He turned his head, and when the prime minister had just been promoted to a cabinet member that day, he trotted briskly.

This time, Chu Hanlin didn't wait for this old horseman, and walked straight out, but he didn't expect Zhang Xuanlin's footsteps to get faster and faster, and he caught up with him as soon as he slipped away.

Zhang Xuanlin put his palm on Chu Hanlin's shoulder, snorting and panting, "You are too inauthentic, run away when you see me, you sincerely want to exhaust me to death this old man?" ”

Chu Hanlin rolled his eyes, the old man didn't let you chase after him, obviously you caught up with yourself.

Chu Hanlin said: "What happened to the prime minister this time? ”

Zhang Xuanlin exhaled a long breath and whispered in the ear of the cabinet scholar: "What? Want to pay off? I've got your students promoted, and my promise has been fulfilled, but what about your promise? ”

"What promise do I have?"

Zhang Xuanlin's eyes widened, and he kicked Chu Hanlin's buttocks, and the old man staggered back and shouted angrily: "Prime Minister Zhang! What are you doing! ”

Seeing this, none of the surrounding officials dared to pass by these two people, for fear that these two powerful people would be angry with themselves, which was just drinking saliva and stuffing their teeth, and they could smash their heels with fart.

Zhang Xuanlin is a southerner, much shorter than Chu Hanlin, an authentic northerner, and he put his feet on the latter's ear and said: "Let you observe the emperor, you forgot!" Let me tell you, if you dare to deny it, the old man can promote your students, and there are countless ways to make your students doomed. ”

Chu Hanlin turned his head sideways and said softly: "He doesn't recognize me as a teacher anymore, what does he have to do with me?" ”

Zhang Xuanlin said "hey", he rolled up his sleeves, and glanced at the scholar with a strange expression, "I think you really think that Yang Liechen didn't walk with you to avoid suspicion, this kid is simply a white-eyed wolf, do you want me to give him a knife to avenge you?" ”

Chu Hanlin frowned and shook his head, "No need, everyone has their own ambitions, just treat the fate of master and apprentice as the end of it, and it will have nothing to do with each other in the future." ”

"That won't work!"

Zhang Xuanlin pulled Chu Hanlin to walk quickly, and this "Erlin" came to the small pavilion where he had talked last time.

Chu Hanlin straightened the unshapedly court clothes that were being pulled, and the brocade chicken on his chest was crumpled into poultry, and he didn't have that kind of noble and noble style, he said: "Prime Minister Zhang, is it that the old general Song is not in the capital, and you have no one to pass the boring time, so you came to me to set up a formation?" ”

Zhang Xuanlin didn't care about the crane complement on his chest that had been washed gray with water, and he wouldn't pay attention to the brocade chicken tonic on his chest, as for what he said about boring to pass the time, it was nonsense, to be honest, if the second-grade official was not a close minister of His Majesty, he really couldn't get into his eyes, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty looked gloomily at the scholar and said: "This calculation comes and goes, and in the end it will be me who suffers!" ”

"I told you to calculate? You dare to calculate on Your Majesty's head, are you still afraid of losses? ”

"It's different!"

Zhang Xuanlin said fiercely and then stopped, sighed heavily, waved his sleeves and sat aside, he has been an official for forty years since he entered the court, and he really hasn't suffered a few losses, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved this high position, do you really think that the prince and the prince can be promoted to prime minister? Although the struggle between officials is not as magnificent as the war, the calculation and scheming are bloodier than the battlefield, and they are all over the border at every turn.

Chu Hanlin was a little comfortable at this time, he sat next to the pavilion and looked around to see that no one was passing by, he sneered, his heart was like a mirror, this Zhang Xuanlin wanted to calculate himself and Yang Liechen, the two scholars.

I'm afraid that the righteous words that helped Yang Liechen get promoted were also in his strategy, these are two scholars, the closest person to the Son of Heaven, if all of them become Zhang Xuanlin's eyes, then the Son of Heaven has no secrets he doesn't know.

Chu Hanlin didn't say his inner thoughts, if he really angered the old fox and didn't say anything, he might be bitten back.

Zhang Xuanlin turned around, as if he was making a choice, at this time he no longer looked like an amiable old man, and his eyes were full of ruthlessness. Chu Hanlin smiled, this is what a prime minister should look like, he has been up and down for decades, if he is still an innocent old naughty child, he would have been eaten without bones.

"Scholar Chu, do you know anything about Your Majesty? If you are honest with me, I will tell you some secrets. ”

Chu Hanlin suppressed the tugging of the corners of his mouth, this old fox still wants to fish at this point, with his power in the court, as long as he says what he knows these days, even if he can get his honesty, he will suffer in the end, I am afraid that when the time comes, impeachment and all kinds of papers that are unfavorable to him will be placed in front of His Majesty's table, and when His Majesty will face these "ironclad evidence", it will be difficult to protect himself.

He spread his hands, looking like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, "What do I know?" Know you want to spy on the emperor? ”

Zhang Xuanlin probed over, "Don't give me sloppy eyes, the last one who dealt with me like this was also a second-grade Beijing official, named Wang Baodong, very coincidentally, like you, he is also a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and the official position of the second-grade ministry waiter, do you know why you don't see the position of the ministry waiter now." ”

"Wang Baodong, I have also heard that he was in cahoots with the previous cabinet university scholars, and he was beheaded by the whole house more than ten years ago by virtue of the holy decree to collect the people's fat and ointment."

Chu Hanlin naturally knew that Zhang Xuanlin wanted to threaten himself, it was impossible for an old fox who had been an official for decades to be without his own henchmen, so he made a preemptive strike, suggesting that this Wang Baodong should have died, and you Zhang Xuanlin meddling in it was just adding fuel to the fire.

