In the 22nd year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng, a native of Wuxi, became one of the large number of laid-off government personnel in the long struggle for the country's capital. After returning to his hometown in Wuxi, he co-founded Donglin Academy with his younger brother Gu Yuncheng, and later gradually formed a famous political group that influenced the direction of Chinese history: the Donglin Party.

Donglin Academy was officially completed in the 32nd year of Wanli, and Gu Xiancheng also personally inscribed the couplet: the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned. Hundreds of years later, these two famous sentences were printed in the standard textbooks of Chinese culture and education, which shows their high status. Yue Xiang also went to college, which is very clear. But Wang Yining didn't know, he looked at Yue Xiang, his heart was full of surprise.

Judging from Yue Xiang's quick reaction just now, it was obvious that he knew this very well. But he didn't understand that although it has been 14 years since the official establishment of Donglin Academy, the base camp is in the south of the Yangtze River after all, separated from Liaodong by 108,000 miles.

The Donglin Party took the upper-level line, which directly affected the center of the imperial court and even the emperor himself, in fact, before Nurhachi raised his army, no one in the imperial court really paid attention to Liaodong.

Moreover, last year, the Donglin Party was wiped out, and the three parties of Qi Chu and Xuan took advantage of the time of Beijing to sweep away the imperial court, and their influence plummeted.

This kind of ghost place, unless it is really impossible to get along in the Central Plains Pass, who wants to come?

The Ming Dynasty has always emphasized literature over military force, and the civil official group is the real force that determines the fate of the world.

Taking a step back, even if it is here, it should be in Guangning, Liaoyang, Shenyang and other big towns. Yue Xiang's home is in Qinghe Fort, located on the border of the Great Wall, the location is remote, the city is small and the people are widowed, and the cultural conditions are even worse.

Half of the people here are illiterate Qiu Bajunye, and the rest are peasants, hunters, artisans, or outlaws such as caravans who do business in the horse market with their heads and Tartars, and it is strange that the Confucian scholars of the Donglin Party, who pretend to be elites, are willing to come to this poor country to deal with them.

There is a way that things gather by like, people by groups, and there is another sentence in "The Burrow": There is a great deal of Confucianism in talking and laughing, and there is no white ding. Who are those people in the Donglin Party? They are all well-educated people who are full of wealth, and they are all firm believers in Cheng Zhu's science. Although Yue Xiang was wearing the hat of a talented student, Wang Yining knew what level of goods it was.

It seems unlikely that Yi Yuexiang's level will make friends with the Donglin Party, and people may not even be willing to open their mouths when they see him.

Maybe he heard it from somewhere else? But looking at his affirmative demeanor, it seems that he knows a lot, which is difficult to explain. All in all, Wang Yining really couldn't find a hard reason to explain Yue Xiang's reaction. He had already had a strange feeling, the Yue Xiang in front of him seemed to be no longer the person he was familiar with before, and it seemed that something had changed, but it was impossible to say what was different about it.

"Where did you hear about Donglin Academy?" Wang Yining didn't deny it or admit it, just bypassed the topic.

"I'll just say, this Gao Huai Tibetan Gold has always been the focus of secret attention of all forces, Nurhachi is looking for it, the White Lotus Sect is looking for it, the emperor is looking for it, the eunuchs are looking for it, and Xiong Tingbi has also looked for it, which shows that all parties in the dynasty are paying attention to this matter. So how could the Donglin Party, which has always taken the world as its own responsibility and spared no effort to carry out the struggle, just watch the excitement from the sidelines? ”

Yue Xiang muttered to himself, as if he hadn't heard Wang Yining speak. Wang Yining had no choice but to shut up, looking at the way he muttered there and felt funny. After listening to his own analysis for a long time, he repeated again: "Where did you hear about the Donglin Party?" ”

"Do you need to hear about this? The Donglin Party is so famous, who in the world doesn't know? Fighting for the country, fighting for the case, fighting with Zhejiang, Qi, Chuxuan, etc. for decades, the whole Ming Dynasty collapsed due to internal friction, as well as Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and the six gentlemen of Donglin ...... "Speaking of this, Yue Xiang woke up suddenly, and quickly stopped talking, but it was still a step too late, and Wang Yining's face was already showing a look of surprise.

"It's really a real person who doesn't show his face, I didn't expect our eldest son Yue to know everything about the world without leaving home, could it be that he can pinch like Zhuge Wuhou?" Two eyes were fixed on Yue Xiang's face, as if they wanted to see him through.

Yue Xiang could naturally hear Wang Yining's tone, but he couldn't take back the words that had been spoken, so he just responded to himself: "As you said, the sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear; Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned. Do you only need the governor of Donglin Academy to set fires, and don't allow my people to light the lamps? Don't look at me, I haven't been to the Central Plains, but I'm not deaf or blind. As the saying goes, killing a pig and stabbing the asshole has its own knife technique. I don't need you to worry about whether I can pinch it, anyway, I just know. I don't dare to know everything in the world, but I know a little bit about what it has to do with me. ”

"How does Donglin Academy relate to you?"

"Hehe, anyone who fights Gao Huai's idea of hiding gold is related to me. I said that you haven't been seen for several years, and you dare to run away to the gate? I said, did you also become a member of the Donglin Party, so what did you do when you returned to Liaodong? Is it also here to find the whereabouts of Gao Huai Zangjin? Come to think of it, when Wanli, the faint monarch, ordered to send tax-required eunuchs to various places, the Donglin Party was the most fiercely opposed, and now they are probably playing a trick to save the country. ”

"Curves save the country? What does that mean? Wang Yining was a little confused, Yue Xiang really became a little unpredictable, and he didn't even understand what he said.

