Qi Yunxuan and Mo Xiangzhai in the main hall of Xing'an Bo Mansion, both literary and martial, have long gathered many officials who have flocked to hear the news of Xu Xun's assassination. However, there are very few who can be invited to visit in the back. Even if there is a letter from inside, saying that Pingbeibo is okay, please go back to the government to do things, but there are still many people who do not give up and stay there, hoping to leave a good impression on Xu Xun at this time, and it is best to remember his name.

Therefore, when Wang Shouren arrived in a hurry, what he saw was the scene of chaos in Moxiangzhai. He looked at it and didn't know anyone, and he quit the house and wanted to find a little guy to inquire about the situation, but this Xing'an Bo Mansion was a mess, and none of these little guys who came to serve knew him, he asked a few people and they all answered the same thing, and none of them were willing to take him into the house to visit, and he became even more irritable for a while. Just as he was irritable, he suddenly heard the shouting of a small servant in his ears.

"The emperor is out!"

Hearing this, before he could react, a bunch of people were already pouring out of the Mo Xiangzhai behind him. Crowded behind, he saw that these people each chose their seats and knelt down to greet them, and seeing that these people were talking and envious of the emperor's personal visit, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, flicked his sleeves and turned his head to leave, but before he had gone far, he suddenly heard a familiar and unfamiliar voice behind him.

"Wang Shouren!" After a sound, as if because he didn't turn around immediately, there was a bit of annoyance in his voice, "Wang Shouren, don't pretend to be confused, you are the first to run when you see me!" ”

Others turned their heads to look at Wang Shouren with envy and jealousy, and Wang Shouren's feet seemed to be rooted in the ground, and he couldn't move for a long time. After a while, he slowly turned around, and saw that Zhu Houzhao had already walked quickly in front of him, so he lifted his robe and knelt down: "The minister sees the emperor's ......."

Zhu Houzhao stood in front of Wang Shouren, stared at the person condescendingly for a while, and suddenly said bluntly: "Before, Xu Xun and Shenying selected 10,000 elites from the twelve regiments and battalions to fill the official hall, saying that they wanted you to be a prison army, and this matter has been almost a month and a half since the ninth day of June, but you have not replied so far. Xu Xun has been assassinated now, and I don't have time to ask you, today I personally asked you, what do you think? ”

Because when Xu Xun raised this matter in Li Dongyang's mansion, countless people around heard it, and it spread throughout the officialdom as soon as it came and went. In the past month or so, Wang Shouren can be said to have heard face-to-face discussions everywhere he goes, let alone what others say behind his back. Even his father, Wang Hua, who had been in officialdom for a long time, was also troubled in this matter, and he couldn't give him too good advice, so he could be said to sit and stand and think, and finally made up his mind to accept this matter last night.

However, what he never expected was that at the Wenhua Palace today, Liu Jin actually attacked Han Wen in public, and wanted to settle old accounts by taking advantage of the fake silver. And almost at the same time, Xu Xun was assassinated again, and the assassin is said to be the Jiang Shanfei who made Min Qi gloomy!

However, Min Jue had a lot of dealings with his father Wang Hua back then, and he was so familiar with his character that he couldn't be more familiar with such a father and elder, and he didn't believe it at all when he said earlier that he instructed Jiang Shanfei to do that kind of thing, not to mention that now that people have been disgraced, but they still have to be splashed with such dirty water by traitors, he doesn't believe it even more. This is obviously someone who wants to kill two birds with one stone, and remove Hangeul, and get rid of Xu Xun who grabs a seat!

At this moment, kneeling in front of the little emperor, he took a deep breath, kowtowed and said word by word: "Your Majesty, Pingbei Bo is kind and has a good heart, but he is only a shallow learner, so I dare not bear such a heavy burden!" ..., "You ......"

Zhu Houzhao was already in a bad mood today, and when he heard Wang Shouren's answer, he was even more angry and his face turned red, and he stared at Wang Shouren fiercely for a long time before he said angrily: "Good, good!" Even if Xu Xun missees you, I also missee you! If you go back to your military department and be your director, I don't believe that you won't be able to cure the army without you! ”

The sudden turmoil outside quickly reached Xu Xun's ears. When he learned that Wang Shouren actually gave such an answer in front of Zhu Houzhao, Xu Xun was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but sigh.

