Liu Heng was very concerned about the things that Kou Ji entrusted to Liu Heng, and when he left Kou's mansion, he rushed to the Vientiane pawnshop.

Kouji's approach proved to be effective.

An hour later.

He didn't dare to go to Kou Zhun's bedroom, for fear that Kou Zhun would find out and punish him.

Instead, he hid in a side room and asked the servants of the palace to help him call Kou Ji.

When Kou Ji arrived at the wing, he saw that Kou Li was like a child who had done something wrong, with his head down, rubbing his hands, and walking around the wing.

"Daddy......"

Kou Ji arched his hand at Kou Li and shouted.

Kou Li was very excited to see Kou Ji.

He raised his head, looked at Kou Ji, and opened his mouth excitedly, but he didn't speak.

Kou Ji took a closer look at Kou Li and found that after not seeing him for a long time, Kou Li had actually blessed a lot, and it could be seen that the food had been good in recent days.

It's just that there is a little red light missing on his face, and he looks a little pale.

Kou Ji tugged at the corners of his mouth, he estimated that the reason why Kou Li's face was so pale must be related to Liu Heng.

Liu Heng probably scared him a lot.

"Ji'er, ah......"

Kou Li finally opened his mouth, his voice shaking.

Kou Ji asked, "Dad, what do you command?" ”

Kou Li's gaze lingered on Kou Ji for a long time before he opened his mouth and asked, "That...... I heard for my father that you have a part in the pawnshop in Vientiane? ”

Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this, thinking in his heart.

Kouli was lying to him.

Immediately, he nodded seriously and said, "There are some elements, but there are not many of them." Dad, what do you ask for? ”

Hearing this, Koli's face turned pale.

On the way back to the house, he faintly had some small expectations in his heart, hoping that Liu Heng would lie to him by what he said at the Vientiane pawnshop.

But now that he heard Kou Ji's words, it was confirmed that Liu Heng was not lying, and the little hope in his heart was gone.

The debt of 2,000 guan is not a small amount for Kou Li.

He didn't have Kou Ji's means of turning stones into gold, and he didn't dare to go to Kou's account office to withdraw a large amount of money, so he could only find a way to pay it back slowly.

He is still too a student, and he has no official status, nor does he have any regular income, and his monthly expenses are all paid from the Kou Mansion's account.

With his little monthly money, how long will he have to save to pay off the debt of 2,000 yuan?

For a moment, Kouli felt that life was full of gloom.

also secretly regretted that he had squandered in the green building.

Seeing Kou Li's pale face, Kou Ji secretly smiled in his heart, but asked with concern, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Why is your face so pale? ”

Kou Li barely squeezed out a smile on his face, waved his hand, and said vaguely: "It's nothing ......"

Kou Li didn't tell Kou Ji about the Vientiane Pawnshop, nor did he ask Kou Ji to help repay the money, which made Kou Ji feel a little surprised.

Looking at what he meant, he was probably embarrassed to say this, and wanted to repay these two thousand debts by himself.

Kou Ji knew that Kou Li was definitely not happy now, and he didn't chase after him to get to the bottom of it.

He persuaded softly: "Dad, grandfather fainted, you are not guarding the house, waiting in front of your grandfather's bed, someone has already started gossiping." If you lose a reputation for unfilial piety because of this, you won't be able to stay in Bianjing City in the future.

Hurry up and go to your grandfather's bed with the child to keep guard, maybe your grandfather will see that your filial piety is commendable, and he can increase your monthly income. ”

Kou Ji's words went to Kou Li's heart, and what he lacked now was money.

Although he was afraid of seeing Kou Zhun in his heart, in order to repay the huge debt, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Let's go...... Go to your grandfather's bedroom......"

Kou Ji smiled silently, and was pulled out of the room by Kou Li, and rushed to Kou Zhun's bedroom.

The father and son walked a few steps, and Kou Li suddenly paused, turned his head sideways and said, "Recently...... That Liu Heng didn't come to the house to look for you, did he? ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, guessed the intention of Kou Li's question, and shook his head.

Seeing this, Kou Li seemed to relax a lot, and he seriously told Kou Ji: "Ji'er, in this Bianjing City, there are many fish and snakes, you have to be careful." Especially Liu Heng's kid, my father heard that that kid is a famous gentleman in Bianjing City, and he is very bad, so you don't have much to do with him.

He's going to look for you in the house, and you'd better not see him. ”

Kou Ji was stunned and stunned, crying and laughing in his heart.

He didn't expect that Kou Li had been in the Vientiane pawnshop for a month, and he hadn't figured out his hardcore relationship with Liu Heng.

Kou Ji originally thought that Kou Li was going to ask him about his relationship with Liu Heng, so he also prepared a set of rhetoric for this purpose, intending to explain to him the truth that relationship is relationship, money is money, and cannot be mixed up.

