Han Fu nodded again and again, and hurriedly introduced him into the inner room. The old servant of the house came in and brought tea, and then took the door and went out. Han Fu hurriedly lowered his voice and asked, "Could it be that the Holy Lord sent the Lord to come today?" ”

Chen Yan nodded and said, "Exactly." Lord Han's heart is bright, and he guesses it. ”

Han Fu sighed for a while, but gradually calmed down, and had a trace of doubt: "But why does the emperor want to compete with Lu Wenyuan?" I heard that the current saint has a lot of personal friends with him and trusts him very much, and this time Weifu also took him with him. ”

Chen Yan picked up the teacup and took a sip: "How can the emperor's thoughts be seen casually, and being friendly with him is just for outsiders to see, just to paralyze his fellow party in the court." In fact, the emperor has always hated him for monopolizing power, just because the Heavenly Family controls the government and often uses political enemies to contain each other, which was the case with Yan Yong and Lord Fan in the past. But since the fall of Lord Fan, the government has been biased towards Yan Yong's side, and Lu Wenyuan, as Yan Yong's comrade, is even more dominant after Yan Yong's retirement, which seriously threatens the balance of the previous dynasty. Today's saint has made a wise decision, how can he sit back and watch the power fall, it is to gather forces in the dark to contain Lu Wenyuan. ”

Where has Han Fu heard of this profound and treacherous emperor's art before, for a while only said that today's saint is deep in thought, the city is unpredictable, and he sighed and couldn't help asking: "Why did the emperor choose you and me?" There are so many high-ranking and powerful officials in the DPRK and China than us, I'm afraid that any of them can contain Lu Wenyuan better than us, right? ”

Chen Yan said: "The emperor has his own reasons for doing this, the relationship between the previous dynasties is complicated, and those high-ranking and powerful officials play a big role, but how can we know which of them is secretly colluding with Lu Wenyuan, and which one is not?" It was because the emperor did not dare to act rashly. I am a newcomer, and I have not long been in the officialdom, and my background is innocent and clean, so naturally I will not be Lu Wenyuan's fellow party. My lord, you are the old department of Lord Fan, and you are not at odds with Lu Wenyuan. The most important thing is that you can unite the remaining old Fan tribes in the court, which will save the emperor the effort of cultivating new forces on his own. ”

Han Fu sighed: "Today's saint is really thoughtful, but my lord, you are so empty-mouthed, how can you prove that these are the emperor's meaning?" ”

Chen Yan paused for a moment as he skimmed the tea leaves with the lid of the cup, raised his eyes and said, "Lord Han, is this suspicious of me?" ”

Han Fu smiled dryly: "This ...... After all, party struggle is not a trivial matter, and besides, it is still a confrontation with Lu Wenyuan, so the lower officials have to be cautious. ”

Chen Yan smiled faintly, and slowly put the tea cup in his hand on the table: "My lord wants to prove that I don't have it, after all, this kind of thing can't be put on the table, and the emperor can't let the emperor personally issue an edict." But I can say a few things, and I'll leave the rest to you to think about for yourself. ”

Han Fu nodded again and again, and moved closer to Chen Yan. Chen Yan said: "Have you ever wondered why you have been able to stay in the court safe and sound? ”

Han Fu was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what his intentions were, Chen Yan said: "After Lord Fan fell, Yan Yong carried out a large-scale purge of Fan's remnants in the court, and how many high-ranking officials were killed and deposed, but the adults could have escaped and even kept their official positions, didn't you think about why?" ”

Han Fu recalled it contemplatively, frowned and said: "I remember that Yan Yong was cleaned from high to low according to the grade at that time, and he stopped when he reached the seventh grade, maybe he felt that the grade was too low and not worth doing?" ”

Chen Yan sneered: "Yan Yong has been immersed in officialdom for decades, how can he not know the truth of cutting grass to eradicate the roots? Do you think that with his nature, he will suddenly be merciful and leave you to bring disaster to himself? ”

Han Fu said movingly: "Could it be that it is the emperor's ......?"

