In the past few days, Su Ang, Qiu Xiao and Lu Ming have been discussing in the wooden house every day, and the content of the conversation has covered many aspects, including the current situation, but the most is about astrological divination. Wang Yizi also talked about this kind of academic Su Ang when he was in the mountains, but maybe Wang Yizi felt that it was not very useful, so he just said a few words and did it hastily.

Seven days passed in a hurry, Su Ang took the two out of Qiling, bought a horse and a carriage in the market, and the few of them went to Fulin County, Dongzhou. Su Ang had long heard of the name of Qi Sheng, a talented man from Fulin, and he wanted to visit this talented man on this trip.

Fulin County is located in the northeast of Dongzhou, close to the Baise people, which is also the border of Zhao State, and the people are simple.

Su Ang and the three of them crossed the Woer River, entered Dongzhou, changed into a carriage, mounted a horse, and went straight to Fulin County. In less than three days, they arrived at the city of Fulin County.

Although the county town of Fulin is not as majestic as the two cities of Mobei and Monan, it is even taller because it stands on a plain.

Su Ang and Lu Ming rode on both sides, and Qiu Xi's carriage walked in the middle. The armor at the gate of the city came to check, and Su Ang took out the travel token and let him go.

There were notices posted on the city walls, and few people watched, and Su Ang thought that it was a new decree implemented by the government, so he didn't pay attention to it.

Qi Mansion is easy to find, located in the middle of the most prosperous market street, a large courtyard, the courtyard wall has a few branches climbing on the blue glazed tiles to stretch out of the courtyard. The painted red door was tightly closed.

Su Ang stepped up the steps, pulled the knocker, and after a while, the door opened, and a middle-aged man dressed as a servant poked his head out.

Su Ang arched his hand and said: "Shunzhou Su Ang came to visit Qi Sheng Qi Gongzi, I don't know if I can report it." ”

The man glanced at Su Ang twice, then at Qiu Xi and Lu Ming behind him, and then said "Wait a minute, I'll go and report" and then closed the door.

Su Ang, Qiu Xi, and Lu Ming waited together. Finally, there was a sound of walking in the courtyard, the door opened, and a young man in his twenties walked out, the man had a white face, about six feet tall, dressed in a dark long robe, and a blue headband pulled his hair into a bun, dressed as a standard scholar. This person is Qi Sheng.

Qi Sheng said: "There are distinguished guests who come to the door, but they can't welcome them from afar, and they are disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, we are all idle people, how can we call it a distinguished guest." Su Ang and the others clasped their fists and returned the salute.

"Please."

Several people walked into the courtyard together, only to see that the courtyard is quite elegant and quiet, the long corridor connects the gate to the main hall, the rest of the place is grass and trees, there is only a stone road in the middle to go to the wooden pavilion in the courtyard, there is a round stone table in the middle of the wooden pavilion, and there are stone benches around it.

Su Ang was secretly surprised in his heart, he heard earlier that this Qi family was a wealthy businessman, but he couldn't see a trace of luxury, but it was full of ancient and antique scholarly atmosphere, and there was a certain truth to the fact that he could produce a well-known talent in the world.

Qi Sheng took Su Ang and the three to the main hall. This main hall is not very large, and there are bronze lampholders around it, and a lotus oil lamp is placed on each lampholder. On the right-hand side is a desk with stacks of books. Behind the wall stands a huge bookshelf, almost blocking the entire back wall.

Several people sat down as guests of honor, and after introducing themselves one by one, Qi Sheng asked: "How many people came here and don't know what to teach each other?" Qi Sheng knows what he knows, and he will tell the truth. ”

"It's rude to come to visit you today after hearing the name of the king for a long time," Su Ang replied, "I only came to visit Your Excellency, and I didn't dare to say anything about it." ”

"It's all rumors, my reputation is really not true," Qi Sheng raised his hand lightly and beckoned his subordinates to bring tea, "Please, there is no good wine in the house, you can only replace wine with tea, I hope you are not strange." ”

It's another politeness.

"I don't know why Mr. didn't go to the Imperial City to seek a half-official position?" Su Ang put down the teacup and asked.

Qi Sheng: "I went to the Imperial City some time ago and experienced the pattern of law changes. In my humble opinion, this change is difficult to achieve. ”

Su Ang was shocked in his heart and asked, "Sir, now that the pattern of law change is clear, how can it be difficult to succeed?" And the people of the world will respond, it's a foregone conclusion. ”

Su Ang didn't believe Qi Sheng's words, after all, if you want to see the current situation, this change is really smooth, the monarch and the ministers are single-minded, and after a while, the people will completely adapt to the new law, then there will be no problem for decades forever. But there must be a reason for Qi Sheng to say this.

"Fang Jin's new monarch ascended the throne, the old nobles began to move, if the emperor can't sort out the statutes of the new law, he will definitely not be able to keep the new law, and then the new law will die, the nobles will be restored, and they will regain power, and it will be a bloody storm." Qi Sheng said helplessly.

"A new monarch succeeds to the throne? When did this happen? Su Ang tried his best to restrain himself, which was what he was most worried about.

"Don't you know? This matter was three months ago, the emperor suddenly collapsed, and I heard that the edict was read by the young master Huang. Some of these things make me puzzled, it was rumored earlier that Uncle Yang often had secret discussions with the emperor, and it stands to reason that this edict should be read by Uncle Yang, but who knows that it was read by Huang Gongfu. In this way, isn't this Uncle Yang not as rumored by the outside world?

