrigues when she reaches the end of the road in the sun in her life.

The old woman gave a strong breath, her tone suddenly became firm, her thin face no longer had the casual look of the previous chatting, "I only have three things to confess, Dong Zhuo must win Huaiyangguan! Yeluhong The material must die before me! The Murong clan must leave blood, regardless of gender!"

Speaking of the last sentence, the old woman burst into laughter for no reason, happily, "One more move! Then there are only two things."

The old woman turned her head for the first time tonight, looked at the diligent order of peace for a country’s political affairs, and asked with a smile: "You can be considered a pedantic man, then you are talking about it, it’s not as good as a human Is the sky counted, or is it not as good as people count?"

Taiping makes the heart calm and calm: "It varies from time to place, and from person to person. People count the sky, in the final analysis, there is no definite number."

The old woman retracted her gaze and said to herself: "A foolish account!"

Long silence, the candlelight in the house is still dim.

The old woman whispered: "It's cold...you all go, I want to rest well."

The autumn is high and fresh.

Don't die at this time, but when will you stay?

Taipingling got up gently, then bent over to make a move. The old man refused to straighten up for a long time.

Turning around and walking outside, Li Mibi stood on the steps of the courtyard, as if waiting for the peace order.

After Taiping Ling closed the door, the two old men stood side by side.

Li Mibi sighed softly: "There are still too many things that have not been explained clearly."

Taiping Ling declined to comment.

Li Mibi suddenly sneered and said: "The more white space, the greater the authority of your emperor. In the end, your Majesty did not even leave a list of Minister Gu Ming, which is indeed what you want."

Regarding the matter behind the Beimang Empress, it is destined to remain secret. The old woman clearly refused to "add oil" to the heavens and people when the oil ran out, and she knew that she didn't have much time, so she had to make an early declaration of peace. Li Mibi said hello to them. Once she could not survive the end of the Battle of Jubei City, she would use the occasion of Qiuhan as an excuse to hand over all the government affairs of Beiting Capital to Taiping. They were all put on the confidant of Taipingling, who previously said that she was a real hero, she was indeed a heartfelt word. Gu ordered the veteran Yelu Hongcai of the Three Dynasties to die, so if Li Mibi could barely restrain the master of the chess and sword music house, no one in the entire grassland would be able to challenge him, and it is very likely that the next grassland master would be the next one. After all, the emperor never mentioned who she would like to inherit the throne from the beginning to the end. In the last talk, she was still very indifferent to her son Yelvhongcai. "I", this sentence has been widely circulated in the grassland. Fortunately, the word Xiao was not replaced with filial piety. Otherwise, Yeluhong would really feel restless. Explain by providence. To a certain extent, Yeluhong has been able to live to this day, and can even control 400,000 soldiers. Isn't it attributed to the "weak prince and not the iron-blooded emperor", otherwise the two tigers are fighting, how can the young tigers survive?

Li Mibi's words of humiliation did not make the slightest change in Taiping's face.

The old man who once threatened to buy Tai'an in black and white is thinking about the weight of certain chess pieces in his mind.

The prince Yeluhongcai, of course, was not really as mediocre and unworthy as the world had misunderstood, but the private meeting with Wang Du completely lost the favor of the emperor.

Dong Zhuo, the youngest and lightest general in the grassland, has always been highly regarded by His Majesty the emperor, but it is difficult to control the male love. Even the best people in the world can do the worst things in the world as long as they become emperors. The world can actually be divided into two kinds of people, the emperor, and all other people.

Yelü Dongbed, lost the shelter of his grandfather Yelu Hongcai, will it be devastated?

Murong Baoding, is it possible to become a lifesaver for the entire Murong family?

Does Tuoba Bodhisattva, the loyal patron saint of the grassland, ever thought about adding a yellow robe? After all, the presence or absence of His Majesty the Emperor is a world of difference for Tuoba Bodhisattva.

……

Taiping Ling finally recovered, turned his head and smiled: "I, you, Xu Huainan, it seems that they have all lost."

Li Mibi, who didn't expect that Taipingling would say this, was stunned, and then sneered after holding his hands together, "Each has his own way of living, Xu Huainan has the deepest thoughts, so I live the most tired. You too. It’s not much better. People who can play chess tend to have a focus on winning and losing. Only I think the least and live the easiest."

Taipingling chuckled softly: "You don't think the least, but give in the earliest."

The expressionless spy neither admitted nor denied it.

Taiping Ling sighed, "The next step is to work hard for you."

Li Mibi said in a bad mood: "Where is the responsibility, why do you have to say it hard?"

Taipingling reached out and patted Li Mibi on the shoulder, smiling and jokingly said: "That's right, you are the kind of gloomy temper who likes to hide and calculate, so you can enjoy it."

The shadow prime minister Beimang, who was used to walking alone, was obviously unsuitable for the other party's show-off action, frowned, but his heart was a little bit depressed, but he was a little bit faint.

The night is deep.

Outside the house, the two old men with the greatest authority on the grassland stepped down the steps and parted ways at the entrance of the small courtyard.

After Taipingling walked far away, she suddenly replied, tears in her tears, and muttered: "Mrs Murong, Ms Murong..."

On the sick couch in the house, the old woman gently grabbed an old fur on her side, covered her body, and fell asleep slowly.

Her dry fingers brushed Diao Qiu gently.

For example, the little girl with a peach blossom in her face, she was in a foreign country when she first met the young man in Liaodong, it was like a spring breeze.

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Xiangfu three years, winter.

The Central Plains were unstable. Originally, the Guangling River was evenly balanced between the north and the south. The situation took a turn for the worse. It was due to the fact that the king of Shu, Chen Zhibao and the son of Yanchi, Zhao Zhu, were just two riders without any escort. General Zhengnan, who is the leader of the military department, once again defied.

The rebels marched northward, and Lu Shengxiang, who was stationed in the southern part of Gyeonggi under his command, fell into a predicament in a moment.

The Huang Zi Gongqing of the Temple of Tai'an City, after hearing this terrifying news, everyone was chaotic like ants in a hot pot.

Tantangon, who had already resigned due to illness, had to participate in the big and small courts again.

In the mid-winter season, people's hearts are cold in the cold weather.

A carriage slowly drove out of Huan Mansion and came to a dilapidated mansion just across the street. The plaque had already been taken off and it became a land of no owner.

The old man walked out of the wagon with two jugs of wine, climbed up the steps, and reached out to tear off the seal on the door.

Several Zhao Goudai hidden in the shadows, although their ranks are very high, they all turn a blind eye to them with interest.

The old man held two jugs of wine to his chest, pushing the door with one hand very hard.

The old man walked around the corridor in a familiar way and came directly to the study room. Some books have been moved, some books are still left, and the ones left after being moved are actually eating dust. It is nothing more than changing a place. That's it.

There is still only one chair in the study.

Remember that in those days, the government and the public, except for the two Liyang emperors of Zhao Li and Zhao Dun, I am afraid that Huan Wen was the only one who could take a seat here and occupy the magpie's nest with peace of mind.

Huan Wen bypassed the empty bookcase, put two jugs of wine on the table, wiped off the heavy dust with his sleeves, and then slowly settled down. If it were in previous years, the purple-bearded and blue-eyed person would stand at the window.

Tan Tan Wong looked at the window and whispered: "Biyan'er, look, you picked up and left. You didn't get the peace and prosperity in your mind, but only in exchange for such a smoky **** time. , Don’t you feel guilty? You, too, have died prematurely, or else regret and regret you!"

The old man snorted coldly, "That means you are not here, otherwise I would really like to slap on your head, I can really hit, not to scare you."

The old man fell silent.

Guangling Road Jiedu made Lu Baijie know whether he was alive or dead, but Wang Xionggui did not know why he was deported from the country. Whether it was his life or fame, he escaped, and was finally escorted by Lu Shengxiang and he was about to return to the capital.

In the event of welcoming Wang Xionggui to Beijing, the Tai'an City Council still had a disputing leisurely sentiment. Originally, it was Wang Xionggui’s heir to Zhang Lu, the former Shangshu of the Household Department, and the current three-level identities of a Taoist manager.

Sima Puhua went out of the city to welcome him. Of course, it was only the fall of Guangling Road, which caused half of the country to be eroded. Wang Xionggui was extremely depressed. Even if he returned to Tai'an City alive, what a bleak situation would be in the days to come can be imagined. The status of the Liyang imperial court is getting higher and higher. Nowadays, it is second only to the official of the official Yin Maochun. Sima Puhua is worried about the damage to the Beijing style and is more afraid of being enraged by Wang Xionggui as the young emperor. Naturally, he is not willing to take over Wang Xionggui himself. Hot taro, Jin Lanting, the second in charge of the Ministry of Ritual, has been at the Shilin Poetry Conference many times, openly scolding Wang Xionggui for missteps, and will never go out of the city to meet, so it was the turn of the poor right servant Jiang Yongle again. Facts The Liaodong Scholars Group, which has recently emerged in the temple, made up its mind to beat down the water dogs for the economic leaders who had always been close to Jiangnan scholars, and publicized Wang Xionggui's unbearable task in Tai'an City. If it hadn't been for Qi Yanglong's final word to stop the intensified crusade, I am afraid that the person who greeted Wang Xionggui would not be the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, but the officials of the criminal ministry who carried the shackles.

Huan Wen is used to seeing the ebb and flow of the ebb and flow of the ebb and flow of the ebb and flow of the emperor. He can't say that he feels much about it, but he is a little discouraged.

In a peaceful and prosperous time, the literati spoke too aggressively, just like the comments on Tu Xuxiao during the Yonghui period. It is innocuous, and the lame Xu who is far in the northwest is too lazy to care.

But now it’s not the same as it was in the past.

Huan Wen had no reason to think of that young man, Biyaner’s youngest son, Zhang Bianguan, who was said to be the most distinguished but innocent official’s son in the capital, who was said to be a waste of money even to bully men and women. No, young people don't rely on either side, so no one likes to pay attention to them.

Among Biyan'er's children, Zhang Bianguan is the only one who pleases him the most. He is not afraid to see himself and dares to make any jokes.

Huan Wen heard that after Zhang Bianguan left Zhang’s mansion that year, he married a woman from a small family. She lived a plain life in the alleys of the market. His favorite thing to do was to wander around and watch the pigeon flocks. Flying across the sky of Tai'an City, day after day, year after year.

Unfortunately, in the end, such an uncontested young man also died.

The old man opened a jug of wine, raised his head and took a sip, suddenly sad.

The old man took the jug of wine, got up to the window, pushed the window to look at the gray sky.

If you want to snow in the evening, can you drink a cup?

A cup is enough! A pot is so-so.

The old man took a sip of the wine, wiped the corners of his mouth, and smiled: "Hey, this mellow wine, you can't drink it, it's greedy for you."

The Tantan Weng, who has been standing in a high position after three dynasties, sighed and whispered: "I almost forgot, you are a person who doesn't like to drink."

The old man looked like a child and said angrily: "There are people in the world who do not like to drink! It is unreasonable!"

Tan Tan Wong leaned back against the window and looked at the book case. He sipped the wine and drank most of it quickly, a bit drunk.

Small but not drunk, life is perfect.

The old man seems to have seen a scholar with purple beard and blue eyes, sitting right behind the bookcase, smiling at him.

Tan Tan Wong remembered that when he and the guy were young, they were studying sage books together with their classmates. He slowly raised the hip flask, and laughed softly: "Don't be wrong, you're worthy of reading."

The person seemed to answer, "The Chao is Tian Shelang, and the Mu is in the Heavenly Son Hall."

