The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the lanterns on the last five days of the first month, the whole capital is lively and joyful. However, compared with the people enjoying this rare happy time of opening the night ban, many officials in the court have complained about the Lantern Festival held less than a year after the funeral of the first emperor.

But where does Zhu Houzhao care about what others think, on the fifteenth day he took Zhou Qiniang to secretly go out of the palace to watch the lantern festival at the entrance of the lamp market, and after coming back, he took the Empress Dowager Wang and the Empress Dowager Zhang to the Donghua Gate Tower to watch the lights, and went to the Fengxian Hall to sleep for one night, muttered to himself on the spiritual seat of Emperor Hongzhi and said most of the night, and the seventeenth and eighteenth acted in Qingning Palace and Renshou Palace for two days...... It didn't stop until twenty. However, these twenty-one yamen have only begun to serve as directors, because Li Rong has to rest for two days due to the cold, Zhu Houzhao ordered Chen Kuan to send them to see first, and he didn't listen to the abridgement, but he flipped through them casually, and the first few folds handed to him were all related to Xu Xun.

Some impeached him for taking his fiancée to visit the light market, some impeached him for commenting on the ban of the first emperor, and some said that although his mother had been posthumously sealed, she had not yet been buried in the ancestral grave of Xing'anbo...... Looking at the past one by one, there are eleven miscellaneous folds, and it was not until the twelfth that the pattern changed. Looking at these things, Zhu Houzhao frowned, and threw all his brains into the paper basket, but he had to endure the surname to read them one by one, but in the end, he finally couldn't help but fall into Liu Jin's arms next to him. Although Liu Jin quickly picked up several copies, more of them were scattered on the ground at once.

"What are they trying to do?"

Seeing that the little emperor was furious, Liu Jin hurriedly bent down and picked them up one by one, and saw that Chen Kuan, who was the master of ceremonies, came to send the folds on his face, he picked them up one by one and put them on the imperial case, so he whispered to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this is just that those officials below are full of food and support, and it has nothing to do with Gonggong Chen." ”

Only then did Zhu Houzhao say to Chen Kuan: "The rest will be transferred to the cabinet first, and these will be retained!" ”

Chen Kuan hesitated for a moment, but after all, he didn't say anything, and after saluting, he retreated. And as soon as he left, Liu Jin threw away the cautious and cautious appearance just now, walked to Zhu Houzhao's side and loosened his neck and bones for him familiarly, and said with a smile: "What does the emperor do to pay attention to those people who can only make noise?" The more these people jumped, the more it showed that they were afraid of Ping Beibo, otherwise what would they be doing with just staring at him? ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao's face was a little pale, he struck while the iron was hot and said: "It's just that the emperor left these today, and there will be more to send them tomorrow, these officials have always been a virtue, they are not afraid of touching nails, the more they touch, the more they show that they have courage and backbone, so they can't completely ignore their folds!" If you want the slave to say, you can ignore the others, but Mrs. Xing'anbo's relocation of the grave really has to be considered, otherwise Xing'anbo has no intention of continuing the string so far, and some people have already said that Xu Xun is not filial. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jin glanced at Zhu Houzhao's expression again, and saw that the little emperor really frowned and groaned, he became more and more sure in his heart, so he leaned closer a little closer, and said in a low voice: "Moreover, the slave maid just heard Xu Xun mention that Miss Shen's grandmother is in very bad health, so why not take this opportunity to let them go back to Jinling after they get married." One came to move the grave of her deceased mother, and the other came to visit Miss Shen's grandmother, these three came to ......"

"What's coming up with these three?"

He deliberately lengthened his tone, and when he saw that Zhu Houzhao asked unexpectedly, he squinted his eyes and smiled: "Your Majesty, they all say that the four happy events in life are a long drought and a rainy day, meeting old acquaintances in a foreign country, spending candle nights in the cave room, and when the gold list is inscribed, but if the slave maid says that the biggest happy event in life is to return home!" Xing'an Boping and Beibo have been idle in Jinling, and now they are prosperous and noble in the capital, and the father and son returned to Nanjing together, but they are not returning to their hometowns, who does not come to greet them? Even the anger that was received in the past can be brought back one by one now, and this happy decision can be compared to the flower candles in the cave room. If the emperor supports Pingbei Bo again, he can give him another name of Qincha, in short, it is to strengthen his momentum and let him go to Jiangnan in the next time! ”

If you want to say that Zhu Houzhao's mind is accurate, if Liu Jin recognizes the second, then almost no one dares to recognize the first - even Xu Xun gradually figured out Zhu Houzhao's vein, to say that the real closeness is actually not as close as Liu Jin, who has followed the little emperor for many years. At this moment, sure enough, all the indignation on Zhu Houzhao's face was gone, and he nodded in agreement again and again.

"You're right, Xu Xun has done countless things for me since he arrived in the capital, and this time I let him return to his hometown in good clothes, and those people should shut up now!"

"The emperor is wise!"

Liu Jin greeted him with a smile on his face, very satisfied with his performance just now. Although he has no position in the celebrant supervisor, but now that the tide is rising, there are always people inside to report to him, so those twists and turns are sent one after another from sixteen to twenty, only to keep pressing and not sent to the royal front, and finally accumulated before he took it in one go, and he understood it clearly. Xu Xun solved a catastrophe for him through Zhang Yong last time, and he reciprocated the favor, so he naturally thought about how to turn this bad thing into a good thing. As soon as the clerical officer who reported the news from the ceremonial supervisor said a few related things, he came up with such an idea, and sure enough, he passed Zhu Houzhao's level lightly and skillfully.