Harvest the mulberry elm and lose the east corner - he should know that with Wang Shouren's bullish temperament, he is afraid that this incident will push him to the other side!

Thinking of this, he raised his head and asked Ah Bao, "What about the current person of the king?" ”

"As soon as the emperor leaves, the king will leave." Seeing Xu Xun frowning, Ah Bao hurriedly said, "After Uncle Jin Sixth arrived, he opened his mouth to keep him, but he said that since you were assassinated and injured, please take care of yourself, and he won't come to disturb." By the way, he also asked me to relay two inexplicable words. Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, the person who had a good relationship with you at the beginning is now stabbing you in the back, after you were assassinated this time, can't you see through it? Even if the West Factory can find out a result, it is by no means a real result! ”

When Xu Xun heard this, he waved his hand and retreated without saying anything more. I remembered that when I first arrived in the capital and had a stable foothold, Wang Shouren met when I was appointed as the commander of the avant-garde of the government army in the military department, and then trained and worked together in Xiyuan, although it was only a few months, but those days were really the most comfortable days after he arrived in the capital. At that time, he only needed to devote his mind to training the young army to arrange the troops, and other things were temporarily left behind, thinking that for Wang Shouren, who had been depressed in the military department, those days were also worth remembering.

It's a pity that they are not people with the same personality after all! For him, righteousness is the means, and the final result is the most important, but for Wang Shouren, justice comes first!

Xu Xun only lay at home for two days, and the situation in the DPRK and China changed abruptly. First of all, Liu Jin sent a few imperial historians to enter the inner treasury with fake silver to ask the household department Shangshu Hanwen, and almost at the same time, Nanjing played Dai Mo and others in the matter, and asked to depose Liu Jin and other eight people, please return to the old Liu Jian Xie Qian, etc., Zhu Houzhao was in a rage, Wang Shouren was actually on the performance to protect Dai Mi and others, and fiercely accused Xu Xun of the assassination case is suspicious, Jiang Shanfei should have been executed, but he was detained in the prison of the Criminal Department for nearly a year, and the escape is unbelievable, suspected of being a traitor and eunuch, in order to kill two birds with one stone. No one expected that this case, which was still being investigated, would be implicated in this form in this turbulent turmoil, and there was an uproar up and down for a while.

Xu Xun originally thought that by taking advantage of this assassination injury, he could not only jump out of the circle and take a good rest and take a look, but also not worry that someone would take this opportunity to play any tricks. After all, the little emperor is on fire, and any thing that cuts his power and moves his foundation will not be done by smart people. Moreover, he generously threw Jiang Shanfei, a hot potato, out for trial, and he didn't touch his hands at all, such as Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong, a smart person like Zhang Yong, will always think of something from this, and at that time, a subtle change in their attitude can bring him corresponding rewards. The most important thing is that he can test how much the little emperor trusts Liu Jin.

However, Wang Shouren is not afraid of hot hands to remove such a lid!

At this time, seeing Zhang Cai walking into the room quickly, he casually threw away a book used to relieve boredom, and asked impatiently, "What?" ”

"The inner court sent an edict for Wang Shouren to kneel in front of the noon gate to be disposed of, and there is no news so far!"

It is now the end of July, and kneeling in front of the noon gate at this time is even more sinful than lying in the early morning in the sun. Thinking of this situation, Xu Xun couldn't help but frown even tighter. Secretly scolding Wang Shouren's temper in his heart, he struggled to get out of bed, but before he could pull up his shoes, he was suddenly held down by Zhang Cai. ..., "Adults can't go!" ”

Zhang Cai pressed Xu Xun's shoulder and said word by word: "Wang Bo'an begs for benevolence, this is his will, if the adult goes to intercede, should he receive your affection, or not your affection?" He received your affection, and he fulfilled the expectations of the scholars; If he does not receive your affection, where will he leave you? He tore open the case of the assassination of the adult this time, and even if the emperor was fooled by Gonggong Liu's rhetoric, he was likely to be suspicious of Gonggong Liu. As for the rest of the people in the court, is he the only one who guesses that Liu Jin is plotting to kill the adult? Some people who dislike Liu Jin, but don't value fame so much, and want to do something, will come to vote one after another. As for those vain spirited clear streams, adults can't look down on them. In this way, this matter will be beneficial to the adults and will not be harmful. ”

