Since Mao Xiang was so insistent, Chen Mingxia knew that there must be a deep meaning, so he had to smile and say: "It's okay, then let's go with the frontier, but I can say in advance that the time can't be too long." ”

"This is natural." Mao Xiang said very casually: "Brother is going to face the saint, right?" Now the palace is also heavily guarded, and I don't think my brother will see it today, so there is no need to be too anxious. ”

"Still, the rules can't be broken."

"Is the law of etiquette set up by our generation?" Mao Xiang laughed, turned over on the horse, and stretched out his left hand to greet the guest: "Please, Brother Baishi!" ”

This Fushe brother, although he has the status of a student, but he has not been promoted, which is not as good as even Huang Zongxi, although Huang Taichong did not enter the Beijing Entrance Examination, he is also a person in the field, and this little brother in front of him ...... Chen Mingxia shook his head secretly, feeling that after a few years of officialdom career, coupled with the period of running around with the prince, he and these little brothers of the Restoration Society seemed to be getting farther and farther away.

Because he came to pick him up, Mr. Qian, who was guarding the city, also admitted his mistake, and the forbidden troops guarding both sides got out of the way, one by one with spears, looking respectful.

Not only that, but the eyes that looked at Chen Mingxia were also full of awe and fear.

After all, Chen Mingxia is Hanlin, the legendary Wenqu star, and in the middle of the matter, the official position is low and the power position is high, such a person can be regarded as a big person.

For a while, he was used to seeing the rudeness of the soldiers of the feudal town, and when he entered the city, Chen Mingxia was also a little proud in his heart. However, he soon pulled out of this emotion: although the soldiers of the feudal town were rude and arrogant, and they used force to suppress the text, but the strength of the fierce and daring to fight was far from being comparable to the Nanjing garrison.

With this kind of forbidden army, even if it comes out as a strict defense, I'm afraid it's useless.

"How?"

Seeing that Chen Mingxia's face was not very good-looking, Mao Xiang looked at it with inquiring eyes.

"Hehe, it's okay." Chen Mingxia put away his nonsense, the top priority now is to do the errand at hand well, and other things can be ignored for the time being. He looked at Mao Xiang and said with a smile: "Seeing my brother so beautiful, I really envy him." ”

"Brother Baishi laughed at his brother."

Although Mao Xiang is humble, his face is also unconcealable. Although Shi Kefa has a lot of staff around him, and they are specialized in different categories, each with its own errands, there are not many children of a family like him and the stamina of Donglin Restoration Society. Therefore, he entrusted him with a lot of important things, and relied on him deeply.

At this time, it is not surprising that there is such a spring breeze and a horse's hoof disease.

It's just that Chen Mingxia went out of the city, then to the sea breeze, and then to Huai'an to seize the army, all the way to such a sword and sword, and often chatted with the prince, speaking of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong first caused trouble, and there will definitely be no peace in a few years, and there is also a Dongyu spy artifact, according to the prince, this time the Dongyu will definitely seize the rare opportunity and take the opportunity to enter the customs.

Whether Li Zicheng can bear it, the prince is pessimistic.

Therefore, the layout of Huai'an, the defense between various states and counties, the recruitment of new soldiers, the training of men and horses, weapons, logistics, and officer training, are all based on the eastern captives as an imaginary enemy!

And here in the southern capital, it is still Li Zi to become the first fierce rival, and at the same time the defense is as sparse, the scholars and the people in the Fushe are considered the elites of the southern capital, and at this time, it seems that they are also ignorant, and I heard that the Qinhuai River is as prosperous as in the past, and there are still many people chasing joy and laughter on the river...... Thinking of this, even Chen Mingxia, who was worried about his belly, shook his head slightly, it was too troublesome!

He and the servants were also immediately behind Mao Xiang, and there was a team of forbidden troops from the garrison to help clear the way, and the road was unimpeded. Nanjing here is still rich and abnormal, everywhere is the market business, the bustling crowd is still crowded and impermeable, not only the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River to Nanjing for transshipment, is a lot of inland businessmen from Huguang and Jiangxi, there are also a lot of gathered here, all the way the crown is gathered, very lively.

Coming out of the siege of Jingshi, and then seeing this prosperous scene in front of him, it was Chen Mingxia himself, and he also felt like a world away!

"Da Bao En Temple?"

"Yes, brother, please come with me."

The place where Mao Xiang arrived with Chen Mingxia was a famous building in Nanjing, and it was also one of several major works in the Yongle period. During the Yongle period, the biggest work was of course the reconstruction of Yanjing City and the construction of the Forbidden City, which took 20 years before and after, and the labor and items used did not need to be mentioned. It is the Wudang Mountain project again, it is also more than 100,000 workers, Nanjing Dabao'en Temple, it is Zhu Di to commemorate his mother and concubine and built, it takes a long time, and there is a lot of silver, it is the grand building second only to the palace ban in Nanjing, it is luxurious and exquisite, beautiful and beautiful, from the completion of the limited scenic spot in China, to now, it is the place where the gentry and officials in Nanjing often love to go.

However, as soon as he saw that it was Da Bao'en Temple, Chen Mingxia felt a headache, and immediately pulled the corner of Mao Xiang's clothes, and said softly: "Is Mr. Niantai living here?" ”

"Of course."

"Hey!" Chen Mingxia reproached with a little complaint: "You brought me to see what he was doing?" The smell of each other is not cast, and after meeting, it is also tasteless! ”

The said Mr. Niantai, is another master of science to the end of the Ming Dynasty, can be said to be the Southern Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty of the palace of the military figures, all lectures, I don't know how many disciples, many of them are famous big people, and several times to hang the crown to return to the inside, unwilling to be an official, every time he resigns, naturally his prestige rises again.

