In the guest room in the front yard, Chao Cuo, accompanied by his younger brother Zhang Zhi, received a visit from his future son-in-law Luan Yi.

In Han Rui's eyes, the slender eyebrows and big eyes sitting at the top of the house, with a high nose and thin lips; The chin has the long hair that was most popular among Han Shi Shi doctors.

The eyes that seemed to be ancient and modern without waves were extremely deep, and they glanced at Han Rui from time to time, making Han Rui feel huge mental pressure: it was obviously just a casual sweep, but it made people feel as if they had been scanned from head to toe!

Shrugged his shoulders uncomfortably, Han Rui still looked at Chao Cuo with interest - how rare it is to single-handedly challenge the lord of the whole world!

Originally, he just subconsciously glanced at Han Rui's mistake, and saw that his gaze did not dodge in the slightest, and his face was calm, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his gaze at Luan Yi gradually softened: "I heard that my nephew just went to Chang'an on his front foot, and his back foot was assassinated by gangsters, I am ashamed~"

In his tone, it was as if he had no idea about this matter before, and he had never seen Luan Yi.

Han Rui was assassinated on the street that day, Luan Yi took him to the palace to sue the emperor, and Chao Cuo was on the side - when His Majesty broke the tea cup, Chao Cuo was cut on his cheek by the flying debris, and now the wound is still hanging on his left forehead!

Luan Yi didn't seem to be surprised, and continued with the words: "Xu is a younger generation, or his grandfather is contemptible, which has aroused Chang'an's jealousy; A little little thing, tired Uncle Shi is worried..."

Watching the two singing and playing dumb riddles, Han Rui has a thorough understanding of the cheekiness of politicians - the cheeks are not as thick as the Great Wall, so don't think about politics!

See what these two are doing?

Chao Cuo said that he was ashamed, as if he had taken the blame on his head, and secretly he was showing his identity - he was in charge of the ministers in the affairs of the central government.

Forget it, he has been in politics for decades, and he is called 'Emperor Wen's Double Heroes' by later generations and Jia Yi, but what is the matter with Luan Yi?

The martial artist with thick eyebrows, big eyes and big brainless eyes is actually here to do this?

In his words, he took retreat as advance, and directly attributed his murder to: his grandfather has great credit, he is young and promising, and he is envied!

If someone travels back to the Han Dynasty to sell his face, he will definitely go bankrupt countless times: because the people here are so shameless!

These two are future sons-in-law, and Luan Yi is just here to pay a visit; And not a political enemy!

But he didn't know that the reason why Chao Cuo wanted to see Luan Yi was to see if his future son-in-law had obtained the true inheritance of his ancestors and had enough ability to protect his daughter.

The reason is very simple - Luan Yi, who has high hopes for Luan Bu and is regarded as the heir to the mantle, has an almost perfect background, and there is only one thing left to determine whether he can make a difference in the future.

Political sensitivity.

When your grandfather is respected by the emperor and the first emperor, and Emperor Gao also praises the elders of the three dynasties, and has excellent achievements (Wuxun), he is fully capable of paving a broad road for you.

And the road that Luan Bu paved for his grandson can be seen from his height of more than seven feet, as well as the chest muscles of the D cup - everything with martial arts!

With such a prominent family background, good personal martial arts, and close ties to the royal family, political sensitivity is the final piece of the puzzle needed for success.

As for the appearance and behavior...

Come on, this is pre-AD!

These things, can't you guess them by looking at Luan Bu?

There is no need to specially summon people from the clouds thousands of miles away to meet each other in order to see this.

Luan Yi said, chuckled and took a sip of the tea on the table, and looked at Chao Cuo with a humble face.

Looking at Chao Cuo again, although his complexion has not changed, his hand naturally touched his beard and nodded secretly, which should be quite satisfied.

After listening to the two of them talking about two dumb riddles in the clouds, Luan Yi said goodbye abruptly and took Han Rui away.

Sitting in the carriage, Luan Yi hummed an unknown tune easily, and his mood was very happy.

When he lifted the curtain, he found that Han Rui, who was riding a horse, was looking at him with surprise on his face.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Luan Yi stopped the carriage, took the reins from Zheng Zhong's hand, and rode his horse with Han Rui.

"If you have something to say~ Don't look at the old smash with perverted eyes like this~"

Finally able to see Han Rui's indifferent expression, Luan Yi's evil breath was vented in his heart.

Han Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "Who are you?" ”

"Say, where did Luan Yi's stupid boy hide by you?"

has a measured demeanor and deep meaning, how can this be the big-breasted man Han Rui knows?

When Luan Yi heard this, he held his sullen breath in his chest and looked at Han Rui speechlessly.

Shrugging his shoulders, Han Rui stopped teasing Luan Yi: "What's going on today?" ”

"Didn't we see your father-in-law? How did it look like a political negotiation? ”

With a long breath, Luan Yi pretended to look into the distance: "This is the sorrow of being born in the family of an official eunuch~"

Han Rui really didn't want to listen to Luan Yi's pretending speech, so he asked again: "I probably guessed that Chao Nei was going to test you, but I really didn't understand what you two said..."

Hearing this, Luan Yi became upright: "It seems that you are right." ”

"This matter is really going to end here..."

