In Wang Lun's mansion in Songjiang City, after sending off his daughter Wang Jinxuan, Wang Lun sat alone in the study and carefully checked the letters, which were all letters he exchanged with some relatives and friends in the officialdom during this time, and there were many confidential matters, which were related to whether he could get out of this crisis, so he had to be serious.

I saw Wang Lun read the letters on the desk one by one, and then carefully wrote a reply to each letter, and then he lay on the chair and let out a long breath, but his face showed a little tired and depressed. Because from the letters of these friends, Wang Lun felt that the crisis on his body had deepened a little again.

The person who wants to rectify Wang Lun this time is named Sun Cong, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites at the time, just a petty official from the ninth grade, and it is said that he is just a small person, but this Sun Cong has another identity, that is, Liu Jin's brother-in-law, and Liu Jin is just a eunuch, and he is not very proficient in government affairs, so he likes to discuss many things with Sun Cong, which also makes Sun Cong Although his position is very low, his power is greater than that of cabinet ministers.

Sun Cong has a narrow personality, when Wang Lun was in the capital to do the imperial history, he had a conflict with Sun Cong, but this person has always held a grudge against Wang Lun, and later Wang Lun was demoted, Sun Cong is one of the main promoters, and even he advocated that Wang Lun be arrested and killed in prison, but unfortunately because Wang Lun's official reputation is good, and there were too many people who were degraded with Wang Lun at that time, Sun Cong had no choice but to let Wang Lun return to his hometown under the law and not blame the public.

However, Sun Cong did not let go of his hatred for Wang Lun, this time Liu Jin wanted to rectify Xie Qian, and he also took the opportunity to challenge Wang Lun, bribed the eunuch who passed the decree to fake the records in the palace, and framed Wang Lun for missing an official uniform. And make a big fuss about it. It made sense that Liu Jin wanted to cure Wang Lun's crimes.

Although Liu Jin didn't have much impression of Wang Lun. But after Sun Cong's reminder, he knew that the other party was dismissed because of his impeachment, which made him have no good impression of Wang Lun, so he also did a favor and let Sun Cong do it.

Fortunately, Wang Lun has been an official in the DPRK for many years and has accumulated a lot of contacts, especially since he has an old relationship with Cabinet Minister Li Dongyang, and the two can be said to be close friends. Therefore, for Wang Lun's matter, Li Dongyang naturally tried his best to protect Wang Lun, although he was at a disadvantage, but for the time being, Sun Cong did not dare to do anything with Wang Lun.

However, the situation in the DPRK and China changed in an instant, and Sun Cong had already suppressed Li Dongyang to death by taking advantage of Liu Jin's momentum, but as time went by, Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet who had a neutral attitude, suddenly changed his attitude and began to support Sun Cong to deal with Li Dongyang together, which made Li Dongyang is pressure greatly increased. At the same time, Wang Lun's situation suddenly became dangerous.

It was precisely in this situation that Wang Lun asked Zhou Zhong to take his daughter Wang Jinxuan away. In this way, he is the only one left in the family, even if Sun Cong detains the charge on his head, he has nothing to worry about, and it is a big deal to give his old life to the other party to relieve his anger.

Considering the critical situation in the DPRK, Wang Lun, who was half-lying in the chair, couldn't help but sigh, the day before yesterday he had just received a message from his friend Li Dongyang, Jiao Fang, the head of the cabinet, had already said that the other two ministers had been moved, and the decision on his disposal would be decided soon, and even if Li Dongyang objected to it at that time, I am afraid it would be useless.

"The eunuch party is misleading the country! The eunuch party has misled the country! It's a pity that the old man has assisted the Ming Dynasty for decades, and the last one ended up like this, Your Majesty, what you did really made the old minister feel cold! Wang Lun suddenly sat up from the chair and angrily scolded the eunuchs led by Liu Jin, and even Emperor Zhengde brought it, but unfortunately he was the only one here, and it was impossible for it to reach the ears of His Majesty.

But just as Wang Lun was scolding the eunuchs, suddenly there was a gentle knock on the door outside the study, and then an old servant's voice sounded outside: "Master, Zhou Zhong Zhou Gongzi sent someone to send a letter, saying that it must be handed over to you!" ”

Wang Lun heard that Zhou Zhong actually sent someone to deliver a letter, which made him feel strange in his heart, calculating the time, Zhou Chong should have taken his daughter Jinxuan on the boat, how could he send a letter at this time?

"Come in!" Although Wang Lun was strange in his heart, he still opened his mouth and commanded. Immediately after the door of the study opened, a gray-haired old servant held the letter in both hands and sent it to Wang Lun, and then retreated.

Wang Lun stretched out his hand and picked up the letter and looked at it, and found that it was indeed Zhou Zhong's handwriting, and the handwriting was a little sloppy, and it seemed that it was written in a hurry. I saw Wang Lun tear open the envelope, took out the letter inside and looked at it, at first he didn't care very much, but soon frowned, and his face showed a puzzled expression.

It turned out that Zhou Zhong only said one thing in the letter, that is, he told Wang Lun with a thousand instructions, let him mobilize all his strength to delay time for himself, as long as he can delay until the end of April this year, then Wang Lun will be safe, no one will trouble him again, and there may even be a big opportunity.

