Seeing that Shang Cheng's calm expression seemed to be confident, Chen Pu stopped persuading. But still, she worriedly admonished, "You should always be careful." After all, Yang Liehuo has a high prestige in the army, and half of the generals and colonels in the Liyuan camp are his old friends and old troops, if you have a dispute and conflict with him, they are many and powerful, I am afraid that you will suffer......

When Shang Cheng heard this, he knew that she hadn't seen the clue at all, and couldn't help laughing. Yang Du dares to find a helper, so he is not afraid that he will suddenly stop playing? If he doesn't play, he won't have anything to lose, he will still be recuperating, but he will have to spend more time to see how to avoid the chaotic situation in the capital. But once he stops playing, Yang Du's withdrawal from the military will almost enter the countdown, otherwise he will have to put aside decades of grievances and grievances to help Xiao Jian win the battle of the Southern Expedition. Did Yang Duken do this? Apparently impossible. With his own hot face sticking to other people's cold butts, can Yang Du show his face? He spent all his energy and effort to help others earn meritorious deeds, and those generals who followed him could agree? Besides, this matter is originally two people cooperating to make a show, each taking what he needs, and there is no need to distinguish between winners and losers; At most, it's a comparison of who eats fewer flies...... But Chen Pu spoke thoroughly, although his insights were shallow, but his words were all out of sincerity, and he was thinking about him everywhere, and he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart. He put away his smile and opened his mouth to say something, but he felt that he couldn't say anything, and finally nodded solemnly.

Chen Pu also felt very relieved to see that he had accepted his advice. She said happily: "Actually, I also know that you and General Yang are both famous generals in our dynasty, pillar-like figures in the army, not only are their wisdom and tactics unattainable by ordinary people, but the bumps in their chests and their popularity are even more extraordinary. So what I said was in vain. ”

Shoulder to shoulder with Xiao Yang and becoming a pillar in the army are all the ideals of Shangcheng. But he asked himself that there would never be such a possibility in more than ten years, so he regarded Chen Pu's words as an affirmation and encouragement to him. Still, he was thrilled when the encouragement was far more than the affirmative words. This is the first time that anyone has made such a high evaluation of his efforts in person! Even if its essence may be just a few compliments, it still makes him proud and proud!

Trying to restrain the rolling waves in his chest, he looked at her gravely and calmly, and said, "I made a note of it." ”

Chen Pu clapped his hands with a smile and said, "Hey, just patronizing and talking, I forget a real big thing." I have come today, in addition to thanking you, and I would like to invite you to my house. After a pause, she said a little embarrassedly, "I have a banquet for my teacher Mr. Dingyi in the mansion tonight, and I want to invite you to accompany me." ”

"Mr. Dingichi? Is it Chang'an Li Mu? Shang Cheng asked in surprise.

Chen Pu nodded. Mr. Dingyi is famous all over the world, and Shang Cheng must have heard of it, so she is not surprised.

Shang Cheng laughed and said, "I saw him just now. He told him about the incident in Taibai Building, and said, "Even if you don't invite me today, maybe I'll go to him another day." ”

"What are you looking for Mr. Dingyi?" Chen Pu asked curiously. Could it be that Shang Cheng still has arithmetic or astronomical knowledge to ask Mr. Dingyi for advice? She didn't believe it.

"Ask him about someone."

"Inquire about whom?"

"Tian Qingshan, have you heard of it?" Shang Cheng asked. He bought a copy of "Qingshan Manuscript" in a bookstore in Yanzhou that year, and although he lost the book soon after, many of the articles and passages in it left a very deep impression on him, and it gave people a refreshing feeling. In his view, although many of the ideas in the "Qingshan Manuscript" are swayed by the mainstream ideas of this era, and have not completely escaped the limitations of the times, there is no doubt that they all reveal a strong forward-looking and certain guidance, and some ideas even have realistic execution. At that time, he really wanted to get acquainted with Tian Qingshan, the author of this book, but unfortunately he never got his wish. Later, his affairs gradually became more and more numerous, and it was difficult to remember this incident again when he was busy every day; Over time, he almost forgot about Tian Qingshan and "Qingshan Manuscript". If it weren't for the chance to meet Li Mu in Taibai Building today, and from Li Mu's thought that the King of Jinan had mentioned Tian Qingshan that night, maybe he would have really forgotten it......

