The third loft of Xuanyuan Palace is about one and a half wide, and is divided into two rooms before and after by a three-leaf landscape screen. On the east wall of the front room, there are two sets of short chairs for guests to take a break, and on the west wall there is a row of four or five drum stools, and a square table surrounded by eight hollow carved black lacquer seats, facing four large windows facing the south. Outside the window is a five-foot-wide corridor, standing in the corridor by the railing and looking into the distance, the weather of heaven and earth is in full view, but I see the mountains undulating pines and cypresses like ink, the thick shade covers the ground and the heavy peaks surround, there are birds in the forest flying and the crows are dancing, there are grass huts hanging in the mountains looming, with the shadow of the sun to the west, the faint purple mist gushes out in the mountain stream valley, and flows between the valleys......

As soon as Shang Cheng entered the door, he immediately asked the little roadmaid to close the window first. Li Mu's face is still ugly, and Tian Xiu's mood has not stabilized, so he can't let others see and laugh at them!

Waiting for the Taoist servant to offer tea and go out to cover the door, Shang Cheng frowned and glanced at the person who came in with Tian Xiu, and asked Li Mu, "This is ......?"

Only then did Li Mu remember that he should give them a briefing. Alas, he was so dizzy by the popularity that he actually forgot about it! He said: "This is Pingyuan Li Zhe, a temporary teacher, who once studied under Mr. Dongli. One by one, the temporary senior brother, this is the county uncle; You may have heard of it. ”

Li Zhe's face was also very bad, and he met Shang Cheng with a scribe, reluctantly politely said a few words, and then went over to comfort Tian Xiu again.

Tian Xiu sat on the edge of the low desk. Now, her face was no longer a complete red color as it had been before, but it was pale and frightening. Her hands fell to her knees, she tugged at her gown, and sat there motionless, as if she were a lifeless sculpture. She didn't even glance at the tea soup in her hand and Li Zhe beside her, she just stared directly at the wooden wrench under her feet, as if there was no such person at all......

Shang Cheng stared at her deeply, pursed his lips, and turned his gaze away. He hadn't known Tian Xiu for a day or two, and he had also heard from Chen Pu about the origin of the book "Qingshan Manuscript", which Chen Pu had helped her carve wood for publication without telling Tian Xiu. Although Chen Pu soon realized that he had done something wrong and was busy trying to take back the hundreds of books that had been sent out, the impact had already been done, and Tian Xiu's reputation had also been greatly damaged. Because the articles included in the "Qingshan Manuscript" contain some deviant and strange theories, therefore, as soon as it came out, it was immediately besieged by others, and even Tian Xiu's father, Tian Wang, wrote a letter to scold his daughter, and openly said that he did not have this daughter! As a master of Confucianism, Tian Wang's words are not just empty words and threats. In fact, from the time Tian Wang released that sentence, the two father and daughter have never been in contact again, and Tian Xiu has never returned home. Shang Cheng was very sympathetic to Tian Xiu's plight, and at the same time had a certain degree of admiration for her tenacious and strong character. If it weren't for Tian Xiu's constant misunderstanding of him, he would actually be willing to discuss the "Qingshan Manuscript" with Mr. Aoyama. Even, if he was still the governor of Yanshan, he would definitely be willing to set aside a few counties as "experimental fields", and then ask Tian Xiu to practice those views and insights that were regarded as "perverse" in Yanshan......

Except for Li Zhe, no one in the attic room had the heart to speak for a while.

But it wasn't quiet in the attic. Li Zhe has been babbling on and on and on and down something. His voice was so small that it was impossible to hear what he was saying; But his voice was noisy, like a fly and a mosquito whining and buzzing in his ears; The most important thing is that everyone knows that he must be comforting and persuading Tian Xiu, so no matter how annoying his humming and chirping sound is, no one can stand up and shut him up.

In the midst of his distraction, Shang Cheng suddenly heard that something seemed to have fallen to the ground; And it's not the same thing that falls to the ground. The floor makes a subtle clattering sound that is very rhythmic......

But the sound was so faint that he wondered if he had misheard. He glanced at Ran Linde; Ran Linde was also looking at him. Apparently, he had noticed this movement as well.

Shang Cheng became alert in an instant. Is this a harbinger of an earthquake, or is there a possibility that this Xuanyuan Palace will collapse? He held his breath and felt it, but he didn't notice that his feet were shaking, and the tea soup in the porcelain cup was not shaking, and he looked up at the beams and arches of the house, and he didn't see any dust scattered, and it seemed that it was not an earthquake or that the wooden building was in danger. But where do those tiny noises come from?

Ran Linde suddenly gave him a look and motioned him to pay attention to the hem of Tian Xiu's robe.

He immediately noticed that the hem of Tian Xiu's robe was swinging slightly. However, Tian Xiumu sat there with her face on her face and did not move like a wooden statue, and the doors and windows of this attic were all closed, and there was no wind at all, how could the hem of her robe be automatic without wind?

This thought didn't even turn half a circle in his mind, and he found the answer: what the hell, what did those bastards do, and make Tian Xiu so angry?

For the sake of Li Mu and Tian Xiu, he didn't plan to ask what happened just now. But seeing that Tian Xiu was trembling with anger, his fire couldn't be suppressed. Suffering from the sissy plague, Tian Xiu, this girl is both respectful and self-clean, in addition to writing an anachronistic book, and in addition to not treating him well, he removes the two "shortcomings" one by one, he really doesn't know what bad habits and bad things this girl has! He suddenly regretted it. He shouldn't have just let those bastards draw a ......

