Zhang Mingyue asked:

"Of course, it is gratifying for Wei Hou to participate in the poetry club to study literature, but how can Wei Hou explain it on King De's side?"

Lan Ziyi said:

"It's just to join the poetry club, King De won't let me participate."

Zhang Mingyue asked again:

"I'm not worried that King De won't let you participate in the poetry club, but I want to ask, since Wei Hou is serving King De, he should naturally do his best for King De, if you join the poetry club, where else will you have time to plan for King De?"

Lan Ziyi heard Zhang Mingyue's words, and vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say what was wrong, so he told himself to stop thinking nonsense, how could something go wrong?

Lan Ziyi replied:

"It is my official business to serve King De, and it is my private matter to participate in the poetry club. The younger generation didn't see any conflict between public and private. ”

Zhang Mingyue beckoned the scholar to take away the leftovers on the table, and after a while, the scholar came over with a pot of tea.

Zhang Mingyue and the other scholars filled the tea bowl, took a sip, and said:

"You can't use two minds, if you want to concentrate on the king of Germany, where will you have time to indulge in poetry and music? Since ancient times, the saucers have been related to Moduo, and they have nowhere to show their hearts when their minds are agitated, so they will chant poems, paint, and chat to masturbate. I advise the Marquis of Wei to clean up his mind, not to focus on these details, and to concentrate on serving the king of virtue. ”

When Lan Ziyi heard the sentence "There is nowhere to show when his mind is agitated", it was as if the pain in his heart was hit, and it was as if he had finally met his bosom friend in the mountains and rivers, and Qu Gao and Widow were finally understood.

Lan Ziyi also took a sip of tea, looked at the lake in the distance, sighed slightly, and said:

"King De has his own ideas, I am a border army warrior, except for guarding the frontier, I am afraid that there is nothing useful to contribute to King De."

Zhang Mingyue smiled:

"What did Wei Hou say about this? If you're a martial artist, why do you want to join the poetry club? Why did you participate in the imperial examination again and again? ”

Lan Ziyi turned his head to look at Zhang Mingyue and said:

"Lord Zhongtang, the Taisho Law doesn't say that martial artists are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination."

Zhang Mingyue said with a smile:

"Of course, I'm from a military background! It's just that what Wei Hou thinks and does has nothing to do with the duties of the border army martial artists you mentioned. Listening to Wei Hou's meaning, there is an extraneous voice. ”

Lan Ziyi didn't answer after hearing this, but just drank tea and was silent.

Zhang Mingyue didn't seem to see Lan Ziyi's silence, stood up and walked to the railing of the pavilion, leaned on the vermilion column, looked up at the top beam, and said:

"Does Wei Hou know the painting on this fangliang?"

Lan Ziyi heard Zhang Mingyue say this, and then he looked up and looked carefully at the murals on the six-sided beams, which turned out to be painted with six paintings: King Xingle, Weizi Escape, Jizi as a slave, Bigan dissecting the heart, King Wen acting as a hexagram, and King Wu Keshang.

Lan Ziyi looked at it and said:

"Yes."

Zhang Mingyue nodded and said:

"Weizi, Mizi, and Bigan are called the three benevolences, but in my opinion, there is only one person who can really be described as a person with lofty ideals. Why? Because only Bigan is stronger than the face to correct the king, when the Empire State Building is about to fall, he is still willing to use his own strength to correct the danger. Others are just speculative businessmen, and they talk about people with lofty ideals, loyal ministers and filial sons. ”

After a pause, Zhang Mingyue continued:

"Eighteen years ago, when the crown prince was first established, I was also elected from the Hanlin Academy to serve as the prince. At that time, the emperor abolished the crown prince very frequently, every time the prince was deposed, the East Palace Wing Zuo had to be baptized in blood, and the best situation was also to be sent to the frontier to fill the army, and future generations would never be allowed to enter the office. Who wants to enter the East Palace at that time? Even if the emperor only had one son left at that time, who can guarantee that there will be no other heirs in the future? At that time, everyone who had some doors was unwilling to enter the East Palace, and I went. Of course, you can say that I didn't have to go backstage, but I would say that I did. ”

