Chapter 6 A gentleman does not deceive
"Madam, Meng Xingchun's dossier has been retrieved!"
Wan Qi's voice sounded, causing the two people in the room to tremble slightly at the same time. Time seemed to last only a few seconds, and it seemed that a lifetime had passed, Zhan Wenjun sighed faintly and said, "Come in!"
I don't know if it's an illusion, Xu You heard it in his ears, Zhan Wenjun's tone revealed a little regret of gaining and losing, but it seemed to be as calm as water.
Creak!
The wooden door pushed open a small gap, and with the afterglow of the palace lamp in Wan Qi's hand, Xu You finally saw the slender and white beautiful jade hand on the desk, and the fingertips like green onions were only an inch away from his fingers.
At your fingertips,
But it's out of reach!
Noticing Xu You's gaze, Zhan Wenjun quickly retracted his hand, biting his red lip, and his eyes were almost dripping. She was originally as generous as a man's character, but after meeting Xu You, she felt inexplicable shyness and restlessness several times, and it seemed that the thoughts of her daughter, who had been dormant for more than ten years, bloomed at this moment, and they were fresh and green.
Wan Qi walked in, looked left and right, and wondered, "Why did the white candle go out?"
Xu You reacted first and said, "I don't know why the candlestick suddenly went out, you go and see, what's going on!"
Wan Qi answered, put the palace lamp on the ground in the house, found the bronze lamp shaving from the dark drawer under the candlestick, fiddled with it, and said, "The wick is burned from it, just replace it with a white candle."
The candlelight re-lit the room, Zhan Wenjun had become normal, took the file, put it in the case and looked at it with Xu You. It records in detail most of Meng Xingchun's deeds from entering the government to recent years, including the cases he handled, the comments of the government and the opposition, and Xiao Xunqi, the captain of Sili, about his appreciation.
"Alert and profound, only lost in heavy ...... Xiao Xunqi's evaluation of Meng Xingchun is quite high. ”
Xiao Xunqi was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and was an early friend of An Zidao, the two can be said to have grown up together, read and learned words together, and of course they did a lot of young and frivolous rude deeds. Therefore, after An Zidao ascended the throne, Xiao Xunqi was promoted to be the captain of Si Li, and it was also under the leadership of Xiao Xunqi that Si Li Mansion made great contributions to An Zidao's accession to the throne to clean up the auxiliary ministers and charge into battle alone. The world commented that Xiao Xunqi's hands were covered with blood, which can make Huaishui unclear for three years, which can be seen from this.
Xu You shook his head and said: "Xiao Xunqi's words can't be believed, this person can be called the number one treacherous in my dynasty, any words from his mouth may have a trap, you must not listen to it, and you can't listen to it all." For example, he commented on Meng Xingchun's alertness, which may be right, and the yuan book is also somewhat true, but it is heavy, not necessarily. If someone really thinks that Meng Xingchun is heavy and tries to say it with reason, he is afraid that he will fall into the net, it is still unknown. Saying that, he looked at the cases handled by Meng Xingchun again, from the court to the locality, from the nobles to the Qi people, it can be called all-encompassing, but after careful consideration, he can gradually sort out a clear but incomplete character image - Meng Xingchun came from a humble background, and it was difficult to pass the recommendation of Dazhong to enter the government after studying hard, but he was unwilling to be buried, so he chose to join the Sili Mansion and became an eagle dog that scholars and celebrities looked down on. He is dedicated, respectful, and extremely smart, and he began to stand out in the Sili Mansion, valued by Xiao Xunqi, and in just ten years, he has achieved the fake of the Crouching Tiger Division.
Such a person, perhaps on the surface, has long been polished by the tenacity and smoothness of this practice Hongchen, and will not be easily moved by words, but Xu You is the best at discerning people's hearts, the more such a person is greedy for power and status, the more inferior he is in his bones. This kind of inferiority comes from his birth, from depression, from his efforts not to be recognized and revered by the world, and his heart is not only not perfect, but in fact full of loopholes, not invulnerable.
After reading the thick file, Dongfang appeared white, Xu You stretched his waist for a long time, turned his head, and found Zhan Wenjun lying on the desk, pressing his palms with his side face, and he didn't know when he had fallen asleep.