Tantanweng continued to recite a sentence, "Manchu Dynasty Zhu Zigui, all scholars."

The last two said together: "The emperor is the hero!"

Tantanwong laughed loudly, not daring to look there again, for fear that he would never see that figure again in the next moment.

The old man drank the last sip of alcohol in the jug, placed the jug on the window rail, and staggered out of the study.

Only my generation has a negative book of sages, since ancient times, the book of sacreds has lived up to me.

On the book table, there is a pot of wine that no one drinks.

Sages and sages have been lonely since ancient times.

Only the drinker keeps his name.

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Unexpectedly, after Wang Xionggui returned to the capital, his Majesty, instead of Longyan anger, gave the Guangling Dao Jing a kind of comfort at the court meeting, only to learn that the life and death of the Tangxi sword fairy Lu Baijie is unknown, and he never clings to chaos. After the feudal king Zhao Bing, the expression of the young emperor seemed to be touched.

After hearing this news, not only Emperor Zhao Zhuan was relieved. In fact, all court officials from Jiangnan Dao were relieved. The four great Jiangnan tycoons, after Lu Daolin and Lu Baijie successively served as a book of Liyang, Lu has already It can be regarded as a latecomer who has become a leader of Jiangnan officials. Once Lu Baijie, the leader of the Southern Party on the stage, rebels from the Liyang Zhao room, it will inevitably be an official disaster affecting the Liyang center. I am afraid that he will be in the same spirit as the Lu family. The three great gates of Jiangnan Province, deep down, more or less hope that Lu Baijie, rather than living rich and wealthy, might as well commit suicide, and take a step back and say that as long as there is no news about Lu Baijie, it is absolutely unfortunate. Fortunately in.

In fact, after the change of Chunxue Tower, the performance of the generals was too disappointing.

Yuan Tingshan, General Jizhou, rebelled.

The former general of Chunxuelou, originally relied on pacifying the remnants of Western Chu and became the upstart of the Liyang Dynasty, Song Li, the powerful general at the beginning of the town, and rebelled.

Qi Shence, the son of Guangling Taoist tycoon, and the first-rate handsome from Shangyin Academy, just showed up, he also rebelled.

Furthermore, it is reported that the three of them will lead a cavalry army as the vanguard, about to push the Lu Shengxiang army in the south of Gyeonggi Province, which has not yet constructed a tight line of defense.

The good news is not without inspiring good news. The new Jiedu of Lianghuai Road made Xu Gong move his troops to the south, preparing to form a north-south line of defense. The portal is temporarily worry-free.

The two Jizhou lieutenants, Han Fang and Yang Huchen, each led their own horses and galloped southward, echoing the new Jingan Road Jiedu Ma Zhongxian from north to south, so that the hinterland of the Central Plains north of the Guangling River would not be turbulent.

Cai Bo, the righteous son of the moth worm, Cai Nan, was promoted to General Hezhou under the strong recommendation of the economic envoy Han Lin. He led his troops to Jizhou to reinforce Xu Gong without any excuse.

He is also a local general who holds the power of the army. One party is a courtier and thieves who wish to build up the dragon. On the other side, the wind knows the strong grass, and the sturdy knows the loyal minister.

For the time being, Wang Xionggui, who is still the governor of Guangling Road, returned to the mansion safely. He did not accept his wife’s suggestion and did not immediately bathe and change clothes to wash away the bad luck. One of them is Zhao Youling, a servant of Zhongshu who was second only to Qi Yanglong in the court of the Ministry of Science and Technology. One is Yin Maochun, who is qualified as the official book by the Imperial Academy. Wang Xionggui’s two confidantes were very surprised. Not only did the host and the two adults have made it clear that they would not be in contact with each other, in fact, although the prime minister Yin Maochun and Zhao Youling are relatives, they have always had a weak relationship. , It is from selflessness down.

Therefore, after the two of them left the mansion of Menkeluoque, they both felt that they were going to be in vain, but they did not expect that one person would come to visit the front and back of the house, and the identity was distinguished, Yuan Guo!

It also came from the "Spring of Yonghui", and was also an official who had a bright future in Zhang Luyi, and Yuan Guo was so talented in his early years that he even had Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun, the top three in the imperial examination. He has always been Tan Tanwong's most eye-catching younger generation. But because Yuanguo’s temperament was too weak, his knowledge was too high, and his cutting edge was too strong, he was soon passed by Zhao Yin in officialdom. In the end, Wang Xionggui and Han Lin also left him far behind, and finally stayed in Yong. Huixiangfu reappeared during the alternation, and served as two Shangshu, but immediately because of disagreement with the emperor, he quickly left Tai'an City and was relegated to Liangliao Dao to serve as deputy Jiedu, no matter if it was Gu Jiantang or Jiaodong King Zhao Sui, both of them didn’t care much about Yuan Guo, and even the two Liao scholars didn’t bother to see this "good gentleman" who was older and less assertive. Therefore, Yuan Guo entered Beijing this time without making any waves, but the group grew up. Yuan Guo, a junior figure who was tricked into drinking by an unscrupulous senior, gathered for a good time at Yuan Guo's mansion.

Wang Xionggui's youngest son, Wang Yuanran, the most famous elder brother in the capital, drank flower wine for the first time in his early years and he brought it to Yuan Guoguai. In order to resemble such trivial things, Han Lin, the former servant of the criminal ministry who was known as the court and the opposition, had always broken up with Yuanguo, an old and disrespectful fellow. However, after all these years, whether Wang Yuanran, the idle dude, or Yin Changgeng, the eldest son of Yin Maochun, are very ambitious young people, they all get along well with Yuan Guo, who is the least elder.

When Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun came to Wang Xionggui's study back and forth, the five most brilliant young people in Zhang Lu that year, except for Han Lin, who served as the manager in the far northwest, were all gathered.

After the four gathered and took their seats, they were all speechless for a while.

As the host, Wang Xionggui raised his teacup and chuckled softly: "I use tea instead of wine. Zisi will take care of you from now on."

Zi Si is a superscript by Wang Yuanran, a gift from Tantan Weng Huanwen. However, all four of you here know that there is another secret. In the beginning, Wang Xionggui hoped that the four of them's master Zhang Julu would give the characters, but Zhang Fu has never been interested in this kind of icing on the cake, and he has never spoken to anyone. Chrysostom is a well-educated Tantan Weng, who has always been willing to come, no matter whether he is a colleague in the officialdom or a friend of Shilin, he is responsive. Tan Tan Wong's officialdom did not fall, probably because of this bit of accumulation. In fact, Wang Xionggui mentioned casually at that time, how dare you expect Master Fu to make an exception for himself, after all, what was the reputation of the young Wang Yuanran among the children of the family at that time, he knew that as a father, I am afraid that Master Fu would not be willing to take a straight eye. Regarding Wang Yuanran, Wang Yuanran and his elder brothers followed Wang Xionggui to visit the mansion in the first month of the lunar New Year. They were almost the same as mice entering the cat's nest every time, so they would never say a word. It's no wonder that Wang Yuan is so timid. Just imagine that even the few sons of Auxiliary who saw Zhang Julu were like a big enemy.

I just don’t know why Wang Yuanran’s expression Zisi is indeed from Zhang Julu’s handwriting. He just found an opportunity to relay Huan Wen and he didn’t want to make it public.

Wang Xionggui was overjoyed at the time, and it is not an exaggeration to cry with joy. It's just that Hubu Shangshu, who is well versed in the rules of the officialdom, didn't dare to publicize it.

Yuan Guo was the first to say, "What's wrong with this? Now that the prodigal son is looking back, it is a good thing that Zisi is no longer living in the same horror as he did in the past. I am an elder, of course, there is no reason to shirk."

Then Yuan Guo smiled and turned his head to look at Zhao Youling, deliberately asking: "Master Zhao, right?"

Zhao Youling glared at this guy, but facing Wang Xionggui's pitiful eyes, she nodded and smiled: "No problem."

Only Yin Maochun remained silent.

In the Spring of Yonghui, Yin Maochun was extremely brilliant, otherwise he would not have been cultivated by Yuan Benxi, the emperor of the pre-liyang dynasty, as a reservoir, and he would be more valued than the other Song Dongming.

Yin Maochun, who has been in charge of the Hanlin Academy for more than ten years, is also the most respected minister today. In a sense, Yin Maochun is more powerful than Zhao Youling, who is slightly higher and more powerful than his official title. More stamina.

When Wang Xionggui saw that Yin Maochun didn't speak, he didn't force it, and he didn't dare to force it.

Unexpectedly, after Yin Maochun put down the teacup, he cherished the words like gold and said: "Okay."

Wang Xionggui said suddenly: "My teacher once said that scholars governing the country are duty-bound, scholars save the country, and do everything within their power, but the scholars should not create chaos in the country."

Yuan Guo said, "If I remember correctly, I said it."

Wang Xionggui was silent for a moment, "At that time the Western Chu rebellion was put down, and the chaos in the Jiang temple in Guangling Road, the three of you have never seen it with your own eyes. You probably don’t know that the kind of scholar is only willing to show it at the critical moment of life and death. The world is full of attitudes."

Wang Xionggui laughed at himself and said: "I edited the history books of the previous dynasty after the Spring and Autumn Period to dominate the Central Plains, and I always saw some jokes about what the water is too cool and the well is too small, what my family is surrounded by walls, there is no big beam and no white silk. I used to I don’t want to believe it. Only this time, I have to believe it."

Wang Xionggui stood up and came to the window where the heavy snow flies. "Chunxuelou celebration feast, Chen Zhibao, Zhao Bing, and Nalan Youci came together in a fierce manner. There are thousands of rebels downstairs. Tiejia, only Mr. Tangxi stepped forward and questioned Zhao Bing loudly on the spot. And I, Wang Xionggui, and Lu Baijie, are also the official second-ranking official in Xinjiang, although I am angry, I dare not speak."

Wang Xionggui turned his head and smiled and asked: "I always wondered if my teacher was there, what would I say and do?"

Yin Maochun was lost in thought, Zhao Youling smiled and said nothing.

Yuan Guo twisted his beard and said: "I guess, the gentleman who has not touched anyone in his life will beat Zhao Bingfu with his old fist for unprecedented times."

Yin Maochun laughed unscrupulously.

Zhao Youling, who is also known as a great master in official cultivation, is also a knowing laugh.

Wang Xionggui straightened his shirt, turned around and looked out the window, solemnly poking.

Yuan Guo sighed, slowly got up, and straightened up his clothes.

Zhao Youling and Yin Maochun looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time they got up and thought.

The matter of scholars.

No matter what other scholars in the world think or do, I am Zhang Lu scholar, self-cultivation! Qi family! Govern the country! Peace of the world!

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On the edge of Tai'an City's imperial city, the door of the small courtyard house is half-closed. The blind young man and the dependent maid, they cook wine in the stove on a snowy night.

The maid named Xinghua worried: "My son, it seems that the outside world is getting more and more unbalanced. When I went shopping for vegetables, I heard that three rebellious kings came all the way, but they didn’t talk to Shilang Lu. The army ran into it, and the price of rice in the capital has risen a lot. If we don’t hurry to stock up more, we will be in trouble."

Now the young man who is proud of the prince in white clothes said softly: "Don't worry, we can't be hungry. But it's good to have surplus food and stay calm."

She wanted to speak and stopped, and finally couldn't help but whispered: "My son, can we hold it? Is it true that as long as the two Liao frontier troops of Gu Dazhuguo go south to help, they will be able to successfully quell the chaos? But even me. Everyone knows that the king of Shu, Chen Zhibao, is very powerful. He helped the king of Yanchi and the others to serve as a tiger. What should be done?"

