In the rosewood box, there is a statue of Guanyin, and as Ye Yu slowly opens the lid of the box, the thousand hands behind the statue of Guanyin suddenly come into view.

Ye Yu suppressed the shock in his heart, staring at the thousand-armed Guanyin who was as white as jade in his eyes, and his hands were already trembling slightly.

Zhao Dian on the side saw Ye Yu so shocked, thinking that Ye Yu was because the gift was expensive, so he squinted his drunken eyes slightly and smiled: "Senior brother, are you still satisfied with this gift?" ”

"Uh, heh, Your Highness, this thousand-armed Guanyin is really too precious, the lower official ......" Ye Yu, who walked out of his trance, pushed and prevaricated with an embarrassed face.

"Hey, when the junior brother retired the envoy of the Jin Kingdom with the Buddha outside the hall, it is enough to see that the junior brother has a deep knowledge of Buddhism, and this king gave this thing to the junior brother, and it is also the place where the thing belongs!"

Zhao Dan's words were very sincere, and after a few humble concessions, Ye Yu also accepted this thing.

Then the two chatted a few more words, and Ye Yu left Wangjiang Tower drunk on the grounds that he was on official business.

At dusk in Wangjiang Tower, there is quite another scene, and at this moment there is only Zhao Dian left upstairs.

Zhao Dan, who was still drunk, stood extremely calmly by the railing of the building at this moment, quietly looking down at the distant scenery.

"Your Highness!" At this time, Yu Yunwen walked up from downstairs.

Zhao Dian didn't look back, but said quietly: "Yu Xiang, there is something you have to prepare......

"Please make it clear to Your Highness!"

"Your Majesty's rectification of the rule of officials has begun, and the reason why it is so resolute is due to the financial problems of the state treasury."

Zhao Dan's remark was only vague and did not explain the real intention.

But Yu Yunwen has been in the court for decades, and as soon as he heard this, he suddenly understood: "With His Royal Highness's intention, His Majesty wants to collect the finances?" ”

"Yes, so Yu Xiang must take countermeasures, you have to deal with those bad debts properly, don't leave your tail and be caught by Taiwei Zhang's people!"

"Xia Guan understands!"

Zhao Dan, who turned around, saw that Yu Yunwen seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "Yu Xiang, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up." ”

Yu Yunwen hesitated for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Please forgive the lower official for being stupid, that Ye Yu is an enterprising person, and the lower official appreciated this talent back then, but Your Highness, you ......."

"That's what you're going to say?" Zhao Dan's brows furrowed slightly, obviously revealing a hint of displeasure.

"Exactly, if such a capable talent is used by us, it will be of great benefit to His Highness entering the East Palace! The officials are stupid, and I don't know why His Highness wants to control elbows everywhere......"

This question has always bothered Yu Yunwen, and it has always made him feel sorry.

Since Ye Yu's amazing article gave him enough shock, Yu Yunwen's appreciation of Ye Yu has reached an unprecedented level.

Otherwise, he would not have supported Ye Yu in the current year's examination and the palace examination!

But then, because of Zhao Dan's words, Ye Yu's fate was completely changed, and he was directly demoted to Anfeng as the magistrate.

Then Ye Yu's complete rebound, so that he was still a scholar in the official residence department at a young age today, which is enough to show that his Yu Yunwen's vision is not wrong.

So while Yu Yunwen felt puzzled, it was more of a pity. If you had won over Ye Yu at the beginning, why did you give gifts today?

Regarding Yu Yunwen's question, Zhao Dian did not answer it directly, but said helplessly: "Yu Xiang, this king's move is for a reason, so you don't need to ask more!" ”

Then he didn't want to dwell too much on this matter, but changed the topic and said: "Since Ye Yu has received a gift today, we will be somewhat restrained in the rectification of our officials." And the deployment of officials after this reduction, Yu Xiang has to bother a lot to ......"

"Xia Guan understands!"

Since the master is unwilling to reveal the reason, he, as a courtier, can only continue to have doubts in his heart.

……

Ye Yu sat in the sedan chair, staring at the Thousand-Armed Guanyin in the box, but there were huge waves in his heart.

Ye Yu, who had a look in his eyes, where was the drunken appearance of Wangjianglou, but his cold expression showed that he was more sober than ever at this moment.

He remembered that in Lin Weihan's letter, he mentioned the family heirloom Thousand-armed Guanyin.

After being stolen by Sun Ming, it disappeared from then on.

But now this thousand-armed Guanyin has fallen into his own hands.

Regarding the gift given to him by King Gong today, Ye Yu knew that this was a bribe for himself, and he just wanted him to make some concessions to the officials of Yu Yunwen and his party when he was rectifying the rule of officials.

But at this moment, what Ye Yu cares about is not Zhao Dan's intention to give gifts, but the story behind this thousand-armed Guanyin.

Why did this thousand-armed Guanyin fall into the hands of Zhao Dan?

You must know that in Lin Weihan's letter, it was said that the revenge of the destruction of the door was a man surnamed Xiao.

If Sun Ming hadn't sold the Thousand-Armed Guanyin, then this man surnamed Xiao would most likely get the Thousand-Armed Guanyin.

If this mysterious man surnamed Xiao really got this thousand-armed Guanyin, then what does this man surnamed Xiao have to do with Zhao Dan?