There was a fire burning in the room, warm as spring, there was no need for Xu You to take off his coat and stage a bloody drama, staring at Zhan Wenjun's angular face, the usual perseverance and courage disappeared, replaced by a look of peace of mind and calm. Suddenly, she seemed to dream of something, her eyebrows were frowning cutely, her skin rippled layer by layer, and her slightly upturned red lips were like peach blossoms swaying in the wind in early spring, an indescribable temptation and charm.
Xu You smiled, stood up lightly, walked over and opened the door. Hearing the sound of the door, Wan Qi, who had been waiting outside the door, bowed, Xu You raised his index finger, shh
When I returned to the yard where I lived, I saw He Wei, who never got up early, standing in the middle of the yard, looking down at the fallen leaves in the patio pool, leaning over and following the meeting, the pool was littered with nine fallen leaves, perhaps because he hadn't had time to clean up in a hurry, and frowned: "A few broken leaves, what's so beautiful?"
He Wei sneered and said: "What do you know, all things in heaven and earth are their own hexagrams, and good fortune and evil are stored in one heart." In your eyes it is a fallen leaf, but in my eyes it is a change! ”
"Change? What's changing? ”
He Wei was silent, and at the end, he flicked his sleeves, stirred the leaves in the pool into a ball, turned his head to look at Xu You, and teased: "I haven't returned all night, is it Hongluan's tent is warm, and I have become Zhan Wenjun's guest of the curtain?"
These words were full of obscenity, Xu You snorted coldly, and said: "A gentleman doesn't deceive the dark room, you are dirty, don't treat others with yourself!"
"Hahaha!" He Wei laughed, blinked his eyes, and said, "Qilang, you are a gentleman today, don't regret it in the future!"
Xu You listened to what he said, his heart moved, thinking that he had just looked down at the fallen leaves and became a hexagram, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Did you see something?"
He Wei nodded, the expression on his face seemed to be funny, but also strange, and said: "When you came in before, it happened that a dead leaf fell in the pool impartially, and it was mixed with the kunxia, turning the original hexagram into a hexagram."
"Hexagram?"
"Zedi extraction, with water, Kun for soil, there is a lot of benefit! For Zhan Wenjun, you should take the initiative. Otherwise, after this opportunity, if you want to kiss Fangze again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get your wish. ”
Xu You knows that the Book of Changes contains all things in the universe, and the truth in it is subtle, but to say that you can see the things of men and women from a few leaves, it is really a bit fantastical, and said: "You are familiar with the four phases of Yin Fu, and your understanding of Yi Li may be far above me." But you grew up in the temple since you were a child, and the women you have seen have not read many scriptures, so you talk about love in vain, in fact, where do you understand the thoughts of your daughter's family? Haven't you heard a sentence, a woman's heart, a needle under the sea, no matter how subtle the sixteen hexagrams of Zhou Tian are, they can't figure out what the girls want and what to do. Furthermore, if you can only kiss Fangze by taking advantage of people's danger, although I Xu You don't know how to be polite, I don't care about it! ”
As soon as the words fell, I heard Lu Shuang and the autumn equinox whispering in front of the steps in the middle: "Does Xiaolang often visit the land of sound and lust when he is in Yixing, and he knows so much about his daughter's family?"
"No, the place I go to the most with him on weekdays is the arsenal at home...... As for the rest, maybe there is, but I don't know......"
Xu You looked helpless, turned around and said, "When did you come out?"
Frost greeted him, bent down to pick off the grass wool hanging on the leather belt for Xu You, Ying Ying smiled: "I just came, I only heard what Xiao Lang said disdainfully, the maid said a word, Xiao Lang disdainful, what is the matter?"
Even the autumn equinox could hear that Xushuang was making fun of Xu You, holding his mouth and wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Xu You glared at Xushuang, touched his stomach and shouted: "Is breakfast ready, I'm about to starve to death...... By the way, Fenghu, go and wake him up for dinner. Today is strange, its wings rose so early, but the wind tiger is gone......"
