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Wang Baoren is now at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and was once Zhou Shangjing's main opponent in the temple, but after losing to Zhou Shangjing, he was exiled to Nanjing and became the secretary of Nanjing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After all these years of waste, although Wang Baoren's actual age is about ten years younger than Zhou Shangjing, his appearance is already as old as Zhou Shangjing, his thin old face is full of wrinkles, and his eyebrows and beards are also mottled, but his pair of ringed leopard eyes are still bright, and with his meticulous and serious expression, he has a sense of not being angry and arrogant.

All the way from Nanjing to the capital, there was a fire on the way, all of which made Wang Baoren quite tired, but after seeing the walls of the capital from afar, Wang Baoren's expression was unprecedentedly excited!

In fact, after arriving in Tongzhou by boat, Wang Baoren could have taken a carriage or sedan chair to come to the capital to take up his post, and the Tongzhou government did prepare the best carriage and sedan chair for him in order to meet Wang Baoren, but Wang Baoren finally refused the arrangement of the Tongzhou government, but chose a horse, and completely ignored the aging and fatigue of the body, and rushed to the capital directly on horseback.

Wang Baoren wants to show the world that he is not old, he is still energetic, and he can still make a big difference!

Power is a man's stimulant, both ancient and modern.

"Eleven years...... Wang Baoren rode on a horse, staring at the city wall of the capital from afar, full of ups and downs, thinking: "Since I lost to Zhou Shangjing in the party struggle, I was exiled to Nanjing for retirement, and it has been eleven years since then!" Hehe, as a minister of the imperial court, these ten years should be the most glorious decade, but I have been trapped in Yingtianfu for years and wasted a lot of good time...... But now I'm back! And, since I've returned to the capital, I don't plan to leave again! ”

While thinking about it, Wang Baoren's eyes couldn't help flickering, and his originally old face looked a little younger.

And just as Wang Baoren was staring at the capital, a team came out of the east gate of the capital and quickly greeted Wang Baoren.

After seeing this team, a smile appeared on the corner of Wang Baoren's mouth.

As mentioned above, although the Nanjing Sixth Department is only a place for officials to retire and exile, it is still very powerful, and Wang Baoren, as the leader of the Nanjing Sixth Department, is also very important, and even in the center of the capital, he also has some protégés and former officials.

Now, the team was apparently greeted by his protégés and former officials.

Wang Baoren currently has only one prince and master of the fictitious position, has not yet had real power, in the future want to make a difference in the center of the capital, naturally it is particularly necessary to win the hearts of the people, so Wang Baoren saw his protégé and former officials come to greet him, did not show any arrogance, but drove the horse to take the initiative to meet the past.

And after Wang Baoren's team saw Wang Baoren's behavior, they also hurriedly followed.

Soon, the two teams met.

Then, after seeing each other's situation, both parties were surprised.

The people who greeted Wang Baoren didn't expect that Wang Baoren would rush to the capital on horseback, and he was still the first to lead the team, considering Wang Baoren's advanced age, such a performance was really admirable.

And Wang Baoren was also stunned when he saw the team that greeted him.

There were about more than 100 people in the team to greet Wang Baoren, one-third of whom were court officials, and all of them were Wang Baoren's former protégés, and the rest were also their long-term servants.

Wang Baoren knows almost all of these officials, and can even clearly say their names, hometowns, positions, and general experience, although most of these people are not of high rank, but they will be Wang Baoren's foundation in the capital in the future, Wang Baoren naturally attaches great importance to it, and he also did his homework on the way to the capital.

However, what made Wang Baoren feel strange in his heart was that the leader of this team was a young man who looked to be no more than twenty-five or sixteen years old, this young man was richly dressed, handsome, kind, and mild, and there was an air of nobility that could not be ignored between his hands and feet, and the attitude of Wang Baoren's protégés and former officials towards this young man was also extremely respectful, and it was obvious that this young man's status was extremely noble.

But on the contrary, Wang Baoren didn't know the young man in front of him at all.

And just when Wang Baoren was puzzled, the young man had already driven his horse to Wang Baoren's side, and bowed his hand to Wang Baoren: "Junior, Zhu Hejian, on behalf of my father and the crown prince, came to welcome the prince and prince to Beijing to take up his post. ”

Speaking of this, the young man glanced at Wang Baoren's steed under his seat, but said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Senior Wang actually came directly by horse, but I know that Senior Wang's body is still strong, obviously the old man has been in wait for many years, but his ambition is still strong, and the younger generation is deeply admired!" ”

After hearing this young man's self-introduction, Wang Baoren couldn't help but be shocked again, he didn't expect that the young man in front of him turned out to be the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian!

In Wang Baoren's memory, the Seventh Prince has always been frail and sickly, and he will get sick from time to time, but now he looks ruddy and full of complexion, but he does not look like the legendary sick seedling at all.