Chen Pu listened to Shang Cheng's old story after saying that the paragraph of "Qingshan Manuscript" was not old, so he said: "Qingshan is also here tonight." You can ask questions from the books as you like. He said with a smile, "I have the "Qingshan Manuscript" there, and I will send you a copy when I go back, and I can also teach Qingshan to help you inscribe a name on the book." ”

If the title is not named, Shang Cheng doesn't care much; I can't even say what to ask for. He just wanted to get to know this person. He thinks that a person who can jump out of the limitations of the times and look at such a vast world must have its own uniqueness. Being able to get acquainted with such a person can at least broaden your horizons and thoughts.

Now it's almost time for Shen Zheng, maybe the guests have already arrived at her house. Fortunately, her sister Nanyang is also in her house, so she doesn't have to worry about the embarrassment of the guest coming to the door but the host is not at home. Since Shang Cheng agreed to attend as an accompaniment, Chen Pu and he did not delay any longer, and took two or three guards to Chen Pu's Changsha Princess Mansion together.

Ying Bo's mansion is in the northwest of the inner city, but Chen Pu's princess mansion is in the northeast corner of the inner city, and it is necessary to bypass the inner and outer gardens and Daqing Palace outside the city, not only the road is two or three times more than going south to bypass the imperial city and then turn to the northeast, the road is not good, so the two of them will go to the inner city.

When passing by the mansion of Peng Qu, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Chen Pu suddenly said something. She asked Shang Cheng: "Today is a household recitation, have you heard of what happened during the Chongzheng Hall in the morning?" ”

Shang Cheng shook his head. He's a little baffled. Among his acquaintances, only Zhen Xiang and Xue Xun can participate in the household recitation court, but they rarely meet each other once when they have something to do; I am "recuperating" again, where can I go to inquire about the affairs of the court? What's more, he is still a general in the army, and he goes to mix in the affairs of civilian officials, isn't it boring to find it himself? But he also noticed that the Peng Mansion had taken off the plaque, and the archway outside the door had also been torn off, apparently Peng Qu had something to do and was punished by the imperial court.

Chen Pu turned his head and glanced at Peng's mansion and said, "At today's court meeting, the household department has not yet announced the detailed account of this year's treasury revenue and expenditure, and the Yushitai first made a difficult ...... to this Peng Qu."

"Because of what?" Shang Cheng asked curiously.

"It is said that Peng Qu privately enclosed a ten-acre pond into his mansion. One by one, he transgressed the system! ”

Shang Cheng grinned. Trespassing the system, this is a terrible crime, Peng Qu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, has done it, and now it depends on whether the court wants to punish lightly or heavily; The light punishment is to go to the border or go fishing on Qiongzhou Island, and if the heavy sentence is to say the least, it will be stripped of its post and never used for the people. But who is to blame? Who told him to run and build a wall with nothing to do?

He was secretly laughing at Peng Qu's greed for causing a catastrophe, and Chen Pu said:

"Yushitai also proposed that the Yamen seal the file and handover the official documents, stating that three days ago, Peng Qu had been transferred to the door for the transgression of the system, and was secretly instructed by Deputy Prime Minister Dong Quan to detain the official document to Ding Jue in the matter, and secretly informed Peng Qu of the matter, and taught Peng Qu to tear down the wall and destroy the evidence overnight......"

Shang Cheng was stunned. Because he was so surprised, he didn't even hear what Chen Pu said next.

Dong Quan is finished! The northward expansion faction has gone, and the only thing left is how to survive and wait for another day.

However, he was just surprised that Dong Quan was such a smart person, how could he make a big mistake in such a small matter. As for the sudden fall of the Northern Advance faction and the control of the court by the Southern Advance faction, this matter has little to do with him. is what he said to Wang Yi earlier, which civil official dares to stretch out his hand to the army, the fate of Peng Qu in front of him is a similar example, and it will be light to travel 3,000 miles at that time.