Of course, he is also selfish, Xu Xun came from behind, and faintly occupied too much attention and favor of the little emperor, so he had to let this relationship fade first. When Xu Xun leaves Beijing, he can seize the time to further win Zhu Houzhao's trust, and by the way, cultivate some of his own team in a down-to-earth manner.

So, when Zhu Houzhao sent him to Xiyuan to report a message to Xu Xunxian, he agreed without thinking. Sure enough, as he expected, when he arrived in Xiyuan, he saw that as soon as Xu Xun mentioned that someone was impeached, Xu Xun's face turned cloudy, and he complained to him angrily.

"It's worthy of Lao Liu, who actually came up with such a way to get the best of both worlds!"

"That's, who is with whom of the two of us? You can rest assured that you will return to your hometown, and there will be me watching from the capital, and those old adults will not be bad! ”

"Then it's all up to you!"

The two of you are hello, my brother and I talked for a while before Liu Jin said goodbye and left. Xu Xun looked at his back as he left in a hurry, and only then did he beckon Cao Mi to come forward when he was completely out of sight. Just the day before yesterday, he had just given Cao Mi the word Ning'an, which was exactly his name.

"Ning An, how many days has the letter to your father been gone?"

"It's been twelve days. The official road from the capital to Xi'an is 2,650 miles, and the official road from Xi'an to Yansui Town is 1,120 miles, and the adults said that they can't use 800 miles to expedite 600 miles, even if they change horses at the post station, nearly 4,000 miles, and it takes about 12 days to go. ”

Hearing that Cao Mi could even be so careful about such small details, Xu Xun couldn't help but nod appreciatively, praised the little guy a few words, and he only said that he was not in a hurry about this matter, but he didn't confide in Cao Mi for the time being that he was likely to go back to Nanjing in a short time, and only ordered someone to continue the training. When Shen Chu gathered a group of people and waited for a lecture and left Xiyuan and walked out of Xi'an Gate, he went straight to Xiao Jing's private residence next to Shichahai, and before he entered the door, he heard the sound of Langlang books inside.

As soon as he knocked on the door, the old servant guarding the door recognized Xu Xun at a glance and hurriedly let him in. Seeing that the flowers and plants in the courtyard were covered by sheds, the snow in the vegetable field had melted, and the wheat below could be seen, Xu Xun stopped for a moment and walked to the front of the main house, just in time to hear Xiao Jing's old voice.

"It's not enough to just be able to recite, although you are now in the show, but you are aiming at the imperial examination, the road is still very far, the words of the sage are not in the form, but in the deep meaning of the inside, how can you understand the meaning of the admonition, in order to write a good article...... You go back and think about it, this article will stay with me, when you can figure out what's wrong with it, when you will come to see me again! ”

Xu Xun heard that the person inside had resigned, and immediately turned sideways to give way, and after a while, he saw a person coming out of the inside. I saw that the young man was about the same age as him, dressed in a simple green silk shirt, neatly packed, and at first glance it looked just an ordinary reading seed. The old servant next to him was a little stunned when he saw the young man looking at Xu Xun, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Young Master Sun, this is Uncle Pingbei." Uncle Pingbei, this is the fourth young master of the master's Congsun Xiao. ”

"Late Xiao Xin has seen Pingbeibo."

Seeing that the other party came back to his senses and saluted deeply, Xu Xun hurriedly supported him with both hands. After asking for a few words, he casually took a pair of champions and the first gold coin that were always available in the purse as a gift, and Xiao Jing's voice came from inside: "But Pingbeibo is here?" Xin'er's child, don't get used to him, let him go back to study hard. It's cold, my legs and feet are not good, so I can't greet each other, so you can come in and talk. ”

With these words, Xu Xun let people go, and he entered the house. Seeing that Xiao Jing was sitting cross-legged on the kang, with a thick blanket on his knees, and a book in his hand, he was full of silver threads of sporadic black hair, which showed that his family life was very comfortable, he smiled and sat down opposite Xiao Jing after seeing the ceremony.

"Father-in-law Xiao is really busy and busy, and he is idle, and this open-mindedness is enviable."

"When you get old, you will naturally have my heart, what is there to envy now?" Xiao Jing put down the scroll, stared at Xu Xun's eyes with great interest, and said, "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, although you have to give me gifts every New Year's Day, but you have always avoided suspicion, what is the important thing today?" ”

In the face of an old and mature person like Xiao Jing, Xu Xun did not beat around the bush, and said bluntly: "I am going to leave the capital and go back to Nanjing, and the people under my father-in-law please help keep an eye on the situation in the palace." If there is any news, you can ask Jinyiwei to contact Nanjing urgently. In addition, after all, Rayson is not a person who can leave the palace anytime and anywhere, it is not easy for me to meet him, and I also ask my father-in-law to bring him a letter to make him more low-key in front of the palace. ”

Xiao Jing sat up straight all of a sudden, but his heart was not as shocked as it seemed on the surface, thinking more about Xu Xun clearly having a close relationship with Xichang Gu Dayong, but the news of going to Nanjing took the line of Jinyiwei. After a while, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Just a little thing?" ”

"Of course not. Is there anyone else under my father-in-law who hasn't taken it out? ”

(To be continued)