He said this in one breath, and then sincerely persuaded: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, the emperor sees that Wang Bo'an used to be his half-division, and the punishment should not be too severe." Whether the adults ask for affection, they have to wait until the results come out. ”

Xu Xun was originally impulsive for a moment, and after listening to Zhang Cai's words at this moment, he took a deep breath, and then said with a wry smile: "Xilu, everything I want to say has been finished for you...... Just ask someone to make me a cup of tea, and let me think about it again. ”

At this moment, holding a cup of hot tea and half-lying on the bed, Xu Xun looked at the tent on the top with a distracted look, suddenly remembered something, and immediately turned his head to look at Zhang Cai: "Didn't you just take up the post of the imperial history of the right capital, why do you still have time to spend it here, the yamen is so empty?" ”

"It was the emperor who specially ordered someone to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that I could come and see the adults often." Zhang Cai nodded with a smile, and then said, "Besides, what's going on in the yamen recently, isn't it just a lip service lawsuit that has become a pot of porridge?" It's just that I didn't expect that the most open-minded thing now is not the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Kedao in Nanjing, as well as Wang Boan...... The adults still have a lot of communication with Lin Shangshu and Zhang Shangshu, if they work against Liu Gonggong and others as soon as they take office, they are afraid that the consequences will be worrying. ”

"Don't worry, they are heading north from the canal and waterway, and I have already instructed the places where the boats stop along the way to keep an eye on them, and every day or two they will send the news of the capital to them, and I dictated the letters to Bohu. When they arrive in the capital, I will carry them and have them carried to them. ”

said that he was relieved, but Xu Xun knew that it was a critical season. It is not impossible to take the opportunity to take Liu Jin off the horse, but it is necessary to instigate the public's will, but Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others can do this, but he can't do this, because he seems to have grasped many key people now, but his most important foundation lies in the Son of Heaven, setting off such a battle, Zhu Houzhao is equivalent to a broken arm, and he may not taste it when he is angry, but when he wakes up, what will he think of him at that time?

The Ming Dynasty seems to be peaceful now, but it is already very heavy. In the future, if there are some things that offend people, he will have to use Liu Jin to do it!

The two sat there and chatted for a while, Zhang Cai thought that the imperial doctor had told Xu Xun to recuperate, so he simply stopped talking about these chaotic struggles in the court, but talked to Xu Xun about the piano score, and Tang Yin also entered the door at this time, and joined in with great interest when he heard the words. From the legend of Xu Menzheng to today's art of piano exercises, the two are divided into three schools of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, Zhejiang Cao is the top, Jiang Cao is more cumbersome, Zhejiang Cao is more sparse, brighter than Jiang Cao, and Min Cao is one in a hundred...... Tang Yin was interested, and even immediately ordered someone to send the piano to demonstrate a song, even if Xu Xun was in an irritable mood at first, he gradually turned around slowly under the soothing sound of the piano.

Just as he was gradually squinting his eyes with sleepiness, his ears suddenly caught the sound of a soft call outside. He opened his eyes a slit, and saw Tang Yin tiptoe to the door, opened the curtain and said a few words to people, and then turned around with a heavy face. At this time, his eyes simply widened. ..., "What's the news?" ”

Tang Yin glanced at Zhang Cai, and then said in a solemn voice: "Gonggong Liu, the celebrant supervisor, went to the noon gate to spread the emperor's will, and Wang Shouren, the director of the Military Selection Division of the Ministry of Martial Arts, sent the edict to the prison in the north of the town. ”

Hearing that it was an edict, Xu Xun breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered to pass on A Baolai. After waiting for Ah Bao to enter the house, he instructed in front of Zhang Cai and Tang Yin: "When you go to Fusi in Beizhen to see Li Qianhu, you will say that Wang Bo'an and I have some contacts in the past, please treat him more leniently in my face, and he will help him send him any twists and turns." Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then added, "If there is any disharmony...... I mean that the palace deliberately used the court staff and so on, so he must report to me. ”

As soon as these words came out, Tang Yin and Zhang Caiqi were stunned. Waiting for Ah Bao to go out, Zhang Cai couldn't help but ask: "Why do you think that the emperor will use the court staff?" It must be known that since the emperor ascended the throne, except for what Yang Yuan, the five officials of Qin Tianjian said, and confused the people with evil words, he has never used the court staff. ”

"I also hope that I am too careful, just to prepare for a rainy day."

