Chapter 231 The turmoil continues

"Tick! Tick! "The sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded, and a clear voice came from far and near." Wait! Such a grand event, and let me come too! ”

Fan Zhongyan and the others couldn't help but be a little surprised, especially Li Hong and Wang Zhen, they all wondered who had the courage to come? It must be known that before they came, they had already asked their friends and colleagues, but they were afraid of Lu Yijian's power, although these friends and colleagues sympathized with Fan Zhongyan, but in the end they weakly refused to send them together.

And what about the guests who pop up there now?

Fan Zhongyan, Li Hong, Wang Zhen and others turned their heads to look over, only to see a horse with black hair galloping from the official road in Bianliang City.

"Que Yue Wu Pony?" Fan Zhongyan muttered with some surprise.

Li Hong and Wang Zhen are no better than Fan Zhongyan as the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and they have no special understanding of the characteristics of some powerful people.

Fan Zhongyan restrained the look of surprise on his face, and said slowly: "It's the king of Changsha!" ”

Li Hong and Wang Zhen couldn't help but show surprise on their faces. Wang Zhen said: "I haven't heard that Brother Xiwen has a relationship with the King of Changsha!" ”

Li Hong was more direct and said, "I don't know why the King of Changsha came?" ”

Zhao Yu's identity made the relationship between him and Fan Zhongyan's faction very awkward. Why? First of all, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and there is nothing wrong with that! Fan Zhongyan and Lu Yijian are mortal enemies, counting this time, it is already the second time. The first time was when Empress Guo was deposed, and this time, although it was called the ineffective governance of Kaifeng Mansion, it was actually because Fan Zhongyan gave a picture of a hundred officials to Song Renzong some time ago.

This picture of 100 officials is not a picture scroll of 100 civil and military officials. It's a picture of relationships. Portraits of officials are painted on it. Then write about the relationship between him and Lu Yijian, when Lu Yijian promoted him, and so on.

To put it bluntly, it means that Lu Yijian formed a party for personal gain. Look at you, Emperor, you Prime Minister! It can be described as terrifying, there are his people in the government and the opposition, if you don't depose him, our Song Dynasty can't pull it! Your place can't be saved!

This can be said to have scared Lu Yijian half to death, jumping up and down, plus Yan Wenying in the palace to help speak. This calmed Song Renzong's suspicions.

But after this incident, Lu Yijian has already formed a mortal enmity with Fan Zhongyan. If there is a chance to kill Fan Zhongyan, both the government and the opposition believe that Lu Yijian will definitely not let go of this opportunity. And even if there is no chance, Lu Yijian is always thinking about creating opportunities to smash Fan Zhongyan's stinky and hard dung stone to pieces.

And the hatred between Zhao Yu and Lu Yijian goes without saying, if Lu Yijian just wants to find an opportunity to kill Fan Zhongyan, then Zhao Yu just wants to find an opportunity to destroy Lu Yijian's family.

The relationship between the two is so bad, it stands to reason that Zhao Yu and Fan Zhongyan should be good friends. In fact, it is not. Fan Zhongyan also wrote a letter to impeach Zhao Yu, precisely because of Zhao Yu's edict. As a relatively traditional scholar. Fan Zhongyan was very disgusted with the clan's appearance, believing that it would become a bane for the country. And Zhao Yu, who took the lead in provoking it, naturally became the existence that Fan Zhongyan hated the most.

Zhao Yu became an idle official like the Tongzhi of the Taichang Temple Etiquette Academy, although Lu Yijian made a lot of efforts in it, but Fan Zhongyan did not contribute less. For this reason, the relationship between the two sides is very embarrassing, and they are enemies! It doesn't seem like it should be. said that they were friends, and they impeached each other.

Fan Zhongyan is worthy of being a great cow in the Song Dynasty, although the relationship between the two sides is awkward, he still let out a hearty laugh. "I can't imagine that Fan can still be sent by the king of Changsha today, I'm afraid it will be written into the family tree!"

The slightly ridiculous language immediately resolved the awkward atmosphere between Zhao Yu and Fan Zhongyan.

Wang Zhen was still a little unable to let go, Li Hong lowered his voice and explained: "It turns out that he is a guest, not to mention that it is not a happy event for Brother Xiwen to come to Raozhou today, and if he makes trouble, won't it make Brother Xiwen ugly?" ”

Wang Zhen nodded, and the two followed Fan Zhongyan and walked out of the ten-mile long pavilion.

Zhao Yu came to the ten-mile long pavilion, strangled the war horse, the big hooves of the bowl were raised high, the war horse was free, raising pieces of dust, and the tall figure was bathed in the sun.

Li Hong and Wang Xian couldn't help but look surprised, and their steps forward couldn't help but pause.