Six Xu, who is in charge of Liyang Zhaogou, said softly: "The soldier saint in white who chose to accept Wu Chongxuan's army not only wanted a battle, but also meant that the scenery at the farthest point of his sight was not in this Tai'an city. , But Gu Jiantang’s two Liaobian towns."

Xinghua looked blank, "Ah? What does he think?"

6 Xu joked: "Then only God knows."

She carefully handed 6 a cup of hot wine. In the past few years, the two of them have been together. Although blind, they naturally took the wine glass. When 6 Xia bowed her head and drank, she exclaimed: "Oh, only twenty In the coming year, there will be turmoil in peace again."

6 The corners of the mouth curled up, "We two can probably be considered lucky, and just lived in these twenty years. The early days of Yonghui, and the people of Central Plains after the three-year summer of Xiangfu this year, the old people before, Children nowadays have to live with fear."

She smiled, "The son said yes."

6 He turned his head and "looked at" the half-opened door, his lips pursed, his expression calm.

She looked at the profile of the son, her eyes were crazy.

She didn't have any extravagant hopes, she just hoped that she could be by his side until she saw the son slowly turning his head, but the son would never see her pale and unbearable.

6 Xu turned back slowly, breaking the silence, "I have dismissed the spy Zhao Gou today, and I can say anything."

Xinghua hesitated: "My son, do you feel lonely occasionally?"

The blind young man smiled and shook his head, "I, I am at the urn, and feel at ease."

Xinghua stuck out her tongue, "The son is quiet and indifferent, really amazing."

He laughed at himself: "The well frog speaks of the sea, and Xia Chong speaks of the ice, it is powerful."

She didn't understand well, so she didn't speak.

6 Xu suddenly said: "I remember that there is a spring in my hometown, which is hailed as the ninth spring in the world by the Dafeng Chao Tea Sage. If you pour the spring water into a cup, the water will flow over the cup without spilling, and it can even float copper coins. "

Xinghua's eyes widened, "Is it so magical?"

6Xu laughed loudly, "The copper coin floating in the water must be fake, but it is true if you drink a glass of mellow wine. If there is a chance, we will use the spring water there to make wine in the future."

Xinghua nodded vigorously.

6 Xu raised his head slightly, and whispered: "This spring is the most pleasant, the spring breeze is eighteen times."

She asked curiously: "My son, who wrote the poem, it's very good."

6 He stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, smiling gently.

Xinghua immediately said seriously: "It's a great poem!"

Six points pointed at her, "You don't **** well."

The apricot blossom is a little pretty.

6Xuan gently spread a palm of her hand to the woman next to her.

She was struck by lightning, timid and gentle, and finally mustered up the courage to stretch out her somewhat cold slender cat and put it on the palm of his hand.

6 Xu squeezed her hand and said, "Xinghua, I am a blind man. From now on, you will help me see those great rivers and mountains. If you see it, I will see it."

She choked up and said: "My son, don't despise me for being stupid."

6 Xu shook his head and said softly: "My husband dare not."

Heavy snow falls to the world outside the house, and the hearts of the people inside the house are warm like spring.

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Xiangfu four years, early spring.

The last heavy snowfall of goose feathers at the end of last year has not melted completely.

Jiaodong King Zhao Sui put all his talents together and sent his troops south. At the same time, the cavalry of Hezhou General Cai Bai and Yang Huchen and Han Fang's cavalry successfully merged. The Jing'an Road Jiedu made Ma Zhongxian declared that he would gather one hundred thousand elites, and he was about to march eastward.

These good news made this year's first dynastic meeting add a lot of festive flavors that have never been seen in the New Year.

After retiring from the court, Sun Yin found Fan Chang in the crowd and said that he had recently missed a broken handbook. It was a great achievement and his chess power has skyrocketed. He can definitely make this ten-dan chess master look good on the chessboard.

Fan Changhou originally walked side by side with Song Keli, who was also in the Imperial Academy. The two were congenial, and the relationship was irreversible. The Song family young phoenix who fell in the family has always been taciturn, but he often talked with Fan Changhou in the evening.

Fan Changhou, after hearing Sun Yin’s provocation, agreed with a smile, and agreed to compete in Sun Yin’s house tonight. Sun Yin repeatedly reminded this great power player to remember not to forget before going to the door. After taking the Liu Ji mutton to stop Mafang along the way, Fan Changhou had to promise not to let the mutton miss the appointment even if there were no people. Then Sun Yin gave up.

Long Jifu, the champion of the last imperial examination, trot all the way, and when he came to Sun Yin, he was a little gasping. After Sun Yin's eyes were rolled, Li Jifu smiled shyly.

Li Jifu has been ridiculed as one of the top three in the Liyang imperial examinations. He has neither a celebrity nor a meritocracy, let alone the one who led the Yonghui celebrity minister. Compared with Yin Maochun, Wu Congxian, who was the second highest in the imperial examination, was far inferior. His background, career prospects, and a clear view of the capital were all the same. Li Jifu had been inactive for three years, and his reputation was not obvious. The next palace test is about to be ushered now. Although there is no result yet, Qin Guanhai in the Qiuwei meeting last autumn was better than Li Jifu in both style and tolerance. The family’s son Qin Guanhai was already famous in Tai'an City. With the help of Jinlanting Gaotingshu and others, Li Jifu will naturally become a green leaf, and will be ridiculed and ridiculed from time to time.

The only thing that stands out about Li Jifu, an honest man, is that he is willing to be a follower of Sun Yin, a fanatic of the Northern Liang Dynasty. On the back of Yin's ass, it seems that he is uneasy if he doesn't do this. Sun Yin, on the other hand, is really the unstoppable master. After the controversy at the Imperial College, after the Confucian team became famous, he quickly lost his officialdom, and within a year he was transferred from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Rites. Scolding Yishangshu and Ershilangzaburang, the only one who managed to escape the calamity was the only one left. Almost every time he went to court, he was chased and asked by other leaders, such as "Ma Langzhong, was he caught by that one yesterday?" Blocking the door and scolding?" "May continue to survive today?" "Master Ma must hold on, but I will keep you safe this month! Whether the salary next month can still be paid is up to you! "

Soon, the magistrate of the horse became a well-known figure known to the government and the public for no apparent reason, which shows the arrogant arrogance of the "little official" Sun Yin.

In the evening, in Sun Kuangren’s rented small house, the two players are not Sun Yin and Fan Changhou who pretend to be capable of playing chess, but a strange-looking foreigner who is talking to him. The legendary Chess Chess Sage, who moves the world, catches and fights on the chessboard, and after more than sixty moves, the former still does not lose the wind. The more insiders who know Fan Changhou's mighty chess skills, they know that this is not easy. When Fan Chang, who was recognized as a "fanzi" in the world of chess, was already more powerful than Li Mi, the master of Chu State in the West, and it is very likely that he would catch up with Huang Sanjia and Cao Changqing. The outcome was between five and five, so there was a "Xu Wei". The humorous saying is that if the bear is not in the capital, he will be invincible within one arm.

Liyang Chess was convincingly waiting for several national players to lose. Among them, the famous chess player Yuan Mei, who wrote "Taoquan Yipu", said frankly that Fan Chang was invincible first, which is a misunderstanding, just because of the Jingshi In the middle game, no one can really drag the chess game into the middle game.

In addition to Sun Yin and chess players, there are also Li Jifu and Song Keli in the house. Sun Yin squatted on a small bench with a large plate of peanuts. Watching chess babbled, fortunately the young scholar did not listen to his advice at all. Song Keli did not watch the battle. He was looking through an ancient book that Sun Yin had found and leaked from somewhere. Li Jifu, who had no chair and stool to sit on, squatted directly beside Sun Yin, occasionally picking up a peanut from the plate and chewing slowly. Pharyng, if it is held quickly, Sun Yin will be slapped and slapped, Li Jifu can only look sad.

After more than eighty hands, the young scholar surrendered. Although this person's strength is already extremely shocking, the only disadvantage is whether it is a hand or a place. The posture is too difficult to be on the table, and it is not half of the chic freehand brushwork. The relationship between coins.

Fan Changhou raised his head and looked at the peer who looked down at the chess game, and asked gently: "Brother Liu, how many years have you studied chess?"

The young man surnamed Liu raised his head and smiled and said, “It’s less than three years since I went to Beijing to rush for the exam. I didn’t pay much. After a few friends left the capital last year, no one wanted to accompany me. Chess."

Fan Changhou smiled bitterly: "Brother Liu is like a godly help on the chessboard. It's amazing."

Sun Yin laughed happily, feeling more happier than after defeating Fan Chang. This surnamed Liu rushed to take the exam. It was he who was abducted and deceived to get to this house. Even so, if it weren't for Sun Yin's North Liang identity, this guy would still not come here to borrow. The young man's surname is Liu Minghuai, who is also from Beiliang. He was the only scholar who participated in the Qiuwei Examination last year. His ranking was extremely low and he was barely able to participate in the Palace Examination. If he is based on the examination results, he must be a fellow scholar. . It's just that Liu Huai can't be regarded as an unknown name, because a middle-aged Confucian surnamed Zhang, who has no merit or fame, helped Liu Huai copy the scriptures at the gate of the Imperial College. After Liu Huai settled down here, he stayed simple and devoted himself to learning. When the madman Sun Yin was studying in his hometown of Beiliang Dao, he was known as a "craftsmanship group". At that time, even Yao Baifeng, who served as Zuo Jijiu in the Imperial College, was such a man. Everyone in Yizhi's literary world is willing to make a big name for it. Afterwards, Tan Tan Weng Huanwen, who took the top spot in the Central Library of Science and Technology, also verified this personally, and had to teach Sun Yin to be a low-key person while holding his nose. Angrily said, "This son won the first prize in the imperial examination.

Liu Huai is here to prepare for the palace exam this spring. Naturally, he has benefited a lot. Moreover, although Liu Huai has a rigorous personality, he is not arrogant. , And then only in the early morning, when Sun Yin who needed to participate in the early dynasty woke up and opened the door, he asked them one by one, but even though Sun Yin had to answer questions, Sun Kuangshi, who got up very angry, still had to scold Liu Huai." More than diligence, a little lack of aptitude", "not as good as the idiot Li Jifu", etc., if you wake up not very angry, you will pat Liu Huai on the shoulder and say a few words of encouragement, "It's okay, the article is well written. Li Jifu is half a catty, not too embarrassing. After all, you are not my Sun Yin, Liu Huai and Li Jifu and his like, come out every ten years, but my Sun Yin is rare in a century." "Brother Liu Huai. If you saw the skill above, Yin Maochun won the champion, but his mentor, what was the number one Zhang Fu in the palace exam? Look at Li Jifu again, maybe he won the champion, and I didn’t even participate in the palace exam. People, can you compare?"

Li Jifu, who often borrows here, always smiles and does not speak at this time.

Fucking, you must know that although Li Jifu said that his career was not going well, his imperial examination essays were really the number one scholar with no flaws!

In his Scripture article three years ago, a senior champion willingly bowed to the wind and said in public with a smile, "How lucky would I be if I could not have the same year as Li Jifu for the palace exam! What a misfortune is Wu Tanhua, who is the highest ranking member!"

It's also fortunate that Li Jifu never refuted it.

