Standing in front of the door of the Li Mansion, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but sigh, a few days ago, when he came, Li Tingji was still a big man with a bright future, and in the blink of an eye, he was cold in front of the door, and there was a depression, even the door guarding the door was listless, it was really Ye Xianggao couldn't help but feel a sense of right and wrong.

"Squeak ......"

Ye Xianggao's entourage stepped forward and patted the door, and in an instant, a crack opened in the vermilion gate, and an old servant walked out with a lantern, and it took some difficulty to recognize the identity of the person who came, but he couldn't help but look cold.

"Why is Lord Ye here? The Li Mansion is small and can't afford to entertain a big man like Mr. Ye, so please go back! ”

The old servant's words are not the nose, the eyes are not the eyes, and the Ye Xianggao is red-faced, because strictly speaking, the Li family has become what it is today, and it has nothing to do with himself.

Although Ye Xianggao is not a very shrewd person, but he is not a fool, after Chen Ju left his mansion that day, the attitude of the palace towards Li Tingji changed greatly on the second day, and the edict was issued to "reward" him, which caused an uproar in the court, these things are definitely related to what he said to Chen Ju that day.

Although he just spoke the truth, after all, he was the one who caused the Li Mansion to fall to such a point, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"Fu Bo, I have been friends with your master for decades, and I will never intentionally harm him, today's old man is here, there is indeed something important to discuss with your master, maybe it is related to his net worth and life, and please Fu Bo go and spread the word!"

With guilt in his heart, Ye Xianggao didn't care about the rudeness of the old servant, smiled bitterly, and said calmly.

The old servant was not a scholar, but he had been following Li Tingji for a long time, and he had heard all kinds of rumors in the capital, and he was indignant about it, and now he heard Ye Xianggao say this, and hesitated for a while before he said.

"Then please wait here first, Master Ye, and when I go to the master, I won't see you!"

After saying that, he turned around and closed the door heavily, causing Ye Xianggao to smile bitterly.

Once upon a time, if he wanted to enter this Li Mansion, why did he need to spread the word, just go in directly, but now he can only be hung outside.

After a while, the door opened again, but this time it was not the old servant who came out, but an old man with a majestic face, but at this moment, the old man's face was full of tiredness, as if he was exhausted, seeing Ye Xianggao waiting in front of the door, he barely raised a smile and arched his hand.

"Jin Qing is here, the subordinate is rude, and I will make amends for my brother!"

Ye Xianggao looked at Li Tingji in front of him, his heart was slightly sour, a few days ago, he saw Li Tingji was still radiant and heroic, but now his face was full of tiredness, as if he had aged ten years overnight.

Hearing this familiar title, Ye Xianggao was in a trance, and stepped forward to hold Li Tingji's hand tightly, but he was speechless for a long time.

"It's cold and dewy outside, so let's go in and talk!"

Compared with Ye Xianggao, Li Tingji was calm, and took Ye Xianggao into the inner hall.

Although the outside has shown a bit of dilapidation, the inner hall is still brightly lit, and after the refreshments are served, after the two phases sit down, Ye Xianggao's mood gradually calmed down, and said.

"Brother Li, don't hide it, after the old man left your mansion that day, when he returned to the house, he saw the eunuch Chen Ju, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and the eunuch Chen said, he was ordered to ask about the situation of the conversation between you and me, and the old man didn't know the severity at the time, so he said the truth, and he didn't intend to let Brother Li fall to such a point, it was the old man's fault!"

has been friends with Li Tingji for many years, and the two have the same experience, and they have similar talents, Ye Xianggao has always treated Li Tingji as a brother, although that time because of Fang Congzhe's words, there was some estrangement with Li Tingji, but the friendship for many years has remained the same.

Seeing that Li Tingji had fallen to such a point at this moment, Ye Xianggao felt deeply guilty, and he didn't hide it, so he told Chen Ju about the situation that day when he came to ask him.

"Jinqing doesn't have to blame himself, the Son of Heaven is a person with a firm will, since he wants to do something to the old man, he must have already made up his mind, even if he doesn't investigate from Jinqing, there will be others who go to the Son of Heaven to say, instead of getting untruths from others, the old man wants to thank Jinqing for being truthful!"

Li Tingji was calm, waved his hand and said.

After many years of mixing in the DPRK, Li Tingji still believes in his ability to view people, Ye Xianggao has been friends with him for many years, and he does not believe that the other party will be the one who framed him, in fact, Ye Xianggao can come to visit today, which has made Li Tingji very happy, the icing on the cake is easy, and it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, if today's son is so unkind to himself, Ye Xianggao came to visit at this moment, but he took a lot of risks.

What's more, Ye Xianggao's words to him are strictly speaking, they are already violations, you know, at that time, Chen Ju was in secret order, and now Ye Xianggao has leaked the news, which can be regarded as a bully, so Li Tingji's attitude is the same as in the past, and there is no mustard.

However, Ye Xianggao sighed, he could naturally see that Li Tingji really didn't blame himself, just the "others" in Li Tingji's mouth, Ye Xianggao didn't have to think about it, he knew that he was talking about the newly promoted Fang Congzhe.

smiled bitterly at the moment, this misunderstanding can be regarded as a big one......

However, he also knew that this kind of thing has always become more and more unclear the more he explains, not to mention that as one of the giants of the imperial party, he knows that the grievances between Li Tingji and Fang Congzhe are far more than this, and it is useless to say more.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, the old man is here today because he wants to ask Brother Li about something, the stakes are very high, and I ask Brother Li to answer truthfully!"

Fortunately, Ye Xianggao didn't come to resolve the grievances, so he had to sigh at the moment, and said with a solemn face.

"What's the matter? Jin Qing, please say, for the brother must know everything! ”

Li Tingji also felt that something was wrong, and his face was solemn at the moment.

Ye Xianggao hesitated for a moment before staring at Li Tingji's face.

"Dare to ask Brother Li, can you still have dealings with the people of Donglin in private?"

Hearing Ye Xianggao ask about this, Li Tingji suddenly fell silent, but his attitude has made Ye Xianggao understand everything, and Li Tingji has been friends for many years, he knows that the latter is not a character who will be wronged, if he has not done it, I am afraid that he has already categorically denied it now, this hesitant look shows his attitude.

"Brother Li...... You, fool! ”

Thinking of this, Ye Xianggao suddenly became a little angry, and pointed at Li Tingji and was speechless for a while.

"As early as when he was in the East Palace, the Son of Heaven once prudently instructed us not to discuss the government with the countryside idlers, especially the local gentry forming a party to discuss politics, which made the Son of Heaven the most disgusted, and the subordinate officials who were disposed of in the East Palace were not enough to make Brother Li wake up?"

Ye Xianggao is not nonsense, as early as when the East Palace Mansion was set, Zhu Changluo once instructed them that although the court is not jealous of civil politics, it will never allow courtiers and people to discuss political affairs without authorization.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see how much the Son of Heaven does not want to see Donglin, so Ye Xianggao, who had just come into contact with the people of Donglin at that time, decisively cut off the connection between the two, and he didn't even pay attention to Donglin Academy.

But what he didn't expect was that he stopped in time, but Li Tingji took the risk of offending the Son of Heaven and continued to associate with the people of Donglin......