In addition to being surprised, after hearing Zhu Hejian's evaluation, Wang Baoren was happy again, especially the sentence "Lao Ji has been in wait for many years, but his ambition for a thousand miles is still strong" made him like it very much, and he also felt a little more cordial to Zhu Hejian in his heart.

Then, Wang Baoren hurriedly dismounted and saluted Zhu Hejian: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, but I didn't expect Your Majesty to let the Seventh Prince personally greet the old minister, which really flattered the old minister and was grateful." ”

Seeing Wang Baoren's performance like this, a trace of shame flashed on Zhu Hejian's face, and said: "Although I am from the royal family, I am just a powerless prince, I should not sit in the saddle to accept the salute of the senior Wang, but should take the initiative to salute, but the younger generation is coming to greet the senior Wang on behalf of the emperor today, many things can not be done as you like, and I hope that the senior Wang will forgive me one or two." ”

Seeing that Zhu Hejian was a royal nobleman, but he was still so humble and polite, respectful and respectful, Wang Baoren suddenly had a better impression of Zhu Hejian in his heart, and waved his hand again and again: "Where and where, the Seventh Prince is the future vassal king, and it should be the old man who salutes." ”

Zhu Hejian smiled lightly and didn't explain anything, but turned his head to Jia Lun, the eunuch behind him, and said: "Senior Wang is not young after all, although he can still ride a horse, but I am afraid that there will be some inconvenience when getting on and off the horse, why don't you go and help Senior Wang get on the horse?" ”

Then, Zhu Hejian turned his head to Wang Baoren and smiled: "Senior Wang, let's not be polite to each other here, I know that you arrived in the capital today, and your father is waiting for you in the imperial study, maybe you will have to accompany your father to have lunch together, so let's not delay, let's enter Beijing as soon as possible." ”

However, after hearing Zhu Hejian's instructions, the eunuch Jia Lun was about to dismount and support Wang Baoren, but an official in the greeting team had already dismounted first, and walked quickly to Wang Baoren's side, and said respectfully: "Teacher, let me help you get on the horse." ”

This person's name is Wang Youlun, who is the right deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is also the highest-ranking one among the protégés and former officials in Wang Baoren's capital. When he was named on the apricot list, it happened to be Wang Baoren as the chief examiner, so he always called Wang Baoren a teacher.

Over the years, most of Wang Baoren's loyal friends who stayed in the capital have been deliberately excluded and suppressed by Zhou Shangjing, either refrigerated, demoted, or transferred, but only this Wang Youlun was not only not demoted and transferred, but was promoted all the way to the deputy capital of the third grade, and he never let Zhou Shangjing catch the handle, which shows how clever this person's means are.

In fact, Wang Baoren has always regarded Wang Youlun as his proud protégé, because the two have the same surname Wang, Wang Baoren even had the idea of accepting Wang Youlun as his righteous son, and now when Wang Baoren returns to the capital, he also values this Wang Youlun the most.

Now, seeing Wang Youlun's courteous performance, a trace of relief flashed in Wang Baoren's eyes, but he didn't have too many excuses, just let Wang Youlun help him get on the horse.

However, when riding the horse, taking the opportunity of the two of them getting closer, Wang Youlun took the opportunity to whisper in Wang Baoren's ear: "Teacher, you must pay attention to this Seventh Prince, it is rumored that His Majesty has already had the idea of deposing the Crown Prince, and this Seventh Prince is very likely to be the next prince." ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Youlun had already helped Wang Baoren onto the horse, and then returned to the greeting team in a low-key manner, as if nothing had happened.

But after hearing Wang Youlun's secret reminder, Wang Baoren's face changed slightly.

The next moment, when Wang Baoren looked at the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian again, his vision was already very different.

Originally, Wang Baoren was a little strange in his heart, this seventh prince seemed to have recovered physically, and it stands to reason that he should leave Beijing immediately, why did he still stay in the capital and come to greet him as His Majesty's envoy?

But after hearing Wang Youlun's reminder, Wang Baoren quickly understood what happened.

Wang Baoren went to Beijing to serve as the crown prince this time, originally to assist the prince, before this Wang Baoren was still a little worried, because he heard that the prince Zhu Heyu's personality was quite stubborn and reckless, and he was not very good to assist, but he did not expect that after he came to Beijing, the situation had changed subtly, and the humble and polite seventh prince in front of him was likely to become the new prince.

Wang Baoren originally had a very good impression of Zhu Hejian, and after getting the news, although he was a little surprised, he was more happy in his heart.

So, on the way to the capital with Zhu Hejian, the seventh prince, Wang Baoren also deliberately got closer to Zhu Hejian, and Zhu Hejian obviously had the same thoughts, and the two of them got along quite happily for a while, as if they were forgetful friends.

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