Zuo Yan did not have the habit of lying in bed, and the reason why he got up late was because he was injured. He made a sword to catch Xi Yuanda's iron ball poison needle that day, and was passed by one, and he didn't care about it at the time. After a few days, the toxicity unconsciously spread to the body, and it suddenly attacked, so that it could not bear to get sick.
After Xu You learned about it, he immediately informed Zhan Wenjun and asked her to invite a famous doctor from Qiantang to Mingyushan for consultation. After the doctor came, he prescribed medicine to dispel poison and nourish the liver, and used a few doses, but only temporarily suppressed the toxicity, but did not see a fundamental improvement. After Xu You and He Wei discussed, they concluded that the antidote had to be found in the Heavenly Master Dao, but he hated that he had not agreed on a contact with Li Yifeng, and he couldn't find anyone who couldn't find him in a hurry. On the one hand, famous doctors are invited to come to the consultation everywhere, no matter how far or near, they all pay a lot of money to come up the mountain; On the other hand, he actively sent people to Wu County to find Li Yifeng, as long as he was there, Xi Yuanda's poison trick could be solved.
However, five days later, Li Yifeng had already handed over the teaching affairs of the ghost hunting officer, and he returned to Heming Mountain alone, and was no longer in Wu County. Xu You once told him that there was something to do, and immediately withdrew, it seems that he immediately left Yangzhou to govern the place of right and wrong after the last time he sent the deposit pill. made a quick decision and retreated bravely from the rapids, worthy of being Li Changfeng's master, willing to go down to the prosperous place of Yangzhou.
He left in time, but he suffered Zuo Yan, a patient, without Li Yifeng, Xu Yousi thought about it, he couldn't avoid suspicion, and went to the county government to discuss with Gu Yun, and asked him to ask Meng Xingchun in private to see if he could find an antidote from the Heavenly Master Dao.
All the people involved in the governance of the Heavenly Master Dao in Yangzhou, especially those who are close to Xi Yuanda, are now under the control of Meng Xingchun, and they will go to search secretly without knowing him. According to Xu You's evaluation, Meng Xingchun is keen on fame and power, such a person, once he is in power, he will definitely regard Yangzhou governance as a bag, once he feels that Xu You does not put himself in his eyes, the consequences can be imagined.
If you want to say that the whole Yangzhou can't be offended now, Meng Xingchun is definitely in the forefront. Therefore, the best way is to go through his door and find the antidote from the hands of people close to Xi Yuanda, so as to relieve Zuo Yan of the poison.
Gu Yun naturally responded with all his might, Zuo Yan was injured, in the final analysis, it was to protect the people of Qiantang, otherwise with his skills, it would be easy to dodge, where would he be stained with poisonous needles? It's just that Meng Xingchun didn't care about this, he came here with his life, and he was still worried that the errand would not be done well, so he was willing to waste time and energy on such trivial matters, so after another seven days, he still didn't give Gu Yun a reply.
Xu You couldn't wait, Zuo Yan's injuries had a tendency to gradually worsen, and he was lying on the bed alone and couldn't move, looking anxious and sad, in desperation, he had to come to the door in person to ask to see Meng Xingchun.
Meng Xingchun did not live in the county office, but chose a small mansion near the left side of the Chenghuang Temple to settle down. Xu You handed over the post, and after waiting for a while, a person dressed as an ordinary Qi Min took him in, don't look at this person dressed as ordinary, but his steps are steady, his eyes are sharp, he must be a disciple under Meng Xingchun, also known as a yellow-eared dog.
There are two divisions of Eagle Bird and Crouching Tiger in Sili Mansion, Eagle Shark, which means loyalty and bravery, and Crouching Tiger means Junfa. Later, the killing was excessive, and it was taboo in the world, because the eagle and the tiger wore more purple clothes, and the crouching tiger division wore more yellow clothes, and the government and the opposition ridiculed it as a purple-tailed deer and a yellow-eared dog.
According to the information obtained by the Boat Pavilion, Meng Xingchun left Beijing this time with only thirty apprentices. But there are not many people, the apprentices of the Sili Mansion are all elites selected from the army, and they have received all kinds of cruel and professional training.
As soon as he entered the door, he heard a hoarse voice with a deep voice, "Xu Langjun, I have admired the name for a long time!"