Li Ruobing said: "This tower is the White Tower, and this temple is also named after this tower." www.biquge.info This white pagoda is newly built by the Nepalese craftsman Anigo who entered the Yuan Dynasty in the year, and it is a typical Tibetan Buddhist style building. ”

Sun Yueling said: "Elder Li is really knowledgeable, the kid is ashamed, he has never seen it." ”

Li Ruobing said with a smile: "Where, if there are more people, you will naturally know." Go, follow me to the tower. ”

Sun Yueling looked up and saw that this white tower was towering into the sky, at least no less than fifteen zhang, which could be said to be the tallest building he had ever seen at that time, and even the Beijing city wall was nothing compared to this white tower. With such a high white tower, if you want to reach the top, I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort.

The monks in front of the temple tower seemed to know Li Ruobing, and when they saw him enter the temple and climb the tower, not only did they not stop him, but they also deliberately opened the door of the white tower.

Following Li Ruobing, Sun Yueling walked into the stone staircase that spiraled up in the tower. At first, when I was at the bottom of the tower, the surrounding area was still very spacious, and the more I walked to the back, the stone walls around me gradually closed, and the stone staircase could only accommodate two people walking side by side.

About half a pillar of incense time, the two of them finally came to the top of the white tower, Sun Yueling looked around, that is, half the size of a room, not very wide, there are some wood carvings Bodhisattva, bronze Buddha statues and other things piled up in the corner, and there are some five Buddha crowns, patching robes and the like hanging on the back wall of the stone wall.

But none of this intrigued him, and he came to the tower, gently pushed open the small closed window, and looked out in the distance, and could not help but be shocked.

I saw that under the snow powder in the sky, the entire Jingshi fell into the eyes, which was really a magnificent and beautiful picture.

Looking down from such a high angle, but seeing the continuous houses of Beijing, like a well field, scattered and orderly, covered by the snow into a white world, and the imperial palace and the Forbidden City in the distance are even more eaves and walls, row upon row, magnificent and majestic, making people's hearts wide-minded, as if everything in the world is nothing under such a vast and endless snowy scene.

When Sun Yueling saw this strange scene, his depression seemed to wave away, thinking that Li Ruobing brought him here to see the beauty of the snow scene in Jingshi, and did he also have a lot of unpleasant things that were difficult to go?

couldn't help but say to Li Ruobing: "Elder Li, this place is really beautiful!" ”

Li Ruobing said with a smile: "When Mr. Jingyang and I first came, we were also deeply touched by the beautiful scenery of the world on this white pagoda. ”

"Mr. Jingyang?" Sun Yueling is unknown.

Li Ruobing said: "It's Gu Xiancheng, the founder of Donglin Academy." After finishing speaking, his expression suddenly became solemn, as if he had returned to thirty years of passion, and his face showed a look of indignation.

"Oh, it was him." Sun Yueling suddenly realized, remembering that Qi Liao said that after Gu Xiancheng was expelled, it was founded by a group of people who had the same political views as him and served as a chivalrous master, and it seemed that the relationship between Li Ruobing and Gu Xiancheng was extraordinary.

"The past is over...... Li Ruobing then sighed again and said, "Do you know what we came up to this white tower for?" ”

Sun Yueling shook his head and said he didn't know.

Li Ruobing said lightly: "Let's wait for someone here." Looking at his puzzled look, he said, "The person we are waiting for is the current cabinet chief assistant - Ye Xianggao." ”

"Huh?" Sun Yueling was taken aback, he never expected that Li Ruobing brought him here, but he was actually to meet the current cabinet chief, who was an important minister of the court who called for wind and rain in the Ming Dynasty and was above ten thousand people under one person.

Li Ruobing looked at the snowfall outside and said, "It's almost time, he should be almost there." ”

At this time, Sun Yueling saw a sound of footsteps under the stone stairs, and when he turned his head and looked down, he saw a white-haired old man wearing a black robe and a bearded chest, who was slowly climbing the stairs.