Regarding Zhou Chong's letter telling him to delay time, Wang Lun couldn't figure it out anyway, and Zhou Chong didn't have much explanation in the letter, but just mentioned it in passing, telling him that there would be a major event in April this year, which would change the fate of many people.

"This ...... What the hell is this kid doing? Wang Lun was puzzled with the letter, now that Liu Jin's party is in power, even if he finds a way to delay time, he will still be unable to escape the calculations of villains like Sun Cong, the difference is just that he dies early and dies late, which doesn't mean much to him at all.

Of course, Wang Lun couldn't figure out what Zhou Chongwei would make him delay time, because according to the original history, Liu Jin was in April of the fifth year of Zhengde, when the king of Anhua in Gansu rebelled, and Yang Yiqing, one of the imperial historians, and Zhang Yong, one of the Eight Tigers, were sent to quell the rebellion, but the rebellion was put down before the army could get there.

However, although the time of King Anhua's rebellion was very short, the impact was great, because when Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong returned to the court to resume their lives, the two formed an alliance, and suddenly counted Liu Jin's seventeen major crimes in the court, which made Zhengde shocked, and sent people to arrest Liu Jin's house, and actually copied a lot of physical evidence of rebellion, which made Emperor Zhengde angry, coupled with the instigation of Li Dongyang and others, finally made Emperor Zhengde make up his mind to kill Liu Jinling.

Zhou Zhong had seen this history in the books of later generations, but he never paid much attention to it, so the last time he saw Wang Lun, he didn't expect that Liu Jin would be killed in four months, but fortunately, he talked to Bai Junwan when he was on the boat, which made him suddenly remember this incident, so he hurriedly wrote a letter, and then sent a small boat back to Songjiang to deliver a letter to Wang Lun.

Although Wang Lun was in despair, he still didn't believe in the inexplicable delay time proposed by Zhou Chong, so he didn't take it to heart at first, and even after reading the letter, he threw Zhou Chong's letter aside, and didn't plan to do what Zhou Chong said.

However, Zhou Chong had long known that with Wang Lun's experience in officialdom, it was really unrealistic for him to want to rely on just a letter to move him, so after he sent Bang'er and Wang Jinxuan and others to Shuangyu Port and made simple arrangements, he immediately returned to Songjiang Mansion by boat again, ready to meet Wang Lun in person to persuade him.

"Nephew, what exactly do you mean in your letter, why do you want the old man to find a way to delay until April this year?" As soon as Wang Lun saw Zhou Chong, he immediately asked, although he didn't follow Zhou Chong's words, he was also very curious about the words on his letter.

"Uncle Wang, the little nephew can't say a word or two about this matter, but you must believe the little nephew and drag things back as much as possible, as long as it is April, everything will be visible!" Zhou Zhong said with a serious face. Of course, it was impossible for him to tell Wang Lun that he had traveled from the afterlife and was familiar with this history, so he could only ensure that his methods were effective again and again.

However, after hearing this, Wang Lun shook his head and said: "Zhou Chong, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just that there is really no convincing reason for your words, now that the eunuch party is in power, Liu Jin, Sun Cong and these villains have a grudge against the old man, will they let the old man go when it comes to April?" ”

Seeing that Wang Lun still didn't believe it, Zhou Chong also smiled bitterly, he wanted to save Wang Lun's life with good intentions, but the other party didn't believe his words at all, if it wasn't for Wang Lun's great kindness to him, I'm afraid he would have thrown his sleeves and left.

However, in order to repay the favor, Zhou Zhong still patiently persuaded him: "Uncle Wang, I am absolutely sure of this matter, and it only needs to be delayed until April, with my uncle's connections in the court, it must not be an impossible thing, and even if the little nephew guesses wrong, but there is no big loss to your uncle, if you have more than these four months, maybe there will be other variables, and then the uncle can leave a useful body, which is not only my luck in the Ming Dynasty, but also the luck of me and Jinxuan, these juniors!" ”

In order to persuade Wang Lun, Zhou Chong was bitter, and not only praised Wang Lun, but also moved Wang Jinxuan and his juniors out, hoping to impress Wang Lun with family affection.

Sure enough, Wang Lun was also a little hesitant when he heard this, originally in his opinion, he was afraid that he would be in a catastrophe this time, and even Li Dongyang in the cabinet couldn't protect himself, let alone others? Since it is inevitable, he doesn't want to owe others any more favors, and he is even ready to give up resisting in his heart, but Zhou Chong's words made him ignite a little more desire to survive, if there is hope to live, who will be willing to die?

Thinking of this, Wang Lun finally nodded, and said with a look of vicissitudes: "Okay, since you are so insistent on your nephew, then the old man will be cheeky and ask those friends again, so that they can find a way to delay the time, but four months is still a bit too long, I am afraid that a prison disaster will still be inevitable then, I hope that after four months, the old man will still be alive." (To be continued......)

PS: Regarding Liu Jin's death, Lao Yu found several versions, some said that he died in April, some said that he died in May, and even died in August.