The innocent girl, as spotless as a white lotus, is a little familiar with Shen Xi, and her words unconsciously increase.

But even if she talks a lot, she only occasionally pops out a sentence or two, with joy in her words and smiles, even if her parents died when she was a child, the Xie family takes good care of her, and she lives in the care of others like a little princess.

“…… It's not too early, you go back, remember not to admit the wrong person next time, it's not a good thing to wronged others. Shen Xi said to Xie Hengnu.

"Uh-huh."

Xie Hengnu's little head moved up and down, and she was about to leave, when she suddenly stopped, then turned around and ran behind Shen Xi to hide, "Yes...... There's a long worm......"

In early autumn, snakes, insects, rats and ants are at their most rampant, and these things can often be seen even in the capital.

Shen Xi only glanced at it and knew that it was a water snake that was not poisonous...... It should have just climbed ashore from the water, ready to find a hole to drill and prepare for hibernation, and didn't want to touch Shen Xi and the others, his head was a little dazed, he didn't dodge or say anything, he actually arched his body, and his head was vigilantly erected at the two.

Shen Xi waved his hand to signal Xie Hengnu not to approach, but he himself stepped forward cautiously, suddenly made a move, grabbed the snake's tail, and shook it a few times, the poor little snake fell into Shen Xi's hands like this, even if he wanted to struggle, it would be useless.

"Ahh

When the girl saw Shen Xi pinching the snake, she screamed, and this cry alarmed the servants of the Xie family.

The servants of the Xie family ran over, and when they saw Shen Xi holding a snake in his hand, they hurriedly shouted: "My lord, quickly throw the snake down, be careful of being bitten!" ”

Shen Xi threw the snake on the ground, several servants stepped forward and greeted him with shovels and sticks, and the snake was beaten to death in a few strokes, Shen Xi took two steps back, looked at the girl who was panicked and crying, and comforted her with a few words, and her expression improved slightly.

"Plug the gaps in the courtyard wall or something, and then sprinkle lime and realgar, and then a snake will come in in the future, and it will surprise Madame, young master and young lady, and ask for you." The housekeeper of the Xie Mansion came over and said in a reprimanding tone.

The group of people carried away the corpse of the snake, Xie Hengnu still cried lightly, wherever Shen Xi went, she followed wherever she went, as if she was afraid that another snake would bite her, Shen Xi could come forward to protect and catch the snake.

"It's okay, you can go back...... Look, my eyes are red from crying, go back and wash my face. Shen Xi said.

"Hmm."

Xie Hengnu nodded lightly, "Then you...... Will you come back next time? ”

After knowing each other for less than half an hour, the two are like old friends.

Shen Xi thought to himself, who will come to Xie Mansion if it's okay?

This is the mansion of the elder of the pavilion, and no one can come easily, but he didn't want to destroy the friendship he had just established, so he nodded.

With a little joy on her face, the girl walked briskly towards the backyard, and when she arrived at the door, she turned her head and smiled at Shen Xi.

Shen Xi returned to the study and sat down, but his heart was not quiet...... He didn't know what was wrong with him, maybe it was the girl's purity and flawlessness that infected him, making him change his mood somewhat.

After that, until the time when the lights were on, Shen Xi was still waiting in the Xie family's study, and Xie Qian did not come back for a long time.

Shen Xi thought to himself, Xie Qian wouldn't have forgotten about himself and was ready to go forever, right?

Xie Qian didn't tell the people of Xie Mansion to take care of the food, so Shen Xi could only wait hungry until his head was exhausted, and Xie Qian came back with a black face, looking like he had been reprimanded by Emperor Hongzhi.

"Elder Xie Ge, are you okay?" Shen Xi stepped forward and asked.

Xie Qian said angrily: "Those people in Fanbang are really angry, in Sanskrit who don't know where they came from, they want to exchange money and livestock from our dynasty, fortunately there are you." It's a pity that Your Majesty is a little hesitant, tomorrow you have to go to the palace with the old man and expose the conspiracies and tricks of those Fanbang people in person! ”

Shen Xi looked puzzled: "The student doesn't quite understand what Xie Ge Lao meant. ”

Xie Qian said angrily: "What's so hard to understand about this?" Tomorrow Your Majesty will send a message to the Mongolian envoys, you don't have to go to the Zhan Mansion for the time being, when the time comes, come with me to see Your Majesty, and tell the Sanskrit content in person, as for other things, you don't need to worry too much. ”

Shen Xi knew that he was in trouble again.

As we all know, Emperor Hongzhi was not in good health, and he worshiped the Taoist family and his family abnormally, and the people of the Dayan Department "voted for what he liked", and found the Christian scriptures that were transmitted to the grassland from Europe, and lied about what kind of health and longevity scriptures were offered, saying that they were offering, but in fact they were in exchange for the reward of the Ming Dynasty.

When Shen Xi went to greet the envoys of the Dayan Department before, he found that there were several monks in the envoy team, and it was estimated that these people were swaggering and deceiving under the pretense of the content of the scriptures, and they wanted to fish in the troubled waters of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Xie Qian was angry was because the emperor was suspicious of the letter after seeing the translation of the scriptures, and he had not yet fully won the trust, and he needed to confront him face to face in order to make Emperor Hongzhi die.

As a courtier, I was somewhat frustrated and disappointed to see the emperor indulging in those unreliable superstitious things.

Shen Xi said: "The student has translated the scriptures, but I don't know what to say when I see Your Majesty tomorrow?" ”

Xie Qian snorted lightly: "What do you have to say, do you still want to hide it?" However, you have a merit in this matter, as long as the Mongol conspiracy is exposed, and the rest is up to your Majesty. ”

Shen Xi understood, but muttered in his heart......