Only Fan Zhongyan approached lightly, Shi Ran saluted, and said, "The prince is well!" ”

Zhao Yu turned over and dismounted, stomped his feet, returned the salute, and said, "Haha! It's better to be down-to-earth, it's late today, I hope Fan Gong won't be surprised! ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled calmly, but his heart under the calm smile was full of surprise. Although I have seen Zhao Yu in the past, it has been several years ago, and I just feel that Zhao Yu is an ambitious prince on weekdays, but I am very surprised to see him today.

Zhao Yu's appearance did not inherit the black face and round face of Song Taizu and Taizong, but he was handsome, with a thin face and slightly dark skin, but he was fair among men. There is a faint beard on his lips and a hint of a smile on his mouth, which makes people feel good even if it is the first time they meet.

He was wearing a bright white tight-sleeved robe, with dark Spring and Autumn inscriptions on the edges, revealing a classical atmosphere. Underneath was a lake-blue silk undershirt. A simple black rhino horn belt was wrapped around his waist. And there is no decoration on the body, the Song men wear big red flowers, big flower hairpins, etc., but Zhao Yu does not have them, and he has a wingless black gauze hat on his head, and then inserts a simple ebony hairpin.

The only decoration is probably the black sheath Tang knife on the waist, the gray-white lines can be faintly seen in the pitch black of the scabbard, and the simplicity reveals classical nobility.

Zhao Yu's temperament is very complex, with the sharpness of a person in the army, the nobility of a royal nobleman, and the gentleness and elegance of a literati. Although the temperament is complicated, when it comes to Zhao Yu, it is magical and does not make people feel awkward.

Dragons and phoenixes among people!

Although it didn't take long to meet, Fan Zhongyan had already secretly given Zhao Yu a high evaluation in his heart.

However, this evaluation did not make Fan Zhongyan feel happy, but regretful and vigilant. Regret and vigilance are two different feelings. But it's all for the same reason.

Zhao Yu's identity!

If it's an ordinary person. Fan Zhongyan will probably think about bringing one or two. But Zhao Yu's identity is not.

Zhao Yu didn't stay long, just outside the Shili Long Pavilion, filled a cup, raised his head, and said proudly: "This king is here to wish Fan Gong to benefit the people in Raozhou and return to Beijing as soon as possible!" Speak out for the Great Song Dynasty! ”

Fan Zhongyan also drank a full cup, although he had already drunk two cups in a row, Fan Zhongyan's face was not red. His ears are not red, he stands firmly, and his voice is still clear. "May the prince be rich and glorious!"

Zhao Yu was stunned when he heard this, showed a strange smile, didn't say anything, arched his hand in the direction of Li Hong and Wang Xian, turned over on the horse, turned the horse's head and left.

Looking at Zhao Yu's back, Li Hong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Both Shengyu and Shengliang!" ”

"The work of the king of Changsha, commenting on the king of Changsha. It's fun! Wang Xian said with a smile on the side, but there was a gloom in his eyes. but it was revealed that Wang Xian was not as happy as he appeared.

After Fan Zhongyan poured wine for Li Hong and Wang Xian, he raised his glass and said, "Drink this cup again, and Fan will leave!" Sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, according to the pity of farewell is the posture of the daughter, we should be cool! ”

Li Hong and Wang Xian applauded loudly, and the three of them raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

After the wine, Fan Zhong drowned his head and rode the horse brought by the companion without looking back, and rode the horse south. Under the sun, Fan Zhongyan's figure was stretched long, and it was so conspicuous.

The high-spirited body, the abundant righteousness, everything makes people can't help but be impressed.

"I can be a brother and friend of Xiwen, and I have no regrets in this life!" Wang Xian said with emotion.

Li Hong smiled and said, "Brother Xiwen is also leaving, so let's go back too!" ”

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"Lord Wang!" As soon as Zhao Yu entered the palace, Gongsun Xuanxu rushed out of the gatehouse.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but be startled, and looked at Gongsun Xuanxu with a smile and said, "Sir! What are you doing here? Fan Xiwen's matter, is it worth your attention? ”

Gongsun Xuanxu said with some hatred: "Lord Wang! Don't you really know Fan Xiwen's influence in Shilin? Even if Fan Xiwen is demoted to Raozhou, if you can befriend Fan Xiwen and be known to everyone in the world, you will also be famous! Just like the union of Sun and Liu, this party can resist Cao Ye! ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said calmly: "Failed!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu's face was full of surprise, and he just wanted to speak, but found that he was talking with Zhao Yu in front of the palace, which was not a good place for discussions. Gongsun Xuanxu looked left and right, and simply pulled Zhao Yu into the room. As for the guards at the door, they were naturally kicked out.

"How could the prince fail? It can't be that you said something that shouldn't be said, right? Fan Zhongyan has reached this point, he should know that he can better fight against Lu Yijian by uniting with you, the prince! Gongsun Xuan said incomprehensibly.