If it doesn't matter, this thousand-armed Guanyin won't fall into Zhao Dan's hands for no reason.

Even if it is a gift from someone else to Zhao Dan, this is also a clue that can be followed.

In Wangjiang Tower, Ye Yu wanted to test Zhao Dian with words, but in the end he suppressed his heart.

Because although he didn't know the reason for this incident, several things had an inexplicable relationship with King Gong Zhao Dan.

So until you understand it, the best thing to do is to pretend that you don't know.

Entering the city, Ye Yu opened the sedan curtain and glanced at the vendors on the street, and then put down the sedan curtain boringly.

Suddenly, Ye Yu felt that the sedan chair stopped, and was about to ask what happened, when there was a quarrel outside the sedan chair.

"You fortune-telling old man is really, this bamboo banner almost hurt me!" Ah Kuan, who was leading the way in front, was arguing with an old man at the moment.

The old man, who was over half a hundred years old, apologized very apologetically: "I'm really sorry little brother, just now a strange wind blew and blew off the rope of the bamboo flag, I'm really sorry......"

Rubbing his reddened forehead, Ah Kuan pursed his lips very unfortunately: "It's really unlucky, tie your bamboo banner in the future!" ”

After Ah Kuan finished speaking, he felt that his anger had not subsided, and then he looked at the bamboo flags lying on the street, and stepped on them angrily.

"Ah Kuan, don't be rude!"

At this moment, Ye Yu had already walked out of the sedan chair, and when he saw Ah Kuan becoming more and more domineering, he stopped talking.

"Young Master, it's his ......"

Ah Kuan looked aggrieved and was about to defend, but was interrupted by Ye Yu waving his hand: "This old man is also unintentional, since he has apologized to you, why did you trample on the old man's bamboo flag?" ”

After some reprimand, Ah Kuan bowed his head guiltily and stood aside silently.

Ye Yu immediately looked at the old man in front of him, and saw that although this old man was over half a hundred years old, his eyes were like bright stars.

What made Ye Yu feel a little strange was that the old man in front of him was a fortune teller, but he didn't wear a robe of water and fire, but he was standing in front of the hexagram stall in a Confucian costume, which really made people feel a little nondescript.

"Where you offend, look at Haihan!" Ye Yu didn't know whether to call the old man Dao Elder or Mr. at this time.

"Don't dare! Can't! The old man hurriedly returned the salute, and his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, but very decent.

After Ye Yu apologized, he picked up the dirty bamboo flags on the ground.

As a fortune teller, this bamboo banner is a kind of signboard, which is a particularly important façade for people in this industry.

Therefore, when Ah Kuan quarreled with the old man, Ye Yu could ignore it, but trampling on the old man's bamboo banner was a bad act.

He Ye Yu can't control the behavior and morality of people in the world, but the people around him must know how to respect others.

Ye Yu picked up the bamboo flag, glanced at it casually, and saw two lines of words written on it, which read: Forget the floating clouds and light clouds, and all ninety-nine are one!

It is just ten words, but it contains many wonderful principles of Taoism.

He handed the bamboo banner back to the old man, and then turned around and prepared to leave in a sedan chair.

But at the moment when he was about to walk into the sedan chair, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he realized something.

Then he turned around, glanced at the bamboo flag, and asked the old man for advice: "The poem inscribed on the bamboo banner of the old man is really a mystery!" ”

"Oh? Doesn't this son also know the mysteries of Xuanmen? The old man twisted his beard lightly and smiled lightly as if it had a deep meaning.

"Know a little bit about it!"

The old man pointed to the stall on the side of the street, and said with a smile: "If the son does not dislike it, you can sit here and talk......

"Very good!" Ye Yu didn't postpone it, so he came to the simple hexagram stall and sat down.

"Word Measurement or Divination?" The old man was still smiling, but after looking at Ye Yu's appearance for a long time, the smile in his eyes was a little more surprised.

Ye Yu looked at the decorations on the stall, and then smiled: "Then measure the word!" ”

After speaking, he took the old man's pen and paper and wrote the word 'flower' on the paper.

The reason why Ye Yu wrote this word was also freewheeling, perhaps because he remembered the sentence in Lin Weihan's letter, 'It is a flash in the pan, only for Wei Tuo'.

"I wonder what Childe wants to ask?"

Ye Yu pondered for a moment, and then said softly: "Let's talk about it......"

The old man nodded, carefully studied the word 'flower', and then shook his head and said: "The so-called one flower and one world, one year old and one withered glory, this word is not good!" Not good! ”

"Oh? How so? Ye Yu glanced at the words he had written, and asked with interest.

"A flower is a world, flowers are plants and trees, so the grass, the world, and the wood are one, and it is a leaf (leaf) word, and the son is surnamed Ye?"

Ye Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this, but then he smiled: "Measuring words and divination is nothing more than observing words and colors to collect information, and this Taoist has eyesight!" ”

The old man waved his hand, but he did not refute, and then continued: "Flowers, after all, are things of plants and trees, and the word 'flower' of Gongzi is extremely depressed, revealing a kind of deserted image......"

"So what?"

"It means that there are already grass and trees around Childe!"

"Withered ......"

Ye Yu's expression was slightly stunned at this moment, he thought of Lin Weihan's death. Because the three words 'Lin Weihan' mean flowers and trees, perhaps this is the so-called withering of plants and trees......