The prime minister of the Great Zhou suddenly clapped his palms and smiled: "I now have some suspicions that Yang Liechen deliberately alienated you, and it was for Zhang to see, since this is the case, there is nothing to say?" ”

Chu Hanlin shook his head, "It depends on Prime Minister Zhang Cheng's sincerity, I was really almost deceived by you last time, I really thought that you were for the friendship with His Majesty's teachers and students, and I also found some clues after entering the court as an official, Prime Minister Zhang Cheng has some connections with the previous cabinet scholar and Wang Baodong, it can be said that both of them ended up so miserably for you." ”

Zhang Xuanlin's eyes narrowed slightly, "You can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, you don't have evidence, I can refer to you in front of the saint at any time." ”

Chu Hanlin suddenly stood up at this time, he was taller than the prime minister, looked down at him and said, "Don't think that everyone loves royal power and wealth. ”

After saying that, he walked out of the pavilion without looking back.

Zhang Xuanlin stared at the old man's back, his face was expressionless, and the nails of the old palm in the sleeve robe pierced into the flesh, and a few drops of bright scarlet flowed.

After retiring from the dynasty, Li Ru returned to the imperial study, and he lit a little sandalwood powder on his nose, thinking that he could be more energetic.

Lu Dongshan stood respectfully beside the imperial case, and he couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, there are not many twists and turns now, it is better to go back to the Heart Cultivation Palace to rest first, the Queen Mother has not seen you in the Heart Cultivation Palace for a long time." ”

Li Ru smiled, pointed at the great eunuch of the dynasty and said, "You are a eunuch, are you not ashamed to say this?" ”

Eunuch, but the most disrespectful words to the eunuch, even if the prime minister of the dynasty scolds a eunuch in front of Lu Dongshan, Lu Dongshan has the right to fight with the prime minister, even if he sues His Majesty, he is still in his own possession.

But it was different if the emperor called out the eunuch, in the eyes of Lu Dongshan, as long as His Majesty didn't call him an official title, he would be happy to scold him.

Lu Dongshan echoed and smiled: "But Your Majesty really hasn't rested for a long time, the dragon body is important and sleeps peacefully for some hours, and there are not many of these twists and turns, so I will review it in the evening." ”

Li Ru shook his head, the fatigue in his eyes was even stronger, "No, there are still some things that have not been dealt with, today's matter is today, and if you sleep now, you won't be able to sleep at night." ”

Lu Dongshan gritted his teeth, "It's all to blame on that hateful Yang Liechen, Your Majesty could have rested normally for one night yesterday." ”

The Emperor stood up and stretched, "I can't blame him, I still have to rely on him to pull out the biggest thorn in the dynasty." ”

Li Ru joked with this eunuch for the first time: "If the eunuch achieves your position, I'm afraid you have traveled all over the palace." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave didn't dare to say everything, but he also walked nine times out of ten."

Li Ru laughed: "This is eight or nine times out of ten wonderful, if you say everything, I will treat you for the crime of bullying the king, come, I will take you to see a place in the palace that you have never been." ”

Li Ru turned and walked across the curtain, gently pulling a one-man high vase, and after a rumbling sound, the wall behind the curtain flipped over, revealing a long, narrow and dark passage.

In the imperial palace, there are two institutions directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, which are known to the people in the whole world, but only one person in the whole world knows where these two institutions are.

Li Ru walked in and knocked on the wall a few times, and the passage suddenly became brightly lit, and Lu Dongshan was also amazed when he saw it, there was such a mystery in this imperial study.

Li Ru waved his hand, and a man dressed in black came out of nowhere, leading the way in front.

"What's the matter, only I knew about this place before today, and there will be two people after today, and I didn't tell your stepfather, Lu Changhui."

Lu Dongshan bent down, "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

The wall closed spontaneously after the two came in, and the passage was very rugged, but fortunately, the lights were still bright, so as not to fall, but some of the ups and downs were very different, and they needed to be supported by people to go down, and the role of the man in black was reflected, he seemed to have some martial arts, and took Li Ru with two hands, but when he took Lu Dongshan, he carried it with one hand.

Lu Dongshan finally realized what it means to "don't know where to go", this passage seems to have no end, and his feet are sore or turning around, which makes him feel powerless that he doesn't know the way forward.

Just when he was about to lose his hold, the passage gradually widened, and the man in black suddenly disappeared in front of Li Ruis and Lu Dongshan, the former seemed to be surprised by this scene, and the latter was a little more surprised in his eyes, there were stones everywhere, how did the man in black disappear in front of him, wouldn't he be able to escape through the wall?

At this time, two crisp sounds came, and when Lu Dongshan looked up again, there were two more open doors in front of him, as if they appeared out of thin air!

Seeing the puzzlement of this palm print eunuch, Li Ru said softly: "The mechanism of the Mo family giant, after these two gates is the Imperial City Division and the Zhenfu Division, their positions are changing all the time, and they need the man in black to lead the way, and those who trespass here without permission will either be trapped forever or secretly wiped out by the man in black." ”

Lu Dongshan followed the emperor into the gate of the Imperial City Division, and he said in a thin voice: "It's really wonderful, this kind of handwriting is comparable to a fairy." ”

"Really? That's a thank you for the praise of Grandpa Lu. ”

Lu Dongshan turned his head suddenly, and subconsciously stood in front of Li Ru is body to protect His Majesty the Emperor, and a voice suddenly appeared in an empty stone room, how could this not worry him.

Li Rushi gently patted him on the shoulder, walked to the front again, and said in a loud voice: "Governor Lin, don't pretend to be a ghost here, show up." ”

The empty stone chamber instantly brightened up as day, and a burly old man walked over, his hair was white, his beard was white, his hair was very messy, his eyebrows drooped to the sides of his cheeks, and his beard was very thick.