In the beginning, Liu Huai was just the gentle-tempered Li brother, just with the same name as the champion Li Jifu in the first year of Xiangfu. After he learned the truth, he had to talk to Sun Yin in private, at least not in front of him. Then I laughed at Brother Li, but Sun Yin waved his sleeves and put on the next sentence, "There are countless people who have been scolded and humiliated by my Sun Yin. There are very few people who are reluctantly recognized by my Sun Yin. It is too late for Li Jifu to be happy. Will be angry!"

After getting acquainted with Li Jifu, Liu Huai almost moved out of the house after getting acquainted with Li Jifu, but Li Jifu tried his best to stop him. After the two exchanged words outside the door, Liu Huai returned to the house. In ten days, Sun Yin finally resisted the impulse, but he was obviously holding back.

In the end, Li Jifu scratched his head and smiled after Sun Yin forcibly swallowed the words that came to his lips: "Brother Sun, let me say if you want to. You are uncomfortable, and I am actually even more uncomfortable." /

Sun Yin pointed at Li Jifu, looked at Liu Huai with a helpless face, and said triumphantly: "Have you heard?!"

Liu Huai, who has been with Sun Yin for a long time, and has learned a lot of infamous mantras, couldn't help but mutter: "His mother is ignorant, and his mother has no way to return!"

Therefore, the three get along, and they are still harmonious.

Liu Huai also knows that Li Jifu is really talented, and the most important thing is that there is a more rare kind of "zhongzheng and peace", without arrogance and arrogance, by no means the kind of "looks like a loyal man, but is actually cunning." Idiot.

Today Liu Huai only knew that Sun Yin had a chess friend at home to play chess. After the two good-looking guests arrived, Sun Yin did not introduce his identity. He only said that if he wins the guy, he will take him and Li Jifu to the street. The restaurant at the end went down to the restaurant, but it was a big deal. I got my Sun Yin's salary, and I went with those Kong Fang brothers. If it is not enough, I can still use the credit. The word Sun Yin is not worth his tens of thousands. Two golds?

So Liu Huai only knows that they have a surname of Song and Fan.

At this time, hearing a young man surnamed Fan praised himself as "like a god-assisted" and said "awesome", Liu Huai looked a little weird. Just me, a layman who learned to play chess by accident, you praise me so much, no Right?

Keenly perceiving Liu Huai's sight, Fan Changhou is also very helpless. He is not Sun Yin, so he doesn't have the face to sign up.

Sun Yin became more happy, grabbed the last handful of peanuts in the plate, divided half of them to Li Jifu, got up and shook his robe, and then smirked: "Liu Huai, know who this guy is? Chess world' Fan Zi', a ten-dan chess sage, the number one player in my dynasty, the second one of Cao Guanzi, the famous Hanlin Academy Huang Menlang, Fan Duanxian!"

Fan Shortxian?

Pour beans from the bamboo tube, and such a big nickname was called out to Sun Yin, even Song Keli, who was reading in the distance, couldn't help but shook his head slightly.

Fan Chang later reached out his hand to support his forehead.

Liu Huai is not stupid, and soon wakes up, stands up and said: "Liu Huai thanked Mr. Fan for guidance."

Fan Changhou hurriedly got up and replied, "It's just a discussion, I don't dare to advise."

Sun Yin rolled his eyes, turned his head and said to Li Jifu: "See you, sour scholar! It's still two!"

Without waiting for Li Jifu to speak, Sun Yin sighed: "Plus you, three!"

Just without waiting for Sun Yin to continue speaking, Song Keli has already said: "Brother Sun praise, add me, four!"

Sun Yin came out for no reason, and he was very straightforward, "Song Keli, it’s not that I said you. Since you are familiar with Xiaoguo’s uncle Yan Chiji, you can be regarded as a gentleman’s friend, so why bother with those gossips? Alas, it’s cheap in the end. After finishing Fan Duan, put a foot in between the two of you."

Song Keli, who was holding the book, took a deep breath and said nothing.

Sun Yin is still unwilling to give up on this, and babbles: "Song Keli, you have to know to the depths and then fade away. A good pair of beautiful couples, but don’t be blinded just because of your anger. Yuelao Red Line."

Liu Huai and Li Jifu looked at each other, is there really a mystery here?

Fan Changhou, who knows the inside story, can't help but smile.

Song Keli lifted up the rare and engraved ancient book in his hand, "Small three hundred taels of silver! Don't accidentally burn it, even thirty taels are worthless!"

Sun Yin hurriedly stretched out his thumb and praised him: "Go straight to Huanglong, use your soldiers like a god! I'll take it!"

Song Keli snorted and continued reading.

Liu Huai asked tentatively: "Mr. Fan, can you get another round?"

Fan Changhou smiled and nodded, "Just call my name."

The two sit back on their stools and continue to fight again.

The bored Sun Yin had no interest in watching chess and had to stay.

Li Jifu doesn't have much interest in playing chess, and his chess skills are average, but he still enjoys watching the game of two masters. As for chess, it is naturally more than a dozen floors higher than Sun Yin.

Sun Yin said to himself: "It's a pity that Chen Shaobao and Yan Chiji are not there, otherwise the guys I can see are all in a nest."

Liu Huai is extremely focused on playing chess. In fact, Liu Huai has such a passion for reading and doing things.

Of course, the same is true for Fan Changhou, who has played scores many times.

Song Keli thought a little after hearing the words.

Only Li Jifu smiled, just very happy.

It's very strange. Although I have been acquainted with Sun Yin for a long time, but there is no internal language between the two. Sun Yin always likes to be stunned and thinking about things, often wandering around. Li Jifu seldom speaks actively by Sun Yin's side. He usually reads the book quietly and thinks about the big and small affairs of officialdom, the high and low people in the office.

Sun Yin said to himself: "Actually, Fan Duanxian is focused on winning and losing, and he can afford to let go. He is really suitable for being an official, not suitable for playing chess, so first go to the Hanlinyuan Guozijian Chongwen Hall and other places. , I’m not afraid of slowness, I’m afraid of speed. Song Chicks...Oh no, Song Chufeng, it’s worthy to be brave and diligent, three years as a servant, five years as a minister, ten years as an assistant, oh, it’s not right. The name comes true, Song Keli, you should be your best book, the big deal is when I will let you choose the six books. Liu Huai, don’t get out of the pile of books, be a teacher , I don’t have anything to do with it. After I die, I give a middle posthumous posthumous name that can’t stand up to it. What is Wenjie, Wenyi, Wenda, where is the posthumous title, and cursing is not... As for you, Li Jifu, It's okay to practice in the public gate, remember to burn more incense and worship the Buddha if you have nothing to do. If you are lucky, you can get a good third grade servant, or a provincial governor or something, but if you have bad luck, alas, you can only talk to Lao Tzu. I’ve borrowed money to survive, I guess it’s almost impossible to marry a decent daughter-in-law..."

Li Jifu nodded solemnly.

Yes, it seems that this champion is serious.

Song Keli shook his head again.

Before the night ban in the capital, Fan Changhou and Song Keli left, and Liu Huai got up and sent him outside. When Li Jifu left the house later, Liu Huai helped carry the lantern to the corner of the alley, and then handed out the lantern.

Liu Huai clearly saw the number one scholar as he drifted away, holding a lantern in one hand and blocking his vision with a cross arm, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

Before going out, Sun Yin picked up the copy of the book that was placed on the table by Song Keli and threw it to Li Jifu who was about to leave at will. He said in a bad mood: "You are borrowed from the book. ! The shortest three years, the latest five years, I will count the days with his fingers. If you dare not to pay, I will carry the dung bucket to your door to splash it. Believe it or not!"

"Don't mother-in-law, get out!"

In the night, Li Jifu drifted away, and then went faster and faster, striding forward.

In fact, this rough officialdom champion has been borrowing money from his colleagues for some time recently, but he has never spoken to Sun Yin. It is said that his family sent a letter to the capital, and he needed a lot of money. Overcome difficulties. It’s just that most of Li Jifu’s family members naively thought that Li Jifu, who was the ancestor of Guangzong Yaozu, was destined to fly in the capital. How did you know that it was not easy to climb in the officialdom of Tai'an City. If Li Jifu is not the enviable first name, but just a higher ranking. For the Jinshi and Daishi, life may be much better than now, and at the worst, they will have a lot more money and more friends. To take a step back, even if it is a second-rate Jinshi who has to leave a place outside, or the same Jinshi who is lucky enough to fill the vacancy immediately, the good one is the parent official of the pastoralist side. It happens that he is the champion, but also has no family, roots and feet, and the predecessors of the officialdom have nothing to do in the snow. How can Li Jifu turn the dragon into the wind? It was because of the bend down for the seniors in Jingcheng earlier, so Sun Yin may have used the word "boil" in unintentional words before.

No matter how difficult it is, it is the origin of the champion. As long as there are not too many twists and turns in Li Jifu’s future career, he will eventually go smoother and smoother. Not to mention any extremely human minister, with the aura of the emperors of the Liyang Dynasty, it’s true. There is no one who failed half-way through, and the worst was even a Cong 4th grade official.

Then three or five years later, Li Jifu's money for a copy of the book, of course, can be paid out and he can afford it.

Then Li Jifu is now secretly selling the book, even if it is a cheap sale, there are two hundred or two silver. For the family of Li Jifu, the huge hurdle, as long as the silver opens the way, it will definitely be able to pass.

Sun Yin, a madman, since he can be the best scholar in the imperial examination system, is he a dead scholar? Is it true that not knowing the world is unreasonable?

Impossible.

Liu Huai returned to the house with mixed feelings and looked at the Sun Yin who turned his leg up and turned the book, and whispered softly: "Even if I know this is unnecessary, I want to thank you for Brother Li."

Sun Yin didn't turn his head, and said calmly: "You thank me for him? Hey, be careful that the elm bump with the surname Li in the future will not miss your love,"

Liu Huai said frankly: "Brother Li and I were originally friends with gentlemen as light as water. Although the taste is not as good as wine, wine can relieve hunger, but water can quench thirst. I never hope to have any interest in contact with Brother Li. In that case..."

Sun Yin interrupted Liu Huai’s words, "Wrong, so wrong, you know why looking at history, it seems that the fierce party disputes of the past dynasties are all true gentlemen lose, but hypocrites can Do you have good news again and again?"

Liu Huai was about to speak, but was interrupted by Sun Yin. The madman stared at the oil lamp and whispered: "You don't know, even if you think you know now, it's wrong. Gentlemen like to call themselves. Friends and not party, a true gentleman is stupid and regarded as a standard. I really did it. You must know that on the way to the top of the officialdom, the most taboo seems to be full of friends, but in fact, it is isolated and helpless. When in trouble, especially when the emperor is bored, the gentleman next to him Helping is often counterproductive. Why? Because they don’t know who is the biggest sleek donkey in the world. It’s the hypocrites who have the courage to put all their possessions at the gambling table and go to the gambling table. It’s possible for the real villains to help you. In other words, don’t think that hypocrites and real villains are scholars with empty stomachs. Let me tell you whether the morals of scholars are noble and inferior, and how many books they have read. There is a certain relationship between fame and reputation, but not necessarily. I ask you, Song Keli’s father and grandfather, the "Two Masters of the Song Family" who became famous overseas during the Yonghui period, how did the old Master Song write the characters? First-class master, Hundreds of years later, there are still countless scholars who copy and practice hard. Are Master Song’s articles good or not? Of course they are too good to be better. Poems and songs are all perfect, only prose. I guess after a thousand years, what ten will be evaluated? The father of Song Keli will still have a place for big prose guys. But if the father and son say that the evening festival is not guaranteed, they will eventually be ruined, but the old assistant Zhang Julu is dissatisfied with their literary hegemony. No words, you Liu Huai really believe it? My Sun Yin doesn’t believe it, or to be precise, only half of it. This matter should be deepened, broken, and clear, you have to listen to me until dawn, because it involves too much There have been many political secrets, the trend of the imperial examination in Liyang, the rise and fall of the Tianwen pulse, the trend of public opinion in the south of the Yangtze River, the irritation of the two departments of Lili, etc. I guess you have to listen to it."