Zhang Mingyue took the tea handed over by the scholar, took a sip, walked a few steps to the beam of Bigan's heart, and continued:

"When I first entered the East Palace, I was very disappointed, because the prince didn't look like a king at all, he was cowardly, timid and afraid of things, he only knew how to tolerate everything, he had no opinions of his own, and everyone was the same. At that time, the most common thing the prince said was, 'If you think it's done well, then it's good.' 'I couldn't be more disappointed! In my ideals, I should be assisted by the kind of youthful and heroic heroes, and we should build Taisho together and live for generations. ”

Speaking of Zhang Mingyue's emotions, he also seemed to be excited, he stopped to drink a sip of water, and said with a sigh of relief:

"But I have already entered the East Palace, and I have also thought about trying to get out of there and go to other yamen, and I have also wanted to indulge in poetry and books to cultivate my feelings and not ask about the world. But in the end, I chose to accompany the prince, not only because I got to know the prince again, not only because the prince himself can be taught, but most importantly, because it is my duty and my mission. Although I am a bureaucrat, I have never forgotten that I am a scholar, and I have learned the way of sages and sages, and I have taken the path of understanding the principles of heaven. Whenever I'm lost, I look through the story of Bigan's heart, and it's as if I see myself, and I do it myself. ”

The red sun sinks in the west, and the sunlight shines across the lake into the pavilion, just over Zhang Mingyue's body, from the angle of Lan Ziyi, Zhang Mingyue seems to be shrouded in holy light, just like Wenchang Zhenjun decisively left behind, fluttering on the lake.

Listening to Zhang Mingyue's impassioned speech, Lan Ziyi's blood was already boiling, but looking at Zhang Mingyue in the pavilion, he always felt that he blocked the sun and left Lan Ziyi in darkness, but he couldn't care so much.

Lan Ziyi's hands trembled with excitement and asked:

"Since Lord Zhongtang is from the Prince's Gate, why did he say this to me? I heard that Liu Jiuye, the former secretary of the military department, was dismissed and investigated because he was too close to the prince, isn't Lord Zhongtang afraid? ”

Zhang Mingyue looked up to the sky and roared, saying:

"I, Zhang Mingyue, take Bigan as a teacher, are I still afraid that the dismissal investigation will not be successful?"

Lan Ziyi asked:

"But I'm in the Dewang Mansion, you ...... in the middle hall"

Zhang Mingyue turned his head and stared at Lan Ziyi and said:

"It's true that you are in the Dewang Mansion, but you are still a scholar, reading the books of sages, you and I are both, so you and I should strictly abide by the integrity of scholars. It's a question of who you're loyal to, but it's more important than being a man of backbone. Does Wei Hou understand? “

After hearing this, Lan Ziyi got up and clasped his fists, thanked him:

"Thank you Lord Zhongtang for your advice, Ziyi understands."

Zhang Mingyue looked at Lan Ziyi and showed an unfathomable smile.

Then Zhang Mingyue said:

"It's not too early, is Wei Hou interested in enjoying the moonlight of this lake with me?"

Lan Ziyi heard that Zhang Mingyue was sending off guests, and now he was excited and couldn't wait to go back to assist King De. So he said with interest:

"Don't worry about it, I should go back."

Zhang Mingyue nodded after hearing this, Lan Ziyi turned around to leave, and then Zhang Mingyue asked:

"I heard that Wei Hou came on horseback?"

Lan Ziyi was stopped by this sentence, felt inexplicable, and replied:

"yes, what's wrong?"

