Chu Renfeng stood in the spring rain, looking at the night of the Vermilion Bird Gate, there were two people standing on both sides of him, Wang Siying stood on the left, and a middle-aged man with a white face and beard stood on the right, his name was Xue Xiangsong.

Xue Xiangsong bent down and lowered his head, holding an oil-paper umbrella, half a position behind Chu Renfeng, the umbrella completely covered Chu Renfeng, half of his body was exposed in the rain, and he squinted at Wang Siying, who was further back, Xue Xiangsong couldn't help frowning, why did Lord Chu bring this ritual priest tonight, I don't understand.

"Wang Siying, you come up. Chu Renfeng said.

Wang Siying stepped forward tremblingly, stood five feet away, bowed his head and bent over: "Lord Chu." ”

Chu Renfeng nodded: "You have done a good job in this Confucius ceremony, Your Majesty is very pleased." ”

"Everything is the duty of a courtier. Wang Siying opened his mouth and said, he was also very puzzled about what happened tonight, a team of Imperial City Division came to his residence, he was shocked, thinking that the Imperial City Division was going to kill someone, and suddenly his legs were weak and his face was bloodless, but the Imperial City Division not only did not kill anyone, but respectfully invited him to come to the Suzaku Gate.

"I won't say much superfluous, let the two of you come today, mainly to say one thing, I will go out of Beijing in the near future, and take the sticky pole with me, and the Imperial City Division will be in charge of the two of you. ”

Xue Xiangsong's face was surprised, and Wang Siying was also surprised.

"Don't be surprised, I've thought it through, and the two of you are the most suitable. Where there are people, there is a power struggle between you and me, I don't expect, nor do I want the two of you to have the same enemy, the Imperial City Division has only one steward is the best, and the news issued is binding, so the two of you fight the best, and only the winner is qualified to take charge of the sticky pole. ”

glanced at the two of them: "Your Majesty has always wanted to make the court battle clear, so that all the shady things become a dispute between gentlemen, what about me, one step ahead of Your Majesty, I will make it clear to the two of you, even if you don't say it, both of you are smart people and know my intentions." Wang Siying has just arrived, but it is better to be famous, half a year, Xue Xiangsong, you give Wang Siying half a year, let him win the hearts of the people, cultivate power, within half a year, you can't fight to the death, after half a year, life and death don't matter. ”

Xue Xiangsong was overjoyed, this was Lord Chu clearly sending the sticky rod to his hands, not to mention half a year later, within half a year, let him Wang Siying move hard, and retreat in the face of difficulties, whether he lives or dies in the future, it is all a matter of his own words.

Wang Siying's face was serious and she was silent.

"What, Wang Siying, you don't want to?"

Wang Siying opened his mouth and said, "Lord Chu, does Your Majesty know about this?"

Chu Renfeng smiled, with a playful smile: "Your Majesty knows how, what if you don't know?"

Wang Siying said: "If Your Majesty knows, the lower officials will agree, if they don't know, the lower officials will not agree." ”

Chu Renfeng suddenly laughed: "Very good, you know who to be loyal to in the end, Wang Siying, you are doing a good job." You can rest assured that Your Majesty knows about this. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Xia Guan wants someone. ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Mingze in the prison in the east of the city. ”

"That's right. Chu Renfeng said.

Xue Xiangsong silently wrote down the name Zhang Mingze, and took someone to the Chengdong Prison that night, and did not take Zhang Mingze's life, but broke his hands and feet, making him a waste, as for whether Wang Siying deliberately let Xue Xiangsong hear the name Zhang Mingze, it is unknown.

Chu Renfeng naturally didn't care if Wang Siying was scheming, a prisoner in a big prison, he didn't care much, stretched out a hand, and let the rain get wet: "Wang Siying, there is a house in the west of the city, you can move there to live, it's a court official, it's not a long-term way to always rent a house to live." ”

Wang Siying bowed her head and thanked her.

Ren Tu took a step forward and looked at the rainy night: "This group of bastards has made Lao Tzu wait for three hours." ”

In the rainy night, a carriage came slowly, and the groom who drove it was dressed in a robe, hunched over and squinted, trying to see the road clearly, and after walking for a long time, he turned the head of the carriage and drove in the opposite direction.

A noble young man lifted the curtain from the carriage and asked helplessly, "Uncle, are you going the wrong way again?"

The groom's face was embarrassed, and he hurriedly rounded the field: "It's not that I'm going the wrong way, it's that I've walked a little more." ”

"Hey, I don't even know what to say if you have a good reason. The young man looked up at the night: "Uncle, I said that I could get to Tai'an City at noon, but now it seems that it would be good to be able to arrive at night." Hey, I'm tired, uncle, you said that if Chu Renfeng was in a hurry, suddenly turned his face and didn't recognize people, and slaughtered me, wouldn't I die a very unjust death. ”

Ma Fu smiled: "Although he Chu Renfeng kills people like hemp and does all kinds of evil, he can distinguish the importance and know how to advance and retreat." The world thinks that he Chu Renfeng is just a murderous knife, but he doesn't know that Chu Renfeng is also very accomplished in helping the people through the world, but he chose another path, the dirty work of the Northern Wei Dynasty is tiring, and the thankless thing is done, Zhao Governor does half of it, Chu Renfeng does half of it, and now the people are slaughtered, and only others are left. ”

After a pause, the groom straightened his waist: "Besides, with me, he Chu Renfeng wants to kill people, it's difficult, it's as difficult as climbing to the sky!"

The young man did not doubt it at all, and asked instead: "By the way, uncle, you have met the Son of Heaven of the Northern Wei Dynasty, tell me, what kind of person is the Son of Heaven of the Northern Wei Dynasty?"

"Not a good person, far from what I imagined. In recent years, looking at the Northern Wei court, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty has been completely pushed by the situation, and has never had the courage to kill and kill, let alone create current affairs and promote the ability to change the situation. Judging from the death of the Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was nostalgic for the old, soft and kind-hearted, and still the four auxiliary ministers divided the government equally, and it did not change at all, which was really a stupid move. Ma Fu's tone gradually made waves: "Willful, vain and conceited, face determines people's character, and the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty was dragged down by a face." ”

"Uncle, when you say this, I think that Northern Wei Dynasty emperor is very remarkable, you usually evaluate people, always calm and light, and you have never been angry. The young man smiled, retreated to the carriage, picked out the oil lamp in the carriage, and suddenly brightened up a lot, took out a book from the corner, on which was written "Zizhi Tongjian", turned the corner of the page, and read it with relish.

"Childe, there are good and evil people, and books are good and bad, so don't read messy books, it's not good. The groom didn't look back, but he already knew what was going on inside the carriage.

"Uncle, "Zizhi Tongjian" is also a messy book?!" The young man was indignant, held up the book, and shook it at the groom.

The coachman's eyes were not good, so he didn't look back, but his heart was like a mirror: "The title page of "Zizhi Tongjian" is just a mess of bad books in the streets and alleys. ”

The young man smiled, climbed out of the carriage, squatted aside with an umbrella, pointed to the book in his hand and said: "Uncle, what you said is not entirely right, existence makes sense, you see, the protagonist is going to jump off the cliff again to pick up martial arts cheats...... It's still quite fascinating and has a sense of substitution. ”