Now it seems that Bai is ready.

"The child wrote down ......"

Kou Ji held back a smile in his heart, casually coped with it, and followed Kou Li to Kou Zhun's bedroom.

When the father and son arrived at Kou Zhun's bedroom, the officials had already left.

Kou Zhun didn't know what Kou Li had done, so when he saw Kou Li, he didn't blame him, but just said casually, "You're back?" ”

Kou Li hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Dad, my son is back......

"Hmmm......"

"Your condition ......"

"Out of the way......"

"You can ......"

“……”

Kou Li eagerly inquired about Kou Zhun's condition, and Kou Zhun just dealt with it casually without saying a word.

Seeing this, Kou Ji shook his head and exited the bedroom.

Judging from Kou Zhun's performance towards Kou Li, Kou Zhun seems to have been disappointed in Kou Li and doesn't intend to care about him.

Kou Li has not been sent back to his hometown in Huazhou by Kou Zhun until now, mostly because of Kou Ji.

……

A few days after that.

Kou Li has been staying in front of Kou Zhun's bed and taking care of Kou Zhun in a proper manner.

Kou Ji had nothing to do.

The of the beggar bones handed over by Kou Zhun was quickly approved.

When Zhao Heng was sober, he specially approved it.

As Kou Ji said, it was absolutely impossible for Zhao Heng to let Kou Zhun beg for bones at this time.

The reply he gave to Kou Zhun was only two words.

Not allowed!

Not only that, but he also granted Kou Zhun a long vacation, allowing Kou Zhun to recuperate at home in the name of Zaizhi.

In addition, a large number of precious medicinal herbs and supplements were specially given.

Liu E and Ding Wei are the two of them, for this reason, they have not been slandered in Zhao Heng's ears, but Zhao Heng is like eating a scale, his heart is as hard as iron.

After Kou Zhun got the recital approved by Zhao Heng and the reward given by Zhao Heng, he laughed three times, and then wrote a memo of gratitude and threw it into the palace.

Kou Zhun was on a beggar skeleton, and instead of being dismissed for this, he stabilized his position.

This made the jaws drop of a group of people who were waiting to see his downfall.

Liu E and Ding Wei have been planning for a long time, waiting for Kou Zhun to be greedy for power, so they can take the opportunity to organize impeachment and expel Kou Zhun from Bianjing City in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Kou Zhun just wrote a simple letter to make their plan fall into vain.

The two of them counted Kou Zhun all over in the capital hall, but they were helpless to take Kou Zhun.

In the end, I can only focus on other people.

They were afraid that Kou Zhun would suddenly recover from his illness and make all their plans go to waste, so they began to race against time to seize power.

First, the three envoys were dismissed.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhibai was also transferred out of Bianjing.

Wang Shu's position in the Ministry of Officials is also in jeopardy.

Some people have begun to impeach him, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that after Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai, the next person to be dismissed and transferred is Wang Shu.

Wang Shu, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai also struggled.

In order to stabilize their position, they united a group of people to write to help them speak, but it had no effect at all.

Kou Zhun also took three recitals to help the three of them speak, without exception, all of them were detained by the inner court without any approval.

After Kou Zhun fell, Liu E reopened his mouth to govern.

She and Ding Wei joined forces to occupy the right to speak in the inner court.

Although Li Di also has the right to speak in the inner court, he is alone, and he has no chance of winning against two people.

Although Kou Zhun still retains the right to speak in the inner court, he can't appear in the inner court, and he can only pass it to the inner court in the form of a twist and turn when he thinks about it.

And the right to approve the fold is in Liu E's hands.

Liu E took a disregard for Kou Zhun's twists and turns.

She expected that Kou Zhun would not appear in the Shishitang, so she ignored Kou Zhun's play, and Kou Zhun was helpless against her.

For this reason, Kou Zhun angrily scolded in the house.

He scolded Liu E, Ding Wei, and himself.

When you scold yourself, most of them complain that your body is not angry.

Wang Shu struggled several times, and there were more and more twists and turns in his impeachment, and seeing that his official position was about to be unkempt, he hurriedly ran to Kou Mansion to discuss countermeasures with Kou Zhun.

Kou Ji also wanted to listen to it, but he didn't expect Kou Zhong to suddenly come to report that Liu Heng was visiting.

Kou Ji could only go to see Liu Heng first.

When Kou Ji arrived at the side hall, Liu Heng was already waiting for him inside for a stick of incense.

Seeing Kou Ji, Liu Heng hurriedly came over and said to Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, the criminal officer has decided." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Who?" ”

Liu Heng said solemnly: "The person you are most worried about." ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Xia Zhu? ”

Liu Heng nodded, and said in a deep voice: "My aunt and Ding Xiang are in charge, and let Xia Zhu concurrently serve as the deputy privy envoy and the criminal officer. ”

Kou Ji secretly clenched his fists and groaned, "It seems that Xia Zhu has taken refuge in your aunt......"