Emperor Hongzhi had great hopes for the scriptures, so he went to pierce Zhu Youzhang's beautiful expectations, is it really good?

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……

When I got home, when Shen Xi was eating, Xie Yun'er watched from the sidelines, and felt that Shen Xi was in trouble again.

"I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow." Shen Xi said helplessly, "If it's not good, there is no return, if the lady is fine, maybe she will have to prepare a coffin for me, and at this time tomorrow, I may not be lying in it." ”

Xie Yun'er said angrily: "Xianggong likes to make this kind of joke...... Eat early and rest, don't be cranky. ”

Saying that, he gave Shen Xi a charming look, as if to say, if you are going to the palace tomorrow, you don't need to leave the door for me, just sleep by yourself.

Shen Xi nodded, and when he had finished eating, he would turn off the lights early after washing.

After about half an hour, in the dead of night, there was a sound of rustling at the door, Shen Xi thought, didn't you say no? Just when Shen Xi wondered if there was something wrong, a warm body got into the futon, and Shen Xi judged from the shape of his body that this was not Xie Yun'er, but Lin Dai.

After Xie Yun'er arrived, Lin Dai held back for a long time, and finally couldn't help but come to meet him again in the middle of the night.

It's a pity that Lin Dai never understands the affairs of men and women, her idea is very simple, she is sad and lonely, so she asked Shen Xi to sleep with her, only childhood sweethearts can give her this double warmth of family affection and love.

Because of Lin Dai's arrival, Shen Xi didn't sleep well all night, and when she got up the next day, her eyes were a little red, but Lin Dai had already returned to her room, and she was afraid of being seen when Xie Yun'er was in love.

"Xianggong doesn't seem to be sleeping well?"

When Xie Yun'er brought breakfast to Shen Xi, she said a word intentionally or unintentionally, with a touch of shame on her face, as if she felt that Shen Xi couldn't sleep alone because she didn't accompany her last night, until Shen Xi was about to leave, she helped Shen Xi sort out her court clothes and whispered, "...... The concubine didn't sleep well last night. ”

Shen Xi thought about it, and didn't reveal the truth about last night, in addition to keeping Xie Yun'er's secret, he also had to keep the agreement with Lin Dai, and he himself was caught in the middle, his heart was very tired, and now what he was most afraid of was to turn back Xie Yun'er and Lin Dai came at the same time, and the secret couldn't be hidden at all.

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On the second day, after Shen Xi entered the palace, he waited outside the cabinet, and after a while, Xie Qian came in court clothes, with two entourages behind him.

In the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty were divided into five kinds: the scholars in the east room of the Zhiwen Huadian, the scholars in the west room of the Zhiwu Yingdian, the scholars in the cabinet and the scholars in the cabinet system, all of which were from the seven grades.

Although this official position is not high, it has become the main way for the heirs of high-ranking officials in the court to enter the court after being sheltered.

Shangshu or Shilang three years of attendance, his son one of them into the country to study, from the country of the prison, you can elect the official vacancy, the book is basically for these people to prepare, to the middle and late Ming Dynasty, even some rich businessmen can donate silver to get the position of the book.

However, the middle scholars of the cabinet have been passed down from generation to generation.

Because the main task of the Zhongshu Sheren of the Cabinet Office is to be responsible for translating and recording the national documents, and it is impossible to do this porcelain work without diamonds, and there will also be Guozi supervisors who graduated from the Siyi Pavilion to be selected to this position.

In the Ming Dynasty, those who understand the language and writing of foreign Yi are called "Tongshi", but even if they are proficient in foreign Chinese languages, they are only proficient in the languages of Tatar (Mongolia), Jurchen, Huihui, Burma and other surrounding countries, Britain and the Central Plains Dynasty are separated by 108,000 miles, at this time although the European voyage has lasted for half a century, but most of the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and Ottoman explorers appeared in the East, the Hundred Years War between Britain and France ended, the War of the Roses broke out again, and now it has just been peaceful. The fangs have not yet been unfurled.

As a result, English became a rare subject in the Far East, and naturally no one could understand it.

These two scholars admired Shen Xi very much, and no one else understood the language, but Shen Xi understood, so Shen Xi was the authority of the language, and the two asked Shen Xi two sentences in Tatar, but found that Shen Xi didn't know anything about the Mongolian language.

Xie Qian said angrily: "I asked you to come, I am translating the words of the Fanbang season for Your Majesty, Shen Zhongyun is not very clear about Tatar, and he must be detailed when explaining!" ”

The two scholars looked at each other, this Zhan Shifu Youchunfang Youzhongyun and Hanlin Xiu, who was proficient in the "bird language", actually didn't understand Tatar, so what did he let him enter the palace today?

With questions, the two followed Xie Qian and Shen Xi to the Qianqing Palace, where Emperor Hongzhi would receive the Mongol envoys.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Shen Xi was looking at the surrounding eaves when he saw several rugged Mongols, led by guards and little eunuchs.

The person who accompanied him was Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but Xu Qiong himself did not understand Tatar, but fortunately, these Mongolians knew a little Chinese, and the two sides only occasionally spoke politely, and it was not a problem to communicate.

Behind the Mongol envoys, followed by several monks, all with flat heads that were very different from the secular style, holding strings of beads that looked like Buddhist beads in their hands, looking less like Western missionaries and more like lamas.

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PS: First update!

I didn't go to bed until after three o'clock in the morning, and I got up at ten o'clock in the morning, although I felt sore, but I thought that I still had a task today, and I still had a hard time.

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