When Sun Yueling was shocked in his heart, Ye Xianggao, the current cabinet chief, the scholar of the Zhongji Palace, and the old man of the Donglin Party, had already come to the small pavilion at the top of the White Tower.

"Pavilion Elder !" Li Ruobing shouted, greeted him, and said, "The old man is strong, and he is getting stronger, and his energy is really not reduced back then......

Ye Xianggao took a breath after standing up, and said with a smile: "Old man, this old bone, it's okay to review documents in the courtroom, but to run around outside, you people who have rolled in the turmoil!" ”

Sun Yueling saw that Ye Xianggao, the head of the cabinet, actually climbed the tower of more than ten floors in one go, and thought that he was really in good health, and he could be the spokesperson of the oral liquid in the cover in the future generations.

Li Ruobing said: "The elder of the pavilion is too modest, since you have been in charge of the government, tax reduction, peace of the people, and opening the road, which is not a major matter related to the national economy and people's livelihood, I and other people in the mountains and wilderness can be whipped for the elder of the pavilion, it is really a blessing for three lives!" ”

Ye Xiangyi waved his hand to Gao Yi and said slightly: "Brother Sanshi, when did you and I become so polite." If you have something to say, why compliment the old man? ”

Having said that, there was also a sense of relief in my heart. He went through the Wanli, Taichang, and Tianqi dynasties, and served as the first assistant to the cabinet for the third time.

Li Ruobing said with a smile: "How dare I speak in front of the elder pavilion, it is better to ask the elder to see him." ”

Ye Xianggao smiled slightly, glanced at Sun Yueling, and said, "This little brother is ......"

Li Ruobing said: "This person is my friend who forgot about the year, and specially brought it to the tower and listened to the old instructions of the pavilion. ”

Ye Xianggao let out an "oh", walked to Sun Yueling's side, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said, "The future is terrifying, what is your name?" ”

Sun Yueling heard Li Ruobing introduce himself like this, and his heart was moved, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The kid's name is Sun Yueling." ”

Ye Xianggao held him up, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the person recommended by the three stones must have something extraordinary." ”

Sun Yueling felt ashamed in his heart, he didn't have anything extraordinary, but Ye Xianggao was so amiable and didn't put on a show, which touched his heart for a while.

Li Ruobing's expression suddenly became solemn, sighed, and said, "Wang An has already gone to ......."

Ye Xianggao was silent for a while, walked to the window, looked at the snowy imperial capital outside, and said nothing.

Li Ruobing continued: "I have already found out that this matter was framed by Wei Zhongxian......

Ye waved his hand to Gao Yi and interrupted him: "I already know about this matter. After a pause, he said, "This matter is obviously done by Wei Zhongxian, but behind it is the fake work of Mrs. Fengsheng's Hak. On that day, Wang An had advised the Son of Heaven to expel the Hakka clan, so this time the Hakka clan faked Wei Zhongxian to retaliate and frame Wang An. ”

sighed again and said, "I just didn't expect that they would really dare to kill the killer!" ”

Li Ruobing said: "The Hakka clan and Wei Zhongxian actually joined forces to deal with the prince, do they also want to repeat the mistakes of the Qichu and Zhejiang parties?" The words were full of anger and high morale.

Ye Xianggao closed his eyes, his chest rose and fell, and said: "This matter has disturbed the court, Zhou Jiamo and Liu Yixiao have decided to fight back, and the old man is really difficult to suppress ......"

Li Ruobing was puzzled: "Why did Elder Ge stop them from fighting back? ”

Ye Xianggao sighed: "Wang An is dead, what is the benefit of fighting for it." We, the people of Donglin, are deeply blessed by God, and we should bow down and reflect on ourselves, and put our family and country as the most important thing in the world, how can we be confined to party disputes and cannot leave? After a pause, he added, "Have you forgotten what I said to you that day?" ”

Li Ruobing stood beside him and said, "What the elder said is very true, he is really broad-minded and worried about the world. ”

He and Ye Xianggao have also known each other for a long time, although Ye Xianggao and Gu Xiancheng are both members of the Donglin Party, they seem to be two completely different people. Gu Xiancheng is high-spirited and scheming, while Ye Xianggao is more obscure and forbearing, and has noble ambitions.