“…… It's okay, forget it, don't talk about this. So you're admitting. ”

"Hmph, even if I know the Donglin Party, you don't care how I know me. But what you just said...... Why don't I understand what it means? Will the Ming Dynasty fall? How did the court collapse now? You are so sure, you still know Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, what are the six gentlemen, do you ...... What the hell are you talking about? Isn't it crazy about you? ”

Can't say! This was the first thought that flashed through Yue Xiang's mind. Do you tell him that he is from the future world? The tragic ending of the Donglin Party and the Ming Dynasty has been clearly written in the history books, and he will definitely not believe it. And Yue Xiang doesn't want to reveal his identity yet.

But he knew that Wang Yining must be suspicious of him.

"So you really ran back...... You and I both came for the ten million treasures? Could it be that the Donglin Party is also ready to intervene? This time it was Yue Xiang's turn to divert the topic.

"So what? Could it be that you will draw your sword and cut me down right now? Wang Yining didn't ask, but was calm and not afraid at all.

"Don't you dare?" Yue Xiang's tone also calmed down, his hand didn't move, but it gave people a tense feeling, as if the next moment he would pull out the knife and sheath it, and blood would splash five steps.

"Of course you dare, but I'm afraid you don't have that ability." Wang Yining still maintained his previous style, and went toe-to-toe with Yue Xiang, not giving up an inch of land, but his tone was still cold and unchanged.

The two were silent for a moment, and Yue Xiang suddenly laughed and said, "As I expected, in fact, I have been suspicious of you for a long time." There are some things that I don't have time to think about on the road, and it's a little strange to think about it now. You already knew that Gao Huai Zangjin was under the ruined temple in Xianglu Mountain, right? That's why you went to Yangshan's den of thieves to be the fourth master, just to watch closely, right? ”

"Why do you think that?" Wang Yining still did not deny it.

"I'm thinking that according to your temperament, how can you be in the company of someone like Yang Shan. Don't you usually look down on those people the most? Associating with them is nothing more than a show. That being the case, there must be some reason why you're willing to go up the mountain. ”

"Is that all? Know that people change, just like you. Who would have thought that the Jade King Kong in Qinghe City would suddenly go bankrupt as if he was sick and would have to fight against the Jurchen Tartars, you were not such a loyal person before. ”

Yue Xiang ignored his sarcasm and continued: "Later, I asked you if there was a temple nearby, and you immediately pointed it out to me without thinking about it. In fact, I asked several people before, including the old villager who has been on this mountain for two or three years, and they said that they don't know, why you are the only one who has only been on the mountain for less than a year, and you know it clearly, which shows that you are deliberately careful. ”

"Later, when you thought of Gao Huai Tibetan Gold, I also said that you are really wise. In fact, you already knew that you deliberately led me to that step by step. ”

"Later, when we got to the place, there were even more strange things." The more Yue Xiang thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, "You are a literati, but you can escape the pursuit of the pigtail soldiers alone. Your feet are broken, but you can still keep up with our pace, and you keep going over the mountains and mountains for several hours in a row, how can ordinary people hold it? You pretended to be injured in order to deliberately make others take it lightly, but in fact, you have kung fu in you, but you have been hiding it all the time, and the swollen wound on your ankle is fake, right? How? ”

Wang Yining stopped holding his feet, and said with a slight smile: "I knew that you would see through it sooner or later, a little trick is just a little trick, it's not worth mentioning." ”

"It turns out that you have practiced, and it is so hard to hide from me. I've heard that even an expert can't see that even an expert has practiced kung fu to a certain extent, and it seems that your kung fu is very deep. ”

"You don't need to trick me, we don't practice all the way to kung fu, there is no way to compare." Wang Yining's face did not change. Yue Xiang continued.

"And in the ruined temple, I realized that this temple didn't look like it hadn't been to for a long time. Although the dust is thick, it doesn't look like it drifts up naturally. And the entrance you first said was under the base of the statue, and it was the oil lamp you found, and the mechanism of the floor tiles you found, so I wondered how you could surprise us at the critical moment? ”

"And the tunnel is surprisingly clean, if no one goes down for a long time, it must be full of cobwebs, but I haven't seen it, which means that someone must have entered it recently. Who's it, you're the only one of the five of us! ”

"I'm guessing you've been through there, but you don't know how to crack the brick mechanism, so you didn't get back. As a result, a few of us accidentally crashed in, just for you. No wonder you cracked it so quickly, you must have spent a year rehearsing it over and over again. ”

"Since you already know about these flaws, why didn't you expose me earlier?"

"What have I done to expose you? These are just my guesses. If you are harmful to my heart, and you have a lot of opportunities to attack me, why wait until now. ”

Wang Yining was silent, and only after about three minutes did he speak: "Since you have seen through it, it doesn't mean me to hide it anymore." I did leave Liaodong for a while to go to Guannai, and then by chance I met a person named Wang Wenyan in Huizhou, Nanzhili, who had a close relationship with the Donglin Party, and I met some people through him. ”

Yue Xiang sighed secretly in his heart, and sure enough, he guessed correctly. Do you want to remind him, think about it, but still say it.

"Sure enough, then you went back to Liaodong for them? Are they also eyeing this Gao Huai Tibetan gold? I advise you not to follow them blindly, although the Donglin Party people are a little righteous and upright, but these two points alone are not good to govern the world, and too much party and difference, there is no room for life, follow them, the end will definitely not be good! ”