How can Xu Xun say that in his memory, Wang Shouren was demoted to Guizhou Longchang Yicheng by the court staff, and thus truly formed his core doctrine in a Yangming Cave, which led to the famous Mr. Yangming. Although Wang Shouren's fate trajectory has changed significantly, he has come to this road again after going around and around, even if he is worried about it, he has to prepare first.

Although Wang Shouren was sent to Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi Prison, the fire in Liu Jin's heart could not be easily dissipated. On the night of sending the person to prison, he asked for leave and returned to his private house, and as soon as he entered the house, he found a small mistake and was furious, and then ordered the little guy to be pulled down, and when Sun Cong entered the house, he scolded angrily: "Damn it, you can't stop outside, even the house is not peaceful!" You keep a good eye on our family, if there is such a thing again, it will not punish him! ”

"My father-in-law forgives my sins, and the little one will be strictly disciplined in the future!"

Seeing that Sun Cong didn't defend himself, he knelt down and pleaded guilty, Liu Jin's face was a little pale: "Our family has already inquired, there is one less secretary in the Ministry of Rites, although it is said that it is an official who is not in the stream, but the Ministry of Rites is noble, and if you have a position, you can take you by your side justifiably." Take care of yourself, don't lose our face! ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Sun Cong kowtowed three times in a row before he got up, with a thousand thanks. Liu Jin felt even more comfortable in his eyes, and as soon as he raised his chin, he asked about the scene at home in the past few days. Sun Cong seemed to be holding an account in his hand, and brought the visitors who came to visit one by one from the name to the gift, Liu Jin didn't feel anything at first, but gradually realized it, and finally raised his hand to interrupt the person, and nodded again and again and praised: "Okay, good, don't show those account books to our family in the future, just report it like this!" ”

"Jiao Ge is here!"

As soon as Jiao Ge came to the house, Sun Cong glanced at Liu Jin's face, immediately went out to welcome someone in, and immediately closed the door and retreated. As soon as Liu Jin saw Jiao Fang, his face suddenly darkened, and he stood up and pointed at Jiao Fang's nose and scolded: "It's all the trouble you left for our family!" That Jiang Shanfei should have been killed a long time ago, since you can kill Zheng Wang's dog things, and return Tang Yin Xu Jinggong's fame, why do you keep this dog thing to cause trouble? ”

"Father-in-law, this is a great injustice!"

When Jiao Fang was cleaning up the prison, he learned from the old jailer that Jiang Shanfei's work was not trivial, and he had indeed moved this idea, so he once asked people to knock on the side of Min Jue, and made the prison lenient. However, with his own position in the ministry, he quickly forgot about such a figure after not being in the criminal department for a long time, after all, there are many things he needs to worry about, who knows that it will happen at this moment! At this moment, seeing that Liu Jin was directly to blame himself, he felt that Liu Jin was becoming more and more domineering now, and he felt that his heart was angry, and after he screamed to hit the sky, he said angrily: "Father-in-law Liu, if this matter is really related to me, discipline my son for the rest of his life will not succeed in the imperial examination!" ”…,

"Phew, this toothache spell also wants to be our letter?" Liu Jin couldn't help but grit his teeth angrily when he thought of Wang Shouren's frightened performance, "If there is no shadow, Wang Shouren can catch the wind and shadow so easily?" If it weren't for him, our family could have deducted it, but he had some fate with the emperor, and this matter couldn't be suppressed, our family could only play hard! Gu Dayong is digging hard in the criminal department, you have something to say early that our family still has a way, you don't say earlier that our family doesn't care about you, just throw you out of the top tank! ”

"Father-in-law! Do you think the emperor will believe this kind of thing? The emperor was already disgusted with him because Wang Shouren didn't go to the official hall, how could he believe his words! It's not you who are shouting and shouting and killing, and your father-in-law called others to cry in front of the emperor, followed by a reckless one to stir up the emperor's anger, and then immediately spread the court staff to drive people out of the capital! He Wang Shouren is not here, where do other people dare to deduct basins on you like that, and the rumors will not get up! ”