Since he came into contact with Ye Xianggao, he has also been deeply affected, from a person who is decisive in killing to becoming more and more steady, no longer confined to party strife and fighting, but more focused on learning and preaching. It's just that at the moment, the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang parties are all suppressed by Donglin and it is difficult to protect themselves, why doesn't Ye Xianggao want to fight back against the Hakka and Wei Zhongxian, who have just received holy grace?

I only heard Ye Xianggao continue to speak, and said: "Today, all parties in the portal have their own gentlemen and villains. The troubles of the world are not only caused by villains, but also by gentlemen. How can we, the people of Donglin, fall into the harem battle for the selfish interests of one party, and ignore all the people in the world? ”

When Sun Yueling heard this, he was even more impressed, and the Ye Xianggao and Li Ruobing in front of him were not at all like the Donglin Party that was bent on going his own way and was not my race, but was so homesick and worried about national affairs.

People say that the party is fighting for the country, but if every Donglin party member can be like Ye Xianggao who disregards selfish interests and puts the world first, will the Huanghuang Ming Dynasty still let the Later Jin Jurchen covet it?

Li Ruobing nodded silently and said, "I have written down what the elder said." Thinking of these days, not only the forces in the palace, but even the Concern Hall have suffered a lot of losses under the repeated struggles, and said, "Do we also wait and see for the time being when the military advisor is in prison?" ”

Ye Xianggao frowned and said, "How long has Wen Yan been in prison?" ”

Li Ruobing said: "It's been two whole months. ”

Ye Xianggao's expression suddenly perked up, and he said: "Although I have always advocated the peaceful coexistence of all parties and factions, but now that Wei Zhongxian has bullied the door, if I blindly retreat, I will inevitably let others look down on me and other Donglin Party members." ”

Li Ruobing asked tentatively, "What does that Pavilion Lao mean......"

Ye Xianggao's lowered old eyes instantly became shining, and he said: "The cabinet department has already informed Liu Qiao, the Fusi of Beizhen, why hasn't he released him yet?" ”

Li Ruobing said: "Liu Qiao has already been secretly accommodating and has reduced the sins of the military advisor, but Tian Ergeng has used many excuses to detain him privately, trying to get a glimpse of it by torture. ”

Ye Xianggao snorted and said angrily: "How dare you disobey the old man's words?" With a wave of his robe sleeves, he said, "Brother Sanshi, you can deal with this matter and take Wenyan out of prison for me." ”

Li Ruobing responded: "Rest assured, Elder Ge will not be dishonored." ”

Ye Xianggao nodded and said, "So good, so good, the old man is one step ahead." He walked over to the stone ladder, glanced back at Sun Yueling, and said, "Sun Xiaoyou, if it's okay, you can come to the old man's house for tea." ”

Sun Yueling hurriedly leaned over and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Ye Xianggao smiled and said, "Why don't you dare, but it's okay to come." In the midst of laughter, he walked slowly down the stone staircase.

After Ye Xianggao left, Li Ruobing said to Sun Yueling: "You have listened to it for so long, what do you think?" ”

Sun Yueling felt a big headache and said: "This ......" What he thought in his heart was, are you filming Infernal Affairs, why do decent people always like to meet at the top of high-rise buildings, aren't you tired of climbing the stairs? But how can these words be said to Li Ruobing.

Li Ruobing didn't force him to answer, and said with a smile: "After a while, let's go down too." ”

After some time, the two also walked down from the top of the white pagoda and came to the Fuchengmen Street outside the temple.

Sun Yueling saw that Li Ruobing did not return along the same road, but walked to the east of the street, and couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Elder Li, where are we going?" ”

Li Ruobing didn't look back, and said lightly: "Beizhen Fusi." ”