At the same time, he also admires Chen Pu. Xiao Jian, Yang Du, and himself, all of them are doing their best, desperately trying to climb up the shore from the big quagmire of the capital, but she can take the big event of Dong Quan's imminent fall as an after-dinner conversation, and she doesn't notice what kind of shock this matter will have. With only this natural composure, the court should also give her a pillar country. Alas, so if there is a gain, there must be a loss, although the princess of Changsha reacts slowly, but she has less heart than others......

When they arrived at the Changsha Princess's Mansion, Li Mu, the guest of honor at tonight's banquet, had already arrived. As Shang Cheng expected, Li Mu's student, Lu Youtian Xiu, really came with him as a guest.

On the way, Shang Cheng had already heard Chen Pu say that she, her sisters Nanyang and Tian Xiu, were actually not really Li Mu's disciples. She and Nanyang had studied arithmetic with Li Mu for two years when they were seven or eight years old, and it made sense to call the teacher, but Tian Xiu humbled himself as a disciple because of Li Mu's older generation. Chen Pu also said that their sisters and Tian Xiu are the real same family, and the three of them are studying under the door of the great Confucian Tian Wang.

Shang Cheng also asked her about Tian Qingshan. But Chen Pu's words flickered and he didn't want to talk more, so he only said that he would naturally introduce them when they met.

Because the guests invited today were not outsiders, Chen Pu arranged the banquet in the warm hall of the atrium. When they walked to the atrium, Nanyang, Li Mu and Tian Xiu all came out of the side room to greet them.

Nanyang knew that Chen Pu was going to thank Shang Cheng and invited him to accompany him, so he had already prepared in his heart, and repeatedly warned himself that he must not be rude when he met his husband. Therefore, when she saw her sister and Shang Cheng turn the moon cave door and walk into the courtyard one after another, she could barely grasp it, bowed to Shang Cheng, opened her mouth and wanted to respect Shang Cheng's title, but her throat was suddenly blocked by something, and she couldn't even make a sound......

Shang Cheng bowed slightly and returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Princess, good evening." "Salute Li Mu again." Mr. Li, let's meet again. "Salute Tian Xiu again." Lord Tian. ”

With the help of several large lanterns hanging under the cornices of the warm hall, Li Mu and Tian Xiu saw Shang Cheng's appearance clearly. It turned out to be him! They were so shocked that they almost forgot to salute. The two of them also talked about Shang Cheng at a friend's banquet at noon, because Shang Cheng said that he had been patrolling everywhere for many years to arrest that female bandit, and they thought that he was the big leader of the fast hunt for murderers and thieves in one of Yan Shanwei's yamen. Therefore, Nanyang told them just now that there was a Shangzhu Guoying county uncle who returned to Beijing from Yanshan during the banquet tonight, and they never imagined that the guest would be Shang Cheng......

After meeting Li Mu Tianxiu, Shang Cheng looked up, and there seemed to be no one else in the back hall, so he looked at Chen Pu with his eyes: You said that you want to help me introduce you to Tian Qingshan, where is the person?

Chen Pu didn't seem to see his inquiring eyes, one called the guests into the warm hall, the other called the steward to ask how the banquet was done, and heard that the wine and food were ready to open at any time, so he took her sister's arm and led everyone into the warm hall with a smile.

There are already five cases in the warm room. Li Mu used to be a professor of Taixue, and also taught Nanyang and Changsha arithmetic, so he sat down in the first seat after two humble sentences. Shang Cheng sat on the second case. Nanyang sat down under him without saying a word; Chen Pu was not good at correcting her sister's rudeness in front of others, so she had to take Tian Xiu to accompany her in the main seat. Fortunately, in Li Mu's eyes, the two sisters were their own disciples, just like Tian Xiu, so they didn't pay much attention to these insignificant details. As for Shang Cheng, he didn't know that there was such a rule at all. Even if he knew it, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, he was turning his head to look for Tian Qingshan everywhere.