The new monarch succeeded to the throne and seemed to have taken away many rights from Uncle Yang's hands. However, now the emperor is said to be young, but the city is very deep, and he is not an easy person, so I think he will understand the new law. ”

Hearing these words, Su Ang already had a plan to return to the imperial city, but what could he do when he went back? What can I do to help my brother? Su Ang calmed down and asked again: "What does Mr. think Uncle Yang thinks if he withdraws at this time?" ”

Qi Sheng was also secretly looking at Su Ang, and it was not difficult to know from what he had just seen that he must have some relationship with Uncle Yang, but what Qi Sheng didn't expect was that Su Ang quickly cleaned up his emotions, which made Qi Sheng can't help but look at Su Ang twice.

"I'm afraid it's not easy, Uncle Yang's prestige is great, ancient and modern are hard to find, if the emperor wants to keep it, then Uncle Yang is fine, if he wants to resign, he will resign, and if he wants to continue to be in the court, no one can shake it. But as far as I know, the current emperor doesn't want to be just a master of success, so he must leave Uncle Yang alone, provided that he has a little prestige, not more than Uncle Yang, but it must be about the same, otherwise the government and the opposition only know Yang, but not the government. Obviously, the emperor can't use the old nobles to establish prestige, and it will shake the country's foundation, so he can only learn from King Qin's treatment of Shang Jun. ”

Su Ang only felt a burst of discouragement, he couldn't help Uncle Yang at all in the affairs of the court, could he only watch his senior brother end up like that? That's it, it's the creation of Senior Brother Quannai.

"Sir's words are thorough, which makes me admire, but Uncle Yang's prestige is not so easy to shake, the emperor wants to be unfavorable to him, isn't he afraid that the people of the world will not agree?"

"The people of the world are far away from the court, and by the time they know about this, I am afraid that time has passed. I'm afraid that the important ministers in the court will be sent away in a short time. If the government handles it properly, everything will be worry-free, and if there is a little mistake in the government, it will be doomed. ”

Several people sat in the Qi family's mansion for five consecutive days, and Su Ang and Qi Sheng chatted about the current situation and the direction of the future, and even where there were the most heroes. These days, it's a bad Lu Ming, they can't understand a word of what they say, they used to go out to hunt or something when they were riding the ridge, and they could only sit here.

Qiu Xiao is okay, he has advanced to Qiling for five years, and only now has he completely come out, and he just heard Qi Sheng say that the new monarch will succeed to the throne and give amnesty to the world, and he will be able to walk out openly in the future, which makes him feel a lot happier in his heart. Qiu Xiao was confident that if he hadn't had these five years, his reputation would not be much worse than Qi Sheng's, so he had the idea of competing with Qi Sheng to learn.

On this day, several people sat under the wooden pavilion in the courtyard. Although it is late autumn, the weather is acceptable, not too cold, and the breeze is blowing. Coupled with the fact that the sun was shining on the day, it was extremely comfortable.

Several people were drinking tea, and suddenly, Qiu Xiao stood up and said: "In the past, Cao Zijian made "Luo Shen Fu", I don't know if the public knows what this Luo Shen is? ”

Qi Sheng was stunned for a moment, and understood in his heart that this was his desire to consider himself, and it was rumored in the world that Cao Zijian wrote "Luo Shen Fu" to praise the beauty of Luo Shen, but in fact he was praising his sister-in-law Concubine Zhen.

Qi Sheng smiled slightly and replied: "Cao Zijian has already said in the text, saying: The ancients had a saying, the god of water, and the name is Concubine Mi. Then there was another saying: The emperor said: 'The minister heard the god of Heluo, and his name is Concubine Mi. Therefore, the god of Luo he said should be the god of Heluo, Concubine Mi. I don't know why? ”

Qiu Xiao smiled "hehe": "Yes, yes, I also think about it, but this statement is one-sided, this statement comes from Qu Zi's "Tianwen": "The emperor descended to Yiyi, and the people of Xia were reformed." Hu shoots the husband and the uncle, and the wife is a concubine? In this way, Cao Zijian's Luo Shen is very different from Qu Zi's Luo Shen, a beautiful and knowledgeable etiquette, which makes people have endless reverie; One is obedient and rude, although beautiful but lascivious. Therefore, I would like to ask, what is the shape of Luoshen, I hope to know. ”

"It's all written in books, but is it true? Besides, who has seen Concubine Mi in ancient and modern times, they are all speculating. Therefore, if the concubine is not, the people are not the same, and they are not the same, the king of Chu has a thin waist, and the upper and lower parts of the country have a thin waist and ears. Some people are so fat and beautiful, but it is difficult for those who are thin and slender to get into the eyes. It is also the human heart. Concubine Mi's appearance is very beautiful, how beautiful? The most beautiful one in your heart. ”

Su Ang clapped his hands and applauded: "Second, second, people's hearts are very different, how can there be any conclusion, most people in the world yearn to see the beauty of Xizi, but they don't know that Xizi is always heartbroken." Is there a perfect one? In my heart, just like now I and a few others are sitting here drinking tea peacefully, talking about the past and the present, and the future generations seem to be just pale days. ”

Qiu Xiao and Qi Sheng nodded, thoughtful, and suddenly, Lu Ming said softly: "Well, I'm starving, and I can't eat it when I talk about it!" ”

A few people laughed, it turned out that it was late, the sun had disappeared into the sky, and the clouds were illuminated by the sun's afterglow extremely red, as if soaked in blood, which made people feel uneasy.