The internal officials are not so much the spokesperson of the Legalists in the court, but the 'black gloves' of the emperor Liu Qi, and the reflection of his will in the court.

Those suggestions and strategies that are obviously inconsistent with the political ideas of the Legalists, but are still wrongly put forward, are basically things that Liu Qi wants to do, but it is difficult for you to speak in person as the Son of Heaven.

For example, the Legalists advocated that everything about the common people should be monitored by the government; In the same way, officials should be monitored, as should the military.

However, except for the hundreds of inspectors under the command of the Imperial Historian, there were almost no other full-time supervisors in the court.

The army was directly controlled by the emperor and placed in the hands of close relatives or confidants; As for the people, the first emperor once again emphasized that if the law does not prohibit it, there is no blame.

Tingwei Zhang Shizhi, why is he famous all over the world?

- If the people do not raise it, the officials will not be held accountable.

Now, Chao Cuo has made a posture of 'this matter is a small trouble, and my internal officials will definitely give an explanation', which is probably also Liu Qi's attitude: the goal is achieved, and this is the end.

And Luan Yi heard the dazzling sound and knew the elegant meaning, agreed with Chao Cuo's statement, and promised not to pursue those who 'hated themselves and their grandfather'.

Luan's gave face, and Chao Cuo, on behalf of Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, expressed his approval and accepted Luan Bu's surrender; Chao Cuo himself should be married to the Luan family.

In other words, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, promised to give Luan an an explanation, and Luan promised not to pursue it again; The Son of Heaven was able to install his henchmen in the court, and the Luan family successfully hugged the emperor's thigh, a win-win situation.

Han Rui's feeling is right, this is indeed a political negotiation - both sides compromise and get what they need, and they are both happy.

But no one cares about the truth, and no one cares about the innocent people who have been hurt in this matter.

For example, Han Rui.

Listening to Luan Yi say this reason, Han Rui's heart condensed with a sigh of depression, and the corners of his mouth hung helplessly and self-deprecatingly sneering.

As a middle-aged uncle with a psychological age of nearly forty, Han Rui admits that he is not a fragile person, and he has long anticipated his role in this incident - a chess piece.

But he really didn't expect that the fate of a chess piece was so sad: he was about to die, but he just got a little bit of chips for the chess player who was attached to him.

Abandoning the car to protect the marshal has become a luxury, he is at most a pawn who has been sacrificed, replacing one of the opponent's horses, and even the opponent's pawn.

What made Han Rui feel most depressed was that the chess player was Luan Bu, who was regarded as his backer.

The brother who was born and died next to him, and the grandson who backed the mountain was just a son on the chessboard.

Han Ruihao does not doubt that if necessary, Luan Yi will also be given up by the gamers - abandoning the car to protect the handsome and the like.

Seeing that Han Rui was in a low mood, Luan Yi patted him on the shoulder and said leisurely, "Aren't you disappointed?" ”

"Disappointed in this world, in this court, and in this world?"

Han Rui shook his head and sighed, "If I really want to say it, if I were the one who holds chess, I would do the same." ”

"A calm chess player will not care about a momentary point, but needs to look at the overall situation and weigh the gains and losses."

"It's just that I was born as a human being, and my desires are hard to fill, and my thoughts are not very accessible..."

Luan Yi nodded lightly, and slammed his fist on Han Rui's shoulder: "It's not all right." ”

"Grandfather is a good chess player, but we are not chess pieces."

"We are still flesh and blood!"

As he spoke, Luan Yi had a meaningful smile on his face: "The man is ambitious in all directions~"

"If you don't want to be a chess piece, why not try to be a chess player?"

Han Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said freely: "Although your comforting skills are terrible, I still thank you." ”

"I'm not going to be knocked down by such a trivial matter!"

Luan Yi was not as angry as before, nodded slightly, stepped on Zheng Zhong's back and got off the horse - he was home.

Holding back the awkwardness in his heart, Han Rui handed the reins in his hand to Zheng Zhong without saying anything, and walked to the mansion with Luan Yi.

"Hey, if you can, be kind to Zheng Zhong."

Well?

Luan Yi turned his head in surprise and looked at Han Rui's eyes full of doubts: "You have a relationship with him?" ”

Shaking his head, Han Rui sighed: "If you are a human being, you have self-esteem, if you treat him like this, if there is something bad in the future, he will hold a grudge, I am afraid it will be unfavorable..."

"You know, the sword of an enemy is never as sharp as the sword of a friend."

Luan Yi suddenly stopped cautiously, savoring Han Rui's words.

When he raised his head, he saw Han Rui looking at his face, full of Xiao Se who did not match his age, so he nodded unconsciously: "I will keep in mind everything you say." ”

Han Rui's depression dissipated slightly, patted Luan Yi's arm, and walked towards the backyard with his hands down.

Luan Yi looked at Han Rui's departing back, and a strange smell surged in his heart, as if...

It seems that more than ten years ago, when my father came home drunk and wanted to beat Luan Yi, the eldest brother who was still alive at that time lay on himself and received his father's whip for himself...

Shaking his head violently, Luan Yi slapped his cheek: Even if you bow down, you don't want to be my big brother!