But apart from the five of their guests of honor and a few maids and maids, there was no one else in the warm room; There are only five cases. He was a little puzzled, he didn't know if Chen Pu was using Tian Qingshan as bait and coaxing himself to be a companion. Seeing Li Mu lowering his head and slowly arranging the corners of his sleeves, he asked softly, "Mr. Dingyi, I have something I want to ask you about." ”

Li Mu stopped the scrapy work he was doing to grind time, and said with a smile: "Uncle Ying is polite." Please tell us one by one. ”

"I heard that your response to the imperial court's call back to Beijing is not a lonely road. Did Mr. Aoyama return to the capital with you? ”

A flash of surprise flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and his gaze first looked at Tian Xiu. Tian Xiu's expression was more surprised than him, and he looked at Shang Cheng in amazement. Nanyang didn't understand what Shang Cheng suddenly asked Tian Qingshan about, staring at a pair of big confused eyes, first looking at Shang Cheng and then at Tian Xiu and then at Shang Cheng. Only Chen Pu looked at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart, like an old monk sitting calmly, but the corners of his mouth kept curling on both sides, and he couldn't hide his smile anymore. At that moment, Li Mu withdrew his gaze, looked at Shang Cheng and nodded slowly, and said, "That's true." ”

Shang Cheng said happily: "Then can I ask Mr. for something?" ”

"Ying Bo Dan said it's okay."

When he said this, Shang Chengden was overjoyed. Chen Pu is unreliable, but Li Mu is different. Look at how calm the smile of Mr. Dingyi is, listen to how elegant Mr. Dingyi is, not to mention anything else, just this temperament and cultivation, you know that he is a real straight gentleman. He smiled and said, "That's right, when I was in Yanshan in the past, I had the privilege to read several articles by Mr. Aoyama, which were very instructive and touching, and I wanted to make friends with Mr. Aoyama at that time." In the past few years, I have been asking about his whereabouts everywhere, but unfortunately I have always failed to find an accurate and honest faith, and I can't help but think that it is the biggest regret of my life. This time, it was a coincidence, Mr. Dingyi and Mr. Aoyama returned to Beijing together! That's it, I don't know when Mr. is free, can you introduce Mr. Aoyama to me? ”

Li Mu looked him up and down with a strange expression, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Help you introduce it, it's a trivial matter......

Shang Cheng immediately said: "If Mr. has any difficulties, just say it." He originally wanted to say that he could say a few words in front of Zhang Pu, and he could easily plan a good position for Li Mu, but after thinking about it, he felt that it seemed a bit too philistine to do so, so he said, "If Mr. Dingyi is embarrassed, then there is no need to introduce him, just tell me Mr. Qingshan's residence, and I will go to him myself." ”

Li Mu's tone stagnated, he looked at him again with his eyes open, and couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile and said, "This ...... Well, Uncle Ying is really a man of temperament, and this is also ...... Doing things is also very heroic. After a pause, he nodded and said, "From this, it also shows Uncle Ying's sincerity." As he spoke, he raised his head and said, "Mr. Aoyama, this merchant has admired you for a long time, and you still haven't shown up to meet with the merchant prince?" Shang Gong sincerely asks for advice, but you are hiding, this is not a gentleman's doing. He laughed.

Shang Cheng opened his mouth wide and looked at Tian Xiu, who stood up from his seat and saluted him. This is Tian Qingshan? Is that the Tian Qingshan who wrote the "Qingshan Manuscript"? This, how is this possible?!

Chen Pu couldn't hold it anymore, clenched his fists and didn't look over his head to laugh and shook his shoulders. Ever since she heard Shang Cheng talk about "Qingshan Manuscript", she has been waiting for this scene in front of her. Good! Looking at Shang Cheng's stunned appearance, it was really a shame for her to grit her teeth and endure not to tell him the truth!