Liu Heng nodded and said, "It's not just Xia Zhu......"

Kou Ji was stunned, "Who else?" ”

Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "There is also Lu Yijian, the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Kou Ji's face sank, and he said in a heavy tone: "This is a character...... The two generations of the Lu family have been operating in the court for many years, so they have many friends. If he takes refuge with your aunt, it means that a large number of officials have taken refuge with your aunt. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and asked, "It stands to reason that he should take refuge in your aunt, he should be quiet, how do you know?" ”

Liu Heng smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, I can know that this matter has something to do with you." ”

"Something to do with me?"

Kou Ji was a little stunned.

Liu Heng nodded heavily and explained, "The news that you are not welcomed in the Kou Mansion has been spread to the palace. This morning, my aunt sent a message to me.

When I entered the palace, I met Chen Lin, who reminded me vaguely. ”

"That old poison?"

Liu Heng mentioned Chen Lin, and Kou Ji lost his mind a little.

He didn't expect that Chen Lin would remind him at this critical time.

After a while, Kou Ji slowly came back to his senses and asked, "What did your aunt do when she recruited you into the palace?" ”

Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji with a complicated expression and said, "My aunt knows that you are not well received in Kou Mansion, so she asked me to come over as a lobbyist." ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji frowned slightly.

The so-called unpopularity must be related to the scene where Wang Kou and Wang Yuan had trouble in Kou Zhun's bedroom before.

Among the outsiders present at that time, there was only one imperial doctor.

Now it seems that the imperial doctor must be Liu E's person.

You'll have to be on guard in the future.

Kou Ji was vigilant in his heart, and asked, "She wants to recruit me?" ”

Liu Heng nodded and said, "I also made a heavy bet." ”

Kou Jiba clicked his lips and said with a smile: "Won't it be a bit child's play to recruit me at this time?" ”

"Child's play?"

"It's child'...... fun"

Liu Heng frowned and fell into deep thought.

It's okay that Kou Ji didn't mention it, but when Kou Ji mentioned it, he also noticed that something was wrong.

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "What heavy bet did she make?" ”

Liu Heng came back to his senses and said seriously: "My aunt asked me to reveal to you vaguely, saying that if you are willing to leave the Kou Mansion and join her, she can ensure that you enter the inner court in the year of knowing your fate." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, clicked his mouth, and said with emotion: "I thought she really wanted to recruit me, but I didn't expect it to be a stone to ask for directions." When I was a child, I played a random chess move! If I had said yes, she would have looked at me like a fool. ”

Liu Heng was puzzled: "What is the doorway here?" ”

Kou Ji said quietly: "I am a civil official, not a military general. If I dare to break away from the Kou Mansion, I will not be able to escape from the reputation of unfilial piety. Civil officials pay attention not only to political performance, but also to reputation. Once the word unfilial piety appears in my file, let alone entering the inner court at that time, it is difficult to say whether I can be an official or not. ”

Kou Ji shook his head and sighed: "Your aunt is trying to recruit me, obviously trying to harm me." ”

Kou Ji thought about it for a while, and then said, "While harming me, she also wants me to help her pave a way." ”

"What way?"

"The way to break up my grandfather's henchmen...... If I betrayed my grandfather, my grandfather's henchmen would be much easier to recruit. ”

"So ruthless?"

Liu Heng's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous.

Kou Ji shook his head and said lightly: "This is nothing ......"

Liu Heng opened his mouth wide and said in astonishment: "This is nothing? ”

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and smiled indifferently, "I have a way to deal with it." ”

Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji, stunned for a long time, and said in amazement: "You want to take revenge and go back?" ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and said, "How dare I." Your aunt is the queen......"

"And what can you do about it?"

Liu Heng pursed his lips, feeling that Kou Ji was playing tricks on him.

Kou Ji grinned, "I'm just going to agree to her solicitation." ”

Liu Heng was stunned.

"Knowing that my aunt wants to harm you, you still agree to her solicitation?"

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "There's nothing I can't agree to, as long as she can agree to my conditions." ”

"On what terms?"

"As long as she agrees to let me enter the palace again and accompany the prince to study, I don't mind being recruited by her."

When Liu Heng heard this, he opened his mouth wide, and was stunned in place for a long time, unable to say a word.

What is the purpose of Kou Jiti's condition, Liu Heng can guess.

Liu E wanted to use Kou Ji to break up Kou Zhun's henchmen.

Kou Ji planned to borrow Zhao Zhen to disintegrate their mother and son.

"You're worse than my aunt......"

Liu Heng was stunned for a long time, then came back to his senses and sighed.

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