Liu Huai stood there, dumbfounded.

Sun Yin still clasped Erlang’s legs, flicked, and said with a smile: "As long as you are among the temples, there are certainly not many people who really have the same goals, right? But you have to remember one thing, whether you are an official in Beijing, It is still in the local government, and the chairs in the officialdom are fixed. When you sit down, there must be a few people missing. The officialdom is far more feuding than the rivers and lakes. This famous saying is a great writer... My Sun Yin said. When your position is high enough, there will be fewer and fewer chairs, and even more so, ambitious scholars, if they don’t lose their original aspirations in the ups and downs of officialdom, they will only get more and more painful, because you want to let go of your hands and feet. To display your ambitions, the more you need to hold authority. Naturally, you need a large group of colleagues and subordinates to work hard together. You have to take care of all aspects of your interests. For a simple example, the official opponents pour dirty water on you, even if the emperor doesn’t care. , But half of the capital is following you to say bad things? Or half of the scholastics are blindly following you? What is even more terrifying is that even the common people will scold you at that time. What do you do? Scold back? You are the one who has read sage books. All the gentlemen are Huang Zi Gongqing. It's not sensible to scold people face to face and sweep the floor gently, right? Besides, it ruins the impression in the emperor's heart. What do you need to do? Do you want to be a friend? Do you want to build a Zhang Lu? , Do you want to be the leader of the Youth Party? Liu Huai, if you ask yourself, I can’t give you the answer. I just want to tell you that if you want to have a smooth state and political clarity, you will inevitably touch on all the drawbacks that will eventually block the road between the ruling party and the opposition, and the drawbacks come from bad governance. It is also possible that good governance is corrupted by corrupt officials and villains, and more likely to be the cold-eyed hands of officials who do not do things. Talkers are the most unrestrained. Those who do things are the most scolded. The world is bustling, nothing more than profiting. I will tell you at last. It’s a sad fact that the reason why Zhang Julu is seeking his own death is that he has seen that the children of the family are accustomed to wealth and wealth when they control the court. No matter how important they are to money, the former is definitely not as good as taking the lead from the poor. My son, I’m not saying that everyone is like this, but it is definitely not a minority. After the latter suddenly becomes rich, even if he can clean himself up, will anyone in his family be demanding? Will he deceive others locally? Will you become a tycoon and evil gentry that is rampant? Hundreds of filial piety is the first, and when an official, how many people dare to deny unrighteous parents? Brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters, all the way to help you study hard, if he says I want to marry Wife accepts a concubine and wants thousands of acres of fertile land, do you agree or not? The husband and wife treat each other as guests, and some of the wife’s clan is doing bad things. Don’t you dare to let their heads roll? Wife, wash your face with tears every day? My fellow countryman has been in the cold for many years. You are rich and he is not famous. He asks a small official to be a petty official. If he is really talented and has no choice but his fate is bad, how do you deal with it? If you missed your country, I beg you to open up the Internet. I have made dozens of friends all over the door. There are scholars who have given you a name, and there is a pornographic child who recognizes you as a grandfather. But all of them are hanging by a thread. What should you do? "

Sun Yin finally stopped talking, probably speaking dryly, and began to get up and dig into the cabinet to find a drink.

Liu Huai was dumbfounded and sweaty.

Sun Yin finally found a pot of green ant wine, had a headache and drank it, then glanced at Liu Huai, and said with a smile: "Being rich and unkind, I am not very afraid. Those guys die and die, and the tall building collapsed and ruined. My Sun Yin will also take the initiative to find them trouble. But they are extremely vicious, poor and short, are you afraid? My Sun Yin is afraid! He Zhang Julu is even more afraid!"

Liu Huai never moved and said nothing.

Sun Yin walked up to him and shook his arm in front of Liu Huai's eyes, "What's wrong, scared you stupid?"

Liu Huai's eyes were red, and there were some tears.

Sun Yin handed the jug to the northern Liang scholar, and said jokingly: "Don't be afraid, you will be shocked by drinking."

Liu Huai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I still don't drink anymore, I have never drunk."

Sun Yin rolled his eyes, retracted his hand, went to sit on the threshold, and said with a hippie smile: "Yes, then I will be blessed to enjoy it alone."

Liu Huai sits silently beside him.

In the early spring, human bones are most frozen during the cold spring and melting snow.

Sun Yin said to himself: "Take ten thousand steps and say that people who have no relatives and no cause will finally be in a high position one day. Are you willing to do little things that are good, and are you afraid to do things that are little evil? Anyway, Sun Yin is neither willing to do these two things, nor afraid to do it."

Liu Huai sighed.

Sun Yin has always been drinking fast, swaying the expensive half pot of green ant wine, and sighing: "Oh, headache! My heart is too high, I see too clearly, and think too clearly, so I'm better than Sun Yin. You idiots are even more lonely. From now on, I will never talk these nonsense to you, a fellow Beiliang, to waste Lao Tzu’s Green Ant Wine."

Liu Huai whispered: "I think it's good, I still want to be an official."

Sun Yin immediately laughed and scolded: "You’re a goddamn, you’re more elm bumps than Li Jifeng’s elm bumps, when did I not let you be an official! If your kid is not an official, how can I give me Sun Yin in the future? When is that official helper?"

Liu Huai said boredly: "But I only serve as an official for myself and do something for Beiliang."

This time it was Sun Yin's turn to be on the spot.

After a long period of silence, Sun Yin stood up, put down the hip flask, and walked to his room, as if muttering to himself: "It seems that I really want to understand. Then I have not drunk the wine for nothing, and talked for nothing. Say."

Liu Huai hesitated, raised the hip flask, sniffed it, turned around and asked, "I drank it?"

Sun Yin, with his back facing Liu Huai, stretched out a hand and bends only his thumb and thumb, "About three sips of wine are left, so I owe me three taels of silver. For the sake of the fellow Beiliang, I only accept you... …Six taels of silver!"

Liu Huai asked: "How did you settle the account?!"

Sun Yin walked into the room, closed the door suddenly, and said loudly: "My Sun Yin's ability to make art is the first in the world! The skill of killing familiarity is second in the world!"

Liu Huai turned around, took a sip of the green ant wine, and gave a sharp shot.

Since then, there has been another drunkard in Tai'an City.

It's just that after many years, the young drunkard did not become an old drunkard, but became a peach and plum... wine fairy.

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In the four years of Xiangfu, spring flowers bloomed.

The border area of ​​Longyao Prefecture from Huaiyangguan in Beiliang to the north.

A little girl with a mink-covered forehead and a Xianbei jade buckle on her waist, leading the crimson pony like a ball of flames, walking slowly across the vast grassland. She looks like a pink jade, which can probably be called It is the first-class beauty in the world.

Behind her followed closely three guards with a stale look, one at the Profound Realm, one at the Diamond Realm, and a second-grade master.

On this peaceful grassland where no war is destined, the lineup of these three people alone is enough to make people astounding. You must know that the battle between Liang Mang and Mang is now in full swing, and the master master has already been dispatched, crossing the river, the snake, the pond. The thousand-year-old bachelor at the bottom all followed the 400,000 army to Jubei City. Then a child who looks like a teenager can have these three retinues, and his identity is evident. In fact, not only the three top masters, three and one small and four people, but also the six or seven hundred armored riders hanging far away, there are also dozens of dead men who are skilled in assassination lurking in the dark. A total of sixty horse stalls swam around in an orderly manner.

They are the crow bar. Before the battle in the Longyan Plain, they used to be the only scouts in the world comparable to the Liangzhou White Horse Crossbowmen! It was the elite that Dong Zhuo spent countless efforts to train. These sixty rides on Dong's horse fence were the last seeds, but at this time they were all used to ensure the safety of a little girl.

However, no one dared to question the whole Dong family.

Because everyone knows that in the mind of General Dong Zhuo, this orphaned little niece is more precious than all the princesses of the Northern and Southern Dynasties combined.

The little girl doesn't like to talk, but she has no arrogant temperament, and she is naturally close to her heart. Even the three masters who escorted her aimlessly all the way like this innocent girl.

The master of martial arts in the Profound Realm suddenly turned his head and looked north. As far as he could see, Shuqi Crow Lane was confronting a prairie cavalry army of unknown origin. Soon half of the Dong's family members The private riders galloped and quickly surrounded the four people, leaving more than 300 riders heading north.

The haggard cavalry of the servants of the wind and dust seemed to be exhausted, and the formation was stretched intermittently. In the field of vision of the six-riding crow bars, there were at least seven hundred horses, and according to the fact that two of them were before the bars According to the news that this cavalry has at least around Qianqi.

The man in uniform raised his whip for the knight and shouted angrily: "Get out of the way! Lao Tzu is chasing and killing the fugitive. It is the military order of Yuchan Zhou Jijie and General Huyan! Those who stand against me will die! "

Liuqi Crow Bar turned on deaf ears, completely indifferent, neither forward nor backward.

The furious Beimang Qianfu squinted his eyes and gritted his teeth. If he hadn't seen the more obstructive and more obstructive three hundred horses coming, he would have rushed past with his troops long ago, six horses, just let you go. Great ability is also a death!

After the young Dong Jiaqi stopped his horse, he asked in a deep voice: "Who?"

The commander of Beimang turned his head and spit fiercely, "I am the commander of Yuchan Prefecture Army Town, Yelu Xuanping! Don't you go away?! It's a big delay, let alone your hair is not growing. Wawa, your master must die!"

The Cavalry General Dong Jia said with a blank expression: "I am General Dong Da, the Cavalry Commander Yelu Xianzhen. No matter who you are, just charge."

The arrogance of the commander disappeared instantly, as if the whole person was short, his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say a word.

In the entire 13 states of the grassland, there are countless generals in Xiti and Junzhen, but the generals have only thirteen in twenty years, until Fatty Dong, who had been the king of the southern courtyard, became the fourteenth.

The same commander, the same surname, Yelu, the one who came from the north was itchy with hatred, glanced at the six riding stalls, and then looked at the three hundred rides. He was confirmed in his heart. It's Dong Zhuo's private ride! Didn’t your General Dong smash at Huaiyangguan and Chu Lushan, the guardian of Beiliang? Why are there cavalry wandering around the border of Longyao Prefecture? Finally ran into Lao Tzu? !

He had a bitter face and said helplessly: "This General Yelu, it is true that the final general is being ordered to hunt down a master of the rivers and lakes who escaped from Dunhuang. Not only me, but also three other cavalry The south went head-to-head, not to mention that we suffered heavy casualties, we were the cobweb spies, and dozens of people died along the way."

General Dong Jiaqi frowned, and after a little thought, he said, "My little master is behind you. You can go south and you can walk around one mile away."

The commander said with a mournful face: "General Yelu, when we are going south, I really want to lift up every inch of the land and take a look at it. I'm afraid to miss that master. Now that person is seriously injured, he must not be far away. At most ten miles in front of us, there are people in my cavalry team who are good at hunting down. If you are worried that our elders will disturb your nobles, then I will only follow you with a hundred horses. What? General Yelu , Your lord has a lot, don't make it difficult for me, okay? Just treat me as Yelu Xuanping, please!"

