CHAPTER XLVII
In the Hanlin Academy, Ye Xun wore an apron, and his face was covered with ink. He was sitting in front of the desk, copying the copy in a serious manner. Editor Hong Wensong walked over, frowned at what he wrote, and shouted, "Ah! Master Ye, what are you writing all this? It doesn't work! As he spoke, he threw the piece of paper that Ye Xun had written into a ball and threw it in the paper basket.
"Don't!" Ye Xun wanted to stop it, but it was too late. He glanced at him with some complaint, it was written by him with great difficulty, why can't it be used.
"Lord Ye, you better go and move the books! Our Hanlin Academy doesn't have much oil and water, so we can't afford you to waste it like this. ”
"Haven't I been moving books? In my free time, I want to help you copy. ”
"Actually, Lord Ye's handwriting is still very neat, but the page is a little untidy, just practice more." Editor Yu Sheng is much more modest.
"Where is there so much paper and ink for him to waste?" Hong Wensong was very disdainful.
"Just let him practice with the paper for the writing fee."
Ye Xun stood up, since he was disliked, let's go and move the book. He walked into the inner room and heard Hong Wensong complaining to Yu Sheng, "What kind of place are we here?" How can such a person come? ”
Ye Xun breathed a sigh of relief and ignored them. He placed a stack of books on a shelf as identified, took another book from a shelf, and sat quietly on the pile of books and flipped through the pages.
Suddenly, Ye Xun was interrupted by a noise outside, he put the book back in its place, and stretched out his head to look out. I saw a lot of people coming to the door. Ye Xun, the leader of the group, knew that he was a few directors of the Ministry of Rites. They clamored that they were here to settle accounts. Yu Sheng and Hong Wensong responded with two editors, but the number of people was obviously not as good as others, and the level was not enough. Ye Xun walked out and stood at the door to watch a group of pedants fighting, he couldn't say a word! But next to him he probably heard the reason for the matter, it should be a matter of etiquette, the Ministry of Rites believes that it is completely in accordance with the precedent, not in the slightest violation of the ancestral system, and this morning the Ministry of Rites was actually included in a book by the Hanlin Academy, citing many ancient examples, saying that the Ministry of Rites did this completely arbitrarily and without basis. The Ministry of Rites mainly does this, of course I am not convinced, I retreated to the court and studied it below, and the more I talked, the more angry I became, so I went to the Hanlin Academy to reason.
There are two editors in the Hanlin Academy, obviously not opponents, they are surrounded by a group of people, and they are questioning each other, and they can't talk at all. Soon, the rest of the Hanlin Academy also arrived and joined the debate. The two sides quarreled. After a while, high-ranking officials such as the Tang Officials, Squires, and Shaoqing of the two departments also arrived. Ye Xun saw that his teacher Lu Heng was also coming, and squeezed his eyes at him. Lu Heng obviously saw himself, but as if he didn't see him, he looked straight ahead with an indifferent expression. Ye Xun thought that when the head of the house came, this fight should be over, but he didn't think about it, but the more noisy it became. New hatred and old hatred, verbal quarrels, and later the quarrel escalated, and the two departments actually started to fight. What started as a battle of words quickly turned into a group fight......
Ye Xun couldn't sit back any longer, he hurriedly joined in to persuade him. It's all fighting, and Ye Xun is the one who persuades him, which is busy with him. After he persuaded this and that, he ran east and west. "You said that you are all bachelors who are rich and rich, and you can't say anything well, what do you do?" "Don't fight! It's time to stop! "This won't work, it's going to kill someone!" Ye Xun had just snatched the inkstone from the hand of an adult, and an adult on the other side was pulling the beard of another adult...... The most important thing is that he has to protect his teacher at all times and not let people get hurt. Ye Xun was so busy that he really hated that he didn't have a doppelganger technique.
The emperor heard the news that the two most knowledgeable departments had started a group fight, and hurried over with the brocade guards. Both sides were only stunned for a moment when they saw the emperor coming, because they saw that the other party did not stop and continued to fight.
The emperor panted angrily, "It's not like words! ”
Wen Du was about to order Jinyi Wei to take people, but was stopped by a gesture from the emperor, and the emperor sneered with interest, "Let them fight!" I want to see how these so-called scholars who have learned from the past and the present are doing their fist and foot kung fu? With that, the emperor found a chair and sat down very comfortably, putting on a posture to watch the excitement. He caught a glimpse of Ye Xun struggling in the chaos, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile......
Suddenly, a large teapot flew towards the emperor, and everyone stopped what they were doing, and they were stupid. Jin Yiwei didn't have time to save the driver, and the person who threw the pot suddenly fell to his knees, thinking that such a big guy smashed into the emperor and had to be full of flowers? Now that he is finished, he will be dismissed, the court staff, the distribution and even his life will not be guaranteed......
The emperor was also stupid, and it was too late to dodge, so he had to close his eyes and wait...... At the last moment, Ye Xun flew out, stopped the emperor from grabbing the teapot, spun around twice in the air, and knelt firmly on the ground on one leg with one hand on the ground. But he only stayed for a moment, and suddenly the teapot in his hand fell to the ground, and he rolled on the ground twice, and blood splattered out. Everyone was stunned by this scene, and soon everyone woke up from the fright, and fell on the ground and begged the emperor to spare their lives. The ministers all knew that although there was no danger and no harm to the emperor, after all, the emperor would never spare them.
