The national teacher calculated the emperor's divination and this candidate, and the emperor was embarrassed to tell Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, lest these two gentlemen say that he didn't ask the common people to ask about ghosts and gods.

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty is a generation of Ming monarchs and virtuous lords, and there are few emperors in later generations who can reach him, but he does not ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods, but he has become the flaw of this Ming monarch.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng discussed privately, and they always wanted to get the real reason for his arbitrariness and reuse from the emperor's mouth, but the emperor was just perfunctory, taking care of him left and right, which made the two of them embarrassed to ask again.

Fortunately, it is the Jinyi Guard that was formed, which is the emperor's own private land, not under the control of the cabinet, otherwise this appointment will not pass the cabinet at all, at least the emperor will not be able to truthfully explain the reason for the reuse to the cabinet.

"What? Our people have all been removed? How is this possible? ”

In a mansion in the capital, there were four people sitting at a table of eight immortals, and one person was clasping his arms in anger.

"What I said is, let us carefully select and send people over, and as a result, we will be removed from the list for a trivial matter, and we don't care about our face at all." The other also said angrily.

"What's the use of saying this, people are above, we can't do anything about it, thanks to him he doesn't know about us people, otherwise we may be removed one day." Another person is not yin or yang.

"Okay, then let's get rid of us all and see who will save his life. Something ungrateful. The first man said angrily.

"Silence. Beware of the misfortune that comes out of the mouth. There are still a lot of diehards among us, and letting those people hear it is a big deal. Besides, we haven't been able to protect others, people have been in danger many times, and they have relied on their own abilities to save the day, and we really haven't done much, so it's no wonder that people don't take us seriously. The fourth man sighed.

"That's not the mistake above, suddenly I got into a stalemate with others, and then I revoked all protection, and finally I had to rush to protect others, and people still didn't appreciate it."

If you look at it here, you will find that none of these four people have a monk's way, but they do belong to several major sects, but they are neither monks nor Taoists. If he had seen this scene, he would have been greatly shaken by his previous speculation that most of the Qinwang faction were religious forces.

The people in the mouths of these four people naturally refer to the situation.

"Dude, what you said is not unreasonable, but we can't change the decision above, what do you mean over there this time? Quite a few of the people you sent were removed, right? ”

"What else can I do, I can only endure it, one wrong step and one wrong step, I shouldn't have let the old man go overseas in the first place. As a result, we lost the biggest chip, and now there is only this one chip, if we lose it again, where will we have a good life in the future? The fourth man smiled wryly.

"What's the matter, they lived in seclusion before, don't we still act in the same order, and we don't really rely on their family." The first man was not angry.

"Brother, you are too young, and there are many things that you may not know yet. When you have a higher position in the future, you will understand that we really have to rely on them. The fourth man sneered.

"Why?" The first person asked.

"If you don't know, it means that your level is not enough, and if you are level enough, you will not ask this kind of question." The fourth said unceremoniously.

The first looked at the second and third people with some disbelief, and then asked, "You know?" ”

The two smiled wryly: "We know some, but not much. But what Brother Zhuge said is right, we really can only rely on them. ”

"Why?" The first man was even more confused, and his expression was angry.

He thought that he was about the same level as these three people, but today he was slapped in the face in public, and people told him that his level was too low, or he asked stupid questions himself. Doesn't that mean you don't deserve to sit at this table? He said it was like a fart.

This table is just an ordinary table of eight immortals, even in this mansion, it is the most ordinary, but the people who can sit on the edge of this table are all middle-level people of the faction, representing power.

These people can set off a storm when they go out, but they themselves know that they are just spokespeople for the upper echelons, and those upper echelons rarely get together, and everything is passed on through these spokespersons, and if something goes wrong, the identity of the spokesperson will be replaced by a scapegoat.

The fourth person smiled at the first person and said: "Brother, give you a piece of advice, when you don't know much about the inside story, hiding is the best, and taking care of your mouth is a good way to save your life. ”

The first person was both indignant and frightened, he didn't know about it, but he also understood that it was very likely to be true. He has now inadvertently come out of his mouth, at least leaving a handle for these three people, if these three people have any plans against him in the future, he can only obey orders.

He was bleeding in his heart, scolding the people above him for not telling him everything that should be told to him, so that he was not only embarrassed, but also left a handle for others, and he took the initiative to find it, what is the matter.

His heart suddenly twitched: the people above couldn't be deliberately teasing themselves, right?