Chen Yan smiled slightly, and did not answer his words, but turned the conversation: "Let me ask you another question, do you remember why Yan Yong retired?" ”

How could Han Fu not know that the incident caused a storm in the city at that time, and the court shook, it was the current saint who did not hesitate to pull Yan Yong down from the position of second assistant in order to let Chen Yan enter the cabinet, and forced him to rest in his original product. Han Fu was shocked when he thought about this, and remembered the scarlet rumors between Chen Yan and the current saint. At that time, the rumors seemed true and false, and they were confusing, but now it seems that Chen Yan has a lot to do with today's saints, so today's events ...... Han Fu couldn't help but glance up at Chen Yan.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yan knew that he didn't need to say more, stood up, dusted off his robe and said, "I have already brought the emperor's words, as for what to do in the future, I believe the adults know it." As he spoke, he didn't look at Zhong Fu again, and pushed the door and walked out.

When Chen Yan walked out onto the street, it was already dusk, and the night was coming from all directions, and it was dark everywhere. Chen Yan said goodbye politely to the old servant of the Zhong family according to etiquette, and saw that most of the shops in the market had turned on the lights. There was a man standing vaguely on the side of the street opposite the Zhong family, and his thin figure seemed firm and quiet in the bustling crowd. Chen Yan couldn't help but feel abrupt in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the man.

The man was standing under the eaves of a restaurant, and when he saw Chen Yan walking towards him, he couldn't help but take two steps forward, and the whole person was exposed to the bright candlelight at the door of the restaurant. I saw that he was about twenty years old, maybe a little younger, with a face that was extraordinarily heroic, with long eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and thin lips, and a well-defined contour, but with a somewhat anxious look, he looked straight at Chen Yan who came over.

Chen Yan had his own rules under his feet, and he seemed to be walking step by step, but when he was still two or three steps away from the man, he suddenly turned around and walked away along the long street. The man was overjoyed, chased two steps behind Chen Yan, and couldn't help shouting: "Chen Yan! ”

Hearing this, Chen Yan really stopped, but he didn't turn back, the man rushed forward, pulled Chen Yan's shoulder and asked, "Chen Yan, you just saw me clearly, why don't you just refuse to say hello?" ”

Chen Yan took a step back quietly, stroked the place where his robe was wrinkled by him, and said with a smile: "I don't greet Lord Zhou, won't Lord Zhou come to greet me?" ”

Zhou Qiren was choked for a moment, his face showed a little embarrassment, and he frowned slightly and said, "Chen Yan, you were not like this before. ”

Chen Yan raised a pair of long eyebrows and said, "Oh? So what was I like in the past? ”

Zhou Qiren snorted: "You used to ......" The words came to his lips, but he didn't know how to say it. Seeing that he couldn't answer, Chen Yan chuckled lightly and walked forward by himself.

Zhou Qiren had no choice but to follow behind, watching his thin back being swallowed in and spit out by the night for a while, his heart was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness, this powerlessness seemed to be able to never wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

The two walked one after the other for a long time, and Chen Yan finally couldn't help but turn around and said, "The Lord Bangyan came all the way to follow me?" ”

Zhou Qiren hurriedly took two steps and walked side by side with him: "I'm worried about you." The few poems sent to you by the master today have not been proofread before you have left, and everyone is so anxious that everyone is looking for you everywhere. ”

Chen Yan said: "Oh, I know, I will finish the school when I go back later." The master didn't blame me, did he? His tone was light, although he was inquiring earnestly, but he didn't seem to care about all this.

Zhou Qiren blushed slightly and said, "No, I've already done it for you." ”

Chen Yan turned his face: "Really?" That's why Lord Zhou came to ask me for credit? He paused slightly, the smile on his face was very good-looking in the dimness, and he hugged his fists and waved at Zhou Qiren: "Then Chen Yan has thanked Lord Bangyan." ”

Zhou Qiren was a little embarrassed by him, looked around, pulled him over and whispered, "What are you busy with these days?" Why did Fang come out of Han Fu's house? I heard that he used to be a tiger for Fan Zhefu and did a lot of ugly things, if it wasn't for Master Lu to protect him for the sake of being a speech official, he would have been taken care of by Yan Yong a long time ago. ”

Chen Yan was not surprised at all when he heard this, as if he had known it for a long time, and said with a smile as usual: "I heard that Lord Han's pen is very good, so I went to pay a visit, and there was nothing to do." ”

Zhou Qidao: "This is the best. Han Fu is not a good type, you should stay away from him, otherwise it will not be good for Lord Lu to know in the future. ”

Chen Yan listened to him take a bite of Lord Lu, and unconsciously sneered. Zhou Qiren knew that he had always looked at Lu Wenyuan unpleasantly, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he just accompanied him all the way back to the post house.