The emperor ignored the ministers and allowed them to kowtow on the ground and beg for mercy. He turned to Ye Xun with a smile on his face. He remembered the previous Ye Xun who always stood behind him and sacrificed his life for himself at any time. There was a little more tenderness in his eyes, and even tears flashed, "Are you hurt?" ”
Ye Xun looked down at his hand that was still dripping blood, "Back to the emperor, it's okay to have a skin injury." The emperor was frightened! ”
The emperor nodded approvingly at Ye Xun, and then turned to the ministers Zhengse and said, "You Shilin lords are all examples of the people in the world, but you gather people to fight here!" What's the difference between it and the market? Because the emperor was in a particularly good mood today, he decided to show mercy to the ministers outside the law, and the big things were small, "I don't want to investigate right and wrong too much today, but it's not okay not to punish it!" All the officials involved in it were fined for three months and knelt outside the temple for two hours! You are all the pillars of the country, Wang'er and others take it as a warning! The ministers were all grateful and kowtowed.
Ye Xun made a slight sound like a sizzling sound unconsciously because of pain, and the emperor quickly said, "Except for Ye Xun!" And he was given another fine, about a hundred taels of silver. and 50 horses of fine silk. ”
Ye Xun thanked him for his kindness, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
"Xingwang, go and pass on the imperial doctor, and give Lord Ye a good look at the injury." After the emperor finished talking to Xing Wang, who was standing beside him, he said to Wen Du, "You stay and take care of the aftermath." After saying that, the emperor left with a hug.
Wen Du walked up to Ye Xun and whispered in his ear, "What you did is too obvious, right?" ”
"You see that?" Ye Xun said with some humility.
"Do you take everyone else for a fool? It's no wonder you are so fake, I can't see it! ”
Ye Xun smiled indifferently, "The emperor was frightened at the time, otherwise, how could my little trick escape his eyes?" Warning you! No whistleblowers. ”
"I, Shen Wendu, am only loyal to the emperor! Never do anything to deceive the emperor. ”
"You're so boring! Where is this deception? It's already like this, isn't it turning out very well? You just don't mention it to the emperor. ”
Wen Du sneered, "Is it worth it for you to help these pedantic literati who look down on you get away with it?" ”
"There's nothing not worth it, who can bear the wrath of the Son of Heaven? But I didn't expect the emperor to be so arrogant, what a windfall! ”
Wen Du shook his head disdainfully, and then turned to the ministers, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's about to be lunch time, so please be punished after your lunch." ”
"Thank you, Lord Shen, for your accommodation!" Wang Donglin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward and arched his hand.
As soon as Wendu left, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Donglin, the official of the Ministry of Rites, wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "I'm scared to death of the old man!" Looking at today's posture, I thought it was going to be blood-spilled. It wasn't until he saw the emperor laughing that the old man's heart fell to the ground. ”
The two other squires and principals nodded in agreement.
"It's thanks to Lord Ye. I can't thank you enough! Tang Zongyang, the official of the Hanlin Academy, gave Ye Xun a deep look.
Suddenly, the official who threw the teapot knelt down in front of Ye Xun, "Thank you Lord Ye for saving your life." Immediately afterwards, all the officials kowtowed and made a gesture of gratitude to Ye Xun.
Ye Xun was a little flattered, "Hurry up!" You don't have to. Ye Xun looked at the teacher Lu Heng, who had been silent, "Teacher, you are not hurt, are you?" ”
Lu Heng smiled and shook his head......
As soon as Wen Du entered the study, he knelt on the ground, "Emperor Qiqi, Ye Xun deliberately injured himself just now. He actually deceived the emperor in public, which is really an unforgivable sin. ”
"Oh? Is he trying to make me feel pity on him, so that he can spare the ministers who beat each other? The emperor thought for a moment, "But it's true that he always cares about my safety." There are so many people around me, but he is the only one who saves me from danger. ”
"Your Majesty, your subordinates are not good at saving you, and you deserve death!"
"I don't blame you for the suddenness of the incident. But today, Ye Xun's behavior really moved me. The emperor turned to Wen Du again, "You have never been able to let go of him for so long?" Just now I was thinking that Ye Xun had been doing this for a long time, so I should find him a suitable errand. ”
Ye Xun returned home, Ruolian looked at his tightly wrapped arm, shocked and anxious, "What's the matter?" Injured? How can you get hurt in a place like Hanlin Temple? ”
Ye Xun looked proud, "Don't be nervous, the injury is not serious." I'll tell you that I didn't hurt in vain this time. Earn a fortune! Then Ye Xun told Ruolian what had happened, "I see that this matter can't be finished without two people!" As soon as you had an idea, you deliberately let the porcelain cut your arm. As a result, the big thing was small, and I was rewarded for it. Ah, I don't have to worry about money anymore for a year and a half. ”
Ruolian complained in distress after hearing this, "Don't do this again in the future!" No matter how difficult our family is, we can't rely on you to hurt your body to get by? As for those ministers, their eyes are usually on top of their heads, and they are responsible for their mistakes, and you don't need to care about them. ”
"I know that Madame feels most sorry for me."
"Of course, I don't hurt my own man, who hurts? There must have been a lot of blood, when will the reward arrive? I'm going to buy some delicious food and make it up for you. ”
Within a few days, Ye Xun received the holy decree of transfer, and he went to the military department to be the deputy envoy of the fourth rank under Shangshu and Shilang. Ye Xun breathed a sigh of relief from his heart, feeling that he had finally come out. Although he failed to be a squire like before, in Ye Xun's opinion, he was already an eye-opener, and the bitterness was sweet. The military department was the place where he stayed for a few years, and the personnel and work there were familiar to him, so he felt that he was finally back on track with his life......