Ever since he saw Shang Cheng, Nanyang was a little distracted, and he didn't care much about Shang Cheng asking Li Mu about Tian Qingshan, but he just listened to them without saying a word. She doesn't know the ins and outs of the matter, and she doesn't care, and she doesn't think there is anything funny about the matter. Seeing her sister smiling and wiping her tears, she was really unhappy, she didn't dare to blame the teacher. But she couldn't lose her sister's face in the warm hall, so she lowered her head and whispered: "Sir, Yiyi Qingshan is Tian Ping's nickname. ”

Shang Cheng finally reacted. Lu Youtian Xiu, the table word is flat, alias Qingshan......

Seeing that Tian Xiu's face was flushed with laughter from Li Mu and Chen Pu, he was also very embarrassed, and hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, saying, "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry!" I have always asked others about Mr. Aoyama's whereabouts......" He frowned when he saw Tian Xiu hearing the words "Mr. Aoyama", and quickly changed his words, "I'll find someone to inquire about your whereabouts......" At this time, Tian Xiu's brows furrowed even tighter. She was laughed at by Li Mu and Chen Pu, and her face was a little sad. Shang Cheng himself listened awkwardly, so he had to skip this paragraph and say, "...... They didn't tell me, tell me......" he couldn't go on. He estimated that if he dared to say that no one told him that Mr. Aoyama was a woman, Tian Xiu might have to walk away. But what should I say about this apology? Hey, if you know that Tian Xiu is Tian Qingshan, Tian Qingshan is a woman, even if he is killed, he will not ask around!

Fortunately, at this time, the wine and food were delivered.

Shang Cheng didn't say a word, first took a bottle of Yanshan Huo's refined liquor, bowed to Tian Xiu, and sincerely apologized: "I'm really sorry." After speaking, he unsealed the clay bottle, ignored Chen Pu's scolding and stopped, raised his head and drank it in one go, and saluted Tian Xiu, and then sat down.

This kind of refined liquor is a pound per bottle, even if he has a good amount of wine, he feels dizzy when he drinks it in one go, and he slams his head a few times with his eyes stared, and he still feels that the things in front of him are a little blurry.

Chen Pu was in a hurry, and rushed over to blame him first: "You can't drink and still drink!" Then she said to her sister, "Why didn't you stop him?" Then he said to Tian Xiu: "What are you doing?" The general went in and out of the battlefield for the country, and there were many chronic illnesses left on the battlefield, and the doctor repeatedly explained that he could not drink! The most taboo thing about his eye disease is alcohol! She and Nanyang and Tian Xiu are the same age, and they are childhood friends from childhood to adulthood, so there is no taboo about talking to each other.

Shang Cheng's reputation is not good, and there are very few people who know him when he leaves Yanshan. Even Nanyang only knew that he had been a fake governor of Yanshan for two years, and as for what he had done in Yanshan, he basically didn't know anything. Not to mention Li Mu and Tian Xiu, they still heard about Shangcheng from Nanyang. They also thought that Shang Cheng could enter the Shangzhu Kingdom to confer the county uncle, on the one hand, because he had rescued Chen Pu at the beginning, and on the other hand, most of them because of this person's pleasing words and became a minister, and Shang Cheng came up with a clear pretense of confusion, and kept saying what to admire Tian Qingshan...... These inevitably teach them to underestimate and despise in their hearts, but they are just embarrassed and do not show it on their faces. Now that he suddenly heard Chen Pu say that this was a pillar of the country, Qi Qi was shocked. Tian Xiu whispered a word of defense, and Chen Pu's eyes widened at that time:

"Sun Fu? He's a fart in front of Shang Yanshan! ”

Her words are very vulgar, and they are not at all in line with her identity as a princess of Changsha. But it is this vulgar market slang that shows the identity of Shangcheng. Sun Zhongshan is famous all over the world in the first battle, and he is nothing in this Shangzhu country, so you can imagine the status of this Shang Yanshan. As for Shang Cheng's reputation, it is nothing in the eyes of Li Mu and Tian Xiu. Both of them are well-read poetry and books, have more experience and insight, and both know the truth that "only by taking advantage of the situation can a hero become famous". Li Mu came over first and carefully apologized, Tian Xiu even brought a cup of fruit brew and drank it all, she didn't dare to learn from Shang Cheng, and it was a bottle of liquor as soon as she drank it......