Dong Jiaqi will hesitate.

The commander put away his previously slightly flattering look, and said solemnly: "I Yelu Xuanping has killed 223 brothers, they can't die in vain!"

Dong’s Cavalry General looked up, and the cavalry group behind him, a small group of cavalry with a dozen or so riding horses, gathered together, mostly under the leadership of a knight without iron armor. It is like pulling a big net, galloping southward in a dense and orderly manner.

He finally nodded, and slowly said: "I can make a good suggestion, and allow you to take a small number of cavalry with me to go south with a hundred horses. One more person, I will kill one person."

Although the Yuchanzhou Army Town Cavalier had some regrets, he was more fortunate.

This person is also a decisive person. He raised his arm and waved his hand, leaving only more than ninety horses to follow him straight south, and the rest of the cavalry really continued to gallop forward on both sides of a mile away.

Beside the little girl, the encircling circle of Sanbaiqi expanded slightly for fifty steps at some time, and the three bodyguards stood side by side behind the girl.

Seeing this scene, Yelu Dong's Cavalry Army squinted his eyes and kept quiet.

In the one-hundred-man team chasing and killing the cavalry, three knights who seem to be riding horses indiscriminately, occasionally dismount and observe the grass carefully. The edge of the Xingqi formation gradually moved south, and finally turned on his horse. After the eyes of the three met, one of them shook his head at the military town riding general.

Yelü Xuanping’s expression is complicated. I don’t know whether it’s disappointed or relaxed. After carefully taking a look at the little girl from the corner of his eye several times, he clasped his fists and said in gratitude to Dong Jiaqi, who was not far away. I will thank General Yelu!"

The two riding generals have the same surname and similar official positions, but the one who claims to be the last general knows that he can't do anything with each other.

Yelü Xiezhen calmly said: "Thanks for your hard work."

The cavalry army, like an autumn hunter on the grassland, continued to go south to hunt down its prey.

After the cavalry disappeared from sight, Yelv Xianzhen, who rode his horse to the little girl's side, sat high on his horse. He had already stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the knife, and stared at the grass not far from the south.

At the same time, the three martial arts masters all turned around, pointing to the mysterious realm guards completely blocking the little girl's figure, and the remaining two were separated by ten steps.

It was Tao Manwu's little girl who stuck out a small head and gently shouted: "You come out."

Nothing happened.

She raised her voice and kindly reminded: "It's useless for you to hide."

Finally, the grass was slightly loosened, and then slammed. An unusually burly figure slammed into Tao Manwu's side, and the rainbow light drawn by the two sturdy chains pierced the little girl's chest.

The little girl hurriedly shouted: "No murder!"

Even at night, I'm afraid that assassin will be accused of being repelled by the Profound Realm and breaking his neck.

This sergeant had already arrived in front of the assassin, with his left five fingers holding the man’s neck, and his right hand clenching a fist, only a inch away from the assassin’s heart.

Tao Manwu, the two followers on the left and right, each gripped a chain that leaked from the shoulders of the assassin. At the end of the chain were two huge short knives.

The little girl wanted to step forward, Yelv Xiezhen showed anxious expression for the first time, rolled over and got off the horse, squatting down to block her, her eyes were firm but her voice was gentle and said: "Little princess, don't come near!"

Tao Manwu gave a hum, and then shouted to the old man: "Grandpa White-headed, my name is Tao Manwu, I won't hurt you, and, moreover...you are going to die soon."

The white old man's eyes shone brightly, "Little girl, what do you say your name is?! Say it again!"

Tao Manwu shouted: "My name is Tao Manwu!"

Then she said something that Yelu Xianzhen couldn't understand, "I know that person!"

The old man laughed hoarsely, without the slightest sorrow of death, only inexplicable pleasure, "Good, good! What an inexhaustible road! God, I will owe you one time as my surname Chu!"

Tao Manwu pulled at Yelu Xiezhen's cuff, and said seriously: "Big Brother Xiezhen, can I say a few words to Grandpa Baitou? Don't worry, I know he won't hurt me and don't lie to you!"

Yelü Xiezhen is the only one who knows the little girl’s talent, and touched her little head affectionately, "But I and the three elders will be by your side, okay?"

The innocent little girl nodded vigorously.

She walked forward quickly, followed by Yelv Xianzhen and two followers.

Tao Manwu was five or six steps away from the burly old man and the Zhixuan Realm. She suddenly sat on the ground, sitting cross-legged, and then raised her head and said: "What's the matter, grandpa, if I can Help, I will definitely help you!"

Yelü Xiezhen, who was dumbfounded, motioned with his eyes to the grandmaster to let go of his five fingers. The latter hesitated to speak, and finally let go and closed his fist, moving three steps horizontally, giving the little master enough vision, even if he knew that the assassin was already. When the oil was exhausted, the lamp was dry and the energy was dry, the master of the name-finger Profound Realm still did not dare to take it lightly.

The beaten old man also sat cross-legged with the little girl, glanced sideways at the master of the Profound Realm of the name finger, and snorted coldly: "In normal times, I will kill you with one hand!"

Actually, the old man had already given up his plan to escape from birth. The reason he exhausted his last energy to hide here was nothing more than to leave himself a relatively decent way to die.

The sky is big and the earth is so big that I was able to meet this little girl named Tao Manwu. I'm afraid it can only be explained by God's will.

The old man lowered his head and gasped for breath, his broad chest undulated violently, and after a little calming, he looked at the little girl and slowly said: "Little girl, I heard that person talked about you, but I'm very strange about you. Recognize me?"

Tao Manwu didn’t conceal anything, and his voice was clear: “I only knew that I should go this way before, but I didn’t know what I would encounter. I only knew that grandpa you would not hurt me... and I could see some Something that others can't see..."

The little girl thought for a while, and quickly stretched out her hands to draw in seemingly random circles in the air, very scribbled and messy.

The old man said in amazement: "This kind of talent is really unheard of! Before I parted with him, I heard him accidentally mentioned you, knowing that there is a little girl named Tao Manwu in Beimang..."

Tao Manwu blinked those aura eyes, radiant.

In the deepest part of her eyes, there is some happiness and some sadness.

The old man coughed, clenched his fists on his knees, and said in a deep voice: "I was thinking of the princess tomb...nothing, I won't say more about these things. Anyway, I was thinking about going before I left Beiliang. Those from the Central Plains Rivers and Lakes got a secret letter from another old man, saying that there is a secret in Dunhuang City. I hope I can do something last, but unfortunately I only did half of it... Tao Manwu, remember, let that person as soon as possible I know, the sooner the better! Let him know that he not only has a woman in the north, but more importantly, that woman who gave him a child!"

Tao Manwu opened his mouth slightly, obviously at a loss.

The old man smiled bitterly: "I don't care if your girl will help. To put it conscientiously, it is reasonable not to help. Anyway, I will die more at ease."

After saying this, the old man stretched his hands into his sleeves with difficulty. This movement scared Yelv Xiezhen and the three followers as if they were facing enemies.

However, the old man just took out a yellowed book that was not too thick, gently tossed it to the little girl, and laughed at himself: "He gave me a knife book, and later he added some moves himself. I roughly I understand, but unfortunately I can't learn all of them, little girl, I'll give it to you."

Tao Manwu took the knife book with both hands and held it in his arms, his eyes moist.

She knew that the old man was really leaving.

The old man stretched out his thumb, pointed at himself, and said with a smile: "Little girl, remember, grandpa white-headed me, my name is Chu Kuangnu. I was the first peerless master in that person's life. !"

The old man pulled at the corner of his mouth, closed his eyes, and said to himself: "The chicken legs that have been soaked in the lake water, the dog's... They are really delicious..."

Tao Manwu wiped his tears and promised loudly to the dead old man: "I promise you! I will definitely tell him!"

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Following Tantan Weng Huanwen, Master of Confucianism Yao Baifeng, and the three, Liu Huai served as the Imperial Academy Zuo Jijiu in the unconquering years. For the next thirty years, for thirty years, he did not transfer to other Guange Yamen, and eventually died. Guozijian Zuo Jijiu took office.

During this period, the youngest Zuo Jijiu in Liyang's history refused the invitation of the new emperor from Liyang again and again.

The old man in the ancient and rare years taught at the Imperial College for the last time, unreasonably giving lectures specifically to the scholars in Beiliang.

The old man carried a pot of green ant wine in his hand. Before starting classes for the well-dressed scholars who were sitting in danger, he raised his arm, shook the jug gently, and said with a smile: "I know that in the four years of Xiangfu, this pot of wine is sold. How much silver? You can’t guess it. Even if this pot of wine is already the finest green ant, it is only sixty words. I remember that on the evening of the early spring of the fourth year of Xiangfu, I drank for the first time. It was us. The green ant wine in Beiliang Road is called expensive. Someone only gave me three sips of half a pot of wine, and then charged me a full six taels of silver! I didn’t really taste it at the time, I just felt that my throat was hot. If it weren’t for the penniless at the time, plus the wine that was only drunk on credit, he would have vomited that sip of green ant wine. And this someone would be ashamed to say that it was for the sake of his fellow villagers in Beiliang. , Three taels of silver wine sold me six taels, do you think this guy has a dark heart?"

The young scholars studying in the Imperial College burst into laughter.

The old man smiled and said: "It's really black-hearted, isn't it? Well, this guy is actually no stranger to you. He once served as the right sacrificial wine of our country's prison for a short time. Fortunately, he soon rolled up his bed. His surname is Sun Mingyin, you guessed it right. It is our'Sun Laowu' from Tai'an City, who has served as Shangshu Province's six yamen in addition to the Ministry of War, Sun Yinsun who has served as five Shangshu!"

The Beiliang scholars were subconsciously silent at first, but soon laughed again.

If you talk about other officials, don't talk about the second-ranking master Shangshu who is in the center, even a servant boy, and he would never dare to laugh so openly.

But Sun Laoshangshu is different. In his old man’s words, “You juniors, as long as you don’t bully me and beat me on the spot, you’ll be fine. It’s okay to scold me in person. My Sun Yin has been a high official After that, I never scold someone younger than my own official. Why? Anyway, I’m not pleasing to the eye, so I just let him go and scold him for what? I can only scold and scold, and I'm just going through the addiction."

Sun Yin is not good-tempered, but bad-tempered, but he is such a guy who either hates him very much, or admires him so much. There are few neutral people.

You must know that even the emperor once said with a smile: "Lao Sun points to the nose and jumps and scolds people every time at the court meeting, no matter what I feel is reasonable or unreasonable at the moment, I will never be busy drawing conclusions, and put it in my ears every time. Here, I waited for a thorough recollection before deciding whether to scold him back or reward him with a few pots of good wine."

Sun Yin, who has passed through five yamen in Shangshu Province and all became Shangshu, seems to be very similar to Tan Tanweng, the former great minister, but very different.

Probably the only guy in the world who can steadily stabilize Sun Yin on the subject of cursing is the only one who has only been in Beijing three times in his life, the old manager of Beiliang Road, who has served as the manager of the country for the longest time. Chief official in Xinjiang, Chen Xiliang! There is only him.

Half-life experience, Zuo Jijiu.

Now the Liyang court is used exclusively to describe someone's long stay in officialdom.

The former refers to Chen Xiliang, and the latter refers to Liu Huai.