Zhao Yu sat on the chair, with some admiration, and some helplessness and wry smile: "Fan Gong is a gentleman, not a politician!" ”

Without waiting for Gongsun Xuanxu to continue asking, Zhao Yu had already continued: "When Gong Fan was toasting, he said such a sentence to this king. 'May the prince be rich and glorious!' ’”

When Gongsun Xuanxuan heard this, he was stunned, didn't say anything more, sighed, and said with a regretful face: "Fan Xiwen said this, it seems that there is no drama!" Wealth and glory! Wealth and glory! It seems to be a blessing, but it is actually half threatening and half persuading the prince to give up your power and be a prince of peace! After all, the prince himself is synonymous with wealth and glory, so why should he be so blessed? ”

Zhao Yu nodded, did not speak, and suddenly felt a little confused. How can you pursue power yourself, but so many people do not agree and obstruct it? Even a bull like Fan Zhongyan, in order to make himself a prince of peace, did not hesitate to give up joining forces with himself to fight against Lu Yijian, and even said such a sentence gently but firmly when he even offended himself.

With a long sigh, Zhao Yu muttered, "It seems that the only way to make Lu Yijian arrogant for three years is to make it arrogant!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded helplessly.

…… Xiangguofu ......

Zhao Yu was bitter and could not join forces with Fan Zhongyan to fight against Lu Yijian and restrict Lu Yijian's development.

This Lu Yijian shook his head and sighed at his subordinate staff Tan Enshi, "Although the king of Changsha said that it was Ding Wei for three years, he won the name of filial piety. The official family is afraid that they will trust the king of Changsha more, and they are afraid that they will suffer from it if they don't die if they want to fight the snake! ”

Although Tan Enshi, a staff member, has high strategy, he has three shortcomings, his appearance is ugly, and his left eye is said to have been sick when he was young, and the treatment is not timely, so he only has the whites of his eyes, which looks very terrifying. The second disadvantage is that Tan Enshi came from a poor background, and his mother was an artist. Prostitute. The third disadvantage is lameness, the left foot is shorter than the right foot, and it is limping when walking.

Therefore, although Tan Enshi is talented, he can't participate in the imperial examination, and even if he is recommended, no one will be recommended. When an official in the Tang Dynasty was to pay attention to good appearance and official authority. The Song Dynasty downplayed a lot in this regard, as long as it wasn't too ugly. However, the Song Dynasty inherited a lot of culture from the Tang Dynasty, so although Tan Enshi was talented, he was not accepted by the government.

Probably because of this, Lu Yijian was relieved to reuse Tan Enshi. After all, Tan Enshi has no way to give full play to his talents except relying on him.

Tan Enshi also regretted, but he looked at this matter differently from Lu Yijian, and said: "Xianggong takes the king of Changsha too seriously, and you must know that the court is where the decisive victory lies." What if the king of Changsha was blessed with the Holy Grace? Xiang Gong has consolidated and expanded his power for the past three years, and three years later, what if the king of Changsha returns to the dynasty, even if he is the prime minister? The people below don't listen to the orders, and the King of Changsha has no way even if Zhuge Liang is reincarnated! ”

Lu Yijian shook his head and said, "The old man is not only afraid of this! The old man is already fifty and eight this year! It's a year old! And what about the little fox of the king of Changsha? The year is not yet the crown! It is still so difficult for the old man to suppress it, and my son ...... Difficult! ”

Tan Enshi nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and said, "How about poisoning?" ”

Lu Yijian shook his head and said, "Impossible! The little fox of the king of Changsha built his nest very firmly, and the old man couldn't buy people. Even if you barely spend a lot of money, it's just buying a few ordinary people! And this little fox's diet is very cautious, the servants who buy vegetables and the family of the cook who burn the dishes are pinched in his hands, and after the dishes are cooked, they also go through the silver needle and the two checks of the human test, not to mention, there is also a Lang Zhong who specializes in poisons and drugs that suppress all kinds of poisons at any time, even if they are poisoned, they have enough time to treat! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Yijian sighed and said with some regret: "It's a pity that the old man uses too much poison, so Queen Guo is just that!" The little lady's matter, I'm afraid that the little fox thought of it. Because these Lang neutralizing drugs are newly equipped! ”

Tan Enshi nodded, and said helplessly: "Xianggong, since there is no way, Xiao Ke thinks that he should put aside the matter of dealing with the King of Changsha for the time being." After all, the identity of the king of Changsha is too sensitive, and he is not sure of hitting with one hit, so he must not act lightly. ”

Lu Yijian sighed, nodded and said, "What you said, the old man also understands, although he is unwilling, but now it seems that there is only that!" (To be continued......)