Today, Mr. Niantai has become an academic town, a Taishan Beidou-style figure that the government and the opposition look up to. It is true that Liu Zongzhou Shao and Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and other founders of Donglin have traveled, and they have been people in the court during the Wanli period, and they have been naturalized for forty-five years.

However, Chen Mingxia has no good impression of this old gentleman, and there are of course many specific reasons, such as that he is a person who is very keen on fame and practical work, and does not like empty talk and lectures, and has little interest in the so-called "academic". And Liu Zongzhou was in the dynasty for forty-five years, and he begged to go at every turn, often resigned from his official position, and his surname was still broad, and his favorite thing was to engage in academics, revise classics, and teach students.

And Chen Mingxia has always felt that it is easy to talk about it, but it is difficult to do facts. So such an old gentleman is really incomprehensible.

However, in terms of Liu Zongzhou's prestige in the Donglin Party and the imperial court, since he came here, it was really impossible to say that he would not meet, so Chen Mingxia was just scratching.

Knowing what he meant, Mao Xiang just shook his head and said nothing, as if he had something to say, but it was inconvenient to speak. As far as he is concerned, he is also reluctant to make this trip, but he is not up to others, and he can only reluctantly go through this experience.

As for bringing Chen Mingxia here, it was out of kindness.

Entering from the mountain gate, there are still a lot of pilgrims who enter the incense along the way, although women and women are the majority, but there is no lack of gentry and merchants with crowns and belts, bypassing these crowds, entering a narrow alley, and continuing to move forward, before arriving at a fine house courtyard, I saw a few Tsing Yi slaves standing outside, and a group of young scholars were also walking and talking in the pavilion, talking, but in front of Liu Zongzhou, everyone lowered their voices, so although Chen Mingxia listened attentively, but he didn't hear it very really, I just think it's very noisy.

However, many of these acquaintances, when they saw Chen Mingxia coming in, everyone stopped talking and came forward one by one to greet them.

Among them, the most familiar ones are Huang Zongxi and Fang Yizhi, as well as Zhang Zilie and Gu Xiancheng's grandson Gu Gao and others, all of whom are friends in the society and are very familiar with each other.

"What about Dingsheng? He's not here? ”

As soon as Chen Mingxia asked, others were a little embarrassed, but Huang Zongxi said angrily: "My brother has already broken off his friendship with Chen Dingsheng, please don't mention this person again." ”

"What? Tai Chong," Chen Mingxia didn't know what to do, he just felt confused, he said to Huang Zongxi in a cordial tone with a bit of reproach: "Tai Chong, you are still this quick temper, between friends, what can't you say clearly?" Why be so angry? ”

"Hmph, we don't agree with each other's political opinions, it's not a dispute of will."

"We also broke off our friendship with Chen Dingsheng, and from now on, we don't have to call ourselves friends anymore!"

Seeing everyone like this, Chen Mingxia could only shake his head and smile bitterly, he didn't want to say anything, and he didn't know what it was for. turned his head to look at Mao Xiang again, but saw that his face was also pale, and his head was raised high, and he vaguely understood in his heart what the situation in front of him was for.

Liu Zongzhou sat in the middle of the house, this old gentleman was over the age of six, and his hair was like silver, but looking at the sparkling in his eyes, it seemed that his spirit was not bad.

At that moment, Chen Mingxia entered the house to salute, Liu Zongzhou got up and returned half a salute, and after Chen Mingxia sat down, Liu Zongzhou split his head and said: "There have been many rumors in Nandu recently, saying that the crown prince entered Huai'an, and Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Shandong Town, and beheaded the general soldier. Baishi, you came from Huai'an, is the rumor true? ”

This old man was originally a master of science, even if he didn't vote when he spoke, he rarely had such an aggressive appearance, but today it was a big abnormality, not only forced to ask, but also very unpolite in tone, and around Liu Zongzhou, it was also full of Liu Sect's disciples and friends in the Fu Society, and at this time, they all looked at Chen Mingxia with Qi Shabu, just waiting for his answer.

"Yes, it does, but ......"

Rao is Chen Mingxia is very anxious, and he is helpless at this time, just answered the beginning, before he could elaborate, he saw Liu Zongzhou suddenly get up, he was startled, and he didn't know how to react, so he saw Liu Zongzhou turn around and take a white fold, send it to Chen Mingxia, and said: "Let's see." ”

""Respecting the Ancestors of the Sect and Cultivating the Country's Vitality with a Lady's Heart" ...... "As soon as I saw the name, Chen Mingxia knew that something was wrong, and I opened it and read it hastily, and sure enough, it was the old man who bluntly said that the crown prince behaved inappropriately, please recall Nanjing, more to mellow Confucianism and the country to determine the world, the language is broad and the truth is great, and it is really the same as the style of Liu Zongzhou.

He played a piece of music and said with a smile: "Old man, on the occasion of this national disaster, I am afraid that it is not a good way to regain the old mountains and rivers and mess up the formation, right?" ”

"The human heart is the foundation!" Liu Zongzhou ignored him, closed his eyes and half-closed, and only said: "This old man is decided." ”

"In that case, there is no need to say more." Mao Xiang shook his head and said loudly: "Originally, it was sent by the cabinet to ask the students to come and persuade the old gentleman that more things are better than less, since the old man insists on this, then the students will return to their lives." ”

"Listen to your will!" Liu Zongzhou's expression was majestic, his eyes glanced at Mao Xiang, and in his eyes, in addition to being cold, there was no negotiation of stubbornness.

(To be continued)