Zhou Qiren thought that after the reminder, Chen Yan would be more restrained, at least after dealing with business, he would go about his own business, but who knew that Chen Yan only took his words as the wind in his ears, and his whereabouts became more and more uncertain day by day, and sometimes he couldn't even see anyone for a day. The Hanlin Courtyard is a place where you don't look up and don't look down, and Chen Yan's seat has been empty for a long time, which has aroused the curiosity of his colleagues, who want to know what he is doing.

On this day, it was twilight when Chen Yan appeared in the court, but he only took a look and walked out again, and several colleagues saw this, and hurriedly squeezed each other's eyebrows, sneakily following behind.

Zhou Qiren had always paid attention to Chen Yan's whereabouts, and found that these people did not look right, so they stopped him and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

A few people only thought that he was supervising the hall for the master, and he usually had a good relationship, so he didn't hide it: "Chen Yan has been mysterious recently, and we want to follow up to take a look." ”

When Zhou Qiren heard it, he knew that it was not good, what Chen Yan had done recently, others didn't know, but he knew it well. The officials that Chen Yan has visited in the past few days are either prestigious officials in the court, or Fan Zhefu's old department, and even Zhou Qiren can see that there is quite a lot of trickery among them, and if this is known by other colleagues, it may lead to some kind of speculation. Zhou Qisheng was afraid that he would cause trouble for Chen Yan, so he had an idea and said: "Hey, what can he do, I know best, you ask me if I don't do it?" ”

Zhou Qiren and Chen Yan are fellow villagers, they have known each other since childhood, and they are indeed very close to him, which is obvious to all in the entire Hanlin Academy, and no one can believe it, so those colleagues chased after him and asked: "Then you can tell me quickly, what does Chen Yan do on weekdays?" ”

Zhou Qiren said with an ambiguous smile: "Look at his peach blossom face, what else can there be?" It's just that I fell in love with a girl in Wanhualou a few days ago, so I went more diligently, wanting to please others. It's normal for young people to be unable to keep their hearts in their minds. ”

Those colleagues were really deceived by his lies, and they all laughed and said: "This is not strange, the girl of Wanhualou is the best in the entire capital." However, I saw that Brother Chen was so romantic, and I thought that he would go to the hall to find the little girl, but I didn't expect to go to find the girl. As he spoke, they all laughed, returned to their seats, and then talked about some interesting stories in the flower street and willow alleys.

Zhou Qiren secretly wiped a cold sweat, after this incident, he became even more uneasy about Chen Yan, and he slipped out of the court of Hanlin Academy.

Coming out of the court, there is a long alley, and when the alley comes to an end, you turn into a bustling market. There was no fork in the road along the way, Zhou Qiren hurriedly ran a few steps, and saw Chen Yan's figure looming in the crowd in front of him, not looking in a hurry, but a little leisurely, from time to time to the side of the street to see the things on the stall.

Zhou Qiren followed behind, and was hesitating how to step forward to talk, Chen Yan had already turned around and found him, with a smile on his face, Shi Shiran walked over and said, "What do you have to say about Lord Zhou?" I've just seen it, and the courtyard is very idle today, and there are no manuscripts that need to be verified. ”

Zhou Qiren heard that he was teasing himself with his words a few days ago, and he was not angry, but sighed and said, "Where are you going?" Just now I came out of the courtyard, and a few colleagues asked me about your whereabouts, and it would not be good if you didn't restrain yourself and attract the suspicion of others. ”

Chen Yan's face froze slightly, but then he smiled even more: "What's so terrible about this, isn't there still you?" As he spoke, he took a step closer to Zhou Qiren and whispered in his ear, "You will block it for me, right?" ”

Chen Yan was a little smaller, an inch shorter than Zhou Qiren, and all the breath that spewed out on his neck as he spoke. Zhou Qiren trembled, lowered his head and wanted to avoid Chen Yan, but met his ambiguous gaze again. Zhou Qiren sighed in his heart and held his breath to look at him, but Chen Yan retreated with a smile, turned around and continued to walk forward. 166 Reading Network