张明岳 says:

"It's nothing, if the Marquis is used to riding horses. It's just that there are a lot of rules in this capital, sometimes riding a horse will be against the ban, and more importantly, riding a horse to run around on the street, oily and dirty, there is a loss of the body of a scholar, so most of the people in the capital are sitting in a sedan chair, only foreign merchants, soldiers and horses are riding horses. “

Lan Ziyi's face flushed to his neck when he heard this, it turned out that the capital had lost his identity by riding a horse, so he hurriedly answered and quietly left.

By the time Lan Ziyi left Zhangfu, the little servants had already brought his horses over.

And when Lan Ziyi saw the horse, what appeared in his heart was the laughter of the maids in the palace, the contempt of the people in Zhangfumen, and maybe the fingers and pokes of the people on the street.

Suddenly, the sound of a peach chasing a tiger sounded behind him

"Young master, why are you in a daze?"

Lan Ziyi came back to his senses when he heard this, and when he looked back, he found that the Tao brothers had come to his side with the horse.

Lan Ziyi was a little at a loss and said:

"Why are the three brothers here?"

Peach Rabbit said haha:

"I said let's take so many silver tickets and go to the Green River to have a good time, I haven't eaten lunch and I'm still hungry today. But the eldest brother didn't worry about the young master, so we found a restaurant to eat something, and then stayed at the door of Zhangfu. I knew I would be able to play back and forth in the painting boat for so long. You said yes, young master? ”

Saying that, Tao Cha Rabbit asked Lan Ziyi.

Tao Zhuhu glared at Tao Zhutu, but Lan Ziyi was still holding the horse in a daze as if he wasn't listening.

Tao Zhuhu asked:

"Why hasn't the young master gotten on the horse yet?"

Lan Ziyi reluctantly turned over after hearing Tao Zhuhu's question, and then said:

"Big brother, help me buy a sedan chair tomorrow."

"Huh?" Tao Zhuhu didn't react for a while.

Lan Ziyi was a little annoyed and angry, and said angrily:

"Asked you to help me make a sedan chair, didn't you hear?"

This is the first time that Tao Zhuhu has been bumped by Lan Ziyi, and he feels very uncomfortable, so he stands on the horse and looks at Lan Ziyi.

桃追兔 says:

"What does the young master want that girl for? In addition to pregnant women, even girls and women go out on horseback, what do you want a sedan chair for? ”

When Lan Ziyi heard this, a nameless anger rose in his heart, and he scolded:

"This is the capital! It's not a falling goose pass! If you are told to do it, you will do it, where is there so much nonsense?! ”

As he spoke, he urged the horse to the front.

This is also the first time that Tao Zhutu has been scolded by Lan Ziyi, and the wronged ones are about to cry, Tao Zhulu rushed over and patted Tao Zhulu's back,

Tao Zhutu said aggrievedly:

"Good young master, why do you suddenly want to sit in a sedan chair? Still like this? Did you get ecstasy soup in Zhangfu? “

Tao Zhulu sighed and said:

"This Zhang Mingyue is worthy of being the first assistant scholar, and he took the young master away with one meal."

The three brothers waited hard outside the gate of Zhangfu for so long, and finally waited for Lan Ziyi to come out and was scolded inexplicably, and they didn't feel good in their hearts, so they had to silently urge the horse to follow behind Lan Ziyi.

At this time, a little eunuch wearing a brocade dress in the inner courtyard hurriedly walked to the door of Zhangfu, and after saying a few words to the doorman, he ran towards Lan Ziyi, shouting as he ran:

"Wei Hou, please stay!"

When Lan Ziyi heard this, he held his horse, and the little eunuch walked to the horse, took out four waist cards from his body, handed them to Lan Ziyi, and said breathlessly:

"Lord Weihou, Father-in-law Yu is invited, and please come to Taicheng for a small talk."

Hearing this, Peach Rabbit whispered in the back:

"It's the middle hall just now, and now it's Father-in-law Yu, the young master is really busy."