With a gloomy face, he quietly asked Li Mu, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Li Mu gritted his teeth, shook his head gently, and said bitterly, "Don't ask." Count me as pleading with you, don't ask again......"

"What's going on?"

“…… Aoyama and I shouldn't have come. Li Mu sighed before he spoke, "It's also my fault, I want to help Senior Brother Temporary." Who knows, who knows...... Alas, these are all readers, all readers...... With so many books and so many teachings from the sages, can they all be read into the stomach of a dog? Even if Qingshan, Qingshan she, she ...... They shouldn't, shouldn't...... Alas! He closed his eyes in pain and jerked his face up.

At the moment when he raised his head, Shang Cheng noticed that there were tears in the corners of Li Mu's eyes.

Fuck him! Shang Cheng's stomach immediately rolled a foul word. Although Li Mu's words were intermittent and incompatible, he still heard seven or eight points. There is no need to ask, it must be those people who despise Tian Xiu between their words and demeanors, and even humiliate Li Mu. As for what those people said and how they did it, does this still need to be asked? can make Li Mu so angry that he cried, it can be seen how bad and poisonous these guys are!

He stood up suddenly, walked to the door in three steps and two steps, and opened the door of the attic and roared: "Li Feng! ”

Li Fengzheng was about to come to confess with a few confessions, and when he heard his greeting, he generally reflexively stood up with his legs and crossed his arms to his chest: "My post is here!" ”

"Are those guys gone?" Shang Cheng asked. didn't wait for Li Feng to answer, and immediately said, "If you leave, I'll catch it again!" One by one, you immediately send these guys to the prison of the Ministry of War! Warn the people of Xiyue Temple, if anyone dares to let these bastards come out, I will demolish the military prison! ”

Li Mu thought back to all kinds of bells just now, and was so sad that he couldn't help himself, and suddenly heard him command, he was immediately full of excitement, and hurriedly grabbed it and said, "Zida! Zida! You can't do that! Absolutely not! These people are either too students or children from all over the country, and two of them are the children of the Jiangnan Wang clan, not to mention that the article is quite famous, the teacher is still a Shilin leader, if you deal with them like this, their teachers, family and friends will definitely not rest with you! If you do this, you will be caught! When the time comes, I'm afraid that you will not be able to get out easily if you are in the Shangzhu Kingdom! ”

Tian Xiu's heart was both grateful and worried. She also wanted to stand up and persuade Shang Cheng, but she couldn't exert any strength in her body; I wanted to open my mouth to say two words, but I couldn't make the slightest sound when I opened my mouth. She could only look at Shang Cheng with pleading eyes: No, no, no......

Shang Cheng didn't listen to them at all. He can't kill the king of Donglu Valley, he can't kill the people of Tudu, and he can't repay his blood and hatred, this is the time and the situation, the situation of the court is there, and he has no choice; But if he can't even deal with these flies in front of him, and even such a bird can only grit his teeth and endure it, then what else does he have to do in this Shangzhu country? He waved his hand, sneered and said, "They have teachers and friends, so they dare to open their mouths and bite people?" Don't you have friends too? ”

Li Mu originally wanted to say that his friends and teachers were all characters who paid equal attention to morality and articles, and it was impossible for him to stand up and bark and bite these people, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that the "friends" that Shang Cheng was referring to were himself. For a while, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was a little speechless when he choked up.

But he still tried hard to persuade Shang Cheng that he must not send those people to the military prison. In any case, this is also a personal grudge; The military prison is a public weapon; Dealing with private grievances with public weapons is an unjust prison, even if it can relieve the momentary anger in the heart, it is a bad reputation to spread it. What's more, Shang Cheng's own situation is not good, on the one hand, he and Zhang Pu have opinions about each other, on the other hand, he and Xiao Jian, Yang Du and Yan Gu are not dealing with each other, if he gives this handle to the opponent, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Shang Cheng to have an end......

Tian Xiu looked at Shang Cheng with blank eyes and nodded vigorously. She agreed with Li Mu. It's not that she doesn't want to do anything to those people, it's that she can't. The career is sinister and the sea is hard, she can't watch Shang Cheng suffer a big loss because of her own affairs!

Listening to Li Mu's "truth" and seeing that Tian Xiu was still nodding vigorously, Shang Cheng couldn't help but laugh. Simple-minded people like Li Mu and Tian Xiu should actually go to study with peace of mind, why do they have to accompany Zhang Pu and Zhu Xuan to do something to curb land annexation? However, the care and concern for himself shown in their words made him feel warm in his heart. Although the possibilities they said did not exist at all, and it was impossible for him to be defeated by such a thing, he could realize that their concern for him was sincere and sincere from the bottom of his heart......

He had no choice but to explain to them: "I am not creating any unjust imprisonment, but I want to seriously investigate their motives for spying on military secrets." Just now you have also heard the words of General Linde, they have committed the crime of visiting the army, and they must be punished. As for whether there will be people who will cry out for them, it would be best if there were grievances one by one. We're trying to find out who's behind them. ”

Li Mu's mouth opened wide in surprise. He also thought that it was a reason that Ran Linde casually made up, but he didn't know that it was true.

Ran Linde was also confused.

"I'm talking about astronomical telescopes. What I'm talking to you about is the telescope. It is not only of great use in astronomical observation, but also in military use. This is very important for our military construction in Dazhao, so it must be kept secret. Shang Cheng said. He even figured out why. Everyone doesn't work in the same yamen, and it's not easy to see each other in ordinary times, so he took the opportunity of mid-autumn to invite Master Li, the former Shaoqing of the Taishi Bureau, and Lord Tian of the Ministry of Industry to come to the Yellow Lantern Temple to make preliminary contact and discuss how to cooperate between the various yamen......