When Jiao Fang returned to the cabinet after taking a three-day vacation, although Li Dongyang and he had been colleagues for decades, he was still terrified in the face of the kind of lost soul that he had never seen on his face before. If you want to say that he is a party to this matter, however, when Xu Xun recognized that his head was Jiao Huangzhong, and said with a smile that he wanted to drive people away for him to avoid this matter, he never thought that it would develop to such a result.

Xu Xun was so sharp and unforgiving, and scolded Jiao Huangzhong so hard that he couldn't afford to be sick, at least next year he would try to delay because of this! He almost forgot that when he and Liu Jian Xie Qian planned to force the palace, it was also the young Pingbei Marquis who suddenly killed him, making a mess of their seamless plan, so that Liu Jian Xie Qian had to beg to go, and he, who was left, could only endure humiliation and mud!

However, compared with Jiao Fang's absence from consciousness, what he had to face more was the resignation sent by Wang Wei for the second time. At the end of the discussion in the Wenhua Hall on this day, when everyone else had retreated, he had no choice but to play the matter, only to see Zhu Houzhao, the little emperor, frowning in displeasure, then waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "Since I have been retained three times, he still has to leave, so let him go." It's just that there are only two people left in the cabinet now, Mr. Li and Jiao Fang, let me nominate a few more candidates, and I will see who is suitable. ”

Li Dongyang glanced up at Liu Jin, who was standing beside the emperor, took a deep breath and bowed down in response: "The minister obeys the order." ”

However, when Li Dongyang left the Wenhua Hall and went straight back to Wenyuan Pavilion, he was stopped. The little eunuch said with a smile: "Please Yuanfu stay for a while, and Gonggong Liu will come in a while." ”

Li Dongyang stopped in astonishment. Seeing a stool behind him carrying Liu Jin over quickly, he immediately thought about Liu Jin's intention. Before he could confirm it, the stool was in front of him, but Liu Jin didn't come down, so he sat on it and bowed his head slightly: "Mr. Li." You must know what our family is coming to. Our family knows that there must be three or five candidates for this Tingtui, and who you want to add is not our family's business, but our family doesn't want to see Yang Tinghe's name. If there is his name, then you don't blame our family for being unkind! ”

This naked threat made Li Dongyang suddenly change color. If it is replaced by Liu Jian, Xie Qian. I was afraid that he would not clash with Liu Jin on the spot, however, he had always been a very tolerant person, and the hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist, then let go, and then clenched tightly, and finally said in a low voice: "Gonggong Liu rest assured." ”

"That's good." Liu Jin nodded triumphantly. This is as if he was informed, and said lightly, "Our family also knows that Wenyuan Pavilion is busy with affairs, and you and Jiao Fang are too busy, so we plan to pick two capable people to help you." All right. Our family knows that Mr. Li has always been a busy man, so we won't bother! ”

Although Xu Xun also told him that the position of the first assistant of the cabinet belonged to Yang Yiqing rather than Yang Tinghe, the opportunity was in front of him, and Li Dongyang originally wanted to give it a try, and first transferred Yang Tinghe back to the capital. Who knew that Liu Jin's reaction would be so arbitrary. When he entered Wenyuan Pavilion, he saw that Wang Wei's straight room was empty, and he thought that this person was also one of the people who accompanied Fu Que back then. Later, the court pushed into the cabinet to resist Liu Jin, and fought repeatedly and repeatedly, but now he finally couldn't stand it anymore, leaving him alone to fight, and suddenly sighed. Immediately after, he heard Jiao Fang's voice coming from behind him.

"Yuansuke, is this sorry for Shouxi? That's what he is. If you are together, you will stay, and if you are not together, you will go, since he is not willing to stay. What do you have to sigh about? ”

Li Dongyang turned his head suddenly, thinking that although Jiao Fang had a bad reputation in the past, the two still had some interactions, and even exchanged news and planned together without anyone else knowing, but now they are strangers, Jiao Fang even secretly calculated his position as the first assistant, and his eyes suddenly became cold. It wasn't until he saw that Jiao Fang's expression was unnaturally unnatural that he said lightly: "Brother Shoujing learned that Wang Shouxi was indeed resigned, and the emperor approved it, and ordered him to come to the Japanese court to push it." It's just that just like when you were approved to enter the cabinet, Gonggong Liu seems to have a candidate who is willing to be pushed into the cabinet, and you must have one more right-hand man in the future. ”…,

After saying this, he didn't look at the follow-up reaction of Jiao Fang, who was full of sluggishness, and walked away with a cold smile.

