After eating in the queen's palace, Shen Leng looked at the emperor several times and stopped talking, and the emperor naturally knew that he had something to say, so he got up and said to the old dean: "Sir, let's rest here for a while, I and Shen Leng will talk about the Eastern Expedition to Sangguo." ”

The old dean nodded: "Your Majesty just go and get busy." ”

The crown prince Li Changye got up: "Do you want to follow?" ”

The emperor shook his head: "I'm here with you." ”

Li Changye leaned over: "Yes." ”

The emperor and Shen Leng walked out of the empress's residence, walking one after the other on the path of Weiyang Palace, the emperor was waiting for Shen Leng to speak, and Shen Leng was sorting out the wording.

"About the old dean?"

The Emperor asked suddenly.

Shen Leng's heart tightened, and he nodded: "Yes." ”

"Think the old dean is not in good health?"

"Yes."

"It's not that he's not in good health, it's that he's old."

The emperor looked at the tree on the side of the road, raised his finger and pointed it: "The tree sprouts one season, one season is prosperous, one season loses leaves, and one season withers, but it will be repeated again in the next year, and the cycle will be repeated, people are different, and people are old when they are old." ”

The emperor's words seemed to be more than just the old dean, but also a little sad.

The emperor is also old.

"Say whatever you want."

The emperor glanced back at Shen Leng: "Don't always walk behind me, come to my side, I can't always look back at you." ”

Shen Leng hurriedly quickened his pace to keep up with the emperor, and after reluctantly sorting out his words, he said, "The minister just thinks that a person like the old dean should have an honor. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Aftermath."

Shen Leng lowered his head slightly: "I shouldn't mention it, but the minister still wants to mention it, the old dean is indeed too old, he remembers family affection, and he is born, he has been consummated, and he is ...... The minister thought that it should also be consummated. ”

"Do you want Meng Changan to return to Beijing?"

The emperor looked at Shen Leng: "There are four disciples who are the most proud of the old dean in his life, one is the late Eastern Xinjiang General Pei Tingshan, one is Meng Changan, one is you who is not a disciple but is better than a disciple, and there is one ...... It's me. ”

The emperor's footsteps stopped, and his mood seemed to become heavy: "The war in Eastern Xinjiang is about to start, where are you in Chang'an, Meng Chang'an will come back, who will be in charge of the military in Eastern Xinjiang?" ”

"The minister transferred Wang Gendong over, although it is not as good as Meng Chang'an, if it is attacked, ten Wang Gendong is not as good as one Meng Chang'an, if it is argued, Meng Chang'an is not as good as Wang Gendong."

"Don't you think it's a little too presumptuous?"

The emperor said: "I also want to give the old dean a fulfillment, but I can call both of you back to Chang'an, just wait for the old dean to leave?" Shen Leng, don't you think it's too much, don't you feel cruel? ”

It's excessive, it's about the consideration of state affairs, it's cruel, it's about the influence on the old dean, a smart person like the old dean, and he hasn't reached the point where he can't think, once the emperor stays Shen Leng and doesn't leave, and calls Meng Changan back, doesn't the old dean understand what it means?

Isn't this a constant reminder to the old dean that you should soon leave?

Shen Leng was silent.

He didn't speak, not because he didn't approve, but because he woke up and the emperor was right.

"Sir is more open-minded than you."

The emperor was silent for a moment and then said: "Sir once said that it is best for him to go asleep when he leaves, and no one will disturb him, and he will not be sick, so that he will not even bother himself, and when he is alive, he will not disturb others, and when he is dead, he will not disturb himself." ”

The emperor exhaled: "Mr. also said that it is enough to reunite when you are alive, and the people you care about after you die are reunited, it's too contrived, it's not a reunion for the dead, it's for the living, it's boring, even if it's for the dead, the dead can see it?" It's even more boring. ”

After saying this, the emperor suddenly stopped, and then nodded: "I just came to my senses, yes...... Reunion is reunion when you are alive, what is the use of people when you are dead......"

The emperor asked, "How long do you predict that it will take for the Ruosan people to do it first?" ”

Shen Leng replied: "One year." ”

The emperor nodded: "One year is enough." ”

He looked back at Dai Fangzhou, who was following from afar: "Send someone to the cabinet to deliver the decree, send a letter to Dongjiang urgently, and summon Meng Changan to return to Beijing." ”

Dai Fangzhou immediately leaned over: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Then he turned around and trotted out.

The emperor continued to walk forward, as if he was pondering something, Shen Leng didn't dare to disturb, after a long while, the emperor let out a long breath again, Shen Leng understood, when it came to parting, the emperor cared more and was more sad than him.

"Let's go back."

The emperor turned around, Shen Leng followed and turned around, and the emperor said as he walked: "I have something I want to ask you." ”

"Your Majesty, may I ask."

"Do you think I'm like the old dean?"

Shen Leng thought for a while and replied, "Five points." ”

The emperor nodded: "Five-point image, it is my ten years. ”

Shen Leng's heart tightened, the ten years that the emperor said were the ten years when he left the palace in his childhood to live in the Yanta Academy, and he was inseparable not from his family, but from the old dean.

"You also have a five-point resemblance to the old dean."

The emperor suddenly said such a sentence, Shen Leng didn't understand what the emperor meant for a while, and the emperor didn't say anything more, and sped up his steps.

An hour later, in the carriage back to Yanta Academy, the old dean leaned into the corner as much as possible, and pulled the blanket as much as he could, but the blanket was not too long, covering the shoulders and showing below the knees.