The old man waited until everyone recovered calmly, and said in a deep voice: "You are the scholars of the Northern Liang Dynasty, probably can't imagine the scene of that year. I still have a fresh memory. The year I left for Beijing to take the exam was the last year of Yonghui. It was the first year of Xiangfu when I entered Beijing. In Tai'an City at that time, I met a group of other scholars, brightly dressed, holding fan waist jade, and suave. Well, you seem to be about the same now... At that time, After two people knew that I was from the Northern Liang family, they asked and answered in a weird manner, and one asked, "Liyang imperial court lifts the weight of the classics and light poetry. It stands to reason that the poor scholars of the Northern Liang Dynasty take the advantage of the sky, why? Is it still the annual meeting test that the particles are not harvested? It’s weird!?'One answered loudly,'Because the Beiliang barbarians don't talk about Scripture articles, even poetry and poetry are not good!'"

The old man looked at the young faces, mostly with resentful looks, and there was also the calmness and irony after Feng Shui turns around. Naturally, some were completely indifferent and stayed out of the matter. It is not surprising that the old man saw the ups and downs.

The old man just said indifferently: "I couldn't blurt out the phrase,'I'm going to your mother, it's weird!' I didn't dare, but I was afraid that it made the impression of us Beiliang scholars in the eyes of outsiders more solid. You are now , There shouldn’t be such a chance. It’s almost the same for you to ridicule other scholars, such as the Southern Xinjiang scholar who has been a rat crossing the street for many years."

The old man did not speak eloquently about the fate of the scholars in Nanjiang Road. The old man has long understood that justice is only in his heart and never in others' lips.

Liu Huai just returned to the topic, slowly saying: "I think Liu Huai is drinking first, second in teaching, third in chess, fourth in essay, fifth in face, sixth in quarrel, and last in official position. The world laughed and scolded Liu Lao'er, the Superintendent of National Scholars, for his unpredictable intentions. He wanted to be the master of the literary world, Shilin Grandmaster, holding a national literary handle. In the end, he was full of Huangzi. Isn’t it all my disciple of Liu Huai’s disciple?"

The whole hall of Beiliang scholars was silent.

The old man laughed loudly: "Absurd!"

The old man suddenly looked firm and majestic. He didn't lose to those central bosses with higher ranks and heavier authority. In a deep voice, they were all the words from the heart that the old man had accumulated for most of his life.

"When I entered the capital in the first year of the crown, I have a wish that if one day I can be in the temple, I will not let Liu Huai's embarrassment and embarrassment in studying in Beijing, and repeat the same mistakes in the younger generation of Beiliang scholars!"

"When Liu Huai refused to let the scholars of the Northern Liang Dynasty buy books and pens, they would consume more money!"

"Liu Huai will not let the Northern Liang scholars and others talk to others because of the local accent!"

"Liu Huai will not let the temples, no scholars from Beiliang are the voice of the country, and ask for life for the people!"

This Guozijian Zuo Jijiu blushed, paused for a long time, and sneered: "Nowadays, the world fears that our Liangdang is united and scolds me for being domineering, especially hating my Liangdang for the hardest bones!"

The idea of ​​the Liang Dang has always been unspoken in the Liyang court. No one dared to challenge it directly. I never thought that Liu Huai, who was regarded as one of the backbone of the Liang Dang, personally complained today. Zhu Yukou!

"In my heart Liu Huai, there is a Liang Dang, among the older generation, only those who are about my age, some have already passed away, some are still alive, such as Lao Fu Chen Wang, and Lao Shang Shusheng Sun Yin , There are old Hanlin Yanchiji, all! Outside the capital, Kou Jianghuai, Xie Xifeng, Chen Xiliang, Cao Wei, Yuluan Dao, Li Hanlin, 6 Chengqing, Huangfuping, Song Yan, Chang Sui, Hong Xinjia, Cao Xiaojiao , Wang Zhi, Hong Shuwen, Hong Piao and so on, they are all!"

The old man laughed and asked and answered: "So many big people who will be named in history in the future are all members of our Liang Party. Are you afraid? I am afraid!"

The old man raised his eyebrows and said with contempt: "What? You think I have forgotten that? That old servant and old bachelor who hid in Jiangnan Road early? Because he is not a thing at all. Well, of course, I scolded him for not being a thing, I have scolded for many years. But you may not know one thing, this old thing in his later years also tried to make himself known as the northern Liangren, but it is a pity that he was promoted to the Lanting Pavilion. One mind is to recognize the ancestor and return to the ancestor, but when we are ancestors, we are not willing to recognize this grandson at all."

Lao Jijiu claimed to be the sixth in quarrel before, and just before he became an official, he just listened to these curses without dirty words. This so-called sixth is full of weight.

The old man suddenly said loudly: "Liyang Military Department, three successively served as Shangshu Seven Servant, Kou Jianghuai! Cao Wei! Yu Luan Dao! The other seven Zheng Third Grade Servant, all from the North Liang Frontier Army!"

"For forty years, the military commander has a beautiful posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous officer of the military commander.

"How magnificent!"

"I'm Beiliang! How magnificent!"

"Don’t forget that your garb and sleeves today, your waist and jade langlang, and your eloquent talks are all four years from the beginning of Xiangfu, and the Beiliang Iron Cavalry paid the price of 320,000 people killed in battle. It’s the Beiliang King’s Mansion in the past and now the Jinglue’s Mansion. It is today with the 320,000 named stone steles in Qingliangshan Mountain!"

"I can't control what other scholars think, and I don't bother to care about it. But you scholars from Beiliang, I, Liu Huai, as long as you are alive for one day, I hope you can remember one day!"

"Finally, let me say one last sentence, you remember that person."

"His last name is Xu!"

I was an extremely unobtrusive old man. By the end of today, the old man hadn't drank a sip of green ant wine, and there was only one sentence left, and he still didn't say it.

This sentence is too taboo and too heavy.

There is no Central Plains without him.

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In the late spring of the fourth year of Xiangfu.

The rain is like crisp.

The scholar's mansion, a small pavilion near the lake, hangs delicate and exquisite under the eaves.

Two people of the same age stand side by side, one is Yan Chiji, the young uncle of the country, and the other is Kong Zhenrong, who works in the Yamen of the Ministry of War. He was a friend of fox and dog, and is still a good friend.

Kong Zhenrong said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of War just got the news that the Beimang army was seriously damaged outside Jubei City, but the reinforcement of the grain and grass troops in Longyao Prefecture has not been interrupted. Jubei City was fought badly, and the Huaiyang Pass was even more serious. It is tragic, and Liang Mang’s battle will take at least two to three months."

Yan Chiji leaned on the window bar and said with a smile: "We are in the capital now that we can't take care of ourselves. It is estimated that you are paying attention to these news."

Kong Zhenrong had arms around his chest and grinned: "Li Hanlin is really amazing. He has become the only remaining White Horse captain outside the Beiliang Pass, especially after the Battle of Laoyushan last year. Together with the three cavalry forces of Yu Luandao, Cao Wei and Wang Jingchong, together with the two Liuzhou generals and deputy generals of Kou Jianghuai and Xie Xiwei, they beat the southern dynasty soldiers and horses crying father and mother, including Beimanggu Saizhou. There were only two main field forces left behind that involved Beimang, and three of them swaggered around the southern city of Xijing, just like walking a dog. In this way, the entire Beimang and southern dynasties, except for the northern line of Longyaozhou, were attacked. It has become a sieve leaking air on all sides."

Yan Chiji rubbed the stubble on his chin subconsciously, seeming to get more and more tied. Back then, among the four, Kong Wuchi was the oldest and had a beard first, and Li Hanlin often laughed at him that Yan Chiji was a little white face, but it was a bit ugly, he was a thousand miles worse than his younger brother. So even if you go to sell your butt, you can't sell a few copper plates.

Yan Chiji asked: "What would happen if we stayed in Beiliang?"

Kong Zhenrong had obviously thought about this problem for a long time, and he didn't hesitate to say: "How can you be a scalpel in Qingliangshan under Song Dongming's hands, or a white-clothed military officer in Jubei City? , But I’m different. At the worst, I can be like Li Hanlin as a captain of the White Horse!"

Yan Chiji smiled and scolded: "Virtue! That is, you can be so arrogant when the two of them are not there. When they were there in the early years, when did you Kong Wuchi not be a dull gourd?"

Kong Zhenrong rolled his eyes wide.

In Beiliang Road, in addition to the nickname of Wu Chi, Kong Zhenrong had a famous nickname in the brothel Goulan, Kong Dashan! Because every time the four of them drank flower wine together, only this stupid man was a maverick, and never called any beautiful flower-like oiran, so he should say to the old bustard "The longest time you haven't been in the building." The girl who picked up the guest shouted out to accompany the wine." Not only does Kong Dashan call for those women with more sophisticated looks and tastes every time, he rewards a lot of money each time, and he calls to sit next to him. Although he doesn't use his hands, he probably can't get that hand, but Don't leave them in the cold. Kong Zhenrong, a living bodhisattva who rescued hardships, was well-known in the flower gardens of Beiliang Road, and his reputation was not much inferior to that of His Royal Highness who likes to spend a lot of money. So that Kong Zhenrong and his father were panicked at the time, for fear that this lone seedling in the family will marry a girl who can ward off evil and enter the house. Wouldn't it be a joke of the entire Beiliangdao officialdom?

So the old daddy of Beiliang’s four evils back then had different mentalities, and the old Liang Wang Xu Xiao had a big heart and didn’t care at all. The old scholar Yan Jiexi loves his son's reputation, and the iron **** Li Gongde loves the white money. Kong Zhenrong and his father are the worst, I am afraid that the future daughter-in-law is a girl who can't walk at night, otherwise it will scare people to death.

Yan Chiji said with emotion: "Sister Li Hanlin, it seems that he has not been married."

Kong Zhenrong was not angry and said: "Li Ngzhen, this lady has eyes on her forehead since she was a child, and she doesn’t look good to anyone. Anyway, I’m the most uncomfortable with her. I remember that she likes to call me a crude embryo. , I dare to scold Nian'er as a **** embryo. Li Hanlin is her younger brother. Li Jizhen is not willing to scold him, and you are the one of us who read the most and receive less scolding... As for your sister, well, better than Li. It’s nice to be negative."

Yan Chiji was a little helpless.

Xu Fengnian, Li Hanlin, Yan Chiji, Kong Zhenrong. Li Shizhen, Yan Dongwu.

Six people back then.

The three are in Beiliang, and the three are in Tai'an.

The three stayed in their hometown, and the three went abroad.

The spring rain is continuous, ripples on the lake.

Kong Zhenrong remembered something, and slowly said: "I heard that the poor man from Youzhou Rouge County, who should have won the first prize in Chunwei, was deliberately targeted by a big man, and he was suppressed by a reason that could not stand scrutiny. Don’t say Huiyuan, he almost lost his qualifications for the imperial examination. Especially in this palace examination, after he was appointed as Tanhua Lang by His Majesty the Emperor, he was turned out of his old account. One of the teachers of Jin Lanting, You Shilang, some people say that it was the teacher Sima Puhua who made the difference. He was deliberately promoted and later won the title of Huiyuan, but in the palace examination only Qin Guanhai, who was born as a Jinshi, was awarded. Now even my father is He said that if Tanhua Liu Huai didn't wear small shoes in Chunwei, he might pick up the top name this time. In addition, Liu Huai was the first name of the Beiliang Taoist Examination, Xie Yuan, that was my imperial examination. No one has ever scored three yuan in a row! My dad’s good temper is not half a fart with his few sticks. These days, he has been talking countless times, and the wine in the house is almost not enough."