Jiao Fang, the era when you were regarded as Liu Jin's heart is over!

Although Jiao Fang already knew that Liu Jin's trust in himself was much less than before, after all, he had qualifications and talents, and now he was the second assistant of the cabinet, and he had overthrown Wang Wei, as long as he could squeeze out Li Dongyang to occupy the position of first assistant, he would inevitably let Liu Jin see that he had become the first assistant, and he also had the ability to make drastic moves. But at this time, the news revealed by Li Dongyang was tantamount to a slap in the face for him. He didn't even know how he got back to the straight room, how he faced all kinds of twists and turns, and how he got to the next straight time.

The next day was his rest. In the past, because he was already over seventy years old, he was not energetic, and this rare day of rest was an opportunity for him to take a breath, but now it is different. He knew very well that if he couldn't take advantage of this day's rest to turn the situation around, even if he could still bear the false name of a cabinet deputy assistant, he would definitely not be able to kill Zhang Cai, who had been sharp these days! If this person enters the cabinet, can he still have a way to live? So, after he left the palace, he didn't have time to see how his son was doing, and the first thing he did was to visit Cao Yuan, the secretary of the military department.

He and Cao Yuan didn't have much friendship, however, he knew very well that for Zhang Cai, who had firmly sat down beside Liu Jin at the first time, Cao Yuan, who was also in the prime of life, must be jealous, so after the temptation at the beginning that night, he had to start pouring bitter water, and every word went straight to Zhang Cai's intentions. However, to his great surprise, Cao Yuan finally gave a helpless answer that made him fall for a while after echoing the initial uh-huh-ahh

"Brother Shoujing, it's useless for you to tell me about this, you know more about Father-in-law Liu's temperament than we do, I'll go and say that Zhang Xilu is not, it's strange not to be spit on his face. To tell the truth, Zhang Xilu is capable. It was only a long time ago, he was still in the Ministry of Officials, but now those Lang officials who used to be equal to him are now all looking back at things in front of him, but he can be at ease as if no one is around. During the time when Lao Lin Han was sick, he had done all the things that Shangshu should do, and now he couldn't even get into Liu Zhi's righteous Shangshu, this is what people are capable of! Alas, I don't want to provoke him! ”

Cao Yuan said so in his mouth. But he knew very well what Jiao Fang had been frustrated in front of Liu Jin that night. Not to mention that he definitely didn't want to touch a gray nose like Jiao Fang, just said that Zhang Cai was able to give up the position of the secretary of the ministry, so Liu Yu was able to replace the heavenly official, and he got the official seal of the Ministry of War, no matter how he said it, he had to thank Zhang Cai for his high style and bright festival. As for Jiao Fang's encounter, Liu Yu's puppet, what is this?

Since Cao Yuan said so. Even if Jiao Fang held back the fire in his heart, it was impossible to continue to rely on, so he immediately quit the Cao family, but the next trip was to go straight to Liu's mansion. He thought that Cao Yuan was the most difficult bone to gnaw, and Liu Yu was completely overtaken by Zhang Cai in the ministry. In addition, the military department is in charge of military selection, but those officers are richer than civilian officials, and now they are empty of people and money, so they must have a belly of fire for a long time, as long as they provoke one or two, they can make them stand on the same front as themselves. However, when he exchanged pleasantries and gossiped for a while, it took a while. When he cautiously led the topic to Zhang Cai, he saw Liu Yu suddenly stretch out his hand to stop him.

"Eh, Brother Shoujing. I know that you have a prejudice against Zhang Xilu, and I misunderstood him in the past, but now I finally understand that he is still very kind! Liu Yu was stunned when he saw Jiao Fang, he completely forgot that he had also tried to slander Zhang Cai in front of Liu Jin, and he couldn't wait to scold Zhang Cai in front of others. But at this moment, I got the confirmation from the celebrant supervisor. He is full of spring, "Zhang Xilu is proud of his talents, but he does have real talent and learning, no wonder Gonggong Liu loves it so much." Besides, he is in his prime, and it's really boring for you to offend him, Brother Shoujing. There is a saying that it is better to lose a pulsatilla, don't bully the poor youth, this has been vividly confirmed by Xu Xun, and now Zhang Xilu is the same, you still have to reconcile with him. ”…,

When she walked out of Liu's house, Jiao Fang only felt that the whole person was a little wooden. Liu Yu and Cao Yuan were not warm with him, he knew this, however, in the face of Zhang Cai, a person who was about to take away their status, the two of them behaved so indifferently and short-sightedly, which made him extremely disappointed. Although Liu Yu or Cao Yuan are not amazing characters, they are not completely mediocre after all, how can they behave like this time?