Shen Leng hurriedly picked up his big puff and put it on the old dean's lap, and the old dean immediately smiled with satisfaction, for the old man, the memories of a lifetime are pride and not all pride, and the filial piety of the junior is the proudest.

"Shen Leng."

"Yes."

"People say that people who are dying will smell on their bodies, do you smell that smell on me?"

Shen Leng leaned over and sniffed: "Oh, it's not solemn at such an age, this is the incense powder of Jufangzhai, this kind of fragrance powder is suitable for young people, slightly exaggerated, and only use this flavor of incense powder to attract bees and butterflies, and people over thirty years old can't do this." ”

The old dean laughed: "What nonsense, what kind of incense powder do I use at this age." ”

Shen Leng said: "That is the natural body fragrance?" ”

Old Dean: "Phew! You also flirted with men like this in the army? I'm so old, and you're still talking nonsense. ”

Shen Leng sighed: "Sir, how can you say that about the men in the army? You're ...... That's right. ”

The old dean laughed again: "The fragrance you said is this. ”

The old dean pointed to the sachet hanging on the belt: "The queen made it herself, gave it to me for half a year and never wore it, the queen said, this sachet uses a few medicinal materials, can calm the mind, calm the mind is actually a luxury for people of my age, this fragrance is good, since a while ago I have smelled the smell of decay on my body, so I began to hang it." ”

He looked at Shen Leng: "I dislike it when I smell it, let alone others?" ”

Shen Leng didn't know what to say for a while.

The old dean smiled: "Where is the sadness? For life and death, some people say that the older you are, the less open-minded you are, that's, I'm ninety years old, and if I don't be open-minded, I'll live in vain all my life, so don't be sad, life is rare for seventy years, I have lived twenty years longer than ancient times, I am rare in ancient times, rare in ancient times. ”

Shen sneered: "The ancient rare of the ancient, the fighting chicken of the old hen." The old dean laughed: "Where did this come from, it's pretty good." ”

He looked at Shen Leng and said: "But if you want to talk about this old hen, I have really protected a lot of chicks in my life, at that time, some people said that Pei Tingshan had a backbone in the back of his head that could not be reused, and the first emperor still believed in this, so he asked me what I think, I said that what life looks like is up to me?" ”

His tone was a little smug: "I said to the first emperor that most of the perch in the world is two-gills, but the perch in Poyin Lake is four-gills, and the four-gills perch is more unpalatable than the two-gills?" It's more delicious. ”

Shen Leng thought for a while: "This analogy is not very good. ”

Old Dean: "Say it again. ”

Shen Leng: "These words are really witty. ”

The old dean snorted: "You can change it quickly...... The anti-bone is not actually in other people's heads, but in their own hearts. ”

He paused: "I just used this sentence to scold the first emperor." ”

Shen Leng asked, "The first emperor was persuaded by you?" ”

"The first emperor told me to get out of the court."

Shen Leng asked, "Can I laugh?" ”

Old Dean: "Hold on." ”

Shen Leng: "Hehe...... Hahaha. ”

The old dean looked sideways at the back of Shen Leng's head, and Shen Leng immediately turned his head to show him: "Want to see if I have a backbone?" ”

The old dean sighed: "I wanted to take a look, but just now I suddenly thought that you were hit by Cha'er from a small tree to a big one, so you should have been knocked back." ”

Shen Leng pouted.

The old dean smiled, paused for a moment and continued: "Actually, Your Majesty was like this when he was young, and he always tried to make me happy, but I was really unhappy at that time, because I was kicked out of the imperial court and could only be a dean in Yanta Academy, I felt that all my abilities were wasted." ”

He breathed a sigh of relief and said coldly: "Rest when you're tired, don't talk so much." ”

The old dean shook his head: "Say a word more to make money, I have never done anything in my life." ”

He continued: "Do you know when I became open-minded? ”

"Probably ......"

Shen Leng thought for a moment: "After Your Majesty returns to Beijing from Cloud City?" ”

"Hahahaha."

The old dean smiled and nodded: "Mu Zhaotong has been in charge of the government for so many years, he has always regarded me as an opponent, and he spared no effort to drive me out of the court, and the first emperor valued him more, so he followed his wishes, but when His Majesty came back from Yunxiao City, I knew that Mu Zhaotong would not be able to compare to me in his life." ”

He raised his hand and pointed at himself, "What is the identity of this old guy?" It's the emperor, isn't it? ”

Shen Leng nodded vigorously: "The world's number one bull-force." ”

The old dean was stunned, and then snorted: "Who are you scolding?" ”

Shen Leng laughed: "This old man, it's really hard to serve, you can't follow what you say." ”

The old dean smiled: "In the future, you will also be the emperor." ”

Shen Leng didn't react, and was a little panicked after waking up: "I'm not, that can't be counted." ”

The old dean looked at Shen Leng and said, "Your Majesty treats you well, what is the best, do you understand?" ”

He didn't wait for Shen Leng to answer, and he gave his own answer.

"Your Majesty treats you well, and the best place is for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be good to you."

He closed his eyes and said with a smile: "So I'm not the number one in the world...... What's that, Your Majesty is, I'm the second in the world at most. ”

Shen Leng: "I'm wondering, tomorrow I will join you and say that you scolded Your Majesty." ”

The old dean gave him a blank look: "Shen Leng." ”

"Huh?"

"After I die, you will be the second in the world."