In the Liyang imperial examination, Qiuwei is the local township examination, and Chunwei is the capital examination, so there is a saying in the officialdom that "the little autumn will make spring again, and the carp will jump into the dragon gate". In fact, Liu Huai, a scholar of the Northern Coolness, became famous before Chunwei. At that time, this person copied the inscription outside the gate of Guozijian, and he was able to let the contemporary Zhang family sage of Yanshenggong Mansion help him to copy the book. Thousands of Guozijian students flocked to him when he heard the news. , In the end, Liu Huai was the last one to know that middle-aged Confucian's extremely noble identity, and this incident caused a sensation in the capital! It’s just that Liu Huai, who was ashamed to borrow a small Taoist temple at the time, refused countless dignitaries’ money to buy scriptures, and also refused some people’s invitations to change addresses. I heard that several of the capital family wanted to recruit him. My son-in-law was also rejected by Liu Huai. At that time, there were many voices in the capital saying that this person was nothing more than selling fame and fame, waiting for the price to be sold, everything was just "raising hope". As Liu Huai won the search for flowers in one fell swoop, articles about the palace exam gradually spread to the public and the public, and these yin and yang weird words quietly disappeared.

As Liu Huai leaped into the court’s view, the Tai’an City good deeds only knew some inside stories. There were actually five Beiliang scholars who participated in the Qiuwei Examination, but the remaining four renounced their qualifications and returned to their hometowns together. Give all the remaining money to Liu Huai who stayed in Beijing.

And Kong Zhenrong’s father, Kong Dashan, was "recruited" by the Liyang court and chose to leave Beiliang Road, mainly because his brother and two daughters who had been in business for many years married into Jiangnan Road tycoons by mistake. , Don’t look at the Confucian men who are mostly rough-looking, but the women are all flowers like jade. The two Jiangnan aristocrats were still very popular in the Tai'an City officialdom. In addition, he himself had a disagreement with Huaihua General Zhong Hongwu, the cavalry coach at the time, so he came to Tai'an City and only earned a small official title in the Ministry of War. He was only at the fourth rank, and he was just ascended at the end of last year. It is estimated that his son will catch up in a few years. After Kong Dashan and his family came to Beijing, he was always squeezed out by his eyes. However, although Kong Dashan was born in an out-and-out Beiliang general, his personality was quite open-minded. Otherwise, with his son Kong Zhenrong and His Royal Highness's relationship back then, how could it not be. Decreased to the point of leaving Beiliang. Moreover, Kong Dashan himself is a big boss, but he is one of the few military generals in Beiliang who openly admires scholars. In his early years, let alone look down on Li Hanlin, even his cynical son, Xu Fengnian, was not lukewarm. Only when the unsmiling Kong Dashan saw Yan Chiji, the seed of reading, at home, would it be rare to get warm.

So how can Kong Dashan not be full of resentment in the situation of Liu Huai, a scholar of the Northern Liang Dynasty, in Tai'an City?

Yan Chiji, who was lying lazily on the fence, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Chun Wei does have some inside information, but Sima Puhua, as a teacher, intends to support the younger Qin Guanhai from his hometown. It is true, but there is nothing. The act of suppressing Liu Huai. As Liu Huai’s room teacher, Zuo Shi Lang, Jin Lan Ting, did not belittle Liu Huai’s essays when he checked the papers. On the contrary, he greatly admired Liu Huai’s articles.

Kong Zhenrong can't get around a bit, confused, and the minister of the courtesy minister, the two are serving as the president and vice president, can anyone still confront him?

Kong Zhenrong suddenly woke up, his face full of strangeness.

Yan Chiji nodded, "It was Chen Shaobao, who refused to take up the post of lecturer before. He shook his head at Liu Huai's article and said a few more praises and more comments."

Kong Zhenrong shook his head vigorously and said: "I don't believe it! Although I haven't really contacted Chen Shaobao as a person, I can definitely believe it! Chen Shaobao is definitely not such a character, let alone doing this villainous act! No need!"

The prestige of Chen Shaobao's court can only be seen from Kong Zhenrong's words to know how top the capital is.

Yan Chiji smiled bitterly: "I didn't believe it at first, but this was what the Emperor said personally, and Chen Shaobao was also there at the time."

Kong Zhenrong was dumbfounded, stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, "It's no wonder that Nian brother said about scholars back then and couldn't understand it!"

Yan Chiji's eyes were deep and he whispered softly: "In short, your Majesty appointed Liu Huai to explore the flowers and didn't give him the top spot. It might not be a kind of ‘best of both worlds’."

Kong Zhenrong sighed, "Don't think too much about things you can't figure out, and bypass the roads you can't get through. This is what Brother Nian taught me, I think it makes sense."

Yan Chiji smiled and said: "Brother Nian also said that if we meet a grandfather who cannot be beaten, let's be grandson first, and there will always be a day when grandpa teaches grandson."

Kong Zhenrong grinned, laughing from ear to ear for a long time.

Yan Chi Ji was silent for a long time, and when Kong Zhenrong finally stopped smiling, he lay down on the railing again and whispered softly: "Both you and Li Hanlin think that I read the most, but my younger brother is naturally smarter and more reasonable than me. , Actually, it’s not right. I just figured it out later. In fact, at that time, our family left Beiliang secretly. In fact, Brother Nian knew it very early, so the last time he got together, he said that drunk thing to me alone, he said The book says that there is always a banquet in the world. Don’t be afraid, the book also says, where in life you don’t meet, a table of banquets is removed, and there is always a chance to set a table of banquets."

Kong Zhenrong was speechless.

I cannot say what I want to say.

I want to drink, but I don’t have any alcohol to drink.

Yan Chiji turned his head, with tears on his face, and looked at Kong Wuchi, "I know, the four of us, plus my sister and Li Jizhen, the six of us, we will never be together again in this life. Let's have a chance together."

Kong Zhenrong nodded.

Like a kid who made mistakes, Yan Chiji sobbed: "Brother Nian, he lied to me!"

Kong Zhenrong still didn't speak, but slowly raised his arm, pressed it on the young man's head, and gently rubbed it.

Just like Xu Fengnian treated Yan Chiji back then.

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Many, many years later, not only did the Xiangfu reign name become a mere sight, but even the New Year’s name was changed by two.

Liyang Xindi has just ascended the throne.

It is still in this small pavilion near the water, and it is still the light rain at dusk in spring.

The late old man who has just declined the new emperor’s retention and stepped down from his post, came here alone after Han Wei played with his grandchildren. He was an old scholar who was a powerful minister during his official career, and an old scholar who will become a famous minister in the future. For some reason, silently weeping, the pale old man's expression was not so sad, but he couldn't stop his tears.

The old man who was praised by the government and the public as the second Tantanon, did not wipe it.

Like a child who accidentally lost a certain cute object, first wailed and cried, and then after a few days, the sadness was less severe, but when I remembered, he would still sniffle.

Three bowls of dry intestines are poured, and the breeze produces two axils.

The spring breeze is blowing on the temples, and the old man recalls his youth.

Many, many years ago, in Lingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River outside the Great Wall, the last Northern Liang King who has long since been mentioned is still the absurd and carefree His Royal Highness. In those years, I can often see four young men walking out of the brothel drunk in the middle of the night. Li Hanlin, who has not yet joined the army to kill the enemy, and Li Hanlin, who has not been a Captain of the White Horse, that is, he has not been. Li Hanlin, who was marching to the West, must have rouge lip prints all over his face at that moment. It's just that this guy is the most cunning. He can't drink enough, and the wine is not good. Every time he secretly asks the oiran to help with the water. It seems that while drinking alcohol, he secretly throws the wine out of the glass, and the cover is seamless, so he always Every time I go back home, I can still laugh with the oiran bustards, and I won't delay the mopping up afterwards, and I have the right to collect some interest. And being a good man of Kong Wuzhi, the amount of alcohol is too good to carry good wine, not to mention the two or three girls who have been extremely grateful for a long time without opening a business, how can they agree to this burly, kind young man not to drink? ? So every time he is far less sober than the **** surnamed Li. But the good is the good and the evil is the evil. Kong Wu is drunk, and Li Hanlin is awake, of course he wants the latter to carry it on his back. In the words of His Royal Highness, it's Kong Wuzhi who weighs two hundred catties on my back? Are you Li Hanlin your Royal Highness, or am I? At the time, he was still a young scholar who was nicknamed Yan Chi Ji. He was not afraid of being scolded by his father after returning home. He often inflated himself secretly before entering the brothel. Tonight, he must touch it. The breast of a certain little lady, or else be brave enough to kiss a little mouth? In short, how can we not let the three brothers joke about themselves as guilty and courageous! It's just that every time I leave the gentle town of Yinggeyanyu, young scholars will be drunk and unconscious, telling themselves, it doesn't matter, try it again next time, it's a real man!

Li Hanlin, a slender young man, staggered with the sturdy young man Kong Wuchi on his back.

His Royal Highness, the young man, Yan Chiji, who is not heavy on his back, is of course more relaxed.

In the first place, Li Hanlin didn't have any doubts, why not just let Hu Cong go back to the carriage with Kong Wuzhi on his back?

His Royal Highness said, we are brothers.

The four young men felt that there was nothing more reasonable than this in the world.

At that moment, the old man choked up and said: "Brother Nian, you lie."

That person, he promised the Liyang Dynasty, or he promised the people of the world, that he would never enter Tai'an City again in this life.

But at this moment, a warm palm rested gently on the old man's head.

No matter how many years have passed, the familiar ridicule and laughter sounded, "Yeah, eat chicken, crying! Is your father forbidden you to play with me, or is your sister talking bad about me again?" What a big deal, young man, I will take you to drink wine! The old rules, Li Hanlin pays, Kong Wuchi leads the horse! Go!"

The old man did not look up, lest it was a dream.

Hold down the palm of Yan Chiji's head, lift it up gently, and then pat it lightly.

The man laughed and said: "Strictly eat chicken, reading is silly?! Our three brothers are waiting for you!"

Yan Chiji slowly turned around, widened his eyes as hard as he could, and his lips trembled.

This is a Bachelor of Wuyingdian, one of the twelve bachelors of the Liyang New Dynasty. This very old man, who is known as "Whenever a major event, the most quiet is the Yan Bachelor", tears flowed down that thin cheek. With criss-cross gully, he wiped his face indiscriminately, cried and laughed, and whispered: "Brother Nian, I miss you very much."

The guy opposite him, with only slightly frosty temples, showed a bright smiling face as he was still a teenager. He raised his sleeves and helped Yan Chiji wipe the tears, saying, "I know, I know. ."

Not far away, two people seem to be whispering, but their voices are not low.

"Look, Kong Wuchi, I have already said that Yan Chiji likes our young man, he just couldn't make that step back then."

"Huh? It's really right to look at it~ IndoMTL.com~ I didn't notice it before, I believe it this time!"

"Kong Wuchi, you said Yan Chichi is old now, are you late?"

"Hey, there is no serious problem with Yan Chiji, but his face is thin. If I want to be replaced by me, I will tell the younger brother 60 or 70 years earlier."

"Fuck! At that time, your surname was Kong, had you crawled out of your mother's womb?"

Nowadays, Yan Chiji, who has some ears but is absolutely not deaf, is furious, and he is no longer like a scholar. "Li Hanlin, Kong Zhenrong! Go away and cool off!"

Li Hanlin looks up looking at the moon, Kong Zhenrong looks around looking around, extremely skillful and proficient.

No matter what, Yan Chiji always held the hand of the person in front of him tightly, unwilling to let go.

Xu Fengnian looked at Yan Chiji, then turned to look at Li Hanlin and Kong Zhenrong who were grinning, and said softly: "They are still there, nothing has changed. It's great."

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