Jiao Fang said this in one breath, and then softened his tone and said, "As for Pingbeibo, my father-in-law will personally go to visit him. It was only said that Wang Shouren was in a state of confusion because of Min Jue, and for his sake, he also pleaded in front of the emperor, so he was relieved. ”

was told by Jiao Fang like this, Liu Jin hesitated for a while. After thinking about it, he had to admit that Jiao Fang's idea was really quick to cut through the mess. However, as soon as he thought that the matter would cause trouble to the Criminal Department, he sank his face and said: "Don't think that things are so easy, if the affairs of the Criminal Department are not settled, it will still burn to your ass." That's it, let's go and tell Gu Dayong about this matter, you remember not to be so self-assertive in the future, otherwise our family won't be able to save you! It's not too early, go back and rest! ”

Although Liu Jin's attitude was blunt, Jiao Fang knew that what Liu Jin said was also true, his reputation in Shilin was too bad, and it was all up to Liu Jin to enter the cabinet this time, so even if he held back his anger, he had to swallow his anger and stand up and say goodbye. As soon as he left, Liu Jin was thinking about those people in his heart, and finally thought of Ma Yongcheng.

This old boy is a piece of charcoal, it should be feasible to tease it! Damn, this time he is really wronged by this black pot!

In the evening, the Xing'an Mansion, which was closed due to Xu Xun's injury, also ushered in an uninvited guest. After grinding his tongue for a while, he asked the door to report, and Qian Ning was finally able to enter. He sat in the small flower hall for a while with a food box, and finally someone invited him in, and he followed him all the way through the hall, and finally arrived at Xu Xun's bed.

"Adult ......"

"You're not in the palace, what are you doing here with me at this time?"

Qian Ning saw that Xu Xun's face was still a little pale, put down the food box and knelt down on one knee on the pedal in front of the bed: "It was the whole army that learned that the adult was assassinated, and everyone from the sergeant to the officer was angry, so he let the commander of the humble post come to visit the adult." Speaking of this, he pointed to the food box placed on the high table and said, "This is made by Xiaoxing at home, and the good soup she has prepared is the most nourishing and nourishing qi, and the lowly duty hurriedly sent it over." He knew that there was nothing lacking in the Lord's Mansion, but this was not a medicinal herb, nor was it a precious medicinal material such as ginseng and cinnamon, and several things were easy, but it was difficult to concoct. ”

Without waiting for Xu Xun to speak, he stood up and walked over quickly to open the lid of the box. For a while, a strange fragrance filled the entire room in an instant, and even Xu Xun, who was originally angry and funny, couldn't help but sniff hard.

"This tastes ......"

"A bowl of humble duties to taste?" When Qian Ning saw Xu Xun's appearance, he knew that his hard work had worked, and hurriedly served a bowl of soup to Xu Xun himself. At this time, Ah Bao on the side hurriedly came up to stop him, looking at the soup, he hesitated, but fortunately, Xu Xun stopped him.

"Qian Ning is not an outsider, bring it to me to taste."

Seeing Xu Xun say this, Qian Ning was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly sent it over. He Ben Yao, who had served his adoptive father Qian Neng before, fed it himself, but Xu Xun didn't eat it, and stretched out his right hand to take the bowl. Although the weather is hot, the soup is only slightly warm when Qian Ning is sent from afar, but the entrance is smooth and fragrant, and it has a unique taste. In the past few days, because of his injury, he was not allowed to let that go, and he had already faded out of his mouth, and after drinking it in one go, he put down the bowl and praised: "You didn't boast, it's really good soup!" ”

"That is, how can you hide from your lords!"

Qian Ning took the bowl and put it back in the food box with a smile, and then mentioned that he would simply let his concubine He Cailian come to the mansion to help serve a month's food, but Xu Xun refused and reprimanded him angrily. Even so, he became more and more happy in his heart, and sat down to talk about military affairs and government affairs, and finally said tentatively: "My lord, I heard that Lord Ye is now sick in bed, so the case of your assassination was transferred to Xichang?" ”

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