He was in a cold sweat at the time, and he had an extremely ominous feeling, where was this sending him to the meeting, it was clearly to let him expose himself, and then he might not be a scapegoat, but a sinner who was sure to be a sinner.

The question is what is to be done above? Why did you create him as a sinner in the first place?

He couldn't figure it out, but his heart sank into the bottomless abyss.

When the other three people saw his demeanor, they suddenly understood, and they were also in a cold sweat, thinking about their own affairs, and wondering if they might also be used as scapegoats.

In the evening, Zhou Dingcheng did not come back, and he sat alone in the study, listening to the movements outside from time to time, but his heart became colder and colder.

Although he knew that Zhou Dingcheng might have been drinking with Xiaojun all night, he was still uncomfortable, at least today, Zhou Dingcheng should come back and talk to him.

As for him taking the initiative to talk to Zhou Dingcheng, it is impossible. He could not compromise on this matter, he had been driven to a dead end.

It can be said that since he was ordered to form the Sixth Guard of Jinyi, he has embarked on a road of no return, or escaped after success, or was ruined and disgraced, and the nine clans were harmed.

He had vaguely felt these things before, and as time passed, he felt them more and more clearly, and now it can be said that this is definitely the case.

"What's wrong with you guys? Isn't it just a matter of one or two sentences, how fierce you usually make trouble, and you haven't turned your face, why is this today? Xiao Nier is also waiting here, she can best understand the mood at this time.

She found a few guards who were present at the time, and asked carefully about the situation at the time, but she felt that it was not a problem at all.

"It's not a matter of a few words, it's a difference in philosophy. Maybe I did something wrong and shouldn't have had him involved at the time. ”

Besides, I did regret it a little, if Zhou Dingcheng had not been allowed to participate in the formation of the sixth guard, this would not have happened. He even felt that it was wrong to let King Qin send him a seed student, and that it was best to do so at the time, but now it seems that there will be endless troubles.

Can those people themselves really accept their hearts, and if not, they will really be removed and sent back? If he does that, will he and the Qinwang faction also have to break off?

Xiao Nier was also worried, very worried, but didn't know how to comfort her.

Since I got to know him, it is rare to see him worry so alone, and I don't even know that he will be worried, even if he knows that he may lose his life when he enters Beijing, he also calmly goes on the road without fear, but why can this little thing make him so anxious?

Suddenly, a guard shouted outside the door, "My lord, it's not good. ”

Besides, he was suddenly surprised: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"Adult ......"

"Say." Besides, he said angrily, but his heart sank suddenly, he was most afraid that something bad would happen at this time.

"My lord, two more heads have appeared outside the gate." The guard's voice lowered.

"What." And I almost jumped.

"Who sent it?" He asked again.

"The subordinates are incompetent, and they haven't found anyone coming."

Xiao Nier's face was blank, and she leaned on the table and said, "No...... Won't ......"

"No, it won't." Besides.

He understood whether Xiao Nier was asking about Zhou Dingcheng's head, and Murong Yanran had said that he would get rid of Zhou Dingcheng during the day, but he was sure that without his words, Murong Yanran would never act without permission.

"You go back to the inner house first, and tell the guards to be on guard." Besides.

"No, I'm going to see it with you." Xiao Nier stood up, although her legs were a little weak, but she still stood up straight.

Besides, he didn't want her to go with him, for fear of scaring her, and he knew what she was afraid of, so he asked, "Can you recognize who the head is?" ”

The answer he hoped for most at this time was that the guard said that he didn't know, so it wouldn't be Zhou Dingcheng.

"Your Excellency, your subordinates recognize you."

Besides, my mind buzzed and I almost fell, but it was easy to calm down.

"Do you recognize whose it is? You have to be sure, or you'll ......" Besides, he couldn't go on, he didn't even have the strength to intimidate now.

"Yes, the heads of the two students you removed from." The guard replied.

"What?"

Besides, I felt relaxed for a while, but I blamed myself very much, it shouldn't be like this, although those students were removed, after all, there was no big mistake, and they died a little resentful, and they shouldn't have this mentality.

But he was really relaxed, knowing that it wasn't Zhou Dingcheng who had an accident, he felt lucky.

Xiao Nier also suddenly relaxed, but sat on the ground.

"How are you, are you alright?" Besides, go and help her up.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Xiao Nier threw herself into his arms and cried.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'll go see what's going on first. ”

Besides, he helped her to sit down and went out the door alone.