"Sir." Although the young master at home was still sick in bed, he saw that Jiao Fang's mood was not right these days, and Li An simply came to pick him up when he went straight. At this moment, seeing the old man's tired and disappointed look, he glanced at the sky, and reminded softly, "It's already time to miss dinner, are you going back home in a sedan chair?" ”

"Going home?" Jiao Fang raised his eyebrows, thinking of his son who couldn't even speak clearly in bed, his daughter-in-law who couldn't do anything but cry, and the cold and empty room, he suddenly didn't want to go back at all. At that moment, he regretted that after entering the cabinet, he ordered someone to rebuild the ancestral house in his hometown in Miyang, Henan, and let his grandchildren move over. But now he regrets that it is too late for no one to speak at home, and after taking a deep breath, he immediately said in a deep voice, "Carry the sedan chair back, let people prepare the carriage and horses in the mutton beard, you follow me first, I want to find a clean place there to have a drink!" ”

Although he was willing to object, seeing Jiao Fang's unquestionable face, Li An considered it again and again, and finally agreed. It's just that his hand is on his waist and he takes out a waist card that is common to the Xicheng Terracotta Division.

Although it was past the night ban, Jiao Fang took Li An to the mutton alley separated by a few alleys, and encountered two checks along the way, but because of Li An's waist card, naturally both groups of people were respectfully released. When we arrived at Mutton Hutong, several stores were close to closing, some were putting door panels, and some were cleaning up signs. When Li An followed Jiao Fang's wishes and found a family to enter, the last guy who stayed behind was about to refuse, but when he saw that a silver ingot with two or three taels was placed on the counter, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

"What do you want, officer?"

"Half a catty of white-cut mutton, a pot of wine!"

"How can half a catty of mutton and a pot of wine be enough, come with two catties of mutton, and move a jar of unopened wine!"

With this abrupt voice, Jiao Fang was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, his pupils suddenly contracted suddenly-because at this moment, he suddenly saw a person he didn't want to see. However, it backfired, and the other party stepped forward without smiling, and sat down opposite him.

"What, Elder Jiao Ge, you're not welcome to me, an uninvited guest?"

The guy originally wanted to come up and say hello, but when he heard this title, his face turned green for a while, and he didn't know whether he should advance or retreat. At this moment, a big man who looked like a retinue outside entered the store, pulled the guy and whispered a few words, seeing that the person showed a deep look of awe, the big man walked in front of Li An who was full of horror again, and said lightly: "This old brother, my lord has something to say to Jiao Ge, you should avoid it first!" ”

"But ......"

Ang Li has followed Jiao Fang for many years, and he doesn't know how many private things he has done, including many who designed Xu Xun. At this moment, he instinctively feared that Xu Xun would be unfavorable to his master, but in the face of the big man's cold gaze, he glanced at Xu Xun who was calm and relaxed, and he glanced at Jiao Fang as if he was asking for help with his legs and stomach, but saw that his master was just staring at Xu Xun and did not react to his gaze at all. So after hesitating and hesitating, he finally resigned himself to his fate.

After a short time, the man gave a large pot of white-cut mutton and a knife to cut the meat, and then brought up a jar of wine. When he had done his respectful salutation, he crept back to the kitchen on tiptoe, and gave up the great place to the two dignitaries in front of him.

However, there was silence in the store. It wasn't until this unspeakable stiff atmosphere lasted for a long time that Jiao Fang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Pingbei Hou is really well-informed and can follow this kind of place!" ”

"It's rare to see the conceited and scheming Jiao Ge Lao so embarrassed, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could I miss it?" Xu Xun raised his eyebrows with a smile, and said unhurriedly, "Seeing that you are full of expectations to go to Liu's Mansion to drink to Liu's father-in-law, watching you run to Liu Yu and Cao Yuan's house, hoping to arouse the thoughts of others who have the same hatred and hatred, and watching you come here to drink sullenly in despair, if I don't know, forget it, but since I have ears and eyes to see the original and tell me, why wouldn't I come?" Old Jiao Ge, if I'm not mistaken, the person who instigated Gonggong Liu to dig up my corner in the first place was you, right? You're here today, and it's all self-inflicted! ”